Juliantina not getting a kiss is disappointing, but I also remember being a baby gay looking up lesbian scenes on youtube like 10 years ago (much like many people are watching AAM now) and the lesbian couples not even being allowed to be shown on a bed together. So I don’t want to diminish anything because yes it is literally homophobia, and yes we do deserve better. But also? Focus on the good. (And always write fanfiction.)

Aye, but you don’t get good by not acknowledging the bad or unfair. That one scene with Guille and Renata talking and kissing, like, we didn’t even see Juliantina getting back together! Let alone being allowed to kiss.

But you’re definitely right, lots of progress was made and there has been a lot of good in this series, especially in the context of being one of the very first in a conservative country. And us dwelling on the bad without action only makes ourselves unhappy. If we want to do something about it, the show and network are super receptive to feedback on SM, so let them have it, for sure, and then come back and let’s feel better.