redlyn break up scene, basically:

red: hey i cheated on you this summer

ash: no way! i literally almost cheated on you yesterday

red: oh sweet

*high fives*

ash: wait should we break up?

red: did we forget to do that? yeah, let’s do that

i knew their break up would be chill. but this was unreal

Because…

Gina telling Ricky “but with you I feel so seen. And so understood and so known.” basically destroyed me. It hit me so hard. Like, that’s just beautiful. It’s better than any love confession. Because like, that’s ultimately all that you want. A lot of people can give you so many things but the feeling of being so utterly you, so at peace with a person. That’s priceless. And that’s what Gina deserves. The reason she felt in love with Ricky is because she could be herself instead of the made up versions she pretended to be. And you could see this season how herself she was.

And for Ricky to hear this words coming from her, someone that is constantly struggling with not knowing if what he gives or has is enough for people to want to stay (his mom, Nini…). Someone that is “always too late” (but never when it counts) it must have felt so validating. Ricky’s biggest quality is that when he loves, loves deeply and unashamedly. And that’s everything Gina needs from him. His unconditional love.

Also, give Sofia Wylie her flowers NOW.

i was incorrect. this is season 4 ( colorized )

ashlyn moon caswell 100% giggles reading maddox’s texts at night i’m sorry

EJ *carving lovenotes into trees*

Ashlyn: are you flirting with Maddox......for me?

EJ: well neither of your gay asses is gonna do it

gina is just so bubbly and giggly and alive when she's around ricky and it's the cutest thing in the world.

I don't think I've ever laughed more in my LIFE than at Ashlyn screaming "as a friend!" About giving mouth to mouth to Maddox. Julia's acting holy fuck. It's Unhinged. I laughed so much I ran out of air I couldn't breath for a sec. The sapphic panic is perfection 10/10 no notes. It's quite possibly the funniest thing I've ever seen

i am losing my mind over the fact that the most passionate kiss i have ever seen from disney, in a show that would have been disney channel if it had been made even 2 years earlier, was between two girls. like,,, troy and gabriella couldn’t even kiss in the original hsm because god what would the children think… we can’t have characters kissing that would be too vulgar. and the passion and the length and the desire we see between maddox and ashlyn i don’t think i’ve ever seen before in any disney property. and it was sapphic. 2023 is truly a year.

coming back out of my hibernation slumber to say that hsmtmts s4 had the power to do something SO INSANE with chyan and they didn’t and i will NEVER forgive them for that

I'm so down bad for Maddox and Ashlyn that my three favourite scenes are:

3. The Redlyn breakup - the chillest break up, Red supporting Ashlyn going after Maddox and the most insane storyline of Red realising he's bi because he kisses Seb

2. Just the entirety of Maddox during opening night - having an existential breakdown over your love life that you break the sound controls and then just give up on your stage manager duties and disappear (probably to help quinn)

1. The confession - a scene I want on repeat: the explanations of how afraid they are of how much they like the other then the "should we just stay friends?" Before having such a love induced make out their just completely ignore Carlos being there. (Also Maddison giving up and telling Maddox to stop coming back to her when she clearly likes Ashlyn... my baby just needed that push)

I love all my queer children but these two are the wlw so I love them just slightly more.

Gina going “Ricky intrigues me and I don’t get intrigued” and then her reaction to his audition makes a lot more sense now. The fact that she felt this strange connection with him right from their very first conversation. The fact that she is not only the reason he even ended up being Troy, but did not leave the show the first time and went back on stage the second time, just adds to the fact that were always meant to be. More than once she helped him be the Troy that he is now. One way or another their paths were always meant to cross.

Gina getting both Ricky and the movie made me so happy. It seems simple but usually in media is like “she gets the movie and leaves her romantic partner because she’s a girl boss” or “she choses the boy because the movie will never be as real as their love” but why not have both?! It also goes with the whole balance for Gina. She’s both a huge romantic goofball and a determinate ambitious girl and even if it would be a little unrealistic in real life. I love that she got her happy ending with the promise of both.

in mourning for ej's scream solo. happy for my boy ricky but ej REALLY deserved it in season 3.

however, on that note, we got a caswen duet.

the contrast between hsmtmts 1x10 and 4x08 concerning Ricky is crazy.

in 1x10 he leaves the performance, quite literally hightails it off the stage because he thinks he’s not good enough for nini. He thinks he’s not gonna be able to help her get into YAC because of how badly he’s messing up (and I mean, he messed up one performance and nini wasn’t even there, so how would he know??) and gives the role away to ej because he thinks “ej is the right Troy for ninis Gabriella.”

then compare that to 4x08 (and by association, 4x07). Ricky has never been more ready for this musical in his entire life. Even after he finds out about Gina leaving (which is almost worse than finding out your mom has a new boyfriend, even though he’s known about Todd since thanksgiving, don’t hurt me ok) Ricky keeps his head in the game and continues to be there for Gina. because he knows her. he knows that he needs to be there for her, in part because of all of his character development and also because Gina is the one. Gina is his person. Gina’s the one who constantly supports him and gets him and is there for him. so he stays with it and absolutely slaps the entire second half of the show. and then and then and then - man literally SPRINTS to the real stage in order to catch Gina before she’s too late. Because while nini had to practically pull Ricky into the aisle to begin their performance (a bit dramatic, but I digress) Ricky runs for his life (after his life / future hehe) so he’s able to give “the audition” (and the performance) “of a lifetime.” (Direct quote from the leaked script, by the way. I didn’t make it up) I dunno I just thought it was interesting how Ricky was one foot in the door the whole first season with nini, never quite committing, but the whole fourth season Ricky is jumping around inside the house being the absolute best boyfriend ever and chasing his future wife down to sing her a song.

I have no idea if this made sense or even if anyone will know what I’m talking about but it’s been on my mind for a couple of hours and I just had to say it

so hopefully it makes sense at least a little bit lol

imagine a little post s4 maddox goes to look for avatrice fanfic, accidentally clicks the "pining" tag and immediately chokes at seeing the most recent fic with that tag is one where the relationship tag is "Maddox/Ashlyn (Frozen: The Documentary RPF)"

"ASH YOU WON'T FUCKING BELIEVE THIS—"

Bold of you to assume Ash wouldn't find it first!

Actually Emmy has been swarming them with links to various things about them.

Once that press conference for Romeo and Juliet got out, it was all over.

#Madlyn instantly trending. It's canon, the pining useless lesbian finally got her girl.

Madison keeps sending Maddox voice memos where she reads the fanfic and critiques the Maddoxs' performances based on accuracy, laughing her ass off the whole way. Maddox has tried to block her 4 times. Emmy keeps unblocking her.

Ash thinks it's cute that the people think of Maddox as this assertive, bold, and fearless girl that swept Ashlyn off her feet with this elaborately designed walk through a set built just for her.

That's..........not what happened........

The wildcats as a whole now occasionally send fics to each other as pranks or date ideas.