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>>210610 No, look at the facts here--Mabel's relationships have actually impacted the meta-arc. The kids may never have found out about the supernatural world of Gravity Falls if it hadn't been for her going out with that pack of gnomes. She may not have ended up liking Gideon romantically, but his obsession with her has created the first recurring antagonist in the series. Mermando will probably show up again at some point, and at the very least was much more of a focus in his episode than Wendy--who only served as the catalyst for Dipper getting into HIS B-story, which was actually about him avoiding the wrath of that crazy/awesome chief lifeguard--despite being the cause of Dipper's plot for that episode, she barely even showed up in it. Even the time-travel episode that seemed all about Dipper trying to have a perfect moment with her just used Dipper's crush on Wendy ended up existing primarily for the purpose of setting up the ending where we saw that Mabel's happiness was more important to him in the end.
About the only episode that really centered around Dipper/Wendy was the cloning episode. Which ended up having a good and healthy moral message to it.
The most recent one, where Dipper ended up breaking up Wendy and Robbie (which was ALSO a B-plot, to Mabel's A-plot about the boy band), went to the trouble of pointing out how Dipper was thinking more of himself than Wendy throughout the ordeal, despite ostensibly being the "good guy" in that. Which is why Wendy was mad at him in the end. Dipper was only helping her because he thought it would make it easier for him to get with her, not because he was being a good friend.
If anything, the Dipper/Wendy relationship is one of the more honest and healthy looks at the classic "Boy has an unrequited crush" genre of romance in kid's shows.
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