This was a cute series. The middle part was the best leading to the climax where SibGene was exposed but I thought they didn't quite stick the landing. The last episode was anti-climatic. All the stakes mentioned in Episode 11 were resolved without much issue after 4 months once Sib's contracted ended. The press conference and the "break-up" seems kind of overblown and unnecessary. I was rolling my eyes at the press conference actually airing live on TV as if this was some kind of big scandal that the whole country needs to know LOL.
Still, the chemistry between Up and Kao is amazing and Up's acing really carried the whole series. I am surprised no one brought up the piano scene. That was the most touching scene in the last episode, especially when Gene tells Sib that he will loves him more and more, much more than he does. Sib was always the one that shows his love for Gene and finally Gene expressed the same back to Sib. Also I thought Gene was going to play the piano instead Sib because Up is an amazing piano player (https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1so4y1f7c4)
Everybody talk about Sib and Gene and here I'm want to say something about my little cinnamon roll baby Hin...In…
I like Hin as well. I wish his part was a little bigger. He was gone for most of the middle part of the series. I think he will have a happy ending. Gene gave his novel to Bua for a second look so maybe she will really take a look this time and think about publishing it.
Next episode looks overly dramatic and I'm ready for it lol. WTF is Aoey crying? Did Sib and him even did anything for the ship? It seems like they don't interact much outside of the series. Also is it really that big of a deal if Gene and Sib are dating? I mean even during the conference in Episode 8, there was already one group of fans supporting GeneSib. It isn't some huge secrets. It just give the series more publicity and more talking points.
Come on people, Gene and Sib are not related. It's probably that they knew each other when they were young and that Sib has always liked Gene (which explained why he was eager to get close to him since they met again at the audition). They will just throw in some explanation why Gene didn't recognize him and why Sib didn't tell Gene that he knew him when they met again (I bet it's some excuse like Gene would treat him like a friend/brother like when they were young if he knew right away).
The real drama is obviously going to be that the public is shipping GeneSib more than the fake AeySib and the agency will make Gene and Sib break up to promote the series. Then add in some misunderstanding/tears between them for a couple of episodes and eventually after the series is over, Gene and Sib will be together at the end.....unless Bad Engineer becomes a real hit and there is a cliffhanger at the very end that a sequel will be made LOL!
Not sure how I feel about this series so far. It's uneven and there are more "bad" things than "good" so far. I'm not sure what is the point of Gene mentioning all these BL tropes that he doesn't want to write but then the series itself has plenty of them. That's not how parody works if that's what the intent is. You can't just simply mention them, you need to poke fun of it. Instead, the series is just showing the standard tropes - Nubsib wiping Gene's mouth in public, cleaning the food off his lips in the car -- Is this the kind of "character development" that Gene mentioned? Nubsib being possessive already, which is an extremely annoying BL trope (Gene can't even give Aey money to buy food? not even as friends? He can only be generous to Nubsib? please, roll eyes....). Gene and Nubsib has good chemistry but their relationship isn't anything we haven't seen before.
Kao is super hot but my god his acting is so stiff. His line delivery is really flat and it's a little annoying to show him smiling every few seconds every time he is with Gene. We get it, he is smitten, does he have any other expression?
It's also weird that Gene is so clueless about these sex stuff. How did he write his first BL novel without including some research about these NC scene? If he didn't and it was successful, then why did he need to include them in new novel?
The most interesting story is actually Hin's novel. I will be super impressed if they go the route of having Hin's novel turns out to be better than Gene and they have some kind of rivalry. That would be very unique. I also look forward to see the other characters as well. Tum's being in the woman's dressing woman is kind interesting as other have mentioned. Aey is kind of mysterious as well.
So disappointing. I gave the show the benefit of the doubt in the beginning hoping it will develop into some meaningful drama but as everyone has said, the screenplay is just bad. The main problem is really how Fiat is written. He has no redeeming qualities and the show trying to make us sympathize with him when he gets called out by Leo and starts crying is laughable. He sleeps around and don't care about breaking a couple so why do we care when he is hurt? What does Leo sees in him? I also don't know why Fiat is into Type as well? He just treated him and Type has never shown any sign of being interested in him. Also how did Fiat gets into Type's apartment without a keycard? None of this make any sense. They should have written Fiat as a more mature character to go after Type, not some creepy teenager that you want to get a restraining order against.
Is it just me or after 7 years it still seems like Tharn is still begging for Type's love.
To me it's not begging, it's more like "holding on" to Type. He knows Type loves him but he is afraid of losing him. Remember he gets really sensitive when he hears the word "break up" and Type mentioning it again in the first episode (when talking to Thorn) triggered him again to ask Type to marry him. Then there is the fact that Type doesn't "share" their relationship to the world as much as Tharn wants make him to. It's really an insecurity/trust issue that Tharn needs to deal with.
I think the first two episodes are fine. I do admit it's not as smooth and captivating as the first one. However, it's really not fair to compare this to other "new" series. With a new series, you get to learn about the new couple, then there is the flirting, the chase, the first kiss, the conflicts that prevent them from being together, etc. With a sequel, the couple has already settled in, they already went through a lot so it's really hard to come up with "interesting" conflicts. They bring up the marriage issue and some work related issue which are realistic (but obviously not as interesting to many). People expect TT to be all smooth after 7 years together so what are they suppose to write about then? I mean, what would YOU come up with as conflicts between them?
Type is still hot headed but I don't agree that it's still the "same old" Type. He has matured a lot in my opinion. He wants to talk to Tharn about the issues between them. He is willing to listen. He faces issues at work but hold it in. Tharn's character is more insecure one this time around though so there ARE changes in both of them.
