ShanTeaTime

A Lovely Ghost Story About Love, Acceptance and Basketball

So what a beautiful series. I took issue with the ending, but we'll get to that. What I've learned yet again is that I love Singto so much. Seriously as an actor he will break your heart in anything he touches. Shatter it to pieces because he's such a sweetie, with a sweet face and demeanor. The melt your heart type of actor that I kept calling baby boy throughout this series lol he gets to you like that!

I knew this series was going to get to me because our main character is a young person whose died. But holy crap it got to me more and more as it progressed! I loved the buildup of Med and Thun's relationship, it was so wholesome and heartwarming. As soon as Thun lit the incense as Med's grave I knew this pairing was special. Then you find out he can see him because Thun is a medium. Signed, sealed, delivered they will fall in love and be super connected.

Seeing Med right off the bat waiting around at his tomb for no one was what set me off first with tears. Wtf show that was so sad! Then these two driving around (because Med can finally leave the graveyard) with the top down. Second time, total tears and Med giving Thun peace as a child about his dad's passing. There weren't a lot of dry moments during this show. I could sense immediately that there could be interferences in Thun's life with this relationship, since he's coming off as basically insane talking to himself in public constantly. Seriously that gave me such anxiety seeing people constantly staring at him in public!

Med becomes Thun's cheating mechanism basically throughout this story, in school (watching Med walk around the classroom was hilarious) and in basketball. Which by the way FINALLY a Thai BL with basketball and not soccer (football) lol, I love basketball so my day has come! I liked that the girl in the group (Praifah) wasn't your typical third-wheel impeding on the main couple's love story. She was actually a legit friend, character and ultimately helped Thun figure out he was gay. Hello heteronormativity you're not welcome here! The homophobic teasing was so aggravating, but it was needed in this to show the reality. Which by the way that coming out scene with him and his mom was one of the best I've seen in BL's. So emotional! The actor (Ohm) did a great job with the emotion in this. Especially in that scene and the rooftop scene with Med fading in and out but Thun poured his heart out. So good.

So as much as I loved this show, there were some things that I was either confused by or took issue with. One thing I was confused by is whether or not they made Med slightly translucent in certain shots or was it just the lighting? Like in the mall scenes. It could've been either and I wish it was more obvious. Another one was the "rules" of being a ghost. Meaning why were they emphasizing at one point Med being able to touch things? When that already happened with the laptop prior and it wasn't discussed lol. It might've just been when he's able to pick up things but it was confusing. Now the biggest issue I had with the show was the ending. Unfortunately I didn't like it very much. I kinda wish Med had indeed moved on, since that's what was built up for so long and the emotional weight was perfectly heavy. Like I literally had to tell people in the same room not to look at me during the last episode, I was sobbing that badly. When Med dissapeared I was SHOOK! I would've loved for this whole show to have been about Thun's gathered experiences from Med's love and lessons. Not a weird open ending of "it's not my time yet" and not knowing when that "time" will be or if he will just be with Thun until Thun dies. This easily would've been a 10/10 without this strange ending.

Even though I felt that way about the ending. I still want to end the review with more positives. The traditional sounding music used throughout this show was beautiful. The revelation of why Thun and Med can touch sometimes was so sweet. The kisses were heartfelt. The plot twist of the mom being Med's friend in the past was weird at first but interesting! I didn't see it coming and it continued the "fates collide" underlying plot of the show. I also liked that Thun got his gift of seeing ghosts from his mom.

Initially I saw the 8 episode length and was like wtf is this so short!? But looking back it worked well. The episodes are longer and it starts the blooming of the relationship going far earlier than normal (episode 4). Definitely watch this if you haven't! But honestly I would skip the last part of the final episode. It would've been a better ending in my opinion. Though I get many want a happy ending no matter what! I shall end this with a quote that broke my heart from out dear Med.

"Sometimes I feel like I didn't really exist even when I was alive." Baby boy we know you existed don't worry!

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Don't Say No...Until Episode 11!

