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The whole juls being 18 is throwing me off. Not in a bad way per se, but now I wanna rewatch all her scenes, with and without valentina, with that in mind and see if I interpret her actions in a different way. It definitely puts the way Lupe sometimes treats her into perspective.

And other anons:

JULIANA IS 18 AND VAL 20-21! Juls is a baby ? when you think about it, it does make sense!

Juliana is…. 18? Huh? I guess it does make sense somehow idk

So yep, we got this reveal. I like how everyone’s all okay, hmm, interesting, I guess..? 

18 does seem so young, right, in a way 19 doesn’t (seem as young). But I’m not sure it changes that much for me personally, she doesn’t seem suddenly less mature as if through a different lens. There were already times when she would kind of lash out or react in a way that wasn’t the most mature. The way Lupe treats her isn’t really changed whether she’s a year or two older or not, not the way their lives seemed to have gone. 

But as for against Val, hmm. I know we have that one calculation based on the home vid but I dunno if we’re to take that as fact or if it was some arbitrary number the props department picked. I don’t suppose we’ll know for sure, but she’s definitely older. Do you think that’s what will change for you now, knowing Val is at least…2+ years older? 

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I wish everyone could understand Spanish because barbara was amazing during that uncomfortable and ignorant interview. I love her so much.

Aww, that’s great! 

It’s by some weird circumstance that often (straight) actors are in the position of being our biggest spokespeople, both raising awareness and providing encouragement. And this isn’t really fair to us or them, they’re promoting a role, and yet, it becomes something larger. But that makes it especially nice when there are supportive actors in environments where it makes a difference. 🙂

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Bárbara had to go on interview and the other woman was so homophobic ?

Aw, anon, I’m sorry. For her too, of course, for putting up with it, but you for seeing it and all the other fans excitedly tuning in and getting that.

We all got kind of spoiled and even complacent when the kisses started airing and getting better and better and there was so much positive coverage. It’s easy to forget the context and environment in which this is all happening. And of course it’s a little sad to be reminded, but it also highlights how much progress has been made and how quickly, that even for a while there was that comfort and amazement with the positivity. 

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While the episode was angst as hell I notice a few things people didn’t praise on here and is that with all that shit going on Val didn’t drink. Also, she never stood to Lucho until he mention Juliana. She usually let him do things and I think both of this things are amazing as her character.

You’re right, anon. That was pretty tough as far as days go but she stuck it out and was even able to argue back against Eva’s literal conversion therapy idiocy. Usually in plots like this the characters are left with some doubt but she absolutely turned it around on Eva and stood her ground. She showed a lot of strength today, honestly, there’s some steel behind all that fluff. AND she did stand up to Lucho for Juls. A lot of standing up for Val yesterday. 🙂

I didn’t really mind the missed call so much, in the context of the ep. If she had answered she would have sounded so upset, she would only have upset Juls further. Though she does need to call her back, girl is justifiably worried.