So i didnt get to watch live this week only got to follow along with tweets and then see the tumblr ramblings. So i went into the episode already not happy about the marina/jack sperm donor possibility and what may gave happened. But then i watched the episode and i have a different opinion though i do want to say two things first. One i am not really a fan of using jack as the donor but if that happens I’ll hold final judgement until i see it play out (im hopeful if they do some of danielle’s conversations on the topic with her own life experience will come into play) and two i dont think they will, honestly believe its a misdirect.
Okay so my opinion on the episode. I had thought before the episode that they had decided to use a knowb donor and that was that. But i was happy to see they are still trying to decide whether to use a known donor or not which is very real. So them discussing in the abstract using even jack didn’t bother me because its very real. They are still considering all possibilities and may move on to discussing with a few of the guys even jack about it ( even if they only talk to jack i feel like travis would find out and offer to help as well which could open up the possibility of travis) (side note i just thought of, there will be testing for the donor to go through so what if jacks sterile).
But anyways i think we are a ways off from picking a donor and doing the procedure, so im cautiously optimistic and going to hold off judgment for now. So yea thats my two cents. Side note im going to make a post related to this without station 19 tags so if anyone is interested in understanding better my take on this click on the tag below “our conception story”
A few thoughts about marina based off last episode. First carina’s comment is valid. She isnt thinking about how maya took off work to be with her while she was greiving andrew or ignored a 5 or 4 alarm fire for her when Andrew was in the hospital. She is thinking of when Maya said she’d go with her to italy and didnt. She also doesn’t know that maya basically blew off her inspection to go help andrew and carina. She only sees now that the loss of maya’s captaincy is looming over their heads and has been for over a year and is maya’s focus especially on the job. I wish she’d made that statement in front of andy who could’ve reminded her of those instances.
Second thing i firmly believe once maya decided to have a baby with carina she bought all kinds of books on fertility, artificial insemination, and making a baby betwen two women. Girl doesnt do thing half way she studies and prepares and she has a pro con list somewhere of using known donors vs anonymous, her carrying vs carina, possible complication all of it. I just need carina to see it and be like oh okay you are all in on this. I truly believe her comment is just fear that maya made a rash decision and doesnt really want to have a baby with her. Just my thoughts, also if anyone wants to fic these things feel free.
Has anyone written marina olympic fanfic, where both are competing in the games? Like maya for track and carina for some aquatic sport and meet, hookup and fall in love or for maya something like skiing or hockey or snowboarding and carina for figure skating.
I dunno the Olympics have started and im watching curling and there is a italian player name stefania and i couldnt not think of marina.
It is so frustrating to me the people hating on maya deciding she wants kids. Never in the entire run of the show do i remember her saying “i dont want kids.” Even in the episode she and carina get engaged she alludes to the nuclear family with her marrying a man and presumably what comes with that, (kids) as per her fathers wishes after reaching a certain rank in the fd.
Now i am not sure the age of most fans of station but im mid 30s and have friends from all walks of life in the straight and lgbtq+ community. I am a bisexual woman married to a bisexual woman and we have a nearly 3 year old daughter. Now i like carina always wanted to be a mom, my wife not so much but similarly to maya she hadnt gave it much thought outside of not wanting to carry a baby. She grew up in a very religious home and was adopted and very closeted. But once we got together and realized it was moving long term, i was very upfront with her and told her kids were not negotiable for me. I told her if that was something she did not want explicitly then we needed to end things before we got deeper into our relationship. She said we could have kids but she wasnt ready yet and we decided we’d discuss it when she turned 25. We did and decided it wasnt the right time and revisited it. Then after turning 30 she said she was ready and we pursued iui and when that failed us we found another way to conceive. This is one reason i am excited to see marina’s child journey. It is something we don’t see for wlw in media very often.
Now all that said, like i mentioned i have friends through very different walks of life. One friend who is wlw and long time married apparently tried for kids in their youth but were unsuccessful and decided then that they were not meant to be moms, embraced that and are quite happy. Now if you’d have asked me, i would’ve guessed they never wanted kids but as i learned that was not the case.
Another wlw friend had a child with a man in her younger days but was forced to give her up for adoption and has always wanted to be a mom. Her life has not worked out for that and now she and her wife know they dont have the means to support a child and have made peace with that. They are the best non biological aunts to my daughter and to their other friends children. I know if the opportunity ever arose for them to take custody of a friends kid they would gladly do it and be so happy.
Now i also have a friend who is in a long term relationship but has said multiple times she isnt sure she wants kids (similar to maya). She is from a religious family so its expected for her to get married and have kids. But in true pk form she is subverting that by living with her long time boyfriend and not having a kid. However since she has not ever explicitly told me she does not want kids, i would not be surprised for her to one day say she is becoming a mother.
Now i have two other friends who both said they didnt want kids. One is wholeheartedly not going to have kids to the point of doing a legit ted talk about it. The other met and fell in love with an older man with three young kids and decided she was willing to take on the stepmother role even with drama from the kids and ex, but together she and her hubby decided they did not want to add a child of their own to the mix. She is therefore sticking to her not having kids but is helping raise her husbands.
My sister always said she didnt want kids and then got pregnant at 18, she had two accidents and then decided after reconnecting with her childhood sweetheart and marrying him to try for a third.
So for me i dont question women when they say they dont want kids because i know for some that can and will change and for others it wont. In light of my experiences and friends i dont think maya’s decision is out of left field or out of character. I think more people need to think long and hard before putting their own hopes for the character on her. Let the story play out, if you think maya is less badass by becoming a mother then thats on you. I for one think moms are badass.
Okay but what relationship milestone? Like if its the 1 year anniversary of getting together officially then that means its also travis/Emmett’s 1 year anniversay and marina’s first wedding anniversary. that would explain carina being at the station. Hmm so many questions.
oh no! by marina is actually rhe best song ever made like i feel like im the worst so i always act like im the best if you are not very careful your possessions will possess you tv taught me how to feel now real life has no appeal SLAYED
Maya Bishop has three things on her to-do list: 1. Get picked up by the Athletes Unlimited lacrosse league; 2. Not get injured before then; 3. Graduate.
She isn’t supposed to get hurt in one of the season’s first games, and she isn’t supposed to fall for the athletic training assistant who helped her limp off the field. But with weeks of physical therapy on the horizon, Maya’s self-restraint will be pushed to its limits when met with wandering hands, late night training sessions, and lasagna dropped off at her apartment door.
i made your favorite dish. i made you something you’ve never tried before. i love you. i spent twenty minutes chopping. my grandmother made this for me when i was little. i made this dairy free for you. i love you. i want to eat together. the onions made me cry. i love you. i learned this recipe for you. i love you. i made this special for your birthday. i love you. i know you don’t like peppers. i love you. i love you. i love you.
