somebody please stop my brain for a second i am spiralling but i was thinking about the 'pat got shot' plot and i have some probably already mentioned (?), outdated thoughts.
so this entire plotline, it didn't really sit right with me because something as big couldn't just exist to reconcile wai & pran, could it?
then it hit me that this plotline sort of started to further drive and discover the relationship that pat has with his father and his perception of him starts to change.
the look on Pat's face when he sees his father reaction, and how Ming's entire body language changes upon finding out that pran helped pat is a look of hope, confusion, amusement, and shock.
again, we see this look when his father thanks pran. he sees his father (who's so full of ego) thank the person he taught pat to hate his entire life. which obviously makes him not only emotional, but also gives him hope that his father just might actually change for good.
so, he dares and asks for more (time). he puts his head into the lion's mouth, and when he gets out of it unharmed, he's further lit with hope. his hope grows and grows and grows.
he's filled with so much hope that pat genuinely thought that the incident could mend the gaps between the two families. and their parents will not only move on from their rivalries but also accept their relationship.
this hope is partially because he doesn't know the true reason yet for their family rivalry, and partially because he still has faith that his father actually just wants what's best for him.
which is why when pat is faced by his father at the mall, his first instinct is to mention that they're friends. that he's friends with the person he was supposed to be a rival of. in the hopes that his father will accept pran now in the light of new information.
but here, here we have Ming acting like a b.tch again, physically pushing pran away, which enrages pat, and he finally blurts out rhe truth
i keep thinking about how it must've caused pat so much pain to see and have his perception of his father change. how he realised that all his hope was actually in vain and how his father couldn't even give pran a chance even though he helped pat & saved his life (from well, jail) when he didn't have to. all because of his stupid rivalry.
and while pran is used to this disappointment as wai mirrors pran's mom, pat isn't, because korn in nothing like his father.
which makes this scene, when he finds out the actual reason for the animosity, and how his father was responsible for it, even more heartbreaking.
all of his respect & fear for his father goes away, and only hurt and anger exists.
he's done wanting his father's approval. he's done trying to make his father proud. and most importantly he's done expecting anything from him, neither a reconciliation, nor an apology.
pat still indulges his father in the present because he still loves him, because not loving a parent you looked up to isn't easy, but he decides that he won't let his father influence his life in anymore in any way or form.
Pa’s “I will also drink this because I’m an adult!” because that’s not really about her drinking, it’s just shade at her dad
PatPran in Pran’s room with Pat’s hand on Pran’s face, both of them just bobbing their heads in sync fdjkdgdkd i’m weak
Pran holding onto Pat as Pat tries to close the door
The can phone being with Pran now - either they both have one or they keep switching between who gets to keep it. Either is adorable
Them having no idea what the other’s GPA is
Pat being an aries (Pran is absolutely a virgo but we already knew)
Pran already having his pinky out for Pat to grab when they’re walking past each other
Korn and Wai exchanging Looks at the curry place because they know exactly why he’s acting the way he is
Them having rebuilt the bus stop at least twice in the 4 years
Pran’s pout after he says “I’m hungry” because he is absolutely a BRAT and owning it now
Pran cuddling Nong Nao because it’s his first night back and he missed their child
The sheer number of electric candles they put out with their fairy lights because it’s most definitely date night and they’re both stupidly soft
Pat remembering the thing in the elevator at Logtech because he might have been stupidly blind at the time but he absolutely lost his shit being pressed up against Pran and at least now he finally understands why
Tong doing a peace sign with them
The fact that they absolutely exchanged graduation robes
Them joking about their parents easing up but like,,,, that scene is them easing up? Ming actually backs the car up and Dissaya leaves without fighting more. It’s subtle, but it’s pretty significant
Pat sleeping over in Pran’s room for the first time the day after his birthday means that the first time he tried to sleep over, aka the night pran.exe stopped working over makeup remover was the night before his birthday and boy wanted nothing more than to be with Pran for it and still didn’t figure out what it meant.
I just thought about how Ohm and Nanon shaped their characters and thus the show so much, and especially Ohm's choice to play Pat as already in love with Pran in the very beginning.
I feel like their story would feel less impactful if he did what P'Aof asked of him and played Pat as not having feelings for Pran early on, and just suddenly falling in love in episode 5. How could you explain this intense commitment from the start, them choosing each other forever after basically one kiss, the sheer intensity of emotions in episode 5? If it wasn't for Ohm's choice here, it would kind of fall apart, almost.
