MaintainingMama

Listen, I don't know how Peat does it, cause if Fort was aiming all that rizz my way, I would fold faster than an lawn chair. My goodness! I though Fort as Prapai was sexy, but Mahasamut is killing me with the hair, the smirks, the consent, the voice. I would have melted if I was Rak.
So glad we got Meena back. She is an excellent actor to be so you, so I look forward to seeing her in more scenes and other shows.
Granddaddy is hot, but I hope we get a scene where he gets his ass kicked. I just hope we don't one of those predictable scenes, when Rak leaves Mut for his "own good". No, everyone, just needs to come up with solution to get Hot Papaw gone. Along with the crazy cousin.
I tuned out the the GL story line, but got the gist with Vie's scene with Rak and Mut and the scenes I fast forwarded. Vi gets on my nerves, of course the girl you like doesn't know you like her, because all you have done is abuse your power and take away her autonomy. Imagine, making someone run all over town for you at the detriment of your own job and expecting them to fall for you. Crazy. I don't care that they kissed, because the way Vi treated Mook, poor Mook now feels like her feelings are a violation on Vie and that SHE stepped over the line. When it was Vivi who manipulated the situation.
I am looking forward to next week with more FortPeat!

Listen, I don't know how Peat does it, cause if Fort was aiming all that rizz my way, I would fold faster than an lawn chair. My goodness! I though Fort as Prapai was sexy, but Mahasamut is killing me with the hair, the smirks, the consent, the voice. I would have melted if I was Rak.
So glad we got Meena back. She is an excellent actor to be so you, so I look forward to seeing her in more scenes and other shows.
Granddaddy is hot, but I hope we get a scene where he gets his ass kicked. I just hope we don't one of those predictable scenes, when Rak leaves Mut for his "own good". No, everyone, just needs to come up with solution to get Hot Papaw gone. Along with the crazy cousin.
I tuned out the the GL story line, but got the gist with Vie's scene with Rak and Mut and the scenes I fast forwarded. Vi gets on my nerves, of course the girl you like doesn't know you like her, because all you have done is abuse your power and take away her autonomy. Imagine, making someone run all over town for you at the detriment of your own job and expecting them to fall for you. Crazy. I don't care that they kissed, because the way Vi treated Mook, poor Mook now feels like her feelings are a violation on Vie and that SHE stepped over the line. When it was Vivi who manipulated the situation.
I am looking forward to next week with more FortPeat!

I put off watching this episode this week, but got caught today. Man I wish I had waited, the wait for the next episode will be painful! These were such good episodes!
The only thing that bothered me was on the date and Daou was in that fantastic shirt, having the jacket over it ruined the effect they were going for, in my opinion. Later in the love scene when they showed Daou with out the jacket and it being half opened, it confirmed my opinion for me! That shirt fit him perfectly and it would have made him look breathtaking, which was the purpose of the show motion walk out with Juu. Plus, they must be trying to kill my boy Daou! He sweats easily and heavily even in light clothes, why do they keep putting these heavy, fall/winter like jackets on him, over shirts. You can literally see him melt through the shirt, poor guy!
I'm excited for next week but also scared. I'm positive that scene they showed with Vee crying in San's arms is going to be brutal!

I thought the same thing, but they kind of showed his workers through out the years, I think it was the same family all this time, so if he knew the grandpa as a child, I imagine that is why they would call him Grandpa.

My favorite scene in this episode was Latte and Almond lying in the bed cuddling. You don't see a lot of genuine cuddling in these series. Almond just being so snuggly and comfortable in Latte's arms demonstrated quietly how intimate their relationship is. What I feel is often left out an all the BL's is the lack of intimacy. Intimacy isn't just about sex, but so often, they don't show couple's in BL series hugging with it being for comfort during a traumatic scene or it looking like to bros hugging. The way Latte held Almond and they just talked to each other and played a bit and were silly with each other was chef's kiss. This series is really underrated and deserves more attention.

