#Andi Mack Season 3

[scaregutz]

yes i’m still here andi mack fandom (the only one left)

#andi mack #cyrus goodman #tj kippen #tyrus #tyrus andi mack #andi mack season 3 #she likes a boy

[menacing-anon]

Originally posted on July 26th, 2020 by classy_vas on Instagram:

Marker and fineliner pen on printer paper, 8.5 x 11 inch.

I initially considered painting a portrait of Cyrus, in the same dimensions and medium as my two previous portraits, but realized that I wanted a piece with all three members of the Good Hair Crew side by side. In the time that I had before I intended to post this piece, painting even one person would be challenging, so I would not have had the time to paint three, even if they each covered a smaller surface area. I decided instead to give drawing a try, though I’ve never done anything quite like this. I traced the reference photo directly off a screen, then colored it, and learned a lot of interesting things through both processes. This piece does not have the size, the creativity, nor the meaning of Andi’s self-portrait, but I still like how it turned out! I am grateful to @caramelartgallery, as some of the markers and a fineliner pen that I used are hers, and she helped me to scan the completed drawing. Thank you also to @bigth0tenergy, who readily sent me a couple of photos and about a page of advice about various aspects of coloring (he also has lots of Andi Mack fanart posts, notably on @aestheo_ [Tumblrs: aestheo_ and aestheoo] 😉). Swipe through for the process.

I started on July 22nd, though I only started coloring yesterday, and finished earlier today. I intended to post it no later than today, which marks exactly one year since the finale of Andi Mack, season 3 episode 20. After three groundbreaking seasons, the show made history 🎶“for the last time”🎶. I only finished going through my notes from the finale on Friday, almost a year later, and listened to all the rest of season 3 and more while I worked on this drawing (some episodes more than once 😅).

#andi mack #andi mack season 3 #my post #my portraits #my fanart #queue

[litrallytyrus]

Omg I haven’t been here quite a while but it’s fun to be back and seeing everyone else here too 🥹😭🥹

man firstly i have to say i am a huge fan of your username (tyrus users stay united forever 🤞) and SECONDLY you’re so right there is something so special and wholesome about this reunion of people who were all hanging out together during the andi mack/hsmtmts era …. like watching the Final Season of hsmtmts together as a collective little community is just like …… this niche tumblr period is ending for all of us, even for those of us that have already moved on! and that’s crazy!

#time flies man #i hope all the other current and past hsmtmts enjoyers enjoy the last season #thank u all for being with me on the ride <3 #especially to those who’ve stuck around since andi mack like omg u have my whole heart forever #it’s been a great 4 years 🥲🥲 #i’m excited to watch season 4 with my caswen goggles on #just like good ol times WOOOO #cute asks #caswen #hsmtmts

[julie-and-the-ghost-himbos]

EJ my sweet TJ-coded boy

#hsmtmts #hsm the series #hsmtmts season 3 #hsmtmts spoilers #ej caswell #tj kippen #Andi Mack

[theribbonmarkedroom]

The erasure of Andi Mack makes me so sad as someone who watched it as it was airing. I understand the show had issues regarding a Certain Actor, but it still makes me really sad for the people who worked on it. And because the show is such a gem. I want to write about Andi Mack in general one day, but because it's pride month I want to briefly talk about the show through that lens specifically.

Firstly, Andi Mack has so many episodes missing on Disney+ AND DisneyNow that it would be impossible to try to watch the series in full by using any of these apps. Until recently, DisneyNow had completely removed Andi Mack from its app, and put it back on with only an incomplete season three and without any of the games that were there originally (like Andi's Texts). This, I'm assuming, has to do with that Certain Actor, but the missing episodes has also made including Cyrus in any pride posts or collections harder than it should be (more on that in a second).

