#roommates of p ep 6

[dangermousie]

S2 ep 7

Aka the last ep before Ivan acquires a body count.

1. I have  never watched a reunion between a character I adore and character I like and where I don’t ship them with anyone else at this point in the story with more exasperation. JUST END IT!!! Ivan is probably in my top 5 show characters of all time and I like Caro just fine in s2 but this is a ship that just does not work. She is not in love with him (I don’t think she ever was) and by now, even if he hasn’t caught on, neither is he. It’s just inertia and familiarity and need to have someone. And I don’t even know why Caro came back to him again - he wasn’t chasing her any more, it’s not love, it’s no longer pity, so what? Knowledge that he is a good boyfriend who treats her as a princess? But then what does it say about her supposed great thing for Marcos - it was one thing when she gave up on Marcos because she felt so bad for Ivan who was broken at the time. It’s another matter when she gives up on Marcos because Ivan is a solid boyfriend. Not much of a deep yearning for Marcos to be had there.

I do love that the show never turned either of them into a bad guy or even gave one of them some epic love that ended the relationship - Caro was never obsessed with Marcos and it was a long time after his break up with Caro that Ivan hooked up with Julia. It’s just sometimes two perfectly fine people are not compatible. Anyway, I am with Julia - having a hormonal roommate waking you up because she snuck a dude in and is loudly making up is a quintessential experience in college but annoying as hell :P

2. Since this is a rewatch, any time I see Amelia and Marcos interact, I get a full body shudder. Enjoy dying in a literal ditch, statutory creep!

3. Teacher is terrorizing a student. Is anything gonna happen to them for that? Of course not. But also start of explicit theme that people who prey on underage students are horrors. He spins some story to Julia that he loved the missing girl and Julia (who after all, had a “relationship” with her stepdad) views it as tragic and romantic. But we the viewers are shown that in addition to statutory, he murdered the girl. Math teacher, Julia’s step dad, Amelia - the show never goes into “eh nbd” territory - is is always a symptom of hidden horror.

4. “Gnome” became friends with Paula because she was a ringer for Irene (because she is a clone!) who was kind to him back in 1970s. Once again, in retrospect, Nazis is so obviously an answer to who is doing stuff - they threw away the “damaged” twin - hell, the “gnome’s” mother hated him and said she wished he died. God. They are horrors. (Side note - how much do I adore that Nazi Prince Marcos (with daddy and granddaddy being high up Nazis in this org) brings them down working with so many types of people they hate - son of “undesirables” (teen druggies) Ivan, resident of psych ward Maria, Jewish Fermin, etc etc. In your face!)

5. Slash goggles activated!

6. Marcos realizing Caro is the traitor. You know, I forgot this part - no wonder he has horrifying trust issues by the end. Even some of his closest allies betrayed him (either briefly like Caro or long term like Roque.)

7. Marcos continues to be the best brother ever. Seriously. But you know what hits differently on rewatch? Paula saying that sometimes people look good and are good, it’s not always a mismatch - and uses the example of their parents. Ah, the irony!

8. Slash goggles activating again.

But on a plot note, when Ivan is told Caro is a traitor, his initial reaction is to get in Marcos’ face and defend her; quite a contrast with Caro earlier in the season.

9. When Fermin told Maria he was in love with her, I screamed like I did the first time.

Maria is a fan too. Because a little later, this is going on. And I love that Fermin makes the first move but Maria is the one in charge.

But also, yet another total hint - the painting they found, that Fermin was looking for, is by Bosch - most famous for his phantasmagorical paintings of horror and hell. (Also, Nazis were known for stealing paintings of their victims.)

10. Caro trying to distract Ivan from her theft of evidence by appealing to his hormones is ummm.

Side note - what the hell school is it where students can full on make out half clad in bright daylight in their rooms and nobody notices. (To be fair, later on, Ivan x Julia were literally full on banging in school, but at that point, the place was openly overrun by Nazis, had the plague and/or was cordoned off by the military, so potential teen STDs were the least of their concerns.)

The thing where it goes from umm to WTF STOP GIRL!!! is when she tells him she loves him - and she never said it before. I do think she means it, even if not in a romantic sense - she feels guilty to him and she definitely appreciates how good he is to her, but she also says it as a distraction and that’s not good! (I do love that she is learning her tone-deaf self-righteousness in s1 was not awesome - here is Caro, the one who was most uncomprehending of people not wanting to search for truth for valid RL reasons,  betraying that search for a valid RL reason of protecting her mother. I never got into any of her romantic stuff, but she had a really good character arc in the show.)

11. She is confronted by the gang for destroying all their evidence and she explains that she was threatened via her mother’s life and seriously, I don’t ship them but Ivan is boyfriend goals.

Here he is silently comforting her as they watch a snuff film of the judge (they are 16-17 and this is the second snuff video they’ve seen, my god! No wonder they never tell anyone again if they can help it - they get betrayed/it’s futile AND it gets innocent people killed.)

12. And the ep ends on the “gnome” being killed by the cops, for the sin of being different and for a murder that was actually committed by the evil org but he was blamed for because hey he looks like a freak. Summing up the theme that no authority can be trusted in this world because if they are not actively evil, they are complacent, easily fooled, and judging by appearances - powerful, well-mannered people can never be wrong, but those on the margins or that do not fit in, or are outside the structure (by being young, or with weird abilities like Julia or with mental stay record like Maria or w/e else) will not be listened to.

[gillianthecat]

catching up on Roommates of Poongduck 304 episode 6

Jealous Ho Jun! Fills my heart with joy. The way he wrestled the tongs from Jae Yun in order to serve him. The way he outright ordered him to stop looking at his phone. Their coworkers are so lost.

Uh oh. What has the love of my life (pathetic sleazy version) done now?

Oh my, Ho Jun is tipping his hand and revealing how much he cares. Is ordering Jae Yun not to go going to backfire on him? I can't imagine Jae Yun will just acquiesce to his yelling.

I mean, Ho Jun is not wrong about Seung Seok and what Jae Yun is doing.

This feels like a breakup :-( But I think it's a necessary fight for them both to figure out what they want from each other.

The lyrics to this song are very on the nose.

And the actors are very good together. I can really feel the weight of this conversation.

You look like shit, Yu Seung Seok. And smoking is bad for you. This can't be the first time you've gotten beat up/arrested/otherwise in trouble for scamming someone.

Ooh, is Jae Yun finally going to stand up to him? (No shade for your crush, dude, the man is gorgeous.) Did Ho Jun's words finally get through to him?

Ah, they've been friends since at least high school.

This is really sad too. Another breakup of sorts. And sadder because the narrative doesn't promise us a resolution to their friendship. In fact, it probably would be better for Jae Yun to step away from that friendship altogether, at least for a while. I don't know what it was like when they were kids but it's become this toxic mess of codependency and manipulation and unrequited pining. I pity Seung Seok for his desperation and for getting caught up in a pyramid scheme, but he and Jae Yun are not good for each other right now.

Sad lonely man drinking alone.

Sad lonely man called his ex(?) to distract him? Oh, she's a friend. Good, he needs a wise friend to confide in.

And I guess he didn't know that he had a crush. It's an evening of surprising truths and uncomfortable changes.

Oh, Jae Yun, baby. Very apt song lyrics: Will you send me away even if it hurts? I know it's hard, but you are making the right choice.

Oh baby. To see that evidence of manipulation and betrayal right in your face. Oh that hurts. But at least this simplifies cutting him off cold.

I don't think it's just because I think Kang Woo Jung is pretty, but I'm finding the story of this relationship at least as compelling as the main romance. There's just so much unspoken history there weighing it down, and both actors bring a lot of interesting nuance to their dynamic.

Rooftop scene!

Oh, Jae Yun. You are having a BAD DAY. Both of your primary relationships are imploding. But at least you have a new stuffed animal friend from the barroom floor.

This drunk monologue to the pig! I love it so much. Both funny and providing useful insight into Jae Yun's brain.

Ok, that was an acceptable moment for, and depiction of, a startled reaction to a kiss. It felt like Ho Jun was actually startled and not just freeze-framing for the camera. Well done, boys.

All right. I'm all caught up and ready for next Thursday. This show continues to be enjoyable - not brilliant, but fun to watch and well acted by all the mains. We're three quarters of the way through with one hour of screen time left, and both parties have finally figured out they have crushes on each other. And we've got our first drunken kiss, which it looks like Jae Yun will have forgotten in the morning. Will the course of true love run smooth until here-after? I doubt it, my prediction is that we don't get a real kiss until the last 10 minutes of the show.

[captainaikus]

hellooooo. just a daily check in. how are you? good i hope? how’re the WIPS coming around? i bestow upon you all the creative juice vibes *wriggles fingers* how was your day? did you see the new Blue Lock episode today? i will probably give my analysis sometime next week cause i had a long day and i am so tired and have a bunch of stuff to do. but i got ice cream today so that was fun. oh and i went to the park too and the weather was amazing. nothing like eating cold ice cream during fall on a windy, warm day 😌. how’s uni? i cannot wait for winter break. this is the last stretch tho so we got this 😤. as always *sends many virtual hugs*

- ✨ anon

✨ anon!! Hii !! ૮ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ა

I'm doing alright, just a lil tired and I drew the eyes of lucifer (yk the one where he cried, painting by cabanel? that one- thinking if I should post the drawing I made or not…) cause its been a while since I last picked up a charcoal pencil; had a leg day at the gym and my roommate cut my hair at 2 am (they used the clippers... and i gotta say did a p good job cue me wondering if Oliver likes short hair)

And I can't get over how Carlos Oliveira and Oliver look the same 😭😭 Like it cracks me up everytime I think about it

The wips.... the creative juices are actually working cause even if i have wips, the ideas coming in my head aren't stopping and i have like 6 or more ideas for hcs now so i'm working on that... slowly 😶

The new eps out ?? 👀

I haven't caught up with the episodes so I have something to relax to tonight; I'll watch it soon

Honestly? same. On days that I'm too tired to write anything, I just rest and note down more ideas that I can work on later

Uni is... a pit. but we're working hard and maintaining that gpa, reading and all that and in my free time I relax or write. I hope you’re doing okay and resting well <3

*sending sleepy virtual hugs back*

[superwomanfolks]

About Hyunjin

Birth Name: Hwang Hyun-jin (황현진

Stage Name: Hyunjin (현진)

Birthday: March 20, 2000

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Height: 179 cm (5’10.5”)

