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Random Thoughts about High School Frenemy (EP 1 – 8) : Let Free the curse of Siamwit School

It's been 8 episodes that I've watched HSF and there is something that I found very interesting in the story and I've been thinking about it since episode 5. However, I needed some time to think about how I would be talking about it. This series lives rent free in my mind at the moment and there are so many things to say. This time I want to talk about the feud in Siamwit School between Udon Phithak campus and Thep Burapha. It's probably something the viewers of the OG version already experienced so I hope they won't mind that I'm talking about it because I've discovered the story through HSF and I haven't watched the OG version (not planning to watch it yet too because I want to experience HSF without knowing anything else prior).

The animosity between the two campus started 16 years ago before the story of Shin and Saint. Louis, a student from Udon Phithak was bullying other students from Thep Burapha. They were the victims of extortion. This student was stopped by Sung, who was a student at that time from Thep Burapha. He stopped the extortion by being more violent to Louis and his followers. Soon, Louis was bullied by students from Thep Burapha. It was revenge for them, as he was the one who bullied them before or made them feeling insecure. The viciousness of their actions started to be impossible for him to bear and he committed suicide by jumping of a building. From this point, the hatred between the two campus started and never stopped. In the present time, Shin is the leader of the Udon Phithak's campus and Ken is supposed to be the leader of the Thep Burapha's campus, before the school administrator Paphada decides to merge the two campus together. Most of the students or teachers can't exactly remember well how the conflict started. They know that one student died and that the conflict never stopped from this point, but who were the real protagonists of it, they don't remember. In the present, Sung is a teacher who is working with Class 2 where you can find Shin, Ken, Saint and different students from either Udon Phithak or Thep Burapha.

I think there is a parallel between Sung's past and Shin and Saint's lives. Sung was a hot-headed student from Thep Burapha. He probably thought at that time that he was saving his fellow students and his violence was justified because Louis was also very violent towards others. Maybe he thought it was justice. The consequences of his actions only became real when he witnessed the suicide of Louis. We don't know yet what happened, but from this time he probably rethought his life. In the flashback, we saw that Sung never really back down from fighting against Louis or other students from Udon Phithak. He was apparently a good fighter. However, when Sung met Jeng to plead for his students' safety, he tells Jeng that he is “a peaceful man” and that he has other means to act that doesn't require violence or fighting. Sung from the past would probably have fought with Jeng and his gang to obtain what he wanted. The Sung for the present probably doesn't want to repeat the same mistake from the past. He still feels guilty as it is shown in his conversation with another teacher from the school. I wonder if Sung agreed to teach to Class 2 because he saw himself in them and knowing the terrible consequence of hatred, he may want to end this before history repeats itself. I just wonder why he thinks his way is better than Jan. I feel like the students bonded more with Jan than Sung, but I may be wrong because it's true they remain on the defensive with every teacher.

Shin, just like Sung, started to become the leader of his campus, when he defended Chatjen the same way Sung defended his fellow student. Someone was extorting money, and they stopped them by saying they are their friend. In both ways, they wanted to fight to make sure their friends/ fellow students would be free from their bully. When you watch the series, they almost say the same thing. I still think it's a pity that Sung never really try to reach out to Saint or Shin because he must know what it feels. When Sung wants to help the students, it's never by talking to them or trying to convince them. It's mostly the job of Jan even though she was never in the same situation. It's like she gets the role of caring, while he gets the role of protecting them from behind. I hope he will have in the next episodes the possibility to show them how he relates easily to what they are living because of his past. I get that he would prefer that it stays in the past because he is ashamed of what happened. In this end, Louis died because of him and Jom who was the bully in Shin's time, also died. If Louis died as a direct consequence of Sung's actions, Jom died from an accident that wasn't related to Shin. We can also point that Louis got bullied by the rest of the students, but in Shin's time, Jom just loose his title of leader of the Udon Phithak campus. That's the first difference between Shin and Sung. I also think that Sung was more prouder than Shin when he was the leader.

I feel this proud makes him closer to Saint from the past. When Saint was younger, he was the leader of his own gang and he was proudly nicknamed “Tsunami” because when he was going after someone, no one could beat him. His use of violence could be compared to the one Sung used in the past. They were both leader of their own “gang” and they both rely a lot on their strength to establish themselves. They both used too much of their violence and in the end they both felt bad because of the terrible consequence it had: Sung witness the suicide of Louis and understood that he went too far, while Saint fought his best friend, injured him and lost his friendship. They both lives in the present with the guilt of what they've done. Sung decided to become a teacher and probably help students to avoid having the same fate as Louis. As for Saint, he wants to be what Shin wants. Saint will only heal if Shin is also healing. His remorse, just like Sung, are true and they are both willing to work on whatever they need to, to be able to heal from this and maybe earn the needed forgiveness. I also feel Sung should have been more open with Saint when he tried to convince him to get back to school. That would have been a great time to connect to him. I don't know exactly, but I feel it was a missed opportunity.

