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THE DAD'S REDEMPTION ARC

There's been lots of talk about lube, today lol. But I was actually most intrigued by the new developments with Wu Bi's dad, and how he finally got it that Wu Bi wants companionship, not cars. When he observed Wu Bi enjoying the cake fight, he even told his chauffer "I get it now." Then he proved that he did, indeed, get it when he went to the restaurant not once, but twice. He even visited his son at home to spend quality time.

His character is much more complex than in the novel (where he was a cliched, homophobic villain), and I'd hoped the writers would keep it on this trajectory with him rehabilitating his relationship with his son. Alas, it blew up during the dinner scene with him demanding that Wu Bi's answer questions about college. I get that the father would not become perfect overnight. But I hope that they don't portray him as sliding right back into asshole mode. There's only 2 eps left, so please let his redemption arc continue on the upward swing!

It's clear that they are planning a season 2 cuz this is set in the past (ie, flip phones from 2006, etc), and this means they want to forward to the present in Season 2. In the novel, it bounces up to the present by 8 years cuz Gu Ha's brother caught them having an affair and tried to kill Bae Luo Yin, so BLY disappeared for 8 years.

Another excellent point. I don't know why they couldn't just omit this whole plotline. It was one thing for the author to have silly plot points in the novel cuz she self-published and, thus, had no editors to improve her book. But this was a big budget TV show with enough people involved to advise changes on this subplot.

But she was planning to kill herself because, as the uncle explained, she did not want her husband to go to jail. However, he would not have gone to jail because she had ALREADY taken the fall for him. . The bit about the evidence in the statue only came after she was already on the road and thinking to herself, "I'm sorry Wu Bi" etc, cuz she still planned on killing herself.

I can buy the rest, but I got stuck on this.

It especially made no sense to see it cleared up in a matter of minutes when Wu Bi's dad had piles of money and had hired the top investigators available. But suddenly a teenager with no tech or manpower resources solves it.

Yea, but I find it silly when those kinds of fights happen in other BL's too. And I usually drop those shows cuz they are cheesy. This has been so good so far that I really wish they hadn't included the whole whodunit plotline and the uncle's house. It detracted from the great story of the boys' relationship.

Oh, and the whole whodunit plotline makes no sense. Even if Wu Bi's mother did not truly kill herself, she planned to because she left a suicide note. Now, why would she want to kill herself to prevent her husband from going to jail, when he would not have gone to jail because she had already taken the fall for him?

This show had a nice 16 eps focusing on the boys, and then took a dive in the past 4 eps with all this whodunit stuff. It's like it's become a totally different show. It was badly played in the novel as well because the author is not a skilled weaver of mystery. That's a totally different genre which she should've left to those who specialize in it. Instead, we saw Gu Ha and Bae Luo Yin running around gathering clues and interviewing suspects like Sherlock Holmes and Watson. It was embarrassing, and should've been omitted from the show.

Precise Shot is so BL that Viki has it in their BL category, along with Advanced Bravely. The love between the guys in both shows is screamingly obvious.

Thank you. I thought the same thing when skinny little Wu Bi took on a dozen bodyguards. Hell, I thought it was silly that the rich guy has that many men standing around doing nothing out in front of his house to begin with. A mansion has a high security electric gate with camera's. It does not require paying a dozen men full time salaries to stand there all day. And why was a chef wheeling in a food tray from somewhere else? A rich person has a personal chef already inside his own kitchen.

But really, this entire plot point with the uncle was a mistake. I know the whodunit plot was in the book, but it was a badly written book and the show's creators were at liberty to make changes once they bought the rights. The show Addicted made changes and all were for the better. Oh, and thanks for the Happy Day's reference! I said yesterday that Wu Bi's and Su Yu's kindergarten dance was like a bad MTV video of the 80's pop duo Wham, and nobody here got it cuz they are all so young.

I know, hot as hell!

I thought the towel was a brilliant idea of the director. Because Jiang Chia put the towel on Bu Xia's face and covered his eyes so that it would be easier for Bu Xia to hide his embarrassment. The towel allowed Bu Xia to do what he would not have done directly, which was give a full on, sensual kiss.

I am really, really liking this show. Bu Xia is freaking adorable. That actor is playing him with the innocence of a 5 year old and it's working. Jiang Chi loves his innocence as well, and pats him on the head like he's been a good boy all the time. Bu Xia is so clueless that Jiang Chi even has to instruct him to "close his eye when being kissed" the first time they kissed. Bu Xia acted surprised by that first kiss, said he didn't want it, and when the Jiang Chia apologizes, Bu Xia shrugs in the dearest way and casually says, "It's ok, let's go have lunch." He didn't care one way or the other, which was adorable.

Then when Jiang Chia gives him the real kiss, wow! This fluffy show ended up being sexier than many serious, pretentious BL's. The way Jiang Chia put the towel on Bu Xia's face, covering his eyes so that it would be easier for Bu Xia to hide his embarrassment, was a brilliant move by the director. The towel allowed Bu Xia to do what he would not have done directly, which was give a full on, sensual kiss. And man what a kiss that was!

It was all so 1980's. If you don't know what I mean, pull up some 80's MTV videos.

Wu Bi's and Su Yu's kindergarten performance was like a bad 1980's MTV music video by the pop duo Wham. Seriously, it's like they even dug up Wham's outfits.

The "whodunit" plot takes up a whole section of the novel Addicted, but I was hoping the show would omit it. The worse thing is that the author had no skill with creating a mystery plot. So having Gu Ha running around gathering clues and interviewing suspects like Sherlock Holmes came off as just plain silly.

I discovered that kisskh, where I saw it, pirated from WeTV and they had: "It must be because he's young." However, Viki and Gaga's subs said: "It must be because he's mixed-blood"

I always wonder how much I'm missing cuz of bad subs. Oh well.

As for the Kinsey Report, I've read a number of things saying that Alfred Kinsey's methodology back then was not the best. But I thought that the recent researchers at the Kinsey Institute were better.

As for the percentage of gays in the general population, yes, I had also read the 4% stat. I can't remember where, but I think it was the Guardian that cited that stat as well as the researchers who arrived at it, and I found it trustworthy.

Funny, but I never even had cramps. My period was annoyingly heavy when I first got it, but otherwise it was smooth sailing. However, I have known certain women who got severe cramps and other complications, so I hear you.

Wait, what do you mean by the Addicted reboot? I only know about the Chinese show Stay With Me, which is based on the same novel as Addicted.

I agree that people have stereotypes of certain cultures, but stereotypes are not created in a void. They are based on some aspect that is real, and then exaggerate and/or distort that aspect. For instance, people may stereotype the American style of casualness to be more extreme than it really is (ie, no American boss would pull an employee in so close their hips touch, as Choi Jun did), but that stereotype is based on a real aspect our casualness.