Reinforcing New Ways for this Show !
Hello, first off this show is terrible, and do not waste your time on some riggory and some bs storyline. I have seen many bls in different forms and in different cultures and other types of genres. This one in particular or this show in particular has been a whole messed up show that should have never been released but here we go. Why did I watched it ! I was bored and I didn't realize how this show was going to start and when I noticed this show was on my TikTok fyp page. I decided to watch this show. Coming from this point, I have seen all episodes and this show has made me struggle with both characters. There is so much to be reinforced in this show and so much more context in this show that is missing and unfortunately there is no happy ending in this show. Might bad to be the person to say this but this is true. The riggory and the tom-fullery is crazy, I would have enjoyed if at least they have some good ending at least. But this ending was just not worth it. The ending they dont get back together, and his person get abondkanded from the end of the episode. He right then and there confesses to his loved one about him trying to have feelings for this person and yet het get disapproved, unaccepted from his actions, and choices, he was getting rejection from the other character, and he was left outside to deal with this issue and left with discouragement and the other person who is much more older. well he isn't not that much older, ,maybe like 6 years apart or 5 years apart. His ignorance and delusionssssss is what send me here to put this review. He is soooo delusional and full of hypocrisies that he is not willing to accept or bring this topic and ignoring this topic of his man confessions and why he is into him. He doesn't realize that the person right to you, is confessing to you and have feelings towards you but you pushing him away and rejecting his emotions and his form of being there for you. What's even worst he doesn't even try to tell hims a yes or a no response and he can't even let him know if he isn't interested in being in loved with this person or if he is interested in being in loved with this person .You simply. need to communicate and let him know what you feel at the end of the day. You rejecting him and making him feel bad of himself is what is awful about this character. To me, he doesn't seem to understand the knowledge of the queer culture or the LGBTQIA+ community. and Also I'm not talking about the actor, I'm specifically talking about the character of the show not the actor. And maybe the actor isn't aware or is aware of the certain concepts or definitions of certain parts of queer history and queer culture. However, in his bubble of being delusions and him being the victim and being delusional, he is living the heteronormative lifestyle, acting like that is normal which brings me to understand that maybe he has very little knowledge about the queer community or the LGBTQIA+ community and how he perceives life as the gender-binary ideologies or their perception about the black and white model. Which people think that only female and male identities should only exist. Which let's be clear, that gender-binary is just fake analogy and fallacious attempt to believing the black and white theory is unsuccessful and not correct. there are many gender identities and many of sexual identities out there in the world. I'm literally going off topic but this is for the dumb people in the back to understand and to realize that we don't live in a heteronormative society. We as individuals need to evolve and the people who will not evolve will has much more issues in the future and that will be an issue for real. But overall this show, is a waste of time. I have seem any bls that I'm like why the hell did I watch this and it was one those bls that I would not recommend to watch at all for real. This time go. watch some other good shows like ABO desire and Revenged Love that has much more context and far more success than this show.Was this review helpful to you?
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It's bad but kinda addictive. Could have been par with To my shore with right direction & writing
I'm here just dor for Xuan Cheng. Can't believe he played Qi and Dr.Jiang the same year. Both characters are polar opposites.Coming to the drama yes the background music and sounds are kinda awkwardly edited in but the drama as a whole although it's lowbudget and kinda bad it would make u wanna watch it. I really loved the outfits the cast wore. They were all really good. This story really had potential to be a toxic romance like "To my shore" but well the direction and the writing is kinda off. Also it's too short to add depth to the story.
I'm really not a fan of incest or step siblings romance but i gave it a go only for Xuan Cheng. Frankly i hated both the characters 😅 like 1 is a psychopath in love with his brother and is taking every action from his brother as concent and the other one is a floormat who knows his brother's mind but then decides to act like he doesn't.
I absolutely hated the ending. It felt like they stopped mid way. What was the plot then. A brother who loves his brother a lot.... and then what?????? Also there were lot of flaws like both of them are in debt but live a lavish life enough to pay for education abroad, hire help at the cafe they own etc. It was okay but not gonna watch it again😅
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I wouldn't have been satisfied with the ending without the special episode who explains the older brother's pov. We understand both of the main characters feelings and decisions.
I would rewatch this one even though it is not a happy ending. The actor playing the younger brother made me love this drama even more thanks to how he acted with his yearning. I love the skinship it wasn't awkward and i enjoyed it a bit too much because of how wrong it is from society and for the older brother.
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Two Unrelated Brothers, Older Uke and Younger Seme
Who said love was easy? Just ask the protagonists of 'Moon and Dust'.The queer Chinese miniseries delves into possessiveness, toxic relationships, frenzy, and the mental effervescence of two individuals who are highly dependent on each other.
