MaintainingMama

I was proud of Joe in that car scene. He finally stood up to Ming and I truly believe he would have walked away, if Ming had let him go. My poor Joe, it's so evident that he still loves Ming and we all know that he is going to forgive Ming eventually but I do feel bad for him. Wut is right, no one should have to go to their own funeral. Sol was the Man in this episode. I have always liked him, and in theory it would be great if Joe liked Sol, but it is soooo clear he has zero feeling for Sol outside of friendship. Poor Sol is shooting his shot again, with the hopes that he will finally get Joe, but yeah....that ain't happening. I am wondering if we are going to find out that Tong had something to do with that bolt breaking on the set Joe died at, cause he seems to in deep with the shady folks. I knew he was a scumbag and that he definitely manipulated lots of things, but I didn't suspect he was behind Joe's actual death til they showed next weeks episode.

Episode 2 explains why FortPeat have been so clingy lately. These NC scenes are wild! I can usually tell if the NC scenes in a series is going to be good, based on how affectionate the ML's are toward each other during and immediately after filming. And If MAME is going to do one thing well, it's going to be an NC scene. As long as she has actors who are willing to "go there", she will always be the Queen of the NC scene.
NC scene aside, I love how soft Mut is with Rak. Fort's smile is lethal and I can see why Tongrak is having trouble keeping up the tough guy front. He resisted waaaayyyy longer on the beach than most human beings would, so for that he is to be commended. It will be interesting to see how they fall in love.
As for our GL couple, so far I am not into them. Mook is annoying as a character and so is Viv. I get she has a crush, but making Mook be a servant is not a good look just to spend time with her. If she was trying to come up with ways they could get together as friends first, that would make better sense. And the kiss on the forehead, would have been sweet, if we had had any indication that Mook actually liked Viv. So the hallway scene didn't do anything for me.

I really liked this first episode. Story wise and acting were great. I actually liked Big Dragon, despite it's flaws. But if you read the book they did the best they could. 😂😂 But this was a great first episode, and I am excited to see what happens next. Mos is even more gorgeous in this series, and I'm not sure how that is possible, but he is. I really like how soft he speaks as Sun to Lin. Anyway, looking forward to next week!

GMMTV has now decided since we cracked the code for episode 11, that we will never know when they will leave us weeping into the void at the heartbreak our boys are displaying on the screen. I was soooo unprepared for any break up scene let alone THIS breakup scene. Moo dropping to his knees begging Kang not to let go of his hand was devastating. I really hoped that in the year they were apart he wrote a BUNCH of angsty, sad love songs to get back at his company and honestly the crazy fans. Why do fans care so much about who their favorite celebrity is dating? Can't we just be happy they are happy?! Man, this was a painful episode. And having to wait a whole week is also painful. And the fact that this next episode is the one before the last episode is top tier painful. Man, I hope they get back together next episode.

I'm not a fan of Tongrak yet, but that was the writers fault. If they had spent a few minutes explaining why his friend Connor has the power to send him on a trip to write and Rak just had to follow the instructions but under duress, his attitude when he arrived on the island would have made better sense. Also, it would have help if on his trip to the island a million things went wrong, so that when he finally arrived and had to then wait for Mut, his being an ass would also make sense. Not going to lie though, Mut doing every thing he could to get under Rak's skin was annoying as well. That being said, FortPeat have amazing chemistry together and Fort's cockey swagger is irresistible, so I am here for this show. I do NOT think I will be here for the side GL couple. Once again, the characters are unlikeable, so I'm not really interested. Although I liked Aya in Wedding Plan. Like almost all of Mame's characters, she starts them off being so unlikable, you cannot imagine rooting for them to get together, but by the 3 episode you are on board and it's always worth the ride. So we'll see what Mame does this time.

I think the craziest thing about this story is that it isn't really a romance. I have zero desire for poor Joe to end up with psycho Ming. But I also know that Ming loved Joe from the beginning, even if he didn't realize it until it was too late. I'm here to see Joe get just for all the crap that has been heaped on him in his life and now in this life by both his old life and second Joe's old life. Poor Joe!! Having to still deal with his own crazy ex was bad enough! Now he has to deal with second Joe's crazy ex!? He cannot catch a break! The poor guy just wants to work, pay his debts and take care of his not mom. Why is all this happening to him!? 😂😂
On another note, while I have not too much sympathy for Ming, seeing him realize he has ALWAYS been in love with Joe was kind of devasting. Up did an amazing job with that scene. You could see his heart breaking at the realization that had he treat his Joe right, he would have had everything he wanted. Although I cannot wait to see next week how they all react to Ming ruining that very expensive film scene! 😂😂😂
I am going to be on the struggle bus waiting for the next episode. I just want to know where is Joe's original body, will he ever go back to it, if it's like in some hospital in a jungle some where? And I need to know if he is going to end up with Ming or will he get a better future for himself, cause there is not universe where Ming is a good idea for a boyfriend.

