Along with the awesome signs in Times Square, the Juliantina fandom is trying to get a printed billboard put up in Mexico City, which I think is such a sweet idea. Please don’t feel like you have to donate and definitely don’t consider a donation as a down payment for a spinoff, this is a thank you to the cast and crew. They’ve been so appreciative, not just Maca and Barb, but look at the writer’s response to them.
Oooh, now that’s a much tougher question. Because she’s already lived that with Lucho, for a much longer time than Val had to deal with it, but also, so much of that was tied into their class differences? She’s always been so aware of that, all the ways in which she’s lacking, what other people could offer Val that she couldn’t.
I’d like to think that when they finally got together for real, her accepting that she wanted to be with Val whatever the cost, she also understood how much it was her that Val wanted. Val’s shown it in a million ways, but to go on national television and tell a whole country? How could she not feel confident in Val’s feelings for her?
So taking that into account, if Juls stumbled onto a similar situation, someone being overly friendly with Val and Val not really taking notice, you’re probably right, Juls wouldn’t do anything about it, it’d be Val naturally draping herself all over Juls that would send out a clear signal.
But really, she does warm up a lot to people she knows and I bet she’s beloved at work, but the way she is with Val is next level, you can’t even compare it to Lupe. Val just opens up something in her and allows to be in a way that nobody else does.
I actually have been enjoying Priory of the Orange Tree a lot! It’s very traditional epic fantasy, you got your dragons, you got your magic, you got your magic swords, you got your detailed worldbuilding, and it’s well-written enough that I’d have enjoyed it just on the basis of that but I cannot deny that the f/f really elevates it. A legit slow burn between the two most interesting and important characters, who happen to be women? I loved them and I loved the romance. And it was a slow burn, I’ve heard people say the romance doesn’t start till halfway through (which, it’s an 850 page standalone) but the dynamic starts noticeably changing much earlier than that, in such a delicious oh-you-two-have-no-idea kind of way.
Ooh, I kind of don’t love strong jealousy plots, I don’t like what they say about a character or relationship and I definitely don’t like a character I like feeling hurt and upset and poor Val’s already gone through it with the whole Sergio fiasco, as messed up as that all was for the three of them.
But if we’re considering it in a light-hearted playful way, then I don’t even know if Val would notice? She’d probably be like, well, obviously everyone loves Juls and happily bound up to them and it would be the model who would see Juls light up in a way she doesn’t for anyone else and she would Realize and slink off and the other models would all be like, told ya.
Even if Val did notice, things would probably play out similarly, except her approach would be a bit more deliberate, maybe a handhold or shoulder squeeze and there’d be just a hint of a challenge as she met the model’s gaze and of course Juls wouldn’t have noticed anything and she’d brightly introduce Val and the model’d know she had no chance.
releasing this to the void cos we all need it—HAPPY VALENTINES DAY <33
[Image: fanart of Juliana Valdés and Valentina Carvajal from Amar a Muerte. Juliana is clad in a blue old-fashioned prince outfit and kneeling to place her hand on Valentina’s cheek, the latter wearing a long red princess dress.]
