#hsmtmts: the rewatch

[madmaddoxfuryroad]

redlyn break up scene, basically:

red: hey i cheated on you this summer

ash: no way! i literally almost cheated on you yesterday

red: oh sweet

*high fives*

ash: wait should we break up?

red: did we forget to do that? yeah, let’s do that

i knew their break up would be chill. but this was unreal

#hsmtmts #hsmtmts season 4 #hsmtmts spoilers #ashlyn #big red #maddox #madlyn #even red ships madlyn #this is pretty much the scene #if you don’t believe me please rewatch #one of the best scenes of the season

[noajennifers]

HSMTMTS MEME: [1/3] relationships you aren't a maybe, you're a yes — ricky bowen & gina porter

#hsmtmtsmeme #hsmtmtsedit #rinaedit #* #rina #ricky bowen #gina porter #hsmtmts #userbbelcher #userjustine #userrajan #usersnat #userlix #useryusi #tuserbelovas #addys-beth #queenmay #this took me a day and a half... #but rewatching the show gave me this idea #and i can't stop thinking about it so this had to be done

[ginaporterr]

gina’s opinions on valentine’s day reflected in her wardrobe

#hsmtmtsedit #hsmtmts #gina porter #s2 #2x03 #2x04 #* #ginaporteredit #black = mourning #such a way with words #this has been brought to you by me not realizing there were tiny little hearts on gina’s sweater until i made that set in jan #i’m still on a self-inflicted hsmtmts ban but. this doesn’t count #only one gifset standing between and my hsmtmts rewatch - i will be back to being annoying over here SOON

[brittie-frog]

I'm so down bad for Maddox and Ashlyn that my three favourite scenes are:

3. The Redlyn breakup - the chillest break up, Red supporting Ashlyn going after Maddox and the most insane storyline of Red realising he's bi because he kisses Seb

2. Just the entirety of Maddox during opening night - having an existential breakdown over your love life that you break the sound controls and then just give up on your stage manager duties and disappear (probably to help quinn)

1. The confession - a scene I want on repeat: the explanations of how afraid they are of how much they like the other then the "should we just stay friends?" Before having such a love induced make out their just completely ignore Carlos being there. (Also Maddison giving up and telling Maddox to stop coming back to her when she clearly likes Ashlyn... my baby just needed that push)

I love all my queer children but these two are the wlw so I love them just slightly more.

#the hilarity of EJ seeing Maddox so focused on Ash that she forgot his question at the end of s3 that he immediately went and #CARVED THEIR NAMES INTO A TREE WITH HEART TO SHOW THEM WHEN THEY FINALLY GOT TOGETHER #i love them all #also i will not take arguments about the most crack storyline #Seb and Red kissing came out of no where and hit me like a metal chair #the french guy not actually being french and liking red felt right in my soul #granted i literally dont remember s2 and barely recognised him nevermind remember anything that happened between him and Ash #and jared(?) was just annoying #he showed up ruined madlyn first kiss admitted he liked carlos and then disappeared #its definitely a season i will rewatch at some point soon maybe as well as season 3 #hsmtmts #high school musical #madlyn #maddox x ashlyn #ashlyn caswell #hsmtmts season 4 #high school musical the musical the series #im sad its the end i wish i could have an entire season of just madlyn fluff #but im happy with two seasons of pinning and a brilliant confession

[rinaisloved]

everytime I see Ricky smiling in the trailer I start cheesing so hard and it’s all because of Gina I don’t think I can survive this season

#somebody sedate me #on my thousandth rewatch #hsmtmts #rina #rina hsmtmts #rina endgame #ricky and gina #ricky x gina #high school musical the series

[magicwithineleteo]

i know that a lot of people say that ricky’s confession to nini in 1x10 is cringey and you can tell joshua improvised it but i think it was perfect for rini because everything he said was never shown in the show

in his confession, he goes on about past experiences w nini that we as the audience never saw. this is so perfect for rini because the sole reason they came back to each other in the first place was because gina left and they started talking about their past in 1x08.

