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I'm also starting to wonder if there are any cities in Thailand besides Bangkok and Chiang Mai.

I can't remember the last time a series had a character go anyplace else. 😆

Thanks.. maybe I can start watching this tired thing again

I can't with the face smoothing. The actors look like they're wearing masks. It's so distracting.

"BL" is about love, and I don't see how this could be anything but a love story.

The first use of the word "love" is when Wu Bi tells Auntie Zhao that he wants to learn to cook "for someone I love". Auntie Zhou says that the girl in question is very lucky, but Wu Bi's encounters with girls in this story are negligible. Auntie is making assumptions, but the reference to a girl also serves to reassure the censors.

Later Wu Bi confides to Duoduo that he's "tormented by love". Now, I can say that I love some of my closest friends, but I'd never go so far as to say I'm tormented by that love. Unless Duoduo is lying (which is highly unlikely) Wu Bi is referring to a deeper kind of love.

I think the harder task is to explain how Wu Bi is *not* talking about Su Yu when he says stuff like this. He invests no time in anyone else, either during school or out of school. Su Yu is his life. Ergo, Su Yu is the love of his life. If that doesn't qualify as "boys' love" then I don't know what does.

LOL the way he stated his opinion like it was the last word on "BL or not BL" was a bit much, don't you think?

"Read this first!!"

Please.

Bravo.

For me, artists who attempt to break through a veil of censorship are worth supporting. As we all know, in China the people behind a series like this are literally risking their careers and possibly the livelihood of their families. Boycotting their work does nothing but encourage the censors and discourage others who might otherwise be brave enough to produce something of their own. So, I disagree with so much of what you said here.

I have no problem supporting and enjoying a Mainland series on its own terms. For "Stay With Me", I hope that the production company and actors are thrilled with the reception of their work, even as they might also be a bit fearful over the visibility that has resulted. It's probably naive of me, but I like to think that the more we support them, the less likely the authorities would come down hard on them.

Sure, the requirement for subtext made it necessary for this series to encode almost everything, but that turned out to be artistic in its own way. I was impressed with the subtle and sometimes ingenious way this was achieved, starting with the new kid at school, Wu Bi, sitting in the back row of the classroom and shooting Cupid's arrows at his future beloved -- only for his beloved to steal the bow so he could reciprocate by shooting the arrows back at Wu Bi. What a clever way to foreshadow their relationship! When was the last time a run-of-the-mill BL did anything like that with their story?

It boggles my mind that so many people insist this is not a love story.

thank you!

Just tremendously entertaining and touching.

And Greg Hsu! (And we see a LOT of him ... *wink wink* ... )

I watch so many series now that it's a little strange to watch a production out of Asia that is over after a single, two-hour "episode". 🙂

I wouldn't mind seeing this expanded into a series that expands on the relationship between Ming Han and Mao and adds to the crimefighting aspect, kinda along the lines of "Oh No! Here Comes Trouble".

God love you, sis!

Wishing to "separate" Su Yu and Wu Bi, Wu Bi's cousin cut all the break lines in Su Yu's car and jammed the gears so that once it was in "Drive" it couldn't be shifted to any other gear.

He then conned Su Yu into thinking he'd be meeting a doctor in the morning, and made sure that he also demanded that Wu Bi join him for separate appointment.

What the cousin didn't anticipate was Wu Bi driving Su Yu's car to drop off Su Yu before joining the cousin. So, Wu Bi was with Su Yu when the car eventually crashed.

Wu Bi is in the hospital, presumably in a coma.

The final shot is of the "wish box" having been dug up from beneath the tree at the family house. There are three shovels, implying that Su Yu, Wu Bi, and Duoduo were all there to dig it up. It's not clear how far into the future that is, but some time has passed based on the way the house looks half-empty.

So, it is an open ending. Wu Bi will survive for Season 2. We just don't know what kind of time skips might be involved, etc.

At least we'll have that series to enjoy in the meantime. :)

I'd been wondering what the "ocean" thing was about ... thanks for the explanation!

Does anyone have a Weibo account who could help me get in touch with someone on there?

I did English captions for a really cool FMV that I saw on Twitter and would like to give the subtitle file to the creator. So, you'd need to contact them and give them the download link.

Thanks in advance!

The female vocalist really threw me off! Are there different versions of the song due to copyright issues?

Twitter's a tough neighborhood today. My feed overflows with posts of the bloody accident scene.

I don't consider talking to a wall to be a good debate. I'll just concede that you have interesting ways of looking at things.

The mere fact that you have to contort your argument so such an absurd extent in order to disagree with my quite sensible observation makes me wonder if you are even sincere in what you're posting on here.

Wu Bi's wish was left on during their New Year celebration, so I think it was a wish to spend every New Year (or holiday) with Su Yu.

That's why Su Yu knew that Wu Bi might be moved to tears when he told him he'd spend every holiday with him.

I think this person needs the script to have one of the boys say to the other, "Hey, we're sleeping in the same bed and having sex and we love each other." The subtle clues and tells that the production took such pains to insert won't work on people who need everything spelled out.