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[hunilek]

Anywho, I pray Laya Lewis will be the next surprise breakout star of Skins in the likes of Dev Patel or Daniel Kaluuya. A criminally underrated talent who's also insanely gorgeous might I add. She deserves to have the last laugh after how horribly she was treated by that racist ass show and its equally racist fandom.

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i've been going through old posts in the skins tags, and the severe lack of fan content, especially positive fan content, for liv in comparison to the overwhelming amount for mini is just appalling.

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@pinkaibstan Holy hell. I can't believe you're still going at this. You're definitely the type of person people would hate getting into an argument with because you can't deal with not always getting the last word in, even if you are the one in the wrong.

Of course, my profile picture has no relevance to this discussion. It's not a reflection of my beliefs nor does it reinforce a certain idea about my character which in your case, seems to be that you coddle problematic, unsympathetic men and probably have the same level of empathy as they do since you can't understand why victim blaming is generally frowned upon.

Thanks for your surface level psychoanalysis on Taeju, but I don't need it. I watched all 8 episodes of My Name just like you did, and I'm pretty sure anyone with the intelligence of a 5th grader who's capable of critically viewing a piece of fictional media could pick up on Taeju's hatred for Jiwoo and his reasoning for so. Also, the fact that I stated in my OP that I had some sympathy for Taeju (i.e. because in his eyes, he was overlooked by Mujin in favor of two people who ultimately didn't have Mujin's back like he did) indicates that I know all of this already. I didn't actually expect Taeju to shift the blame onto Mujin. Of course, he fucking wouldn't. He was Mujin's right hand man and undyingly loyal to Mujin because he owed his entire life to him. Rather, I said what I did to express my frustrations with him and to emphasize how his anger and blame was misplaced. I don't get how that wasn't obvious to you.

For the last time, Taeju was not correct in blaming Jiwoo for why he lost his most beloved subordinate. "Gangjae wouldn't have left if she wasn't so determined to kill people." Gangjae didn't leave on his own! He was dishonorably discharged for trying to rape Jiwoo. Your argument would make a little more sense had Gangjae specifically targeted Jiwoo because he knew at the time that she was Donghoon's daughter, but that wasn't the case. Even then, a desire to kill Jiwoo would've been far more understandable than a desire to rape her.

The only reason why Gangjae had it out for Jiwoo was that she was a girl who defeated him in a fair fight. Because he couldn't cope with this, he chose to reassert his dominance by drugging her and attempting to gang rape Jiwoo which was a woefully unfair match up and a disproportionate response to the situation at hand. It's not Jiwoo's fault that she happened to be a woman at the wrong place and wrong time nor that Gangjae needed to train harder. Gangjae was also exiled by Mujin before Jiwoo cemented her alliance with Dongcheon, so your argument that she was the direct cause of his banishment is entirely false.

Also, why are you speaking on Jiwoo as if she were some blood thirsty killer without a rhyme or reason? She was specifically hunting down the person who murdered her father in cold blood right in front of her eyes, lmao. Anyone else she killed were people who either hurt or tried to kill her first. Taeju didn't discourage Jiwoo from leaving because he felt that she was in over her head but rather because he knew that Jiwoo would inevitably figure out that Mujin was her father's killer. He saw that she had the potential to singlehandedly destroy their empire and livelihood, and he was threatened by this.

You keep being hypocritical and contradicting yourself. First, you try to insult my intelligence and ability to discern fiction from reality because I attached real human emotions to this story and its characters, but here you are doing the same thing whenever it serves your viewpoint. You seriously think that I don't know what I was getting myself into when I decided to watch a noir mystery about a girl who joined a notorious gang to avenge her dead daddy? You don't think that I know that being a part of a gang isn't like being a part of a book club and that this lifestyle attracts the most gutter people of society? You don't have to keep explaining to me that Jiwoo made a voluntary choice to enter a world of high crime and expose herself to danger and physical harm. I'm not stupid.

However, just because something is a given or expected doesn't mean that I can't react to it still. The show's writer deliberately added that scene of Gangjae and Jiwoo to shock the audience and to establish Gangjae as a disturbed individual but somehow, you can't understand why someone would be *gasp* shocked by a sexual assault scene and find Gangaje's motivation for revenge absurd? The writer also included that specific line of dialogue by Taeju to demonstrate his callousness and lack of regard for Jiwoo and you're dumbfounded as to why someone is *gasp* put off by his apathy? The purpose of storytelling is to take a fictional story that is reminiscent of real life scenarios and people and to present these life-like themes in a way that stirs up strong emotions within the viewers, moves them, and generates conversation amongst them. Why you're mad at me because the writer was effective at doing exactly what she set out to do is beyond me and makes absolutely no sense.

Anyway, this is the last time I'm replying to you about this. I feel that I've thoroughly explained myself more than enough, and I'm tired of the back and forth over something that's not even worth arguing about. Nothing that I said in my ONE sentence post warranted dragging this out for 4 whole days. Please just admit that you were easily offended by a mild critique that I made about your favorite character (who you're convinced can do no wrong) and be on with it already.

Sometimes, I feel bad for Taeju because he never received the appreciation that he deserved from Mujin, but then I remember that he made light of Jiwoo's sexual assault and blamed her for Gangjae's exile.

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woah. i've roughly had the same follower count for the past several years, and i just happened to notice that it had gone down by about 130?? i'm lost.

[hunilek]

favorite platonic relationships: emma nelson and manny santos “Anything we’ve ever gotten through has been together.”

