Oof, this was not good. If you're going to portray a bdsm relationship at least commit to it! There was no prior discussion of what they were going to do, no safe word was discussed. Kamol is a terrible dom. And even putting that aside, there was no chemistry. Someone else down below said it - if we had gotten this show a few years ago it would have been taken more seriously. But there have been so many high quality BLs lately that we have come to expect a bit better.
me too 😁 - but those starving after petexvegas might come, as i see it,it will be a good pass-time in between…
so true. I also feel like this show would have been taken more seriously if it had come out before KinnPorsche. So I'm just going to try to enjoy it for what it is lol
Such a beautiful movie. I cried a lot at the end, but I think that was what I needed at the time. It felt cathartic. And that little quirk at the very end was such a nice touch. I get what everyone's saying in relation to the fact that Tomo's mom is abusive and should not have custody of her. In reality, that would 100% be the case. But from a story telling perspective, it made sense to me that Tomo would give her mom another chance.
At the beginning of the movie, Tomo seemed to be living on autopilot, just surviving. She's numbed her emotions a lot due to the lack of any kind of warmth or care from her mom. But living with Makio and Rinko helped her see what having a real mom can be like. It gave her the strength to confront her mom and demand better. The film shows Tomo's mom visiting her own mother, as if finally facing some of the mother/daughter issues she has that have informed her relationship with her own daughter.
When she goes home, the film makes a point at showing that things are different - they are clean and orderly. It's a small but reassuring bit of foreshadowing that tells viewers that this time, things may be different. At this point Tomo doesn't really need a new mother...she needs the one she has to step up to the plate.
And this whole experience has also helped Rinko. I wondered throughout the movie why Rinko had yet to change her family registry from male to female. She said that she wanted to make 108 knitted ... well you know, lol. But taking care of Tomo seemed to give her more confidence in herself as a woman. She sped up the process because she wanted to possibly adopt Tomo, but also because she finally felt ready.
Breasts were a reoccurring theme throughout the movie. Rinko talks about how much she paid for hers, and asks if Tomo wants to touch them. Rinko's mom asks Tomo repeatedly if she's started developing them yet, and we see a poignant flashback of Rinko's mom making Rinko's first pair of false breasts. Lastly, Rinko makes Tomo a pair to take home with her. In my opinion, for Rinko breasts represent not only womanhood but also motherhood. For Rinko, breasts were something identity-affirming that her mom in essence passed down to her. By knitting the pair of breasts for Tomo, I think Rinko was in a small way staking a claim and also telling Tomo that she will always be there for her.
Sorry for the rambling, but this movie really made me think. :)
Oh boy, ep 12 was a hot mess. Are they trying to make us sympathize with Namning now? It's kind of too late after they spent the entire series teaching us to hate her. If they wanted to paint her as a sympathetic character they should have started with the childhood flashback stuff way earlier in the series. And it looks like Ram is going abroad in the next episode? That's the most cliche trope in the book. Oh dear.
Would someone explain the Christmas carols? What is with all the Christmas carols? My only guess is that there…
I don't know if you're watching La Cuisine but they just did that in the last episode of that show as well. It was a fancy afterparty for a fashion show and they had these jazzy xmas songs on in the background lol
This ep was fun and awful and really worked in some places and completely failed in others.First where did my…
I've noticed the xmas music thing too...it's so random, lol. I'm wondering if whoever does the music is just searching for royalty free instrumentals that sound fancy? But in that case why not go for some more traditional classical music? It's pretty bizarre.
I've been enjoying this show more than I thought I would. I haven't been too bothered by the bullying subplot which can get pretty cliche, but I do hope that they spend time in the next few episodes on LC and Ram's relationship. I'd like to see some cute moments of them where LC isn't crying, lol
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At the beginning of the movie, Tomo seemed to be living on autopilot, just surviving. She's numbed her emotions a lot due to the lack of any kind of warmth or care from her mom. But living with Makio and Rinko helped her see what having a real mom can be like. It gave her the strength to confront her mom and demand better. The film shows Tomo's mom visiting her own mother, as if finally facing some of the mother/daughter issues she has that have informed her relationship with her own daughter.
When she goes home, the film makes a point at showing that things are different - they are clean and orderly. It's a small but reassuring bit of foreshadowing that tells viewers that this time, things may be different. At this point Tomo doesn't really need a new mother...she needs the one she has to step up to the plate.
And this whole experience has also helped Rinko. I wondered throughout the movie why Rinko had yet to change her family registry from male to female. She said that she wanted to make 108 knitted ... well you know, lol. But taking care of Tomo seemed to give her more confidence in herself as a woman. She sped up the process because she wanted to possibly adopt Tomo, but also because she finally felt ready.
Breasts were a reoccurring theme throughout the movie. Rinko talks about how much she paid for hers, and asks if Tomo wants to touch them. Rinko's mom asks Tomo repeatedly if she's started developing them yet, and we see a poignant flashback of Rinko's mom making Rinko's first pair of false breasts. Lastly, Rinko makes Tomo a pair to take home with her. In my opinion, for Rinko breasts represent not only womanhood but also motherhood. For Rinko, breasts were something identity-affirming that her mom in essence passed down to her. By knitting the pair of breasts for Tomo, I think Rinko was in a small way staking a claim and also telling Tomo that she will always be there for her.
Sorry for the rambling, but this movie really made me think. :)