MimiTheReaper

Eternal Nanny: How To Purchase The Love Of Your Life

I know they say love is blind, but love ain’t that blind. My peoples, we need to do something about this thing call love cuz it’s making people crazy. Someone’s son is out there chopping love with a robot he purchased on a discount. No one, and I mean no one is that in love. One of my favourite bl novels ever is about this one guy who fell in love with a mushroom. So yes, I've done crazy and I love crazy, but this drama had me questioning my sanity cuz… BROTHA?

Look, I know we love dramas and bls because the romantic stories makes us all warm and fuzzy inside, and it makes us wanna fall in love. Sure, it gives us unrealistic romantic expectations, even still, we watch it, because some of us want that kind of romance and love in our real life. But I’m drawing a line. Cuz literally, this boy had to tell his friends they can't reveal the secret of his boyfriend being an ai or he'd get recycled. FAM!! Then of course, they went ahead and bought a custom made ai as their child. I'm--

Yes, I’m drawing a line. I’ve done a man falling in love with a mushroom, a vampire falling in love with a human, a man falling in love with a ghost, a panther falling in love with a penguin… yes, I’ve done it all, but purchasing an expensive arse robot/android, and yes, he did get a discount, still, purchasing a piece of metal to spend the rest of your life with is where I draw the line.

Listen, I know a human falling in love with a robot shouldn't be where I drew the line. I even thought I was overreacting by drawing said line, so naturally I called my best friend without mentioning this was a drama to tell her about the plot, cuz I needed her to confirm I’m not emotionally dead for not wanting that boy to end up with a robot, like:

ME: Stop whatever the eff you’re doing. I’ve got gossip and you won’t—

FRIEND: Do you think if I quit my job and become a stay at home happy person I can survive on willpower and s—

ME: Hush your face this ain't about you. Now listen, you for no believe story wey I hear for streets! Wonders dey for this world. My sista, na this thing call love go carry matter come give person. Love make fine boy mad for head. May this level of love never locate me. Someone’s son, proper son, go chop romance, love, real relationship where me self I no get, with robot. He carry ei heart go give android ai. Na machinery where ei papa purchase for lab. Wires for head and body. Wonders shall never end! Me self, never. I never go chop love for metal. God forbid.

FRIEND: So what I’m hearing is, you’re bitter because a robot found love before you? LMAO, you’re gonna die alone.

ME: I—

Obviously, she did not get it, cuz she’s a romantic at heart. And no I’m not bitter or jealous the robot got a rich, handsome husband. Pfft. I am not jealous! I AM NOT. Cuz really, when all is said and done, Immortal IV is more of a nanny than a lover, and really, all that boy purchased was a maid, who sometimes gives him sexy times.

Let me explain. So I’m sitting my somewhere, right? minding my own business when I saw this drama on one of those upcoming list. Naturally, I added it, and it starts airing, and I’m like, is this gonna be another ARE YOU HUMAN TOO? type of relationship. You know, that one kdrama where the girl fell in love with a robot.

This drama wasn’t bad. I didn’t watch the first one Anti-Reset so I went into this blind, so when this robot, sorry ai robot, started catching feelings, kissing, promising to be there for Luo Bushi and everything, all that went through my head was: But you are a machine. You are literally programmed as his butler to be there for him. Do you have real feelings or projected ones through stimulation and data collection?

Now they’ve ended up together and I’m sitting here like… so like, would he ever rust? Is there a special oil Luo Bushi have to grease him up with every year? Imagine taking your boyfriend to the mechanic cuz he stopped working. So like Luo Bushi is gonna get super old and die and they just gonna reset Immortal IV and ship him off to someone else, right? Cuz he costed a lot of money, and I heard they already lost one robot to another human guy.

Plus that robot wasn’t even smart or like superior. When Luo Bushi was thrown out the house and dirt poor, I thought, ah stock market. Nation-wide search for computer based jobs with fast payment. Instead, this advanced ai out there talking about it’s against the law so I’m just gonna find a job moving old junk from people's garage. Dude, you’ve already broken the main one by going against your owner and running away with his son to a motel! my friend you can break more rules and make money so you don't sleep in a sex motel.

Not gonna lie, not once did I think Ever IV’s feelings were genuine/real, cuz my brain saw him and all it could compute was, robot, that boy is in love with a robot. Robots don’t have feelings. I barely understand the science behind this. A friend even explained the concept of Android ai’ and robots to me, and my head is still like, ‘Hey everyone, come look at this, that boy right there fall in love with a robot.’

Anyway, yeah, so during episode 9, that whole emotional door scene, where Luo Bushi was deep crying one scene and then looked completely fine the next, my arse was side eyeing them like. ‘My friend, my friend, let us be serious in this life! The butler is going back home, literally, all you have to do is go back with him so they’d stop hurting him, what’s with this dramatic arse scene?’ And also how is the robot hurting and dying of pain? Huh?

Was it sad and emotional, probably, but at this point in the series, I’ve wasted all the effs I can give trying to understand the science, and was just going through the motions, so really, everything was touch and go there.

Then of course, episode 11 happens and these two declare their love, and me and that father are on the same page that the son is cray cray, but the romantic part of me that’s wired to go ‘oooh awww’ in dramas with nonsense stupid romantic plot-lines is alike ‘awwwww, they’re so sweet, look at how he treats the robot like a human and they are in love. He’s gonna get old and die and he’s gonna get reset and butler someone else, but awwwwww *in love noises.*

But like, let us be serious in this life. This boy did all that all so he can end up with a machine. I don’t care how advance it is, or how well it can stimulate or upgrade its human-ness-ness, human emotions can’t be truly replicated and so no matter how in-love Immortal IV seems to be with Luo Bushi, in my head it’s what he’s been programmed to do, and so it can never be real. Sure to him it's real, but still our rich boy must know it's not, right?

And that boy’s father, yes not the best father, is suffering. Cuz not only is this boy out there worrying his father, guilting him into letting him be with this robot, he even have to watch them do lovey dovey stuff. And now the father can’t even say no, cuz then the son would be sad, so he has to send this robot out to go ask his developers if they can sell him on a discount.

HAHAHAHAHA, my peoples, we are seeing stuff in the name of love in these bls/dramas. Cuz what do you mean that rich boy fell in love with his AI and now they are gonna be together forever? Love go kill person! Love go carry matter for peoples head! Is love really that blind???

I’m still wondering what happened to that one girl who fell in love with the robot in ARE YOU HUMAN TOO? Like, how is it going for them? Is my sister still going strong with that machine or did it get a wire glitch and murdered her in her sleep? Or did it rust and she sold his part on e-bay? I need answers.

FINALE: I admit, they almost got me with their in love-ness-ness in the finale, but then Luo Bushi had that fear of IV broken, getting recalled and destroyed and I was like, huh! See, this is what I've been saying. your boyfriend could glitch any moment and explode. But, still, they were cute making their promises to each other. Both first and second leads had their happy ending, seems the second lead are gonna have a robot baby too... so, yeah, happy endings all around.

Anyway, it is what is it. The romantic part of me, is like,’ love is love man, love is love’, but the rational part is worried Immortal IV will glitch one day and forget Luo Bush completely and they’d have to program him to love our rich boy again. But, at least Luo Bushi looks happy with his purchase and their robot baby and he’s not gonna die alone, so.. yaaay love?

If you already watched the first one, give this a watch to see some old faces, to anyone new, give this a chance if you are looking for something easy to shut your mind off too, it's simple and has it's moment.

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How To Get Away With Murder...?

The police finally got the bad guy, but at what cost? AT WHAT COST? Also, I hate flowers. If it wasn't for those damn effing flowers, I wouldn't be sobbing into my Christmas wine. That being said, my bags are pack, imma meet y'all in hell, cuz I know I'm not the only one who wanted him to get away with murder, then get the guy as well. I even made a list in my head on what he could do/say to get away with it. And, that 'I Love You' at the end was just cruel. Merry Effing Christmas I guess.

