Anyone Else Wishing For A Romance Between David and Shaw?

strella777
MemberOvomorphApril 14, 2017So I know a lot of people didn't read anything "romantic" between David 8 and Elizabeth Shaw in Prometheus, but I did... almost from the beginning. Even if it wasn't "romance" in the traditional sense, I couldn't help but notice that David seemed to harbor SOME kind of special interest in Shaw. He was fascinated by her and often showed care for her, even when he did not seem to care about anyone else. He expressed admiration for her bravery. He started calling her "Elizabeth" toward the end of the movie, when he would not call anyone else by their Christian name. Hint after hint that he felt SOMETHING for her...
I realize perfectly well that he is a "robot" and supposedly not capable of affection, but I got the strong feeling that he was on the verge of breaking his programming and was beginning to develop more human feelings. He said that he "liked" Lawrence Of Arabia." He was visibly hurt by Holloway's mockery. He showed pleasure at Peter Weyland referring to him as "the closest thing to a son." He showed annoyance at Meredith Vickers' ordering him around. Again and again I picked up on the clues that David was no emotionless robot, but rather a creature with deep feelings, albeit one who was trying to keep mum about it.
So I thought to myself, if he likes Lawrence, hates Vickers and Holloway, is ambivalent toward Weyland and is fascinated by Shaw, why on earth couldn't he develop feelings of love? And that was honestly what hooked me in the movie. I thought the other characters were interesting (although I didn't like any of them except Janek). I adored the dark, gorgeous scenery and music. The engineers and their story line were absorbing and I liked the tie-ins to Alien, but the one aspect of the movie that utterly captivated me was the relationship between Shaw and David.
I wanted to know what was going on his head and I wanted to know how he REALLY felt about her. I didn't have any questions about his motivations. Most of the time he was just following Weyland's orders to discover the secret of eternal life. I got that. What WASN'T clear was why he showed such a preference for Shaw. I didn't think Shaw and Holloway had one iota of chemistry, but when David and Elizabeth were on screen together, I couldn't tear my eyes from them.
I was glad that they both survived and got to fly away together in the alien ship, but I was left wanting more. I would have followed that odd, conflicted couple through every twist and turn of the universe, and subsequently through every movie Scott wanted to make about them.
Soooo, when I got wind of Alien: Covenant I was over the moon. More adventures of David and Elizabeth! Yay!
Only now it seems that Shaw is not likely to be in the movie much... ah the disappointment... :(
That being said, of course I'm still going to see it. And I'm hoping *HOPING* that we'll get to at least see a little of David and Elizabeth's life together in flashbacks. I'm not really expecting any romance. Scott and the other writers don't seem to be interested in going that direction at all, more's the pity. But I'm curious, did anyone else come away with the same feelings that I did, that David harbored some sort of fondness for/borderline crush on Elizabeth Shaw? Was anyone else as fascinated in their relationship as I was? And is anyone else out there wishing that our favorite free-thinking android and intrepid adventuress might have developed some sort of romantic attachment along the way?
I'm curious to hear thoughts on this!