On Lydia Sánchez
and Julio Videras’s Cornelia
Yes! As you may have guessed,
here in spanishgayfiction.blogspot.com
we could not help recalling Katy Perry’s Sapphic hit when approaching this
comic book published in 2008: a dazzling story around the whimsical, mysterious
pathways to Happiness.
Our friendly protagonist is Cornelia, a 22-year-old student of Fine
Arts. She has two jobs, thus she can’t hardly attend in classroom: in the
mornings, as a shop assistant in the comic store Friky Planet; by night, as a waitress in a club.
Cornelia lives in an apartment
in Barcelona with two girls and a boy. The girls are:
·Laura, a somehow dull and daffy blonde living in Barcelona
for 10 years, trying to make her way in the world of acting though she is not
lucky enough in auditions;
·and Rocío, a
girl-crazy, passionate brunette, who successfully works in a publicity agency. Cornelia’s
colleague in the night club, Pablito Danger, a hornball who jumps into each
and every single woman, feels a special (and male-chauvinist) morbid
fascination for her. His attitude extremely irritates Cornelia.
Cornelia is kind to the others:
Luigi, the Italian restaurant owner; the alley cats she feeds up; the weirdo who
is always watching through the other side of the store window; Antonio, the
deliveryman; the boy intimidated by his mother. . .but particularly to Salva. He is the owner of Friky Planet
(Salva calls freaks to the comic
nerds); he is also Cornelia’s Prince Charming. She calls him Culito Perfecto—“Perfect Little Ass.” Salva
is a 30-year-old scatterbrain, huge fan of comics, roleplaying, horror movies
and Italian food. He is continuously asking Cornelia to do extra hours, since Salva
is really busy with his other job in a business consultancy.
Today Cornelia takes advantage
from her favor in order to get an invitation for lunch in a wok, as well as a
stolen kiss. Eventually, Salva stands her up in the restaurant. Nevertheless, in
the afternoon she must go back to the store to do her promised duty.
Later in the club, her
girlfriends go to see her at the other side of the bar. There, Cornelia recounts
her situation with Salva. Rocío suggests that she ignores men and goes lesbian.
To brighten up her day, Rocío tells a funny anecdote about how she flirted with
a shop-assistant in a lingerie store. Rocío is always sweet and thoughtful to her.
To Rocío, Cornelia is nice, pretty and funny, though just a little bit neurotic.
She recommends Cornelia to kiss Prince Charming off and try to find the person she
can connect with and feel happy and complete. Cornelia admits that Rocío cares
about her more than Salva.
Speak of the devil, Salva
makes an attentive appearance, with an apology in his lips and a rose in his
hand, guaranteeing a rewarding dinner to Cornelia. Rocío is not at all happy
with him.
A week later, Cornelia seems
to have forgotten the incident. By taking things slow, Cornelia hopes that Salva
takes seriously the chance of a relationship: They together walk out, have
lunch, go to the movies, do some shopping—Salva also picks Cornelia up in the club
after working all night. He finally passes care inspection, so they arrange a
celebration date. Besides, Cornelia has asked her roommates to leave the apartment
that night for more intimacy.
The door bell is ringing.
Rocío warns Salva not to blow it again, otherwise he would be in serious
trouble. Salva gives Cornelia a beautiful butterfly barrette that she
immediately puts on her hair to add a sparkling touch to her stunning look
tonight.
During the dinner the romantic
couple makes a toast with water—tough luck!: It starts raining before entering
the hot spot where Salva brings Cornelia after. There, Cornelia will find out Salva’s
unexpected skills as a lively dancer. When Cornelia goes to the restroom,
Salva’s ex-fiancée Lidia suddenly
pops up. Lidia had gone off with an American man, leaving Salva practically standing
at the altar. But things did not go well, and now Lidia seems ready to get Salva
back at any costs.
Lidia does not accept Salva’s refusal,
so she decides to come to the fore and kiss him. Salva acts reluctant at first,
but later he lets her take control. To top it all, Cornelia comes back and has
a major setback to the delight of Lidia. Our unfortunate heroine rushes out of
the club, and walks back home in the rain.
Rocío recognizes her from the
taxi. She gets off and shelters Cornelia under her umbrella; she also takes off
her coat to cover her soaking humbled friend. Once Cornelia has told the story,
Rocío advises her to ignore Salva for good. Cornelia starts saying that she and
Rocío—the two of them—in others circumstances—But Rocío does not let her finish:
she claims that the world would be a much more beautiful place if people worried
about searching for love only, no matter the significant other’s gender. Rocío
confesses that she has wanted to kiss Cornelia for too long, and she does it. The
passionate brunette has dropped the umbrella: neither of them seems to feel the
rain. Cornelia finally kissed a girl—and she definitely liked it!!!
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