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heartfelt, cozy and heavy all at once ⭐?

"i see people eat Chicken Rice every day. and they enjoy their Chicken Rice in their own way."

awhh, no joke this series was super cute but also uhm soul-crushing because why did firstkhao not get a single break 💔
and don't even play with me about the scene with heart and li ming talking to heart's parents - but i'll talk about that later.
been on my list for aaages probably and feels so refreshing to finish 💖🥹

☆ jim and wen (earthmix)
this is my first earthmix series, even though i've heard of all their other ones and i'm so pleased! their chemistry is insane and i really enjoyed wen chasing jim 7/8 episodes and jim giving in to his stupid logic in the last. i know he had an unresolved past but even when wen took him to the other woman and helped him move on, jim still was reluctant. anyway, they were so entertaining to watch! while i don't think their acting is the strongest, they still managed to pull off the sad and angsty scenes really well! i even shed a few tears. i feel like their story was cut short due to only 8 episodes (i was so shocked when i found out it was only that many) so i felt that both: wen chased after jim for too long/jim pushed wen away for too long. as i said, it just felt like wen was pushed away right until the last minute. it was obvious they had mutual feelings but i still would've liked it to feel like i didn't just press fast forward. nonetheless, they were so adorable to watch and they have a truck together!! lemme just order some Chicken Rice, i'll be back

job promotion: declined
reason: i just built a home. i dont want to move anywhere.

☆ heart and li meng (geminifourth)
AHH, my cuties!! as probably the majority of watchers have done, i watched this series and even discovered it because of geminifourth. if you couldn't tell already, i am a sucker for any kind of media that brings disability awareness to the table. i loved their little use of sign language between them and their notepad 📝. i got frustrated with jim more times than i can count but the times when i was most furious is when he was scolding li meng - especially in THAT scene. honestly, a relationship like heart and li meng's - in any case: romantic, platonic, relative etc - is such a clear case that soulmates exist. to think that heart would probably still be stuck inside his boring house, his parents ashamed of him and never living like the normal person that he is if he hadn't met li meng. i can't beat to think about it!

"deaf people are the loneliest people. they see everything, but they can't hear a thing. if no one talks to them, they won't understand anything at all."

this quote actually sat with me for a while. i genuinely had to research if deaf people could still speak because every deaf people i have seen in media either doesn't speak well or at all. when i saw people say that they have been deaf since their toddler years and even birth and they can speak clearly with 98% accuracy, i was like oh!! which is what made the quote stick so well. if no one had bothered to teach those people how to regain their speech and just disregarded them, they wouldn't be able to communicate as well as they would. especially since so many people don't bother to learn sign language so those that can't speak are just stuck.
li meng hearing heart speak is genuinely so heartwarming. even when heart spoke for the 4th time in front of him, he was still amazed 🥹. especially since he said li meng's name. i will love geminifourth even more for this representation and amazing acting 🤍

☆ alan and wen
oh, i was NOT ready for all of this angst. i will never tire of saying this - first and khaotung are my favourite pair in terms of acting ability. they make me feel like im on a rainbow in the clouds but then suddenly there's just a fucking thunderstorm from nowhere and now im miserable. first was so good as alan - even though the character was more than partly in the wrong. i swear, every time this man was crying, he did it like he had bottled up his feelings for 10 years. mix also played into the angst of alanwen really well. his emotion was at its max and i honestly was so emmersed.

