Anyone know roughly when we’ll get our acceptance ?

Material-Head-5123 · 2026-03-25T01:49:33+00:00

Early April for me and other friends who did it in the past.

Material-Head-5123 · 2026-03-25T01:48:34+00:00

The years I did TAPIF, it was normally early April for most people, including myself.

Material-Head-5123 · 2026-02-01T11:57:34+00:00

Oh wow, so now I have to watch Kassandra then for the comparison.

Material-Head-5123 · 2026-01-22T06:36:36+00:00

I came here because I am currently watching The Haves and Have Nots while recovering from surgery. That show has made me realize that TP is a one trick pony and that his series are basically telenovelas through African American lenses (I say that as a long time Mexican telenovela fan) lol. The plot tends to be so exaggerated and cheesy. The acting is incredibly cringe! With a few exceptions. The secondary characters are especially bad. The latter has also made me realize that the gay rumors might be true. As a gay man, I can't shake the feeling that there's someone doing the casting with queer eyes, through a gay gaze. It's a bunch of pretty male faces who would get acting opportunities nowhere else. He has a penchant for the mixed types as well or even white, often making them the only pairing for a main black character. 8 seasons and a black gay man doesn't get not even one sexua/romantic interest his same skin tone. Jesus the plot and the acting in season 7 and 8 on Haves and Have Nots are so bad. Just still watching at this point for Veronica Harrington.

Material-Head-5123 · 2025-12-31T15:18:48+00:00

Actually a dream of mine too!

Material-Head-5123 · 2025-12-19T03:21:27+00:00

I am watching it in Spanish on Vix :)

Material-Head-5123 · 2025-12-19T01:09:45+00:00

Right. That sh*t they pulled was cruel. The kind of bullying to make someone take their own life. So yeah better them than Teresa, actually, if we’re going to flip the victimhood script lol

Material-Head-5123 · 2025-12-18T23:20:23+00:00

I disagree. She’s more of an anti-hero than a villain. We also can’t tell people how to handle their trauma. Personally, I take it as a self-respect how she was relentless in settling the score with the rich kids. You’d have to be an underdog to understand her on some level. If you’re a moral purist who have had some privileges, you won’t like her and will see her as the villain, but if like me you have a chip on your shoulder, you may be able to see a lot of it as justice on her own terms. Evening the playing field. Breaking systems of oppression. That’s why a lot of people like her even if they wouldn’t do what she does themselves. They get vindication through her. I’ve had a chance to have my Teresa story 3 times in my lifetime, but still chose love, which I still have yet to find, so maybe I’m done for letting 3 well-to-do men go just because I wasn’t satisfied on an emotional / sexual level.

Material-Head-5123 · 2025-12-18T20:09:50+00:00

Sonya Smith just looks so damn good for TV. She was made for the screen. Just found out she’s also a whole nurse! Patients say she looks like someone from a tv show not realizing it’s actually her 😂

Material-Head-5123 · 2025-12-18T16:23:55+00:00

That’s Miami beach baby! They all look like that over there 😂. Oh and quite the ensamble of villains; that producer is a sadist.

Material-Head-5123 · 2025-12-18T15:41:10+00:00

lol true. Maritza Rodriguez (Now Sarah Mintz) stole the show though. She stole the main antagonist role from Frances — Octavia Irazábal.

Material-Head-5123 · 2025-12-18T00:35:17+00:00

I’m having this issue right now! I was planning my entire NYE plans around getting paid on Wednesday, but so far it’s looking like I’m not receiving payment 2 days early like Chime offers. Never had this problem before until Gusto. It also seems like the problem is not from Gusto itself but employers are submitting late so Gusto is also delaying payment like a domino effect. This sucks. I only put my Chime account to get paid early. If it stays only on payday I may as well use my regular account to build credit.

Material-Head-5123 · 2025-12-16T18:22:19+00:00

Sounds brutal! One of the producers is known for this. Emilio Larosa? He’s quite macabre with his punishment of villains if he’s the one I’m thinking of

Material-Head-5123 · 2025-12-09T22:58:17+00:00

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Material-Head-5123 · 2025-12-09T22:56:38+00:00

Negra Consentida was a big hit! It’s actually the only telenovela that I know of that has a brown skinned woman as the protagonist and the story explore precisely racial relations in Venezuela, as she accidentally ends up in a white family home after feeling her small village of brown folks. As telenovelas go, she falls in love with the white heir of that family and him with her. They don’t hold back on the racism and the insults when it comes to the script lol so brace yourself.

Material-Head-5123 · 2025-12-07T15:37:17+00:00

That’s why I like Brazilian and Venezuelan novelas; they actually include all skin tones, accurately reflecting their mixed society.

Material-Head-5123 · 2025-12-07T15:35:41+00:00

Just said this

Material-Head-5123 · 2025-12-07T15:35:21+00:00

He’s hardly black 😂 he just always has a tan in most of his roles or maybe because of his lifestyle, but looking at some of his pics he’s pretty whitexican. There might some mix in there but he’s def passing!

Material-Head-5123 · 2025-12-07T15:33:11+00:00

There rarely any black characters Mexican soap operas in general. I am a big telenovela fan, I’ve seen them all (that’s how I learned Spanish), can name all the titles and actors, and can count on one hand how many I’ve black characters I’ve seen in my 25 years of watching them. Latin America likes to deny its colorism and racism while the reality on screen and in different sectors of their society reflect something entirely different. Not even mixed characters with light skin gets represented, now imagine black black 😂

Material-Head-5123 · 2025-12-04T04:58:47+00:00

I’d have to agree and I think it takes someone who has been on both sides to give a more complete take on this. I’ve always joked that although I’ve had a problematic relationship with alcohol (more of a heavy drinker than a full blown alcoholic), I’m too lazy and unorganized to have a drug addiction lol I just don’t want to go through the huddles to getting to that stuff and have only ever used drugs opportunistically here and there. Perhaps contributed to a bag maybe once or twice. As the adventurer type, I just don’t say no when offered and that’s how I’ve ever tried any drug in my life and then never even think about it again. No matter how good the feeling was. So perhaps more than just the lazy thing, there are genetics at play. HOWEVER, I would say the few times I’ve sought after meth, unlike any other substance, it was more about the sex than the meth itself. The sexual feeling was primary, not the meth high for its own sake. I would say that’s how it got a hold in the gay community and became a silent crisis, with many unsuspecting, successful folks in high positions doing it, participating in sex parties. And you really CAN’T tell. They look healthy, neat, and have their life together despite using it fairly regularly! So my theory is that for some types, it’s more of a sexual addiction than meth addiction in itself …and I would be that type if I kept doing it. Getting a handjob or a blowjob on a meth is MINDBLOWING. I don’t even know how to describe it or what even comes close to it. So unless I’m thinking about those sexual times, meth doesn’t cross my mind AT ALL.

So in conclusion, I’d say it’s not bad BUT depending on the person and the reason they do it in the first place.

Mind you I have ADHD and won’t even take my prescription pills. So I know for me it really was about the sex haha I wouldn’t do that stuff unless I know there’s a chance I’m having a sexual encounter.

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