Can't hold your liquor, Jade? Or were you pretending that you couldn't? 🤔
Maybe it's me, but I get the feeling that Jade was pretending to be drunk. His "drunk" behaved like strategy. He seemed loose where it helped, lucid where it mattered. He used drunkenness as a camouflage to hit on Kamin.
And that scene when Jade was questioning Kamin's solo work ethics, only for it to escalate to,
"It depends on whether it's a question or an invitation."
Oh, Jade thought he was being a smooth criminal! 🤣 He was teasing Kamin, as if to dare, "How close can I get before you stop me?" But all I could think about in that moment is how dare Jade invades Kamin's immaculate space!
I came here seated for the snacks (Aungpao, Chimon, Sing, and Pahn), but ended up staying for the entire buffet. Especially for Dunk. I already dedicated a post to him, but right now, he's the man of the hour! 💁
The first episode established tone, introduced a crowd suspect pool and oversold the JoongDunk dynamic. Yes, oversold, because my boy Jade couldn't wait to be up in Kamin's space. That captain felt sparks and all the electricity nonsense associated with "first love" when he first saw how handsome the driver was... Not knowing that they were going to be working together so soon. 🤣 It's tired, it's overdone, but here, it just slots into place. 🧩 And I dig it!
LIVING for Dunk in this. LIVING and LOVING! He's like a stiff necked, strict, serious, and all that professional jazz lieutenant. It almost feels like he's from another century. He moves like an elegant vampire model. 🤪 He's like ... controlled stillness in motion.
See, I'm out of words. I don't even know what to say! 🤣
Lol I just realized that too! All he talks about with Ing is Koh and how much of a jerk he is, but never once…
Same with me. I'm invested in the characters, the way the story unfolds, the build up, the tension.... everything! I can't wait for that part, too! I've been making guesses: he's crying because he broke up with Koh, he was forced to choose between Koh & Pheem... endless! 🤣
I'm still stuck at the ending of episode 10 where PandaBear is lying in bed in their own world. The scene is so…
Ha! I knew it! That scene wasn't scripted. Ja was improvising because he didn't know what to do with that smile. I mean, have you seen Tae smile? It just ambushes you.
The drawing of Jira's angel feels like an image of protection projected outward: Jira, unconsciously positioning himself as something Koh deserves. I say deserves because later on there's a scene in which Jira is the angel sitting on Koh "kissing him to bless him to sleep". I believe that it's a dream scene from Koh's POV (unless Koh is into some freaky role play! 🤣). I figure that when Koh gets the painting, he'll envision Jira as his own personal angel. Just like when he was trying to replicate the first painting!
Despite calling Koh evil, Jira is starting to care for him. The more he's around Koh, the more he's understanding that Koh is not the baddie that he imagined him to be.
Jira's angel is like devotion wrapped in wings.
The angel later migrates off the page and Jira becomes it in Koh's imagination. For Koh, that angel probably represents protection from the consequences of his isolated life.
And in a kind of way, Koh is Jira's angel as well. He accidentally rescued Jira from the creative slum he was in, giving Jira a blooming chance.
Jira doesn't know it yet, but he's making a confession through his art.
One of the scenes that stood out for me this week is Jira talking about his blooming dying orchid while it's on the verge of death. I see Jira in that analogy.
Jira is a starving artist in every sense where finance and creativity dwells. Then Koh appears - money, attention - and Jira suddenly blooms. 🌼
The orchid doesn't bloom because it's healthy; it blooms because it’s close to collapse.
Jira's creative resurgence is born from crisis and dependency. Whether he knows it or not, Koh is providing the condition that's triggering that bloom within Jira. I'm certain that by the end of the series, Jira is going to have an entire gallery to showcase all because of Koh. 😄
As a writer, I think work born from desperation is often the most luminous and I guess I can say the same for art.
I'm still stuck at the ending of episode 10 where PandaBear is lying in bed in their own world. The scene is so warm, so beautiful, so safe, that I just want to frame it and put it in a locket. 🐼 🐻 🌻
It felt like a soft hug you could pour into a mug!
