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I was about to comment the same thing. I understand people have high hopes for this drama (so do I) and that they enjoyed the first season, but casting rating like that is just plain dumb.

I think that as long as people are aware that those things are not acceptable and don't try to excuse it, it won't take too much out of the enjoyability of the show, unless it's something really messed up like in Love by Chance

Ah no, don't worry, I was just curious because I don't keep up with news about the actors (unless they're mentioned in the comments). Thank you for the info :)

With a celebrity, it's especially serious matter when they post insensitive comments, because they have a large audience that they can influance with their words. While I do really like New, those faults can't be ignored.

Is New 'retiring' from BL? I really enjoy his roles and like him as an actor, but I don't really watch Thai dramas other than BL (but I'm planning to give this one a go)

I hope that forced kiss (and some more) is one of those glaring problems haha, plus the bullying and tormenting done by Pan (I haven't finished the series yet, but that will probably be forgiven by the Fah anyway)

I'm 5 episodes in and I'm enjoying the series as a whole, but I can't stand Pan. Her behaviour is absolutely disgusting, bullying and tormenting someone because she's jealous? Despicable. Never before have I disliked a character in a thai bl this much, but Pan is just too much. Wan is not much better off, either.

Just my two cents but I think they should've gone for an older cast portraying younger characters. While I'm all for young actors, I'm not sure if this should have been applied to this series . . .

I agree with you. While I haven't watched the series yet, it would be a different story if both Fuse and Tee were drunk off their heads, but it's definitely wrong if Fuse knew that Tee was drunk af and still slept with him.

No consent is a problem. While it is fiction, it's not OK to just romaticise it. Love by Chance also had a scene with no consent and it made a lot of viewers uncomfortable. Saying that, I haven't watched MiR yet, I'm just going off of your comment, so it might be dependant on the situation

Dark Blue Kiss had a versatile couple

Then don't watch. This isn't Until We Meet Again, and it's this is not the second season.

With 2moon2 I was unsure of the actor change at first, but then when I gave it a go, I found that the new actors did a better job than the last ones and I enjoyed the story a lot more. While it is sad that Saint isn't in this season, I feel like their story concluded well in the 1st season. There weren't many (or any) disputes between them so that made the end of the season sweet - in their case. Tin and Can definitely need this season more. If Saint and Perth's story continued in this season, I feel like it would be dragged on unnecessarily and it would have a negative impact on their characters as a couple.

The energetic happy-go lucky and the pridefull, righteous characters are definitely the two most stereotyped and used characters in these sort of dramas. I haven't given this one a try, but from what you've said, it just feels like these two archeotypes are being used, but nothing has been added to them. It's like the character types are the bones, whereas their opinions, relationships, experiences and emotions are the meet and muscles of the character. The Untamed added to their characters gradually as the story went forward, we got explanations for a character's actions and we could easily connect with them (especially Wei Wuxian's and Lan Wangji's loss and love), I hope this drama also adds to it's characters, rather than keeping them at the basic stage of the bones (character archeotypes). We'll have to see, but fingers crossed.

It's hard to say, maybe that's why they changed the title of the drama? Rather than keep it the same as the novel/manga/anime? I'm still optimistic and am looking forward to what they do. From what I saw so far, they didn't say that WWX was not the founder, but that he simply didn't create the thingy seal (which, if my memory serves me right, he made accidentally, anyway).

Very true, China loves its tragic endings. As far as I know (unless they changed the ending from the novel's), it should be a HA.

So far what I've seen of the drama, the changes aren't major yet (ones that greatly impact the story of the flaw of it), what are some of the "ridiculous chanes"? Are they yet to be shown or have I missed them completely? I don't mind the spoilers, I've watched the anime (or manhua, whichever suits others better), read the novel and the manhwa.

The novel is very well written, and equally as well translated (exiled rebel scanlations), and it has key idea/phrases/gestures explained in the translator's notes at the end of each chapter (the sects and characters also have a summarising chapter at the beginning of the novel). It's hard for producers to explain ideas that have been embedded in Chinese culture or in the wuxia/ cultivation genre, through the medium of a TV series, but even though it may be confusing at times, I hope you'll give the drama a go :)

More interesting and intense I guess, the first like 6 episodes or so are boring but it gets much bettter

If you don't mind spoilers, then yeah, they do get sort of assaulted, but it never gets carried out to the end, just the first "steps" to it.