#jack and joker ep 9

[wanderlust-in-my-soul]

I already have someone I like.

[boysindifferentfonts]

This is the hottest thing ever. Period.

[hotasfahrenheit]

Arun and Tattoo and their dynamic are killing me, Arun crocheting while Tattoo tinkers, the way that Tattoo didn't know how to comfort crying Arun properly but was trying to figure it out before Hoy busted into the room, then the way he physically seperated Hoy and Arun but it didn't even feel like jealousy, just that even if he didn't know what to do to comfort Arun yet, he knew that Arun needed him in some way more than he needed Hoy's shoulder to cry on, and he didn't know how to be soft comfort for Arun but he found a way to bring Arun out of his tears and help him that way instead, A+++++++ these boyyyyyyyyyyyys

[xzybkp]

We always see Joke as a lil shit, using humour & sarcasm. But Jack? Jack’s also a lil shit & he’s a lil shit that likes to see Joke jealous.

I swear he opened that conversation about Rose asking him as his boyfriend, not saying much else just to see what Joke would do. And he liked what he saw. It was a sulky Joke remembering how he heard said confession while hiding in a closet. At that time, he was curious but also, i think some part of himself felt that it couldn’t be him. That maybe all those flirty glances, touches, were all in his head trying to convince himself that Jack likes him back. But nooo, it’s not in his head.

Jack smirks as he sees a bothered Joke.

Jack looks like he enjoyed the fact he can read Joke so easily and how Joke reacts so obviously—he likes the validation that Joke does indeed likes him.

The fact that he didn’t immediately say what he told Rose next just adds to how he wanted to see this little display of Joke. But joke’s on him, Joke heard the whole thing. And was probably reliving at the fact that Jack likes someone else and not at the fact that Rose practically proposed to Jack. Jack just knew that Joke was jealous of Rose in last ep, and he’s using that to add fuel to the fire he’ll about to start.

There’s nothing sexier at Joke being emotional.

Jack prob thinks the same. Like look at that man. If Joke was starving for Jack for so long, Jack was thirsting for Joke like the Sahara dessert. He took a while, needing to be in a place where he can be someone for Joke. But he’s here now, he’s going to get his fucking man.

No one can stop Jack now.

[moon0fairy]

I love the pacing of Jack and Joker so much like having the kiss earlier would have just not felt right. They had to sort out their problems, get to know and trust each other. They didn‘t rush anything its was perfect

[sherrymagic]

Think we should quiet down a bit. My grandma might hear us.

Yin Anan as JACK and War Wanarat as JOKER JACK & JOKER | EP. 10

[chinzhilla]

Think we should quiet down a bit? My grandma might hear us.

[hughungrybear]

Me: ****officially dead. See you in my next life, guys 😄

[put-them-thangs-away]

while i figure that out, not sure if anyone has done it yet, but i want to do a little dive into the basics of the tarot cards used in this jack & joker episode, now that i actually have a moment and can do more than just the basic off the top of my head readings. i’ll be using the golden thread tarot deck mostly because i like how concise it is and also its more accessible to me right now underneath my sleeping dog than my shelf of decks in my room lmao. this is gonna be,,,, real long probably so all the details will be under the cut, if you wanna join me for my rambling:

fun little sidenote before i get started: when i went to begin discussing why i love the use of tarot and nang’s characterization specifically, my card of the day that i drew was the Queen of Swords which is like 100000% The Nang Card™️ lol [complexity, perceptive, clear mindedness etc.]

“a woman of immense complexity, sometimes considered cold-hearted, but also sharp of mind and wit, independent and possessing great powers of organization and analysis.” i won’t go down the rabbit hole of sword suits as a whole bc that’s not the point of this post and so far the show hasn’t gone into minor arcana, so i’m just gonna say HMMMMM very inch resting timing,,,,, anyways,,,

now, of course i have to start with joke’s card and its myriad of double meanings. in just about any piece of media, if you see The Fool card it should automatically be flagged as a red herring. it’s meant for you to look at it and take it at face value based on the words and image…. much like our four little idiots did when first shown their cards. like JOKE YOU GOT THE FOOL BECAUSE YOU’RE A DUMBASS LOL! and he’s the joker so of course he would also be the fool, yes? unfortunately for our little baby clown, the actual symbolism of the card is childlike innocence and naivety, often to their own detriment. it speaks of blank slates, new beginnings, and the start of a journey. “he does not know the dangers that can beset him during his travels, and thus he stumbles forward with complete optimism, never suspecting that he may be walking in a thin tight rope.” oof yikes. sound familiar? nang rly read that boy for filth huh,,,, aside from the obvious heavy handed post-prison clean slate, we’ve also got the metaphor connected to jack’s forgiveness and starting their relationship over. there’s a lot more to be said here as well about how naive joke can be when thinking he’s doing the right thing and that his choices are for the sake of someone else, without clearly seeing the consequences their may be for that person as a result of his actions. at the risk of Never Shutting Up About It, i will have to make myself move on.