Listen, the moment we found out the doctor was guilty I knew we weren't going to have a happy ending, but I still held on hope. I would call myself stupid for having hope, but not while Police man Thiu was literally suspicious of Dr. Kan but still moved into his house, and ended up falling in love with him. Poor dude played himself so bad. But at what cost? Giving us five seconds of happiness only to take it away with that heart-wrenching confessing scene! Tor and JJ, the two main leads, did so well, I felt every emotion and cried when they did. I kept screaming, 'Child, will you keep quiet?' the more the doctor talked. Like, stop confessing dammit!! Then of course, I foolishly waited for Thiu to stop the car and take off those cuff, even though I knew... WHHYYYYY?

We need a second season where that one female doctor, his accomplice, breaks him out of jail and Thiu decides the law sucks and they move away to start a garden business somewhere in a remote village in the coast or something. Cuz this ending hurts so much.

I had a lot of questions throughout this drama. Was Dr Kan wrong for what he did even though the patients asked him? Was the law wrong for not legalising it like the doctor said? Yes, we can argue that taking someone's life no matter how you dress it up, is wrong, but with the amount of pain those people were in, and knowing they won't survive anyway, was it still wrong? In the end, the doctor did cross over that line that kept him in the morally grey area, cuz of what he did to that one pharmacist boy toy. This drama was very thought provoking when it came to the topic of Euthanasia, and the beliefs of the characters. I kept wondering between the law, Dr Kan, and the dying patients who was right? On the side of the law, they only saw right and wrong, Dr Kan saw it as showing mercy as a doctor and putting an end to a suffering/disease nothing could cure, and the patients saw it as a way to end their endless pain, and for some, unburden their families. No matter how I thought about it, I'm still not sure what side was right and which, was wrong. This drama tiptoed the line between wrong and right so well, at one point, the line became a circle.

Anyway, this drama was short, but amazing! And although I wanted the doctor to get away with it, cuz those people asked him too, in the end, for what he did to that boy toy doctor, I ran out of excuses as to why he should be set free. Still, I'm sure if given a few more days, I can find some reasons to justify his actions... cuz, he gave himself up, so in the end, was he truly that bad?

What's funny about me wanting him to be innocent is, I spent the first two episodes convinced the doctor is guilty and should be arrested and sent to Azkaban or something. Then halfway through episode 3 I started finding excuses as to why he's super-innocent and should be given the 'most merciful, goodest person award.' I need help, dramas are screwing up my morals. No, really, this was my reaction for the first three episodes.

First episode:
ME: OMG, that hawt doctor is suspicious, he did it!
Second episode:
ME: Yep, the doctor did it, he did it, he did it, arrest him! Throw him into a dark jail.
Third episode:
Doc Kan: Yes, I did it. I super did it. I am very guilty. I done did it.
ME: Whhhhhaaaaatttt? I'm shocked. But I thought...wow, you really did it?
*Doctor Kan shows up in that brown outfit on this birthday, him and Thiu being all lovey dovey*
ME: I mean... everyone gotta die someday, imirite? I say the doc is innocent, he's a saint.

Anyway, long story short, great drama and amazing actors. Their portrayed brought the story alive, and I'll recommend it to anyone who enjoy a good drama. I am looking forward to more from the cast, especially Tor and JJ, they did such an awesome job in their roles. One of the best dramas that came out this year. Go watch it if you haven't already.

Merry Christmas.

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Hey, You, Stop, I'm Not The Problem Here.

I must be doing this whole Poor thing wrong, cuz why Min out here complaining about being dirt poor, but homeboy have two mansions, expensive looking fashion clothes, and went to kidnap someone and got himself a super rich boyfriend? If that was being poor, then may this level of poorness locate me, please. Also, the moment Min zoomed into the picture of Q, I went... 'Peoples, we've lost a brother, his arse ain't gonna kidnap nobody, he looking for a husband.' Min was the worse kidnapper ever. He sucked. Mfer was a glorified babysitter.

Listen, the premise of this show was interesting, a handsome boy who looks like a 90s heartthrob Hollywood star, goes to kidnap someone and ends up falling in love. You know, typical case of Stockholm syndrome, but like the bl edition. I was sold, cuz Ohm is a good actor, and him and Leng seemed to have a good chemistry. So tell me why, halfway through the series, my bored arse was ready for it to be over?

And don't even get me started on that cringy Mary Jane and Spider-man scene. Was it cute, probably, but I was cheesing the whole time. One thing about that scene though, it made me realised one of Min's mansion was like in the middle of water or something, or was it a pool. Damn, to be so richly poor must be be hard.

In all honesty, this series should have been 8 episodes long at most. Even so, it should have ended at episode 11, cuz it was slow paced and dragged on. Half of what happened could have been cut and we'd still would have had enough to make the same show.

CHARACTERS
First off, that one man in the credit opening scene, who apparently was the one who hired them to kidnap Q. That man was in the drama for like two episodes, at best he was like an extra, so why the eff was he in the opening? I was so confused.

Anyway, Yes, MinQ had good chemistry, and they gave the best they could with the script they were given. The acting was good, though gonna be honest, in some crying scenes with Q, I went, 'Dude is you crying, laughing or sniffing glue?' Lol, but other than that, good acting and chemistry. Mhen was a good character as well, really liked him and looking forward to his new series with Mark. As for the secondary characters, they didn't have enough to stand out. I'm still wondering how that one friend went from working on movie sets to knowing people looking for a hitman.

Also, I just watched Q's father in that drama where he was cheating on his wife with her son, so whenever he was on the screen being a policeman, my brain automatic went, 'shouldn't you put yourself in jail' lol, but yeah, as a father to Q he sucked in the beginning, but towards the end he did change, which was good, I guess. Though, seeing how the woman he kept putting in jail always came back like a boomerang, what was the point of him putting Q's life in danger for?

VILLIANS:
The bad guys in this show were like Houdini, they disappeared most of the show, then bam, they back doing some stuff. Like that woman was in and out of jail so many times, she might as well have made it her vacation home. And also what the hell was happening with episode 11 stand-off scene? This woman had a gun in her hand, instead she just pointed it real hard at Q's dad, doing nothing until Min showed up, not even from behind her, but in front, to kick it out of her hand?? WHAT EVEN? And after all that, Min got shot in the stomach, and that director want me to believe it was just a glaze that left no scars?? LITERALLY, what even are we doing here?

The end to that big bad villian was laughable: What even happened? They sent her to jail, then suddenly she is out with a vague reason, and then some random person shot her dead?? Listen, if the son of that one man was going to get revenge, we needed to see something. This woman is the big bad, so her demise should at least make some sort of sense, but it all felt so rushed and flat, it became irrelevant. They made space for Q's dad glancing at his uniform, but couldn't let us such an important part of the plot.

Finale:
Damn, they really threw everything but the kitchen sink into that finale huh? And the episode seemed to go on forever, I doze off like more than four times, and had to rewind. Still, nothing interesting really happened though, no follow up on that random dude who shot the big villain. This drama should have ended way before it did. As it is now, it just drags with not much interesting stuff going on.

Anyway, as their first series, Ohmleng did well, The script could have been waay better than it was, but personally, I think the premise of the plot was interesting, except the production team did not execute it to its full potential and ended up given us a somewhat boring, convoluted show that let many of us rather underwhelmed.

I'll still recommend this to everyone, it's good for a one time watch. I am looking forward to Ohm and Leng's next drama, hopefully, they get a script worthy of their capabilities.

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Instagram Couples & Fan Service

Kla letting his boyfriend get drugged so he can play some sort of hero and come to his rescue was the dumbest thing ever. Cake thanking him for it made me facepalm. Also, them forgiven Khing so fast was not it.

Listen, I was this close to dropping this drama in the first episode, but then I kept at it, cuz my tl was dead that day, and scrolling through Netflix felt like a chore. I’m glad I didn’t drop it…I think.

Okay, like, was I the only one who went, 'OMG, they shoved Cake into the crab trap, hurry, get him out before Mr Krabs sees him and make Spongebob turn him into a krabby patty.' No? just me? arite...imma see myself out.

