#zone tbnw

[jez-bez]

Zone, darling, I say this with all the love in the world. Shut your mouth.

The 'Oh.' in Cir's expression is so loud. Followed closely by quiet resignation. Something tells me this isn't the first time Zone's brought this up, and it won't be the last either.

'Then go tell him not to worry.'

Because there's nothing to worry about. Cir's got it handled. He doesn't need want help from a stranger. Because that's what his father is to Cir. A stranger.

'Are you still mad at him?'

The obvious answer would be yes, period. End of discussion.

When in reality it probably really is 'no, but it hurts too much to accept what he did.'

'You know he's always felt guilty about what happened. Especially about you.'

Zone, my love, I'll say it again. Stop talking. Telling Cir how much your father regrets what happened doesn't take away from it having happened

I understand why he does it, why he wants Cir to see reason, why he wants to lighten the blow and make his father seem more human to Cir...

...but that only makes it worse, because the regret may feel unbearable right now, but the choice back then was way too easy. It hurts, it hurts a lot.

Because no matter the circumstances, was Cir not abandoned by this man? The man who was supposed to keep him safe? Who was supposed to protect him from any possible dangers out there?

'Tell him to get over it already.'

Cir isn't ready to forgive the man yet and maybe he'll never be.

But one thing is for sure, right now in the midst of all that is going on, Cir doesn't want to forgive and forget. And that's his choice. The one choice he can make.

[paper-cup-phone]

My precious baby, you were seven years old.

Keep the blame where it goes, with the actual adults in the situation.

[fandomtrash-whataboutit]

Episode 6 left me nothing but confused??? They doubled down on the no-multiverse thing, especially with the joke about the hallway with Wim and the additional drama build up with Cir’s family. But if you go down this path, bnw, i won’t forgive you because if everything else is normal WHY IS JIN PSYCHIC?????

[halliescomut]

The Boy Next World Official Trailer

Official trailer is out. I'm very excited to see where things go. It's clear some changes were made from the novel, which is exciting, because that gives an opportunity to kind of experience it with new eyes.

Official release is January 5th on MMY's YouTube as well as uncut on iQiYi.

I'm going to talk about novel to series changes that seem to be happening, so HEAVY spoilers below.

I'm going to assume if you're here, you at least watched the trailer all the way through, and I'm VERY intrigued at the choice of twist. I've seen comparisons to Two World and Vice Versa, but I didn't finish Vice Versa, so I can't speak for that in particular. To be honest, my first thought was A Christmas Carol, which is probably a little bit because of the time of year. Either way if we're doing a switch into the parallel worlds or alternate futures actually being real, I like that change SO MUCH.

The twist in the novel was so wildly problematic, to a degree where it certainly wouldn't get a pass in this day and age. And TBNW is one of Mame's older novels, so updating it for what fan/societal expectations are today is a really smart move on her part. I do wonder if she'll be updating the novel once the series is done, since she is changing a major plot point.

I'm going to talk about some other points in the novel, but I don't want to kind of repeat myself with explanations, so go check out this post where I kind of run through the things I hope to see in the series: link

To start, we see from the cast list that Ozone (or Zone) is present, being played by "Vino" Chavid Pevec. I was concerned that this character might get cut from the story, as with "colder" characters, I think having a sibling helps to give a human side to them, especially as a love interest is just getting to know them. We don't see much in the way of the side story that revolves around Cir and Zone's family, which while not a massive part of the novel, does speak to some of his motivations there, but with the changes being made, maybe it's not necessary. IDK. In the end, I can't really determine if it's a good move or not until we series the series and what was actually included.

I did make a point though that if they chose to include Cir's history and abuse at the hands of his mother I would hope they go for discussion only, versus casting a young actor to portray it, so if they've kind of removed that story, I don't think I'll be disappointed.

Wim and Jin are clearly present and we see confirmation that they will be the second couple for the series. I'm not sure how much of their characters will stay the same as the novel, as Phu and his friend group are a bit eccentric and silly, and I kinda hope we don't lose that. Going off the costuming for Jin it doesn't seem like it, so I'm hopeful.

The one of the bigger overarching points in the story is Phu actually dealing with his grief over his father passing, and we don't see much in the trailer for me to know if that's included in the series, but some of the story points in the novel really added depth to Phu's character, so I do think it would be a shame to minimize it or cut it altogether. One thing it does look like they've kept, which I'm very certain will break my heart, is Phu falling for Cir, and coming to terms with the fact that he's 'stolen' alternate world Phu's love and pushing for Cir to try and get back. In the novel, we see Phu as quite silly and a bit full of bravado, but he's also quite soft. His understanding of how much he's come to love Cir in such as short time and then considering how much more alternate world Phu would have loved him, considering they had years together is so beautiful and so sad, and handled with what I'll admit is a surprising level of subtlety that we don't often see from Mame. It's an all-around very complex situation with a lot of complex emotions, and I think it gives an opportunity for Noeul specifically to really show some range in the role.

I will say though, watching the trailer, I'm struck by the beauty of some of the shots. Like truly beautiful, so I definitely want to mention the director Mame is working with here, Thanpisit Jiradechakul. I know a lot of ppl assume that Mame directs all of her shows, and while she is heavily involved, I would say works as a co-director, she's only solo-directed Wedding Plan, and I'll be honest, you can tell the difference. I did try and look to see what other projects Thanpisit has worked on, and it looks like this is his first series. He's got commercials and some other smaller projects on his vimeo, but nothing of this scale. He is the credited editor and director for the Love in the Air music video though, so he has history with Mame, Boss, and Noeul.

Also, since I feel like it must be mentioned, yes of course the chemistry between Boss and Noeul is chemistry-ing... no one is surprised.

[paper-cup-phone]

I love Zone so much.

[paper-cup-phone]

Baby, whatever you are thinking about doing, just don't.

[paper-cup-phone]

Zone my angel

[paper-cup-phone]

While I have been working on a THK update the last few days, my mind has been busy with the thoughts of doing a TBNW compilation fic. In it, Dark Cir spends each story guiding a different universe's Cir and Phu.

The very first one would be a world where Aisoon took Cir and Zone as babies and ran. The babies were adopted by his cousins and never knew about their past. Phu was also adopted after his parents died in an accident.

Hint the title of this one is When the Storm meets the Rain. 🤭