Look this is NOT your innocent high school hearts and flowers BL. This is NOT some mature swoony romance situation.…
"I was LIVING for it because getting hurt is where growth starts."
Exactly. Jimmy, Teh, and Fah will have to experience real hurt to truly understand who they are, in order to be able to deserve the love that they want in their lives, and who they want to express their love in return. They all have this facade, that tries to cover their issues of not being willing to put themselves out there to experience real connections with the people they say they are attracted to.
Fah seems to believe that he's playing some sort of game in who he chooses to be with. He's the one that likes to be in control. Calling the shots. That one young lady, and now Teh. He pressed with Teh to see how far he could get with him, even having sex with him, in the same room as his brother, and BFF were in. To be honest, that scene didn't shock me. As a former 20 something, I have experienced having to hear drunken friends getting down in the same room that I and others were sleeping in.
Teh, who believes that he's "different" from Jimmy, because he's not sleeping around with many people, yet he IS putting himself out there, without any understanding of what he wants, because he doesn't feel the instant heartbeat of romance.
Jimmy is exactly how many young 20-something males behave. They will sleep with anyone that catches their sexual interests. They aren't trying to be exclusive, with only one person. He's honest about it, but he's also absolutely clueless about his feelings for Fah and Toh. He says he likes Fah, but has experienced his interest being dismissed by him over, and over again. Yet, he unknowingly seeks out comfort from Toh. The nice, and cute older brother, of his best friend.
What I am wondering about is Toh. How does he not see the player behaviors of his best friend, his younger brother, AND the best friend of his younger brother?
Obsessed and loved are two different things. I'm not getting loved vibes from Gyeon I'm getting obsession vibes…
"That's not love. He just doesn't want anybody else to have Do Ha's attention. If I liked my friend, I would've told them whether I would be accepted or rejected, but I'm not going to wait until somebody else likes my friend, to confess."
Exacty. Gyeon literally had 10 years to confess to Do Ha. Do Ha wasn't atempting to focus on his romantic life at all, being a 27 year old, who had never ever in his life dated, nor kissed anyone, so Gyeon had plenty of time to make his feelings known towards him. What got me was Gyeon's violent possessiveness towards Do Ha. He behaved like everyone was a threat to him and his relationship with Do Ha. That's not the height of romance to me, but I guess this works for this particular plot.
The most bitter loser in the history of Thai BL cannot even fight fairly! Boooooooooooo! 🤣 I hate his character…
I guess him giving up his life for Nawa's love is suppose to redeem Phraphai, but all I could think of was that Nawa, Phu, AND Phraphai could have survived, without all the pain and trauma IF Phraphai could have accepted Nawa's rejection.
Well, this particular "Regular Viewer of BL" enjoyed the points regarding the comparisons of the situations the mermen/merpeople face on this Thailand island to the bigotry that sadly still many LGBTQ people face in many parts of the world.
It's apparently called Knot the Series and with BoatOat leading I have absolutely no doubt that that promise is…
I hope so. After the release of the CBL AlphaOmega Mpreg series, "ABO Desire The Series" folks were pondering if Thailand could or would ever take a shot at producing their own spin in the ABO/Mpreg genre.
"The late 1960s were a turbulent era for cultures spread across many continents. What Shine does is convey a sense of how that era looked and felt in Thailand; how the people of Thailand might have behaved and believed. In this regard, Be On Cloud’s production succeeds in evoking the spirit of those times. The genius of Shine is that it may be specific to Thailand, but in many respects its depiction of 1969 has universal overtones."
Exactly. Sadly, I think that for many viewers of Thai BL, they truly believe that Bangkok, and Thailand as a whole country is this sort of "gay mecca" that didn't have to go through massive social, political, and cultural changes as the rest of the world during this time period.
Shine The Series wasn't a usual Thai BL, and I appreciate that it wasn't an easy watch.
