
dgmw I adore following finnian and snake boy, I just have no clue how this all relates back to the ciel storyline... lemme go find a video essay or sumn

I dont remember that well but all of those mini acrs are the characters investigating the organization that draws blood from people. I dont really remember why they do that but it's related to the whole corpse thing. Right now our Ciel is framed by the real Ciel as the mastermind so they need to clear his name

*Spoilers Ahead*
All the blood collecting organisation's relate back to rCiel and Undertaker's master plan that we r yet to explore. Basically rCiel is after oCiel to dethrone him but this entire thing is actually undertaker's plan and execution, as oCiel's elder twin has been dead for a long time. So oCiel is investigating these institutions to cut of blood supply to rCiel as he is a high level puppet corpse as well.
( oCiel: the main protagonist that we know and love)
(rCiel: the main protagonists elder twin)

I shouldn't be confused bc I feel like nothing is happening, but at the same time I'm so out of the loop.
what does this current PR storyline have to do with anything? I think I've forgotten what the stakes are - I know there public can't find out who's funding the MC, but is that it?

It's not about who his sponsor was ... It was because of his manager. His manager was implicated with the top star case in their company as schemed by Myungshin. So even if in the end, the manager was proven innocent, rumors will be circling around and no one wants an untrustworthy manager. So Yoohan is helping his manager. Their solution was to be the top star's manager, like if the top star makes him his new manager, it means he's not really the one who exposed the scandal.
As for the recording, when Jay told Yoohan he'll find something interesting in the background noise, he's actually hinting that the real culprit is the top star's old manager and you'll also hear "exec director Yoon" hinting that he was somehow involved in exposing the scandal.
Hope that makes sense...
Scenario 1:
- Jaekyung is gonna have the mother of all breakdowns before his match
- Dan comforts him, gives him a pep talk, idk
- Jaekyung realises he's in love
- power of love + bl logic = Jaekyung wins the match, proving the haters wrong
- he becomes a semi-better person and takes Dan out on a date or sumn
- at the same time in Korea, granny either dies or has a health emergency
Scenario 2 (what I want sksksk)
- Jaekyung has a really bad breakdown just before the match (stress + losing too much weight)
- J Loses the match and spirals into self doubt and depression, lashing out at everyone
- Dan refuses to leave Jaekyung (bc of course), and instead refuses to let him wallow in misery
- Dan helps him recuperate, J catches feelings and realises he's in love
- granny either dies/health scare, OR recovers, and moves in with Jaekyung and Dan??? (she's the biggest wildcard imo)
I also want No.2 to happen. JJK needs to have a major turning point and we might see his past on why he is so eager to stay on top.
yesss I agree!