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Analysis of Episode 2x02 

I want to talk about a scene in 2x02 I am not seeing enough people talking about. It’s the scene where they all have detention.I think it is an important scene to give clues about each other’s emotional state since we really don’t get many scenes of the character’s reflecting on the events that they face. I guess because of the runtime and because Kitty is the main character of the show. I find it interesting that at the start of the scene we have Kitty asking about his date with Stella.She scoffs at Minho calling his date with Stella boring because he is playboy which to me represents her trying to justify another reason why she is not with Minho. It’s because he is known to be playboy. 

Then the  camera pans to Kitty and Minho in front of Mirror. A mirror in literature symbolizes self-reality and in this case neither of them are looking at it, meaning they both are avoiding and masking their true feelings for each other. Also she is walking behind him and he is in front of her meaning he has already realized his feelings for her and is lying. While, she  still hasn’t figured hers and is catching up.

Lastly, they switch positions and he moves behind her. He asks her why she is so interested in his love life Covey. Here she doesn’t face him means she is affected and hiding but I also think she feels guilty for rejecting him as she knows he doesn’t open up easily. The scene is a trajectory to how their relationship in season 2 plays out. they move back to their usual banter . 

I hope you enjoy my over analysis of what seems like all fun but is so much deeper when I rewatched the show. The show is a mess due to only being eight episodes and twenty minutes runtime but these two are written so well. I need more moots to obsess about them so please follow. Also if you guys have any thoughts on this scene please do share

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Kitty & Minho + Glances & looks In Xo Kitty S2 | (2025)

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(guy who can’t stop thinking abt the stationary store scene) yall to me it just means so much when someone who has played such an important role in kitty’s life meets minho. guys peter is kitty’s hero he’s her big brother forever he’s the person who makes lara jean happy and that means more than anything to kitty so of course she loves peter. he is part of her family. i think someone who gets involved w kitty’s family the way minho did is very important bc of how big of a theme family is in the tatbilb/xo kitty universe and even that is just if we exclude peter going “y’know i totally think he likes you still” LOL peter kavinsky approved!

not even just w peter but w margot too i think that even if it goes unmentioned margot’s impression of minho WILL be “the boy who helped kitty get us to reunite our grandmothers” like…

also think it’s hilarious that despite minho being all sassy and tougher than he rlly is and honestly prob a little jealous of peter (his tiny irrational side coming out 😭) peter didn’t end up w a bad impression of minho which i think is also a reflection of peter’s character too which i liked

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You know, you can tell that despite all his logic (he CHECKED that she was home - he got wrong info but it was reasonable) and his cold-bloodedness, you can tell he was terrified she actually was in danger. You can see it in the way he looks at her.

But she has no idea and she has no idea that he was telling kidnapper to murder her in full belief kidnapper did not have her, and all she sees is her husband not giving a fuck if she lives or dies. I do love that he brings this up, and it is so an indirect way of seeking reassurance "how absurd" he says, in hopes she will confirm (but also assuming that if stuff happened, she will let him know) but she understandably just shut him out in every way.

He is reassuring himself but she hears it as he doesn't care and it's such a believable misunderstanding with their situation (marriage of convenience) and their characters...

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You know, you can tell that despite all his logic (he CHECKED that she was home - he got wrong info but it was reasonable) and his cold-bloodedness, you can tell he was terrified she actually was in danger. You can see it in the way he looks at her.

But she has no idea and she has no idea that he was telling kidnapper to murder her in full belief kidnapper did not have her, and all she sees is her husband not giving a fuck if she lives or dies. I do love that he brings this up, and it is so an indirect way of seeking reassurance "how absurd" he says, in hopes she will confirm (but also assuming that if stuff happened, she will let him know) but she understandably just shut him out in every way.

He is reassuring himself but she hears it as he doesn't care and it's such a believable misunderstanding with their situation (marriage of convenience) and their characters...

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She's repeated the same hand movements thousands of times to become who she is. People don't know that. So don't talk about my wife like that.

