Mico's Xavier

Contains tiny spoilers:If y'all forgot this about Sunshine, let me remind you. He's not meant to be likeable. Sunshine has never been with a man apart from Rain. He doesn't consider himself to be a person who cares about injustices enough to voice against it. He said people like him don't have the luxury to do it. He just wants to do what he loves (acting) and get on with his life. But Sunshine doesn't get the point that no one or nothing in life exists in the vaccum of society. Everyone lives in it, is part of it actively or passively, and even one's death is part of society. That is the point the author of the novel/director has tried to make. Even if it's a country like Thailand where gays aren't totally persecuted, it's still not enough is what they are saying. Now compare this to Rain's experience. Initially, he didn't care about this stuff either. But he went after his activist boyfriend who was poor as well. His relationship with him and exposure to the activism changed him forever and the fact that the activist couldn't make it work despite their class differences affected him in a way that Rain can't go back to being a somewhat affluent (if not rich) person who can run his business to "not care" about equal rights. Or it is as simple as Rain is older and more mature than Sunshine. Add it to another big fact that this is a rebound relationship. On top of that, this is a nice twist on the classic Aladdin/Genie dynamic. The wish-granter, against Sunshine's hope that he will understand the motives behind his wishes when he tells him Rain and his backstories, judges him at every point. And Sunshine just goes with the fact that whoever he wishes disappears has to be made real. This is the right kind of seriss to do a "what if" scenario of removing the leftist politician and it's unrealistic consequences. After all it's a theatre-inspired production. These are just some of the factors making this series so good and far better than some g33tv sh1t.There was a whole commentary on Thai Buddhism/religion/human existence in episode 8 between the cupid reaper and the bartender/flowershop owner/higher entity. I don't know if many people even got that. That scene is extremely important to let the audience know that the cupid reaper (who once was a human) is still on a journey of understanding what it means to exist (not just being alive as a human but also post-death) - i.e., one simply cannot pick and choose something/decide something and avoid it's consequences. He's learning/relearning it via Sunshine's experiences. Such discovery themes and story tangents are crucial in Hindu/Buddhist philosophies, mythologies, and general storytelling (I'm really sorry if that doesn't cater to your tastes). And by the looks of it the cupid reaper cannot vanish just because he's not liking what is happening to Sunshine even if it is because of these wishes he HAS to grant. Think of it as the equivalent of Marvel comics' The Watcher seeing everything or DC comics' Spectre seeing everything. They can't simply ignore what they don't like.These scenes are important in dramas like this (I wouldn't categorise this as a 100% BL) because despite the LGBTQ themes and characters, these concepts are universal and human in nature - and by choosing to include such moments drives the point that LGBTQ people aren't simple or two dimensional and we are just as complicated and fukked up beings as everyone.We still have time to learn about the cupid reaper's human past. Why he had to appear to Sunshine in the first place. Sunshine spiralling. If I'm not wrong, the last wish will be Sunshine asking to be himself ki11ed. Note sure though.For people crying over how "artsy" this series is, isn't the whole point of being artsy that the consumer of the said art gets to interpret what is presented in front of them? If you don't like what is presented, stop watching it. Don't make it look bad for everyone.Also, this author wrote 'My Ride' and it was a perfectly alright BL when it was adapted. I heard from people who read that novel that there was a lot more LGBTQ representation and content in it which was not adapted for the sake of making it a perfectly alright BL. It didn't have these elements though. The fact that the same author's work was even considered to be adapted into a series like this - with a cinematic/artsy production is surprising in itself.An unnecessarily long series is sitting through UWMA with Ohm and Kao's rock-face performances. Not this. Some of us will turn up to watch this every week even if Atom's good looking shirtless body is not our type/taste.Hope this keeps y'all hooked until the end of the 12th episode

Part 3:

Coming to the "artsy" part. Isn't the whole point of being artsy that the consumer of the said art gets to interpret what is presented in front of them?

Also, this author wrote 'My Ride' and it was a perfectly alright BL when it was adapted. I heard from people who read that novel that there was a lot more LGBTQ representation and content in it which was not adapted for the sake of making it a perfectly alright BL. It didn't have these elements though. The fact that the same author's work was even considered to be adapted into a series like this - with a cinematic/artsy production is surprising in itself.

An unnecessarily long series is sitting through UWMA with Ohm and Kao's rock-face performances. Not this.