Okay first off. I had no idea this was even happening. These 2 (Fiat & Leo) were my least favorite couple in TharnType season 2. So I was really hoping this series would give me more reason to like them! Especially with Fiat's character. Well, I can honestly say the series did just that! For the most part. Let's get into it.

By episode 2 I think I went; "Okay yes they are doing exactly what I wanted them to." AKA, giving Fiat a story arch/family background and not having him just be a bratty homewrecker. Were finally seeing repercussions and I started to feel for him deeply! His reasoning behind not expressing to Leo his feelings become clearer. The way he reacts to situations or people (like his stepmom) become crystal clear due to his psycho manipulative and abusive mother. Dude clearly uses sex in order to cope with his trauma and unhappiness. That was really smart to go down that path! Though of course being "promiscuous" isn't a bad thing, however using it as a coping mechanism is not good. Poor baby! We move onto the horror that is his exes. Nobody deserves to have their business out like that. Meaning the sex tape being leaked. It's also illegal due to lack of consent of distribution! First's acting really shown during these scenes. One thing though I wanted to add was this show going into Fiat getting tested for STD's. Because that's for his own safety and Leo's. As well as very important! Overall though I think episode 3 is the strongest in the series. Side note: The underwear scene had me DYING! Fiat you into some sexy underwear good for you!

Moving on to Leo. All I could think during the majority of this series was, Leo is so f-ing sweet! Why is he so sweet!? We love a consensual king! Orphanage donations, checking Fiat's mouth out after he burned himself. Bi***! His character still isn't the most rounded out, butttt he's a lot more likable in this. Though the way his character shifts dramatically at the ending is problematic. But we'll get to that. Let's move on to Fiat & Leo together. Seeing Ja and First together was very believable. Behind the scenes too, they are hilarious! Good job selling me on the drama because they are the opposite. They are so compatible together as actors. Even during the spicy scenes, the chemistry never waned (it actually skyrocketed during parts) so good job! I loved that we had a series FINALLY with a couple from episode 1. Let's see the trials and tribulations of being in a relationship, and not just how they get together. Like Fiat being more experienced sexually, whereas Leo is not experienced at all. All very real and interesting as hell to see!

Side couple time. At first I was like...really? Leon and Pob? But as it continued I was like...YES! I didn't think I'd end up liking Leon's character at all. He's the stereotypical wealthy player, but the series quickly dropped that after he starts pursuing Pob. Which was great! Also good on the series for using the terms pansexual and non-binary when discussing Leon's past relationships. We need more of that diversity! So Leon and Pob's relationship started out with a cat lol and of course the cat died. Which I knew was going to happen! Their first kiss was adorable (and bougie lol). Their first time was actually even better than Leo & Fiat's in some ways. Their kissing was on point! Snapped for real.

All of this stands. But I still want a Cir and Phugun series though! Anywaysss, so everything was pretty great with this series. Until episode 11. Booooo. We had huge hypocrisy coming from Leo's character. I wanted to strangle him for how stupid he was being all of a sudden! We had more blackmail. Which was good the first time around, but now was getting stale. What happened? Like why series!? So that was bad enough, but then....the last episode airs. I'm going to give you an accurate interpretation of my thoughts during the episode:

"Fiat be looking GOOD in this final ep. Okay this convo between Leo and Fiat is giving me toxic vibes and that's not good dude! No he cannot lock you or tie you up baby! Were not repeating this mom nonsense Fiat. Like I'm all for the kink, but this was not done well enough to project that into the actual story! It's just coming off weird and uncomfy. Way to mess up a great side couple too with a weird out of nowhere breakup. Like WTF I hate this episode. It seems like its setting up for a second season though. And we're gonna go from a sad fu*****scene to KINK. WHAT!? But its hot lmao I can't, Fiats moaning lmao and they're shaking the painting on the wall bi***! Fiats jacket has been buttoned and unbuttoned like 3 times. Okay we don't combat revenge porn with more revenge porn. Lets get that straight. Kissing on the court YES, but where's the ring!?"

And end scene. That pretty much sums it up. I was angry, slightly amused, shook and then disappointed by the end. Watch this series over TTS2 FOR SURE, but honestly stop at ep 10. It'll save you heartache!

