#glo talks

I can’t even begin to praise how well the writers have done with Portwell in season 2.

So we know EJ bought Gina the plane ticket back in season 1 and Gina referred to him as a “a friend bought me a last minute flight back” and ever since then they became friends. Before season 2, we get the FaceTime call of Gina being grateful and paying EJ back for his sweet gesture, and we get a hint that EJ maybe has developed a crush when he gets sad she hung up on him. Starting season 2, we see them constantly standing next to each other and having cute little background moments, so we definitely see their friendship growing.

Then during the Quinceañero episode, EJ was the only one who asked Gina about her feelings & we see sparks start to fly on EJ’s end when he finds himself staring at Gina across the room. Literally after that, this is where their friendship really starts to blossom. They weren’t just friends, they were becoming best friends. Gina was the only one who agreed to do the Morning Show with EJ, they continued to scheme by fake dating once again and just having a good time together. Then EJ admits ever since that night, they have gotten closer and we see his feelings really start to grow, and we get a real, vulnerable conversation with them on the couch about how they view each other. Gina then starts to question if she and EJ are possibly more than friends, but is also cautious because she thinks he’s just being nice and there’s nothing more to it (all of this happening while she wears his Duke sweatshirt) After EJ shows up at the airport with a granola bar she’s been craving all day, she gets her realization moment that she does have feelings for him.

it’s hard for me to believe portwell is a plot device for rina when ej has been the complete opposite of ricky, meaning he’s clearly the better guy right now and he says all the right things & makes gina very happy. she doesn’t even think about ricky when she’s with ej. i mean in this case, they’re villainizing ricky for ej in the gina triangle like how they used to villanize ej for ricky in the nini triangle.