#Forteza

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[iris-sistibly]

I'm probably going to hell for this, but I don't feel any sympathy for Julio Borromeo at all.

Dude not only cheated on his wife but also impregnated another woman, and kept this as a secret for years until the death of Filipina.

While I disagree with how Carmela treats Adelina, she has every right to be furious at Julio--this motherfucker had been lying straight to her face for YEARS. Telling Carmela and Teresita that they're the only women in his life, and him telling Adelina how his and Fina's ✨love story✨ began, how he wanted to make her happy after Fina was left by her ex boyfriend after getting her pregnant was like...pure cringe, like bitch who the fuck do you think you are? Some God's gift to women? Some knight-in-shining armour who ought to "save" every lonely woman in the country?

Some of y'all would probably be like, "Oh but he regrets it now, he has been asking for his wife's forgiveness, he's a good father, blah, blah, blah."

This pathetic excuse of a man, tried to deny Adelina when Amelia brought her to his theater (after Fina's death). Tried to lie AGAIN to his wife and daughter despite the truth being slapped on their faces, he's sorry and regrets it? Motherfucker was sorry only after he couldn't deny the truth anymore. Imagine being in Carmela's shoes and your husband, whom you thought was a good man turned out to be a horrible one?

And him not showing up to Fina's funeral to be there for Adelina because he doesn't want to see Fina lifeless is bullshit. He didn't go to the funeral because people will talk, rumors will spread which will eventually cause humiliation to his family, his business going bankrupt, etc. Adelina just loves her father too much.

He loves Filipina?

No, he's a selfish bastard who wants both Carmela and Fina for himself.

He loves his wife?

LIE. You don't betray the person you love. Cheating is a choice, those who cheat always have the excuse of "nagmahal lang ako," and "nagkamali ako," these are so overused. May utak ka diba? You know cheating is bad yet you did it anyway. It's a choice, it's always a choice.

In the show, it was implied that Carmela paid someone to burn the theater. I'm not saying what she did was right, but as the saying goes, "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." She was deeply hurt, and betrayed by her own husband. She wanted to inflict the worst pain possible for Julio, to ruin him the way he ruined her. It was Julio who turned her into the villain that she is now, Carmela's only mistake was she projected that anger towards Adelina who is innocent in all of this, and in doing so she ended up resenting her own daughter, Teresita for choosing to have a sisterly relationship with Adelina.

"Oh but she can choose to forgive and move past that."

Yeah, because doing that is a walk in the park **insert sarcasm** you can't just tell someone to move on especially when they are still clearly hurting. Betrayal is the worst kind of pain you could inflict on someone, and when trust is gone it's hard to earn it back...chances are, you won't.

"But Carmela going as far as burning Julio's theater is too much."

I do believe it's too much. But Julio begging Carmela to save the theater by selling some of the properties to save their livelihood? And that being a performer is the only job he knows? Nah, he wants to save the theater to preserve the place that reminds him so much of his affair partner. The livelihood, the shows were not the main reasons. Carmela might have turned into a cold, bitter, resentful woman but let's not forget who turned her into this.

Moral of the story: Julio is a walking red flag and that he deserves the karma hahahaha! Also, divorce should be legal in the Philippines.

P.S. I hope the writers don't come up with the bullshit that the wife is a bitch to justify the man's affair. It's 2024, not the 80's.

[nemethos-deamon]

made a pulang araw poster, god i love this show, filipinos wya

[buko-pandan]

Costumes in Maria Clara at Ibarra Pt. 1

Notes and details about the historical costumes from the show according to the stylists. Interview here: (x)

Part 2 of the gifset

Additional notes: Ilustrado is a term for the educated class of Filipinos during the Spanish Colonial period.

