#klaybarra

see this for reference.

"Alam kong magseselos ka, kaya hindi ko na sinabi sayo." (ep2)

"Ikaw lang ang mahal ko, siya trip-trip lang" (ep 4)

"Masyado kang nag-ooverthink." (ep12)

"Sayo pa rin ako umuuwi, di ba?" (ep 12)

Palusot pa si Ibarra eh pinili niya dalhin si klay sa bukid sa isang unchaperoned na pamamasyal na inabot from early morning to evening + naglaro pa sila ng sipa. insert song: why tf you lying.

"Mukha ba akong magkakagusto sa ganoong hitsura?" / "Bakit ako magkakagusto sa isang tulad niya na hindi mo ka-level"? (ep 15)

"Dinelete ko kasi alam kong magagalit/magseselos ka." (ep15)

"Walang namamagitan sa aming dalawa."

(ep 12)

(ep 15)

(ep 15 end)

"Magkaibigan lang kami."

(ep 12 - "pinsan")

(ep 15 - "kaibigan")

(ep 20 - "tapat at maaasahang kaibigan")

(ep 28 - "kaibigan")

(ep 30 "matalik na kaibigan at nakababatang kapatid")

~susmiyo. folgers siblings yata ang ibig sabihin ng gago.~

"Wala kaming ginagawang masama." (ep 15)

"May boyfriend/girlfriend na yun, 'wag ka ngang trying hard." (ep 15)

had to include the post-harana stairs scene because I just realized na parang may double meaning ang "tila ikaw ay nagtatago" na tinanong ni Fidel lol. And Kla's reply jives with the stereotypical linyahan ng cheater kasi Klay is trying to convince him that Maria Clara's jealousy of Klay was not justified coz Ibarra was already her fiance.

"Ayaw ko ng gulo, kalimutan na natin 'to." (ep 15)

"Hindi ko naman sinasadya, nadala lang ako." (ep 15)

~weeh bro. di lang paglilihim ang ginawa mo. nagkikirian din kayo.

"Nagkulang ka kasi." (ep 15)

Ibarra: wala kayong naitulong ni Fidel, mi amor, dahil ako lang talaga at wala nang iba ang inaasahan ni Klay 🥺

"Lahat na lang ini-issue mo, lahat na lang big deal sayo."

(ep 16)

"Umiiral na naman ang insecurities mo." / "Ikaw lang wala nang iba."

(ep 14 -ibarra to klay)

you might say i'm taking this "out of context" because this was ibarra's way of deescalation after makita niyang muntik tumalon si klay sa tower.

but that doesn't change the fact that he said these exact words na always ginagamit romantically both by ibarra and fidel later. Moreover Ibarra already praised klay like this noong nasa Maynila pa sila. Napakasuperblurred ng boundaries ng klaybarra during this arc. THIS IS NOT PLATONIC, knowing what other kilig tropes and linyahan they've been executing for this episode. Di tayo mga bulag, bingi, bobo at tanga, susmaryosep. Legit emotional cheating ang nangayayri dito.

(ep 15 -ibarra to maria clara)

(ep 18 -ibarra to maria clara)

(ep 20 - ibarra to maria clara)

(ep 24 - klay to maria clara)

stfu, klay. halos 3-5 days niyong ginawa ni ibarra yang "nag-uusap sa ilalim na maliwanag buwan at nagkikislapang bituin: 1) pagdating niyo ng san diego, 2)hopiang di mabili, sipa game, 3)blood moon, and 4)yung nagtampo ka dahil paaalisin ka na sa bahay ni ibarra 5)yung one time bumalik ka sa bahay ni ibarra para takasan si MC. Bakakon ka liar evil ka ghorl.."

"Pati ba naman privacy, pinakekealaman mo?"

(ep 12)

(ep 17)

Klay: nasa wastong edad na ako upang i convince ulit ang fiance mo na pagtaksilan ka because im a strong educated and independent feminist diba at meanwhile ikaw maria clara ay estupida na sunud-sunaran not like me.

