I finally finished For Him and I honestly wish it was a better show because it has one of the better representations of mental health struggles I’ve seen in a while. Intentionally or no, it had the message that if you feel you need it, seek help, that there are people who want to help you, regardless of who you are or what you have done.
Him’s mental illness is not specified but I think it’s a safe bet to go with depression. He blamed himself for Blue’s death and sank into that feeling. Rather than judge him or further blame him, his mother instead begs him to get help, to see a doctor. And he does. Lots of the time that doesn’t happen and the character in question (in this case Him) either continues to struggle or after a while is just magically cured, never to struggle again.
But Him gets help and what’s more is the narrative never blames him for needing help. The only people who look down on him for needing help are the antagonists (Te and Type). An enormous emphasis is placed on Him keeping up with his medication, with his therapy appointments. Everyone who cares for him wants Him to get better, to continue to get help if and when he needs it. It is refreshing to see and I hate that it’s buried in a story that makes little sense.
Even Blue’s suicide was done rather well or at least what I could watch of it, which was most of it.* Suicide is often a spur of the moment action. While people may think about it and there are people who makes plans right down to the day and time, more often it is just decided on in the moment. Blue struggled and in the end, he couldn’t keep going.
Blue and Him are two possible paths that a person can take. A fork in the road where each chose a different path, a path that felt right for them. Regardless of where they ended up, they had that choice to make.
I wish For Him was a better show because I love that message. I love the message that at a certain point, you need to make a choice. I won’t judge Blue for making the choice he did, he felt it was the right thing to do for him. Him chose a different path and thus the story happened. However it’s buried in a narrative that makes little sense and is a little exhausting after a while. Not many want to wade through the bs to get to that kind of message and I get that. I usually wouldn’t want to either. I only tried because I loved Nail, and surprised myself by finding this message hidden under all of it. It’s there and I wish it was louder.
*Suicide and suicide attempts are about the only thing I can’t watch without feeling sick and needing to stop so I had to skip through some of the scene.
Te is such a fucking weirdo. Like at first I was like oh he was a concerned friend when it came to Blue, but now…!?!? I’m starting to think that whatever happened to Blue was his fault, but somehow it was blamed on Him…idk
Okay, you know what, a matching manicure scene of them painting each other's nails? I love it. Adorable. Absolutely darling. @absolutebl our bad femme Nail came through!
do NOT let outdated shipping rules sway you into calling them “HimNail” when “NailHim” IS RIGHT THERE. this gift of a pairing has fallen right into our laps. please don’t take it for granted
It's time for a new show from the team behind Unforgotten Night and I could not be more excited. There have been so many excellent shows lately and just an absolute flood of things in general but what I personally have been missing lately is some good trashy fun.
It turns out this one is Nail, which I guess makes the ship name HimNail, not NailHim, which is disappointing. Anyway, he's a little petty and mildly violent so I'm keeping him.
Normally I hate so many women in BL being one-dimensional villains but I need this show specifically to feed me a steady diet of Beautiful Big-earring Bitches and it's already starting strong.
Hey, it's the guy who played Baiboon here cast as a supportive friend and probably unlikely to trip over nothing constantly.
Him gets smexy intro music.
Nail is so sassy.
Him is already down bad, no thoughts, just Nail.
So anyway I didn't screencapping the sex scene, too shooketh, but absolutely no complaints here. Very high heat, solid chemistry, lots of positions. So I guess this one is going to be a 'slow burn but they've been fucking the whole time' show. My one linguistic note is that Him seems to be talking really sweetly.
FOUR. OF. THEM. Each with earrings bigger than the last.