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distant-screaming · 1 year
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Li Ming being so excited about Heart's voice that he gets flustered and keeps stumbling over his signs......... how am I supposed to live laugh love in these conditions
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isaksbestpillow · 1 year
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Well well well. That was honestly the best first episode on GMMTV in my books. Usually their shows tend to be slow starters where you might need an episode or two to really get into it but this time I was hooked from that very first long take.
Mix is so good at lovelorn eyes, no one does flirtation quite like him. I'm glad p'Aof has taken Earth under his wing because I can't imagine any of the other bl regulars to convincingly pull off a sweaty working man pushing 40.
The directing feels very focused, there's this flow to it. We're introduced to a lot of information and characters and their dynamics in a short amount of time. I loved so many of these small revealing moments. Wen and Jim awkwardly sharing the heteronormative grandma's mooncake as two gay men who know they won't have kids, and how that later leads us to I'm sure you know my preference. Uncle Jim's favourite romantic dvd he no longer watches. The story feels so lived-in already. So much has already happened.
One of my favourite moments was actually a moment that never was. I loved how present Alan was in his absence. His handwritten note, that shot of two chargers side by side. Wen looking at the moon as couples pass him by. I was constantly expecting Alan to show up in the next scene, and then he never did. I mean isn't that exactly how it feels like to wait in vain. Alan left me on read and I love what it says about him and Wen.
I'm obsessed give me the next episode.
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ctl-yuejie · 1 year
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Touch Me! 🤗 if you can 🤗
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justafriend-ql · 1 year
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“now” - as if li ming just woke up and decided to be gay!?
i get where jim is coming from (not wanting li ming to struggle in the same way he has), but WOW this is so not the way to talk to your closeted teenage nephew who has a homophobic mother and has just had his first kiss with a boy who makes him incredibly happy
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Hello to the worst parallel in the world (affectionate)
@respectthepetty made an entire post about symbolism in Moonlight Chicken that was truly excellent and spurred a conversation in the comments that gave birth to another truly excellent post about potential for the central conflict in Moonlight Chicken.
And as I watch episode 3 I cannot help but think about this moment of foreshadowing at the end of episode 1 and the statement it is making.
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Above is a photo of Wen's ID card with the Marina logo printed on the back of the ID and the words "Wen- Moonlight Chicken- Temp Staff" scrawled in marker on top of the plastic ID cover. The words here block out or overshadow Marina, showing Wen's attention and interest lies in the chicken shop above his interest in Marina.
At this point in the show, I had begun to suspect that Wen (and possibly Alan) would be involved in a Marina project that would potentially threaten the Moonlight Chicken Diner. When Episode 2 aired, this conversation between Kaipa and Jim made me think Marina would just be building new food market territory in the zones around where Moonlight Chicken Diner was located, driving up prices of both rent and food and making it impossible for Jim to continue to operate at the prices he is currently charging:
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Enter Episode 3 where we get the Grand Reveal. Marina is planning on expanding their food court (which we already knew), they are not just going to purchase the buildings and put their own vendors in, they are planning on demolishing the existing structures and build something new over top. And what do we learn about the zones Marina is considering? The zones include the Moonlight Chicken Diner
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And here is where the worst (emotionally) visual parallel comes in to play. The Marina logo with the tagline "creating a sustainable future" printed on top right corner of a photo of the Moonlight Chicken Diner. Looming over top of the building like it's waiting for its moment to strike. Even Jim's green truck is parked in front of the diner in this photo. He's in that diner, he's preparing food for the evening when this photo was taken, completely unaware of the fact that someone is outside, ready to tear his chicken shop to the ground. And respectthepetty, if you are seeing this post, I for one think it is very rude of the blue and red color coding to continue even in this photo with the blue wall and red lanterns.
Something something Moonlight Chicken being written over Marina on Wen's ID something something Marina building on top of the rubble of Moonlight Chicken Diner something something.
Anyway, the gay chicken show has consumed my life and we are only 3 episodes in.
I haven't finished episode 3 yet, only got through part one and felt compelled to make this post so unless they already handle it later on in the episode I am very interested in how Jim will react to finding out that he's the other man once Alan show up in full force, or what I will affectionately be calling 'The Cock Fight" but you know...that's a whole other post.
