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My guess is just that the whisper is that they go explore another part of the beach. An innocent start. Vera acting on instinct, knowing she wants more alone time with Marcela without quite realizing exactly what she wants. Then, once they are there, Vera just stares at Marcela. She can’t help it. And Marcela is no dummy, she knows what that sort of look means. She isn’t sure if Vera knows what it means though, so she takes pity on Vera and kisses her.

Wow, getting a whole little ficlet in my inbox, and one that actually seems really in-character! Nice, anon.

That actually is super possible… It would go like that, as with so much of their interactions, Vera just throws stuff out there, Marcela would be the one to understand what she actually needed and shape it into what Vera didn’t even know she was asking for. God, I can literally imagine it, Vera just staring at Marcela, kind of challenging but imploring at the same time. 

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Are you still watching the bold type? What are your thoughts on kadena and the future of this couple? The fandom seems to have all but disappeared from tumblr

I’m not, I haven’t watched for a while. I’ve seen what’s been going on with Kadena and of course it makes sense the shipping fandom in particular is quiet when one character is barely around, but I still see some TBT posts. And if there are fewer posts in general, well, shipping in general tends to get a lot of fandom engagement, and this case, a lot of the original fandom were shippers.

This is more negative than you might have expected so I’m putting it under a cut:

I have two pretty conflicting opinions on Kadena and one of them is a pretty unpopular opinion on their future. First, I think that this show, which would sometimes even in s1, lead with plot first, has become a lot about that, and Adena in particular suffers from that kind of writing. And as their only Muslim and only lesbian character, I dislike a lot of what they decide to do with her and it feels bizarre that they’ll drop her for such long chunks at a time. It’s not rep when a character’s not there. 

But, as I said, the other conflicting and unpopular opinion, rep aside, just as a fan of coherent, internally consistent character writing, if Kat just isn’t really that into Adena, which is how all this comes across, just break them up for good. They didn’t seem interested in writing Adena as what she was, all the ways being a Muslim lesbian could have informed her character beyond what they showed in season 1, so just don’t. Don’t force yourself. I’d have side eyed that, but I side eye stuff I still watch all the time. It wouldn’t have been a dealbreaker. Just as long as the story is organic and not contrived because that’s what’s convenient. The more I find myself being pulled out of the story and having to connect the dots with my own justifications and wonder at what BTS drama made something happen, the less I want to watch.

If you’re asking about what I think the future of Kadena on the show might be, I think maybe they’ll go there again, maybe they’ll work through whatever issue there is now, I don’t really know.