PPBongi

This is another in a long-line of time travel BLs that is honestly, as a plotline, getting a bit overused and frankly dishonest. That does not take away from the theatrics of this production, however. It is a beautifully produced series with spectacular sets, scenery, and settings. Yet, it could not quite figure out how to simplify the complexities of its time jumps. What also diminished the impact of this story for me was the obvious false presumption of the time frame that the main protagonist jumped into. How much more entertaining it would have been HAD the time travel been based on actual facts. Homosexuality was not thought of as taboo or morally wrong or frowned upon 400 years ago in Thailand. So, the whole and entire premise of this story is fallacious.
Is the story entertaining? Of course, it is. The entertainment portion of this series is not in question (well, at least most of it – some of it was down-right silly). I love period pieces and the cinematography, costumes, scenes, and times of this period are my romantic fantasyland. I also love time travel if it logically comes to a sensible and believable conclusion that is formed by some sort of rational inference. This unfortunately just did not pragmatically make sense. It twisted itself into a pretzel trying to explain reincarnation through time travel.

It would be not just entertaining but informative if a time-jump story actually went back and presented a factual picture of what life was like 400 years ago and not based upon modern-day, Westernized sensitivities. Or a time-jump story in reverse – a gay couple from the past jumps to the present and them trying to deal with our prejudices, bigotries, and discriminations.