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Idk if I like Salem yet after watching the first episode maybe a bit too military America shove in your face for a non American ??

Sorry, when it comes to answering asks I just draw random arbitrary lines in my inbox and try to catch up on everything after that and only then move back to the previous batch, and last time I drew it right after this one but since a new ep just aired, I decided to quickly answer this.

Heh, yeah, that’s very understandable. I watched the first ep and told my friend I thought the worldbuilding and details were pretty well done and then she, a European, watched and was like, uh, wtf is this. And I was like, you know, they’re treating them like how vets are treated and she was not a fan. But I mean, I also didn’t grow up in the US, nor even Pakistan, which is also pretty nationalistic, but to me the world they’re showing isn’t necessarily an endorsement of it? The inclusion of Raelle as one of the main characters with a justifiable grudge against the military and showing General Alder’s vampiric control over these women, I HOPE it’s going to deconstruct both sides, the military and the Spree. It better not be, welp, it’s a harsh life but necessary. These people were forced into this life, death or service is no choice.

But, lol, though I’m saying all this, for the moment, it’s not particularly a show I spend a ton of time or investment on. I watch it, I like it, I ship Abigail with all the women near her, and I move on till next week.

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I just started watching Desenfrenadas yesterday. Bárbara’s accent is so different than in AAM. Which is interesting considering my Spanish is Americanized af. I also think she’s much more interesting in this show. While I loved Juliantina, Juliana’s character was kinda bland for me before. I feel like I’ve seen more depth and I’m so impressed. Hope they get a second season!

Oh, I did hear that about the accent! Didn’t pick it up myself, of course, but it’s neat it’s that noticeable.

Heh, can’t agree on the second part. Love Ro, as I said about Abigail from MFS, I like a perfectionist stifled by family pressure, and instead of the bratty flavor, it’s the mom friend type, but Juls is Juls. I love her.

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I like how Carina said she’s not in the habit of fixing broken people, but she’s very good at it. She’s handling everything Maya’s throwing at her very well. Not sure what her tipping point will be because Maya has a lot of legitimate issues. Curious to see how they continue to evolve because I really like them. I’d also like to see Maya be there for Carina. I reckon that would be on Grey’s since S19 is Maya’s show so Carina is the supportive GF for her. Unfortunately, Carina isn’t a main on GA.

Ohhh, that’s right! I totally forgot about that. I was so stuck on her knowing Maya’s “eyes forward” mantra, meaning she’s told her about that, but it slipped my mind that Carina said she wasn’t gonna do this. And has been doing this for a while, starting from the truck breakdown, lol.

She could have meant she won’t try if people don’t put in the effort themselves, or signaled she’d changed her mind by not leaving when Maya opened the door for her. Or maybe she just continued to want to have fun too, but each step deeper happened without her really noticing and now she’s going on a couple’s vacation a thousand miles away and knowing exactly how to bring back Maya from a panic attack.

And yes, I’d like to see Maya do the same for Carina. Maya does have a lot of issues, but most stem from the same source, and she does seem to be tackling them, now it’s Carina’s turn. You’re right, it’ll most likely be on Grey’s, not only because that’s Carina’s show, but it’ll probably be tied to her brother. Even though Meredith seems to be handling a lot of that, they can’t leave Carina out of it completely, right? Unfortunately, though DeLuca’s arc seemed to be building to something, isn’t Grey’s about to run out of eps soon and won’t be finishing the season proper? So it might have to wait till next season? I actually don’t know how it all works out, are they just going to air Station 19 eps that assumed Grey’s would still be shot? Or are they so independent in terms of story that it doesn’t really matter if a character pops up in S19, there’s no chance something important was happening to them in Grey’s?

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different fort salem anon. i actually really love abigail even though she has miles to grow as of now! i kinda ship her and raelle though. like an endgame ship. unless they can really turn the scylla thing around and give her a worthy redemption arc after everything goes to hell. abigail/raelle – 2 mains together would be great though.

Yeah, I definitely saw the potential for them but as of now they’re getting along and barely talking and both are wayyy too focused on other people. I definitely do love two mains, lol, you don’t have to sell ME on that, but they’d have to do a lot more for Abigail/Raelle to go there. I feel like Scylla has to play a bigger role than just being someone who breaks Raelle’s heart, if that was all there was to her, they’d have kept this reveal for now. Since we’re already expecting a betrayal and for Raelle to find out, the show has to set up another story layer. Although I’m unsure what, she’s been a pretty ruthless killer and manipulator so far.

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I let my guard down because the spanish/spanish speaking series have been doing quite well in the wlw department lately but in this case it has been a huge disappointment. I also found the writing very disconnected, in one episode they had characters say how Maite and Camino’s love was too strong to end like this and in the next one how Maite would never come back. Like wtf -.-

Ah, yeah, you gotta be careful with the historical shows. Those seem to have the most scope for things going wrong. I’m lucky to be able to concentrate on non-soap ships recently, but yeah, I can’t blame people for getting into them, they really did look good on paper (and canvas :P). Plus, Camino’s actress being actually married to a woman, it definitely made us think they’d put more effort into the story.

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Motherland Fort Salem anon again here. I’m curious about the character you like. Who is it? Also AAAAHHH Raelle and Scylla are so cute. Even when the audience knows Scylla’s a spree, i can’t help loving and shipping them. Also TALLY IS BABY!

It’s Abigail! 😀 I just like that perfectionist struggling under parental pressure kinda character. Also, maaaybe I’m shipping her and Libba just a scooch. 

Lol, yeah, the audience has to be pretttty forgiving of Scylla, but so far, she and Raelle are making it work. At some point they’re gonna have to explain what other layer there is to it, because it can’t simply be this? General Alder and through her, the military, definitely have their demons, but just being opposed to something bad doesn’t make you good, if your ways are straight up terrorism. But can’t believe they’d do the reveal about Scylla this quickly and not have there be another twist waiting.

I love Tally! She’s so nice, but I like her standing up for herself.