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Huge Improvement In Everything From First Season, We Want More Episodes Though!

So it's no secret that I didn't loveeee the first season of "2Gether". I loved the side characters, but the main couple didn't seem to have much chemistry. However, that has completely changed in this one! I don't know if they took more classes together or because the characters have been together for 1 year now they chose to show it more? Either way it worked, so Tine and Sarawat have grown on me.

First of all, the intro sequence they made for this was freaking adorable. Were introduced to the concept being 1 year in, which is an interesting set up. I wasn't sure how well it would go considering this season is only 5 episodes long sadly. I'm sure the network could've pulled for a much longer season 2 but part of me thinks COVID had something to do with it. The budget for this season was clearly increased though because of its popularity, so come on man! Give us a season 3 as well that's longer.

Moving onto the characters. Like I said before Tine and Sarawat grew on me ALOT during this season specifically, they were super sweet and we got an actual KISS at the end. Not 1, but 2 and it was legit. The writers clearly listened to the fans which is awesome! So the chemistry finally snuck its way into the show. I also wanted to ask when Man and Type became so freaking good as a couple? Like they were arguably the best couple of the show from their maturity and contrasting personalities that work as a solid couple. Like Type is super composed, organized and slightly stuck up. Where Man is goofy and expressive in every way, especially in love. Really fun to see them interact! I did want more of Type in this actually though, seeing as he's Tine's older brother and all I would've liked to see more interactions. Phukong and Mil I still don't care about and probably never will lol but that's fine.

Again though, the side characters take the show for me. Green is still my heart and soul, Gun plays him to perfection and every time he was on screen (which was a lot more this season YAY!) I was laughing, grinning like an idiot and loving life. Apparently he be getting it on in the backyard with his boo Dim lol, so that was a development. Him and Dim's relationship in this could've been annoying, but I just found their lovers quarrels hilarious. They clearly love each other so much, but are both just stubborn and outspoken. Though Dim needs to calm down sometimes for real, in the first season he was alittle scary and I worried about how he treated Green. But he was slightly better in this (slightly), though he still needs to figure out how to talk to people (especially his bf) without coming off poorly 95% of the time. Green keeps him in line though so that's a plus! Also I love that Green and Tine are close friends now, its nice going from the first season of avoidance plotlines to now where they work together and hug it out! Overall, I was very happy with this follow up story. It was funny, charming and well-done. The only thing that got on my nerves was the ads in this, they seemed to be somehow even more shoved in our faces lol.

I shall leave this review with a quote from the show that I liked. Also PETITION FOR GREEN TO GET HIS OWN SPINOFF SERIES

"We can't care about everyone all the time, just care about those who care about us."

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Toxic BL Drama Show That Shows How Much BL's Have Improved

Okay so who lied to me and said this was a really good series? Because it really wasn't it was actually pretty bad. If you like this series probably don't read the rest of my review, because it's going to be pretty negative and roastful.

First of all, the whole "stepbrother romance thing" is weird enough upfront. I don't like that plotline, especially not in the context of this story. The parental issues our 2 main characters have was actually quite interesting though, so I'll give the show that. Also Bai Luo Yin's father was the best character in the show. But it's overshadowed by the crap later on.

Our main characters Bai Luo Yin and Gu Hai are really pretty boring. One is a borderline crazy stalker and eventual kidnapper (Gu Hai) while the other is exceedingly stubborn and wants seemingly nothing to do with the other for the most part (Bai Luo Yin). These traits make up just straight up bad character portrayals. The actors themselves played the parts well, but I just couldn't stand their characters at all. Especially together, which is where we get into the super serious problems I had with this series. STOP ROMANTICIZING SEXUAL ASSAULT. Too many BL series do this, granted not so much anymore because I think they finally realize it's super not okay. But back in the day, like when this aired it was too common. Literally Gu Hai's character does all these pretty kind things throughout the show and then BAM, he's literally an awful person! He has Bai Luo Yin kidnapped, tied up and he forces himself upon him. Assault does not always just mean sex by the way, if someone isn't interested in being groped or kissed DON'T DO IT! Then the show doesn't address any of it ever again. Absolutely not.