The curse of Siamwit School is rooted in violence, guilt and death (real and figurative). To be able to break from this curse, the healing journey won’t be easy, but it will be interesting to watch.

[artylla]

i'm truly enjoying drawing different paul eras so i thought i should do my favorite one ever:

66 and 67's james paul mccartney

[viserya-firstofhername]

Harry Collett for GRUMPY MAGAZINE, August 2024 A mad tea party

1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5

[myokk]

I love all these drawings of Eloise and Sebastian in love 😭😭😭😭 your drawing style is absolutely adorable 🩷🩷

Can’t wait to see that romance in your fic 🥹🥹

AWWWWWWW THANK YOU SO MUCH ANON🥹💓🥹💓

Im such a hopeless romantic at heart & I just can’t get enough of drawing these two in some sweet moments🫶🫶🫶 (I can’t wait to see the romance in my fic either🥲 I think at it’s heart it is VERY romantic…but there is some angst involved and these two are pretty sad right now🥺)

But…here are some of my favorite drawings of the two of them🤭💘

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*Ages of this post based on information from Jason and Tim's original runs in the 80s, as im still in the process of reading the comics and I respect original runs more anyway

Jason was 12 (pre-crisis, not contradicted) when Bruce adopted him at some point after Dick left, and Dick had left Wayne Manor for about 2 years by the time Jason died (Batman #436) making Jason 14 at death, to turn 15 that year if his birthday is August 16th

Tim is 13 when he introduces himself after Jason's death (Batman #441)

They have like, a 1-2 year age difference

Jason returns to life 6 months after his death, spends 1 year in the hospital, then 1 year on the streets before someone recognizes him as Robin, then 1 year with the league of assassin's before being thrown into the pit (Batman Annual #25)

A total of 3 years with Jason running on just instinct and muscle memory before being healed by the pit

Therefore, Jason, while physically older, is largely missing 3 years of his life

Jason is younger than Tim

Thank you coming to my ted talk

(Dont take this seriously please bcksbdjsnks)

[captainhysunstuff]

Soichiro is worried about Light’s taste in men.  (Let’s assume that somehow Yotsuba was never involved with Kira junk in this reality, lol.)

[whenemmafalls]

Taylor Swift Eras Tour Poster for Each Era Part 5: The 1989 Era (2014-2016)

[whos-hotter-jjba]

The Results are In: The Top 10 Hottest JoJo Characters

As chosen by you! (characters in places 5-10 ordered by the amount of votes they got in their last rounds)

Number 10: Hot Pants (Steel Ball Run)

Number 9: Caesar Zeppeli (Battle Tendency)

Number 8: Leone Abbacchio (Vento Aureo)

Number 7: Dio Brando (Phantom Blood, Stardust Crusaders, Stone Ocean)

Number 6: Ermes Costello (Stone Ocean)

Number 5: Joseph Joestar (Battle Tendency, Stardust Crusaders)

Number 4: Bruno Bucciarati (Vento Aureo)

Number 3: Kars (Battle Tendency)

Number 2: Gyro Zeppeli (Steel Ball Run)

And officially the Hottest JoJo Character:

Jolyne Cujoh (Stone Ocean)!

Congratulations to all the characters, and thank you for voting, everyone!! Hope you enjoyed this bracket as much as I did <3

[cara-mel5]

yay it's race day but also happy birthday kimi!!

[spinningspencer]

Happy birthday to our favourite 44 year old baby(girl)!!!!!!! ♡

[deadgirlwalkingtaylorsversion]

So... i think i have a type

[consistencydotcom]

Remember when

[agentmarcuspike]

"your summer dream" by @swiftispunk

fresh on the heels of the worst breakup of your life, you find an unexpected kindred spirit in joel miller, who's agreed to tag along for seven days to a tropical resort with you and your parents.

[miramizar]

💜 ~Happy Birthday Junmyeon~ 💜

✫ credits: x x x x ✫

[nebulousfishgills]

Please do share the notes with us 👀

Okay, let me transcribe *exactly* word for word what I wrote down in my journal for you all (Again, bear in mind that my bestie and I have NOT finished the game yet, so this isn't the full list, I will be adding more):

(The whole dialogue exchange between Henry and Brenner when Henry's getting his tattoo touched up and calls Brenner a parasite because *chef's kiss*)

Orange for Lunch??

Freedom in mind void to ability suppression

Windows

Russian Spies?

Losing Control of the hivemind?

Eleven makes him emotional?

Control over the hivemind is fickle?

"Creepy Henry" by the other kids

Mind Flayer bullies him

Using the hivemind to hunt for Eleven

"Obsession is how you love"

Eating dinner away from the rest of the family as a child

Comic books

Eggs?

