Chicken :cqlgusu:
I have to go to work soon and I have no time but ...
"Escape" by #BangChan and #Hyunjin
:youtube: https://youtu.be/LvCmsOWPwKA
There's a blue moon and a red moon. #skzMoons
There's a Thelma & Louise feel to the ending.
There's so much in there that I will watch repeatedly.
Chicken :cqlgusu:
I'm home, comfortable, fed.
It's now time to watch the "Escape" video way too many times.
What's up with #Hyunjin's red strings? They're onscreen so briefly and snap away before we can even propery see them.
Will there be any #ChromeHearts appearances in this video ahaha of course there will be because #BangChan is involved. But the first appearance goes to Hyunjin wearing a flared cross necklace. #skzSignificantJewellery
Do the red things represent what they're trying to escape from? Red strings, red lighting, red ... shopping trolley?? hmm
The chain appears to be attached to Chan's wrist with the simple kind of connector that you'd use to attach a dog's leash to its collar. (I don't know what it's usually called.)
I like how there's supposed to be this impression that they're trailing these chains from their wrists and can't do much about them, but in fact they could be easily removed if they just applied their *thumbs*.
Chicken :cqlgusu:
help #BangChan is so pretty, look at those LIPS
oh hello we have now arrived at the part of the video in which Chan and #Hyunjin have sex.
Chicken :cqlgusu:
I just
#BangChan slams #Hyunjin against a display cabinet hard enough to break the glass. (special stunt glass pls?)
(There are a lot of choppy quick cuts in this sequence, which is a good stylistic choice and also makes it impossible to tell if it's actually Hyunjin being slammed against the display cabinet, or if it's a stuntperson. I hope we get to see more of this in the making-of film.)
Chan throws Hyunjin down on the mattress and climbs on top of him
Their expressions indicate that they are both having an incredibly good time
Quick shot of some chains sliding off someone dressed in white, looks like a direct callback to the Red Lights video
Back to this scene with more wrestling and then a really nice bit of manhandling from Hyunjin flipping Chan over and climbing on top
I spend way too much time paying attention to skz manhandling each other, and I can safely say that Channie is almost never the recipient of any manhandling. When Chan's involved, he's usually the perpetrator, not the recipient.
Yes Channie you get to be thrown around by a hot boy for a change, instead of doing the throwing. I love this for you!
Chicken :cqlgusu:
Is that chain slipping off the arm of the person dressed in white *actually* from the Red Lights video? I think it might be
Please #Hyunjin I beg you to keep making #BangChan have this much fun, he needs it
That's an interesting grip that Chan has on Hyunjin's throat
... and now it's animal transformation time!
Chicken :cqlgusu:
They can be chill when the lights are blue-tinged. But when the lights are red-tinged, it's bad (I think??) and they have to escape.
Shadowy hands up against the windows as the lights turn red.
Is #Hyunjin likely to be noisy? Is that why #BangChan must slap a hand over his mouth? To muffle his noises? Very helpful of him.
Brave and determined Hwang Hyunjin will hold off those attackers no matter what, and will buy time for his beloved Chan.
Chan's alarm and worry when he realises what Hyunjin has done 🥹
Chicken :cqlgusu:
When we see #Hyunjin running back into danger, the lighting is red.
Hey there's that blue moon again, for the wide shot of the area where this is happening. #skzMoons
What's going on with Hyunjin on the blanket, draped in chains, in the blue-tinged room? Where he's holding the shard of glass. It looks like he's sacrificed himself and put himself back into bondage, given up the happiness he had with Chan.
#BangChan's shots are all blue-tinged as he looks for Hyunjin, or looks out for him?? And then he cracks and goes red. He has to go get his boy back.
Hmm hmm I thought that the blue moon was associated with #skzBlueTeam and the red moon with #skzRedTeam, but I don't know if that's how they're using the blue and red coding in this video.
Chicken :cqlgusu:
#BangChan's hand reaching out to the red moon (representing #Hyunjin as part of #skzRedTeam I think)
okay okay this is fine, i'm fine
Chan could have stayed safe and comfortable with his blue moon and his #skzBlueTeam but fuck no he won't ever let any of his boys suffer for his sake, or leave them behind
Is it a reference to when #Hyunjin had to go on hiatus in 2021 and the rest of the members made it clear that they had to have him back?
Was Hyunjin fully willing to sacrifice his own career at that time, so that skz wouldn't be 'tainted' by the supposed scandal?