Song Qi was taken in by Song Li as a child. They grew up together, dependent on each other. Song Qi's dependence on his older brother gradually turned into paranoid love and possessiveness, even going so far as to protect him by any means from those who bully him. However, for fear of hurting him, Song Qi has refused the idea of confessing his feelings to Song Li.
In this play, young actors Zhang Yongbo and Liu Xuan Cheng play Song Li and Song Qi, respectively, the gay couple conceived by writer 1 Bite, the author of Bugoo Reading, creator of the literary phenomenon on which it is based, and which goes by the title "Bad Dog".
The relationship between Song Li and Song Qi captivates many viewers with its passionate component, the stormy and problematic, complicated and fiery —in every sense— love relationship between these two boys.
Those behind "Moon and Dust" care little or nothing about the motivations of the possessive and paranoid character. On the contrary, they go all out to highlight his physical beauty, sense of freedom, easy-going nature, people skills, melancholic character, caring spirit, selflessness, loyalty to his partner, and love for the boy he's been linked to for almost his entire life. In short, one doesn't know whether to reject him or want to be his friend.
Its six episodes, each approximately 15 minutes long, tell the story of the complex and deep emotional bond between the cute, shy, insecure, and gentle Song Li and the handsome, obsessive, and affectionate Song Qi, two brothers who met as children and whose friendship evolves over the years into something much deeper.
The story reveals its creator's interest in characters full of complexities, insecurities, and anxieties who must face sad and dramatic moments in their lives in the pursuit of their dreams, which he observes, essentially, through the sensations that accompany their actions.
Much more than studying them from a psychological perspective, 1 Bite is drawn to catching a glimpse of the world of emotions upon which Song Li and Song Qi build the vibrant, stormy, and unstoppable story of their adventures. All this without realizing that what they were looking for was right under their noses all along.
On the other hand, those behind the miniseries are more interested in telling a true story, even though these are often more scandalous than anything you'd see in a work of fiction.
Subjugated by such environments, figures, and sensory states, the creators of Chinese miniseries often walk a —sometimes dangerous— fine line of complicity with their subjects of analysis. This undoubtedly reminds me of other queer series, such as the Chinese "Addicted" and the Taiwanese "Unknown", with which "Moon and Dust" shares its interest in depicting tropes: two brothers not related by blood, one possessive and the other timid, one more open to acknowledging his sexuality and the other afraid to admit his sexual identity, uke older and seme younger.
While the bar is set too high, this new approach to the story of relationships in which one of the two boys in the couple shows toxic, paranoid, and possessive qualities, yet nevertheless possesses a good heart, falls short of the aforementioned series. But this doesn't mean it's not worth appreciating.
Remember that in China, "brother" or "sister" doesn't just mean "sibling", it also means a term of respect or an expression of intimacy and flirtation.
With solid performances by Zhang Yongbo and Liu Xuan Cheng, the series showcases the maturity and subtlety of Chinese BL production, capable of creating a very different impact from similar Taiwanese, Filipino, South Korean, Thai, and other similar products.
'Moon and Dust' will also remind us of other Chinese dramas, such as 'Uncle Unknown' and the Taiwanese 'History 4' and 'The Only One', among others.
With well-chosen music that validates feelings of joy and euphoria, as well as loneliness and melancholy, the series boasts beautiful cinematography and a lack of the overused, overly embarrassing sound effects typically found in most BL dramas.
With only two episodes aired so far, we still have to find out the ending. In case you haven't started watching it yet, we just advise you to have a handful of tissues nearby. Believe me, you'll need them.
I'll come back later to complete the review.
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Moon and Dust — When Tragedy Is Confused With Depth
I finished this drama with one question: Is this really the ending? Because nothing about it feels emotionally or logically complete. This is not “ambiguous.” It is incoherent.A Story That Betrays Its Own Feelings
The core of this drama is supposed to be a lifelong love. Two people bound by years of shared emotion, unspoken devotion, and longing. And yet, when that love is finally confessed, the reaction is not fear, not conflict, not doubt but rejection without reason. How can someone:
- Write about loving another man for years
- Propose to a woman anyway
- Then expel the person he loves when the truth comes out
There is no psychological bridge between these choices. No inner struggle shown. No explanation offered. This is not tragedy. It is contradiction.
An Ending Without Meaning
If this is meant to set up a continuation, then it fails by not saying so. If this is meant to stand alone, then it collapses under its own weight. Because love does not turn into cruelty without cause. And silence is not depth when it replaces logic.
Final Thought
Moon and Dust is not confusing in a beautiful way. It is confusing because it refuses to tell its story. And that is why the ending feels empty rather than heartbreaking.
