I Feel You Linger in the Air Ep 3
I just love what this show is doing with Jom, and how it has set up its central relationship. Since he got sent back in time, Jom has kind of been on autopilot, trying to adapt quickly to his new environment while he works out a way to get home. He hasn't had any time to process what happened to him on his last Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day in his own time. And so of course, seeing an alternate version of Ohm and his pregnant girlfriend here in this time would send him reeling.
I appreciate that the show took its time in this episode to let that breakdown build. Jom is still trying to wrap his head around seeing Ohm when he is inserted into a domestic dispute that gives him the opportunity to punish or protect Fong Kaew (he chooses neither), and then attacked and blamed by Ohm's avatar, Saen. I can't even imagine the levels of mindfuckery that would be, to have someone with your cheating boyfriend's face attacking you for not protecting his love. And so of course he freaks out, and then goes back to the water to beg to find a way home. And I don't just think he means he wants to go back to his own time; Jom wants to go back to the sense of home he had before all this confusing and life-altering shit started happening to him. More than a physical time and place, Jom wants his sense of security back. That’s the home he’s longing for.
Yai has been quietly observing him this entire time, and he can see the cracks forming. He has known from the start that Jom doesn't really fit here, even if he doesn't understand exactly what is going on. But he also knows Jom is important, at least to him, and so he is determined to protect him and keep him close. I love that Yai goes to check on Jom by the water, and that he sits down and invites him to unburden himself. Just like with the bracelet he gave him last week, Yai is trying to communicate that he is a safe person Jom can trust. And Jom must believe that, or he would not have poured his heart out and unleashed his sorrow in front of Yai, and allowed Yai to stay close and comfort him as he cried.
Seeing Jom toss his former couple bracelet into the water while the camera lingered constantly on his new one from Yai spoke volumes. And now Yai is pulling Jom even closer, moving him into his household and giving him a position of respect that will allow them to stay close at all times. I imagine it's only a matter of time before their bonds strengthen and they start figuring out what the hell is going on here together, and I’m glad that Jom will have some support as he tries to find his way home.
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me personally i have BEEF with yangyang & xiaojun they’re both WAY too attractive while also possessing incredibly attractive personalities they’re both a danger to society (my mental health)
like what…..
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Most incongruous thing I've learned about Robert Evans in a long time is that he's a devoted musical theatre fan who loves Sweeney Todd, has a lot of respect for Stephen Sondheim, and has a lot of distaste for the disappointment that is Russell Crowe's performance in Les Miserables 2012
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me the entire time i was watching the unesco youth forum: seungkwan looks soo goooood
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