Nationally: Korean

- He was born in Seoul, South Korea. – He is an only child. – When he was a kid he lived for a while in Las Vegas (he went to kindergarten in Las Vegas for a short while when he was 6-7 years old). – When he lived in Las Vegas he used the name Sam. – His nicknames are Jinnie and “The Prince”. – He attended SOPA (School of Performing Arts) in Seoul, where he studied Practical Dance. (Graduated in Feb 2019) – He trained for 2 years. – He can speak basic English. – He thinks his charming point is his lips. – Hyunjin has a beauty spot/mark under his left unlid. – His shoe size is 270 mm. – He has a dog named Kkami, which he raises since he was 16. – Hyunjin is allergic to cat fur. (vLive) – His hobbies are dancing, reading books and playing sports. – He’s good at drawing (some of his drawings have been posted on Stray Kids’ Instagram). – In addition to drawing with pencils, Hyunjin is also good at art with other techniques. – Hyunjin’s favourite colours are black and white. (vLive) – His favorite season is autumn. – His favorite food is sushi. – He can’t eat onions, carrots, or eggplants. – His favorite fruit is watermelon. (Twitter Live Q & A) – He said he likes all the fruits except for persimmon. (Stray Kids show) – Wants to travel a lot. (Hyunjin and Jeongin’s Dazed magazine interview) – He was really curious as a child, so he participated in many competitions. – He wanted to become a singer because being on stage made him very happy and music is very appealing to him. – He likes to listen to Dean and Crush sunbaenims’ songs. (Hyunjin and Jeongin’s Dazed magazine interview) – Before going to sleep he reads fans comments on the fancafe because it makes him very happy and then check what tomorrow’s schedule is. (Hyunjin and Jeongin’s Dazed magazine interview) – Hyunjin helps I.N a lot. About 10 times a day. (Hyunjin and Jeongin’s Dazed magazine interview) – If he wasn’t in Stray Kids, he would be an interior designer. (vLive 180424) – He talks in his sleep. – Hyunjin is the hardest to wake up. – He says he looks like his mom but with his dad’s nose. (Ceci Korea) – His favorite killing part in a song is his rap in “Grow Up” which Han wrote for him. – He uses a mask at night and drinks lots of water. (Ceci Korea) – He eats a lot in the morning and stops eating after 4pm. (Ceci Korea) – Hyunjin’s friends and classmates call him the “Prince” because of his handsome looks and talent. – Hyunjin, D-CRUNCH‘s Chanyoung, and VERIVERY‘s Yongseung are SOPA classmates. – Hyunjin prefers mulnaengmyeon (cold noodles) over bibim naengmyeon (spicy cold noodles). – I.N said Hyunjin cries the most out of all members. He once entered the room and saw Hyunjin crying while reading comic because he was touched. – The one Hyunjin talks to the most on the phone is I.N. – Hyunjin’s must wear accessories are ring and necklace. – He has a cross necklace that he wears often. – Hyunjin chose dogs over cats because he has Kami. (Stray Kids Amigo TV ep 1) – Expensive things Hyunjin bought was his ring (actually his mom bought it for him). – Hyunjin has a bracelet that supports abandoned cats and dogs. – Things he’d like doing during vacation: going at a water park and eating delicious food. – Things he dislikes doing during vacation: hiking on a difficult track. – If he has to describe himself in five words, it is “The Passionate Final Round Boss” (yeol-jeong kkeut-pan-wang in Korean). (Stray Kids Amigo TV ep 1) – He was born on the same day as TOO‘s Minsu. – Hyunjin ranked 36th on TC Candler’s “100 Most Handsome Faces of 2020”. – He’s friends with Younghoon of The Boyz and Bomin of Golden Child, Daehwi of AB6IX. – He wants to travel to France. (“Idol Radio”) – I.N used to be his roommate. – In the previous dorm, Hyunjin, Bang Chan, Lee Know and Seungmin used to share a room. – Update: For the new dorm arrangement, please visit Stray Kids Profile. – Hyunjin has the loudest alarm that can be heard by the whole dorm. – Since they moved to a new dorm, and uses a different room from I.N, I.N hears the alarm and comes into Hyunjin’s room to wake him up. –

Hyunjin made a cameo in the Web drama “A-Teen Season 2” ep 16 (2019) alongside I.N. – His motto: “Let’s try even when you regret it later.” – His role model is GOT7‘s Jinyoung. – He was an MC on “Show Music Core”. – He was chosen as Studio Choom’s Artist of the Month for October 2021. – Hyunjin’s ideal type: “Someone who would listen to my worries well and can empathize to them as if it’s their own worries.” (Special thanks to Yuki Hibari, Gabby (ChibiChan), Renee Alvarado-Berend, Misyamor, Hanboy, SquirrelJisung, sarangheaul, chiara, Agatha Charm Mendoza, heeunjin, rosyvoices, Bamson, Dark Leonidas, Jia for providing additional info.) Note: Please don’t copy-paste the content of this page to other sites/places on the web. If you use info from our profile, please kindly put a link to this post. Thanks a lot! 🙂 – Kprofiles.com

[tvfanatic97-2]

rose recommends 4/?

I’m so happy you guys are loving these so much and have been discovering new spideychelle fics/re-discovering some oldies through this series!! You can check out the previous rec lists in the series below.

part 1: slow burn 

part 2: fake dating

part 3: and they were roommates

All fic rec lists in this series are tagged #rose recs and #roserecs so you can easily browse them and find fics.

Not gonna rec my own fics as always, but feel free to check out my ao3.

Part 4- Soulmate AUs

1. The Cosmic Conspiracy by nire- the OG spideychelle soulmate au series, the originator, the standard etc. etc. seriously, read this

2. Joint Souls and Broken Bones by FanfictioningFangirl- an on-going fic w soulmates and slowburn, what’s not to love?!

3. Lost and Found by catj101- soulmate aus have been done so many times that it can be hard to have a take on it that feel fresh but this feels unique and fresh

4. leave an imprint by @bipetermj -perfectly intergrates marvel mary jane and mcu michelle into an amazing soulmate au, don’t be mislead by the summary

5. Scars of our Hearts by snarkymuch- there’s just something so poetic about soulmates w shared pain to me

6. Inked by FanfictioningFangirl- people falling in love independently of being soulmates then finding out they’re soulmates after the fact? that’s some good shit 

7. Color Me Enthused by SpideychelleCarwheelerTrash- we’ve established how much I love the mixture of soulmates and slowburn, right?

8. An Experiment of Mice and Milk by TheHitchHiker- hasn’t been updated in a long while but it’s unique both in how it presents the concept of soulmates and in that it’s written in first person and the end-result is really engaging

9. we really are special, aren’t we? by @spideybrells- they’re soulmates in p much every single way!!

10. if you’re hearing this by @softboyholland- MJ is all about saying f*ck the establishment, even when it comes to soulmates

11. tallies by handsomehats- always impressed by people who find ways to present the soulmate au in a way that feels new and exciting!!

12. the one where soulmates exist by @spideyxchelle- it’s spideyxchelle what more do you want

13. 99.8% by @spideysmjs- an au of the black mirror ep ‘hang the dj’ (that’s one of the less depressing black mirror eps for anyone who hasn’t seen it lol)

14. Force of Nature by @mjonesing- super unique and myterious soulmate au set in a wholly original universe, still on-going

15. all we have is time by @michellesbohh- sort of a twist on the soulmate au

16. Beyond a Seasonable Doubt by @forasecondtherewedwon- seasons and soulmates, a classic trope

17. we aren’t so one-dimensional after all by @coykoii- unusual in that it has Peter be skeptical of the concept of soulmates but in a believable way

18. You Ain't Living Until You're Loving by notapartytrick- the soulmate part is really just an excuse for a meet-cute and that’s okay!

19. Not exactly good ‘soulmate material’ by @eowima- worth reading for the way they work in Peter’s spidey suit!!

20. you know you’re a star, you can touch the sky by @daisylincs- a good dose of skepticism about soulmates

21. I found by @spiderman-homecomeme- soulmates are made not assigned!!

 As always, enjoy and don’t forget to leave each fic kudos and a comment even if it’s just a quick “loved it!” no matter how old the fic may be x

[mingi-bubu]

Watch “Love O2O” with Me!

Episode 6

oohoo hoo

we are back with episode 6 !

im excited for this one bc the nflx ep summary reads

“Weiwei starts to imagine what Naihe is like in real life.  After joining the online game, Guang mistakes Erxi for Weiwei and asks her to be his mentor.”

which means there are several possibilities

The possibility of all of these possibilities being possible is just another possibility that can possibly happen

one is that wei2 meets up with the #Squad irl but w/o nai for w/e reason bc something comes up (maybe yiran or nana or a meeting w/a possible investor) so she just gets to know the guys minus nai

i dont think that photo boy is gonna find out that its erxi for at least 2 episodes bc it seems like that plot line can be extended for a bit

i really want nai to tell photo boy to fuck off like i cannot express how much i want that

but anyways

i have my water, my phone is plugged in and steadily cooling down bc it was overheating earlier, i am thinking about getting cereal but idk yet

as the man who sees all these possibilities would say, lezgeddit

also side note i feel like at this point i should make a post listing all of the epithets for mark that ive come up with adkfjslk

anyway

on with the show

ok we open with pohoto boy looking thru the different servers for the game

his roommates seem better than him i like them

why is his shirt buttoned all the way up

sir

please dont

library time

study study study

OOOH THAT GIRL IN THE BACKGROUND WITH THE FLOOFY SKIRT I LOVE HER OUTFIT

girl put your headphoens i-good ok

we get to watch the video

the game effects are pretty cool ngl

ripped jeans and nice shoes

could it be

IT IS

GOD WHAT I WOULD DO TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL MAN WHOS IMMEDIATELY RIDE OR DIE FOR ME

anyways

stoppppp his eyes he smiled i can feel it

SHTUT FUK U[P

ooooh the wedding celebration part is dope as fuck

im just as riveted as wei2

oh my god she gasped even tho she knew what was goinCRYING

DAMN THAT MUSTVE BEEN SOME GOOD FUCKING EDITING

oh are they reunited agin

bro go and aSMILE

anyways go an ask why shes cryign

nno she clammed herself down

and he’s back at his seat to respond

i like how obviously they photoshopped the image onto the laptop screen akdjfakls

oh shit caught in your oooh

lies?

are these lies?

