Rachel Lindsay & Bryan Abasolo - FAN Forum - Discussion - #3

[GuardianAngel]

Previous threads here

Lyrics to the song. The bolded speaks so much about R and B's relationship. I think the have it in the wrong way, Bryan is Rachel's halo according to this lyrics IMO

Remember those walls I built
Well, baby, they're tumbling down
And they didn't even put up a fight
They didn't even make a sound
I found a way to let you win
But I never really had a doubt
Standing in the light of your halo
I got my angel now
It's like I've been awakened
Every rule I had you break it
It's the risk that I'm taking
I ain't never gonna shut you out
Everywhere I'm looking now
I'm surrounded by your embrace
Baby, I can see your halo
You know you're my saving grace
You're everything I need and more
It's written all over your face
Baby, I can feel your halo
Pray it won't fade away
I can feel your halo (halo) halo
I can see your halo (halo) halo
I can feel your halo (halo) halo
I can see your halo (halo) halo
Hit me like a ray of sun
Burning through my darkest night
You're the only one that I want
Think I'm addicted to your light
I swore I'd never fall again
But this don't even feel like falling
Gravity can't forget
To pull me back to the ground again
Feels like I've been awakened
Every rule I had you break it
The risk that I'm taking
I'm never gonna shut you out
Everywhere I'm looking now
I'm surrounded by your embrace
Baby, I can see your halo
You know you're my saving grace
You're everything I need and more
It's written all over your face
Baby, I can feel your halo
Pray it won't fade away

Welcome to the party @luv2laugh I agree with how much I respect Rachel for breaking the cycle. That's truly not an easy thing for people to do and in lots of ways, I think that's what made Bryan someone she was so scared of, and makes him such a risk to her.

But, I have to say, so far, he's made her right. He is every single thing she's told us he is and why she loves him and then some. Bryan (and their relationship) just impresses me so much the more we truly get to see and ~know him/them, no edit involved.

I especially get Rachel's frustration with the edit now. I mean...

He revealed in one of the interviews that he told Rachel he would have married her the day after he proposed. No hesitation. He also said in an interview like... he can't wait to marry her. Which matches Rachel saying she's the one who pushed the timing out a bit. He wants her, he loves her, he's committed to her and is not shy about wanting to take every single step to give her the life she wants. The Player label has to grate so badly given that's not who he is now, and/or not who he is with Rachel, or never was, or whatever.  

They have revealed so many little things about why Bryan is the epitome of her breaking the cycle and such true love in these interviews it is incredible to witness.

I mean watching these... He's just so incredible and multi-faceted and so attentive, and thoughtful, and genuine, and protective of her, and supportive of her, and he validates her non-stop. He is always aware of what's going on around them, so in control, makes it so easy for her to not have to carry the weight of the world. It's so easy to see why she says she's never had this and he makes her better.

And sometimes, when people make you "better" and "stronger" you have to be careful because they don't really see and love you, and they're really just trying to change you in to what they want as opposed to truly accentuating and bringing out your true best self and your true best qualities.

When Rachel says Bryan makes her better, he's not trying to change her, he's just trying to support her, bring out her best self, and give her security and so on.

He totally embraces and lives for the fact that she's "a lot," and I love that he said in more than one interview in reaction to that sentiment from her, that self-awareness of hers and that fear that that will drive him away, his response is, "I still love you. Of course, baby. I love you to death." How can one not root for them and him for her? WHUT? How can one not see that she found in a man everything she needs and she might not have known this was what she wanted when she walked in to this show, but yowza. He's a walking and breathing checklist of a counterbalance to her in the best ways. So, so, so, glad she leaped with him, I think she's got such huge potential to get everything she ever wanted and more than she knew she ever wanted and it took her recognizing past mistakes and bad cycles, and then getting over that fear, but I think it's going to be such a huge reward for her. I think she was really sweet yesterday in an interview when she said, "I'm the winner." Yas. Everyone wins in this equation.

He thought she has a halo ....so sweet !

#TheBachelorette Rachel Lindsay reveals how her engagement ring was partially inspired by #Beyonce. Watch more: https://t.co/RKukPfK4Lp pic.twitter.com/OBhXTdu6y3

— People EW Network (@PeopleEWNetwork) August 9, 2017

Wait, what?! WHUT? This is so precious that I have no words.

Does anyone have a link to an edit of all their scenes from the finale, including the AFR? I had a lot of distractions on Monday and missed some stuff. I caught things here and there and have seen video of the proposal and parts of their FSD but I can't find their LCD, the morning after the FSD and their AFR interview.

someone woman brought her dog to Lord and Taylor to see Rachel and Bryan! Looks like a lot of people from IG story which is GREAT to see!


Source: Rachel IG

From lord&Taylor IG story

Beautiful couple , stunning! Bryan really has a baby face

[ukglasgowkiiss]

Ok so i hv no clue what happened with my last post, kept trying to edit it but it quadruple posted instead. Sorry if mods hd to sort it out.
I was trying to say Thankyou @Dessler for  posting Halo lyrics as reading them i started crying my eyes out in the kitchen. In a good way. All the emotions watching these two plus the more I see of them telling the details the more it all makes sense and means so much more and shows how true love can be.
Wow, apart from that am loving all these posts today.
That dress Rachel has on at the NYC event is the bomb. Suits her so much plus matches Bryan.

[likeashipblown]

Thank you for the new thread.

And thanks to everyone for posting the goodies.

Oh, no! They had so many people that they didn't get to see everyone.

But on the flip side, I'm so happy to see them get so much support today. I love that, love that, love that.

They look stunning, too.

[sdmom]

Check out lordandtaylor IG story, sorry I can't embed the video, but got a couple of screen shots

[GuardianAngel]

@sdmom thanks for the heads up. Here are the IG from lordandtaylor.

