MaintainingMama

I love Pavel in this, but Pooh is not giving me enough...anything. During the confession scene, I needed him more desperate to explain to Babe why he lied, because Babe had all the reason in the world to feel betrayed and hurt and honestly he had no reason to forgive him. Pooh didn't really give, "I love you, don't break up with me" I was hoping the cutesy stuff would go away once he confessed to Babe, cause they have shown him being more serious. But alas, nope. Also, his seduction skills need to step it up as well. Pavel is literally top tier sexy. A total Smoke Show. Only he can pull off, CONFIDENTLY, being in the "bottom", when normally he would be cast as a "top". ( I take that back, Apo also did an elite job of being the "bottom" where anywhere else, he would be the "top") I felt this about last weeks episode a little bit. That scene was sexy as hell, and I loved his little smirk when Babe was coming beneath him. It belied his sense of ownership, if you will. His pride at making that fine ass, tough to the rest of the world, come undone. But I needed more from him. Pavel is trying to give KinnPorsche/LITA level scenes and his partner is giving meh. Take today's episode for instance. Babe getting up on Charlie's lap in an open car to ride him was all manner of sexy with a splash o'kink. I needed Pooh to act like he was participating in them shenanigans. Or to at least acknowledge that Pavel up there staring in your eyes as he "rides" you is sexy as hell. He needs to participate more!

Anyway, I needed more AlanJeff, but it looks like we get them next week. We did get a tiny bit of SonicNorth, I want to know more about them as well. Hopefully, we get a bit more from them next week as well. I also need to understand Pete and Way. Cause at this point, how does Pete know Way, and how come he is giving puppy eyes at him.

Is Way the Enigma? Cause it's the only reason why I can think that Way is not catching any hints/clues, out right sayings, that Babe is NOT into him. He is getting on my nerves at this point and I have zero sympathy for him. Babe literally collapsed in his arms, and said "I have never loved anyone before, but I gave everything to Charlie, because I love him" All Way heard was they aren't together, here is my chance! 😒Babe needed his best friend in that moment and Way was too self centered to see it. Even if Babe hadn't got back with Charlie, Way coming with flowers to try and make that a date was just gross.

I don't get those saying Babe and Charlie are siblings...they are literally just kidnap victims who shared a house but never met. Tony may call himself Daddy and maybe he even legally adopts them (although I doubt that, I think it's more of the use of the term adopt in that he is now providing a home and food, in stead of it being legally anything) What ever way it is, it's not brotherly at all. I think the fact that Charlie and Jeff call each other brothers, again loosely, is because they actually know each other when they were in the house.

This was nice, sad though. And not really a BL. Yes, there was hints that the one ML was gay and that the angel actually had someone who like him, but in both cases, the Angel did not like them back. Or was never willing to say that he liked them back. In fact they only show him looking at girls with a friend. In the end, it wasn't even a bromance, more like a really good friend for 2 people who needed that. Now I did like that they showed Koki getting hope from his time with the Angel, but I felt so bad for him because the show left him with very little. The end was a bit confusing too. Did Koki die and go to heaven to be with the Angel? How did he die, what happened to him when the feather fell down and he looked started. I wish it had showed him making a life outside of the Angel a bit more than getting a job and moving, to show why he would be able to move on. Cause realistically, the Angel leaving as still his only friend as well as someone who he actually liked would have devastated him.
Anyway, it was cute, funny (I love Japan's sense of humor!), deep and quick, so it was worth the watch. But don't go into it believing you are going to get any romance.

That is my hope as well. They have all put so much into already, I cannot imagine them letting this all go to waste.

