Who is Jo?
It's only the fifth episode of The Trainee but I feel confident about who is the Blue Boy since I learned more about him this episode.
Ryan is a chill Green Guy who helps everyone including Pie in the very beginning of the episode by changing the copy paper and helping her. This hasn't changed.
Pie is still being her red passionate self now that she is assistant director for the music video.
Pah is still the yellow and orange odd one out.
Judy is still a sophisticated Black Brooder, and Mee is an evolving Pink Person.
(who gives her crushes pink donuts, so can Judy get one already?)
But the focus of this episode and post is about Jane!
We got to know more about him, and my original theory about him seems to be correct because I believed Jane was the Blue Boy since he seems cold and distant but everyone overlooks how dependable and loyal he is.
And once Ryan steps into Jane's apartment, it becomes even more clear that nobody really knows (Blue Boy) Jane.
(Sidenote, to be honest, I'd be Purple Person Ja, and not just because of the hair. I have beef with authority figures for no good ass reason. I need no reasons to dislike management, supervisors, admin, or anyone with power, so I ain't mad at her for talking shit about Jane every chance she gets)
Not only are Jane's curtains that shut out the rest of the world in the apartment that he intentionally selected since it's so close to his job blue.
But Ryan learns that Jane doesn't eat spicy food after Jane makes Ryan dinner in his blue pot.
And much like Pie's red bag, Mee's pink purse, and Ryan's green tote, Jane's bag has blue on it.
But what makes me really believe Jane is a Blue Boy is his behavior.
It seems like Jane has a box of shooting schedules (or storyboards) right at his front door that Ryan has to push a bit to get through, which much like the location of his apartment reinforces that his job is his life. (unless those are bills, then those bills look odd, and boy is about to be evicted)
Jane's movies are in alphabetical order (however, he alphabetizes "The" which should not be done because article adjectives a, an, and the should be omitted in alphabetizing, but . . . it's his personal collection, so do you, boo boo)
His album collection seems to be displayed by color connection (black, white, red) since I spotted Kodaline's 2022 album Our Roots Run Deep, Coldplay's 2002 album A Rush of Blood to the Head, and the 1980s Japanese rock band, Southern All Stars' Tiny Bubbles.
And the real kicker is Jane's favorite movie seems to be Mary is Happy, Mary is Happy, which is a Thai film about a creative girl who has to go up against her power-driven headmaster to get the yearbook produced as she encounters all the chaos that comes along with being a teenager.
And even his coworker (boss?) stated that Jane has the director's eye but he had a bad experience as an intern. Jane is talented yet guarded, which is very Blue Boy of him! Also, this book is free in the Archive and amazing!
So even though Tae has a blue phone and his blue headphones with a blue emoji heart to match Mee's pink heart as a he thinks of her with a pink background,
My money is on Jane being the Blue Boy since taking care of a Green Guy comes natural to him.
But the real point of this post is to ask "Who is Jo?" Is he the boss? A helpful office worker? Both? Because he is the only one who interacts with all the staff and actually notices all of them. He knew Pah was Pah when he was pretending to be Tae. He realizes Judy is amazing. He knows where the number for the copier tech is. He takes care of the fish.
Is he the original Ryan?!
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Lego Monkie Kid Rewatch: Season 3
Episode 10, Samadhi Fire Part 1/2
Just a warning, I do talk about season 5 for a moment, but I'll try to keep it labeled and separate so you can easily skip over it without getting spoiled if you want.
Now that I know a bit of the Journey to the West, I have only just realised how impossible it would be for the pilgrims to be here helping baby Red Son.
No way could this rage baby Red Son have thought up clever scheams to catch and eat Tang Sanzang the way JTTW Red Son did. Not to mention at the end JTTW Red Son ended up going to Guanyin's villain reform program.
On the other hand, I don't believe the sealing of Samadhi Fire would have happened before the journey. Wukong is clearly wearing his post-pilgrimage get up and the pilgrims all act like they know each other.
All of this to say, just how many differences are there between the show's journey and the novel's.
Then again, the fact that Iron Fan and Bull King are still in love and married should have been the first tip off for me.
Season 5 Spoiler Talk
I am curious, are all of these differences a result to Nine-Headed Demon's interference? What the heck did the guy have to do to insure Red Son would be born late enough to be baby during Tang Sanzang's life time? Is the Nine-Headed Demon responsible for the Samahdi fire being so out of control in a young Red Son? In JTTW, Red Son still wields it and has great control over it.
"For the Samahdi fire to be split in three, you must harmonise you're energies!"
These three? Harmonise? A hard headed demon king, a sentient rock monkey, and a duty bound celestial ex-mortal? Sanzang was basically asking for failure here.
Wukong: 'Psssh, this is easy.'
Also Wukong:
Ao Lie just took a blow for Sanzang!
The notorious, lets everything go to chaos in a box around him while continues to be horse actually stepped up and took action. Now I know for sure this is post-pilgrimage! Character development!
Reprimands in sarcasm and bonks heads when annoyed.
Brother coded, brother coded, brother coded, brother coded
"Alright, you win."
In the last episode when Tang said this it was more from Macaque's perspective and thus Tang sounded desperate and hopeless. He really seemed like he'd given up.
