MimiTheReaper

High School Dairy

Someone call the Tooth Fairy, cuz this was so effing sweet and cute, I got a tooth ache. I don't know, give the cast cotton candy and clouds as a reward, cuz it was so fluffy. Like I found myself grinning and aww-ing so much that my cheeks hurt. Also, Shane's deadbeat parents legit named their second born, Name. They didn't even bother... lmao.

Listen, this is the first time I didn't cringe at a cast acting cute or adorable. It came so naturally to them, and also they weren't university students with adult jobs trying to act cute. Yikes, I still remember that one drama a couple of months ago and the cringe and all that stupid arse sound effects. Dear bl creators more of this fluff please. Anyway, here's my quick review.

Shane and Kit
So different in personality and yet they worked. Shane worried a lot, was negative, always so serous, but I liked how mature he was. I understood, coming from the home he did, being pessimistic came with those set of parents. Love Kit as well, how we met him as his chill dude, who was not serious about everything, to him actually growing. Shane's seriousness and Kit's playfulness and openness countered each other very well. Loved them a lot.

Kim and Mon
Mon always looked like someone stole his lunch, but I know he meant well, and when he does smile awww. I wasn't a fan of how Kim kept having to always to change himself to try and make Mon happy, but then it all worked out when they communicated. Also when Kim smiles, ahhhhh adorableness overload. I play they buy a house and a dog away from that mother of Mon, homegirl tripping sometimes. I also love this pair a lot, Kim's puppy love, free spirit and Mon's angsty self works very well together. Also in the finale when they were poking each other and going 'Mon loves Kim' and 'Kim loves Mon.' ahhhhh cuteness overload. Should I start doing this to people? Nah, can't go around poking people, right? Still, so damn cutee!

Per and Tar
These two, these two, children, please date each other. The way I kept going, get together, do it now every episode. And that kiss to shut him up, which... ahhh, I felt bad for Per when Tar just straight up downplayed it, but I get it, emotions are scary. I loved their friendship a lot, always being there for each other, and how they just stuck together. Loved them too, and in the finale when he gave him the rose while he was busy sticking on his own markers. LMAO. Also why are Per and Tar like the young version of teachers Nut and Tan?

Nut and Tan
Even the teachers were adorable in this drama. Tan and his clumsy awkward self made me love him a lot. I was very happy when they started dating. Tan's craziness, and over the top reactions and Nut's chill attitude and honesty worked well together. Their housewarming party was so heartwarming.

Look, what am trying to say with all this is that, this is the first time I basically loved every main character on a show. Hate Shane's parents, Mon's mother when she was being all take could take a hike, and the other extra characters didn't really leave any impression, but the 8 main characters did, and I really enjoyed everything they gave me.

All in all, Thank you khun director for a sweet show about growing up. I highly recommend this to all bl lovers, it's fun, easy, bit emotional and very heartwarming. Your time won't be wasted. I look forward to seeing all four pairs in their next works.

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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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Zang Hai Playing Chess While Everyone Plays Checkers

"Stay Alive." These two words just gave us an epic revenge plot, and oh mine did the revenge hurt, it hurt so good even people who blinked the wrong way got theirs. No, really, look at the casualty list:

Casualties of Zang Hai's Revenge:
- Yang Zhen = Deceased
- Qu Jiao = Deceased
- Chu Huaiming = Deceased
- Zhuang Luyin = Deceased
- Cao Jiangxian = Deceased
- Zhao Bingwen = Deceased
- Emperor = Deceased
- Queen of Dongxia = Deceased
-Gao Ming = Deceased
- Zhuang Zhifu = Deceased
- Shi Yiping = Deceased
- Jiang Xiang = Deceased
- Lu Yan = Deceased
- Lu Yize = Deceased
- Lu Fen = Deceased

And this does not even include them all, these are only the ones I can remember at the time of writing this. Soldiers, services, guards, friends, literally no one was saved on Zang Hai's road to avenge his family.

Listen, you need to watch this, even if it's just to see the man character work every job under the sun. Zang Hai went from being a young master, to an orphan, to a disciple, to mastering geomancy, to a feng shui master, to a scholar, to assistance supervisor of the imperial astronomical bureau, to becoming the imperial astronomer, worked as a coroner, to becoming Vice Minister of Work and then to working in the imperial cabinet. At one point he was even a dream interpreter, dude said the ghost of the dowager came to him on his afternoon nap. LOL. He used a crossbow during a rebellion and hit a few people off a wall, so yay to being a soldier?. Oh, and he also dabbled in kidnapping as a kid, though he fed his prisoner sweets so that don't really count. Like the man was an overachiever to the point, he even said yes to the job/honor of being buried with a dead queen. All that and dude in the finale said, sorry your emperor-ness-ness, but I quit, I'm retiring to the village. I don't blame him, dude's worked enough for a lifetime, plus his retirement includes a beautiful princess. Good for him.

