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"what the hell"
You wrote this, correct?

You asked "what the hell" in regard to my comment.
I replied by answering "what the hell" my comment is about.

I don't see how this is confusing. :)

Google is your friend, Jan.

There were tons of ridiculously improbable coincidences already in episode 1. I kept going because I thought it still held promise. I was wrong.

Do you mean that those things took place in the novel?

So lame.

Sure, Jan.

You're delusional.
These two are totally in love.
Nothing is black/white, snowflake.

Go ahead and feel like a predator.
No one cares.

They're gay, not queer.

He was likable and forgivable until the rape.
I mean, we are supposed to assume a rape took place, right?
How does not showing the act, even though the act is implied, leave LF forgivable? The audience still knows he raped Yichen.

Terrible.

Dropped.
1/10

Is "Jinx" an existing show?

ooh...sounds like I need to check out Jinx.

Every now and then, there's a gem.

Thank you. I appreciate your knowledge and perspective.
Where do you live?

I see. Thanks. I haven't had a clear understanding of how effectively the PRC government is able to control Internet access, one way or the other. I thought it was pretty much a total blackout.

The rape(???) of Yichen by Lufeng in the latter's office was a bit lame in a couple of ways

Given that the actors/director went pretty far, by Chinese standards, with the first sex scene, they needed to take this further also, to make clear that it was forced sex. I'm not asking for a ten-minute S&M scene, but there are ways that with a few more seconds and some additional blocking, it could have been made painfully obvious what happened. As it was, cutting away so soon lessened the impact of the sexual assault, if indeed that's what it was. Because what they showed us was just some rough aggression and a hand gripping the desktop, which tells me only that the director chickened out.

Secondly, if that was a rape, right there in an office with tons of people on the other side of a frosted glass door, why wouldn't Yichen have cried out, thrown something against that wall, or kicked the desk, anything to make NOISE that would draw attention? Doing it early on would have stopped Lufeng cold for fear of being caught.

Instead, we find them cuddled up on the couch afterwards, with everyone's pants back on and Yichen's mouth and hands unbound. I also would have had him show some bruising/redness around the neck/shoulders/mouth. Might as well make things clear. As it was, Yichen was far too silent and clear-faced, with no sign of having wept or fought back, which his character definitely would have.

My perv mind suggested that were I the director, and since Lufeng is being shown as a brute anyway, I would have had Lufeng put his hand over Yichen's mouth, then tape it shut with tape from his desk. Maybe even have his tape Yichen's wrists together before stripping him and doing the deed.

Final bitch: Lufeng never locked the fucking door, at any point after he barged in. Thus, we're to believe that not one person came to see the president of the company during an extended rape going on. Ummm...no.

For the first time, I wasn't entirely convinced by an aspect of Ayden Sng's acting as Lufeng: The transition from remorseful, pleading lover to rapist was not done well. I saw nothing in his character to that point, in four episodes, that gave a hint of this rapist person lurking within. Thus, when the moment came, it felt unrealistic, plus he didn't seem to have gone far enough into anger and frustration to explain this psycho behavior.

That's my take, anyway.

Episode 4:
Damn, this is good.
Love the darkness raising its feral head...
Speaking of which, check the spoiler for thoughts on the Lu Feng/Yicha office scene.
Love little brother standing up to Lufeng and even pushing him around.
Lufeng taking that without responding physically is a sure sign of his guilt.
Damn again, the little brother's BF/bar owner is handsome too; a spicier version of Lufeng.

Speaking of Lufeng, the actor playing him has a future as a leading man in mainstream films, assuming having played a gay role and kissed a man doesn't make him a non-person in homophobic China. Remember what they did to the costars of the original "Addicted" series.

Episode 3:
The dubbing continues to amuse.
Obviously, they dub in all the sound effects, such as footsteps, which leads to hilarious scenes where people are walking outside but make footstep sounds like on a tile floor. :)
I liked it when Lu Feng's mom was crying, and the dubbing actor was making sighing/whimpering noises that in no way corresponded with mom's face or mouth. :)
Also amusing is the younger brother playing on his little plastic guitar and singing, and the music/vocals in no fucking way match his hand movements or mouth.
The mirror image aspect of the two relationships, from looks to personal dynamics, is...kind of boring, in that it feels like seeing the same scenes a second time.

Little brother's puffy gay lips are driving me to distraction.

Does this mean that the series will never be released/seen in mainland China?