#I will however laugh at all the ain't shit homophobic gay Jim posts lol

[kennyomegasweave]

I know we're all like what the hell Jim? about the preview, but, as much as Jim being a homophobic gay tickles me cause I'm ain't shit, I don't think that's what's happening here.

We know he doesn't wants Li Ming to be poor. We know he wants him to be successful and well off. And we also know being gay could hinder that. This isn't America with our legal protections (that aren't even in every state). This is Thailand. I'm fairly confident Li Ming being an out gay could affect him, especially cause he comes from a poor family to begin with. And Li Ming being an out gay with a boyfriend from a powerful and rich family that, Jim and I are guessing, wouldn't be chill with it? Yeah.

And then there's the family aspect too. Jim's sister is homophobic. I don't think we know if that's Li Ming's mom or not, but if you're asking why a homophobe would send their kid to live with their gay sibling, that's the kind of cognizant dissonance homophobes employ simply because I'm guessing she doesn't want/can't afford her son. And even if the homophobic sister isn't Li Ming's mom, we don't know if the rest of their family shares her hate. I'm kinda guessing they do since Jim doesn't seem to see them. So you have Jim, an out gay man who was MARRIED to a man, basically raising his nephew. Who also turns out to be gay. That's a nightmare for someone with a homophobic family because they most certainly are gonna say Jim turned Li Ming gay.

I'm not excusing what looks like Jim yelling at Li Ming, especially for being gay which he can't control, and which Jim certainly knows. Just saying that I understand that Jim is under tremendous pressure, for a kid that isn't his (Li Ming is basically his son but Jim did not have him, Jim did not make him, Jim did not plan for him) in addition to his life going through an upheaval with Wen and I get why he could lash out. Yeah he's 40, but he would have been born around 1983. That's not old. He is doing the best he can. It's not good enough, it's not, but that's not really any one's fault. Li Ming can be mad at him, fans can be mad at him, but I feel for him because he is trying his best in a situation he shouldn't even be in.

He's not perfect. No one's perfect on this show I'm realizing. It's realistic as hell and realism is rarely cute, neat, or logical.