Thats exactly what I fucking said you can be a good person and bad parent is there really no fucking reading comprehension on this godforsaken app? If you wanna shit on me, do it to my face
I know I promised to make post after every episode, I know
*sigh*
This is gonna be fairly long post, so I am gonna put a divider here, but fear not, it's a mix of screenshots (big blue title) I found interesting and genuine analysis and stuff (big purple title), I got a lot to say ehehehe (though probably nothing new).
...and we're starting wiiiiiiith....
Random screenshots I have feels about for no reason
many grandchildren even, your son is a cat lady - seriously I'm on fence with Tigers parents? like, sir, YOU are the loan shark??? :-o they seem funny though :DD
lol, I'm not gonna lie, for hot few minutes I was like wtf?? before I realized it's censored cat poo or whatever xD
the day Tiger will get to fix Lynx hair without getting caught I will throw a celebration, THAT IS TOO CUTE
jump scare man, it would be bordering on creepy if this was a different genre xD
I'm adding TigerLynx on the 'I love sniffing my crush' shelf right next to AkkAyan, I am waiting for proper re-enactment from Tiger next week
hey, dr. Pom! hey, nong Lynx! hey, donkey!! :DDD
do we STILL not know what the heck Mom Choice is?? like are FK starting a cat food brand? is Mix starting a cat food brand? "Did they announce it yet?" DID THEY ANNOUNCE WHAT FIRST??REVEAL YOUR SECRETS! DOES THE BRAND EXIST ONLY IN ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSE??
Jealous Tiger is a sight to behold, seriously
good save, Tiger, good save
you do not want to know the places my mind went o.O' (I should read less fan fiction)
despite the text on the unfairly cuddly sweater, he is not a looker but a perfect gentleman <3
(seriously what is it with First in giant cream sweaters looking all cuddly like a fucking dream)
I love this set SO FUCKING MUCH, also not Jiro being considerate to Tigers allergy, I love the conversations between them so much (honestly they could seriously amp up the cat-Tiger convos, it's not nearly enough T-T)
Tiger just saw his future (and Fir is incredibly pretty in blue)
First: a professional yearner and a puppy, look at him go
I'm getting off track here, but make Tiger jealous and angry more often please
(this whole episode he's like "let me love you and take care of you for fucks sake you independent untameable little shit" and I love him)
And with that my Screenshot rampage is over and Analysis part commences!
General thoughts
I really enjoy that this series makes proper use of silences and allowing scenes to properly settle. It just seems that it doesn't necessarily want to fill every waking second with dialogue or action and it's such a minuscule thing but I enjoy it immensely.
Regarding the cats, are we gonna get one cat backstory per episode? because that would be awesome T_T <3
We are more alike than I'd like
I love the parallels between p'Je and Lynx. It's interesting to see how much alike they are, even though Lynx is probably thinking the opposite, all with the cats and stuff.
Maybe the animosity stemmed from the fact that they were too similar. Lynx wanted something for himself because if he loved the cats the same amount as his mom, what love was there left for himself?
And maybe Lynx is blaming himself a little bit, thinking he was the reason for the estrangement between them. He begged his mom to keep granny Joo, and that started a series of events that ended up leading his moms attention (and love, as he thinks) away from him and towards the cats.
If he felt unloved, on the sidelines compared to cats, he came to resent them and what was supposed to bring him and his mom together actually brought them further apart.
I'm curious about the past, where the crack started.
Did Lynx begin to close off slowly and p'Je didn't notice until it was too late? When did he stopped communicating and trying to explain what bugs him?
Parent child relationship is delicate, because no matter how much the parents try, they make mistakes. And no matter how much children want to love their parents, there might be instances where they feel like not enough.
You can be as good of a person as possible, but there are still gonna be people you can hurt or disappoint, however unknowingly.
(Read next paragraphs well, bc there's apparently problem with reading comprehension on this site :))
Of course, one could argue that Lynx is spoiled brat. That his mom was the epitome of a great parent and he's ungrateful.
But even seemingly minuscule things can leave a cut when they accumulate. And since the dad left them, it's always been just the two of them. They only had each other to rely on.
Maybe to Lynx it seemed like not only dad but also mom abandoned him. That suddenly he wasn't important enough for her neither, because if he was, she would give him her undivided love and attention right?
P'Je from the time with Tiger and from flashbacks as well looks like an absolute angel of a human.
And Lynx, bless him, is not the one to open up easily.
Maybe the point Lynx wants to get across here is how for cats being difficult is accepted and people still love them and seek their attention over and over again without getting annoyed, but if the same goes for him as a person, suddenly it's a problem.
Tiger says "Who would hug you?" and Lynx hears "You're not worth trying over and over again"
Also I find it ironic, that Lynx's profession is an interpreter. A job where you have to find the most fitting words, to express yourself as accurately as you can as quickly as you manage without loosing any meaning of the words.
