Just finished Ep 33 which was so well written and executed (like every other episode), so romantic, the marriage consummation based on such meaningful consent, the love based on care, respect and understanding, and the ending so poignant I’m now afraid to watch episode 34 😭
More money allocated to a serious writer and less to CGI and optics I beg.
I appreciate what the team tried to do with the adventure and humour segments but it needed a more accomplished writer to weave these aspects together coherently along with the poorly executed expositions, so the second hour leaves an impression somewhere near as strong as the first.
Would’ve liked to see Charan make an effort to send an ambulance back to the house; more concern from Khanin for his possible injured or dead “father”; antiseptic and bandage for Charan’s stab wound; and perhaps Khanin helping Charan through his anxiety during the plane turbulence.
Otherwise not a bad episode but a much weaker episode than the first because the visuals got far more attention than the narrative.
At episode 8 and loving everything about A Life For a Life so far.
Didn’t expect the romance element between the main pair to develop so sweetly in the midst of a much heavier and darker narrative about justice and judgement.
While the first romance delivers sweetness with humour and heart-warming intimacy the second love affair takes us emotionally to deeper and more wrenching places but I’m hopeful for them as we’re only halfway through.
If you’re not put off by mature, complex narrative don’t let the rating put you off - jump in
The premise is an old one but a great one in terms of romance tropes ( is this story adapted from a novel?). Everything looks beautiful - aesthetics are this studios’ strong point, but although I would’ve loved to see a stronger script it was only obvious in very few scenes; the scenes that were the most important were very well executed by the whole team.
Where the protagonist discovers his real roots and that the man who raised him is not indeed not his father, were done really well and I cried every time including the parts that made me smile. They did a very good job stimulating our emotions without reducing them via the usually base, hackneyed methods. This is ideal for any BL opening episode to successfully convince the audience to want to know more about the characters’ stories and not simply to support their faves appearing on-screen.
I also like that we have a confident and competent Uke, I celebrate the absence of an abusive-for-no-reason Seme and that the old dynamic between this CP has been turned around. Incidentally this is the reason people are bored with most CPs in Thai BL: because stale Directors are not giving popular actors good scripts, not because they’re tired of seeing the actors together.
I love that the “father” is acting in the character role traditionally given to a mother figure, and that his fathering is characterised primarily by the most important component of love, which is Care. The father does not impose traditional ideas about gender roles or masculinity on the son, which is the only way you can truly love and raise a child with a healthy, non-distorted, self conception - of any sex or sexuality.
It's just so heartbreaking because the ones who were committed to making the adaptation the best version of itself,…
I’m so impressed with how you laid out your page with your interests impressions by category. I need to know how to do that and put my Reccomendations for different countries in one place.
Hit me up if you need any Reccs on Asian dramas but theme or BLs because I started assembling some categories
It's just so heartbreaking because the ones who were committed to making the adaptation the best version of itself,…
Haa maybe I should do a review here sometime instead of a thesis. I’ve been tweeting about it here and there, but people get very angry when you ask why the people with no restrictions are consistently turning out disappointing, forgettable, meaningless drivel that even its fans watch at 2x speed, while the creators who seemingly face the most hurdles are peerless when it comes to storytelling that’s called life changing, get views in the Billions - not millions, and have viewers instrospecting and re-watching a decade later, they get very annoyed and say we shouldn’t compare.
But I do think the nature of the societies Danmei/Dangai emerge from versus versus the majority of BL producing counties is salient. If we had access to the output of the others socialist Asian countries on MDL we would see the consistencies across the entire spectrum of BL productions.
I’m definitely planning to put a list of Vietnamese, Myanmar, Cambodian and Laosian BL somewhere once I figure out how things work here.
“a low-budget, first-project, basically-put-together-with-glue-and-determination-of-the-crew Cdrama is STILL miles better than a high-budget, well-supported Thai drama.”
This becomes truer with each attempt to re-make the Addicted drama adaptation in environments where neither budget is limited nor “censorship” is acknowledged to be a problem. There’s an entire thesis to be explored as to why this is so - I have thoughts
24 
Governor Qiao Yue that for your azz! You deserve to go out like a punk. You deserve worse tbqh.
They really taking us down to the wire with non stop tension and blood
Bi Zhi just know I hate you, ya big dumb jock. Not a braincell in that head of yours
I appreciate what the team tried to do with the adventure and humour segments but it needed a more accomplished writer to weave these aspects together coherently along with the poorly executed expositions, so the second hour leaves an impression somewhere near as strong as the first.
Would’ve liked to see Charan make an effort to send an ambulance back to the house; more concern from Khanin for his possible injured or dead “father”; antiseptic and bandage for Charan’s stab wound; and perhaps Khanin helping Charan through his anxiety during the plane turbulence.
Otherwise not a bad episode but a much weaker episode than the first because the visuals got far more attention than the narrative.
Didn’t expect the romance element between the main pair to develop so sweetly in the midst of a much heavier and darker narrative about justice and judgement.
While the first romance delivers sweetness with humour and heart-warming intimacy the second love affair takes us emotionally to deeper and more wrenching places but I’m hopeful for them as we’re only halfway through.
If you’re not put off by mature, complex narrative don’t let the rating put you off - jump in
K̄hxb khuṇ māk«na khrạb!
I thought everyone knew that.
K̄hxthos̄ʹ 🙊
Where do I mention Cutie Pie 🤔
Where the protagonist discovers his real roots and that the man who raised him is not indeed not his father, were done really well and I cried every time including the parts that made me smile. They did a very good job stimulating our emotions without reducing them via the usually base, hackneyed methods. This is ideal for any BL opening episode to successfully convince the audience to want to know more about the characters’ stories and not simply to support their faves appearing on-screen.
I also like that we have a confident and competent Uke, I celebrate the absence of an abusive-for-no-reason Seme and that the old dynamic between this CP has been turned around. Incidentally this is the reason people are bored with most CPs in Thai BL: because stale Directors are not giving popular actors good scripts, not because they’re tired of seeing the actors together.
I love that the “father” is acting in the character role traditionally given to a mother figure, and that his fathering is characterised primarily by the most important component of love, which is Care. The father does not impose traditional ideas about gender roles or masculinity on the son, which is the only way you can truly love and raise a child with a healthy, non-distorted, self conception - of any sex or sexuality.
For episode 1 I say Bravo to the entire team!
A proper horror show that people still fighting over. I’m dying 🤣🤣🤣
Hit me up if you need any Reccs on Asian dramas but theme or BLs because I started assembling some categories
But I do think the nature of the societies Danmei/Dangai emerge from versus versus the majority of BL producing counties is salient. If we had access to the output of the others socialist Asian countries on MDL we would see the consistencies across the entire spectrum of BL productions.
I’m definitely planning to put a list of Vietnamese, Myanmar, Cambodian and Laosian BL somewhere once I figure out how things work here.
This becomes truer with each attempt to re-make the Addicted drama adaptation in environments where neither budget is limited nor “censorship” is acknowledged to be a problem. There’s an entire thesis to be explored as to why this is so - I have thoughts