I just had this conversation with my high schooler:
Me: "Have you ever heard of the Omegaverse?"
Daughter: (shocked voice) "MOM!!!! You're 58 years old!!! How the hell do YOU know about the Omegaverse?"
Me: "Oh.....I just do. It's interesting. There's a BL I'm watching right now......"
Daughter: (shaken to know her elderly mother is not as uncultured as she thought) "YOU WATCH BL???? Mom, I'm gonna need some time to recover from this. Don't talk to me for the next hour."
While My Secret Vampire is very simple and not groundbreaking in any way, as far as plot (it has a very limited set as well, so far usually focused on scenes inside the house), I am enjoying it so much.
The guys are cute, they're funny, and there's definite chemistry between the actors / their characters.
Sometimes it's nice to watch a series that doesn't have lot of action or heavy emotions that many series seem to focus on, and this one fits that bill perfectly.
It's so annoying when dramas aren't consistent about things.
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Ep 1 -
@39:57 - When Than finds Peem in the warehouse after he was beaten by the thugs, there's blood running down both sides of Peem's face. Then the blood disappears. Then the blood takes turns reappearing and disappearing and then reappearing again from one second to the next. The blood also changes location when it DOES appear, changing from both sides of his face to one side only.
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@25:54 when Peem transfers the 9,500 baht to Than, he reads Than's full name - out loud - for the bank transfer.
Then @30:12, we see that Than used to be a Police Captain, and his full name is seen on the name plate on his desk (and in the subtitles), confirming the name Peem saw and read out loud earlier during the money transfer
Then @44:54, Peem says "You know my name, but I don't know yours." But he DOES know Than's name....because he read it out loud during the money transfer.
JMO, but the two special episodes were better than the actual series. I really enjoyed seeing the growth and evolution of their relationship.
But I also have to admit that I was wrong about the series in an important way. For much of the series, it felt like Sorn was taking real advantage of Jun. I mean. TBF, there were a lot of red flags that can't be denied. So much manipulation and jealous behavior. They had to work through a lot of that in each episode.
But as another commenter pointed out to me, as far as their NC scenes, I didn't give Jun's character enough credit when it came to him making sure his own needs were fulfilled, and how far he was willing to go to do that. Jun was just as much a willing participant in those scenes as Sorn was. He was getting as much as he was giving.
And I also must say that I have never seen another series where the main actors were willing to be so intensely raw in their portrayal of their characters' sexual relationship. They were incredible partners on screen. Their physical and sexual chemistry was very natural, almost as if they were real partners off screen. Who knows. But on screen, they were above and beyond anything I have seen from another paired couple. BY FAR.
I think the two special episodes wrapped things up nicely. It's great that Sorn and Jun communicate much more clearly now, and it was touching to see their tenderness with each other. And their NC scenes continued to be leagues above other BL series couples.
My two favorite parts of the entire series were in the last episode.
1) At the 42:37 time stamp - When Thap very cutely and clumsily lifted In onto the kitchen island. That made me LOL. I loved it because it was so real.
2) The interview at the end was just the best. It was the PERFECT ending.
Another horrific piece of shit father about whom I have no doubt the show will try to shove down our throats that…
Many Chinese dramas (not BLs, just general dramas) are very similar.
The female main character is REGULARLY abused by jealous (female) rivals, by almost all of the men they know (bosses, boyfriends, husbands, fathers), and by the families of their love interest (especially if her character is of lower status). They get slapped, pushed to the ground, raped, bullied, threatened, beaten, their food is dumped over their heads, and more.
And in the end, most of the abuse is just ignored and the female protagonist never receives any apologies, compensation, or anything else. She's just expected to "move on."
EP 7 - The comments below already cover a lot of what I was going to say, but there's one thing I do want to mention......
Does anyone else think that Keng is INDESCRIBABLY hot when he's in stalking mode, making his prey walk backwards as he advances toward them with the most FERAL INTENT in his eyes?
The eye contact. OMG the eye contact. Holy CRAP, that rocked me to my core.
https://x.com/Koreaboo/status/1969174703207301339?t=fYk_7E4YsWBf0wkKtmOX6g&s=19Looks like its indeed real…
If it's real, I'm happy for them. Their body language shows they are **incredibly** comfortable with each other, and I love how often they smile at each other and share laughter. It's heartwarming.