Flies around like Spider-Man with the vines

Corpses = Trophies

Spiders = Muse

Mind Flayer communicates to Henry with Brenner's voice

"Most human thing about him" is feeling time

"Tied down like your mother" ??

Physically inside brains?

Obsession with the past

Obsession the only way he can connect

Influence only goes as far as the corruption

Ants? Spiders eat ants?

Chapter 2 says November 1983

Mind Flayer wants to devour everything

Will the key

Chapter 3 The Possession of Will Byers

Vecna in communication with Will

Manipulates Will's memories?

"I understand you more than anybody else"

Can possess technology?

Sows seeds of doubt

"You'll finally matter to someone, Will"

Fascinated by environment (nerd)

Mind Flayer absorbs Henry's memories

Studies Henry

Brenner said he'd take the chip out

Stole some of the Flayer's power?

Mind Flayer is a DICK

Keeps escaping Mind Flayer's influence

Rewarded for hurting things

Saw Eleven like a sister - "Alice"

Eleven was the "replacement?"

Mind Flayer deadass pulls out a "rate your emotions" chart

Henry corrupts the Upside Down

We stopped in the middle of the memory nexus loop since the headset was dying and it was getting late, but that's what I've written down so far. I'll update this once we finish the game and then maybe come up with a more comprehensive analysis post.

[dykedvonte]

thinking abt what you said with house viewing Benny as a son and I’m obsessed. Like. The man spent most of his life before the war presumably alone, and then after the bombs fell he was alone again, save for AI he himself devised. Then he decides to pull in some Tribes, and one kid shows promise! So sure, treat him well, train him, groom him to be his protege, then next thing you know UH OH he’s got developing paternal feelings towards this guy. Wanting some semblance of a family when the time has long since passed, yet fostering that feeling all the same seems so accurate for him. Benny meanwhile only views him as a boss, and not a particularly good one at that. makes me wonder how House must’ve felt when he found out about Bennys plans

I view it as House blames only himself for this, cause he kind of does in canon (strap in this is a long one).

When reflecting on the issue of Benny, House chastises himself first and foremost for not acting quickly enough when it comes to priming Benny. He describes Benny as being ambitious, ruthless and capable; compliments coming from a man like House. House has an ego and while he is logical enough to understand there was never any evidence Benny saw him as a father-figure, he lacks the humility to admit he let his own views on his relationship with Benny blind him to the activities happening behind the scenes.

I doubt that House was as aware as he makes out about what Benny was doing, he knew early on but certainly not early enough to stop Benny from hacking and obtaining a securitron along with getting the chip in the first place. I take it he was distracted by all the possibilities he was calculating of Vegas' success and growth with him steering and Benny as the new figure head, not because of any normal affection for Benny but the admiration of his capabilities. It's to be noted that House believed menial incentives (likely caps, booze, basic needs, etc..) were enough to keep Benny tame like the other Chairmen but, as evidenced by the Omertas and Mortimer in the WGS, this is not enough when it comes to more driven Vegas citizens. This implies he still undervalued Benny and created a space in which Benny felt the need to rebel.

House in my eyes is not sentimental in the traditional sense. I can imagine his pride was severely scorned as someone he certainly deemed dumber than him was, albeit only for a little, able to out-gambit him. It would definitely hit home seeing how his brother also betrayed him but I feel like that's why he's so apathetic when he tells the Courier to do as they see fit with Benny. I doubt the way he terrorized his brother brought him any emotional satisfaction other than a "Now who's in charge!" ego boost. Putting that same emotional intensity towards Benny isn't worth it because who does it benefit? Wasted time, wasted planning, and most importantly wasted potential are all he gets from continuing to be hands-on with Benny. I say the closest example is not being able to throw out old toys due to the memories attached but knowing it's necessary as they are broken or just taking up space for new ones, and then asking someone else to do it so you don't need to get caught up in the feelings of throwing something you put so much effort into. It's not Benny House cares about in my mind, not in a way that sounds healthy to any non-emotionally constipated individual, but what he could've represented for him, which is why he so quickly offers the same position to the Courier.

As for Benny's view on all of this, it was a long time coming. Benny didn't and doesn't believe House is a completely shitty boss. He admires what he's been shown and admits House knows how to run the strip, but disagrees with the directions. Ideologically, House is an anarcho-capitalist while Benny is just an anarchist. House wants to run the strip to profit, though money is not what he's concerned with being rich with anymore. Benny wants a free state that he wishes to become a place for the people, except for the Chairmen who would be on top (I like to remind people that Benny's motives were selfish but not for personal gain/power as was it for the people he actually saw as family). Benny was never looking for a father but a future. He was not interested in being adopted, or having the chairmen adopted, as bigger names still overshadowed in House's legacy.

Truly, it's easiest to summarize as House feeling strongly and thinking positively enough of Benny to start incorporating him into the future of Vegas (a huge honor actually) while Benny was so disillusioned by House's ego and indifference that he thought the only way Vegas could be the future is with House gone.