#victoriagraysons

They were so much better about it before. Idk. This season has felt very odd to me. Kind of like there’s been a shift in the overall vibe/direction of the show. Every episode has been really intense and dramatic and the family hasn’t been bonding as much as they used to. Hopefully 4B will be better cause I’m not feeling this over-the-top, scattered drama.

getting scenes between them in 3A when Jesus was off at boarding school. I do think he feels very protective of her, though. As for Mariana and Gabe, I'm surprised we haven't seen more of them this season. I feel like the writers are having a hard time juggling all their current storylines which is why everything feels so scattered right now. Hope that changes soon. 

I’m really pretty pleased about that whole storyline (and not just because I was right lol). It makes sense for his character, it involves serious issues (both depression itself and the stigma that men face when talking about their feelings) but not in a forced look-how-edgy-we-are kind of way, and it grew organically from his previous plotline. This is exactly the kind of writing I want to see.

I caught that Ana mention, too! I wish she had come to the hospital--after all, Mike did--but maybe she would have felt like she was overstepping. I wish we could see more of Jesus interacting with Ana/Mariana interacting with Gabe because I feel like the only time either twin shows any interest in their different-gender birth parent is when they’re acting on behalf of their sibling (i.e. Jesus getting Ana into the shelter because Mariana wanted to help her/Mariana yelling at Gabe for getting Jesus hurt).

Shit, you’re right. I honestly forgot Stef had cancer last season. Did we ever find out if she finally had the surgery for the breast implants? You make a good point about the title, though, I hadn’t even considered that. I really hope you’re right about Gabe being depressed because anything else would feel so forced and unnecessary. This season is so heavy.

I honestly have no idea. For some reason my first thought was that he found out he had some sort of serious illness and was trying to keep it a secret, but that seems so out of the blue. I like your theory a lot better. It makes sense, and it’s nowhere near as contrived. Some people seem to think he’s using, but I doubt the writers will go there. We’ve already had so many drug storylines.

I wouldn’t put a serious illness past the writers either tbh. Stef’s cancer storyline came out of nowhere (and disappeared just as quickly?) but that didn’t stop them.

I wonder if he’s depressed, especially after he had that breakdown with Jesus. In theory everything’s going right for him right now but like... he’s spent his entire adult life branded as a sex offender and now that he’s off the list he could be having this “where-do-I-go-from-here” moment. He’s always been able to blame being on the registry for things that go wrong in his life, and now everything’s on him and that could be a lot of pressure. He could be drinking or using but I almost feel like that would be too obvious?

you see!!!! they have such a sisterly dynamic i am so here for it!!! someone needs to gif that scene asap bc they were way too adorable for words

I hadn’t thought of it as “sisterly” (until the “Mariana’s dead to me” which I hadn’t seen when I started writing this) but now that you mention it I’m having so many feels. bc like... clearly Ana isn’t Mariana’s parent anymore but she’s certainly something to her. I am 100% here for Ana as the wise big sister figure who gives Mari advice and listens to things she isn’t comfortable sharing with her moms yet and steers her away from the poor decisions that Ana herself made at Mariana’s age (not that Mariana needs nearly as much steering as Ana did, but you know what I mean).

Ugh I know there’s never enough Ana on my dash.