Episode 2 Of Be My Favorite Not Only Lays Out The Time Travel Mechanic, But Brings Kawi's Character Into

Episode 2 of Be My Favorite not only lays out the time travel mechanic, but brings Kawi's character into sharper view. Fundamentally I think what we're seeing is someone who desperately wants to be taken care of. He wants someone to pet him and spoil him and lovingly buffet him out of his moodiness: the problem is he's A Guy, and guys aren't supposed to want that. He knows he's supposed to want a girlfriend and he DOES want to be loved, so he fixates on Pearmai because she's kind to him. He obsesses about his gift to her because he's supposed to be a provider. Every interaction he has with or about Pearmai is about the role he's supposed to be filling, and his gnawing awareness that he can't measure up to it. (He doesn't want to, but "can't" is easier to accept.)

Meanwhile here's Pisaeng, tall and handsome and extremely ready to take care of Kawi if Kawi will just pull the blanket off his head and let him. And Kawi's responding to it. For a guy with an inferiority complex about money, he's awfully quick to start demanding Pisaeng spoil him. If the competition for Pearmai's affection were at all real in his heart, buying her a gift with Pisaeng's money would be the last thing he'd do. Instead, already, the pretext of trying to win Pearmai is a means to let himself get closer to Pisaeng and let Pisaeng look after him.

I hope the show continues to lean on this dynamic because it's delicious to me.

@jumin-ssi it was the 2018 halloween chat, not 2019 whoops! but here he is. choosing violence for no reason LMFAO

Genjitsu no Yohane ending 1 stills

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V in His After Ending

I like to ignore what happens to V's character in Saeran's AE and think of V in his own AE as the real V instead. He's wiser and calmer, gentler without falling into the people-pleasing territory. His niceties used to feel anxious and unstable due to his debilitating need to save everyone, now his kindness feels steady and reliable.

Did you ever imagine V could say "Being weak is not bad." and "You don't hate yourself. You hate being blamed and hated." and believe in those words? See below:

Not to forget this interaction:

"I feel like I'm nothing but a burden to you." "You are welcome to be my burden, Saeran."

This though. Man's funny without even trying.