Daring To Dream

There are also a substantial minority share of gay women who read/view BL--- and growing numbers of others under the rainbow such as Ace and gay men...

My theory is there may also be a control aspect to the desire for seeing straight men kiss- like "it's hot- but you don't REALLY like it, so therefore are available for ME"-
but I'm sure there are many different motivations. I also see that in Japan a lot of women get a thrill from the secret, shameful "rotten girl" interest in BL.

I think Naomi said that because he always felt the feelings between them were wrong- this was why he never progressed to gentle touch and even broke arm of the guy he liked. Yanase had realized the feelings and didn't want to just wrestle anymore.
there is a lot of lack of clarity and "drama" in the last 1/3 of movie that felt out of step with the first 2/3s- but well executed. We never see how long Naomi is in jail- the "I can't see you go bald" implied he would be in jail a long time- (robbery? Contributing to serious injury of person he robbed?) but one of the inconsistencies is- when he gets out- both leads look the same .
The dad doesn't reappear and there is no closure of their arc. Feels like a well done art film post grad project.

Watch ep 1 of Golden Child and see what you think🎁

Crushing it as host of Sparks Camp

Why does Gun keep getting work? It baffles me. Won't watch this or Golden child due to him being a lead. At least when rewatching Love By Chance- I can fast forward through his scenes

is that almost always the case? Ridiculously sweet and cute person inexplicably hooked on a selfish and not so charming FL....Is she grateful or appreciative? Nope and she usually is being a jerk to ML as well- though in the case the ML deserves it!

But this bio says his college major was acting😢🤷‍♂️

He is stunning- I'd like to see what he can do if he's given an actual character in an actual plot:)

Great advice from CursedX- also having a friend who knows who you are is important- if that's too risky there are online forums in Philippines.
Also if you haven't heard of this movement in US- It Gets Better is an organization to help the GLBTQ+ youth: https://itgetsbetter.org

Watching those videos and maybe not watching series that are too dark when you're struggling.

I've had many Asian American friends who never came out to their parents- every situation is different. Best wishes and virtual hugs

I dropped it too whereas I slowly staggered through Enchante. I thought Force was good in both series, and Book is decent as the Babe

ok thanks!

I found him quirkily funny in FLower Boy Next Door- this is the only thing I've seen him in- looking forward to watching him as Forest Spirit in My Roommate is a Gumiho.
Maybe you both have examples of in one case - his bad moments and excellent moments?

Also the colors pop ✨

Jaab acting is destroying the 2nd couple for me:( We have Up and Bruce from Lovely Writer in the cast- where are they? lol

I am in line with where you are at- I liked the nostalgic vibe and the idea of the series. The theme song is good, the child actors were very good and the first two episodes were good- then the adult actors (and in most TV but especially in BL- they are chosen for their looks and ability to sell ships- not acting chops) did not match the skill level of the kids and the script and direction was all over the place.
Two good performances: Champ's grandpa elevated every scene he was in; Title as Name was able to convey more without words than most of the other leads were with paragraphs of dialogue.

Someone asked for examples of why the performances weren't great- to me no one was awful- but there were a lot of one or two note performances-
Man as Em was unable to generate believable chemistry with a compelling costar. His line readings that were sodden or fell flat.
Ja is another actor who as long as he can be even and pleasant does fine- but during his "breakdown" scene in the car and many other places where he was supposed to be fighting for love- he just appeared lost and unable to cry/emote/plead/have passion convincingly.
The director, casting and actor coach also take some of the blame for the general drop of energy after the friends went to college.

This is a ramp up in complexity for the director from the interesting The Yearbook project. The strain showed a bit- but if you are liberal with the skip button from ep 4 onward (skip all Champ/family scenes whenever Grampa not around for example) - you might enjoy this.

I thought Joon/Dunk were fine in SIMM- definitely not much story and the director wasn't helping much. Agreed with Pond/Phuwin- they were adrift in NLMG- at least FUTS was pretty funny (to me anyway). I don't get the acclaim for Eclipse - I felt just like Vice Versa- great premise that ended up a bit of a mess. I dropped VV and slowly finished NLMG and Eclipse. The other 3 I'm looking forward to!

Well put and there is no need to move on yet- take it in a minute or two...

that does sound worth watching- though Unforgettable Night is hilariously bad and I didn't make it past ep 1--- but someday!

FYI- like that you're both discussing and not putting each other down:) Future is fascinating - the author has so many works produced and pretty much all that happens is flirting and drinking- everyone sitting all the time- makes for cheap to produce series for sure! And look at the views En of Love Tossara and Future have- it is up there with more ambitious projects like Not Me that cost a lot more (and that show had some pretty uneven things as well- but still- it aimed a lot higher!)
On unrelated topiic- have you seen Weak Class Hero 1? Some of the best fights I've seen in a non martial arts film- and trauma for days!
I'm interested in your list as well:)