#shine boc

Nice to meet you. I'm Tanwa.

I love that in Shine, after all that shit happened after Victor's death, Tanwa never resented Trin. After seeing Victor's dead body, Trin went and in grief-stricken fury, punched and blamed Tanwa (unfairly so) and Tanwa was in a shock. Even before he could enter his worst mental state and spiral, Tanwa still followed Trin all around as the latter was having a meltdown post Victor's death, and even though he did not appear in front of him, he cried and broke down.

Trin left to Paris while Tanwa was spiralling the hell out. Even on Sucha's request to see Tanwa, Trin refused to see him as he saw it as something he needs to deal with himself. Seems cold, but on my first Shine meta I already laid out my understanding of this. It was Tanwa's father who eventually helped him out of that, and lent him his mother's last novel that was unfinished. It ended up healing that 12-year-old child in him that saw his mother unalive herself, and also began to come to terms with what happened.

The novel that he finished was named Indigo Moon, and it was made obvious, through fans of the show actually, that Trin is referred to as Tanwa's moon (won't go into the deets of that since there is already a lot of detailed meta on that). Through that book, not only did he heal, but managed to communicate what actually happened, with Victor coming to terms with Trin and Tanwa's relationship along with his unrequited crush on Trin, and him telling Tanwa not to tell Trin about the protest (that ultimately got him killed). In the last line, he wrote that he hopes that someone "is ready to listen to his voice", and ending it with "the moon always shines", a hopeful outlook, that to me was obvious that it was for Trin. Also gonna give a big 10 to Moira for delivering the book to Trin. It was when Trin actually understood and felt guilty for what he did. He tried to chase after Tanwa but unexpectedly, Tanwa met him, for the first time in two years, at Pont Neuf bridge, smiling at him and asking to sign an autograph. Pont Neuf bridge and the vanilla sky in Paris was what they talked about till things took a turn for the worst for them. This was where they met and reintroduced themselves after two fucking years!

some of my most favourite mile pics in no particular order for mile's 34th birthday today (5 january 2026)