So, everyone's buzzing about this upcoming season finale.  Beckett and Castle finally realize their true feelings for one another, and there are decisions to be made.  However, I keep finding too many theories and statements that have them NOT getting together and not enough that have them becoming a couple.  That being said, I just have to do something about it.

MY TAKE ON THEM BEING A COUPLE: I am a rarity in that I don't think it's too soon for Castle and Beckett to get together.  I also don't believe that it will ruin the show–I mean, a crime-fighting power couple is classic stuff, and it works.  Another thing I don't believe is that they would lose their banter.  Couples argue all the time.  Kind of like how Van and Cheyenne on Reba always fight, but they're still madly in love at the end of the day (their situation is different, but take that concept and turn it into the Castle/Beckett version).

MY TAKE ON THE SEASON FINALE: Logic and reason have C and B choosing each other in the end.  A few points…

1. The last five episodes of the season ("The Late Shaft" included) are setting the stage for this decision.  Why would the writers go through the trouble of doing this only to have C and B decide not to pursue a relationship?  And, let's face it, a storyline on this show that lasts that long has to mean something important.  It's not Desperate Housewives where you have the same thing going on for half a season.
2. Why would they realize their attraction to one another if it wasn't going to lead to something for them?  It would be pointless–you might as well just continue with the usual dance instead of ruining it.
3. For Beckett to choose Demming, knowing that she has feelings for Castle, would be a pretty lame move.  Could a heartbroken Castle bear to work with her after that?  And, if he did continue to work with her (which has to happen for there to even be a show), it would be very awkward and the chemistry would be lost.
4. As for Castle, his ex-wife (Gina, not Meredith) is supposed to come back into his life.  I don't see him actually getting back together with her, since their relationship was never good in the first place.  That was made pretty clear in the pilot episode.  And, in "Tick, Tick, Tick…" he said, "Aside from my second wife, this is the most sexless relationship I've ever been in."  Does that sound like a happy marriage to you?  So, it's safe to say that he won't be choosing her over Beckett.

Anyway, that's what I have to say on the matter.  I though the shippers needed some optimism.  Feedback, please.

This may just be me but I have the feeling that the season ends with an enormous cliff. Either Castle bails because he can't take Beckett with Demming or the resolution waits till ep 1 season 3. I think however it ends it will be well written and make sense. The writers have surprised me often enough that I don't see the hack kneed cliches coming from them. I hope Castle tells Gina where to go. I would really be disapointed if he went there. In the pilot she was well if unsimpatheticly played and Castle's description in Tick Tick Tick just reinforced that that image. I see castle and Beckett realizing how they feel but not sure of what to do for fear of messing with what they have. I agree that somewhere in season 3 things will start to heat up. I just glad this isn't Bones or they would be in a holding pattern for another 3 years.

I imagine that the finale will lead up to them realizing and confessing that they have feelings for each other but i bet that it will leave off at that and we wont get to see how they progress from there until season 3…