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Nah he didn't throw him under the bus at all, really. The teacher asked if he was dating Takeyung. He said, "no" and that's true. The added "I was just being nice to him because he was new" isn't a half-truth, but not a full blown lie. Him saying "It's not like that" to a group of people sh*t-talking him also isn't throwing Taekyung under the bus either. The rumor is: Daon is gay and he's dating Taekyung. 1) Nobody's obligated to know your sexual identity until you're ready and 2) he isn't dating Taekyung.

I don't think Daon deserves much of any of this, really. He has no support from his family, but he has the obligation of holding up their reputation at the school. Right when he starts to realize he's gay, he has the guy who loves him, but he's completely overwhelmed by him and Sohee aggressively stalking him. Take all that and add being outed to the entire school. So what if he had been quick about being open with everyone about liking Tae? He would still end up in the same position which is: about to have every other aspect of his life ruined.

Tbh this is why I'm conflicted about how this could possibly end. If it's Shinwoo/Taekyung then it sucks because Daon not only realizes his sexuality, but also realizes his first love (Taekyung) only to be outed to the entire school and his best friend (Shinwood) gets the guy (and Taekyung liked Daon first to begin with) . If it's Daon/Taekyung (which I don't think it is), then Shinwoo's character will have ultimately served very little purpose other than distraction.

We still have quite a few episodes to go though, so I don't wanna speculate too much since there's still a lot of room for my opinions to change.

There was so much going on in LBC that, even though his role wasn't that minor, it's not totally surprising that you would have forgotten him. The only reason I do is because I think the actor who he was coupled with was really cute and because of how f'ed up their story arc was.

That seems like a sound decision.

There's almost no doubt in my mind that we'll be seeing more of that actor and I'm looking forward to it.

After next week's finale, I think we all should just quietly forget this show ever happened. With other BL out right now like Light On Me, Given, and The Yearbook, it shouldn't be too hard.

Not as long as I'd like it to have been and the writing wasn't that good, but still a decent movie (in terms of cp chemistry and acting skills) with very few lulls throughout. The romantic scenes were very steamy too. This movie deserves at least two sequels imo.

Thank you for this!

Yep. Shinwoo us already been through at least somewhat of the trauma both Daon and Taekyung are facing now. Both of them need him so much right now, even if in different ways,

For me personally, I’m not invested in this series for romance’s sake, but for the development of all the characters. Sohee’s awful, but I want to see her learn (also suffer). Namgoong s everything right and I want to see him not only get a good ending, but the BEST ending. The teacher kickstarted this whole thing by wanting Taekyung to be more friendly and has been giving sound advice along the way, so I’d like to see some of that come to fruition. Daon is having every confused (not even “in the closet”, but properly confused) gay high school kid’s crisis topped with being student class president (in senior year), being the popular guy AND the son of rich investors. Gay kids face ridiculous rates of abandonment and/or suicide, so I’m just hoping for any sort of breakthrough with him. Shinwoo has experienced all the trauma and the goal is clear for him, but he hasn’t asserted himself enough to be worth Taekyung’s attention yet. Shinwoo deserves happiness and the guy he likes, but let’s make the guy he likes (TK) actually realize that in some way…any way. Finally, Taekyung. He’s paper. Nothing well hidden.. about him. The only glimpse of a deeper personality we get about him is through Namgoong’s questions to him. Other than that, he’s floundering (in my opinion), but I still want closure for him, if for no other reason than extreme curiosity.

It’s not about Daon/Taekyung or Shinwoo/Taekyung endgame, it’s about seeing if and how all these characters are going to achieve something/reach a point of peace before the series is over.

If I’m honest, for Taekyung, I don’t know. I don’t know anyone who’s as forward with his own feelings, but as impatient with others’ feelings as Taekyung. That’s what distances him from both Shinwoo and Daon equally IMO. He talks too much about himself and his own perception of Daon without knowing how to understand Daon or even inquire as to how f’ed up his background situation is and he’s also really bad at reading Shinwoo’s (not so) subtle communication too…not that Shinwoo is an expert at communicating either, but it’s episode 11 and from what we’ve seen, Taekyung STILL doesn’t actually get that Shinwoo likes him.

ALSO very true.

Thats true and part of me hopes it’s not, but I wouldn’t be surprised, though.

Not sure if anyone has already come up with this theory, but what if Taekyung just ends up by himself? They’re in their senior year now which means the friend group and any romantic relationship that forms has a possibility of ending as they go off to university. What if that meet-up around the fire is like some time in the future after high school and his saying “My first love is among these three” is just a reference to the fact that he did in fact love one of them in the past, but doesn’t necessarily mean he loves them now? Maybe I’m thinking too much. 😅

Oh I feel like that redemption arc is gonna come within the next two episodes.

If Korean high schools do senior superlative awards, Namgoong should get one for having been able to tell So-Hee she's an absolutely terrible person without actually telling her her she's an absolutely terrible person...and so many different times too.

Namgoong: Do I need to get involved?
Me screaming at the tv: YES!!!

The (b)romance was much better in this one considering this movie really when it starts. This movie was actually just better than the first one in general. Nevertheless, I still watched it in 2x speed when the main leads weren't on the screen. lol

That's what I'm thinking, but...I'm like still a *little* bit curious.

For some reason, I thought this drama did have 10 episodes, but then last week I noticed that it has 8.

Np :)