> not into the side couple
for a while, Tits McGee (boobies girl) was a minor antagonist... she didn't have a whole lot going for her for the longest time, besides sharing the same adoration for her senior coworker as MC. It's difficult to cheer for her, but she did redeem herself a little bit in the previous arc. I can understand why folks wouldn't be horribly enthusiatic about the new ship, not to mention the new guy practically just got there and has had maybe a total of ten minutes of character development.
That said, insert overused joke about hand-holding and mosaics here.