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ice on my teeth...

catch me down in Venice, spending like a menace, i'll have you dropping that chemise (?), won't do what you tell us (pushing the pronunciation here to rhyme a little), drop shot I'm tremendous, serving aces don't be jealous....

yes these aren't great but c'mon tennis and tennis? is that really the best they had?

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It's my 11 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

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ohhh october be kind. on god be kind

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So. The Time of Fever. The story is pretty simple, but it was elevated by some choice cinematography and music... sooooo let me take two seconds to gush about the two kissing scenes.

Both scenes are shot to convey something very specific (how special the characters are to each other) and although not much is said, a lot is implied. I don't know how intentional it was, but they also end up almost a perfect "reverse" of each other.

The bare bones of the two scenes are as follows:

Kissing Scene 1: infirmary (public setting, neutral white, Dong-hee takes care of Ho-tae's wound)

tension, uncertainty/confusion, complicated feelings (shaky cam, tense dialogue)

something sets it in motion ("hyung")

music starts

slow and steady - dreamlike atmosphere (tension released)

outside interruption, music stops - back to reality, tension back up

Kissing Scene 2: bedroom/house (private setting, heavy color-coded, ends in pain for both of them)

comforting, easy-going, chill vibe (steady cam, silent book reading)

something sets it in motion (hand feeding)

no music

shakiness, quick movements - raw, not romanticized (tension goes way up)

minimal music - self-interruption - got a lil too real, tension goes down

If you watch them back to back it's even more obvious, I love iiiiiit. The contrast of it all!! YES. Sorry for my ugly GIFs, I just wanna illustrate my points lol

In the first scene, Dong-hee and Ho-tae let down their guard and enter a bubble of peacefulness, before it bursts. The scene starts off with quick, nervous dialogue, no music. The shots go from tight to even tighter, and the camera shakes a lot, reflecting the ambient tension.

The music, gentle and hopeful, starts as soon as both of them "fold". Ho-tae agrees to use the hyung honorific for the first time since ep1, and Dong-hee gently goes in for the kiss. The scene is drenched in white, the camera movements slow, to the point it's hard to notice whether they themselves are moving slowly or if there's a subtle slow-mo effect applied. It's unhurried, like they have all the time in the world.

The music swells into something very airy and dreamy as soon as their lips touch; the camera steadies, the shakiness fades—the surroundings too. Even when the camera pulls back a little, the framing is minimal—you can't even distinguish where they are anymore (in a school infirmary, behind a curtain, against a window). The only thing in focus is their faces, the rest is slightly blurry or washed out. It's not just visually that things fade out, there's also barely any background noise: no ruffle of their clothes, no school chatter, no bird chirping. it's just them, floating on a cloud, the heaviness of the moment gone, the initial anxiety soothed.

The moment, the music, the kiss—everything is interrupted abruptly by an outside element: the school bell. The bubble pops, like a dream they both wake up from—signaling the end of recess, back to harsh reality. Their eyes open, they freeze, and just like that, the camera shakes are immediately back.

The scene unfolds smoothly and clearly: it takes the characters from a moment of tension, to sweet release, steadiness, and calmness—it starts from something complicated and changes to something pure and easy, like a knot being unraveled—and then snaps them back to reality.

The contrast with the second kissing scene, happening in the same episode (!) is nothing but art tbh. Like I said, it looks like the reverse of that first scene, but it unfolds the same way. This time, it starts off quiet and gets thick with tension.

First, they're at home, not in a public space. It's not day-time. They're lying down. The private, safe atmosphere of the scene is reinforced by the warm colors. It's late autumn, it's getting cold. They set up a space-heater (it casts a reddish brown hue over them), place a comfy (red) carpet on the floor to keep the heat in and to laze around on. The camera is steady, the framing comfortable, no shakiness.

They're still facing each other, one is on his back, looking up to his book, the other one is on his stomach, looking down as his own. Everything conveys a cosy, relaxed but intimate vibe, without any agitation. Ho-tae is snacking absentmindedly on some seasonal fruit (clementine/mandarin). There's no talking. There's also absolutely no music. You hear everything, from the distant creaking of the house, to the pages rubbing together, to the crickets outside.

Then, comes what sets the scene into motion: Ho-tae feeds Dong-hee some fruit. Dong-hee takes it into his mouth easily. The mood switches. A lot of close-ups, and the camera movements become shakier, more chaotic: tension goes from 0 to 100. Where there was a lightness, softness to that first kissing scene, it's pretty much the complete opposite here. It's more intense, but there's a sort of ache, an urgency to it that was completely absent in the first scene. The breathing gets heavier, louder, no music to cut through the reality of it. It's been a while since I've seen such an erotic scene, without it being explicit.

When it does come, the music kicks in very slowly, just a few low notes of piano, not enough to cover the noises (the kisses, the breathing), the initial warmth of the scene becomes almost stifling. And just a few seconds later, everything abruptly stops once again, but this time, Dong-hee himself is the one putting an end to it. The camera very slowly tones down the shakiness, back to steady.

In this scene, the characters' comfort and peace crumble, the kiss doesn't appease, it lights a fire. Gets them inflamed and exposed. Takes them from innocence and easiness to desire and hurt, from sanity to fever. The hazy, nice moment catches fire and burns up too fast. Like Ho-tae's fingers twisting knots into Dong-hee's sweater, the feelings gets tangled up, and both end up getting hurt.