It felt like a Ja and Tae moment. Yes, Ja and Tae because for a little moment it felt as if Saint and Ice left the room. Especially the part where Saint nuzzled Ice. That small moment felt improvised. Like, Tae's smile ambushed Ja and he didn't know what to do with it, so he nuzzled Tae. It was like ... Instinct. It just feel like Ja in real time and not Saint executing scripted romance.
Currently rewatching the 4th episode and I'm wondering why Pheem needs to take photos of Koh's place when Koh said he would've sent them. I know Koh trusts him, but there is something slimy about Pheem, and I still think that he's harboring some kind of resentment against Koh.
Lol I just realized that too! All he talks about with Ing is Koh and how much of a jerk he is, but never once…
Exactly! And Ing knows his heart; she keeps reminding him where his heart belongs. If Jira were honest, he'd stop lying to himself about Pheem. That's just a proxy and he knows it.
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Maybe it's me, but I get the feeling that Jade was pretending to be drunk. His "drunk" behaved like strategy. He seemed loose where it helped, lucid where it mattered. He used drunkenness as a camouflage to hit on Kamin.
And that scene when Jade was questioning Kamin's solo work ethics, only for it to escalate to,
"It depends on whether it's a question or an invitation."
Oh, Jade thought he was being a smooth criminal! 🤣 He was teasing Kamin, as if to dare, "How close can I get before you stop me?" But all I could think about in that moment is how dare Jade invades Kamin's immaculate space!
The first episode established tone, introduced a crowd suspect pool and oversold the JoongDunk dynamic. Yes, oversold, because my boy Jade couldn't wait to be up in Kamin's space. That captain felt sparks and all the electricity nonsense associated with "first love" when he first saw how handsome the driver was... Not knowing that they were going to be working together so soon. 🤣 It's tired, it's overdone, but here, it just slots into place. 🧩 And I dig it!
See, I'm out of words. I don't even know what to say! 🤣
More, please! MORE, I beg!
Again, how to be Ja? 😔
The drawing of Jira's angel feels like an image of protection projected outward: Jira, unconsciously positioning himself as something Koh deserves. I say deserves because later on there's a scene in which Jira is the angel sitting on Koh "kissing him to bless him to sleep". I believe that it's a dream scene from Koh's POV (unless Koh is into some freaky role play! 🤣). I figure that when Koh gets the painting, he'll envision Jira as his own personal angel. Just like when he was trying to replicate the first painting!
Despite calling Koh evil, Jira is starting to care for him. The more he's around Koh, the more he's understanding that Koh is not the baddie that he imagined him to be.
Jira's angel is like devotion wrapped in wings.
The angel later migrates off the page and Jira becomes it in Koh's imagination. For Koh, that angel probably represents protection from the consequences of his isolated life.
And in a kind of way, Koh is Jira's angel as well. He accidentally rescued Jira from the creative slum he was in, giving Jira a blooming chance.
Jira doesn't know it yet, but he's making a confession through his art.
One of the scenes that stood out for me this week is Jira talking about his blooming dying orchid while it's on the verge of death. I see Jira in that analogy.
Jira is a starving artist in every sense where finance and creativity dwells. Then Koh appears - money, attention - and Jira suddenly blooms. 🌼
The orchid doesn't bloom because it's healthy; it blooms because it’s close to collapse.
Jira's creative resurgence is born from crisis and dependency. Whether he knows it or not, Koh is providing the condition that's triggering that bloom within Jira. I'm certain that by the end of the series, Jira is going to have an entire gallery to showcase all because of Koh. 😄
As a writer, I think work born from desperation is often the most luminous and I guess I can say the same for art.
Orchid - blooms while on the verge of death.
Jira - blooms while on the verge of desperation.
It felt like a soft hug you could pour into a mug!
It felt like a Ja and Tae moment. Yes, Ja and Tae because for a little moment it felt as if Saint and Ice left the room. Especially the part where Saint nuzzled Ice. That small moment felt improvised. Like, Tae's smile ambushed Ja and he didn't know what to do with it, so he nuzzled Tae. It was like ... Instinct. It just feel like Ja in real time and not Saint executing scripted romance.
Like, how to be Ja! 😞