shes not even going to fact check him

ma’am

fact check his ass

i dont care how much you like him or the fucking film

fact check

ugh anyways

sMIELE

naihands

his hair looks so good now

im proposing to both of them

hes too lazy to register the video but hes just energetic enough to fucking add to it

naihass

those jeans did uh the most

why is he cree-oh so he can see her more clearly

sstop flirting im sik of you two

oh snap he really said hes better than his own fake character

BITCH HES SUCH A NERD

i love to see that this show was partially sponsored by hp

he really dragged a whole ass chair into the stacks to hide from her

i

ok me too

no man should look that good simply standing there

erxi erxi erxi

im erxi

IM ERXI OH MY GOD ALKDSJFAKL;SJDF

REAL MASTERS LIKE YOU CANT RELATE TO FAKE MASTERS LIKE ME

i really do love the friendships in the show

she really do be MONKEY

TINIE BABY MONKEY

TWOTHREEEEEE

MONKEYSSS

OH MY GOD WHY WOULD YOU HURT THEM

flk;ajslkdfjasl;kd; weiwei just help

i love it its so funny

she really said drink the yakult and fucking stunt i support this agenda

was the backflip necessary

ooh sick sword rain i lvoe that

ew

like we knew it was photo boy

but ew do we have to seethem interact

lmaooooo not @ how the makeup artists did not care about matching his foundation to his neck

i love how dramatic erxi is about this with the other roommates

sisi and xiaoling i am propoising

oh does nai get her a phone

i keep forgetting she doesnt have a phone

i think one of the plants in their terrarium died

oh its the tinie gal from tNINI

im so sad that nini is still part of the slimeball’s group

she really said im not easily bought

oh shit wow slimeball really do be dating the other girl

damn

laskdjfals nini wants the teaaaa

UGH HIS FUCKIGN BATTLE OUTFIT I

MONKEYESSSS

aw man why do you gotta kill the tinie boys

akl;faskldf aldfjlaskd you get used to being a deadbeat after a while

oh my god they really are gonna fight him im so weak

OH SHIT HE REALLY MADE KODAK TAKE OUT THE OTHER THREE

mirror fish i am so sorry alkdfj;alksjd

september is king

oh my god im sick of them being so inlove fuck off

oooohhhh they got gifts

open it

oooohhh wei2 got a new fit

SHIT THATS SO CUTE

IT MATCHESE HIM FEOIAJPOFIW;ESJKNGPAOWIERHG

SHTU TYYGOGIAEUPIOEFHOAEI;W

I HATE IT HERE

THIS SIS COUTEE

SEVEN LCOORS

OH MY GOD THATS ACTUALLY HILARIOUS

oh my god

her hairpiece is so cute

naihe i love this

‘we’re an old couple now’ y’all havev only been together for like what

a week and a half

OOOH SHNAPPS

she said if he wanted to exchange pics or meet irl she would

damn this is getting existential

ak;jflaksj why dont they have washing machines

kodak you over dramatic bitch i love him

alkfjalkdsf I want to live another day

do they really not wash socks

oh my god and tidying the room

im so fucking dead

the power that xiao nai has

kldfjal;dskjfasdlkjaskdjf;lkasjdfa;lskjd DRY THEM

IM SO WEAK

yu

is taht september’s naem?

i love my dramatic #Squad

oh flashback season lads

im so fuckign dead the POWER THAT XIAO NAI HAS

KING

SHIT

september v nai

he’s calling himself thrid bro

jalkd;fjaslkdjf theyre so dramatic i really IMPULSE IS THE ORIGINAL SIN

THISI IS WHAT BOYS WILL BE BOYS IS ABOUT

it’s a girl i

oh its from the tech company

oh shit

mr li just wants to meet with sept

interesting

i love nai’s shirt

where to cop

ooohhhh tea on the company

*eyes emoji*

oh damn wowowowow scummy

bros before girls i

alkjflaks

mirror fish really said it is okay, dont worry, i will take the seduction bullet for you guys *pensive emoji*

banshan is septembers name

yu banshan

nai really is telling him to see what they want from september huh

theyre arguing too much

oh my god

OH MY GOD IM FUCKING HATE THEM

IS SEPTEMBER WEARING A BUTTON DOWN OVER A BUTTON DOWN

nai really do just be seeing wei2 and leaving

same

a;ldkfjalsdk erxi is so extra i love her

oh my god

whatever he gets is what theyre gonna get

HE LOOKED AT ERXI RIGHT AS THEY TOOK THE PHOETOA FAKSDJFAKWE

tru you dont wanna use the luck well up

oooh i want chow mein

SWWE;KJROWAIEHF THEY SAID THE SAME THIG FUCKIGN SOULDMATE SHIT

KODAK I LOVE YOU

kodak deffo knows the chef guy

oh snap

its bc chef guy thinks kodak is hot

UNDERDEVELOPED IM FUCKIGN

fine then

keep your secrets ;)

wei2′s jacket is so cute!

wei2 tell erxiiiiii

do itttt

ugh

go on and do what???  continue eating

kodak is weird akldfj

girl grades before everything else smh

DONT DO THAT

MAKE HIM KEEP HIS OWN APPTS

S M H

nai loves causing trouble i am marrhing him

but ok thats the end of this episode!!

more wei2 and nai interactions but i just want to see her and the squad hang out so much ugH

also i will say that a highlight was the limited amounts of poto boy that we saw

fantastic directing

anyways

thank you for reading!!!

stay safe and stay healthy <333

[kaypeace21]

Important things we learned from the ST prequel novel “Suspicious Minds”

What we learned about powers

The ‘potential’ to have powers is (generally) hereditary, however only under certain conditions will these powers manifest (psychological trauma, drugs, or certain psychological conditioning/experimentation is usually how it’s done). If this isn’t done, generally, if any powers still develop they are very weak. An example being Ken who was born with powers along with some of his other family members.

-“I am psychic, always have been ... My family always believed in this stuff... “

-“ He got feelings. Certainty would lodge itself in his chest. He had dreams with snatches of reality mixed in. Flashes of intuition. These came unpredictably—which he always thought was funny—and so he was never surprised if an inkling showed up. Or if it didn’t.” 

-“ I get feelings, sometimes fully formed thoughts, that I have a deep sense are true.”

( Hmm...this intuition-thing sounds very similar to how Joyce insisted she knew Will was alive despite seeing his fake-body.)

The younger the child is when experimented or tortured, the more likely they are to yield stronger powers. Even if the same trauma was done on an adult the results would be weaker and would be dependent on that particular stimulus. Alice could only see visions of the future with lsd and electroshock therapy, Terry had what’d you’d call “perfect recall” (which only happened with lsd)- diving into her memories and remembering them perfectly. While El can channel her powers without such things. 

-“Rare enough these days, especially in adult subjects...potential”

-“His theory had always been that exceptional abilities could be encouraged under the right conditions. But he’d always had to work with available subjects, none of them clean slates. This child—he could start encouraging the development of this child’s abilities now. In utero. Every day of her life. He’d make sure she was special”

There is a high correlation between above average intelligence and having “potential” (i.e capability to develop powers). In the book, Brenner almost used the terms interchangeably”.  

- “genius IQ, potential…limitless.” (El’s ‘potential’ was described as ‘extreme’)

-Terri is described as “above average intelligence”, and “brimming with potential” by Brenner.

-One of Brenner’s nicknames for Kali is “smart girl”.

-Terry’s questioned her roommate Stacy (who got out of the experiment) saying “How she’d fooled anyone into thinking she had average intelligence was beyond Terry—Stacey was obviously the smartest of all.”

-also in other outside cannon material Will is said to be the smartest of all the boys... hmmm...

How the void works

Terry after getting pregnant (temporarily) gains her baby Jane’s/El’s power to tap into the ‘void’. In relation to seeing normal people in the void, Terry learned they will not notice you observing and eavesdropping on them, and they cannot hear or see you (according to the book) ... so we can probably assume they also cannot touch other psychics without fading away, as well (like in the show). 

But the void is different if you try this on another psychic, she accidentally summons Kali- and finds out it’s a way for other psychics and only other psychics to have a private place to talk to one another- without anyone realizing. So yep, Will is psychic- the fact Will could touch, see, hear, and talk to El in the void wasn’t a coincidence! Debate over! XD”

More Proof Will has powers

He can communicate with other psychics using the void (in s1) . If powers are genetic (Joyce probably has Clairvoyance like Ken). And in the show, Joyce’s and Terry’s aunts were both described as “crazy” -which is probably not a coincidence. Also he’s the smartest of all the boys and described by Mr Clarke as  “great student.”

In relation to the adults (with powers) both the Xmen and Lord of the Rings were used in reference to them, multiple times. Will’s password for Castle Byers is “Rhadagast”, a character in Lord of the Rings. And in the 1st ep of the series, before Will goes missing , he asks Dustin for his X-men comic- later in reference to El ,Dustin asks “Do you think El was born with her powers like the X-men?” And when Mike says El is “channeling him (Will)”. Dustin says “like professor x”. clearly hinting that they were both born with powers, like the X-men.

Dr Brenner says there are very few people in the world with ‘potential’- ie the ability to develop powers under certain conditions. He encouraged the numbered-children to draw since it would increase the chances of developing powers. This is why we see a picture that El drew on her bedroom wall in s1. And who else really likes to draw- Will?

-“Art the psychologist here claimed, was vitally important for the creative children. Eight was definitely creative.” (Eight at this time, was the most powerful psychic ever, since El wasn’t born yet.)

when experimenting on the adults, they would take monthly blood tests and monitor their blood pressures. In s2 ep 1 they did the same thing to Will. They drew Will’s blood and put it in a vial ,monitored his blood pressure, and like El, recorded his brainwaves.

 Ken who was born with powers, is not heterosexual. And since many believe Will is queer it’s probably not a coincidence. Plus Will is referenced  to as a “cleric” and a “wizard”. And as a joke his friend says about him, “what wizardry is this?”

Dr Brenner tells a story about an experiment that involves killing rabbits. In the show “Papa” tries to force El to kill a cat. While Lonnie, Will’s dad, forced Jonathan to kill a rabbit, the first time he learned to shoot a gun. And since Will knows how to shoot a gun in s1e1, we can infer he was also forced to kill a rabbit/animal by a father figure-so it’s probably a parallel.

Both Alice and Terry when using their powers had hallucinations of a rainbow, Kali also formed a visual-allusion of sunflowers and a rainbow (implying all 3 have seen this rainbow, as well, when using their powers). And when Will was very young- he drew that ‘rainbow ship’.

-Terri: “Spots bloomed behind her eyelids. Every color ... as the sunlight turned to rainbows” ( p44-45), “The rainbow stayed with Terry for a long while, but eventually it faded and in its place: darkness. A pit.”(p. 48).  “streaks of rainbow appeared (p47)”, “Wavy rainbows seemed to radiate from her hand even once she stilled it. (p. 88). “Her eyelids drifted shut, rainbows and sparks flying behind them. (p. 89). 

