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Ashamed to be addicted to this HOT as hot, 'hot mess'!
REVIEW PART TWO:
Ep 6-7 And Now I'm (Ashamed) Hooked.
I hate myself (only idiomatically -- not in real life!) I originally thought this was cr*p -- (See review Part One) but others were rating it so highly; so I watched another couple of episodes. The NC has got more consensual but it's still on the Less Consensual end of the Consensual continuum. Ing is still creepy -- but also s3xy hot in a trainwreck kind of a way.
The acting, while often puzzling, is convincing (I'm just not sure what I'm being convinced of...) Usually the music in BLs just passes me by but the soundtrack in this is really matching the action well. And EVERYONE is conflicted and confused and manipulated.
I was particularly struck by the performance of the two escorts; Force with his resilience and ability to face life head on and poor sweet little Junior - in the tiger's den with a very self-indulgent tiger...
The storyline is a bit of a trainwreck too - zig zagging back and forth from; "It's all on" to "It's all off" repeatedly. The business stuff is cartoonish. (And I think Ing's ruthlessness to poor little Jelly Bear reminds us all that he may be playing cute with Yok - but when he fights (it's completely believable that he can hold his own with a boxing champion) because he fights like a junk-yard dog.)
The whole thing is, as they say, a hot mess. But to my shame I'm finding it a HOT hot mess!
Episode 7 & 8: I AM SICILY P -- AND I AM A FIL ADDICT!
(Everybody is very consensual about everything!)
REVIEW PART ONE
Ep 1-5 I feel like I need a shower (and not in a good way.)
Struggled with this since the beginning -- this is creepy. The supposedly gorgeous Ing is a top tier businessman who looks like a wasted rock muso who spends every night till the wee hours, in a seedy bar. His clothing style is sort of camp hero*n chic. In what universe would any businessman say, "Yes this is a solid guy I'd like to do business with him."?
All the NC so far has been the other NC -- as in non consensual.
I'm only halfway through and it makes me feel like I need a shower (and not in a good way.)
This rests on the foundation of one of the nastier BL tropes -- force someone to have s*x with you often enough and they'll fall for you. Sorry guys it doesn't actually work that way. And did I mention Ing is seriously creepy...
Ep 6-7 And Now I'm (Ashamed) Hooked.
I hate myself (only idiomatically -- not in real life!) I originally thought this was cr*p -- (See review Part One) but others were rating it so highly; so I watched another couple of episodes. The NC has got more consensual but it's still on the Less Consensual end of the Consensual continuum. Ing is still creepy -- but also s3xy hot in a trainwreck kind of a way.
The acting, while often puzzling, is convincing (I'm just not sure what I'm being convinced of...) Usually the music in BLs just passes me by but the soundtrack in this is really matching the action well. And EVERYONE is conflicted and confused and manipulated.
I was particularly struck by the performance of the two escorts; Force with his resilience and ability to face life head on and poor sweet little Junior - in the tiger's den with a very self-indulgent tiger...
The storyline is a bit of a trainwreck too - zig zagging back and forth from; "It's all on" to "It's all off" repeatedly. The business stuff is cartoonish. (And I think Ing's ruthlessness to poor little Jelly Bear reminds us all that he may be playing cute with Yok - but when he fights (it's completely believable that he can hold his own with a boxing champion) because he fights like a junk-yard dog.)
The whole thing is, as they say, a hot mess. But to my shame I'm finding it a HOT hot mess!
Episode 7 & 8: I AM SICILY P -- AND I AM A FIL ADDICT!
(Everybody is very consensual about everything!)
REVIEW PART ONE
Ep 1-5 I feel like I need a shower (and not in a good way.)
Struggled with this since the beginning -- this is creepy. The supposedly gorgeous Ing is a top tier businessman who looks like a wasted rock muso who spends every night till the wee hours, in a seedy bar. His clothing style is sort of camp hero*n chic. In what universe would any businessman say, "Yes this is a solid guy I'd like to do business with him."?
All the NC so far has been the other NC -- as in non consensual.
I'm only halfway through and it makes me feel like I need a shower (and not in a good way.)
This rests on the foundation of one of the nastier BL tropes -- force someone to have s*x with you often enough and they'll fall for you. Sorry guys it doesn't actually work that way. And did I mention Ing is seriously creepy...
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