#Damian de la Reina

[nerdishpursuits]

Sueños de libertad + Taylor Swift Song Titles for @midniteowlet

[multifandominfj]

Nope, totally not sobbing being reminded of not only the parallels, but at the fact Damian has finally had a change of heart and can see how special Fina truly is.

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[waverlyyhaught]

Damián de la Reina's Evolution - Mafin Sueños de Libertad, Eps. 138, 201, & 215

[clairedsfield]

sdl ep. 209 - 219

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[smileflowcr]

He knows, pero muchas gracias por el recordatorio, cariño ♡︎ Todo es culpa de Kian x2.

Estúpidos  sacos  de  hueso  y  polvo,  momias,  tienen  la  culpa  de  todo  (no  tu  Damian  mi  amor,  tu  eres  perfecto)

[bloomsberries]

I'm including this scene between Carmen and her brother, and Fina, only because of Fina's FACE when she is being flirted with by a man (and because of the way she hits this guy, a potential customer, with: ACTUALLY WE ARE CLOSED). Alba's so good at her job, but she doesn't get enough credit for being funny af.

Meanwhile, over at the De La Reina's we get a lifeless dinner with the fam and their long lost cousin, Gabriel, who, if you're keeping up, is actually looking to get back at them and secretly working with their competitors, Brossard. Famously, our dearly departed Jesus had tried to strike a deal with Brossard where they would buy up Perfumeria De La Reina and he would get to control the company, because that's all that matters to these people: control. Anyway, during this dinner it is revealed that Marta loves the sea and only got to see it once she got married (because her father was always too busy). Gabriel naturally thinks she means her current marriage, because she doesn't specify, and there's an awkward "Have you been married a long time?" in which neither Marta nor Pelayo seem to be able to respond. A couple of months! Who knew! It's Damian who has to specify that, actually, Marta was widowed and only recently remarried. Nice to see Marta and Pelayo are bad at playing in-love. The rest of their banter includes tidbits about business deals and not getting a discount even though they're married. They're fun LOL

[mevuelvelocatuboca]

If the first episodes of the week made me uncomfortable..these last two have been a rollercoaster of emotions.

Usually, when I watch this kind of show I cried a lot. For the impossible loves, the unfair destiny, the desire that goes beyond every social law and every rational thoughts.

Well, seeing Marta de La Reina forced to come out to her father was something that doesn't made me cry.

It made me angry and sad, made me reminder some conversations with my mother and feel all the emotions that Marta felt in those moments.

At the same time I felt the gratitude for a lot of things, first for living in this era - even with all of its problems - and not back then.

Gratitude towards all the Martas of the time, because we know that this kind of conversation has happen at the time.

Gratitude for be able to see this story, so well written and even better acted that all of us were in these scenes, suffering with Marta and having her back emotionally.

For a brief second I even thought that Damian, when he was walking towards his daughter, was going to hug her at the end. Then I remember that he is the person who had cover Jesus worst actions, didn't tell Digna the truth, blackmailed Andres and Begoña for their love and pay for Valentin's false death certificate and for a fake letter to convince his son to marry a woman he doesn't love.

And in front of him Marta have always had to do more and to be more perfect than her brothers, so - even if her "sin" really didn't hurt anyone - Damian can't allow her to be who she really is.

Instead do you know when I cried? When Marta goes to Fina's apartament to tell her everything and she can't even speak at first because when she sees her at first she admires her in all of her beauty and she thinks that maybe it's really over for them but then Fina, after the initial fear, reassures Marta like only her can do reminding her that she won't give up, she will never leave her, never, no matter what.

And they start to think and realize that they have to fight against whoever want to hurt them. Together, always together.

All of this is perfectly shown when Marta come back home and talk again with her father: she is more sure of herself, of her Love, she knows that Fina will never leave her side and she clearly verbalize this self-awarness to Damian: "it's you the one who didn't understand. We are in love and it is a clean and honest love, I don't feel that I am doing anything bad so nobody or nothing is going to separate us.

Do you want to report us? DO IT!"

With the last line Marta de La Reina get out of the room with her head held higher then ever. And I can't be more proud of her journey and to be a part of a community that shows courage every single day.

