#marta belmonte’s interview did help put things in perspective in my mind

[ayquemepierdolanovela]

I’m curious about your thoughts on the timeline for when Marta and Fina actually noticed their feelings for one another. I’ve rewatched the earlier episodes and I can’t really decipher Marta’s side. Was it only after the photographer said something? Or after Petra told her about Fina? Was it before all of that somehow? I get that Fina was picking up on Marta’s signals, but I’m wondering more about Marta’s development.

On a side note: I really love how Fina and all the other girls admire Marta’s position and power as a woman in the company, but Marta actually admires Fina more for her bravery and authenticity. I love the complexity and duality of these characters and how that shapes their dynamic.

I’ve been wondering the same thing for a while too, and I’m not really sure myself.

I guess she started noticing Fina after she promoted her in the shop, but there must have been something there before because she singles out Fina all the time, even when she’s just working in the backroom. Marta Belmonte in an interview said she sees it as Doña Marta not wanting to play favourites, but it just goes to show that there is something else there, a closeness from growing up together, perhaps — she did give her a second chance during the interview, after all.

The thing with Petra made her see Fina as her own woman, a woman that lives in a world so far apart from the one she’s used to, and she just wants to know more — more about Fina and more about how she moves through life. But she is scared just as much as she is fascinated by Fina.

In my mind, she knows she is attracted to Fina in a way she can’t quite explain, so she’s running away from what she doesn’t understand and the photographer just makes her face her own reality.

I hope this was a somewhat coherent answer 😅

eta: one of the best things about Marta and Fina is how they see their differences and the qualities they themselves don’t have as something to admire in the other, they’re just so well balanced. And the way they communicate? Amazing.