[michyeosseo]

Ano bang ginawa kong mali? [ t/n What have I done wrong? ]

Barbie Forteza and Julie Ann San Jose as KLAY & MARIA CLARA

MARIA CLARA AT IBARRA (2022-2023) 1.36

[shirtlessmoviestv]

Ken Chan, Ivan Dorschner, Addy Raj, Jak Roberto : Meant To Be

[luminousdryad]

how I would've written the Carmela-Teresita-Adelina dynamic: show Carmela slowly warming up to Adelina in between the timeskip, instead of an evil stepmother-daughter type of relationship they have something more complicated. Carmela starts genuinely caring about Adelina (she had to raise her after Julio left them behind, after all) and it hurts to be reminded of Julio's infidelity but she starts to accept this child had no fault in it, learns to be more compassionate towards "lesser" folk through her relationship with Adelina

I'm just so sick of Filipino teleseryes villainizing the woman who was wronged while putting the cheating man in a better position

Regardless of whether or not they truly loved each other, Julio made false promises to them that they were the only ones he loved. He lied. And he was Fina's employer–he took advantage of her, even if he viewed it as love

There are other ways in which they could have set up the storyline of Teresita and Hiroshi being arranged

[girlwhodoeskratom]

Lorena Forteza @ Mariella Burani Fall/Winter, 1994 Ready-to-Wear

[luvsbot]

“Sir Fidel.” “Yes? May problema ka?”

[myrrha-journe]

my fave Klay moment was when she was breathing

[sherryaptx4869]

"Tinanggap kita."

Uttered by Klay's biological father when she went to his mansion to ask for money to pay for her mom's debt. Tinanggap daw siya nito kahit na hindi naman nito mahal si Narsing, nanay ni Klay, at produkto siya ng isang gabing pagkalasing. Implying na kahit hindi siya sinuportahan sa paglaki niya ay sapat nang tinanggap siya nito.

I can't remember if this was verbatim na sinabi ng stepdad nya. Basta this was when she confronted him nung na-witness niyang sinasaktan nito yung nanay niya. Ipinamukha ng tito Ronald niya na nung iniwan sila ng papa niya, ay tinanggap nito silang mag-ina at pinakain pa nga daw.

Both father figures ang nagsabi nito kay Klay. Male figures na dapat ay pumoprotekta sa kanya at binibigyan siya ng pagmamahal. Pero parehong a$sh0les and $hitty persons. Parang sinasabi nila na kailangang ikatuwa pa ni Klay na tinanggap nila siya 😒

Then came Fidel's love confession. Tinanggap daw niya nang buo si Klay kahit na may mga katangian siyang nakakayamot at maaaring magpahamak kay Fidel. But still, despite knowing these quirks of Klay, iniibig daw niya ito (excuse me while i swoon 😍).

Same phrase, but different meanings - (1) her dad, (2) her stepdad, (3) Fidel na laging ka-barda niya.

My takeaway, sana yung phrase na "Tinanggap kita" has a more positive connotation for Klay because it's coming from a place of love *ehem Fidel ehem.*

Images (c) GMA Network

[zsorosebudphoto]

Can Forteza Rey, Palma de Mallorca, Mallora, 09-12-23

[iris-sistibly]

So I just finished watching the first two episodes of Pulang Araw and...I am amazed at the quality of the show. The cinematography, the star-studded cast, the details, the story-telling from Adelina's point of view, I am impressed!

After Maria Clara at Ibarra, I haven't really been watching any Filipino shows but this--I'd definitely follow. Also this is Dennis Trillo's villain era so I'm very excited.

Julie Anne's special appearance where she played Katy de la cruz (Catalina Mangahas-de la cruz) was an actual person who was known as the "queen of bodabil (vaudeville)." This only shows that the people working behind this show did their homework.

[joerdan]

Crush.jpeg 😁

[buko-pandan]

Maria Clara at Ibarra | Period Costumes 19th century Philippines

[thoughtsofanunorganizedmind]

Pulang Araw

the official AVP of GMA's newest historical drama set in WW2 Philippines has dropped and it looks SO GOOD!!!!! I can't wait to watch it!