Anyway, the acting in this drama…on the floor. The plot, nothing special, but it entertained me while watching it. They tried to have some sort of plot in the last episode and ruin the whole thing. Up until the finale, I thought this was going to be a show of two people fallen in love, with two losers trying to stand in their way by being mean via online and sticky note.

What I liked:
I liked Kla and Cake falling for each other through the screen. I also liked Tim, he was like the voice of reason for us viewers, well until the last episode, dafug was that about given Af his number? Are they hinting at them ending up together... cuz that's wild. I also liked the fact that Kla didn't like sweets but ate them for Cake.

What I liked most about this show though was how Kla and Cake communicated in the first episodes. I liked that when Kla didn’t like that Cake was hanging out with Af who clearly had a thing for him, he mentioned it, asked him to talk to Af about it, and Cake agreed. There was no over the top jealous moment and misunderstandings, and I liked that.

Now what I didn’t like was:

I don’t understand people like Af and Khing. Like, did Af really think if he’d gone through with the motel plan, and Kla dumped Cake for it, that Cake would ran into his arms and go… ‘Af, I love you so much, even though you ruined my life and I’d probably need therapy until the day I die, let’s go eat barbecue?’ Like child, use your head. Thank the eff,he came to his senses in the last moments, I still think he needed some sort of punishment for the part he played.

Now as for Khing. First off, are people really that in love? Just cuz one time, a nice person helped you avoid humiliation in public, you fell in love with him, and proceeded to be a menace. Are some people that pathetic? She could clearly see Kla wasn’t into her one bit. Me personally, I’d have been so embarrassed to be constantly rejected, I’d have told my rich father to relocate me…the moon could not be further enough.

Honestly, she deserved to have been punished, if not jail time, some sort of youth therapy program, cuz clearly she needs help. What’s with some thai bls and glossing over things that deserves jail time and/or for characters to be put in the asylum for mental help? I remember TharneType, having a psychotic character that literally shouldn’t have been allowed into society, but they just let him ran around, and I even heard they tried to give him his own show or something… dafug?

Khing, cyber bullied, tortured and planned to have Cake gang graped by strangers, and when all was said and done, they sent her overseas? WHAT? And the friends forgiven her like almost immediately and the writers showing us that her rich father was absent in her life. How dafug was that bit of backstory supposed to make what she did okay?

Yes, everyone deserves forgiveness and a chance to become a better version of themselves, but she deserved at least therapy, and made to seek forgive in person, or something. Them forgiving her flat out, like almost immediately made me question if the people who wrote this lived in real life.

Anyway, the story in itself, when it comes to the main and second lead was cute. Them finding love, in the case of the second leads, trying to go from delulu fan-service to real couple. The second leads remained me of at least five bl partners, and whether or not they are dating, or also doing pretending fan-service ^^

The plot wasn’t much, the acting, nothing to write home about, and the final episode just had me rolling my eyes. They spent it on the side character, and Cake was gone for like almost all of it. That very last scene with the smoking means nothing to me, cuz I had no idea what was happening.

All in all, it was okay to past the time with. Watch it, if you have nothing else.

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May I Spoke Something?

Now, who and who’s youth were these people trying to imitate, cuz it sure as hell ain’t mine. Nothing vex me pass the title. Impression of Youth. Who’s youth? I feel like I aged just watching this drama. Between that annoying grown arse student who acted like he's 5½ , the boring love interest who's whole thing was drawing and having a cat, the horny homestay owner and the widower who thinks his dead wife brought the horny homestay owner to him so he could be happy, I feel like I’ve lost 4 hours of my life. Drama, you own me 4 hours, cough it up.

At the end of the drama, we are made aware the whole point was for them to capture their youth on their canvas, anything that left an impression on them. The problem is, this drama was so dull that I didn't connect with anything at all, and none of it left an impression. I had no emotional investment in this drama whatsoever. I didn’t buy/connect with the love/chemistry between the two leads. And it was like I blinked and they were smashing, sure I fell asleep a lot of times and had to rewatch at 2x to get through it, but still that felt fast, or was it long? Literally, during their love scene with all that sweating, I legit went, ‘are y'all done yet?’ Even that supposed spicy scene bored me.

Listen, I tried but I couldn’t find the charm of this drama. Sure they did some things some youths do in their youth, beach, arts, whining, finding love, but the whole thing was so bland and the only impression it managed to leave on me was that I’ve wasted some of my youth watching it. And no, it’s not that the drama is bad, it just that it's so… so… utterly boring.

Normally most of the Taiwanese dramas I've watched be cooking, and this one had a plot. But, it was dull, had nothing unique about it, and left me feeling disappointed. I rarely drop shows, so I stuck with this although it was going nowhere, but it took an insane amount of willpower to do so. I don’t know if there was lack of chemistry or connection between the cast, but it felt like they were going through the motion on the screen, the same way I was going through it behind it, watching and wondering when it was gonna end.

The Main Leads:
Boring, just boring. That student is whiny as hell, a grown child who overreacts to everything and acts like he's 5. And that love interest, literally the only thing interesting about him is that he owns a cat. Honestly, the only episode in this drama I felt was good and didn’t almost put me to sleep was that one episode where the main leads were not together cuz one left town. Oh and that scene when that whiny child kissed his friend to confirm his feelings. Other than that, bland.

And that child spent the finale throwing a tantrum because his boyfriend wanted to pursue his dreams, then they'd like for me to believe that, the couple of weeks they spent together was so strong that dude gave up his dream to stay with that whiny child. Yes, we all make stupid decisions in our youth, but really? Meh. And then they showed the whiny child has grown and he out there acting like the impression of his youth that he'd captured in his paintings were everything. Dude, you were whiny and annoying, why didn't you capture that?

No really, the two leads are so forgettable they could have been replaced by a houseplant and it wouldn’t have made a darn difference to me. Sure, sure, they needed to be in the drama, but did they really? The drama could have been about the widower and the brother and it would have been okay. Probably even less boring.

The Second Leads:
Already from the start we saw the brother was tasty for that man opening the cafe, and the getting them together should have been super fun, but it was so-so. By the time the husband was going ‘oh my dead wife might have brought this horny guy to me’ I’ve lost interest in them. And it’s not because their plot was bad, it’s just everything surrounding it was not motivating me to care one bit.

The Plot:
This had a plot, but I don't know how they could have make it more interesting then what they already gave us. Could a different cast had perhaps brought more charm to the roles? Was it the direction or the pace? I don't know, but everything about it was not keeping my interesting. Story wise, there was an artist, something about watermelons or another, someone’s wife died, and the second leads had ice cream and fell in love or something. Oh and there was a girl who didn’t get the guy, obviously, and there was a lot of sweating while having sex. And there was… you know what, never mind, it doesn’t make any difference. Forget about it. Oh, everyone had their happy endings in the end, so there's that.

Anyway. Meh. This needed charm and it had none. Give it a chance if you have nothing better to do. As for me, I'll probably never return to it again. It left no impression on me whatsoever.

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C-Eent Just Played With Our Emotions.

Oh sad endings, how I wish I can throw rocks at you. In Hindsight I should have prepared my tissues for this ending when it said Chinese bl instead of Taiwanese. For shame, did we really think it would have passed censorship if it wasn't made to crush our happy-ending expecting hearts into tiny pieces?

Listen, this drama broke my heart three times. The first was when they wheeled Shi Wen's body out the ICU and Shen Nan broke down in the hallway while trying to left the sheet off Shi Wen's body to confirm his death. The second was when Shi Wen did the okay sign while he laid dying in Shen Nan's arms. And the third was when Shen Nan's world stopped for a second in the finale when he heard those tires screeched, when he breathed in relief that the accident didn't happen, and yet he choose not to turn back and walked away. #Pain. #Tears. For some reason I wept in episode 5, got triggered with old memories and when Shen Nan left Shi Wen on that bridge, I found myself feeling so sad I couldn't help but cry. Ruined my whole Saturday. Of course, to make myself feel better I went and re-watched episode 4 of Every You, Every Me, you know, so I can keep the sadness going the rest of the day... when in hell, keep going, amirite?

