#the eclipse thua

[ravenpureforever]

Akk: I am responsible for the curse!

Ayan: I am Teacher Dika’s nephew and you drove him to suicide!

Teacher Chadok: I was in love with your uncle and we were engaged and I watched him commit suicide in front of me!

Thua: I have been manipulating everything from behind the scenes in a desperate bid to expose the truth so all this can finally end!

Kan and Wat:

[saladbroth]

maybe i can put my thoughts into something more eloquent later when i'm not fucking bawling my eyes out but like.

the eclipse is a show made specifically for us. for queer people.

and of course yk. the BL genre is often something many of us in the community can find themselves in but i'd argue that very few shows are actually made with us as a target audience in mind. many cater to specific tropes and the desires of a cishet, largely feminine dominated fanbase and we're just desperate enough for representation to seek it out to. it's obvious that a lot of shows aren't made with the queer audience as the main target, and it's so, so refreshing to have one that is - and it has a lot to do with it being made by people in the community, too

the eclipse is an ode to queerness, to the inherent bravery that comes with being queer - specifically in a country where it isn't really socially accepted yet. it's a celebration of all kinds of ways to be queer, it doesn't invalidate those who want to stay in the closet, or those who are loud and proud and refuse to back down. it's a celebration of pride and self-discovery and self-acceptance, of love in all forms and of the existence of this community it's about hope for better times, and courage to be the one to change things, to put yourself out there no matter what because eventually the fire might catch on. it's about allowing mistakes and growth and learning and becoming someone you're happy with, no matter what the world says

it's just. it's so obvious how much love and care was put into the show, how much the cast and the crew were invested in telling this story and doing it right and i cannot thank them enough the eclipse is just. it's uplifting. it's queer. it's unapologetic.

it's a masterpiece, no matter the flaws

[youdontloveme-yet]

linger /ˈlɪŋɡə/ [verb] stay in a place longer than necessary because of a reluctance to leave;

huge thanks to @dribs-and-drabbles for helping me figure out the text <3 // background songs/lyrics are all by EDEN and are as follows (you are not supposed to be able to read them): nocturne gravity kairos circles drugs

[inamatchamood]

I haven’t seen anyone talk about it but one thing I appreciated about the finale is their reference to Mes, Akk’s hero and telling us he had to take a year off for his depression. I appreciated this for so many reasons:

1. It verbalised that the trauma these boys underwent for generations and toll on their mental health and that it doesn’t go away even after leaving the school - the things we do and say have a rippling effect

2. It showed Akk, he wasn’t weak or alone. Even the person he looked up to suffered at the hands of the system. He was never the “issue”, he was a victim to an appalling system and coming out of that as strong as he did proves the opposite of what he used to believe - he’s an incredibly strong person

[heretherebedork]

I have to admit, everything after the Chadok and Dika relationship and Thua's plans reveal feels like... a dream.

It doesn't feel real.

It feels like an idealized daydream from multiple hurt teenagers struggling to figure out what they want and how they can have everything.

It feels like Akk dreaming of coming out without coming out, coming out without risk, being able to love Ayan without worry.

It feels like Ayan dreaming of more and of peace and of love and of freedom and of the chance to simply be after the fight.

It feels like Kan dreaming of the fight being over, of being safe, of being the brave hero he wants to be.

It feels like Thua dreaming of love and belonging and forgiveness.

It feels like Wat dreaming of his friends understanding how much and why he loves cinema, why film and shows and movies and creation matter.

It feels like Namo getting his dream of being part of their group.

It feels like a dream not like reality.

Like they took all the pain and the bad things and dreamed that away because they wanted to make a better world where none of that was real.

It feels like a fantasy. Like the ending they wished but had no way of getting because that's not how things turn out.

[ichigokeks]

No matter his motivations and reasoning, Thua had no right NO RIGHT at all to publically out Akk and Ayan plus revealing their relationship.

That was cruel and selfish. Especially considering that Thua knows how homophobic some students at Suppalo are and what this accusation would do to Akk. He abused his knowledge of their relationship for his own goals while doing exactly the same thing as Akk.

[pigeonriot]

like how did your thoughts go there, thua?💀💀💀

[aleng-neng]

The difference between Thua and Wai is that Wai outed Patpran out of personal spite because he felt entitled of Pran. Thua outed Akkayan out of a mix of personal rage (over Ayan's hypocrisy) and political motivations (Akk experiencing queer joy while actively supressing the visibly queer protestors).

Thua and Akk were never friends, at most they just exist in the same social circle. He was never privy of Akk's struggle and he was never aware of how trapped Akk is. All he sees is a guy actively causing harm without consequences because Akk is in the position of power.