Alan and Jeff are adorable and I want more of them and less of Way. I feel bad for Way but he kind of brought this level of disappointment on himself. Babe was a total slut before Charlie, and he has know Way for years. If he didn't at least give you a try in all them years, why did you think it would ever happen? And yes, you can kind of blame it on Babe, he did know about Way's feelings, I mean come on it was obvious. Babe is extra flirty to people he likes, especially Way, who I think for someone like Babe, it wasn't that he was flirting, I think his trust issues makes him put a wall up with most people and Way was someone who he trusted completely, so he let his guard down completely. It's what you do with someone who is your absolute best friend. It was up to Way to realize that Babe loved him but not in that way, therefore Way needed to maybe confess to his bestie, set some boundaries until he could get over Babe and then work to get over his crush/love for Babe. I am disappointed that he chose to be pissy and mean, like Babe was cheating on him, instead mainly supportive and maybe a bit distant when they announced their relationship. Because underneath it all, Way was Babe's best friend. And if you can't support your best friend, and want them to be happy, are ya'll really friends?
Apparently I missed where Sonic and North are a couple. They came across more like dude bros, which is fine, I just wish, if they are a couple, that it was made a bit clearer.
While I loved Babe and Charlie becoming a couple (especially Babe/Pavel's O face, that part was hot), I definitely feel like the current Charlie is too....meh for Babe. I don't know if it's Pooh's acting or is it just who Charlie pretending to be for Babe and what ever plan he has, but I'm not a total fan. I will wait and see when it's all revealed what Charlie's true self is like, but I wish he were less meh and more...well Alpha. I feel like maybe I want his energy to match Babe's, at least some of the time.

I think he is smart enough to keep it hidden, to see what all Nont was going to do. But at this point, even though they have given zero reason for it, it could be Zoeuy who did it. He is just a little to naive, nice and innocent, especially for that friend group filled with deviants! This shows saving grace is that the mystery of what happened to Nant is good enough to have us all questioning all the things and not just talking about all the NC scenes or some of the bad acting.

That definitely could be the reason he is upset.

I could definitely see Nant somewhere hanging manipulating all of them for how they bullied him. But why he would do that to his brother is hard to explain...

Maybe Prom knew Nant had a twin. Its crazy weird to me that NO ONE knew he had a sibling, let alone a twin, if they considered the friend group "family". At this point, I am like everyone is a suspect. 😂

But to my way of thinking, if the Japanese creator/owners cared so much about that stuff, they should of had script approval and once it was filmed and edited final say if the final product was air-able based on the contract. Also, why would the Japanese creators/owners have no problem with it still showing in Thailand, but not internationally. Especially because GMMTV airs most of their programing on Youtube. That should have been something negotiated in the original contract if they didn't approve international airing. That is why it seems fishy to me, because these are basic contractual addendums. It feels off.

If they would just stop with the English, I could make it through and episode with cringing, much. Some parts are so good, the story is enough to keep me interested, cause while I am totally on the "Nuth" killed Nant and its super obvy" train, but also, I think this show has the potential to pull a double reverse whammy and make it be something/someone totally unexpected. Like Prom, cause he is one twisted dude. I need more of Aob and the other dude cause 1) Aob is FINE but also 2) did he just fall in love with this enemy? Awww!

100% agree!

Something fishy is going on.... cause this show was obviously cleared by the Japanese owners a while ago. They announced this show a year ago, which means they were in talks about it at least months before the announcement. Also, they had to be cleared to be able to announce. Then they took almost a year to film it, and I remember Tay and Newwie saying that the delay was specifically because they (Japanese owner and GMMTV) were working out the legalities. So when they began filming, if everything wasn't to the Japanese owners liking, why didn't they say something before filming finished, or while it was being edited or while it was being promoted to begin...There were waaayyy to many opportunities to stop this and fix what ever was wrong before they aired this. The math is not mathing.

Yeah, I agree that it was supposed to be humorous, but it would have been funnier if she had gone after Tharn, "Like give me the tea, Friend! What's going on with you hand Mr. Hotness over there!" Her bumping into everyone just made it seem like she was again, unprofessional and just not a "put together' as someone who in her position. And it bothers me when they do that to anyone, but especially in one of the few female characters we got. And now that I think about it, even Yai's girlfriend comes off, at least in part, as a harpy/shrew. I don't know of anyone whose partner is away for as long as Yai was that immediately upon returning is as harsh as they made her seem. It would have been so much more balanced if she had shown her loving side as well. Like a big welcoming scene to introduce her character. While I am really loving the show, the way some of the female characters are being portrayed bother me.

