[mantisjaeyi]

「 ᴍᴀɴᴛɪꜱᴊᴀᴇʏɪ: an independent & semi-selective single-muse portrayal of jae-yi from the netflix's mantis. canon divergent. heavily headcanon based.

(penned by: lea. twenty-two. she / her. pst.)

interactions open to mutuals & ocs. 21+ only.

read guidelines & rules before interacting! 」

[gyuyoungarchives]

📷 netflixkr: Still Cuts

as Shin Jaeyi in Mantis, 2025

[gyuyoungarchives]

📽 Netflix_PH: "mantis is a master of many things, including gazing longingly at jaeyi 🥹"

as Jaeyi in Mantis, 2025

[neyafromfrance95]

man, sometimes, korean media pulls the most shippable m/f dynamics for the very reason most western media is unable to do that.

mantis 2025 is a good example of this. the main m/f dynamic in the movie is so shippable bc the heroine would not be different if she was a man, neither would be her relationship with the hero.

why is this a good thing? bc their obsession and yearning with each other has nothing to do with them being opposite genders. this "de-gendering" is almost never happens in the western media, now when there is a romantic aspect to a m/f dynamic.

in such cases, there is always additional layer to the yearning the characters have for each other, and romantic feelings are beneath this layer, a sort of subtext. in mantis, this other layer is "competition".

i can think of only a few examples of the western media that does that. thunderbolts* where bob and yelena's yearning is a subtext beneath them mirroring one another comes to mind, ofc. spuffy too.

[gyuyoungarchives]

📷 netflixph: Mantis x Squid Game

[mantisjaeyi]

sooo who wants to write together👀

[gyuyoungarchives]

📷 netflixkr: Still Cuts

as Shin Jaeyi in Mantis, 2025