Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26254526-20150922144036/@comment-27101167-20151129235235

Dereviewer wrote: Exactly. When it comes to romance, her first instinct is to force it, and that's very wrong. You can't force romance to happen, if it's meant to be, it'll happen naturally on its own. The fact that Mabel tries to force romance is yet another reason why she's really bad at attracting guys. It's also another reason why Mabel was wrong to be mad at Dipper. She practically forced him to go out with Candy without giving him a say or thinking about how he felt. Plus, she knows what it's like to have failed at romance. Look at all the failed romances she's had. But there was one good thing about that episode. Since Mabel is usually the one who wants to have a romance, I thought it was a good idea to have Dipper give it a try. And to be honest, I think Dipper actually did better at flirting than Mabel.

Also, there was something that didn't make sense to me. I'm not sad that Candy has lost interest in Dipper because I never cared for that ship. But I'm curious as to why she lost interest. She said it was because she saw Dipper run away from that spider-woman Darlene because he was scared. But anybody would've done that. They were all scared. So it just doesn't make sense that she would lose interest in Dipper just because of him being scared. But even so, I'm actually kinda glad that she's no longer interested in Dipper. And I don't mean to offend anyone, but I don't support Candip. But like you once said, the show isn't just about romance, it's about mysteries.

I'm guessing that hearing him scream like a girl shattered whatever perception she had of him.