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Um, hmm, definitely noticed that, especially for Maca. I dunno, I think that’s just them? If you see Maca in interviews with other people, the same thing happens. Maybe they’re just that sensitive to light? Or they get super into the character…? It’s an interesting question but I have no idea, sorry.
Hmmm. Maybe that could be it, but then what made them go, okay, let’s keep on including a kiss here, and one here, and a more daring one here? But it does make sense, that might be it. Or a combination of things. Regardless, they owe us one!
sshepardcommander replied to your post “exactly! exactly, even if it was a soft, slow, short thing, something…”
I assumed the same, it wasn’t written for the finale bc the finale is written to be seen by Everyone and they were more conservative about what they showed and focused on val telling the world to do the most relatable and digestible positive gay they could. also probably why chino apologizes and says how wrong he was to threaten them in the finale
A Mexican friend just messaged me about the Sunday theory going OF COURSE and so I just wanted to share what might actually be a possible reason. They made it into a milder PSA version with the big coming out and Chino accepting and a confirmed happy ending years in the future, Juls getting everything she wanted.
IF that is the reason, that kind of…resolves that for me. I don’t love it, at all, but I can understand THAT, when before it seemed a completely arbitrary reason to exclude them. Though still of course no explanation for why no actual reunion scene. 😡
Yes! I think what felt so unnatural about the finale was that we were so used to how organic their scenes were and how naturally they flowed and yes, often they had kisses to build to an interruption, that’s just a hidden love trope, but they still worked so well. That kitchen scene needed one in the very way they wrote and acted and directed it. This is not us reading into it, it’s their lack.
And as you said, it could have worked in that moment and made it even more poignant, that for all the love and want and yearning, they still couldn’t be together.
And another anon:
I wish we had gotten a full body shot of that counter scene. The body language of both of them, but esp juls when shes turned and pinned to the counter. Just the way her upper body/shoulder area slouches down, ugh, I’m a sucker for facial expressions and body language and while we got to see the former I wish we got to see the latter. They really do have a lot of chemistry it’s actually kind of ridiculous. The way they look at each other and the way their bodies react to each other is special.
For real, it’d have been great to get a few wider shots. I loved the intimacy and framing but if they were going to offer us that positioning, they may as well have shown us the whole thing. Maybe that would have been too risque? You wouldn’t think people who’d shown kisses would balk at that but, actually, the next anon offers an interesting theory about the finale.
And another anon:
It’s been almost a week and I’m just still in awe (in a bad way) that they didn’t resolve allllll of the shit Juliantina have gone thru with a kiss at the end. Like!!!! Y’all made us watch sergio!!!! I am beyond grateful that Juliantina lived and ended up together and were happily living their best lives but I don’t understand the lack of the last kiss. There were at least two good scenes that needed it and it would’ve been a couple more seconds of screentime at most. (½)
I gotta conclude that they didn’t wanna include Blatant Gay Content in the finale Bc it aired on a Sunday and they thought there’d be more families or ppl in general watching. Which is a bummer if that’s the reason. Esp after the long sex scene Lucia/Jacobo got. Granted, Lucia died so I’m much more content w Juliantinas plot but their final arc needed a kiss dammit! Lol thankfully their chemistry is so good it’s almost like they kissed anyways (2/2)
That’s……possible? I mean, everyone’s been racking their brains trying to understand why the absence then, of all episodes, when they showed some already and this was the big sendoff. They didn’t even tape anything so can’t blame the censors, it couldn’t have been a matter of screentime, it’d have cost a few seconds, the actors were shown to be willing (and quite good at it >_>) so then? We’ve been asking ourselves what was different about the finale and that’s as good an answer as anything, I guess? I dunno. It would be pretty sad if they deliberately toned things down because it was a big, more widely seen event.
Heh, yeah, she does do that with both Val and her mom. Annoyance or urgency. Same with Val, frustration or emergency, “Juliana!”
I love every diminutive and intonation, there’s always a reason for every usage and emphasis.
Nope, just to her mom (and when reading the article about the Carvajal kids at their dad’s funeral). Then immediately skipped to the gay shortening.
I don’t think facts, logic, or critical thinking figure heavily in that attitude.
Oh yes, that. Definitely frustrating as heck, agreed. If it helps, I (and others) have definitely noticed it and are also chagrined at the unfairness. She’s…not gonna be a clone of Maca. And she shouldn’t have to be, why would anybody want that?
Ultimately, there’s not much you can do about it and dwelling on it is just gonna make you more upset.
Just keep showing her love and ignoring them.
I agree. The rushing of Juliantina wasn’t because they’re the sidelined f/f couple, they just suffered from the same pacing issues everything did. The lack of kiss, okay, yes, but everything else was just them jumping from one scene to another. They should really have treated it as a finale week and started a lot of those big dramatic arcs (including the public confession) earlier instead of putting everything off till the end.
I think we’re meant to assume Lucia transmigrated too, thus getting her second chance? And I think that’s more what the show’s about, not so much comeuppance as it is about second chances. Which I wouldn’t say Johny got, that crazy bastard’s gonna rot in prison. Lucia would presumably meet Jacobo again and then that would be that. The Carvajals with their dad and stepmom in totally different bodies. And Val’s father-in-law too, lol.
I’m sorry, anon, but I laughed so hard at this. Just…lmao. I am genuinely breaking into laughter every couple of minutes at this.
It’s a sign of a big fandom–hell, it’s a sign of any fandom. Just stay out of it, it’ll run its course. That’s not even close to a majority of the fandom, you can avoid it easily enough and save yourself the frustration of realizing how people can…be.