Amongst the varying levels of toxicity thrown into later episodes randomly, there's this weird disease subplot that also pissed me off. DO NOT get a disease for someone, like wtf that's so stupid and careless to throw in there! I mean it ends up being not real, but the idea is stupid and not something to be romanticized along with everything else. Also random note, the music in this show was weird too. Like either brokeback mountain esque, loud dubstep or whatever else. So weird, please don't watch this. I feel like because it was banned a lot of viewers have this weird attachment to the show? Well I went in knowing this and still hated it. I'm glad LGBTQ BL representation is getting much MUCH better with shows like UWMA and LBC. These types of important topics need to be portrayed correctly please and were definitely improving!

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2 Baddies Bein Anything But Buddies

Okay so I didn't love this as much as most. I know that. I think I just wanted more from the romance aspect of it. We spend so much time having these 2 freak out over keeping their feelings a secret. From each other, their friends and their parents. That we don't get enough time with them as a legit couple. So though I thought the chemistry was amazing, it could've been utilized so so much more! Like ITSAY level of tension.

One thing that I will say that's super positive is.... hello actual amazing kiss WHOA. So much desperation in that entire scene. Well done seriously. This is the level I'm talking about! Just not enough of it over the span of the series. Like even when a couple isn't together yet in a series, you gotta sell it to us viewers harcore! Other than that amazing kiss I also loved the little sister getting with Ink. That was so sweet and needed within these types of shows!

Other smaller things I liked. One being instead of going with "The only guy I'd ever like is you" trope they went for straight up pansexuality , liking whoever you're comfortable with because gender doesn't matter. Another thing we need more of in BL. The revelation of why the families are feuding was also well done. I would've held a grudge too! I wouldn't of put it on my kids, but I understood it.

I hope to see these two leads together again. I've seen them in other series and it was great! But their chemistry is too good to waste. Please let it happen!

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Charlie Deserved Better...The Series

Okay so I wasn't a super fan of the first season to begin with. Charlie and Babe are very toxic of a relationship, they started toxic and though they didn't end season 2 completely toxic it was still TOXIC. The amount of times I screamed at the screen "Charlie you deserve better!" this season was insane. He's not perfect either, but this entire season was just him getting bullied in his relationship, him needing to lose his memories for others, etc. The entire Willy/Babe plotpoint could've been easily avoided with communication and less stupidity on Babe's characters part. But no, it was drawn out and frustrating! The entire bringing creepy daddy back from the dead plotline felt forced, I kept forgetting he was back and then they'd throw a scene with him in it and I was like oh yeah that's still happening. They semi ruined my favorite character Alan by having him go idiotic towards the latter half of the show, which was confusing. Bringing Nut back as Chris the twin was weird, North and Sonic I gave up on caring about since season one. Finally Kim and Kenta had NO POINT. Which was annoying because I was really looking forward to seeing them together again! Imma just watch 'Long Beans' again for that I guess. Overall, though I enjoy these actors this season was just not very good. And no...the spice didn't help up the rating for me. It was just kind of there.

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HIStory 6: Has Got To Be Better Than This

This 5th series of HIStory somehow was worse than the 4th...which is saying something. HIStory 4 had a weird brother-romance plotline (which continues in this series btw lol) but its main couple was still fine mostly. This series every couple was a hot mess. Let's start off with the fact that there's time travel in this, which non-realistic plots have been done in HIStory before so that's not the problem. It's that it makes for a really weird main romance. Why? Because Johnny (our time-traveler) has met with his love interest Hai Yi (strange upper class whiny boi) when Hai Yi was a small child and Johnny was already an adult. Because it was in the past! Whyyyyy did they choose to make that a plot choice? They really didn't need to!

Our second couple Vincent and Wynn were a big age gap but they seemed alright at first. Then it started to get drawn out and so lack of communication and so much fighting that I was like...dude what's the point of them? We had an age gap couple in HIStory 3: MODC which is my favorite series of the franchise! We didn't need it again but without nuance and so much confusion.

