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Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail: A swoon-worthy, laugh-out-loud queer romcom

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So, I think with Astrid, I really wanted to balance the very real, authentic way that I experienced it with her character and all the things that she’s dealing with from her mom. I think everybody’s just very into [the question] how is this possibly going to turn into something romantic? What made you want to explore the pressures that 30-somethings might feel when it comes to their careers? Or “I’m glad she had that support because she has all her friends around her, even if her mom is not exactly into it.

And I think it can still be very harrowing if you don’t feel like there’s people around you who can see you.KT: One of the protagonists also seems to struggle with a need to please her mother, who seems impossible to satisfy. But I think they’re both at a point where they need to change what their normal everyday life is, career and romance [wise]. AHB: I don’t feel like I set out to be like, “Well, Astrid goes this way, so what is the perfect kind of character she has to come into contact with? All this culminates in a budding queer romance, and suddenly Astrid is not so sure about anything, in the scariest yet most exciting way possible.

A lot of the reason why sexuality can be really confusing, especially if you end up kind of falling under the bisexual umbrella, pansexual, or anything like that, is that you’re attracted to multiple genders. And at first, actually, [the plot] wasn’t a renovation show — it was just a magazine feature, like in a home design magazine. Is this a case of two characters needing to meet each other when their own lives are somewhat derailed, whether they realize it or not?I want to say I wrote the whole book like that, or at least the first third, and I realized that I really needed to up the stakes, and I needed something bigger at stake for both her and Jordan with the show. But as the two realize they must work together to reach both their professional and personal goals, they inadvertently begin to understand each other and the ways that the world has sought to break their spirits.

That is until she meets Jordan Everwood, the carpenter who will also be assisting in this production.Everything in her life was pretty much decided for her either explicitly by her mother or just by what Astrid knew was the right choice in terms of what was expected of her.

Ashley Herring Blake, the award-winning author behind multiple books, is back again with her Bright Falls series. Shondaland caught up with Blake to discuss characters figuring themselves out, prominent career and life changes, HGTV shows, and more. So, there’s a lot of things that you can just kind of shove under the rug when you’re growing up or when you first start coming into [your] sexuality.It takes time for them to let down their walls, reveal their vulnerabilities and allow themselves to be seen and valued for who they really are.

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