The Soy Luna Unpopular Opinion Series
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S3 Yamiro breakup/relationship
Author's note: This is an opinion, solely an opinion which means there is no right or wrong answer. It's normal in a community to have different opinions, in fact that's whats so cool about the world, how everyone is different. This is NOT me trying to impose my opinion. If you agree that's great! If you don't agree, that's great too! Remember opinions are not facts, and solely take this with a grain of salt. I love sharing my thoughts on the show especially since I love all the characters and love how beautifully the plot is written.
So watching the show I loved seeing Yam and Ramiro grow as characters and to love interests. I found them to be one of the most underrated ships in the series and even the ones most misunderstood due to how distinct their personalities are. Yam is a strong willed character who holds her values about sticking to the good side very close, while Ramiro is also strong willed but loves to do things his own way, which sometimes mean breaking the rules. Here you can already envision them budding heads and arguing lol. While they may be true opposities, they're perfect for each other because they help each other grow as characters.
When Season Three came, Ramiro had no choice but to join the Red Sharks team because while for most of the Roller members skating was just a hobby, his was going to be his career/future. When the gang found out, most of them kept their distance. One in particular, his girlfriend at the time, Yam was extremely furious about the situation and immediately broke up with him. I did found this to be a little strong on her part and she could've tried to be more empathetic but here's the thing that many tend to forget, no one's perfect and certainly not any of these characters. Which is the beauty of the show. They're growing up whilst making mistakes and we as the audience too resonate with that.
Yam's character made sense for this context, one of her main flaws is that she tends to be harsh on the people closest to her because she loves them, which are Jim and Ramiro. She fell in love with Ramiro (which you can tell since she cries to Jim about breaking up with him) because she thought he grew to become a better person, but when he moved to the other team, that vision that she had of him broke. She saw it as a betrayal to her more than a betrayal to the team. She felt that he was not who she thought he was. It was wrong for her to be super tough on him but it was part of who she is, she couldn't help it. She needs to learn that sometimes people aren't perfect and you need to put yourselves in their shoes.
Fast forward to the end of the season, which is one of my fave parts of the show cause you truly see how developed all the characters are, she get's a call from the school and finds out her audition lands on the same day as the Roller's casting call. In this pivotal moment, she looks at Ramiro, he looks at her, and realizes she was wrong all along. Embarassed she stayed away from any eye contact. She learned that it's normal and okay to think about your own future too and your dreams/aspirations, like what Ramiro did in this instance.
When Yam starts singing Creyendo en Mi and Ramiro goes up on stage to join her, this time instead of avoiding him she says yes. After hearing their duet, she apologizes for not being understanding and too harsh on him before. He apologizes as well. Her character in this moment has grown so much because she realizes that no one is perfect, everyone makes mistakes, even your loved ones and to not be so harsh on them. She lets her guard down and instead of holding her ground/position as being right, she admits she was wrong.
