i just can't help myself to post another view of mine about the characters in LNJ. so, I apologize if it's long and winding.... i was watching episode 8 where "pim" was doing some movement to "Ae's" feet and hand. he looked at her with so much longing. his eyes were expressive, as if they were saying to her "look at me, love. i am in pain, and only you can take the pain away". he could not take his eyes from her, if he did, he felt lost. his eyes did not blink, mesmerized by the softness and beauty of an angel in the form of Pim. to me, he's doing the therapy not entirely because he wanted to be better, but because SHE wanted him to heal. this is shown when he refused others' help, he responded only to pim's touch :wub: pim's honesty and compassion have drawn him even closer to her, without Ae nor Pim realizing it.
do you people notice, when she speaks, no matter how hard he tried to ignore it (remember the scene he refused to eat?) he eventually give in? her spoken words were like enchanted spells, soothing and calming him.
the scene where khem kissed ae when she came for a visit (epi 8), pim is obviously jealous! but she is in the state of denial. she denies that she is jealous, that she begins to have feelings for her. i think she began to fall in love with ae when she started to care for him. some people would say, how could someone falls in love with someone who hated her and touched her without her consent? it's because pim saw the real ae. no one wants to be seen in his or her darkest moment and most vulnerable state. no one wants to be seen weak. ae being paralyzed and considering how ego he is, one would not expect him to easily give to anyone. but he did. he gave in to pim. he lets her see his vulnerability. think about it... she was the one who knocked his head with the rock, causing him to get into an accident, resulting his paralysed state. but i don;t think he ever blamed her. it never crosses his mind. at the hospital, when he opens his eyes, and saw pim, he looks at her with sorrow, seeking comfort from her. she has so much of love to give but she is afraid to do so when the person she wants to give it to is ae. she is silent, not having the courage to say it to him because that man is her sister's fiancee. she could never betray her family. but only God knows how she longs for ae. how concern she is for his well being, how she wants to tell him he is her first love.
thinking about pim, and how the she crosses paths with ae in life, reminded me of a hindi song entitled "sajna" (lover). it goes something like this:
lover, where are you? you've been gone for so long. i wanted to tell you that i love you but i am afraid. my life is never the same again. when you are present, i can't bring myself to say i love you, but you are not here, i was dead. my bhindiya (indian women wears it on their head, usually when it's read, it'a sign of a wife) and the sound of my mehdi kang ge na (bracelets for hands and feet) are as if they are saying to me how much i missed you. you came into my dreams, my nights are filled with me missing you.
ae seeks solace for his vulnerability and he gets that from pim. Pim is ae's strength and weakness, and vice versa. do you notice, b4 pim came into his life, the only woman ae has ever loved and cared is his mother, and b4 ae came into her life, the only man pim has ever loved and cared is her father. both are close to the parents, another reason for me to say they are a match made in heaven!