But in personal life, Lynx is struggling with finding the right words, or words at all, to connect with people close to him.
The implications of a Touch
Despite Tigers belief that Lynx is somehow avoiding intimacy with him but allowing other people to have it, we can actually see it's not truth.
I object my lord.
We can divide this into few catgories (hehe):
- Receiving touch
- Accepting touch
- Initiating touch
It's not about touch itself but about the implications that hide beneath the different situations.
Lynx is not exactly shying away from people touching him.
As we could see, he let the racer from first episode touch him (quite suggestively as well!) and now Pom too (with all the air of an old acquaintance) and I believe Krapor as well if I'm not mistaken.
Touching is after all still surface level enough of an interaction. But the trouble comes when it is about deeper stuff, then he becomes unsure and afraid.
I think that's why he quite doesn't know how to act around Tiger who is so openly into all of him, he's not used to people going deeper, being so so caring and genuinely trying to be there for him.
And maybe he's twice as nervous, because he is also interested back.
From Tigers POV Lynx doesn't know how to accept help yet he is okay with Pom taking care of him, so Tiger is frustrated because what is he doing wrong? Does Lynx still have to do everything on his own?
What Tiger, maybe not fails to notice, but doesn't realize fully is that Lynx actually accepts the touch from Tiger quite easily.
Though he looks positively baffled every time as to why Tiger shows him this kind of attention.
Not only accepting the kindness from Tiger, Lynx also asks for nail trim, he writes rather bold 'give me brushing' on Tigers cup (that is blatant flirting?!), he is showing his affection (maybe the only way he knows how) by asking for the exact things Tiger wants to give anyway.
He initiates touching, and the instances when he seems to do it without thinking and readily is when he's in turn taking care of Tiger (applying the ointment, checking Tigers eyes, scratching his back).
And of course when he doesn't have a hold of his own body (I love this trope so much hehe):
His facade is cracking in places where his walls are the highest.
He wants to take care of Tiger as well and he softens up and beautifully panics when Tiger calls him out on it.
'Reluctantly receiving the touch he wants to receive but being nonchalantly cat about it' - Lynx edition:
By all means Tiger, this cat is already smitten and trusting you. It only doesn't trust itself yet.
Cat for Cash EP3 | "When will you stop being stubborn with me?"
The fact that all Tiger desires is to treat Lynx like a princess, and is genuinely, highkey peeved when his care keeps being evaded - is so funny to me. His face just screams: 'LET ME SPOIL YOU DAMMIT'.
Got to give props to FirstKhaotung in Cat For Cash
They are such chameleons. Khaotung basically embodying a cat in human form. All his gestures and characteristics are so cat-like
And First, wow - the way he plays Tiger as our gruff debt collector but with the softest, marshmallow heart. I thought Kant was cool, but there is something so sincere in Tiger that you can’t help but swoon. Cannot explain it properly but First is masterful in controlling his facial expressions. The way he portray Tiger - languid but watchful, super observant and very aware of what’s happening around him.
I also absolutely adore all the cats - whoever voiced them are pros. Jiro our mastermind, Jennie who lusts after Tiger (you have good taste princess), John Wick with the deepest voice but still so playful and what can I say about our Gen Alpha Jumbo and the sweetest Grandma Joo - I will cry if any of them die.
(I did become teary when Grandma Joo reassured and gave Lynx her paw when he cried!)
Plus, I continue to adore how the episode is directed - each episode we come full circle with parallels.
Episode 1 we had them blinking to each other to make friends.
And now with episode 2 we had the nose boops as well as Lynx mirroring his mom when she talked/managed the cat troop
I swear I'm gonna smack you boy, Lynx is so annoying with his 'I ask chatgtp' and 'i have translating app for cat language', thank god Tiger has some sense, please honey next time confiscate his phone, please
something that i absolutely love (and wish would continue until the end) is how they've set a motif/theme/symbol at the beginning of the episode. i particularly love the idea they introduced in episode 2: to befriend a cat, we must greet them by booping their nose with our finger.
and we see that this applies to tiger and lynx's growing relationship.
if i'm not mistaken, in part 3, lynx said to tiger, something along the lines of who are you calling yourself my friend?
and that motif reaches the end of part 4, where lynx wiped the suds on his nose with the help of tiger's finger.
i actually screamed when it happened.
my heart was (still is) racing.
because that kind of cyclic motif/theme, for me, makes the story more compelling. it gives this sort of rounded satisfaction to see these subtle hints of imagery and symbols come to life and put into motion. i love it so much.
also can we skip to tiger and lynx dating already because they're so stinking cute and adorable, and both of them are lowkey thirsting over each other at this point (and i'm embarrassed on behalf of my human kitties omo)
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