Maria DeLuca: Not Just a Sidekick
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halfamoon Day 7 here and in honor of the marchmetamatterschallenge I updated it a bit to repost here and on Tumblr.
Maria is a great support character for a lot of reasons - she's the ultimate bestie to Liz and Alex and Rosa, and even Michael in certain ways. The best thing about her imo is that she evolves into a main character with her own independent story line by season three.
This Nerds and Beyond Article captures the "Top 10" Maria moments in season one, and I agree with most of the list. Maria is the former high school friend, who immediately fits right back into Liz's life evne though they grew apart for a while. She was close with Rosa (maybe closer than she and Liz were?), which means that Maria is helpful during the search for answers about Rosa's death from the get-go. She's a big source of emotional support for Liz when they talk about Roswell, Rosa, and Max. She's also the sole source of support for Mimi, who is struggling from a degenerative disease that we only find out about later on. Maria takes her support role so seriously that she almost doesn't tell her friends about her own life & Mimi's health, but Liz and Alex do find out and the four of them get to spend time together. I think it's notable that the only other person we really see supporting Maria emotionally is Michael. Sure, he's a big flirt at the bar, but he also genuinely cares and is a shoulder to cry on (literally).
Season two we find out that Maria has an alien in her ancestry, which was a great tie-in to the other aliens on the show and helps explain Maria's psychic abilities. I loved how Alex, Maria, and Michael all got closer after their near-death experience. I thought the three-way❤️❤️❤️ was really emotional and made sense for the characters.
I don't like how, once Maria finds out about her brain deterioration due to her alien abilities, she pushes everyone away. She breaks up with Michael and takes on this persona that she can do everything herself. That part fits, but then none of her friends really push back on this! At least Kyle is there to be the voice of reason (as he often is). I don't even think the show shows Alex and Liz finding out about Maria's brain injuries?? That would have been such a great opportunity to show her besties really returning all of the support Maria had given them.
I loved when Jones traps her in his 'mind palace' in season three and it's an all-out battle of wills. We find out a lot about Patricia DeLuca and Louise Truman, and what it was like for the aliens when they first arrived in Roswell. We also get to see Maria putting it all on the line for her friends. Then they all come together to rescue her, and at that point it's evident that Maria is truly a bestie to Liz, Rosa, Michael, & Alex - and everyone else on the show loves and respects her. She's not just a sidekick/support character, but a part of the family.
The sword puzzle that she worked on with Rosa and Isobel brought the three of them closer together too, and Maria helping Rosa and Isobel hone their powers was great to see.
My one gripe is that I still wasn't satisfied with how they concluded all of the Maria & Isobel tension by making them relatives. They do travel into the mindscape together, but I wanted more!
halfamoon Day 7 here and in honor of the marchmetamatterschallenge I updated it a bit to repost here and on Tumblr.Maria is a great support character for a lot of reasons - she's the ultimate bestie to Liz and Alex and Rosa, and even Michael in certain ways. The best thing about her imo is that she evolves into a main character with her own independent story line by season three.
This Nerds and Beyond Article captures the "Top 10" Maria moments in season one, and I agree with most of the list. Maria is the former high school friend, who immediately fits right back into Liz's life evne though they grew apart for a while. She was close with Rosa (maybe closer than she and Liz were?), which means that Maria is helpful during the search for answers about Rosa's death from the get-go. She's a big source of emotional support for Liz when they talk about Roswell, Rosa, and Max. She's also the sole source of support for Mimi, who is struggling from a degenerative disease that we only find out about later on. Maria takes her support role so seriously that she almost doesn't tell her friends about her own life & Mimi's health, but Liz and Alex do find out and the four of them get to spend time together. I think it's notable that the only other person we really see supporting Maria emotionally is Michael. Sure, he's a big flirt at the bar, but he also genuinely cares and is a shoulder to cry on (literally).
Season two we find out that Maria has an alien in her ancestry, which was a great tie-in to the other aliens on the show and helps explain Maria's psychic abilities. I loved how Alex, Maria, and Michael all got closer after their near-death experience. I thought the three-way❤️❤️❤️ was really emotional and made sense for the characters.
I don't like how, once Maria finds out about her brain deterioration due to her alien abilities, she pushes everyone away. She breaks up with Michael and takes on this persona that she can do everything herself. That part fits, but then none of her friends really push back on this! At least Kyle is there to be the voice of reason (as he often is). I don't even think the show shows Alex and Liz finding out about Maria's brain injuries?? That would have been such a great opportunity to show her besties really returning all of the support Maria had given them.
I loved when Jones traps her in his 'mind palace' in season three and it's an all-out battle of wills. We find out a lot about Patricia DeLuca and Louise Truman, and what it was like for the aliens when they first arrived in Roswell. We also get to see Maria putting it all on the line for her friends. Then they all come together to rescue her, and at that point it's evident that Maria is truly a bestie to Liz, Rosa, Michael, & Alex - and everyone else on the show loves and respects her. She's not just a sidekick/support character, but a part of the family.
The sword puzzle that she worked on with Rosa and Isobel brought the three of them closer together too, and Maria helping Rosa and Isobel hone their powers was great to see.
My one gripe is that I still wasn't satisfied with how they concluded all of the Maria & Isobel tension by making them relatives. They do travel into the mindscape together, but I wanted more!
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Date: 2025-03-17 01:52 am (UTC)