once again thinking about Saving Face (2004) the greatest lesbian movie of all time imo. now i'm considering how to make this about doctor trinity santos specifically
trinity santos is soooo vivian shing coded wow:
seeking to change her professional life by changing paths, even if the career is still the same
confident (in her sexuality)
got away from her hometown and doesn't go back (vivian does go back but only once of her own volition and then once when she's being set up by her mom)
you know it bugs her to be in a relationship that she feels isn't being taken seriously
background in gymnastics feels closely related to dance i'm sorry
headstrong/stubborn
and if you think of her as more femme i'm sorry there is no one more femme than vivian shing
now i also think you could argue there's some wil pang in her, too:
private person (at least about big things)
puts herself out to help those she cares about
excellent doctor (w an interest in surgery)
sometimes a big ole loser
** okay now for how i would cast trinity in this movie based on the ship **
crashtos: vivian because victoria javadi as a character is so entrenched in her status as a medical prodigy
garsantos: could go either way, this one is touch since they each share traits for both... id have to figure out a way to swap some characteristics around and then it could work
mohantos: vivian because there is just no way i'm losing the chance to have samira missing out on her birthday bc of sticking around at the hospital
barantos: wil next question (ballerina baran!!)
mentos: vivian but like butch-er (idk i'm kinda butch4butch mentos pilled)
santellis: wil but keeping parker as a beautiful sexy stud
kwontos: vivian because trinity has the requisite whimsy to be a dancer and joy just doesn't
nolantos: wil because emma nolan is a ballerina
evantos: trinity as little yu and dana as hwei lan, perhaps as a side pairing for a different main pairing. honestly not sure how this would work considering so much of wil/vivian revolves around them being the same age.
