Ok so... this scene right here is my all time favourite Juliantina scene and here’s a short thread explaining exactly why I love it so much!

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This scene has EVERYTHING you can want in it:
•The ‘oh no there was only one bed’ TV / fanfic trope
•There’s a lot of physical contact
•Improvisation
•The t-shirt hinting they could be ‘more than friends’
•Yearning
•And a whole lot more!

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‘Oh no there was only one bed!’

The Carvajal mansion is freaking enormous, I’m sure there would have easily been a spare en-suite bedroom for Juliana to sleep in, but Val obviously insisted that Juls slept next to her!

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For the sake of your sanity don’t imagine Val picking out those pyjamas for Juls to wear and definitely don’t imagine them stealing glances at each other while they change into their nightwear

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Obviously we all know where Juliantina’s story is headed, but I view the ‘more than friends’ t-shirt as a subtle hint used to show the original audience of the telenovela the significance of Juliana and Valentina’ relationship! 

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Maca improvises a line here...

You can hear Barbara beginning her next line - ‘My mom must be waiting for me’ - before she’s interrupted by Maca, but she goes along with it, which makes Juliantina’s conversation feel so natural?

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It’s all about the yearning - both gaze at the other when the other one isn’t looking... 

Val doesn’t take her eyes off Juls when she gets up and then a flashback shows Juls watching Val sleep

Small details like this makes their story so special!

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And finally... Val is naturally a touchy feely type person and is usually the one to initiate physical intimacy while Juls tends to be more reserved and closed off...

These character traits are reflected at the start of the scene through their body language...

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Valentina sleeps on her side facing Juliana and she’s almost touching Juliana already...

In contrast, Juliana has her arms across her body, almost like she’s protecting herself and definitely like she doesn’t want to infringe on Valentina’s personal space...

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However during this scene we see how being around Val changes Juliana’s behaviour... she wants to take up space and is comfortable moving into Val’s personal space, and Val is more than happy to let her!

There’s one particular moment I’d like to highlight...

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I made a bad low quality gif so you can watch exactly how it plays out - Juliana pretends to be annoyed by Val’s neediness but is actually moving closer to Val, she presses into Val with her left arm and she also holds down Val’s shoulder with her right hand!

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In conclusion, this scene comes at an important point in Juliana and Valentina’s burgeoning relationship and has so many well thought out aspects and tiny details that means I will never ever get bored of talking about it

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