Kannadin

Err did you read what I wrote? I'm not saying Chinese actors. I'm saying Chinese people in general. If you are an actor in Asia, you're first requirement is basically looking good and having a pointed nose is already a +.

My take is, based on Asian standards of beauty, the ML has already all the basic characteristics of what is considered good-looking in Asia and is as such already considered part of a small Chinese minority.

Meaning by that the above comment about the look of the actor is nitpicking at best but to each one their own.

Well thank you for the news... I'm just glad to know she'll come back to film at some point. She's one of the few Chinese actresses who really manages to be cute without being cringe. I've got so many drama of hers I still want to watch so hopefully by the time I get to the end of my list, she'll have bounced back... A year or two out of the filming industry is honestly no big deal.

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.

Wang Xing Yue is tall, has an oval face and a pointed nose which is unlike 90% of Chinese people who tend to have square jaws, flat noses and a smaller build.
In that respect, he's already among a certain minority. Personally, I don't particularly find him attractive but he's good looking enough to embody his role well. While "unparalleled beauty" sure doesn't fit the description, he played his role to perfection which is the most important part.

Also, I think it has a lot to do with the haircut. Some actors have a face that just go well with everything regardless of the genre - modern or costume - but Xing Yue looks better with a modern look in my opinion. I feel the same about other actors such as Yang Yang for instance. Modern look looks great, Costume... Not bad, but not as good.

As for the rest of the comment... Well I personally didn't read the book before watching the drama... Most of the time people are disappointed with the adaptation which is why whenever I see an adaptation about to come out of a novel I'm interested in but haven't yet read... I wait to watch the drama first AND THEN read the book.

It's easier to avoid disappointments that way. If you hadn't read the novel, I'm sure you would have loved this drama as much as everybody else... Or maybe not lol. I've checked your ratings for The Double and I find it pretty harsh but I'm also currently watching The King's Avatar and will definitely not rate that one with a rating as high as yours (or high for that matter... I'm considering something between a 6 and a 7.5 at present but we'll see once I've finished it) so our taste don't align.

It's the first REALLY negative opinion I've seen for that series which I personally find unfair... BUT diversity in opinions is necessary for future potential viewers so it's okay ^^

Nah. Well... Yes... But we all know why he's acting like that... Also you'll see he's turning a new leaf in episode 5 so... you won't have lots of occasion to get really annoyed with him in the future 😆

I don't care about fixed pairing since it can be damaging for actors' careers to always act with the same partner. This being said, I would definitely tune in for another BL drama from One 31 if these two are together again. I just don't want them to stick with BL shows. This doesn't seem to be One 31's policy though. From what I've seen, most of their big names still mostly act in straight shows with the occasional BLs on the side (see Film or Tor for instance) which is great.

I've been SO DISAPOINTED with most BLs for the past 3 years, and that's the only channel that really bothers to create unique plots that put emphasis on a good story and not empty fanservice.

I'm now 100% sure it's what I wrote above. Either the end of episode 6 OR the beginning of episode 7 depending on One 31's level of cruelty towards fans.

According to the few tidbits I've understood, Sasin is FINALLY working with Saenkaew to get rid of this marriage. There's a couple of scenes in episode 5 that hints at it and there's a scene in the preview where he says he might have found a solution for Saen to not get married with Pin. Of course, he's pretending he's doing all of that because he doesn't want his lovely cousin to marry with somebody who doesn't love him... BUT we all know WHY he's so involved in that marriage drama.

Also, at the concert lounge, as Saen and Sasin are talking, Sasin says that he totally understands why Pin fell in love with Saen and is bent to marry him since he's handsome, polite, gentle, comes from a great family, intelligent...

Saen tells Sasin that if he REALLY knew him, he probably would end up hating him... to which Sasin replies that Saen is too pessimistic, he should just tell him what type of person he is, maybe, if he REALLY knew him... he might like him... ensues an awkward silence (I love you both guys, just CONFESS ALREADY).

Also the preview for episode 6 has killed me. I might just give up working tomorrow when it airs instead of pretending I care about my work.

