#lomfon x tian

[rocketturtle4]

Lomfon thoughts

So I read a bunch of la pluie meta but this post by @fadelikeclouds got me really thinking about Lomfon and his decision making, because it made so much sense to a logical brain. 

He made all the wrong choices, and he shouldn’t have done it, this isn’t a defence post it’s just a follow his logic post.

Prior to this episode we know

He doesn’t believe in soulmates (jut randomly similar wavelengths) - very logical 

(although I thought we’d get an emotional foundation for that - e.g. maybe one of his parents left becuase they found their soulmate, but it doesn’t seem like it anymore??). 

sudden soulmate bond is weird

Established link to an unknown person through a keychain. 

So here he is trying to figure out what on earth it means that he’s suddenly connected to Tai, a man he latched onto based on one conversation where he felt they really connected and basically nothing else (other than Tai’s continuing to be polite when they meet). This is big logic brain energy to me, he has gone:

ah this is a person I like for logical reasons like mutual interest, he is my crush now.

then we have two things happen (one slowly one quickly)

1. he gets feelings for Tien (slowly, illogically, over time)

2. he becomes Tai’s soulmate (suddenly and illogically). (and it’s only once so did it even happen or will it happen again?)

So he’s left with two hypotheses

1. He likes Tai (and Tai is his soulmate...is Tai his soulmate?)

2. He likes Tien

Asking Patts to solve it

The only defence statement I will say is that Lomfon made 1 SINGLE attempt to not be selfish, this was when he approached Patts and told him the truth, this was him reaching out in his confusion to discuss it. and Patts shut. him. down. (For perfectly good reasons don’t get me wrong) (especially since Lomfon doesn’t say he can hear both of them - confirmation bias for sure I saw a post about this sorry I don’t remember which one)

So this leaves Lomfon in a bit of a bind, WHAT DOES HE FEEL? Because he genuinely doesn’t know friends, he’s so confused is Lomfon. 

Asking Tien to solve it

Next we have him try to abdicate responsibility by asking Tien to solve his problem (without providing ANY CONTEXT). This obviously doesn’t yield his desired answer and he is once again confronted with his feelins for Tien with the little pinky touch. 

So he’s tried Patts, he’s tried Tien and who is left? Tai. 

Asking/Forcing Tai to solve it

and if he’s seeing Tai, he first needs to check if they are soulmates, prove that they are, because that’s the only way things will matter to Tai. 

So he picks a day it will rain and asks to meet. 

and then he waits for it to rain. 

Now I genuinely believe that the confession/kiss bit was pushed by the keychain revelation, that had definitely not been the plan. But he finally found his ‘first love’ and it’s also his soulmate, and he HAS TO KNOW DANG IT, so he kisses Tai, to check his own feelings (another wrong choice). 

And then he apologises

Why?

Because it was the wrong decision? ah der 

Because Tai didn’t want it? also clearly

Or maybe partly because...he didn’t feel anything.

We don’t get to properly see his response beyond this, because everything becomes a big mess and poor Tien is left outside of the conversation (and outside of the camera shots) while the three soulmates yell and fight and then...the connection is gone...and

Tien is there, and Tien is angry and dang it doesn’t Tien understand that Lomfon NEEDS to understand because Tien believes in soulmates and Tai is Lomfons soulmates and dang it Tien, I needed to know and it doesn’t concern you.

Except it does...

And now he’s ruined everything.

I want him to dwell in his consequences for sure, but I also hope that he grows into someone who can make Tien happy, because Tien fricken deserves it. 

#La Pluie #la pluie the series #la pluie meta #lomfon #lomfon x tian #rturts is wondering

[heretherebedork]

It's all in the moments when Tien has to be quiet and how much he's hiding behind the defensive words and the chaos he creates and the way he needs that silence that he never lets himself have and the way Lomfon creates that moment of peace for him and the silence that follows just keeps going and then how it leads into the actual scene where they film together and the way Tien can't escape his own reality for once, can't chaos or laugh his way out of his own worries.

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[scarefox]

That plot twist is screwing my mind. lol.

Of course my first instinct is: make it poly!! But I also need Lomfon x Tian to happen :/

#la pluie the series #ep8

[rocketturtle4]

I’m not sure Tian knows he’s in love, this didn’t feel like he was consciously lying

Tian answers with confidence, and repeats his answer without getting shifty. He doesn’t glance at Lomfon, he doesn’t glance at Tai to be like ‘don’t you say anything now’ he just says no. 

We do, however, get this subtle glance though after the answer

Immediately following this Lomfon is asked about His love life (do you have a crush on anyone?) and Tian still doesn’t seem invested, just excited by the fun. 

Lomfon then pauses to take a glance at Tai before answering that he does - classic crush behaviour since he is consciously aware of his crush on Tai (and only unconsciously aware of his feelings for Tian - these haven’t been reflected on yet).

Now Tian’s reaction to this is sort of overshadowed by Patt’s, but I will note the two have very SIMILAR reactions. 

So some jealousy is probably being felt. 

Now outside of this scene we have obviously been getting some very touching interactions between Tian and Lomfon and I don’t intend to analyse them here, only say that while I do think Tian has feelings and is leaning into Lomfon as a safe space, I’m not sure he’s conciously aware that he is doing this. So far, to me at least, it feels like he’s found safe and leaned into it without analysing or reflecting on himself, beyond his initial ‘why is my heart beating faster’ moment a few eps ago. 

I’m a bit worried that he’s only going to realise how deep he’s in after he gets shattered by finding out Lomfon can hear Tai and Patts (because he believes so much, so much more than anyone, that soulmates are real and that they’re the reason Tai is finally smiling again). 

#la pluie #la pluie the series #tian x lomfon #rturts is wondering

[scarefox]

No but real talk. I think what this plot is trying to tell us, is that the soul mate stuff doesn’t matter. Patts and Tai don’t love each other because of the soul mate thing, they fell for each other when they didn’t know about each others condition.

And for Lomfon... it’s weird that he can hear them both. Does he only hear them or others too? And why does he think only Tai is his soul mate and not Patts too? Oh god imagine if they didn’t start the Tian bond and it was actually poly that would be so badass. But I guess if they continue the Lomfon x Tian ship (after Lomfon realized he was chasing the wrong goal), then the message for them would be: they love each other despite Lomfons conditions. So basically again: the soul mate thing doesn’t matter.

(rip @ Lomfon for hearing Patts x Tai ... he should meet Black from Not Me)

#la pluie the series #ep8