Yes, I couldn't express it any better! Totally agree with you! I really saw the way they both changed and developed…
Thank you! Same to you.
As I watched the series, I felt in my bones, that other viewers would have a really bad reaction towards what was developing for Teh and Oh-Aew as they got older and started to experience growing pains in their relationship. I never thought that those same fans would go on Twitter rants, blaming TPTB for "messing up the story" and "not knowing the characters".
I'm a newbie in the BL genre (about 6 months now) and sadly, I have noticed that a majority of fans, just really want the HEA (with lots of kisses and simulated sex scenes), regardless of the history of the characters, what those characters have gone through in the story, and if there is actual violence between the two characters that they want to see together, it's all rationalized as "it's apart of their love story".
That's why when series like ITTSAY, IPYTM, A Tale of a Thousand Stars, Until We Meet Again, and Lovely Writer are produced and released, it makes me think that yes, this genre can come up with series and adaptions from novels that aren't always about the setup to the boys kissing.
Yes, I couldn't express it any better! Totally agree with you! I really saw the way they both changed and developed…
Yes!! Oh-Aew had to find himself and learn to like himself, without holding onto the belief that he would get back together with Teh. I know that there are viewers who think that Oh-Aew was stupid in getting back with Teh after such a long time, because they, themselves believe that they would never do it in their own lives. They keep forgetting that Oh-Aew and Teh have always, and I mean, always been in love with one another. Teh needed to see how the results of his actions and behavior, resulted in him being able to achieve his career goals, but it was at the sacrifice of him losing the love of his life. He had to experience that pain and loss to know that nothing is more important to him than Oh-Aew. Because the Teh from before the Jai incident, truly believed that Oh-Aew would always be with him, regardless of what he did to him. That Oh-Aew would have, but the Oh-Aew, with the dyed hair, supportive group of other gay friends, and the young man, who caught his lover, pining over another man said, "Do you think I'm stupid?!"
When PP said those words with such hurt, sadness, and sense of betrayal that Oh-Aew was going through at that time, I appreciated that scene, because he, along with Billkin were able to show both sides of the long-time coming breakup.
This series just went off the rails, regarding the script, lack of cohesion, and no sense of purpose, other than giving the audience another chance to see Aki kissing another man.
It doesn't need to be deep, its need to be with some value, maybe honesty, maybe more real, maybe funny, maybe…
Exactly!! In the BL genre, there will always be a place for the many series based around high school/college life, that will have the standard tropes and the sound queues necessary for the viewing audience to understand what's going on with the main couple from now until eternity.
"Last thing: I cried at the theatre scene with Teh's thesis. It was so emotional, thinking back to their growing process. Pure bliss."
It WAS a beautiful and touching scene, because Teh was able to show Oh-Aew, that he remembered everything about their lives together, just as much as Oh-Aew. He was attempting to make up for what he posted in that dreaded journal from over a year ago. What I also loved from Oh-Aew's reaction, was that he just wasn't in the mindset to forgive Teh at that moment. When Oh-Aew finally snapped, and let go of Teh during the afterparty, something inside of him shattered that night. He never expected that Teh could hurt him in such a way, all because Oh-Aew had changed from who he used to be as a high school student. Teh couldn't understand that Oh-Aew needed to change, so that he could find himself. Teh had said that he wanted Oh-Aew to be able to be himself, but it was the self that Teh was comfortable with, the Oh-Aew that wanted to purue a future in acting, with Teh. The Oh-Aew that was only comfortable being around Teh. The Oh-Aew that didn't have interests, a life, and friends, who weren't connected with Teh at all. I keep reading comments and reviews that state that those viewers couldn't "recognize" the characters and that they felt like they were "strangers". The characters, especially Oh-Aew had grown and developed from who they were as high schoolers, grade students, and the little boys who met each other over a decade ago. It would have been very weird if both Teh and Oh-Aew behaved the same way in their college years, as they did in their early years of high school.
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As I watched the series, I felt in my bones, that other viewers would have a really bad reaction towards what was developing for Teh and Oh-Aew as they got older and started to experience growing pains in their relationship. I never thought that those same fans would go on Twitter rants, blaming TPTB for "messing up the story" and "not knowing the characters".
I'm a newbie in the BL genre (about 6 months now) and sadly, I have noticed that a majority of fans, just really want the HEA (with lots of kisses and simulated sex scenes), regardless of the history of the characters, what those characters have gone through in the story, and if there is actual violence between the two characters that they want to see together, it's all rationalized as "it's apart of their love story".
That's why when series like ITTSAY, IPYTM, A Tale of a Thousand Stars, Until We Meet Again, and Lovely Writer are produced and released, it makes me think that yes, this genre can come up with series and adaptions from novels that aren't always about the setup to the boys kissing.
When PP said those words with such hurt, sadness, and sense of betrayal that Oh-Aew was going through at that time, I appreciated that scene, because he, along with Billkin were able to show both sides of the long-time coming breakup.
https://youtu.be/wSsOmrfuo1U
https://youtu.be/wSsOmrfuo1U
It WAS a beautiful and touching scene, because Teh was able to show Oh-Aew, that he remembered everything about their lives together, just as much as Oh-Aew. He was attempting to make up for what he posted in that dreaded journal from over a year ago. What I also loved from Oh-Aew's reaction, was that he just wasn't in the mindset to forgive Teh at that moment. When Oh-Aew finally snapped, and let go of Teh during the afterparty, something inside of him shattered that night. He never expected that Teh could hurt him in such a way, all because Oh-Aew had changed from who he used to be as a high school student. Teh couldn't understand that Oh-Aew needed to change, so that he could find himself. Teh had said that he wanted Oh-Aew to be able to be himself, but it was the self that Teh was comfortable with, the Oh-Aew that wanted to purue a future in acting, with Teh. The Oh-Aew that was only comfortable being around Teh. The Oh-Aew that didn't have interests, a life, and friends, who weren't connected with Teh at all. I keep reading comments and reviews that state that those viewers couldn't "recognize" the characters and that they felt like they were "strangers". The characters, especially Oh-Aew had grown and developed from who they were as high schoolers, grade students, and the little boys who met each other over a decade ago. It would have been very weird if both Teh and Oh-Aew behaved the same way in their college years, as they did in their early years of high school.