How about now? Do you like anyone? Well, yeah. I like someone. Who is it? You wouldn’t know. And what’s this person like? Well, this person is cool. Plays musical instruments well. And very kind.
I’m going to be really upset if Kinn doesn’t wake up in hospital to both of his brothers and his father in his hospital room. I know Papa Korn will be there, but Both brothers need to be there, they just need to
I really like that neither Kinn or Kim has been shown to be cruel to Tankhun or think lowly of him. He’s just their older brother who’s a bit different because of his trauma ;w;
this is the evidence that would exonerate me when I murder Kim Skywalker for hurting this little angel of a human–
Skywalkers have a tendency to make boys cry and kill them so, Kim Skywalker. And Skywalkers have tendency to pull some martyr-self sacrificial bullshit that ends up hurting their loved ones.
I’m starting to get Kim. He’s shrewd. He’s calculating. He’s manipulative. He’s cold and ruthless. He’s comfortable with the violence and he’ll use it surgically and with extreme prejudice when it’s required. He’s a sneaky bastard. He doesn’t like attachments. He doesn’t have Kinn’s ooey gooey centre. He will absolutely do whatever it takes to get what he wants.
And that’s why Chay hits him like a nuke, because Chay is ALL feelings and sunshine and softness and determined to burrow into the heart of him and all the things Kim doesn’t do. His signals toward Chay are mixed because he is losing his mind right now. His heart is responding to Chay, without recourse to his brain, and he can’t explain to himself why he’s doing any of the things he’s doing when it comes to him. Why Chay’s tears make him want to break into a thousand pieces. Why Chay in danger makes him want to walk into a thousand fires to save him. Why Chay’s anger and rejection cut like a thousand knives. Why Chay confessing his love sent him running for the hills. He fell into it, and then looking at that smiley face on those eggs without Chay’s immediate presence causing brain fog he snapped back like what the fuck am I doing?!
Kim has one fear, and it’s being vulnerable. It’s why he’s always looking for threats, even within his own family. It’s why he walked away and stayed away. But Chay walked into his life and pierced his armour without even trying. Chay is terrifying to him. But still, he can’t stay away, it’s too late now. As much as he’s trying for it not to be so, Chay owns him now.
And Chay doesn’t even realise it.
I’m portioning off a section of my brain where this meta can live rent-free forever.
Kim was 100% fucked practically from the moment he saw Chay. The moment he first saw Chay, Kim’s face was written with “oh shit he’s cute” AND “oh shit he’s suspicious” at the same damn time.
Attraction and human compatibility aren’t logical, and logical is all Kim knows how to handle. That’s why his brain keeps going into “Kim.exe has shut down” mode.
Yes, this is an example of Kim’s brain going bluescreen. Boy is not processing logic at the moment. Alternative caption: “Son, just don’t.”
This pairing? This is intense, but it’s subtle simply because of the fact that Kim is so hard to read. If you aren’t paying attention, if you aren’t actively working your ass off trying to understand Kim, you’re not gonna get it.
I especially love the point that Chay has barely lifted a finger for this to happen. I mean, Chay did actively pursue Kim’s attention and affection, but he wasn’t trying to break Kim — it happened completely by accident simply because of who Chay is.
Bring on broody Kim, I’m ready for it!
(In other news: Everyone is lucky that I’m continually busy maintaining the meta doc. Otherwise I’d be drowning the whole tag in my KimChay thoughts. For some of my thoughts on their fight in ep 12, see my Lines of Power post.)