When the Phone Rings (지금 거신 전화는) 2024

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the sunset being scenic representation of his love for Heejoo because sunsets are dichotomous - earth says goodbye to sun but in hopes of meeting again and again till the end of times and just like that Seon hoping/seeing Heejoo again and again, irrecoverably in love.

but here his mind probably went haywire because sun might leave forever... His light.. his Heejoo

but it does changes when the flare went up and his face gets adorned by the relief that sun might have said goodbye to earth, but there's always a hope of them returning to each other and just like that Seon and Heejoo did too!

WTPR is such a goldmine of detailed show that I think I'll be watching and keep going back ,picking up so many of them...

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Realising the other person cares about them more than they thought

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I have fallen for Min Ho. A little bit. Or a lot

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I think I'll be in the minority when saying that more than their kisses I was effceted by their hugs and intimacy of shared past trauma and the scenes where Seon literally paces his tears with Heejoo's

like literally I have played/watched these type of scenes for an unhealthy amount of times, being on number 1 is this⤵️

both equally unknowningly develed into each other's raw thoughts for the first time, communication being their first baby step towards getting to know each other intimately in 3 years.

I love how this scene was shot because the past imaginative presence they both had of each other were distanced but love how Seon walks gradually up to Heejoo and herself also mimicking her sign language interpretation as if she is pulling him towards her...

this show might have it's shortcomings (which tbh nobody should be judged on if they just simply enjoyed it for the mere acting talent or resonated with it, cuz i saw hate both on X and here in some posts also) but when it comes to acting and detail work of the director and pacing the scenes or filming them, it's very "high bar setting"

like I don't see myself going gaga over any kdrama anytime soon in near future.

WTPR's impact!!!

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What he means: if I let you go, your psycho mother will marry you off to someone truly awful.

What she hears: you are trapped by me forever mwahahahahah

What he means: or my psycho family will bury you alive.

What she hears: I only care about power and you are a prop.

What he means: that way you are safe and protected from bad guys and tabloids and everyone else.

What she hears: I am ashamed of my unworthy wife.

FINAL GRADE FOR FAMOUS HOSTAGE NEGOTIATOR AND LEGENDARY COMMUNICATOR:

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I think of this scene a lot. Despite outward appearances, both Hong Hee Joo and Beak sa-eon are strikingly similar to each other. Both have shitty or absent parents. Both are forced to play a specific role by their families against their will. Both present a certain image to the outside world that hides the worst and broken parts of themselves on the inside. Both once found solace and comfort in the other in their childhoods, which is why they still cling to the other in their adult lives. They barely communicate with each other and yet mirror the other subconsciously in their actions. They are also both slightly unhinged and kinky people who are obsessed with their spouse.

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I love how the director flimed little naunces of these looks of Paik Seon, like he genuinely gets effected by the way Heejoo directs her gaze, he doesn't wanna miss out on her little expressions and that's because he YEARNED to listen to the sound of her voice, because in THE WORLD OF CHAOS SHE WAS WAS HIS SAFE HOUSE.

Even sharing the podium was too precious for him that the minute he finished his speech... he immediately turned his whole body to see HER

her smile, her contentment, her joy...

Even from the childhood Hejoo was/is/will always be his lighthouse, the shining star in dark night, the sudden of oxygen to a near death person, the one and only saviour.

and all these "look up glances" are infact evidence that he made himself just a mere content in Heejoo's whole book. Her impact is infact larger than his life itself.

and that's why his line " If one day Paik Seon disappears from this world or leaves this title, just know that the Paik Seon I wanna leave behind is the one that ONLY BELONGS TO HEEJOO.

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S1 : Portland stalker (derogatory)

S2 : Portland stalker (affectionate)

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Still thinking about the way Minho cleared his throat and made his voice sound even deeper when he first met Peter like... Psst, yeah, ok, you may be a super hot 22-year-old university "pin pon" player that my Covey Kitty adores and hugs all the time I wanna hit you in the face, so what??

🇬🇧🗣: I haven't had a blocked pore in 4 years 😌

The funniest part is that the actors are the same age (Sang Heon being just a few days younger 😂)

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Min Ho + Holding Kitty

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1x3 | 2x5