I am not a dedicated Jiang Cheng apologist but I respect his aesthetic and attitude. Also it hurts me DEEPLY that his character only smiles in episode one of the Untamed before they arrive at Cloud Recesses. LITERALLY ONLY IN ONE EPISODE. For my own sanity I watch Behind the Scenes clips of the actor who has a very lovely smile. đ
Me too, jc. Me too.
me: hey i feel pretty good what could go wrong
brain:
Well uhâŚ
1.) one or both of people you see as a âstraight coupleâ could be pan/bi/poly/ace
2.) one or both of them could be trans or non binary
3.) you could be misgendering someone
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pointed out to me by impalaforthree
While this exchange is ostensibly the feather in many a John Winchester apologistâs cap, watching this scene gave me chills. Look at Deanâs face very closely. Do you see anything there of happiness, gratitude, or even agreement? Honestly I can read nothing in Deanâs expressions or body language that doesnât look to me like tightly repressed bitterness and rage, at best impassive coldness. While making these gifs I was flipping through each frame to check for errors and I was struck by how motionless Dean is, how unnaturally still he holds while Sam is talking - except for that expression he makes in the sixth gif, which looks a lot like disgust to me. He lowers his eyes away as Sam says âwe could have had Maxâs childhoodâ.
Max was beaten by his father. Does it truly look to anyone like Dean is saying to himself âyeah, good thing we had dad or we might have been beatenâ? Or does his rigid face and dark eyes say âI did have Maxâs childhood, and you would have too if I hadnât protected you by making sure dad only hit meâ? He looks back at the house - and perhaps into his past as well - and shadows ominously cover his face. âAll things consideredâ he says without any enthusiasm, and for a moment his mask falls away as he gets in the car. As though heâs saying âmaybe you turned out okay, but I didnâtâ.
And is it just me or does Dean look like heâs been punched in the stomach in the second gif? People seem to think that he is happy and pleased by Sam saying âwe were lucky to have dadâ, but that just isnât what his face looks like to me. Before he speaks, he looks⌠devastated. He doesnât actually say that he's glad Sam said that, only that he never thought he would, and his smile doesnât look excited, only incredulous. Maybe part of him was always glad that Sam fought back against John when he couldnât, that Sam knew John abused them. Maybe hearing Sam say that John did right by them, no matter how much Dean himself insists thatâs true, took the air out of him.Â
Once we take this scene apart and look at it closely, it only convinces me further that John beat Dean when Sam wasnât around and protected Sam not only from John, but from the knowledge that he was beaten.
good luck, crispies
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Richard Madden photographed by Justin Campbell for Just Jared 2015
Franz Kafka, 1912