interesting! but i think you could argue that tanrak was conditioned to believe what he does. would he have chosen…
Exactly. Catholic priesthood is supposed to be a calling, so he's allowed to change his mind until his ordination. Even if he were to attend seminary school, if he decided the priesthood is not for him, he can choose not to get ordained.
What was meant to comfort him at a young age (to live in God's house while he waits until he can join them in heaven) Tanrak took too literally to mean he needed to become a priest, but no one is forced to become one. However, Tanrak still has to deal with the Church view on same-sex love as being wrong. So, his choice to love Barth would not allow him to go to heaven, which would permanently separate him from God and his parents.
What? How could anyone have something bad to say about Park Bo Gum?
It's like insulting Keanu Reeves. There are just some celebs that are so kind and down-to-earth, it's honestly a shock when people have bad things to say about them.
Though I agree with you, I also think Shu Han's reaction makes more sense when you consider why Xing Wu said he…
No matter what, Xing Wu made a promise to protect Qing Ye when he brought her back from Beijing. Shu Han doesn't need to know Xing Wu's reasons for his decisions but he was nice enough to give her one.
As much as I get Shu Han liking towards Xing Wu ,I don't understand why she is making it sound like that going…
It's the false narrative of "I've been the one next to you all this time. Why don't you notice me?" So, she starts blaming Qing Ye as the bad influence when the fact is that she really just wanted Xing Wu to take the job so they could work more closely together.
Except we don’t call childhood friends and not blood related people cousins or siblings even if we are close.…
The ML's mother says it early on in the show, ep. 1 IIRC, when she was playing mahjong and telling her neighbors that her sister's family was not a blood relation but that she was treated as if she was one.
Except we don’t call childhood friends and not blood related people cousins or siblings even if we are close.…
I think it's the audience who has the responsibility to get to know the culture of the shows they are watching. If you join on-air discussions (often available on Reddit, for example), you will learn a lot more about the shows, including the language and the culture. The producer can't possible predict what would be offensive/a trigger for almost 200 other cultures.
Except we don’t call childhood friends and not blood related people cousins or siblings even if we are close.…
It's common in certain Asian countries, like China. In the Philippines, we call everyone in our parent's generation tita (auntie) or tito (uncle), but we don't call their kids cousins unless we're related by blood. And we keep track of cousins up to 3rd or 4th cousins.
The fact that they didn't even try to make Gemini look older after that 20+ years later jump is giving cheap af…
They're 16 or 17 when they meet, so Barth is maybe 37 at the very beginning of the drama. He has glasses and some gray hair. Also, he's Asian and they grow old pretty gracefully. I was often mistaken as 21 when I was in my 40s.
That was when he was young. Things can change in all the years in between.
I don't mean to offend. I was thinking of someone who came out to me as a teen as gay. Years later, he was dating a woman. He clarified and said he's bisexual. AFAIK, he has since dated both men and women. In Nagisa's case, it really sounded like he loved wife (and I don't know if he was drunk whenever they had sex). But, you're right that as a gay man, his sexual interest was going to be elsewhere. It's just that we're not always privy to all his thoughts and journey. So, when I say, "Things can change in all the years in between" I am giving him the right to his own journey. I will not dictate how any one person should be confined to one tiny box once they declare their sexuality.
It’s a drama - it’s not suppose to be super realistic. If it was, it would be based on a true story, and therefore…
I haven't read the novel, but according to those who have, the novel has constant descriptions of this general being very attractive. It sounds like the casting was done perfectly. I found it hilarious that an official military site would deign to comment on a movie, an idol movie. Don't they have better things to do?
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What was meant to comfort him at a young age (to live in God's house while he waits until he can join them in heaven) Tanrak took too literally to mean he needed to become a priest, but no one is forced to become one. However, Tanrak still has to deal with the Church view on same-sex love as being wrong. So, his choice to love Barth would not allow him to go to heaven, which would permanently separate him from God and his parents.
In Nagisa's case, it really sounded like he loved wife (and I don't know if he was drunk whenever they had sex). But, you're right that as a gay man, his sexual interest was going to be elsewhere. It's just that we're not always privy to all his thoughts and journey. So, when I say, "Things can change in all the years in between" I am giving him the right to his own journey. I will not dictate how any one person should be confined to one tiny box once they declare their sexuality.
I found it hilarious that an official military site would deign to comment on a movie, an idol movie. Don't they have better things to do?