MaintainingMama

This was a great first episode. It was funny, we got a shirtless Force and it was fast paced so far. I like that you can see the growth of ForceBook as actors. I think they both get alot of unnecessary hate because of Enchante and I think that shows failings was largely directing and writing. I loved A Boss and A Babe, as it showed they could be completely different characters, and say what you will, that says a lot about ones acting ability. And while their story line in Only Friends wasn't the favorite, they held their own acting wise. I'm excited to see where this show takes us.

I must be alone in my thinking, but this isn't very good to me. Leng, bless his heart, cannot act. Their are so many glaringly stupid scenes that frustrate me to know end. Like when Min saw that Mhen and Q were running and he rushed to the house. Why in the world did nobody in that house call the police. Not Q when he saw them. Not Min when while he was racing there. Not Mhen in that bathroom hiding. No one thought, let's get some help. Not even a officer down in front of our house the mob is here. Nothing.
Another one, is Min spending all that time pushing Q away after he arrives a Chonburi. Umm, the likelihood of Lady Lada finding Q there is slim to none. So keeping Q there, especially after you broke your promise to keep him safe, just made better sense then to continuously push him away.
And lastly, that has to be the worst father in BL history. That man lost his wife and has a child who suffers from PTSD directly linked to the consequences of his job and he never once thinks of quitting or hiring a round the clock security detail for his son. Orrrrr, sending him away a long time ago to escape the effects of his job. I mean, he didn't even leave the court to make sure his son wasn't at that moment being murdered. There literally is not a single job on this planet that I would chose over my kids. Not even the planet, the entire galaxy, the universe. Like WTF!?
While I like Ohm and definitely know he can act, I'm not impressed in this role. Maybe it's the directing, maybe it's Leng's acting throwing him off, but it's meh at best, even that last road side scene. Wasn't moved at all, which is disappointing.
I'm also not feeling the romance in this series. This wasn't a love at first site kind of thing, so there should have been a slower build to the romance. It feels like because they were stuck together, they decided they go together. I will say, Ohm is doing his part with the "I want to know you" part. And the fact that his character is so caring toward everyone around him, I kind of get it, but there needed to be a distinction between how he cared for say Mhen and how he cared for Q. There was not drastic change in behavior, so it didn't feel special I guess.
And lastly, that stupid dog noise at random is the worst! Gmmtv and their sound effects must be stopped. It lends nothing to the story!
I mean, I won't drop this (but I rarely drop ones I have started. I made it through Dinosaur Love and Fahlaruk, I can make it through literally anything), but with the rating, I expected this to be way better than it is. GMMTV has let me down this year. Normally, even the low key ones are at least cute, but I feel like the last three from them have been super Meh. I pray Perfect 10liners is much better than what we have seen lately.

Agreed!

They almost had it. If Hill had grabbed Ter's waist and pulled him in, deepened the kiss, it would have been perfect. Cause I am living for how Hill looks and speaks to Ter. The soft voice, the soft eyes. When he said it was obvious, I was like for once, it really is. He is doing literally nothing to hide his feeling for Ter, but poor Ter is stuck in his own head, assuming things. And I get it. It's hard to believe the hot, popular guy on campus will like you, no matter who you are, but I imagine it is especially hard to believe if you are gay and made to feel ashamed like Ter's dad seems to be doing. Low self esteem won't even have you checking if anyone likes you, let alone the hot guy on campus, so I understand. That being said, I'll say it again, the way Hill looks and speaks to Ter, it is obvious! I loved that we got the back story juxtaposed with the present, it was nice to see what happened (mostly), in the past. I hope we get the rest of the story, ie the bed scene, the running in the rain from the dad, the crying in Hill's arms. Looks like next week we will start North and Johan, which is exciting, cause I am loving North so far as a character. Cannot get a read on Jo so far, he is giving smug, rich jerk, so it will be interesting to see how these two will mesh up.

Was it me or was this last episode really disjointed? Like the planning the birthday and the proposal, only to have neither be plan worthy. Where did dude from the island come from and why? What's his/their plan, cause I thought he would never leave his home town?
Who authorized that crazy awkward last kiss? They were close up and everything and the director didn't think to tell Yim to close his mouth a little? He looked like a baby bird!
Those last NC scenes were crazy. And not necessarily in a good way.
It was a good series for the most part, but the last episode felt thrown together at best.
Side note: I have noticed DMD pushing the boundary more and more with their actors and their NC scenes and I'm not sure I can see ZeeNunew doing these kind of scenes...Like naked Zee hiney!?

