#asianlgbtqseries

[thatsjustyou]

I love Scarlet heart ryeo coz of angst, pain, time travel and now that I finally² got my wish come true with my favourite thai bl period drama I feel you linger in the air, I can't stop myself doing parallels in both the series..

From falling down on the water in an accident after being betrayed by their exes

To

Yearning for the love they left behind in the past life, leaving their partner alone in that world

[aliceisathome]

He's killing me.

Once again fighting for my life trying to read the subtitles but they decided to put War in that sleeveless shirt and he won't stop flexing his arms 😵

[weeeeeeezamboni]

and not only was sand a little off-put by the sudden 180, but this show has also been doing a wonderful job at leading up to this moment and consequent moments like this on sand's half.

because that's what he's been built up as, isn't it? this character who knows who he is and where's he's at and is balancing in this fragile equilibrium, but who also stepped out of his normal to drive a drunk man home and let himself be bullied into staying even though he's "never slept with somebody who's not my lover more than once"

this man who "can differentiate between love and sex," who looks an alcoholic in the eye and calls himself an addiction but kisses him back anyway

sand's whole character is built around this idea of caution, of false security, of stepping back when he gets too close -- and it begs the question:

can he just not recognize what that looks like, or is he slipping?

but then here ray is, with his puppy dog eyes and his na's and they're both still in the car anyway and three times isn't a coincidence anymore and sand caves. and then mew calls. and sand is jilted, sand is shocked, disappointed in the whiplash maybe but mostly disappointed in himself

he got close. he almost crossed that line. he almost broke that rule. and it's there on his face, in the way he says that it's better they didn't go there anyway, and he doesn't say it out loud but it's obvious: sand regrets. a lot of things, maybe, every interaction that lead to this moment, ray. because he can't deny it anymore, he IS slipping. he keeps doing it.

and sand knows one of these days it's gonna come back to bite him

i am also resistant to the idea that ray did something wrong by leaving sand because he didn't, not really, not yet. they hold no claim to each other after the night is over, as they both keep making perfectly clear ("i'll never take someone like you as my boyfriend" / "you think i want you as my boyfriend?") they have no right to know how the other spends their time. ray has no obligation to sand beyond basic decency (and vice versa). he's allowed to leave whenever he wants.

ray didn't do anything wrong, and sand wasn't upset with him. sand was upset with himself, instead, for feeling like ray did anyway. sand was upset with himself for being disappointed in the first place, for feeling wronged in this situation he's tried so very hard to be emotionally removed from.

I'm really resistant to the idea that ray did something bad by leaving sand to go help mew especially the implication that it's why sand was upset at him. that was definitely NOT why sand was upset - why would sand who took care of a drunk guy he really didn't like very much be upset at ray helping out his drunk friend??? the entire first two episodes are set up so you would know that Sand would never be upset at someone helping out a friend esp if they were drunk. But the way Ray IMMEDIATELY disengages with Sand, even before he knew anything was wrong, nearly flinging Sand's arm from around him. The way he leaves with ZERO regrets like yes he says his perfunctory sorry but there's no 'aw this sucks i really wish i didn't have to go but my friend's in trouble'

like ray goes from a hundred to negative 3000 in 0.2 seconds and it was probably quite unsettling to experience. Mew called and IMMEDIATELY the vibe was leave my car I have more important things to do and THAT'S what was wrong with what Ray did and why Sand felt so jilted.