Anyway, yes, this drama wasn't perfect, as a matter of fact it had so many holes we could probably make a basket out of it. But I enjoyed it, sad ending and all. Plus it seemed it's more a hopeful ending than a sad one. The quantum necklace which seemed to be turning back the time and causing all those anomalies deactivated/blackened out in the finale when Shi Wen's fate changed and he wasn't hit by that big track. So I'm thinking it means their ill-fate life has ended? Which of course meant, my stupid arse was screaming, alright 'turn back now, rush to him, you can be together now', but nope... no happy ending here cuz this is still a Chinese bl.

I do have so many questions when it comes to the science behind this, cuz a lot of things were left unexplained or made absolutely no sense whatsoever. Like:
1) Was the first time we meet them their first life together, or was that the second timeline?
2) Where did that quantum necklace come from?
3) Did the 'fate/quantum' people appeared to Shen Nan using his face or was that a Shen Nan from the far future?
4) When Shen Nan's father locked him in that motel and took away his phone, did he even leave him food? I'm still wondering about that cuz I didn't see any ramen or snacks around.
5) I was so SHOCKED when we got that my lips touching/glazing your cheeks scene, and then the hand between our mouths kiss. SHOCKED. I thought we were going to get far away glances like... The Untamed (that one still hurts)... but we got something. It was practically nothing, heck it was so nothing it was non-existent, but, it was something.
6) How in the hell did he still have that camera from their first/second timeline? At first I thought it was himself from timeline 2 putting everything in a box, but then he later appeared and throw it away as himself in timeline 3? I'm confusion. Did the camera also time travelled with them or we just suppose to go along with the flow?
7) That scene during the award ceremony after Shi Wen got hit in the head with the lights and died was ridiculous! Not one person made a call to ambulance or rushed to help/check on him. Everyone just ran away, even the friends and the organisers? Huh? I get they wanted them to be alone, but that was so far from reality I stopped being sad for a moment to go, 'huh, dafug is everyone at?' Cuz, huh??? Stupid. Just dumb.
#7) "Is it really worth it to protect someone with all your strength?" to which Shen Nan replied. "Yes." I was screaming 'dude don't turn back, that's the whole point of this you stupid-head' when he turned back to get that cup of coffee in the finale, but in that last scene of this drama, I was screaming, "please, please, turn back just one more time." But dude must not have been away of the title of this drama, cuz his arse choose a sad ending instead.

The cast did good with this, given how little time they had. The main were good and had good chemistry. Shi Wen's friends as supporting cast were also good, and that friend who liked Shi Wen for like half an episode made me laugh a bit, so good. Those parents though, glad they came around in the end and then disappeared from sight, cuz I was about to reach into the screen and start slapping people with my rubber chicken.

As for the plot. I loved the concept. Time travel with a side of a love so doom nothing can save it. Unfortunately, although it had a good cast, the script wasn't strong and the execution was a mess. It had lots of things that were never explained properly, and most of it was left to the viewer to fill in the blank, which, my brain did not do, so I ended up with more questions than answers. Sure they had only 6 episodes so they couldn't get into the whole quantum necklace thing, but I'd have loved some explanation, any, of how Shen Nan came to have this necklace and could turn back time.

All-in-all a good watch. Not the greatest, but it was good. Also, I'm taking this as a win towards us maybe-perhaps-finally having an actual bl from c-ent. If you're looking to feel sad and or out of new dramas and looking for something to watch, I'd recommend this to you. I hope to see the main in another drama, loved them here and in Meet You at The Blossom.

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Fated To Annoy You

One night stands. Forced weddings. Pastors who serve coffees and ballet dancers who can afford long distance phone calls. An unexpected baby is about to stir things up and none of these people are safe!

This drama started off well, but by the end of it, I was like: 'Seriously, who wrote this? is this really where we are heading?'

Since this drama has wasted enough of my time, I’m just going to write a small review and move on with my day.

This drama was on point, when it started, I enjoyed the heck out of it. Already in the beginning, some random guy walks into a commercial set and takes it over, and I’m already in love with him.

Yes, the plot was good. The characters were interesting, and it had my attention, but then suddenly, everything went downhill. The second male lead starts singing, and the main male lead starts looking for a tree??? Like, what in the eff was happening? Where the hell are we?? Who's driving this thing?

Basically, I had no idea what the eff was going on anymore, and at that point, I was only watching it because I’ve come this far, and dropping it would mean admitting defeat! Really, everything that happened after the baby was a no from me.

And can I ask? What the hell was up with all the randomness and the constant flashbacks? We watch a scene, and one minute later, someone is remembering it in a flashback! Eww! Enough already, we do not have the memory of a gold fish!!

What made me finally gave up on it was how all of a sudden, the loving and funny characters became obnoxious. I wanted to punch the male lead every time he did that laughter thing he had going on. What the hell was up with that? It got under my skin so much I ended up not liking him, and he was my fav in the beginning.

The writers attempt to make the female lead strong just made her annoying, and I couldn’t stand her. The second female lead became pathetic and ridiculous, wanting someone she couldn’t have, and the second male was just a sad SOB.

Truthfully, I really wanted to love this drama, but I couldn’t, because at the end of the day it was a giant disappointment! The only good thing that came out of this drama to me is that one song: Goodbye My Love by Ailee, that's the real mvp of the series.

Would I recommend it? No, I’m saving you from hours of your life you’d never get back.

You're welcome.

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All Of Us Are Dead

Okay, what kind of dead was that? My man was eating, sleeping, doing the devils tango, solving mysterious, sending emails, going to the effing library to read?? huh? Bish is you dead or not? Also, how he got such good internet connection from the past? But like, this was me throughout 79% of the drama going: Is he dead? He's dead isn't he? Wait, which one of you is dead? Ahmmm, can dead people get on their knees and do that with their mouths? Literally, are you dead dead or like on a try run? Boy you knew he was dead the whole time and still... damn, if only that river could talk!

Okay, so can someone explain to me how ghost mechanics work in this reality? Cuz Mas seemed fine with everything the two were doing, and then suddenly he was sick? Also the dead guy needed sleeping pills to travel to the past? I am confused, how could he get to the past? Is that a ghost thing? And did the writers forget to hint out the 'sucking of life force' thing if they stayed close together, cuz shoving that into the last two episodes was not it. I was like, hmmm, since when? They'd been kissing and doing stuff and he seemed fine, my man even asked for seconds. I wish we had hints thoughout, would have made more sense. Or did we, and I didn't notice?

To be frank, I legit thought Mas was the dead one for a good amount of time, and then I was like... wait a minute... they can't leave the town/house, Khen is making goggly eyes at that ancient grandpa in his youth. Either they've time-traveled, or like bishes are dead. So like, this was a time-travel/ghost story right? Cuz Mas even visited the future ones. How the hell did he do that when he wasn't even dead. Nope, not gonna question that, don't want no headache.

Listen, I already did the confusion, what the hell is going on thing in 4Minutes, so my arse was ready to give up on this drama like half way through episode 2. But, then, I stayed, cuz for some reason, my brain decided it wanted to watch something scary, although I rush to sped it up whenever creepy music starts playing. Yes, it was slow pace, the acting, well, and story was all over the place, but I stayed, showed up every week, and I wasn't disappointed. Yes, it was slow pace, the acting, well, and story was all over the place, but

I cried, when they finally revealed that the friends all died in the accident. When the two heard footsteps and then found the rescue team and their bodies, I had to put it on pause to get it together. And Khen losing it, when he finally realised was even more emotional. The last few episodes made me reach for the tissues.

Plot:
Flat out confusing, and if you look closely, lots of holes and stuff that makes no sense. It was slow building, could bore some people, and sometimes felt like it was going nowhere. But, I actually enjoyed it. It gave me a sort of 'The Others' vibe, and I really enjoyed watching it. I kept waiting for Khen to figure out his situation or for Mas to tell him, although I knew it was going to be sad when he does. I also like how they gave us a side story with Khampuan and Sompho. At first I was like meh, but then it got really interesting with the reveal and everything. So yeah, interesting concept, but could have been delivered better.

