Still has me in a cokehold
Its not like this needs another review but I feel inclined to put in my 2 cents, since I did not feel this earned all the 10 stars its getting. (Update at end)
1st its good and definitely worth the watch, so dont skip it based on any reviews. Definitely give it a go (pass eps 5) to make your own judgment.
2nd while some people hate snakes and may avoid due to thier component, I actually am an avid snake lover and breeder (over 25 pet snakes currently)....so I have very different issues with the snakes than others. Breeding snakes is not like rabbits, its not just as easy as putting them together and getting clutches. Also the habitats WSW made were great but every other enclosure was wrong. Poor little jealous one living in that plastic box.
3rd all relationships are more complex than the writer suggest. I read from another review about the toxicity and general lack of knowledge/understanding of the writer about gay relationships.... and yes this story is very prejudiced and follows tons of misconceptions about gay relationships (predatory, aggressive, lacking consent, your either a top of bottom, if your attracted to the same sex you are gay and can not go back) and just misconceptions/misinformation about BDSM (heard this is worse in the book)
4th credit to the actors and production. It is a Chinese BL and china heavily censors so the things they pulled off and the ability to produce this on such a low budget and under such censorship is impressive. Also I did love all the actors. (I feel horrified by they way they are being treated by so called 'fans' after this dramas popularity has erupted)
5th I still kinda just felt the story was incomplete and had a few plot holes they could have fixed from the book. The ChiCheng and Chengyu sub plot. The Zheng brothers. The parents disdain (the text messages that suddenly stopped). WSW mothers passing. The random tax evasion.
So all in all a strong drama but maybe not the best ever.
* edited to add that I did go back and change it to a 10 star review, because I did, after the drama was finished, go read the novel and it has now been about six months and these two still have me in a chokehold. Issues I mentioned above are still valid and still true. There are still issues with the text and the script and a few minor plot holes and I still have issues with the way that the snakes were portrayed/treated.
But, oh my God, the chemistry kind of makes up for everything else.
The novel is good. It does do a better job of filling in those spots that are missing from the TV show and the TV show does a better job at relaying more updated beliefs, then the book (the book is more prejudiced, racist and definitely has some more outdated concepts--hate the parents in the book, they are less horriblein the show). So it's kind of like MDZS, where you kind of have to blend them together in your head....add to that all the behind the scenes that we've been fed, and it's like a whole other drama in my head at this point.
1st its good and definitely worth the watch, so dont skip it based on any reviews. Definitely give it a go (pass eps 5) to make your own judgment.
2nd while some people hate snakes and may avoid due to thier component, I actually am an avid snake lover and breeder (over 25 pet snakes currently)....so I have very different issues with the snakes than others. Breeding snakes is not like rabbits, its not just as easy as putting them together and getting clutches. Also the habitats WSW made were great but every other enclosure was wrong. Poor little jealous one living in that plastic box.
3rd all relationships are more complex than the writer suggest. I read from another review about the toxicity and general lack of knowledge/understanding of the writer about gay relationships.... and yes this story is very prejudiced and follows tons of misconceptions about gay relationships (predatory, aggressive, lacking consent, your either a top of bottom, if your attracted to the same sex you are gay and can not go back) and just misconceptions/misinformation about BDSM (heard this is worse in the book)
4th credit to the actors and production. It is a Chinese BL and china heavily censors so the things they pulled off and the ability to produce this on such a low budget and under such censorship is impressive. Also I did love all the actors. (I feel horrified by they way they are being treated by so called 'fans' after this dramas popularity has erupted)
5th I still kinda just felt the story was incomplete and had a few plot holes they could have fixed from the book. The ChiCheng and Chengyu sub plot. The Zheng brothers. The parents disdain (the text messages that suddenly stopped). WSW mothers passing. The random tax evasion.
So all in all a strong drama but maybe not the best ever.
* edited to add that I did go back and change it to a 10 star review, because I did, after the drama was finished, go read the novel and it has now been about six months and these two still have me in a chokehold. Issues I mentioned above are still valid and still true. There are still issues with the text and the script and a few minor plot holes and I still have issues with the way that the snakes were portrayed/treated.
But, oh my God, the chemistry kind of makes up for everything else.
The novel is good. It does do a better job of filling in those spots that are missing from the TV show and the TV show does a better job at relaying more updated beliefs, then the book (the book is more prejudiced, racist and definitely has some more outdated concepts--hate the parents in the book, they are less horriblein the show). So it's kind of like MDZS, where you kind of have to blend them together in your head....add to that all the behind the scenes that we've been fed, and it's like a whole other drama in my head at this point.
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