Cute little BL
I picked up this drama as I enjoyed the chemistry of Fort Thitipong and Peat Wasuthorn when they acted opposite each other in Love in the Air, another production from the Me and Y stable.
The drama revolves round Rak a young writer suffering from writers block and Mut, a local on the island he is shipped off to by his editing team. Initially Rak is frustrated by Mut’s happy go lucky attitude but over time, and after a night in bed together, sees something that makes him agree to taking Mut back to Bangkok with him as a paid companion.
The plot itself is fairly simple as Rak battles with ancient history and a scumbag, manipulating father that should (IMO) be behind bars and Mut who is there to pick him up and put him back together again. The acting between the two male leads is sizzling and believable as Mut is the perfect antidote to Rak’s selfish and standoffish personality. Over time Mut manages to heal Rak but can he push past the huge impenetrable walls the writer has erected to protect his heart.
Mook is Rak’s secretary and is an extremely annoying and whiny character for most of the series and many viewers posted that they fast forwarded through the scenes with her in them. She is secretly in love with P’Vie, an established actress and the BFF of Rak, who asks Mook to become a pretend girlfriend in order to squash malicious rumours about her promiscuity. To be honest, this sub plot does little to enhance the overall drama and if you decided to skip through their scenes you wouldn’t be missing much. I watched Aya Orapan Phongmaykin (who plays Mook) in Wedding Plan and the two characters she plays are poles apart so I think her cringy character is the director’s choice not hers. Chanya Amarit Duval hasn’t been in much but plays P’Vie’s slightly world weary and jaded personality really well.
The stand out performance for me was Nutthacha Padovan who plays Rak’s niece. She nailed the part of an 13 (?) year old perfectly and there was never a moment of wooden acting from her.
I marked the review rating down slightly as I felt the GL sub plot was a bit pointless and because the music was extremely meh.
Me and Y seem to enjoy linking their productions together- Rak for example, seems to be the author of The Boy Next World amongst others and BossNoeul and Forth Kashane Pichetsopon also pop up in guest and support roles.
Would I watch this again? No as there is so much else I want to watch.
Ps the follow on series ties up a couple of loose ends but doesn’t really add much to the overall story, so for me it was a little pointless
The drama revolves round Rak a young writer suffering from writers block and Mut, a local on the island he is shipped off to by his editing team. Initially Rak is frustrated by Mut’s happy go lucky attitude but over time, and after a night in bed together, sees something that makes him agree to taking Mut back to Bangkok with him as a paid companion.
The plot itself is fairly simple as Rak battles with ancient history and a scumbag, manipulating father that should (IMO) be behind bars and Mut who is there to pick him up and put him back together again. The acting between the two male leads is sizzling and believable as Mut is the perfect antidote to Rak’s selfish and standoffish personality. Over time Mut manages to heal Rak but can he push past the huge impenetrable walls the writer has erected to protect his heart.
Mook is Rak’s secretary and is an extremely annoying and whiny character for most of the series and many viewers posted that they fast forwarded through the scenes with her in them. She is secretly in love with P’Vie, an established actress and the BFF of Rak, who asks Mook to become a pretend girlfriend in order to squash malicious rumours about her promiscuity. To be honest, this sub plot does little to enhance the overall drama and if you decided to skip through their scenes you wouldn’t be missing much. I watched Aya Orapan Phongmaykin (who plays Mook) in Wedding Plan and the two characters she plays are poles apart so I think her cringy character is the director’s choice not hers. Chanya Amarit Duval hasn’t been in much but plays P’Vie’s slightly world weary and jaded personality really well.
The stand out performance for me was Nutthacha Padovan who plays Rak’s niece. She nailed the part of an 13 (?) year old perfectly and there was never a moment of wooden acting from her.
I marked the review rating down slightly as I felt the GL sub plot was a bit pointless and because the music was extremely meh.
Me and Y seem to enjoy linking their productions together- Rak for example, seems to be the author of The Boy Next World amongst others and BossNoeul and Forth Kashane Pichetsopon also pop up in guest and support roles.
Would I watch this again? No as there is so much else I want to watch.
Ps the follow on series ties up a couple of loose ends but doesn’t really add much to the overall story, so for me it was a little pointless
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