Kannadin

Ok not gonna do any spoiler for the last scene... But it was intense, WATCH IT!

Also I WAS RIGHT, I KNEW IT... regarding a certain question raised further below.

And finally... The preview is not angst free... But it's not all that dark... Looking forward to next week. The wait is gonna be excruciatingly long.

So because Sasin NEEDS to see Saen I guess, he followed both families to a resort and took Saen out of his room for a little excursion, at night, on a small boat... Because Why not?
Of course the boat's engine broke down in a middle of a thunderstorm, so they had to abandon ship and swim back to the beach... Of course there's an ad cut for the BEST scene coming but I disgress.

Ok... Pin is starting to suspect her cousin and fiancé's feelings for each other... She's not 100% sure of course... But basically she's suspecting... She's just acting like she's totally oblivious to their feelings for each other... Which is interesting given both are still dancing around each other without daring to admit their mutual feelings.

So Basically both fathers are making sure Sasin and Saen don't spend time together. Also Pin is aware that Saen wants to stop the marriage from happening, but she tells him she understands... Might be because they haven't spent enough time together but she's sure he'll come to like her as she does after a while ( basically what she told Sasin in episode 5)... So anyway, all of that is happening when both families have gone to a resort together - without Sasin of course.

BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT Of course Sasin came secretly.

Really heartbreaking episode so far but I've got to say, it's "nice" to see Sasin being in pain for how Saen is being treated. FINALLY, he starts to understand how much pressure Saen has been under.

Saen's father just let the cat out of the bag! It's in a roundabout way but well, Sasin knows that Saen is gay now. Well, I think he's acting like he didn't understand but he probably knows deep down the meaning of Saen's father's words.

The ad cuts make this live watch pretty stressful 😱

Oh my God... This is such a heartbreaking scene... Poor rabbit needs a hug... The father literally spilling his son's secrets in front of the man he fell in love with... Truly awful...

I might not survive this episode 😭

OH MY!

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.