Lastly, other than the terrible plot throughout. The ending was bad too. We had this "will he or won't he?" with Johnny going back to his original time period since episode 1. What was potentially going to get him to go back was his grandmother, whose dead in the current day timeline (because duh she'd be like a fossil by then). However, the series does nothing inventive to solve this situation. There's no going back, there's just him coming to terms with it basically? I get he's found love now but honestly I thought he'd take Hai Yi back with him or visit the past at least one more time. Like tf was that cop out? Last thing, like I mentioned our problematic brother couple from like series is back in this. Why? I don't know, especially with the backlash from it! They get engaged and its just plot padding.

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I Am Not Okay That This Ended!!!

So this is one of the best Korean dramas I've ever seen. No joke. It's everything I could've ever wanted in a drama like this, in that niche of romance being mixed with other important topics. Mental health is now something to be discussed over in Korea, finally and its so wonderful! So to see an entire show dedicated to mental health discussions in various forms. Treating it with dignity and compassion, seeing these characters all heal their emotional wounds. It's very touching and heartbreaking as well as pretty thorough! We go from a son from a wealthy political candidate whom just wants to be seen, to a woman whose assumed a childlike state to cope with her past parents abuse, to an elderly man coping with severe ptsd from the war. Holy crap it was all such an amazing set of experiences to watch and see the growth of all these characters. They weren't even our main characters but it all still felt so fleshed out!

I want to touch upon the overall visuals of this series before going into the main characters/storyline. To put it upfront, they were spectacular. The animation style with the dark aesthetic, the intro sequence with the stop-motion and beautiful music. As well as Moon-Young's books style. It's all very Tim Burton esque and its soooooooo good man. Like its my favorite thing ever! There's also some use of black and white film footage that had me shook to the core as a film student!

So now we will move on to the characters. Moon-Young is my queen for real. The crushing is HARD lol. She's gorgeous, fierce with her literal throne, fashion sense and black nails. Even though I loved her, I wasn't sure if her character would be able to garner sympathy necessarily. Since she is so cold at the beginning and for a good chunk of the show. All of it makes total sense though as the story progresses and its not her fault at all. She's developed this anti-social personality to clearly cope with past trauma from her parents, whom are literal evil people. You're going to embody being a "witch" if its what people called you, including your own father! Once you understand that her character sometimes does these outlandish cruel seeming things to push people to be better in her own way, it all comes together. She's not just a piece of artwork to be groomed or long hair to be pulled! An interesting thing Moon-Young said during the series was that she hated flowers that fell apart petal by petal, she prefers ones like magnolias that fall all at once. Something interesting to think about looking back at her character development.

Now we're moving onto the brothers. Gang-Tae is also very beautiful, my bisexual a** was struggling during this series! He's kind-hearted and you feel deeply for his character from the start. He's flawed, but I thanked god for that because I didn't want a perfect character! Everyone needed to grow during this series. His brother Sang-Tae was an amazing representation of autism spectrum disorder. Their relationship as brothers was my favorite to watch throughout the show, not even the romance! It was so wholesome and I couldn't take it! When Sang hugs his brother and comforts him, that was beautiful and so hard to do with autism. He assumed his older brother role and it was just TEARS. Children do not have to be "useful" to their parents, they are their own person to love.

So like I said, I loved the individual patient storylines interlaced into the main story. Those were great. The main plot of the mystery surrounding our main characters pasts was fascinating too and didn't disappoint! Was it overly dramatic sometimes? Sure, but it was hella entertaining! I thought each main characters past was really well done and the mystery surrounding Moon-Young's mother was really solid too. Even the romance was pretty good! I liked seeing the love blossom from something she thought was necessary to something that was necessary for both of them to heal. The only storylines that I didn't care for was the side-couple nonsense. There was already so much good packed in that we didn't need that at all. Ju-Ri could've just been single and found her own happiness without a man. By the end though every character had developed so much and grown, ending with each of them finding their own individual happiness. It's such a good pay off and I swear I teared up every single episode. WATCH THIS SHOW! I wish I could relive it again!

