OKAY HEAR ME OUT HEEJAE + “IM THE SLIME” BY FRANK ZAPPA
(For those who don’t know it’s the “I am gross and perverted, I’m obsessed and deranged”) SONG ON TIKTOK ABT THE EVIL TV. THATS LITERALLY DADA
Garam being mostly faceless in this chapter was such a good detail I LOVE NME SO MUCH oh my god I need to calm down
Yeah it’s like everyone is just projecting onto him. We have yet to see where he stands.
Garam’s sight reading game is wild ngl he’s fucking that shit up (in a good way)
Maybe I’m a little jealous because I read but mostly play and practice by ear and comprehension
I HAVE to talk abt this bc no one in my actual chud life knows what NME is but every fucking time I see Heejae pull out that damn bottle of tennessee whiskey I have a visceral reaction I FUCKING HATE THIS STATE
Sorry I have a few more years til I can escape this hell hole but I love this story and I think I’m going insane bc I see my fuckass state EVERYWHEREEEEE even in yaoi
gl to my southern chatters, bruh, I know times be tough.
Guys I actually hate comptosaurus why is he running a fucking cult
(Now we have even more misunderstanding bc I’m like pretty sure Heejae only said that abt garam to get fucking computer off their backs but NOOO compton’s gotta be a bitch. Oh my god sorry I’m actually tweaking bc of how good this story is)
Just had to say that I truly analyze every single panel of this story and the last scene where Garam is about to tell Heejae (I assume) what’s going on with Compton genuinely made me SO FUCKING HAPPY. Because it’s just their little moments that really get me. Their relationship is so unique and was built off so much toxicity but somehow managed to bloom into what it is and Garam openly being like “there’s been something going on lately” really shows how much trust has been built since he first met Heejae as Gaeum. Their intimacy is just another level to the point where little moments like those really show their dynamic and how far they’ve come ANYWAYS I LOVE THIS STORY AND THE AUTHOE AND SAGE ALL OF IT AHH
Someone get this fucking family on anti psychotics and mood stabilizers bro wtf
THSI IS FUCKING ME UP LMAOO
Garam PLEASE forget Heejae come to me bb I’m not a man but I CAN be js for you
(Guys I’ve never been this obsessed with a fictional character pls help)
Ugh this chapter really goes to show why I love their dynamic and how realistic they really are, I think these lovey chapters we’ve been getting in between the angsty ones really help show how much they do love each other and how much garam does want to put their past aside and love heejae to the fullest but as a pianist someone ruining your love for the instrument and pushing you past your limits in a short increment of time DOES fuck you up really bad all while garam was going through what was happening with youngjo and naeun, and heejae almost seems to be using his love for garam as a form of escapism right now, I see it as Heejae thinks now that he’s put what happened with his old manager to rest for good he doesn’t see the gravity of what he did to garam(him not remembering the scar in 199) and it makes me feel for Heejae but it also INFURIATES ME, because obviously he feels uncomfortable with the way he treated garam and let’s not forget how big their age gap is, the gap itself doesn’t bother me but it does add that power dynamic into the mix which gives even more reason as to why I think heejae and garam need a breakup arc (BUT PLS GET BACK TOGETHER) Heejae needs to figure out on his own how to give garam the apology he truly deserves (plus we get some good groveling from Heejae ahh) I love Heejae bc I feel like he’s just such a good representation of feeling disconnected from other people, he’s literally a musical genius from birth basically and (in my opinion) probably doesn’t understand why you’re average person doesn’t think the way he does (plus he’s mega rich and a nepo baby) he’s also pretty privileged with only added to his mindset until garam came along. Plus these are habits that Heejae had never even considered breaking for forty years until now so I’m trying to have a bit of patience with him. ANYWAYS I love NME bc it helped my burnout with my piano and now I’m back to playing classical, I love sage for translating this masterpiece and I love all the readers. I just wanted to over analyze so this is basically for no reason but that’s okay (⌒▽⌒)
I really appreciate the professor's writing because it shows a part of being a "prodigy" that people often forget. Many child prodigies begin to have social problems over time, not only because they find themselves faced with a society that thinks differently, but also because of the social pressure of being a prodigy. The professor has been treated like a genius since childhood and has most likely been constantly told that he was born for music. This inevitably leads you to focus only on the music, and nothing else matters.
Yesss oh my god this is such a good observation thank you for adding on to mine !!