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RICKY & GINA — Featurette | High School Musical: The Musical: The Series | Disney+
the dots are connecting
oh HELLO! reactivating this account once and for all for season 4! how is everyone?
Re-watching S2 is again crazy because you really do feel a lot of things flew throughout peoples heads or they didn’t want to admit it.
It's quite interesting how Ricky called Nini his home on 201 only for him to be told he had to move from his childhood home to an apartment that same episode. Ricky and Nini's last "happy moment" before everything went down existing in his childhood home, which was their bubble. Nini looking for him at his childhood home only to find out he had moved out. Later, Gina being the only person he told the address to his new place and her being the first person we see in that new space. It adds another layer to what we’ve been saying about what each girl represents for his life. Nini being his childhood and that chapter being concluded by Ricky’s passaged to adulthood (through the ticket and bucket list) and his chapter with Gina starting after that, the person that represents change.
What do you mean that you are not the biggest fan of how Rina story panned out in season 3? I personally could never ship Rina. I wouldn’t mind Rina I just don’t like the way it happen when the writers made it seem like Gina never had feelings for EJ because she has feelings for Ricky this whole time you really expect me to believe that Gina never had feelings for EJ that doesn’t make any sense to me.
I'm going to shamelessly plug my review of the HSMTMTS Season 3 finale if you want to read more of my thoughts about this. Because it has been a while since I watched that episode, and I wrote A LOT about Portwell and Rina and EJ, Gina, and Ricky in that.
The reason for Portwell's breakup could have easily been because they were growing apart in two different phases of their lives. Instead, it felt like Portwell was always built not to last when Season 2's story gives EJ and Gina a well-written fighting chance.
And the dialogue of that final Ricky and Gina scene would have landed SO MUCH BETTER for me if it was swapped. Gina doesn't need to convince Ricky he's not a maybe to her; Ricky does for Gina.
i genuinely want you to understand why gina had to confess, because it was extremely on character.
ricky did convince her she’s not maybe she’s a yes to him, just not with words. he showed up for her ALL summer (few examples of the MANY: offering to sing liaod with her because jet wasn’t there, included her in his bucket list adventure, being there for her basketball triumph, helped her set up the promposal for ej, tried to make her laugh at the dance, walked up to her and asked her if she was okay when he saw she was crying, stuck up for her against channing, + MANY more) and Gina noticed!
time after time she kept noticing ricky was there for her the entire summer and ej wasn’t. Ricky never promised her he would or verbally told her he cared for her, but he SHOWED it, with action. Ej, on the other hand did verbally promise her he would show up for her, and.. never did. Promises mean nothing to gina if not followed up with action. So if Ricky would’ve confessed to her how he felt, chances are she wouldn’t have believed him.
She has said many times on the show that she likes to know where she stands with people which is why she, again, told Ricky how she felt and was okay with the fact that he might not feel the same way. She tells him she’s going to walk away with her head held high and he does what he does best with Gina and takes action, and stops her and kisses her. Which again, showed her that she’s also.. his yes. Then after, he tells her to not get him started, which to me implies he’s not going to shut up about how he feels about her.
Words truly mean very little to Gina. Gina thrives off the actions people do for her so the confession was perfectly written in my opinion!
TO BE CONTINUED [Season 1 | Season 2]
It showed.
RICKY BOWEN + relating love to Gina
Woke up and remembered I don’t have to fight antis anymore and prove that I have media literacy because the show confirmed everything Rinas knew to be true AND they kissed.
Chocolates theory? Confirmed
Ricky beating the he doesn’t love Gina allegations.
Gina beating the SHE doesn’t love Ricky anymore allegations
Rina kiss and confession.
And they’ll beat the getting together at the end of the season curse allegations because it took them 25 episodes, 3 real years to get together and they had all the early 2000’s teen drama endgame ship tropes
I really won like whoa?
i keep saying that rina had no reason to make it past season one after rini got back together if they were not the endgame ship, so here are all the moments i knew that ricky and gina were meant to be after s1.
2.01 ricky looking back at gina at the nye party
2.02 gina’s little smile when ricky showed up for the audition
2.03 ‘sorry there’s just some things i tell that i don’t really tell anyone else, yeah no, i think we do that for each other’
2.06 the flashback scene, ricky being in the frame twice when gina’s heart is being referenced
2.04 the back and forth (the running joke)they had about the chocolates
2.09 the plot for the episode focused on gina and ricky both taking romantic steps(not towards each other) but their storyline is so tied
their interactions been cut off completely to give portwell a build up, if their story was over, they would have eased their characters back into having casual conversations as friends
3.01 ricky showing up to camp right at the end when ej said nothing will come in between him and gina
3.02 ricky and gina starting all over again
3.03 ‘and we’re still walking in the same direction’
3.04 the paper snatch scene showing how easily they fell back into their old dynamic/ ricky’s ‘you don’t know the full story’ to jet
3.05 had other characters react to their performance, plus duh the song… what do you know about love? the context of gina talking about showmance and romance in ep3. ricky verbally admitting his feelings for gina
3.06 the show once again making parallels to frozen and ricky basically being by her side all through the day
3.07 the camera focused on ricky’s reaction to gina walking in at prom and not on ej(her bf). gina looking for ej so they can have the last dance of the night but instead finding ricky who was already looking at her
3.08 ricky trying to making a wish for his birthday and the camera switches to him asking about gina, ricky looking over to gina while singing kristoff’s lullaby
didn’t include everything but these ones are dear to my heart and that’s on rina endgame
I came across pw posts somewhere saying how EJ & Gina break up doesn't make sense because in s4, Ricky would be senior and Gina will be Junior and he'll be thinking about his future, college plans, or whatnot so how can Ricky and Gina relationship going to work with him thinking about his future while Gina is still in high school just like EJ is doing now? What do you think? I am Rina fan, just to clarify that.
