Thursday, January 09, 2014
Por siempre mi amor #26 1/9/14: Close Your Eyes And Make A Wish. I Wish That I Was Ten Years Older!!!
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A few thoughts/observations:
-The young people are not teens. This would be Ara’s 21st birthday. (Before the 10 year jump, almost a year and a half had passed. Ara was 9 when our tale began.) But I guess since they all still live at home, they have to follow the parents’ rules.
-Loved the hair on all the ladies. Andrea was looking particularly fetching.
-Loved that Esteban called Mauricio Papa, and said te quiero to him on the phone.
-Loved seeing Mau and Andy cuddling sleeping Angelito on the couch, and Mau even smoothing Angel's hair. He’s obviously a great dad to the boys.
-Isa is pregnant! They waited a long time. I wonder why?
-Gabi realized too late that she missed her chance with Bruno, but he seemed pretty content in Spain. I guess we’ll see what happens when he comes back.
-Looks like Ossie didn’t pursue things with Tita and started travelling instead. Is Ossie like Bruno and Tita like Gabi? Except, Tita seemed pretty happy and content with her life.
-Marianela has been living on the run/streets for three years! I’m still mad at Cuca and Padre. This could have been avoided. Glad to see the boy she made friends with in the orphanage is with her. He’s a big guy, so I’m sure he protects her. Now that they’ve met Agatha, I’m sure she’ll look out for them too.
-Did anyone else think that the little case that present day Sonia got out of her purse while talking to Ara was a cocaine kit? Wow. She’s the kept woman of an old dude. How far she’s fallen. I guess Gil never did start bank-rolling her again.
-When drunk Ara wondered why Esteban didn’t push them to move to the “next step”, Esteban automatically thought she meant marriage and she quickly corrected him that she meant sex. Seems our boy is an old fashioned guy.
I like how Esteban is kinda a mix of his Cachito role and UFCS role. Just the other day, Pepe was jumping in the sack with Monica on UFCS and here he is enjoying getting slobbered on by Aranza but he is resisting anything else LOL.
Am I the only one who is just realizing Dante the creeper guy who liked Gema was Ivan, Luisa's BF from/on Un Gancho al Corazon? It must've been the loss of hair that made him so different.
@ Vivi in DC-I can't believe Soni is on cocaine! I feel as if she will have A-death like Fedra Curiel or B-a final like Kendra Ferreti. I would like one like Marjorie de Sousa had in Amor Comprado.
I loved everyone's hair too on the time jump. I watched much of this week's eps ahead of time over the weekend and the time jump does make the story interesting. I love the transition that showed Ara's b-day at 11 and then 21. It was a well-done touch by the writers.
Corazon, thanks again for taking over for me for last night's cap. I'm just recovering from bronchitis and should be rearing to go for next Wednesday. I now know that Mucinex and prayer works!
Vivi, I like Andrea's hairstyle, but not the color--it looks too dark as if it's a wig. I'm not surprised Mau is a great father. I wanted to squee like Andrea seeing him smoothing out Angelito's hair. And Esteban calling him papa and telling him he loves him was even better. I didn't notice wedding rings on he and Andy's fingers, though. I'm thinking since Andy was divorced from Fer, she and Mau had to get a civil marriage, hence no rings?
I am not at all surprised Sucia is a kept woman or that she's on drugs. It wasn't a far stretch for her to be living off some rich old dude when she did the same thing with her father. She obviously has daddy issues and her sugar daddy, who she calls el ruco--word reference says it means old, worn-out and useless--looks an awful like the older man she said was Marianela's father. I'm just very glad that Don Gilberto stuck to his guns and didn't bankroll her again. Good on him.
Esteban, of course, is a sweety. I'm sure Mau's example and Mau's birds-and-the-bees talks to Este have made him be that way.
I'm pretty sure Isa waited to have a child to make sure Ara didn't feel as if Art and her were replacing her with a baby. Given how clueless Art is, Isa was the one who decided to delay having kids; Art probably wanted to knock her up as soon as they got married. Yeah, I'm not an Art fan.
Vivi- thank you for the age correction, I will edit it shortly.
