Did another rewatch of Episode 8 of TBH and Sterling is absolutely adorable in that whole episode. The one thing I relate to the most with her is the panicked/worried expression she gives April when she says to her “You thought that was nothing?” She doesn’t relax or breath until April says no then you see her breath out like “thank God it wasn’t just me who felt something”

Ooof, yeah, that moment where she just stops breathing and just braces herself:

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Because maybe it was, maybe she’s making too much of it and it meant nothing to April or she’s not going to acknowledge it but phew, April admits it wasn’t nothing and then we get this moment of relief.

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It’s like those moments in fic where people let out a breath they didn’t know they were holding. 😛

maddie phillips’ facial expressions remind me so much of cameron diaz’s in her comedy acting style. the big green eyes also help with that.

Oh, really? It’s been so long since I’ve seen Cameron Diaz in anything but I don’t recall her being so…elastic-faced? Heh. But I do get the wide-eyed comedic part.

And another anon:

That girl that play sterling is really good actress. She really sold me her been completely in love with April after just touching her arm

She is! And yes, she was incredibly effective at seeming completely besotted with April.

Barbara and Maca are sweet for answering stuff in English, but tbh I get irritated af at people’s entitled insistence that they speak English. Ppl can be so rude about it online and it’s so obnoxious. AAM is in Spanish. It’s been translated w English subtitles by lovely people, but it really makes me feel some type of way to see English speakers demand that they speak English (I kno u & others aren’t demanding it, I’m commenting only on rude ones I’ve seen) esp in this moment.

Aww, yeah, that does suck. I guess I assumed it was mostly people requesting it but for sure, the more there are, the more overwhelming and like an instruction or demand it seems. Even if people aren’t from countries where English is the main language but it’s the overlap language they can understand, they can hope the fans translate and if not, just, that’s not for us then. 

Like, that really weighty question about how to be respectful as straight allies, which, I understood the answer precisely because they answered in English and I really did like their response, but it was clear they struggled a bit finding the right words to convey these very precise, sensitive sentiments and it was a bit unfair on them, in that sense.

I don’t really know how to resolve it, though, each fan is acting as an individual, they just want to understand and communicate and in turn, Barb and Maca want to please them. It’s not like that person asked that the response be in English (I don’t think, anyway), so. I guess, just, be cognizant of the situation and dynamics and be respectful. 😡

The last live made people go crazy about barbarena again. While I think is stupid to ship people irl, I find funny all the jealous maca videos they share

I was actually kind of surprised so many people tuned into a live that had I guess like a day’s heads up. Were they getting 11k even during their heyday? Well, they didn’t do lives together, just regular ole interviews. It was so unexpected, after all this time and knowing fans had been burning for one of just the two of them since the start of the lockdowns and now this pops up with them sharing a sofa. 🙂

And, what, jealous Maca??? Wasn’t it the other way around last year? Fandom’s creating a whole separate telenovela in their heads.