Nomas quise referenciar con los personajes originales de YSBLF la escena esta de La Fea más Bella- || ENG:I just wanted make a reference, with the characters from YSBLF, this scene from La Fea más Bella 😅
One of the things that deserves more credit for in YSBLF is the visual storytelling and how the scenes are directed in a way that reflects the storytelling.
In the above scene, at first viewing nothing in particular jumps out. We've seen many scenes with this exact setup, the board members around the table, Armando all nervous and anxious about concealing the company's financial status, Daniel suspicious about everything, Marcela being annoyed, Betty coming in to save Armando with more lies, blah blah... What's also quite normal is Armando pulls a seat for Betty next to him, he does it as naturally as putting on his cologne.
Look in particular at when Armando pushes his chair to the side and pulls up a new chair. Betty comes to sit on the chair that he was sitting on.
What happened that day was the finalization of the embargo with Betty's lawyer and the court secretary making their rounds through Ecomoda to take inventory of the machines, materials, etc. When Armando signs the embargo papers, he, as a matter of fact, has handed Betty the control of the company.
The scene visually shows that the 'seat of power' has moved from Armando to Betty, which i think is pretty neat.
Armando is a really conflicting character because of how much of a coward he is. He can't give a straight step ahead, it's always half things. He had a thing for Betty before the Plan, but when he was confronted with actually having something with her, he freaked out and feigned a disgust that was never there before. He always took Betty out to fancy places for work, it wasn't uncommon to be seen in public with her, but as soon as it was with actual intent, he freaked out and acted embarrassed even though they could have very easily just said it was purely for business. He said he was going to be public with her as soon as the meeting was over, but when Marcela catches them hugging, he immeditely denies it even though at this point he has nothing else to lose. He could only ever be honest in solitude or in front of Betty. He always lacked the courage to face society and himself.
Armando: *living his truth by baring his teeth, locking antlers, pissing and shitting himself as per usual whenever anyone of the male persuasion notices Betty as someone whose physicality is good for other things than just handing papers to* 😡🔪😤
Michel: *no idea what's happening or who this guy even is but sensing mortal danger on some primal instinct and stomping his hoof on the ground just to make sure he won't die* 😐😐😐
Betty, in the middle of it all, covered in deer pheronomones: snort-snort, Well don't I just LOOOVE how CLEARLY nothing weird is going on around me. 🥰🥰🥰
Sorry, Michel, you're clearly no match for either of these two's insanity.
Armando is fr the best driver ever because that man never looked at the road, was always talking trhough phone and was heavily intoxicated for liek half the novela. Honestly his guardian angel was working triple shifts just to prevent this dude from flying off his windshield fr
I can understand Marcela’s hate for Betty for being Armando’s mistress and taking part in a fraud (although she hated her long before she knew about that and I don’t buy the bs about femenine intuition), but the argument she was right to hate her for covering up Armando’s affairs doesn’t fly when we take into account that Mario did the same and she didn’t have the same energy for him. Marcela hated her because she was “ugly”, because of her status and because Armando confided in her and trusted her. She couldn’t expect Betty, a woman in precarious financial situation, to snitch on her boss, the only one that had given her a chance and had hired her despite her looks. It’s appalling how people, particularly women, bend over backwards to defend and justify abuse and violence toward another woman because of ARMANDO’s affairs.