ricky specifically was growing after he stopped chasing nini in 1x05 and where he started to really get closer to gina. gina is the embodiment of change, and ricky absolutely hates change. she helped him a lot, he’d reach to text nini or something like that and then gina would end up saying the right things needing to help him.

ricky and nini only started to “fall back in love” after gina left. ricky didn’t think he would ever see gina again (her saying there’s no point in calling her anymore and not responding to his dozens of texts) so he ended up regressing back to who he was pre-gina.

this included being in love with nini.

and this may not make sense and may sound dumb but i think it just summarizes rini’s relationship, the fact that them coming back together was based on moments the audience never saw.

we never saw rini as kids, ricky microwaving her doll, them coming up with their nicknames for each other, etc. everything they reminisce on before.

ofc the show isn’t gonna show this stuff because the show is in the present, not their past.

but i find it interesting that their memories are somewhat baseless to the audience because we never see them.

whereas with gina’s confession in 3x08, we saw everything she looked back on. when they met, her giving him the hat, etc. everything with rina, we saw. we saw them both grow. we saw them help each other. we saw gina validate ricky and support him during his world falling apart while everyone else was berating him. and we saw ricky accept gina when no one else did, him being her first friend at east high and help her break down her walls a little. i imagine she doesn’t let herself get emotionally attached to anyone whenever she moves, so it doesn’t hurt when she leaves. that’s why in the beginning she primarily looks out for herself and has her walls up.

ricky breaks down those walls, and she later gets hurt because she let them down. since he got back with nini after thinking he would never see her again.

“maybe i’m safer when i’m on the run, no time to open up my heart. maybe i’ll hide behind my walls again, instead of tearing them apart.”

anyway

sorry, just a random thing that i liked about the show, the fact that rini’s whole foundation was based on them romanticizing their past; it just foreshadowed that they weren’t going to last.

#hsmtmts #rina #rina hsmtmts #ricky x gina #just something i noticed rewatching the show #high school musical the musical the series #anti rini

[team-wonderstudy]

I appreciate the show for giving Gina growth before getting with Ricky but I’ll never forgive them for ruining her friendship with EJ to achieve it

#rewatch #hsmtmts #gina porter #ej caswell #team wonderstudy friendship you will always be missed

[youarentamaybeyoureayes]

officially one month since hsmtmts ended and in case you were wondering, i haven't recovered from the brainrot

#in short i've been rewatching weekly #just rewatched 4x05 #i've written like 10 oneshots i'm never publishing because i lack confidence #i've refreshed the ao3 tag more times than i can count #cried over bts videos and pictures #realized that a spin off very much probably won't be happening #haven't been able to watch the final two episodes without sobbing the entire time #just normal things #rina #hsmtmts #high school musical the musical the series #useryay

[blues-valentine]

Long Post: HSMTMTS S1 re-watch: It’s crazy to think Rina changed the game for the writers on 105 because when you watch 101-104 it really makes you wonder if some directing choices are intentional or just came out, particularly from the actors acting choices and the rest just totally solidifies Rina's whole arc. For example:

Gina’s first entrance on the show is when Kourt mentions Ricky to Nini. She is at the back on her locker when Ricky enters the scene to talk to Nini. That’s an intentional framing. On 101, before reading the cast list, he is already looking at her from across the room. On 102, he looks breathless at Gina’s dance during rehearsals and there’s a moment he keeps looking at her even after she walks away. Same episode, their first talk at the stake park does feel like the tension and lingering gazes are intentional. Like you are meant to feel the tension. And you can hear Breaking Free playing from Gina's headphones.

On 105 it does feel odd how mad Ricky was about Gina going with EJ to the homecoming dance because wouldn’t that be good? That EJ isn’t on Nini’s orbit anymore? Even Gina questions him over why is he making her dating life his business and he didn’t know why. He definitely had a crush on Gina then. He had one conversation with her (skate park) and felt like they had a connection ("l thought we sort of got each other"). If you think about it, he internalized Troy and Gabriella's outsiders narrative onto them, which it’s pretty telling.

