26 Favorite Femslash Moments of 2014
19. Faking It – Amy and Karma

Ahh. Faking It. When MTV first announced it was making a show in which two best friends pretended to be lesbians for popularity, the reception was not…positive. Then the first ep aired and it was clear that at least one of the girls maybe wasn’t pretending so much. So suddenly instead of the tired old myth where girls were only together for attention, this a TV show with a queer main character, and we’re about to see how she deals with it.

It is still a teen show, and on MTV at that, so relationships are at the center of it, namely Amy’s realization that she is kind of in love with her best friend, who is happily crushing on a guy. That’s one of the iffier parts of the series, Karma actually playing into that harmful trope where she IS pretending to be a lesbian to seem hotter to a guy, and that guy has outright stated that he IS more interested because he views her as a challenge. Gross behavior all around, and then they go further by arranging this threesome. But from the way the show’s gone about things, in a mostly encouraging way, we’re assuming it won’t be a straightforward matter and that it’ll be actually reveal some things about the triangle. At this point, while Amy’s not only accepted she’s in love with Karma but deciding to do something about it, we’re also slooowly beginning to see some signs that it may not be entirely one-sided.

After the two rehearse for the threesome adorably, we finally get to this scene, and it is focused entirely on Amy and Karma, and Karma is stunned, at what Amy’s wearing, at Amy’s approach, at the kiss. Had this been a fake dating romcom, as at least I was hoping it would be, this would have been the perfect midpoint where the oblivious half suddenly becomes aware of their feelings.