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Because, yeah, we’ve all talked about Rumi’s arc feeling like a classic coming out story but I think people forget that there are more reactions to coming out besides ‘ unconditional acceptance’ and ‘getting kicked out’

Celine is afraid for Rumi. She’s raising a child she knows is different, that there’s something about her that others won’t/can’t understand, that there is a high level of danger involved if Rumi stopped pretending.

I’ve made posts about how Celine’s own issues caused problems in her relationship with Rumi but I think her lack of being about to speak about her fears involving Rumi’s safety caused problems too. Rumi assumes Celine doesn’t love her because she can’t handle even looking at her patterns but really I think Celine is terrified of Rumi’s ‘weaknesses’ because she doesn’t know how to deal with them.

I love all the girls, okay?! I mean how can you not?!

But can I talk about a Mira for a second? Because like imagine if this movie was out like 10 or 5 years ago and how much would be different? Especially the girls and their characters.

Honestly when the movie started I thought they would go for the same trope as the power puff girls with each of them having one character trait that they use throught the movie. I mean even their backstory would fit and work for that.

But man was it different.

From the start Mira was a lot more than the stoic, sarcastic archetype that I feared she would be. She is funny, girly, loves their fans as much as other girls and more importantly loves her girls so much. And she doesn't hide it. It isn't some secret, she isn't being mean, making sarcastic jokes or creating tension out of thin air. No she loves them and neither Rumi nor Zoey question it. Nobody who watched the movie would say oh there is main character, cute bubbly character and one who loves their group but is too afraid to show it. NO! Mira shows it!

And how she shows it? In the second half of the movie she is reaching out to Rumi to figure out what's wrong. Multiple times. She tries and fails. And isn't that great how the movie doesn't use Zoey as a bridge between girls just because? Isn't that great how writers give all the girls personality and traits and humanize them and treats them with as much care and respect as they do Rumi and Jinu.

she grew up speaking Korean at home, but i can imagine English is what she spoke the most when just being out and about in Burbank so that's just what she was most comfortable with in more social situations that didn't involve her family

so when she first got to Korea and started hanging out with the girls, she'll be explaining something while very excited and just forget that they don't speak English. and she's just going on and on until she looks at their faces and the utter lack of comprehension she finds there is what makes her realize they aren't catching anything

or Mira will ask her a question and she responds completely in English without thinking about it and Mira's just like "Zoey. babes."

of course, after the multiple years of being in the group, it happens less and less (she still mainly raps in English bc she's just quicker at it with the added bonus of it sounding cool) but now she just does the thing where she forgets a word or a whole phrase in Korean and just says it in English

"hey, Mir, can you get me the (word in English) from my bathroom?"

"...get the what from your bathroom?"

"the (in English again)...uh, blow...hair."

"(in Korean) you mean the hair dryer?"

"(in Korean) YES, THE HAIR DRYER."

eventually they get to a point where Mira and Rumi have heard Zoey speak English enough to where they're just kinda able to figure out what she's saying based off context but they have no actual grasp of the words

she'll count in English bc it's just quicker for her

and all the USAmerican idioms that just don't translate well into another language

Rumi walks into the studio

"hey, Zoey, what's wrong?"

"it's this song, it's so frustrating. i feel like i'm running around like a headless chicken."

"headless...HUH?"

"running around like a headless chicken..."

"?!?"

"i can't figure out what to do next."