Bi Bi Birdie

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

TLE FINALLY CONFESSED!

Tle asked Ko if his crush is obvious, and Ko tried to keep a straight face because, like, yes babe. It's obvious to anyone with eyes.

Except for August because he is too busy trying to figure out what is happening with the awkward tension between his two friends.

But to August's credit, he is a keen observer because he was the first to realize something was up with the Kos, and he quickly noticed when he hurt Tle's feelings and immediately recovered by trying to make him laugh.

And he is sooooo happy to see another note too!

I really like that each pair is made up of a smart boy who has the biggest crush and a goofy guy who is emotionally intelligent.

May the core group of goofy friends get their future boyfriends to admit they love them, so they can start going on group dates.

So don't disappoint me or Tle, August. We've waited so long for this moment. Say you like Tle too! PLEASE!

I have questions if you have the spoons to answer:

have there been any shows where you thought there was colour coding but later disappointed you to realise there wasn’t?

inversely

have there been any shows where you thought there wasn’t colour coding to begin with but then later realised there was?

I love your colour analyses and i hope that’s no secret to you <3

MWAH!

Months later, and I have spoons!

have there been any shows where you thought there was colour coding but later disappointed you to realise there wasn’t?

The answer is Thailand.

Sometimes, I'll get shows where I'm disappointed by the lack of commitment to the color coding like Fourever You's second season, A Boss and a Babe, The Heart Killers, and Sweet Tooth, Good Dentist, but I still feel confident there is some level of color coding within them, so although I get frustrated, my disappointment doesn't stem from that.

Thailand is the only country we get pilot trailers for, and it's strange to me that those pilots are color coded, but the actual shows aren't. Oftentimes, I'll see a pilot trailer and get excited that there is color coding; then, it'll be completely gone in the show. For example, Love Upon a Time's original pilot with James had his character as an Orange Oddity and Net's character as a Brown Boy, but when the show aired, it was gone.

Monster Next Door's pilot had Big's character as a Pink Person and Park's as a Bland Boy, but the actual show went more vibrant versus dull, which isn't the same.

I understand the purpose of pilots, so I know things will change, but the reason I find it odd to change the color coding between the pilot and the show is because I don't know why it's there in the first place since a pilot is simply a concept. It just feels like a company is putting too much effort into finding four pink outfits and multiple pink accessories, when the phone could've been black, the stuffed animals could have been any color, and the sweaters just needed to be soft in order to get the point across that this character is sweet and has childlike wonder.

Into Racha barely released its pilot trailer, so the color coding might stick when the show eventually airs, but pilots normally do not have the time nor the budget to be wasting on minor details like this, so as much as it makes me happy seeing it, I also don't understand why it's there. Like, I'll be mad if Be My Player Two isn't color coded black/blue x yellow/orange because all of its marketing material has been, but the pilot trailer wasn't color coded, so I know I need to be cautious about getting my hopes up. But at the same time, if the show isn't color coded, why do the work of color coding the marketing material? Why use up the creative folks' time like that when they could just use the show's color palette how they want?

have there been any shows where you thought there wasn’t colour coding to begin with but then later realised there was?

The answer is Japan.

Typically, my spidey sense knows something is up; it just takes time to convince myself that I'm not making it up. My brain doesn't turn off when it comes to colors, like in the first few games of this World Cup, I instantly spotted that almost every player had pink cleats, which I'm sure most of the audience noticed, but my family looked at me like I was hallucinating.

Also, I generally know what to look for when I'm watching shows. China tends to stick with black and white, so if it's different colors, it's obvious. Philippines and Vietnam are rarely color coded. Taiwan takes me a bit because I'm more engrossed in the plots, but I catch on sooner rather than later. Korea is all about aesthetics, so I can tell pretty quickly, but I am ashamed that it took me four episodes to realize Secret Relationships was color coded, when it was so obvious.

Because Thailand does so much promo beforehand, I usually know what I'm getting before I get it, so even though I might not be confident in my theory, I still have a theory when I begin a show. For example, I wasn't sure about Top Form being color coded, but I had an inkling from the first episode.

But both of those become my issue when watching Japanese shows. I feel the colors, but it'll take me at least halfway through the show to be confident in it even though the colors are playing in my face. Old Fashion Cupcake did this. The ties were color coded the ENTIRE time, yet I didn't write about the color coding until after I got the special episode because I wanted to make sure.

Prior to 2021, I was watching most shows gray from fansubbers, so sometimes the quality of the video made it difficult to see the colors. Literally. Cherry Magic was one, and in the promo material and manga, their ties were the opposite of what they were color coded in the show, so it threw me for a loop, which meant I didn't believe I was right at first because it was kinda hard to see.

School Trip had the boys in uniforms for the first four episodes, so all I had were bags and phones to base my theory off of, but even then, I knew in my soul they were color coded, so I just had to wait a few more episodes for the confirmation.

My Personal Weatherman also took me halfway though to convince myself I was correct in my theory.

Basically, I doubt myself a lot more than I think people believe, so time always helps me hype myself up. Also, having others mention something about it makes me feel better because then I'm not the only one seeing it, so just as much as you like my color posts, I like seeing other people write about them.

He has only bottomed once, and it's implied that he did it to feel something since he walks around numb to most things, and that something was most likely pain. He is in this pink fluffy bunny suit, yet all he wants is to feel, something.

Then, he imagines that Jay sexually assaults him because, to him, that's the only way Jay would want him. But not only that, it's the only way Sun thinks he is allowed to experience . . . pleasure? If he's forced into it.

Sun doesn't have a problem with posing nude for Pakin, nor does he seem to have an issue with possibly giving a man a blowjob at gunpoint to get out of a tough spot.

But a little peck on the cheek really gets to him.

And that's why I don't think Jay is trying to make Sun feel good as much as he is simply trying to make Sun feel. Anything. Period. Which probably means he'll do it by any means necessary since Sun doesn't react to sex being used as an exchange or a even a hand idly caressing the back of his neck because it's all par for the course, a means to an end.

And this is the end.

Sun took hits in that ring like he was being paid per punch because he understood what needed to be done to reach his target. Physical harm doesn't bother him because pain doesn't bother him. So either he feels nothing at all most of the time, or he feels pain. Those are his only two modes. Numbness and pain.

Sky is nice to him, but because Sky reminds Sun of his younger brother, he keeps him at a distance. Sun could have a friend, but he isn't here to make friends. He's not here to possibly lose another person when he's already lost so much. He's not here to possibly feel safe again, when it can all be taken away.

So how else would Jay get Sun to see anything beyond his plot for revenge? How would Jay get Sun to feel anything other than numbness when he is so hellbent on feeling nothing, and if he does, it's pain?

Once again, the story already told us through the fantasy sequence that Sun does want to feel something—pleasure.

He just has be forced.

You're going to let me feast off of side crumbs, right?

You're going to let Thailand's love of pairings work for me, right?

You wouldn't dangle that possibility in front of me for nothing, right?

You're going to finally give me everything I want, right?!