The whole confessional "Ricky intrigues me and I don’t get intrigued" and "Does she intimidates you? Can’t say she does" tells you they were going that road, at least Ricky having a crush on Gina early on and Josh was told to act this way around her, but it was ultimately the 105 car scene that changed the plans in terms of where the romance was going, not longer being a plot device but a slow burn. And mostly, Ricky stayed in the show for Gina. This is something non-Rina's never seem to put any importance into. Ricky joined the club for Nini but ultimately stayed because Gina's encouragement made him see his own worth (and that defining moment was on 102).

To me, next episodes were key and it throws away the argument that Ricky didn't have a crush on Gina or wasn't pursuing her romantically. Gina dropped her "plans" and Ricky stopped his active pursue of Nini right after homecoming. Each of them forgot what their initial motivation was. This is why the "second choice" argument falls void. Ricky could’ve continued his pursue of Nini especially because at this point he knows she’s not longer in a relationship with EJ but he wasn’t focused on her anymore and those episodes point that out. On 106, Big Red straight up asks him if something happened with Gina on Friday, to what he responds he isn’t sure [if it was romantic] and you can see them gazing at each other across the room (with Nini unbothered in the middle of them. Again, intentional framing).

It baffles me people were trying to make Rinas feel delusional for thinking Ricky had a crush on Gina when he was obvious on his intentions. Before the song, in this scene from 106, Gina was the only one to support his idea and right off the bat she could feel his distress over the possibility of the show getting cancelled. She tried to joke about it but softly changes the subject because she could read him. It points to the emotional connection they already share. After he literally sings to her, Ricky flirts with her and I feel like since Gina didn’t have much experience she didn’t know how to read the whole thing. It’s funny because after Ricky tells her she’s good at everything and says "I can’t forget about anything that happened at homecoming" you can see in his face that he is waiting for a reaction from her — one she doesn’t give him. The scene is pretty layered.

There’s this scene on 107 where Nini clearly flirts with him and he seems uncomfortable. Instead, he looks behind him to see if Gina is bothered by their interaction and goes to sit by her side afterwards. Does that seem like a guy that is desperate to go back to his ex girlfriend now that he is seeing the signals? No. Mind you, there’s a time jump (about a month) between 106-107. Enough for Gina to know where Ricky’s house was and how long it takes her to walk there. They probably spent a lot of time together and this might also be the time Ricky got to have Gina’s mom phone number.

On 107, Gina and Ricky's emotional connection is made clear again by them talking about change and Gina reading Ricky like a book. They both share a strong understanding of each other that gets later confirmed by them on season 2. They arrived at the party and Nini straight up notices their closeness and considers them a "we" and Ricky at this point is not trying to get back to Nini. He interacts with Gina in a way that feels like he is introducing a soon to be lover. He isn’t even trying to make Nini jealous. He isn’t even close to her at the party because his focus is on Gina. After that phone call with Gina and her mom, he can tell she is distressed so he walks off straight to the kitchen to gather her stuff so they can leave, together. Gina shuts him down and tells him not to call her anymore and the first thing he does is grab his stuff and leave the party. Nini tries to stop him but doesn’t get the reaction she expects. And important to notice how he includes Gina in all of the things that are making him distressed.

Gina tells Ricky not to text her anymore and that’s because she thinks there isn’t any point in them continuing whatever their relationship was since she’s leaving (not in those words, but the subtext was there) and he still sends her multiple texts that get unanswered. It again baffles me that some claim Ricky didn’t care about Gina leaving when he was distressed and was trying to be in contact with her. He even firmly claims Gina will be back and when Nini asks him if she texted him, he goes and anxiously asks her if Gina texted her. Nini makes the first move in telling Ricky to practice with her after rehearsals and funny enough, the almost kiss happens right after Gina texts Ricky she is leaving for good. It took Gina being removed from an episode and Ricky believing she was gone for Ricky and Nini to get closer after what was like more than one month.

