well… there was gunfire around them and neither got shot so i guess we can celebrate that? lol I think that if Juliana does leave, they’ll try to postpone it as much as possible and she’ll probably be back a few eps before the finale. Either way they’ll try to push the drama to the max and drag it for as much as they can lmao

Lol, considering our theories and conjecture, yeah, this wasn’t that bad. I don’t want to dare the show to defy my expectations like it already has but I never really believed they’d leave. How could they, with their parts in the plot? But them getting together, well, that’s harder to guess.

And another anon:

Maybe the time jump will be after they reunite and we might see more of some small domestic conflicts between them kinda like Guille and Renata instead. I feel like that makes sense if Juls is supposedly going to have a boutique opening and Val is there idk I feel like it’d be kind of a waste if they reunite them so late…but maybe I’m just selfish when it comes to Juliantina

And another anon:

Telenovelas tend to use the time jumps at very end to show the happy endings and stuff, not in the middle of the drama so they’ll probably reunite before the finale

Yeah, that makes more sense to me. But who knows, I guess.

And another anon:

from the preview it looks like juls might be going to see jacobo to ask about the whole not-el-chino business. now that it looks like Lupe will tell her. and with panchito going full love confession idk they might Stay. Ajdjdksk at this point I’m just reaching but yeah time skip makes no sense to me rn

I mean, a time skip in the middle seems impossible not just because of the plot but because of the very premise. The body jumpers need to either redeem themselves and the tattoos disappear or they’ll be bad and the bodies will be destroyed for real. There’s no real way they can just coast. 

And another anon:

in the clips of tomorrow’s ep we can see Juls is gonna confront Jacobo and she says she will call the cops on him, and also Lucia is gonna tell Val about Jacobo/Juls/Lupe. That can lead to so much trouble especially if Val believes that is all set up and Juls was in it with Jacobo to trick her and her family. TELENOVELAAA

Oh lordy. God. Whose idea was it to get into this show, anyway?

I have a feeling juls and val wont see each other until the supposed time jump. I hope they get a proper reunion and not just fast forward to them being back together in the future

You think so? It doesn’t make sense to me that there’d be a time jump in the middle of all this. All the stories are going so strong, how could they just pause like that? They’re only picking up speed. Unless…I guess…Lupe and Juls leave, Beltran settles down into his normal life, Jacobo…yeah, I dunno about that. I can’t imagine him doing anything that would just be background time skip level stuff, even if he’s on the run or in jail or something.

Did jacobo got caught by the police? I can’t wait until juls and val found out he’s their dad lmao

No, at least not right now, he’s being treated as the savior of the situation.

Yeah, that’s gonna be one heckova reveal. 

And another anon:

as long as our girls didnt get hurt i can laugh about this. val really answered a video call in the middle of a hostage situation and juls really ran her ass across a shootout in a noticeable red shirt and no vest on lmaoooo why are they like this?

They’re such besotted fools. 🙂 Lol, yeah, we headed into these last few days fearing all kinds of things and in the end they didn’t see each other and that was the biggest drama.

And another anon:

After this episode, I’m fairly sure Juliana and Valentina won’t see each other for a bit. I think now more than ever Juliana’s going to want to leave because she won’t want to cause Valentina more trouble through her association with Jacobo. And now she doesn’t even have a way to get in touch with Valentina, so I think she’ll just leave and probably tell Sergio. But I also think it’ll make their reunion so much sweeter!

Unfortunately, that sounds too likely. It looks like the Chino = Jacobo revelations are going to out and mess things up even more than they already out.

what happened?? dont leave us hanging! also how do you know what happens in the show before the scenes are uploaded to youtube?

If you use a VPN, you can watch live as it airs on https://www.lasestrellas.tv/telenovelas/amar-a-muerte

The police arrived, a shootout starts, Mateo arrives and has to hide behind a car as bullets are flying, then out of nowhere, Juls on her heels rocks up and she and Mateo hide together from the bullets.

