#being judged by the show (although yes - overall more a fantastical romantic approach in kp since ethics are supposed to be a bit different

[ctl-yuejie]

especially since I was worried how they'd shot that scene after reading posts on it before watching and...it was done so well? non is obviously compartmentalising and also doing shifty stuff (I love that the writing makes him take "wrong" decisions, because he isn't perfect and also a scared teenager) and phee straight up calls it cheating but the way it is shot we see keng intruding more and more on non's personal space, his emotional manipulation is so blatant but difficult to evade for non and when he assaults him keng looms over non and crowds him against the wall, the sofa etc.

and I like that we see that non kissed him at a point seemingly willingly and doesn't struggle against keng but not only does barcode do an incredible job at having so many conflicting emotions across his face (disgust, resignation etc), the filmmaking tools make it clear that this is assault.

don't want to hand boc their flowers prematurely but particularly this scene wonderfully demonstrated the difference between what characters are shown to think and believe and what the writer believes and how everyone in the show does their job so well in trying to point to that fact.

i like that it shows that keng is hot. he pulls of his shirt and jj has a stupid 8 pack going on. and then the show says: look at this creep of a teacher.

someone on here beautifully summised that non might tell himself that this is no different than prostitution. and I think that really fits with his character. how he is unable (sometimes understandibly sometimes not so much) to get away from his bullies matches how he tries to restore some agency by telling himself that he made a choice. and at that a choice on his own volition.

this immideatly leads to a bigger breakdown when phee confronts him because if it was his choice, then he is responsible and did in fact cheat on him. he just gets entangled further and further and it is a really good emotional lead-up for what is possibly his death.

and to me it is clear that the viewer isn't supposed to agree with how phee and non see what happened. we are supposed to see through keng, his obvious manipulation and how he used force. even in the ways non doesn't or doesn't want to see.

i cannot believe how many people are angry at non and yell about 'cheating'.

i just… did we even watch the same show?