And it fits what we're shown of their past so much better. Pat's intense desire to be noticed by Pran, the fact that he's always looking at him, trying to get a reaction, their evident closeness despite claiming to be rivals because they simply cannot stay away from each other (like we saw in the pictures from their high school days), the pick, the band, him helping Pran with the bus stop when he didn't have to, and the fact that Ink knows immediately that Pat's feelings for her aren't as real or as strong as he believes, because she saw them together and she knows who Pat's real match is and where his heart belongs. You could probably list 20 more things here, but the point is that the way Pat's behaviour is written wouldn't make as much sense if Ohm didn't play him the way he did.
Softer than intended, I assume, more emotionally vulnerable and open. I feel like Pat could've been a typical jock character: cool, arrogant, self obsessed, a heartbreaker, maybe not exactly someone Pran would "reasonably" fall for. Just think about how he constantly says how hot he is and how well he does with the ladies. It doesn't matter if it's true, what matters is that many other actors might have actually made Pat exactly this kind of guy who only softens once their relationship starts. But Ohm made him goofy and made the bragging fun, made him emotionally intelligent and empathetic, showed us how Pat feels even if Pat doesn't even know it yet.
And those choices made their love all the more powerful, more intense, and their struggles more tragic, because we now have two people who have both loved each other for so long, no matter if they were aware of it or not. And we have Pat who wears his feelings on his sleeve, who shows us again and again how he lights up around Pran, how he's the most true version of himself when they're together. And Ohm's acting just continuously emphasises this, even if it was not exactly written like this.
But when I look at the last scene, of them as kids, I can't help but think this is exactly what the story needed. A life long love that began as children who wanted to be friends so desperately they made a tin can phone just to be able to talk to each other, and just like Pran wanted to show in his song, slowly developed into something more over the years, even if one of them didn't even notice it.
So really, Ohm filled in the emotional gaps in the writing, and he did it masterfully.
sorry to do this but also if you really think pat's relationship with his dad hasn't been irreparably damaged
when you think back to how upset he was that his dad, his closer parent, was 'disappointed in his priorities' over rugby and a play because they had never really fought before... to this... just because pat was his normal, smiling self (he laughs it off to his friends, but to pran shows his signature pained smile) doesn't mean things stayed the same.
bad buddy has been telling a very specific story, but it's an honest one. episode 12 showed you the happiness, but the sadness is there too. pat moved out right after graduation, keeps a distance from his father, and only went back home because pran was going to be there.
that's a lot of context in two short sentences—i don't work with my dad, i haven't been home in a long time—but it also goes to show that pat's thoughts weren't just "i'm going to lie to my family about the breakup" he changed his whole mindset before he came home from the beach that day. no wonder he cried.
The fact that the “Skam Italia high school cycle” is opened by Eva reading a essay Giovanni wrote and is closed by Giovanni reading a letter Eva wrote for him that in a part quotes a sentence of his essay is poetic cinema. Simply the power of Gioeva!
"42.721 hours. It's the time that passed since the first time we've seen each other, I counted it earlier. The first time was the first day of school. I saw you from a distance while they were calling our class and I really hoped they would say your name. Then they said it. We became classmates, then friends, then secret lovers, then a couple. And in the end, two people simply ignoring each other everyday. When we went to the lake for the '100 days 'till graduation', I was looking at you and I was thinking that at this point we don't talk anymore. However, at the same time I thought that without me and you, the group of people who slowly bonded and now surround us would never have existed. They are people who would never have imagined to be in the same room, even in their wildest dreams and now love each other to death and have grown up together in some ways. Sometimes I wonder if we will see each other after graduating. I wonder if we'll all pass the exam, or if somebody will fail. Who knows? Who knows if we will meet again when we will be in different universities, different cities, different life paths? We will probably lose contact slowly, without realizing it. We will convince ourselves that we're keeping in touch because we watch each other's Stories and we will organize some pizza parties in which the half of us won't come. However, let's try not to make that happen, not to waste everything we've done so far. All the tears, the fights, the jokes, all the messes we've made together. Let's fucking try it. You once wrote in an essay that we're all convinced to go towards the sky, without realizing that there is the ceiling in between. But I was thinking that if we jump all together, maybe we will wreak that ceiling. Do you want to try?"
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