On Disney+, there is a "Pride Collection" which does not include anything Andi Mack related despite Cyrus being the first openly gay main character on Disney Channel. His coming out scenes (plural because of the individual scenes with Buffy, Andi and then Jonah) were extremely prominent not only to real people, but also to Cyrus' character as a whole. Two out of the three episodes where Cyrus comes out - "Hey, Who Wants Pizza?" (season 2, episode 1) | "Cyrus' Bash-Mitzvah!" (season 2, episode 13) | "One in a Minyan" (season 3, episode 11) - are not even available on Disney+, nor are any of them on DisneyNow (sidebar, Andi Mack isn't featured on DisneyNow 's pride section either). What's even more frustrating is that the series finale, "We Were Here", where Cyrus and TJ are confirmed to have mutual feelings for each other, are available on both Disney+ AND DisneyNow, yet it does not feature on either app's pride sections. Cyrus being gay wasn't just implied, he literally says the words "I'm gay" the third time he comes out and the second time he clearly says he has a crush on Jonah. It's not easy to overlook him as gay, and as a character who should be included in those pride collections, so his omission is clearly deliberate.

Even if the coming out episodes weren't featured, at the very least, any episode with Cyrus and TJ after they became friends should count; episodes like "For the Last Time", "The Cake That Takes the Cake", "Mount Rushmore or Less", "Something to Talk A-Boot" and of course the series finale. Surprising no one, only three of the Tyrus episodes I listed (and there are more) are actually on Disney+. I mean, they included a Miraculous episode in the Disney+ "Pride Episodes" collection that had the most minute blink-and-you'll-miss-it scene of Alec in a wig, so why not include any episode at all with TJ and Cyrus? Idk the whole thing is just very frustrating for so many reasons.

Edit: if anyone is interested in putting together a fan collection of art, stories etc etc of Andi Mack or letters detailing what the show meant to you that we could somehow share with Terri Minsky to let her know how much we appreciate her and Andi Mack, please dm me. There has to be some way we can show her that we haven’t forgotten about the show or her. I can always make another post if there’s enough interest to spread the word

#andi mack #cyrus goodman #tyrus #pride #buffy driscoll #jonah beck #disney channel #tyrus andi mack #cyrus you will always be famous to me #I remember being so stressed every time a new andi mack episode came out they had me GLUED to my screen #wish I could rewatch the series in its entirety :( #justice for andi mack :( #rip to my tyrus fanfic from back in the day I will always think of you 😔

[scatteredraysofhope]

Intro post <3

hiiiii

It's me Aditi!

Aren't there soo many beautiful unique names in the world!? *sigh* too bad my real name the most common name possible

Anyway I'm sooo happy you're here ^^

I mean what are the chances you'd find me!? I think it's pretty amazing!

Soo here's a bit about me

I'm a 17yo who has no idea what they want to do with their life. I have a huge passion for art but I guess that not a very practical career choice :c

Art is sort of my escape. I love painting watcolor and acrylic, drawing and even doing crafts sometimes!

I also love reading books! I even like journaling and writing bad poetry sometimes :P

Some of my favorite things:

♡Tori Spring, Aled Last

♡Studio Ghibli, Disney, Winne the Pooh, The Little Prince

♡The Owl House 🦉, Bee and Puppycat, Ducktales, Hilda, Hazbin Hotel

♡Rainy days, Sunsets, Late nights, Fall season, Warm bakeries, Cheesecake, Lofi and classical music, Colecting novelty stationary, Books and graphic novels.

Im cronicly addicted to Tumblr, Pintrest and Spotify.

Webcomics:

Lackadaisy, Heartstopper, Humor me

Netflix series/Shows:

13 Reasons Why, Anne with an E, Heartstopper, The Good Place, The Good Doctor, Gilmore Girls, The Babysitters Club, The Middle, Andi Mack, XO Kitty, Atypical

Books:

♡Flowers for Algernon, The perks of being a wallflower, Watership down, The Fault in Our Stars, Everything Everything, Out of my Mind, Solitaire, Radio Silence

Music artists:

♡Aurora, Cavetown, Girl in Red, Mxmtoon, Chloe Moriondo, Melanie Martinez, Angéle, Beetlebug, Mia Stegner, Pomme, Conan Gray, Mitski, Lana Del Rey, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo

I post mostly positive silly and wholesome posts <3, And often vents about social anxiety and mental illness. You can filter those if you'd like using the tag #tw.vent ^^

Also if you wanna be friends please dm me!! I love meeting and talking to new people. Plus I don't have many friends in rl so you'll mean a lot to me. <333

Hope you stick along for the ride,

Adiee <3

Btw, My Social Anxiety Playlist :

My Pinterest ♡

My Spotify ♡

The picrew im making ->

#intro post #Spotify #I have to add more but that's it for now :P

[r41nb0wzzz]

Andi Mack being practically wiped off of the planet hurts.