-Alice (who sees visions of the future) : “Snarling, snapping monsters, rainbow lights playing in the air around them (p. 121).

-Kali: “field of yellow sunflowers grew up around them. A rainbow arcing over the golden tops.” (p. 139).  “He noticed she’d drawn up there, a rainbow with her colored pencils. Maybe he’d suggest that for the playroom” (the rainbow room we see in s2) (p. 298) 

Interesting things we learned about Kali

- Kali at 5 years old, was the strongest of all 10 numbers- who were called the Indigo children (who are in a separate experiment than the adults, like Terry).

- Brenner purposely isolated her from other people. “Eight wasn’t allowed to know there were other children here. They were all ordinary so far. He worried they’d infect her.” (what a sicko- he did that to El too). He says about Kali “Child shows gifts that require isolation from those who might weaken her…Constantly asks for family and to be called by given name…Has stopped asking for her mother…”

- Brenner put her through sleep deprivation, for 13 hours, when she tried to keep a secret from him.

- In another scene after Kali reveals another secret to Brenner, Terry finds her on the bed “bathed in sweat, soaked through her gown” and “sobbing” “tightly gripping the sheets”. What did Brenner do here... am I reading too much into this? I feel like I missed a page or... y’know maybe he’s even more of a monster than I thought. They never explain this? And I’m still not sure how to interpret it 0-0

-Kali loved Terry (El’s mom) and the other adults even saying “I love you”, and referring to them as “family”. And Kali makes a hallucination in order to help them escape, they promise to come back and free her. So in s2 ep7 the “family” that Kali referred to that Dr. Brenner/the government killed was them.

Dr Brenner probably has powers 

- Ken who was born with powers describes it as a gut feeling of something that will occur or a belief he knows is true.

-Brenner can simply look at a person and his gut feeling tells him whether or not they have ‘potential’ to develop powers or not. It isn’t always correct but the vast majority of the time it is. He does this throughout the whole novel to everyone he meets.

“male, 5′8″, 180 pounds, white, average intelligence, potential…fulfilled by sitting in a guard booth checking IDs”

“Rare enough these days, especially in adult subjects. The way she’d sensed an opportunity and shown up suggested potential...Potential. She was bursting with it.” (about Terri)

“Such lost potential is always sad. There’s so little of it in the world.”(about Alice)

“Funny that his ID contained some of the information Brenner would have wanted if he were looking at himself: male, 6′1″, 195 pounds, white. The rest: genius IQ, potential…limitless.”

What we learned about the Mindflayer

-Well, I was right about the mindflayer having fire powers -so Will will probably get electro-pyrokinesis (along with other powers) like the comic and show hinted at, link here and here. 

Alice who sees visions of the future describes the mindflayer as “A monstrous vortex of fire and energy and darkness, tentacles reaching and growing. Growing so big they could eat the sky. Its mouth had a glowing fire of destruction inside it… (p. 243). 

[unproduciblesmackdown]

40, 47, 59, 62, 76

lmao hell yeah thanks for All this support i love it!! quastions

40. weirdest thing to ever happen at your school?

really idk i feel like even our schools’s Antics were pretty par for the course and i was just sitting in the corner reading the whole time basically......trying to think if anything wild happened in college but even then it was p similar. well you know what, whatever donors covered the majority of the cost of the school’s black box theater being renovated apparently Stipulated that every other year a rodgers and hammerstein production be put on. absolute freaks. my roommate/friend and their then-boyfriend, the one mormon i have Knowingly Known in my life, were in pirates of penzance (sic?) together. hilarious

47. favorite type of cheese?

i like cheddar and like, parmesan, smoked gouda.....let’s get that shit Sharp!!! and hard lmao

59. if you were a video game character, what would your catchphrase be?

idk i’d be like an npc just doing their weird thing on their own. i’ve never played pokemons unless you count pokemons Go but i think about the famed “i like shorts they’re comfy and easy to wear” npc kid. like, yeah. i feel the same. and would say similar bullshit nobody asked about

62. seven characters you relate to?

oh god.........recognizing the self through the relatable characters :|

well let’s just talk about the wrol roles right off b/c the characters that Most occupy my gay thoughts (which is to say: my general thoughts) will inevitably get priority when it comes to Remembering things

1) whom among us doesn’t relate to jared kleinman........will roland emerging from relative obscurity and coming for our entire fucking lives like the goddamn legend he is. it’s tough b/c it’s like, oh well alana is relatable too, so is evan unfortunately sorry evan, and in ways i might ~usually act~ like one of those two more than jared but. no. it is Jared who wins the relatability contest, and we all get to be beautifully haunted by it forever

2) leaning hard into winston even with the few glimpses of him b/c somehow will Cannot play an allistic cishet. and this is even More of a case where maybe i don’t much have winston’s demeanor.......even without winston being a beacon of confidence, he has more confidence lmao. and he has that ability to just Be Himself in a situation which, i wish i had that moxie lmao. i am a lot more [usually trying to be accommodating wayyyy harder than i should], booo......even though he’s clearly not great at conflict considering how it doesn’t take Too much to put him out, it’d be pretty impossible for me to be all “called them hacks and lame” or carry out a very irritated monologue in front of four people in the first place lmao. but who knows. and it’s more in the details of like, oh no winston’s the odd one out even though he hasn’t really Done Anything, but we all ~understand~ why he Deserves it.........his expectation / treating it basically as Fact that he will disappoint people.......the [weird] [offputting] behaviors and his way of speaking in What he Says and How He Says It seeming wrong to people.......like it’s only 15-ish min of content that we have here and we don’t have the least info about will’s own thoughts on the character but it’s like. how is this such an iconic Gay Autistic Quant b/c these vibes are so rare. and i appreciate that he can be ~difficult~ lmao. same with jared though i didn’t mention it. i can be difficult!! love it for us...

3) briony atkins from murder of bindy mackenzie as a character who Does act more like how i Usually Act Like lmao.....god we’re only on three i forgot there was seven of these. and yet i know there’s probably at least 2 dozen characters who could make this list and i just won’t think of most of them unless directly reminded......but anyways yeah i mean in person i mostly do Not want attention unless i feel comfortable enough / in my element or whatever. especially if it’d be some situation like “sitting in a group of randos” lol. i mean it depends b/c i also can sometimes be ~on~ in terms of Masking and trying to be like Haha I’m Social I’m Regular and i def engage in Nervous Chatter sometimes, but like, very often it’s like god don’t talk to me and i don’t want to talk either.....and then yeah people Will be surprised that like, idk, i’m opinionated as shit and idk that i Enjoy Things / Have Thoughts And Feelings coz the assumption i guess is that you must simply have nothing to say. so the dismissal of this person who seemingly has nothing to contribute and must be Boring rings true lmfao.....but then of course it’s also important that her personality Under that is the one getting mistaken for emily’s lol cuz yeah At Heart i am sure of that dramatic / intense / excitable type Sometimes. but it takes some excavation before i am like “oh i can engage in my actual self” and like weeks and months to get comfortable w/ people and i’m always suspicious that anyone actually would enjoy it and i’m not too much......i am a motormouth actually and have something to say about any and everything and like to Have Fun Here but like. idk i come off as boring and can be Notably Quiet lmao

4) oscar martinez from the office is weirdly [Haha Same] sometimes lmfao. sort of keeps to himself but also has to pipe up with Opinions and Pedantry and the kind of Drama of a restrained theatre gay. some deleted scene from an episode where during an interview clip of Jimothy in a theater lobby and you have oscar call from across the group in that [wearied Ugh God] way of ‘jim, they’re remaking ___’ while jim just kind of gives a cursory “wow gosh” or whatever and like, i sure don’t have lots of Theatre Opinions but that “oh jeez i have a Take on this and have to share it with someone” vibe is like hahaha yeah.....it’s funny in the “the gang goes to the ice rink for a third of the ep” bit where you just catch oscar doing [ice skating turn] with some solemn intensity.......the “here’s a question nobody’s asking: is this worth it” quote.........way at the end where there’s a whole deal with one of the indoor plants and he’s like “why is it a He” @ the collective gendering of the houseplant lmfao.......i love the one thing where he and pam and uhh toby right? have the Finer Things book club or whatever and jim wants to join just like ~ironically~ and pam has to tell him that oscar doesn’t want him to join b/c he’s not going to take it seriously and use it as a Jokes Vehicle. and then you get the scene at the end where jim Is basically doing that and they’re just like taking it out of him and oscar’s all very seriously like “did you get it all out of your system” lmfao like yeah, earnest members only lmao.....the thing where he gets mad at angela’s like Jazz Musician Posed Babies posters all “it’s kitsch it Destroys art” lmaoooo and in a totally different season all “this is the problem with debate” over the completely inconsequential “is [whichever actress, i forget] Hot” “”””debate””””.......the whole tendency to get involved and always have a take to get across.....opinionated-sometimes-to-the-point-of-petty central. also that he’s the canon gay, are there even any others? anyways and as the us office’s spiritual successor i’ll add on to this by uh what’s the name of billy eichner’s character on parks and rec? it’s craig right. that Self-Powered Intensity is very #me as well.

5) augh god........im like lmfao shit who represents my Hater Club side. hmmm. oh no wait you know what. totally different but i love Prof Beatrice Hotchkiss in the trt nancy drew pc game. she’s holed up in her room writing all the time and just is weird when you try to talk to her all like no i won’t open the door, bring me food, do this Research, bring me my Ski Boots i guess......and then when you do meet her it’s all at like post-midnight in the lounge and she’s all like, encouraging you as a Night Owl and your investigative curiosity and all and i’m like oh word yeah being up in the dead of night is the shit. she’s just weird and passionate and this is another character i might not Act hardly at all like but who i vibe with lmfao. hotchkiss was the supportive adult in my life

6) remembering how hotchkiss is a historian made me think of academia which made me think of like, once again with “these vibes are So So Rare” i really ought to put the wrol role of Nato on the list cuz like. that essential representation of “gets gr8 grades but isn’t really ~academic~ / doesn’t care about that and really just cares about Hanging W Friends and [real specific interests]” is like wow damn that’s the Mood. coz like to an extent i can always Relate to the ~overachiever~ types a la the [nerd character gets all-A’s and other nerd shit] deal, but there’s eventually the issue of like.....those characters like bindy mackenzies and alana becks Care about their achievements (not exclusively as some ppl would have it 9_9) and are Studious whereas i always hated school and was a godawful student in terms of Habits and always got good grades b/c the devil was with me or something and like people will think i must have tried real hard and dedicated myself to Academics and stuff and it’s like.........no................not at all hardly, sure i did my hw every night but at like 11:29 pm or studied for a midterm at lunch right before the class lol or flipped through a lil bit of the sat study guide the night prior.........the “low-effort dumbass who Academically Excels Anyhow” representation is so crucial like!! i run into a wall when it’s the Good Grades nerd character who is real studious and focused and stuff like. couldn’t be me. meanwhile the “naturally weird + probably some ‘deliberate’ weirdness” and “likes animals” and “most likely to just wanna Roll With It” and “shitty focus lol” and “non sequiturs” and “without [activity] i do nothing” is all like....ahahahohoho..........nato rly got to make this list. and honorable mention for Wrol Jeremy. again: whom doesn’t relate!!!!!!!!

