What a wonderful drama. So mature, so anchored in life. First off, Da Seol is a super smart girl. I wasn't ready…
"First off, Da Seol is a super smart girl."
Da Seol is smart, observant, and knows just how much Da On has tried to establish and stabilize his future and career away from their parents. As an outsider, she also could be more objective about Jaemin's actions.
She was able to see and realize that Jaemin's "assistance" was never really helping Da On at all.
It was just making Da On feel like he had to be so grateful, gracious, and open to Jaemin.
"I loved how Seong Hyeon stood up to Su Hyeon in the elevator."
As another outsider, Seong Hyeon has also been able to see just how much Su Hyeon knows that Da On doesn't and will never feel the same way towards him as he used to in the past. Even if Seong Hyeon had no romantic interest in Da On, Su Hyeon would still be anxious and threatened by his presence, because he knows that he's already lost Da On.
That's due to his current behavior. Yes, Jaemin easily manipulated him in the beginning, but it has been Su Hyeon's actions and behaviors that truly ended whatever remaining feelings Da On had for him. Su Hyeon has to accept it.
This could have been a great love story with a cool plot and actors with amazing chemistry. Sadly, the setting…
But in this particular world, all of this behavior is viewed as okay, because the script says that it's okay. Which is something that is constantly repeated in the works of this creator.
"Well, well, let's pray that Boss and Noeul can find a project that isn't written by Mame, that day there will be shooting stars or frogs will start growing hair or whatever weird and strange thing you can imagine."
That can only happen, if and when Boss and Noeul end their contracts with Mame and her production company.
On the mark as always. Sigh, especially the below quote about Po and his "purpose" as the main romantic lead in a series that was supposed to about him falling in love with a younger and famous Thai Pop Idol.
"Ultimately, Po devolves into a pale imitation of one kind of ideal female archetype from the middle of the last century: the Loyal Wife. The Loyal Wife patterns her existence to conform to the shape of her man's public persona. Her devotion to him supercedes her own personality. Her support of his career supercedes any professional ambution she may have. Society values her chiefly as caretaker to the children (here, the band)."
The romance was so stretched out between Po and Thame, along with having Jun behaving as a possible love rival, but in the end, Jun was just being obnoxious. Why couldn't Jun have been written as also having a crush on Po? That would have helped showcase just how isolated these Asian pop artists are made to exist within their industry.
The thing that GMMTV did get right was showcasing just how toxic and selfish the industry AND certain fans are regarding the pressures these arists are put under to appease everyone.
That one scene of those fans elation, glee, and happiness that Pepper ended his romantic relationship with the woman that he loved bothered me so much.
What I don't understand....why couldn't Cir be with Phu in high school instead of stalking him for 4 years which…
"I don't think she has a real understanding of the human mind or how relationships work...in her writing--it's stalk them, attack them, and then fuck them."
After how many adaptions of her novels turned into BL series, and their continued success, she has absolutely no reason to change what works for her.
sorry not sorry, but the "leaving your dream/an opportunity for the sake of love" trope is and forever will be…
Whew.....I am so disappointed. I didn't go in with high expectations of the series, but it feels like the screenwriter couldn't figure out what he set out to do with the plot and the characters. They couldn't scrap what they had and start over again.
Done watching the abs, I mean the latest Taiwan BL series. It's like this series was released from a pre-2019 vault, but somehow allowed their male characters to have an active sex life. Maybe that's why it wasn't released until now.
Lu Xi is just spoiled. If you really think about him and his older brother's situation, Lu Xi should be a bit…
Maybe the older brother is thinking to himself, "Hey, if Lu Hui has Yu Xing to take care of him, I won't have to also continue to put my own life on hold anymore?" Especially now that Lu Xi has his own man in his life.
Thank you! To be honest, I can't wait for it to be over. I feel compelled to see it through because (a) I have…
I am almost done watching the abs, I mean the latest Taiwan BL series. It's like this series was released from a pre-2019 vault, but somehow allowed their male characters to have an active sex life. Maybe that's why it wasn't released until now.
I don't think that any new BL could ever excel Unforgotten Night. That was so bad, that it truly became entertaining to see what would come next in the episodes.
The longer this goes on, the more it feels like the screenwriter is playing a joke on the audience. Things are…
Lu Xi is just spoiled. If you really think about him and his older brother's situation, Lu Xi should be a bit more mature, due to both of them losing their parents at such a young age. His brother probably made sacrifices, like not going to college, be able to just do whatever he wanted, because he had to raise his younger sibling.
The whole thing with making sure Lu Xi had to have his watermelon milk, just emphasized how younger he is from the 3 other characters.
I think Chian will stop this behavior for now as in the end he saw that Bua is still with Moo but even if he saw…
Chian will try and stop himself from continuing to be on the "hook" with Bua, but I think he'll feel it's too late, when he sees Fou4Mod with Baabin. He'll remember that he was the one who told Fou4Mod to not publicly post that he was now with him. He's been the one putting on the breaks in starting a relationship with him, because he's been an "ass" holding onto the impossible with Bua.