Opening night makes it very clear that Gina and Ricky were pretty much left in the open. When Ricky waits for Gina backstage after she comes back he tells her "I wish…I don’t know what to say" and Gina tells him not to say anything. She also makes it clear she’s only back for one night only. Was he going to say "I wish I knew you were coming back?" Who knows. At this point Ricky had regressed back to who he was and his confessional during that scene tells you this. "Maybe I’m back to who I always was. I don’t know something is different". He is stating that there’s a before and after Gina for him. And notice how the Rina cue is playing during this scene — a cue that is a representation of Ricky’s feelings for Gina, not the other way.

You cannot say that if Ricky knew Gina was staying for real, he would’ve gotten back with Nini. There’s also a quote people don’t pay attention to and it’s when Gina asks him what happened since he dropped out of the show and he says "It’s a long story. I could ask you the same thing". It hints he isn’t okay with how things went down with her. Regardless, I’m glad he got back to Nini on season 1 because he needed to get through that process for growth.

Season 1 tells you the basics of their arc and why it took them so long to get together. It basically confirms that Nini represents the childhood Ricky is so afraid to let go of and Season 2 is actually really good at showcasing Ricky’s internal struggle with trying to suppress his feelings for Gina and pushing for something he knows has not future anymore. He wasn’t fighting for Nini but more like for things to stay stagnant because that’s his confront zone.

Ricky and Gina's dynamic on season 2 is brillantly acted by Josh and Sofia because is in the subtle moments and foreshadowing and if you as an audience are used to things being told to you — you would’ve never understood Ricky and Gina as a pairing. I might do one for season 2 when I finish the re-watch for S2.

#thoughts on my rewatch #my friendship (who’s watching for the first time ever) caught up on rina from the get go #hsmtmts #high school musical the musical the series #gina porter #ricky x gina #rina #ricky bowen #text post

[weirdthoughtsandideas]

How do you think madlyn dating era would go if we had a next season? Also what do you think about ricky and gina romance this season?

I am very indifferent to who Gina and Ricky dates, so their dating scenes with each other were really cute, but I wasn’t invested-invested. I am happy if they are happy.

Now, Madlyn… I am very much guessing they’d want them to stay together and I think a lot would just them be cuddly and fluffy all around. Thinking Brittana level of just having them sit together, linking fingers, leaning into each other… and possibly getting to kiss at the same range they got to now (aka full out making out)

If they’ll have any drama it’s probably gonna be very small. They don’t strike me as a ”bicker over everything” couple and I don’t think they’d wanna do you that with them either. I do see them wanting to surprise each other with gifts and trying too hard to hide it, being chaotic about it. ”NOOO DON’T GO IN THERE BECAUSE… *the most odd excuse possible*”

I thought Ashlyn was a senior because I have no idea about their ages (glee s3 all over again thinking everyone was the same age), but she’s a junior. Otherwise Maddox would go kiss at graduation stage def at the end of the season.

#all the glee reminders wants me to rewatch glee help #hsmtmts #madlyn #rina

[phoebenpiperx]

Emotional Support

an HSMTMTS fanfic

Summary: Today of all days, Natalie needs her emotional support hamster.

And the LAST person she needs to help her search is Carlos!!!

(a missing scene from s1, informed by s4...and surprisingly completely canon!)

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(read it on ao3 instead)

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Natalie was spiraling! The one time when she desperately NEEDED emotional support, and Elliot was nowhere to be found!

And it was almost time for rehearsal to start! Dammit!

But clearly Elliot wasn’t up here in the theatre anywhere, so she might as well move her search down to the bomb shelter.

Descending the spiral staircase to the rehearsal room, she heard a voice below her discussing dance.

And not just ANY voice!

HIS voice!

The boy responsible for her foul mood!

Though it wasn’t EXACTLY his fault! In fact, she wasn’t sure he was even aware that Seb was falling for him.

Seb certainly hadn’t been—that boy was TOTALLY clueless!—which was why she’d had to take matters into her own hands today.

But she wasn’t exactly happy about it!

