#kantbison meta

[secriden]

oh man bison's guilt when he has to confess his part in the whole scheme to fadel was palpable.

because bison had his reasons, he was backed into a corner, nearly suffocating under his mother's rules and fadel's rigidity, and desperate for any semblance of a life he could call his own.

and he meant well! part of it was that he genuinely was doing it for love of his brother!! and he didn't mean for it to get so out of hand.

but its too late now to say he's sorry. its too late now to try to fix this. because his precious person already got hurt.

but wait...

doesn't this...

...kind of sound...

...oddly familiar?

(and this is why you can see the threads of forgiveness already shimmering in the distance.)

[thequeenofsastiel]

Is it weird that I'm like, SUPER into the fact that Bison and Kant use polite pronouns with each other? It's admittedly a little jarring given the fact that First and Khao mostly used rude pronouns with each other in previous shows, but still really enjoyable. In general I tend to prefer it when polite pronouns are used in Thai. It just feels so adult.

I will say, though, it would feel completely wrong if Fadel and Style used polite pronouns with each other. Style is WAY too much of a brat with Fadel for polite pronouns, and Fadel spent the first chunk of their time together WAY too annoyed by him to use them either.

[thequeenofsastiel]

I just really want things to be honest and open between Kant and Bison already. I find their scenes so frustrating because Kant is SO GOOD at pretending that his intentions towards Bison are pure. Because the thing is, I want to be able to enjoy them. They're so charming together. But, except for the last scene they share in ep 6, I have no idea how much of Kant's behavior is real. He was good at acting from the start, and I never saw a visible shift in his positive emotions towards Bison. I want to be able to enjoy them! They're so fucking cute! But all of their dating scenes just come off as sinister to me, because I know that Kant is planning on betraying Bison and sending him to a hellish prison. I won't deny that Kant doesn't have a choice in the betrayal aspect, but he didn't need to convince Bison to fall in love with him knowing that he'd break Bison's heart. That's just unnecessarily cruel, and taints my feelings towards their relationship and Kant himself.

I hope they're able to find a way to redeem Kant to me, because I want so much to love him and them. Also Bison deserves better than what he's been getting from Kant.

(Yes I know he's a murderer shut up no one asked you)

With Fadel and Style it feels different to me. True, Style also starts off as manipulating Fadel, but the motive, while still fucked up, doesn't involve Style knowing that he's helping send Fadel to a horrific prison. And, once he DID find out, it clearly tore him up inside.

Also, I was able to see when Style's feelings for Fadel started to become real(choking scene near the end of ep 2, I made a post about it recently). Style, for all that he was ridiculous and over the top in his harassment the whole time he was flirting, very clearly became genuinely enamored of Fadel fairly quickly. So their scenes feel real to me in a way that Kant and Bison's depressingly don't. It's one of the many reasons why I enjoy Fadelstyle more than Kantbison.

Ugh I WANT to enjoy Kant and Bison together! They're so cute but, you know, all my complaints above. 🤞 that the show lets me love them.

[thequeenofsastiel]

I tend to prefer binging shows after they're done, but honestly, I'm really happy to be watching this week by week and engaging in discourse with y'all. It's so much fun to hear everyone's thoughts, even if they're different from mine, and I've yet to encounter aggressiveness about my personal interpretations of the characters and their relationships. This is such a lovely fandom, everyone give yourselves a round of applause👏

And also imma be honest I don't know if my heart could take consuming this show in one go, each episode is so intense, I like giving them time to settle and think about. Fadelstyle and Kantbison are such fascinating couples in entirely different ways. I'm much more invested in Fadelstyle, for many reasons, but I am definitely still invested in Kantbison. It's so great to have a show in which each couple involved is compelling.

Ahhhh I love this show and the discourse involved and every one of you even if we have entirely different perceptions of the characters and relationships involved. Y'all have my heart ❤️