I'm not able to write anything coherent right now but that was perhaps the best ep of the series. It was just gorgeous...in a rip-your-heart-out-and-wring-it-dry kind of way.
I loved so much about it. Li Ming's mum and how they're both so different from their characters in My School President. A+ acting. Li Ming's tired but defiant "so what?". The siblings and how Jam is almost like a child herself still. UNCLE FU*KING TONG. Please, I'm wheezing! The conversation between Leng and Li Ming, how positive Leng is about everything that should be terrifyingly crushing, and Li Ming refusing the cigarette. THE WHOLE CONVERSATION BETWEEN JIM AND WEN IN THE CONDO. (Sometimes these 'flexing for equality' dialogues can feel forced but this one was so great.) So casual. So real. God, Mix just hits the right tone. The sniff-kiss was fantastic but I think I'll about lose my mind when Jim tells Wen to call him phi or Jim rather than lung/uncle. The whole Ar/Lung and subsequent teasing between Leng and Gaipa (and yes I had to pause the video to check how far apart the years of the horse and monkey are). But the heartache. The heartache for Mrs Hong's death. My god Khaotung knocked it out the park this ep. (I tell you, this was not an easy ep to watch after having been to my uncle's funeral yesterday, so thank you Aof for that.) Crying. AND THEN HEART'S PARENTS SIGNING WITH HEART. I couldn't see for the tears. And I'm sorry but there's a special place in hell for people like Beam's father/parents and they can BURN in it. And then Li Ming and Jim talking bonding in front of the diner, and Li Ming lost for words (Fourth does this so well). I didn't even care that there was singing (of course there was singing, is this not a Thai ql?!) because Khaotung Khaotunged his way through it and made me cry again (at this point I hadn't really stopped though).
And then in the end it was all about endings and new beginnings for all the characters - Jam with the prospect of her new marriage; Alan forging a new life for himself at home without Wen there; Heart reconnecting with his parents (and them with him); Leng literally bringing a new life into the world soon; Jim deciding to give up his diner; Wen finally cutting ties with Alan and hoping he can start a new relationship with Jim; Li Ming choosing to not go and live with his mum (and eventually to go to America); and Giapa being forced to say goodbye to his mother.
@shortpplfedup wrote something about how the sudden death of someone puts things into perspective for people. Whilst that is true (I had a sleepless night last night grappling with Thoughts brought up by my uncle's sudden death), I would say that for these characters all these things were inevitable anyway. They were all going to happen because they had already been on those paths - the funeral maybe just gave them a bit of a push. But that's perhaps what nini meant.
Anyway, 10/10. I can't wait to see the glorious new beginnings that await them (and us) in tomorrow's ep.
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not Neil Peart ending his book with one of my all time favourite songs 😭😭😭😭😭
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Man.
Imagine being Eda here.
You did everything in your power to keep your daughter (who just cracked open your walls) safe and away from the fight. Argued with her about her safety and even helped carve her palisman.
Only for it to be in vain, because she ended up being killed by Belos anyway. And you got a front row seat.
You don’t even know what to do as you watch the light orbs that used to be your kid float away.
At this point, Eda doesn’t give two shits and let’s the owl beast take the reigns.
You can practically hear her grief and agony in “I don’t think I can control myself right now.”
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[coughs this up like a hairball] it's an angst!! sorry that i made her suffer. you know i had to do it to em
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I want to stay with them!
[ID: Trigun fanart of Vash, Milly, and Meryl all hugging and kissing a happy Wolfwood. Vash and Milly smile sweetly as they kiss Wolfwood's cheek and head, and Wolfwood's arms are around Vash and Meryl. The background is filled with soft green leaves and pink roses, and above the four is the quote "'In Eden, I'll live with him and the girls.'" End ID]
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