In fact, she was quite upset...which was precisely why she needed Elliot!

Her mood must have been obvious because the moment Gina caught sight of her on the stairs, the dancer exclaimed, “Natalie! You okay?”

“No!” she immediately snapped, hurriedly wiping away the tear that had dared escape down her cheek.

However, she waited until she had reached the bottom of the staircase before declaring, “I...I just broke up with my boyfriend!”

The two dancers both gasped and hurried over.

“OMG, Natalie—I’m so sorry,” Gina said, putting a comforting hand on her shoulder.

Carlos reached out to do the same, but Natalie ducked away from his touch, snapping, “Don’t!” The last thing she needed right now was to be comforted by the boy responsible for her break-up!

“Sorry!” Carlos pulled his hand back, clearly offended by her rejection, before declaring, “I didn’t even know you HAD a boyfriend.”

“Seriously?!” The boy was even more clueless than Seb!

And that was saying a lot!

Seb, at least, was a sweetie, the perfect Hufflepuff to her Slytherin. It was why they made such a great couple.

Or at least they had!

“I need to find Elliot!” Natalie practically shouted, giving a frustrated sigh.

“Elliot?” Gina inquired.

Apparently, she was clueless, too.

Dancers! The jocks of the theatre world!

“Elliot!” Natalie snapped, shaking the empty shoebox in their faces for emphasis. “My emotional support hamster?”

Carlos leaned away, making a face. “You have an emotional support hamster?”

“Hello, where have you BEEN, Carlos?! I’ve brought him to like every rehearsal!”

Carlos shrugged. “Where have YOU been?” he asked, raising a shady eyebrow. “You’re hardly ever AT rehearsal.”

“Hey, it’s not MY fault I have a weakened immune system!”

In fact, it was kind of Seb’s.

Because ever since she’d caught mono from him last December, she always seemed to be getting sick!

Why couldn’t he have just given her chocolates for Christmas?

Gina quickly took a mediating step between the two warring factions, suggesting, “Why don’t we just start looking for the hamster? Are you sure he’s in here?”

Natalie shrugged. She really had no clue where he could have gotten to, but the bomb shelter seemed as good a place as any to look.

Voices were suddenly heard out in the hallway, and Natalie and the others turned towards the open door.

There was Seb, walking towards the rehearsal room, cheerfully chatting with Ashlyn. It was weird—he fit in so well with the other drama kids, it was almost as if he’d done shows with them last year!

Gina, however, was already rushing across the rehearsal stage towards the door.

“Sorry, guys,” she told those approaching from the other side, “you can’t come in here right now. We need to help Natalie look for her emotional support hamster, and it’s probably best if we close this door so it doesn’t get out.”

“Do you need—?” Seb’s voice was heard briefly before the closing door shut him off.

Good. The last thing Natalie needed was her ex helping her search while absently giving moony glances towards Carlos...

who apparently was going to be NO help with the search himself because he was nervously staring at the floor and shuffling his feet, clearly afraid Elliot was going to sneak up and bite his toe.

Natalie kind of wished he would!

Luckily, Gina took control, calling across the room, “Natalie, you start searching there by the staircase, I’ll take the far corner, and Carlos, just...get out your phone flashlight and check under the stage.”

Natalie was used to giving the orders, not taking them, but Gina’s plan seemed reasonable. As she turned and started searching the area she’d been assigned, Natalie realized there weren’t many places a hamster could hide in this corner...unless he’d somehow crawled into the camel.

Why did they even HAVE that camel?!

After checking under the piano and bench where Seb would soon be sitting—no doubt sharing shy smiles with Carlos like he did at every rehearsal—Natalie joined Gina across the room, searching under the risers, through the stacks of chairs, and behind the assorted painted flats. It wasn’t until she had looked past the sink and noticed the ventilated storage lockers that she remembered: the last time she’d seen Elliot was at gym!

Of course! She always needed emotional support before P.E.!

So Elliot must be there! Phew!

