The last episode.

I was skeptical to watch this series solely because I watched the teaser at the beginning of the year and I didn't really like it. But then it started airing and about 8 episodes in I started to watch. At first i really enjoyed watching it, there were some weird things, but then other things started to make me uncomfortable, but I kept pushing because I really missed seeing Ohm and it wasn't THAT bad. It honestly got really good and by episode 9 I was defending the series to my friend who didn't watch it. But then....

The last episode happened.
I think I blame everything on this episode because this is the episode I decided I would not let anything that made me uncomfortable before in the series slide, and that's because there's only so much one can turn a blind eye on. This episode really disappointed me.

From the start we have a really heartwarming scene in which FINALLY Pan comes clean to Way about everything and for a moment Kim (yes the real Kim) can have a (long overdue) conversation with Way. At this point I was really happy because I've been wanting Way and Kim to confess to each other and see them be happy together eventually and this scene finally felt like a step towards that.

Kim's death was really unnecessary in my eyes. I think it could have been handled differently or if GMMTV really wanted to add something unexpected for the shock value, I think they could've done something different and something not as obsolete and harmful as it is the tragedy element in every other lgbtq+ type media. I think with Kim dying, they took away a lot of the good things the series had going for it. For example the scene at the beginning of the episode, it was truly heartwarming, but with Kim really dying in the end, I feel like it takes something special from the scene, yes it makes the scene more sad and hard to watch if you already know what happens, but that sad feeling shouldn't be a replacement for the genuine emotions of love and affection that they shared. Way and Kim deserved to be happy together after going through SO MUCH to realize the depth of their own feelings and then confessing said feelings to each other.

Now that whole Khett and Kim kiss thing... I really don't think was necessary either. It made things weird, because yes, even though it's not REALLY Kim in his body, it's still an avoidable situation. All Pan needed was a kiss from a person who loved her, my first thought when I heard this, was that Soda should do it, because further demonstrates how much affection Pan and Soda have for each other. Even if it's just platonic, love is love.

Although seeing OffGun made me happy and seeing Ohm dance in the credits made me smile I don't think these two things are enough to save the rest of the episode. Kudos to fluke for making me love Way so much and feel what Way was feeling all throughout the series, I think he did a really good job of conveying Way's feelings and inner turmoil, the last episode was really hard to watch because every time I saw Way I burst out ugly crying (heaving and all). I'm giving this a 3/10 and I'm being GENEROUS. I'm only giving a rating this high for Ohm (who I blame for getting me into this mess), Jennie, First and Fluke.

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