Ok so I'm feeling very alone on bluesky screaming about this show for a week straight with almost no one listening and since I refuse to go back to Xitter I had to bring it over since I know thai BL fandom here is fortunately still going strong.
But anyway. After watching Jack & Joker twice in a row, I've been accidentally finding out more things to lose my mind about it bc I'm absolutely normal about this fucking drama and repeatedly replay my favorite scenes.
Like, I was rewatching the kiss scene (ep 9) for god knows which time, and having chosen the hospital scene (ep 7) as my second favorite after it, I realized this parallel so suddenly it punched me in the gut hard enough to go through my torso.
(spoilers for both episodes ahead)
First one is when Jack just accepted the demand about Rosé from Boss, and Joke is coming back from the absolute failure of a request for his father to help grandma. The scene is kinda monochromatic, skewed, and with angles from both slightly below and not centered. We have the classic color combo of blue and orange, but here, the cold color (blue) is the prominent one. It's also poorly lit, shading their faces for the most part. Jack's hair covers part of his face, making it hard to see it clearly, especially his eyes. He's holding Joke by the neck for dear life. Joke is looking down instead of at him, sad and worried because he knows Jack is putting himself in danger again, but will still follow him to hell and back.
The second one is the first kiss scene. This is after they almost gobbled each other up and are now slowing down to actually savor the kiss. Again we have the classic color combo, but this time the warm color (orange) is the prominent one. The angle is basically eye-level with them, in a straight line, with them centered. The scene is very clear even though it's night time, and it's actually very colorful. The light is coming from the front instead of behind, making their faces visible, the only shade on them coming from each other for how close they are. Jack's touch is light, intimate. We can see his eyes and he's looking at Joke, just as Joke is looking back at him, both with something almost like relief, even though we know Joke was the one who put himself in danger for Jack now. But for them, it feels that it's over, and that they can fucking finally be together without restrictions.
Like damn, this is literally the same kind of shot and pose and all and yet they tell such widely different things. Sighs.
I can't applaud all the visual choices for this show enough. Everything is perfect.
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