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what in the actual dog shit
Both myself and Liu Xuan Cheng deserve an apology. shit plot. shit voiceover. shit wardrobe. it was just shit. He better take this off his resume after Revenged Love. There's nothing constructive I can say other than do NOT waste your time watching this. The incest fantasy kink agenda reeks and they try to cover it up with 'non-blood brothers' which is no better than cousin. The urge to produce gay media that revolves around 'brothers' is disgusting and keep perpetuating the stigma that gay men are predatory towards younger men/ their juniors.Was this review helpful to you?
How many times does one expect the 'cute brothers in love' clickbait to work? Mostly lame
Ok, you were probably like me - jumping into this just looking at China and BL, well, don't. The first episode was pretty lame. The only good thing are the production values and to an extent, the cute boys, But it ends there.BL-needle score: 7.5 Reasonably high BL-ness
I mean how many times does one want to do the step-brother/grown-up together-brothers being in love with each other!! And even if you do, wouldn't all the precedence of it need you to make it extremely compelling for people to want to watch it?? This has none of that. The script is all over the place and so is the logic (ok, I still discounted that since a large number of BLs anyway defy logic). I clicked on it with a lot of interest only to have cold water poured on me. Avoid :/
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Bizarro!
Moon and Dust foi uma das coisas mais absurdamente caóticas que eu já assisti na vida. E quando eu digo caótica, não é aquele caos divertido, cheio de reviravoltas ou maluquices que fazem sentido no fim. É um caos puro, cru, sem lógica, sem propósito e, de alguma forma, hipnotizante de tão ruim. Passou do ponto do aceitável e foi direto pro território do “meu Deus, o que eu tô fazendo da minha vida?”.A história gira em torno de dois irmãos adotivos, e pronto, só isso já deveria servir de alerta. O irmão mais novo é completamente obcecado pelo mais velho. Mas tipo, completamente mesmo. É um nível de possessividade que ignora todos os conceitos de espaço pessoal e bom senso. Ele é literalmente um psicopata com carinha de anjo, o tipo de personagem que faria Freud simplesmente desistir da profissão.
E o mais velho também não ajuda. Filho de um alcoólatra abusivo, o cara vê uma criança sozinha no parque e decide que vai adotá-la, assim, do nada, como quem pega um gato de rua. E aí começa a tragédia. Quando ainda era criança, o menino empurra o pai do outro, o homem bate a cabeça em umas garrafas e morre, e ele simplesmente pensa “ok, bora pro hospital”, como se tivesse quebrado um copo, não matado alguém. Tudo isso antes da série engrenar de verdade.
Aí eles crescem, e o inferno vem junto. O irmão mais velho tenta seguir a vida, mas o caçula vive grudado nele, pronto pra arruinar qualquer coisa que ameace “seu irmãozinho”. Ele chega a queimar a casa de uns caras só porque intimidaram o outro. E quando o mais velho acha o diário do garoto, cheio de delírios obsessivos e planos românticos bem duvidosos, decide que a melhor solução é se casar pra tentar fugir disso tudo. Claro que o doido não aceita e diz que seria uma ótima esposa pra ele. Sim, isso mesmo, o surtado quer obrigar o irmão a casar com ele!
E é basicamente isso. Seis episódios de uns 15 minutos cada, cheios de insanidade pura. E o final? Um fiasco. Ele vai embora, o outro sofre, chora, sente falta e… acabou. Só isso. Sem explicação, sem conclusão, sem vergonha na cara. Eu fiquei olhando pra tela me perguntando se era pegadinha. Tudo isso pra perder 1 hora e meia da minha vida com algo que parecia um delírio coletivo.
No fim, eu realmente não sei por que tô escrevendo sobre isso. Talvez como um aviso, talvez como um desabafo. Mas se você tem amor-próprio, não assista. A não ser que queira entender o que é enlouquecer em tempo recorde.
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Resenha
Não recomendo. Foi um BL que, sinceramente, não me agradou. É curto — e ainda bem que é, porque se fosse mais longo teria sido um sacrifício continuar. A história é confusa, desconfortável e mal desenvolvida. Em vez de explorar um romance de forma sensível ou cativante, o dorama acaba caindo em situações problemáticas que não foram bem tratadas.O único personagem decente foi o irmão mais velho, Song Li, que pelo menos teve a consciência de perceber que tudo aquilo estava errado. Ele foi o único ponto sensato em meio a uma história que parecia não saber muito bem o que queria dizer ou como desenvolver os relacionamentos de forma saudável.
No geral, é um drama que não me trouxe nada de bom. Não senti emoção, conexão nem empatia. Só assisti até o final porque era curto mesmo — e pra poder afirmar com certeza: não vale a pena.
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