i promised you the moon watchlog

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so i am going in knowing that i won’t like this as much as itsay bc itsay is just so good to me and its very rare that a sequel is as good as the first part, so if it’s not as good, i won’t be surprised ! i watched itsay right when it ended airing, so around nov 25-26 2020, while i was on thanksgiving break ! i binged this in a day and a half so while i remember what happened, i remember even more of what i was feeling while watching. 

live-watching thoughts

episode 1

> god i cannot get over how good billkin’s acting is esp the part where teh is complaining to his mom about his roommate like the bittersweet feelings are so tangible and i,,, relate to it a lot more than i thought i would? 

> i forgot how much i loved the lighting/coloring in itsay and it’s just as good in ipytm ?? it’s perfect for the little family hug teh has :<

> thinking about exploring a new city with someone you love,,,, im not crying not really

> no bc i teared up when oh aew listened to the message teh’s mom left,,, god idk why the smallest things make me this emotional when i never cry while watching other shows

> im in love w aew,,,, he’s everything to me

> no bc the difference of when aew’s friend asks what his name means vs jai saying that oh aew isnt a common name,,,, hm

> once again,,, i love aew so much 

> aew opening his eyes to an open stage at the end Stop i will cry right now. 

i enjoyed this episode ! maybe just bc i just finished my own first yr of college in a diff state where i knew no one, but i really did relate to oh aew and esp bc im bad with change it felt so personal to me,,, as usual i loved the cinematography and the aquarium scene,,, so dear to my heart <3

episode 2

> teh is so fucking headstrong like thats not even the word im looking for but it’s such a defining characteristic of his and idk where im going w this but i just love teh !!! even though he is a disaster sometimes !!

> aew my babie

> forehead kiss forehead kiss forehead kiss they are Everything to me !!!!!!

> oh aew always having to work so much harder than those around him bc it just takes him Time to improve and grow,,,, i love him i wanna hug him 

> aew not even having to try in other classes but the classes he’s passionate ab are the ones that he struggles in ,,, hashtag relate

> i think im reading in too much on aew’s character but i love him and thats what i do w characters i love

> the part where aew overheard khim’s story is so bittersweet to me bc on one hand, khim is so talented and if she still hasn’t gotten a main role, it doesn’t feel like as serious of a failure that aew didn’t do so well at the casting too and makes him feel less alone, but also khim is So Talented and if she still hasn’t gotten a main role, what are the chances aew will get one soon ? or ever ? im in pain aew i love u

> teh not understanding why aew would ever want to switch majors vs aew understanding that he isnt happy where he is,, cannot formulate coherent thoughts but what the fuck

> i do nawt understand teh’s character sometimes,,, like ms khim is giving up on her dreams and TEH is the one who gets upset ???? its like he doesnt understand the privilege you need to keep chasing your dreams without another source of income,,, 

> teh promsing aew to never leave and then them hugging w the moon in the background,,, i very much enjoyed that bit

this ep was harder for me to get thru bc i get secondhand embarrassment very easy and the amt of times aew was given negative feedback was a lot to me,,, but anyways onto ep 3 !!!

episode 3

> i thought jai had a thing for teh,,, did not see him being w their prof coming

> … is teh forming feelings for jai

> oh dear i think i see where this is going

> teh breaking his no drinking rule for jai of all people,,, ok

> why is there such a lack of aew scenes in this ep and why are all of them so fucking short

> you know i wont lie i know teh and aew make up but i wouldnt be upset if aew realized he deserves better and leaves teh <3

i spent most of this episode mad at teh so since i dont have much positive stuff to say i would rather keep my mouth shut But also teh’s basically already fallen out of love w aew he likes the idea of aew more than he actually likes him and its just so unfair to aew for teh to keep leading aew on when his feelings have already been diluted. i feel like any reconciliation is gonna seem so forced to me bc we’ve already seen teh dislike aew’s true self/the way he changed after college and i would rather aew have someone who will embrace those changes and appreciate aew’s growth as a person. but whatever. 

episode 4

> idk how oh aew is sitting there w a straight face i wouldve been crying the second teh walked in

> no bc i dont like oh aew snooping around in teh’s stuff either 

> teh looks happy when oh aew asks if he can watch the workshop i am SO CONFUSED ??? teh figure yourself out stop hurting oh aew

> jai knows too much ab teh’s feelings i am not enjoying this

> jai is irritating the fuck out of me

> now can aew confront teh no one gaf ab jai

> oh wait i recognize this scene oh no

> i am not feeling it

> i hope teh followed jai out there to tell him that there’s nothing going on between them and there never will be ,,,

> jai’s an asshole but teh also is so idk what to feel rn 😁😁

> dont think jai’s gonna make it very far w that directing style of his but ok

> oh aew’s so good at concealing his feelings im jealous

> aew’s red hair is gone ?? no my baby

> i am nawt rooting for teh

> so true aew you tell him

> aew my baby 😿

im happy that oh aew broke up with teh tbh and he was so mature about it too im also glad he had his friends around to comfort him :( i liked this ep more than the last and i think i can see how the last ep is going to play out,,, i’d still prefer if the two of them dont make up but i know they will :/ 

episode 5

> oh aew still being happy for teh achieving his dreams he’s so nice

> omg did not expect them to reunite so early in the ep

> teh SNIFFING oh aew good lord

> i love seeing teh and oh aew reconnect as like full grown adults 😿

> seeing them be Mature is so nice i love this

> teh apologizing,,, the bar is on the ground but im still happy ab it

> the moment oh aew realized,,,,,, goodbye

> the poster between them while they talk hello the cinematography is so lovely

> BAS MY BABY ITS BEEN SO LONG

> teh’s mom is so sweet she’s the best

> teh just staring at oh aew aw that was cute

> THE BEACH AAAA

> top and khim are so adorable wtf

> no that was such a cute ending i really liked it bc im a sap

tbh this was my favorite episode by far it was written so well and i loved how straightforward aew was with his concerns and idk i liked how everything came together,,, esp the part where aew told teh that they didnt have to promise to love each other forever, they just had to work through their changes together,, 

overall

idk if i would ever rewatch ipytm again the way i would itsay but i went in knowing that i probably wouldnt like it as much as itsay. the middle 3 episodes were kinda just … not enjoyable to me at all and i dont think the first and last eps made up for that ? it was overall just a decent drama that i really enjoyed the cinematography in ! 

something that really bugged me though was the lack of good oh aew scenes ??  all of their scenes apart had teh off doing things w jai and they were just interesting while oh aew’s solo scenes were him texting his friends or hanging out w them but like those scenes never really had much substance except for showing that aew was worried ab their relationship. and that was so annoying bc hello you have pp krit ! give him a good storyline. some of it was probably bc of how much shorter ipytm is compared to itsay but yeah still that’s upsetting to me. 

the ending i think i really only liked bc it was billkin and pp playing those characters. i feel like their acting sold me on the happy ending where if it were anyone else playing tehoh i would not have liked the happy ending ? idk :/ to me itsay is a wonderful coming of age story and in my mind it’s always going to be a whole other entity compared to ipytm.