This show:

Had THE FIRST character to ever say the words “I’m gay” on Disney Channel

Won the inaugural GLAAD Media Award for outstanding kids and family programming

Ran for 3 full seasons over about 2 years

Had the first gay character on Disney who was apart of the main cast

Was one of the top shows on Disney Channel at the time

Had a THRIVING fanbase

But what happened?

After finally finding a way to watch it last year, I did some digging into why it’s almost completely hidden from Disney’s services to begin with. Actor Stoney Westmorland, who played Andi’s grandfather, was arrested for sexual crimes against a minor. I believe that hiding the show only draws more attention to the actor. The writers, directors, and other actors worked so hard on this show, and it’s such a shame to see their work go to waste.

It made history in children’s television yet seems to be completely forgotten because of one controversial actor (who isn’t even a main role!!!). If you read this far, thanks for reading my little rant, and go watch Andi Mack!

TLDR: Andi Mack makes Disney history; gets wiped due to pedo actor

#andi mack #disney #disney channel #lgbtq

[spaceotter42]

Josh and Sofia.  The one in the middle keeps giving them the cold shoulder.

From filming Andi Mack Season 3 in 2018.

#Joshua Rush #Sofia Wylie #Andi Mack #Cyrus Goodman #Buffy Driscoll #HSMTMTS #High School Musical: The Musical: The Series

[straightbaittournament]

only the option with the lowest percentage will be eliminated! propaganda under the cut (and more always welcome!):

ava silva and michael salvius:

They have some amusingly straightbaity scenes where Michael initially appears to be interested in Ava (meeting her in a bar, asking questions about her, pursuing her to get her to do things with him and inviting her to kick ass with him) but almost all of these scenes are explicitly for plot reasons or end up displaying the closeness of Ava and Beatrice (and Beatrice’s jealousy over Ava seemingly being interested in a man) instead. Michael and Ava develop a strong close relationship that feels more sibling-esque by the end of season 2 and also Michael straight up dies at the end of season 2 as well.

neo, mew, and shin:

Before the show aired there was all this speculation over who Neo (a boy) was going to choose, Mew (a girl) or Shin (a boy). A lot of people suspected that Neo and Mew would get together and even though the trailers seemed to imply that there was something between Neo and Shin, that it wouldn't end well for them. Turns out the show went a completely different direction and ended up with polyamory with all three dating each other. This song from the show released before the show came out and there's a lot of comments from people before the show came out trying to figure out who's going to end up together (with some people saying that they hope it'll be poly but are sure that it probably won't be) https://youtu.be/5w-nDbr2fxY And here's the famous kiss scene (there's no subs in this clip but the general vibe is that they're telling Shin (the shorter guy) that even the two of them have feelings for each other, they care about him too) https://youtu.be/Gr4fTrXqL8k https://64.media.tumblr.com/80a1b4441645c65825f221a42d2e88ed/36e07bb804d7de75-59/s540x810/bd1bb49d299d904c8ffe9a26b970caf9567eaae3.pnj

edward elric and winry rockbell:

literally in different dimensions by the end! they still have a lot of the hallmarks of "ohh endgame childhood best friends" or whatever but fma 2003 just said. naah. winry got the shortest end of the stick and i feel so bad for her!!! continuity specific straightbait. in every other universe they get married and have kids but screw you two specifically 🙏

hikaru hitachiin and haruhi fujioka:

Haruhi x Hikaru from ouran high school host club. Yes i know she technically gets together with another boy in the end, but there is something so Queer about this ship in particular. Their whole date episode is just screaming Not Straight. For both of them.

rowena macleod and sam winchester:

Their relationship was clearly going in that direction before the writers killed Rowena.

galo and aina (submitted as lio and galo):

Iirc, the whole time the audience was set up to believe that Galo will get together with a teammate named Aina (i might be completely wrong but i think she showed romantic interest in him). That's what usually happens, anyways. However, studio trigger turned that premise on its head with Galo's budding relationship with Lio. In order to save Lio, Galo kissed him. They kissed.

mako, korra, and asami:

it's that one meme where the guy ignores his girlfriend to check out another girl, only the two girls get to know each other and get together. S1/2 has love triangle drama between who Mako will be with (Korra or Asami). S3 no one is together but Korra and Asami become really close friends. S4 Korra and Asami are together. Mako is single. Like the only example of exes being good friends and Not getting back together, as well as giving the middle finger to heteronormative assumptions when after the love triangle is over, the two girls get together Shipping the two girls in a love triangle together but it actually happens

pat and ink:

Pat has a crush on Ink early on, and it seems possible at first that she may feel the same way. However, it is later revealed that she actually has a crush on his sister and is a lesbian. It's okay though because then Pat realizes he's in love with his childhood rival and they become wlw mlm solidarity! Everyone wins!

buffy driscoll and tj kippen:

in the show there's this thing were if a character looks back to someone while they're leaving it means they have a crush on them. so they had a scene were tj looked back towards were buffy was, but then it was revealed he was gay and in love with buffy's best friend who was standing right next to her in that scene enemies to friends were tj is redeem through the power of gay love towards buffy's best friend

alexa, liana, ian, and jeremy:

the Only barbie animated movie where the girl(s) do not end up with a guy. alexa & liana live together and enact a ton of romantic tropes together, the twin guys do flirt with them but then the girls are separated from them by... a magic rainbow. they do dance together at the end of the movie... before the girls leave to go live together again. wearing dresses that are literally the bi and lesbian pride flags. no joke. cottagecore wlw separated from potential male love interests by literal magic rainbow the gayest barbie movie

good luck everyone! now go vote!

#warrior nun #3 will be free #3wbf #full metal alchemist #fma #ouran high school host club #ohshc #supernatural #spn #promare #tlok #lok #bad buddy #andi mack #barbie and the diamond castle #barbie movies #singles tournament round 1 #poll #poll tournament #thai drama

[secretly-of-course]

@mistyfoxxy tagged me to post 5 unpopular opinions from 5 different fandoms—lmao I hope don’t offend anybody with these

1. Andi Mack: Kira did not deserve the intense hate she got from the fandom and I firmly believe she would have been redeemed in season 4 if we had gotten one.

2. The Owl House: okay. this might be controversial but. al*dar*us. I do not like them. I appreciate the comedy aspects of the ship but I truly cannot see them acting lovey dovey at all and tbh I don’t think they have a lot in common. Also Darius is sooooo out of Alador’s league idk what he sees in him. And I may or may not be salty that they got more canon confirmation than gustho but whatever

3. Miraculous: Ms Bustiere. I hate her. She’s terrible at her job and the way she reacts to and treats Marinette, Chloe, and Lila is so messed up and extremely misguided and I just can’t stand her. Gay rights and all but she sucks.

4. JATP: I’m sorry but the boys should have crossed over at the end. The whole coming back to life thing makes 0 sense and undermines the show’s theme of overcoming grief.

5. The Babysitters Club (Netflix): I don’t care how many people hc Kristy as a lesbian she is a romance-repulsed aromantic to me and I will die on this hill.

No pressure tags @kindofsortofmaybe @discogirlirl @illbeyourreasonwhy and anybody else!

#tag games #i’m not gonna anti tag these takes lmao i just hope people who disagree with me don’t see

[apollolewis]

So umm anyone remember Andi Mack. I watched this show way more than I'd like to admit it. That show was basically a Disney channel soap opera. I'm also mad because it had a gay character and was like the first and kinda only 13-14 year old me had a ship for. The show befell the 3 seasons curse and the actor who played Andy's grandfather but let's not talk about him. They left so many plot holes open.

