#dff ep 8 spoiler

[vani-ash]

I support Nons wrongs

[lemon-salad69]

Me and the other non supporters watching him finally snap

[sammylamsu]

After Watching DFF EP 8 I'm listening to this song and crying myself to sleep.

[mikuni14]

Dead Friend Forever - Ep 8

One of the reasons I love DFF so much is the fact that we already have 8 episodes and NONE of them are bad or worse than the previous one, there is no annoying fluctuation or drop in quality. From the first episode, the series maintains a constant, very high level, which is almost unheard of in BL series, or in series in general ✨

DFF has the perfect storytelling for a show about crime and mystery. It is as if we were in a dark room surrounded by vague shapes and with one light source, and with each episode the light gets stronger brings new shapes out of the darkness. In this episode, it was Tee's involvement in Non's disappearance. And also Keng's fate. The crew's behavior at the beginning of the series, their sense of guilt mixed with persistent and aggressive convincing themselves that Non simply disappeared (also - as if it were normal, such a disappearance), and Tee and Top's belief that Non is a ghost (i.e. dead), found a perfect explanation. Because when they see Non for the last time, he is alive. And Tee (and possibly Top because he was there) know more, but not everything. What is clear, however, is the power of delulu in all of them and the creeping, repressed subconscious knowledge that no, Non did not run away with Keng...

My personal comment: while I can objectively consider their shades, greyness, nuances and so on, the fact that they lied to the police without hesitation in Non's case and then everyone preyed and fed on his work and basked in the light of success, eliminates all their "shades". And yes, even Jin showing off his pained face. I'm a fan of PheeJin, but I want to make one thing clear: I'm not interested in his remorse, his or Tee's motivations. I'm interested in the result and how they behaved. I'm interested in their choices. And in the case of these guys, the truth is really clear and out there. It's not about one choice, one mistake. What I mean, an endless SERIES of choices and mistakes ending with Non's disappearance, who no one knows where he is, doesn't go to school, is with some shady adult, doesn't live a normal teenager's life. The way THEY ALL LIVE.

Non's relationship with his parents was amazingly presented, as well as the accusations about which one of them was responsible for his sexuality, which is such a rl experience. It's also telling, that neither of his parents asked him how you were feeling? Do you need help? No, they just made it all about themselves, thought that the teenage child, THEIR CHILD, just did it on its own, probably to spite them. And they immediately compared him to his brother who "would never do something like that." Also Non's mental breakdown, his manic episode, but also how he didn't get rid of his old habits, his gullibility, because he gave in to Tee very easily and drank water from him. This is all very credible. Barcode played phenomenally in this episode, his sobs, screams, laughter, the way he flinches when someone says something to him or touches him. Amazing.

Por is happy with himself and his success and then his father's words "My help in this is not in vain" bring him back to reality. I love his reaction to it, how all his satisfaction disappears. I wonder how many times Por realized that he was just an extension of his father's political career. And that he will never do anything on his own, whatever success he has will always be the work of others, his mother, his father even fucking Greasy. Even Tee said that if it weren't for Por's father, this movie would never have been made.

SPOILER FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN THE PREVIEW OF THE NEXT EPISODE: It seems strange to me that Phee and Tan spent 3 years investigating Non's disapperance, being friends with his bullies and, in Phee's case, sleeping with his potential bully. And only on this trip did they finally decide to uncover Non's fate (I tend to believe that Phee and Tan are not murderers and are conducting a psychological war with these boys, and the murderer acts independently of them). I don't question the fact that it was difficult to get anything out of them, because it was obvious that no one would want to talk about their involvement in something like that (which is why I believe that Phee and Tan came up with a plan to scare them and get information out of them). The only thing that worries me is time. 3 years in the company of your loved one's/ your brother's bullies is A LOT and a very heavy mental burden to bear. But I believe in this series and I know it will explain everything 😍

[dawnthesheep]

Okay so I was just rewatching the DFF trailer...

*warning spoilers for beyond ep 8*

Idk if this has been said before but there's a clip of White attacking Tee???

LIKE???! THAT'S MY BOY THANK YOU

I know White was gonna become more significant but this is so exciting and I can't wait to see how the rest of this *chef's kiss* show goes down.

White final girl really could be come true y'all I'M SO HYPED

[leconcombrerit]

Okay, went through the spoilers that our bravest soldiers here brought us back from hell and I will once again not watch this week's episode. No hate on the series here though.

Don't get me wrong, it sounds as emotional and heart wrenching as everything we got since what, ep 5 ? But I only loved it so far (I mean as far as I got, which is the lousy score of ep 8) because I had hope. Not necessarily of Non being alive at first, although that theory grew on me over time, but at least of him getting... Justice ? Revenge ? I wanted him to at least have mattered so, so much. I know, I'm a bit naive, but I can't help it.

Things did somehow go that way with New. My baby boy New. But I'm not sure, as in 'pretty convinced otherwise', that he will get his way. One, because he's pinned against Phee and Phee is, all my hopeful theories be damned, a hero. He embodies the usual 'we need to move on, Non would want us to', and all I have to say is that what Non would have wanted doesn't fucking matter if he's dead. Nada. Nothing. And that he might have wanted some people dead anyway. Two, as I mentioned in another post, characters like New and Non who've hit rock bottom virtually never get to heal in fiction and only reach peace through death, if at all. Same as characters like Tee only achieve peace and redemption through romantic love.

Then it did become about Non being alive, and getting what he wanted, whatever that might have been. Mass slaughter, chaos, escaping to sip mojitos under the sun, whatever, really. No, it wouldn't be realistic ; also no, I don't give a damn. Victims and mentally ill people suffer and die, people who lost everything never get them back, people grieve a while and move on, it's bleak, it's sad, that's the way of the world, I know. But.

I know some will argue that I should have expected it, but I got invested before I could really expect shit.

I'm not saying the decisions are bad (except some gaping plot holes and plot armors made out of the sturdiest scenarium) ; they work, the series work, it's fine. It will probably end up not being for me is all. I don't want to stick to funny romcoms either, I just want a harsh series that gives me hope without surrounding it with cheesy butterflies fluttering their wings in the most forced and unsatisfactory way. DFF seems to have pinned dead butterflies on it though. I want a middle ground.

They could still throw a twist in episode 12, but I don't think it's very likely since they also have to wrap things up nicely. There's enough of a mess to clean up as is (I mean the mess they're in, not the show). I'll read whatever you folks will post about ep 12 next week since I need closure either way, but yeah. I mayhaps shouldn't have watched it. Guess we'll see in seven days. Or you'll see, I'll peek over your shoulder like a goblin.

[lemon-salad69]

Praying for this to be the final outcome