#armea

"Police killed the Arena supporters"

Rehav Ybrahim of Sapiro’s Children

Lira - Eldest and only daughter with Reyna Amihan of Lireo

Kahlil - Firstborn son with Sang’gre Alena of Lireo

Armea - Second child with Sang’gre Alena, already Queen of Sapiro

I have said this before that the writers are deliberately turning Solidarius into a shitty character to force the DarMea team up which basically sums up what this whole ass show is all about--forced. Mapilit lang, mapahaba lang yung kuwento. And even if the writers deny that, which they would, I just don't see why they have to fuck up his character. I like the idea of two people who were forced into marriage but eventually teamed up to survive and navigate their way into politics and getting rid of the mfs who would try to overthrow them or something mga ganern. Eh kaso they're only pushing Armea to fall for her sister's murderer and ginagawang gago yung character ni Solidarius para lang walang mag ship sa kanila ni Armea 🤷

Mitena returning to the dark side? Nakakaumay na jusko!

This never ending cycle of dying and coming back to life like...seriously? Requirement ba na pag Sang'gre mamamatay muna tapos mabubuhay ulit?

Haliyah and Gargan's back story is the same old unrequited/rejected love which is...predictable and uninteresting.

Lira is just there for the comedy and I am still not having it.

And don't make me start on GMA-7's BAD habit of putting their most inexperienced and unready actors on huge projects like this.

Direk Mark posted on his ig that he, madam Suzi and the rest of the team are working on the script, casting, etc. and I've read on some fan pages on Facebook that the show will be top billed by Bianca Umali.

The actress is (idk if this is confirmed already) set to play a character who has been exhibiting magical powers, not knowing that she is actually the daughter of Sang'gre Danaya. Now this plot is quite familiar to me because a few years after the original Encantadia ended in 2006, I remember GMA teasing the comeback of this well-loved show (I forgot what year it was), but for some reason it was pushed back (and shelved for awhile?) until 2016.

However, from what I recall the story (at least according to Enca fan pages and fan sites) was going to focus on the new generation of Sang'gres and what happened to Encantadia after the sisters Pirena, Amihan, Alena and Danaya "left" (in the finale of PHW), leaving Encantadia under the care of Cassandra (daughter of Lira, Queen of Lireo), Armea (daughter of Ybrahim and Alena, Queen of Sapiro), and Arman (son of Ybrahim and Odessa who became the story teller and the one who's watching over Adamya).

So imagine how surprised I was when GMA announced that it was going to be a remake.

Going back prior to Enca 2016, I've been reading articles from fan sites and fan pages that Arde was going to be the new main antagonist, a new kingdom will rise after Hathoria was destroyed by Pirena, Cassandra having no female heir to succeed her as queen, etc. and there was a part in that article saying that Aquil and Danaya's daughter will be whisked away to the mortal world and...you know the whole thought of that was DanQuil's daughter discovering her powers and stuff like that.

[ I'd like to point out though that none of these were confirmed by GMA-7, DMR and SD as far as I'm concerned because like I said, the Enca project was pushed back (or shelved, idk) until like 7 years ago. ]

Anyway, does that ring any bells?

Yup, that's the story of Lira 2005, and I'm emphasizing the original story of this character bc in contrast to the 2016 version, Lira has absolutely no idea about her true identity and didn't understand why she has powers, thought that Muyak was imaginary, and Anthony even thought that she was schizophrenic (I forgot which episodes were those but the earlier episodes). Whilst Lira 2016 has always known that she was a diwata and her story was more focused on going back to Encantadia, not as complicated as her OG counterpart.

Don't get me wrong, I'm really excited for Sang'gre but if that story of DanQuil's daughter turns out to be true, then I'd be disappointed because that story has been told already, para na rin nilang ni-recycle 'yung kuwento ni Lira (and Amihan at some point).

But it's Suzette Doctolero and Direk Mark Reyes, I know they'll always come up with fresh and exciting ideas and storylines. So I'm really looking forward for the portal to finally reopen and I am so excited to be whisked away into the world of Encantadia once more.

Also, I'm crossing my fingers for a Glaiza-Kylie-Gabbi-Sanya reunion, and an Ybramihan wedding (DMR and SD beke nemen)