Peach Lover

Complete waste of time/Perte de temps totale

English:
I DID NOT like this drama. I watched like 4 episodes and just could not continue. I was excited to watch it because I thought the concept of the plot was really interesting, but I was SEVERELY let down by the execution. The actors SUCK. I hate the main character, Po. He's ugly, he CANNOT act for the life of him, and I just did not want to see him act. The other main guy, Sasom, is also ugly as fuck. When he's "filming" his porno, he wears a mask that covers his eyes, and I thought "oh wait, he's actually attractive," but as soon as he takes that mask off, I was immediately like "oh fuck no". Sasom, who created the porno account, is actually an A-List celebrity in Thailand (in the series of course), and he uses the account to get away from the troubles in his idol life. He has a bodyguard, and the bodyguard is SIGNIFICANTLY more attractive than him, and I can't help but wonder why the fuck they cast the guy that plays Sasom instead of the actually attractive guy. Then, the best friend of Po is also SO MUCH more attractive than him, so I have NO IDEA why they didn't cast those two as the main couple. This is something that I will wonder about for the rest of my life. I do not like this drama; I will never revisit it or rewatch it. It's so difficult and painful to watch. The sex scenes are the only good part of this whole show, and obviously, they aren't long (it's not worth watching the show just to see the sex scenes, they're not even that good). HATED the show, HATED the main actors. Absolutely not.

Français:
JE N'ai PAS aimé ce drama. J'ai regardé genre 4 épisodes et je n'ai juste pas pu continuer. J'étais excité de le regarder parce que je pensais que le concept de l'intrigue était vraiment intéressant, mais j'ai été TOTALEMENT déçu par l'exécution. Les acteurs sont NULS. Je déteste le personnage principal, Po. Il est moche, il NE SAIT PAS DU TOUT jouer, et je n'avais tout simplement pas envie de le voir jouer. L'autre gars principal, Sasom, est aussi super moche. Quand il « filme » son porno, il porte un masque qui couvre ses yeux, et je me suis dit « oh attends, en fait il est attirant », mais dès qu'il enlève ce masque, j'étais direct genre « oh non bordel ». Sasom, qui a créé le compte porno, est en fait une célébrité de l'A-List en Thaïlande (dans la série bien sûr), et il utilise le compte pour échapper aux problèmes de sa vie d'idole. Il a un garde du corps, et le garde du corps est SIGNIFICATIVEMENT plus attirant que lui, et je ne peux pas m'empêcher de me demander pourquoi ils ont mis en vedette le gars qui joue Sasom au lieu de celui qui est véritablement attirant. Alors, le meilleur ami de Po est aussi TELLEMENT plus attirant que lui, donc je n’ai AUCUNE IDÉE pourquoi ils n’ont pas choisi ces deux-là comme couple principal. C’est quelque chose sur lequel je vais me poser des questions pour le reste de ma vie. Je n’aime pas ce drama ; je ne le reverrai jamais ni ne le regarderai à nouveau. C’est tellement difficile et douloureux à regarder. Les scènes de sexe sont la seule bonne partie de toute cette série, et évidemment, elles ne sont pas longues (ça ne vaut pas la peine de regarder la série juste pour voir les scènes de sexe, elles ne sont même pas si bien). J’AI DÉTESTÉ la série, J’AI DÉTESTÉ les acteurs principaux. Absolument pas.

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NC as a crutch for bad acting & horrendous pacing

I started this largely because I have a niche interest in stories that revolve around sex work and sex workers. See, 99% of the population engages in sex in some way or another. However, sex work, actually, sex itself is still, oddly, very taboo.

Because of that, I like to see how those who engage in sex work, especially publicly, deal with the repercussions of it. I wanna delve into their minds and see how their lives are. Who they are and their motivations, past the naked self that the population sees on some 18+ website. One of the books I've read on this is Insatiable by Asa Akira.

Going into this, I thought that that'd be the kind of story we'd be getting. A man who got into sex work because he wanted to get close to his favourite p🌽rn actor, and his life (as well as their love story), once the videos go live. I blame myself for not reading the synopsis in full, as clearly, the videos shall never go live. What I thought this story was is, in fact, not what it is.

My misplaced expectations aside, as the title says, so far, the acting and pacing have been utter shit. This is unfortunate, as you can see that there's a story here.

🎥Sasom is a popular mainstream celebrity who also does p🌽rn videos as a means of escape from his life. Specifically from the pressure of the image his fans expect and his bottom of the barel parents. He feels constricted, and publishing those videos helps him feel free.

🎥Po, on the other hand, also got the short end of the stick with his parents (read, his dad). You can see that motivations exist that push these two people into a very unconventional career path.

