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Assault with a side of consent
This show was awful. The concept of it had such potential to be great and it fell so flat. It would've been instantly better if it was supernatural show. Big Jane should've been an actual demon and it would've made the show way more interesting. These writers and show makers are always so afraid to commit to things. If you want a dark and twisted romance, then do it. Instead, they all advertise it as one and then just show hints of it throughout the series or throw in assault and r*pe and call it good enough. Dark romance is a lot more than that, but they never fully commit to it, and this show is a perfect example of that. This show had a lot of red flag characters and a lot of assault and that was basically it.
Like I said before, Big Jane should've been an actual demon. The deals he was making with people would've made more sense that way for how they happened. He was causing miracles to happen at the snap of a finger, it would fall apart just as fast, and he had the necklaces with people's blood, but it was just because he was a rich dude who could make it happen? Why? If he was a demon, it would've made sense, why he needed their blood and why these people's requests happened so quickly. It also would've made him way more intimidating. He was supposed to be this scary guy on campus, but he was not any more intimating than just a basic toxic man. He was a huge red flag, assaulted little Jane multiple times which was not okay, he had no growth throughout the series at all even after the time skip and just had no likeable qualities at all.
Little Jane just annoyed me throughout almost the entire series. He was so boring and never seemed to know what he wanted. He wanted to know how Big Jane lived but then would just get upset at everything he said or did, but never at the things that he should be upset about. For example, Big Jane saved Little Jane's family from the brother's debt and never once asked them to leave their house or shop and yet Little Jane got upset with him for their family having to move even though Big Jane NEVER SAID THEY HAD TO. This is just one of the MANY times he did this. He just never seemed to know what he wanted and was constantly changing his mind about things and getting upset over it. He really didn't have much of a personality either and wasn't very likeable.
Dan was way too obsessed for Little Jane and for no reason. He was constantly stalking him and making him uncomfortable. Him going crazy in the finale didn't surprise me for how psychotic he was throughout the rest of the show, but it still left me wondering why he ever got so obsessed with him in the first place. I didn't like either of the Janes, but I really hated this dude. Speaking of characters I hate...Put. He, like Dan, was so obsessed with Jane. He also assaulted Jane. I was so happy when he died because he was just a piece of garbage. I don't get why everyone was so obsessed with him, but they were. Once again like Dan, we don't really ever find out why he was obsessed with Little Jane either. I know they both liked him but there should've been more than that.
The spice in the show was fine (on the few occasions it was consensual), the finale was fine and had the most happening in the entire show, the acting was okay, but god the rest of this show was such a mess. It was so boring, had the most unlikeable characters, had so much assault, and just horrible writing. It just felt like the writers didn't know if they wanted to commit to the dark romance the entire time. I haven't seen a lot of the actors before, so I don't know if it's a case of bad actors or just bad writing. Absolutely do not recommend.
Like I said before, Big Jane should've been an actual demon. The deals he was making with people would've made more sense that way for how they happened. He was causing miracles to happen at the snap of a finger, it would fall apart just as fast, and he had the necklaces with people's blood, but it was just because he was a rich dude who could make it happen? Why? If he was a demon, it would've made sense, why he needed their blood and why these people's requests happened so quickly. It also would've made him way more intimidating. He was supposed to be this scary guy on campus, but he was not any more intimating than just a basic toxic man. He was a huge red flag, assaulted little Jane multiple times which was not okay, he had no growth throughout the series at all even after the time skip and just had no likeable qualities at all.
Little Jane just annoyed me throughout almost the entire series. He was so boring and never seemed to know what he wanted. He wanted to know how Big Jane lived but then would just get upset at everything he said or did, but never at the things that he should be upset about. For example, Big Jane saved Little Jane's family from the brother's debt and never once asked them to leave their house or shop and yet Little Jane got upset with him for their family having to move even though Big Jane NEVER SAID THEY HAD TO. This is just one of the MANY times he did this. He just never seemed to know what he wanted and was constantly changing his mind about things and getting upset over it. He really didn't have much of a personality either and wasn't very likeable.
Dan was way too obsessed for Little Jane and for no reason. He was constantly stalking him and making him uncomfortable. Him going crazy in the finale didn't surprise me for how psychotic he was throughout the rest of the show, but it still left me wondering why he ever got so obsessed with him in the first place. I didn't like either of the Janes, but I really hated this dude. Speaking of characters I hate...Put. He, like Dan, was so obsessed with Jane. He also assaulted Jane. I was so happy when he died because he was just a piece of garbage. I don't get why everyone was so obsessed with him, but they were. Once again like Dan, we don't really ever find out why he was obsessed with Little Jane either. I know they both liked him but there should've been more than that.
The spice in the show was fine (on the few occasions it was consensual), the finale was fine and had the most happening in the entire show, the acting was okay, but god the rest of this show was such a mess. It was so boring, had the most unlikeable characters, had so much assault, and just horrible writing. It just felt like the writers didn't know if they wanted to commit to the dark romance the entire time. I haven't seen a lot of the actors before, so I don't know if it's a case of bad actors or just bad writing. Absolutely do not recommend.
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