Bobbie Charles Davies

Your comment was interesting and you do make some good points in regards to dealing with difficult parents ( I was very fortunate in growing up in not having them. My husband was not so lucky. ) I didn't get the suicide vibe at all. Heres the thing about the legalized marriage in Taiwan. It is legal but it is not necessarily "popular" with certain segments of the population. Big surprise there right? And it is a "big deal" but I have to agree to disagree with you on the interpretation of the conversations. The parents were not in my view giving him support in his grieving process and they were not mentioning Xe Gu at all they were pushing that girl hard. You are right I think in saying way too much in too little time and a way too muddled message. If they were trying to put out a positive message different from my interpretation they should have made it clear. Other interpretations could be just as valid as the one I have posited. That is a problem with the ending. It leaves an opening and ammunition for the haters. These series should (in my opinion) be an opportunity to create a space for LGBTQ+ and an outreach to a hostile world. To do otherwise is to create a space that is poisonous and potentially dangerous to an already endangered group of people that span all nationalities. This is especially true in areas like Asia where some countries have surface tolerance but repressive reality. Are you aware that parents can still have their children receive electroshock therapy to try to remove the gay in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and ShangHai?
Even though it is "legal" with the exception of ShangHai to be gay? This is of course simply an example. We also know how influential a popular show or series can be. If people believe that their children can be turned around they will do almost anything to do it. Sorry for the rant. These are the reasons I have such concerns with these kind of endings.

I agree. But even if you look at it as a problem in execution the message being given is still the same. Gay or bi is wrong. You have to pick one and since society, in this case represented by Hao's parents, says it should be the woman, get rid of the gay influence, and, also in this case kill him off so there is no possibility of changing his mind. They are not even giving him the option of choosing to be with either or both. By totally cutting off the possibility of a male sexuality line for him they have only given him one option, that is woman only.

Thank you I agree. I would have brought in bisexual but these series just never seem to address that reality. So I just kept to the simple gay statement of there is just no way so much investment emotionally and physically and not be gay. It was also the never love another man bit that got me. I'm 100 percent gay man my husband is bi but loyal to me in our marriage so I absolutely accept its reality and would have in the series too. I think there was a need for them to put it in cause it was a whole pray the gay away episode I'm telling ya.

Definitely think that Make Our Days Count should not make this list. The main couple was SUPER BAD ENDING!!!!! The only good ending was side couple. Screenwriter and Director not only killed off one of the leads but turned the other lead back straight. If you don't believe re-watch opening dialogue with mother about sleeping arrangements, dialogue with Yu Xe Gu lookalike in cafe, dialogue with parents at dinner table, and closing dialogue with Sun. This installment blames the gay on Yu Xi Gu and gives the impression that getting rid of the bad gay influence will turn the other lead back to a "normal" straight person after he has "matured" and gotten experience and closure. Not a good or happy message.