One of the most intriguing yet most frustrating part of my telenovela, Dame Chocolate, is the main love story. At the beginning, Bruce touches Rosita's special holy birthmark, which means they are destined to be together. So, throughout the whole telenovela, you know that they are going to end up together at the end. The frustrating thing is that they never both love each other at the same time until the very end! They keep going back and forth. First, Rosita loves Bruce, but Bruce just uses her. Then Bruce does fall for her, but Rosita runs away because she thinks that he doesn't love her. Rosita comes back with a new face and calls herself Violeta. Bruce falls for Violeta, but Rosita/Violeta is just seeking revenge. Then she does fall in love with him, but Bruce is angry when he finds out that she was just using his love for revenge. So for a while Bruce hates her and marries someone else, but then he starts falling for Rosita again. It's a convoluted love story, that can be so frustrating at times. You just want the two of them to get their acts together and just love each other because they're destined to be together!
In general, the main love story is much more interesting than the other side stories. My DVD is an abridged version, so sometimes it will randomly skip to the middle of a side story scene, which can be confusing. It is also harder to feel attached to the other characters because you don't see them as much. One side character that we actually can come to love is Fabian. He came from España to visit his father, Mauricio who is Rosita's lawyer, and then fell in love with Rosita/Violeta. He is a very caring man, who is a good friend to Rosita. He even has his own song! Although I miss pieces of his relationship with Rosita because of the editing, I still can get a good gist of how it is.
Overall, I do like my telenovela. It was a little more rosa than I wanted, but it turned out to be a good one, with a male protagonist that is muy guapo!
Yes I have experienced that frustration with my telenovela as well. Just when you think the protagonists are about to both be happy with each other, some misunderstanding occurs and then its back to square one!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I have the abridged DVD set also. I agree, the subplot characters were hard to become attached to because you don't see too much of them and sometimes it is hard to remember their names let alone remember their story. But even without a deep understanding, the subplots can still be very exciting!
I couldn't help but laugh at the things you pointed out. Reasons exactly why I would always shake my head at my mom whenever she got hooked on telenovelas similar to the one you're watching. Even as an outside follower, it was frustrating to see how many things could go wrong episode after episode and characters always misinterpreting or neglecting important information that would probably fix everything in a matter of a day or so.
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