If you didn't know, now you know: Kristina and Blaze (Allison). Follow their story with this channel on YouTube and get into the adorable sapphic goodness.
Have you seen that there's a possible new wlw ship on General Hospital? Kristina and Blaze. I'm not super optimistic cause American soaps are terrible to gay women (and this one already includes a surrogacy storyline 🙄) but the actresses are really pretty and have great chemistry, so I'm cautiously watching from a distance to see where it goes.
I wouldn't call it just "possible", heh, but yes, I've been keeping track of it! Kind of....?
Okay, I started watching but then very quickly fell behind but I still wanted to download the eps since they're only available for a short time, so I'd check the Twitter tags to see if Kristina was on that day. So I don't know the intricacies of their plot but have some vague idea of what's going on given the reactions.
Including the surrogacy storyline! Not loving that, indeed, especially as people seem to think it'll lead to Kristina stealing the baby, but I'll wait for it to play out. In some respects, it's nice to get a secondary plot, because at this point it's a little boring to get the same old coming to terms with sexuality/coming out storylines, especially on shows that are meant to be over-the-top dramatic. Even for Parker/Kristina, I was glad to have a professor/student age gap conflict to add to the bi Kristina plot. If they're gonna do weird surrogate drama, that's something.
But yeah, even with Parker/Kristina, GH's not got the best track record. They had hardly anything onscreen in MULTIPLE go-arounds, and I was really eager to see what they were going to do with Kristina/Valerie, but they backed out of that before even beginning, and while we never got confirmation Alexis/Harmony were going to be a thing, that was a waste if not intentional! Tragic, that the one time they gave two plot-centric characters a slow build, they either backtracked or it was never even meant to be.
I had seen at the start that people were hoping Blaze was secretly part of some other family/revenge scheme and tbh, I wouldn't hate that either! The GH writers seem responsive to the viewers so I hope they take the good ideas too and not just listen to random homophobia/racism/misogyny.
@soap100drabbles Inspired by the Feb. 26th prompt set. I hope it turned out good!
Take My Hand
Natalia had kept Blaze so busy she hadn’t seen Kristina in weeks. It feels like fate the day they stumble upon each other in an elevator at The Metro Court.
“How are you?” Kristina asks.
“I’d be better if I was going to lunch with you.”
“Join me?”
“My Mami…”
Kristina looks away. “Right…”
Blaze gazes at Kristina, this incredible woman who means so much to her. She knows what she must do. For Kristina, but mostly, for herself.
No more hiding.
“Take my hand,” Blaze says.
Smiling, Kristina reaches for Blaze’s hand. Their fingers intertwine.
Allison's (Blaze) scenes with her mother really hit a nerve for me today. One I thought I had healed.
I almost started sobbing because of it. I feel like a part of my diary from high school was stolen and used.
Under cut because I may have went on a tangent:
I was Allison, replacing Catholicism with being Baptist and minus the singing career (which if her mom has always been involved, why didn't she say anything about Linc?!).
Straight A's. Seldom in trouble at school. My only "rebellions" being my refusal to play sports and my undiscussed first Tumblr account. (I wasn't good and I didn't like the others in that crowd, and as for tumblr, they didn't know it was a social media site and thought it was mostly funny pics and animals).
I was a tomboy, sure, but its the South and kind of expected since my family has a farm and we all participate. But to be a LESBIAN? No fucking way.
Then my freshman year happened and I was outed....
Surprisingly I had support from my dad and grandparents who raised me (though it was considered a phase).
But others? My mom?
I felt like i had to justify my existence. My choices. My life.
"You're just confused." "Were you abused?" "Is this about your 'mommy issues'?" "How can you like girls?! You're supposed to like boys." "My coworkers have a son your age, I'll introduce you."
"How could you do this to me? I wanted grandkids and to see you in a dress and be blessed in a church wedding." (Ironic since my parents' church wedding sure as hell wasn't blessed. And I don't want kids. Never have since I found out they weren't a requirement for life.)
Constantly being sent Bible verses and "studies" about being lgbt+ and made to feel disgusting and small.
I hated it. I hated it so much.
It did eventually get better. I did eventually gain my mother's support (therapy and lots of back and forth talks). Others learned to keep their mouths shut after i started realizing i could fight back.
I share this because this particular storyline so far is really hitting me. And I desperately hope that it's not shown as a magic fix. That work is put into that relationship if Blaze wants it to work. This was.... Big.