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The selection is like a tradition but also to give "face" to their commercial partners. She didn't pick or invite "anyone" as everyone is free to apply (like all those who where rejected at first). Tan is definitely her favorite and she probably "urge" Yan's Father to send his son, but that's all. The final say go to the Bride. It's why she could have choose LJL but without a doubt it wouldn't had been this easy as it was still a breach of protocol.

Not really. I think the 6th sister, the one with the "missing" Nanny, truly have it as if not, FL wouldn't have use her past trauma of Butterfly to trigger one of her mental breakdown in the Tea Ceremony.

But basically, the Tea Bone is the ability to instinctively sense good tea, seedling and be able to just know what's wrong with a Tea Plant (Tree ?) at first glance even without having studied it (like they said, 3y old child being able to recognize good Tea among bad one).

Not really realistic but like in Period Drama (not the fantasy one), they still have "martial art" & are flying around like nothing or their needles that can cure it all even "incurable diseases". Just take it for what it is and don't prob too deep. :P

Yes, it's weird they insist so hard of this "star crossed relationship" he have with FL. The worse ? It's almost like he is filming his own drama where he is the ML but in the end, he is just filming MV to show his sadness & longing into the void. :P

This 2FL is for a tough ride especially since she is already completely smitten.

Sure, they aren't officially together but they had a LOT of lovely moment together for quite some time. Like, I didn't see a platonic relationship between them since the friend's wedding where ML confessed his feeling. At this point, FL's feeling and her behavior toward him have already shifted into a romantic one.

Well, in this episode each couple sang to each others. And ngl, I preferred the version from the girl couple. It was very sweet & emotional. It also felt more genuine than the overly edited that the main couple had. Sure it fit for a background OST but I think it would have been better if it wasn't the edited version.

That being said, I don't know how much of a singer Tae is. So maybe it wasn't a possibility. Either way, congrats to the girls, they really have good singing ability or the post prod was very natural that I didn't feel it was edited. :o

Also, Mud version was so cute. Yes it can't sing but it feel even more genuine because of that. I can't blame Book to take him back after that. :P

Both past self need better friend... The photo from Than's Friend was such a scumbag move. And the "hickey", I wouldn't be astonished as he got one when he was asleep. Because let's be real, insect bite never look like hickey, it's true & a fact. Maybe this drama really used this myth as it really happened but god, stop spreading this false believe for the love of god. :P

Good question as it's also a bit odd to me. Beyond Perfect is either a subcontractor of his advertisement company or a company that handle the image in general of another one. But I'm also not familiar with this industry, so maybe the use of subcontractor is more common than I think.

I mean, we know the character of FL. Do you truly want me to believe she asked him out, knew about the accident and didn't care ? And then, completely forget about him ? It's 100% sure than something is going on and a misunderstanding is somewhere in hiding.

So... The Nie's Daughter that asked ML for a date was actually the Daughter of FL's Father's "side piece", right ? Like it's obvious it wasn't FL but so far I didn't understood where the misunderstand begun. But now that we were introduced to this character, it would make sense, right ?

So of course, she will cause trouble as she probably have a crush on ML. Not sure how ML will react when he will know that information because as far I know, he still believe it was FL that asked him out but she just "forgot". Realistically, It shouldn't really make a problem but we never know in drama. :P

Mostly because in the beginning ML reacted like they really did have something meaningful. Enough for FL to go by his side when he had his accident and be really hurt when she didn't. I don't know, I'm still confused about this part of the story tbh.

Anyway, so far the drama is so good. Loved the FL's cousin in the last episode. :D

I'm still saddened they used Thailand just as a background. They mostly eaten Chinese food, went to "Chinese district" even the festival they went was Chinese... They never bothered including Thai Culture in this when it's mostly located in Thailand. It was a huge missed opportunity here.

They clearly don't word it like that but some do complain that fluffy & wholesome BL are boring and lack spice. It just peoples love to complain just to be validated in their opinion regardless of the genre, theme or characters.