Bua has probably hung out at Chian's place more than once, but this time, I think that Chian was expecting a different outcome. He thought that Bua really missed being around him, because he kept away from him for a couple of days. Bua just missed the attention that he got from Chian. Once everything was back to order again, Bua called Moo.
Chian knew that he put himself right back on Bua's hook.
I noticed people complain about the "lack of plot" in this series. And that's actually kinda interesting, because…
"We're so used to seeing all of these, that this story of simply falling in love or crushing on someone at school might seem very empty. As if we ourselves didn't go through that at some point in our lives."
The plot of this particular series, is pretty simple: young gay high school boys dealing with the ups and downs of friendship, love, desire, romance, and heartbreak, without having to deal with society, or their parents telling them to not pursue whom their heart desires.
They allowed Shi Wen to survive the Red Truck Of Doom this time. Just as long as Shen Nan denied acknowledging…
Thanks for providing the link. I still think it is sad, that the producers felt it was needed to not include these characters being able to reunite within the episodes of the series run.
These production companies can only do so much of what is allowed under Chinese rules.
So far, I hate Bua. But my past is full of Buas.Iām angry with Chian. But my past is full of Chians. Iām frustrated…
That person in Chian's friend group probably got calls from him, trying to figure out why Bua wouldn't return his feelings.
Each of his friends have already told him that Bua doesn't like him in "that way", and advised him to stop hanging out with him.
When Chian saw Bua's Instagram message, after his amazing date with Fou4Mod, I immediately saw him shut any possibility of him continuing to open himself up to more with Fou4Mod.
Excuse me for asking this question here: Is what happened in the storyline of Kotoha's childhood sexual abuse by her Mom not being termed abuse due to them both being of the same gender actually something that used to happen in Japan?
Da Seol is smart, observant, and knows just how much Da On has tried to establish and stabilize his future and career away from their parents. As an outsider, she also could be more objective about Jaemin's actions.
She was able to see and realize that Jaemin's "assistance" was never really helping Da On at all.
It was just making Da On feel like he had to be so grateful, gracious, and open to Jaemin.
"I loved how Seong Hyeon stood up to Su Hyeon in the elevator."
As another outsider, Seong Hyeon has also been able to see just how much Su Hyeon knows that Da On doesn't and will never feel the same way towards him as he used to in the past. Even if Seong Hyeon had no romantic interest in Da On, Su Hyeon would still be anxious and threatened by his presence, because he knows that he's already lost Da On.
That's due to his current behavior. Yes, Jaemin easily manipulated him in the beginning, but it has been Su Hyeon's actions and behaviors that truly ended whatever remaining feelings Da On had for him. Su Hyeon has to accept it.
That can only happen, if and when Boss and Noeul end their contracts with Mame and her production company.
"Ultimately, Po devolves into a pale imitation of one kind of ideal female archetype from the middle of the last century: the Loyal Wife. The Loyal Wife patterns her existence to conform to the shape of her man's public persona. Her devotion to him supercedes her own personality. Her support of his career supercedes any professional ambution she may have. Society values her chiefly as caretaker to the children (here, the band)."
The romance was so stretched out between Po and Thame, along with having Jun behaving as a possible love rival, but in the end, Jun was just being obnoxious. Why couldn't Jun have been written as also having a crush on Po? That would have helped showcase just how isolated these Asian pop artists are made to exist within their industry.
The thing that GMMTV did get right was showcasing just how toxic and selfish the industry AND certain fans are regarding the pressures these arists are put under to appease everyone.
That one scene of those fans elation, glee, and happiness that Pepper ended his romantic relationship with the woman that he loved bothered me so much.
After how many adaptions of her novels turned into BL series, and their continued success, she has absolutely no reason to change what works for her.
Oh well.
The whole thing with making sure Lu Xi had to have his watermelon milk, just emphasized how younger he is from the 3 other characters.
Bua has probably hung out at Chian's place more than once, but this time, I think that Chian was expecting a different outcome. He thought that Bua really missed being around him, because he kept away from him for a couple of days. Bua just missed the attention that he got from Chian. Once everything was back to order again, Bua called Moo.
Chian knew that he put himself right back on Bua's hook.
The plot of this particular series, is pretty simple: young gay high school boys dealing with the ups and downs of friendship, love, desire, romance, and heartbreak, without having to deal with society, or their parents telling them to not pursue whom their heart desires.
These production companies can only do so much of what is allowed under Chinese rules.
Each of his friends have already told him that Bua doesn't like him in "that way", and advised him to stop hanging out with him.
When Chian saw Bua's Instagram message, after his amazing date with Fou4Mod, I immediately saw him shut any possibility of him continuing to open himself up to more with Fou4Mod.
The heart is a tricky SOB.