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Special Ops: Lioness - 1x07 - requested by anonymous

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Cruz looks a lot like Barbara Lopez it’s uncanny

I do see it, but it's so funny you say that, because they've really been reminding me of Juliantina lately! I was talking to another friend about it and we were just thinking about how you have a rich, spoiled but sweet girl, VERY taken with this tough girl from the streets and the two just bond really quickly in their loneliness.

Also, the hand touch in the backseat in the preview, that reminded me so much of Juliantina's.

Except this is Juliantina:

Andddd this is Aaliyah and Cruz:

Just a touch more mature. :P

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thank god for Cruz & Aaliyah cause the rest of 1x07 was a mess … could not take Joe’s speeches to Cruz seriously at all like hello you’re in the U.S. military you have no room to criticize anyone for terrorism or for funding terrorism…like the way Aaliyah’s dad is supposed to be the sole funder for what every terrorist attack since 9/11…be so serious. Taylor Sheridan couldn’t come up with a more realistic boogeyman for his propaganda…and that line Joe had about Aaliyah being in a burqa pumping out babies in a compound??????????? And the way Joe told Cruz to basically get over it and dedicate herself to the mission cause she doesn’t have the luxury of having emotions only for like the next scene to be Joe at home with her daughter having a heartfelt emotional moment like come on��this part wasn’t racist but it was certainly egregious. I’m so shocked Cruz & Aaliyah have been handled as well as they have. Very nervous for the finale, they’re the saving grace & emotional core of this show and hopefully Sheridan can recognize that

What do you mean, anon? The sexism, xenophobia, jingoism, racism, misogyny, Islamaphobia, the bizarre bit of anti-choice that somehow sneaked in? I mean, if you put it like that, yeahhh. :P

I've seen some people say that it's meant to actually show how both sides aren't good, but I don't know if that's really what they're trying to get across or succeeding at getting across. There are maybe SOME shades of it, but on the US side, it's shown as necessary, to fight how bad and evil the other guys are. Never mind that, yes, exactly, not only has the US hurt so many innocent people in real life, but literally what they're proposing as a very possible option IN the show is to bomb the wedding, killing hundreds of innocent people! Like, how is that not terrorism?

That video at the end, I was like, I bet real life terrorists have exactly that kind of video except of US drones on innocent people. And ONE guy funding all that is, of course, childish, so I'm really not in a place to hear people justify anything this show does as Realistic.

I honestly am also bewildered at how Cruz and Aaliyah are being done so well on this show and the only answer I have is the very depressing "it's so it can be ruined in the finale". That line of argument Joe took was RIDICULOUS. She just made Aaliyah even MORE into someone Cruz wants to rescue?? It was hilarious that even in the show, Joe's like, don't worry, I spoke to the Marine in her, she's fine, and then Cruz promptly turns off the transmitter and tries to ruin the mission.

People might be like, well then, if you think the show sucks in all these ways, why are you watching, and actually, I watch a lot of shows that I think suck in various ways! I started because of Zoe Saldana and Nicole Kidman and it being female-centric and it never stopped being that. I just didn't realize we'd have this high stakes f/f ship in the middle and now I'm even more caught. :o

Cruz and Aaliyah are absoLUTELY the heart of the show but I guess we'll see what Tay Shay wants to say about this story.

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The actresses from the Gap series are also doing another GL series for Idol Factory if I’m not mistaken, It’s a period drama and they are both princess childhood best friend or something and they have the role a bit reversed.

From my understanding Uranus2324 is about 3 different parallel universe in which they are together but it never ends well or something….

The Gap production is soooo cheap the only thing that keeps it up are the characters (and their development) and the incredible chemistry and talent of the main actresses.

Imo they could be pretty big name with the right projects and directors, they have talent but they are a little bit green…

And another anon:

The gap ladies are about to work in a period drama GL too where one of them is a princess.

I...absolutely didn't know anything about this, I only saw mentions of the scifi one. Interesting!

And oh, Uranus2324 is about alt universes and not time stuff? Well, hopefully in our main world they get a happy ending.

I wouldn't know about the production values, heh, but certainly, stuff is looking dialed up. :o

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thoughts on Lioness 1x08 promo?

Oof, well. Definitely looks like things start going wrong at some point, as they always do, and for at least part of it, Cruz is cut off from Joe's team, but I would assume this is going to be a redo of the first ep, where this time she does get saved.

Also, it's interesting that she's fighting Aaliyah's fiance, I wonder if this is after she's tried to kill the dad or something unrelated, since in the full season trailer there seemed to be a scene where he slaps either Cruz, or if the trailer's been misleadingly cut, possibly even Aaliyah. :x

I honestly don't care what happens as long as--wait, I should probably be very specific: I don't care what happens as long as Aaliyah and Cruz are both alive and left in a place they can come back from. There. Lol.

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Hola!! Just passing by to say thanks. I've been visiting your tumblr for years now but never said anything, so THANK YOU for your content and your thoughful answers and your amazing tags. Thank you for the joy you spread, have a good day!

Hi! Thank you so much! I'm glad you appreciate all that enough to stop by and let me know, that's so nice. :)

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i must admit. there are 3 very much so anticipatory things for the last couple of sundays: 1) a new special ops: lioness episode drops 🥵 then 2) refreshing the tumblrs for your gifsets to said show 😍 and ultimately 3) screaming/cry-wailing into the abyss whilst reading your *chef kiss* tags ⬅️ dis where it rains feels 🫠 so thank you very much for your service 🙇‍♀️

Awww, I love that, anon, thank you! This ep was a LOT.

Yeah, I'm honestly surprised myself I've been giffing as much as I have. Relatively speaking, of course, but I know I've been quite a bit slower in the last year or so, it's been nice to both be inspired to gif and actually have the energy for it. A lot of things have provided the first, but I've not always been in the place for the second.

Hooopefully, next week will be the same, lol.

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*wipes drool from mouth* uhhhh should I start special ops asap or should I wait until after the finale

*adding on to my ask* OR is the show just “meh” and I should just watch their clips on twit/YT

You should definitely wait till the finale, I think. YMMV, maybe you'll be fine with a very likely death, or would rather risk getting invested now for the extremely rare chance of anything resembling an okay ending, but if I were in your position, with seven eps already gone and already being loosely spoiled about them, I'd wait.

I don't think it's a very good show, but it's...sure something. So much of it is about them and supporting their mission, I'm not sure it'd be easy to extract just the relevant clips, but then again, if you could skip most of ep 2 and 5, probably no great loss. And again, if it ends badly, I dunno if you'd even want the fuller picture.