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MY THOUGHTS ON #GameboysEp5
Sometimes we forget that these characters are young, Gav’s even a teenager. Imagine, Cai is older than Gav!
Cai has so much growth in him. I can see it, he is just starting to accept himself—notice how he wasn’t able to answer Terrence’s (1/n)
Sometimes we forget that these characters are young, Gav’s even a teenager. Imagine, Cai is older than Gav!
Cai has so much growth in him. I can see it, he is just starting to accept himself—notice how he wasn’t able to answer Terrence’s (1/n)
question regarding his sexuality, he was dumbfounded by the question—like a deer in the headlights. I think this story isn’t a coming out story but of acceptance of oneself.
Cai, an introvert, most of the time live inside his head—and it gets lonely in there. (2/n)
Cai, an introvert, most of the time live inside his head—and it gets lonely in there. (2/n)
He isn’t used to the attention Gav’s giving him all the time and it may have overwhelmed him. He tends to bottle everything in until he can’t handle it anymore resulting to sudden outbursts just like the one in Ep. 3 and now Ep. 5 (3/n)
Common denominator of those outbursts, for me, is the fear of losing someone and the pressure of keeping them. In Ep. 3, Cai feels like he is losing his father to COVID and he can’t do anything resulting to him misdirecting his frustration to Gav, not to mention him feeling (4/n)
betrayed by Gav not holding up to his promise. Also he refused to admit it but he was jealous of Pearl. In Ep. 5, he feels threatened by Terrence’s surprise return, he thought he’ll lose Gav because of G and T’s history yet again redirected his anger towards Gav. (5/n)
He is insecure most of the time, except when he is playing—there he leads the pack.
But in everything else, he is unsure. And him being unsure of himself makes him doubt the love people are willing to give him—which isn’t an excuse for what he did to Gav. (6/n)
But in everything else, he is unsure. And him being unsure of himself makes him doubt the love people are willing to give him—which isn’t an excuse for what he did to Gav. (6/n)
We don’t know yet but Gav seems like Cai’s first love—had this been a different circumstance there would be no question but the two of them have never met—what they know of each other are just from what they present themselves as. And for your first love, that’s tough. (7/n)
Cai’s concerns are all valid but I feel like they were excuses masked as such. I don’t know where his fear of getting hurt came from or maybe he isn’t scared of getting hurt but something else—because something is not clicking.
I think Cai never fully expresses himself (8/n)
I think Cai never fully expresses himself (8/n)
even with his family, and got used to his feelings and opinions being dismissed. Look at whenever Cai talks to anyone, he always second guesses himself and could not really say what he wanted to say. Maybe he was told time and time again that whatever he says doesn’t matter (9/n)
or maybe there were times when he did speak up but he ended up hurting the people he loves and cares about just like what happened with Gav this Ep. and that might affect him more throughout the series—him being careful in everything that comes out of his mouth. (10/n)
I see people saying that Cai should’ve just asked Gav about Terrence. But putting myself in Cai’s shoes—as an insecure, unsure of everything, introvert guy—why would I do that? Who am I in Gav’s life? Us, the audience failed to acknowledge that they do not see what we do (11/n)
We know Cai is head-over-heels in love with Gav but Gav doesn’t know that yet. We also see via conversations with Pearl that Gav feels insecure and discouraged because he feels like he doesn’t have a chance with Cai but we know the fact that that is not the truth. (12/n)
Using a communication model, sender, encoder (how the message was relayed), noise (factors that may affect communication), decoder (how was the message received), receiver, and feedback (the direct reaction or reply of the reciever to the sender but with the same process) (13/n)
How we relay and react to messages are all based on our experiences. As I’ve mentioned earlier Cairo‘s opinions have been dismissed countless times before that he felt he could not say anything and that his voice would not matter, thus making it hard for him to communicate (14/n)
to other people, also making his tounge sharper than other people’s because how would you soften something you rarely use. Gav on the other hand is really mature for his age having experienced a lot in a young age, he can handle problems very well. (15/n)
But this fact does not excuse Cai for making Gav his emotional punching bag. And we really can’t blame Gav for “giving up” on Cai because, as mentioned earlier, Gav didn’t know Cai also likes him already—but us audience, we know. (16/n)
Terrence knew what he was doing, Cai isn’t faultless but he was manipulated into thinking Terrence’s side of the story is the truth. I’ve read things that Cai’s at fault for believing Terrence in a snap. Do you know how easy for someone to manipulate an insecure person? (17/n)
Someone who doubts themselves so much, doubts everything good that happens to them—sad but it’s the reality.
Terrence on the other hand, he needs to redeem himself for planting doubts in Cai’s head. I think he is testing if Cai’s feelings for Gav is stable enough. (18/n)
Terrence on the other hand, he needs to redeem himself for planting doubts in Cai’s head. I think he is testing if Cai’s feelings for Gav is stable enough. (18/n)
For me, Cai doesn’t really need to redeem his character, what he needs is to acknowledge his mistakes and learn from them. Apologize to Gav and mean it because Gav has proven himself time and time again that he is serious with Cai. (19/n)
Gav didn’t deserve that emotional beating just because Cai knows Gav is strong, strong people break, too.
We know that Gav will never hate Cai though. He’s hurt from what was said because I feel like Gav feels unappreciated, he wants to be assured if there’s a possiblity (20/n)
We know that Gav will never hate Cai though. He’s hurt from what was said because I feel like Gav feels unappreciated, he wants to be assured if there’s a possiblity (20/n)
of them ending up together, or he wants to know if Cai is starting to feel something for him. He wants to check if his efforts aren’t for nothing. We have to keep in mind Gav feels lonely and he is really young. So to handle this by himself, kudos to him. (21/n)
In conclusion, communication is really important. THEY HAVE TO TALK. Unflitered conversation, no jokes, no coy answers, no outside noises, and no people in between. It should be just them two—at the end of the day, they are in this together and no one else should matter. (22/22)
