After finishing The Killers Heart episode in a proper watch where I could see it in all it's glory (which means uninterrupted and in the big screen with no one around) I can say I had SO MUCH FUN.
Kant and Bison hadn't really caught my attention until today's ep, and Fadel and Style continue being such interesting characters I cat help but be all šā¼ļøabout themselves and their interactions.
What I feel also allows me to really turn my brain off (in a suspension of disbelief sense) on here and enjoy what the show's offering is that:
1) I started this with zero expectations (literally, not good, not bad, nothing, just went with it) and as the show progresses I get more and more interested in it. I still have no expectations as where the story is going, there are things I would like to see character-wise, but from the story I have no ideaaaa, I'm just a witness so far.
2) The tone of the show really does feel like a comedy, in the classical sense of the word, where It does not mean that it will be comical.
Comedies are about absurds, situations out of the ordinary, that often lead to contrived situations that yeah, might cause you to laugh because they're ridiculous, but they don't stop taking themselves serious about what happens within them, and the absurd can also lead to absurd tragedies: over the top, messy, but tragedies nonetheless. So in terms of the genre I feel it's quite true to itself (and I love it when that happens)
3) The characters are so well balanced it's āØchef kissesāØ.
What I mean about this it's that I don't feel any character has the upper hand over the rest, they're all on the same ground, albeit in very different directions.
When it comes to messy relationships I enjoy it a lot more when all parts are equally fucked up (see Big Dragon) rather when the messiness or toxicity comes from only one of the characters to the other.
This is literally a comedia de enredos (comedy of entanglements?) in all the ways, every character has something to hide and it's creating a web of misunderstandings one above the other, the assassin settings just adds a tad bit more of risk to the overall experience.
Kant is lying through his ass, Bison is masterfully making everyone believe he's an innocent little guy but Kant knooows he and his brother have killed people and YET send Style to pester Fadel without telling him and now Style is really intrigued to what Fadel is hiding and he's gonna take whatever it takes to find out while Fadel just wants a break but it's pretty conscious he's still an assassin and it's also jumping around between those realities and aha aha aha aha.
4) Finally, I'd say that overall and above everything else, what I enjoy the most in anything is congruence.
I like it when something it's set up and then followed through, I like it when characters act in ways that make sense for them, and I like it when stories are earnest and stay true to their genre.
It's only ep 3, but I really like the bases and conflicts it's setting up to, and the way it's executing them so far has been pretty coherent within what we've been shown.
So yeah, unironically enjoying the ride in more ways than what I expected to! Let's see how this one develops š«“āØ
How can both of THESE men...
Do this...
So well...
I mean hot damnšš¤¤ā¤
hey anyone who reads this post! Iām thinking about posting my marvel story here for people to read as well. might post the first chapter tmrw. what do u think?
happy bday to the best doctor ik! heās deserves the best and ONLY the best :)
Dark. Haired. Anti... That is it šš„µ
nah cuz y is this becoming me after that second trailer
Iāve been a toe away from entering the rabbit hole and I feel like sometingās gonna push me in real soon
Hereās something Iāve always been curious about:
This video, right? Argentum Inanis is Latin, and Google tells me it means empty silver. (Although Inanis can also be translated as void or lifeless)
Iāve always wondered what that had to do with anything, though. He wouldnāt name it that on a whim, right? And for a long time Iāve had no idea what it might mean. But then I rewatched Anomaly Found, and noticed this:
You guys see those eyes, right?
Empty Silver.
funny how in todays stream, there were 8 story clips. Just like 8 subjects of interest? What a coincidence, huh?
Hey guys. I know, itās been a fresh minute since Iāve used this blog, well besides for looking at posts without doing some of my own. Trust, I plan to fix that starting today. Donāt expect super frequent posts as I am still in school (cries in final exams) but I do want to be more active here, especially regarding some works I have cooking that I want to share as well as shows I want to rant about. Which brings us to todayās icebreaker, the recent Heart Killers BL series.
And my thoughts so far? I honestly am in love with this series. Might be one of my favorite off all time so far, and thatās saying something coming from a Kinnporsche glazer, rightfully so that series is also incredible. So Iām going to rant about the episodes so far and some other topics Iāve seen floating around the show. So strap in cause I got quite a few things to saw if youāre interested.
EP. 1 - Great start to the series in my opinion. I loved the character intros and all of them are perfect to showing the audience that these are not good people. Extremely morally grey and paints the way to great character development. Makes them more realistic, as people in real life are often morally grey as well, dirty and complex, just like these characters. Brings an element of realism to an otherwise campy and sometimes goofy show about assassins and deceit. Also yes, have to talk about the KantBison scene. Now, I havent watched too much of their work, only pieces from their shows, but from I could see they had great chemistry and itās on full display here. Their scene was passionate, raw. Another praise to give to the show is how openly sexual it is and I love it. Also loved the dynamics theyāve at that point, Bison being the dreamer, Fadel the reluctant, older brother who does what he thinks is best, Style an annoying but lovable diva, and Kant, a liar whoās doing it for the greater good of his brother. The tension as well between Fadel and Style, chefās kiss. Canāt wait to see one of them break. Overall, had a great time with the first episode.