"but now you like chicken better than beef, right?" / "you were not this sarcastic back then." / "i have always been like this. you just started to not like it."

alan, who taught you these ways. stop playing with my heartstrings!! i absolutely adored the constant metaphors this series used to describe the character's feelings towards one another. i will never say that wen was in the clear because it is so so wrong continue being with somebody for anything other than love - ESPECIALLY sleeping with them. that whole scene was just so not funny. #gmmtvlovesemployingprettycriers

☆ praew and saleng
this is the part when i wish this series was longer. their story deserved to be shared as much as the others, if not more!! poverty pregnancy is such a curse, i can imagine. when praew still had to work while she was pregnant because they didn't have the money 💔. oh girl, just saw you want my money; it's all yours. i feel like this mark is one of those gmmtv actors you just manage to see in every other series that you watch. like how high are the bills?! but i love this character, and obviously mark himself 🤍

☆ overall
although this seems like an adorable, heartfelt, cozy bl, to me it actually has a lot of serious topics discussed: poverty (pregnancy), disease, loss + grief, politics (about lgbtq+ rights at the time) and of course, disability. i think that's what makes it stand out from other cozy bls because it has all of these serious issues mixed into the story and handles them very well. from what i have seen previously, im pretty sure that earthmix are strong advocaters for the lgbtq community, so when jim and wen were talking about thailand in 2022/2023 and talking about the lack of same-sex marriage laws, i thought that really fit them. the discussion of poverty is huge in this series, and as it should be! even now, the world is covered in poverty as people wonder if they'll get to eat tomorrow. what with the wars (PLURAL) going on, poverty grows every day. i just wish everyone got the chance to dream 💔

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this is why youth bls are so important

"from now on, can i call you orange?"

holy moly was this series super refreshing to my brain. it's been a hot minute since i've just indulged in a harmless high school bl and boy was this a good choice!! i wanted to watch this one for a while and feel so satisfied with how it was delivered! 💚🍊
"i don't know why i said that. maybe because i never wanted to go back to the way we were ... but what i really want is that he feels the same way that i do."
oh jeez were they cute as hell!! i thought their relationship the whole way through was just my goal in life. they were so adorable and awkward! the ko "neung" and "song" dynamic was so iconic, i loved it! ko song being smitten with ko neung from the beginning was so touching to see. my man was whipped the entire time. i am a sucker for hardcore angst so was a bit sad that we didn't really milk the angst like i hoped but it was still so freaking sad and i felt every emotion in their voices and eyes. i am super impressed with progress's diversity in acting. really reminds me of fellow gmmtv actors like book, junior, pond, auo and people like that. one minute, they're all bubbly and laughing, the next they are the prettiest crier i have ever seen #prettyboycriersupremacy. at a specific time in the series (the beginning of episode 3), there is a wide shot of ko neung and ko song outside their houses. to me, the sun coated ko neung's house in a beautiful glow but ko song's house was gloomy and cloudy. this ties into the dynamic of grumpy x sunshine - even though ko song is such a sweetheart!! i just really liked that detail because it entails dynamics like the sun and the moon WHICH THEY DO REFERENCE BY THE WAY!! i appreciate that the angst is at a minimum because they are just school kids - not any major problems occurred for them that they could sort out 💖. ko neung and song will become my new personality for the next two weeks 🍊🥹.

"am i wrong to choose my dream? this is my future" / "didn't you say i would be a part of your future?"

you know how i was just talking about how the angst was at a minimum. so, stratch that! oh, this hurt more than a bloody bullet. oh young love! i will always admire ko song for going after his dream because i have to agree, ko neung was being a bit selfish...but they made up so it's all good 😁. honestly, it is so scary to me that i might lose contact with my close friends as we grow up and navigate life so i can understand why ko neung had the reaction he did. i mean come on though, your man was going TO MED SCHOOL!! he doesn't have time to rest honey. honestly...ko song is too good for ko neung??!! like, they were super cute and first and i really enjoy ko neung's silliness and awkwardness around ko song. as it went on however, he became unnecessarily selfish and jealous (like baby, the senior is called senior for a reason...he would've been a p3dophile) and whilst honey was trying to complete, again, MED SCHOOL, he wanted to be clingy and expect the most. whoops, did i just rant a little...
but like, you see how it is an unbalanced relationship to me.

however, there was this.. 🔽
"there's no star for me. i'm not good enough to be a star."

