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Thank God.
GMMTV actually did get it together nonetheless! They didn't have a SUUUPER rushed ending (granted they still picked up the pace), which is the problem with most GLs. They didn't confound the story with twenty other GL/BL couples! They got a good CP with EmiBonnie who acted very well, and sang AMAZINGLY. Finally, they didn't try to end the story w/ "ohh but this homophobic family member has been an ally for the entire series!!!"
The chemistry doesn't feel entirely forced as it does sometimes in other GLs, where they're like "get together and hope it works out!" No exaggerated romance basically, and it didn't feel like "hey! hopefully we get straight guys to watch this!" (as i say, as a straight man). However, I do feel the drama could have done a bit better with conflicts and interrelationship conflicts between EmiBonnie. Couples fight, let's be real. So for a lot of the story you're left asking "oh is this the fork in the road that causes a major conflict?" Then it ends with Bonnie being extraordinarily forgiving, to a surprising degree. Green flag I guess(?)
If you're looking for a series that fit the book though, this REAALLLLY wasn't it. Besides keeping some aspects of the original characters from the novel, and the names of the characters; literally nothing else was from the novel. Which I congratulate GMMTV for, because whenever they try to take most of the novels and implement it into the drama, eventually something essential gets left out and most of the time we're left wanting more, or feeling disappointed at the end. They avoid the unnecessary fluff and drama that the novel takes up and simplify all the characters.
I will say towards the end, you definitely feel the pace of the series pick up, it goes from "ohh we're just flirting, and SLIGHTLY hinting we're interested in each other, and that take an ENTIREEEE episode." to "Oh, shit. Shit hits the fan!" My main criticism with 23.5 was that there were too many other CPs that had took up a bulk of the story from MilkLove, but I'd say with ViewMim, they could have had slightly more development than just View being a hopeless romantic haha, but I digress. I'd also like to say, THANK GOD the way they dealt with Khem. You know he's a terrible father, and person in general, and you REALLY hope that unlike most GLs, they won't wrap him up in a little bow and say "He's GREAT!" Nah. He gets divorced, his family is destroy b/c of his actions, and you're left feeling great that he's gone from Rak's life.
To conclude, so far, the best GL that GMMTV has produced, and I hope they produce some high quality ones in the future.
[9/10]
The chemistry doesn't feel entirely forced as it does sometimes in other GLs, where they're like "get together and hope it works out!" No exaggerated romance basically, and it didn't feel like "hey! hopefully we get straight guys to watch this!" (as i say, as a straight man). However, I do feel the drama could have done a bit better with conflicts and interrelationship conflicts between EmiBonnie. Couples fight, let's be real. So for a lot of the story you're left asking "oh is this the fork in the road that causes a major conflict?" Then it ends with Bonnie being extraordinarily forgiving, to a surprising degree. Green flag I guess(?)
If you're looking for a series that fit the book though, this REAALLLLY wasn't it. Besides keeping some aspects of the original characters from the novel, and the names of the characters; literally nothing else was from the novel. Which I congratulate GMMTV for, because whenever they try to take most of the novels and implement it into the drama, eventually something essential gets left out and most of the time we're left wanting more, or feeling disappointed at the end. They avoid the unnecessary fluff and drama that the novel takes up and simplify all the characters.
I will say towards the end, you definitely feel the pace of the series pick up, it goes from "ohh we're just flirting, and SLIGHTLY hinting we're interested in each other, and that take an ENTIREEEE episode." to "Oh, shit. Shit hits the fan!" My main criticism with 23.5 was that there were too many other CPs that had took up a bulk of the story from MilkLove, but I'd say with ViewMim, they could have had slightly more development than just View being a hopeless romantic haha, but I digress. I'd also like to say, THANK GOD the way they dealt with Khem. You know he's a terrible father, and person in general, and you REALLY hope that unlike most GLs, they won't wrap him up in a little bow and say "He's GREAT!" Nah. He gets divorced, his family is destroy b/c of his actions, and you're left feeling great that he's gone from Rak's life.
To conclude, so far, the best GL that GMMTV has produced, and I hope they produce some high quality ones in the future.
[9/10]
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