EP. 2 - Have to say, the most campy episode so far. But Iām not complaining, Style of course being the reason for this. I got to say, usually I hate characters like this, the overly annoying ones to smother and donāt respect boundaries, so Iām shocked to find that Style is still as lovable to me as ever. I think itās because of the added subtext that at first, heās only really doing this for his best friend and his car. So heās doing it with the benefit of the reward after. Itās messed up and keeps up with the theme of toxicity in this show. And itās also hilarious to see Fadel have the patience of a saint and put up with his shenanigans. Hell, even giving him money for his products he ādumped.ā The tension between the two is great and got even better during the sauna scene. So many thoughts for that, super hot. It showed Fadel being the most giving to Style since they first met, makes sense since that only happens when the two are alone. He leans into his touch almost, closes his eyes and just lets himself feel Styleās hand on him. At least, till Uncle comes in and ruins it. Style basically being the āRicky, when I catch you Rickyā to him was hilarious. Till we go to the unconsensual kiss. Now, again, makes sense character wise since Style has been described as shameless in his attempts to pursue someone but I like how the show portrays it as something thats still not right. I love that the show isnāt afraid to delve into heavy subjects like this and still manage to portray them in a bad light without romanticizing them like other BL shows. It fits the tone of the series perfectly and I love it. Especially when we got to the end of the episode of Fadelās fun time to himself. Hot as well, shame we lost a soldier so early. The post nut clarity hitting him hard afterward also made me chuckle out loud. Itās ok, weāve all have our rough days. The Kant and Bison stuff was also very sweet, Kant paying off his friend to flirt with Bison to make it more convincing to him is a level of dedication I canāt even hate on. Proud of my toxic boy. Love how theyāre still learning to trust each other, more Bison to Kant really, showing that heās not as naive as some might think. Again, had fun with this episode as well as canāt wait for the next.
EP. 3 - Wow, def need to touch some grass after this episode. Here I thought nothing would top the Fadel fun time scene last episode but here we are. Now, there is a lot to say about this episode as got a good amount of info this time. We got introduced to āMotherā who is actually worse than I expected her to be. Itās clear that she doesnāt give a damn about these boys (at least so far), merely using their āloveā as a means of manipulation to have the boys blindly follow her orders and take our her enemies. Reminds me of Tony from Pitbabe just gender bent. Showing the outsider brother, sorry I forgot his name at the moment, clearly being set up as a foil for the assassin brothers and Iām interested to see where they take him. Also, lore drop on Fadel? So boy wasnāt just rightfully paranoid, he lost an ex bf in this line of work and poor boy doesnāt want the same happening for his brother. Makes sense since at the beginning of the episode, he covered for Bison and lied about him seeing someone. Another cute brotherly moment besides from the one later one where he tells Bison heāll help him get out of this so he can have a normal life. I swear, I love these two so much. And of course, more Style annoying Fadel, my favorite pastime. Jk but Fadel being used to it at this point is hilarious. Also loved how Style went to help Fadel and then proceeding to make the boy nervous when he changed into the uniform in the kitchen. Like Style, if only you knew the true effect you had over this boy. Fadel was practically drooling at the mouth looking away from him to stop getting horny. More cute scenes between Kant and Bison but unfortunate when Kant had to report back to Captain who suggests getting into their home instead. Mission failed successfully? (Iykyk). The club scene with Fadel was amazing, Style is right when he says that heās handsome to be making like that on the side. But when he started imagining he was in fron of Fadel instead of the woman? Theyāre literally soulmates your honor, two minds think alike. Interesting though that after Fadel saved him from those three after the club, heās switches on wanting to sleep with him to actually wanting to know more about him. His suspicions opposite to Kantās, who wants to date Bison for the reason of staying out jail, to Style, who actually wants to know more about Fadel, what makes him tick and to let his walls down. So makes sense when they finally have sex, heās not enjoying as much as he wouldāve before he changed his goal about him. The whole sex scene actually, while still good, feels underwhelming for those two and it should be. Fadelās doing it because he claims itāll get Style off him, which lets be fr, heās dying for that cookie since that last episode, so he feels this is mandatory and not into it as much as he would be if he actually vulnerable with Style. To which Style picks up on. He looks attentive, not as in the moment as one think he would be because he knows Fadel isnāt doing this because he really likes Style but because he feels like he has to. Itās more interesting than it is erotic and I love how the direction for that scene was. And the punch to Style after? Much deserved cause I did not like that whole grief club scene. Maybe to was to further hit home that Style isnāt a good person or maybe this foreshadowing for something, idk. Iām not a fan and it seems Iām not the only one. However, I canāt say the same for the ending of the show. The BDSM scene. Now the show is filled with triggers, stated that very early on, as early as the trailers so this didnāt surprise me too much. The roofing however, was interesting but makes sense since Kant needs to get more evidence at their house. But when the tables flipped, it catches him off guard. Him clearly hesitant and somewhat scared at first but not saying anything cause heās far in to give up now. But to him starting to melt into and possibly feeling good was another level of spice I welcomed. I have so much more to say but maybe Iāll save that for after the series is over for a full analysis.