I loved all the gooey romance in this episode. If they had jumped to straight "I love yous" it would have been based on mostly sex. That is the basis of their relationship until this episode. You add the splashes of friendship they have shown and it would not have added to I love you. But this episode showed them getting more time together out side of the apartment, out side of trying to get the scholarship or getting Taem to notice Yak. It was just the two of them. It was ooey and gooey and I loved it. That chin kiss was precious! We still got some spice, but it showed that it was no longer just lust but the beginnings of love. Now I want to see what Yak saw when he closed his eyes. Did he see Wandee?! When is he going to realize he don't like Taem that way, cause if he did, could he sleep with Dee like this!? If he could, that would make him an awful human being. So I hope he realizes he wasn't that into her just by the fact that it took very little for him to jump on Dee.

I was scared for a second that they were going to give us yet another romantic/NC scene with Oyei and Cher and they weren't going to kiss. Have you noticed that this episode is the first time they showed them kissing? I just figured that Fluke must be underage and they couldn't show him kissing Thor, but then they started the NC scene and I was like wait, so they CAN kiss?! How weird that it was the first one. Them not even doing the tiniest of pecks despite all the references to them going to "bed" was throwing this side couple off.
I am glad, though, that they are finally telling us why Oyei has been acting weird and distant around Cher. I hope he confesses soon, although, I imagine it won't come out until the fight next week, where it looks like Yak loses but he gets a kiss from Wandee.

They need to bottle Moo's confidence and self-assurance in a bottle and sell it, it would make millions! When I grow up or in my next life, I want to go through life like Moo. It's not that he is oblivious to problems or concerns, he just wants to live his life exactly the way HE wants to live it and he doesn't really allow anyone or anything to get in the way of that. That end scene was EVERYTHING, because he basically said, my dreams don't mean anything with out the person I love and I'm not hiding that, just because of "people". It's not realistic, but I respect the heck out of his wanting to live his life with out hiding and then pivoting if people let him down or it doesn't turn out the way he hoped it would.
I will say, GMMTV knows how to write a good script and hire good actors, because I like both Tae/Aun and Yos/Ashi in this story/as these characters, individually. And I really can't wait to see Tae and Yos get together story wise. But as for any chemistry between the two actors in these roles, I just don't see it yet. Maybe they will surprise me, kind of like SeaKeen, who I won't say they don't have chemistry, it may be that in these roles, Keen is more outstanding in his acting, so I completely believe he is head over heels in love. Sea was doing a good job as well, but you could definitely tell he hasn't acted much before. That bedroom kiss was great, in that while I LOVED their first kiss scene last week, because it was the perfect first kiss for people who have never kissed before. If all of their subsequent kisses were exactly like that, then it would be sucktastic. Seeing them up the passion up, but also maintain the cutesy status this show has, was the highlight of this episode for me.

I don't think I have ever been sadder for a BL character outside of MODC than I am for Joe. That man, was just living his life. It wasn't the best life, but he was doing pretty good. In comes Ming who literally destroys all the things, including his literal life. So you think, being reborn/projected into another body would get him a new start. Nope, it's an even bigger shit show! Ming is still there, Tong is still there. But now we have debt from another man's coma, a mama who is nice and all, but it isn't his mama. The second he saw Ming, he should have left town and started anew! But nope, because his soo nice, he stayed to take care of someone else's mother. Now here she is deathly sick and having to repeatedly do things he desperately did not want to do. The craziest part about this series is it is kind of showing you why poor people make some of the "mistakes" they do. You think half of the time, that "if they just hadn't done "insert platitude", their lives would be so much better. But 9 times outta 10, just like Joe, they literally are caught between a rock and a hard place and doing the thing they KNOW is going to ruin their lives is sometimes the only solution to the billion problems waiting for them to solve. I feel such pity for him. And I STILL don't like Ming. He is still too possessive over Joe, whether its the old one or the new one. And now he is obsessive about Joe, which is still crazy behavior. I don't know HOW they are going to redeem his character! And next week looks like just more Ming being a jerk to Joe. Sigh...why is this show sooo good that it is hard to wait the whole week!? And now because everyone is so in love with the show, the spoilers are coming out sooner and sooner, and they are so hard to avoid!

