Kai

The rating’s low because the majority of BL viewers want fantasy, not reality. They’re here for sanitized gay romance: emotionally pure boys with flawless jawlines (and clearly labeled as tops and bottoms lol), who fall in love like it’s a fairy tale, after glancing at each other once, and spend ten episodes pining in morally acceptable ways.

What they don’t want is anything that looks remotely real - imperfect characters making difficult decisions, emotional mess, and - heavens forbid - sexual rawness.

This series is more like a regular show with gay characters than a cotton candy BL, and that shatters the sugar-coated illusion. Turns out, when gay men behave like human beings instead of someone’s fanfiction comfort character, some people get uncomfortable 🙄

I feel ya. The majority of shows this year are boring and dumb af. So far, I only really liked The Heart Killers, but it started airing deep in 2024, so can't truly count it.

All that I'm talking about IS the issue. People who supposedly identify as LGBTQ+ and share harmful and inaccurate information ARE the issue.

Sexual orientation isn't something that's open to interpretation. It can be fluid, yes, but it doesn't depend on ur POV. It's opinions such as yours that hurt the LGBTQ+ community. One can't be "gay for one person", because that's ur take on the situation. That's fangirl fantasy. Same as one can't "turn gay". Saying or believing things could work out like this is harmful to the community and misguiding for the rest of the society.

In one of your earlier comments you even said "perhaps in China it works differently". Honestly...I don't even want to say how that sounds, except for condescending.

I don't think they actually said where.

Wow. That’s a very narrow, standardized take on sexuality. People figure themselves out in different ways, at different paces. Assuming everyone experiences it the way you did is… not it.

The reality is: WSW likes girls and is going to fall for a guy. That makes him not straight. Period. If you can develop romantic feelings for someone of the same sex, you’re simply not heterosexual. Sorry to disrupt your fantasy, but that’s not an opinion, it’s science.

And honestly? With all due respect, bit surprised I have to explain that to someone who identifies as LGBTQ+.

It's called guy pride. Can’t let logic get in the way.

Very much gay.

Filmed & released outside of China, with Chinese money and cast

I respect a guy who knows what he wants and doesn’t bother pretending it’s something deeper.
Of course he’ll fall in love in the end anyway - because that’s how dramas work- but at least we’re not pretending all adult gay men are out there searching for one true love and kissing people out of pure feelings after eight episodes 🤡

Correction.
Idk who needs to hear this, but if a guy says “I don’t know if I like men, I like you,” he’s NOT straight. Straight men don’t get confused into catching feelings for other men. You can't "turn gay" 💀 What you see is just a dude who's slow to realize he's bi, lol.

Also, to be precise, WSW said “I like you” to get out of a sticky situation - not because he suddenly fell for CC. He barely even noticed CC as a man before ep 5 (and that's if we're being generous).

But I agree this show's straight fire.

lowkey my pleasure 😁

Hahahahaha
my bf just asked why i was laughing so hard
I told him: “I just fast-forwarded thru a show so bad it broke through its own shit and looped back to comedy”

Like 🙄
Chain might actually be catching feelings for his rapist.
Sun cheated on Nu, and it was resolved by… getting a fever? 💀
Also, there’s a surprise fiancee. Because of course there is.
Throw in a car crash and amnesia while you’re at it, why not?
It’s like they asked AI to write trauma with no context and then filmed the first draft. Nothing makes sense. Nothing is earned.

Honestly it’s impressive.
It’s not even the fun kind of wrong. It’s like - “do I need to shower after this?” wrong.
Zero stars. Five laughs. Permanent psychological damage. Would recommend if u hate yourself 💀🙃

Did I just watch a full-on rape scene in a 15+ rated series? LMAO

Because how is their sexual orientation relevant to discussing the show?

Regardless of whether they are or aren’t part of the LGBTQ+ community, it’s their right to keep their private lives private - and their prerogative if they wanna share 🏳️‍🌈

and why does that matter?

I wouldn't necessarily call myself a fan of COH, cuz the show sucked bad (except for Boom's acting), but I defo do agree he is a very good actor. Especially within the BL community, his acting skills are top notch.

Boom really showed up with the acting skills. Dude’s got legit chops. I’m not even kidding - back in the day, I fast-forwarded through all of Chains of Heart just to watch his scenes. That’s how good he was. Cuz everything else was a joke🙄 And not the funny kind lol.
I wasn't really betting on Smart at first, but gotta say - he’s actually holding his own next to Boom. Props to him for that.

love that you read a full sentence saying “not on some shipper agenda” and still decided to write a whole paragraph about shipping. impressive focus 🙃
clearly my comment about acting was a secret plot to awaken the delulu army. you cracked the code. congrats 🥇

tbh, Noeul in that NC scene was just doing Noeul. nothing about it matched the character he built as Phukan. not on some shipper agenda, just clocking it as a fellow gay dude. guess when the clothes come off, so does the acting 👀💀