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I don't get a romance vibe between them at all.

What am I missing?

It does look like the pieces are being put in place for a happy ending for everyone ... well, except for one particular someone who should be institutionalized.

As always, the writing just blows my mind. People who I never expected to like are people I care about now.

I'm convinced that the initial script for this series was BL and that it was toned down in rewrite. For so many scenes you can almost tell where they stopped in order to avoid taking Puen and Than's relationship too far.

Because of this I've watched 'Spike!' believing that it is the story of a romance, along with being a top-notch example of the 'enemies to lovers' trope.

In a way, LBC2 isn't giving us what we wanted so badly after LBC1, which was Tin and Can overcoming their differences and becoming a couple. It seemed like a perfectly good setup for "enemies to lovers" storyline. It kinda bothers me that over in that universe Tin will stay miserable, and that's sad.

That's a good point about using different actors though. It would help us accept the way they've been reimagined.

It's already making the kind of moves a sequel should make -- ones that 'Still 2gether' still needs to do.

Agreed. It's going to have some unfamiliar elements but who'd want predictability, and seeing the characters again and hearing that playful music score is making me feel nostalgic.

If this series does somehow go off the rails, we'll be counting on you for some fanfic featuring that insanity declaration ... I love it! :)

Question for those who have watched Ep 36. The artist who implied that JJ stole his design -- is that her ex-boyfriend?

I just watched Ep 36 and realize I'm half-wrong. I'm very happy that he stood up to his mom (for probably the first time.) I was letting off steam when I wrote that earlier comment and probably should delete it, but for penance I will leave it up. :)

What annoys me is the spoiler that LX and JJ break up because he hasn't been forgiven by that witch for something he didn't do.

And I truly do not want a redemption arc for Chen Ting. It would ring false. Her meanness is too deep-set into her character. For someone like her to make a turnaround would take years of therapy, so unless they do another 10-year time jump I won't be buying it.

Learning that LX would reveal this just makes me SO ANGRY. I'm starting not to like him.

After staying away for 9 years and doing everything he can to keep JJ 'on ice' so that she'll be available when he returns, then chasing off the one guy she did more or less date and then relentlessly pushing to make her his girlfriend, he comes up with this?

Why did he bother to pursue JJ at all? Just because she's his 'medicine' does that mean he has to treat her as an object to be used when needed?

I haven't yet seen the episode where he finds JJ crying after his mom has done another search and destroy mission on her sense of self-worth, but if he just gives JJ another one of his bear hugs and doesn't make his mom account for it, I'M DONE. It will be time for JJ to dump his selfish ass. Otherwise it will be just a taste of what she'll be dealing with for years to come.

And this means that if they do finally break up, I hope it's JJ who does it. If he does it he'll make it all about him and how he's got to sort things out, blah blah blah, and leave her hurting once again. What a paper tiger!

I'm not looking to his mother to make any amends before the end of the series. In fact any redemption arc for her will not be believable so I hope the writers don't attempt it. The reason that redemption works for He Mei is that her wickedness was based on misperception and a lack of understanding. For her, rather than redemption, what's really happening is that her true situation is coming to light and everyone is beginning to understand and forgive her.

Redemption for Chen Ting would require her to undergo a brain transplant. She's is a bitter, angry, and manipulative vampire who sucks the happiness out of everyone while projecting her own failings onto them. Blaming LX for his sister's death is just the start.

So many dramas do this. They set up a perfectly evil character then redeem them at the last minute. I hope that 'Go Ahead' will have the courage to let evil stay evil. Cruel people do exist in the real world, and until now this drama has been so true to what real people are like that it will be a shame if Chen Ting (a source of pain for the entire drama) is suddenly let off the hook.

I get only a brother-sister vibe between ZQ and the little sister. Even if she was closed to his age, from the way he bosses her around so much I'd be concerned if she was attracted to him lol. That kind of relationship works only with siblings. :)

It was really satisfying, wasn't it! Great acting by both women too.

thank you, this puts my mind at ease over the whole idea

But what if raising the kid gives us the setup for Season 2? ;)

I thought 'Skate Into Love' was unworthy of his talents, but it made him better known so maybe it was a smart choice for his career.

Me too! It's a naturalistic drama just like this one.

He's become popular due to more mainstream stuff like 'Skate Into Love,' but a series like this one or 'Huckleberry Friends' lets him show his range.

Are they adding episodes by expanding the scenes with footage they hadn't planned to use, or are they actually shooting new footage?

Getting everyone together to shoot additional footage would seem very expensive unless all along they've continued to produce this drama while it was already airing.

I think every reason she gives is the "what real humans would do" reason, but it's only to mask her evil intent.

Aggressively so .... a kiss intended to make a statement

(caffie posted a link to the clip just a couple of comments up)

This looks appetizing! I hope I'll be able to access it.