BougieBourbonFlower

It is not sad. At. All. It is the happiest of happy lol. I've read the final chapter and the epilogue at least 4 times in the last couple days because it's just so smile inducing.

I finished the novel the other day, and I just can't with this story! It's beautiful. Without even seeing the final episode, I already know that it is top 3 ever for me. Knowing how the story ends and having envisioned it while reading, I absolutely cannot wait to see it visually. I'mma cry lol

I so want the actors to play characters closer to their actual age! I want more adult shows and less school setting shows. As much as I like Junior, it was difficult initially to believe he's Perth's younger brother - easier now because I know that characters, etc. but still.

It's interesting you like Mark more, because I'm the opposite lol. But it may also be the script itself that I have a harder time with Mark/Wine. The character of Faifa just feels more rounded out to me. However, I have not watched Sky in Your Heart - not sure why, just haven't - so I don't have that frame of reference. But in Cherry Magic, I still preferred Junior despite the actual character not being my favorite. I think it has to do with Mark's facial expressions 🤷 But I definitely agree they both deserve a better written break out role. There's potential in both that I don't think they've been allowed to truly express.

"Heaven was fast."
"He rolled in here like a ball."
Oh, man. I cackled like crazy 🤣

I don't think they ever gave a satisfactory answer. Phum and Fang are super close in age since they are in the same year in school, so it never made sense to me why they kept Fang at home instead of sending them both. Maybe that was part of why Phum held that much resentment. But no, the reasoning stated was hella lame.

Between acting coaches, intimacy coaches, a director, and the fact that Phuwin was only 20 when they filmed this, I don't blame him completely. I genuinely believe he was told to do it that way, because it's not like that in NLMG.

Aaahh. That makes more sense, then lol. I haven't watched Only Boo yet - I've been trying to stay away from school settings because it just feels like it's the only setting option for the majority of all BL shows anymore. I wonder why they didn't list them as the characters names from Only Boo instead of their real names.

Out of curiosity, since GMM just put Project JASP.er together of 4 of their actors, do we think maybe the 4 showing their choreography to Po, Ming, and Tae at the beginning of the episode are going to be another idol type group project of actors? They're all listed as playing themselves in the credits here... I mean, they can't have learned that choreo for that tiny scene *only* right?

Yes! And Po didn't really even flinch about it! I would have been *pissed*! The only reason I can see it being OK in the long run is if they have a way for him to get rehired. But I don't feel like that's likely.

I always saw the show as being Thame and Po falling for each other while trying to hold the group together. Like, the whole point of them even beginning to talk to each other was for the group to reunite, so it makes sense to me that now the rest of the group is coming to save Thame after he initially saved them first. The whole, "coming full circle" thing.

And yes! So glad for the Mick twist lol

Honestly, I think she does see them slightly as slaves. Maybe not to the full extent of servitude, but in so much that they are her underlings and must do her bidding because she is in charge for sure. I get that she has to "do what's best for Oner," but to completely disregard the actual desires of the people she is supposed to be managing is just vile. It's bound to fail when there's no compromise between artist and company, and I am sat for what I hope will be her downfall.

I am so proud of Po for telling Earn off! I was kind of hoping he would do the same to Pemika when she took his badge back, though. But I get why he didn't given the way the rest of the episode went.

Man, Thame is grieving so hard. Not just the loss of his relationship with Po, but with his group, his dreams, his comfort, and his freedom in general. I hate so much that we have to wait another week to see Thame smile again 😭

Did anyone else have issues with the subtitles on YouTube for this episode? All of the diary part and most of Jun's dialogue at the end of the third part were just not there...

I genuinely believe Pemika is the one who had all the pictures taken - both of Thame and Po, but also of Pepper and Gam. She knew before that Pepper was in a relationship - she even said when the group was trying to get back together that it wouldn't be all of them because of Pepper. She is a sneaky sneaky underhanded bitch. I love to hate her.

I'm rewatching episode 11 before tomorrow's episode, and I have to agree with whoever said it previously that the fans would have raised a massive stink with the way Pemika did the group dirty. You can see on all their faces that they are shocked and disheartened. The amount of parasocial fans the group has would *not* have missed those expressions. I'm gonna need Baifern to step up and start a smear campaign against Pemika on the fan base website, dammit.

Also, does Pemika not know that dreams can change and evolve with time? She's using their answers from when they were trying out/trainees without taking into account how their desires might have changed since then. I love to hate her 😑

I think you can watch each ArcArm and YothaGun freestanding, but because Faifa is so ingrained in Yotha's life as his brother, I would recommend watching YothaGun's story in it's entirety to keep up with FaifaWine. You probs don't *have* to, but it will round out Faifa's character better if you do.

This is definitely going to be one of the shows I will re-watch after it's all aired so I can watch the episodes straight through back to back, because I just know there are some minute and tiny details I've missed lol.

All the kudos to Boss and Noeul for their performances, though. For it to be the same character, but actually a different character at the same time? Get it, Boss. And the utter despair Noeul portrayed tugged at *all* my heartstrings.

Curious about Jin's little mind reading malfunction. Was it just Wim's mind being so chaotic, or is there more supernatural hokey pokey messing with his ability?

It annoyed me that Toey spilled that to Jay without Wine's permission 😑

He's still getting to know Faifa and those around him. And he's been struggling about it since before getting to know anyone in Fa's group. Coming to terms with what is not considered the societal norm is not simple or easy. And we don't know much of Wine's back story, I'm sure there's more to it than the small excerpt we've seen. For it to change his entire demeanor, it's gonna be something more traumatic than just breaking up with his ex.

The light bulb that went off over my head when I understood why Wine is so sad! I'm actually glad they're bringing up the internal struggles of realizing he likes men and thinking he's not normal (he is, of course) and that being the reason behind his demeanor change.

Also, did anyone else notice the color change in the credits? I love that each story arc is a little different in the credits. ArcArm had a very orange background with blue pieces, YothaGun had a blue background with orange pieces, and now FaifaWine have blue on blue with some cream/white pieces. I like that it feels like the colors match the characters - as well as being complementary colors. Arm, as the new Liner and quite bubbly, is vibrant orange and Arc, as the more dour of the two, is the blue. Yotha, as the new Liner and quite dour in himself, is blue with Gun being his orange (playing into the aspect of Gun being the "sunshine of this world"). And both Faifa and Wine being blue as they both deal with their personal sadnesses? I love it.

You are a goddamned rockstar! All the thanks and appreciation!