The first kissing scene was the beginnings of some clarity, they both let go of what holds them down, while that second scene is charged with angst, it weighs heavily on them. The parallel was just so good I needed to get this out.

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also #myfivelovelanguages

classiccccc

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say it louder for the people at the back! TMS is just a prequel to TMS2!!!

TO MY STAR 2: OUR UNTOLD STORIES (2022) dir. Hwang Da Seul

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Reblog to cure his depression

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good things will happen 🧿

things that are meant to be will fall into place 🧿

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This is the lucky clover cat. reblog this in 30 seconds & he will bring u good luck and fortune.

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Was tua ending unsatisfying and kinda predicatable? Yes and, yes, and whilst i'm not a fan of it i can forgive it, BUT what i absolutely cant forgive is Five x Lila, which still has me screaming tbh and to quote Michael Scott no, god please, no, no, NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

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Ending Idea

Setting: Everyones in the living room of The Umbrella Academy, deciding they are all gonna sacrifice themselves when Victor say "No, I can take your marigold.."

Victor takes the marigold from their bodies, while TC is coming, they all protest saying you can't sacrifice yourself like this for us and he says "We are a family I'd do anything for you guys" cue tears and Allison saying "Viktor stop!" as he's absorbing all the marigold, it looks like he's gonna explode but he manages to regain control and falls to the ground, they pick him up and huddle together. Big bang noise and they look and see TC is behind them smashing through the wall of the house, they all get scattered about the room. Coming to they see TC moving forward so they rush to get up, then suddenly they see Ben's face moving in TC and he manages to say "Run!!". They all rush to Five except a weak Viktor who looks back at Ben and a small flash plays through his head of old Ben, he rushes toward TC, powers gearing up and screams as he tries to pull the marigold out of Ben inside of TC. He shouts louder and uses more of his power to suck more marigold into himself, until we slowly see Ben, coming back to his normal self, pushing forward out of TC, until he slides across the room, breathing heavily. He sees The Umbrellas to his right and Viktor floating in the air to his left, powers swirling all around him, slowly loosing control of it all, seconds from being enveloped by not only his powers but also TC and he asks "Why? Why would you help me like this? We aren't even a family" to which Viktor replies through a pained, strained voice, "Because you saved me once and even if that was a different you, your still my brother". Cut to The Umbrellas all emotional as they frantically grab Ben and pull him towards them. TC pulses as it's growing, Viktor shouts "Five now! Get them out of here". They share a look of farewell and Five reluctantly blinks them out of the room to the subway where their family is, Allison and Klaus are shouting to go back but they are pulled onto the train by Luther and Diego. Cut back to The Umbrella Academy where Viktor is still floating and we cut to his face and see a shift in his eyes, he closes them and we see a small montage of clips of Sissy, Harlan and The Umbrellas, then he lets go and in slow mo falls backwards as it explodes again, and he lands with a smile on his face into TC. Cut to year later in the new timeline, TU are gathered in a park for their birthday, everyone is there, Klaus & Dave, Luther & Sloane, Diego & Lila are together and she has her original beaded bracelet on, Allison smiles at Claire who's playing with her cousins, Ben & Jennifer are together, Luther looks around and says where's Five? they all moan about him always being late. Cut to Five rushing, walking through the entrance of the park, he bumps into a young woman and he drops the bag he's carrying, she helps him pick it up and as he looks up, his eyes meet hers and it's love at first sight, she says sorry and smiles and just as he's about to speak a voice calls out "Dolores" and she turns and says "I'm so sorry I have to go, sorry again". We cut back to TU as Five joins them with a big grin on his face. Cue some playful ribbing from the rest of them as Five is never normally smiley like this. Five brushes it off then gives them each a beer from the bag and Dave jokingly says "Hey!" and switches out Klaus' beer for a soda and Klaus loudly says "Awww isn't he the best everyone" to which Dave is instantly embarrassed. Then Ben says "We're here to today not only to celebrate our birthdays but to remember those who aren't with us and whilst we never actually acted like siblings they were all still my family, so here's to Marcus, Fei, Alphonso, Christopher, Jamie and.. Viktor". They all raise their beers and together say "To Viktor" as Five adds "To Viktor who was truly the best of us!". I think we're alone now starts to quietly play out if a boom box on the table, Klaus shouts "I love this song" and turns it up, and they all start dancing, we slowly zoom out of the park as the song plays and we see marigolds growing all around. Cue the bts.

Instead of having just everyone die for, well, what? Why not have Viktor who was always treated as an outsider, never allowed to be an Umbrella or be included in the family, be the one to save everyone - it's not ideally what I would want to happen but at least this way there is ~meaning~ to what is happening. Thoughts?

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Instead of having just everyone die for, well, what? Why not have Viktor who was always treated as an outsider, never allowed to be an Umbrella or be included in the family, be the one to save everyone - it's not ideally what I would want to happen but at least this way there is ~meaning~ to what is happening. Thoughts?

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tell me something more iasip coded~

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someone write a fic where Jongwoo realises he has all the power and makes Moonjo come crawling on his knees for... anything really.

goddddd

the frustration, surrender and relief on jongwoo's face vs the complete and utter raw adoration and knowing on moonjo's,, they're so dear to me.

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Canon macdennis but when Charlie finds out they’re dating he automatically assumes he’s also dating them and gets so stressed because he can’t afford 2 boyfriends

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This is Money Snake. She only appears every 312 years. 

If you reblog her picture within the next twenty-five seconds you will have good luck and fortune for the rest of your life.