1. Mix carried that finale the whole way. For future projects GMMTV should let him do whatever he wants.
2. No series has ever wrung so many tears from me, or ever will.
I'm thrilled to think about what an amazing era we're in for BL. There's been this series .. ITSAY .. Manner of Death .. the Korean web dramas .. all the series from Taiwan, including HIStory 2 and 3 .. and most recently the productions out of Vietnam and even Laos (are you paying attention, MDL admins?) .. and so much of it so good!
I discovered BL only three years ago. Those of you who have been fans of the genre for much longer must be so pleased at how the genre has grown.
Just a reminder (because there is some kind of error on this page and it doesn't show up) that there is a topic…
That's really weird! You should report it as a website bug. Maybe because the series title is so generic the site has associated your discussion topic with the wrong series.
So, the frog chat buddy sent a text to Chol while Prab was just a few feet away using his phone, but when Chol texted back, Prab didn't get a notification. His phone had to be on silent. If the frog isn't Prab then how was the frog so well-informed on the issues with Chol's family?
As usual this series is the mouse that roared. It sneaks up on me every week.
I'm convinced that whoever wrote this is a very empathetic person whose master plan is to present all of these moral and relationship-related quandaries and then demonstrate how people who truly care for one another should resolve them. I had no doubt that the parental thing would get resolved positively, and as usual it was done within a couple of episodes and not dragged out.
Just one episode to go, but I have faith in this team. They will end everything on an upbeat note. The only question I have is whether the two stepbrothers will confess to one another or if their relationship will remain ambiguous to the end.
I was really disappointed by this ep. I'm done with this cliche of dragging a scene for too long just for the…
Right! After that previous episode was so disruptive to everyone's expectations and so thrilling because of it, this one steered everything back to the usual. But the series has shown that it can surprise us in a good way so I'm keeping hope alive.
That's usually my problem with enemies-to-lovers storylines, and this was no exception. Too fast, with too little…
When the episode started I expected that it wouldn't be until the end that we got that event or info that would shake up the status quo and make one or both of them view their relationship differently. Like, maybe Ake would be dealing with a personal challenge that has made him angry at the world and Tue would suddenly feel some empathy over that.
But, as you say, what we got instead was very hurried, as though the writer couldn't wait to get to the 'good stuff'. And so it didn't fit with what real humans do when in the same situation. (I wonder if the people who produce these series think they'll lose the audience if they don't reward them with skinship early on.)
Once that occurred I adjusted my attitude and lowered my expectations. The beginning part held some promise but they definitely botched things.
I really thought they'd drag out the 'hate' phase a lot longer. The change happened so fast that I kept waiting for one of them to reveal that he was pretending, just to get back at the other. But no -- I guess it's supposed to be a legit relationship.
Production values are excellent and the leads are very good-looking, especially Tue. The same actor plays Mork on 'Lovely Writer' so we know he's definitely not shy about kissing on camera!
My final grade for this is 8/10, which is maybe a little generous but as we've talked about here it's possible that cast and crew had a lot of setbacks to deal with during production and did their best to keep the series going. I appreciate that Nam was one of the strongest and most sympathetic female characters I've ever seen in a BL, and that when any of the characters knew they'd wronged someone they tried to make good on it.
I also think Tae and the two Nites were superb eye candy, hence even more grade inflation is called for haha.
I think the speculation about the production being disrupted by COVID is likely the best guess as to what happened to this series. They did what they could to salvage it, and were blessed to at least have the actor for the most central character (Tae) available for the final episodes.
They were faced with either recasting the role of Nite or coming up with this new plotline to give us closure. Scrapping the series would probably have put the production company in debt to their investors (unless they'd purchased insurance that covered COVID-related issues). I would have been fine with Nite II simply stepping in for Cupid-Nite.
Then again, I guess it's possible that what we got was the original concept all along. But I doubt it.
Director: ok. What happens in ep 3?Writer: he takes his brother to a resort, gets him drunk on cocktails, carries…
Brilliant. I literally LOLed, which is saying something given how shell-shocked I was by the episode.
The only thing I'd add to your dialog is:
Director: But wait. Even if he knows how to make tasty drinks, how does he manage to do it when they're having dinner in a fancy restaurant? Writer: He bribes the bartender to give up his post, which turns out to be ridiculously easy despite them being in a classy joint instead of a backstreet bar. Director: Perfecto!
The scene on the cliff was so romantic and I could feel the sexual tension between them in the one where Tian…
I agree ... I have to admit that it made me think back to '2gether', where the lack of a kiss was just more evidence of how poorly matched the two actors were, whereas here there is so much romantic tension that a kiss might have been a case of overdoing it. xD
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2. No series has ever wrung so many tears from me, or ever will.
I'm thrilled to think about what an amazing era we're in for BL. There's been this series .. ITSAY .. Manner of Death .. the Korean web dramas .. all the series from Taiwan, including HIStory 2 and 3 .. and most recently the productions out of Vietnam and even Laos (are you paying attention, MDL admins?) .. and so much of it so good!
I discovered BL only three years ago. Those of you who have been fans of the genre for much longer must be so pleased at how the genre has grown.
They had better resolve this! haha
I'm convinced that whoever wrote this is a very empathetic person whose master plan is to present all of these moral and relationship-related quandaries and then demonstrate how people who truly care for one another should resolve them. I had no doubt that the parental thing would get resolved positively, and as usual it was done within a couple of episodes and not dragged out.
Just one episode to go, but I have faith in this team. They will end everything on an upbeat note. The only question I have is whether the two stepbrothers will confess to one another or if their relationship will remain ambiguous to the end.
(Sorry, I know I'm gravedigging with this comment but I wanted to support your right to express your point of view.)
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But, as you say, what we got instead was very hurried, as though the writer couldn't wait to get to the 'good stuff'. And so it didn't fit with what real humans do when in the same situation. (I wonder if the people who produce these series think they'll lose the audience if they don't reward them with skinship early on.)
Once that occurred I adjusted my attitude and lowered my expectations. The beginning part held some promise but they definitely botched things.
Production values are excellent and the leads are very good-looking, especially Tue. The same actor plays Mork on 'Lovely Writer' so we know he's definitely not shy about kissing on camera!
I also think Tae and the two Nites were superb eye candy, hence even more grade inflation is called for haha.
They were faced with either recasting the role of Nite or coming up with this new plotline to give us closure. Scrapping the series would probably have put the production company in debt to their investors (unless they'd purchased insurance that covered COVID-related issues). I would have been fine with Nite II simply stepping in for Cupid-Nite.
Then again, I guess it's possible that what we got was the original concept all along. But I doubt it.
The only thing I'd add to your dialog is:
Director: But wait. Even if he knows how to make tasty drinks, how does he manage to do it when they're having dinner in a fancy restaurant?
Writer: He bribes the bartender to give up his post, which turns out to be ridiculously easy despite them being in a classy joint instead of a backstreet bar.
Director: Perfecto!