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Fluff over Substance, again.
The characters experienced zero growth. Thee stayed the same, as out of touch as ever only now he’s also obsessed with Peach on top of that. Same with Peach, he started as the good samaritan guy, stayed the same, no changes. The only change is that he married Thee at the end, that’s it.
Their relationship was strange. Dynamic felt more like a parent child dynamic. Thee was so out of touch with everything that he needed Peach to explain to him the most basic concepts like saying thank you, apologizing, having manners etc etc. and that’s what usually parents teach their young children. Thee would do or say something outrageous and Peach would patiently and slowly explain in almost childlike, simple terms why the things Thee said or did were not ok. It’s not just the fact that he told Thee what was technically not ok or weird but specifically the way he explained it. Like a parent to a child, which made their dynamic at times a little uncomfortable to watch.
Humor, while I did enjoy it at first, wasn’t absurd enough to carry the whole show for me. The first couple episodes were fine but then the humor started disappearing more and more, being replaced with fluff, a touch of melancholy and audiences’ wish fulfillment. The main reason I decided to watch this show was bc of the viral and funny clips of Thee and I thought there would be more considering the show is 10 episodes long but alas, there wasn’t more. The best funny parts are all there to find as YouTube shorts. Just watch them instead If you’re thinking of starting the show mainly bc of the comedy.
Peach as an audience-insert.
Yeah, Peach was the bland straight guy (in comedic terms). He was the typical good guy with no interesting personally traits. His main function was to explain to Thee why his outbursts were wrong and also act as the audience self-insert. He’s the one Thee lives for, dotes on, buys things for and basically is ready to do everything for him. Peach though, is a strong, independent ̶w̶o̶m̶a̶n̶ so he doesn’t need all of Thee’s gifts bc he’s self- sufficient being the most sought after photographer in the country no less. But it’s still nice to feel doted on regardless, right? Thee is doting on the audience, not Peach. Peach is a mere vessel for said audience.
These types of audience self-inserts aren’t rare in the romance genre. Being a millennial I remember the hype Fifty Shades of Grey garnered as well as Twilight and those two were the epitome of reader/audience self-insert. Well, nothing has changed in the trends over the years it seems bc Me and The reflects the same idea and garners the same popularity.
The glamorization of money and wealth is nothing new in Thai BL but in this case it really rubbed me the wrong way. I’m not against wealthy characters or mafia love interests but in here it felt so gratuitous and tone deaf. Thee’s completely unlimited source of money, him buying unnecessary things, wasting said money on stupidity like paying for all sizes of engagement rings bc he couldn’t find out the right size of Peach’s finger. I know that it’s supposed to be funny and probably not to be taken too seriously but the overall humor isn’t continuous or absurd enough to ignore this glamorization of pure wastefulness. If the whole show (or at least most of it) was absurd comedy I wouldn’t have said a thing but it’s clearly not the case here so the tone-deaf constant flaunting of wealth stands out like a sore thumb.
The whole Aran/Tawan situation was stupid. Not even incomprehensible just stupid. They were an on and off couple that had their problems (never explained the depth or exact nature of those problems) and after Aran refused several times to get back together with Tawan he sure as hell still ran back to him tail wagging the moment Tawan got into a problem (of his own making). Then they hugged and everything was fine lol. No depth, no character development, just unnecessary superficial fluff.
Mhok and Rome were the only ones I was somewhat interested in but they clearly didn’t get enough screentime for anything really. You can barely call them a side couple with how little screentime they got (same with Aran and Tawan btw).
Their relationship was strange. Dynamic felt more like a parent child dynamic. Thee was so out of touch with everything that he needed Peach to explain to him the most basic concepts like saying thank you, apologizing, having manners etc etc. and that’s what usually parents teach their young children. Thee would do or say something outrageous and Peach would patiently and slowly explain in almost childlike, simple terms why the things Thee said or did were not ok. It’s not just the fact that he told Thee what was technically not ok or weird but specifically the way he explained it. Like a parent to a child, which made their dynamic at times a little uncomfortable to watch.
Humor, while I did enjoy it at first, wasn’t absurd enough to carry the whole show for me. The first couple episodes were fine but then the humor started disappearing more and more, being replaced with fluff, a touch of melancholy and audiences’ wish fulfillment. The main reason I decided to watch this show was bc of the viral and funny clips of Thee and I thought there would be more considering the show is 10 episodes long but alas, there wasn’t more. The best funny parts are all there to find as YouTube shorts. Just watch them instead If you’re thinking of starting the show mainly bc of the comedy.
Peach as an audience-insert.
Yeah, Peach was the bland straight guy (in comedic terms). He was the typical good guy with no interesting personally traits. His main function was to explain to Thee why his outbursts were wrong and also act as the audience self-insert. He’s the one Thee lives for, dotes on, buys things for and basically is ready to do everything for him. Peach though, is a strong, independent ̶w̶o̶m̶a̶n̶ so he doesn’t need all of Thee’s gifts bc he’s self- sufficient being the most sought after photographer in the country no less. But it’s still nice to feel doted on regardless, right? Thee is doting on the audience, not Peach. Peach is a mere vessel for said audience.
These types of audience self-inserts aren’t rare in the romance genre. Being a millennial I remember the hype Fifty Shades of Grey garnered as well as Twilight and those two were the epitome of reader/audience self-insert. Well, nothing has changed in the trends over the years it seems bc Me and The reflects the same idea and garners the same popularity.
The glamorization of money and wealth is nothing new in Thai BL but in this case it really rubbed me the wrong way. I’m not against wealthy characters or mafia love interests but in here it felt so gratuitous and tone deaf. Thee’s completely unlimited source of money, him buying unnecessary things, wasting said money on stupidity like paying for all sizes of engagement rings bc he couldn’t find out the right size of Peach’s finger. I know that it’s supposed to be funny and probably not to be taken too seriously but the overall humor isn’t continuous or absurd enough to ignore this glamorization of pure wastefulness. If the whole show (or at least most of it) was absurd comedy I wouldn’t have said a thing but it’s clearly not the case here so the tone-deaf constant flaunting of wealth stands out like a sore thumb.
The whole Aran/Tawan situation was stupid. Not even incomprehensible just stupid. They were an on and off couple that had their problems (never explained the depth or exact nature of those problems) and after Aran refused several times to get back together with Tawan he sure as hell still ran back to him tail wagging the moment Tawan got into a problem (of his own making). Then they hugged and everything was fine lol. No depth, no character development, just unnecessary superficial fluff.
Mhok and Rome were the only ones I was somewhat interested in but they clearly didn’t get enough screentime for anything really. You can barely call them a side couple with how little screentime they got (same with Aran and Tawan btw).
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