# cant wait for the talk between fathers

# but especially I want a hug between Isidro and Marta

# come here hija, I'll be your father too from now on

# but you have to treat well my Fina obviously

[galacticdesperado]

I love Marta so so much, but for some reason, I really want her to break. She's been stretched so thin, pulled apart from every side, and how she's still standing is a mystery to me. She needs to fall apart for EVERYONE to understand she's just a human being trying to please them all at the expense of her own happiness, and that's all she's ever done. I get Fina, I really do. The last 100 episodes have been shitty af for her, but she needs to meet Marta halfway. The conflict between the De la Reinas and the Merinos/Don Pedro goes beyond just work. It's taken over their whole lives, and nobody got it worse than Marta. She's the DlR's most valuable (and only) asset and thus the other party's greatest threat. She keeps getting undermined, used, cast aside, and manipulated, and there's nothing she can do about it. She keeps getting blamed for everything, always getting the short end of the stick. But will she quit, can she give up her job? Hell no, she'd have what little power she still holds stripped away and would be reduced to being Pelayo's trophy wife, even if he says otherwise. And oh Pelayo, don't even get me started on him. He is so selfish and lacks a backbone. Sure, his marriage to Marta was always meant to benefit him, but that's ALL it's been doing. What about her? What about the other half of that deal? He refuses to yield and uses fear to counterargument everything Marta says. And how can she fight that, after what happened to Fina?

Fina is Marta's priority, but unfortunately for all of us, she's too nice for her own good, and her work is her life. It's all she's ever had, all she has ever needed, and she doesn’t know how to live without it. I don’t blame her, Damian is still a huge influence on her and, even after all that's happened (or because of all that's happened) she still has no friends. Literally no one; she found no friend in Begoña nor Luz, her friendship with Carmen fizzled and died, and Pelayo, even if she wants to believe it, is no friend of hers, and that makes her oh so susceptible to manipulation. It all boils down to Marta having no one in her corner. Even with Fina by her side, she's desperately alone. Her words, her explanations seem to do no good, so maybe they all need a reality check in the form of Marta absolutely losing it, because nobody thought to care for her.

Anyway, thanks for coming to my TEDTalk. Keep up the angst.

[unnaturalequilibrium]

Capítulo 2 & 3

- Mafin rewatch (Sueños de Libertad)

Watching the de la Reina siblings is a hoot. It's all so deliciously dysfunctional. Damian's three porcelain dolls, all dressed up and filled with generational trauma. How could that not be fun to watch?! I enjoy that Marta is the action oriented one of them. The boys bicker, but she refuses to play their game, instead tries for a solution and an action forward. It’s notable that both brothers turn to her as if her agreement, her word actually holds sway. They’re already making a point of this being a man’s world, but these men, even if it’s a means to play out each other, hang on her word and give it weight.

I’m kind of sad Jesús is such a right villain, because I enjoy him and Marta together. They play off each other well and you instantly get the nuances between them, making it super easy to envision how things were before Andrés return. The way they’ve kept that business afloat, probably stood side by side against their father on a number of occasions. I feel like they’ve kept each other alert, maybe a bit too guarded, but also with a sense of mutual respect despite all of the other muddled feelings of jealousy and resentment and old-fashioned sibling rivalry. In a world where Jesús wasn't such an evil man I think this could have been one of my favourite relationships on the show, if they'd taken the time to develop it more. Especially in the way she yields to him in the beginning and how her character growth comes into play later on.

Carmen is the boss you want to have before she’s even anyone’s boss. The way she is straightforward and stands up to Marta for her own and her fellow workers sake and safety. I wish she was my workplace Union rep. She’s such a competent lady and I'd gladly line up behind. But why throw fucking caveman Tasio around her neck like a noose I’ll never understand. Though I’m getting ahead of myself, or ahead of the show at least.

I mean seriously, what’s up with that opening credit?! Of all the characters, they get a two shot. In bed. The two of them who at this point in time have nothing to tie them together. A flimsy string of connection through fathers, through work. I wasn’t here from the start, but I assume they were shipped from day one? Granted by my arguing maybe Gaspar and Tasio should be shipped too, but at least those two aren't in bed together. And no, don't enlighten me if there are people who do ship them. Some things I'd rather go through life without knowing. This would be one of those.

Lol, Luz is so no-nonsense as she saves Damian's life. “Stop praying and let me stab him with a giant needle, you rich fools!”. Her and Begona sharing the medical field and a bit of empathy with each other is nice too. An ensemble cast that is balanced between men and women seldom leave room for a lot of female friendship, but this one does. I appreciate that.

Fina establishing from the very beginning what she thinks of men, and especially the fool ones like Carmen's deadbeat boyfriend. I feel you. And I am in love with the way she throughout all the episodes to date will be used as a way of voicing what the tired lesbian feminist in all of us wishes she could say, out loud.

If trolls exist, you know like proper giant ones, the kind that can be mistaken for a mountain, covered in moss and trees and then suddenly just opens its eyes and stands up to stretch. You know the kind of trolls you think of when listening to Grieg's In the Mountain King's Hall - yeah those. I imagine if they existed then they'd sound exactly like a sickly Don Damian, like a melodic stone avalanche. That said I’ve never envision mountain trolls to sound Spanish before now. But maybe that’s on me.

