airali_glo

airali_glo

Copy/paste from the Campaign thread


SOOOOO I loved this episode and not just for the Maki action I mean there was lots of juicy stuff and I admit that when at the dinner everything was falling apart with people fighting and such, it felt like the original!


Luna and Monet were the worst, like she really cares about her sister and they try to stirs the drama just because they're afraid to lose their status/level? The fact that Julien got so easily carried away by them shows how she's not as strong as she shows and that makes me like her. I also love how she convinced Zoya to stay (I love when they say their full name), even though I feel that thing with Obie isn't going to end well and she maybe change her mind...it's always GG, so, DRAMA!
The scenes with her dad were so nice, like the confrontation at the dinner.

Obie is ughhhh like you literally broke up with Julien and the minute after you're all lovey-dovey with her sister?? Anyway I have to admit Zobie have chemistry and their scenes were cute. Still, I don't trust him.

Now Audrey. I read lots of people saying that this episode made them like her more, so I guess I'm the only one who literally detested her from start to finish? And I thought she wasn't that bad in the first episode. Now I don't know if it's the way Emily plays her, but I didn't empathize at all with her character - yes, she's the teen that has to be the adult because her mother is out of service right now, but hey, she was so effing annoying the whole time, like your mother is depressed af and of course it has to be all about you and your ruined life and nobody is on your side and so on?? I mean are you serious?? She also treated Aki like sh** and he didn't deserve it at all. She even cheated on him first.
Laura Benanti is a freaking actress, she was incredible.

Max. He's still my fave, even though the teacher story is bad in every way you look at it, like those dialogues the teacher is the one to blame here, though. And no, keep saying that you don't ******* your students doesn't excuse you.

Now i don't know who you ship, if you do already, but Maudrey keep being a no, for me. They had sex for the first time and we didn't even see it, plus Max went to her clearly because the teacher had turned him down so he had to let off steam. There was no sweetness even when he left, like she had even thought he had left already.

I'm crazy for Maki, instead. I just love how Max teases Aki and he's like shy and naive, but then he's like do you want to kiss again??? The scene at the bath was amazing, not to mention the way Aki reacts when he sees Max again at the dinner ("You're all sweaty" and the backing down when Max come closer). Sure Aki is the one who's falling first, hopefully Max will too, at some point oh, how the not in a million years is changing soon

Zoya wants to be herself and I like her for that, just what did she do at her old school????

Kate was freaking out, did she really think that being GG would have been easier?? I like so much the scenes with her, the secretary and that other teacher. It's getting funnier and funnier, I'm all here for the drama.



I think I mentioned everything

Cadenf

Just finished this episode....

I don't love Obie right now, I find it wrong he literally just broke up with Julien and now is kissing her sister in front of her no less. Uugghh.... but I agree, I don't see it ending well for Zoya. SO with all this, I really like Julien and as of now she may be my favorite kid...although I do like Zoya also.

Kate was fun this episode and yeah, how did she actually think this would be easy.

airali_glo

Obie is so bad I prefer him with Julien, but maybe he doesn't deserve none of them. And yes, going all couple-y right in front of Julien was bad taste.

Zoya and julien have a very interesting relationship!

I really like Kate and the teachers For Dan maybe it was easier because it was justr a blog and not an IG account!

Cadenf

Yeah, right now he deserves to be single.

airali_glo

Absolutely, too bad he doesn't seem able to remain single for too long

I remember watching this episode and going nuts for the bathouse kiss it was already in the general series promo, but see it fully was even better.

shinebrighterxx

I still have no idea what to say for this episode. I spent a lot of it just wanting to slap most of the characters.

Julien was doing well but she needs to stop listening to her supposed friends. They are not interested in her best interests, just her brand & making themselves look good. They also seem interested in revenge.

Zoya I know is young but she should know better than to get involved in her sister's ex-boyfriend. Especially that quickly. But for her, maybe it is just good fun with a friend. Doesn't seem that way though. If she wants to lay low & stay in the school this is NOT the way to do it.

Obie is just the worst. He also should know better. Zoya is Julien's sister! You idiot. I don't care if she's more interesting or like you or attractive or whatever. That is a no go zone. Especially not just after you break up with her sister! He might be doing good deeds but that isn't redeeming him for me. Plus she's young so as the older person in the 'relationship' he should know better not be trying to impress her or lead her astray. But he also doesn't know how rocky her standing in the school is presumably. He should've figured out that things are rocky with her father though.

Max, ugh. He's just being given some terrible dialogue/storylines here. His role in this episode screamed Chuck to me too unfortunately. But ugh that teacher. He's the one who needed to be slapped here. Max is just bored & looking for some fun. Hard to fault that. But then he went & slept with Audrey so...

Aki is probably the only one who I didn't want to slap & just felt bad for the whole time. His girlfriend is being dismissive & failing to see his worth & how he's right. Then (not that he knows) she just went off & got what she wanted & had been picturing when she's with him. Aki was cute with Max in their kiss scene but I also felt bad as he seems to be harboring & struggling with feelings there too. Meanwhile Max is just using him at least in that moment.