This show, which is really good, would be so much better with the unneccesary long shots and extra shots for no reason, like them riding away on the bike, cutting to them zooming away on the bike. Like, once you cut away from the bike, we get it, they left. And this isn't a biking show, so the 5-10 extra seconds of them on the bike, served what purpose? Same for the scene after Mariya smirked after Tharn left because she could sense the sexual tension between them. Like we got it that she GOT it, but then the scene went on to long with her bumping into workers as well as walking away...Like the WHOLE walk away. What was the REASON!? Also, I didn't like that they made her unprofessional. As a member of the police force as well as a doctor, she would not walk in the woods with the earbuds in the middle of an investigation. Especially when she JUST said murders, and drug activity happens there. Then, she cannot take a hit, get back up and help get them out of there to go help catch a serial killer. I hate that weak woman stuff. She would have had to do similar if not exactly the same training as them, or she wouldn't be out in the field.

My last and final complaint is I really wish they had put this on Gagaoolala so that we can get rid of the blurred out bits. LOL. I just want to see something... for research purposes. All joking aside, the nudity isn't necessary but why have it, if they aren't going to show it.

I am digging the storyline, despite the unnecessary overstating the obvious, over dramatized lines. And I am loving the chemistry between Billy and Babe as well as the super tangly complicated storyline of Phaya and Tharn. I am dying to know what past sin Tharn did and to who. Why did the picture brake? What is up with sketchy doctor man? I am REALLY glad that they seem to have enough episodes left to explain it all in detail, so here is hoping they do that and don't leave us hanging. I hope next weeks NC scene is real this time, cause I am ready for these two to admit they like each other.

MeenPing definitely have chemistry together. Meen is hot as hell and Ping is adorable, and that combo helps a multitude of sins. However....I need Ping to step up his game. I actually l loved him in AiLongNhai, but I wanted to see a bit more in this roll. Like being consistent in his comfortability level in a BL. In both this series and ALN, the NC scenes were passable. Not great, but passable. And I kind of overlooked it in ALN, cause it was Ping's first BL I believe. But there were just some scenes (in both series) where it was evident that he was holding back in the intimate scenes. The kiss in the parking lot after Guy finds out Tew is stalking him should have been passionate. Instead they both stood there like statues pressing their lips together. And at least Meen was kissing Ping. Ping stood there giving dead fish lips. I say this about any romance, straight or gay, if your not comfortable kissing your acting partner, regardless of sex, please don't act in a romance. Both Meen and Ping were so stiff in moments that should have been filled with passion and angst, it ruined the scene. For instance, when Guy was begging Tew not to go back to the boss. Ping's crying wasn't bad there, he was really crying there for a bit, but Meen not responding really threw the whole scene off. Ahhh, I just want a bit more from them at this point.
I am also disappointed that we never got a resolution between Tul and Boss. How did Tul forgive Boss, are they boyfriends now, did Tul ever develop feelings for Boss? So many unanswered questions. Like what was the reason that Muffin stopped dressing up, and why were they always acting like she was doing something wrong? Why wasn't Pai at the final scene during the gaming session/dinner?
I truly think 2 more episodes would have been better to sort out everything and make it less...meh. I'd watch another drama with this ship, but I really hope they take more workshops and acting classes before they come back in a series.