Characters
I liked Mas and Khen. Yes, the actors are new, and the acting was noticeable, especially in a serious drama like this one. But, it still didn't take away from me enjoying the characters. I liked them as a pair, and none of them annoyed me, so that was a win for me. I also loved the two females' storyline, they did great and added to the drama as whole. As for the friend group, and the rest, they felt like background prop. At one point I went: if that one friend don't stop calling out 'Khen' every two seconds, imma riot.

The Finale:
Mas' mother showed up. Me: woman, didn't you evaporated last episode? I thought yous moved on. Ghost in this drama just keep doing whatever they want. That being said, I want one more episode where everything is happy happy. Cuz you telling me they could have met and fallen in love in Khen's time, but they miss each other and Khen left for that work and died?? So they don't get to be together in two lifetimes :(((( why? why writers, what did I do to you?? When Mas woke up and Khen had already moved on, I wanted to cry. Leaving behind that cherry blossom just hurt. I need a second season where they get reborn and get their happily ever after.

And was that baby Khen? So like... Mas' gonna act like a father for him or a godfather? See, we need 1 or 20 more episodes. That being said, I liked what we got in the finale. Loved how the friends waited for Khen so they could move on together. It was sad, but it couldn't have been done any way else, the whole premise of the story was one of them being a ghost. So, I am fine with the ending, I went more, but I accept this one.

All-all-in a good watch. Some things could have been done better, and many would find the slow pace boring, but I personally enjoyed it, so I'd recommend to anyone looking for a ghost and human from the past fallen in love story. I'm looking forward to seeing more from the leads. Give it a watch if you have time.

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More Like, Always Let Me Go

If I had a nickel for every time these two lead broke up and got back together in the name of love… I’d own a goddamn bank! We get it, you are in love, with a hero complex. Enough already!

Listen, based on the rating of some of the reviews here, I didn’t want to waste my time with this drama, cuz I thought it was going to be worse than that one drama where the lead was secretly collecting the rubbish of the male lead. But then I wanted to procrastinate instead of doing the dishes, and decided to put this on. And, I was presently surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Really, it was a good one. Which makes me wonder if PondPhuwin had been progressing backwards?

What happened to them? I felt none of the vibe I felt with them in this drama while watching We Are. Shouldn’t their chemistry had been better with time or… I’m glad I decided to watch this drama so I could see them at their peak.

My first drama with them was We Are, and that series was not it. Their acting was nothing, and their chemistry was on the floor. Really, I have nothing good to say about my first impression of them, unless to say, at one point I seriously thought they were afraid of each other’s lips. But this show was good. Sure it was messy, but they had a plot and they followed it, and I liked the general vibe between the two leads.

What I liked
- The Music in this was epic!!
- I actually liked PondPhuwin’s chemistry in this. Their acting could use work, but I was okay with how they each played their roles.
- Those hawaii shirts made me laugh. Each time, I was like, why? not sure if I liked it or not, but I laughed so…
- I repeat the music in this show was amazing!!
- The special our sky 2 episodes, don’t care what no one says, I enjoyed it.
- The plot was flawed, I'm sure it had as many holes as a basket, but even with all it’s flaws, I liked it.
- Chopper
- How Palm didn't seem to have any ill-wishes towards his mother. He went straight to calling her 'Mother'. He's better than me, cuz my grudge holding arse would have straight up went, 'Ma'am and/or Auntie.'

What had me going huh?
- Constantly leaving each other to protect the other. We get it, you love the other so much, now stop it, it’s getting old.
- When Nueng talk down to Palm and then we are suppose to forgive him because somehow it was justify. That scene at the dance party made me wanna shake him.
- How Nueng never have any bodyguards with him? Sure, there was Palm, but even when Palm wasn’t around, dude was doing stuff alone. Like, child, peoples are trying to kill your arse!
- The Uncle being sooo obvious as the villain. Literally, his expression was bad guy coded, and at one point he was even walking side ways with a villain tilt of his head. Also, how people in movies/series never notice when someone acting suspicious??
- Palm’s father: Telling his son to give up his life and future for a debt his bum arse owned, was rubbish. Also, why did Nueng’s mother think the guy who worked on a fishing boat would be a good bodyguard? cuz he played basketball?
- Palm’s mother not even knowing what he looked like was wild. Poor boy.
- No matter how I tried, I could not vibe with Ben… don’t know why, he didn’t even do anything that awful.

Anyway, there were a lot more I liked and some things I didn’t, but imma leave it here. If you haven’t watched this show, and some of the reviews are throwing you off, ignore them, this drama isn’t perfect, it has it flaws, but I enjoyed it a lot, so I’ll recommend it.

I hope we’d get more dramas like this from Pond & Phuwin in the future.

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Taishin Is A Blubber Mouth Bumpkin

Okay, so like, we are ignoring that Taishin is a stalker right? Good. Cuz, he’s like the worse stalker ever. Homeboy walked up to the guy he’s stalking and went ‘...eh... I came to this school because of you… do you wanna go hiking senpei?’ LOL, he’s a naive, adorable blubber mouth and I love him.

The plot of this show is nothing to write home about. Nothing really does happens, the episodes are short, and pretty much most people will find it super boring and meh. I did at first too, but this show grew on me. At first I was a bit annoyed and was like, come on son, no one your age is that naive. No really, Taishin’s so innocent it’s pitiful. But then he got me with his constant 'Eh and adorable-ness-ness.' Cuz how could I stay annoyed at a guy who’s best friend is a parrot, his idea for the perfect first date is Bird watching, and his favorite food is pudding. HAHAH WHAT?? PUDDING and BIRD WATCHING? Even his interests are bland. But he’s what he is and I accept him.

Taishin comes off as a village bumpkin who’s seeing traffic light for the first time. He came to the big city with a goal: getting closer to Takara, and he’s made it his whole personality. I respect that, but like, does he even pay attention in class? Lol, homeboy with his doe-eyes looks like he doesn’t know what’s happening half of the time, and he’s just here to fill space and breathe air. Though, even with how smitten he is with Takara, I'm happy he's bold and brave enough to speak his mind when he needs too. Which gives him more colour as a character.

I’m sure many people will found his naivety annoying, as well as how constantly he puts himself down, because he’s put Takara on a pedestal and borderline worshiping him. Normally, I would nitpick at it with a microscope, but I found I’m enjoying the un-heaviness of the whole show that I don’t mind it. And the two leads have good chemistry as well, which makes it even more entertaining to watch. They didn't need any over the top sexual stuff to make the watcher feel their chemistry, which was refreshing to see.

Plot wise there’s nothing much happening. Basically, the story is about Taishin who uprooted his whole life and moved to the city to go to the same school on a chance he could meet the guy he met on the mountain one time. Sure it isn’t as stalkish as that one bl character who collected the trash of his crush, but this is also a form of stalking. But Taishin did his with those doe-eyes and blurted it out so fast that it doesn’t really count. I doubt it would hold up in court :)

Oh and in-between Taishin trying to get closer to Takara, we see the man himself playing with some marbles and remembering his mother who doesn’t like marbles? and thinks he sucks, so he's dealing with that and trying to move on from her. So yeah, not much happening. But I did enjoy the journey of seeing Takara come to like Taishin to the point he felt possessive and jealous. I liked seeing him struggling to not turn out like his mother, and having Taishi reassured him that he'd tell him whenever he does something he doesn't like. They communicate in their relationship, instead of following the pattern of over-done misunderstanding trope, which again made me enjoy the show.

I like Takara. His personality is to look as nonchalant as a cucumber, still he’s there for Taishin, which is a green flag in my book. He’s not mean about Taishin’s cluelessness and is patient with him.

I'm not gonna write an in-depth of what I liked/ didn't like about this drama. After the first two episode, I decided to watch it for enjoyment purpose only, and just went along for the drive. So if you want some in-depth reviews, other reviewers on here have done that quite well, so check them out. This one is just me gushing over Taishin.

So yeah, if you’re looking for something deep, my brother go look elsewhere. This show is good for rewinding after all the heavy currently airing bls. It’s light, with a simple plot. And except for the two lead characters, all the supporting cast are like background props, but still, I’m enjoying myself watching it.

