Jaeeon's Subtle Character Development (08 August 21)

JE telling Nabi a story about his life is a small but significant step in his growth.


Past JE would've stopped at "My mom gave it to me for my birthday" but he gave away a snippet of his life without Nabi asking.


JE then proceeded to tell Nabi the story of how he met HER, something that Nabi did not pick up on for two possible reasons:


1) She buried the details of her memory of that day

2) She wanted to believe JE was talking about some other woman


Even when JE was not getting the response he's been meaning to get, he still continued his story -- even leaning forward to show his interest. 


"It was snowing that day"


JE notices every single thing when it comes to Nabi.


Nabi did not pick on his hints, as expected, as she had trained herself to view JE as a flirt.


On his end, JE did not seem to want to be forward with Nabi because he knows that he's walking on eggshells around her.


Ep8 is the most talkative I have seen JE by far.


JE has been trying his best to communicate with Nabi and to get his feelings across, but Nabi is stubborn and impenetrable.


He gets hurt whenever Nabi dismisses him, yet he tries and tries again. 


Nevertheless on the flip side, Nabi still fails to realise that JE has always been giving her the upper hand, he has always respected her boundaries & given her space when she needs it. 


I guess this is the result of all the gaslighting by her manipulative ex. 


For those saying that this scene is JE being "emotionally manipulative".


What lens are you viewing it from? JE was telling her how he first saw her in a raw, straightforward manner. He was not in any way doing it to use, control or victimise Nabi.


Nevertheless if we were to romanticise this scene - this is JE baring her heart to Nabi, in the exact place where he lost it to her.


But he said it so casually, it's like he knew he was going to get dismissed, as Nabi has been doing so for the past days.


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