Small Spoiler

Will do then ^^ Go to get rid of at least 2 C dramas though because 6 shows at the same time is a bit too much for me :D

OH MY GOWD!!!! They're such a TEAAAAAAAAAAAAAASE😈😈😈

Still haven't watched that one... Maybe I'll start this BL next once I've emptied my Watching List a bit. Everybody keeps mentioning it here and it's fully available on Viki so...

OH THESE SHORTS ARE KILLING MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

I need the subs RIGHT NOW!

HAHA. I didn't watch the entire episode just snippets but based on the short scenes on Youtube... This episode... is THE BEST so far :D
Also, regarding your spoiler comment below... Sadly yes... Given the few scenes I roughly understood... this doesn't look good, but again... I was expecting it given these authors so I'm not surprised.

Actually nor the hellish alphabet (more than 50 letters... typing the language on my keyboard is a nightmare truly) nor the tones are really the issue. It does take time to learn... But that's not the most difficult part as far as I'm concerned... Except maybe reading... All words are stuck together so it does require a little bit of getting used to, but that's something you can find in Japanese or Chinese and probably lots of other languages as well..

The main difficulty is more the grammar part... Thai uses lots of little words that are not translatable in English... They also tend to "cut actions" in several tidbits... I didn't find a single site that explained ( for free of course) how this works...

For instance if I say: "I brought this object from the attic" in Thai... I'd have to say literally "I took this object out from the attic, kept it and gave it.

Because when you "bring something"... You take it. Extract it from where it is. Keep it with you during the trip, than give it to whoever.

All of that is expressed through little words and that flows naturally in Thai but as a non-native, this can be very challenging.
Also a word can be a verb, a name, an adjective even at times an auxilliary... Only context and word placement can tell you which of this function the word has.

So yeah... But again... any language is hard when you start... the issue is not the difficulties but rather the sources available...

And I missed the end of the episode typing this 😫 Hope they uploaded the preview.

I personally love Asian languages as a whole so Thai is one of the many languages I'm currently learning... I started it almost 4 years ago...But honestly it's not easy... Not that the language is particularly difficult... But if you're like me and are self-taught... and don't want to pay for extremely expensive courses online, the amount of good resources available for free is fairly limited unlike say... any European languages or Japanese, Korean or Chinese. It can be very discouraging especially when you start.

This being said, if you persevere, it's not impossible :D Rooting for you if you ever decide to embark on that journey :D

Pin doesn't care that Saenkaew doesn't like her and she's tired of Sasin's "feud" with her fiancé?

Why do you ask?

Well, she said she's confident that she'll manage to make Saen like her at some point so it doesn't matter even if Saen doesn't love her when they get married...

Well if that doesn't scream "this is gonna turn ugly" I don't know what will.

So err...
Little spoiler here with my poor Thai level...

Thanks! I will be strong!

(Truth is I've opened a separate tab for the episode which is currently live on Youtube and turned off the sound... and now occasionally clicks on the tab just to roughly check what's happening. Not the best compromise... sure... But that's the best I can do given how obsessed I am 😭

Here's the link if you also want to suffer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v7KeElT_0M )

😎😎😎 Yeah I know, I'm a nasty troll. I'm even trolling myself 😆😆😆

Sasin is truly venting his own frustration on the wrong person. I hope he does a bit of groveling once he admits his feelings... or at least turn into "over-protective" mode because this poor rabbit deserves a bit of warmth and affection instead of shouldering everybody's problems on his own shoulders. I really feel for him. He's trying his best to find a satisfying solution for everyone involved but everybody is bent on him marrying a poor girl he doesn't love.

I hope they made a misleading preview and put the end of the episode at the beginning of the preview and vice versa. Hopefully this episode will be the last time Sasin shows his "I'm pretending to care for my cousin but the truth is I'm jealous of her and I can't say it and it's your fault for giving me hope with the way you're looking at me with your doe eyes, because otherwise I wouldn't have fallen for you... and I know I'm lying to myself but it's your fault anyway just BECAUSE" side and only shows his sweet side to Mr rabbit starting from next episode.

Crossing my fingers...
OK. Now I need to focus... I'm supposed to work >_<... The difficulties of being freelance... On such days, maintaining one's discipline at home is HELL.

I don't know...

I think we all lost... based on this new preview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aens7nZNqXk