Hello for my part I truly tried to think about it, and to think about the way I feel. And I think that this scene…
How could anyone ignore that stupid music? I found it annoying more than anything...to me it broke the entire mood they had going of uncertainty, when this woman starts singing over their hushed whisperings. The song was TELLING us how to feel but it sure didn't work on me.. I was like "turn off the goddam music!"
Hello for my part I truly tried to think about it, and to think about the way I feel. And I think that this scene…
I don't think they had sex at all. And if they did, I'll be pissed that we didn't get to see any of it. :D Which is what I keep coming back to: there was no rape or forced sex in this scene, there was some pretty rough physical back-and-forth followed by a deliberately ambivalent period during which Shu Yi was warring with himself on whether to give in to latent romantic feelings or give in to resentment.
Hello for my part I truly tried to think about it, and to think about the way I feel. And I think that this scene…
IIRC, the music of which you write doesn't start until well into the scene, when things have calmed down but Shi De is still on stop of Shu Yi and there's that "whoa...what's going to happen next..." kind of feeling going on. Shu is kind of kissing back, Shi is whispering things and tears are falling off his face.
I wish they had stayed away from vocal music though, I found it distracting and kind of cheesy. It's that lazy BL cliche thing where the music is used like a sledgehammer to tell you how you're supposed to feel at that moment.
For me, the best use of music in this scene was that there was NONE for quite a while when they were interacting more violently. I was struck by that.
tw: discussions of rape/sexual assaultthis comment section is confusing to me for a few reasons: 1. i see more…
The scene is SUPPOSED to make you uncomfortable. Drama would be boring as hell if everything was nice and polite and wonderful. Horrible things happen in life, such as murder, and that is presented on television prime time every night. Just because something is in a story doesn't mean that it is condoned by the story. Furthermore, there was NO rape in this scene. No clothes came off. At worst, there was some aggressive kissing which quickly became sort of off and on consensual, which was part of the hotness of the scene: Will they or won't they? If they will, will it be consensual or forced? The PURPOSE of the scene is to stir you up, get your emotional juices bubbling, get your adrenaline pumping. It pretty much did all of those things.
There are some people who are "triggered" by certain story elements. Anyone who is triggered by the elements you mention should definitely stay away from BLs.
As for Sam's use of alcohol instead of acting skills and tools, it was highly unprofessional and dangerous of him to rely on such a lazy crutch. His director and acting coach were out of line in the extreme. It doesn't "upset" me that Sam got drunk to act drunk, it just makes me respect him as an actor less.
I'm so excited to see more of the backstory of Shou Yi and Zhen Xuan! There's nearly none bls with an neurodivergent…
Normally, I would be interested in that relationship too, but when you're talking half-hour episodes, three-hours total, and you've got as much melodrama and mysteries and unanswered questions as there are in the main couple's story, I'm impatient with the side-story stuff.
I'm high key pissed with those nasty reporters being so nosy about Sam's personal life & always shoots him with…
Why doesn't Sam just say "no comment?" All the "fanservice" physical stuff, most of which as far as I've seen is initiated by Sam in public appearances, isn't helping anything. They need to get that BS written out of their contracts for S3.
I wish they had stayed away from vocal music though, I found it distracting and kind of cheesy. It's that lazy BL cliche thing where the music is used like a sledgehammer to tell you how you're supposed to feel at that moment.
For me, the best use of music in this scene was that there was NONE for quite a while when they were interacting more violently. I was struck by that.
There are some people who are "triggered" by certain story elements. Anyone who is triggered by the elements you mention should definitely stay away from BLs.
As for Sam's use of alcohol instead of acting skills and tools, it was highly unprofessional and dangerous of him to rely on such a lazy crutch. His director and acting coach were out of line in the extreme. It doesn't "upset" me that Sam got drunk to act drunk, it just makes me respect him as an actor less.