Was there a chance that skz could have given up, let him go, carried on as a 7-member group without him? It would have been a mistake, I think, but they may have felt like they didn't have a choice.
Chicken :cqlgusu:
Okay it is almost impossible to get a clear image of that (blue-eyed?) wolf running through the snow, but ...
IS THAT ONE OF CHANNIE'S FUCKING CHROME HEARTS BRACELETS THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ON ITS PAW?!!!
I cannot tell if the wolf is actually intended to have four glowing eyes (one eye representing each member of #skzBlueTeam??) or if it's just the way it's animated with overlapping frames. But it was pretty much impossible to grab a screen of this wolf where it *doesn't* appear to have four eyes.
(Of course I am going to overanalyse this out the wazoo, because this is what I do. If the ferret only has 2 eyes and the wolf has 4 eyes, it makes me think of how the skz Blue Team seems to be more of a solid and established unit in prior #skzlore, whereas #skzRedTeam seems more fragmented and fragile.)
Happily reunited in their furry coats reminiscent of the wolf-pelt outfits from "Wolfgang". They originally had to perform that song without #Hyunjin, but made sure to present a reworked version that included him as soon as they could.
#skzEscape #HyunChan #skzSignificantJewellery on #BangChan's fucking wolf avatar omg this is fine
Chicken :cqlgusu:
Right. So. Uh. They're not chained together.
There's a chain attached to #Hyunjin's wrist.
#BangChan has a firm and determined grip on the chain. Like Hyunjin is his leashed pet.
Um.
Chan likes leashing his pet boys.
(Also demonstrated in an old #skzTalker episode where he was leading #LeeKnow and #Changbin around by chains attached to their outfits)
You know what? This deserves a hashtag: #ChansPetBoys
Thar she blows!!! A previously-unseen-on-Chan #ChromeHearts necklace. I think it's the Filigree Cross. I was starting to worry that we were almost at the end of the MV and he hadn't ChromeHearts'd at us yet.
Chicken :cqlgusu:
Okay well that took a while. There's so much. it's good. I like it. I want more of it. I want a feature-length movie. Please give me a feature-length movie.
I haven't smoked in 30 years but somehow I want a cigarette.
Chicken :cqlgusu:
@ametonym it's good that we're all such philosphers and very good at thinking
Ametonym⁷
@lookitmychicken Much to think about.
Chicken :cqlgusu:
... and in less than 30 minute there should be a new #skzCode episode oh lordy I need to get off the couch and eat a food.
I just spent almost 2 hours dissecting and posting about a 3-minute music video.
Chicken :cqlgusu:
ooh there's already a short video with some behind-the-scenes bits!
Still can't tell if that's actually #Hyunjin or a stunt person that #BangChan is shoving into the glass.
But lots of other good glimpses yay!
:youtube: https://youtube.com/shorts/gQG-d7VNIbk
Inoru
@lookitmychicken okay so the metaphor IS that blatant got it
Inoru
@lookitmychicken he. Oh. I reeeeally didn't notice he was holding Hyunjin's chain and hdjsvdjsb Hyunjin looks settled and happy (considering the circumstances) and <*makes spluttery noises*>
Like okay same hat Hyunjin but w o w.
Chicken :cqlgusu:
@inoru_no_hoshi when is someone going to hold MY chain?? 😭
Chicken :cqlgusu:
@inoru_no_hoshi reminds me of what my friend told me about The Untamed before I watched it for the first time.
"They're married and they have a son together" haha yeah but you actually mean that you could read it that way if you squint really hard, right? right??
omg they are ACTUALLY married and they ACTUALLY have a son together. YOU WEREN'T KIDDING
so yeah. in this MV, there is a scene that can really only be read as a blatant metaphor for Bang Chan and Hyunjin having sex with each other.
if someone watches that scene and thinks it's *not* a metaphor for them having sex with each other, I will accept that they have that opinion and I will also be surprised.
Inoru
@lookitmychicken hah yeah I caught it that was immediately I just wasn't sure if I was reading too deep because <*gestures at Chan and Hyunjin*> or like y e a h it really is that blatant lmfao.
I guess the real test would be "send the MV to someone who knows jack shit about skz and see what their take is" but that sounds like effort lolol.
Chicken :cqlgusu:
Silly me. I should not have said that #BangChan was wearing a previously-unseen-on-Chan #ChromeHearts necklace.
He wore it during #ChkChkBoom
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