@bibikeh That's why if I get time I usually trend before the ep so that I don't come back after the ep bcs you will always find those annoying posts of people who can't use their brain to think carefully
DON’T RUSH TO JUDGMENT
Here’s my humble theory about the direction of this episode and how I feel it was constructed ☝🏼
Instead of only thinking, “They cut the kisses,” I think we should ask ourselves why the direction chose to show us so many intimate moments, but kept them so brief. To me, this episode is trying to convey urgency rather than romance
Dean and Moth went a whole week without seeing each other, and when they finally meet again, everything happens incredibly fast. On top of that, there has already been tension between them since the previous episodes that clearly hadn’t reached its conclusion: kisses, closeness, being in bed, more kisses… but the camera never lingers too long on any of these moments either
I feel like the series is telling us: these two have a physical and emotional need that they still don’t know how to process!
And I think this is important because we’re only on episode 5 out of 10. If the intention were to present this as “they’re already in love,” the storytelling would probably look different: more conversations, asking about each other’s private lives, etc
Instead, it feels like there’s a deliberate acceleration. The kisses keep appearing, but they’re brief in the shots, like little bursts of tension they’ve been building up
And it works precisely because they themselves are rushing. They’re not thinking, “Let’s build something together.” It’s more like: “I missed you, I want you close, I don’t know what to do with this, and I don’t even know what we are”
This also fits their dynamic from the beginning. They’re two characters who have trouble putting their feelings into words, so when they’re finally together, their bodies react before they can process what they’re feeling 🤷🏻♀️
That’s also why I don’t think this episode should be read as their Lover Era just yet. To me, we’re seeing more of the physical phase: they seek each other out, kiss, desire each other, and fall back into this physical dynamic, but they haven’t reached the point of saying, “I like you,” “I want to be with you,” or even asking themselves what they want to do with all of this
I think that may actually be the intention behind the direction: to make us feel like everything is happening too fast because, for them, everything is happening too fast too
So yes, I completely understand if someone says, “I wanted it to last longer.” As a fan, that’s completely valid. But narratively, the fact that the kisses are brief doesn’t necessarily mean they were edited badly or that the episode was accidentally rushed
Maybe the episode feels rushed because Dean and Moth are rushing 💨
And considering we’re only halfway through the story, I also wouldn’t assume that this represents what their relationship will be like. It could very well be the stage before the physical dynamic stops being enough to hide the emotional side of things…
DON’T RUSH TO JUDGMENT
Here’s my humble theory about the direction of this episode and how I feel it was constructed ☝🏼
Instead of only thinking, “They cut the kisses,” I think we should ask ourselves why the direction chose to show us so many intimate moments, but kept them so brief. To me, this episode is trying to convey urgency rather than romance
Dean and Moth went a whole week without seeing each other, and when they finally meet again, everything happens incredibly fast. On top of that, there has already been tension between them since the previous episodes that clearly hadn’t reached its conclusion: kisses, closeness, being in bed, more kisses… but the camera never lingers too long on any of these moments either
I feel like the series is telling us: these two have a physical and emotional need that they still don’t know how to process!
And I think this is important because we’re only on episode 5 out of 10. If the intention were to present this as “they’re already in love,” the storytelling would probably look different: more conversations, asking about each other’s private lives, etc
Instead, it feels like there’s a deliberate acceleration. The kisses keep appearing, but they’re brief in the shots, like little bursts of tension they’ve been building up
And it works precisely because they themselves are rushing. They’re not thinking, “Let’s build something together.” It’s more like: “I missed you, I want you close, I don’t know what to do with this, and I don’t even know what we are”
This also fits their dynamic from the beginning. They’re two characters who have trouble putting their feelings into words, so when they’re finally together, their bodies react before they can process what they’re feeling 🤷🏻♀️
That’s also why I don’t think this episode should be read as their Lover Era just yet. To me, we’re seeing more of the physical phase: they seek each other out, kiss, desire each other, and fall back into this physical dynamic, but they haven’t reached the point of saying, “I like you,” “I want to be with you,” or even asking themselves what they want to do with all of this
I think that may actually be the intention behind the direction: to make us feel like everything is happening too fast because, for them, everything is happening too fast too
So yes, I completely understand if someone says, “I wanted it to last longer.” As a fan, that’s completely valid. But narratively, the fact that the kisses are brief doesn’t necessarily mean they were edited badly or that the episode was accidentally rushed
Maybe the episode feels rushed because Dean and Moth are rushing 💨
And considering we’re only halfway through the story, I also wouldn’t assume that this represents what their relationship will be like. It could very well be the stage before the physical dynamic stops being enough to hide the emotional side of things…
@wlst_artemis I also thought the same thing 😭 that maybe whoever is in charge of promoting them has a beef with them that is taking it personal and doing all these to show them that he/she is in charge of this and can separate them if they want?
@wlst_artemis To show to others that this couple did it themselves but if it's like that they should've done that on their third series not this one it feels so unfair 😢 at least if the series was not blocked it would be somehow but.... how could they sell a series of a new couple to a
@wlst_artemis Or maybe those people know the impact this couple have and they think by promoting them much it may look like they're favouritism bcs they're still new and other couple may feel less so they're doing this on purpose the couple to grow by themselves and their fans