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Other than the rapey-ness, a pretty good show
It's a clearly unfinished show that was getting better from the last episode.
Gu Hai is too much of an aggressive brute when it came down to Bai Luoyin who tried to refuse his advances all of the time, and seemed to not want that kind of attention and affection, and that didnt change until the last episode.
Overall, it was a good show with a good feel and full of natural behaviour, it just would have been a lot better with much more reciprocation and taking a more gentle slower approach. There was no easing-in with the handling at all.
In terms of their romantic relationship, the only good episode was the last episode, because only then did Bai Luoyin not push Gu Hai away. It would have been rated much higher if it wasn't for the rapey-ness of the show. At the end of the day, Gu Hai took advantage of Bai Luoyin's feelings and took what he wanted, against Luoyin's wishes. Luoyin wanted it, and his body obviously responded to it, but he didnt give permission, because he wasnt ready, so Gu Hai should have respected that decision, and waited until Luoyin was comfortable with it all and happy to take and give, and both could fully enjoy the experience. Gu Hai's behaviour was selfish, abusive, and disrespectful, especially to start with, but it's like he thought that only penetrative sex could be considered pushing it too far, because it was only that that happened when Bai Luoyin accepted them as a couple, and in that case you could just write it off as just errors of a young and very immature relationship.
It was an interesting watch, with a real easy-going natural feel, and good rich characters, but some of the characterisation is very wrong, and it makes it an uncomfortable watch at times, so there are a lot of good scenes AND scenes to skip that you'd want to pretend dont exist on rewatch. It's a shame really, it had potential to be one of the best BL's around, but was ruined by immature brute masculine alpha behaviour.
Gu Hai is too much of an aggressive brute when it came down to Bai Luoyin who tried to refuse his advances all of the time, and seemed to not want that kind of attention and affection, and that didnt change until the last episode.
Overall, it was a good show with a good feel and full of natural behaviour, it just would have been a lot better with much more reciprocation and taking a more gentle slower approach. There was no easing-in with the handling at all.
In terms of their romantic relationship, the only good episode was the last episode, because only then did Bai Luoyin not push Gu Hai away. It would have been rated much higher if it wasn't for the rapey-ness of the show. At the end of the day, Gu Hai took advantage of Bai Luoyin's feelings and took what he wanted, against Luoyin's wishes. Luoyin wanted it, and his body obviously responded to it, but he didnt give permission, because he wasnt ready, so Gu Hai should have respected that decision, and waited until Luoyin was comfortable with it all and happy to take and give, and both could fully enjoy the experience. Gu Hai's behaviour was selfish, abusive, and disrespectful, especially to start with, but it's like he thought that only penetrative sex could be considered pushing it too far, because it was only that that happened when Bai Luoyin accepted them as a couple, and in that case you could just write it off as just errors of a young and very immature relationship.
It was an interesting watch, with a real easy-going natural feel, and good rich characters, but some of the characterisation is very wrong, and it makes it an uncomfortable watch at times, so there are a lot of good scenes AND scenes to skip that you'd want to pretend dont exist on rewatch. It's a shame really, it had potential to be one of the best BL's around, but was ruined by immature brute masculine alpha behaviour.
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