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Or maybe he wanted to avoid it but yes. Let's see what will come off season 2 :).

Yes, the way he was still agonizing over Xi Gu's death was what was so heart-wrenching. I could empathise with him a lot because I kinda know that feeling. But was it mentioned that even he couldn't attend the funeral? Maybe I remember it the wrong way but I think he really is dead at the end of season one or if alive, he's still in a coma (I don't want another story with amnesia). i can imagine that it's hard to watch if there's no happy end. There isn't one for me either. You just go on. Four years is not even close enough for such a deep wound to become a scar. Yes...a story like this, even though the side couple got their happy ending, is a bit traumatizing. It leaves you with a punch to your stomach. I still keep my view on how they shouldn't change the plot to "Xi Gu is in a coma and/or suffers from amnesia (afterwards)".

Don't worry about ranting. I partly read your convo with Maggi and mostly agree with both of your views (I still kinda like SOME Thai BL and even though KP got weird-ish at the end, it still was my favourite; but yeah...some Thai BL are just too much but you need to find the good ones so...gotta watch em all xD...and drop the bad ones)

But they were talking about his funeral. I also wrote a bit on the page of season two and was guessing about that if Huang Chun Chih really participates he'll either be there like in flashbacks or maybe will portrait Xi Gu as an imaginative person. Like Hao Ting imagining what Xi Gu would look like or say if he was still alive.

And...I am still depressed. Every time MODC comes to my mind, I feel like crying because this series felt just extremely realistic. I only knew after watching it that these two characters appeared in "Life: Senjou no Bokura" and also in "Plus & Minus". After finding that out, I had to rewatch the episode of "Plus & Minus" and binged "Senjou no Bokura" (and as I mentioned, I cried because of them and not because of the actual couple). I wouldn't want this story to end in any other way. Maybe season two will take place in a parallel universe in which Xi Gu didn't die but if not I would want it to be as I described. Life itself is tragic and even though we usually watch these kind of series to have some fun, it's also good to see that a series doesn't need to have a happy ending to be good. Even though this ending still tears me apart and leaves me in sadness, I wouldn't want it to be changed. Make a new series with a different ending so that viewers can decide which one to watch. I was happy to see the two in different universes and even in a Japanese series where they can be happy and not be apart.

tl;dr: I'll go to bed and cry again, okay? ㅠㅠ

I watched the four episodes (so not Director's Cut) and only cried because of two certain Taiwanese characters that they added at the end. I think otherwise I was still kinda unmoved by this :/.

I think even an older looking actor wouldn't have helped because the character himself is written in this absolute weird way. I see it in so many Japanese BL manga. They have these black and white characters. Either in looks, in behaviour or whatever you can think of. It's become annoying to a point that I started avoiding BL manga and will probably miss out on the good ones. I still kinda liked "Old Fashion Cupcake" (even though we also had the running stuff) because it still seemed a LITTLE bit realistic? MSCL is just...disappointing.

So they waited to serve all the clichés for the very end... I mean, I suspected to get them way earlier but I'm still annoyed by how heavy they weigh. It was so much that I had to fight through episode 11. Luckily these episodes have anime episodes-length otherwise this would be a late drop for me. I wish there weren't as many manga adaptations but newly written BL series. Most series which are based on manga are just super unrealistic, overly dramatic and extremely cheesy. There are exceptions (also for adaptations of novels) but it becomes saddening for me to see how many series just try to please a certain pleasure instead of (also) telling a good story.

Beautiful soundtrack, beautiful acting, beautiful story. I love it so far!💕

Every website where I find the movie, it says "english subtitles" but in the end there are no subtitles at all :'(.

But Old Fashion Cupcake had a very beautiful kissing scene ^^.

I watched HIStory3: Make Our Days Count

Funny that you mention the lip gloss. I remember the scene because it felt like something was off. The lips just were super shiny xD. But I needed to cheer up after I watched a not so happy BL (good story, unhappy ending, I'm still super sad).

In the end I cried a bit and I can only blame Xigu and Haoting for that ㅠㅠ!

I'm not crying at all! I watched Plus & Minus before MODC. I didn't really understand that scene when I watched it and now... Well, I'll still cry a little bit 🥲

I understand you very well. I don't want to see much of her behaviour as well because of the same reasons that you mentioned. I hope for her character that SHE will be able to grow and for MY wellbeing I hope, that she won't destroy my mood.

The mother is quite an exhausting character but I think that's the whole point. How she is extremely possessive of Wang, starts crying when he mentions his own dreams. It shows all her insecurities that she doesn't want to face. I saw my own mom in her. It is straining for me and at the same time I'm in awe what well written characters this story contains. It wouldn't surprise me if the mother is still the same at the end of the story and wondering why she'd "lost" her son. Some people (sadly) never change, no matter what.

Thanks for the links. I will have a look at those. I watched Triage and also started TharnType but dropped the latter one because of too much cringe again, iirc. It doesn't need much for me to heartlessly drop a series. If it's too cliché and doesn't hit certain buttons for me, I let go of it. Cutie Pie hat some cringe moments as well but it was good in the end but even though a series is similar doesn't mean that I can enjoy it the same way ^^.
My very first Thai BL was Until We Meet Again but I didn't like the way the drama was played out so...I dropped that one (I started it right in 2019). I just started watching BL again when I saw The Tuxedo (not my cuppa) and Manner of Death (kinda liked it). Yeah...just as you said, I need some proper education of Thai BL ;). (btw: I dunno if you can see what I'm currently watching but The Eclipse is on the list as well ^^)

I dropped Bad Buddy because... I don't remember but maybe it was too cringy at one point? Somehow KinnPorsche was just my thing. Don't ask me why. I somehow liked it a lot so I gave it quite a big rating. I don't know the other shows that you mentioned so I'll have a look at them. I don't really see a pattern in my BL-Top 10. KP is followed by Semantic Error, Not Me, Old Fashion Cupcake (liked that one a lot as well) and Cutie Pie. Think I really need to give pre-2020 BL's a chance ^^.

I agree on that this one is not the worst. Can really be some kind of fatigue but some "older" BL series that I have watched just recently were much better. Makes me kinda sad to see that it CAN work. I'm having lots of hope for "180 Degree Longitude". It seems to come from a small company but the first episode already looks incredible when it comes to production, acting, story telling and what not. Another advantage of said series is, that it is shorter than most of the others. 8 episodes is a good number. It doesn't need to be so long as 12 or even 14 episodes. I only know one series were I thought that even 14 episodes is not enough (for me) xD.

And now (at episode 11) we're talking about cheating AGAIN? With the SAME couple?! And the others won't say "dude...we've been there already. Just talk to him"?! How very frustrating *argh*! I wonder if I am just pampered or way too many BL series just have a pretty bad script. I think the series could have been much better with fewer episodes and...btw: why is it even called "my secret love"? The only secret love I saw was the relationship between Lee and Park...