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I have a feeling that when Gook finally gets home, Tae will punish him by not being there so he'll go bonkers thinking he's been kidnapped.

I think Tae is wavering between wanting to draw Gook to him and wanting to punish him for not taking more initiative.

The thing is, Gook would be crazy to make the first move since his livelihood depends on maintaining their friendship and living arrangement. He has much more to lose than Tae. And this worries me a little because I fear that the "first move" will be Gook losing control when Tae pushes the teasing too far.

The subtitle I saw on Twitter wasn't the same as Viki's "Stop provoking me ... please, okay" -- it was "Stop provoking me .. I beg you." I think the latter implies more danger.

Whether they'll end up being intimate is an open question right now, but they are both attracted to one another and probably each feels too scared to make the first move.

To me that's not a bromance. A bromance shouldn't have this much sexual tension lol.

I’m a Kim Min Seok fan and have actually tried to start this drama a couple of times only because he’s in it. I guess I must find it to be pretty boring too. :)

I appreciate the frankness of your review and now I won’t feel bad about not watching.

I liked ‘Put Your Head on my Shoulder’ and have been curious about ‘Coup De Fondre’, so I think I’ll follow up on your recommendation and finally give that one a go.

Very enjoyable, although it feels wrong that Min Hee was allowed to get away with her treachery. She not only betrayed her friends but violated their privacy for the sake of her lame broadcast. Those two guys should be nominated for sainthood for not dumping her sorry ass.

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Watched on GagaOOLala and loved it. In some ways you know where the story will go but, as in all fine art the beauty is in how it arrives there.

Wonderful to see a Korean film with a gay theme that isn't a subtext to bromance.

Bravo!

For (1) and (4):

When I was younger my best friend had the same compulsion to touch people's ears.

He went mainly for the earlobes, and mine got rubbed and lightly squeezed many times lol. It would happen when he was enjoying himself, but he'd do it only to people who understood that it meant only that he was feeling affectionate.

In this series, the intimacy that it communicates might make Gook uncomfortable, but at the same time it might also make him uncomfortable to see Tae Joo touch another person's ears in the same manner. Since they haven't yet established a truly intimate relationship the symbolic things like this take on much bigger meaning.

For (3):

I think Tae Joo might have abandonment issues and has projected them onto his beloved Gook. It seems that Gook has come to understand this, and Tae Joo knows that he understands, so any teasing feels hurtful.

So true! Where Your Eyes Linger is so confidently directed and acted, it's like a world apart from 2gether.

Plus the chemistry sizzles. If anybody thinks Bright and Win had chemistry in 2gether, you should see the sparks that fly between the leads in this series. With just a fraction of screen time they make you believe in long-suppressed desire between them that won't be held back much longer.

I like your analysis.

If an actor is fundamentally uncomfortable doing scenes of m/m intimacy, he'd have to be very skilled in his profession to be able to make the audience believe he was in character and that his character was excited, even turned on, by his beloved. Bright is not such an actor.

It wouldn't surprise me if the high five was *not* the director's first intent, and that it was only after a few takes where he saw that the chemistry for a big, emotional finale wasn't there between Bright and Win, that they talked it out and came up with the high five as a compromise:

"Well, yeah, you could just put your arm around him, but the script has you doing that in earlier episodes. We need something that says this is a new beginning."

"Um ... how about a high-five?"

I mean, the high five is just so f'in STRANGE that I've come to believe that there has to be a unique explanation to go with it. It's hard to imagine that the director (with BL credits in his CV) really thought that a high-five was a legit way to end a BL series. I hope a BTS video surfaces someday that shows how the scene was filmed and what decisions were made on the spot.

I've gotten flack on Twitter for saying that Bright should stay away from BL in the future, but honestly, it's for the sake of his own career as well as for fans like me. If he does another BL and delivers another detached and wooden performance, people will start to think he's just another pretty face who lacks talent, who might also be a tad homophobic.

Pretty sure he's straight, but a strong ally.

Thank you! Writing the review was therapeutic for me and I'm glad it could make you smile.

I'm up to the fifth episode and so far both the ML and FL are petty and obnoxious. But like always I'm curious to see how they go from being antagonists to lovers. It's fun to see how a series pulls that off.

Omg he’s in everything. Must have a terrific agent lol.

It's wacky but I'm going to give it a chance.

Yes - I think of this as satire, which by its very nature is often heavy-handed.

I agree. I think I'll miss this series even more than I miss 'Why R U'. '2gether' is dead to me.

I don't mind it as much if it all happens organically, as opposed to having (ahem) the sudden appearance of a character who's never been part of the series, whose sole purpose is to create conflict.

Bohn/Duen - their conflict is character-driven and not too surprising since they're both rookies at dating. Bohn was stupid to take the teasing as far as he did. I imagine that the inability to communicate is a big factor for most of the break-ups that happen in the world.

Mek/Boss - at least Fon is a character we've met already, and Boss's failed pursuit of her was part of what got him and Mek together. To have her show up again when she and Boss never had closure doesn't feel as manipulative as it would if Boss had told her he was in a relationship now and she still kept chasing him.

(Also, I wonder if Fon drove herself to the campsite and was calling Boss from there.)

Ram/King - Offhand I can't remember another BL where "gay panic" in the guy who did most of the pursuing was introduced as a factor. It's an interesting route for the story to take and I'm curious to see where they go with it. I don't want to see Ram get hurt though.

Tara/Frong - I expect the doc will find the necklace (because that *has* to be what he went off to do) and the end of the series will be a beginning for them as a couple.

I think the pair most doomed is Mek/Boss. Bohn/Duen are the leads so it wouldn't make sense for them to be apart at the end. Maybe Ram/King will conclude on a hopeful note rather than a decisive one, but I have a feeling it will still be a hopeful one.

Anyway, I'm not saying I loved what this episode did but for me the series has built up enough good will that I'm willing to trust that things will (mostly) turn out well in the end.

And something else that is strange -- GMMTV hasn't been so afraid of m/m affection in other series.

I've heard that the first episode of the BL series that took over '2gether's' time slot (The Shipper) has already shown more physical affection between two guys than the entire '2gether' series. Unfortunately 'The Shipper' doesn't have subtitles yet so I haven't been able to watch.

LOL right... a show like Meteor Garden is entertaining but it's also pretty dumb

I think people are mostly voting for their favorite series