The fact that their names are Save and Hope and they are both so far from those names is painful. I pray that by the end of the series we'll get a happy ending and all will work out. But even if that is the case, there will be no redeeming Save and Hope in my eyes. I guess they are our second couple, we are supposed to ship them. But I hated Hope from the beginning and until that scene in the bank where I just KNEW Save was doing something shady to Jack, I had hope that he would be the reason Hope was redeemed. Only to have him be worse than Hope in the end. Like he is literally evil, cause all that he is doing to JackJoke, grandma, the neighborhood is unforgiveable. All cause Hope got beat up. Hope really seemed to like his job unlike Jack, so he deserved that beating he probably has given to many people before. Just UGH!!! And my poor Joke. He has to be so heartbroken. Between his dad denying him to watching the family he had just started to build to replace his horrible family fall apart in a short amount of time... oh my heart. Next week looks like it's going to be rough again. I cannot see how they get out of this mess, cause it is a big one, but I'll be anxiously waiting til next week.

For me the sound track was better than the actual drama especially the main theme and the last song, but it was a good series. I didn't get butterflies, except for love scene, and only because that was beautifully shot and acted. I wasn't a fan of the whole Orca speaking Thai and being understood by literally everyone as well as him understanding everyone but barely being able to speak Taiwanese. And while I like both MLs as actors and in their roles, I really need Taiwan to get over the age gap trope. It's unsettling that Neil met Sea when he was a little kid, not like a kid in high school, but a little kid when he was a grown up and now they are together. Like I get it that neither had romantic feelings for each other back then, but ehhhh, ick.
I probably wouldn't rewatch this, but I'm definitely going to be rocking the OST.

Thanks for the recommendation, I'll start there when I go to check out his other works.

I have never seen the lead in anything before but I get why he is popular. This is some high caliber acting. Loving the friendship and the realness so far going to try and binge this tomorrow, cause I feel emotional scenes a plenty and want to rip off the band aid

I'm sure it's the novels fault and the author is into no consent, but I'm not a fan of Elyes ordering Pat around and then sometimes Pat actually listens. Or Fei Long grabbing and basically imprisoning run. I know it's supposed to be "manly", but its just gross.
That being said, this show is just toxic enough to be come a guilty pleasure. It's not really that good, but they always add new tea to the pot I need to know what happens next. What does Run want, why did he break up with Elyes in the first place. They made it seem like in this episode that he didn't like Elyes' overbearing smothering ways. But then Fei Long is the king of that behavior.
I just need to know what is going on with Kim, with Run and Thithi, cause he is sus as heck.
And also, why Elyes keeps acting like he doesn't know that he LIKES Pat and it isn't just a working relationship. I get him being anti relationship, but seriously dude, your actions toward Pat say different. But also, let all these people know you don't want anyone but Pat. I mean his actions toward literally every one else are kind of clear how he feels for Pat. So it makes it frustrating that new girlie is stalking Pat so hard. I mean if that vacae did not give her a clue, she needs Lasik! What she wants with Pat, it's obvious he doesn't care about her.
Anyway, next week should be interesting.

Like the other two adaptations, this included somethings from the books and left out others. In this one, they do run away which was in the book but not in any of the other adaptations. What they haven't shown, and we'll have to see if they show it in the second season, which I hope they do, that the boys suffered while traveling to run away. It wasn't all fun. But they were happy because they were together.
One thing that I felt was missing was Gu Hai/Hero's cleverness and his strongmindedness. They touch on it in all adaptations, best done in the first one. But Gu Hai did not take anything from anyone, accept Bai Lou Yin. He was a master manipulator and incredibly smart. He thwarted everyone's plans for him and Bai Lou Yin/Pop at every turn. He would suffer immensely for it, but he often acted like that wasn't a big deal if that got him back to Bai Lou Yin. That what was missing from all the adaptations and what showed there love to be a true addiction, cause BLY would do the same for GH.
I think I've said it before, but I get why they hired Mac as Poppy. He is a great actor at his young age and is pulling off the role well, so I get why. But honestly, to include a bit of an NC scene but not the kisses is nuts. Like he is old enough to have pretend sex but not to pretend kiss? Make that make sense. And he did a good job of it too, which is even crazier considering we supposed to be worried about how young he is, but him writhing around is appropriate. Smh. I hope that by the time they film the next season he will be 18 at least. Although, that baby just turned 17, so I don't have alot of hope for that being the case. I mean how can the side couple who aren't really showing any lovey dovey signs getting a kiss scene before the MLs?
Overall, it wasn't bad, but in my opinion it is the worst adaption so far. Let's see if we get a second season and if they will go further indepth with the story, therefore making it better.

