Are you all following My Stand-In? What are your thoughts so far, into the finale coming next week? This was my exact expression after seeing yesterday's episode... and how much they changed things.
Don't get me wrong the series is good, the cast is great, the acting is top. Whoever wrote script does not understand us general audiences though. Because if they did why on EARTH would they try to give Tong a redemption arc? Was it to tone down his arrogant front just to show that Ming's father is the Big Boss now? 🤨 Makes no sense tbh.
We did not asked for a redemption on his behalf. We did not need one either. Boy I am so mad. 😡 Frustrated to say the very least. Why is Tong walking right there all rent free after everything he has done and acting NOW with a kind of guilty conscious which I and we all know he has NONE of. 🤬 He does not deserve any sort of redemption whatsoever! Not after all the BS he has done for years and 11 episodes! No, that spot is already currently occupied by Ming. 🙄 There are no more vacancies left in this absolute train wreck, and definitely not for the likes of Tong anyway. He was acting so out of character in this episode, as if we did not see an arrogant, narcissistic, selfish person for a total of 10 episodes. Suddenly he does 180º and we have to buy this? Nah huh, not me. 😑
*the need to rand and vent never felt so real*
All we ever wanted was to see Tong ruined, for him to properly pay for his shady deeds. To be outed as the fraud he is and can be, and be on the black list of the industry like poor Joe was before and because of Tong of all people... After all, publicly shame would be Tong's worst fear to face. A divorce would be nice too, but not request by HIM. May should be the one to leave him, since they did her so nice in the show. Instead they make him use his unborn baby as a leverage more than once, not only to escape his faults but to convince poor Joe, which is an orphan to help him out. Of course, Joe being the most selfless person ever would surely help him out. 🙄 Help the same guy who was mostly responsible for his ruin that led him to lose his life. Joe is clearly not the sharpest crayon of the 🌈 and he is too much of a softy for any kind of revenge (sadly), that he placed himself constantly on a loop of events that not only resulted on him becoming a stand-in in so many ways and form, but that led to his fall once again.
The first time being an accident, the second a noble sacrifice in the name of love. (not for Tong, ew, but for Ming) No wonder he is tired, but guess what 🤨 so am I. And everyone watching this. It's hard to defend someone who acts like this. 😫 Glad he is given the choice of staying or letting all go. I am all up for rooting for Joe to chose to rest and let it all go, to be selfish for once, and not be trapped in a cycle to be someone else's stand-in. He has suffered enough for two lifetimes already. Give him a break. It's clear him and Ming are endgame, so guess who is gonna wake up next episode, either by hearing Ming's voice or witnessing mad glimpses of Ming's grief for the past couple of years since original Joe was gone. YES because that preview for next week seem like Ming's pov. He said so himself, when Joe was gone he was a mess, he let the loft become a mess too, until he realized that if Joe was to return home one day he would have wanted to see all his belongings like they were and so he kept it all intact.
I have to admit that Ming tried harder at his redemption than most would. His dad is stubborn and too prideful, to care for his family, but Ming still chose what makes him happier and fulfilled. And it's not his wealth. But the one and only Joe. Well done Ming 👏 to think I would be right here praising Ming 🤣 ikr even I am surprised at that.
Joe is the most consistent character in this plot though. 😌 He needs to make the same mistakes more than once, because he never learns. 🤣 Holy Joe, savior of all pricks, benevolent tiring soul, that easily forgives those who have wronged him in his previous life, in this present one too, but hopefully not in the next. 🙌
Maiko Seikarin
Are you all following My Stand-In? What are your thoughts so far, into the finale coming next week?
This was my exact expression after seeing yesterday's episode... and how much they changed things.
Don't get me wrong the series is good, the cast is great, the acting is top. Whoever wrote script does not understand us general audiences though. Because if they did why on EARTH would they try to give Tong a redemption arc? Was it to tone down his arrogant front just to show that Ming's father is the Big Boss now? 🤨 Makes no sense tbh.
We did not asked for a redemption on his behalf. We did not need one either. Boy I am so mad. 😡 Frustrated to say the very least. Why is Tong walking right there all rent free after everything he has done and acting NOW with a kind of guilty conscious which I and we all know he has NONE of. 🤬 He does not deserve any sort of redemption whatsoever! Not after all the BS he has done for years and 11 episodes! No, that spot is already currently occupied by Ming. 🙄 There are no more vacancies left in this absolute train wreck, and definitely not for the likes of Tong anyway. He was acting so out of character in this episode, as if we did not see an arrogant, narcissistic, selfish person for a total of 10 episodes. Suddenly he does 180º and we have to buy this? Nah huh, not me. 😑
*the need to rand and vent never felt so real*
All we ever wanted was to see Tong ruined, for him to properly pay for his shady deeds. To be outed as the fraud he is and can be, and be on the black list of the industry like poor Joe was before and because of Tong of all people... After all, publicly shame would be Tong's worst fear to face. A divorce would be nice too, but not request by HIM. May should be the one to leave him, since they did her so nice in the show. Instead they make him use his unborn baby as a leverage more than once, not only to escape his faults but to convince poor Joe, which is an orphan to help him out. Of course, Joe being the most selfless person ever would surely help him out. 🙄 Help the same guy who was mostly responsible for his ruin that led him to lose his life. Joe is clearly not the sharpest crayon of the 🌈 and he is too much of a softy for any kind of revenge (sadly), that he placed himself constantly on a loop of events that not only resulted on him becoming a stand-in in so many ways and form, but that led to his fall once again.
The first time being an accident, the second a noble sacrifice in the name of love. (not for Tong, ew, but for Ming) No wonder he is tired, but guess what 🤨 so am I. And everyone watching this. It's hard to defend someone who acts like this. 😫 Glad he is given the choice of staying or letting all go. I am all up for rooting for Joe to chose to rest and let it all go, to be selfish for once, and not be trapped in a cycle to be someone else's stand-in. He has suffered enough for two lifetimes already. Give him a break. It's clear him and Ming are endgame, so guess who is gonna wake up next episode, either by hearing Ming's voice or witnessing mad glimpses of Ming's grief for the past couple of years since original Joe was gone. YES because that preview for next week seem like Ming's pov. He said so himself, when Joe was gone he was a mess, he let the loft become a mess too, until he realized that if Joe was to return home one day he would have wanted to see all his belongings like they were and so he kept it all intact.
I have to admit that Ming tried harder at his redemption than most would. His dad is stubborn and too prideful, to care for his family, but Ming still chose what makes him happier and fulfilled. And it's not his wealth. But the one and only Joe. Well done Ming 👏 to think I would be right here praising Ming 🤣 ikr even I am surprised at that.
Joe is the most consistent character in this plot though. 😌 He needs to make the same mistakes more than once, because he never learns. 🤣 Holy Joe, savior of all pricks, benevolent tiring soul, that easily forgives those who have wronged him in his previous life, in this present one too, but hopefully not in the next. 🙌
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