Hope this keeps you "hooked" until the end of the 12th episode

Part 2:

There was a whole commentary on Thai Buddhism/religion/human existence in episode 8 between the cupid reaper and the bartender/flowershop owner/higher entity. I don't know if many people even got that. That scene is extremely important to let the audience know that the cupid reaper (who once was a human) is still on a journey of understanding what it means to exist (not just being alive as a human but also post-death) - i.e., one simply cannot pick and choose something/decide something and avoid it's consequences. He's learning/relearning it via Sunshine's experiences. Such discovery themes and story tangents are crucial in Hindu/Buddhist philosophies, mythologies, and general storytelling (really sorry if that doesn't cater to your tastes). And by the looks of it the cupid reaper cannot vanish just because he's not liking what is happening to Sunshine even if it is because of these wishes he HAS to grant. Think of it as the equivalent of Marvel comics' The Watcher seeing everything or DC comics' Spectre seeing everything. They can't simply ignore what they don't like.

These scenes are important in dramas like this (I wouldn't categorise this as a 100% BL) because despite the LGBTQ themes and characters, these concepts are universal and human in nature - and by choosing to include such moments drives the point that LGBTQ people aren't simple or one dimensional and we are just as complicated and fukked up beings as everyone.

We still have time to learn about the cupid reaper's human past. Why he had to appear to Sunshine in the first place. Sunshine spiralling. If I'm not wrong, the last wish will be Sunshine asking to be himself killed. Note sure though.

I'll try to make my point here without trying to sound like I just want to oppose everything you said.

Part 1

First off, homophobia is not artsy. It's that simple.

Getting into this series:
If y'all forgot this about Sunshine, let me remind you. Sunshine has never been with a man apart from Rain. He doesn't consider himself to be a person who cares about injustices enough to voice against it. He said people like him don't have the luxury to do it. He just wants to do what he loves (acting) and get on with his life. But Sunshine doesn't get the point that no one or nothing in life exists in the vaccum of society. Everyone lives in it, is part of it actively or passively, and even one's death is part of society. That is the point the author of the novel/director has tried to make. Even if it's a country like Thailand where gays aren't totally persecuted, it's still not enough is what they are saying. Now compare this to Rain's experience. Initially, he didn't care about this stuff either. But he went after his activist boyfriend who was poor as well. His relationship with him and exposure to the activism changed him forever and the fact that the activist couldn't make it work despite their class differences affected him in a way that Rain can't go back to being a somewhat affluent (if not rich) person who can run his business to "not care" about equal rights. Or it is as simple as Rain is older and more mature than Sunshine. Add it to another big fact that this is a rebound relationship.
On top of that, this is a nice twist on the classic Aladdin/Genie dynamic. The wish-granter, against Sunshine's hope that he will understand the motives behind his wishes, judges him at every point. And Sunshine goes with the fact that whoever he wishes disappears has to be made real. This is the right kind of seriss to do a "what if" scenario of removing the leftist politician as well, given it's theatre-inspired production. These are just some of the factors making this series better.

I'll try to make my point here without trying to sound like I just want to oppose everything you said.

First off, homophobia is not artsy. It's that simple.

Getting into this series:
If y'all forgot this about Sunshine, let me remind you. Sunshine has never been with a man apart from Rain. He doesn't consider himself to be a person who cares about injustices enough to voice against it. He said people like him don't have the luxury to do it. He just wants to do what he loves (acting) and get on with his life. But Sunshine doesn't get the point that no one or nothing in life exists in the vaccum of society. Everyone lives in it, is part of it actively or passively, and even one's death is part of society. That is the point the author of the novel/director has tried to make. Even if it's a country like Thailand where gays aren't totally persecuted, it's still not enough is what they are saying. Now compare this to Rain's experience. Initially, he didn't care about this stuff either. But he went after his activist boyfriend who was poor as well. His relationship with him and exposure to the activism changed him forever and the fact that the activist couldn't make it work despite their class differences affected him in a way that Rain can't go back to being a somewhat affluent (if not rich) person who can run his business to "not care" about equal rights. Or it is as simple as Rain is older and more mature than Sunshine. Add it to another big fact that this is a rebound relationship.
On top of that, this is a nice twist on the classic Aladdin/Genie dynamic. The wish-granter, against Sunshine's hope that he will understand the motives behind his wishes, judges him at every point. And Sunshine goes with the fact that whoever he wishes disappears has to be made real. This is the right kind of seriss to do a "what if" scenario of removing the leftist politician as well, given it's theatre-inspired production. These are just some of the factors making this series better.

