Before I got into BL, I read a lot of British boarding school novels. In most of them the gay element is a subtext, where the most you could expect was something like one boy getting jealous of another for getting too friendly with his closest, most cherished friend, but there were daring exceptions.
The scene on the stairway where Ayan reassures Khan that he (Ayan) has no romantic feelings for Thua hit me so hard, because it was like a scene right out of one of those books. I just loved it. The dialog skirted artfully around the real topic, giving both guys plausible deniability, but the message that Ayan sent to Khan was received loud and clear, and it all ended with Khan feeling happily validated in addition to reassured.
Moments like that make me truly appreciate the writing and acting that this series delivers every week. And it's one reason I think the pacing is just right. It's giving everyone's emotions the time to deepen and become clear.
While I think the "kiss tease" was a disgrace, what I appreciate about this series is the ambivalence that the two guys -- especially Akk -- have toward one another as they figure out their feelings. In an environment like that, the pressure on someone like Akk would be almost overwhelming. He has so much at stake, including the very fact that he can attend the school.
I'm glad they don't have him just suddenly falling for Ayan, changing his ways to become a reborn activist. Depicting the transition believably is a challenge, but it will make his eventual conversion to the cause -- and his own acceptance of his love for Ayan -- all the more satisfying.
Yup, that NC scene was better than any I've seen in a BL or any other series for that matter. As I realize there was a whole crew of people in the room with them to capture everything, requiring multiple takes from different angles, I have to hand it to Boss and Neoul. Experienced actors would be lucky to be able to pull that off.
I was also thinking that Rain has certainly gotten past his homophobia from Episode One. It would be funny to see an edit that intercuts his statements in Episode One with the raw hunger he exhibits in this one. I loved his aggressiveness.
I wonder if the NC scenes between Prapai and Sky will have similar heat. Anything on the same level as this might have me trippin' even more. Holy shizzle.
Another reason that Rain must be alive is that we haven't seen the payoff from him discovering the secret room in the barn. Presumably he's the only one who knows about it, since Rain's attempt to bring it up with the housekeeper was cut off before he could say anything.
So, I wonder if that will be Rain's hiding place at some point -- perhaps when the evil doctor lady tries to send her team back to the villa to finish the job.
That was the laziest writing I've seen in a long time. Why on earth would Kim deliberately eat that? And again,…
In the "Sun not wanting to cuddle" scene, I think if Kim has succeeded in detaining Sun in that embrace we'd have some outrage on here over non-consensual hugging.
is Rain alive? Please Jesus say he is. Other comments mentioned him dying?
No, 1% change that he's dead and 99% chance that he's alive. If they wanted him dead then his body would be with his parents. I'm eager to know how the series will spin it when they reveal he survived. Maybe it was a robot Rain on the helicopter.
The guy from the first episode who didn't want his sister to be celebrating Ye Guang's birthday. He had a second appearance a little later where he was trying to intimidate Ye Guang as well.
is Rain alive? Please Jesus say he is. Other comments mentioned him dying?
They didn't find his body, so based on principles of cheesy drama (such as this series haha) I fully expect that Rain will be found to be alive. I just hope we don't get subjected to an amnesia plotline or anything like that.
Appreciated the Sun/Kim development.So Rain and his parents suffer a major helicopter crash where it completely…
I saw a spoiler about this plot development a few days ago and have been pondering Rain's miraculous survival ever since.
If Rain managed to jump from the helicopter before impact, it would seem like he was abandoning his parents to their doom ... not cool ... he'd look like a coward. So, maybe he somehow got covered by debris just as the explosion happened or got thrown far away from the helicopter on impact.
Whatever the way it happened, it will probably be something that defies the laws of physics haha. But if he keeps Rain alive for poor Payu then I'll be okay with it.
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The scene on the stairway where Ayan reassures Khan that he (Ayan) has no romantic feelings for Thua hit me so hard, because it was like a scene right out of one of those books. I just loved it. The dialog skirted artfully around the real topic, giving both guys plausible deniability, but the message that Ayan sent to Khan was received loud and clear, and it all ended with Khan feeling happily validated in addition to reassured.
Moments like that make me truly appreciate the writing and acting that this series delivers every week. And it's one reason I think the pacing is just right. It's giving everyone's emotions the time to deepen and become clear.
I'm glad they don't have him just suddenly falling for Ayan, changing his ways to become a reborn activist. Depicting the transition believably is a challenge, but it will make his eventual conversion to the cause -- and his own acceptance of his love for Ayan -- all the more satisfying.
I was also thinking that Rain has certainly gotten past his homophobia from Episode One. It would be funny to see an edit that intercuts his statements in Episode One with the raw hunger he exhibits in this one. I loved his aggressiveness.
I wonder if the NC scenes between Prapai and Sky will have similar heat. Anything on the same level as this might have me trippin' even more. Holy shizzle.
So, I wonder if that will be Rain's hiding place at some point -- perhaps when the evil doctor lady tries to send her team back to the villa to finish the job.
Well, 99% confident. 😅😅😅
If Rain managed to jump from the helicopter before impact, it would seem like he was abandoning his parents to their doom ... not cool ... he'd look like a coward. So, maybe he somehow got covered by debris just as the explosion happened or got thrown far away from the helicopter on impact.
Whatever the way it happened, it will probably be something that defies the laws of physics haha. But if he keeps Rain alive for poor Payu then I'll be okay with it.