I liked this series, much like I liked MaxNat's other series. I will say the acting is better here then in Naughty Babe, if only for the Nat is crying scenes. They were soooo bad in Naughty Babe, but got through most of them with out skipping (except for when Good Tai comes back. I needed more of a range of emotion from Nat in that scene, so I had to skip the elongated crying.)
The writing fell apart at the end though, for the story. I wish they never gave Kram an incurable illness that they both have to literally almost kill themselves to get the temporary "cure". It would have been soo much better if Kram had to go back because of the rules of the magic blue light or something and then Good Tai moves heaven and earth to find a way back to Kram. Leading us to exactly where we ended up anyway. You still could have the research/worrying montage and every thing. As for the crazy story of the side couple, if I can call them that. That also could have been done so much better. I did not care about them at all. No side couple syndrome for me. And they had all the potential in the world. The bickering was on point, but what would have made it better and would have helped us ship them, would have been those flash backs they gave us at the end. And there could have been more scenes with Wayu and Jao during the whole, someone is trying to kill Phupha/Tai Daddy is crazy part of the story, just so we could see less of Jao pining away for Tai, (which literally added nothing to the story and he didn't even confess! Or even like have a come to Jesus moment when Tai left him in the forest to die! Cause let's face it, his injury was crazy bad, even if they made it disappear for the sake of a NC scene) Also, so Tai has to climb a cliff every few weeks to keep Kram from dying? How does that make sense? And what was the scene at the end, where they held vials and jumped into the water and seem to drown? Did they go back to Tai's time, did Tai stay in Kram's time? And what about poor Daddy? Too many questions left unanswered, but overall it was good.
I will say this, I need more of Max in just about anything. That man is a walking thirst trap. I am going to say it, and please don't come for me, but I think he is hotter than Zee at this point. I mean Zee is also still a walking thirst trap, but Max...phew wee!

This show has completely taken me by surprise! When I saw the trailer, I thought, it would be just okay, but man, I am in love! Episode 8 may the cutest episode to ever episode. The song was beautiful and gah, we got sooo much boyfriend love and affection! I cannot! And next week, we are getting even more!? I am kind of nervous for Tae and Yos, but I hope Tae understands his feelings better soon.

Man, they have been taking Joe through the ringer in this story. First he lost his mother in his first life. Get's a new mother in the second one, nope, she is also sick and possibly dying. He literally dies because of a horrible boyfriend, and a crappy job (crappy because of Tong and honestly, Wut not doing anything to protect his job so that he wouldn't have to resort to taking the job that got him killed) in his first life. Second life, they make his mother in debt so he has to resort to working with all of those horrible people again! First life, meets a guy who literally ruins his entire life. Second life, you would think he would be over him...nope, still wants him, despite how absolutely awful he was and is to him. My Poor Joe cannot catch a break!
I have zero clue how they are going to convince us, the audience, that Ming is the guy for Joe. I don't care that Joe still likes Ming. I HATE Ming, he is nuts, so what could they possibly do to make up for kidnapping Joe, and treating Joe like property and a Stand In for Tong that whole time? I cannot think of anything that would change my mind about Ming.

Dangnabbit, I need a proper ending! What was that, better yet, who was that!? Are we getting a season 2! What was the whole point of Woo Hyuk, cause there weren't alot of love triangley elements, so other than being a giant cutie, I am not sure what his purpose was. Strongberry, come on, you are always leaving us hanging! It feels like there was a ton of back story that we got zero of.
Welp, I hope we get a proper finale/conclusion. I enjoyed the story alot. The actor who played Yoon Chan reminded me so much of Jimmy for Domundi. And one thing Strongberry never disappoints in is the kissing and the cuteness. Once they got together, it was melt your heart city.
I really hope we get a few more episodes or a season 2.

