Rahab75

This certainly has a lot to do with the "bury your gays" trope that was so rife for long decades in the mainstream media. People, especially LGBT viewers, are understandably tired and frustrated by that. I am personally not a big fan of tragic ends in BL but I can accept is when it is efficiently done and dramatically justifiable. I hated the end of MODC and My Extraordinary because they were abrupt, clichéd, manipulative and trashy. But I was totally fine, while clearly devastated, with the tragic end of Dew the movie, because it fitted the narrative and it was in line with its style, despite the car accident cliché.

Making such a heavy weather of cheating, or more precisely judging it in totally black and white manner - while this is one of the most complex and difficult aspects of the human nature - is indeed beyond me. I find it particularly amusing and hetero-normative in LGBT themed subjects - not Oh Mando, that is another case - regarding the large number of open relationships in that milieu.

But that is my opinion and it is not my main issue here. My issue is, like so eloquently put below by liquidburner that some "viewers are incapable of enjoying a show with flawed characters".
As I have noticed this is a lot more rampant under BL shows, but I might be wrong. Yet when it comes to BL shows at least, this is all over the place. I have checked the page of Ben x Jim. Another great and complex series I have thoroughly enjoyed exactly because it has very human and flawed characters who take several wrong steps and hurt others, but one could still sympathize with them, as you know why they do what they do. But instead of trying to analyze and balance their character developments, examine their psyches deep inside and the interactions of characters, some viewers just self-admittedly decide to HATE them for not being perfect. I find this appalling.

I usually stand by my opinion even if I am alone with it. so you can spare your patronising remarks. That was meant to be an illustration that wishing an unhappy end for the protagonists just because they cheated is not the most polished way of thinking when you are about to judge a complex creation like human being, to put it mildly, and I am not the only one with my observation that some of the viewers act like emperors after a gladiator fight. For Barry's motivations there are plenty of suggestions down there, well before episode 4 aired. I am not sure whether they will be right, but they do make sense.

To me it seems you are the one who did not get what my problem is. Scroll up and you will see. I am not the only one who came to that conclusion.

Cheating is not the nicest thing in the world but it is not the crime of the century either, no matter how the governess choir beemoans. It is a very common act to happen to millions of people, usually when the emotion takes control over sense. And they do not act as if they ignore it. It is clear from Barry's monologue as well as from the teaser of ep 5. But anyway, I am sick up to the back teeth with the bunch of hypocrites switching to Spanish inquisition mode straight away the moment a BL character proves fallible. If anything means higher standards that is the courage to show BL protagonists who make several mistakes, do make the wrong choices on numerous occasions, lose their self-respect, lie, act irrationally, often live for the happy moment they might regret later, and in general are just flesh and blood, instead of sticking to super-preachy narrative and faultless princes for the sake of philistines getting their panties in a bunch when characters are not strictly Saint Thomas Aquinas incarnate.

Once again, if you are a BL protagonist, do not dare to be gullible, human, frail, do not ever dare to make a mistake, like every other human being makes out of passion. If you are not the pillar of the most imperturbable moral, the Torquemadas come and get you. Christ on a bike. When did BL world has become the churh of 19th century spinster governess mentality? Duh.

No offence, but it is a reasonably shallow thing to do, especially judging a whole series for just that one. It is soft not porn. And we don't know whether they are straight or gay or whatever, Teejay Marquez is admittedly pan btw.

Karissa and Z are my picks too, but Keijee Mesina as Heaven was very good too imho. Some will no doubt find him over the top, but that is because he is a proudly effeminate gay character. I am actually quite content with the acting all the way, including the leads. To me they were both effective and convincing. Yayo Aguila hammed it up indeed.

If that is the conclusion where you have come after reading comments quite elaborately detailing the complex issues people have with the outcome of this show, then your comprehension skills are not very strong, to put it mildly.

Comments on YT are always 90% positive under just about every BL show. And not all the comments are negative here either. Even most negative ones here emphasize the positive aspects of this series, like acting, characterisation, production, cinematography, music, dialogue, etc.

By the finale the show literally became a cautionary tale - and a rather pedantic, preachy-toned one - for homophobic parents and jealous friends on what no to do. Not that it means they do not get instant redemption and even being told it is not their fault. Sorry, I am not crying like a river, in spite of being a very sentimental person. It never works for me when they try too hard, especially when doing it by overused melodramatic tropes. Hats off to the superb cast and the excellent production, the writer should not be so pleased with himself, although it is pretty clear he seems to think he has given us something special.

By the finale the show literally became a cautionary tale - and a rather pedantic, preachy-toned one - for homophobic parents and jealous friends on what no to do. Not that it means they do not get instant redemption and even being told it is not their fault. Sorry, I am not crying like a river, in spite of being a very sentimental person. It never works for me when they try too hard, especially when doing it by overused melodramatic tropes. Hats off to the superb cast and the excellent production, the writer should not be so pleased with himself, although it is pretty clear he seems to think he has given us something special.

Skimming through the comments I have the impression that some viewers instantly get the shudders if the characters of a show were not strictly Saint Thomas Aquinas incarnate. Yes, Ben and Jim have many flaws, they make several mistakes, they do make the wrong choices on numerous occasions, they hurt others as well as they hurt themselves and each other. But for the love of God, all the hardship is very realistic. Yes, people do behave like them, people lose their self-respect, people lie, people act irrationally, people often live for the happy moment they might regret later. This series is apparently intent on showing how gullible people could be when they fall in love, probably not even with the right person, and it is portrayed and acted very well by all concerned.

Like just about every Pinoy series, due to the typhoon

Only segment 3 has matching subs

Actually, it is even more that that. Yoda purposefully triggered Katsuragi's sexual instincts to make him realize he wants to live.

Like I said earlier, if they overturn all this in ep 8. If that’s the case, the ending would necessarily be contrived, highly unconvincing and unsatisfactory. It is already a mess, though. Some came up with the idea this might be one of Ken's plays. That would be a shade better version of overturning than the classic "Bobby Ewing comes back" trick. Pity because the production is smart, characterisations are well-drawn, acting is a feast, Sadly the plot went off rails in the second half.

Karissa Toliongco, the actress playing Sandee tweeted the following "Tama ba mga theories niyo (are your theories correct)? #MyExtraordinaryEP7 OOOPSSS not yet! Wait until #MyExtraordinaryFinale". So she also hinted that something unexpected might happen. This may be a red herring, though.

I pick a third one: you are an arrogant, patronising, passive-aggressive prick who is not only convinced of having the stone of wisdom but feels entitled to tell people how they should feel. Get lost.

Ken is at fault also, he was irresponsible. But it is also Monica’s fault who couldn’t wait till Ken goes home once the weekend is over, and scared the shit out of him with that call in the middle of the night and ordered him to go home.