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Hi! Just wondering, have you been keeping up with Burden of Truth? I think the premise is interesting and so far, the storylines got me hooked, and Molly and Luna have great chemistry, and the show doesn’t shy away from the fact that Luna is Native American. So far, I’m starting to love how Joanna and Luna are bonding together.

I’m one ep behind (or two, by now?). And yeah, you’re right, it actually improved a lot from the first ep! I started liking it enough to be like, but where’s the next episode, but there was that weird long hiatus…which I’m only realizing now was probably for the Olympics. 

And definitely the more Luna, the better. Similarly to how I was surprised at STDisco’s “twist” in bringing back Philippa and now Counterpart’s amazingly increased role for Clare, I didn’t expect what seemed to be a minor WOC role to be as important as it turned out to be, and the way they increased it was great! That last ep was fantastic overall, and I actually looked up Luna’s actress to learn more about her and was pleased with the show for not hiring somebody who wasn’t Native American. Molly and Luna are definitely super cute, and if you remember my tags from the first ep, I was actually very protective of Joanna, so I’m happy she’s getting to be happy.

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Hi! Just wondering, have you been keeping up with Burden of Truth? I think the premise is interesting and so far, the storylines got me hooked, and Molly and Luna have great chemistry, and the show doesn’t shy away from the fact that Luna is Native American. So far, I’m starting to love how Joanna and Luna are bonding together.

I’m one ep behind (or two, by now?). And yeah, you’re right, it actually improved a lot from the first ep! I started liking it enough to be like, but where’s the next episode, but there was that weird long hiatus…which I’m only realizing now was probably for the Olympics. 

And definitely the more Luna, the better. Similarly to how I was surprised at STDisco’s “twist” in bringing back Philippa and now Counterpart’s amazingly increased role for Clare, I didn’t expect what seemed to be a minor WOC role to be as important as it turned out to be, and the way they increased it was great! That last ep was fantastic overall, and I actually looked up Luna’s actress to learn more about her and was pleased with the show for not hiring somebody who wasn’t Native American. Molly and Luna are definitely super cute, and if you remember my tags from the first ep, I was actually very protective of Joanna, so I’m happy she’s getting to be happy.

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im very interested to see how alya learns about kate and rana any ideas on how that comes out i’m thinking rana might be the honest one and tell her instead of her brother

Given that they had Zee trying to tell her and failing (like Rana trying to tell Zee and failing) and that this is a soap, and that Alya is Kate’s roommate and Rana’s best friend, I’m sure it’s going to be incredibly messy. Surely they wouldn’t parallel Kate walking in on Luke and Alya making out in their flat? Or woulddddd they. 

I think the when will be interesting too. Already, this contract business has tempered Yasmeen’s reaction. If it’s after the kidnapping attempt…

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im very interested to see how alya learns about kate and rana any ideas on how that comes out i’m thinking rana might be the honest one and tell her instead of her brother

Given that they had Zee trying to tell her and failing (like Rana trying to tell Zee and failing) and that this is a soap, and that Alya is Kate’s roommate and Rana’s best friend, I’m sure it’s going to be incredibly messy. Surely they wouldn’t parallel Kate walking in on Luke and Alya making out in their flat? Or woulddddd they. 

I think the when will be interesting too. Already, this contract business has tempered Yasmeen’s reaction. If it’s after the kidnapping attempt…

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So happy, but kind of nervous about how Sophie finds out. Kate led her on, but it’s not as if Kate thought she had a future with Rana. Also Kate kept asking Sophie for time, yet with Rana (earlier) her deadlines approached pretty fast. (Still a little sore over that as it hits too close to reality).

About Kate and Rana? Yeahhh, that’s going to be interesting. And obviously hella dramatic and awkward.

I don’t blame either Kate or Sophie for the situation, Kate wanted to move on for real, she can’t stay pining after a married woman who’s chosen her husband (or so Kate thinks, I guess, god, the writing), and to Sophie, every step back Kate’s taken has been followed by one forward. Kate really wants to have something with Sophie, and Sophie believes in that wish more than the actuality. 

What do you mean about deadlines? I don’t think I get it?

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So happy, but kind of nervous about how Sophie finds out. Kate led her on, but it’s not as if Kate thought she had a future with Rana. Also Kate kept asking Sophie for time, yet with Rana (earlier) her deadlines approached pretty fast. (Still a little sore over that as it hits too close to reality).

About Kate and Rana? Yeahhh, that’s going to be interesting. And obviously hella dramatic and awkward.

I don’t blame either Kate or Sophie for the situation, Kate wanted to move on for real, she can’t stay pining after a married woman who’s chosen her husband (or so Kate thinks, I guess, god, the writing), and to Sophie, every step back Kate’s taken has been followed by one forward. Kate really wants to have something with Sophie, and Sophie believes in that wish more than the actuality. 