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Okay, and?

Sometimes, I feel bad for Taeju because he never received the appreciation that he deserved from Mujin, but then I remember that he made light of Jiwoo's sexual assault and blamed her for Gangjae's exile.

[hunilek]

when you go out of your way to avoid interacting with a certain blog because you don't vibe with the type of person you've observed them to be only for only for them to reblog one of your posts 🙃

[hunilek]

Well, my life no longer has any meaning.

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Sometimes, I feel bad for Taeju because he never received the appreciation that he deserved from Mujin, but then I remember that he made light of Jiwoo's sexual assault and blamed her for Gangjae's exile.

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Y'all are so pressed about people shipping Jiwoo with Mujin when the real threat is people who ship Jiwoo with Gangjae. 😭

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He’s like “you can TALK?!?

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omg. i can't believe one of my posts was blocked from showing up in the tags merely because i used the word s*xual in it (and in the least explicit way possible). when did this site become so tame?

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Seriously, though, why did Jiwoo have chemistry with everyone but Pildo? Her chemistry with Mujin was outstanding, and she also had a heck of a lot more chemistry with Gang Jae (I absolutely do not ship them, but their actors worked well together), Taeju, the really tall and young detective who gave her chamomile tea (Although, I could be projecting with this one; I thought he was cute, lol), and even the nurse with the butterfly tattoo than she did with Pildo.

Yet, Pildo was the one that the writers kept forcing her to have a love connection with. It made no sense. Even Pildo's chemistry with his boss was far more stimulating, lmaoo.

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Can someone give me evidence that Warren photoshopped a picture of him and Max together? How the hell does one picture together in photography class mean he photoshopped them together? Like how did you jump to that conclusion? Do you really believe a game involving a villain who specifically takes pictures of drugged women would have a potential love interest do that? Photoshop, steal pictures, and edit a picture without her consent? Cause like really how do ya'll jump to that conclusion and how many hoops did you guys have to jump through? How did you jump to the conclusion he's a creep when he doesn't expect shit out of Max nor has entitled behavior. Hell, imo Chloe has somewhat more entitled behavior along with Victoria but he's the one considered a creep and weirdo. He never expresses an entitlement to Max or her attention and despite what he's been through he doesn't feel entitled to happiness. Does it imply it? Does Max react in a way that would make you think it's photoshopped or a picture taken without her consent? Even then why do people think that if he photoshopped a photo of them together that she would be cool with him? Why would she still talk to him? Why wouldn't she tell Chloe? Also, do you have to stop being friends with someone you also happen to have a crush on when they're not interested? Steph had a crush on Rachel but they still remained friends in some way. You can have a crush on people and remain friends especially after they're not interested in you or are taken. Also if that logic works then shouldn't Chloe stop being friends with Max when she realized that she wasn't into her? Is it because Warren is a man or a boy and you assume he would get violent? That he would stalk her? Or that he would r*pe her? I just wanna know what evidence or proof you have that Warren is like this? If Warren was meant to be bad we would've seen it or Max would at the very least written it down that she's uncomfortable or that he seems to like her and she doesn't want things to be weird or go to south. The only instances in which Warren could be seen as violent is when he beat up Nathan who was gonna try and hurt Chloe and Max. As well as him laughing his ass off at a violent film which imo doesn't mean much. Like bruh, I feel ya'll only said it was creepy because he was a man and that he was considered a threat between Chloe and Max. Chloe feels in a way entitled to Max, the way she blew up about Kate told me how she felt entitled to Max. When she keeps bringing up the fact that Max "abandoned" her and holds it over her head whenever shit doesn't go her way. Oh, Warren seems entitled or needy for her attention because he sends multiple texts or wanted a hug but the girl who constantly holds her friend's guilt over her leaving soon after her dad died and never calling when it was never her responsibility to call or text. Warren never forced her to do anything she liked, even down to that damn hug we were introduced into, he doesn't make a big deal out of it and leaves it alone. Like Victoria literally embarrassed, humiliated, and bullied a girl for no damn reason other than maybe jealousy but even then her being bullied was entirely Victoria's fault and she would've never been embarrassed and humiliated if Victoria hadn't put her in that situation after posting the video. Almost all of these characters are flawed and these questions wouldn't be asked for these other characters. But why is Warren considered bad, a threat, a danger to Max when he hasn't done much or anything to show that he was a threat. You don't have to like him at all. Hell, you can dislike him for your own reasons and don't have to answer to me. But to those who make up rumors and shit that just isn't true about Warren and talk shit about those who like him, please leave this boy alone and his fans. Just admit you don't like men and go. 👋🏽👋🏽

[hunilek]

Life is Strange, huh,,,? How about,,, Max and Warren? Or Kate and Max?

Grahamfield:

I know that I was known within the fandom for being a Grahamfield shipper, but it's been about 5 or so years since I've seen/played the first game, and I don't think I'd feel as strongly about them as I did if were to revisit the game today. Max and Warren had a budding romance, but it lacked depth because the developers put very little effort into exploring their relationship, both platonically and romantically.

Marshfield:

Cute friendship. I would've loved to see them go on one of their after school tea 'dates'.

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wake up gang a new ship bingo dropped, anyway send me a pairing and I’ll answer!

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Part of me wants to ship Jiwoo and Mujin together because of their undeniable chemistry and connection (Pildo x Jiwoo could never!), but apart from the killer reveal (obviously), their very wide age gap and the fact that Mujin took Jiwoo under his wing when she was 17 kind of turns me off from the ship.