sorry but this is so reductive i feel like you're intentionally missing what the show is very clearly spelling out. this season is not a lazy repeat of s1, it's a direct parallel with the intention of showing how ricky has grown as a character.
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i’m sorry but i hate what they’ve done with ricky this season. he has no storyline or arc other than having feelings for gina and how he has no point to even be in this show this season since he’s only there for the love triangle and that’s it
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ppl who say gina's feelings are rushed were not paying attention. rina spent the whole season rekindling their friendship (tho they were never *just* friends) and were around each other constantly. but since it was ricky's pov, we only saw gina's feelings show when she started to
the reason why ricky kept trying to make things overly platonic with gina post 2x03 by joking about the chocolates and asking her for advice about nini is because he felt guilty about sending her the chocolates because he knew there were real feelings behind the gesture like FUCK
stancy didn't break up because nancy didn't love him, it was because the guilt of what happened to barb was eating her alive, hence why she said "like we didn't kill barb!" and now her feelings are coming back because she never stopped loving him she was just running away
what do you mean ricky wishes that he had been with gina instead of nini...because that's what that script said? he said he didn't want to confuse her, but now he wishes he had taken the credit. NOW HE WISHES HE HAD SENT HER THAT SIGNAL??? RINI YOU WILL NEVER BE LOVED
“rina endgame!” i say into the mic. the crowd boos. i begin to walk off the stage in shame. “no, she’s right!” i hear a voice in the back say. the lights come on. it’s sofia wylie.
kinda need rinas relationship to be revealed to the drama club by ricky leaving rehearsal for something and ricky kissing her as he leaves out of habit and then they both freeze
ppl can bitch about jiara not being planned endgame since s1 but jj canonically had feelings for her since before 1x01 and by 2x01 they were writing very intentionally for them with parallels in the script so if u missed all that...then maybe ur just dumb! hope that helps 💕
chemistry is not about what’s written for the characters? it’s about how the actors look/interact together...which means chemistry is kinda subjective !! like it doesn’t need to be an intentional romantic scene for two ppl to have chemistry???
the best part is gina got the chocolates way before ricky called nini he literally waited until like midnight before he finally got around to calling his GIRLFRIEND ON VALENTINES DAY BECAUSE HE SPENT THE WHOLE EVENING GETTING THE CHOCOLATES FOR GINA