Jacobo gets in to the house and saves Val in the nick of time but gets shot (through the shoulder, so nothing too bad).

BUT THEN THE COPS DON’T LET JULS IN. She’s just left waiting for news outside. Then she sees Jacobo/El Chino.

I remember you’ve mentioned Jathea in one of your responses to an anon question. I saw one of their vids on Youtube that has 1+ million views.. I’m wondering if it’s worth it… Is it good? I’m kinda looking for other ships to watch while waiting for Juliantina episodes daily.

Sorry for the delay in responding! Um. I think if you ignore all the BTS stuff and just watch till the airport ep (around ep 23?), that would probably be the best experience for you. It’s a nice little happy ending. After that, things start becoming kind of weird and then really weird. There was network interference and it just didn’t make for good watching.

Dear Translators, I dunno who you are but thank you from the bottom of my heart. Todo, is much better since you and Juliantina came into my life. I want this to be my normal ?????

In anon’s defense, they wrote this weeks ago, I’m just getting around to posting this, but yes, thank you so much! You even get one of Val’s patented Ultra Stunning Lines™ from anon in gratitude.

For real, I want to thank everyone who’s stepped in and offered translations and explanations and context and been so welcoming and generous with their time and energy.

Juliana is alone. But Valentina is alone too. Valentina is alone in the middle of all this people. Sergio left, Mateo support her but she doesn’t know it. I wonder why with all the staff she has lucho always enter and get her. And worst, the ones she thought were friends did that thing on social media. My babies are alone and they didn’t felt alone when they where together.

I know this was sent some days back but it’s even truer now! You’re so right, anon. 

Val could tell Guille because she guessed he’d react well (they’d already had the convo about how it’d be okay if either was gay, clever Val floating that idea early on) but also because his rejection wouldn’t crush her, not the way Lupe’s would for Juls. Val doesn’t have anyone like that anymore, he just died and honestly, even when he was alive, he wasn’t there for her. Jacobo’s support is minuscule, it’s nice but she doesn’t know it’s her father offering tentative approval. 

All her family members see her suffering but think her grief is like their own, something they’ve already handled, everyone’s too focused on their own things to make the effort to reach out. Say what you will about Lupe, at least she keeps on making an effort to reach out to Juls (though occasionally making things worse with her mindset).

And god, “with friends like these…” could not be more appropriate. I hope the breakup’s over soon, they need to be back with each other.

1/2 when i came out to my single brazilian chatolic mother, she was fine with it. she was okay with me being myself and being happy, even with the religious background. i was about to move to europe at the time, and when i asked her if she would come visit me, and be okay to meet any potential girlfriends there, she said yes. she seemed very happy with me leaving though, which made me sad. i was thinking maybe it was because she wanted to get rid of me, but couldnt kick me out

2/2 one day, i found her crying in the living room. i asked why, and she said a friend had told her about this guy who got beaten up for being gay. and then she said, this is why she was happy i was leaving soon. she was ok with me being gay, just not in our small city, because she feared for me. like any mother she just wanted me safe and healthy. i think i see a lot of my mom in lupe, i’d be in character with them being in the run, not wanting even more reasons for juliana to be targeted

Ah, that’s heavy, anon. Sorry you two had to go through that and thanks for sharing a personal story.

I think you could be right. Lupe’s been shown to be so loving and they really are having a tough time, that might be her approach to it.

The interesting thing about this show approaching this from such a fresh and thorough perspective is that they’re showing a lot of things UK/US media doesn’t much include anymore. Outright disgust, “I’m fine with it as long as it’s not my family”, “she’s had boyfriends, she can’t be gay”, “you’re confused, it’s a phase”, and now like you said, possibly “I’m not homophobic, I’m worried for you”, which is of course still not something wants to hear when in that vulnerable place, as if we ourselves aren’t aware it’s dangerous.