🎥There's also the story with Sasom's ex. So far, the teaser dialogue we've heard from him is him blaming Sasom for ruining his life. How did he do it? Was it because in the videos, Sasom's face is covered, but the exs' face was not, and someone found out? I am curious.

Regretably, the pacing of this plot and the acting —by honestly all the characters— do not help sell this plot. I find myself watching episodes in 1.5x & 2x speed (Episodes 1 and 3 were watched in 1.5x and episode 2 was watched in 2x speed). I find myself struggling to pay attention to the plot or care about the characters, their struggles, and their blooming love story.

The NC scenes are also unnecessary. OK, most of them, not all. Look at me calling smut unnecessary. Who even am I right now?😭😭.

From my perspective, they are used as filler to help further derail the plot. Of all the scenes we've seen so far, I think the only ones that were pertinent to the plot were
1. The 1st time that they met, with Sasom saying that he needed to 'taste' Po *insert weirderd out shiver here* — basically test drive him. I guess you could say he wanted to see if they meshed s3xually for the videos

2. After Sasom came from meeting his dad. That scene said a lot, notably about Sasom's relationship with his dad

Apart from these two, everything else has been useless filler. It's like they saw the success of 'My Stubborn' with it's never ending NC scenes and chose to run with that

I feel like continuing to watch this would be me putting myself through so much nonsense, filler, bad acting, and boredom JUST to pick out a crumb of plot per episode. I refuse. Life's too short for that. I've always been pro-DNFing books, and that'll not change with a TV show. Until next time...✌🏾

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In the series My Sweetheart Jom Poom Nuttapart Tuntistinchai
acted and was very likable, but here...it seems that everyone cares about money, they don't read the script or know what to do. This should be banned for under 16s. Elem, from 55 minutes, by fast-forwarding and stopping only at dialogues, I watched the episode in almost 17 minutes, so everything is clear. The whole series can fit in 2 episodes, at least we know the sex scenes. Desperately bad acting, director missed the genre, this should be shown on XXX channels. There is no production.

This is so desperate, inhumane, amateurish... that with one role you can ruin everything you've built. BTW Ki Niwat Naknuan no actor, desperate, he has a nice body, I guess his dick is small but he's ugly, small mouth, disproportionate head...it's not all about the beautiful body, there's something about the brain and the beautiful face

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My Ethics Won

I debated a lot with myself over the last few days: Should I continue with "Peach Lover"? And now, shortly before the second episode will air, I decided I cannot let my curiosity win over my ethics.

My dilemma was that on the one hand, the first episode has several minutes of genAI slop, ugly slop at that. But on the other hand, I was curious to know how the story would unfold.

I find generative AI highly unethical. Not only uses it stolen artwork for its generated "art", it also consumes high amounts of energy and clean water by doing so and pushes real human artists out of their jobs -- and for what? That a handful of rich billionaires get richer. That CEOs think they save money. That we get cheaply made slop sold as "art".
(And it's even worse that Po is a cover artist for novels -- one of the jobs that are endangered by genAI already.)

The thing that made me hesitate was that I was -- still am -- extremely curious to see how the story would develop. I liked the hints of a deeper backstory (even if the way the screenplay told us about the main characters' reasons for going into online sex work was *very* heavy-handed). I was intrigued by the possibility of a story that explores how sex can feel liberating, how we can use our bodies to express ourselves -- by the possibility of a story about hiding in plain sight, about being presented vs. being seen, about identity and being able to be who we are. There is a lot of potential for it to be something very, very good.
And Poom was excellent in this first episode -- maybe his partner too, we didn't see enough of him yet to be sure.

But no.

I cannot in good conscience give my eyes, my attention, and my money to greedy producers who think it's okay to cut corners ("save money") by using genAI slop instead of paying an actual artist.
This also taints everything in this production -- what else, apart from the minutes-long slide-shows in the beginning and in the end of the first episode was done with genAI? The screenplay? The set design? The background score?

I don't understand how iQiYi, Copy A Bangkok or Cheewin Thanamin can condone it and willingly put their name on something like this. And I admit it, I also don't understand viewers who support it -- if we don't make it very clear *now* that the media we consume should be ethically made and *not* use genAI, then we will see a lot more of it in the future, because producers *will* (rightly) think they can get away with it.

I don't want a future like that.

Do you?

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Our litle "Yo" has DEFINITELY grown up. But perhaps not in a good way.

I've only watched one episode so far, and the main thing I can say at this point is that our little "Yo" has DEFINITELY grown up, lol. I guess I can add that I was genuinely surprised to see a simulated oral sex scene streaming on iQiyi, not that I mind or anything. This kind of a more mature role may actually be good for Poom's career. I also found the use of Zorro's, 'Back at Zero,' in the soundtrack to be particularly inspired.