im SO FUCKING SORRY??!! i didn't even have to move my face for tears to start rolling down my face. being a schoolkid - i am willing to bet - is one of the toughest experiences of a regular person's life. oh what i would GIVE for this to be essentially redone to add in their teenage struggles and emotions. we eventually ended up with loose leads that led nowhere at the end. yes, we saw rekindlement in ko song and his dad's relationship but uhm no actual meaning talk displaying their feelings or anything. okay 👌! this scene was so good and i felt really connected to ko neung. then we never brought that side of him to our screen again. okay! i just felt like this could've been so much more! although, it definitely made me cry.
"everyone has to go on their own path to grow up."
this is a really important line to me. to me, it just summarises that everything has a meaning. everyone is different and therefore has different dreams, abilities, interests and beliefs. so therefore, people find their people but also lose people they thought were theirs. just over 6 months ago, i lost a best friend of mine. she didn't die, please oh my lord i realise how this sounds. we just grew into different people and suddenly, we didn't connect like we did anymore. this line really told my inner self "hey, it's okay! it's not your fault. it's not her fault. you're still kids, you still need to grow to understand these things". i mean, sometimes people get to 50 and still have no idea what anything means. i guarantee i will die not knowing what anything meant in the long run - or even short run. but what is the use of being born if we're just going to waste it on things and people that do not benefit us and make us happy. you can never rely on other people to guide your life. it's yours for a reason! carpe diem!!!!

anyway, this series was overall so adorable to watch! i had such a fun time with fresh faces and i wish them all the best for the future 💚. however, since it was just a quick, easy watch, i didn't feel super connected to it like i do with other things. and as i said, definitely could've been developed into something that held much more meaning had it been expanded on.

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i can't believe i didn't watch this sooner

oh hey 🙋🏼‍♀️, im finally here!!
OH, THIS CHANGED LIVES!! ohmnanon, come home the kids miss you (we are the kids)

"from two people who can't be friends to two people who can't be just friends."

i did not know this quote would be the foundation for this series but i should've known since it is so accurate. i freaking miss them. feeling motherly.

☆ patpran (ohmnanon)
oh, these were the originals!! every time i saw a reference to a different series, i realised that this one came first so it's actually the original. them running away from their family because they just wanted to be together is everything to me. i needed that.

"everyone wants the truth. now that you all know, why can't you take it?"

they deserve sunshine so bad. i understand pran's mum because honestly if it were me, i would've had the ugliest revenge planned. however, once both families saw that they truly cared about each other, they still held a grudge. I CANT BELIEVE THIS! and honestly, without a REALLY REALLY SERIOUS REASON like assault or abuse or discrimination, you should not dictate your child's life to such an extent.

☆ the story
you cannot tell me they are the FOUNDATION for enemies to lovers. honestly, can we call them that when they were forced to hate each other?? even though this plot line is not original in itself, bad buddy just has a certain level to it that isn't achieved with anything else i've seen. honestly, it was so refreshing to finish this because i became in love with the execution of this!! even down to the faculty rivalry, not original but had a such a different gravitational pull (im still such on weirdo-101) towards it. this was sooo good!!

you might then think why isn't it 5 or even 4 1/2 stars. it just took me AGES to finish this and even when i was set on it, i kept turning my attention elsewhere. however, when i was properly invested in this, i was in love!! especially after ep 8, i started just binging it the whole day. and as i said, the story was pretty generic to me which is probably why i didnt stick to it as i do other series.
they are still everything to me and part of my new favourite colour combo ❤️💛

):)

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heartwarming youth series ??

"from now on, we might have to face a lot of things. we may face changes and misunderstandings. smiles or tears - they're memories we want to keep forever."

wow. honestly, this was a pg 13 only friends in my eyes because why did everyone have a crush on each other...but it was so fun!! entered with mondpro, left with: mondpro still, yuri, aim, mick, ohm, per, win and earn. everyone else either i don't remember or they were annoying as hell.

