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Yeah, what people who get mad at that, or don't like that, don't understand is that there's so much fluidity to sexuality. I think labels are silly anyway. If you want to call yourself something, that's one thing, but nobody else should put a label on you haha plus I think this world would be such a better place if people were just open to love period. I would consider myself straight, but if I happened to fall in love with someone from the same sex I wouldn't cut myself off from the possibility of pursuing love just because they're my same gender. That's so silly.

I agree with this. I also think they don't want to promise anything without having everything in order, like funding. I think they do a good job of waiting to say they're going to make a project when it can actually be seen to fruition. Unlike some that say it'll happen, even tease it and it falls through the cracks because the planning wasn't well done.

I hope they're able to continue the series, the whole team does such a good job on these. I think season one, though it gets a lot of flack now, was good. It had a rocky start because they had zero budget, which meant they weren't able to develop the storylines as fully but I think it was a good first attempt. You can really see the flourish of potential when Crossing the Line came out though, and they've knocked this out of the part every time since. Thank you for sharing this! Also I can totally believe C and W had major chemistry form the beginning, it shows.

I'll add that I also love so much that they're showing two very different couples, at two different points in their relationships even though they both started off around the same time. Sun Bo was always confident and sure about what he wanted, and he went after it and had a partner who was open and experienced (which made it easier). YXG shows how it's ok to be nervous, and your partner should be understanding and supportive even if they desperately want to move things forward like Hao Ting lol if they really love you they'll wait until you're ready for things to progress. I also like that they show this realistically. YXG doesn't not want to be with Hao Ting, he's just scared. He's feeling just as many feelings of attraction, but his inexperience is holding him back and that's a totally normal situation. You can still feel hot and heavy about someone, and be scared to take the final plunge. I also think Hao Ting characterized really well too, he's a young man with a healthy sexual appetite I'm sure lol so him already knowing he wants to move things forward but can't must be semi-torturous haha I think it's realistic that they show him trying to continue to initiate things, but also backing off without being accusing or upset. Like at the end when they were in his room on the computer, and how he simply just switched the conversation so YXG wouldn't feel pressured or upset. It's also great that they show him wanting to do things right and not being afraid to ask questions, or show that he doesn't know what he's doing with his friends. He even wanted to ask LZG LOL This was so long but there's just so much about this series I love, I can't help it. Can't wait to see how this is resolved, or what happens next episode!

their chemistry is seriously intense, the casting team did a great job.

I agree with you. The teaser for next ep is already out??

Weien and Xuan Zhi are the most perfect pairing. The casting directors behind HIStory are always so great at finding the pairs with the best chemistry together, even if you watch Weien and Xuan Zhi outside the series you can tell how comfortable and at ease they are with each other. Hao Ting and Xi gu kill me every episode! This is honestly one of the best BL released this year. There's so much about it that deals with real emotion and situations, and the portrayal by all the actors is ace. Watching it every week has been such a treat, definitely the series I most look forward to when it comes to updates.

The couples I'm most excited for right now are Bon/Duen and Ram/King. I think this will be a fun series, ever since I read the synopsis I was hoping we'd actually get it, so I'm happy it's really happening. Does anyone know if the novel has been translated?

Another great episode, I'm going to be devastated when this is over. What am I going to look forward to every Wednesday?

Agreed.

That makes sense, I get it. Personally I watch for the development and human aspects of the love story. Them falling in love is the whole point to me. I'm also a sucker for the right chemistry. I'm a big reader and my genre of choice is romantic fiction as well because I love the love story. I'm not sure why we're talking about this though lol The point I was making, was basically what @anchoremore wrote below, people aren't watching it for the storyline, they're watching it to ship the actors. It's less about the story as a whole and the quality of the production/acting which is unfortunate.

If you dropped it last week then you can't be talking about what I'm referring to. And it wasn't one scene. I'm sorry if it wasn't to your taste, that's unfortunate. Though my point stands that there's been a massive shift in reception, it's a trend that I've notice happening fairly frequently on here. It happened with Trapped, LBC, Crossing the Line and I wouldn't be surprised if it happens with UWMA. As soon as the plot develops, but coincidentally it usually happens right around when the main leads get together, there seems to be an interesting shift in perspective.

Every time the mom walks in I'm like "damn it!" LOL

I could see that. I think in a lot of ways what Hao Ting needs is a steadying influence or a "rock", which is what Xi Gu is for him. He has a sporadic, uncontrolled energy that gets him in trouble even though everyone that knows him praises his good character. In some ways I think they both can be passive/dominant which I've been noticing and enjoying about HIStory leads. It's a more realistic scenario that makes for enjoyable, complex characters.

Calling it right now. By the end of the series people are going to be on here praising it like happened with Make Our Days Count once the steamy scenes started up *massive eyeroll* every well-acted, carefully developed and interesting storyline gets complaints before the show has even had a chance to establish itself. I can at the very least appreciate the thought that went into who was portraying the characters, the acting has been great.

She's one of my favorites too lol she's hilarious. I think it's more people have a problem with female characters that aren't crazy, unbelievably silly/airheaded or evil in BL.

I stan Pete's dad. So far he's been the best thing about that whole relationship this series lol but seriously I get Kao's scared but I'm honestly kind of annoyed by the way he's been acting. He's not even giving his mom a chance and she's given no indication that she would be against their relationship. It bothers me a lot when there's contrived drama in a series that makes no sense other than that you know the writer was trying to come up with some kind of "believable" angst and couldn't think of anything original. It could also be that technically this story isn't supposed to center around Pete and Kao so it feels unnecessarily drawn out. From what I heard the whole novel centers around Sun and Mork, so it would make sense that the writers had to find some kind of story to give Pete and Kao screen time. I've enjoyed Tay's acting though, I felt the same when I watched him in 3 Will Be Free, the more I see of him the more I'm impressed. He's making the best of what he's been given for sure lol I can't wait until we get more into SunMork, who were the whole reason I was excited about this series to begin with (I really felt Pete/Kao could have ended with the last season, I would have been happy with a few fluff scenes here and there from them in between Sun/Mork lol). I'm enjoying where that's going so far any way haha

I agree the storyline for me is completely different. I think it's hilarious that people hate this simply for being loyal to Maki, when Maki wasn't even the original love interest for Haruta. Anyway, people are missing out if they're a fan of the first season and aren't at least giving it a chance. I actually really like the production this season as well. I'm excited to see how the story develops because right now I'm really enjoying Haruta and Naruse's dynamic.

Me!!!

Right! I loved that part too. I was so surprised by it, and I loved that they wrote the story like that.