bugs me a bit when people assume Ivan is some kind of genius or somehow naturally talented
he's really not at all. he just works ridiculously hard
I mean we've seen his schedule what is this
literally anyone who put in this amount of work would end up getting good grades... if they didn't have a complete breakdown first
guess you can consider that his "talent"
can't break if you're already broken
Sua does actually seem like a natural genius though, she's tied with Ivan despite not doing... all that
well she basically says as much
and she worked as a model (among other things) while attending Anakt Garden, so she managed being top of the class while also already having her career
Ivan didn't do any of that, he only got popular after round 3 (idk what these rankings are out of, but if he's only 78th when Till was 5th...)
despite being a top student I suppose Ivan didn't actually stand out much at first?
interesting how out of all of them, Ivan seems the least suited to singing on stage
Sua's clearly talented, Till is a musical prodigy, and Mizi genuinely loves singing
Luka is literally made for it, and Hyuna also loves singing and seems to have this natural stage presence
not to be insane and massively self indulgent more than factual but
I was just listening to cure for the 1000th time, and after replaying Till’s part for the 4th time I was like “wow, these lyrics sync pretty well with the kiss scene?” Now of course it’s bound to be because even the beat is the kinda the same. And it could be total coincidence nothing to link here but—what if.... Yk?
I put the two together and tried to see how well they’d sync and I say hey, it’s pretty good (or it could be better if I was a better editor idk)
The rain is matched with the 'fallen stars" lyrics that I'd like to think are either linked to tears or, rain.
when the “On your icy lips” lyric comes up it is synced with the scene where Ivan gives Till one more kiss.
and the “Read my soul” lyric? That’s when Till and Ivan are looking at each other. Ivan is wordlessly asking Till to read him, understand why he is doing this and keep trying to survive, or is it Ivan who is trying to read what till is thinking? Does Till hate the kiss? Will he do anything about it now that Ivan has broken into his space, and pushed past boundaries? will the Till he knows come back?
and the "ooh" at the end matches with the exact moment Ivan is shot because it's "Oh. I can't read you. your book doesn't have the same writing from when we were kids" or just "oh I'm dead lmao"