I knew this would be good, because Love Mechanics (both of them) was so good based on both of their acting skills. War though...man, I don't know how he does it, but let's little looks flicker across his face to convey his emotions and you feel all the feelings. I hope this show garners them and everyone involved so much success, because they deserve it. That confession scene was top tier!

My Stand In. He is literally the worst and didn't really change by the end, you just kind of accept it.

That was my point. If you ever watch her in person, she is naturally hilarious, but she KEEPS getting roles where she is a the butt of the joke. I think she is widely talented but she never gets the opportunity to just be a funny girl. She started in the industry as the fat funny girl everyone made fun of and I hated that and they haven't really stopped casting her as such. I hope while she is at GMMTV, she will finally get a chance to prove she is actually a good actress and Beautiful just the way she is.

One day we'll be blessed with a role for Earth where he isn't crying and traumatizing folks. I literally cannot take hearing him cry because every time he does I flash back every single one of his roles where trauma and devastation ensued.
Side Note: I also flashed back when he said cake because I loved My Only 12% and he said that boys name the exact same way, with longing in his heart! 🤣🤣The fact that this time it's an actual piece of cake is hilarious to me though.
I definitely think this show deserves a higher rating. I am dying to know more about what happened in the past to make Ter stop speaking to Hill for so long. We get little bits of story each episode, but I could not have seen him thinking Hill liked his sister coming as part of the reason they are on the outs. I'm kind of thinking that Ter, based on the fact that he probably heard horrible things from his father about liking the same sex, didn't believe that someone "Like Hill" would like him back. Even though, I think that opening scene wasn't just a dream but reality and someone how they got caught making out and something with Hill's grandfather happened. I mean Hill is literally saying, I'm going to be hitting on you, posting pictures about him, he couldn't be clearer with his intentions and Ter is still like, maybe it's a trick. I hope we see some good character growth for Ter, to see him believe he is deserving of love.
I loved seeing my girl Sammy. I do dislike the way the styled her and the direction she was obviously given for this character. I'm happy she left wabi sabi cause they only seem to see her as a caricature and I'm not a fan. I think in every role she is given out side of Unforgotten Night, she has played the same role of unattractive, clumsy plus size bestie. Well poo on that, cause Sammy's been pretty since Love Sick and she has only gotten prettier. It almost felt like they dressed her poorly for he body and did her make up weird, to make her seem unattractive and someone to laugh at. I am PRAYING that GMMTV gives her and Yacht a romantic comedy. I think Sammy is hilarious, but I hate her being the butt of the joke. I want a drama where she is loved (like in Between Us), gets to be her naturally hilarious self, but not once to be THE joke. Sorry for my little rant, I just didn't like the way her scenes came out.
What I do like is the chemistry between Hill and Ter. I will say that Pond is doing an excellent job, in my opinion. His tone of voice when he is speaking to Ter is very melt worthy. Another reason why I believe that Ter maybe dealing with some greater trauma they haven't shown us yet, because how can he listen and witness how Hill speaks to him and not know that boy is head over heels in love with him.
I'm excited for next week and part of me wishes I had saved these to binge watch cause I want the next episode STAT.

Maybe for the first time they floated, but after that it was things that floated, so I'm not sure. It was almost like they forgot to explain the significance of this thing they added to the script.

