Great Character Development
I'll start by prefacing this by the fact that I live in the west and I'm not a 23-year old. My kids could be in college now, so I understand the complexity of human emotions and why things were the way they were in this drama.
For me, this drama was perfect. First part gave us the foundation to build upon. Second part allowed us to see Ming's character development. I adored the chemistry between the lead actors. And Up's acting skills are superb here. If you watch him in Lovely Writer, you'll get what I'm saying. That man is great playing a bottom, but playing a top he is unbelievable. He is not what you would call classically handsome, but with the quality of acting he gave us in this drama, you absolutely do not care about his looks. If you hate his character, it means as an actor he’s done his job well.
I'll probably rewatch in the future. Because I had way too many feels after I finished.
If you're into simple BLs with flat, green flag love interest, then this is not for you. If you're looking for a serious drama with complex, a little morally gray characters with their own faults and want to see proper character ARCs and don't get your panties twisted in a bunch, then this is for you.
I appreciated the writing. One of the better BL's out there. I do think they could have done better job with some of the intimate scenes. But obviously they did not really want to concentrate on that and the chemistry was there regardless.
For me, this drama was perfect. First part gave us the foundation to build upon. Second part allowed us to see Ming's character development. I adored the chemistry between the lead actors. And Up's acting skills are superb here. If you watch him in Lovely Writer, you'll get what I'm saying. That man is great playing a bottom, but playing a top he is unbelievable. He is not what you would call classically handsome, but with the quality of acting he gave us in this drama, you absolutely do not care about his looks. If you hate his character, it means as an actor he’s done his job well.
I'll probably rewatch in the future. Because I had way too many feels after I finished.
If you're into simple BLs with flat, green flag love interest, then this is not for you. If you're looking for a serious drama with complex, a little morally gray characters with their own faults and want to see proper character ARCs and don't get your panties twisted in a bunch, then this is for you.
I appreciated the writing. One of the better BL's out there. I do think they could have done better job with some of the intimate scenes. But obviously they did not really want to concentrate on that and the chemistry was there regardless.
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