(ep 28)

"Sorry, tao lang, nagkakamali." (ep 28)

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so ayan. Isang in-depth compilation of klay and ibarra's emotional cheater linings.

MCAI: btw here ibarra spends more intimate alone time with the flirty naive isekai'd protagonist and sometimes forgets he has a fiance. It's because they have the same ideals and attitudes. Btw he's hiding this girl from his fiance. Also btw protagonist has a massive crush on him and also she dislikes his fiance. Also don't worry it's not cheating coz ibarra does not reciprocate protagonist's feelings because protagonist never expressed them. Also don't worry he sees this girl as a close friend and as a sister he never had (but he reveals this much much much later to the girl's suitor.) Don't worry protagonist also becomes loyal besties with the fiance later, so it's not cheating!

The weird fate of all the pairings that became my OTP that isn’t HoneyWorks...

I surely hope at least Tink and Terence would be together lol (but we never saw their ending, so that...)

“We have a bond, remember?”

Yo’ hate me now for loving all four of these ships, but here’s a Spotify Playlist I made for all of them: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0r6r8kZKWkEZ3s6oUOSGDE?si=bd9bf4ad09b64e6a

reminder that in the book, the school was meant to be located right outside Ibarra's house (ch. 27)

But what happened in MCAI? At the end of ep 8 (or 16), ibarra invites klay to go with him to visit his lands where he was going to build the school.

Ep 9 (or 17)

Klay and Ibarra then go on a mountain date "site tour" while Maria Clara visits Ibarra's house unannounced.

If the build site was outside Ibarra's house (as Rizal intended), then Maria Clara would have seen Ibarra and Klay together.

but no!

Because of the isolated location of the "build site"... KlayBarra was able to do the following far from Maria Clara and Senyora Isabel's 'judgmental' eyes:

Ibarra showing Klay just how vast his lands were and where he was going to build the school, which was on a plain far below the mountain that they were standing on. Therefore he just took her up there to show Klay how big his real estate property was.

2. They spend a whole day there until evening where they got rained on. Cue them a) singing "hopiang di mabili", b) crisostomo reminiscing about good times with his father, c) and both of them playing in the rain.

3. and ofc klay collapses because of a fever and is carried by ibarra all the way back to his house.

Wherein Klay, in her feverish state, calls out for her mom;

which, btw, was strikingly and suspiciously reminsicent of Maria Clara's illness arc from chapter 46.

Compared to OG and MCAI Maria Clara, Klay gets the special privilege of being personally watched over by Ibarra. He even slept by her bedside the whole time coz ofc he did.

does anyone else want to ragequit? because i do.

Meanwhile we get this kind of hopeful delusional dialogue from Maria Clara. 🤦

Klay then wakes up and if you watched MCAI, then you would know how much KlayBarra flirted with each other after this:

klay being all excited at the thought that Ibarra himself changed her clothes (the midwife actually changed her clothes but klay was still kilig at having Thoughts);

klay presenting herself to ibarra and adong without her alampay (cloth that covers her chest);

klay telling ibarra that it's the first time she ever experienced being taken care of by a man;

klay putting ibarra's hand to her cheek to convince him that she has no fever anymore;

ibarra watching over klay as she eats soup. they keep exchanging sweet glances;

klay lovingly pressing Ibarra's clothes;

ibarra convincing klay to play sipa with him. klay and ibarra then attempt to play sipa which results in another trip-fall-catch-embrace (with the iconic spinning-zoomy shot and the show's love theme playing in the background)

As this was happening...Maria Clara was just reading Ibarra's letters over and over again because it was the only thing she had of their LDR (even if they lived in the same town)

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What I'm saying is that this arc was made super extra long and possible because the school build site was far away from Ibarra's house. It allowed Klay and Ibarra their much needed alone and date time.

This specific issue also will cause an impact later especially on Elibarra... but that's another post.

MCAI producers and writers intricately wove the mcai kabitserye in all their worldbuilding and script decisions. They even went as far to appropriate Maria Clara scenes from the book onto Klay.

Excuse me while I