#dae heon

Okay, so I absolutely love XO, Kitty. Yes, I know it’s not a perfect show and it’s extremely cheesy, but those are the types of shows I love lol. Anyhow, I need to talk about my beloved ship Minho + Kitty, especially after this past season.

You cannot sit here and tell me they aren’t purposely building up these two to be end game. They make it SO clear that’s who Kitty will end up with because the plot line between them is so carefully drawn out and detailed. If someone like Yuri was meant to be with Kitty, the plot line would be more detailed. Lemme explain.

With Minho, he shows a lot of parallels to Peter (ie. calling Kitty “Covey”), he always shows up for Kitty (especially in stressful situations), he constantly looks at her lovingly, and he’s very sassy like Kitty. They keep building up their friendship and Kitty’s feelings for him. It perfectly fits the friends to lovers trope.

Looking at Yuri, although she’s a good friend to Kitty, there are plenty of times where she doesn’t show up for her in the same way Minho - and Q - do. She also runs after she kisses Kitty and avoids Kitty entirely instead of bothering to talk it out with her, until Kitty pretty much forces her to have that conversation. There’s also no parallels to Peter and it seems like she doesn’t reciprocate the same romantic feelings Kitty has.

And, with Dae, he’s so timid and doesn’t seem to want to win Kitty back in any sort of way, despite getting a bit mad at Minho. His anger was more-so for being so quick to confess to Kitty, like there was ill intent and lack of consideration towards the breakup + his friendship with Dae. Dae strikes me as the first boyfriend - good first experience but not who’s going to be there for the long haul. Him also not immediately telling his serious girlfriend that he was in a fake relationship was so messy and showed lack of care (teenagers are also just really stupid at times lol).

So, see what I’m getting at? The Kitty and Minho build up has already lasted for two whole seasons. There has been plenty of time for build up between Kitty and other characters if there was a potential relationship forming. But, that hasn’t really been the case.

My theory is that it’s going to go the same way a romcom does. There’s messy things that happen, other love interests are added in to throw the audience off, plot twists thicken the build up, etc. And, then, after seasons worth of that, Minho and Kitty will end up getting into a very serious relationship. It’s a matter of knowing it’s going to happen but figuring out how it’s going to happen and enjoying the ride. That’s always how romcoms go, and this is most likely running on that same formula.

Think of how stupid it would be if the writers of the show built up all this hype of Minho and Kitty ending up together…and then they don’t. They’d end up with a ridiculous amount of disappointed fans and bad reviews. It would feel like it was all done for nothing.

Don’t get me wrong. I think it’s important that they’ve had Dae, Yuri, and Stella all thrown into the romantic plot. Dae was the important first experience. Yuri helped Kitty figure out her sexuality (and helps normalize bisexuality which I love). Stella was the rotten girlfriend who made it clear to Minho that he still loves Kitty and that he never loved anyone else. BUT, their romantic plot lines aren’t nearly as interesting as the one between Kitty and Minho (at least to me and a lot of the other viewers).