Hournite

Hournite is the het ship between Beth and Rick from the Stargirl fandom.

Canon
Beth and Rick know of each other from school, but aren’t friends. They sit at the same table at lunch - the table of outcasts - but don’t interact. When Courtney Whitmore moves to Blue Valley and starts attending school, she tries to befriend Yolanda, and joins the table, where Yolanda also eats. Beth explains to Courtney that they’re not friends as it’s the school’s “loser” table. Rick gruffly tells her to speak for herself and leaves. However, this is the beginnig of the four of then eventually forming the JSA.

Beth is a sunny, sweet girl, who is neglected by her parents, whose attention she vyes for, as it understandably makes her feel bad and lonely to be ignored by them. Rick lives with his late mother’s brother, a jerk who thinks Rick ruined his life when Rick’s parents were killed and he became Rick’s guardian. As a result, he is verbally abusive to Rick, who has become a distrusting, angry loner from the abuse. After Courtney gets all the items from the erstwhile JSA headquarters, Beth finds the goggles when visiting Courtney and befriends the AI of the former Doctor Mid-Nite. After learning from Beth that Rick’s father was Hourman, Courtney gives him the hourglass but Rick won’t join the JSA. Beth learns what really happened to Rick’s parents and shows him a projection of it with the goggles. Rick is crushed and vows to avenge his parents, joining the JSA.

Pat tells Courtney to disband the JSA, but they all protest as Courtney is keeping her cosmic staff. Rick shows his vulnerability for the first time as he is usually terse with everyone but softens his tone and expression with Beth when talking about his late father’s diary. After their first fight, Pat allowing the JSA and providing some training, Courtney is injured badly in a solo face-off with Shiv aka Cindy Burman. The JSA trio go to scope out Cindy’s house, with Beth and the goggles gaining access as Rick and Yolanda watch, suited up. Pat arrives to protect them and while he distracts Cindy’s step-mom, Beth finds the tunnels that laed to ISA HQ, but scarpers at a disturbing growl. She looks around Cindy’s room, but as Cindy arrives home, Yolanda comes in the window before Beth is caught and yeets Beth out the window. Beth falls right into Rick’s super-strength arms and he softly assures a startled Beth, who also gets a bit flustered.

Fanon
The ship took off immediately and is the biggest ship in the fandom. It was also highly anticipated due to the characters’ comic romance. Viewers who are not canon-versed also immediately picked up on Rick only showing any vulnerability around Beth in the beginning, while being notoriously guarded with everyone else. While the show doesn’t explore romance most, viewers enjoy the moments sprinkled in between Beth and Rick and their strong bond which forms over the series.

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