Man... I knew the second they showed Lin with Ryu's mom, she was going to get on my nerves! I get that she likes him. But after 10 episodes, he hasn't even showed interest in her as a friend, let alone like he might maybe like her back. And he was technically still salty with her from her shenanigans yesterday. How hard was it to say, "you know what Ryu's mama, he got mad at me for just asking him to speak to you, so on today, I'm going to mind my business. Something tells me that if you can't talk to him normally, something that isn't my business is going on, so I'm going to mind mine and kindly decline the likelihood he is going to be pissed at me for doing this." Also, as someone who is at minimum, Ryu's friend, why would you think tricking him to meet his mother was a good idea. Almost always, tricking someone to do something against their will is met with much deserved outrage. If she wanted to help, she could have simply called and said, hey Ryu, your mom came to the court and wants to talk to you, what should I tell her? Then follow Ryu's wishes to the letter and move on with your life. Not going to lie, her crying on the back of the bike pissed me off. I honestly don't get why First likes her. So far, she has been a nosy busybody.
Writers, I BEG of you! Please stop writing ANNNOYING female characters!
Other than that, I again liked this episode. I liked all the basketball shown in this series. I'm not particular a big sports fan of any sports, but I know enough to know if they are playing well, and this series is aided greatly by the fact that Meen and Ping play professionally outside of acting. I'm not sure about Frank, but he seems to be holding his own.
Also, those complaining about the basketball shown in a series called the Rebound, with the cover being them literally playing basketball...ummm, are you okay? Like it's literally all over the trailer and everything. Every series has something outside of the romance to anchor it. Like for the Trainee it's an office and being new to the work force. Or in Not Me, it was the resistance to the corruption in Thailand. This one is basketball. It would be a lame series about basketball players if they never played basketball, you know what I'm saying?!
Atom almost made it to the end of the episode with out being a douche, but looks like we are getting douchery next week. Like is his plan to have Zen get a scholarship and come with him, so he gets a chance to be with him. Or after that fist bump, is he going to get Ryu a scholarship to separate them?
I am sad that next week is the last of the series. I definitely feel this series was underrated and not talked about enough. This is such a good show. Could it have been better, absolute, but so could We Are and everyone loved that! 😶‍🌫️

I loved this whole episode except for Lin. She got on my nerves the whole show. Her pressuring Ryu to get his mom to give money when it was SOOOOO obvious that he wasn't comfortable doing it, upset me to know end. It's one thing to ask and then maybe not catch the clue from how he was acting. But when Zen said, let's not and she KEPT going! And then she followed him out and hounded him, when it was crystal clear that she was making him uncomfortable and she needed to stop! I was irritated. And while the dunk tank worked out and she wasn't that bad during that time, it did irritate me that several of the boys said they were not comfortable going shirtless to do the tank. And I get that that was what was going to make them money, but I really didn't like how she just voluntold Ryu and Zen. And I didn't like how they all pressured Jet, when he said multiple times he wasn't comfortable. And finally, end when she got on her father. Once again oblivious to anyone but herself, he yelling at her father and not recognizing his pain when it was so obvious that even Ryu could see it pissed me off. Like did she not grow up with her father and therefore knew nothing of his character? I do want to know what this the first anniversary of the mother's death, cause if not, what did ya'll do last year. But her lack of empathy annoyed me the whole time.
The only other thing that was slightly annoying but then they redeemed and made it crazy cute was the scene with Jedi and Chogun. I dislike how they infantilize Chogun. He is not a baby or a little kid, so please stop talking to him like that. It was making me mad, but then Chogun starting talking about how everyone was so nice to him and Jedi's tone of voice changed and he then had a normal conversation with Chogun, even relating it to his own experience. It was a genuinely really nice moment that I liked. I will say, I cannot determine if they are doing it on purpose or maybe I'm tripping, cause it always seems like they might just maybe are shipping Jedi and Chogun (why are all the moments with these two characters only with them two?) But then they have Jedi baby Chogun and I get creeped out, and then they have a sweet moment like episode 9. I really don't know how I feel about all of it. 😂😂😂😂
And finally to address the ending scene....listen, I have watched all three of MeenPing's series. They never lack in the NC scene department. Peen's cute face looking so shy but also like, but I really want to, so let's go! was too much! And Meen's looks could melt the paint off the wall.
I will say, I feel sad for Atom. He has joined Bas in the "we would have been okay with you being picked" club. While I'm rooting for RyuZen, I could see Zen and Atom together. Not sure I could handle a threesome/throuple. Tattooed and muscular Meen and Frank with cutie pie Ping would short out my circuits. 😂😂😂😂

Wonderfully explained! It's only creepy if the person on the receiving end doesn't like it. Takara literally keeps appearing near Taeshin and seeks him out, instead of running away or avoiding him. It's clear he likes Taeshin for who he is. I agree, I loved MBM, especially because neither Hira or Kiyoi were "normal". And I am loving Taeshin, being so innocent and unaware of how to people. That and his eyes are killing me. I have a feeling I'm going to watch this on repeat like MBM.

I know, I just meant that instead of continuing to see the match and sitting next to Taem to flirt, that the last we see of him in that scene was when Dr. Dee got out of the car and then only again when they announce the winner of the scholarship. My main point was they did too good of a job making Ter be a jerk then did nothing to make up for it, so he did deserve to be attached to Taem in the end.

