Let Me Introduce Myself

I’m Respect the Petty, and I love colors. I’m on my own little mission to annoy all of y’all about how colors, lighting, barriers, clothing, and other visuals enhance QLs and add depth to the story.

For those of you who keep asking me for a “Master List” (bleh!) since apparently it takes too much time to scroll through my insane amount of posts because I don't know how to stfu, here it is! Plenty of posts didn't make the cut simply because there is a limit, so I included the ones that delivered the most features from above, and if you search my tags by the series' titles, other posts regarding the show's colors should be able to be found.

The goods are below the cut 👇🏿

A quick overview of what I do and what the colors mean

Min and Q have been tying each other up since the second episode, and now Q demands that Min doesn't move while they kiss.

This show understands why I'm here.

And it's for kinky reasons.

Kidnap, episode 11's title card - Die For You

Me

See, what we not finna do . . .

Why not a third secret option? Why can’t everyone live? Since the show killed Jennie’s character, and the man who tried to run away with his few dollar bills died too, let’s just believe everyone remaining will survive! Even more, if Boss survives, then everyone BETTER live because no shitty father should survive when the possibility of a child dying is on the table. So I'm going to aim high because

Fortune Favors the Monkey King

Move over, Kitty! I'm driving this clown car straight to the opera house.

Because this is a Chinese opera.

We already know there is a Chinese influence in this story, as @veemark pointed out about the meal Joke ate with Jack and his grandma.

So with that in mind, in the fourth episode, when Nang punished the men for hurting her people, she drew the "09" stick (but she said nine-zero), which meant the men had to perform the Chinese opera of the Monkey King, which people in the tags thought was sooooo ridiculous!

In that same episode, Jack received his fortune, which was number 9 and stated, "When the fool changes black to white, the fate of the forgiver will change"

Now, skip to episode 9 when Joke gets "The Fool" card and changes the fate of Jack, the person who forgave him, so Jack's fortune was right.

Now, in episode 9, we also get the iconic team name "The Four Little Pigs"

And this is where the light bulb turned on because this is Journey to the West.

Journey to the West is an epic Chinese story that is 100 chapters long about a group of heroes having to complete a certain amount of tasks to achieve enlightenment.

The main character is Tang Sanzang who is basically a saint who wants to bring good to all the land and who everyone is in love with and wants to marry. We are introduced to him in chapter 9 of the story. He is the heart.

The first person he meets on his journey is the Monkey King, aka Sun Wukong, who was so great at being the best trickster that he became overconfident and ended up getting put in heavenly jail for 500 years. The first chapters of the story are actually about him. He is foolish, but he is also the mastermind.

He has a daughter, Yuebei Xing. She has her own story, Journey to the South. She is a badass. She fights monsters and lives to tell the tale.

The Monkey King is easily the most powerful of the bunch, but Tang Sanzang doesn't like the Monkey King's methods because they are immoral, so there is a gold ring involved that keeps him in check.

Or maybe it's this ring.

I think it's the second ring because a goddess, who keeps helping them along the way, helps them with the ring too. She is also cool.

Along the journey, they meet Zhu Wuneng, aka Pig. He is a smart fighter but he is greedy and selfish so he keeps taking shit he isn't supposed to, which constantly gets them in trouble. He is human nature (the world).

There is Sha Wujing aka Sandy, who was once a god, but shattered a crystal and ended up banished to earth to be a mortal. He is conformity without thought (the moon).

And finally, there is Bai Long Ma, who is a horse that they ride for transportation. He is human will (the star).

There is also a princess somewhere in there who must be saved from a marriage.

The group meets obstacles along the way, and lots of crazy shit goes down, but after 14 YEARS they finally come to the end of their journey.

And on their journey to achieve enlightenment they meet a squire whose loved one is kidnapped with the possibility of murder and another squire who is murdered and his wife is pissed about it because she did everything to make sure he wouldn't be harmed.

Now, if you gasped because you think Hope (or Save) will die, well . . . the number 14 fortune was Hope's.

The fortune was given in episode four which is the same episode Jack got his fortune, but it seemed like Hope's fortune played out in the same episode when he found Joke right across the hall staying with Jack.

But the thing is, in the Chinese story, regardless of which squire it is, they don't just need the Monkey King; they need the Monkey King's help.

So the Monkey King goes to the underworld to get the loved one back and succeeds (both times). But he still needs to save our saint!

Remember, the group has to do a certain number of deeds to bring peace to the land, so the group goes in to save their leader, and the ONLY reason they make it out is because all of the people they have helped along the way (especially the people the Monkey King has helped) return the favor and save them.

By saving others, they saved themselves.

So . . . I don't think anyone else is dying. However, it's been YEARS since I read a very condensed version of this story in Asian Rhetorics, and @journeytothewestresearch's blog helped me piece some of what I forgot together.

So I could be wrong, and everyone dies.

But I don't think so.

*fingers crossed that fortune favors the bold Monkey King*

Johan and North are my favorite type of couple and why I like to see colors being mixed up!

North is a Green Guy.

And when he is at his best, he is the epitome of a Green Guy, which is easy-going, chill, and not too serious.

Which is perfect for a reformed aggressive and unpredictable Red Rascal who has matured into a Brown Boy.

North reminds him of his true color, which when used for good, shows passion.

So I think Johan is going to show North he needs to take life a little bit more seriously, but Johan will be reminded he needs to chill out every now and then.

They have to find the balance like Hill and Ter.

Because Ter is a Yellow Yal.

Who is in love with a Blue Boy.

So their colors merge.

And it's all because they are brave enough to admit they love each other.

As color-coded boys in love should.

But Johan and North aren't there yet.

But they will eventually.

Minase's friend telling him how easily he could hate him shows how superficial all of Minase's relationships are.

It's a telling moment in the episode because no matter how good he is, if he messes up just once, everything could be gone.

And he is always aware of that.

He recovers quickly, but the truth lingers. If he was himself, his true self, he would be hated by everyone.

And his mother has ingrained that into him since the very beginning. She would hate him just like she hates his father.

So under the guise of casual conversation, he confesses that he actually doesn't have friends. All of these relationships are hallow and meaningless because if he can't be his real self, then he can't have real connections. Everything is fake, like him.

And that's why Hirukawa asking him what he wants is the catalyst to his downfall.

As everyone in his life keeps pointing out, Hirukawa, with all his substance and authenticity, could ruin his perfect hallow life.

And that's something Minase is slowly realizing he wants. He is only existing as the perfect kid for everybody else, but it means nothing to him. He has nothing. This perfect life is empty and meaningless.

So he wants Hirukawa to ruin his life.

Because it was never a life worth living in the first place.

I appreciate the duality of Poom's Beat XL magazine shoot.

It's me and my emo boy against the world!

Fadel is everything to me, and I will defend my punk rock princess *so I can be his heroin(e)!*

Babe, you're depressed and if this was the Warped Tour, I would have already made out with you under the blistering sun while Taking Back Sunday screamed about pulling the trigger until our lips started bleeding; then, I would have kissed you some more.

God, I fucking love him!