There's a spinoff apparently, so I'm looking forward to seeing these two again, cuz these episodes were not enough. I wanna see how their relationship developed after they both admitted their feelings for each other. Would there be more pudding and bird watching dates? I'm excited.

Anyway, I love leads that blurts out whatever they are thinking, whether embarrassing or not, therefore causing no misunderstand and our Taishin has no filter whatsoever, and I love that loser for it.

I’ll recommend this to anyone who is looking for an easy watch and something to unwind and not think too much. Give it a chance if you have time, it's cute. This is definitely going on my list of guilty pleasure dramas.

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Lots of Summer Days

Lune = the moon. Personally, I don’t believe in the moon, I think it’s the back of the sun… still, I understand why Lune came off as a red flag. Ever heard of the blood moon? Anyway, is Star like a friend of Sera's or an enemy? I can't believe my WhiteIvy ship didn't sail... my year is ruin until January 25th. :((((

Look, I don’t know what school y’all went to, but in what class would anyone not notice a student like Lune? Dude was tall with hair, brooding, and looked like an angel coo'ed every time he breathed. Like?? Lune being an invisible kid was so far-fetched I’d sooner believe thai bls would one day stop the guitar scene than to believe Lune is a loser. Like did y'all see his model face during that runaway show??

There was a lot of drama on this show. Good, and nonsense drama. Many hated Lune when White punched him, some sided with White cuz he felt like an extra and background prop. Most of us were team #WhiteIvy, while a lot of us called Star names for acting unreasonable, and of cause, we all swoon whenever Jewel and Tan were on the screen. Avadakedavra and whathaveyous.

But listen, when that drama that separated them happened, I did not side with anyone. Matter of fact, I almost lost an eyeball rolling my eyes at White’s dramatic arse, and Lune’s pathetic face.

I UNDERSTOOD WHITE:
but he was annoying for acting like he trademarked Star.
Yes, if I brought a loser invisible boy who look like a cover star into my friend group, asked him if he like my crush, he says no, then said crush rejects me, and I later find out he’s dating her, and my friends are now hanging out with him and ignoring me… I too, would punch him and disown him.

White’s pain, and feeling betrayed was justified. He had a reason for feeling the way he did. The pain from the reject was still fresh, and with how they were ignoring him to protect him, it was no wonder he blew up in their face, and especially felt more hurt with Ivy, since she was the one he confined in the most.

BUT BUT… boy! Come on. Like, this girl rejected you, give it a rest and go find something to eat. Sometimes, I don’t understand the ‘code’. The unspoken rule about not dating someone who a friend have a crush on or dated. Hmm, just because they don’t vibe with you, I ain’t allow to feel for them? Boy was acting like he had trademarked Star, when she literally rejected him by saying she liked someone else.

That being said, White was my fav character. He was such a good friend and an amazing human being. Being there for this friends, taking the blame to protect Nana. I felt sad for him when he was rejected, but my arse was highkey shipping him with Ivy, so like, it made me happy. I kind of get why they didn't end up together, their friendship was waay too good to ruin, but still, it hurts. Also, he gave the best advice, we all need a friend like that. The only advice I ever gave my friend was to never say no to free food. She'd gain weight now, but she hasn't paid for meals in a while...so #winning. AND, he slayed that runway.

I UNDERSTOOD LUNE:
But homeboy was such a people pleaser and a try hard. Lune as a character was one of those red flag that comes with green wrappings. The worse thing being he himself didn’t even know he was a red flag. Sure, he was a good person and tried to do the right thing always. But by putting everyone before himself, he literally drove everyone around him insane.

Dumping Sera with no explanation. Sure he got his arse whooped, but at least if he’d explained, poor girl would have moved on. Telling White 'bros-before-hoes' only to turn around and date his crush in secret, boy!! The trouble he went through for White when he got in that scandal, all so he could apologise for dating a single girl who agreed to go out with him. And the whole driving his girlfriend crazy by trying to give his ex-girlfriend the time of her life.

All these was a good attempt on his part, but also made him come off as a red flag. At one point during that dinner, I was like...OMG will you shut up about Sera??? I understood he wanted to make up to her, but the way he did it, if I was his girlfriend, I too will yell at him in the rain. Heck, would have thrown all those plates on the ground for dramatic effect ^^

As the main character, Lune was dull, sure most of the events evolved around him, but he still seemed so grey, not a lot of color. I admit, I did like his character and was cheering for him to stop being a bish and admit he likes Star back. That being said, I liked how effortlessly Lune and Star's relationship developed, and how warm they felt.

I UNDERSTOOD STAR
Did Star come off as a fake friend for how unreasonable she was being towards Lune’s intention to make Sera's last couple of days memorable? Yes! BUT, GIRLLLL. Her boyfriend literally had an ex who was like her long lost doppelgänger, like, they had the same interests and they both came off very kind, smart, cute, demure. I too would have thoughts, and to keep hearing about their past, that must have hurt. I was surprise she didn't blow up sooner.

So yes, I understood her. and Lune just couldn’t take a hint, Sera this, Sera that, like, child would you keep quiet? Though, I thought she was smart enough to communicate before it came to that point when it got too much for her, but we all know what happened.

As a character, Star was…well, she didn’t annoy me to the point I gave up on her, so good. But her friendship with Sera felt so conditional, that it came off fake. Yes, you are jealous and your boyfriend can't take a hint, but communication is the key girl. Her giving an ultimatum was such an arse move. But am glad Sera understood her, gave Lune's thick head advice, and in the end they became genuine friends.

IVY IS MY GIRL
She was a very good friend. I like how she let go of her long crush and immediately supported Star and Lune. I felt for her when White was mad at her, sometimes being a good friend sucks. I love when she bantered with White and their friendship. We all deserve a friend like her. She was my third fav character. I'm high key super sad we didn't get a WhiteIvy ending, but, but he didn't close that stupid line she drew though...so there's hope.

JEWEL AND TAN RULES
Need I say more? Their scenes were so precious, and I loved how Jewel was so rich rich he was flat out naive. I love their interactions. I was laughing so hard when Tan was talking about the hardship in his life, and Jewel was like, 'Yeah, I understand, sometimes I don't know what car to choose.' CHILD! That's not... That's not even remotely relatable. He was basically like, I'm soo rich, it's exhausting. And Tan just stared like, 'ain't life bish.' skskkss. Jewel was my second fav character, homeboy just went off to the side and fell in love with a Harry Potter impersonator who made coffe, and missed all the actions. Jewel waiting a year to go to Uni with Tan was... tears. Yeah, I loved them, wish them whatever comes after 'the end'.

Anyway, I am nosy. Sometimes, I pull up on twitter with a glass of wine and popcorn, cuz some of y’all have some juicy drama. So yeah, when I saw two bl actors were gonna do a f/m lakorn, my arse immediately stood up! Going in, I wasn't expecting much, but I was surprised at how good this was. I came to look forward to it every week. Phuwin and Dunk's acting was better here than the bls I last saw them in. I like seeing how they've improved, hopefully they take it to their next projects as well.

Star's mother suddenly understanding her, when she's been a helicopter mom forever was far-fetched, but am glad we at least got to see that she and Lune had a supportive family behind them. I liked that Sera seemed to have become part of the group, and Lune was no longer a people pleaser. I'm satisfied with the ending we got, but super sad about my ghostship. WhiteIvy will always be in my heart.

All-in-all, cast did what they were supposed to, bringing their characters to life. The plot itself was nothing new, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. The drama exceeded my expectations, and so I'll recommend it to everyone looking for a high school drama. This was my first ever thai f/m drama and I was not disappointed. Give it a watch.

Looking forward to more work from the cast, especially Ryu and Java.

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OffGun as Side-Characters In Their Own Drama

I’m so used to Thai characters having names like P’ Car Tyre and Nong’ Wheel Barrow that when Gun’s character said his name was Ryan, I choked on my wine. And don’t even get me started on Jane. Dafug you mean your name is Jane? Your people named you Janet? Come on son.

