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Oh my gosh, but isn’t it? It’s gorgeous! It’s literally art on its own. There’s something so wonderful about art you like inspiring more art and both are elevated through your connection to them.
Not to mention, many of us used to English language media keep overlooking or just plain forgetting the significance of Juliantina. Not the quality, even we are amazed and unused to that, but the existence, the scope, the worlds of difference between censored lesson-teaching and…romance. Pure romance.
Omigosh, I LOVED the buildup to that moment, the awkwardness was the most delicious thing ever, but I never concentrated on the hug. How soft… :’)
Honestly, real question. Was hospital era best era?
I don’t know, anon! Omg.
All those times people would ask, is there a chance of a season 2? A spin off?? And I’d listen to the experts who’d say noooo, nevvvverrrr, that’s not how it workkkkksssss. I added that to my FAQs!
Also that moment when juls is leading val away after lupita catches them. Ugh that angry walk of hers is hot lol
I was thinking about how many moments there are when one grabs the other by the hand and leads her around (spoiler alert: a LOT) and how natural it was for them, despite it being a kind of intimate thing, no? But Val started it immediately, the first time they met, and coming from her, it really could just be friendly, she’s so naturally tactile and open, she feel she does that to everyone.
But Juls returning it is definitely not such a normal thing. @dealanexmachina pointed out how careful Juls is when she touches Val, how aware and watchful she is around her, and that’s not just a Val thing, she’s as guarded with people as Val is open. But somehow she’s been able to take Val’s cue on at least this, deciding it’s just something friends, becoming second nature.
Sure, in the hospital and away from Lupe, it’s more a protective thing, wanting to get away from a situation and taking Val with her. She didn’t need to do it, Val was going to come with her anyway, it was just an additional reassurance to have Val’s hand in hers, a way she could feel better about being so helpless otherwise.
Even in this moment, when they’re about to have an enormously significant conversation about their feelings for each other, and so this might have been the moment to put a bit of distance between them or maybe it’d be too awkward? Nope, Val’s feeling down, so let’s take her to a place to do what she wants.
And here she kind of needed to actually physically pull Val along, even if it was all in front of her overbearing strict sister.
But very early on, it was a natural instinct.
So natural she does it when she’s taking Val literally three feet away. 😀
Now, the chasing is totally different and adorable. It’s kind of the opposite of the above, Juls is too focused on something to grab Val’s hand.
Ah, this one, when Val’s happily chattering about the chocolate she’s prepared and Juls is angry and preparing for their Talk (which, Val handled so maturely! All babe, no, I would have but you said not to, remember? So cute).
And this shot that they included right after just made it so extra cute, with her duster billowing behind her, lol. One of the things I loved about the hospital era was that when things were happening to Juls, the show included Val, a lot, her thoughts and feelings, but let the focus be on Juls.
And here we see a Valentinius Carvajalas chase her not-girlfriend in the direction of literal gunshots.
Bonus: Val chasing Juls
And catching her.
Hmm. Don’t they pick like, different phrases/hashtags to try to trend them and often they have to do with specific publications or shows? Scrolling through the results for that one, I guess it’s the two of them with this person (con meaning with)? https://twitter.com/YordiRosado/status/1111495913250283520
I dunno if it’s a request to them or to him or a celebration of an interview being confirmed or what, though.
It’s hard NOT to pay attention to Val when she’s readying herself to drop that but that’s the joy of this ship, you keep rewatching and noticing new things.
Here’s our serious, attentive Juls, not wanting to miss anything Val says.
And then Val says THAT.
Oh, cool, cool, cool. @angry-sushi, you got a fan!
https://angry-sushi.tumblr.com/juliantina for anyone who wants the link. I’ve also added to Where to Watch list which I’ve been occasionally reworking but probably should do a full overhaul of at some point…
2/2 but then Chivis had that vision of Juliantina being chased by who she told her husband she thought was the police and then it all went downhill from there. It’s so unfortunate because our bb Juliana didnt deserve that judgment but because of how obviously unstable Val was at the time everyone was defensive to the point of being patronizing and infantilizing her & some of their class prejudice made it even worse for Juls. The ppl who cared like Leon came around. I think Chivis would too 2/2
Yeah, but she never took those other friends aside and told them to cool it, did she. And we’d know for sure if she did because they’re the kind of people who would make a big deal about it, which is exactly why she never did it. But Juls sober, well-behaved, poor Juls, oh, she’d be more receptive to a quiet whisper. Like, fair enough, she thought she was protecting Val, but so quick to jump to the worst conclusions when it was about Juls.
Still, much of that was to set up a bit of conflict that they could then get through. And I’ll take that over some of the other drama, lol. She’d have to get over it, because there’s just no other choice, she loves Val and Juls is going to be in Val’s life forever, so.