#something’s not right

[gmdramalove]

This was so cute. We need a bonus episode seeing these two happily dating.

Do Ba Woo & Ji Hoon’s date.

[vintage-tigre]

Not diagnosed but something’s not right

[heretherebedork]

Something's Not Right, Heesu in Class 2 and Business as Usual have all fallen back into the 'get together in the last 5-10 minutes of the episode with barely any interactions past that and leaving the audience just knowing that they got together' and I don't appreciate that at all. Come on, Korea! I know old patterns die hard but these relationships feel SO tiny.

[lurkingshan]

This show keeps being better than I expect it to be. The writing is good and the main pair is really dialed into the emotions. I’m officially invested!

[bellarkeandclintashaandsuch]

I also am worried that JiHun keeps saying things like, did I do something wrong again 🥺

[thevikingwoman]

Saw a post about the recent BioWare layoffs mentioning that da:d has been in alpha for a year now

Really? Really, really?

I don’t believe it. Alpha means playable and if I was a betting person, I’d bet if it was they’d have shown gameplay? In game stills?

we don’t even have proper concept art of the companion characters maybe they fired all the artists too

I’m not a doom and gloom person. I’m happy for games to take the time they do

But. friends, fellows, enemies- don’t hold your breath

[irmakkockan]

SOMETHING’S NOT RIGHT EP 5: I AM BEING PERSONALLY ATTACKED BY THESE KBL CHARACTERS AND IT’S REALLY STARTING TO GET TO ME

Every week, a new KBL man decides to test my patience. Last week it was Min Jun (although I retracted that after cooling down a bit), and now it’s the absolute mess that is the “friendship” between Do Ba Woo and Jihoon. These characters with ZERO communication skills, constantly talking in riddles, misleading each other, and acting like emotional cryptids are seriously testing me.

Before I launch into this week’s rage-fueled breakdown, let me be VERY clear about where I stand:

Look at this CHEMISTRY. The SECOND LEAD SYNDROME is real and haunting me. I am personally attacked. It hurts. God. And seriously - LOOK at this open, honest communication. They were enemies (sort of), now friends, and they DEFINITELY should be lovers. That would be the epic shit this show needs. I want Hamin to be happy. I want Do Ba Woo to realize he can be with someone who isn’t going to send him into a spiral every three hours. I want a plot twist where the second lead wins and we all cry happy tears. IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK?

Anyway. Now onto my actual feelings about the so-called “main couple.” UGH.

Why won’t Do Ba Woo just confess already? He’s clearly already giving up on their friendship, so why not just say it: “Look, you’re an asshole for telling people I liked you in high school - it was humiliating. And now I’m overwhelmed with all these feelings. It’s not fun anymore. I need space to catch my breath.” DONE. Is it the greatest love confession? No. Would it solve half this mess? Absolutely. The way he says he wants to end things, then meets with Jihoon again, then ignores and almost ghosts him, then keeps talking to him like everything’s normal - it’s giving PATHETIC. And not in a cute way. Honestly.

But don’t think I’m letting Jihoon off the hook. Just last week, at the end of Ep 4, we all thought he finally had a moment of clarity. Like maybe his last two brain cells brushed against each other and he finally realized something about their situationship or that he’s been in love with Do Ba Woo this entire time and was too much of a coward to confess.

But no. He’s still extremely clingy - the constant calls, never ending pressure of maintaining their friendship, LYING ABOUT BEING SICK because he saw Do Ba Woo with Hamin and got jealous - and then has the AUDACITY to say “I do this with all my friends.” SIR? WHICH FRIENDS? The ones you constantly scream at? Jesus fucking Christ. You’re either that stupid and emotionally stunted or completely unaware of your own feelings. Or maybe you’re worse of a coward than Bo Da Woo? Either way, I just want to kick you in the head.

At this point, all I want is one Do Ba Woo and Hamin kiss. Just one. That would make everything better. Let me have that moment before the inevitable “I just realized I love you too” confession from Jihoon ruins my peace and the stupid couple sails off into the sunset - leaving poor Hamin (who should’ve been the main lead anyway) behind like some emotionally well-adjusted ghost of what could’ve been.

I’m hanging on by a thread.

[cecenyss]

Hmmmmmm

[spaceymarz]

Mo changed into a new body… and he’s still the same i guess, sorta.

but does growing up just change your body, or also your soul?

maybe i could just stay the same forever…

[dream-thief-forever-amen]

Is this the year of Korean BLs? First we got Secret Relationships with its toxic love quadrangle deliciousness… now we get Something’s Not Right with two delightfully wacky young men (an artist and a musician) on either side of a quirky, serious guy (who is cultural arts catnip obviously). Can’t wait to see what else might come out of the BL kitchen - these Korean dishes suit my taste!

