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to be fair about the writers strike there were a bunch of shows that weren’t canceled because the networks couldn’t replace them with anything (like pushing daisies and terminator) so it wasn’t all bad. likely the opposite is true now where networks will air things they’ve been sitting on to fill time.

Oh, hmm, that is a good point, but they still cancelled both of them too early so hollow victories in the end!

And yeah, now, god, the amount of content out there. I was wondering if covid limiting the number of new pilots being able to shot might save older shows, but Netflix has a ridiculous library at the ready and other networks are importing foreign shows, so…huh.

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You know what I wanna see in season 2? Jealous!April. I SWEAR, let’s hope a girl flirts with Sterling and April gets fucking jealous

Noooo. Why! In ships we tend to want someone to get jealous so they see what they’re missing and act on it but like, April already knows and can’t act on it! She’s the biggest victim here! 

Oh, wait. Unless you mean they’re already together and April sees some random girl trying to cozy up to Sterling and marches over and eviscerates her. I wouldn’t mind seeing that, lol, and I feel like neither would Sterling.

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Blair wesley gives me spencer Hastings vibes..even her voice sounds the same

Ooh, yes, another anon said that and I can see it.

And another anon:

i don’t think she’s the one you all were discussing who she looked like but i did want to jump on that bandwagon real quick and say april looks A Lot like jodie comer imo! also i think it’s been said but sterling’s a dead ringer for eliza coupe imo

Jo-Jodie Comer? For April? I…I mean…I…well, Jodie Comer can be quite the chameleon, so maybe in some pics or videos, yeah. Hmm, yes, Eliza Coupe has been said, so that’s another vote. I don’t know if I should be keeping track of these, hee.

And another anon:

I love how we play the look alike game after every new show we’re currently obsessed with lol

I think these four actresses just really set it off for us for some reason! These three and Alba, I mean, althoughhhh, when I watched Fairly Legal, I was stuck on who Virginia Williams (the twins’ mom) reminded me of and couldn’t really land on anyone. 

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can i just say, booasaur, i really love going to your blog and reading all your meta thoughts, including those in your tags. it gives me new insights about many things that i haven’t thought about in a show. plus, you’re very nice and very articulate as well. it’s been a blast going through your posts! (you can publish this. just going on record that you’re very awesome)

Sorry it took me so long to reply, it was hard finding the words to reply to something so nice! I really appreciate you taking the time to send this, and it was so thoughtful to go into details. This was just super flattering and lovely to get, thank you so much!

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What moment do you think April caught/ re caught feelings for Sterling? Or was it just like lingering under the surface repressed?

And other anons:

Hey, do you think April already had a secret crush on Sterling? Or she became attracted when Sterling kissed her?

Did April like Sterling when she was being mean to her early on?

Do you think April had a crush on Sterling? I think Sterling might have had one on April (if maybe subconsciously) when they were younger if only because in the scenes where they’re reminiscing on their childhood Sterling seems to remember little details that even April is surprised she remembers

Hmmm. That is the big question, right, was Sterling one of the Adeles, and if so, did it ever go away and if it did, when did it come roaring back? 

I don’t know what the show’s version of the timeline would be, I’m not even entirely sure of my own thoughts, but here would be my current feelings:

In the first few eps, there’s a genuine resentment from April toward Sterling, for the reasons I mentioned earlier and obviously the 5th grade thing. Mixed up with all that was probably also a buried attraction, Sterling’s pretty, but she’s also a good enough student to be an actual rival and on some level that’s something April responds to. April also seems strong-minded enough to appreciate how principled Sterling is, except it makes her even more resentful, thinking it’s fake. 

So you enter ep 6 with this swirling maelstrom. teen hormones, resentment past and present, having to suppress any gay feelings, probably hiding them from even herself, the recent agitation of her father’s situation and the resulting social humiliation. I don’t think she’d like, been sitting there examining her feelings and being like, omg, I have a crush, damn, I wish I didn’t have this crush on this snake, I think she just had complicated messy feelings about Sterling, former friend and current rival, who can hold her own against her but also keeps reaching out and being nice. And then it all comes to a head at the competition, where she’s actually teaming up with her, having to think of her as an ally (if grudging), and then the 5th Grade Betrayal comes up again and Sterling seems to genuinely have no idea about it and immediately and earnestly wants to apologize. When Sterling refused to use the info against Craig, April was furious in the moment but I think that really was when everything really changed.

She’s yelling at Sterling, right, angry at her and also at herself for trusting her to do this and being hurt again and you can see that moment where she catches herself and pulls back:

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As much as we (understandably!) talk about Sterling’s reaction here, April was having a Moment of her own. I mean, don’t think she went home and had a Clueless fountains realization, I’m in love with Sterling Wesley, but I think she did realize she’d been overreacting, over a lot of things, as she said in 1×08, her anger had been “misdirected”, and that might even mean that Sterling had been an Adele. But now the realization gave her a lot of room to think about Sterling’s good qualities without always stopping short because of the bad (or what she thought were bad). Because with everything else, refusing to use that info against Craig was actually super admirable.

I think a lot of Sterling’s flirting over their project actually DID get a response from April, the way she grudgingly admitted she didn’t think Luke was right for Sterling, the whole conversation about Naomi and Ruth with her confused about Sterling’s motives but also curious in so many ways about her thoughts on it. At that stage and with the specific complexity of this situation, it’s hard to really define it, I don’t think she was in a place where she had fully decided her feelings and was just waiting for a sign to act on them, I think even then she was ready to remain alone for the whole of high school, at the very least, buuuut, to answer all your questions, I think she absolutely did have increasingly positive and warm feelings about Sterling at that point, maybe some wistful what-ifs, and then the kiss opened up a whole world of possibilities.

That’s an interesting observation, last anon, about Sterling having a thing for April and that’s why she remembered things like what she’d quoted to Luke. It’s definitely possible, I do think she has a great memory in general and can probably quote all kinds of stories like that, but that was SO specific. i do agree, though, if it was there, it was subconscious.