#ru.rambles

not sure if anyone else felt this but it's funny how the show begins with a not-so-flattering first impression of do raik losing it at his manager and the staff for not preparing things well (but even before that he's jumped by a fan and picks himself up immediately, a clear indication that it's not the first time this has happened)... and as the episode progresses you realise that, oh. it's not raik. it's the people around him who have pushed him to this point. if anything, it's a surprise that he hasn't completely lost it yet— even if he were to, the ceo would gladly gaslight and blackmail him into thinking otherwise. he is constantly lashing out like a cornered animal because that is what the industry has reduced him to.

something something about how link click presents us our central protagonists as characters who are both unable to move on; cheng xiaoshi from a past that he cannot change, and lu guang from a future that he cannot accept — cheng xiaoshi refused to budge from that empty house in hopes of seeing his parents again, lu guang refuses to live in a world that would allow his best friend to die