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Crush theory
It's pretty impressive that the 4 ep series fits in modeling supportive parental and familial behavior towards their children who are gay within the story of youth ambition, romance, and platonic love.
X is deviously cunning, the way he's able to insinuate himself into his crush's life. The negging was really mean though and he's smart enough to have done without that. The meanness makes it more creepy than cute. Thank goodness he doesn't do anything else mean. The way that he's confused why Q wasn't answering his texts though without consideration that maybe it's because his first impression was so mean paradoxically somehow makes him more human with the vulnerability. Q though actually just forgot his phone and somehow enjoys spending time with X, maybe subconsciously sensing the romantic interest vibes though not picking up on it like his mom and uncle can immediately see. The scene where X is pointing to his own face to indicate Q has some cookie cream on his face, but Q mistakes it for a request for a cheek kiss is cute. There is no kiss on the lips though there is a second cut of the same bridge scene where they hug, but they also go in for the kiss that cuts away before it happens when Q thinks back on it.
It's so nice that the mom has her gay brother as a sounding board about accepting that her son is probably gay. Q's uncle has great advice, don't let other's feelings dictate your own is such a bar. His mom is both nervous about the potential problems her son might face and also extremely supportive for her son to get a boyfriend. The sibling relationship between Q's mom and brother is so lovely and have their own storyline regarding their father attitude towards the brother, which seems to be settled happily offscreen. It's such a nice surprise that Frank doesn't have a crush on Mind, which she understandably would mistake his affections for. It's so sweet that he really wants her to be an older sister to him after his own has passed on. Mook and Toy are cute, though it's not as clear what makes him different to Mook than all the other people who are fanboys and fangirls of her other than she just got to spend time with him for around 21 days the same as X's application of the theory with his crush before he goes to Japan.
X is deviously cunning, the way he's able to insinuate himself into his crush's life. The negging was really mean though and he's smart enough to have done without that. The meanness makes it more creepy than cute. Thank goodness he doesn't do anything else mean. The way that he's confused why Q wasn't answering his texts though without consideration that maybe it's because his first impression was so mean paradoxically somehow makes him more human with the vulnerability. Q though actually just forgot his phone and somehow enjoys spending time with X, maybe subconsciously sensing the romantic interest vibes though not picking up on it like his mom and uncle can immediately see. The scene where X is pointing to his own face to indicate Q has some cookie cream on his face, but Q mistakes it for a request for a cheek kiss is cute. There is no kiss on the lips though there is a second cut of the same bridge scene where they hug, but they also go in for the kiss that cuts away before it happens when Q thinks back on it.
It's so nice that the mom has her gay brother as a sounding board about accepting that her son is probably gay. Q's uncle has great advice, don't let other's feelings dictate your own is such a bar. His mom is both nervous about the potential problems her son might face and also extremely supportive for her son to get a boyfriend. The sibling relationship between Q's mom and brother is so lovely and have their own storyline regarding their father attitude towards the brother, which seems to be settled happily offscreen. It's such a nice surprise that Frank doesn't have a crush on Mind, which she understandably would mistake his affections for. It's so sweet that he really wants her to be an older sister to him after his own has passed on. Mook and Toy are cute, though it's not as clear what makes him different to Mook than all the other people who are fanboys and fangirls of her other than she just got to spend time with him for around 21 days the same as X's application of the theory with his crush before he goes to Japan.
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