Say what you will about GMMTV, they know how to create a freaking cute show. Like blushing, screaming, "cannot take it anymore because it's too sweet". Kang and Moo being all sweet together melted me this episode! I did not expect us to get to boyfriends this early, but I couldn't be happier. While I feel bad for Shone, cause he truly liked Kang, I was so happy that once he saw who Kang was into, and how sincere it was on each side, he backed off. I love the communication in this show. Everyone has been so honest with their feelings. I mean, I'm not counting Yos, cause he is actually handling his feeling in what I think the most appropriate way in this situation. As far as he can tell Tae is strictly straight, he has no reason to think he has a chance with him. He is respectful to his friendship with Tae, but still being there, but not kind of imposing his wishes on him (for example how Ray was with Mew in Only Friends).
I cannot wait for next week to see boyfriends KangMoo! And hopefully Yos' confession is real and not imagined or dream sequenced.

Welp, now I wish I had waited to binge watch this show, cause WTF!!! Like am I supposed to know ship Ming with Joe!? After all of THAT?! Why?! I cannot wait week after week to find out what happens next. My nerves cannot take it. But I'm stuck now, there is zero chances of me letting the rest of the episodes go by without me seeing them. My poor Joe! His entire life ruined by literally everyone in his life except maybe Sol. Even Wut is responsible, because he knew Joe's character, he even asked Tong did he do anything to Joe. But all he did was keep calling over and over again. That is completely useless. At least have the other stunt men on the team look around for him, check the hospitals, make a better effort to find Joe, cause you knew he would never leave you hanging. And honestly, Sol is also a little bit responsible, cause at the very least when they knew Joe was missing, since he was so worried to begin with, should have at least insisted that they go to the house, that they try and find Ming, because Sol knew the last person to see Joe was Ming. No one did right by Joe. And then to come back and see every one thriving and no one really seeming to care about what happened to him, except crazy Ming!
All that to say, I am having a blast, this is some crazy ish and I cannot wait to see how they are going to continue this story (who is attacking Mae in her own home!?) But I mostly want to see what sort of wizardry they use to get me to even remotely like Ming, let alone want him to be with Joe. Magic is seriously the only way that is going to happen!

At all!

I know the show is all done filming and what not, but I petition for more training scenes with Thor and Great shirtless...for science purposes. Also, I need more scenes with Thor and Cher. Cause they were hella cute!

Finally finished. Not the worst BL, but not the best by a mile and a half. Very confused by the ending. I thought Suea only liked one of the twins, but in the end, stole both their underwear (why?!) And there was zero indication that either of the twins liked him. That whole storyline made zero sense. Honestly none of the storylines made alot of sense. The main story came close, but I wish they had shown more of Pleum catching feeling for Prod, so that when he started being jealous, it wouldn't seem to come from nothing. He went from basically harassing Soi to being possessive of Prod and we were not let in to the why of it all.
Also, while I don't oppose the whole engineer to BL pipe line, I will protest the exchanging of the gears. Leave that to SOTUS. That was so done well, that any show that tries to do it later just cannot live up. Unless Kongbob and Arthit are exchanging gears, I don't want to see it.

Welp, that was a waste of time. If you came back for the throuple, just go to your local social media platform and find them, literally nothing happens though.
I will say, I still want to see a full story with those three. I want to know how they learn to make it work during the year this special episode is supposed to cover. I don't need to see any more Khem and Wela or Great and James. They literally gave us nothing for those two and I'm not really digging the actors.
But believe that Seiji, Japan and Ken have potential with the right story/director/producer. Hopefully we will get to see it.

That last scene hit hard because how well they set us up to fall on our face. I just knew after all those cut scenes that Ming was falling for Joe not because he was a stand in for Tong, but because he actually was getting to know him and like him. But the fact that he had a complete break down and not just a moment of sadness when they got engaged said loudly his feeling were very much still deep. I also am wondering if Ming is sleeping with Tong on the side, cause after he got caught kissing Joe by Tong, and Tong pulled him out, he disappeared for hours and was all kinds of rumpled and unkempt. My heart breaks for Joe. Especially after seeing the preview for next week. I cannot imagine how I'm supposed to root for Ming to be with Joe, when he is just he worst. I get that the heart wants what it wants, but I wish he hadn't involved Joe.

Buuuuutttttt, I will say, that if you think about it, in all those flashback from Ming's past having a crush on Tong, he only mentions and shows the scenes/photos, that were Joe. So I'm saying he has actually been in love with Joe this whole time but didn't realize it.

This show is the messiest, and I love it muchly! 😂😂😂