Because I am a little bit crazy but any thoughts on what was ever going on in libidO? Like, I’ve always wanted a long storyline specifically between LoveNineMill 😭 we were robbed of that storyline!! Love triangle/cheating story?? I want to know - 🕯 anon
omg hi anon!! i'll be honest, my thoughts on the libido storyline are nothing particularly groundbreaking and probably v similar to other people's theories u mightve seen, But im gonna take this opportunity to talk abt them and post libido screencaps bc that mv is still sooo gorgeous
so in the mv, i think rie and junji are def supposed to represent a picture of comfort and stability
like this is perhaps a long-term relationship where they know exactly where they stand with each other, and that’s a place of mutual desire and care <3 i esp love this shot of the two of them watching kyujung
like the knowing smile on junji’s face and the mild surprise + delight on rie’s. it reads very much like a couple seeing their friends who have been circling each other for ages in a will they won’t they stage finally do Something
which brings me to kyubin and yoojung who i think are in the role of the early stages of a relationship, with all the flirting and cautious touches and uncertainty. i think taeyeob said it best when explaining night flight for the pdm interim check, that this stage for kyubin and yoojung is like “how you know the flight will be dangerous, but that you trust the person and want to go on a romantic flight anyway”
despite the uncertainty and the danger, i think with them in the mv, you can see this absolute joy at finally embracing instinct and feeling this kind of freedom. like regardless of what obstacles may come up, they’ve made this leap and decided to take this chance together
in this aspect, i think both junrie and kyujung can be contrasted w lovemillnine. where junrie had taken that leap a while ago and kyujung have just taken it, lovemillnine, or at least part of them, still havent
they def have the most narratively juicy storyline out of the 3. to me personally, it definitely reads more like a love triangle mired by uncertainty and fear rather than cheating, but i def how it can be read as the latter
in the story, i think that love and mill were friends and almost-lovers before nine and love were — that love and mill were in that will they wont they stage but mill was afraid to take that leap, be it for fear that it wouldnt work out, shame, internalized homophobia, etc etc or any combination of those. and then nine became a part of the picture and was someone who desired love in the way that mill did, but without as much of the apprehension that mill had
the cinematography does such a good job at framing the tension and conflict present in this relationship the 3 of them have, this shot in particular is so striking to me
the way mill is so close to the camera and nine and love are both farther away, along with the way he is looking over at nine, it creates this feeling that mill suddenly finds himself on the outside looking in at a situation that he used to be the center of. he used to be the sole object of love’s affection but now suddenly nine is here and mill feels like he’s being pushed out
and despite whatever shame and fear mill feels, he still knows what he wants, and even if he’s afraid to take the leap he needs to, he’s trying to do something to get back what he fears he’s losing. and i think that’s rly well-conveyed in this shot after the previous where love moves closer to nine and then mill decides to move closer as well
and love is clearly still interested in mill (i.e. the hands scene, the gazing, etc) but is now stuck between these two. i absolutely adore that during the section of the mv near the beginning that flashes rapidly through a bunch of shots, it flashes between these shots of lovenine and lovemill
it rly highlights the tension here as well as draws the obvious parallel between nine and mill, and then the rest of the mv shows the contrast between nine and mill
(also sidenote: the mv description for libido tells the story of The Boy, the protagonist of the instinct pt 1 album and how he grapples w desire and instinct and shame and guilt, etc. my beloved friend fiona @iridescentspacewhale has this theory that mill represents the boy, and i think it makes a lot of sense, since his storyline is the one that seems to deal with these conflicting feelings and worries and desires the most)
and truly anon, we were indeed so robbed of this storyline!! i really wish ip2 or underground idol could’ve served as a more obvious sequel/continuation of libido/ip1, but for obvious reasons that couldn’t happen 🥲🥲
the skinz mv really makes me wonder what direction lovemillnine was originally going to go bc in that mv, there’s this situation happening where it looks like mill is pining after an oblivious nine, but idk if there was originally going to be smth between them (which definitely would make for an interesting resolution or addition to the conflict of lovemillnine) or if that was just added in relatively last minute after jisung left
i personally think it’ll be really cool if nine and mill’s solos take a darker turn in exploring the conflict and jealousy between them. fiona and i are especially fond of a storyline where mill gets to take his revenge, but i guess we’ll see!!
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this is making me want to cry. lovemiles edgeworth but dont do me like this
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Nakamori Akina Lyrics: Moroi Gogo (脆い午後; A Fleeting Afternoon)
English translation and romanization below the cut.
ENGLISH
I asked my friends to keep an alibi for me
Then went on a trip with you
The announcements said “Kyoto”
And then, the door slowly opened
My heartbeat’s all over the place
From the light snow falling on Ninenzaka
Windmills, lovemills, don’t you dare stir
I like him more than anybody else
Meandering, rambling hills, don’t you dare leave me
I have a feeling that this fleeting afternoon,
There’ll be one piece of news: that I’ve gone from girl to woman
I had no problem telling people
That tomorrow's off limits
But when I look at his face next to me,
It makes me want to find out for myself
I copy our names
In my diary entries about Sagano Path
Story of my dreams, story of our love, don’t you dare break
I won’t let anyone take this love from me
Meandering, rambling hills, don’t you dare leave me
I have a feeling that this fleeting afternoon
A single button will pop off: the one that says I’ve gone from girl to woman
Windmills, lovemills, don’t you dare stir
I like him more than anybody else
Meandering, rambling hills, don’t you dare leave me
I have a feeling that this fleeting afternoon,
There’ll be one piece of news: that I’ve gone from girl to woman
ROMAJI
tomodachi ni aribai wo tanomi
anata to tabi ni dete kita no
nagareru anaunsu wa “kyouto”
yuruyaka ni doa ga hiraita
ni’nenzaka maichiru koyuki ni
tokimeki ga midaresou desu
kazaguruma koiguruma yurasantoite
kono hito ga dare yori mo suki nan desu
mayoizaka mayoizaka hanasantoite
musume kara onna e to
nyu-su hitotsu okoshisou na moroi gogo desu
asu no koto nado tabu- to
hito ni wa karuku ieta kedo
anata no yokogao mite’ru to
tashikamete mitaku narimasu
sagano-ji no omoide no-to ni
futari no na wo utsutsushi-tomemasu
yume moyou koi moyou kowasantoite
kono koi wa mou dare ni mo watasemasen
mayoizaka mayoizaka hanasantoite
musume kara onna e to
botan hitotsu hajikesou na moroi gogo desu
kazaguruma koiguruma yurasantoite
kono hito ga dare yori mo suki nan desu
mayoizaka mayoizaka hanasantoite
musume kara onna e to
nyu-su hitotsu okoshisou na moroi gogo desu
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