Awakening the Steppe (2026)

Gostei da sensação que o drama me trouxe ao finalizá-lo...

Iniciei Awakening the Steppe sem esperar muita coisa, só porque estava cansada de assistir dramas verticais chineses, então dei uma espiada no Telegram e lá estava a mensagem que os dois últimos episódios tinham sido lançados e pelo pôster dei o play.
Confesso que foi difícil me conectar com os personagens porque parecia que entre um episódio e outro faltava algo, talvez tempo, talvez uma linha do tempo um pouco mais clara, ou não, talvez essa mesmo seja a sensação que a história quer passar. Afinal de contas pelos diálogos entre os personagens, principalmente na barraca, mostra que o acaso pode não ser um acaso, pode ser o ponto central de tudo aquilo, uma pequena coisa conectando a outra.
Além disso, há cenas onde a atuação não é tão convincente e a coreografia entre os personagens parece mais uma performance do que, de fato, real.
O que o BL peca em incerteza, nos resta interpretações, assim como o cenário principal de todo o drama nos remete a paz, leveza e vida plena, onde os sonhos podem ser realizados, só sei que no final eu chorei.
Ou simplesmente pode ser tudo uma viagem da minha cabeça, mas realmente gostei da sensação que o drama me trouxe ao finalizá-lo, definitivamente não foi o acaso eu ter dado play hoje, segundos depois de admirar o pôr do sol colorindo o céu com os eucaliptos ao fundo do meu quintal.

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Stunning pictures, not thought out story...

"The Secret of Us" is a japanese youtube channel, but only doing chinese BL content. That is one their several short series but a very weak one. While the landscapes are really stunning, the story left so much to be desired. It begins fine - a hurt stranger is found by an to be aspiring veterian - but how they fell in love is not really explained. There is a red flag scene in a tent and then it's like they are together.

In the following episodes it's revealed the stranger had his goal to reach the veterian because his dog saved him from a wolf pack. But when you listen to the story, it does not make much sense, because he mentioned there were other people saving him, so they would have rendered first aid, right? And just because he did not tell him first, they break up and the stranger returns home.

The finale is the most confusing. First it's a time jump and second he wants to search for the stranger but gets a call that mr. stranger should have an operation otherwise his life is in danger and then he appears on a horse. WTF?

This is one of the weakest series from them and I have no clue why they thought the story made any sense. They had six episodes to tell a story, but most of it was filler and not needed and it ends. While it's nice he's back, will he die now? Or what was the reason for him coming back? I can't figure it out and I don't care. The actors tried their best, they delivered a decent performance but I did not feel their attraction to each other. The only good thing about this series are the stunning landscapes which is special because most dramas play out in a big city most of the time. Also the rest of the production quality was top notch wasted on such a script. Handsome actors don't make a story. So my quite high rating is only because of the production quality, because the script is really bad.

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