There was a whole commentary on Thai Buddhism/religion/human existence in episode 8 between the cupid reaper and the bartender/flowershop owner/higher entity. I don't know if many people even got that. That scene is extremely important to let the audience know that the cupid reaper (who once was a human) is still on a journey of understanding what it means to exist (not just being alive as a human but also post-death) - i.e., one simply cannot pick and choose something/decide something and avoid it's consequences. He's learning/relearning it via Sunshine's experiences. Such discovery themes and story tangents are crucial in Hindu/Buddhist philosophies, mythologies, and general storytelling (really sorry if that doesn't cater to your tastes). And by the looks of it the cupid reaper cannot vanish just because he's not liking what is happening to Sunshine even if it is because of these wishes he HAS to grant. Think of it as the equivalent of Marvel comics' The Watcher seeing everything or DC comics' Spectre seeing everything. They can't simply ignore what they don't like.

These scenes are important in dramas like this (I wouldn't categorise this as a 100% BL) because despite the LGBTQ themes and characters, these concepts are universal and human in nature - and by choosing to include such moments drives the point that LGBTQ people aren't simple or one dimensional and we are just as complicated and fukked up beings as everyone.

We still have time to learn about the cupid reaper's human past. Why he had to appear to Sunshine in the first place. Sunshine spiralling. If I'm not wrong, the last wish will be Sunshine asking to be himself killed. Note sure though.

Coming to the "artsy" part. Isn't the whole point of being artsy that the consumer of the said art gets to interpret what is presented in front of them?

Also, this author wrote 'My Ride' and it was a perfectly alright BL when it was adapted. I heard from people who read that novel that there was a lot more LGBTQ representation and content in it which was not adapted for the sake of making it a perfectly alright BL. It didn't have these elements though. The fact that the same author's work was even considered to be adapted into a series like this - with a cinematic/artsy production is surprising in itself.

An unnecessarily long series is sitting through UWMA with Ohm and Kao's rock-face performances. Not this.

Hope this keeps you "hooked" until the end of the 12th episode

I'll try to make my point here without trying to sound like I just want to oppose everything you said.

First off, homophobia is not artsy. It's that simple.

Getting into this series:
If y'all forgot this about Sunshine, let me remind you. Sunshine has never been with a man apart from Rain. He doesn't consider himself to be a person who cares about injustices enough to voice against it. He said people like him don't have the luxury to do it. He just wants to do what he loves (acting) and get on with his life. But Sunshine doesn't get the point that no one or nothing in life exists in the vaccum of society. Everyone lives in it, is part of it actively or passively, and even one's death is part of society. That is the point the author of the novel/director has tried to make. Even if it's a country like Thailand where gays aren't totally persecuted, it's still not enough is what they are saying. Now compare this to Rain's experience. Initially, he didn't care about this stuff either. But he went after his activist boyfriend who was poor as well. His relationship with him and exposure to the activism changed him forever and the fact that the activist couldn't make it work despite their class differences affected him in a way that Rain can't go back to being a somewhat affluent (if not rich) person who can run his business to "not care" about equal rights. Or it is as simple as Rain is older and more mature than Sunshine. Add it to another big fact that this is a rebound relationship.
On top of that, this is a nice twist on the classic Aladdin/Genie dynamic. The wish-granter, against Sunshine's hope that he will understand the motives behind his wishes, judges him at every point. And Sunshine goes with the fact that whoever he wishes disappears has to be made real. This is the right kind of seriss to do a "what if" scenario of removing the leftist politician as well, given it's theatre-inspired production. These are just some of the factors making this series better.

There was a whole commentary on Thai Buddhism/religion/human existence in episode 8 between the cupid reaper and the bartender/flowershop owner/higher entity. I don't know if many people even got that. That scene is extremely important to let the audience know that the cupid reaper (who once was a human) is still on a journey of understanding what it means to exist (not just being alive as a human but also post-death) - i.e., one simply cannot pick and choose something/decide something and avoid it's consequences. He's learning/relearning it via Sunshine's experiences. Such discovery themes and story tangents are crucial in Hindu/Buddhist philosophies, mythologies, and general storytelling (really sorry if that doesn't cater to your tastes). And by the looks of it the cupid reaper cannot vanish just because he's not liking what is happening to Sunshine even if it is because of these wishes he HAS to grant. Think of it as the equivalent of Marvel comics' The Watcher seeing everything or DC comics' Spectre seeing everything. They can't simply ignore what they don't like.

These scenes are important in dramas like this (I wouldn't categorise this as a 100% BL) because despite the LGBTQ themes and characters, these concepts are universal and human in nature - and by choosing to include such moments drives the point that LGBTQ people aren't simple or one dimensional and we are just as complicated and fukked up beings as everyone.

