#him having made choices for his survival that zeke wont support and it hurts in a million different ways

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Thinking about Him* again.

*shaolin fantastic the lady-killing romantic

#my dearest darling you-know-who you are: this is your one sign to stop reading these tags so you can avoid spoilers #with that out of the way: some thoughts in no particular order #1. this post is a lie because i am actually always thinking about shaolin fantastic #2. a l i e n b r o t h e r s #no but like weve been robbed so bad #of dizzee and shao connecting here #elaborate on the fucking alien brotherhood man #and like also... it's really what theyre all about huh and in such different ways #shao is doing anything and everything to reach that fucking opera #and he depends on zeke for it all the more because zeke is his ticket out #and then also he loves zeke so clearly #and it is such a mess of different stakes and vulnerability and then like... #him having made choices for his survival that zeke wont support and it hurts in a million different ways #and it's like... idk man #shao gets SO close to his opera and he is still an alien #and dizzee goes about his opera so differently #and maybe i think #just m a y b e he couldve helped shao in some way #they couldve helped each other #but we were robbed #this was all extremely incoherent i know #maybe one day i will write an actually coherent and fully thought out analysis of shaolin fantastic #and esp his extremely layered relationship with zeke #but today is not that day #today (like any other day) is just me having Thoughts and Feelings #i will say once again: i will never forgive baz luhrmann for ditchting the get down before giving shao a happy ending #the get down #netflix the get down #can we get a the get down renaissance around here please? #i miss them so much always