Ep 1 - when Wave escapes from the hospital and then Pheng and the Doc go looking for him, why is Wave walking **toward** the direction of the hospital?
Wouldn't it be more logical that Wave walk in the opposite direction, away from the hospital he just escaped from?
The only thing I can assume is that he walked away from the hospital and then turned around, walking back toward the hospital.
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Me: "Have you ever heard of the Omegaverse?"
Daughter: (shocked voice) "MOM!!!! You're 58 years old!!! How the hell do YOU know about the Omegaverse?"
Me: "Oh.....I just do. It's interesting. There's a BL I'm watching right now......"
Daughter: (shaken to know her elderly mother is not as uncultured as she thought) "YOU WATCH BL???? Mom, I'm gonna need some time to recover from this. Don't talk to me for the next hour."
Me: (cackling wildly)
LOLOLOL
The guys are cute, they're funny, and there's definite chemistry between the actors / their characters.
Sometimes it's nice to watch a series that doesn't have lot of action or heavy emotions that many series seem to focus on, and this one fits that bill perfectly.
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Ep 1 -
@39:57 - When Than finds Peem in the warehouse after he was beaten by the thugs, there's blood running down both sides of Peem's face. Then the blood disappears. Then the blood takes turns reappearing and disappearing and then reappearing again from one second to the next. The blood also changes location when it DOES appear, changing from both sides of his face to one side only.
-----------------------------
@25:54 when Peem transfers the 9,500 baht to Than, he reads Than's full name - out loud - for the bank transfer.
Then @30:12, we see that Than used to be a Police Captain, and his full name is seen on the name plate on his desk (and in the subtitles), confirming the name Peem saw and read out loud earlier during the money transfer
Then @44:54, Peem says "You know my name, but I don't know yours." But he DOES know Than's name....because he read it out loud during the money transfer.
But I also have to admit that I was wrong about the series in an important way. For much of the series, it felt like Sorn was taking real advantage of Jun. I mean. TBF, there were a lot of red flags that can't be denied. So much manipulation and jealous behavior. They had to work through a lot of that in each episode.
But as another commenter pointed out to me, as far as their NC scenes, I didn't give Jun's character enough credit when it came to him making sure his own needs were fulfilled, and how far he was willing to go to do that. Jun was just as much a willing participant in those scenes as Sorn was. He was getting as much as he was giving.
And I also must say that I have never seen another series where the main actors were willing to be so intensely raw in their portrayal of their characters' sexual relationship. They were incredible partners on screen. Their physical and sexual chemistry was very natural, almost as if they were real partners off screen. Who knows. But on screen, they were above and beyond anything I have seen from another paired couple. BY FAR.
I think the two special episodes wrapped things up nicely. It's great that Sorn and Jun communicate much more clearly now, and it was touching to see their tenderness with each other. And their NC scenes continued to be leagues above other BL series couples.
1) At the 42:37 time stamp - When Thap very cutely and clumsily lifted In onto the kitchen island. That made me LOL. I loved it because it was so real.
2) The interview at the end was just the best. It was the PERFECT ending.
There's no one designated as a "main role" actor.
King the Land was a very popular and successful series.
The female main character is REGULARLY abused by jealous (female) rivals, by almost all of the men they know (bosses, boyfriends, husbands, fathers), and by the families of their love interest (especially if her character is of lower status). They get slapped, pushed to the ground, raped, bullied, threatened, beaten, their food is dumped over their heads, and more.
And in the end, most of the abuse is just ignored and the female protagonist never receives any apologies, compensation, or anything else. She's just expected to "move on."
It's tiresome, tiresome, tiresome.
Does anyone else think that Keng is INDESCRIBABLY hot when he's in stalking mode, making his prey walk backwards as he advances toward them with the most FERAL INTENT in his eyes?
The eye contact. OMG the eye contact. Holy CRAP, that rocked me to my core.
Chance finally met Guno's family (his parents and grandmother), and Guno says he introduced Chance to them as his "boyfriend."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3klvAJyO7hE
Wouldn't it be more logical that Wave walk in the opposite direction, away from the hospital he just escaped from?
The only thing I can assume is that he walked away from the hospital and then turned around, walking back toward the hospital.
Otherwise that scene makes no sense.