#andi mack #disney shows #I think even without the grandfather the show could continue just never mention him #also seeing the actress who plays Andi in shameless was an experience #Dove Cameron was also in that show

[maygrcnt]

this is a side blog!!!! if you like what i post and want to see me other places here’s how you can do that :)

@pop-kam <- this is my personal blog! if you see this blog in your notifs that’s me! i reblog goofs, jokes, and jests alike while also interacting with my close friends (also for some reason this is where i put my d20 reblogs lol)

@second-string-loser <- this is my main fandom blog! at the moment it’s focused on music i like (mostly chappell roan and olivia rodrigo) but usually if i find myself obsessed with some random tv show the posts are going here while the brain rot runs its course. in the past this was an andi mack blog, then a skam blog so those two shows usually pop up often.

@timefor-americasvote <- this is my big brother blog! she is dormant 9 months of the year but becomes VERY active during big brother seasons.

Here is where i post on twitter. i do not post 911 content on twitter, but if you like olivia rodrigo, chappell roan, or sabrina carpenter then we should be mutuals <3

[intyruswestan]

#andi mack #tyrus

[goldengashes]

Hi, just wanted to ask will you be watching season 4 and what were your thoughts on both portwell and r*na's development? What about all of them as characters? I personally was rooting for r*na in season 1. But after watching most of season 2, I prefer portwell and probably won't watch season 3 after the mess they made. I'd have been okay with r*na if the narrative made sense but sorry to say Gina has been a "maybe" to Ricky. She picked the guy she wanted since S1, but she seems to forget he's not really deserving of her attention at all after he's blown her off and asked her for relationship advice knowing she liked him. Like come on do better girl.

hey, thanks for the ask! hope you're well, anon.

i'll answer this as briefly and structured as i possibly can but i highly doubt it lmao. possible rant ahead (?)

okay so s4... i can't say that i won't tune in because essentially, i'm a huge sofia wylie fan. i've loved her since andi mack and everything she's ever put out with disney, i've watched (plus sge). and aside from that, the s4 plot (the whole og hsm movie reunion thing/wildcats being extras on the movie) is being hyped up a lot and i'm intrigued to see how that plays out. outside of the triangle, i love kourtney, carlos, ash, jet and maddox as characters. i'd probably just scroll thru hsmtmts twitter posts/tumblr tags to see the scenes/discourse/takes and use it to determine whether i'd watch or not. i've abandoned more shows (esp ongoing ones) than i have finished so... we'll see.

if you want me to be honest, gina is the reason i shipped portwell. in s1, the only person from the core four i truly rooted for was gina. i couldn't care less about ricky, nini and ej characters and plotlines (plus their weird 'love triangle'). i wouldn't call myself a rina in s1, but i was rooting for gina's character to be more vulnerable and possibly finding romance. she's this tough girl who's never really fit in because she had to move so much and i truly sympathized with her. in that homecoming scene with ricky, i actually did feel chemistry between them. now looking back, it's probably just sofia and joshua's acting that made that scene more that it actually was. but by the end of s1, it's clear rini was that season's endgame. i mean, the main plot of s1 was ricky being in the play to get nini back. i also believe they were going to be endgame if olivia hadn't left. and before anyone says s2 was filmed before driver's license and sour blew up, i know! but just think about it: with 'all i want' doing well and blowing up on tiktok the previous year and olivia working with a producer at interscope records (not under disney) for her new album since 2020, i think she was planning to move on to music before the script was written. hence ricky and nini's plotline for a 'final' breakup.