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The Exact Opposite Of Season One. Uninteresting and Slow

So I noticed that by the time we were halfway through this sequel show nothing had happened yet. Just domestic stuff, work issues and Tharn wanting to get married. This is okay if the stuff they were showing was interesting but it really wasn't. I found myself hoping that more would happen in this series, but once they changed the director I had a feeling it wouldn't have the same storytelling element that the first season had. Which worked so well. Even the pacing in this was so trash. Some scenes were so long and it was really weird. The first season was fast and it worked! There was no gap space where with this it was literally an entire show of gap space.

There were a new set of characters introduced. We had Fiat who is such a shitty character. Lhong was more interesting as a antagonist, where Fiat just gets on your damn nerves (Update: He's much better in the companion series!) . Leo was confusing. I didn't really care much for him and his pushy domineering attitude (Update: Again much better in the companion series!!) . Cir and Phu are mad cute, though I question how that even happened lol they are so different. Then the doc (whose actual name I totally forget) was kind of forgettable. Was he sweet? Sure, but that's not enough to make a character interesting. Discussing the recurring characters quickly, Techno comes back with his crackhead energy. Which has been cranked up to 11 this season around. He was better presented in the first season, but he got a laugh out of me a few times in this at least. Tharn and Type are the same characters for the most part. Maybe slight changes? But nothing too distinguishable. The only thing I can say are heightened are the love scenes, go figure lol. Do I think the love scenes in this were better than the first season? Yes, yes I do. Mew and Gulf continue to be some of the best chemistry BL actors I've seen and they upped the stakes in this. Like my lord. Also Gulf needs to chill tf out with his facial expressions. He giving the camera the eyes every 5 minutes whenever Mew is in the scene with him I swear!

So...onto some plot holes. Literally we had to deal with Fiat's bs for a huge majority of this show. It was obnoxious and then we finally get to the supposed "cheating" scene. This is what was going through my mind during that episode. "But how is everyone on the roof all of a sudden at the same time!? What the actual - it doesn't make sense lmao. Is Leo just dust btw? Why is Fiat so stupid and blind. But also Leo being like "I can't lose him!" while subsequently ignoring him tf. They kidnapped HIM WHAT!?!? And Type threatening to basically bust in his kneecap. Okay this is extreme and traumatizing. Listen I know they need to get them together but seriously. " This was all an accurate depiction of my feelings during all the insanity. It was poorly done and made me almost bust a lung at how ridiculous it was when we were meant to take it seriously. At least I wasn't bored during it though. Then moving onto the ending. Type becomes a monk....what? Okay I guess he just gave up his medical profession? I enjoyed seeing the culture of Thailand's process with becoming a monk but from a storytelling standpoint it didn't really make sense. They (Tharn & Type) don't get married, you have to wait for a special episode for that and nobody really gets any consequences. The end.

I loved seeing the actors again but come on. This could've been something of worth to watch if they didn't half ass it the entire time. It really felt like that and it was so frustrating! You had a perfect set up and ruined it. Should've gotten the same director if you could. Also fix your fuc**** subtitles Line TV don't subtitle the lyrics of songs over the dialogue!!! Sorry ya'll Imma stick to the first season. Hope all the best for Mew and Gulf after this ending!

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HIStory 3 Made Me Stare At Tang AND Jack For Hours

I binged this entire series in 1 day with my best friend and I have no regrets. I liked the actors chemistry for both couples and the overall story was super interesting as well. I wish we would've gotten more "relationship" time shown on screen but what we did get was wholesome. It was a tie between Tang Yi and Jack was as my favorite character. Both actors are so fineeee. Holy crap I couldn't stop staring at them. Also (more importantly) their character portrayals were quite different from each other but both very well done! Andy's portrayal of Jack was really sweet, even if he was wearing leather gloves the entire time realistically he is such a soft boi. He also had this air of mystery to him that makes me want to see a spinoff of his past. Chris as Tang I think actually had some of the best acted scenes in the entire show. The character has to go from emotionally unavailable, cold and calculated to likable in a fairly short amount of time. The more you learn about Tang, the more you fall in love with him. He's actually just a very damaged, hurt person from his past and he needs love danggit! Which makes his relationship with Meng so much more believable and stronger because it's literally what he needs to be better. They're so different and it's hilarious seeing them interact off of eachother, like I was cracking up!