I was getting ready to be so upset at the fish lip kiss between August and Day! I couldn't believe Aof would let that slide, and just when I was about to be distraught, the reveal that August was faking his attraction to Day that whole time! ARRRGGHHHH! While I was relieved for Mhok, I was incensed at August. How did he thinking faking love for Day would benefit him. And even if that was his intention, why couldn't he have let Day down easy, instead of running away like a punk for the second time!? A soft, and gentle, hey Day, I thought I could take our relationship further but I was mistaken. Instead he goes with, let me initiate a kiss, and because I find it icky, I'm going to run away and leave a blind man confused and alone, despite promising to help take care of him. Uggghhh!
Moving on to better things, like that kiss between Day and Mhok. Now that was what I expected from Aof. The scene kind of reminded me of Sean and White's kiss in Not Me. Beautifully shot and framed, the story overlapping the kiss. Chef's Kiss! Honestly, no one does longing and heart ache like Aof. I was dying watching Mhok watch Day slip away, just as he realized his feelings. Even going so far as to support his crush and help make August and Day a thing. When he bought the sunflower I thought I was at the highest for the pain level, but when he ran in and saw them kissing and then Day going back in for another kiss. Just lay me to rest. Jimmy conveyed how devastated Mhok was in that moment so well.

I am dying to know what the problem between Day and Night is? They need to spill that tea immediately.
I definitely should have waited til this was all aired, because waiting for another week to see what happened after that kiss is going to be the end of me.

I hope so

This vacillates between good and bad. The concept is a good one. And I am dying to know what happened to Nant. But then you have the scenes where it doesn't make any sense. Like when First finds out Soong was in it for the money. Him hiding behind the post and trying to hold back his tears/screams of rage and hurt fit perfectly. Him confronting immediately, even though he sees his besties boyfriend there too and some how doesn't put 2 and 2 together, even though he heard everything the other guy was talking about was ill timed. Why didn't he wait and record it, and then call his bestie up? Also, how did he find the club where Soong was? I am pretty sure all those guys took great care not to reveal their hideout. Also, why were we boxing in skimpy undies? We already have plenty eye candy, it looks so stupid. Also, why did they keep mentioning dude was huge if it wasn't really and they made every guy he was with ginormous. Like put some padding on the dude if we are going with the narrative he is hung.
How did First find Teena and Nont? What was he doing at that club right then? Was it because of what he found out earlier about Soong? If so, that whole thing would have flowed better if they had the confrontation between each pairing all at the same time.
What I do like about the show is again the plot, and I actually like their approach to showing sexual fluidity. Like people in general are sexual beings, and its not all rainbows and chaste kisses that lead to cut away shots of them with shirts off, but pants still on. Don't get me wrong, I love the fluffy stuff equally as the NC heavy shows (there must be balance). But this show tries to go beyond that. I wish the actors were a bit more daring collectively, though. Like how are we still doing fish kisses and weird ackward humping in a show with fingering, porn and bdsm. Some of the raunchiest scenes are kind of ruined by the lack of commitment to the scene by the actors.
Also, why is Nont so bad at investigating? What was his purpose of making out with Teena, asking questions only a stranger would ask, then walking away only to come back later and do that all over again? He was never going to get answers like that, so the whole scene was weird and stupid. Just like War of Y and Y Destiny, there lack cohesiveness in the plot/storyline/scripts/actor follow through and direction, but then you get scenes that are really well acted and the story is just working, so we stick around hoping it will keep on trend. But it never does...I'll keep watching, but I wish...for something more.

Yep. I definitely feel robbed.

Finished it. I waited through 2 seasons to see Mu-Deok get her powers back and become the badass she was destined to be. Instead, literally the last frame, she is standing behind Jang Uk, waiting for him to take care of the monster. He even mentions she used to be a top tier mage, striking fear in the hearts of literal whole villages, only to be reduced to spotter. What a let down. Don't get me started on the crap death of the bad guys, especially Jin Mu. Just burned to death. No last looks of regret as the realize they are done for? They could of at least all died terrified as the Fire Bird breaks free and consumes. Nope, just Jin Mu laughing literally to death. Also what was with the literal personality change in him. He was always going back and forth between cocky/smug to terrified his plans had fail. After the body switch, he was just nuts. Not even full blown cocky, just aggressive and chaotic, where through 2 seasons he had been the thoughtfully crafty bad guy. Ugh, just no to the whole thing. Also what happened to the king after he was removed? He should have burned with the others. Or some kind of punishment. I'll cherish the first season , up until the propsal, then block out the rest.