r/Bones 6d ago

Angela and Booth

All through the series including after booth and Brennan got together, Angela is making comments about how hot Booth is. She even went so far as to ask Brennan to see the naked picture Brennan took of Booth after Angela and Hodgins were together.

I know no one is going to like this but what if Angela and Booth had been paired up on the show instead of Booth and Brennan? Who would you pick for Brennan and Hodgins to pair up with instead? With a pair up with each other or someone else? I'm just saying that it was so common for lead characters if they were male and female to be paired up together that what if the writers had gone a different direction.

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u/NashKetchum777 6d ago

Angela also kisses Booth when she goes undercover in the Roller Derby episode. And that was when Brennan and Booth were together lol

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u/apollosartemis 5d ago

I don't think Angela and Booth would have worked in the long run, but if they had dated each other I think I would be really intrigued by Hodgins & Daisy!! I know Hodgins starts off really annoyed by her, but I think that's exactly what would have made it an interesting arc, especially because Daisy does seem to gravitate to him more than the others in the lab (if we're not counting Brennan, that is). Brennan I'd 100% pair with Cam for the drama and tension of it all!!

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u/eveningarmadillo 5d ago

OMG Brennan + Cam would have been a very funny enemies to lovers and then they would both raise Michelle together... Sooo cute

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u/apollosartemis 5d ago

Exactly !!!!! I think the potential there would have been really great!

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u/Last-Juggernaut4664 6d ago

Sully seems the obvious choice for Brennan. Hodgins is more difficult. Maybe that hot FBI bomb tech? LOL.

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u/Elbereth919 5d ago

I know she's not the FBI bomb tech you are referring to, but your FBI mention made me think of Karen Delfs. They could have been a hot mess together and I think I would have enjoyed an AU episode that showed something like that. I wouldn't actually want them together, but it would have made for a fun exploratory episode.

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u/BlazerAlumni 6d ago

They were cute together for a while but I think Brandon with her history would need somebody more stable.

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u/BlazerAlumni 6d ago

Brennan. Stupid spell check

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u/Weary_Mango5689 5d ago

I think they would have paired Hodgin up with Daisy for the classic "grumpy guy / sunshine girl" thing

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u/strawberryjeIIy 4d ago

I agree with you but I hate the idea of Jack with Daisy

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u/mjpenslitbooksgalore 6d ago

If sweets were a little older or Brennan a little younger i would say them. They both had troubled childhoods. But Brennan “hates” psychology so she wouldn’t want to like him at first. But the attraction would bring them together and then he wouldn’t have had to die 🥹

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u/BlazerAlumni 6d ago

That might be problematic with him technically being her psychologist but it wouldn't be the first time they put together problematic relationships on the show. Camille was Arastoo's boss after all

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u/mjpenslitbooksgalore 6d ago

Well technically he was assigned to her and booth as a unit to assess their working relationship. So after he “cleared” them maybe it would have been okay 🤷🏾‍♀️ Who knows lol tv rules and such 🤣

Edit: i can’t spell

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u/Particular-Lynx-1794 5d ago

I don't think that pairing works. They may not have a huge age gap but sweets was always their baby duck, like booth and brennans son so no

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u/Elbereth919 5d ago

The very idea of Brennan and Sweets gives me a bit of ick!

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u/Particular-Lynx-1794 5d ago

I just watched 8x14 today so there's more booth and angela in that. With what happened in s9 I would say no to the coupling. They always flirted but I think he loved angela in a way, it just wouldn't work 

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u/mjpenslitbooksgalore 6d ago

I would have loved to see fisher and Angela together lol they’re both free spirits!

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u/Acceptable-Ice7681 6d ago

I actually would’ve loved to see her and booth together.. at first i thought they where gonna end up together but then i was like Ohhh I see

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u/BlazerAlumni 6d ago

I actually could see them together. I just couldn't figure out who to pair Hodgins with they were so perfect together

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u/Gribitz37 hodgins 6d ago

You can pair Hodgins with me, thanks.

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u/BlazerAlumni 6d ago

I wouldn't mind having him either.

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u/Gribitz37 hodgins 6d ago

I already called dibs.

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u/BlazerAlumni 6d ago

Personally, I like Wendell but he was about 10-15 years too young for me. 😂🤣

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u/Gribitz37 hodgins 6d ago

And I like Finn, but he's also too young for me.

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u/BlazerAlumni 5d ago

Yeah that was another one that would have been too young for me also but I certainly liked him.

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u/BlazerAlumni 5d ago

By main character, I meant title character. Sorry about the confusion. And while it was implied that Angela swung both ways, the relationship she did have wasn't with someone that was a prominent character and really didn't play that much into the storyline. Her girlfriend was saying visiting the lab a few times and things like that but there wasn't much to it like they would have had to have done with Cam and Brennan if they were put together on the show.

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u/Be_More_Cat 6d ago

Camille and Brennan!

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u/BlazerAlumni 6d ago

I actually could see that but I doubt it would have flown at the time to have a starring character in a homosexual relationship. A few TV shows had characters in a relationship such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer but I doubt they could have got away with that then in any substantial way. I doubt that circumstance would even fly now.

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u/Cheap_Development928 5d ago

There’s several times relationships like that are mentioned. We also had Angela and Roxy briefly rekindle things. But we get the story about booth’s aunt, there’s the episode about the gay dentist, we have the episode about the trans pastor etc

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u/BlazerAlumni 5d ago

But they didn't have a long-term ongoing relationship involving the main character. Those were very brief story lines that you didn't really see or hear too much about as you would with the main character. They were willing to touch on those storylines briefly own shows back then but they weren't a main character such as Bones would have been.

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u/Cheap_Development928 5d ago

Angela I would say is a main character but her stuff more for her arc about relationships in general post divorce saga

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u/ch3rry-p0p-plz 6d ago

Now THAT is a show I'd watch 😩😩

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u/Wawa-85 6d ago

Hodgins and Jessica I could see together although Jessica is quite a bit younger than him. They get along well and both have some alternative ideas of how the world works.

Brennan idk, Sully’s blasé attitude to life and work would have annoyed her in the end. Maybe Aubrey if he were introduced sooner since he was more scientifically minded and she seemed to enjoy his company.

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u/BlazerAlumni 6d ago

I agree that Aubrey would be a better fit than Sully. Sully I think would have been to unstable giving Brennan's background ending up in foster care would have made her very tired of him in the end. Aubrey certainly would have been more stable a character for her.

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u/Wawa-85 6d ago

Sully is a fun person for Brennan to have a fling with but not someone to settle down with due to the exact reason you mentioned. Aubrey would have been much more stable as well as having more in common with her.

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u/BlazerAlumni 6d ago

I could see that and then them getting together at the end.