I think they’ll definitely get into it, they have to, don’t they? This was the thing that was going to either drive them apart or bring them closer together (or both) and well, Molly headed over immediately once she heard the message. So that’s not terrible. I think they’ll probably fight and bicker some more, and it’ll come out that maybe Molly’s just wanted to relax and not confront reality or anything, after the unfairness of getting sick the way she did?
Not to sound ungrateful but our girlies out there are already solving the mystery inch by inch and we only got 6 minutes of them being together? In one episode? Why? But like them sitting together heart eyes and all that is enough for me tho lmao
Actually, 6 minutes is more than I thought it was. It seemed less than usual but we did have major drama going on with their fathers finally meeting and revealing who they are. If there was a list of things that needed to happen on the show, we’ve knocked off Val knowing that Jacobo is Juls’s father, Juls knowing, and the fathers meeting. They’ll probably talk things out some more? I mean, this is the meaty part of it, they have to drag it, no? And the girls can’t discover it all just yet.
Though I loved that they spent a good minute of the girls’ detective time on just the hearteyes. Even when they’re not together together and they don’t get much screentime, we’re still getting such good moments with them.
Hey! Hope you’re having a good day and I don’t really want to treat you as a knowledge base, but I showed this to a friend of mine and she (very much into the show now) asked me why Val and Guille don’t have any money and I… don’t actually know? Do you know why Eva seems to have all of it? I really thought the money was supposed to be split evenly amongst them, but then suddenly, Guille has no money for tires afte rmoving out?
Aw, thank you, and don’t worry about it.
I think that was actually Guille’s choice, to be all independent and make his own way. Val still has her money. That’s why she offered to buy him tires, lol.
Val has superbly bad timing, always. Like first kiss? Jul’s mother is missing. Val wants to have the talk? They’re in a hospital. Val wants to climb into Jul’s lap while they make out? Their driver is on his way back to the car. Val remembers how much she likes boning her girlfriend? An old guy is explaining their dad’s soul transmigration. It’s a bit of a pattern…
It’s not really her fault, she’s just always thirsty for Juls and their lives are constantly filled with kidnapping and bodyswitching shenanigans. Is she supposed to just wait until it’s all over? She’s gotta take the chances where she can find them!
This ties into one of your other responses, but Juliantina is also so remarkable/ different from our other ships Bc it’s already done. It has a set end, the show isn’t trying to get critical acclaim to garner a bigger fanbase and get another season only to toss aside the f/f ship that delivered the fandom. We’ve seen it time & time again, but as a novela it has no stakes in doing that and is delivering quality content anyways. Bless Mexico, I hope it delivers to the end.
Right, right, you sent this when we were discussing what was it that went into Juliantina to make it this good. And while this doesn’t address that, it definitely adds to what a marvel it’s turned out to be.
I don’t necessarily agree that there is deliberate intent in most shows hyping up f/f and then discarding them, like, wouldn’t they simply want to continue the praise with very little effort if they could (excluding The 100, whose behavior was egregious by any standards)? But I do think there is at least the awareness among most shows made in the UK/US/Canada, however the individual execution, that including these relationships will get them attention. And I don’t know if AAM was aware of that? I don’t think there’s been any precedent that they could look at for a fandom explosion of this sort.
So then effectively anticipating, if anything, a negative response, they went ahead and did so well by this story! I don’t know how or why, but you’re right, it does make it better to know how…relatively well-intentioned they were. They wanted to tell this story, they didn’t just include a token pair off to the side, they took crucial characters and gave them crucial roles that the romance wove right through, all without really thinking of the response. It is pretty mindboggling.
I dont think chinos body is going to survive the end of the show, he’s being chased by criminals but also chased by the police, I think el chino is going to stay in Beltran’s body or sacrifice himself for his family, which family is it will remain to be seen lol.
It better be for freaking Lupe and Juls! After everything he put them through. Hmph.
And another anon:
so is the story that Juls told Vale to put her to sleep fake? cause El Chino definitely wouldn’t have done something like that. did she just come up with that on the spot? damn she is a good storyteller
She is, to think of it up on the spot, not that it was a particularly inventive, elaborate story on its own, but that it was perfect for what Val would want to hear in that moment, a soothing cute story with her father. Y’all have convinced me, it’s probably not real…
And another anon, five seconds ago:
Wait Juls came out to her mom?? When??
No, no, I meant that people are focusing on Lupe as the only person Juls has to deal with when coming out. And yeah, really, she is the only person who matters to Juls, but there has to be a moment when Chino finds out, surely? And despite everything, I’m betting his opinion still matters to her.
ETA: And no, Juls hasn’t come out to Lupe yet.
Is this how straight people feel when their ship survives close encounters with death time after time? Because let me tell you, watching them both get out of such a violent situation unscathed will keep me hyped till next year! I guess narcos know better, they don’t let bald men hold guns near the gays lol
Lol, bald men with guns. Or just contrived, “edgy” writing.
I know this is a few days late and was in regards to the hostage situation and shootout but I’ve been thinking about our reactions to Val’s Thirst and isn’t that the rub of it? Straight people don’t feel our highs because it’s normal for them, they expect it. No way any of them would actually be worried for Jacobo or Lucia at this stage, for example. Yeah, it sucks we have to suffer years of deprivation to make the tiny gains feel like major victories, but they’ll never feel how we did at Korrasami, lol.
My doubts that Juliana was not Chino’s daughter is over. Panchito said that Lupe and him never actually did more than kissing back in their younger years
Oh, right, that little mystery had been percolating for a bit. It does help to know for sure, now, since the whole father-daughter thing is going to be huge in the next weeks for both our girls.
Makes his treatment of her even worse, not that wasn’t terrible already, but that even that little thing is some made up offense in his mind. I wonder how it’ll affect future storylines, in that, will they get a chance to have a real father-daughter talk and sort out some things? I don’t really expect Chino to survive the show but I really have no idea what will happen. And while we’ve all talked about Lupe’s POTENTIAL reaction to Juls coming out, what will Chino?
Did you notice Chivis greeting Juls?? Did she finally get over being mad at Juls??? It’s probably the first time since their first meeting that she greeted her and she doesn’t sound irritated. Has Eva’s ‘No juliana allowed in any carvajal property’ been revoked or they just ignoring her now? And like, Val said yesterday that she’s scared to go out but she still went to Camilo’s office with Juls instead of asking him to come to her house. I cant believe we’re being fed this well by juliantina ?
They add so many teeny little details to make it better and richer.
At first I thought Juliana’s greeting was a bit passive aggressive like, hi, can’t ignore me or be mean to me in front of Val, but then Chivis was pretty nice to her back, so maybe the point was Chivis being nice because, as she’d said at the start of the little interaction, Val was doing a lot better, and well, the reason just said hi.
I’m pretty curious to know if the rule has been lifted or if people are ignoring it. It is kinda important with respect to how Val’s sister, one of the biggest obstacles to their relationship, feels about Juls, but since the thawing of that would be put on screen, we can only assume people are ignoring it.