She was about to open her mouth and announce her sudden epiphany when she noticed that Carlos had reached her end of the room and was now lying on the floor, mere inches away, shining his flashlight underneath the raised stage.

She knew it wasn’t really his fault.

But...

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!”

Ordinarily, the high-pitched scream would’ve given Natalie a migraine, but right now the sound was like music to her ears.

However, she did her best to hide her smile by frantically apologizing, “I’m so sorry, Carlos. I didn’t even see you there.”

That was one thing about Seb—he had never mastered the art of lying.

But she had.

In fact, she was damn good at it!

Because clearly neither Gina nor Carlos suspected a thing.

“Are you okay?” the other girl asked, rushing over to the heartbreaker himself and helping him sit up on the raised platform.

“I’ll be fine,” he whined before sarcastically commenting, “I didn’t need that toe for rehearsal today anyway.”

However, he didn’t even bother taking off his hightop to check it, so Natalie was certain she hadn’t done any real damage.

Too bad!

Gina then turned to the other girl, saying, “I’m sorry, Natalie, I just don’t see where else your hamster could be in here.”

Natalie nodded her head sadly—she may be a techie, but she knew how to act, too.

Which was why they totally bought it when, a moment later, she suddenly gasped, exclaiming, “I just remembered—he must be in my gym locker!”

Gina nodded, giving a relieved sigh. “Then you’d better go check.”

Carlos stood and headed for the door—sadly not even limping—as he informed Natalie, “I think we’ll just go ahead and start rehearsal without you.”

Natalie nodded. That would actually be good.

Because even though she’d been the one to break things off with Seb, she didn’t exactly want to spend the next two hours trapped in a room with him and the boy he liked.

Correction: the boy she’d just stepped on!

As Carlos opened the door for her, Natalie couldn’t help but glance at the others waiting in the hallway, her eyes naturally coming to rest momentarily on the angelic face of her ex. He gave her a hopeful smile and an inquiring look, but she put up her hand to stop him before he spoke, mumbling, “I need a moment,” before scurrying away, heading for the gym.

Her plan was to go straight there to pick up Elliot...and then take her own sweet time coming back to rehearsal.

After all, they could surely survive yet another partial rehearsal without her.

And she could surely survive seeing her ex again...as long as she had Elliot with her for emotional support!

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THE END

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#hsmtmts #hsmtmts fanfic #seblos fanfic #or more like the end of sebalie #rewatching s1 i got inspired by natalie stepping on carlos's toe #that scream will now always make me smile!

[magicwithered]

Sorry I’m just thinking about how Tim Federle ends each season with relationships (friendships, etc.) based on how they developed during the season. And by season 3. the boy notoriously bad and fearful of change was more than ready for change. The very thing Gina Porter signifies. And by season 3 she wanted and felt comfortable wanting and demanding stability. Ough my heart

#I #ricky bowen #gina porter #hsmtmts s4 #I love you #can y’all tell I’m rewatching the show?

[after-nine-at-the-oasis]

I didn't have time to create something but!! For HSMTMTS Appreciation Week Day One: Favorite Character, I wanted to make a post about how much I love Seb and Carlos :D. And a bit of everyone else too!

First of all, the older I get the more I relate to Carlos lol. The more I'm being the leader, the decision maker, and trying to be the bridge between students and adults.

And, because of the same thing, the same goes for Seb! I'm the "innocent" one, the one who's always nice, and sometimes I'm just so frustrated when everyone's being negative but I'm trying to make the best of a situation. I feel like Seb is definitely like, the one who's looking on the bright side for everyone else (even when he's frustrated too).

And it's crazy because that's so similar between them. Trying to be something for everyone and getting shut down for it. They're so different, but they somehow have so much in common :'D.

Oh, and the fact that they're just one of the couples? Listen, I love queer stories that address the tougher issues we deal with, but sometimes I just want to watch teens be teens. The most we get in that direction is their fears, like "I'm the fool who thought eh would dance in public with me" and Seb saying Carlos doesn't have a lot of options. We get to see them go through their own challenges, just like the other couples, and I love that so much <33 :'D.