Sonia on cocaine, I didn't catch that. You are good!!!
J- I'm glad that you are feeling better. I try to post as soon as I can its a weekly challenge that I set for myself. :-) Thank you, too for the age correction. Yes, Art remains clueless and Esteban is a true sweetheart.
Advances show Sonia visiting F-No in the pen. If she's been gone 10 years why bother? There must be some backstory we still don't know about that connection. Someone has probably asked this, but I wonder if he's Marianela's father?
I find it kind of hard to believe that Sonia and Aranza have kept up a weekly conversation for 10 years. And harder still to believe that no one has found out about it.
I also thought everyone's hair looked great...even Sonia looked good.
I really hope Aranza and crew don't spend a lot of time in antros. I have a hard enough time understanding them in a normal situation. I understand even less with techno pop blaring. Sofia Castro is really a fast talker to me.
Sara- I'm glad that you enjoyed the recap. As for Gaby- sometimes we just don't know what is best for ourselves.
Your “Ara has no filter between what right and wrong, she continues to emulate her aunt’s sociopathic tendencies” was an excellent and spot on insight.
I liked Marianela and Erbolas from the minute I saw them and think they are going to add a lot to the storyline.
Aranza is now a young woman and should realize after the 10 year time leap that Isa is a good, loving wife to Art. Further she has treated Ara with nothing but affection and kindness. None of Sonia's poisonous words about Isa and her evil intentions have come to pass. Ara has no reason in the world to dislike Isa. Thinking Isa was with Art before her mother died seems to be the only evil seed that truly took root. If it weren't for that lie, what has transpired over the past many years should have told Ara Sonia is a liar.
Agree that all the adults looks great "Bruno (minus his wig)" especially.
Tablet jefa, I seem to recall a scene in the beginning where Sonia tells her child's father she was pregnant and he rebuffed her. It wasn't Feo. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.
Amazing job Table jefa.
Happy Friday all!
Diana
If only Bruno had taken my advise and backed off a little and give Gabi space she would have been putty. But if only all of us knew then what we know now. I'm assuming however Bruno is a changed man and an adult now. Gabi way more attractive and looks younger
I too thought there was drug paraphernalia and was not shocked nor thought it out of character for Sonia to shack up with an old man
Estaban why you dig Aranza? Really bet she was hell on wheels as a teen. There is evil in her and even Sonia only suggested 5 outfits but Ara went after everything like a rabid dog.
Hey Art, Hey You. Yeah You. See Mau? That's how you parent, butthole
I'd like to see a Estaban & Marianela hook up. Sweeter and hotter
Ten in the Pen. Fernando is gonna be kicking ass and taking names when he does get out
Who was the other dude in the car?
The adult Ara and Dafne are barely intelligible. I understand one or two words out of ten they speak. Thank goodness for Esteban and Liliana. Are the actresses who play Ara and Dafne from the Southern Cone (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uraguay)? I always have a problem understanding their accents.
I loved Andrea's new look, and we knew that Mau would make a great partner and a loving dad to those two boys. It looks as if they formed a happy family despite MeanieMin.
As in real life, some people make good decisions and others just keep making one bad decision after another. So-no, I am looking at you.
We knew that Gaby would be sorry for pushing Bruno away. I have kept quiet about my opinion of Bruno. I am with the group who feels that Bruno is just a really attentive , protective good guy who fell hard for Gaby. I was in her position and luckily made the right decision about my Bruno. He has been a great husband, helpful son and son-in-law , and a wonderful father. Just saying.... Not every guy who is attentive is a clingy, creepy stalker. Some are just good guys. Perhaps Esteban is a young Bruno..serious, kind, committed, rational. What's not to love. He would be every parent's dream son-in-law. I do not think Ara deserves him...at least not at this point.
I wonder if Isa had trouble getting pregnant since she and Art have been married for ten years.
Susanlynn- I had the same thought regarding the pregnancy.
For Gaby's sake, I'm hoping Bruno doesn't arrive with a wife in tow.