Glad he whooped the dad's ass! I need Ai to realize he's in love already before Kaishin leaves. I really like…
Ai knows that he's in love with Kaishin. He just has to acknowledge it for himself and then confess to Kaishin. When Himeka had asked him how long has it been since he desired the touch of another man since he met Kaishin and he gave her that little nod in his answer. When he lost his mind over finding out that his scumbag abusive father had confronted Kaishin and his niece. Ai begging that asshole to not bother his niece and Kaishin anymore.
I was reluctant to start this because I know the Japanese adaption of Love In The Air got pretty negative reviews…
I enjoyed the Japanese adaption of LITA due to them taking out all of the unnecessary extra characters and only focusing on the four main characters and their storyline development in the series.
As for this series, we can clearly see that Ai's hesitation and resistance to allowing himself to fall in love was due to what he experienced and witnessed in his parents marriage as a child. He doesn't want to put himself in a situation that will have him possibly trapped in an abusive manipulative relationship.
In yesterday's episode, it revealed the mental, emotional and psychological hold and trauma Ai's abusive father has had on him for decades. Being afraid that his father had killed his psychologist?! The a**hole deserved that beatdown from Kaishin, revealing just how powerless he truly is to Ai. That he's a scumbag using money he demands from his ex-wife and son to continue his lifestyle.
2nd SpecialYou’re watching, laughing, but also yelling at the screen like, “Jun, sweetheart, just slurp louder…
The whole "wifey" thing that Sorn has for Jun is due to Jun not having a negative reaction towards that specific endearment. If Jun really had an issue, Sorn would have found another way to call him "his beloved".
It does also fit into the BL element, let's not kid ourselves. Along with Sorn still being possessive over Jun and Jun being insecure about Sorn's real feelings for him. Sorn still thinks that there is some other random guy out in Bangkok, that will somehow/suddenly take away Jun's love for him, while Win's ridiculous comments that Jun had to pay more attention/show affection towards Sorn in order to keep him.
If Jun never, ever wanted to work another day in his life, Sorn would be absolutely fine with it, and make a plan to make it happen for them. All Sorn wants to do is to make Jun happy, so that they have a future together. If that future means that Jun takes charge in the bedroom every now and again, Sorn is alright with it. Sorn's mind and body was so connected and comfortable, when Jun initiated that night together in their condo. Yes, Jun needed some liquid courage, but I am glad that he surprised Sorn and himself in unleashing his inner dom. They didn't behave as though Sorn constantly has to initiate their sexual intimacy anymore, as I have seen in other BLs. Especially when characters have been together for some time.
These characters behave as still in awe of themselves, and their relationship with one another.
I seriously question the people who say it couldve benefited the second couple, or the second couple should get…
"Why keep up those expectations when you all have been told multiple times that the novel isnt about the them."
Because they want someone to understand their opinion, but they don’t seem to realize that absolutely nothing they post here, Twitter/X, Instagram, Tumblr, nor Reddit has had an effect to what has already been released. We only have two episodes left. They can be self efficient and create the scenes that they want to see in fan fiction and make themselves happy, give themselves peace, and enjoyment.
I understand people hating on Dhevi as a character, but I can't understand those who say Be On Cloud are doing…
There was absolutely no way that Dhevi was going to let Krailert run away with Naran and have their happy ever after. She’s the daughter and sister of very high ranking, influential, and powerful members of the military. If people in their circle of society had found out the real truth behind Krailert leaving his position in the military, Bangkok, and Dhevi for another man back in that time period, it would have left her being seen and thought of as a pathetic woman, who wasn't able to "keep nor satisfy her man". She was never going to allow that to happen.
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Exactly. Jimmy, Teh, and Fah will have to experience real hurt to truly understand who they are, in order to be able to deserve the love that they want in their lives, and who they want to express their love in return. They all have this facade, that tries to cover their issues of not being willing to put themselves out there to experience real connections with the people they say they are attracted to.
Fah seems to believe that he's playing some sort of game in who he chooses to be with. He's the one that likes to be in control. Calling the shots. That one young lady, and now Teh. He pressed with Teh to see how far he could get with him, even having sex with him, in the same room as his brother, and BFF were in.