7) damnit i know there’s So many answers to [characters i relate to] and whom cover like, more particular Facets here but i’m struggling lmao. Uh. like i’m like, who’s the Hot Mess / continually evolving disaster characters i vibe with......who’s the peak despresso detached Haters rep......who embodies the solo production lifestyle........dammit you know what lol i tend to Feel for like, the background ~nobodies~ who might just get like totally destroyed in some movie with life or death stakes just to like, show how much danger our heroes / Important Complex Protags are. same w/ jeremy not feeling like the Hero / the one who the story’s about / the cool guy / player 1 / etc etc etc i’m like oo i’d be the npc who doesn’t really do anything, i’d be the rando getting blown away in the background of someone else’s story. on a totally different note another shoutout / honorable mention to wybie from the coraline lmfao one of the best characters invented from thin air for an adaptation......tangentially relevant b/c he’s entirely here to support the protag / not his story at all, just here to help and prompt interactions / exposition really.......but love that [weird loner kid who’s best friend is a cat and annoys the other kid and doesn’t Get it and has specific interests and entertains himself and just is doing weird shit around here tf dude lmao killing it] like, #mood. #lifestyle. less dismal to relate to than the bg person who dies......his counterpart who totally dies is somewhat fleshed out / given Investment so it doesnt Really count as [background Nobody who’s really just fodder for “defining the stakes / threat level”] Character Concept

76. what’s your favorite potato food (i.e. tater tots, baked potatoes, fries, chips, etc.)?

latkes maybe......Yummy

[too-raph]

@redwheeler tagged me in the WIP meme!! Thanks so much! :’D I have a handful of stuff that’s finished and just needs polished and posting (bc I have a habit of writing things and then sitting on them for months to make sure I still like them? oops)

BUT I do have, uh, other stuff I’m currently chipping away at...I’ll just go ahead and mention the WIPs I’m at least 80% sure I’ll end up posting.

1. Don’t Look Down (BeyBurst): a KumiWaki oneshot, and given the title it’s p obvious what it’s about. Not sure if that title will stick but it works so. This one I started writing entirely bc of BeyBurst God ep 16, I’m sorry Wakiya. I’m stuck somewhere around 2/3 of the way in buuuut it’s....almost there,

2. Bad Liar (Danganronpa): it’s. uhm. it’s uh. it’s a Bubblegum Rock fake dating AU. I’m like. Over 12k words into it. It’s not even halfway done? I also have the whole outline finished, which is big for me. It’s all multichapter and everything. This fic is exactly everything I thought I’d never write and yet here I am, knee deep. (it’s all. Kazuichi Souda’s fault.) I don’t want to start posting it until it’s completely done, though, so this is, long haul,

3. Just Keep on Dancing (X-Men: Evo): Tabby/Amara oneshot. This one’s also probably about 2/3 of the way finished? Once I started writing it really got away from me so I’m hoping I can finish it off in a satisfactory way. They go on a date, feat. Tabby cajoling Amara to sneak out, typical Tabby/Amara stuff,

Those are the ones I have the most headway in, now for stuff that isn’t even titled or close to being done yet! that I still hope to have finished and up by the end of 2018! somehow!:

4. OPM oneshot where Metal Bat winds up sick and worn out and Zenko has to deal w/him after trying to stop him from doing that in the first place,

5. MP100 oneshot where Musashi helps Onigawara deal w/insomnia, bc he’s nosy and Onigawara has those bags under his eyes. Probably TenGouda flavored bc it’s me and I Love That Ship

6. BeyBurst, KumiSisco, wherein Sisco demands a roommate reassignment from Chris bc he doesn’t want to deal with Cooza anymore lol (three guesses who he wants as his new roomie)

some more unrelated rambling under the cut, feel free to skip it, honestly-

I did kind of challenge myself to write (and post!) smth for each of my Pompadour Faves(TM) this year, so that means I’ll probably try for a foray into Josuyasu territory, too.

This year I’d reeaally like to broaden my horizons as a fanfic writer, get more works for more fandoms out. Maybe finally post some of that old stuff I thought was no good. I dunno. There’s so much I want to write for, just wish I had more time/confidence/energy/motivation/inspiration, y’know? the struggle.

........Also if anyone’s curious and bc I apparently love to talk about my writing(?), here’s what I’ve already got finished that I’ll be posting soon(ish):

-KumiWaki where they race and Wakiya trips and minor first-aid is administered by guess who, -Mondo Oowada washing a stray dog in the bathroom sink of Hope’s Peak, -two (2) small YYH oneshots where Kuwabara is self-sacrificing and heartwarming bc I’m an absolute sucker -more Danganronpa somehow, this time w/Kazuichi invading Fuyuhiko’s cottage for the night bc he’s a nervous wreck who can’t sleep

[pervertasiandrama]

Weekly Spotlight: Where, Where Did Though Gone?

Wei, Wei!!!  * (slang for hello in mandarin on phone)*

I am back with better than ever talk, not really hehe. I was bombard with Finals and universities hunting. But, i tried to upload small video, so you don't miss me too much :P

For Pervs who wants to know why I disappear from Pervsdramas, read below..if not, please go to the "Currently part" :)

1) I got accepted into every universities that I applied EXCEPT the one I wanted to HOWEVER they didn't denied me but told me to wait until June when the possibility is so slim, it's near impossible. Who knows, but I am waiting...

No one wants me to go to ASU, the other options...

While, I am waiting, ASU accepted me first and I went to check it out. I fall in love with it. I really felt like home there, I just don't know it's worth it to leave so far away for just 2-3 years or less :/ Still deciding, until June it's. 2) The classes that I took, I didn't like them and now don't even more...let just put it that way.

3) Family is at War with each other over money, and lots of death these couple of months. Let just said, it is depressing lately..But I'm holding on tight on this bumpy road :))

4) I just wish for 5 miracles right now: cousin, pass, acceptance, love, and money

CURRENTLY:

I'm trying to get back on the bandwagon with k/c/t/v drama lately. I've finished the Spring one that I miss, and I cannot believe it's SUMMER NOW :D 1) I'm seeing Witch Romance, Hotel King, Doctor Stranger, Roommate, and Wild Chives and Soy Bean Soup: 12 Years Reunion

2) Finished the I Need Romance 3, it was amazing ^O^ I JUST LOVE IT!!!

  TRIVIA QUIZ This Week:

 Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is ?

    Last Weeks Trivia Answer:

 If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced...?

  Answer: You would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

*good things I'm not addicted to coffee or else my voice would go argh*

Running man- ep 174- Coming Soon

    We Got Married 209:

  Happy Together: Jeong Junha, Sungkyu, Song Euni & more!

PERVS Peeky:

I Need Romance 3:

Koom Nang Kruan : 

*NEW SEGMENT:*

               SPOTLIGHT MV:

yes yes yes, CNBLUE Can't Stop was really good, but this group Vocal cord is outstanding!! *not a music person, but i can tell how good this group is*

YOU DON'T LOVE ME

~Spica

[anysathyrah]

random pictures post

7th May. 1st day of my End Of Block exam.

as usual, I can’t find my mood to study therefore I’m writing this hmmmm.

So what happened since my last post?

Nothing much. But I do want to share some of the pictures I took. Because I’m damn too bored. And I think I would sleep after this.

Picture 1: SEVENTEEN You Made My Dawn poster

I changed the poster haha. Previously I put their previous album, You Make My Day. And I pulled off the Saem poster. Too big for my liking. Therefore the place has been emptied ever since.

p/s: suddenly I remembered that I once argued with my presiden about double tape. He didn’t believe me when double tapes if you put on the paper it won’t stuck to the wall. But he literally stick it on the wall, OF COURSE LA LEKAT BEKAS. duhaii.....

Picture 2: My friends

I took this, this evening. Hehehe it really looked pretty to me. The sky, my friends. You know, I love them. They helped me a lot. So when you take two things that you love in one picture, you caught yourself staring at it lovingly. ❤️

Picture 3: Going Seventeen 2019 Ep 5

I sceenshot this, this morning. My bias and my roommate’s, gosh I have a lot of fun watching them. My perfect stress reliever.

How weird is it, a person who never knows you, gives you more comfort than the person around you.

Picture 4: Random Seungkwan picture from Twitter

I really love Seungkwan. He’s such a bright kid, I really wish that I get to meet him someday and tell him that I love him and to thank him for his help even though he never realised it. Seventeen’s absolute timing, they appeared during my saddest moment.

Picture 5: random poem

Made it umm yesterday? nope two days ago. I was inspired by my friend’s story.

Picture 6: Seungkwan’s drawing for Superstar Pledis game

I found this oddly funny that I screenshot this hehehe. And amused too, because when I played the game, my luck with Seungkwan’s card is just.... 🤧

Picture 7: My PBL family

Arghh my family in Sarawak. They helped me a lot when my wan passed away. And they watched me broke down into tears, they watched me malfunctioning. And they keep on smiling. And playing. And helping. How can I not love my family???

Picture 8: A poemgraphy I made as April ended - get back running

Wrote this when May started, may my May be a-okay. Anis, be fearless.

Picture 9: me in my UNIMED uniform

keekkekee. I really like how the madam cut the uniform into my size and it fits perfectly. The material of the uniform is so nice I like it.

Thank you, madam!!!