Also, please do NOT get me started on the irony of Marina's tagline being "creating a sustainable future" when they keep driving prices higher and are only interested in demolition of old historic buildings *cough, cough*
Edit: lmao, not me starting part 2 of episode 3 and having them give me the same parallel immediately.
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kimbaejoonie · 1 year
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FIRST SIGHTED I REPEAT FIRST SIGHTED
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three--rings · 1 year
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Fuck FUCK.
Okay the revelation about what Beam's parent did to Jim after his death.
It's TOO REAL.
I need younger people, young Americans in particular who don't remember what it was like before we got same sex marriage, to know how REAL this is.
I knew a guy, older than me, had been with his husband for 30 years. Called him his husband, they had a wedding, shared a house, everything. But it wasn't legal.
My friend opened his own business, took a big financial risk, and ended up getting really screwed the by owner of the building where his shop was. He ended up owing tens of thousands of dollars. His husband said "hey this is your problem" and kicked him out of the house, which was in his husband's name. 30 years of joint payments, and my friend was homeless with only what he could fit into his car, which his name was on.
Marriage isn't just about feel good lovey dovey things. It's about building a life with someone and having some guarantee that it can't just be ripped away from you.
And this happened to so many queer people when their partners died. Their families came in and took everything. "I don't want the cat, you can keep it."
GOD GOD. They are really not pulling punches on this show and my fucking HEART HURTS.
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priapussdick · 1 year
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this is also me watching heart and li ming being disgustingly cute with eachother
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Moonlight Chicken really said “it’s not enough for you to watch First suffer, you must watch Khaotung suffer more.”
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vegaseatsass · 1 year
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Okay so who is gonna write the Not Me crossover where Gumpa got radicalized and started a left wing antifa biker gang after he fucked things up with his nice chicken rice boyfriend. Like "I ruined things w/ the love of my life because of heteronormativity (and, quite possibly, capitalism), I'm gonna mentor some queer kids to make sure that never happens to them and burn some billionaire houses down while we're at it"
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distant-screaming · 1 year
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Hey do you like. Think about the fact that Heart probably tried to speak out loud after the accident but he was too loud or too pitchy or sounded wrong, so his parents told him to just write stuff out? And then when he spoke in front of Li Ming, all that he was met with was overjoyed approval?? Hey???
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isaksbestpillow · 1 year
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I'm so intrigued by the conversation between Wen and his stepdad!! They're close, yet the stepdad barely knows who Alan is. It's not how's Alan doing, it's are you still with that guy, the one with the face, whatshisname. I don't think Alan has been a beloved regular at Wen's family gatherings. Wen's stepdad is not all that surprised to hear things with Alan are not exactly great, like he'd expected it from the start. This is not how you talk about your otp. From his nonchalant reaction I get the impression Wen might have a bad track record in his relationships, which suits his overall profile. Mass communication wasn't a good fit, but this art degree job is kinda bullshit, too. He's looking for something but he can't find what it is.
Also obsessed with Jim who won't kiss Wen but will participate in a dozen binding rituals with him. They started from the end and are now trying to figure out where the beginning is.
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For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch,
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And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss.
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Romeo & Juliet
Act 1, Scene 5
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justafriend-ql · 1 year
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Head empty, only thought:
Will the bike crash be really bad or be minimal damage (maybe some bruises and scraps on Heart and body damage to the bike)?
If it is minimal damage will Heart take all the blame for it and intentionally try to shield Li Ming from consequences?
Either way will we get Heart standing up to his parents about how they treat him?
I've been telling @respectthepetty from the beginning I was stressing about how foreshadowing of Li Ming not having his license would play out in relation to Heart's Dad being a cop, I am not patient enough to wait a whole week to see what happens.
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jolselin · 1 year
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What behind the scenes photo? 👀
i was speaking about this one
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see! they're in the same scene! what i don't understand is if this is gaipa's mom's funeral as everyone predicts then what is alan doing there and why is his leg injured. well i guess we'll find out soon enough.
however this morning i went on twitter and saw another picture that will be of interest to us :) putting it under read more bc i think it counts as spoilery. at least the previous pic was posted by someone from the crew
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seeeeeee they're at the same table! you can also predict the ending from this. to be fair everyone seated like this is a little too picture perfect but i'll take any crumbs i can get
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