I really, really dislike the GL side story. Apparently the only GL side couple that can steal the show are MilkLove from Bad Buddy. Maybe I'm an old lady, but I HATE that Vivi is taking Muk away from her job. Where is the backbone she used to stand up to Rak about going to the book fair when she has Vivi telling her what to do. And I get that it's supposed to be cute that Vivi is just doing it to spend time with Muk, but it is not working for me. Both women are annoying. And I hate the cousin, so here we go with all the female characters being the worst. Only one getting a pass is Meena.
Outside of that, I love FortPeat/MutRak. The amount of respect Mut is showing Rak to earn his trust at the expense of himself is admirable. He isn't even putting pressure on Rak to define the relationship or demanding Rak to give him some concessions on the things he may want. He knows that if he is patient and kind and open and honest with Rak he will win him over. At this point, Mut is taking lead on Class A boyfriend's. Fort will never be able to play a bad guy, it would break too many hearts OR we just wouldn't believe him, even if he acted well. Imagine playing two of the "best boyfriend characters of all time". Although, a do kind of want to see a switch of roles in that in the next series Peat is the one who is chasing Fort. Fort deserves to have Peat chasing after him, he would be be unable to handle a Peat who has to be cuddly all the time on set.😂😂😂😂

Some of these comments baffle me. "Where is the plot?! Nothing happened!" Ummm, the plot is that it's couple who work at a jewelry design company and they are navigating dating and working together. Then there is the side plot of some mysterious connection to the past. Both of which where seen in this episode and furthered the plot. For the second mysterious plot, something major happened and now the other ML knows about it, which wasn't the case in the other 6 episodes. Now if something else comes up, they are both going to be aware and maybe do something about it. As for the work plot, something happened there as well. Now Sun is going to have to find away to balance being the president of a company while also defending his boyfriend from the accusation of fraud/stealing designs. Something is fishy about that chick who wouldn't let Pim see the files as well as demanding Lin give her the thumb drive instead of emailing it to her. She obviously is the stealer, and I imagine that will be reveal next week. But all the complaints about it being boring, I just cannot agree. They had the silly moments, like at the party. The romantic moments of them horse back riding. Is it hard to believe that Lin as a billionaire's son has never ridden a horse? Sure! But who cares when you have handsome Mos and pretty Bank riding a white horse together looking at each other like that?! Like it's a BL, people. None of them are realistic or plausible. That is why we like them, no?!
I like this show. I think Mos and Bank are doing really well for only their second series. I don't love Bank's outfits, but they aren't that bad, I have seen worse. I also really dislike the Khun Dad stuff. That, I will agree, is just the worst and it sucks that we are probably going to be stuck with that nick name til the end of the series. But other wise, I think the chemistry MosBank have as well as the second ML have is worth a bit more grace than I have seen. I'm not sure about the GL story line. But I liked that we got to see Pim smiling at Prim and maybe next week we will see some development in both side couples, that would be awesome.
I like this show. It is soft and fluffy and cute.

Thank you, it is a weird reason in the book, so I see why they left it out and changed the problem with the dad, but I really wish they had then filled the gaps of the story plots they left out.

I liked the ending except for two things.
1)Ter's "redemption" and him and Taem's relationship. Like be so for real. Ter didn't just reject Dr. Dee because of reasons. He said mean things to someone who up to that point was at minimum a good friend and coworker. Then he tried to block Wandee from the opportunity of the scholarship. Then he played head games with Wandee when he realized Dee had moved on. And let's not forget what he did to Dr. Kwhan. He was a jerk through the entire series, he did nothing to make up for it and suddenly they slap him together with Taem and all is forgiven. HUH?! She was too strong a female character to be with someone like him. If they really wanted a redemption arc with Dr. Ter, they should have had him apologize, maybe even help Wandee make it to that one match when his car broke down and then congratulated him when Dee won the scholarship. Then it would have been all good. Taem could have just been there with the bike ride to the match and then at the end at the wedding cause she is their friend. Maybe have her come with her own date, a different member from the council club. But seriously, them together made ZERO sense.
2) They did Cher dirty in his wedding outfit. Make up was flawless, but the should pads of doom on top of the shorts and that one thing hanging down, cause huh? Just nooooo! Cher is too pretty for that mess. It might have been okay with out the oversized jacket, cause I liked the shirt he had on underneath. But seriously, I couldn't even look at Oyei's outfit cause I was so pissed at Cher's.