i’ll get into tattoo’s card next because it’s really interesting to me that he was assigned The World, which I kind of would have thought would be a card assigned to jack instead. i see what they were going for in this episode with it, i think, but it felt a bit shallow in comparison, so there may be more in relation to this that we have yet to see. as The Fool is the first card (0) in the major arcana, The World is the final card (21). this card symbolizes an ending of a cycle of life, specifically before the beginning of a new cycle of life. it’s an indicator of major and inescapable change. throughout this episode, we see the shift in tattoo’s heart and priorities being held up in comparison to their past heist through some pretty straightforward parallels, so from that angle, The World makes perfect sense. (especially since one reading of The World when in reverse is inertia & stagnation) tattoo wanting to run in and save joke when he thinks he’ll be caught in the heist is our window in to see The World changing. that being said i find it interesting that this card would be chosen for him since it sort of,,,, kickstarts the journey for The Fool and is generally somewhat,,,, final. so i’m just reeeaaaalllllyyyy hoping that this does not mean tattoo has to actually end his cycle in any way other than metaphorical for the other to continue. the man has grown on me, what can i say? 😭 we’re just gonna ignore all those warning bells in my head and choose to go with the “accomplishment and fulfillment from both inner and outer sources” reading. yup.

then we’ve got arun, whose card is The Moon, which is double fun because arun’s name means dawn/sunrise. there’s a lot of meaning that could be extrapolated here, but based on tattoo’s card seeming on surface level to be about the state of his heart and his involvement in this little found family, i’m going to guess that arun’s is the same. The Moon card symbolizes intuition, the unconscious, illusion, and deception. it can be read as a signal of something being not as it appears, a truth you cannot admit to yourself, instincts that we have buried in our unconscious, among other things. this card being chosen for arun actually actively makes me more nervous than tattoo getting The World lol. if we choose to read it at surface value, could just be that in this heist he had to follow intuition, and got himself turned around in the process (eagle statue etc), or just generally that he did not previously appear capable, but here he is helping this mission be pulled off. with the opening scene of arun crying about missing his dad and that,,,, not really getting resolved actually,,,,,, that makes me wonder about some alternate reading options, but like,,,,,, i don’t want to. so. Simply going to close my eyes on that one! no thanks!

then of course there’s everyone favourite head empty good boy, hoy, who was assigned The Star card. out of all the card readings, this boy got the most straightforward one and i’m trying not to read too much into that since they were all assigned by nang and my brain hasn’t quite caught up to [handwaves] whatever she and hoy have got going on over there. this card is symbolic of faith, optimism, and hope. so….. yeah hoy in a nutshell. not a whole lot more to add in there.

skipping The Heirophant card and The Tower card to come back to later because i have Some Theories there and they may make more sense after i go back and rewatch a few things

ANYWAYS if you read to the end of this thank you and i’m sorry please feel free to yell at me about it

[yeonbam]

I was giggling about how joke was STARVING. said that "yes" to "will you be my boyfriend" already halfway through that kiss like OK GODDAMNNN.

but then I made myself sad thinking about just how much he probably thought, at many points throughout that very day, that this moment wouldn't happen, that he wouldn't get to see Jack again, or ask him who he likes. like he was ready to throw away his whole life into stealing Jack's freedom and that was ALL he wanted, not daring to dream of anything more, not thinking of himself worth, not believing his feelings were returned to that extent.

the light way he said "I almost died today" at the end of the day was dismissed as a joke (another disguise) but the weight of truth within those words was SO LOUD. A confession is literally woven into the unsaid bit— "I almost died today...(for you)" because he truly did almost die for jack. Something could've happened the Very First moment when he was spying on the house, something worse could've happened inside that ice box, something even worse could've happened in that dinner room full of powerful big names, and in the end, without Nang, there's no saying if he would make it alive. he let all his friends out early, even prepared his last wish and said it to hoy, he was READY to die but returned from its gates, victorious.

of course he couldn't wait. he never thought that moment would come and now that it did, he couldn't let it slip away lest it is Another dream he loses grip on.

[negrowhat]

Tattoo? Was it necessary to wedge yourself between Aran and Hoy? Did you have a problem with Hoy comforting Aran? You can tell me.

[wanderlust-in-my-soul]

Jack and Joker: U Steal My Heart Episode 9

[hotasfahrenheit]

jack and joke just in their own little world right from the get go

how it started

how it's going

all they can see is each other

[jack & joker, 01.01 and 01.09]

[moon0fairy]

Got spoiled that the Jackjoke kiss would happen this episode but I‘m glad it was only via text because nothing could have prepared me for the visuals

[unstill]

jack & joker's ending was too happy for my taste

[mariinqueerland]

JFC s many people vying for the spot of worst human on TV, the "true villains" kinda lose their impact, you know?

Hope everyone - except for Joke, Jack and Grandma (and the little girl, too, ok) - choke by the end of the final ep😡