Also, Ryan’s lipgloss game was on point. Dude woke up every day looking like he’s ready to be kissed. Legit, who’s lips look like that at 06:00am in the morning? And his short-shorts!! Hahaha, though, if I had those legs, I’d show ‘em off too.

Listen, did anyone else almost went ‘OMG Khai is that you?' in the finale when Jane’s character literally ghosted Ryan after his ex-boyfriend stole his idea, then proceeded to ignore him five more years? Was everyone else back in their Theory of Love days and wanting Jane to be left at the train station? No? arite, imma see myself out.

First off. I watched this drama because of OffGun and Sea. And there was not enough of OffGun in this drama!! Literally they were supporting cast in their own drama, and it made their relationship come off as super slow burn, but I think it felt that way because we legit didn’t get enough screen time for them to develop any faster. Like, they might as well have been the side-dishes in that porridge Ryan wanted to be. Such a shame, cuz this is easily my fav drama from them.

Imho I think this is one of the best dramas that came out this year. No, no, hear me out. Yes, some episodes feels like fillers and unnecessary, there wasn’t anything major happening, and they spent waaay too much time on that love triangle nonsense. Plus, we’d all seen this sort of office dramas with a a side of love-story plot, so yeah, nothing different or even remarkable about it.

BUT, I loved it so much? Cuz it was all so darn relatable! I felt the whole intern life, trying to figure out your future, and being like Ryan, having literally no life goals whatever, and just going with the flow. So yeah, in that regard, I loved the drama, the rest of it however, in honesty, was subpar.

CHARACTERS:
Ryan was the most relatable character. Ryan is my spirit animal. I love that loser so much. Homeboy had no idea what was going on most of the time and I love him for it. Mfer just wanted to put paper in the printer and nod along, and that was amazing. But although he started off wanting to be just a normal co-worker who go out after work to enjoy food and drinks, his character grew. He didn’t have any objectives and had no idea what the work was even about, but he fought. Sure, he thought about quitting, but he stuck it out and keep trying and in the end he got stronger for it. And even ended up working in that industry, successfully I might add. I was very satisfied with his character arc and growth.

What I didn’t get about him though was how he was able to wait that five years, or even in those months he was ignored. Then just take Jane's sorry arse back, all adorable with their hands reaching and unicorns and stuff…pfft, people in love. Could never be me, my arse would have been married with kids and long forgotten him in those five years. But of course, he’s in love so… nonsense reality. Oh well, they were cute though, I legit liked how their relationship developed, with all those cute moments that made me all so giddy, so good for them that they ended up together, hopefully Jane doesn’t ghost him again for another five years.

JANE
Now how Jane acts like he hates air when he’s at work, but lives like that one middle-age woman who makes a wish every time the same numbers appears on a clock? Also like, do people still use dvd players? where do you even buy those? My Muse by Jimin CD’s just arrived, and I went ‘These would make for nice bookshelf decorations’ cuz I have no idea where to play it.

Anyway, Jane almost made me go back to my Khai hating days with all the yelling and making Ryan cry that he did. But I didn’t, cuz I understood how these workplace could be, and Ryan putting himself there when he knew nothing about it couldn’t have gone any better, so yeah I understood.

But arrgggg, did I just want him to act like a grow up and just admit his feelings for Ryan. But again, I understood he’s his boss, and he couldn't just straight up admit stuff (side eyeing Judy real hard now). But then, after I gave him the benefit of the doubt, he straight up disappointed me. He didn’t even fought to get Ryan’s rightful credit for him, just went and told the ex he’s disappointed then proceeded to ignore Ryan. Then ghosted him for five years, talking about ‘I’d have come back for you if I didn’t ignore your existence and pretended you didn’t exist.’ Bish, is you allergic to planes? Couldn’t you have taking one back to wherever you went, after coming to see him?

Sure, sure I was all grinning and went, awww cute when he said he wanted black coffee with no sugar as his mood and tone, and when their hands slowly got closer, and when Ryan wanted more kisses and he was like 'enough don't be greedy for my tasteful lips,' but eff that guy, always going for the silent treatment is not cool. But, I guess, he’s a bit, just a tiny bit better than Khai, so I guess, he’s okay-ish, and I’m glad he followed his dream and became a director. So, clap for him, I guess?

Also, like, am I the only person who felt like Jo, that company owner, always gave Jane backhanded comments, which was why he was always felt like he was in his shadow? Literally, nothing he said to him in the flashback made me think, ‘Oh Jo means well, he wants him to be bolder and more assertive.’ Literally, P’Jo came off as those mentors who sniffed out talents and oppressed them cuz they afraid the student would outshine them. Then of course the writers in the finale wanted me to believe he meant well. It might just be me though, but that’s how he came off when it came to Jane. To the others, he was so encouraging and helpful to them.

Plus, at the end of the day, none of the old people stayed to work in the company… soo… But, it might just be me who perceived it that way, but yeah, stuff.

Anyway, I’m okay with Jane, but also hate his disappearing act. Mfer out there acting like Houdini every two-to-three-business days. arrrg, pick a personality air-breather!

Side- characters:
They were a good audition, in small doses, but there was entire too much time on them. Though, I wanted to know more about Pie and Pah, but I guess, they needed that time for that dragged-out love triangle no one asked for. Literally how many times did we need to see Ba-Mhee looking sadly at the camera for being ignored? Also, is it just me of somewhere in the middle it felt like the rest of the interns bonded more with each other than with Ryan? Felt like they did a lot of things without him at some point. Oh well, either way, I loved them together and how they kept their friendship years later.

PLOT
Listen, if you are going to wait until the second to last episode to give us the backstory of the main character, then why bother?
This was literally Jane throughout the series.

JANE: Me big alpha with a blowhorn, 'You, bring me the call sheet!' RYAN. You, cameraman, did I tell you, you can blink? RYAN! Your existence is a shame to the this company and your ancestors, go sit in a corner and think about wasting air. RYAAN! Arite, I'm sorry I call you a waste of space, here, let me tie your shoelaces. RYAAAN!'
COWORKERS: Damn, he's so harsh, but so confident and good at his work, cuz all the clients wants him, and we respect him but fear him.
VIEWERS: He's such a hardball, damn, that's one confident dude he's good at his work.
WRITERS: *in episode 11* actually, he's an insecure loser who can't stand that his first pitch wasn't pitched, and is secretly so insecure that he'd given up his dream and cower in the corner and live in the shadow of Jo who we have not seen direct anything once. So yeah, poor dude, he's so sad.
ME: *Bombastic side-eye* stupid.

So yeah, throughout the series , Jane was this confident dude who yelled a lot but secretly was nice, and lived like he was born in the wrong century. Then suddenly, he’s his shy, insecure loser who lost out in a pitch one time and never got over it. If you’d told me this in the beginning, and showed me this insecure side, I would have believed you, but in episode 11, it felt like they suddenly remembered he’s supposed to be the main character and gave him that plot just so he can have more screen time. It was unnecessary in my opinion and served no purpose other than to have Jane pull a Houdini and ghost Ryan like a bat-shit crazy ex.

A lot of people will find this drama boring, and I would too if I didn’t relate to it. It’s understandable, there was a lot of scenes with them actually doing their work, which many would have loved to skip or for them to gross over, but I enjoyed it, so for me, the plot was good, to get to see second-hand how the behind of this industry worked. This was the in-depth scenes I wanted to see from SunsetxVibes with their jewellry company that I didn’t get to see, so I was happy for this.

However, that LOVE-TRIANGLE, was super effing unnecessary, given how it ended! Literally what was the point of side-lining the leads to give room for those three and their boring arse story? At first, I was like, oooh, developing feelings for your mentor and are we getting a gl couple… ohhhh. I was invested, then they flat-out went the cheating way, and I was like, hell no, first of you’re a mentor and shouldn’t be doing that, second damn girl, talk to your boyfriend, sure he’s a man-child you baby but tell him you need more attention don’t cheat.

