Thinking About This Underwater Kiss Scene Again From The Shape Of Water And Feeling As If My Own Lungs

thinking about this underwater kiss scene again from the shape of water and feeling as if my own lungs are drowning in the most beautiful of ways.

amphibian man sees no urgency in reaching eliza as they both sink slowly downward. he recognises now that they are in his place of existence: somewhere he rules and feels alive. he trusts his surroundings and abilities so he just takes a moment to admire eliza as she ends her above-water, human journey.

he swims carefully up to her, inspecting all of her physical being as if he hasn’t seen the details before…he’s seeing her for the first time in a light that enhances his sight. he finally gets to see her purest form clearly as they float in the depths.

I never quite knew what ‘caressing’ really looked like before he reaches out to eliza here. the gentle traces of her features and how he holds her with such a soft approach is the very definition of caressing - the word rolls off the tongue as his webbed hands glide across her skin.

when he eventually grasps her cheeks to kiss her, still no urgency is seen. he takes his time moving towards her, visually marking her closed eyes before he closes his own.

his lips fit against hers as if they were made for each other; he quite literally breathes new life back into his beloved and pulls back to wait for said life to strike her stilling heartbeat.

amphibian man moves down eliza’s body with grace as he waits for her to take her first breath of water; he holds her hands in his but leaves enough space in front of her face so that the sudden shock of the new surroundings doesn’t frighten her. he makes sure he is holding her body close for comfort but watches this spectacle of rebirth happen from an angle below.

everything about the film is heavenly, but this closing scene is unbelievable. it makes me cry every time I watch it and my heart always speeds up until they fade out of frame embracing each other. I wish to find new life in love like them, I wish…

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Books actor Hong Kyug has read

1. 村上春樹「職業としての小説家」/Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami (2015)

[Nylon Korea March 2018 | Littor 36th edition/읽는 사람]

2. Livro do Desassossego/The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa (1982)

[2018.10.12 bluecages instagram post | 2021.10.26 naver fancafe post | Dazed Korea January 2022 | Littor 36th edition/읽는 사람]

3. Wenn die Haut zu dünn ist: Hochsensibilität – vom Manko zum Plus by Rolf Sellin (2011)

[2018.10.12 bluecages instagram post]

4. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925)

[2018.10.12 bluecages instagram post]

5. Henry V by William Shakespeare

[2018.10.12 bluecages instagram post]

6. 제11회 젊은작가상 수상작품집 : 강화길 <음복> "The 11th Young Writer Award Collection: Eumbok (Partaking of Sacrificial Food and Drink)" by Kang Hwa-gil (2020)

[매경Economy interview ② 2020 | Cine21 June 2020 1259th edition]

7. Winners Take All by Anand Giridharadas (2018)

[Cine21 June 2020 1259th edition | bluecages Q&A instagram story | Littor 36th edition/읽는 사람]

8. Bieguni/Flights by Olga Tokarczuk (2007)

[매경Economy 2020 interview ②]

9. 村上春樹「色彩を持たない多崎つくると、彼の巡礼の年」/Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami (2013)

[bluecages Q&A instagram story | Minumsa naver blog/Littor 36th edition/읽는 사람 | Dazed Korea January 2022]

10. The Shallows by Nicholas G. Carr (2010)

[bluecages Q&A instagram story]

11. 강화길, 서이제, 임솔아 <소설 보다 : 여름 2020> "See the Novel: Summer 2020" by Kang Hwa-gil, Seo I-je, Im Sol-ah

[bluecages Q&A instagram story | 2020.07.14 bluecages instagram post]

12. Agnès Varda: Interviews, Ed. T. Jefferson Kline (2014)

[bluecages Q&A instagram story]

13. 박은지 <여름 상설 공연>/"Summer Permanent Performance" by Park Eun-ji (2021)

[2021.11.03 bluecages instagram story]

14. 전하영, 김멜라, 김혜진, 박서련, 서이제, 한정현, 김지연 <2021 제12회 젊은작가상 수상작품집> "The 12th Young Writer Award Collection" by Jun Ha-young, Kim Mel-la, Kim Hye-jin, Park Seo-ryun, Seo I-je, Han Jung-hyun, Kim Ji-yeon (2021)

