Not a Robot

The supporting characters are new for this series, but Leo and Fiat are hold overs from TT2. Ja played Sin in Until We Meet Again and I didn't recognize him without the hideous wig.

As a woman, I don't see BL as misogynist per se, because women do fantasize about many things, and the rake hero and taming the bad guy reflects in our storytelling. I've been reading BL manga for many years and there are fantasies that I didn't even think about such as tentacles and hybrid human/animal. I know that BL dramas have to be pretty tame, but women like to read violent/dark stuff and it's popular on aggregator sites. There are a lot of manga and webtoons that are twisted, violent, etc., but they are popular. One of the most popular dark manga, Saezuru Tori wa Habatakunai has an anime.

In regards to this series, I think that sanitizing Fiat's character is to appeal to the mainstream viewer and the younger SJW types who do not forgive any weaknesses in character, even from birth. Maybe Thais like TT2 more than international viewers because Mame is the producer and she chose this director again.

That's true, it's a very quick turn around. I used to hate that trope because of course, the female was always a virgin. Yet, I still read them when I was younger.

I think that I really like that this couple communicates better than a lot of real life couples I know, Leo has to get over his performance insecurity.

I agree about the directing of Ja and First. In their pre-release interviews, both stated that the love scenes were awkward because they knew each other before shooting. The director should have helped them with that. I know that not everyone likes New as a director, but he was really good at that with Perth who was only 17 at the time, and Saint.

I liked the tender love scene, but I'm vanilla and Fiat did express his desires for next time. The redemption of characters is a common romance trope. I used to read historical romances and the male lead is usually refashioned from a former promiscuous rake. Just like Leon, the promiscuous pansexual is being remodeled for Pob.

No, the shirt was hideous. I looked like he ran out of the middle of a custom suit fitting. Some of the fashion in Asian dramas are questionable.

Some of us have the emotional connection because we watched TT2 and saw the struggle Leo and Fiat went through. You don't need to watch TT2, but if you haven't watched the special episode of this series, I recommend that you do as it will give you more of a back story.

I really enjoyed this episode. I thought the love scene was sweet and wonderful. Leo is not very experienced and he wants to make Fiat happy. What is amazing is that Fiat communicated what he enjoys to Leo instead of lying to him to stroke his ego.

I think you should watch the special episode. The whole backstory is from TharnType 2 and the reason for so much drama is, Fiat secretly loved Leo, but because they were just friends, he didn't confess. Instead, he was promiscuous, pursuing guys who reminded him of Leo, and did this in front of Leo, so Leo knows Fiat's history. In TT 2, Fiat gets injured and becomes Type's patient. Type says something to Fiat that reminds him of Leo, so Fiat begins to relentlessly pursue Type, even after he finds out that Type has a boyfriend. Type is uncharacteristically patient with Fiat until things come to a head. Leo comes to Fiat's side and they both confess. Because of Fiat's "shameless" (sarcasm) past, in Don't Say No, there is drama over it.

I like how they are handling it because for what ever reason, some people have done things in the past they they are not necessarily proud of (ex. drugs) and so far, this series shows that your past doesn't always define your present. Leo is an example of how to treat your loved one, especially since Fiat has trauma from his family of origin.

Hope this helps.

What I like so far is that even though they have immature moments like most people their age, the eventually talk about what's bothering them. They also discuss Fiat's past instead of trying to sweep it under the rug.

According to the Line group there will be 12 episodes. I also like this show and appreciate that they didn't fetishize the age gap couple.

This was the best episode yet. I've been ride or die, since episode 1, so even if the rest of the episodes are weak, 8 & 9 show that even without proper funding, and an experienced production team, this could be a very good series. They couldn't afford a proper makeup artist, but they still tried.

Jedi and Nine are going through it right now. I don't know where their relationship will go, but the actors did a great job. The actor who plays Nine did exceptionally well.

Did you see how happy and animated Bas was and the news conference? So 5 episodes of being devastated and suicidal to this? I understand that he may have learned to love himself which would make him happy in general, but the whole tone of the series changed. I think that they needed two more episodes so that Bas could also address the fallout from the news conference and that he isn't going to let his father tear him down anymore either. Too bad since this was a great season.

No spoiler but I felt that the final episode was pasted in from another show. My brain is still not grasping it.

After being lured in by the clips on YouTube, I'm now watching the full episodes. If this weren't about the life of a Qing Emperor, people would think it's a dark comedy. It's like the bachelor, but with serial killers, child murderers, sexual assault/exploitation, abuse of power, etc. I almost rolled on the floor laughing when everyone scoffed at the "Western" idea of only having one wife. I may have to take breaks due to the sheer evil that goes on, especially knowing that some if not most of it really happened. We don't really know because except for the Empresses, most of the women weren't deemed important enough to record their personal names. Their importance was based on their relationship with the Emperor.

What's interesting is, a Thai YouTube channel says the Thai title can be one of these three:
"Extremely Busy Lover" or "Extremely Nervous Lover" or "Extremely Disorderly Lover." They are referring to the writing underneath the words, "My Boy the Series."

My favorite episode so far. No teacher fighting, no girls fighting. Nut and Satha spent time together. Looking forward to Episode 9.

Okay, I'm going to agree to disagree. I'm will no longer discuss this because you said "completely fabricated" so now it's personal. Thanks and have a great weekend.

I was talking about the comments, not the series. The comments have been brutal and were victim blaming because Bas wouldn't report Tee. My post was about the comments on this page.

Get the flame throwers ready! Not my favorite episode at all. While I think the acting is stellar, there were too many flaws for me. I've been to Bangkok and all I've been told by Thais is, if you are in a hurry, take a motorbike taxi. You can even see the motorbikes drive between cars in the "traffic" scenes, yet Marco chose to drive.

Also, I don't think the suicide attempt was handled well. Maybe they should not have shown Marco saving him because it looked fake. There were no ligature marks and to be honest, Bas should have been 5150'd. I don't think they should give the viewers a scene that makes hanging look like something easy to recover from. People are hospitalized over it. But I understand why Marco didn't call an ambulance since the Thai press would be relentless. Look at the recent events involving a Thai actor being arrested. Photos of him were taken in the house and everything. Plus, Bas is a fictional character. PS - I forgot to add that they didn't show Marco's trauma very well. I've known people who have found people and they are usually very traumatized by the event, even if the person survived. I think they should have just skipped showing so much on screen.

I don't have a problem with Marco and Bas deciding to be together so soon. I'll hand wave that less than a day ago Marco told James that he loves him, and that after talking to James, he got over years on unrequited love in 5 seconds.

I think that next week will be intense if they do not allow melodrama to take over.

I actually enjoy this trope in manga. I think that Zhao Gang could have explained this to Si Qi without all of the ex and JYZ kissing and cuddling so much. In contrast JYZ and SL always had one of them sleeping, which annoyed me. Hank is so beautiful when he smiles, it would have been nice to treat the viewers to more of them. I'm going to say that Hank's beauty is up there with Mix.