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They're only second cousins, not even first cousins (their parents were cousins). And it's not like they can have offspring together... which is the main reason some cultures ban or frown upon it, since there's a risk of inbreeding. Which is not a concern in this case, for obvious reasons.

I feel like everyone is manipulating Little Jane to the point where he doesn't know what's real or not. I do think that Big Jane has in fact not manipulated Little Jane so far—at least not more than anyone does who wants to look good for their love interest. But that doesn't mean that he's necessarily a decent guy. He's definitely dangerous.

"The child" in front of Little Jane's house was Little Jane's younger brother. Big Jane played the Nice Son-in-Law Material sooo well during dinner, and then one moment of someone expressing a dream, he's right back to trying to make deals...with his love interest's *little brother*.

On the other hand, the Korean BL The Prosecutor's Proposal has a clear disclaimer in the intro credits that some parts of it were AI-generated (I think it's mostly the opening sequence, but not sure). And personally I find it a bit easier to accept when they are transparent about it instead of pretending that it's all human artistry (even though I still hate genAI)

This drama will also air on Gagaoolala starting July 19 (first two episodes) https://x.com/gagaoolala/status/2075565798546903121

I had problems with Phuwin in both FUTS and NLMG (I actually dropped NLMG), but then I watched We Are and thought it was a vast difference. Partly because I think his characters in the first two were extremely annoying and badly written, and he didn't have the skills to make them lovable. But he won me over in We Are, and I really liked him in Me and Thee. The characters in the latter two are much more down to earth, competent, calm people — it was Pond who played the OTT character in Me and Thee! So as someone who used to have the same problem as you before, I'd say give it a chance, there's a huge difference and Me and Thee is actually really funny.

WDYM, do they know each other?

Big Jane acts like such a green flag, but then at the drop of a hat it's like he shifts into black mode, and then it's all smiles and sweetness and we're left reeling from the whiplash. It's like a human mask superimposed on a demon, and sometimes the mask fails just for a brief moment and we see a glimpse of the darkness beneath... He's definitely Bad News and sometimes I feel like I'm watching a psychological horror story. Is it hot? Oh boy, yes. But in real life, I'd run as far as possible in the other direction, and I advise all of you to do the same.

I can see how she turned out like that, but she's taking it out on the wrong person, and she acts like a psychopath with no empathy or sense of right and wrong.

It's right there on top of the page in the cast list...

He has super super low self-esteem. Remember that he comes from a poor rural family and didn't even finish middle school. Everyone around him has money, power, status, influence, education, connections. He has none of that and doesn't know the first thing about moving in those circles. When he tries and gets it wrong, people make fun of him or bully him. He's an outsider and totally isolated.

He is trying to push all the blame for his feelings and actions on Lu Xiaofan, basically saying, "what I'm doing to you now is your own fault for being so alluring". It's typical privileged male behaviour. None of what Xiaofan did was "on purpose" (ie, with the goal of seducing BLQ—Xiaofan simply doesn't have the awareness, confidence or agency). Especially not being drugged and handcuffed and almost gang gr*ped by a bunch of reprobates led by his own nominal wife.

Normally I think it would be within expectations since they're now family, and family is very important in China. But they also know that the marriage is a sham, so they are really being a bit shameless here, and are putting a lot of pressure on someone who they basically sold off for money and doesn't really have any status in his new family.

You have very good points, but if you flip the perspective you can also say that Bei Luqing grooms Lu Xiaofan by being the only person who shows him any kindness in his new family. He is constantly being either abused or sidelined, so of course he would gratefully latch on to the only person who helps him. LXF thinks of himself as useless and a burden, so all he can do is try to be of service to BLQ. And BLQ obviously enjoys being waited on hand and foot. He protects LXF but he also enjoys the fact that LXF is depending on him.

I'm not saying this is necessarily intentional, but he's absolutely taking advantage of a very vulnerable person who has no one else to turn to.

Both perspectives can be true at the same time 😊

It's been several months, if not a year, I think?

And thank you for letting us know what the novel says! I just still don't think it makes any sense, that's all 😅

My father never talked to me about gay people, but that didn't keep me ignorant about it until I was 24

Like, even if he's an orphan who doesn't know his genetic lineage, the fact that alphas, betas and omegas exist in his world doesn't seem to be a big secret? They even offer walk-in testing for it at any hospital. Even his best friends have secondary genders, but somehow it was never once mentioned in the years they've known each other? It never came up in conversation? It was never mentioned in school, never on the news? Maybe if these "wolf-spirit descendants" lived in secrecy and seclusion from the rest of society, but...that definitely doesn't seem to be the case...

I wouldn't hold my breath.

They even said that alphas emit pheromones that can suppress others, and Nakhun being a "true alpha" should easily be able to suppress those lowlife thugs without having to fight, even if they were alphas (just like Sheng Shaoyou does in Desire). Why even put that into the worldbuilding if they're just going to ignore it later?