As of Episode 2 this is definitely the straight couple's story. The only consolation is that the guy is the blandest of the bunch so it's no big loss. He seems more like an accountant than a musician. (As often happens, the drummer is the cutest.)
If you're planning to fast-forward to skip to the BL parts, good luck ... there are none. It's like a middle school instructional video where anything BL-related is explained and literally spelled out (in Thai) on-screen, and they make a point of portraying everything BL as staged for marketing purposes. (Maybe it is, but "F" them.)
Could be the series is meant as a quietly subversive take-down of the industry. I'll keep watching because I'm curious to know what they're up to, and at least I now know to busy myself with other things while the guy-girl couple's snoozer of a love story dominates the screen time.
Does anyone know when this story takes place? Cause it seems like they own old computers and saying MSN is trendy…
I suspect that if anyone did close analysis they'd see that the artifacts on set come from different decades and were selected because they were simply old.
To me those long-hair wigs seem styled like something you'd see in the 60's or 70's, not the 90's or 00's.
the show is pretty good so far actually but the freaking background music is SO ANNOYING my god, this constant…
Yes. It's like they're trying extra hard to establish an air of whimsy.
If one of the characters dies, what music will play for those scenes? In "My Gear and Your Gown", cheerful piano noodling plays under a scene where one of the characters learns that his mother has died. I've never forgotten it.
Man Shun deserved a little more time, just an allusion to POSSIBLY getting with Oh , ugh. Not enough. Not enough…
A Shun and Oh love scene would have been a nice parting gift. As would hearing Oh say "Oh!" when Shun first unbuttons his shirt to reveal that fantabulous chest and abs.
At least the director was kind enough to give us a moment of shirtless Shun in the finale.
I stand corrected. I said Fahlanruk was the worst-written BL of all time, but I was wrong. This is. Is the author…
The trope of a childhood connection before becoming adult partners is all over Asian drama. As is the stepsibling relationship trope. And the two are often combined.
(Add a dash of "I grew up with you but now I don't recognize/remember you" for extra disbelief.)
I've wondered if there's something about Asian culture that makes these tropes attractive and comforting. For instance, I've been amazed at how many villains in Asian drama end up being redeemed in the end, and the thought occurred to me that maybe that's about Karma and not wanting to wish harsh treatment upon someone lest it befall you as well.
Or, maybe it's much simpler than that, and these tropes flourish because they're easy to write into a story, and once there the rest of the plot practically writes itself.
P.S. I thought of you when the finger cut occurred. :)
Seems like a bad move to me, regarding mean and plan, to agree to appear in a series as a secondary couple. Especially…
Lately it's like Mean especially has been on a kind of apology tour, producing and acting in BLs. In "Remember Me", so far his character is a womanizer but who knows.
I guess he and Plan don't realize how much confusion and disillusion they caused. I would think they'd have no problem getting roles in mainstream series.
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If you're planning to fast-forward to skip to the BL parts, good luck ... there are none. It's like a middle school instructional video where anything BL-related is explained and literally spelled out (in Thai) on-screen, and they make a point of portraying everything BL as staged for marketing purposes. (Maybe it is, but "F" them.)
Could be the series is meant as a quietly subversive take-down of the industry. I'll keep watching because I'm curious to know what they're up to, and at least I now know to busy myself with other things while the guy-girl couple's snoozer of a love story dominates the screen time.
To me those long-hair wigs seem styled like something you'd see in the 60's or 70's, not the 90's or 00's.
If one of the characters dies, what music will play for those scenes? In "My Gear and Your Gown", cheerful piano noodling plays under a scene where one of the characters learns that his mother has died. I've never forgotten it.
I need to go back and see if Frau Doktor was still in her stiletto heels when she was traipsing through the forest.
At least the director was kind enough to give us a moment of shirtless Shun in the finale.
(Add a dash of "I grew up with you but now I don't recognize/remember you" for extra disbelief.)
I've wondered if there's something about Asian culture that makes these tropes attractive and comforting. For instance, I've been amazed at how many villains in Asian drama end up being redeemed in the end, and the thought occurred to me that maybe that's about Karma and not wanting to wish harsh treatment upon someone lest it befall you as well.
Or, maybe it's much simpler than that, and these tropes flourish because they're easy to write into a story, and once there the rest of the plot practically writes itself.
P.S. I thought of you when the finger cut occurred. :)
To be "about" BL vs. being a BL series is a blurred line to draw -- something they might be counting on from the start.
"Dose abs!!"
I guess he and Plan don't realize how much confusion and disillusion they caused. I would think they'd have no problem getting roles in mainstream series.