Sorry for the delay. So, I have been asked this question multiple times these past few weeks and I’m not going lie — I don’t get why is such a topic because it low key implies all relationships are bond to hit the same bump when it’s never about the circumstances but about the person. Future plans are for sure a subject that'll come up eventually in Ricky and Gina’s relationship (and I’m excited to see how they’ll handle that) but just because it was a deal breaker for Gina and EJ, doesn’t mean it will be for Ricky and Gina, especially when both relationships and circumstances are/were different. Ricky is in canon the right person for Gina and when it’s the right person — you make it work.
Let me expand on that:
ricky did not treat gina as a backup !!!!
i've been on twitter a lot these days (terrible, terrible mistake), & someone said that ricky treated gina as a backup emergency option for whenever nini ditched him. and since i have nothing else better to do (actually i do im just procrastinating) and don't feel like having people yell at me on twitter, im going to talk in here about how i don't agree with this and WHY i don't agree with it, while talking about how it's not even true in the show . this is gonna be a long post because this really got me intrigued
okay so the reason this got me thinking is because i actually do think ricky blew it with gina. like i do think he didn't do right by her because that's what the show tells us and shows us. there's no room for interpretation when it comes to that. ricky hurt her but it wasn't because he saw or treated her as a backup. he also never came to talk to gina when nini ditched him or whatever, like people have been saying he did. they just met when he and nini were going through something. but the first time they bonded was purely out of relating to what the other was going through, getting each other in ways no one else in their lives really has. that's why ricky found himself closer to gina more and more. if that alone doesn't show you that what he had with gina had nothing to do with her being a backup for nini i don't know what to tell you
we keep talking about the same thing over and over again (and people still don't get it), but when ricky was hanging out with gina in season 1, he didn't think about going back to nini. we actually don't know how things would've been if gina never left. maybe ricky would've moved on from nini more early on, and they wouldn't have had such a bad breakup, or maybe not. but there is still no way of knowing. during gina's confession, ricky looked extremely affected by everything that she was saying but it wasn't like he could act on anything or reciprocate the feelings, he was already back together with nini.
in season 2, ricky crossed a line in asking gina for advice in his relationship with nini, he was oblivious and in the wrong to think him and gina could pretend like nothing happened between the two of them on opening night. that was something he did that hurt her! but he never saw her as a backup. he saw her as a friend he cared deeply about, & who he felt seen with. it was easy to talk to her. she's pretty amazing. it's hard not to fall for her. why people are always trying to prove ricky never had feelings for her like it's this very unlikely thing to happen is beyond me. plus the thing w ricky and gina is that they make each other better people. she helped him deal with change & understands him. that's how he sees her, and one of the things he cherished in their relationship. ricky makes gina vulnerable and he was literally the person who helped her open up & let her guard down. he was her first real friend at east high. that's how she sees him. she's not his backup nor his second choice. she's his second chance at the love he truly needs.
it took a while for ricky to admit to himself his feelings for gina because like the shownrunner of the show said (I've read the interviews 😓) there is this "forbidden aspect of ricky and gina's relationship". ricky felt guilty. he connected and bonded with someone else who wasn't nini while he was trying to get her back. makes sense for him to be conflicted. not to mention his whole thing regarding change... people still refuse to acknowledge how strong that was. staying with nini meant nothing would change, going for gina would mean everything would, and worse - it would mean it's okay for things to change! and ricky didn't really wanted it to be okay just yet. but he's better now, it took him a painful break up, spending time with his mother who emphasized yet again that sometimes people change, dating someone completely questionable (someone who parallels gina in a lot of ways, but who he soon realises is nothing like her), to reflect on that. he evolved and season 3 shows it. he got a second chance with gina and he took it. if you don't like them as a couple, that's fine i guess, but saying ricky treated gina as an emergency backup for when he couldn't have nini is completely incorrect because it wasn't the case at all. okay im done now! 😪
I'm okay
s4 rina already looking so perfect i could cry🫂
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE MUSICAL: THE SERIES | 3.08 – Let It Go (requested by anon)
’how the hsmtmts writers destroyed the beloved gina porter’ and all she did was break up with a boy who gave her empty promises all summer and got a second chance with the boy who showed up for her all summer. gina choosing herself and the happiness she deserves is everything her character needed after the ups and downs she has been dealt with over the season.
ricky never stopped caring for gina :,) i can breathe now! he just wanted to make her happy and feel special for valentine’s day because he saw how much it had affected her. he didn’t want her to think her mom forgot.. he really loves that girl so much. i actually might be able to rewatch season 2 now knowing he really liked her through it all. gina’s pining wasn’t one sided. he just.. had a gf. but he always had gina in the back of his mind.
meanwhile she didn’t interfere with his relationship at allll because she saw how happy he was. she even gave him advice and watched from the sidelines. and in season 3 he did the exact same thing. not only did ricky not interfere, but he became her friend again. and helped mend her relationship with ej, while it was falling apart, just because he saw how happy she was. they both suffered in silence for the other, but were repaid for it in the end!
i’m so glad they finally got their timing right and are now in their troyella era. they’ll finally be able to make up for lost time and smother each other with kisses and hugs and affection like they both deserve and desire! [ sofia’s words, not mine :) ] season 4 we’re so excited for you!