By Monique
Jane the Virgin’s latest episode, “Chapter Twenty-Four,” showed Jane’s indecision between the two men in her life, Rafael and Michael. It was hilarious to see Jane battle herself while trying to choose one man over the other, and it was also hilarious that the form of herself she was battling was a boozed-up Bachelorette version of herself.
But even though Michael is right in saying he has known Jane longer (and better) than Rafael has, I’m still TeamRafael. I feel like the audience watching is split down the middle, since both guys have good attributes, but Michael has always struck me as shifty. And, as it turned out last season, he was a little shifty. But even though he did save Mateo and has warmed up to the idea of being a father, Jane just seems to click better with Rafael.
However, it’s not like Rafael is sterling at any rate. Rafael was a bad boy who had broken Jane’s heart before many years ago. But Rafael turned the corner of accepting fatherhood much faster than Michael ever did, and Rafael had more of a reason to shun the pregnancy in the first place, I think, since he didn’t know his sperm was being inseminated into the wrong woman (or a woman, for that matter).
Also, Rafael is much more of a romantic than Michael. And not in a “buying tons of flowers and candy” type of way. That’s regular. It’s extra sexy when a man not only embraces fatherhood (i.e. outfitting Jane and Mateo’s room with tons of baby things from Target), but just everyday family life. His spiel about having a regular Thursday, which includes him, Jane and the baby just going out for fries? AAAAAAAWWWWWWW!!!! And he let her sleep in while he took care of the baby? JUST PICK HIM, JANE! DO IT!
There’s still tons of discussion about #TeamMichael versus #TeamRafael on Twitter (including Gina Rodriguez, Justin Baldoni and Ivonne Coll):
Rafael just rolled with Jane stealing her neighbors’ amp. That plus the fries and the regular Thursday? #TeamRafael #JaneTheVirgin
— Dani Dixon (@TumbleCreekDani) October 20, 2015
Rafael is a stud. #teamrafael https://t.co/dppaBF4KX2 — Gina (@HereIsGina) October 20, 2015
#teamrafael FOR ALL TIME. #JaneTheVirgin
— Jax Abbey (@jaxabbey) October 20, 2015
I’m crying. I’m totally #TeamRafael sorry. #JaneTheVirgin — Emmy. ♔ (@maguireholicaf) October 20, 2015
Boooooooooo all this Michael stuff #TeamRafael #JaneTheVirgin
— Aly B Jordan (@alyg8or) October 20, 2015
Stop tryna push Michael down our throats! Ugh #teamrafael @CWJaneTheVirgin #janethevirgin — Amanda Ramroop (@asramroop) October 20, 2015
“I think she should go with that Rafael guy” my dad is #TeamRafael after watching two eps of jane the virgin
— Alex Bednar (@bednaralex) October 19, 2015
I’m still #teamrafael @HereIsGina #JaneTheVirgin @justinbaldoni So cute! pic.twitter.com/LvlYHqjCjq — Rachele☮ (@RacheleDouglas) October 13, 2015
Michael is a real life golden retriever. #TeamMichael #JaneTheVirgin
— Gina (@HereIsGina) October 20, 2015
As to who she will pick in the end, who can guess? (But I just know it’s gotta be Rafael.)
#TeamMichael 5evah #JaneTheVirgin — Ana-Catalina (@anacatrala) October 21, 2015
“Who knows you best?”You’re not in love with him,you’re in love with the idea of family” #TeamMichael #MeltedMyHeart @JennieUrman @Brettdier
— Karla Gregg (@iamkaarla) October 21, 2015
My feels ?? #JaneTheVirgin #TeamMichael pic.twitter.com/S9leyq2XLd — Kay (@KaytheBrave) October 21, 2015
So Rafael got a strong fast food game #JaneTheVirgin #teammichael pic.twitter.com/QNZCL50jk2
— osciaral (@OsciaraL) October 20, 2015
I know! @Brettdier is so good it makes me even want to be #TeamMichael https://t.co/Q32VGJN1We — justin baldoni (@justinbaldoni) October 20, 2015
I am #teammichael in real life #JaneTheVirgin @ivonne_coll https://t.co/VWpDpuwCDe
— Ivonne Coll (@ivonne_coll) October 20, 2015
In other news, Jane the Virgin is continuing with exploring the very real issue of immigration with Alba’s police scare. Jane gets in trouble for stealing the mean rock girls’ amp because they kept waking up Mateo (one of the girls were played by Kesha), and the police come to their house while she’s not there. Instead, the police are interrogating Alba, who is trying her best to give a plausible excuse for losing her green ID. Thankfully Jane is there to handle the situation, but the scare marks the last time Alba feels like being afraid of the police. She decides to finally get her green card.
This storyline is one of the most fascinating parts of Jane the Virgin, and is one of the many ways the show grounds itself in reality. If you want to read an article discussing more about this, read this amazing article by The Atlantic, which gets into nitty gritty detail about why Jane the Virgin gives a multifaceted look at Latino culture.
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Jane The Virgin — “Chapter Twenty-Four” — Image Number: JAV202a_0115.jpg — Pictured (L-R): Justin Baldoni as Rafael and Brett Dier as Michael — Photo: Greg Gayne/The CW — © 2015 The CW Network, LLC. All rights reserved.
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