#but then i see wlw couples post on social media and i'm like yeah i'll never have that

[sadbeautifutragic]

i keep thinking about my response to the attraction poll like even though i've gotten better about my self confidence i still have moments where i fear that i'll never find love as an awkward 6 foot tall dark skinned african girl and it suuuuuuucks

[mayasdeluca]

That social media team is a bit iffy. I totally understand maya and carina arent the only characters or even queer characters but they just tend to avoid them if they can which is so weird as they bring in so much engagement. It's better than it was a few months ago though they must've changed something behind the scenes because I remember throughout the whole of maya's mental health arc they barely posted about it and in the therapy episode they made about 3 posts about andy and eli. And 6x07 they posted about those 3 women and the men instead of the girls of the cast who all had very important storylines that ep (maya being committed and police brutality. Both much more important)

Yeah I'll never understand it either. They clearly get the most engagement and it isn't close so I'm not sure why they don't capitalize on that. The same way I don't understand why the show doesn't capitalize more on the chemistry D&S have and give Marina more substance in their storylines both separately and together. Especially when I see other shows lean into that and post a bunch of stuff about their main ships. It just feels weird that the S19 account has to be basically be pressured into posting anything about Marina? Obviously they should be posting about all characters/ships but it does feel like they avoid them for whatever reason. Even the way they barely posted about Maya and her huge arc in the beginning of Season 6...for what reason? I just don't get it. It did get better towards the end of the season though but yeah, they made so many irrelevant posts it felt like or posts about the same subject for so long but then when Maya or Marina had a big episode/plot going on, it was crickets.

And it really doesn't sit well with me that they chose to post about Travis and a man he was with for 5 minutes first during Pride Month and then just gave us some BTS video at the end of the month that it feels like they just put together last minute because people were upset they didn't actually post something legit for Pride. They should've posted Marina throughout the month and emphasized the importance especially since they are one of like three wlw couples on cable tv right now. It's just a shame that these people in charge of this stuff whether it be the network, social media, etc. still just don't seem to understand or get it like the people in the community do.