moving on to s2... in s2, i didn't like how in 2a gina's whole storyline was crying/pining over ricky who doesn't really reach out to her after the one exercise where gina rejects him. up to 205, i understood ricky might've been conflicted and confused about gina's feelings for him, he had his relatioship with nini and his family drama to worry about. but since that whole 'plane crash' scene pretty much checks out as a confession, it just didn't make sense for ricky to act the way he did in 205. after the whole "if you and i were dating..." thing he pulled, i could not ship rina at all. all the doors i had open for them, i shut. he was so out of line and so disrespectful. he only cared about nini in that scene (while also stepping over nini's boundaries about being in the play). and c'mon, this boy at least knows gina and him are at this weird stage where they aren't purely friends and there's feelings involved. so why would he say that? now, when i saw ej and gina's scene in the same episode, they got me immediately. and it all sort of aligned with their history and personalities—overconfident, 'anti-hero', ex-scheming partners. now that i think about it, i didn't like rina before i loved portwell. and portwell? well, i think they're neat. midgame ship this, plot device that, i don't really mind. i'm thankful for their development in 2b because it was a breath of fresh air for someone who loves and roots for gina. and ej grew on me, too. in s1 he was this straight up himbo disney villain for but in s2 he was given more dimension in his character, had relatable struggles and we were shown a more vulnerable and attentive side to him. my top reason for shipping pw is the fact they started becoming better people together and they got each other because of that. the whole 'new ej' and 'gina 2.0' thing was probably a happy accident, hence why tim didn't really dig further into that. but on the other hand, they're different in a lot of ways. gina wants to settle down in one place and ej doesn't know what he wants—we even find that he wants to break free from the mold his dad wants him to be. i wish that would be something they help each other out with—he is her constant and comfort and she's the person who grounds and challenges him. instead, it becomes a point where they fail (looking at you, s3!). and whether you are a rina/pw anti, there's no denying ej treated gina like a queen in s2. portwell in 205-210 will always have me by the neck. and even though 211 and 212 makes me recoil, i personally don't blame ej for tapping out from their date with the whole 'brother' thing. just like gina, he's scared of putting himself out there to get hurt.

now, s3. i like to joke about the fact that it didn't exist but honestly? minus the triangle, it was pretty entertaining and funny. i liked maddox's character a lot in particular, she reminds me of me. i loved that kourtney has a character arc. i love ej more after watching s3, he's become one of my fav characters. now, i don't know if i'll get booed for this by the pws but i wish pw would have not been a couple while gina is still in hs. not because of the whole age gap thing (which is ridiculous), but i genuinely think they'd suit that bff-to-lovers slow burn. thank god i have tsbu because the way tsbu!pw plays out is exactly how i imagined it would be. but alas, we see portwell deteriorate in s3. and ofc it was painful to witness but less so because they felt off to me. they weren't really the s2 pw i knew and loved. trust me i don't say this bc they broke up, i say it's the lack of banter and moments of vulnerability (which they should have more of bc they're a couple here!). also the ej caswell i know would've broken the rules and took gina as a date, honestly. like, he literally gave a girl food poisoning so he can star in a show with nini. now, i do believe that gina and ej being in different phases of their lives was a good reason for their breakup, she's got 2 years of hs left and his world is getting bigger than just hs. i mean, like i said before, i wished they'd have that two-year, slow-burn best friends-to-lovers arc. my biggest problem with ej and gina's story was the execution. there were hundreds of ways to write them being right person/wrong time and they'd still mean a lot to each other etc. i'd actually be okay with them ending. but with the whole 'i can't be a maybe anymore' and 'can it really be over, if it never got the chance to start?' rubs me the wrong way. it's like tim really wanted everyone to see that ej is at fault here (despite whatever tim's saying in interviews) when he's doing all of this so his girlfriend and his friends would 1) have a great summer in this place that's really important to him and 2) have this great opportunity to be on disney+, which is a huge deal. specifically, for gina, he wanted to make a good show bc we all know how much finally being casted as a lead is important to her. ej could've just walked away, given up and let this thing fall into shambles, but he didn't. it didn't just cost him time with gina, it costed him his whole summer. it was all weird writing for me. and as for rina? firstly, i find it odd that the rinas were rooting for gina emotionally cheating on ej. even sofia said that gina's not that type of girl and she genuinely wanted her and ej to work. personally, i didn't find ricky pining for gina cute at all. ik a lot of people see it as a parallel for season 2a when gina secretly pines over ricky while he's still with nini. but the context here is different now, isn't it? gina never received a confession (or any sort of sign ricky wanted to be around her) before she got with ej. in fact, ricky was busy with lily and was close enough with her to spend summer with her and her parents in florida?? like i don't know, it just feels like ricky's feelings stemmed out of nowhere which made it seem shallow and not the epic love tim is pushing it to be. again, sofia and josh are great actors, the wdykal scene had so much chemistry but it was just that. the context/history of rina is extremely shallow to me. they needed val to say 'yup, he's genuinely heartsick' instead of just letting josh's acting show it. another thing i should mention is the instances where ricky was so passive-aggressive about ej and gina. the part where jet ran off and they needed a hans to sing liaod with anna (gina), he was going to volunteer to step in because he had feelings for her and was visibly pissed off when cordon told ej to sub for jet. and there's ricky slapping ej, which was an ick moment bc it made him seem entitled rather than badass.

