Lucaya COULD have been endgame, but here's why it wasn't.
To put it simply: Disney.
It's well known that Disney doesn't often allow more than 2-3 seasons and with the complex plot ideas that Girl Meets World wanted to cover... that's not enough time. I believe if the writers had more time, Lucaya could have been pushed, but because it was limited, the writers ultimately decided to go the easy route and just stick with the "original" pairings Rucas and I say this loosely-- Joshaya since they didn't have much time left for build-up and storytelling. The rushed writing really shows on the last episodes of the last season because of how illogically they played Lucaya off (this post hits the nail on the head as to why it was badly done).
When It comes to filtering , Disney does it best and it really showed with Lucaya's campfire scene aka supposed-to-be kiss that was took out because of Disney's one kiss rule. Disney is extremely basic when it comes to romance and they always go for the more simple fairytale type-of love stories like Rucas because of its younger audience and according to Peyton the writers also took the feedback very seriously. Meanwhile Lucaya was more mature, realistic, and complicated. It doesn't help that Girl Meets World was already deemed too mature and unrelatable for Disney's audience at the time which is one of the reasons it was canceled despite its success in ratings.
They could have made Lucaya "endgame" but between the way Riley's character was written, Disney's filtering, and many other things, it would have required too much de-tangling for the short time frame that the writers would have had to work out the kinks. So, the ending would have still felt rushed and left people unsatisfied no matter what due to Disney imo. Had another network picked up Girl Meets World, I think Lucaya would have had a better chance of happening and would have been handled with more care. Although I do believe the writers would have went through with Lucaya had the circumstances been different, I also believe they held themselves back with Riley being the main character and heavily leaning on the nostalgia Boy Meets World by wanting her to have an ending similar to Cory's.
And this is absolutely no hate to Rowan because I believe Riley wasn't a very strong or interesting main character as it is, but Sabrina really stole the spotlight. Peyton even talked about how he and Sabrina had a lot of on-screen chemistry and were the closest out of the cast at the time. In Peyton's words "I think the writers wanted it to be Lucas and Maya" and I definitely agree. There's many theories about why they added a Lucaya romance arc into the show if they were just going to stick to the original plan, but I believe Lucaya could and would have been worked into the show given it was on a different network, had more seasons/episodes, and if the writers were able to make up their mind (because according the Peyton they had a hard time choosing Riley or Maya and chose the safer option lol). Or it simply never would have happened had Sabrina and Peyton not been chosen to play Lucas and Maya.
I hate this whole good influence / bad influence thing Riley and Maya got going on, which sucks for me because that’s basically the whole show.
It has just always felt like the two had this weird toxic view of each other. Maya idolizing Riley(’s life) and never disagreeing with her, never acknowledging the areas in which she might be lacking and also shielding her from the real world which prevents her growth. And then Riley only seeing Maya as this bad girl and not letting her grow out of that persona in season 3 with that terrible “you turned into me” arc.
It’s just really weird and such a missed opportunity for a show which tagline is “people change people” to have their two main characters prevent each other from actually growing up
"hey, is that guy annoying you?" she asked the woman on the other side of the bar as she hand dried the glass in her hand. "i'll kick him out if he is, just say the word."
the saturday scoop: rejection edition. things between xolo and sabrina are over (did anyone know they were on?). terrible news must come in twos because peyton also appears to be moving on as well. quinn's wanting to skip town after trying to win river back. she's not the only one looking for an escape. tired of dealing with river and ryan's drama, tamino's also looking to spend some time alone. julien's upset that phoebe has found happiness with someone else (though it shouldn't be a concern since she's dating lucy...) it's only the first week of january, i can't wait to see what else the rest of the month has in store!
So I’ve been rewatching Girl Meets World and in S01e05 they play Romeo & Juliet and there is this whole thing about Farkle thinking he is the greatest actor ever and Riley not wanting to tell him the truth and then at the end of the episode Riley tells Farkle “ I'm sorry I could never hurt you”
Where have we heared that before? Oh yeah, ski lodge part 2 (S03e09) with Lucas telling Maya basically the exact same thing. (”You can't hurt me, can you?” “I can never hurt you.”)
What does this mean? I don’t really know tbh, but I just kinda liked it and wanted to share