And other anons:
Just watched Strangers from Facebook Watch (not on FB, bc fuck FB right lol) but anyways there’s a really great pairing in season 2- Isobel and Mari. Like chemistry through the roof, angst all of it. I’m wondering if you’ve seen it? I know there’s a certain plot, don’t wanna spoil it, can turn ppl away but it reminds of how a lot of ppl didn’t watch El Embarcadero bc of the dead husband storyline. idk just wanted to share and get your thoughts!
have you seen strangers? it’s a facebook watch show with 2 seasons that’s surprisingly clever and tender about a bisexual woman. she rents half her home as an air bnb while living there still and just trying to figure life out in her late 20s. it’s not really the typical millennial antics though, and she has a girlfriend each of the seasons, i binged it all last night(20 min eps) and i loved it.
I have seen it!
Honestly, my thing with giffing it is that it’s just TOOOO giffable. It’s got too many gay moments! Especially that second season, because yes, I dooo ship them. I wish we’d gotten just a little bit more at the very end to imply a fully happy ending, if we’re not gonna get another season, although I’m not sure I could bear another season of this kind of angst because there’s just no way they’d stay together…well, hmm, they could do a lot with that last big development… But yeah, still, I’m mostly happy with where we ended things.
El Embarcadero almost has an advantage, since the husband’s dead off the bat and the whole show is about these women and the connection they have, whatever its form. By the time we meet Mari in Strangers, we’re already in s2 and think we have some kind of idea of Isobel’s relationships, and personally, even as I was rooting for them the further we went because it seemed more and more genuine and sincere on Mari’s end, I was still sure it’d end in heartbreak and the next possible season would be a new person. I shipped them way more on rewatches, since I wasn’t ready to trust Mari and invest in them.
But see, the same problem with giffing I had with El Embarcadero, where I was like, okay, if it’s this many moments, I’m just gonna do every little thing, from the start, and then totally fizzled out when I got to the actual season with most of their romantic moments. I’ll continue with them and start Strangers too, I swear! But where even to start… Especially since there are so many moments not even related to the f/f I loved. Cam, the many, many cameos, that desi family! Where to start. 😡