Is Charlie playing "hard to get" with memo?

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  1. Ricky Ham

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    These two make an incredible couple because memo seems like a pretty swell guy who sticks up for Charlie. He shows bravery (in his own wierd way) and proves to her that he's capable of keeping Bumblebee a secret. He also feeds into her desire of getting revenge against those bully girls who mentioned her dead dad. They even hang out with bee together and don't appear to be a threat to one another.

    The discrepancy is when Memo wanted to hold Charlie's hand but she told him "we're not there yet" despite kissing him on the cheeks earlier in the film. This leaves me very confused with Charlie because I just can't get a good read on her in this situation. Is there some kind of "tier" lineup that Memo has to know about before he "gets there" or is Charlie merely playing hard to get???
     
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    Maybe, just maybe Charlie just isn't interested in a relationship at the moment????:rolleyes:  I mean, she is still processing the death of her Father, found a friend from another planet who had a huge impact on her, and now she lost said friend (or moreso, said friend left, after driving off across the Golden Gate bridge with Optimus Prime), as well as all the heavy incidents with Sector 7, and Shatter and Dropkick, and all the family drama . . That's a hell of a lot to experience - and process.

    I think Charlie may need some time to recuperate after the adventure she just experienced, and maybe feels she doesn't need the added stress of a new romantic relationship, especially since their friendship is still new. Maybe she just would currently appreciate Memo being a good friend. . .She is not obligated to enter into a romantic relationship with him. Memo will just have to wait, or he'll end up jeopardizing their new friendship (and any chances at any other possible -ship) . .

    Or maybe, she needs some me time, as evident when she's driving that beautiful 1959 Corvette C1 (she and her late Father were working on) riding in it by herself at the end of the movie. . .
     
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    Welcome to our world...you know it's always complicated to understand when sometimes someone's actions or words are not 100% on the same page with their emotions and thoughts deep inside plus as rational as humans try to act a lot of times instinct wins.Some may say it's teenagers but as you grow you notice it's the same stuff all over.I believe Charlie sees Memo as a nice and friendly guy that is interested in her and tried a lot to talk to her and make her notice but not a guy she would date because that's the way it goes down.I bet she would rather date the dangerous guy that was with "the enemy" and acts all cool.(it's the beta and alpha discussion that no one talks about or when they do it ends up in insults)
     
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    No I wouldn't say she's playing hard to get. It just seems she's not interested in a romantic relationship with him for the duration of the movie. How does that come across as hard to get exactly? Besides that, she mostly appears to be a very closed off person.
     
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    I think the concept of a female lead human character who has no romance subplot is intricately more fascinating than the typical Bayverse "let's fade out as they make out" human pairings we are otherwise exasperated with by now.

    I'm more concerned with your quasi-misogynistic idealization that she should just make out with him. Outside of holding his hand and a kiss on the cheek- a quite platonic act in itself- there is absolutely zero to go off of when trying to draw a relationship between the two of them. She spends 100% of that movie showing barely enough interest in him as a friend. Why in the world would she just skip to mouthing him? Unless I'm misremembering, she only met him, like... two days before the story started, if that.
     
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    Eh maybe Memo winds up with someone else. He's moved on.
    I'd like to see Him in the sequel. Just being Him.
    Doing His thing and hanging out with the Autobots.
    (if His last name is Witwicky, then there's something
    interesting going on with that already) and the whole relationship thing is irrelevant.
     
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    His full name is Guillermo Gutierrez. So that's not happening.
     
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    Why does this even matter?
     
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    good point. I mean, We just saw G1 in Live Action.
    Who cares what a bunch of silly flesh creatures do?
     
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    Probably because we are a bunch of silly flesh creatures?
     
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    Is it just Me or does Tina act like Megan Fox on a bad day?
     
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    Far, far more frivolous threads exist on this forum. Best not to question, and just along with your day.
     
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    bumblebee 2 now with friend zone sub plot
     
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    The role he served for the movie was to be a useful idiot for advancing the plot and to take his shirt off on command. Charlie isn't stringing him along just to torture him, - she's stringing him along to torture you!
     
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    how did he advance the plot? he kinda just felt like fan service and not much else
     
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    Well maybe people would have preferred more one-sided dialog scenes with Charlie and mute Bumblebee. Memo doesn't exactly set things in motion, but does allow for information to be conveyed.
     
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    It's too bad they didn't go the reboot route right away and just let Bee keep his voice while losing his memories...
     
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    Charlie isn’t playing hard to get.
    Memo was just friend-zoned.
     
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    I thought it was clear she had no romantic interest in him.
     
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