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Which time zone are you in? Maybe we can choose a time that works for you for our next marathon.

PLEASE tag this as a spoiler! Just from scrolling past people may inadvertently see what you have written.
I think I'm going to have to stay away from this page until the whole drama is released on YouTube :/

Hm, I guess the problem with Dramacool is that it doesn't actually host the files, it just links to other uploads, so you'd have to be a pirate yourself and upload the subbed eps somewhere and *then* submit the links to Dramacool.
Some subbers upload the subbed files to Dailymotion (possibly unlisted,I don't know how it works) and then embed the videos on their own site. EDIT: Or just on Dailymotion without having another website, I guess.
EDIT 2: I know of one fansubber, who was also faster than the offical subbers, who evaded copyright takedowns by uploading the episodes unlisted on YouTube (which means you can't find them by searching) and then linking them from her twitter account.

It's common practice in Chinese dramas. But here it's obvious in certain scenes, because the lines were changed in the dubbing process to pass censorship -- but if you know Chinese, you can lip read the original lines. :) AvenueX on YouTube has done a video about what the original (much flirtier) lines say --spoilers for episodes 1-15: https://youtu.be/mXK5voXh6fk

To think that people were sceptical of Gong Jun before the drama started because his acting was so stiff and wooden... ;)

Very very often they spoil the whole plot twist, yes. It's kind of unfortunate. I've submitted an edit for at least one drama to remove the spoilery bit. People should think a little before posting descriptions!

I want to thank you for your effort, and also second Summer fouad about finding another source for the video files that doesn't have a lot of the audio cut out like the official YouTube eps. Even though I don't understand Chinese, you can hear things like tone of voice and who is speaking etc. when there is sound.
Dramacool has the raw eps but I understand if you don't want to work with a pirate site.

It is NOT like "telling an ex-convict that he would never be able to get a job because they deserved it for their past actions", because an ex-convict was tried and convicted by the law and has served their sentence; they have paid in fines or prison time and should be given a new chance. Bullies mostly get away scot free with what they have done, however serious the pain and fear they caused their victims, because everyone around them just looks the other way, or even takes their side. Some of them continue to bully people in their adult life. Whatever remorse or anxiety they may feel is nothing to the pain and anxiety they've caused.

I am not a proponent of witch hunts or cancel campaigns against individuals, but I do feel that all allegations of this kind should be taken seriously and investigated. If they are proven to be true, then the perpetrator should face consequences -- legal, if applicable -- or have to make amends in some other way -- if not directly to the victims (who may want nothing to do with them ever again), then maybe by financially supporting anti-bullying programs, or some other worthy cause. Saying you are remorseful is too easy.

Feeling more sorry for the perpetrator than the victim simply because the perpetrator is famous or has a successful career shows a remarkable lack of fair-mindedness and impartiality. Maybe the victims would also be famous and successful if they hadn't, you know, been victimised? It reminds me of how famous athletes get away with r*pe simply because they are famous athletes (or rock stars, or film company executives, or simply very rich and influential), while the victims are vilified and dragged through the mud.

It's easy to miss things when you're in a hurry. :) But it pays to look through the comments -- there is usually a kind person who shares the LINETV embed links.

Maybe we should! :)

The YoYo English Channel on YouTube has a playlist with the complete series with English subs: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTB73Ibi_X3Fzn3TU53nI_ptit7QCozuG
In that playlist is also a three-part compilation, where the five-minute episodes are edited together without the beginning and end credits in between.

This was actually very sweet, and while there of course was no skinship, there was a strong BL vibe. Little details that made sure we knew what we were watching. I guess the Chinese producers are figuring out exactly where the lines are drawn according to the censors, and then they skirt them as closely as possible without actually touching them.

The series ended on the 2nd of March, so it's complete. I've submitted an edit for that since it says it's still airing.