lastly, that one shot of him finding out nini was at camp? "nini's here?" yeah? that one scene had more emotional fuel than ricky spending the whole two weeks max crushing on gina. it sort of set back the whole rina development, i have to say it.

speaking of nini, her sendoff wasn't as satisfying as i expected it to be. in s3, i'd prefer it if she moved to california because she got a record deal or something? since s3 was already so meta, that would've been much better than her moving out to cali because her moms wanted to. back to s1, i feel like she was your stereotypical shy, main character with the usual 'gaining confidence' arc and that arc was sort of boring and overdone for me. but in s2 i really enjoyed her branching out to songwriting and stepping side to help out others. plus, i think people skip over how awful ricky was to her as well. first, he takes a break and feels entitled to get her back and second, he genuinely started suffocating the poor girl in s2. well, at least he realized it, though. again, when people say rini was toxic, it's really just ricky. nini did nothing wrong in s1-2. i don't think the rose song was even about ricky, he just made it into something it wasn't supposed to be. i sincerely hope ricky loses this behaviour in s4.

anyway! end of rant. these are just my thoughts. if anyone agrees or disagrees, it's up to them. i genuinely hope gina is happy next season, bc before i was a pw stan i was a gina stan (even though she was a little ooc in s3). if it means rina being happy, i won't be so mad. at the end of the day, this is just a silly disney show and it’s all for entertainment. i do love portwell but i rather tim never touch them again, honestly. canon pw is already ruined for me, though i wouldn't mind a proper portwell closure scene in s4.

that was a lot more words than i expected lmaoo, but if anyone read all of that, cool! if not, that's cool, too. it was very cathartic.

#hsmtmts #gina porter #nini salazar roberts #ej caswell #ricky bowen #portwell #anti rina #just my thoughts

[filmmakerdreamst]

Ahhhh! I can't believe someone actually read any of my HSMTMTS posts let along liked some of them! Thank you so much, I felt so validated lol. I totally want friends in this fandom so yeah let's talk about it! It's a good time too, time to catch up int he hiatus :-D

eeep! Ok I'll tell you my HSMTMTS story!

I hated the High School Musical movies when I was little. Everyone was nuts about them and I just didn't get it. (Mind you, I had only seen bits of it at the time) Being an Artsy kid, there was no escaping them. I had to learn the songs in the School Choir, For Plays and in my singing lessons. It was hell. Could be that I wasn't a big fan of Disney. I grew up with gritty British kids TV like Tracy Beaker - so everything I watched on Disney was extremely sugary in comparison.

I did however watch the movies fully when I was alot older, and they weren't as bad as I initially thought, but they still didn't really do it for me personally. Maybe because I'm not the biggest fan of musicals I don’t know.

I was aware of HSMTMTS when it first came out. I had already been told that they were possibly going to do another High School Musical - which turned into a tv show instead. I did initially cringe at the idea but what intrigued me to it was Sofia Wylie (I was a big fan of Buffy in 'Andi Mack') But the clips I saw didn't particularly. 