☆ punn+noh (mondpro)
i can only guess the brief was "be cute as fuck during the whole thing" because HELLO?! they were so adorable, it hurt!! even as minors, they had such good body language and emotion control, it really made me feel the pain and happiness in every scene. i didn't really expect to cry, so obviously i did. how could i not?? towards the end, they always had something to fight and sulk about but i understand since that's the way with teenage relationships so it didn't bother me a lot. plus, it was always resolved in the same ep. i cried so hard when punn's dad said "they dont have to be a girl". i was so happy for their relationship. i actually get more than a little mad when people are rating this series low and all their review says is "900 minutes and only one kiss". like when did bl just become about the kissing?? also, they were still minors, and progress 15!! i didn't expect even any physical contact, so i did not care in the slightest!! obviously, anybody can have opinions and im not critising, i just loved the high school story! honestly, the colour green suited them so much, it's kind of scary. but it was so entertaining!! i continue to adore almondprogress and will treasure them in my heart while i wait for the blue company to treat them right 💗.

☆ mickohm
first of all, OHM LIKED NOH??!! my jaw DROPPED at this news. i thought he was so whipped for mick. but it all worked out in the end 🥹. you know when the side couple has you hooked more than the main one?? kind of how i felt with these two...the tension was INSANE! gift giving will forever be my favourite act of service so when ohm brought mick the horn, i giggled so hard. even at the end when ohm said he wouldn't try to win noh and mick said he would never let him go to anyone else to which ohm said "you better keep that promise" OH, I FOLDED! i was so sad to see one of them left the company and the other had to carry on 💔. i need more actually.

☆ yuri / aim
oh my dear girls, you deserve better 🥀. these girls were definitely my favorite characters out of this whole series. they captured my heart. when they both slapped the SHIT out of jeeb, i screamed and cheered so loud, the neighbours probably heard and my throat is still sore. they were just everything i needed. literally yuri representation!! i was hooked by aim's toxic backstory and how she broke out of it and came into her own badass, lesbian self 🧡🩷🤍. honestly, i think yuri was so fair in her decision to ignore noh and punn because i would too if i was a different person (i'd just straight up confront them) but i understand it. i could never be mad at her. i can never let go.

☆ overall
like in when oranges fall, the message of the whole series is to enjoy your youth! the good and the bad. honestly, series like this are so wholesome to me because i am nearly at the end of my youth days and i feel like i have wasted them continuously. i dont have a big friendgroup. i dont have a caring partner. i dont have a fun or laidback family. however, i have a friends that feel like family. bl is better than having a partner to me. though my family is hard at times and is separated, i love them thoughourly and we have fun! thank you i think just almondprogress in general for having two series that tell me to enjoy my youth while i still have it! honestly, my life has been a hard one to life. i still struggle to this day, like the next person eventually will one day. but i have seen a lot of things that tell me to embrace the bad along with the good, because they make up who i am and what i do.
this series was so fun, please keep letting almondprogress making these. don't let them hop on the NC train so fast 🙏
fighting, mondpro!! 💌🌺

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i was sat every WEEK

i stumbled across this masterpiece on bloody youtube shorts and man was that a good choice. i had found it just a few day after eps 1+2 had aired so i was quite early to it!! i was able to through both the pleasure and the agony of having to wait each week for something this good. the fact that the director of this series also directed the great "love in the big city", i was SAT for this one! the story was interesting but now i look back on it, i don't really remember how any of it linked together but it wasn't a disaster and i really appreciated the acting. i'm sorry but seo i do is SO FINE, i had to rewind at some points because i was distracted. his nose is so beautiful. anyway - the chemistry between seo i do and chu tae jeong was INSANE!!! i was giggling and tossing in a dang heatwave mind you, because they wanted to touch each other's lips when they thought the other was sleeping. i'm so not ready to move on. of course they had to fall under the sad sad reality of 8, 20 minute, episodes - aka giving us next to nothing about anything. this is why i can sympathise that the storyline for me had gaps and felt rushed since it had to be but i loved the way it was executed and shot so i'm not really complaining. i don't remember a lot of things after a series anyway...
THEY RETIRED ON THE FAROE ISLANDS! i can't survive with them. and tae jeong still remembered about buying i do's painting. i'm officially emotionally attached to this series and these characters. this is now a sensitive but joyous topic for me

