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Thoughts so far
1. Great to see a female director in charge. And she is an acting teacher too. No wonder William and Est's performances are so natural.
2. I graduated uni in July, and I have to say that You Maniac feels like a true contemporary romance! I met many outrageous people on campus, and Dean and Moth are definitely two very recognisable Gen-Z archetypes in 2026.
Dean is that performative guy who posts everything he does on Instagram, slides into all your friends’ DMs, goes clubbing every week, and will lovebomb you one week and ghost you the next, then try to gaslight you into believing you were delusional to think he ever liked you. Moth is a different side of the same modern-day decease: the fear to relinquish a bit of control and admit that you want/ like someone. He is the type of person who will give you signs that he likes you, then withdraw, then give you signs again -- all because he treats relationships like a game he must win and wants you to admit you like him first because confessing his feelings looks like losing to him. Tell me you haven't met at least one of these types!
3. As I wrote in one of my comments, if the show is going where I think it's going, we are in for a wild ride. There is always a possibility that GMMTV will mess things up in later episodes, but I like how the story is developing so far. I don't think that catching feelings quickly is contradictory to red-flag behaviour. When people are toxic separately and incompatible together, catching feelings for each other often brings out the worst in them! Not to mention that "feelings" might be generous: Dean seems to like Moth just because Moth's an exciting challenge, while Moth seems like he is simply in lust with Dean, lol.
Let's see how it goes. I'm having a lot of fun watching it so far. WilliamEst's chemistry is off the charts!
2. I graduated uni in July, and I have to say that You Maniac feels like a true contemporary romance! I met many outrageous people on campus, and Dean and Moth are definitely two very recognisable Gen-Z archetypes in 2026.
Dean is that performative guy who posts everything he does on Instagram, slides into all your friends’ DMs, goes clubbing every week, and will lovebomb you one week and ghost you the next, then try to gaslight you into believing you were delusional to think he ever liked you. Moth is a different side of the same modern-day decease: the fear to relinquish a bit of control and admit that you want/ like someone. He is the type of person who will give you signs that he likes you, then withdraw, then give you signs again -- all because he treats relationships like a game he must win and wants you to admit you like him first because confessing his feelings looks like losing to him. Tell me you haven't met at least one of these types!
3. As I wrote in one of my comments, if the show is going where I think it's going, we are in for a wild ride. There is always a possibility that GMMTV will mess things up in later episodes, but I like how the story is developing so far. I don't think that catching feelings quickly is contradictory to red-flag behaviour. When people are toxic separately and incompatible together, catching feelings for each other often brings out the worst in them! Not to mention that "feelings" might be generous: Dean seems to like Moth just because Moth's an exciting challenge, while Moth seems like he is simply in lust with Dean, lol.
Let's see how it goes. I'm having a lot of fun watching it so far. WilliamEst's chemistry is off the charts!
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