Joaquín is a bit of an ass, calling Fina (and the rest of them) lazy - my eyes are narrowed. It wasn’t actually something he developed when he got on my shitlist by flirting with the secretary while having a cute as a button wife or pointing a gun at Marta. Apparently the assery was a pre-existing condition. It’s interesting though that Luis is the one talking about taking over the company, yet he still comes off as the decent one of them.

“You don’t notice the boys?”- Petra, you blonde little snake, don’t call my Fina out like that. Maybe we're allowed to know she's a lesbian, but don't flaunt it in front of the entire canteen like that. It’s kind of funny though how Fina is so clear about Luis not being her type, yet there are so many common denominators between him and Marta both in personality and in physicality (except of course the most important one in this case, their sex).

I know he’s supposed to be one of the good guys, but honestly, Andrés is a bit of a douchebag, isn’t he?! Or maybe that's a bit harsh, but he comes across as pretty smarmy. He's like what the wall behind your stove would be if anthropomorphised, kind of greasy, kind of sticky and in constant need of being hosed down. But yay for not letting the roof drop on your employees, I guess.

[ahsokazworld]

Sooooo Marta is calm towards Fina and I'd say well done 👏🏻. She gets it. Let's not further stress out my already stressed out girlfriend.

But I'm not buying it 😆, Fina is, though, so that's good.

Also ... ehhhh .... awkward family time at the De La Reina mansion. Who is Damian kidding with this 😆.

Dudes not going to undo 40+ years of shitty parenting with 1 family coffee. It had disaster written all over it.

LOVE Martas unimpressed face during that entire fiasco. Although at the start she was slightly concerned, it was about her and Fina. Don't worry Marta, I think if your father knows about you and Fina, he's not gonna go for family bonding and pleasantly set the table........

But Marta pretty much told her husband she's gay and always has been gay without using the exact words. I'd say that's pretty f*cking brave. I just wanted to acknowledge that. Marta gets some shit for not being open enough, and that's more than fair, but this was VERY open and VERY scary for her to be this honest. Let's see where it will take us tomorrow 🤔

[nerdishpursuits]

Damián: Pelayo es de los tuyos ™ ? 🧐

Marta: 👀 ... tell ya later, Damiánator

[multifandominfj]

I’m over Damian, Jesús and Jamie.

Damian continues to protect his mini me, Evil Mr. Clean, yet punishes his daughter, the ONLY LITERAL GOOD THING IN LIFE…for simply falling in love?!

Jesús continues to commit numerous illegal crimes, and Damian doesn’t want to throw him in jail because “he’s the first and can do no wrong”. Not to mention he’s a fucking idiot because outing his own sister reaped no reward for his selfish gain.

Jamie has lost not only Luz as a friend, but Marta as well. He knew about Jesús knew about her relationship with Fina and how he could use it again her; didn’t even bother to say anything. On top of that, he knows Jesús is poisoning Begoña, and didn’t bother to tell Luz.

Andrés may be an adulterer, but he’s the only good man on this show at the moment.

[waverlyyhaught]

Marta and Fina Parallels - Part 07 Sueños de Libertad, Eps. 25 & 269

[clairedsfield]

sdl ep. 297

[lgbteca]

We know that Marta de La Reina can't leave Toledo for the sake of the plot. We all knew that Barcelona would not happen, but poor Fina, how I felt for her. Even if staying is also a good plan, it doesn't guarantee more freedom or quality time for their love and even though she was really happy for Marta, she has memórias do Vietnam and it's more than natural that on a more emotional and irracional level, even if for seconds, she always feels like second choice. So Marta really has to do something about it. Sleeping in the same house is not the same as sleeping in the same bed, Marta! Wake up, girl! Don't say stupid things! Fina wants you to be her mujer! So be her mujer! (I know you try, Marta. And I know you will do well once you realise you must do better.)

I'm curious to see how they'll manage this.

I keep thinking about why they decided to make Fina freak out when Marta told her about the change in plans because of Jaime. So when I saw this scene today, my first thought was "oh, that is not over yet. This somehow relates to that..." I'm probably wrong, as I always am, but the writers never do things without intention. My masoquism allows me to believe that. That scene struck me as odd because it was not necessary, and because I still see truth in Fina's words. The same truth that her quiet disappointment spoke today. Fina also knows that they are not safe just because Marta is now CEO and under Damian's protection. She knows that if anyone has to fall, it will be her.

The plot thickens and I love it.