We still have time to learn about the cupid reaper's human past. Why he had to appear to Sunshine in the first place. Sunshine spiralling. If I'm not wrong, the last wish will be Sunshine asking to be himself killed. Note sure though.

Coming to the "artsy" part. Isn't the whole point of being artsy that the consumer of the said art gets to interpret what is presented in front of them?

Also, this author wrote 'My Ride' and it was a perfectly alright BL when it was adapted. I heard from people who read that novel that there was a lot more LGBTQ representation and content in it which was not adapted for the sake of making it a perfectly alright BL. It didn't have these elements though. The fact that the same author's work was even considered to be adapted into a series like this - with a cinematic/artsy production is surprising in itself.

An unnecessarily long series is sitting through UWMA with Ohm and Kao's rock-face performances. Not this.

Hope this keeps you "hooked" until the end of the 12th episode

I'll try to make my point here without trying to sound like I just want to oppose everything you said.First off, homophobia is not artsy. It's that simple.Getting into this series:If y'all forgot this about Sunshine, let me remind you. Sunshine has never been with a man apart from Rain. He doesn't consider himself to be a person who cares about injustices enough to voice against it. He said people like him don't have the luxury to do it. He just wants to do what he loves (acting) and get on with his life. But Sunshine doesn't get the point that no one or nothing in life exists in the vaccum of society. Everyone lives in it, is part of it actively or passively, and even one's death is part of society. That is the point the author of the novel/director has tried to make. Even if it's a country like Thailand where gays aren't totally persecuted, it's still not enough is what they are saying. Now compare this to Rain's experience. Initially, he didn't care about this stuff either. But he went after his activist boyfriend who was poor as well. His relationship with him and exposure to the activism changed him forever and the fact that the activist couldn't make it work despite their class differences affected him in a way that Rain can't go back to being a somewhat affluent (if not rich) person who can run his business to "not care" about equal rights. Or it is as simple as Rain is older and more mature than Sunshine. Add it to another big fact that this is a rebound relationship.On top of that, this is a nice twist on the classic Aladdin/Genie dynamic. The wish-granter, against Sunshine's hope that he will understand the motives behind his wishes, judges him at every point. And Sunshine goes with the fact that whoever he wishes disappears has to be made real. This is the right kind of seriss to do a "what if" scenario of removing the leftist politician as well, given it's theatre-inspired production. These are just some of the factors making this series better.There was a whole commentary on Thai Buddhism/religion/human existence in episode 8 between the cupid reaper and the bartender/flowershop owner/higher entity. I don't know if many people even got that. That scene is extremely important to let the audience know that the cupid reaper (who once was a human) is still on a journey of understanding what it means to exist (not just being alive as a human but also post-death) - i.e., one simply cannot pick and choose something/decide something and avoid it's consequences. He's learning/relearning it via Sunshine's experiences. Such discovery themes and story tangents are crucial in Hindu/Buddhist philosophies, mythologies, and general storytelling (really sorry if that doesn't cater to your tastes). And by the looks of it the cupid reaper cannot vanish just because he's not liking what is happening to Sunshine even if it is because of these wishes he HAS to grant. Think of it as the equivalent of Marvel comics' The Watcher seeing everything or DC comics' Spectre seeing everything. They can't simply ignore what they don't like.These scenes are important in dramas like this (I wouldn't categorise this as a 100% BL) because despite the LGBTQ themes and characters, these concepts are universal and human in nature - and by choosing to include such moments drives the point that LGBTQ people aren't simple or one dimensional and we are just as complicated and fukked up beings as everyone.We still have time to learn about the cupid reaper's human past. Why he had to appear to Sunshine in the first place. Sunshine spiralling. If I'm not wrong, the last wish will be Sunshine asking to be himself killed. Note sure though.Coming to the "artsy" part. Isn't the whole point of being artsy that the consumer of the said art gets to interpret what is presented in front of them?Also, this author wrote 'My Ride' and it was a perfectly alright BL when it was adapted. I heard from people who read that novel that there was a lot more LGBTQ representation and content in it which was not adapted for the sake of making it a perfectly alright BL. It didn't have these elements though. The fact that the same author's work was even considered to be adapted into a series like this - with a cinematic/artsy production is surprising in itself.An unnecessarily long series is sitting through UWMA with Ohm and Kao's rock-face performances. Not this.Hope this keeps you "hooked" until the end of the 12th episode.