It's interesting how scenes are mirroring each other in episode 7. Things have not changed but at the same time have changed a lot. Both are obsessed with each other.
What's interesting in the series is that they acknowledge everyone flaws and faults without judging. Judging is for judges and they are not here to file a lawsuit. Acknowledging is being aware and they are not here to make a romcom k-drama.
Jane Patrick, the "villain", is forceful, violent, manipulative, yet he can still love and feel heartbroken. Little Jane, "the good guy", is kind and able to forgive but he uses his honesty/straightforwardness as a weapon, knowing where it hurts.
No need to take "sides". Let's just be the informed witness of a deeply flawed relationship, where imbalance of power and mistrust play a huge role in tainting it.
And Love in all of this ? - it is not enough - it is not always right - it is not a magic eraser of imbalance of power.
So we have those who are Team Jane Patrick. And those who are Team Little Jane. But where are those who are Little Jane and Jane Patrick team ? No really, in the end, I'm a CP fan first 😭😭
Yeah but also why didn't he say that it was a bookshelf that hurt him. Like you walk out with blood running down…
No need for explanation. Jane Patrick almost strangling Put is him already guessing about what happens...After all, he knows Put is interested in Little Jane since the beginning, when Put tries to do a contract with him, in order to make him stay away from Little Jane...It's no use in fact.
This series confronts you with your own contradictions as a viewer. That's why it's so unsettling and uncomfortable.…
And I have to admit it. This episode was the most uncomfortable for me to watch. Not even episode 5, in fact, manages to do that.
As a viewer, since the beginning, I feel more sympathy for Little Jane. And after all the horrible things Jane Patrick has done...
But seeing Jane Patrick able to cry, to admit his love and letting go there... I was conflicted. I could not accept it. I cry with him. I cry with them. I was humbled.
And Little Jane has guts, indeed. The conversation in that car ? Into Jane Patrick's face ! What a character 👏👏 "Have you ever tried to understand anyone else ?" "Do I have to thank you for this ?" "Do you even know that what you're doing is toxic as hell ?"
Episode 6, you'll always be remembered as the episode where Big Jane was the greenest we have ever seen (except for the punch and the strangling, but this was mild compared to the previous ones). For once in his life, he's been able to do the right thing. 👌
Like any avid collector, irrespective of the items collected - million-pound masterpieces, body parts of murder…
blood pacts or any kind of blood oath can have also different meanings. in the case of Jane P. it has a sinister meaning (unless there's a repressed desire to feel "deeply" connected to others). But blood pacts don't necessarily have that one.
It often symbolizes a deep bond : friendship, brotherhood (blood brothers), protection , family, etc. It some cultures, it is linked with trust and peace, loyalty, and breaking that pact can also bring misfortune and death. It is supposed to be unbreakable.
So as usual, there's an ambiguity in the tools that Jane P. uses.
The spike in those lockets also make me think about the teeth of the vampire too...
Also the fact that Jane P. almost breaks his promise and doesn't apply to himself the first rule of the contract, is followed by near death situations (oh Jane P. escapes death two times, that's weird...). mmmmh misfortune is definitely already there...
I think Fan Xiao is actually malicious, while Big Jane isn't, imo. In fact, this is one of the biggest plot mysteries…
My interpretation about what makes him stop is because of the irony of the 1st rule of the contract : "don't be too emotional". Little Jane being "emotional" doesn't really bother him in the piano scene. But his anger and jealousy makes him act in such a way that's in fact "too emotional" (which is seen in the car scene). That is like losing control on himself when he's usually the one in control. He almost can't keep his promise. He already shows that he himself cannot apply the first rule to himself...Thus becoming like the others he so "despises" for not respecting obligation and breaking the contracts he established, etc. For the first time, he finds himself in the position of those breaking contracts.
watched ep 1 last night and genuinely loved it .. I am interested in how I´ll feel later on.. but i read a bit…
I don't know if it's going to be supernatural because the series is not exactly like the novel apparently. and there are still more episodes to come. But it's a very interesting series, with a unique feel. there's something different. The atmosphere of mystery and danger ? I don't know.
"It's hard to respect or enjoy a show once it hijacks your peace, and I fully respect anyone dropping out…
"The second a writer loses sense and starts pushing for drama and reactions". Exactly. But it does not seem the case for now in the series for me but I can be wrong of course. But some of the reactions are also really puzzling : the "don't show it, it's too long, why -gasp- AGAIN ? don't talk about it, let's ignore it, etc." It's like in those families when everyone knows what happens but they don't want to see the elephant in the room so to speak...or use "mild" words to qualify it...It's like they want to erase the "traumatic" aspect of it because it disturbs the "peace".
HOW CAN YOU END AN EPISODE LIKE THAT ?!!!
Judging is for judges and they are not here to file a lawsuit.
Acknowledging is being aware and they are not here to make a romcom k-drama.
Jane Patrick, the "villain", is forceful, violent, manipulative, yet he can still love and feel heartbroken.
Little Jane, "the good guy", is kind and able to forgive but he uses his honesty/straightforwardness as a weapon, knowing where it hurts.
No need to take "sides". Let's just be the informed witness of a deeply flawed relationship, where imbalance of power and mistrust play a huge role in tainting it.
And Love in all of this ?
- it is not enough
- it is not always right
- it is not a magic eraser of imbalance of power.
Stop dreaming you emotional people !!!! 😈
And those who are Team Little Jane.
But where are those who are Little Jane and Jane Patrick team ?
No really, in the end, I'm a CP fan first 😭😭
As a viewer, since the beginning, I feel more sympathy for Little Jane. And after all the horrible things Jane Patrick has done...
But seeing Jane Patrick able to cry, to admit his love and letting go there...
I was conflicted.
I could not accept it.
I cry with him. I cry with them.
I was humbled.
Or maybe this is just cognitive dissonance ? 😭
"Have you ever tried to understand anyone else ?"
"Do I have to thank you for this ?"
"Do you even know that what you're doing is toxic as hell ?"
That's why it's so unsettling and uncomfortable. That's why it's SMART.
If you're blinded by Jane Patrick's character, you'll end up victim-blaming Little Jane.
But there's also another form of blindness.
If you're blinded by Little Jane's character, you'll also forget that even a "monster", a "devil" is a human being.
And that's a terrible truth.
It often symbolizes a deep bond : friendship, brotherhood (blood brothers), protection , family, etc. It some cultures, it is linked with trust and peace, loyalty, and breaking that pact can also bring misfortune and death. It is supposed to be unbreakable.
So as usual, there's an ambiguity in the tools that Jane P. uses.
The spike in those lockets also make me think about the teeth of the vampire too...
Also the fact that Jane P. almost breaks his promise and doesn't apply to himself the first rule of the contract, is followed by near death situations (oh Jane P. escapes death two times, that's weird...). mmmmh misfortune is definitely already there...
Little Jane being "emotional" doesn't really bother him in the piano scene. But his anger and jealousy makes him act in such a way that's in fact "too emotional" (which is seen in the car scene). That is like losing control on himself when he's usually the one in control. He almost can't keep his promise. He already shows that he himself cannot apply the first rule to himself...Thus becoming like the others he so "despises" for not respecting obligation and breaking the contracts he established, etc. For the first time, he finds himself in the position of those breaking contracts.