The chemistry between JimmySea is so special. GMMTV always has average plots, but the great ships are what make me keep watching every time. I've dropped a bunch of series this year, but I'm glad I stuck with this one. I hope JimmySea get a new series in 2026.
Don't get me started on how the word "masterpiece" is being bandied around so much that it lost all essence…
It's such a shame. I remember a time when a 7.8 rating was high for a series and people in the comments section could discuss what they actually thought about an episode/series instead of being forced to only say nice things.
Now all the shows are flawless, the comments are just "he's hot/handsome/cute", "the NC scene was so hot/steamy", "this ship is perfect together" and no substance. I get why though, people with opinions have been chased off of MDL and the main people that remain are newer to BL and think any rating below an 8.3 is a personal attack on their favs.
This is why I barely post comments on here these days. It's not fun when it becomes an echo chamber and even when the series is average, it's treated like the best series ever made.
For me, the second couple and town's people are carrying this series on their backs. Wow, they are all soooo interesting. I hope FirstOne and Tle get a full length series as main leads after this show ends. Their chemistry is fantastic.
I know it's illegal to say anything about a BL that isn’t 100% praise on this site, so I won't comment on the leads.
I didn’t love this series, but I do like Inn, Great, Aou and Boom.
I feel bad for Inn Great fans, but I hope this is a lesson to future Thai BL pairings. Agreeing to be paired in a Thai BL ship comes with expectations that extend outside of the series. We can debate whether that is right or wrong at another time, but that's the job. If someone does not want to have that type of ongoing working relationship, Thai BL is probably not the best career choice for that actor.
I wish Inn and Great all the best in what ever they decide to do next. Both are talented actors and if either or both continue to act, I hope they get projects that they are passionate about that allow them to deliver strong performances.
While I did enjoy this series for the most part, you put my thought into words perfectly!Looking at it from a…
I agree. There were so many angles the story could have taken, but they decided to go with the most basic plot they could. I could have accepted it if the show were shorter, but 12 episodes was more than enough time to create layered characters with believable motivations and growth. But that didn't happen.
Agree, but have to add one thing to MekDech. You're right, they are the only characters that felt real but they…
I completely agree with you. I think they had around 5-10 minutes of screentime each episode. Every time they were on screen, the show was interesting. But instead of spending more time with them we got cooking, swimming, flute lessons and a lot of barely passable french. It's such a shame. I also have no idea what the status of their relationship was by the end of the series. I'm sure the actors don't know either.
I know we live in an era where someone thinks every single BL is a "masterpiece". And where MDL has been turned into a fan page. And people aren't allowed to say anything about a BL that isn’t 100% praise without being labeled a "hater". And told not to watch the show, even as views for series decline. But I have to say that this show didn't feel like a masterpiece to me.
Mek and Dech were the only ones that felt even slightly like real people who faced real struggles and overcame them. Everyone else, including the mains, villains, servants and side characters felt like they were plucked from a greeting card or an AI generated short fairy tale that was stretched out over 12 LONG mostly empty episodes. From the beginning, the return to France felt like a promise and threat of a predetermined outcome. The grandmother and Dech's dad were just there to be evil and vindictive. The relationship between the leads felt hollow, basic, too simple and too convenient.
Overall, this show was exactly what I've come to expect over the years from GMMTV. An interesting premise, money spent on making actors look PERFECT in every scene, pretty sets, loud endless music, odd editing choices, a long time jump where the leads never fell in love with anyone else, because of course they didn't and a script that felt like an after thought. No substance, no heart and a predictable conclusion where the villains don't face the consequences of their actions and the likeable people all get a happy ending. I fail to see how that was a masterpiece, but I'm glad some people enjoyed it.
P.S. If you disagree with my OPINION, that is 100% fine with me. But if I upset you by sharing it, please just keep scrolling, I'm not getting into an argument with anyone about a show I had zero connection to and won't remember in a few days.
You're welcome. I've been on this site long enough to watch it change from a discussion board into a fan page for every single BL. These days it feels nearly impossible to post anything that isn't 100% praise for a series without having people get mad at you. But the 2nd couple is the only thing that's keeping me interested in this series.
Hua Yong makes this show worth watching for me. Everything he's doing to Sheng is so wrong, but I can't help but look forward to every scene with him. I wish I was into the rest of the story, but everything with the pharmaceutical companies and the side couple feels uninteresting and repetitive to me.
But the enigma alpha stuff is enough to keep coming back each week.
I honestly can't remember the last time I watched the first episode of a Thai BL and genuinely thought the writing was excellent throughout. They set the bar really high for future episodes, I hope the writing stays this solid for the rest of the series.
Wow thank you so much for posting this! I knew nothing about the novel, but enjoyed the first episode since it's…
I'll be the first to call out colorism and racism (the most extreme form of colorism) whenever I see it. But nearly every country in the world has some colorism. So I'm not willing to conflate it with the atrocities being committed on the people of Palestine. What's being done to them is exponentially worse than changing the story in a BL adaptation and miscasting a character.
But I do agree with your last paragraph. I'm glad Thai people are boycotting the series, since they are the ones whose identities are being ignored. So I will 100% stand in solidarity with them and refuse to watch the show as well. They deserve better writers, casting directors and studio execs. Hopefully boycotting this type of thing whenever it happens will finally start to make these companies realize that representation does matter.
