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With the PRT no more now I’m really wondering what S19 wants with Carina. Part of me is starting to think S19/Shondaland promoted her just so they wouldn’t have to worry about her booking something else. I love Maya and S19 enough to keep watching with or without Marina, but I feel like this sucks for Stefania. She 100% said she didn’t want to be just the girlfriend and so far… Fingers crossed they give her more to do soon

Yeah, though as an I’m actor I’m sure she knows how it goes, I’m hoping it balances out, with more screentime in later eps or at least more on Grey’s.

And another anon:

I am actually quite curious what people were expecting from stefania being a regular on station? What would she do on the show? She’s a doctor, she has no place on a show about firefighters. I just assumed she would only be there as maya’s girlfriend. Some people think they may have her be a new PRT person with Ben but I don’t think I would want her to give up being an OB doctor just so she can get more screentime. I think it would be a disservice to the character especially because she’s so passionate about the profession.

Well, people had been floating around the PRT, though that’s over now, but there’s so much that could be done. They just have to think of her as a regular character and write stories about her sometimes instead of fitting her into others’. That’s the big difference to me.

They could have her stop by more often at the station, bring food, befriend the others, moonlight as a consultant on whatever because of covid, it doesn’t have to necessarily be realistic. Even if it’s just her and Maya, she could get to have a story about her brother and have Maya comforting her. I half expected her to get maybe the same amount of time on Station 19 but then more on Grey’s, but that’s not happening either. And really, even if it was just as Maya’s gf, more than a minute’d be nice. 

I think, interestingly, having Andy move in with them is actually good for that? Because Andy will just always carry the majority of story and screentime with her, so Carina sharing that spotlight can only be a good sign.

And another anon:

Something I noticed. Carina seems to have a lot of respect for Bailey. It goes beyond than her just being her boss. They don’t share many scenes, not even on greys but I wish they would explore that.

I was like, what do you mean, one of the only interactions between them I’ve seen being where in the Grey’s premiere this season she kind of yelled at her, but right, right, the allusions to her boss and always paying attention to what she’s doing, right. And you’re right! I wish they would! Like, at the end of it, doctors or firefighters, this show is about personal relationships, so there’s always more of that if they want to write it.

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This might have been discussed before. Sorry if you have answered this before. But is Maya out to her parents? Do they even know that Carina is her gf? When Maya’s mother helped with the spaghetti dinner she and Carina seemed to get along well but i don’t know if that means anything.

Um. I think she is, but I realize now I’m not sure? I might have just missed the ep where they revealed that, but from what I’ve observed, Maya’s attitude seems to imply her sexuality wasn’t an issue, it was more what her father considered a distraction or not. Like the flashback example in high school, it seemed more that anything taking away from track was what bothered him so it bothered her. Add to that his abuse and she was emotionally stunted and prioritized flings over relationships. Like, I’m sure her father was homophobic, not overtly but in how he saw women, and probably would have made snide remarks, but no relationship was probably serious enough for Maya to take anyone home. I assume, haha. 

We did definitely see her mom realize Carina was Maya’s romantic something in the office and while her reaction wasn’t, omg, you’re bi, it did also take her several guesses to realize, so I also can’t tell if it wasn’t just omg, I learned something new about my daughter, I have to not make a big deal because she won’t like it. 

I just don’t think we’ll get a coming out arc for Maya, is what I’m saying. 

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I caught up with Station 19 and I feel like Carina should work on the PRT. Having her go back and forth on Greys Anatomy is fine too but if she’s only on Station 19 when it’s time to be Maya’s girlfriend idk. I know the season just came back and they might have a plan for Carina but I have never watched Greys other than the episodes were they mesh and I don’t want to, lol. I just want them to give Carina things to do on Station 19 that aren’t Maya related!

For sure, for sure, it would suck on both a character and ship level if she was always and only defined by Maya. 

I think we floated the idea that she worked on the PRT when we got the news she was a regular but it always seemed odd for an obgyn. The other thing we joked about was that they just have baby related emergencies on S19 every week and while there is one coming up I don’t think they really can do that… 

I’m not sure what we’ll get aside from that, Maya and Carina at home every ep can’t be enough to justify regular status, right? I remember we also suggested that they may have just wanted to get her on contract to be available to both shows, that Grey’s might have had other actors it wanted to sign on for the season so S19 took Stefania, but she might still end up more on Grey’s? In the first Grey’s eps there was a lot of her but that was actually mostly last season’s footage in flashback form so……I guess we’ll see.

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I only know about S19 from your edits, so I’m sure I’m missing parts, but how do you feel about the whole maya sleeping with another person thing? Doesn’t seem like it was resolved and now they’re moving in. But I guess nothings normal in covid times

Well, I hated it, and tbh, that kind of changed how I engaged with the ship. It was a huge reminder to put this into the “enjoy the good things while you can” pile instead of something to get invested in on a emotional level. There will be episodes where it’s going to be cute and consistent and then others where it’ll flip entirely for what the plot needs *cough*FILTHY RICH Ep 9*cough*

Even without covid, they might have moved in together quickly, just because the writers have to think of something to give them to do and this show will always lean toward what creates drama. But given that it is covid times, as you said, I don’t really think it’s that out there for these two, who can be already be impetuous but now would surely be happy for some solace as emergency workers during the start of a pandemic as well as some general companionship, aside from trying to get back to the makeup stage of their…physically affectionate relationship, heh.

Is it going to be problem-free, given how recent the cheating was and the added pressures of moving in and the pandemic? No, but they’ll get some good drama and processing of everything out of it, hopefully.

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Just to be accurate: during the videocall Carina says “bambina, it’s not safe etc etc”. Bambina literally means “little girl”, but we use it like a word of affection: it’s like baby, honey. We use it a lot in Italy, especially here in sicily ? it’s cute. Xoxo

Oh, awww. I didn’t catch that at all, and the closed captioning had it as “I mean” but it does make more sense that they didn’t both start consecutive sentences with “I mean”, heh. Thanks for the correction! That definitely makes that scene even cuter.

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I saw people commenting about Maya and Carina’s kissing being bad, do you agree? Now that someone pointed that out i see it

Uh, no, I haven’t really ever thought about that… I don’t really focus on that, as you know, I’m pretty into the emotional aspect, and I see so many complaints on general but it’s so many factors, right, what network, what timeslot, what genre, the age of the characters, the stage of their relationship, if that particular kiss is supposed to be affectionate or romantic, the fact that f/f kisses have an extra spotlight on them to not seem male gazey or “porny”, etc, etc. I’m pretty non-judgmental about all that since I don’t know what’s going on BTS. 

But I can still see how they are even if I don’t judge and these two never really stood out as being terrible to me? I guess we haven’t seen much of the actual kisses, they’re mostly just about to, hence me making a whole gifset about them smiling into their kisses, or like…hidden by hair or whatever. There was that good one in the office last season, though? When Carina flipped her hair?

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Carina is a obgyn. I am sure that she makes plenty of money. Moving to whatever place would be no issue for her. I wonder whose house they will move into. I kinda hope that it will be Carina’s. I wanna see a new set and I am pretty sure that Carina also has the bigger house.

True, true, she can probably do whatever. I think from the promo pics of 4×04 it’s Maya’s kitchen so sorry, no new set. It’s probably for the best, this show would never do justice to what Carina DeLuca’s place would be like. 😛