Also they're adorable together and they love each other so much thank you for coming to my ted talk :')

Anyway lol, about the Wildcats as a whole, there's a reason I was having so many feelings as I finished rewatching season 1. They're all so at odds and crunching against each other in the beginning, but there's just this shift. It's not one specific moment, but it's the small different ones of seeing everyone relax and let themselves have this family. Let this family have them. There's not a specific time I can point to, they just weren't family one moment, and they were the next :'). And even through all the drama, that's still true. I really think we're gonna see it more in Season 4, despite everything with the movie. They'll come together eventually, no matter what :).

And they're all so unique! They all have their own skills and personalities, and they're amazing on their own, but again, they're at their best when put it together.

I seriously love all these characters so much. I love Carlos and Seb with my whole heart. But I love all the Wildcats :').

And one more thing y'all. We're all here, maybe for the last time together. Let's make the most of it 🥰

#I love all of you guys as well :p #hsmtmts #seblos #oasis's hsmtmts chatter #high school musical the musical the series #seb matthew-smith #carlos rodriguez #seriously I love these guys so much <333 #this isn't like a deep dive of their entire characters but I wanted to do something for hsmtmts week so :) #I do want to write a seblos fic before season 4 comes out though #I don't know if I'll finish it since I need to finiah my rewatch but goshdarnit I'll try lol #anyway xD #I love them all <333 🥰🥰❤️❤️ #hsmtmtsnet #hsmtmtsweek23 #also I know tomorrow is favorite dynamic and I kinda talked about dynamics a lot slfjdhkgs but if I make a post for that I'll talk more #about them lol #and a few specific ones xD #but also seblos in more detail #who knows if I will though! #maybe I'll actually sketch or write a quick drabble for one of the days lol #anyway :) so excited for seaosn 4 :DDD bye y'all!! love you 🥰🥰🥰❤️

[ginaporterr]

RICKY & GINA + Season 3 Color Palettes

#hsmtmtsedit #hsmtmts #ricky x gina #userelsbeth #usersnat #queenmay #this was better as a concept than in execution skdjfhsjdkf #ricky bowen #gina porter #rina #s3 #* #rinaedit #ok back to my rewatch now 🫡

[steampunkedemon]

he’s so <3

bonus:

#pov ur ricky bowen #he’s just like me fr #rewatching this scene like oh! #he looks sooo shajksks !!! 💕💖💘💞💓💕💖💖💞💓💕💖💘💞 #honestly having them look at each other Like That on valentine’s day? i see u jatt i see what ur doing #ej caswell #ricky bowen #rj #caswen #hsmtmts #high school musical the musical the series #hsmtmts tag

[magicwithineleteo]

hi, just wanted to give some thoughts on love you forever, this is my most streamed song from season 4 and i cry every time and the lyrics are beautiful and i wanted to share my thoughts on some of them <3 i may skip some of them but yeah (the bold and italicized ones are the lyrics i’ll be talking about)

welcome to genius lyrics

i’ve been wishing on a fallen star for too long,

i’ve been running i don’t know what from

but you and i’ve become a sacred kinda home

this lyric is so perfect for both ricky and gina. all of this may sound obvious but gina’s never had a home before and the idea of a home is something ricky’s been clinging onto for so long.

gina’s always moving because of her mom’s job so she’s never had one. her life is all about change. she can’t get emotionally attached to people or places because next thing she knows, she’s packing up and moving elsewhere.

and we see ricky “finding a home” in nini. i say this because that doesn’t work out in the slightest. nini represented his childhood, his comfort zone. something that doesn’t change. nini certainly didn’t like being this for ricky, feeling confined. ricky’s world was changing with his parents divorcing and lynne moving and dating todd, while his dad started having a thing with his teacher. he looked for a home in nini, which didn’t last. his world crumbled and he hated change. until he started talking to gina again in season 3.