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this was a HUGE step up from pitbabe

i still love pitbabe but it eventually lacked a sort of something but GBYFD never bored me!! it always kept me on the hook and i always was jumping to the next episode. their acting was amazing and they were able to portray every emotion. pavel's acting especially made me cry with his sister (character) and the final ep. the story definitely had a stronger backbone than pit babe, although i did get lost on the whole relative thing and in the end forgot everything but i was still gripped!! pavelpooh will never bore me 💚

okay, i kind of feel like i need to say they were let down here by the way the story then turned. i was super invested with the storyline at first. it was serious and eerie and supernatural - all the things i enjoy from time to time!! however, as it went on, the story started drifting towards the romance department and essentially forgot about the story and decided to throw a bunch of nonsense at it. i was super confused when bom was revealed as the killer AND related to thup - like what?? they never even explored that storyline anyway. why did atikhun specifically need thup for the ritual if it could've just been anybody born on saturday. the premise and idea of it is so so good and i HEAVILY f'ed with it up until around the time King's dad started getting involved and it all just seeped through cracks and eventually became romance.
i still appreciate the acting of all the actors and i think they did an amazing job!! i became connected to the characters.

its a shame that in the end the plot was a whole bunch of nonsense but i will never say i didn't enjoy the acting! i loved them so much, give them back 💚

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i am happily married to this show. forever.

somehow, i always find my way back to this series. i've said this before but this series navigates love in every kind of way soso beautifully im still stunned.

"myung-ha, you don't have to go through everything by yourself anymore."

this shows the kind of love that surrounds the average person - the love of support. the fact that 29 year old tae myung-ha had forms of depression and ended up drowning himself but then regretted it at the last second and begged to stay in death shows that we should all be given chances - and give life a chance to improve and to find love in all forms.

"i want to stay. i want to stay. with yeo-woon"

this shows the intense affection - and eventually love - myung-ha possesses for yeo-woon and how experiencing life through his younger self helped him learn to love and find happiness in the small things. he at first rejected yeo-woon but started to fall for him. every time i watch the scene of them on the rooftop and myung-ha says "i love you cha yeo-woon" under his breath, i still giggle. one of my favourite bits.

"but cha yeo-woon is still unhappy / that's just life / but being fated to live that kind of life, is just so unfair."

i love this scene. it shows not only the perspective of myung-ha on love and society, it depicts the savage way some people are just left alone and don't get their happy ending. they are pushed away and are forgotten. this series brings the idea of including everybody and finding your own unexpected happy ending.

as i've said before - this series is not about a game. i love to think of it as the game is a message to its viewers about the events and roads of life. the "system errors" that myung-ha experiences pop up when events in any human being's life happens - the first i love you, the tragedy of picking between people, feeling rejection and loneliness.
the fact that this concept was all to make tae myung-ha love himself and find happiness breaks me everytime - it was never about cha yeo-woon (no offence, he's still so adorable and so key to the story).

"and i died like that on that day. but i regretted it at the last minute. regretting everything."

"i wish that i would disappear"

these are spoken by 29 year old tae myung-ha, who shows strong signs of depression and ends up drowning himself, though regretting it at the last minute. this shows a darker side to the human mind - that it can twist and turn against it's own body if it experiences unpleasant emotions and events. for tae myung-ha, being alone and rejected by his mother is enough to be gone. he is then given a chance to enjoy life again and find that happiness that had disappeared. it sends a message that even if the darkest of tunnels, you can still find a light.
i love this series with everything because not only are cha yeo-woon and tae myung-ha SO ADORABLE, it discusses every form of love: romantic, platonic, relative - everything. it also has darker topics as shown by senior tae myung-ha who is entirely alone and abandoned.

dare i say best kbl i've ever seen and probably will ever see. yes, i do dare.

"senior. i get it now why you like the sea. im starting to like it too."

it was never about the sea...👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨

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