First off, I would have immediately died in that tomb in episode 3. Zang Hai was out there going 'Speaking some fancy poems riddles and going move southwest to the fourth tile.' Where? Whomst? I can't even tell my left from my right on a good day, dafug am I to know where northeast is?'

PLOT:
Plot wise, this was amazing. I love revenge stories. Were there some things that could have been done or explained better, sure, but the overall drama was really well done, so I didn't mind them at all. Zang Hai wasn't martially strong and he relied on his smarts and that made the plot very interesting to watch. The plot of his revenge and the Gui Seal was woven together very well. Discovering who his enemies were, getting to learn about the Gui Seal and seeing how he got his revenge made for a very entertain watch. Most times I was screaming at my screen, hoping he got out of sticky situation alive, and other times was yelling at the villains for being horrible. It was a ride. Some may find the pacing slow, but to me it was perfect for a revenge plot.

And I was not disappointed about how they went about with him getting revenge, everyone hurt, and it was amazing to see his enemies fall until he was the last one standing. The pen is mightier than the sword indeed, and Zang Hai was the embodied of this. Dude had zero martial skills but he managed to defeat his enemies by being smart and knowing how to use his words. And that's the thing, it wasn't even that his enemies couldn't tell when he was suspicious or they knew he was lying, they could, even tried to kill him for it, but he always found a way to outsmart them, which made watching this all the more exciting.

Characters:
This drama was perfectly cast. I liked those I was supposed to, and hated those I was supposed to. The main character Zang Hai was super clever and cunning, and I so love that in a character. Dude was like, when I get bored while patiently waiting for my revenge, I count the bricks in this compound, the roof tiles, and the dead bodies of my father's household. He was fast with his thinking, good at playing dumb so the enemy undermines him, and even when they caught him, he still managed to talk himself out of it. Like he was out there playing chess while everyone else played checkers, but they all thought he was some bumpkin carpenter who he though he was smart enough for them.

Acting wise, everyone was good, and as always Xiao Zhan brings his A game to every project. He was amazing and the perfect choice to play Zang Hai, which he did beautifully with how expressive his acting was. Antu as a female lead was good as well, I came to liked her a lot. I was so angry when his shifu 'betrayed' him and sad when he died. The two friends he had were likable as well, and even the Marquis son managed to grow-ish on me. And the villains, oh how I hated them, but that was the point, I was supposed to dislike them. So yeah, everyone did a good job with their characters.

I didn't trust anyone on this show, which thank the eff, cuz then I would have been shocked with the reveals. I always had at least two reasons why someone was the enemy XD. I'm happy Zang Hai survived this bloody battle for revenge, would have understood if he hadn't, but I'm glad he got to have his happy ending.

All-in-all, amazing drama, highly recommend it to all drama lovers. I can't wait to see more from Xiao Zhan and the rest of the cast in the future.

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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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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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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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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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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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Bow down to Her Majesty.

A motherless girl is about to go from being an escaped slave, to a gang leader, to a concubine, to the empress of Imperial China. And under her reign, her enemies will tremble before her.

I love this drama. It’s a masterpiece, and one of a few dramas I can truly say this about. From the breathtaking cinematography to the amazing script, everything about this incredible drama was perfectly done to make those 51 episodes run by way too quickly.

Ji Chang Wook’s character was the reason why I fell in love with this drama. This was what I knew, it’s what I believed, but as I sat down to write this review, I realised that it wasn’t the emperor, but rather the empress that made me fall in love with this drama, and so, I’ll focus on her for my review. Starting with her bravery.

Life threw lemons at this woman, and she not only made lemonade, she sowed the seeds and grew a whole damn lemon farm. As a little girl, when Seung-Nyang lost her mother while escaping from being offered as concubines, she didn’t give up. She fought for her right to remain alive in a country that didn’t seems to care much for her right to stay alive. And she did, because in the process, she became the leader of a surviving gang, and it was through it, that her destiny truly begun.

Empress Ki did not allow her pain and suffering define her. Throughout this drama, Ki went through a lot. From losing her mother, thinking she lost her child, losing her country, the love of her life, then losing her child just when she found him, and losing her second love. Seung-Nyang could have been a character that at some point would have just given up, but she didn’t, she fought through all these and more, and came out on top. I love how she handled her pain, as if to scream: no you don’t define me, no, I won’t let you win today.

I love how strong she was in every scene whenever she was faced with moments that will make everyone break down and cry or give up. One of these moment was when she found out about her dear son, but decided anyway to do whatever she could to get him to get away from the life she was forced to live. I was very angry at those scenes, after what both her and the crown prince decided to do after they found out that their son was alive. But, I understood her, it was the only way she could save him, and seeing her cover her pain to do the right thing, made me love her. Of course, the outcome of her decision, is another discussion for other time.

She made her enemies fear and remember her name: She never gave in to the court bullying her, she played her cards right, and showed them, through shear tactics that she’s a force to regaining with, and under her reign, they all learned to fear and respect her.

