2023 Ship Promo Post!

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We know most of you have been looking forward to this post, so without further ado, here's your chance to share what you love about the rare ships you've nominated and will either request and/or offer! Some of the rare ships in the tagset belong to rare canons. If you're someone who loves trying new canons or is currently on the hunt to become obsessive about something else, this is a great post for you!

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[embraidery]

Canon: Partner Track

Ships: Ingrid Yun/Jeff Murphy

Media: One-season TV show (cancelled), available on US Netflix

A summary of the canon: Ingrid Yun is a Korean-American lawyer gunning for the promotion to senior partner at her law firm, a promotion that's pretty much in the bag as she takes on a huge case. Jeff Murphy, a man she had a steamy one-night stand with 6 years ago, just signed on as a lawyer at her firm, but he doesn't seem to remember they've met before. Major themes of the show include the racism she and her Black coworker face at the firm, privilege, and what's important in life.

What do you love about this ship/these ships?: Even when (spoiler) Murphy is pretending not to remember her, the CHEMISTRY. The push and pull as they're competing for the same jobs, and flirting when she's dating someone else. The way he urges her to be a better person and do what's right, not just what is good for the firm. But honestly, given the way the show ends, (spoiler) in that he sabotages her promotion and snags it for himself, I'm here for messy feelings as well. How do we justify what he did with what he claims he stands for?

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Honeymoon period fluff, banter, (spoilers) post-relationship dissection, possible reconciliation.

Content warnings: Racism at the firm, both institutional and much more personal: there is a racist stand-up comedy routine at the firm's retreat that sets off an investigation of the firm's culture and policies. (The routine would be skippable, of course, but the rest might be harder to avoid.) Infidelity. Minor character death (one of the law firm's clients).