All in all, I'm optimistic, and plan to keep watching. Fingers crossed...

2nd Episode Addition:

Well, so far two episodes and two simulated oral sex scenes, lol. This obviously does not bode well. I'm all for using erotic elements to enhance a show, but this clearly seems like overkill and more of an attempt to merely shock or titillate, unfortunately.

This episode was also over-directed, over-acted and somewhat unfocused. And poor Poom just seems to come across as some lascivious, over-sexed nymphomaniac. You can almost hear the director on the set yelling to him, "More horny! Even MORE! HORNIER!!!" I suspect that he's already regretting appearing in this series.

There was also more of that dreadful AI dreck everywhere. At first I was quite puzzled as to why it all depicted male characters with only Western appearances and no characters with Thai appearances, and then it dawned on me that the databases for these AI images are probably overwhelmingly biased in that direction. So it really begs the question as to why they went ahead and used them anyway. Rather strange.

I suppose I'll give it one more try, but I'm not hopeful.

3rd Episode (And Final) Addition:

I'm afraid I'm out on this one. I don't think I've ever cared less about the characters in a BL. Neither of the leads are the least bit interesting to me, and I couldn't care less about what happens to them, frankly. And the addition of the evil, overbearing parents trope just makes things even more boring. Honestly, I just found myself wanting to wipe that insipid smile off of Po's face more than anything else. Has there been even a moment so far where he didn't have that lurid, vacuous grin on his face? It doesn't feel like it.

I'd actually been hoping someone might do a more grown-up series that depicts the sexuality of young men in a more honest way than the bashful, blushing virgins you normally find in a BL, but this one isn't it. The simulated anal sex scene ( a step-up--or down perhaps?-- from the 2 gratuitous simulated oral sex scenes of the previous episodes) just felt cheap and awkward.

Anyway, I won't be watching any more episodes. Definitely not my cup of tea.

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10/10 More Than Just a Romance

10/10 More Than Just a Romance
Peach Lover is a soft, intimate BL that follows two characters searching for their place in the world. Through Po, who experiences many emotional firsts, and Sasom, a former collector looking for meaning, the series builds a quiet yet powerful connection.
What makes it stand out is its honesty: no manipulation, just open communication and space to grow. The slow, sensual pacing lets the audience evolve alongside the characters.
Visually, the contrast between warm and cold tones reflects their emotional journey, leading to a brighter, more open ending.
More than a romance, Peach Lover is about being seen, understood, and finally existing through someone else's eyes.
In short... I'm a huge fan.

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Peach Lover (2026) 6/10

สำหรับซีรีส์ Peach Lover ซึ่งมีทั้งหมด 10 ตอน เป็นอีกเรื่องที่มีเนื้อหาน่าสนใจและชวนติดตามในทุกตอน
สิ่งที่ผมชื่นชอบมากที่สุดคือการผสมผสาน “ความเป็นศิลปะ” เข้ากับการเล่าเรื่องได้อย่างลงตัว ทำให้ซีรีส์มีความแปลกใหม่และมีเอกลักษณ์เฉพาะตัว ถ่ายทอดออกมาได้อย่างสวยงามและน่าประทับใจ
ในด้านโปรดักชัน ทั้งมุมกล้อง การจัดองค์ประกอบภาพ และโทนสี ถือว่าทำออกมาได้ดี ช่วยเสริมบรรยากาศของเรื่องให้ดูมีมิติมากขึ้น ขณะที่การแสดงของนักแสดงก็สามารถถ่ายทอดอารมณ์และความรู้สึกออกมาได้อย่างเป็นธรรมชาติและเข้าถึงอารมณ์
หากในบางองค์ประกอบมีการปรับจังหวะและการนำเสนอให้กลมกลืนมากขึ้น ก็อาจช่วยยกระดับภาพรวมของเรื่องให้โดดเด่นยิ่งขึ้นได้อีก
โดยรวมแล้วถือเป็นอีกหนึ่งซีรีส์ที่มีความน่าสนใจและมีสไตล์เฉพาะตัว เหมาะสำหรับคนที่ชอบงานที่มีความเป็นศิลป์และแตกต่าง สามารถรับชมได้ทาง iQIYI ครับ

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Gostei

Apesar de varais pessoas criticando a série por excesso de cenas hots na minha opinião eu gostei muito. Bl tem que mostra todas as nuances de um romance entre duas pessoas, a conquista, o romance e o desejo carnal entre o casal. Gosto desses atores que se entrega e não tem frescuras nem limites para atuar. Que beija mesmo e não só encosta a boca, que mostra o desejo realmente na cena, isso sim é atuar de verdade.
Pra mim a série foi muito boa.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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