skam espaĂąa + healthy romantic relationships: some notes
jorge is one of the only jonases who, I genuinely believe, never stopped loving the showâs eva, but thereâs no fear theyâll get thrown back together too soon. eva ended things to focus on herself and on fighting her own loneliness and since their breakup, weâve seen her smiley, surrounded by friends, and happy being single. and jorge clearly respects that and loves to see her happy, even though he misses her
crisana feels like one of the evaks thatâs most grounded: we know that their issues didnât magically disappear when they said they loved each other, but they communicate. skames has shown the difference between bending over backwards to make sacrifices and change for your partner (nora/miquel) and continually bettering yourself, in part so that you can have a sustainable relationship with the person you love. the show keeps finding ways to point out that the âworkâ cris and joana put into their relationship is normal, equal, and serves both of them, makes them both happy and better people â whereas nora is putting work in thatâs leaving her drained, exhausted, not herself. when in love, cris is more involved with the world around her; sheâs more honest about her feelings and perceptive with those around her. nora is less.
alejandro telling nora, before their argument, that if itâs what she wanted, they didnât have to talk anymore!! no other william would ever â one of my complaints about the noorhelms is that (until the end, when some of the better remakes subvert it) the relationship is almost entirely on the williamâs terms. just like with jorge and eva, alejandro is clearly hurt (in this case, that nora doesnât even want a friendship) but he cares more about her happiness. his anger during their argument seemed to come way, way, way more from concern for her well-being than a desire for a relationship
hugo is technically magnus, but he doesnât have the same sex-crazed, borderline misogynistic attitude some of his worse international counterparts have. he doesnât seem just thirsty; he actually appreciates and wants to be with viri. i love that viri, who was so timid and overshadowed around alejandro, comes alive around hugo and feels comfortable challenging him. and i love that he makes fun of her, but when it comes down to it, itâs so clearly just flirtation: he laughs at her corniness and romanticism but heâs also excited to ultimately say the corny, sweet thing that will make her smile. and, like, to go instagram official after one date
and on that note, itâs starting to make sense that weâre watching viri come more alive and open up to her friends now that sheâs with someone who values and likes her, and weâve watched nora fade away. and as much as these relationships have affected all the girls (amira and spanish yousef, youâre up next!!!!) for better or worse, their friendship is what really strengthens them all. and in that sense, i think it works to have joana only in the girl squad sometimes â because at the end of the day, this show is about this groupâs friendship. thatâs the showâs love story.
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