Now, thanks to these three shots… everything feels different. Same lines, same delivery. But now I believe Tang isn't giving up. He's got a plan!
I have not talked enough about the sound design in this show! I love the sounds they use for magic. I'm pretty sure that each magic user plus each different power their unique chime/gong!
Examples:
Tang's has a very clear and simple ring.
Ne Zha's sounds like fairy twinkle lights, all light, airy, and chimey.
Wukong main magic is like a bamboo thunking against a stone, or a a small stone creating ripples in a pond. Wish I knew what made this sound. I have been conditioned to be hyped every time I hear it.
Interestingly, MK's magic sounds the same. I believe this is what further fed into the belief that Wukong had gifted MK his magic instead of it coming from the kid. The shows own little misdirection!
But really, I think the reason for the similarity in their magic, both ability and sound, stems from them both being made by Nuwa as celestial stone monkeys.
The whole reason I thought to bring it up was this transition. We go from a third person perspective to looking through Wukong's eyes. and the first thing to clue us in that this is happening is the sound of Wukong's gold vision activating before suddenly the image blinks gold and we find ourselves zooming out of Wukong's eyes as he watches the scene from far away.
The way they did this was such a cool transition as well as an awesome example of how the golden vision works! Superman, you wish you're eye powers were this cool!
"Let's hope my aim is as good as it used to be."
AKA: "If I skewer you, it's totally because I missed and not because I'm still angry at you and taking petty revenge."
Red, blue, green. Long ago, the three Samadhi Fires were separated and the great destruction was extinguished.
Only when the three colors are found again can they unite and create-
PINK FIRE!
Wai- what? That's not how color theory works.
How did I never notice before? The full might of the Samadhi Fire is pink.
Love the shattered chains, and the washing away of the blue aura to symbolize LBD's hold over him being broken.
"Someone get some water!"
I'm surprised he didn't throw snow at her. Its right there.
Anyone else think it's really cool that Wukong can just pull Macaque out of his shadows?
Like, no one else has been able to do that!
Ah, so Tang didn't have a plan. He just did it because it felt right. shakes my head Oh Tang, and for a moment I thought you were competent.
Seriously though, I am now forever scarred by the word destiny. I hate it.
"I hate to interrupt, but can someone explain what is going on!"
No please interrupt. We need you MK! You're the only one who could possible salvage this situation. Everybody else just keeps making it worse!
Macaque- ignoring the child in fiery pain to celebrate his freedom.
Wukong- lashing out at the closest person marginally at fault (that isn't him).
Ne Zha- voice of doom declaring the girl and world as a lost cause.
Tang- DESTINY
Like, great job everyone. Way to solve your problems.
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A Tale of TWO Blue Boys?
It's episode seven of The Trainee and what I know for sure is everyone is color coded, like Ryan is a Green Guy.
Pie is a Red Rascal.
Mee is a Pink Person.
And Pah is a Yellow/Orange Oddity.
These are obvious!
But I was on the hunt for the Blue Boy of the group, and I thought it was Jane!
Because I thought Tae was a Brown Blanket.
Wait, I meant that I thought Tae was a Brown Boy.
So it would make sense that Ryan would wake up in pink (with green) wrapped in a blue comforter since he likes Jane.
And it would make sense that Ryan seeing Jane's true color would stir something pink in Blue Boy Jane.
Since Blue Boy Jane has started wearing his color more and is now wearing both his and Ryan's colors!
But now I think there are TWO Blue Boys in this story!
I've known Tae has blue headphones and a blue cell phone.
And I've known Mee has a blue heart for him in her phone when she is clearly the pink heart.
But then Mee also made Tae coffee in a blue mug to go with her pink mug, and there are the cute color-coded little rabbits that (should) represent them on his desk.
So while Ryan was wearing red like his fellow AD intern Pie and making the same type of mistake she did on the set by when she made costly decisions on her own,
(Which will cause Jane and Ryan to end up in the red next week but hopefully the potential for a blinding light of love is there too *fingers crossed*)
Mee is living the color-coded life she wants to be living with Tae . . . with Judy.
Mee wants someone who is dependable and stable. Mee wants someone she can count on.
And she gets that from Black Brooder Judy.
But what Mee wants, and this hurts me to write because I want my GL couple to sail, is a Blue Boy, which might be the reason why she is wearing blue when kissing Judy.
While Tae has been excelling as an intern, he has been a shit boyfriend, but for their anniversary, he tried to be the best Blue Boy for Mee.
And even tried to show up for her!
But is it too late for Tae to be the Blue Boy(friend) Mee wanted him to be?
I have no idea where this story is going because I'm blinded by my desire for Judy and Mee to be an item, but I do find it interesting that Tae is finally wearing blue in the next episode.
And he will be at his absolute worst surrounding by pink.
While Mee is still in blue, so is she trying to manifest the faen of her color-coded dreams or is Tae actually a Blue Boy, and she is showing him how much she loves him by wearing his color?
Because when Ryan wears blue, its obvious why.
But I don't know what it means for a boy who can't pick what color or what kind of boyfriend he wants to be.
Is this story big enough for two Blue Boys?
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