Body language has always been through the roof!

https://scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram.com/t50.9793-16/20776852_1919694161630130_8598484901223727104_n.mp4

https://scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram.com/t50.9793-16/19639194_109812529721555_2228010049962246144_n.mp4

https://scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram.com/t50.9793-16/19557998_712496688937244_422426599250460672_n.mp4

https://scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram.com/t50.9793-16/17694349_120184358624903_3054333587022151680_n.mp4

https://scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram.com/t50.9793-16/19412311_722403691276519_1804412745706110976_n.mp4

https://scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram.com/t50.9793-16/20779201_166916910524156_6376226680054218752_n.mp4

[Bookworm85]

@everglow, patiently awaiting your gifs from the finale. Also, can someone post their scenes from the finale?

I am so loving all the Brachel interviews. I want more. I am happy to hear that they are getting so much support from friends and production staff, Chris Harrison was so nice to them on ATFR, that I think they have his support, even from RS, who I normally don't really agree with. He pretty much defends Rachel regarding all the hate she's getting for her decision to choose Bryan, and I think he says some good stuff. I'm surprised I agree with most of what he says. It's interesting to hear his perspective as someone who may have "insider" information about this show and the contestants IMO.

From RS

The second you go into calling names, and she doesn’t deserve him, and she only chose Bryan because he’d propose, you lose all credibility. What about maybe Rachel chose Bryan because he was always someone she was into from the very first night of filming, he was open and honest with her throughout the whole show, she knew exactly where she stood with him every single second of his cheesy lines, and that’s why she’s engaged to him? Why can’t you accept the fact that maybe she didn’t want to get engaged to a guy who wasn’t as open, she cared about but was confused by his actions vs what he was saying, and just didn’t want to deal with that mess? Is that so hard? I don’t get it.

[likeashipblown]

How about a little round up of stuff from today so far.

Links to the Lord and Taylor event IG Stories via Lord and Taylor Instagram:

1. https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.9792-15/e35/20777593_161937331047767_1134903055943204864_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTU3NzY0MDE5OTUyNDI5MzA5MA%3D%3D.2

2. https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/t50.9793-16/19639194_109812529721555_2228010049962246144_n.mp4

3. https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.9792-15/e35/20777508_1386768211372512_2824405334624305152_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTU3NzY4MDg1ODE0MjU4MzY3OA%3D%3D.2&se=7

4. https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/t50.9793-16/19557998_712496688937244_422426599250460672_n.mp4

5. https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/t50.9793-16/17694349_120184358624903_3054333587022151680_n.mp4

6. https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/t50.9793-16/19412311_722403691276519_1804412745706110976_n.mp4

7. https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/t50.9793-16/20779201_166916910524156_6376226680054218752_n.mp4 (they truly do not believe in personal space with each other, they are so often so connected/touching. Adorbs!)

IG Stories from today so far of them/her via Rachel's Instagram:

1. https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.9792-15/e35/19639080_1507335089313172_2398402277451759616_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTU3NzY2NjA2Mzg1MTQzNDQyOQ%3D%3D.2

2. https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.9792-15/e35/20774723_1491016570963018_4214708994486304768_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTU3NzY3Nzk2NjUzMTE2MjkwNw%3D%3D.2

3. https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/t50.9793-16/19631934_468986200130528_6783105076786364416_n.mp4

4. https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/t50.9793-16/20463758_653003734894582_4994555981766590464_n.mp4

5. https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.9792-15/e35/19571569_344027992721146_4291205767937130496_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTU3NzY4NzM1ODU4NDU0NjM3Nw%3D%3D.2

6. https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.9792-15/e35/14223714_1912448169020834_3948931186939658240_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTU3NzY5MDA5Mjg5MzE5OTkzMg%3D%3D.2

7. https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.9792-15/e35/20775477_140146053249147_4453686098731728896_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTU3NzY5NTMzNTk5MTI5NDQyNA%3D%3D.2

8. https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/t50.9793-16/17694032_216643845529666_1622535303220690944_n.mp4

9. https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/t50.9793-16/20774588_490434804626041_2605707055905898496_n.mp4

10. https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/t50.9793-16/16423492_295767410831661_8517964675424452608_n.mp4

11. https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/t50.9793-16/19638527_193415361197420_4281073733927436288_n.mp4

12. https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/t50.9793-16/20463693_162477457652229_3035422545370152960_n.mp4

IG Stories so far today via Bryan's Instagram:

1. https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.9792-15/e35/20775105_1892321111029794_1594910339860791296_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTU3NzY2NDQxODU5Mzg0NTYzMQ%3D%3D.2

Edit: Oops sorry about the overlap, @GuardianAngel. Thanks so much for grabbing those links for us. I missed it when I was making this post. Appreciate you.

[sfrank]

How does Bryan gets more beautiful everytime I see him!?! Oh yeah  Rachel is pretty too!

[Maggenzm]

How does Bryan gets more beautiful everytime I see him!?! Oh yeah  Rachel is pretty too!

ITA, the man is gorgeous, to use Rachel 's word " devastatingly handsome"! Very dreamy!!

[GuardianAngel]

@likeashipblown no worries. Thank you for taking the time to bring them all over.

[Alanna]

Just saw Rachel's latest insta story and she's on Bryan's lap Too cute!!

[Dessler]

Rachel's childhood best friend from Dallas is her manager, it so happens that she is real life job. She has a talent agency and works with the Jonas brothers and other artists. She has been travelling with Rachel and she is the one with Rachel's phone posting all the IG stories. Check out her personal IG for more videos of them. @ang_forthewin

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