Picture 10: a picture of the sky on one Tuesday evening

I just take random pictures of skies that I deemed pretty.

more? nope I’m sleepy hehe

next time okay???

good night peeps. You’ve worked hard today. ❤️

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🚨New Episode🚨 Attorney Client Privilege Ep. 18 We are probably going to stop drinking after this episode. Either way, we had a great time with our guest @seanstitutional with @brashearsmillerpllc . We touch on #JussieSmollett, challenges with #entrepreneurship, #discrimination #law, relationships, the luxury of owning a #bidet, and first #roommates in #college. Check us out, laugh, learn, like, and share. Shoutouts in this episode: @karriskocktails @egosandopinions @social_complex_ @lemonadetalkpodcast @universityofhouston 3:00: Intro-Sean 4:24: Kev On Stage / Black Card / White Card? / Rushmore / Wes Anderson / Life Aquatic 6:25: The Makings of You 14:18 Culture Topic of the Week – What’s new with Jussie? Should we stick with him? 17:29 Flashback clip episode one 27:32 What made you become an attorney? 30:53 First job out of law school 32:00 Doing our own thing (Starting own firm) 37:47 Employment / Discrimination Law 40:50 Do’s and Don’ts 60:00 Relationships / bidet lifestyle / Booboo-ing 64:00 Legal Workplace Don’ts 68:38 First Roommate in College 69:56 Box of Fucking Weights 77:00 Shoutouts and Wrap up https://www.instagram.com/p/BzwH799HCv-/?igshid=qa3pqauz0g0q

[chmpn-remix]

since @succulentsinspace​ said yes here’s a music survey questionnaire meme thing

Top Ten Favorite Artists 1. twenty one pilots 2. Panic! at the Disco 3. Fall Out Boy 4. My Chemical Romance 5. Set It Off 6. Waterparks 7. Paramore 8. Halsey 9. empires 10. All Time Low

What was the first song you ever heard by #2 [P!atD]? uuuhhh either I Write Sins or Nine in the Afternoon..pretty standard What is your favorite album of #6 [Waterparks] I’m really tied between the two albums but I think I actually like Entertainment more What is your favorite Lyric of #7 [Paramore]? “next time you point your finger I might have to bend it back or break it, break it off next time you point your finger--I’ll point you to the mirror” that’s just one of several

What is your favorite song by #9 [empires]? apparently there was a point in time when the most-played song on my ipod is Valmont by this band, at 1700+ plays, so there’s that (also Damn Things Over is another favorite) Is there a song of #1 [twenty one pilots] that makes you sad? 80% of them hahaha the chorus of Ode to Sleep gives me bittersweet feels, also Kitchen Sink, A Car A Torch A Death (for these two it’s more of a haunting existential feeling), and their cover of Cancer What is your favorite song by #8 [Halsey]? Hold Me Down and Control What is your favorite song by #10 [All Time Low]? Under A Paper Moon definitely What is your favorite album by #8 [Halsey]? Badlands How did you get into #5 [Set It Off]? WELL, my boyfriend’s roommates were playing this song on repeat and I actually kinda liked it and after a bit I was like okay i gotta know what is that song? Turns out it was Caleb Hyles’ cover of Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing. For some reason I thought SIO was powerpop this whole time so I was like ooooh i like dis and I listened to Duality bc that’s where WISC is from and loved every song, and the rest is history :3 What is your favorite song by #4 [MCR]? Planetary (GO!) was an old favorite. Dead and Give Em Hell Kid are up there too Who is your favorite band member of #1 [twenty one pilots]? b uddy (okay I love them both okay I have a special love for each of them but I will remain a Tyler stan) What is a good memory concerning #4 [MCR]? g od the one time I saw them live I saw them with my bff Edwin, and it was his first concert in a pit? and he was so traumatized ahahah I still quote what he said afterwards “that is the FIRST...and LAST...[hardcore GA] concert I’ll ever go to” (he has been to 2+ pit concerts since and one of them has top headlining) What does #9 [empires] remind you of? either winter 2009 because that’s when I started listening to them, or early/summer 2011 bc that’s when I listened to Bang EP Is there a song by #3 [FOB] that makes you sad? What A Catch, Donnie, Patron Saint of Liars and Fakes, Sending Postcards From a Plane Crash What is your favorite song of #1 [top]? Ode to Sleep and Kitchen Sink How did you become a fan of #7 [Paramore]? gosh how even? I think I was looking at the FBR roster when I was getting into bandom and found them? or maybe I saw Hayley’s name in fanfiction idk but it was definitely 2008 before I even moved to Canada What do you like to do while listening to #6 [Waterparks] I usually listen while commuting to school/work. If I listen at home I sing along. They have a good talent for coming up with catchy hooks Which of the 10 has influenced you the most? top 4+maybe Paramore Which artist makes you the most happy? All of them make me happy but if I have to pick I’ll probably choose twenty one pilots Which artist makes you the most sad? Paramore....only because I listened to a lot of their music to help me get over someone Which artist makes the best dance music? oh man none of them are particularly dancey...pmore, top, mcr and patd probably Which artist have you liked the longest? My Chemical Romance, I’ve heard and liked Welcome to the Black Parade in 2006 Are there any artists you will still be listening to in 20 years? okay buddy, 6 out of these 10 bands I’ve already been listening to for 10/almost 10 years. another 10 won’t be a stretch What are you listening to right now? silence :D

I’m tagging peeps but feel free to not do it haha @succulentsinspace​ @jubejube4nomz​ @notpassingfascination​ @jaspersforever​ @to-be-inconsequential​ @archfiend-filth​ @avangee​ @theghostofashton​ @pardon-me-summer-scene​ @theblondedancerinthedark​ @skelliescar​ @citrusgeoff​ and whoever that wants to do it feel free to steal!

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im like 2 eps from the end of season 4 of AoS + lemme just say this entire plotline couldve been avoided if everyone hadnt treated aida like trash garbage 

honestly it Cant just be hyper-empathy that makes me sympathize with her right? like if it has a voice and is capable of thought, no matter how shallow that thought is, like if it can adapt its Basically alive, right? thats it. they made a person and then went on to treat her like a thing and that’s why the entire fucking plot happened lmao. Every Single plot about ‘ai goes rogue and kills everybody’ boils down to ‘please be nice to other people, yes even people you create’ 

i also have Other Thoughts and i think i’m gonna air em all out here since ive already got the ball rolling 

1. the inhumans thing Wouldnt Bother Me So Much if they weren’t exactly rehashing mutant plot points?? but they are. they’re literally just rewriting mutant plot points. and honestly i don’t see the difference between the two? like even if they have alien ancestors + that dna was like, magicked together when terrigen touched down... like im not wrong thats a mutation right? that is literally mutated dna at that point, right? 

2. this is more a personal thing but i also hate the name inhumans. and i know that’s not AoS specific because the inhumans have been around since the beginning of the comics universe even but it just. ‘inhuman’. that just *sounds* negative. like a ‘less than’. the word just has negative connotations.

3. please be nice to other people, yes even people you create

4. i’m into the fact that aos is sticking p clearly to ‘hydra are and always have been nazis’ thing when the rest of marvel is having a fun little party in Literal Nazism Land but i begged, pleaded, prayed, every day through seasons 1+2, every episode i would just mutter “kill grant ward” every single one + in season 3 i finally got my wish i was the happiest boy alive but this season hes back???? and hes good??????????????? um???????????????????????? like i get that its an alternate universe but i ??? + daisy says ‘he wasnt all bad’ like Hello the grant ward you knew waS A NAZI 

5. i’m supposed to hate aida but honestly? get your human body girl , experience emotion , fuck em up . like she made Mistakes along the way but thats like 90% that science fuck’s fault for exposing her to the wrong kinda people 

6. simmons was kiiiiiiiiiind of a fitz-development tool this season w/out any of that coming back around to her development. i havent watched for a while and i Know of the two shes the nervous crier but there was just. A Lot of cool stuff she couldve done that she was actively removed from 

7. may’s been replaced by somebody else like. what. 3 times now? that’s a little old. i did really enjoy her double’s development, though, that was fun.

8. they Gave Trip Back and immediately took him away again, like come on come on!!!!! + mack????? mack?????

9. i would die for robbie reyes 

10. 3 marvel execs break into my apartment and knock me out with incredibly heavy weapons. i wake up tied to a kitchen chair. my roommates are out cold in front of me. i know they’re incentive to talk. one of the execs walks up to me, he puts his hand on my knee and breathes his acrid, ham-sandwich breath into my face. ‘say grant ward is empathetic’, he demands. i cringe away from him and his breath, and his words which are toxic to my ears as he is, generally, to all of my senses. ‘say it!’ he shouts. i have a sock in my mouth. he removes it now, and he looks at me like he expects something. i say nothing. he punches me in the face, ‘say it!’ he says again. i spit directly onto the right lens of his glasses. ‘never,’ i bite out, and there’s blood. the other two execs share a look from the other side of the table. one’s holding a hammer. i’ll never say a word.

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Appearing before the Dramacourt: Boku Unmei no Hito desu Ep 3

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Issues:

Whether Mitsukuni is one of the worst second lead males

Whether Yotsuya Mitsue’s love ideology (hexagon) is correct

Whether Yamapi God is the best roommate ever

Whether the co-workers give the best comedic relief

Whether it was reasonable for Makoto to take such a long time to ask for her number

The Rule(s):

No!

It depends.

Totally! He’s so fun, hilarious, and so jokes.

Definitely!

Kind of. He was lucky that fate was on his side.

Analysis:

Jubiemon J: I really enjoyed this episode as well! I loved how different aspects of fate were played again. This time, this drama mostly used classical music as a way to hint what’s to come. When the rival came, they played a classical song that resembled the Devil. When Makoto and Haruko shared a cute phone call where they both saw the moon, Claude DeBussy’s Claire de Lune played. They played the wedding song when Mitsukuni proposed to Haruko. They picked pieces that most people would be familiar with, so that made the scenes even more hilarious or relatable. Plus, we had a co-worker who talked about how she thinks she met her fated one. There were the coincidental meetings between Makoto and Haruko and the boss’s dinner party that led to Makoto bumping into Mitsukuni (the rival). Finally there was that baseball scene with the kids whose surnames were “Akai” and “Ito” and the scoreboard ended up being Makoto’s phone number.

Makoto for the top part and Akai Ito for the bottom – Scoreboard = half of his phone number

Side note: Akai Ito = Red string of fate. It’s an East Asian belief that the Gods tie a red string to two people to string them together. In Japan, they usually believe that the red string is tied to the pinky finger.

Kids looking like . . . biotch plz, we are helping u!!! We did u a favour and played baseball with u!