I have to say, the rewatch parties we were having every week (that eventually had to be split in two) played a big role in how much I obsessed about this series. Sharing it over and over with this bunch of nice, smart, geeky and funny people really elevated the experience for me.

Yeah, well, that's the way Chai Jidan writes (and she also wrote and filmed the live adaptation). I haven't read Addicted, but I have read parts of Advance Bravely, and that is supposedly "gentler" than Addicted. Her gongs have near superhuman powers, she spouts ridiculous factoids, her love scenes can be super adorable and then turn super toxic in the blink of an eye, and things are generally kind of crazy and over the top, mostly in an entertaining way but sometimes very cringey. I read it on Wattpad and half of the commenters are calling out the toxic scenes, while the other half seem to be loving them. I don't like to generalise, but I get the feeling it's an age divide and a culture divide.
Considering the nature of those novels, I would say that they are definitely written for a mature audience in some respects, but I am also very certain that many, many teenagers read them. And I don't really know why, but a lot of teens seem to be into rape fantasies. I know that if you do dare to criticise Addicted or TharnType in a public place, you will instantly be told that you are totally wrong and just a hater by some obviously very young people.

It's literally just five comments down from yours :)

I just come back to the same place for coffee every day, LOL

I'm with Foreigner -- I was hooked only few minutes into the first episode. I just loved everything about it -- the soft, warmhearted comedy, the way Akaso plays Adachi, the visuals, the music score, the idea of the telepathy powers and how it was executed, the interaction between Adachi and Kurosawa -- by the scarf scene at the end I was already a fanatic and dying for episode 2. And then there were just more and more things over the following episodes that made me fall even deeper in love. (I'm Kurosawa in the hug scene, LOL)

Oh, okay, then I misunderstood, and we are in fact in almost total agreement :)
For me the "family members getting it on" bias doesn't actually stop at being biologically related -- even if one sibling was, say, adopted but raised from infancy with their siblings, I would still consider that incest, because there's something about siblinghood and family relationship that precludes a romantic/sexual relationship in my mind. There is an extra layer of squick involved with a closely genetically related couple who can produce offspring, because of the hazards of inbreeding, of course -- which hasn't stopped most of the royal houses in Europe from doing it.

But I agree that two people who are strangers, or near strangers, and are not genetically related, and are only thrown together because of other people getting close -- that is not the same thing at all. They are like any two people, just with unusual familial circumstances. In Addicted, the two boys didn't even know that their parents had married, since they didn't live with them and had never even been introduced as stepbrothers. There were other things that bothered me with Addicted (like the toxic behaviour and violent dubcon), but that part was a non-issue. That there are people who found that part objectionable is very odd to me, especially since most people also don't seem to feel that there's anything objectionable with a situation where two sisters are dating two brothers (not their own).

I completely agree that there are other issues in BL that are much more harmful to the LGBTQ community, the "queer predator" probably being at the top.

Please bear in mind that the translation might not be literal. The English title is "Brothers" yes, but the Thai title is much longer, as we can see above, and while I don't speak Thai, I do know that the Thai word for "brother" doesn't have the exact same meaning as the English word -- for one thing, it can also mean something like "a senior I respect among my social equals", which doesn't have a corresponding word in English but is often translated as "brother" anyway, in lieu of a better word.

I feel that teacher/student romance is problematic because there is a power imbalance -- the teacher has power over their students, they can make their life hell if they wish, and the grades they give can have a huge impact on a student's future. This opens up for some very unhealthy potential pressure being put on the student to keep their teacher happy. So that's the factor that makes it unethical -- not (necessarily) the age difference (which is this case is negligible). The same thing, in my mind, goes for boss/employee office romance, where one person has the power to fire the other, or keep them from advancing, if they aren't happy with them. But many people find that kind of power imbalance dynamic very appealing, and as you say, it's a staple of yaoi. (Personally, I am not fond of it, but then again I dislike a lot of tropes in M/F romance too.)