I kept thinking why pa'of chose Jimmy to play Mhok.. like the two couldn't be more different.. the looks.. the body language.. the profession.. there are more actors in gmmtv who can better fit the role of a rugged technician with anger issues.. so when the pilot trailer came out.. I had my doubts..
But then I kept watching pa'of's interviews and realised one thing..for him the eyes hold the key.. he really looks into the eyes of the actors.. its the eyes that speak for him.. whenever he talks about an actor.. you would mostly find him talking about their eyes.. He talked about Fourth's eyes, Nanon's eyes and also Sea's eyes.. and that made me watch Jimmy's eyes.. and there was my answer.
There is a calm in those eyes.. a calm that is inherent to Mhok's character despite the anger issues and violence.. a calm that was able to pacify Day.. A maturity that not many actors would have been able to convey.. a sense of reliability and trust that Jimmy's eyes put across so well as Mhok, partly because of his real life profession as a doctor.. its all in the eyes..
So much that now I cant think of anyone but Jimmy playing Mhok.. Its him..
P'Aof, are you telling me that they have come from this...
It's yours. My favourite scent. I think it should match your look today.
How?
I don't know. It smells like toughness and aggression. At first you want to flee from it. But after you scent it for a while, it makes you feel warm.
to this?
THIS IS WHAT COMES AFTER THIS DIALOGUE?
"I love your scent"
"This scent will belong to Day alone"
I KNOW IT JUST ENDED SECONDS AGO BUT PETTY HAVE YOU SEEN LAST TWILIGHT EP 10!?!?!? NIGHT NATION RIIIIIIIIISE!!!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 - Katros
I actually haven't watched it yet, but your ask caused me to immediately skip to part three of the episode, so I could see
NIGHT NATION RISE!
He said all of that with his FULL CHEST! No hesitation. No argument. This isn't a daddy. This is a dad. And I have never been more attracted to a man using his authoritative voice.
I was saving this episode and planned to watch it in the airport but good thing I saw this part already because I would've screamed at gate B5 because Night deserves his family, and Day and Mork are going to be the best uncles to the kid who will be the ring bearer at their wedding.
It's the way Day loves and Mhok loves and, yes, Mhok quit his job as caretaker but he didn't stop loving Day at all, didn't even pretend to stop for a second and Day knows that. This isn't about losing love or giving up on each other. This is about
And Day waving to Mhok and Mhok waving back even knowing Day can't see him but waving back because he loves him and he knows Day will know he'll wave back and it's so sweet and full of love.
As much as I love Mhok working as chef, I wish it had taken an entire episode for him to find the job, to find the work, to be able to know that he could do something.
Imagine if he had been struggling the entire episode while also trying so, so hard to provide Day with the long distance support he needed.
Imagine if Mhok had been going home each night with more and more worry that no one would hire him with his past and Porjai's baby and Day trapped and him still putting a smile on to call Day.
Imagine Mhok sitting in Rung's car out another failed interview and working so hard to keep trying and then getting a call from Day on this new number and finding out that Day's phone was taken and realizing that if he doesn't do this he could lose Day because Day is genuinely trapped.
Imagine his voice trembling and Day suddenly saying his name again and again because Mhok stopped talking and didn't even realize it because he could lose Day to this and he has no control.
Imagine him crying on the steering wheel, trying to hang out on Day and reassure him only for Day to take control of the conversation and tell Mhok that he will be there for him the same way he has always been there for Mhok.
Imagine Mhok trying so hard to pull himself together and casually admit how hard finding a job has been, that no one wants to hire a technician with a criminal history but that it's okay, he'll find a way to support Day.
Imagine if Day had been the one to tell him to try a new path, to try cooking because hadn't he already been offered a chef job in front of Day and doesn't Day know good cooking and he could be the one encouraging Mhok for a change!
Imagine if Day visiting Mhok at the restaurant he was cooking in could come with Day being the one who told Mhok to get the job and Day being the one who convinced Mhok to keep going.
I have spent this whole series wanting to see Day have the chance to take care of Mhok in return and I want it so badly and I can't believe we haven't gotten it.
Day's huge smile as he realizes Mhok is calling him. He is his happiness, don't try to wipe that smile off his face, how dare you? Are you seeing it? He shines like the sun😭
It's a mix of classism and ableism keeping them apart. And Day, who has clung to his love of his mother despite everything, is starting to see all the cracks and the assumptions and the way she treats him and he doesn't want to believe any of that, not at all, but she's forcing him to see how she sees him...
And it hurts him to the core.
And the she takes everything from him. She takes his connection to the world and to Mhok and she has decided that he doesn't get to be a person without her choices, that Day is going to learn her way and listen to her.
But Mhok knows that.
He is determined to take care of Day in the only way his family will respect, even if he knows Day doesn't need or want that from him.
Mhok is the greenest green flag to ever green and we adore him. He love Day and he's doing this for Day, he is doing this because he loves Day and wants to be there for him and the only way he can do that is to prove to his mother that he can and so he will.
Because this is what Day really wants. He just wants Mhok with him, at his side, there to guide him and to show him the world that he cannot see but can still be part of and still experience.
Oh, no wonder Night and Day have such a fucked up relationship. But also, seriously, their mom sucks. She is refusing to see what's in front of her or to accept either of her sons as they are.
She still blames Night for everything and she refuses to see that Day is trying to grow and that his disability doesn't define him, that he is still Day.
But Night has learned that Day is still Day. And now they can be brothers together, now they can support each other
You don’t like our boy Madam ? Wait until you learn that Night has been smashing his ex. And she’s broke too. And she’s pregnant by another man. AND NIGHT HIS OUT HERE CLAIMING THE BABY. YOU ARE A GRANDMA CONGRATULATIONS !!!
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