I literally just saw this and was about to post it. I can't really understand... Well, I do actually. I said it before this thing is hypnotizing for all the wrong reason but regardless, I watched this whole thing & I clearly wasn't the only one. So obviously it inflated the views & how the community was engaged about this + the fact I cannot believe this project required a huge budget so they probably made quite the profit. Well, enough to directly launching the next season at the very least.

We can hope they will do better but the timing is just not right if it's really coming this January. Sure they could have prepared before hand and shoot some scene but I don't really believe it.

But regardless, congrats to the cast and crew. And ngl, I will probably watch it out of curiosity... And probably be under the same spell all over again... Well, I guess we could already said Season 3 is coming soon! (I'm joking... I hope... No, really, it need to stop at some point for our own sanity! xD)

In drama sure, it wasn't that common nowadays. In the past, like around 2020 obsessive ML was a more common trope. But I would say that the Webtoon & Novel BL industry - where most of those Drama take their inspiration or are adapted from - is filled with those Red Flag & Toxic MLs (and this one is almost child play compared to others). I wouldn't dare to say they are the most popular BUT plenty are made for a reason, peoples loves them.

That being said, it's always a bit trickier to adapt those in Live Drama as this format make thing a little more... realistic ? It's fine on paper or in drawing but seeing live actor enact such... dangerous behavior ? Can be seen as too risky especially since a drama is a whole different level of investment monetary speaking. It can easily scare investor. :P

Outside of the filming location, it's more about the entire production that is "delocalized". The casting can be Chinese, the crew can also be Chinese BUT the production company is "foreigner". Also, not any official broadcasting channel from China is involved in those project. You can see it like if it was a Thai Drama fully filmed in Chinese so they can't really do anything "yet".

I said "yet" because we never know. They could attacks the actors & crew members themselves if they really want to die on this hill and shutdown any BL content who can be related to China (as we all label those as Chinese BL drama even if they aren't technically).

We could give you every excuse on FX's behavior it wouldn't change your opinion if you personally think you wouldn't forgive someone like that. He had a really mess up childhood and probably heavy mental issue. Does it excuse anything ? Some will say yes, some will say it doesn't matter. Everything is valid here I would say.

But the most important thing here is SL himself. At the end of the day, IF he choose FX as his happiness & FX really bring that to SL's life, it's all that matter. Of course, it's a fiction and they are written like that - probably as I don't actually know the ending - but it's the same principle IRL.

Ngl, I was more worried for the Little Black than those servants in that fire... He was too cute, I will miss him. :(

I personally really loved this drama but it's true that the final episode gave it a sour aftertaste. The amnesia plot line was so unnecessary. Well, they could have made it into a comedy bit but they choose to be tragic about it. And the FL's sister plot line being used then completely forgotten the next minute was just... odd. Don't bring it up if you don't want to give closure tbh.

But I can get over it. I particularly liked the very last scene - the dancing one - even if it doesn't really belong to the drama itself, it was really heartwarming to see the cast in a last big hooray. :)

Regardless, I still enjoyed this one even if some potential were a bit wasted. 8.5/10

He probably have figured out the whole wedding ceremony already. Love how he said "Noon is fine too". :P

I've seen "best friend" acting like that IRL. Female rivalry is quite the scarry thing even among "friends".

Probably just not my cup of tea. Like I said, it's just too much over-the-top that he seems completely fake & unrealistic - even more than the usual dreamy man we get every Romance Drama. It isn't wrong, I enjoy that quite a bit but when it's too forced, it just break the fantasy for me.

I continued a bit but I think I will just drop it as the FL being just a prop for the ML doesn't sit right for me in a Romance Drama. It's normally the other way around (the ML living exclusively for the FL) and I also drop them for the same exact reason. I just tried more longer with this one as I was hoping for a change as I never seen a Drama excluding the FL life beside the one with the ML. But I guess, it just isn't for me.