I also liked the contrast shown between fate and choice, which is definitely a predominant theme throughout this drama. There’s Mitsukuni who is very aggressive and a total go-getter. Then there’s Makoto who is shown again as someone who is very passive and agreeable. Makoto is the one relying mostly on fate, while Mitsukuni carves his own path. Mitsukuni finds it super easy to ask for Haruko’s number. He also proposed to her in this episode; before in high school, he confessed to her and got rejected. Meanwhile, Makoto struggles to even get her number! During a group setting where we have Mitsukuni, Haruko, Mitsue, and himself, he is very quiet and doesn’t really serve the people. Makoto also does a huge roundabout when trying to ask for Haruko’s number. He doesn’t directly tell her; instead, he tells her that he’ll prove to her that they have fate via the baseball scoreboard. If he can get his full number on the scoreboard, then they’re fated to be together. (This is the final moment when he has the courage to actually try to tell her his number. I’ll get to the details about this later.) Before this scene, Makoto definitely had so many missed opportunities. I do like those because they show that it’s not just fate that’s important. You have to make the choice to act on fate.

Mitsukune telling Makoto he’s gonna propose to Haruko. Makoto: P-P-Propose?!

Makoto finally getting the guts to ask Haruko out ~

Other highlights of this episode would be Yamapi God love advice as well as the minor characters’ comedic relief. The co-workers are hilarious! I laughed a lot when they showed up. Yamapi God’s love advice was great too.

Yamapi God: Crisis! Crisis!

Yamapi God: Crisis! Crisis! Crisis! What are you gonna do? Crisis!

Yamapi God: It’s your own fault. You didn’t even get her number nor did you give her yours. Someone like you has no right to be with her!

Issue 1: Whether Mitsukuni is one of the worst second lead males

Jubiemon J: Yes! I really, really disliked how Mitsukuni was such a jerk and kept trying to make Makoto look terrible in front of the girls. Okay, I get he is the rival, but he totally doesn’t play fair at all. I haven’t met such an annoying second lead male till now. I usually root for the second lead male; I tend to suffer from the second lead male syndrome. However, this time I’m totally for Makoto. Mitsukuni definitely reminded me of those stereotypical sly Wall Street bankers or those stereotypical sleazy car sales people. Ugh! He purposely suggested that Makoto and Mitsue should date because they shared similar tastes in food. There were just two similarities: they preferred not to dip some meat in sauce and they liked dipping French fries in ketchup. Okay, just because they liked to do that doesn’t mean that they should date! Of course Makoto was completely shocked and said no way. Then Mitsue got all annoyed because she believed he was rude for rejecting her like that. (To be honest, I’m like Makoto, so I get his frustration. He’s a very straightforward guy and isn’t super sensitive to how his reactions would affect other people’s feelings.)

I totally blame Mitsukuni for making the whole atmosphere awkward. If he hadn’t made that “joke”, Makoto wouldn’t have been put in a tough spot. If he said yes or hinted that, then he’d be making a go at Mitsue. However, if he outright denied that, she’d get hurt. There was just no good way to save himself. Mitsukuni . . . sly guy. -0-

I also really didn’t like how Mitsukuni was super aggressive. He only had like one or two outings with Haruko and then he wanted to propose to her. Like what? Sure they’ve known each other since high school, but I really think he was forcing her to accepting him far too quickly. Plus I really hated how Mitsukuni thinks way too much/tries way too hard to get Haruko. That scene where he came out in cosplay as a singer and played a song with his guitar was so cringey and cheesy! Yuck!

The F is this?!?!?! Who does that a restaurant?!?!?! How’d he get his wig too? -0-

Makoto: … (Me too. Me too.)

Okay, so Makoto does try to ask her out too and seems to pop here really often, but I find Makoto’s actions to be reasonable. He hasn’t forced marriage on her. He only wanted to ask her out to dinner.

Even worse, Mitsukuni was a total jerk towards Makoto’s co-workers. They asked Makoto if he wanted to join their dinner party. Sure, they were interested in chilling with some hot co-workers that Mitsukuni was with, but Mitsukuni denied them. Okay, he had like 6-7 girls chilling with him and he seemed very happy about it. How is that being dedicated to Haruko? -0-”

Sleaze ball with his gals =___= . . . loyal my ass.

Makoto’s co-workers: If you want us to kill him, we will gladly do so. LOL!

 Issue 2: Whether Yotsuya Mitsue’s love ideology (hexagon) is correct

Jubiemon J: Mitsue and Haruko started off the episode with a presentation she did for her company. They were researching on what women consider the ideal marriage partner. The two presented this hexagon that showed the six points that are the most important for women when finding the ideal guy: (1) personality; (2) appearance; (3) income; (4) outlook on life; (5) humour; and (6) dependability. Mitsue stressed that because Mitsukuni is above average in all six aspects, he would be the ideal guy for Haruko. Of course, these points seem to be quite reasonable for a marriage partner, but I think Mitsue’s love ideology (hexagon) is flawed in a few ways.

Not everyone would weight each point equally, so even though Mitsukuni would average out to be above average in all areas, there could be a few points where he scores very low. Those low points could be what Haruko really values. Moreover, not everyone would have all of those six points down as what makes their ideal marriage partner. Another point of consideration is as Haruko subtly mentioned: sometimes the points could be too sharp and cause pain. Let’s take “appearance”. Scoring high in appearance could result in the guy having more female pursuers or potentially being too narcissistic.

Although this love hexagon might be kind of flawed, I did like how the writer decided to throw in this other POV towards finding the right marriage partner. I think this balances out the heavy emphasis on “fated love” and also hints that love sometimes might not be as “logical” as some people might make it out to be.

Side note: The kanji for marriage is 結婚. This is the same in Mandarin as well. In Mandarin, when you take the second character, 婚, you will notice that it’s made up of two other words which are woman  (女) and dizziness (昏). To get married, your mind must have been “dizzy” (ie you weren’t thinking that clearly). Love blinds you. If you wanted to take it a step further by combining the woman and dizziness together, you could potentially say that the woman needs to have been blinded by love. I prefer thinking that both partners need to have some sort of irrationality to choose marriage. 

Issue 3: Whether Yamapi God is the best roommate ever

Jubiemon J: Yes! Yamapi God is perfect as a roommate. He gives the best love advice and shows up in the funniest ways like appearing in Makoto’s closet. Yamapi God constantly bitched at Makoto for being too passive, yet when Makoto finally had the courage to ask Haruko out, Yamapi God celebrated the win by drinking beer with Makoto.

Yamapi God: Yellow Card! Why’d you creep her office huh? If you had asked her number, you wouldn’t have need to have done that.

Cheers to asking her out! (So cute these two!)

Yamapi God doesn’t baby Makoto and pushes him to go for love. I think Yamapi God is really motivating Makoto to be less passive in life. Makoto is too easygoing and sort of lets things slide by, so Yamapi God often has to lecture him to “Yolo”. I seriously love how “God” here doesn’t just reward you for nothing. You actually have to work for something to get some reward. He made Makoto memorize 100 classical pieces which would allow Makoto to share a similar hobby as Haruko and to know what was to come. (I’ve talked before about how music was a foreshadowing of what would happen.)

Yamapi God: Happiness isn’t gonna come to someone who doesn’t love music. (Word.)

In addition, Yamapi God also didn’t constantly interfere with Makoto’s actions and wasn’t always all forgiving. Yamapi God would remind Makoto of his last chance to ask Haruko out since Mitsukune was going to propose to Haruko the next day. After Makoto still failed to ask her out the Nth time, Yamapi God got disappointed in him and disappeared for a while. Some tough love here . . . but it was necessary to push Makoto to do something!

Yamapi God: It’s your own fault. You didn’t even get her number nor did you give her yours. Someone like you has no right to be with her!

Yamapi God: Stop giving me this ugly face! You were looking for me all this time. Makoto: Do you even know how I feel right now?!?!? He’s gonna propose to her..

Yamapi God: This is your last chance! Go!

Issue 4: Whether the co-workers give the best comedic relief

Jubiemon J: Gosh the duo can be so annoying, yet so hilarious at the same time! They bothered Makoto about his love life. They bitched at Makoto for not letting them crash at some drinking party when Makoto went out with the “Goddess” ie Mitsue. According to the co-workers, if they were able to ride the elevator with Mitsue then they’d get the best luck for the day. Lol!

Not to mention, I laughed pretty hard when the co-workers were so excited to be able to drink with the other company since Mitsue worked there. The next scene then showed them drinking with the 1 older female boss and their faces were hilarious! Honestly without these two, the humour for this drama wouldn’t be complete, so I’m totally looking forward to what more they have to offer!

Issue 5: Whether it was reasonable for Makoto to take such a long time to ask for her number

Jubiemon J: Kind of. I get that Makoto is a shy type of guy and Haruko has a colder type of personality, the sort that’d outright say “No” to someone. Therefore it does make sense that Makoto would be more hesitant to ask her out. No one wants to be rejected. However, I think I got a bit impatient waiting for him to make a move. I was totally on Yamapi God’s side when he lectured Makoto. Makoto is super lucky that he has fate on his side to remind him to do this or that. If there wasn’t that scoreboard or the kids to ask him to play baseball, I doubt Makoto would have had the courage to ask Haruko out in the end. Plus, the part where he was trying to interrupt Mitsukune asking Makoto to marry him was so pitiful. Makoto was telling her he needed her opinion as to where the water fountain could be installed at this spot at her family’s house!

Even though what he did was cringing, I still liked how he tried his best. I also did like how when Makoto did tell her his number or at least half of it, he did that directly! That was good because he finally was putting in 100% of his efforts.

Conclusion: Appeal Allowed.

Rating: 4. I’ll give you a cookie! (I was getting impatient waiting for Makoto to ask for her number . . . > _ <)

File No: Boku-Unmei-no-Hito-desu-Ep-3 Appearing before the Dramacourt: Boku Unmei no Hito desu Ep 3 ***If this is your first time browsing The Drama Files, please read The Rules section first for our reviewing and rating system***

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Appearing before the Dramacourt: Boku Unmei no Hito desu Ep 3

***If this is your first time browsing The Drama Files, please read The Rules section first for our reviewing and rating system***

Issues:

Whether Mitsukuni is one of the worst second lead males

Whether Yotsuya Mitsue’s love ideology (hexagon) is correct

Whether Yamapi God is the best roommate ever

Whether the co-workers give the best comedic relief

Whether it was reasonable for Makoto to take such a long time to ask for her number

The Rule(s):

No!

It depends.

Totally! He’s so fun, hilarious, and so jokes.

Definitely!

Kind of. He was lucky that fate was on his side.

