Re: Ben/Katja and Blonde girl
Which leads me to my point. So my theory about this Ben/Katja mess is that the Blonde One did all those mean things to Katja because SHE for one is not clueless like Ben OR Katja. Because it is pretty obvious that those two are in love with each other but just haven't realized it yet. I mean at first when the whole Ben/Katja unrequited love thing started, that's all I thought it was, an unrequited love that would end with Katja getting her heart broken but eventually moving on and her and Ben reconciling with each other and remaining friends while he supports her ice skating dreams.
HOWEVER, as their story progressed I realized that Ben is just really damaged from his relationship with Vanessa and how things turned out. I do in fact believe that Ben loves Katja in a non-brotherly, non-platonic sort of way. HE JUST DOESN'T KNOW IT YET. SERIOUSLY. IT'S NOT WISHFUL THINKING. When he told Deniz that love for him would be like a big WHAM and would happen instantly it's not because that's actually true for him, it's because he WANTS it to be true. He doesn't want to go through the same thing he went through with another girl as he did with Vanessa. The slow burn and falling so much in love with someone that it tears you apart just scares the living crap out of him. Which is the exact opposite of what he has with Blonde girl. I would even dare to say that Ben subconsciously acknowledges that he feels something for Katja but has buried it so deep in his brain and his heart because he knows that Katja is the type of girl that someone could fall madly in love with and is TOTALLY worth it, which of course scares the living daylights out of him! Meanwhile, the Blonde girl may not know what happened with Ben and Vanessa, BUT she DEFINITELY sees something there between Ben and Katja and she feels TOTALLY threatened by it and does these stupid, petty things out of spite and jealousy.
There is some sort of deep bond that Ben and Katja have that is NOT platonic that is CLEARLY shown in episodes like 889&890 which showcases a beautiful and tension filled scene (on BOTH of their parts) where Ben and Katja comfort each other or the passionate way in which Katja expresses her disillusionment with Ben after seeing that he asked his father to watch her skate behind her back in 882 and his tortured reaction. But of course the most obvious moment is in 860 when Katja finds Ben watching her old skating video and lashes out at him and they nearly kiss. The tender way in which he looks and holds and comforts her while she describes the pain that she feels and the forceful way in which he tries to keep her in the room was just chock full of sexual tension! And during the near kiss Ben totally looked at her lips and they probably would have sealed the deal had Katja not run away. It's only a matter of time before Ben realizes the true extent of his feelings for Katja (And NO I'm not saying this because I saw today's episode! Which was made of pure WIN by the way) But for now I will wait in slow agony for the Ben/Katja thing to finally be realized as I know it's going to be EPIC. Cheers, Eskimo people!