#i dont even have a prob w cheating plot bc all those messy emotions ah

[seokjinnieb]

i think my main problem with ipytm till now is that we get so little insights from the characters and what they are actually feeling. there's so much context missing for everything. especially in ep 3. there's just so much missing, its like they give us a vague ass timeline of events happening without showing us anything about the actual characters. i wonder if they expect me to fill in the blanks and just understand where and how teh and oh changed?

itsay was a character-driven show and people (or me I guess) did get attached to teh and oh. there was no huge, dramatic plot thing happening. but ipytm just really disconnected me from the characters. they feel like vague shadows (?) and just so out of touch. and yeah the whole don't compare thing is totally valid but ipytm is still a continuation of itsay and i was watching it for the characters and their relationship. and if you make us feel distant from them then what exactly is the point of it being a part 2? just make another series (although...lol)

and this is not just because i think the things in ep 3 are ooc for teh (which i guess i still believe in). but if they did the whole cheating (?) or method acting while making it a little more believable i would be perfectly fine with it. and by believable, i mean actually showing how teh reached that point (especially after ep 2). his actions make so little sense to me right now, i could make 15 theories about how we reached ep 3 teh and they could all be canon. his actions are so confusing and so contrasting all the time and i have no idea how or why tf is he doing anything. they really gave an anxious af teh in one ep and gave a fucking detached teh in another with no context. ok, maybe i'll just go write some fics about what happened in the middle since they don't want to give me any context.

i'm not even going to ques their direction of the script because you do you (i guess?) and it is their story (although if they are making something commercial the audience is like, you know, some way involved too but whatever). but if you don't even make it convincing enough for me, then how am i supposed to just. should i just take your word, that oh changed, teh changed so they do this shit? of course, they changed i expected that much. this story is over three years, of course, they changed! but how, and most importantly why?

#ipytm #i promised you the moon #i have so many thoughts (no feelings bc im very emotionally detached from the show now) #i've had this issue since ep 2 so it's not even about the cheating plot #i dont even have a prob w cheating plot bc all those messy emotions ah #literally sat thru friend zone every week and enjoyed it so #i waited to see if it would get better in ep 3 but it regressed #so let's see if ep 4 gives their character more depth #its def the time skip's fault but that was also their decision and idk they fucked it up for me #ngl the method acting plot is very interesting and it could be explored if they had more time #like that korean movie explored it so so well legit gave me creeps but it was amazing #but this topic is so deep idk how they will pull if off #still gonna watch ep 4 sometime tho bc i've invested so much time in this show #it would be a waste to not watch it #plus messy emotions are my style so