Otalia | The Complete Story | Guiding Light | Part 1 of 6

There are chapter timeframes at the bottom of this description

This is part 1 of the full love story of Olivia Spencer (Crystal Chappell) and Natalia Rivera (Jessica Leccia) on Guiding Light.

This lesbian love story evolves over the course of 2 years of soap opera tv. The writers took the time for them to slowly go from hating eachother to loving eachother. Because of the writing and amount of time they shared the screens together, the characters and the story have a lot of depth to them. What you won't see a lot of in this compilation is physical intimacy. Back in 2008/2009 gay storylines in soaps were still a new thing and the network and sponsors where afraid of backlash. What the actresses couldn't show in physical affection though, they made up for in their very realistic portrayal of emotions, great chemistry and overall great acting. Together with the writers they've created a beautiful love story nonetheless.

This is the beginning of their love story from the first time they met on Guiding Light in october 2007 up until the moment Natalia has to decide whether she is wants to donate her husbands heart to save Olivia's life in april of 2008. This while Olivia has been going after her husband Gus for months.

00:00 The deal
33:19 Life and death
54:39 Someone to lean on
01:09:54 The husband stealer
01:49:58 Package deal
02:15:23 Don't mess with the bride
02:24:33 Missed opportunities
02:40:05 Give me your husband
03:19:07 Till death do us part..or not
03:54:04 Life-changing decisions

I hope you enjoy the video

[FlyingWitch]

I have added chapters in the description. They don't show up in the video itself, but you can still click on the timestamps in the video description and the video will fast forward to that timestamp.

[fyi]

I had forgotten how wonderfully perfectly they got the enemies-to-lovers trope with Otalia. It's so good

[rkaiser]

Dude thank you so much for uploading this. Incredible. I can't imagine the amount of work it took to find all these clips and then painstakingly edit them together. The wlw community is forever in your debt!

[asgardloop]

I was so close on giving up because the beginning of their story is kinda crazy but I'm SO GLAD I kept going. I finished their whole story and I am completely IN LOVE. If you're reading comments because, like me, you weren't sure if all these hours are worth your time-- I can assure you they are totally worth it! I'm rewatching after just finishing (and now I'm loving the beginning lol). Otalia is one of the best slow burns in sapphic media! The actresses have such an incredible chemistry and gave everything they could to make up for the non-physical stuff. Thank you for the hard work on compilating their story so more people (like me) could get to know and get to love Otalia!

[farahqureshi]

Also, thank you for reposting it like a 5-part movie series. I am watching it again after 12 years.

[KaseiRose]

This is literally my happy place .. when I'm sad or having a bad day I love to rewatch their love story!!! So THANK YOU!!

[whatthehellisthisname]

I love soap operas. The moment the heart transplant talk started I was like: "Imagine if the dude died and she got his heart, so that's how they end the lovers conflict between the women and make them bond over it instead." this is so stupidly funny and I love it.

[shoregirl]

The quality of this is even better than the original.😮 Outstanding!

[framsofttie]

Omg thank you for uploading their story from the beginning! It's striking how caring and empathetic Natalia was right from the beginning, but also deeply flawed. I think that part of her - a lovely person, but wee bit hypocritical and selfish - remained consistent throughout.

[melodiefrances]

I never actually saw the early part of this story before, thank you!!!

[petitprince]

INCREDIBLE work, bookmarking this to start watching some day soon! This is so handy for people like me who missed the boat back in the day, but still would like to watch their storyline years later. Really appreciate it. Btw, beautiful thumbnails on the videos too. <3

[protohomo]

ahhhh thank you so much for uploading this! I had forgotten just *how* enemy this enemies-to-lovers storyline was 🤭 what a lovely trip down memory lane

[rkaiser]

Olivia loves to be fucking dramatic sjfjjfjdjf she's so funny. Crystal Chappelle is SUCH a good comedic actress I wish she'd gotten to do more funny stuff

[sophcaro]

Thanks a lot for this hard work! I appreciate rewatching a compilation of this great couple. I hope you'll continue :)

[User-twmc]

I had a really hard time getting through the first hour of soap opera nonsense- like three days and multiple attempts hard. But I am so glad i stuck with it. The moment Natalia found out Ophelia was dying was a game changer. The paradox of her compassion and mistrust. She ain’t a fool but she’s caring. And Gus. This is sooo good!

[xenarulz]

Again thank you for all the hard work put into this! It is greatly appreciated!! 💜

[Prolui]

My favorite part about Otalia is the fact that they are so comp het it hurts. It is clear that they both objectified Gus and used him as an excuse to continue interacting with one another even when it became unnecessary. They unwittingly became their worst with each other given their manipulations around Gus; mean-spirited fights; and all-around selfish battle of egos. But Natalia and Olivia always clearly gave a damn about each other and the important people in their lives. Olivia frankly helped Natalia financially and with seeing Rafe many, many times even before they started calling each other best friends. Natalia loved and cared about Emma as her own from the beginning.

[travelsbyanja]

Thanks so much for creating this. Finally. Can see this storyline in the full. I really appreciate that

[amandawilson]

I've never seen Olivia Spencer before this is all new to me but it's fun

[nlartsdesign]

Olivia got literally everything from Gus 😂