That is all that I didn't like about the finale. Otherwise, it was a great show. I liked that they didn't act like Dr. Dee going away should not happen just because they were together. And I'm glad that they made them stick together. Yes it will be difficult but not impossible. This ending did kind of give me hope for a special episode or an Our Skyy 3 slot for them. That would be great!
Great ending, but I am sad not to see them go.

Yeah! I hope you enjoy it!

I just binged watched up til the last episode. Why is this show not talked about more?! The acting, the story lines, the comedy. Like this deserves a higher rating, at least an 8. I can't really find any flaws. Nothing is annoying me, I'm not cringing, I stayed up all night to catch up after just watching the first episode. It's not shy about sex, but it also isn't gratuitous in the NC scenes. It's completely age appropriate subjects for the plot and they deal with many social topics that series haven't really dealt with. Did I mention, everyone is cute and or gorgeous!? And can act?! Seriously, this is a hidden gem that not enough people are talking about.

I really liked this episode. 1) I think in a backwards way, it's calling out schools for not providing funding evenly across clubs. Using the Science Club, which always underfunded, to be the one who receives it over the basketball club is genius. I may be reading too much into it, but in the US, underfunding literally everything is favor of sports is a huge problem here, so it just stuck out to me.
2) That they didn't have Ryu play basketball or even practice right after his cast was off. It always irks me when they have some who was injured badly, up and running the next day. Like ya'll be so for real.
3) That they finally got rid of Toss. Although, it would have nice to see him like have a bit of a redemption arc and get his act together for Q. And those two run for it to get away from gang life. I think Q liked Ryu as in PhiNong, not as in Faen, so when he shot Q, I liked to believe he was sad. Although, it could have been he was only in that relationship to keep Ryu and himself from getting killed. That part wasn't clear and I wish it was. Speaking of Q killing...that scene was equal part beautiful and ridiculous. The "injuries" were not the best...neither was the Q killing everybody scene. Like at least show him struggling to get untied and inching toward the gun, so I believe he had time to get the gun and kill everyone. Make me believe it maybe, just might of could happen. The beautiful part was Ryu saying sorry to Zen for getting him hurt. They both thought they were going to die and that moment was so tender even though it was full of thugs about to murder them.
4) Frank. I skipped his ummm...scene.... and not because I minded that he jerked off to pictures of Zen. Even though I have seen so many people saying it's stalkerish and weird, it's kind of normal to have sexual thoughts about someone you are crushing on....it's how you know you like them, right? (Unless you are Ace). I skipped it cause it felt out of place with the rest of his scenes. It was this weird only in that, it was unnecessary to to his plot line. We know he likes Zen. We don't need to see him jerk off to Zen to confirm it. I would rather the end of that scene where he was thinking back at all the looks between Ryu and Zen and worrying about losing his crush to another person, cause that is valid.
Also, I am living for Frank's role in this series. I said it yesterday, so I won't belabor the point, but his hair and make up and shirt less moments are doing something for me in this series.
5)Meen. His acting in this was great! Between the beat up by thugs scene and his good bye to Q, he had me feeling all the feels. Also, I did shirtless Meen as well, so those times were appreciated as well. 😂😂 I was also really, really grateful that at the end during another touching scene when he said, "let's take our relationship to the next level" they didn't do what I thought they were going to do. I was screaming at my screen that a NC scene now would ruin all those beautiful moments. This needs a hug. So when they just touched foreheads and breathed each other in, I was so relieved. 😂😂 It ended perfectly.
Overall, I am really liking this series and I look forward to the next one.

I have said it every episode, but who ever is styling Frank in this series deserves an award. His hair and make are perfection. Wardrobe is also top tier. All of it fits this role and this series, which isn't always the case with too many of these BLs, but especially the one's Frank has been in outside of his GMMTV work. I hope he get's more roles like this cause I have always said, the problem with his latest series was the writing and directing. He proved he was a good actor at GMMTV.
Now on to the rest of the show. Ryu and Atom fighting over Zen was funny. Although the bathing scene irritated me. He doesn't know Atom from Adam, why would he want to be bathed by him, Zen?!
I'm not sure what to make of the scene with Chogun and Jedi. I cannot determine if they are shipping them or making a display of someone being kind to Chogun, like he is a child. If it's shipping, then I am here for it, cause Autistic people need and deserve love too. If it's a weird display of kindness, then, No, shut that shit down now. As a mother of a child who is autistic, I was happy to see the inclusion of a character with Autism as well as the coaches treatment of Chogun, like the whole person he is. But now that everyone is accepting of Chogun, there has been some infantilizing going on with the group, where they are treating Chogun like he is a child who doesn't know anything outside of basketball. That is where they lose me. Yes, his hyper fixation is basketball, and therefore he is good at it, but he is again, a whole person, let's not reduce him to a stereotype.