But colorism is also a part of tv outside of Asia. It happens in many, if not most countries. IMO that is wrong, but countries farther North like China and Korea are more likely to have paler people. While there have been many generations of intermarriage throughout Asia (and all over the world), Thai people, like other South East Asians, are often darker than people in Northern Asia. So I'm not gonna call out China and Korea for doing it when dozens of countries are guilty of the same thing. And I think it's more glaring in places where a large percentage of the population is darker skinned than the people you see on tv.
Are people here aware of the controversy about the adaptation of this novel. The show is being boycotted in Thailand.…
Wow thank you so much for posting this! I knew nothing about the novel, but enjoyed the first episode since it's one of the few Thai BLs that had a main character whose pronouns are they/them or possibly she/her. It felt groundbreaking and the story was also entertaining.
But after reading the reddit post I'm dropping the series. I've been watching Thai BL for a really long time and it becomes more and more obvious that the only actors who get lead roles are lighter with North East Asian features or had get bleaching treatments. This completely ignores the skin tones of a large portion of regular Thai people and reinforces harmful stereotypes. Whenever I point this out in discussion boards of Thai BLs it either gets ignored or dismissed. It's so wrong and heartbreaking, especially when a main character's arc is directly related to this exact topic.
I'm so tired of these companies taking existing properties that are loved by Thai readers and destroying them to make a quick profit. And of the quiet bigotry of the executives in charge of these companies. And of writers who go out of their way to include lines about a character looking "white", which makes other characters decide that they are automatically super attractive. And of "fans" who don't give a crap about things that don't directly impact them.
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Now all the shows are flawless, the comments are just "he's hot/handsome/cute", "the NC scene was so hot/steamy", "this ship is perfect together" and no substance. I get why though, people with opinions have been chased off of MDL and the main people that remain are newer to BL and think any rating below an 8.3 is a personal attack on their favs.
This is why I barely post comments on here these days. It's not fun when it becomes an echo chamber and even when the series is average, it's treated like the best series ever made.
I know it's illegal to say anything about a BL that isn’t 100% praise on this site, so I won't comment on the leads.
I feel bad for Inn Great fans, but I hope this is a lesson to future Thai BL pairings. Agreeing to be paired in a Thai BL ship comes with expectations that extend outside of the series. We can debate whether that is right or wrong at another time, but that's the job. If someone does not want to have that type of ongoing working relationship, Thai BL is probably not the best career choice for that actor.
I wish Inn and Great all the best in what ever they decide to do next. Both are talented actors and if either or both continue to act, I hope they get projects that they are passionate about that allow them to deliver strong performances.
Mek and Dech were the only ones that felt even slightly like real people who faced real struggles and overcame them. Everyone else, including the mains, villains, servants and side characters felt like they were plucked from a greeting card or an AI generated short fairy tale that was stretched out over 12 LONG mostly empty episodes. From the beginning, the return to France felt like a promise and threat of a predetermined outcome. The grandmother and Dech's dad were just there to be evil and vindictive. The relationship between the leads felt hollow, basic, too simple and too convenient.
Overall, this show was exactly what I've come to expect over the years from GMMTV. An interesting premise, money spent on making actors look PERFECT in every scene, pretty sets, loud endless music, odd editing choices, a long time jump where the leads never fell in love with anyone else, because of course they didn't and a script that felt like an after thought. No substance, no heart and a predictable conclusion where the villains don't face the consequences of their actions and the likeable people all get a happy ending. I fail to see how that was a masterpiece, but I'm glad some people enjoyed it.
P.S. If you disagree with my OPINION, that is 100% fine with me. But if I upset you by sharing it, please just keep scrolling, I'm not getting into an argument with anyone about a show I had zero connection to and won't remember in a few days.
But the enigma alpha stuff is enough to keep coming back each week.
But I do agree with your last paragraph. I'm glad Thai people are boycotting the series, since they are the ones whose identities are being ignored. So I will 100% stand in solidarity with them and refuse to watch the show as well. They deserve better writers, casting directors and studio execs. Hopefully boycotting this type of thing whenever it happens will finally start to make these companies realize that representation does matter.
But colorism is also a part of tv outside of Asia. It happens in many, if not most countries. IMO that is wrong, but countries farther North like China and Korea are more likely to have paler people. While there have been many generations of intermarriage throughout Asia (and all over the world), Thai people, like other South East Asians, are often darker than people in Northern Asia. So I'm not gonna call out China and Korea for doing it when dozens of countries are guilty of the same thing. And I think it's more glaring in places where a large percentage of the population is darker skinned than the people you see on tv.
But after reading the reddit post I'm dropping the series. I've been watching Thai BL for a really long time and it becomes more and more obvious that the only actors who get lead roles are lighter with North East Asian features or had get bleaching treatments. This completely ignores the skin tones of a large portion of regular Thai people and reinforces harmful stereotypes. Whenever I point this out in discussion boards of Thai BLs it either gets ignored or dismissed. It's so wrong and heartbreaking, especially when a main character's arc is directly related to this exact topic.
I'm so tired of these companies taking existing properties that are loved by Thai readers and destroying them to make a quick profit. And of the quiet bigotry of the executives in charge of these companies. And of writers who go out of their way to include lines about a character looking "white", which makes other characters decide that they are automatically super attractive. And of "fans" who don't give a crap about things that don't directly impact them.
Anyway, thanks again.