Overall, the series is so much fun and entertaining, the level of tension, incoming angst and storytelling is all wonderfully done and it leads me to being excited for the next coming week and how theyāre going to redeem this band of morally grey men. Thatās what character development is for. If they started out as goody two shoes then the show would be boring. The element of realism in the toxicity and deceit all these characters have is honestly whatās setting up for some amazing drama to come and it boggles my mind that some people are using that reason to drop the show. The show was very clear that it would go into some heavy subject matter and people hating the show on that are the reason we canāt have nice things. I understand not wanting to watch the show due to some of its triggers but calling the show ābadā because of these reasons is absolutely ridiculous. There are other shows who try to go into this subject matter but donāt have the good writing Heart Killers have to pull it off. Sorry for the rant but had to get it off my chest.
All in all, watch the series if you can handle the heavy subject material as itās definitely worth the watch. And donāt if you donāt! We all have our preferences but donāt hate something when it isnāt finished yet please. Letās spread love, not hate. But I think Iāve all I wanted to say. Canāt wait till next week cause the show is getting good.
See you all in the next post, my marvels. Bye!
Hello, guys! Ignore the disorganization of this blog and the posts. I wonāt waste too much more time because we finally got the new episode of Heart Killers šš. Blessed day truly lol. Donāt worry, Iāll be going over episode 6 as well since I didnāt do that last time. No more time wasting and letās dive in.
Ep. 6 Review - A nice set up episode in my opinion. Nothing too major (besides the ending) and nothing too small, a perfect way to progress the plot while also having more character moments that help us fall in love with the characters even more. This was essentially more of a FadelStyle focused episode as it showed more instances with them this time but also giving a great moment between Kant and Bison in that bowling alley. The real surprise of this show is how eventful that bowling alley is. The beginning with Fadel and Style was cute and loved their date at the rock club. How Style was giving his hand to Fadel and telling him to be himself, to not give a fuck what everyone else thinks, to just let go and have fun in being his real self and the persona he puts on. A great, touching between the two, their dynamic is incredible. The other brother having a moment as well, making plans with Kant to see the lights was a cute but also a heart sting for us as, well, we know that might not happen with how this is going. Especially with how the captain almost catches the brothers after Bison saves Babe. Another close call for Kant, but of course, it didnāt matter as Bison finally found out about Kant working with police. And as I expected, it was heartbreaking. Both the actors for the brothers did fantastic in their reactions, both encapsulating their personalities. Bison more bigger in his reaction but keeping it to himself and Fadel merely shedding a tear, hiding his real reaction in the presence of someone else. I continue to feel for Kant in this show and I will not be accepting anymore slander against my son, or any of them. After the small clinger of this episode, I was so excited to see how the next one would follow up, and boy did it follow up.
Ep. 7 Review - What a rollercoaster. And I mean it in the best way in regards to the storytelling. The level of deceit, lies, and pretending this episode from the birther this time, the tables totally flipped as now Fadel and Bison are the ones trying to fool the besties. But letās be honest, thereās no need. Theyāre already head over heels for you both. Anyway, the truth also coming out to Fadel about Bison being the reason that Style asked him out. Poor Fadel just getting hurt in every episode it feels like. The acting from both of them in that scene was incredible and tense. Chefs kiss per usual. Then both of them focusing their efforts on killing the boys, Bison nearly killing Kant early at their BB shooter date (Sorry idk what itās called lol) and Fadel thankfully reeling him in. Also, all the boys saving the bowling alley from the random asshole ex was great, Kantās scream for Bison was done beautifully from First. Seriously, the way this episode kept escalating, keeping the tension even after Bison got shot is a skill I wish to master. The confession from Kant too, ugh. Why does this show like to break my heart? Then of course, we get to the part of both the brothers kidnapping their lovers to supposedly end them but they donāt cause of course not. They love them as much as the besties do. But I loved the way the show handled showing how both of the brothers handled their lovers and their betrayal. Style flirting with Fadel and him being cautious and aggressive towards him, Kant trying to be calm and rational in order to explain to Bison while Bison lets his emotions take the wheel. A perfect display of the characters personalities and their dynamics in action. God this show and its writing is *Mwah*. The preview for the next episode once again looking like it might break my heart or at least punch it a few times.
Anyway, that finally sums up my thoughts for the past episodes. Iām so sorry again for the disorganized posts and lack of them. Getting for school has been a hassle but I promise to be better guys. Hope you guys enjoyed and please feel free to leave your thoughts here as I always love seeing what you guys think.
Until next time. Bye!