Those hospital part were some of my favorites too. Also I loved that during those episodes you see val always running after juls trying to keep up lol. The moment you just gif then the moment were juls thought val paid the hospital bill where shes walking away and val is talking about chocolate and trying to keep up and then when juls realizes val didnt pay and she turns around and starts walking away and you see val again running after her and in other scenes too. Thought those bits were cute
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.
On episode 68; the scene about the Prince Charming. We focused a lot on Val’s expressions, but how sappy juls became after Val throw that line
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.
Can we talk about how out of all the Carvajals who saw shit on this show Val has seen the most! Like, homophobia, held hostage, saw her dad get stabbed, abusive bf, gfs mom is kidnapped, gf is kidnapped, ex bf gets shot in front of her, brother goes to jail, stepmom gets shot and dies in her transmigrated dads arms am I missing anything? This poor girl is freakin’ traumatized! Can we do something for her please!
She already got a lifetime of Juliana Valdes, what more can we do for her!
Although, god, every Carvajal has gone through some stuff, huh, if you list it out like that. Seen their dad killed, Eva saw Alacran killed, Guille participated in a robbery where somebody else was killed. Lucia! But yeah, Val was such a major trouble magnet throughout. I hope the next few years of the show was just nonstop therapy for everyone.
maybe maca smoked some weed before filming the scenes where her pupils were dilated ?? no but i wonder if there’s a way you can ‘make’ them dilate? if so, maca is even more talented than we thought!!
Lol, anon. Hmmmm. https://lifehacker.com/dilate-or-shrink-your-pupils-on-command-5072854 Hmmmmmmmm.
But would she bother to do that? I’d think it were more likely it was related to her contacts or something. This is turning out to be quite the mystery. Well, with this fandom, I’m sure someone will ask her sooner or later.
To that anon asking about the dilation on pupils… i think it has more to do with their sensitivity towards light (it happens to all of us) but it is more noticible in people with light eyes (maca, alycia etc)
Yeah, but Eliza Taylor has very light eyes too and I don’t think it was noticed in her in the same way? Maca in particular looks practically belladonnaed, we get closeups of Val looking at Juls so frequently and her pupils are blown the heck out. You can barely see the blue for the black.
Lol, now I’m curious. I mean, I noticed it before (how could I not, several anons did send asks about it) but now I’m curious as to the how. There doesn’t seem to be a lack of light in either situation either.