The beginning episodes were great, I got all the hype and hurried up to catch up. I said it last week, this show was too long. And in my opinion, it would have been fine to have these extra episodes if they dealt with anything. For instance, Chain and Pun. I LOVED their last scene together and their kisses, but after the amazing scene, it would have been great to see them talk about why it's taken Chain so long to say anything about his feelings. It would have been great to hear from Pun what HE has been feeling all this time. If he hadn't initiated the second kiss, it would have felt still one sided. It just would have felt like a more complete story and that these last couple of episodes were for a reason and not just filler.
Another thing they could have addressed in these last two episodes, was Phum's dad. They never addressed why his dad sent him away. They never showed his dad apologizing for doing something that effected Phum so much. That last scene would have been way more heartwarming if before it, they had had a big conversation and cleared the air and the dinner was the first time they were all together after that happened. Phum trying to open to his dad after not speaking to him for so long with out anything being rectified, again, left the story line feel incomplete.
This show at first felt like it would be a bit different from the usual GMMTV fluff, so I think that is why, in the end, so many of us are disappointed in the finale. Don't get me wrong, I love a good fluffy story. And this show could have kept some of the fluff. But it would have been even better if it had leaned a bit more into the fact that these were people who were getting ready to be full grown ups and getting ready to be in the adult world, realizing what they had worked so hard for in college. This show would have benefitted from a more mature stance, including the NC scenes, that just were too juvenile for people who would have been in their early 20s. Accept for Tan and Fang. They did very well. I hope they get their own series.
All and all, this was a typical GMMTV series, so it was good. But it could have been so much better, especially since it had all the time to make a perfect show.

This was a nice little series to breeze through to fill in the gap when nothing is on. Will I watch it again, probably no, but it was funny and not too cringe. It definitely had it's moments of cringe, but it wasn't so bad as to not be able to continue, like Love Syndrome. Every one did a good job acting wise. I rooted for all the couple. Zen and Run were too cute, kind of wish they a bit more screen time to develop their relationship better.
I will say that the parts I did not like was 1) the first to NC scenes with Patrick and Poom were nonconsensual. First time, Poom was stumbling drunk, not really there up until they started kissing. I don't normally get too fussed about people having sex when they have had a few and are tipsy, like alot of reviewers here. But I draw the line at "so drunk, someone has to help me walk". If you are unable to make your brain tell your legs to hold your body up and walk on your own, then you are not in the mental state to make an informed decision to have sex. The second time, Patrick did "something" to Poom while he was asleep! And they could have showed him starting to mess around with Poom while asleep (honestly I don't even like that, but a couple of pecks...maybe) and then Poom wakes up to consent, but they never show him conscience of what Patrick was doing. Why!? There is nothing hot or sexy about that. Just no! I need ALL BL to cease and desist all non consent NC scenes, unless it involves BDSM consensual non consent play. It just shouldn't be shown otherwise.
2) The fact that they didn't give the "fat one", a love interest. Another thing I am tired of is the "fat one" being the butt of the joke. Like, everyone is with someone except him, why? Like, it even would have been okay through most of the series, cause being the only single one was kind of funny. But then at the end, like when he ridiculously get's crowned governor (I thought he was supposed to be a teenager?!), they could have at least have him make eyes with someone from the village and that person reciprocate. Like come one!
3) Lastly, the ending. I'll be honest. I skipped through alot of the last episode, cause it was ridiculous to have the "teenagers" train for a day to fight a criminal and his mob as well as a General and his army, and succeed. I just couldn't. And I honestly did not care about that story line. I honestly skipped alot of the cops, Joe and Nicky, until they started making eyes at each other. I like Bonus as an actor, so I sort of paid attention during his scenes. And the actor who plays Joe look so much like Both from BothNewyear, that I kept wondering if it was him. But I knew Both's hair isn't this long and this actor's hair wasn't a wig.
What mostly bothered me about the ending though, was why did they all become humans? Doesn't that mean that they leave their parents behind and will never see them again? Why not just keep living as vampires in the human world? Why couldn't Patrick either share the recipe for the wine, or just make sure everyone had a bottle at home, so that they could drink it when needed. It just didn't make sense.
That being said, it was and okay series and I don't feel like my time was wasted watching it.
Other than that though and honestly mostly the ZenRun storyline, and the friendship between the 4 "teenagers"

Completely agree about that. It would be amazing if they used their older "pillars" to continue to do more mature content. I would also like to personally see more femme characters. Outside of Green, who was the butt of the joke, Cher/Fluke is the only femme character that I remember.