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The positives are amazing, the negatives are horrific

Okay, I tend to put off watching kdramas for a bit but i'm finally doing all of my kbl catchups. There was no particular reason I chose this one because I genuinely had ZERO idea what it was about going in-- that being said, it is shocking, undeniably so. I guess in hindsight I should have called the double-triple red herring.. But aside from shock value, pretty faces, and good acting? This show isn't much. It isn't anywhere near bad, but it's just sitting at a middle level between bad and extraordinary. It could have been so much more!

I'd also like to state that I'm not someone who ranks shows low for toxicity. I mean I LOVE My Personal Weatherman, for example.. But this one is just not good? The logistics of it just aren't there for me? I literally said to my friend "This would make sense if all of them were in High school, but you're expecting me to just be fully on board with men in their 20s and 30s doing all this?" First off, even if Jaemin and Soohyun WERE crazy it makes zero sense for Da On, a FULLY GROWN MAN, to sit back and be complacent time and time again. Insecurity plots, miscommunication over no real thing when the character has fully shown they're capable of fending for themselves and using critical thinking, none of it makes sense in this show. It's so easy to get blinded by the fact that the acting is genuinely amazing but what else is there? It wasn't emotion inducing, it was just them trying to throw HUGE shock value plots at you suddenly and none of it pieced together in a way that makes sense.
So because Jaemin likes Da On he's managed to fully manipulate ANOTHER grown man into fake dating him ? If you like him, date him? The whole "i want a permanent relationship, not temporary" excuse doesn't make sense either. Especially once Da On LITERALLY confesses his feelings for him. If he truly wanted to be by his side forever literally what good does it do him to harshly reject him and kick him out? Even a soft rejection would have done him better. But then they couldn't figure out a middle ground to make Soohyun seem evil but also.. Not Evil..? They kept flip-flopping his character so much I honestly think he might have bigger problems than Jaemin by the end. And did they run out of budget halfway through? Why was Junghyun in the ambulance just.. Asleep? No oxygen, no IV.. Just lying there? And Jaemins actor is literally SO amazing and you can clearly see the talent with every scene he's in yet by the end of the series they got lazy and just wrote in: 'Jaemin: Laughs maniacally.' Like it makes no sense. My problem with Kdramas is that they typically lack depth. I feel like this show is the perfect example of that. They wanted so hard to be deep and nuanced but when they have every opportunity to go further with a storyline, give it more, suddenly they pull a 180. And Da On couldn't confess to his normal crush who he's known for a year or less but could fully confess to his crush and best friend of 10 years knowing he's supposedly dating someone else..????
I know tv shows tend to vilify mental illness but it just didn't make sense to me no matter how I looked at it. "Oh you have been stalking me and manipulating every move for the last 10 years, got so upset i found out you started stabbing yourself in front of me for no good reason, AND just forced yourself onto me and tried to sexually assault me? Aww that's alright i'll take you to the doctor and leave you a sweet note of rejection." Like hello?!?

Everyone seems to LOVE this show and don't get me wrong it is executed well.. But it seems I'm the odd one out on not finding it as amazing as everyone else. Whatever they excel in they make sure to balance out with how ridiculous the storyline is. It's definitely an intriguing series to sit down and watch but by the end I was rolling my eyes and felt like i wasted 5 hours of my time.

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amazing production value and acting but the script makes no sense

i feel like my title is pretty self explanatory. the acting and overall production of this show is amazing which honestly speaking isn't something you commonly see with bl's to this extent. i think kinnporsche really was produced on another level which in turn made a lot of bls step up their production as well seeing the success it got, and it seems to be working. it's quite a slow show in my opinion so it can be hard to get fully hooked into right away but it eventually happens. i think the middle episodes is where my frustrations really came to be. the villains make no sense which then makes you realize the plot as a whole makes no sense. it just felt a bit repetitive and redundant for me personally and by the end i was fully watching in x2. i actually don't think this show is too sexual and i was pretty fine with the amount it did have, i just have concerns with season 2 bringing tony back.

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