There are so many things wrong with this series, and here I am yet again to watch it. The acting is sometimes okay, but mostly meh. I think Kad is doing a pretty good job and I like his bestie, but James trying to be the evil boss isn't working for me. But I don't blame him. He is a new actor, so I give him grace for that. But the direction for this show is what isn't working in alot of places for me. It would probably help if when Elyes was with Pat, he would soften more and not continue to be overbearing, and aggressive with Pat. But also, James just isn't given CEO of a major company who is a hard ass boss. He looks too young.
While I like the NC scenes, some times the up close kissing is just off. And can we talk about how they were supposed to be getting clean before the bath and then water never made it into the scene. Like at all. And Pat riding Elyes in that tub had to be sooo uncomfy with out the water. It honestly would have been impossible.
All that complaining and somehow I cannot quit it. I'm dying to know why Elyes is so attached to Kim. Now we have new girl entering the mix for Pat, Thitit is sus, and Run and Fei Long are a mess. I"ll be back here next week, mostly cringing, but unable to look away.

Man, this episode hits ya in the feels. The car scene was devastating but healing. I do wish the episodes were longer. It always feels like we are getting somewhere and then nope end of the episode. I loved the intimacy of the opening scene. I think what is primarily missing from this show, for me, is that we didn't really get enough build up of their relationship. It would have been nice to have way less flashbacks and a bit more scenes like the opening. Heck, I'll even take more flashbacks of Orca and Reese, just to know a bit more of how they have maintained their relationship over all these years, but not making any progress. Also, how do the communicate for real, cause the not explaining why they haven't learned each others languages yet is silly to me. I know that mentioned briefly the language divide, but it would be great to see a better explanation. I love the OST in general, especially the opening theme song, and I get that they cannot give us new songs every episode. But I'd rather they covered like popular songs (think Nunew singing Just Being Friendly) instead of playing the same 2 songs the brothers sang.
Anyway, it's not perfect, but I AM enjoying this and look forward to the end next week.

This has a surprisingly high rating. Not that I don't think it deserves it, but I have definitely seen better shows with lower ratings. Any way. That was cute. I enjoy this way more than I thought I would based on the trailers and stills I had seen before watching.
I really enjoyed Diew and his mom communicating their feeling to one another and being open to make changes in both of themselves to heal the discord they between them. Usually, it's a simple apology with out acknowledging ones mistakes, so I'm glad they explored that both of them were in the wrong and therefore both of them needed to do something to fix it so that their relationship gets better.
I'm actually really glad we didn't get any more significant scenes with Beer and Wan. After they got together, in what was a not so satisfactory way, at least not for me, I was kind of over them, so I'm glad we got filler scenes with them and the focus stayed mostly on Got and Diew.
I only have 2 issues with the last episode. 1) Diew trying to deny he was groping his boyfriend when he revealed he was shirtless underneath that costume. Firstly, the mountains of sweat on Got's back was over the top. Also, who wears a bear suit and doesn't put something on in between. I guess Got, cause he has proven a couple times he is allergic to shirt. Not that I'm mad at that. Which brings me to my main complaint. I need these series to stop acting like the "bottom" is all shy and virginal AFTER they have had the sex. Like, it's okay to admit that seeing your boyfriend's absolutely top tier body turns you on. It would have been refreshing and would have validated their ending point of introversion and extroversion being on a spectrum to have Diew jump Got and initiate some freaky sneaky. It would have been perfect to reveal that while Diew is shy and introverted with new people and social situations, when he feels most comfortable, aka with his boyfriend, he is a much bolder and assertive Diew. And to be fair they did kind of show it, to some extent, but I get weary of the whole, "oh no, stop, what are you doing?" protest, when the "top" makes the moves on the "bottom". Let's normalize people liking sex and admitting it, if only with just their partners.
My last and final issue is with the last kiss. This CP has actually given us some surprisingly good kisses. They definitely gave awkward kissing vibes when I first saw the poster, but they have delivered each time. My problem is the problem I have with almost all BLs. Please move into each others space when you kiss. Like wrap your arms around each other. If for no other reason, then to gain your balance. It's just weird to see a passionate kiss and ya'll pelvis are a foot apart and you aren't touching anywhere else. I mean, Game and Diew had a better, more intimate hug together when they won the competition than any of the CP's had in the whole series. Say what you want about LITA, they demonstrated perfectly what being intimate with a partner should look like, and I'm not talking about the NC scenes. I need to see more of that in series in general and rolled my eyes at the ending kiss because of it.
But overall, this was a good series and worth the watch.

Ah, okay, that make more sense. Thank you.