I saw the Season One Finale moment where Ricky confesses his love to Nini and..they just seemed to be like every average Disney Couple to me. (especially since they were a carbon copy of Troy and Gabriella) Under developed, Cliche, Main Guy + Girl ending up together, Singing while gazing into each others eyes etc.  

I found the scene to be awkwardly co-ordinated as well. The way Nini immediately flipped round, to walking towards him smiling didn't strike me as very natural. 

Generally speaking the main couple of a show shouldn't put a viewer off from watching it if they don't like them, but it does to me a lot of the time. Possibly one of the reasons why I never got into High School Musical when I was little - so the clips I saw of the show didn't really interest me. Josh and Sofia's acting (especially Josh) was the only thing that stood out.

Its only until Season 2 came out that I saw the videos of Ricky and Gina -- I went.."oh hello. "

At first, I was like, this the typical  'plot device' loosing side of the love triangle ship where the girl unrequitedly pines after the guy that chose his inevitable endgame over her - so might as well forget it.  

The only thing that indicated to me in the few music videos and scenes (out of context mind) that I saw that Ricky might have feelings for her too was his eyes. 

Must give props to Josh in the eye acting department, because I feel like he expressed Rickys POV very well. 

I did see their chemistry and all that, but never thought they were ever going to go there because Disney Shows never do with those types of pairings e.g. where its less obvious and cliche. 

The Main Guy does not end up with a girl who was originally supposed to be a side character on a Disney Show. (And lets face it, someone who isn't white passing) That rarely happens. Typically, on those types of shows, especially today, the main characters end up with their 'endgame' from day one and thats it.

I also saw videos of her and EJ and I was like 'no'. Even before watching the show, I didn't find them to have that much chemistry - they just seemed pretty bland to me. 

I heard somewhere by the end of Season 2, they were  supposedly doing a 'Next Generation' in Season 3, and the original cast weren't coming back and I was like 'noo that means Ricky and gina won't happen' I don't know why i thought that.

Then I heard on twitter that the writers were going to explore Ricky and Gina in Season 3, and i was like 'SHUT UP! NO WAY' and my interest in the show peaked from mildly interested to INVESTED SO FAST. 

The show quickly went from (to me) a cheesy reboot to the Deepest Show on Disney.

I then watched the show in context, and honestly it proved me wrong (the show itself was better than I expected) Ricky did have feelings for Gina, but he was scared of them because she was new and also he felt guilty because he was actively pursuing his old gf before he made a connection with her. So as soon as she left, it's felt like to me that he saw it as an easy out and went back to the safety of his old relationship. But when Ricky and Nini got back together, it wasn't about being 'in love' anymore, it was about having a constant or dare I say, "familiar" relationship that he could cling on to because his family was splitting apart and he felt alone. 

And you can see in the Valentines Day episode, that he's clearly freaking out when she comes to his house and if Nini hadn't called, I'm pretty sure he would of got lost in the moment and cheated. Because sure, he loved Nini but what he really wanted was Gina. His attitude towards her in that Season doesn't make sense if you assume he doesn't like her that way. All these comments saying 'Oh Ricky misunderstood Gina's confession' are BS. If he misunderstood her, their relationship wouldn't have been as awkward as it was in that part of the season. 

Gina was the one who cut him out of her life, not him, because she recognised that he was going down hill. Ricky respected that decision and gave her space until she said it was ok for him to start talking to her again. 

Basically, I find them to have the deepest, most realistic bond on that show. It's not a "straight up romance".  It's not flowery or Disney-esque.  It doesn't have a typical A- Z plotline e.g. 'enemies to lovers' or whatever. It's beautifully complicated and 100% genuine. Plus Josh and Sofia's chemistry is Electric man!

Tell me about your story! Love to chat about it!

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[yoshimickster]

Here's a weird one, season 3 is 13-14 episodes,yet Disney Plus says there's only ten!

It's not even an Andi Mack situation either,they HAVE all the episodes ,so weird .

#kim possible