that’s another reason why portwell was never meant to work out. gina needed someone to stay, to be her constant, and ej was entering a new chapter of his life. similarly, ricky needed someone to understand the struggle of change. nini moreso appreciated change, or rather, never really had an adverse reaction to it like ricky. ricky needed someone like gina who also longed for stability.

in their own words, they got each other. they told each other things they would never tell anyone else, because they knew the other would be able to relate and validate them. they became each others homes, when gina didn’t have one and ricky lost his.

i’m in love, i’m in love, i’m in love and i know it

no net, no fear right here in this moment

i loveeee this line. we see how ricky has grown so much here. “no net” shows how ricky is putting himself out there, without anything holding him back. he’s standing on the edge of a cliff, taking a leap of faith. he’s telling gina he loves her, something he has struggled with saying in the past. bro couldn’t say it back to nini, and barely said it to the people he did love. he was so scared of being vulnerable, to now being able to freely express his feelings without being afraid of what may happen.

which goes into “no fear right here in this moment.” ricky is so sure of his relationship with gina, and with his love. he won’t regret saying this to her. he’s not afraid, he has no safety net. he is willing to trip and fall with nothing catching him because his love is real and genuine, and he’s not worried about the consequences. all he knows is that he loves gina, and needs to tell her that before she goes.

and this kind of reminds me of in season 2, when ricky tells nini “i’m a little scared right now, does that count?” in regards to her becoming viral. now, with gina, even though she’s about to leave and start a new chapter in her life, becoming a superstar, yes he’s sad about that. but he’s not scared for their relationship. he knows it’s solid.

i’ve never been more sure of what i’ve got

cause this is so much more then puppy love

aah!! like i said before, ricky is so solid in this relationship. it’s not a question of if he loves her, he does. he’s sure. he’s firm. he’s in love. and it’s bigger and more beautiful than anything he’s known before.

i’ll say it first no matter what the cost is

here i am, full heart full stop. i love you

he said the thing! i love this line because it shows that both gina and ricky knew they were in love. it was never a question on if they love each other. it was a matter of who would say it first. they both knew they were in love. the only thing was was that gina wanted him to say it first, and ricky also wanted to say it first. she’s tired of always putting herself out there first, and he’s ready to begin to put himself out there with no regrets.

i never knew that i could feel so sure and so strong

how can three old words feel so brand new?

this reminds me of kristoff’s lullaby. “what do i know about love? anything i thought i did, you’ve gone and changed it, kid. you’re what i know about love.”

gina changed ricky’s view of love. his relationship with nini was so shaky and unstable, they didn’t have a strong foundation. gina and ricky have a strong foundation, initially a friendship full of understanding. they were both outsiders, they both had hard family lives, they both understood each other.

“i thought we sort of got each other.”

“i’m an outsider to theater and you’re an outsider to east high.”

“sorry, there are just some things i tell you that i don’t really tell anyone else.” “yeah, i think we do that for each other.”

“but with you, i feel so seen and so understood and so known.”

there are a million reasons why ricky and gina are soulmates. this is just one.

i wanna finish what we started in the stairwell where we met

i wanna live like i have never even heard the word regret

i wanna scream what’s in my heart and i won’t ever take it back

cause i love you feels a lot like high school

and forever after that

firstly, gina defined ricky’s perspective on love and on high school.

secondly, this reminds me of in season 3, when ricky said “it’s hard to not say what you feel” in regards to gina. ricky went from not being able to say i love you to a girl he supposedly was in love with, to wanting to shout from the rooftops that he’s in love with gina. he no longer wants to be held back by fear and just live. live with gina. just be with gina. that’s when their relationship really blossomed, when they’re just being together.

beforehand, miss jenn says to not promise forever. but ricky is so sure in his love with gina that he takes that risk of forever. because he knows it’s forever. gina is ricky’s forever and there’s no doubt on his mind about that.

#hsmtmts #rina #ricky bowen #gina porter #ricky x gina #i just rewatched s4 for the first time and i am in shambles #but yeah this all may seem obvious but hey i liked writing this #i truly love rina so much #what a beautiful and perfect love story