I won't really say whether this is good or not until at least half way through. It's still early given there are 13 chapters. We are still being introduced to the three new couples so it looks it will take some time before the different couples interact together.
okay so after 7 years their attitude is always the same...like how Type alwz treat Tharn like a nobody!!!@-_-This…
What are you talking about? He ironed Tharn's shirts because he wants to help contribute. He didn't want to get married not because he didn't love him but because he is concern with how it will affect his family. Type may be still hot tempered but he cares for Tharn a lot.
I think this is a good start and I give this episode a 7.
Pros: - MewGulf's chemistry is still very strong and I do buy them as a couple that has been together for 7 years - I love Mew's look, very mature, especially his haircut. I am not fond of their big clothing but it's not a big issue, it's style preference (and Mew wear this same type of clothes in real life during TT audition) - I might be in the minority but I love that they tackled more mature issues here. Terrible boss at work, hiding personal life from co-worker and most importantly the marriage issue. Tharn is very clingy to Type and I think he is still very insecure and thinks marriage is the solution. This issue will probably be magnify later when Fiat enters the picture to steal him away. I also like that Type has matured (though still hot-tempered) but I can see his point of not wanting to marry Tharn because of how it will affect the people around them.
Cons: - The technical issues that some people mentioned was pretty obvious. Some of the dialogue doesn't flow very well and it's very awkward. - There was a lot of exposition (showing TT home life, how they are not out with co-worker, etc, explaining who the Dr Khunpol is, etc.) which slowed the pace and I think it could have been handled better - No Techno and in the intro Mild is shown after the three new couples which makes me think Techno will not appear very much.
I am also excited to see what the new couples will bring to the table. Phugun/Cirrus seem to be an out and happy couple. Cirrus rejecting the girl in the elevator shows that he doesn't care what other people thinks - maybe this is something Type will learn later on.
I also find it weird that the family is not excited about Thorn getting married lol.
The group chat at the end was cute :) Techno saying the wrong thing at the wrong time again haha
I don't know from where this thing started but there has been no official word about S2 if we reach 50 Million…
I am actually surprised that Mame will have trouble getting a second season funded. I mean TT has been huge and it's the first BL series to trend #1 worldwide. MewGulf is extremely popular so I would think any sponsor would jump at the chance to be part of season 2.
Still, the chemistry between Up and Kao is amazing and Up's acing really carried the whole series. I am surprised no one brought up the piano scene. That was the most touching scene in the last episode, especially when Gene tells Sib that he will loves him more and more, much more than he does. Sib was always the one that shows his love for Gene and finally Gene expressed the same back to Sib. Also I thought Gene was going to play the piano instead Sib because Up is an amazing piano player (https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1so4y1f7c4)
The real drama is obviously going to be that the public is shipping GeneSib more than the fake AeySib and the agency will make Gene and Sib break up to promote the series. Then add in some misunderstanding/tears between them for a couple of episodes and eventually after the series is over, Gene and Sib will be together at the end.....unless Bad Engineer becomes a real hit and there is a cliffhanger at the very end that a sequel will be made LOL!
Kao is super hot but my god his acting is so stiff. His line delivery is really flat and it's a little annoying to show him smiling every few seconds every time he is with Gene. We get it, he is smitten, does he have any other expression?
It's also weird that Gene is so clueless about these sex stuff. How did he write his first BL novel without including some research about these NC scene? If he didn't and it was successful, then why did he need to include them in new novel?
The most interesting story is actually Hin's novel. I will be super impressed if they go the route of having Hin's novel turns out to be better than Gene and they have some kind of rivalry. That would be very unique. I also look forward to see the other characters as well. Tum's being in the woman's dressing woman is kind interesting as other have mentioned. Aey is kind of mysterious as well.
Type is still hot headed but I don't agree that it's still the "same old" Type. He has matured a lot in my opinion. He wants to talk to Tharn about the issues between them. He is willing to listen. He faces issues at work but hold it in. Tharn's character is more insecure one this time around though so there ARE changes in both of them.
I won't really say whether this is good or not until at least half way through. It's still early given there are 13 chapters. We are still being introduced to the three new couples so it looks it will take some time before the different couples interact together.
Pros:
- MewGulf's chemistry is still very strong and I do buy them as a couple that has been together for 7 years
- I love Mew's look, very mature, especially his haircut. I am not fond of their big clothing but it's not a big issue, it's style preference (and Mew wear this same type of clothes in real life during TT audition)
- I might be in the minority but I love that they tackled more mature issues here. Terrible boss at work, hiding personal life from co-worker and most importantly the marriage issue. Tharn is very clingy to Type and I think he is still very insecure and thinks marriage is the solution. This issue will probably be magnify later when Fiat enters the picture to steal him away. I also like that Type has matured (though still hot-tempered) but I can see his point of not wanting to marry Tharn because of how it will affect the people around them.
Cons:
- The technical issues that some people mentioned was pretty obvious. Some of the dialogue doesn't flow very well and it's very awkward.
- There was a lot of exposition (showing TT home life, how they are not out with co-worker, etc, explaining who the Dr Khunpol is, etc.) which slowed the pace and I think it could have been handled better
- No Techno and in the intro Mild is shown after the three new couples which makes me think Techno will not appear very much.
I am also excited to see what the new couples will bring to the table. Phugun/Cirrus seem to be an out and happy couple. Cirrus rejecting the girl in the elevator shows that he doesn't care what other people thinks - maybe this is something Type will learn later on.
I also find it weird that the family is not excited about Thorn getting married lol.
The group chat at the end was cute :) Techno saying the wrong thing at the wrong time again haha
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