Hate to say it but I really dislike the grown Ara. The sweet child really only had a problem with Isa and I could never see her growing up to be the spoiled immature young woman we saw last night. With the drinking and driving I see a car accident coming. The little beyoch also was less than pleased when she found out that Isa had chosen the car. Really at this age she needs to grow up a bit but I suspect her attitude and behavior are a big combo of Tia So-not's poison, Daphne's jabs, Art's benign neglect and Ozzie's spoiling. Also I don't think pretty little olive skinned Ara would grow up to be so fair.
The hair on the women was a great tell but really shouldn't they have had the long hair when they were young not now when they are all around 40?
So Bruno says he has a surprise and is coming home for good. That surprise has to be a wife setting up a painful scene with Gaby or maybe not. I found it extremely odd that Tita said she hadn't seen Bruno in years. Come on it isn't as if she doesn't have the money to travel, and Spain is certainly not a third world country.
Isa's hair was long, black, and staright; now it's long, wavy/styled, with highlights.
Andrea's hair was long and stringy/unstyled; now it's long, darker, full (extensions) and styled.
Gabi's hair was short, flip with bangs; now she has long, styled hair.
Sonia's hair was long and curly; now it's short, curly, and a bit darker.
Tita's gray wig was a short bob; her wig is now shorter, and a bit fussier.
Bruno had a center part and long bangs; he now has his hair slicked back.
Art also had a center part and curly bangs; now his hair is shorter.
Mau had a typical guy/supercuts haircut; now he's wearing his hair slicked back and has glasses.
I'm not surprised Ara still hates Isa even though she has been the best step mother a kid could ask for. Ara's feelings, emotions, well-being were totally ignored when Art decided to marry Isa and Ara is carrying around that resentment nourished by Sucia.
That's why when Ara damaged Isa's dress, I thought the marriage should have been cancelled. That was Ara 's cry for help in addition to the two fights, running away from Isa in the mall and threatening to kill herself several times after Eugenia died and Art's failure to get her help. I'm surprised she didn't kill Isa in her sleep, honestly. And I blame Art 80%, Isa 10% for marrying art seeing that Ara wasn't ready and Ara 10%. I cut Ara a LOT of slack for her behavior because she's the one who discovered eugenia's brain dead body, and she never got to say goodbye to her Mom like Art did, only in a dream. And Art and Isa ignored her trauma. I'm not saying Ara should get away with murder, but Isa and Art didn't handle the transition the right way.They are reaping the benign neglect they sowed with ara.
Look at Mau and Andy. They worked because Mau, Andy and Esteban clicked as a family. Right after May took Este to the football game, they went to look for apartments as a family. They all decided basically, that yes, this is a great fit for us as a family. We can parent and raise the boys together and for Esteban decided that Mau could be his Dad. Art and Isa did it the wrong way-they basically decided since Ara was so traumatized, Isa wouldn't be her mother, just her friens while Art would be the parent. That is not a cohesive family unit. Until ara decides that Isa will be her second so mother, and not some usurper, she and Isa will always have problems.
Xlnt---It's strange how people see things so differently. For me, the first wedding gown was by far the best. I saw beauty in it's simplicity, no lace or fancy frills just pure simple beauty. It made me sick when Aranza poured paint on it.
Yesterday and today almost no time has been spent on Aranza's punishment for her two terrible acts, if any. Maybe there was no punishment and we now see time has moved on. I wonder if Isa has been able to make any headway with her?
When they were all in the car, I couldn't tell who was who. They are young and seem to be wild all accept for Esteban. He uses good judgment. He seems to be a fine young man.
Andrea's hair looked sooo much better, I almost didn't recognize her.
T.J.---Loved your pity party of one. That was sad last night.
I'm liking Mariana and Erbolas a lot. Didn't know who they were at first but now that I know, I really like them. Children from the orphanage, 5 or 6, where do they get their money. That place isn't much but still all the children $$$
Will Gaby and Bruno hook up again?
I can't wait for tonight.
the gringo
You are spot on with the Art, Isa, Ara dynamic. In addition to the trauma the poor child experienced when she found her dying mother she was also told by all the adults, Art, Tita and the servants that her mother would be fine and would come home. That didn't happen and as you say she never had a chance to say good bye.
