unnaturalequilibrium: If you’re a lesbian or a bi woman chances are you’ve seen these two floating a
unnaturalequilibrium: If you’re a lesbian or a bi woman chances are you’ve seen these two floating around your social media like a fat seal on a melting ice cap. Maybe you’ve already checked it out, maybe you haven’t. Why haven’t you? Is there something wrong with you or your internet connection? In both cases I weep on your behalf, and here’s a crash-course and the cliffnotes you didn’t ask for.This is Luimelia brought to you courtesy of Amar Es Para Siempre, a Spanish telenovela set in Madrid in the 70s as Spain is recovering from a fascist dictatorship. A time where democracy was not a given and homosexuality very much a crime. I know that this doesn’t necessarily sound like the kind of backdrop that’ll make you drop what you’re doing and come running, but in terms of tone it’s a lot lighter than a lot of contemporary shit. The historical context plays a part, but don’t let it frighten you off. Just keep it in mind and roll with the horrendous fashion.Meet Luisita Gomez, the blonde who is sunshine personified and held together by a temperament with all of the same properties as pure nitroglycerin. You’d think that was an exaggeration on my part, it really isn’t. Like not even a little. Honestly I’d love to bask in this character’s bright light, if I wasn’t so afraid it would also give me acute radiation poisoning and possible result in a limb or two being blown off. On the other hand, look at her face, those eyes, who needs limbs or life?!Then there is Amelia Ledesma, the brunette on whom you really shouldn’t judge the book by the cover, because yes she is sex appeal in spades and does actually work as a performing vedette (think Josephine Baker, but less bananas and not quite as much nudity, at least on screen). But despite an exterior that might bedazzle she is the most calm, caring and down-to-earth woman you’ll come across on the entire show (which if you come to know the show isn’t much of a descriptor, but she truly is very down-to-earth and rational). And she’s got the kind of gentle nature that is highly infectious through even the faintest of smiles, which means it takes five episodes before you feel over-protective of her, to a point that if someone even thought about hurting her you wouldn’t even hesitate to ask someone to hold your beer, you’d simply beat that person over the head with your beer, repeatedly. With maybe the exception of your beer being a Chimay, but that’s only because you are not made of money, so there would be a brief moment of hesitation and a sigh at the money down the drain then the beating would begin.And this is how these two meet; Luisi is the bartender tending the woman down on her luck after she’s lost two jobs in one day. Then they proceed to flirt their way through an entire presentation of Amelia’s character. Turns out one of the jobs Amelia lost was working with Luisita’s mother at The Hotel. Small fucking barrio, would you believe it?! They even do that twinkling eye-contact bit where they mention the other looks familiar. It’s flirtatious, it’s fun, all of it reads as both an introduction to friendship, but follow every cliché in the book for a romantic first encounter too. The smiles, the hesitations, the nervous excitement, seriously the nervous excitement! Granted like I told you, Luisi shines brighter than a Chernobyl tadpole, but even for her there is a current in this encounter that’s a little extra, it’s like she vibrates on a slightly more nervous frequency than usual. And Amelia…sure she’s level-headed and often restrained, but damn she’s a smooth talker too, I lost count of the amount of times she made Luisi blush or bashful in this encounter alone. Then they wrap it all up in promises and bonds established in order to assure this chance meeting didn’t end, but rather marked the beginning of something. It’s truly the kind of introduction that makes you want to do the Mr Burns hand steeple and whisper, “interesting.”Are you curious yet?You probably shouldn’t be. You probably should stay away from this. Probably. But did I tell you about that time they recited Romeo and Juliet together while not actually being together? Or when they accidentally had sex in Luisita’s parents living room? Or either of those times when people were straight dumbasses and Amelia, a Kinsey scale 6, was assumed to be in love with Luisi’s father? Yeah, we’re talking tip of the dramatic iceberg here. You probably should stay away, but I can’t. I’ve caught the bug and I am now navigating attempts at not having my stress hormones freak the fuck out as I’m regularly engaging in a Spanish melodrama while every stoic Scandinavian gene within me is whimpering at machine-gun fast dialogue and explosive hand gestures. But believe it or not I am thoroughly enjoying every bit of it and I’m rather baffled that my school Spanish partly holds up, except for when the actress who plays Luisita kicks it into gear, then it’s a bit like having a white water rapid of language washing over you and you definitely do not have a life-vest on. Still, rather enjoy that bit too.Want to know more? -- source link
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