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no bc sorry but as an asian i NEED to speak about this:

like. within most, if not all, asian cultures, the feet are seen as the most degrading and derogatory part of the human body. and therefore, having someone older than you bend down to even go anywhere near to your feet, never mind touching or cleaning them, is seen as a complete No No.

feet are only given importance in Very Select Circumstances, for example, say in the Hindu religion, where someone younger bends down to touch their elder's feet to seek blessings from them, for example.

and it isn't so much as to do with the feet themselves, its more to do with the action of someone older having to bend down to you, that is seen as the complete No No, just because of how much respect and value asian cultures place on the elder person. in our cultures, the elder one is seen as wise, having life experience, knowledgeable, someone to learn from and an example to replicate. therefore, so much importance is placed on calling someone older than you being called with a title (p', hyung, noona, oppa, unni, ge-ge, jie-jie, bhai/bhaiya, didi/bhaaji/aapi etc), rather than just calling them by their name only.

hence why team looked so ... much in shock and quick to usher win away when he says "my feet are dirty". those older than you are not meant to bend down to you, rather you should be doing so, in service and out of respect for them. hell, if we're talking Real Traditional Asian here, then even the thought of the husband bending down near to his wife's feet is seen as a No No.

but its win's Face when he says "stay still". how stern he is. how he knows exactly what he's doing. how this all Looks but team's bleeding from his feet and THAT is more important, fuck any cultural norm. and so team is still reluctant and hesitant, but he stops protesting and shuts up and lets win touch his feet and clean his feet.

and oh my god, you guys, idk how to say this other than if you're asian, you'll Get what a big deal this is. win barely even knows team, team barely even knows win, and yet the elder of the two is bending down to clean his feet. team is seated and placed so high above from win and win is literally kneeling on the ground cleaning team's feet .....

yall. you just ... Don't Do That to and for anyone. you just DON'T.

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