BL Compilations

I wrote my review based on my own life experiences which include an abusive ex. The number of people using their own hotness bias for ignoring Ming's abusive behaviors was disappointing but unsurprising, I've seen it many times before. You get to view Ming and Joe and their relationship how you want and I get to view it how I want.

yeah, they are annoying but it's clear who the main ship is

deaths, rape*, violence/fights, blood, manhandling

*the perpetrator was extremely drugged but the result was the same, however it seemed to start as non consensual and then turned consensual but it must have been very violent for him to be unconscious for 2 days afterwards and then he was not happy about it after and wanted revenge...so it falls somewhere on non con/dub con, if they had not had him severely injured and he wasn't angry afterwards then I'd label it consensual

Content Warnings

everywhere except SE Asia, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau

death, self harm, grief, torture/pain, fight/violence, blood, large age gap but as presented it doesn't bother me

You are very welcome, glad you find them useful :)

I think some/most? people know that what is displayed in My Stand In (and other series/movies) is very abusive in real life relationships but I know not everyone knows the difference because I've seen abusive behavior shown in a romantic way in media and comments with "I wish my future boyfriend treated me like this". It makes me really sad, and I hope for their safety they never have a partner who treats them like that...

haha, sorry for it being a rant, I had things to say that I've been bottling up for some time :)

Yes, I agree with you on the lack of massive growth/redemption arc. I think I can separate the actor and character, but it is tough at times.

Ming is only being nice so he gets what he wants, to be with Joe romantically. He actively ignored what Joe said would make him happy ie not being in a relationship with Ming. I maybe could have gotten behind a solid redemption arc (which Ming did not have) if not for what Ming did that could have easily killed Joe (people die from just 1 punch to the head). Although they are deviating from the book a bit, I'm sure they'll have a HEA which I can't support. If this had been a revenge series I would have given it a much higher rating. If others enjoy it, fine, it's fiction but I really hope everyone is aware that this is about power and control, not love. And unfortunately in the real world, many people don't make it out alive of relationships like this.

past pet death and grief

content warnings

Those flashback scenes were supposedly in middle school...would have made much more sense for the present to be university and the flashbacks be from high school. I've decided to just change it in my mind to university.

Yes, they could have reduced them as you said. I totally agree that the 2nd couple was underdeveloped.

The main issue is they spent waaaayyy too much time on the female character and the family drama. If they didn't have the budget for enough screentime to include those elements, then they needed to cut them out and focus on the main and side couples. I've been meaning to re-watch and update my review with some watch suggestions where we see the 1 character's background earlier which would also help me root for their relationship more but haven't gotten around to it.

I updated it to have the spoiler tag but I thought it was fairly general, which part/s did you feel ruined the whole series?

I totally agree with you. I think MosBank are being let down by writing, they really have amazing potential and with a great script/direction/editing, they would be unstoppable.

It can be really disappointing when a trailer or a book is great and then a first episode is...lacking. I'll try my best to finish this series and update my review, though the 2x speed button may be used liberally

I try to give first episodes the benefit of the doubt. I'll update my review after a few more episodes air and if it continues how episode 1 went, then it will definitely have a lower score than an 8