What does Fuuta think about how Es treated Amane at the end of her interrogation? (Still not completely sure what happened)
And in trial 2, what does he think now that Kotoko has joined the ranks of "people who have been hit by Es" while he has not? (And Amane, if she didn't already count)
Yessss thank you :3 I always enjoy LCSyS questions (even if I take forever to reply to comments and things LMAO) Though, some details apply outside of the au too
Well. I don’t know if it really needs to be said for Fuuta, but yeah, he is pissed 😅 Even if she wasn’t directly hit, he would be just as riled up that she was treated so roughly. (Ah, I’m once again tempted to write up my mv machine post, but) basically I picture the machine itself locking the prisoner in place with sudden restraints. There were reactions of shock and fear, as if it were affecting them immediately, and prisoners like Fuuta and Muu would definitely run from it if they could. So I believe that moment in Amane’s first interrogation is just Es standing over her and rubbing it in. There’s no direct harm, but the fact that they are so smug about her helplessness is just as psychologically painful.
I don’t know if Amane would really go into detail about her interrogation (the others who were hit seem the type to come right out and say it), but she mentions it during the trial hiatus debriefing. Fuuta is furious: “why didn’t you say something sooner?? I would have kicked their ass right then and there!” His outburst is the very reason she doesn’t tell him that she was hit in T2. She knows he’ll get himself into more trouble, and she feels pressured to bear it on her own. She ends up pulling him aside and telling him during the second hiatus. He has to tone down his explosion a bit to focus on comforting her more than cursing Es. Though I don’t know exactly what will happen, the knowledge that she was hit drives him to stand by her side in T3 and defend her every chance he gets, affecting whatever changes we already are getting hints of.
He feels equally upset when Kotoko mentions getting hit, and Kotoko's nonchalance allows him to do a full rant. She doesn’t seem that phased, and admits it makes sense they would have an extreme reaction to her violence. She says that she deserved it, and Fuuta of all people stumbles over his words to tell her that she didn’t – violence does not deserve more violence. (He’s learning, folks!) In the privacy of his own thoughts, the poor guy is mortified. He would be grateful if he didn't keep comparing himself with the others who didn't get hit. “Do I look as fragile and girly as Yuno, Muu, and Mahiru?” “Do they not see me as a threat?” “Do they pity me or something?” He makes up his mind to be a big, manly threat in T3 and be taken seriously enough to get hit. (He can only learn so much at a time, folks.)
Even though I been living a vegetarian lifestyle
There's still something that's pissin' me off
Maybe I got calcium deficiency or something
God damn it, God damn it, God damn it, God damn it
I'm just tryna live a modest life here
But there's always something gettin' in my way
Times like this you gotta stop caring what other people think
And just dance, dance, dance, dance
But it turns out I had everything all backwards
This is such a peaceful world
All I wanna do is stay here forever. I can't take it anymore
God, please give me strength
As long as you're by my side, then everything will be okay
For once in my life I just want to grab hold of something that isn't going to change
Your weak-ass kick / I couldn't care less!
Your weak-ass punch / I couldn't care less!
Your weak-ass blow / I couldn't care less!
I couldn't care less. I ain't a damn fool.
Your weak-ass diss / I couldn't care less!
Your weak-ass hate / I couldn't care less!
Your weak-ass flex / I couldn't care less!
I couldn't care less. We done here?
Go home, just get outta here
Shut up, just shut up for a while
Go wild, but do it somewhere else
Go wild, go wild, go wild, go wild
Go home, just get outta here
Shut up, just shut up for a while
Go wild, but do it somewhere else
Go wild, go wild, go wild, go wild
But then everything suddenly changed
This is a brand new world, everything's up to you
You can turn it into whatever you want. That's what it seems like. That's what I wanna believe in
God, please give me strength
I can't do anything on my own
For once in my life I just want to grab hold of something I’m sure of
Your weak-ass kick / I couldn't care less!
Your weak-ass punch / I couldn't care less!
Your weak-ass blow / I couldn't care less!
I couldn't care less. I ain't a damn fool.
Your weak-ass diss / I couldn't care less!
Your weak-ass hate / I couldn't care less!
Your weak-ass flex / I couldn't care less!
I couldn't care less. We done here?
I saw Decision to Leave (2022) on the plane coming home on Friday. It's written and directed by Park Chan-Wook who also made the SK film classics Old Boy and The Handmaiden.
Watching the trailer again I can see real parallels with the style of The Handmaiden which was a film that stayed with me long after the credits rolled.
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I found this review and I think it hits upon all the main themes and says many of the things I would have wanted to say about the film but in a more elegant and eloquent way.
It's clear that Decision to Leave also means something special to RM. In a recent interview with Park Chan Wook he said this in response a question on South Korea as a brand.
In September 2022, Namjoon posted the following quotes from the movie.
11/09/22 RM's Instagram Story (Trans cr: Aditi @ bts-trans)
1. Hae-jun (Keeping his eyes on the binoculars, pushing the massager away with one hand) For some, sorrow comes crashing in waves. For others, it spreads gradually, like ink in water.
2. Seorae's 'aha' expression. (She hands over the umbrella and ties his unravelled shoelace) Hae-jun: I always try my best to look straight at people. If you look at the corpses we find at sites, about half of them have their eyes open.
3. Hae-jun: You said I was classy, didn't you? Do you know where that class comes from? It's pride. I was a policeman with pride. But in my madness over a woman, I screwed up the investigation. I......am completely shattered.
The shattered scene is devastating and central to the whole movie.
Namjoon also posted the following mountain climbing clip where he uses some of the dialogue from the film.
25/09/22 RM's Instagram Story (Trans cr: Aditi @ bts-trans)
So it was not surprising that he should choose to pay tribute to one of his favourite films through music. This week he released an alternate version of Closer with clips from the film. I think this MV would be quite confusing to anyone who didn't understand the whole context but it does show that Namjoon is a lover of film noir and its take on love (obsessive and tragic).
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"Decision to Leave X RM 'Closer' (with Paul Blanco, Mahalia) Collabo M/V, Made a little lofi arrangement to better match the mood of the film!, It's an honor to do this for the movie I love."
And while we are talking about soundtrack music the song Mist by Jung Hoon Hee is repeated at various points in the film and really adds to the ambience of the film and its exploration of the femme fatale trope.
man the cospro budget has been INSANE this year. if every climax event mv is going to be this complex (so many sets and props!) im shaking thinking of eden’s…
TBH I think the "Lyin' Awake" MV was one of their strongest to date. Lorefreak has loggéd on. The way they tied in his backstory in visual form and let the music do the rest of the speaking was so well done. I don't know who had the idea to show flashbacks through switching aspect ratios and VHS stylings but it was a godsend because it was genuinely just so delightful to watch.
My favorite detail was without a doubt the round at the end because it was just such a stark contrast to the stage choreo.....When they do this song live you see Zer0 singing by himself, then the Spine lights up and joins in, and then lights up on Rabbit as she joins in too. I always connected that to his backstory again, how he was reincorporated back into the Walter family, but there's none of that in the music video. It's just Zer0, alone, waiting for someone to find him.