What do you mean about deadlines? I don’t think I get it?

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I hate the way the writers are using Sophie. She couldve been there for rana when she was going through her crisis. Couldve been a shoulder to cry on for Kate as well. Now they’re gonna break her heart again after everything she’s been through after all these years and they’re going to ruin her friendship with Kate. Ridiculous.

It really was so unnecessary. What was the purpose of it? To give Kate something else to do? She had both her siblings in the hospital, could have helped out her cousin with the newly returned son. To make Rana jealous? That barely happened, and it could have been just as effective by having Kate open up to her with Rana mistakenly thinking they were more. To show the contrast between Kate/Sophie and Kana? They barely showed Kophie and had to write Kate like some different person the whole time. They’ve treated her so harshly, with the way the break up’s going to happen, for no real reason. 

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I hate the way the writers are using Sophie. She couldve been there for rana when she was going through her crisis. Couldve been a shoulder to cry on for Kate as well. Now they’re gonna break her heart again after everything she’s been through after all these years and they’re going to ruin her friendship with Kate. Ridiculous.

It really was so unnecessary. What was the purpose of it? To give Kate something else to do? She had both her siblings in the hospital, could have helped out her cousin with the newly returned son. To make Rana jealous? That barely happened, and it could have been just as effective by having Kate open up to her with Rana mistakenly thinking they were more. To show the contrast between Kate/Sophie and Kana? They barely showed Kophie and had to write Kate like some different person the whole time. They’ve treated her so harshly, with the way the break up’s going to happen, for no real reason. 

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Hi, what are your thoughts about the upcoming kidnap to Pakistan storyline for Rana? Personally, coming from an Asian bg myself, I think it’s a much needed turn of events to educate people who are not quite aware of what lengths some south Asian families are willing to go to, to conceal sexualities or out of caste marriages etc.

I’m excited to watch it unfold as a dramatic storyline for Kana, tbh. It seems to be a fairly cut and dried action scene where nobody gets hurt physically? And as someone who’s felt very sorry for Rana this last couple of months, I feel like this will be eye-opening for the characters who haven’t always understood or acknowledged what she’d been going through. When Rana explained to Kate that her parents would never speak to her again, I think Kate understood and believed her, but that faded, especially with time spent with her own family, it’s easy to think “it can’t be that bad”. And Zee, outing her to them, what did he expect? So they better freaking dote over her once she’s rescued.

As a storyline for raising awareness, I hope it shames the families who’d consider doing something like this and makes them rethink. The rest of us think ya’ll are gross, and you’re just hurting the people you claim to love. I expect (or hope) Yasmeen gets on her soapbox and lectures them on how terrible and un-Islamic it is. 

I don’t have any misgivings about it because Corrie has sympathetic Muslims on the other side right there, which proves again the value in having a diverse cast. The Nazirs are human and with flaws but they’re warm and compassionate and accepting, the antithesis of the Habeebs. No one can come away from watching these eps thinking the Habeebs represent all Muslims, it’s such a welcome luxury to not have to worry about negative representation being the only representation.

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Hi, what are your thoughts about the upcoming kidnap to Pakistan storyline for Rana? Personally, coming from an Asian bg myself, I think it’s a much needed turn of events to educate people who are not quite aware of what lengths some south Asian families are willing to go to, to conceal sexualities or out of caste marriages etc.

I’m excited to watch it unfold as a dramatic storyline for Kana, tbh. It seems to be a fairly cut and dried action scene where nobody gets hurt physically? And as someone who’s felt very sorry for Rana this last couple of months, I feel like this will be eye-opening for the characters who haven’t always understood or acknowledged what she’d been going through. When Rana explained to Kate that her parents would never speak to her again, I think Kate understood and believed her, but that faded, especially with time spent with her own family, it’s easy to think “it can’t be that bad”. And Zee, outing her to them, what did he expect? So they better freaking dote over her once she’s rescued.

As a storyline for raising awareness, I hope it shames the families who’d consider doing something like this and makes them rethink. The rest of us think ya’ll are gross, and you’re just hurting the people you claim to love. I expect (or hope) Yasmeen gets on her soapbox and lectures them on how terrible and un-Islamic it is. 

I don’t have any misgivings about it because Corrie has sympathetic Muslims on the other side right there, which proves again the value in having a diverse cast. The Nazirs are human and with flaws but they’re warm and compassionate and accepting, the antithesis of the Habeebs. No one can come away from watching these eps thinking the Habeebs represent all Muslims, it’s such a welcome luxury to not have to worry about negative representation being the only representation.