Romance:
When the relationship between the crowned prince and Seung-Nyang begun, I was super against it, because I wanted her to be with the scared little emperor who had no one in his corner. But I was grateful for it because it made the drama a lot more intense and which, to be honest, made it more interesting. Yes, I hated the triangle, but it was very entertaining and added to the plot. That being said, when it comes down to it:

The Emperor didn't win Empress Ki's heart, he earned it! As for Seung-Nyang, she didn’t win the king’s heart, she conquered it, and with it, his country. It wasn’t a moment, it wasn’t a favour, it wasn’t even in the way she saved him, it was a thousand moments that added up to one, to make Empress Ki return our dear emperor’s love. Poor guy. Yes, my favourite part of the romantic plot was how the emperor had to earned Ki’s love. I love how she never gave in, even when he tried everything and loved her with all his heart.

Did the slow burn annoyed me at some point? Very, very, but thinking about it now, I love how she never gave into him because of his position, and fought until her heart was ready to accept him, and she herself knew he finally deserved her love. This in itself made their love story one of the most romantic plot I'd seen in one of these dramas. Annoying as eff, but realistic and romantic nonetheless.

Other Characters.
Empress Ki is only but one of the characters I loved in this drama. Tal Tal was the next one and both of them added so much to this drama but as I said, I thought I'd focus on this brave woman instead, as it was because of her that this drama has now become one of my all time favourites, which I'll definitely be rewatching.

The side characters all played their parts well, and made sacrifices that left me broken, and respecting their characters more. The bad guys annoyed the heck out of me, as they should. Jesus I was this close to throwing my shoe at their friend turned traitor. Yeah, that guy. Getting stoned to death was merciful. However, I got where he was coming from, and him having depth as a character was one of the reason why this drama had some of the best character development out there.

Now Ta Hwan:
There is nothing wrong with being hopelessly in-love, but it’s a crime to be a desperate dumbass in love. Yes, Ji Chang Wook is a blessing sent from the heavens, and everything he does is GREAT by default. He’s so great if I were him, I’ll wake up every morning like: I'm so perfect it hurts.

Like most of you, I love him! I’ve been an obsessed and loyal stalker since forever. Therefore, I’ve made a vow, to never criticise anything he does. Which is why, I’ll never admit that, I fell asleep, like 10mins into into Healer, and I will die denying this truth before I tell anyone that I gave that Melting My Stuff? drama half episode and gave up, cuz, Ji Chang can do no wrong. Well, even if he does, I won’t talk about it. Just like I won’t talk about that ridiculous wig they put on Lee Min Ho in Boys Over Flowers. Yes, I will never criticize anything he does, but I’m a nitpicking SOB, and if I had to sit through 51 episodes of Empress Ki with the character he played constantly being a punchable son of a beach, you can bet your arse I’ll rant about it.

Ta Hwan as an emperor was hopelessly, useless. He was the epitome of collateral damage. Not only was he a dumbass, he was also a liability to everyone around him, and it bugged me to no end how utterly weak he was as an ruler! He was constantly being saved or being scared. Sometimes he was both at the same time, which was unfortunate.

I waited so many times for him to get off this royal arse and do something for himself... and I’m still waiting. There were moments where I thought his hopelessness was an act, but boy was I wrong! What made me what to slap him was how he was happy being emperor only by name. Ki offered to teach and help him take back his nation, and he whines about how vengeance was a big no-no and he wanted to run away with her to la la land.
Me:
“Dude, surely you wanna... like, hmm... I don’t know, take revenge on the people who:
• Forbid you from learning.
• Exiled you to another country.
• Tried to kill you like a gazillion time.
• Forced you to marry his evil daughter.
• Humiliated you in front of your servants.
• Made you a puppet, and stole your crown
• Oh, and killed your father.?”
Ta Hwan:
“Nope. I just wanna run away with Seung Nyang and chase rainbows and ride unicorns.“
Me: *Grabs my rubber chicken*

As a character, all he had going for him was that he loved Ki. Other than that, he was just there for people to plan their evil plans around. He never stood up for himself, he was useless, a drunk and a sad excuse for a ruler. While everyone was busy trying to keep him alive, he was busy being a jealous lovesick fool.

Yes, I felt for him. He’s my favourite character in Empress Ki, second only to Tal Tal. Because of the emperor, I hated Wang Yoo for no effing reason, but even so, I have to admit that he was so weak and useless as a character I wanted to slap him 99.9% of the time. The only time I didn’t want to slap him was when he up and died and made me cry buckets like: God, I want a donut. He changed a little towards the ending, but never really lived up to his potential, which was sad for an emperor who held two nations in the palm of his hand.

Anyway, I won't even mention that second lead, nope. Overall, I love this drama, of course there were things I wasn’t so keen on, but none of them outweighed my love for it. And at the end of the day, when all’s said and done, it's one of the best k-dramas out there, and I highly recommend it to everyone and their mama.

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