[bluecages instagram story]

15. 村上春樹「女のいない男たち」/Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami (2014)

[2022.02.08, 2022.02.14 bluecages instagram story | Allure Korea March 2022 | Marie Claire Korea June 2022 | Minumsa naver blog/Littor 36th edition/읽는 사람]

16. 한강 <작별하지 않는다>/I Do Not Bid Farewell by Han Kang (2021)

[Marie Claire Korea June 2022 | 2022.09.19, 2022.10.01, 2022.10.03 bluecages instagram story, GQ Korea February 2024]

17. 김진영 <아침의 피아노> "The Morning Piano" by Kim Jin-young (2018)

[2022.05.30 bluecages instagram story | Marie Claire Korea June 2022]

18. 정보라 <저주토끼>/Cursed Bunny by Chung Bo-ra (2017)

[Marie Claire Korea June 2022 | Littor 36th edition/읽는 사람]

19. 최은영 <애쓰지 않아도> "Don’t Push Yourself" by Choi Eun-young (2022)

[bluecages instagram story]

20. 太宰治「人間失格」/No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai (1948)

[Minumsa naver blog/Littor 36th edition/읽는 사람]

21. 장강명 <한국이 싫어서> "Because I Don't Like Korea" by Chang Kang-myoung (2015)

[Minumsa naver blog/Littor 36th edition/읽는 사람]

22. 松家仁之「火山のふもとで」 "At the Foot of a Volcano" by Masashi Matsuie (2012)

[Minumsa naver blog/Littor 36th edition/읽는 사람]

23. 박준 <운다고 달라지는 일은 아무것도 없겠지만>/"Although Crying Would Not Change Anything" by Park Joon (2017)

[Littor 36th edition/읽는 사람]

24. 한강 <소년이 온다>/Human Acts by Han Kang (2014)

[Littor 36th edition/읽는 사람]

25. 한강 <채식주의자>/The Vegetarian by Han Kang (2007)

[Littor 36th edition/읽는 사람]

26. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (1989)

[Littor 36th edition/읽는 사람]

27. 松家仁之「光の犬」 "Dog of Light" by Masashi Matsuie (2017)

[Littor 36th edition/읽는 사람]

28. 유현준 <공간이 만든 공간> "Space Created Space" by Yoo Hyun-joon (2020)

[Littor 36th edition/읽는 사람]

29. 한강 <여수의 사랑>/Yeosu by Han Kang (1995)

[Cine21 LIST 2022/GQ Korea February 2024]

30. Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski (2020)

[2023.01.17 bluecages instagram post]

31. 읽는 사람-허윤선 인터뷰집/Reader: Interview Collection by Heo Yoon-sun (2023)

[2023.04.15 bluecages instagram story]

32. 한강 <내 여자의 열매>/Fruits of My Woman by Han Kang (2000)

[Elle Korea September 2023]

33. 한강 <검은 사슴>/Black Deer (1998)

[GQ Korea February 2024]

34. 한강 <흰>/ The White Book (2016)

[GQ Korea February 2024]

35. Haruki Murakami 「一人称単数」 / First Person Singular (2020)

[bluecages instastory]

36. Yoshifumi Nakamura 「住宅巡禮」 "Housing Tour"

[bluecages instastory]

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배우 홍경/Actor Hong Kyung (29 books)

29 books based on 1 votes: 職業としての小説家 by Haruki Murakami, The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa, Wenn die Haut zu dünn ist: Hochsensibilitä

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jellycatchicken

8 months ago

POMPOMPATRICK T-T T-T T-T

woah no way it's pompompatrick and chocopete!!!!

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jellycatchicken

1 year ago

LOSER

"VASH!!!"

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jellycatchicken

1 year ago

every once in a while I remember that hannibal lecter would show up at crimes he committed and be like “girl WHO did that???”

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jellycatchicken

1 month ago

Get this man off my screen

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jellycatchicken

1 year ago

grinding and cramming for finals when I'd rather be grinding and cramming. in like a sex way or something. i guess. i dunno. shuffles away sadly. hits my head on a low-hanging branch and bleeds out in the snow

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