[thamepo]

Is this a date, by the way? This is the same as usual. It’s the same? I’ve been looking at you adoringly. Didn’t you notice?

[heretherebedork]

My saddest little rejected and dejected sunshine deserves so much better than this. Look at him! He's so heartbreaking. He's so hurt. He tried everything in his power to make this work and BaWoo decided he doesn't deserve anything, no consideration or kindness or friendship, nothing at all.

This precious boy talking to a ghost of a friendship he thought he'd always have and realizing that he's lost everything, that this is a battle he can't fight any more. That he has to stop... but all he wanted was to keep fighting. JiHoon would have fought forever if BaWoo hadn't so thoroughly rejected him.

[lurkingshan]

I am so frustrated with Ba Wu. Constant mixed signals, hot and cold, never explaining himself, being mean to Ji Hoon just because he can’t read his mind while Ba Wu is actively lying to him about so many things. I wanna shake this kid, especially knowing that Ji Hoon has been afraid to lose him for years and told him so! Ji Hoon saw what happened when a friend confessed to Ba Wu and it wasn’t reciprocated, and it instilled in him the sense that if he asks for more than Ba Wu wants to give, it could cost him his friendship. He just wants to be around Ba Wu all the time and keep him close. He doesn’t even necessarily seem to have specific desires around romance, he just wants whatever Ba Wu will allow him and to be his closest person, but Ba Wu won’t tell him the truth.

[bellarkeandclintashaandsuch]

Ooooh I love JiHun! He’s such a sweetheart. He keeps trying to figure out what’s up with BaWoo because BaWoo won’t tell him. Let’s cut ties. Let’s date a week. There’s a stalker in my phone. But it’s not this new friend you don’t know. You don’t need to know who I date. I was just joking about dating. Oof! It’s so confusing for poor JiHun! But the second he connects what’s happening to BaWoo’s “I like you” in high school and their female friend’s failed confession to BaWoo, he goes and asks BaWoo flat out if he likes him. And then asks again when BaWoo avoids the question. And then he gets a lie in return! 😭 I know why BaWoo lies. He was ready to confess again, more clearly. But JiHun’s other friends made him misunderstand JiHun again. JiHun doesn’t want either of them on that group date. He just wants to know what’s going on with his best friend in the whole wide world.

Also his anguish when his friends were joking that he was being replaced? 💔💔💔💔

And when he was sitting on his bed, playing BaWoo’s guitar that he’s kept next to his bed since BaWoo quit music? 😭💔❤️‍🩹😭

[bulletproof-slimeboy]

ghouliette\ she\ hates\ you\ now.\ she\ looked\ at\ you\ like\ a\ father,\ in\ that\ fucked\ up\ place.\ but\ now\ she\ HATES\ you.\ she\ will\ always\ look\ at\ you\ in\ disgust,\ because\ you\ hurt\ her.\ you\ are\ not\ human,\ not\ to\ her.\ you\ are\ not\ a\ good\ person.\ you\ will\ never\ be\ a\ good\ person.\ the\ horns\ in\ your\ head\ and\ the\ slime\ in\ your\ veins\ is\ just\ proof\ to\ that.\ you\ will\ never\ be\ a\ person.\ you\ never\ were\ and\ you\ arent\ now.\ you\ are\ nothing\ but\ a\ horrible\ lump\ of\ clay\ \{for}\ showfall\ to\ mold\ into\ their\ next\ big\ thing.

pt./ ghouliette, she hates you now. she looked at you like a father, in that fucked up place. but now she HATES you. she will always look at you in disgust, because you hurt her. you are not human, not to her. you are not a good person. you will never be a good person. the horns in your head and the slime in your veins is just proof to that. you will never be a person. you never were and you arent now. you are nothing but a horrible lump of clay for showfall to mold into their next big thing. /.end pt

She..?

No, she doesn’t. She’s- just disoriented, and scared. We’ll talk when she’s had time to process what’s going on.

But if she does…

I can’t really blame her, can I? It wasn’t my fault- I know that now, sort of, even though it’s hard to remember. But it was still my character, my voice and my own hands that hurt them.

I know I’m not human. I know. I know. You can all stop. I fucking know.

PT: I know I’m not human. I know. I know. You can all stop. I fucking know.