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Forgive me, I'm not entirely sure if this is an argument against what I said or if you agree with me as I did kind of allude to similar things as what you said above, in my earlier comment. Sorry, I'm just a bit confused 😅

I do agree with most of what you said, minus the queerbaiting. That's a term that 100% should stick to fictional media and using it towards real people is in fact damaging to the LGBTQ+ community. See: that guy from Heartstopper that people harassed so much to the point that he felt he had to come out as bisexual.

But it also doesn't mean they're necessarily straight. They can be somewhere in between, they can be neither. The point is that we will never know and we shouldn't make assumptions about people's orientation whether it be sexual or romantic or whatever else kind of attraction they may / may not experience.

Based on what exactly? Have they specifically told you they're 100% straight? I'm not saying that means they're gay or anything like that, but the truth is that no one except they themselves know their orientation. Fact of the matter is that even though they have been only dating someone of the opposite sex their entire life, that doesn't necessarily mean they're straight. Sexuality is fluid and things can absolutely change. Not to mention how there are various types of attraction and they do not have to match. We should abolish any and all assumptions about people's orientation as a whole because at the end of the day, it isn't any of our business and (most likely) doesn't involve any of us on a personal level. There are so many nuances to this kind of thing, and it's absolutely not something binary. Maybe they just present themselves as straight because that's the easiest for them, maybe they're comphet, maybe acting in BLs is a safe way for them to express themselves. Like I said, we will most likely never know, nor do we need to know.

Also, to clarify, I am speaking on a general level. I am not talking about anyone in particular and I do not want anyone to think this means the actors will at any point date each other or that they're even attracted to each other in that way. That is not the point I am trying to make here.

"He's hardly been in the series," I actually got curious and went through all the episodes and I swear, up until episode 7 he was only in a single episode for like two scenes, and pretty much all we saw was the back of his head lol.

I am skeptical about this. Hopefully they're able to portray DID well, but from both the pilot trailer and the real trailer, I unfortunately do not have high hopes.

If anyone wants to watch the uncut version on iQIYI with a VPN, here's a link to a guide I made: https://mydramalist.com/discussions/788582-pit-babe-season-2-uncut/140638-how-to-access-iqiyi-through-a-vpn

I'm glad it worked for you! There are still ways to open the episodes on the app though. It should work if you find a link to iQIYI and tap "open in background", thus forcing the website to open in browser, then you just follow the steps I mentioned above.

If someone needs help with accessing iQIYI through a VPN, I just made a thread in the discussions section above!
Link: https://mydramalist.com/discussions/788582-pit-babe-season-2-uncut/140638-how-to-access-iqiyi-through-a-vpn

You don't need to delete the app. It can play individual episodes if you originally open them in browser and tap "open in app", but it cannot show you localized content within the app itself. I hope this makes sense.
It's basically almost the same steps as in my original comment.

Accessing iQIYI through a VPN is doable, albeit a bit tricky. You need to turn on your VPN, then open iQIYI in an incognito window, then without logging in, you find the episode you want, copy the URL and paste it into your regular browser.
Hope this helps! :)

My expectations for the finale were so damn low, but somehow it ended up being even worse. I can't even get invested in a single scene because it just skips to the next scene, and I am exhausted. Never mind this being an affront to BL titles, it just felt like every single scene existed in a vacuum. Chan Yeong spent, what, 3 days at Heesu's in the previous episode, and it didn't even feel like they existed in the same space outside of the scenes we saw of them together.

Why does everything that happens in this series feel like it exists in a vacuum? I think that's the best way to describe a lot of my issues with this series...

Oh you put it so much better than I ever could. Thank you! One small correction, however, is that the levels refer to support needs, not levels of autism. Level 1 requiring support; level 2 requiring substantial support (which is where I personally believe Ozone falls); level 3 requiring very substantial support. I much prefer that over high/low functioning because that is referring to how an autistic person fits in a neurotypical society, whereas support levels just say that we are different people and need different amounts of support in our day-to-day life. I don't think it's perfect by any means, but I definitely like it better than high/low functioning.

Well, there is a reason why those "high/low functioning" terms aren't used anymore, but I really do not want to be having that conversation here right now. Let's just say it goes back a good few decades and leave it at that for now. At the end of the day autism is still a disability whether you're "high-or-low functioning." We will never be neurotypical, and viewing us through a neurotypical lens, just furthers stigma.

I totally agree with how Ozone is supposed to be a "low functioning" autistic person. My first impression of Ozone was a level 2 autistic (which refers to support level, not "how autistic" a person is).

That being said, terms like "high functioning" and "low functioning" aren't really used anymore, and it also judges autistic people through a neurotypical lens. Asperger's was considered "high functioning" but it got removed from the DSM in 2013, yet I have personally seen medical professionals still use that as a diagnosis, and my own sister got diagnosed with it just last year.

As for your last point, that's exactly why I can also be more lenient about it.

Oh yeah, that rubbed me the wrong way a bit as well. I may be way off here because I have no experience with it, but to me, that part of Ozone seems more like schizophrenia. With that being said, Ozone's situation is unique to say the least, so I can /kind of/ (huge emphasis on "kind of") forgive it a bit.

Also, it being said by a doctor, is honestly a bit realistic, as sad as that is... Not quite the same, but I have definitely had moments where I've corrected doctors when they called my diagnosis "Asperger's." Might as well just say straight to my face that I'm not autistic enough (even though that's not at all how that works).

I'd love to know more about your views on how Ozone is written. What is, in your opinion, done well and what is done poorly?

Oh, I absolutely believe it! I have loved him in everything I've seen him in so far. He was also one of the biggest reasons why I was excited for Leap Day in the first place.

Can someone who is more familiar with Gun tell me if that's how he usually holds chopsticks or did he do that specifically for Ozone's character? Because if so, that's some crazy attention to detail as autistic people are more likely to have hypermobility and that can make you hold utensils in an "unusual" way (among other things, but that really stood out to me in this episode).

No way! I thought I was the only one who got subtle Gelboys vibes from this series!!