None of you who wrote a bad review are used to thai culture and lakorns
Many criticise the ML for not standing up against his mother. In Thailand its culturally wrong to disrespect the parents especially your mother. In thai culture and buddhism you have to thank your mom your whole life, when shes sick, when shes sad etc. And it was obvious how ML was fed up with her shenanigans but hes just a bit too kind. I lowkey like that because i want drama characters to have flaws. Also i heard people criticise the FL's over the top acting. Thats literally the point of traditional lakorns like this. The target audience is not teenagers, its for thai aunties. So you need to consider that this is not meant for you, so its natural you don't like it. Also if you don't know thai culture too, you are never "too much" to be cringe is to be free. Thai people are very cringe because culturally we were always told to be our unfiltered selves. Plus its a bit more dramatic because its a freaking drama. This is why most traditional lakorns usually cast 30+ year olds because its supposed to feed the dream of 40+ thai aunties with the secret mindset like "This could've been me 10 years ago" But it was very enjoyable for me because im from the thai countryside and grew up watching these shows with my mom. Im glad they got rid of some of the older lakorn style like "Rich guy come save poor girl like me, i will even lick your shoes!" Or the slap-kiss aka tsundere style.Also makes sense they casted mid twenty year olds because that age was the peak for farm work (hence ML's abs lol) and it may attract some young people. All im saying is, see this drama from a different perspective. Thailand is still growing for het (hetero) lakhons. BL and GL are usually targeted toward international teen audiences, they lose some of the thai "cringe" personality to fit international audiences. We are not on the same level as Korea in the 2020's. I would say we are like Korea in 2014. Still needs to grow. This is one of the great examples of the growth we made, and what is still needed. I think having more traditional lakorns like this and having more international style lakorns like F4 Thailand is what makes our drama industry great.
I also think bad characters like ML's mom or Krongtong are needed for the drama effect. It makes you feel more passionate about the drama. The writers WANT TO piss you off. I think ML and FL chemistry is great, many complained about the kiss scenes, they don't have to lick each others faces, calm tf down.
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