saw a tiktok of the troyella scene before gotta go my own way and why, WHY did portwell not sing it in s3?? 😭 the entire scene is so portwell coded and at least we could’ve gotten something out of them breaking up
hc that maddox is actually pretty strong. like, she picks up a lot of heavy stage stuff. but nobody apart from EJ knows this and it's sn incredibly pleasant surprise when she sees it in action
I mean that's not even a headcanon, we have evidence to that.
Maddox and EJ move the tables before auditions. That's a solid wooden table, and speaking from experience, anything wood, add 150lbs to whatever you thought it was. But neither one of them is struggling at all, they're having a chat.
She built the set, and that includes a floating staircase on a turntable, and there is no evidence of any lifting equipment.
She gives Jet a little shove when he enters the HSM3 rehearsal, and that boy, plus all their luggage about goes flying.
She carries a bag full of a ton of decently sized rocks to Gina's party without trouble.
Her putting her hands down on the podium nearly knocks it over and sets off feedback
Flinching a little bit pulls a large machine clean over.
Maddie's strong as hell. The wildcats find out via arm wrestling. EJ and Seb are the only ones that challenge her.
OLIVIA RODRIGO at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12th 2023 wearing LUDOVIC DE SAINT SERNIN
Olivia ditched her more edgy style for a shimmering gown at the VMAs. She’s so pretty, and this look really highlights that. She kept her hair and makeup very simple and still looks stunning. The silver dress isn’t what I expected from her, but she really looks amazing. The dress is so flattering and looks great on her.
I'm really tired of these takes that Gina is just Nini's replacement and that Sofia is only getting the spotlight bc Olivia left. These are, to put it bluntly, the most low-effort, brain-dead opinions a person can have. They usually go along with the opinion that S1 is the best season and the show went downhill when Olivia left.... it really makes me question the love they have for S1 (is it really that S1 is the best, or do you just have a bias towards certain actors who you can't separate from the character?)
The reality is that Sofia was given more material starting in S2 (while Nini was still a main and before DL) because she proved herself to be the strongest actor (by far) in S1. Gina served as more of a lead for the ensemble that season than Nini, who mostly just interacted with Ricky and Kourtney. Gina was already leading the story by the time Olivia chose to leave, so I honestly thought the transition to Sofia being 2nd billed felt extremely natural... not like she was suddenly being shoved in the spotlight in Olivia's absence.
I have literally NO IDEA what the rationale is behind the argument that Gina is just being given Nini's lines or is being written to resemble Nini in S3 and S4. Would Nini manipulate Quinn to change the production schedule for a movie just to be part of her high school musical (like Gina did)? Nini literally had no interest in joining BATB after coming back from YAC. It was Ricky who wanted her in the show, and Nini just wanted to do her own thing.
And the complaint that Gina's unrecognizable from who she started as? Ummmmm, yeah, bc as Gina says in the finale, she didn't even know who she was back then and was afraid to be her true self. Her edges were softened when she let herself love and be loved, and as she connected with more people at East (all starting with Ricky), she let her vulnerability and softness shine through. This ALSO doesn't mean she lost her ambition or edge by the end... quite the opposite. In S2, she felt like she couldn't be ambitious to fit in with others, so she hid that part of herself. She found in S3 that she doesn't need to dim her light to let others shine, and we saw in S3 and 4 her show and use her ambition and (true) confidence in healthy and responsible ways.