Then Audrey just no. You're angry at your mother & the fact that Aki took her side so you slept with Max? Also I get it was an important night for her but why invite her mother if she knew she'd be disappointed? If she always feels let down then maybe she should've been a little more understanding/expecting of it happening again? But also I get it in a way. She still should however give her mother a bit of a break, however she would have no idea what her mother is feeling & going through right now.


It is nice that they already are showing the struggling of maintaining the account & the morality of it for the teachers


Ok maybe I did know a little of what to say (I was away over the weekend so haven't watched another ep yet)

airali_glo

That's what I always thought about her, Monet and Luna. She has good intentions, but then she follows their advice and she immediately takes some steps back. It amazes me how she can't see how not always they do what's best for her as a person - not a brand.


She's probably like I like him, he likes me and they broke up, so it's no problem. I bet Obie is her first important crush (not sure she had some in Buffalo, based on how things went there, you'll see). Zoya says she wants to stay away from drama, but she can't help herself and she's kinda impulsive, so


As I was saying in the Zobie thread, I think Obie is probably intrigued by Zoya because she doesn't really know him and considers him a nice and good guy., opposite to Julien. He likes her for that, imho. He's the wort, of course, because the whole thing is a huge NO, ESPECIALLY when you just broke up with her sister. And about his good deeds...I don't believe him. I'm never sure he does it because he really believes in such battles or just for show, to defy his parents. Zoya seems to like him for this and he can feel good about his goodness.



Ohhh the Max/Rafa storyline just started I hated it, honestly (I hate Rafa, but I love Jason, he's such a nice guy and he's also a terrific Broadway actor and singer!)
Max really just takes what he likes and wants. According to Safran in this episode only he puts himself between Aki and Audrey. He doesn't think too much at the consequences...I can't see much Chuck in him, honestly, maybe because Chuck was immediately involved with Blair, while Max is still pretty much open to experiment things. Max is a kid, after all. He's childish. Of course chasing Rafa is bad, but as you said is Rafa the one who should be slapped for this.


Aki, my beloved really his friends (and Audrey) don't deserve him. He has the patience of a SAINT, I would have never brought Audrey flowers, she should have brought him!
This episode has a lot of Akimax content, so my shipper's heart was happy their looks and the kiss ("should we follow him and do it again?"). He's surely struggling in his discovery, he probably never thought he could like guys as well and especially Max. Max was bad towards them both, but what he did with Audrey was way worse.


In this episode my deep dislike for Audrey became permanent. I can't stand her blaming everyone else for her problems, I get that she's 16, but acting like that towards your mother because she's clearly depressed?? And expecting Aki to tell you oh yeah, you're right, she's the worst and you're the victim?? It's just UGH.


I told you it's interesting and it gets expanded in the upcoming episodes.


Don't worry, the board is always here

shinebrighterxx

Which makes her foolish. It should be an unwritten or unspoken rule that you don't date the ex of a sibling or friend without asking first. Maybe she is young & naive on that or just hasn't experienced enough to realise that. But it was still a stupid move & if she didn't know better, HE should've. But if he's just looking for someone to make himself feel good about himself then he probably doesn't care. She's the perfect target


There was a look & I just felt 'Chuck' in that moment. Then also taking whatever you want, regardless of consequences. Pursuing a target, even if it may seem unattainable or push him away... He is certainly his own character, it was mostly a split second moment that just screamed Chuck to me.

I see the struggling in both episodes. A struggle I think Max is aware of or at least suspects himself. Hard to tell though.


See I can understand it from the brain wouldn't be developed & she's 16 so she may not think much beyond herself. However empathy develops way before 16. I've seen empathy in 2 year olds. However I think with all the hormones, ect. going through teenagers a lot of that is lost temporarily. It is hard to see beyond yourself, or at least for some. If she is continuously let down, I can understand it. However she brought it all upon herself & then lashed out at Aki for not just sitting there & agreeing with her. Then cheated on him for what exactly? A toddler throwing a tantrum...

airali_glo

He's only a year older, I wouldn't count too much on his knowing better I wouldn't say he was looking for a target on purpose, but when he saw Zoya he saw a chance for him to start fresh. He couldn't "see" Julien anymore after being together for years, so with Zoya he saw he could start again. Still super wrong because she's his ex sister, but still.


I suspect he somehow knows it already, his gaydar probably felt it he kinda flirted with him in the pilot, when they're changing outfits and he flirted with him again in this episode, even though he included Audrey as well in that. I liked that he asked Aki for his permission, though.


Honestly I think that's simply the ways she is (and I really wonder how Aki fell in love with her, other than because she's pretty). She's going to be harsh towards Zoya when she's worried about her mother for something that happens in episode 5, in episode 6 she's harsh and mean towards people she doesn't know. She's always on herself all the time, like everything - even Aki's sexuality - is about her. She probably cheated on Aki for that reason, because she felt frustrated no one (and Aki especially) understood her and she decided to do something for herself, with Max paying the attention she needed. I have zero compassion for her, I'm sorry.