To be honest, that scene didn't shock me. As a former 20 something, I have experienced having to hear drunken friends getting down in the same room that I and others were sleeping in.
Teh, who believes that he's "different" from Jimmy, because he's not sleeping around with many people, yet he IS putting himself out there, without any understanding of what he wants, because he doesn't feel the instant heartbeat of romance.
Jimmy is exactly how many young 20-something males behave. They will sleep with anyone that catches their sexual interests. They aren't trying to be exclusive, with only one person. He's honest about it, but he's also absolutely clueless about his feelings for Fah and Toh. He says he likes Fah, but has experienced his interest being dismissed by him over, and over again. Yet, he unknowingly seeks out comfort from Toh. The nice, and cute older brother, of his best friend.
What I am wondering about is Toh. How does he not see the player behaviors of his best friend, his younger brother, AND the best friend of his younger brother?
Exacty. Gyeon literally had 10 years to confess to Do Ha. Do Ha wasn't atempting to focus on his romantic life at all, being a 27 year old, who had never ever in his life dated, nor kissed anyone, so Gyeon had plenty of time to make his feelings known towards him. What got me was Gyeon's violent possessiveness towards Do Ha. He behaved like everyone was a threat to him and his relationship with Do Ha. That's not the height of romance to me, but I guess this works for this particular plot.
Exactly. Sadly, I think that for many viewers of Thai BL, they truly believe that Bangkok, and Thailand as a whole country is this sort of "gay mecca" that didn't have to go through massive social, political, and cultural changes as the rest of the world during this time period.
Shine The Series wasn't a usual Thai BL, and I appreciate that it wasn't an easy watch.
Boat and Oat in a Thai AlphaOmega project?!
https://youtu.be/ZcuEXvYc80s?si=5RAOgFXFAElQMtb9
All of that was out of love.
As for this series, we can clearly see that Ai's hesitation and resistance to allowing himself to fall in love was due to what he experienced and witnessed in his parents marriage as a child. He doesn't want to put himself in a situation that will have him possibly trapped in an abusive manipulative relationship.
In yesterday's episode, it revealed the mental, emotional and psychological hold and trauma Ai's abusive father has had on him for decades. Being afraid that his father had killed his psychologist?! The a**hole deserved that beatdown from Kaishin, revealing just how powerless he truly is to Ai. That he's a scumbag using money he demands from his ex-wife and son to continue his lifestyle.
It does also fit into the BL element, let's not kid ourselves. Along with Sorn still being possessive over Jun and Jun being insecure about Sorn's real feelings for him. Sorn still thinks that there is some other random guy out in Bangkok, that will somehow/suddenly take away Jun's love for him, while Win's ridiculous comments that Jun had to pay more attention/show affection towards Sorn in order to keep him.
If Jun never, ever wanted to work another day in his life, Sorn would be absolutely fine with it, and make a plan to make it happen for them. All Sorn wants to do is to make Jun happy, so that they have a future together. If that future means that Jun takes charge in the bedroom every now and again, Sorn is alright with it. Sorn's mind and body was so connected and comfortable, when Jun initiated that night together in their condo. Yes, Jun needed some liquid courage, but I am glad that he surprised Sorn and himself in unleashing his inner dom. They didn't behave as though Sorn constantly has to initiate their sexual intimacy anymore, as I have seen in other BLs. Especially when characters have been together for some time.
These characters behave as still in awe of themselves, and their relationship with one another.
Because they want someone to understand their opinion, but they don’t seem to realize that absolutely nothing they post here, Twitter/X, Instagram, Tumblr, nor Reddit has had an effect to what has already been released. We only have two episodes left. They can be self efficient and create the scenes that they want to see in fan fiction and make themselves happy, give themselves peace, and enjoyment.
Agreed. BOC said from the very beginning that this series will not be the usual BL. What did some viewers really think was going to be shown?