I too cut her a lot of slack as a child because no one seemed to pay attention to her for more than a fleeting moment. Even with the multiple times she talked about joining her mother it was like water under the bridge for the adults. Every one of them is in part responsible for turning her into Arabrat and while I don't like how extreme her behavior has turned into I don't feel much pity for the havoc she is sure to cause all the adults who failed her so badly. I do wonder if she will ever learn that her dear Tia actually killed her mother.
I like Mari's strapping, guaypo beau. He kind of reminds me of a young Eduardo Yanez...tall, dark, handsome, and smiling. They seem to be a goodhearted pair to care for those orphans. Did they meet in the orphanage when they were young ?
I am not looking forward to Fer-no and So-no getting together and stirring up more trouble. Bleecchh
Art I salute you mission accomplished
I liked the simple wedding dress too. But SG/Isa can pull off wearing anything, and so a fussy 60s dress worked just fine too. No one noticed, because the bride was gorgeous regardless.
But we have to cut him some slack. Isa, Tita, and Lucha withheld information from him, first about the ruined wedding dress and then about the closet full of clothes being ruined. He's the parent, and he should have been told.
Having said all that I'm overall pleased with how this TN has me engaged. (absent someone pulling a Mari Cruz in CI-Oh you mean someone else really killed them and you have my deconfession on tape, but, but I wanna stay in the can you can't make me leave)
I agree with everyone that Tita et al have really left Art out of the loop with some of Ara's behavior. It doesn't excuse him completely, but I wish he had more info. Not that's he's done much with the info he does have.
So-not and Feo will have some kind of falling out and he will hold it over her head. But i'm thinking that the only way the truth will ever come out is if the two of them are talking and are overheard. It would serve no purpose for Feo to tell anyone but So-not could blurt it out in one of her drunken moments. I agree we'll be down to the wire before it comes out.
I'm certainly curious to see how Arabrat reacts to being a big sister especially if the child is a boy. If i were Isa i'd keep my baby away from her.
Art should've been told about the clothes incidents, but I doubt he would've handled it well. He's just been written as callous and stupid since Eugenia died. His change from caring husband and Dad to basically ignoring Ara makes no sense. This is a man who dropped his mom and dad for Eugenia and then systematically ignores his daughter's feelings when he's remarrying so soon the grass didn't get a chance to grow on Eugenia's grave? I just hate it when TN writers move the story along by making an otherwise smart galan dumb as a bag of hair.
I'm looking forward to Ara kissing the ground Isa walks on and naming her first-born child with Esteban Eugenia Isabel after she finds out about Sonia killing her mother. Those sarcastic sighs and eyerolls Ara gives Isa behind her back are completely uncalled for given how kind Isa has been to her.
Feo and Sucia are going to have to double-cross each other for the truth to come out.
Jump in and correct me if I'm wrong.
**So-not and Methuselah are in so much legal trouble that they need to flee the country seems to imply that law enforcement is involved, but in the 10 year interval did no one question her friends and family? Did her friends and family not wonder where the heck she was?
**I really just can't believe that Art,Isa and Aranza have been living in the same house for 10 years. Holy crap it must be miserable. I really thought there would be an internado in Aranza's future.
**Why did we have the scenes with Tita and the bikers?????
The police weren't after Sonia and old scammer dude yet. The guy they scammed threatened to call the cops if they didn't give him back his money. He looked more inclined to beat it out of them, to me. We don't know if he ever called the cops after they fled the country.
J. Desde NYC- so true about a hard head- LOL
Susanlynn- thank you for the compliments and I a glad that your Bruno worked out.
Decie Girl- I wonder if Bruno returns alone and I totally agree about all of the adults enabling the Arabrat behavior.
Vivi- regarding the hair- Gaby wore a full head short weave, this new hair looks like another good weave job. Bruno wore a wig, like Eva. ;-)
I'm glad that I could help you, gringo
Aleta- it bothered me that after the honeymoon, Art didn't even see Ara.
Sara- I thought that Sonia got off of the travel agency scam too easily.
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