Analysis:

Jubiemon J: I really enjoyed this episode as well! I loved how different aspects of fate were played again. This time, this drama mostly used classical music as a way to hint what’s to come. When the rival came, they played a classical song that resembled the Devil. When Makoto and Haruko shared a cute phone call where they both saw the moon, Claude DeBussy’s Claire de Lune played. They played the wedding song when Mitsukuni proposed to Haruko. They picked pieces that most people would be familiar with, so that made the scenes even more hilarious or relatable. Plus, we had a co-worker who talked about how she thinks she met her fated one. There were the coincidental meetings between Makoto and Haruko and the boss’s dinner party that led to Makoto bumping into Mitsukuni (the rival). Finally there was that baseball scene with the kids whose surnames were “Akai” and “Ito” and the scoreboard ended up being Makoto’s phone number.

Makoto for the top part and Akai Ito for the bottom – Scoreboard = half of his phone number

Side note: Akai Ito = Red string of fate. It’s an East Asian belief that the Gods tie a red string to two people to string them together. In Japan, they usually believe that the red string is tied to the pinky finger.

Kids looking like . . . biotch plz, we are helping u!!! We did u a favour and played baseball with u!

I also liked the contrast shown between fate and choice, which is definitely a predominant theme throughout this drama. There’s Mitsukuni who is very aggressive and a total go-getter. Then there’s Makoto who is shown again as someone who is very passive and agreeable. Makoto is the one relying mostly on fate, while Mitsukuni carves his own path. Mitsukuni finds it super easy to ask for Haruko’s number. He also proposed to her in this episode; before in high school, he confessed to her and got rejected. Meanwhile, Makoto struggles to even get her number! During a group setting where we have Mitsukuni, Haruko, Mitsue, and himself, he is very quiet and doesn’t really serve the people. Makoto also does a huge roundabout when trying to ask for Haruko’s number. He doesn’t directly tell her; instead, he tells her that he’ll prove to her that they have fate via the baseball scoreboard. If he can get his full number on the scoreboard, then they’re fated to be together. (This is the final moment when he has the courage to actually try to tell her his number. I’ll get to the details about this later.) Before this scene, Makoto definitely had so many missed opportunities. I do like those because they show that it’s not just fate that’s important. You have to make the choice to act on fate.

Mitsukune telling Makoto he’s gonna propose to Haruko. Makoto: P-P-Propose?!

Makoto finally getting the guts to ask Haruko out ~

Other highlights of this episode would be Yamapi God love advice as well as the minor characters’ comedic relief. The co-workers are hilarious! I laughed a lot when they showed up. Yamapi God’s love advice was great too.

Yamapi God: Crisis! Crisis!

Yamapi God: Crisis! Crisis! Crisis! What are you gonna do? Crisis!

Yamapi God: It’s your own fault. You didn’t even get her number nor did you give her yours. Someone like you has no right to be with her!

Issue 1: Whether Mitsukuni is one of the worst second lead males

Jubiemon J: Yes! I really, really disliked how Mitsukuni was such a jerk and kept trying to make Makoto look terrible in front of the girls. Okay, I get he is the rival, but he totally doesn’t play fair at all. I haven’t met such an annoying second lead male till now. I usually root for the second lead male; I tend to suffer from the second lead male syndrome. However, this time I’m totally for Makoto. Mitsukuni definitely reminded me of those stereotypical sly Wall Street bankers or those stereotypical sleazy car sales people. Ugh! He purposely suggested that Makoto and Mitsue should date because they shared similar tastes in food. There were just two similarities: they preferred not to dip some meat in sauce and they liked dipping French fries in ketchup. Okay, just because they liked to do that doesn’t mean that they should date! Of course Makoto was completely shocked and said no way. Then Mitsue got all annoyed because she believed he was rude for rejecting her like that. (To be honest, I’m like Makoto, so I get his frustration. He’s a very straightforward guy and isn’t super sensitive to how his reactions would affect other people’s feelings.)

I totally blame Mitsukuni for making the whole atmosphere awkward. If he hadn’t made that “joke”, Makoto wouldn’t have been put in a tough spot. If he said yes or hinted that, then he’d be making a go at Mitsue. However, if he outright denied that, she’d get hurt. There was just no good way to save himself. Mitsukuni . . . sly guy. -0-

I also really didn’t like how Mitsukuni was super aggressive. He only had like one or two outings with Haruko and then he wanted to propose to her. Like what? Sure they’ve known each other since high school, but I really think he was forcing her to accepting him far too quickly. Plus I really hated how Mitsukuni thinks way too much/tries way too hard to get Haruko. That scene where he came out in cosplay as a singer and played a song with his guitar was so cringey and cheesy! Yuck!

The F is this?!?!?! Who does that a restaurant?!?!?! How’d he get his wig too? -0-

Makoto: … (Me too. Me too.)

Okay, so Makoto does try to ask her out too and seems to pop here really often, but I find Makoto’s actions to be reasonable. He hasn’t forced marriage on her. He only wanted to ask her out to dinner.

Even worse, Mitsukuni was a total jerk towards Makoto’s co-workers. They asked Makoto if he wanted to join their dinner party. Sure, they were interested in chilling with some hot co-workers that Mitsukuni was with, but Mitsukuni denied them. Okay, he had like 6-7 girls chilling with him and he seemed very happy about it. How is that being dedicated to Haruko? -0-”

Sleaze ball with his gals =___= . . . loyal my ass.

Makoto’s co-workers: If you want us to kill him, we will gladly do so. LOL!

 Issue 2: Whether Yotsuya Mitsue’s love ideology (hexagon) is correct

Jubiemon J: Mitsue and Haruko started off the episode with a presentation she did for her company. They were researching on what women consider the ideal marriage partner. The two presented this hexagon that showed the six points that are the most important for women when finding the ideal guy: (1) personality; (2) appearance; (3) income; (4) outlook on life; (5) humour; and (6) dependability. Mitsue stressed that because Mitsukuni is above average in all six aspects, he would be the ideal guy for Haruko. Of course, these points seem to be quite reasonable for a marriage partner, but I think Mitsue’s love ideology (hexagon) is flawed in a few ways.

Not everyone would weight each point equally, so even though Mitsukuni would average out to be above average in all areas, there could be a few points where he scores very low. Those low points could be what Haruko really values. Moreover, not everyone would have all of those six points down as what makes their ideal marriage partner. Another point of consideration is as Haruko subtly mentioned: sometimes the points could be too sharp and cause pain. Let’s take “appearance”. Scoring high in appearance could result in the guy having more female pursuers or potentially being too narcissistic.

Although this love hexagon might be kind of flawed, I did like how the writer decided to throw in this other POV towards finding the right marriage partner. I think this balances out the heavy emphasis on “fated love” and also hints that love sometimes might not be as “logical” as some people might make it out to be.

Side note: The kanji for marriage is 結婚. This is the same in Mandarin as well. In Mandarin, when you take the second character, 婚, you will notice that it’s made up of two other words which are woman  (女) and dizziness (昏). To get married, your mind must have been “dizzy” (ie you weren’t thinking that clearly). Love blinds you. If you wanted to take it a step further by combining the woman and dizziness together, you could potentially say that the woman needs to have been blinded by love. I prefer thinking that both partners need to have some sort of irrationality to choose marriage. 

Issue 3: Whether Yamapi God is the best roommate ever

Jubiemon J: Yes! Yamapi God is perfect as a roommate. He gives the best love advice and shows up in the funniest ways like appearing in Makoto’s closet. Yamapi God constantly bitched at Makoto for being too passive, yet when Makoto finally had the courage to ask Haruko out, Yamapi God celebrated the win by drinking beer with Makoto.

Yamapi God: Yellow Card! Why’d you creep her office huh? If you had asked her number, you wouldn’t have need to have done that.

Cheers to asking her out! (So cute these two!)

Yamapi God doesn’t baby Makoto and pushes him to go for love. I think Yamapi God is really motivating Makoto to be less passive in life. Makoto is too easygoing and sort of lets things slide by, so Yamapi God often has to lecture him to “Yolo”. I seriously love how “God” here doesn’t just reward you for nothing. You actually have to work for something to get some reward. He made Makoto memorize 100 classical pieces which would allow Makoto to share a similar hobby as Haruko and to know what was to come. (I’ve talked before about how music was a foreshadowing of what would happen.)

Yamapi God: Happiness isn’t gonna come to someone who doesn’t love music. (Word.)

In addition, Yamapi God also didn’t constantly interfere with Makoto’s actions and wasn’t always all forgiving. Yamapi God would remind Makoto of his last chance to ask Haruko out since Mitsukune was going to propose to Haruko the next day. After Makoto still failed to ask her out the Nth time, Yamapi God got disappointed in him and disappeared for a while. Some tough love here . . . but it was necessary to push Makoto to do something!

Yamapi God: It’s your own fault. You didn’t even get her number nor did you give her yours. Someone like you has no right to be with her!

Yamapi God: Stop giving me this ugly face! You were looking for me all this time. Makoto: Do you even know how I feel right now?!?!? He’s gonna propose to her..

Yamapi God: This is your last chance! Go!

Issue 4: Whether the co-workers give the best comedic relief

Jubiemon J: Gosh the duo can be so annoying, yet so hilarious at the same time! They bothered Makoto about his love life. They bitched at Makoto for not letting them crash at some drinking party when Makoto went out with the “Goddess” ie Mitsue. According to the co-workers, if they were able to ride the elevator with Mitsue then they’d get the best luck for the day. Lol!

Not to mention, I laughed pretty hard when the co-workers were so excited to be able to drink with the other company since Mitsue worked there. The next scene then showed them drinking with the 1 older female boss and their faces were hilarious! Honestly without these two, the humour for this drama wouldn’t be complete, so I’m totally looking forward to what more they have to offer!

Issue 5: Whether it was reasonable for Makoto to take such a long time to ask for her number

Jubiemon J: Kind of. I get that Makoto is a shy type of guy and Haruko has a colder type of personality, the sort that’d outright say “No” to someone. Therefore it does make sense that Makoto would be more hesitant to ask her out. No one wants to be rejected. However, I think I got a bit impatient waiting for him to make a move. I was totally on Yamapi God’s side when he lectured Makoto. Makoto is super lucky that he has fate on his side to remind him to do this or that. If there wasn’t that scoreboard or the kids to ask him to play baseball, I doubt Makoto would have had the courage to ask Haruko out in the end. Plus, the part where he was trying to interrupt Mitsukune asking Makoto to marry him was so pitiful. Makoto was telling her he needed her opinion as to where the water fountain could be installed at this spot at her family’s house!

Even though what he did was cringing, I still liked how he tried his best. I also did like how when Makoto did tell her his number or at least half of it, he did that directly! That was good because he finally was putting in 100% of his efforts.

Conclusion: Appeal Allowed.

Rating: 4. I’ll give you a cookie! (I was getting impatient waiting for Makoto to ask for her number . . . > _ <)

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