I should also mention that the writing in this show is actually really REALLY good. It could pass as a non-BL mystery cop drama easily. Everything flowed together story-wise, the entire mystery side of it was actually gripping and surprising where it went. I was devastated for Tang having to learn about his birth parents, to then lose Chen in the last episode. The man's been through enough already geez! So well done though. I can see why some viewers might dislike the ending but I thought it was pretty realistic. It probably would've been better if we saw a flash forward of him and Meng reuniting after release, but the implication is there so oh well! Definitely one to watch if you haven't, be ready for a well done story with some romance sprinkled in there for good measure.

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SUN-Y Twists

So I feel like many aren't aware that this is a spinoff of Max and Nat's characters from Y-Destiny which came out years ago. Which I did see and enjoyed! I don't think its required to watch it prior to this show, but it helps establish a little bit more with Sun and Nuea's characters. Either way, this show was interesting. It definitely flipped the script on a lot of BL tropes which I enjoyed and I could tell Max specifically was having so much fun with this role. Both of them played each other pretty damn well and it was fun to watch! Though the plot was a bit repetitive at times, the show didn't stretch its length too far and I enjoyed these 2 in a series I enjoyed more than 'Naughty Babe' which was rough lol.

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Prince or the Pauper? Up for You to Decide!

People are rating this show so low and its really kinda baffling to me. Since I've seen wayyyy worse execution of plots in BL's than this, but yet the reviews are higher? Maybe its because the budget and hype were higher? Not really sure, but here are my thoughts. This would've been a 9 or higher star rating if the show would've been 10-12 eps, it just went on too long after that. Zee and Nunew never disappoint, but I expect that from them at this point. The sets and everything involved with costuming were indeed elaborate. The side stories were pretty good, although the third secret prince (forgot his name lol) side story was completely unnecessary and could've cut the show time down nicely. Like we could've had the pollution from the mines storyline without that kid and the prince playing into it, and have just a barely kiss at the end. Like huh? One thing that bothered me was the lack of content warnings with this one, seeing as there's so much blatant abuse on screen and trauma. So beware of that. Overall, solid show with a story that was too drawn out.

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Top Form to Mid Form

This could've and should've been one of the best BL series from this year! I just have zero clue what even happened in the plot. I loved seeing Jin and Akin's relationship from the mentorship beginnings to actual lovers. I thought that the production aspects were really cool, though I also work in production so I may be biased haha. What started to lose me was the issues with the sasaeng aka stalker and Akin, as well as just us AGAIN in a BL needing some element of SA in the plot. We really don't and it just made me feel icky and also had me angry at Jin's character for a hot minute. Dude was way to quick to not reading the trauma on Akin's face and body after the fact, like be a better partner! He did redeem himself after awhile, but also I will forever say Johnny deserves JAIL and nothing less. The sasaeng stuff though was wild. Letting her go with a very lackluster warning and allowing the VICTIM to be in a room with her alone. Absolutely not. Overall, Smart and Boom are amazing and their chemistry is strong as hell (even with the unfortunate stuff going on right now with management). I am also now a total Boom simp, that man is just beautiful omg.

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Love Really Is In The Air

One of the best BL's I've seen periodt. Imma have to add this to my list of favorites! Both couples are amazing and unique in their own ways. Payu and Rain are a lot more lighthearted and freaky in their storyline, which was a great start. Prapai and Sky were a lot more intense and I will give a trigger warning because there is talks/showing of assault and trauma from Sky's character. Their storyline made me want to cry and I also loved it. Both couples chemistry was spot on and the intimate scenes were...definitely a lot more than what we usually get in BL's. I will say some of the writing was not great towards the end of Payu and Rain's story, like the kidnapping was random as hell lol. It didn't ruin the story though at all! Pai and Sky's actually felt pretty seamless all throughout.

I want a season 2 but I'm not sure if that will happen. We can only hope! Watch this series its very worth it.

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