And I understand, having a boyfriend who regards you as a second thought is not fun, but cheating, was a no no. Not gonna lie though, I cheered and clapped a bit when Ba-Mhee left Tae for Judy. I was like. Arite, now that that’s over, where the doctor at? Someone call P’Mhok, let him know Day drunk the straight people juice. LMAO, yes I felt bad for Tae, when he was crying and sniffing, but deep down, I crossed my fingers for Jimmy to show up and Sea going ’Shiiii, P’Mhok, you are here. Let’s go home and eat?’ That would have been amazing. Yes, yes, I am delulu and still living in my Last Twilight high, leave me alone.

Instead, we didn’t get any of that. Judy pretended none of the blame was on her at all, Pah became too protective, good friend but annoying as eff even when he meant well, Tae mopped for a bit, decided to let Ba-Mhee go and take the blame for himself, only for them to got back together. Then dafug was all that runaround for? Wasting unnecessary screen time on them, when we could have had more Ryan and Jane.

I’m literally not surprised they were fighting again in the finale cuz of jealousy, like what did they think was gonna happen, imo trust gets lost when one person cheats in a relationship, so good luck to them and they wedding I guess. Can’t believe they got a good ending, and all we got from JaneRyan was sns messages telling us they’ve decided to move in together. meh.

All in all, I loved the series cuz I related to Ryan, but I wish there was more screen time for the leads, and it wasn't taking away by the childish love triangle that went nowhere. Would have loved to see more of Ryan and his family, how he finally decided on his dream, or how Jane got his confident back, although I still think he wasn’t lurking one to begin with. Would have loved a lot of things instead of the five year jump, but, this is what I got, and I’m sort of okay with it, since it actually concluded and didn’t leave us guessing.

So yeah, I wanna recommend this to all OffGun fans, but be aware they are more a second lead…so… I’ll recommend this to people who love office romance too, there were a lot of cute arse moments with Ryan and Jane that made me grin like an idiot. This is definitely going on my most fav dramas this year along with Unknown, My Stand-In, Meet You At The Blossom, Century of Love and 4minutes.

Anyway, don’t forget to lip-gloss like Ryan, winter is coming.

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Never Thought I'd See a Potato Cry

Never have I ever had the urge to punch a crying person in the mouth. Nah, Aoey is now challenging for the most punch worthy bl character ever. His crying face just vex me. How you gon' look like a boiled potato and a fish at the same time while crying? Arrggg, I couldn't stand him for one second.

And the Dafug was up with that ending? My arse expecting to see the aftermath of the twitter trends, what became of that annoying crying potato. Instead they spend it with ridiculous jabs. I did not laugh once, not even putting Gene in that snow white outfit and having him look like a blowfish got me to laugh. And to think they made me relive Until We Meet Again!!

I wanted to see if the public accepted them or they are still split. If they found out about Aoey being buttshit crazy. If he grew old and alone like he deserves. If Hin's book became popular, so he can finally shut up about being poor while living in an apartment with a view. Instead the director used the screen time to show us that one random woman. (It occurs to me she's might be the author of the novel this is based on) but so what? I wanted a satisfying ending not whatever the eff that was.

And LOL, why was their family in front of the TV watching that press conference holding hands, and acting like they were watching a competition show and waiting for the host to announce the winner? Like, peoples, breathe, you already know the answer to whether they were dating or not.

Up until the last 10 or so minutes, I was vibing with this show. But I felt so dissatisfied and disappointed with the ending. Yes, the leads got back together, sure, cute, good for them, love wins, unicorns. But what was the aftermath? Arrggg, I hate when I watch a show and the ending disappoints me. After Game of Thrones, I told myself to read reviews before starting any show, but I rushed into this one because of UP, and now here we are. Somehow, I blame this on Ming.

I wanted to write a full review and just rant about Aoey and how he deserves to be punch in the throat, but after that ending, I can't even be bothered. This show has wasted enough of my time, not going to give it more.

Anyway, I'll recommend it, it's a good watch, but personally, the ending did not deliver.

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Xiao Zhan has reached the status of Legends.

Up, imma need everyone to stand, so we can applaud this masterpiece. Y’all can’t even spell epic. Anyway, this is a review from an international fan who definitely, no lies, fingers crossed, watched this movie with their own two eyeballs. Source: dude trust me. I watched it. My words are as true and real as my auntie’s church wig. I super watched this movie. I swear on my ancestor’s goat.

Okay I lied, I didn't watch it before, but I finally got to see it with my own eyeballs after its online released and it was amazing. The whole production was so grand, the fight scenes with the martial arts had me on my seat. Xiao Zhan was amazing of in this role course, and I loved the two female characters. After Guo Jing I liked that venom villain character, he was so dramatic and funny. That final show down fight when he barrel through the Mongolian army was really cool.

The story was great, though I was sitting behind the screen going 'fight fight fight' in the final fight scene waiting to see a showdown between father and son and was disappointed, Sure, talking it out peacefully was nice, but I wanted to see Guo Jing do more martial arts stuff. In the romance department, I was so frustrated when the chief of the beggar's kept hiding from Guo Jing but I understood, cuz at least in the end they got their happy ending. That sword chicken lightning scene when they finally met was amazing, I was like awwww romance, love, hugging, rain, where is my kiss?

Overall, an amazing movie with lots of epic scenes, and really good plot. The actors played their characters well, and I wished it was longer.

***Below my review before I officially watched it***

Listen, Xiao Zhan as Guo Jing is hands down, the best decision a production team ever made. He was amazing in this movie. From the opening scene where he said that line about the…stuff with words, to the ending scene where he did that thing with the…the other thing in that one place, everything about this movie screamed masterpiece.

From the cast, music, location, cinematography, direction to the script, the team behind this movie understood the assignment, and the end result was an epic movie that is going down in China’s film industry as one of the best movies ever made. The movie have already broken so many records it’s in a league of its own.

I feel blessed just being able to watch this, and seeing how talented Xiao Zhan was. He embodied Guo Jing to perfection, and did great bringing him to life. Bare faced, yet not only did he serve face, he served talent. The way he delivered his lines, making us feel every emotion his character was going through. Those martial arts moves alone made every minute of his movie worth it. What a talented young man.

My favourite scene was the one where Guo Jing was at that place, you know the one with the sky and the earth, and he was wearing clothes, and there was definitely air, cuz he was breathing, and he said… words with his mouth. Yeah, that scene was amazing, I super loved it. And that scene with the bird and the horse, and the one with romance and the girl. Oh and the one with the soldiers and the fighting and the martial masters, and all the element wielding. Those were amazing. Hush your face, I’m not lying, I saw the movie with my own eyes in the cinema, in that one town in China, you know, the one with people and roads, and buildings. Yeah, that one. I had a seat at the back, and eat popcorn with fish sticks. Real stuff.

Anyway, don’t ask me the name of the cinema where I watched this, or the price of the ticket. Just trust me, I definitely watched it. I know haters gonna say I didn’t watch this, but they jealous, cuz guess what, I watched it.

One day, I will get to watch this movie and… (not that I have not watched it. I have. I’m just saying, I’ll watch it… one day. ^^ ) and my review would remain the same. Cuz, Xiao Zhan is in this drama and that dude is allergic to making subpar projects. Plus, I hear director Tsui Hark is a legend, so what do you get when you put two talents together? A masterpiece! You’re welcome.

I’m looking forward to XZ’s next work, Zang Hai Zhuan looks epic already. Real talk though, when would all international fans get a win? We couldn’t even get WM on streaming platforms when it dropped and had to listen to it illegally on the tube. I waited years for him to give us an album. I’m not complaining though, I love Xiao Zhan forever and a day, so imma still be here, but please throw us something… anything!

Anyway, yeah, so, from someone who definitely super watched this movie, I’ll highly recommend it to everyone. Rush to the cinema and watch it now. Take your family, your friends, that one uncle you don’t like, heck bring your ancestors too, everyone needs to watch this incredible adaptation. Also Xiao Zhan is in it… so, enough said.

Wishing everyone a healthy and prosperous new year. (that's when I wrote this review) May we all get to see Xiao Zhan in person one day.

AN: In case you didn’t get it, this is my place-holder review (not that I haven’t seen it already, I have, trust me.) until my eyeballs get bless as well. I’ll be back with a full review when that happens.

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