I'm back my most eloquent, humorous, playful human! Hope you've missed me. #Snigger. As always, you've cut to…
I think I just fell in love with your boyfriend too. :D
My longest relationship, which lasted seven years, was with a wonderful, sexy guy I loved dearly. But he is the type who, even though he is gay obviously, and even though he loved me dearly at the time, would have found my love of BL to be "weird," and would have let me know that. He is extremely uptight in a lot of ways and for that reason along with many others we parted ways eventually. Sadly, he was incredibly hot in bed, which is the thing I miss most about him. :)
So hang on to that loving man you've got. He sounds like a gem. And if you ever break up, let me know so I can urge him to go gay and give me a try. :D
I'm back my most eloquent, humorous, playful human! Hope you've missed me. #Snigger. As always, you've cut to…
Happy New Year, JG! It's great to see you here again. I have very much missed you, your insight, your humor, and energy. Oh, and sass! :D
Yes, totally agree: The bit with staying with someone and pretending you still have a "relationship" after they have moved the beds apart and put a night stand between them, is too much to take seriously. That both guys have stuck around in such situations makes them pathetic and desperate in a way that neither character seems the type to be.
In the case of the female partner, I think she's sleeping around on the side. In the case of the male partner, it almost seems he's simply had his sex drive removed. It is downright bizarre that he has moved to separate beds, rejects his partner's advances, and yet dares to act offended/jealous that the man he treats so badly is openly engaging in a non-sexual, non-romantic text conversation with someone he doesn't know. It's either a really interesting dynamic yet to be revealed, or it's just bad writing.
The sexual element that moved me is that in their romantic AND physical loneliness, both young men resorted to masturbation as a necessary release. This is how young men ARE, we need frequent release, especially if release has been denied after a long period of regular sex. This element makes the story incredibly real, and I'm encouraged that we got there in the first episode rather than the next-to-last.
So great to read your voice here again! Let me know how you've been.
Damn I wonder what kind of cave you are living. If you're going to preach and act like a bigger person, at least…
Thank you. Also, thanks for getting your facts right first. lol
I agree entirely with your statement regarding Thai BLs, and I originally mentioned this in reply to the first twerp above but then wondered why I was wasting my time. I never watch Thai BLs; haven't done so since "Moonlight Chicken" two years ago; ergo my OP. I have DROPPED a lot of them though. Awkward "sex" scenes between terrible actors does not turn me on.
I watched this a couple of years ago and wasn't particularly moved. I watched again just now and was riveted; in tears several times in the latter third. A great reminder that sometimes we're just not in the right frame of mind/heart to receive what a movie has to offer.
The saddest thing is that the solution, and there are several possibilities, does NOT have to be black/white, either/or. And yet society forces us to think it's so.
I completely lost it when after the poet gave the boy the bank card and walked away, the boy said "come with me." That was too much...
This is Academy Award stuff from Yang Ik June. Wow. Jeon Hye Jin is already one of my fave actresses, and this reminded me why.
You're missing on this cuz 3&4 ep are wild 💀 forget about robot or human~~~
OK, well maybe I'll give it another shot. But I reserve the right to come back here and yell at you if I still feel "meh." :) I've been watching three exceptional BLs that recently wrapped up, so this one felt extra lame in comparison.
Very slow pace. Kang Ha Neul acting is so good. He being in prison remind me of his other movie called “New…
" No more war please" If only wishing could make it so. I've come to realize that there will ALWAYS be war and violence because they are an ugly part of human nature, but we must always push back whenever possible. It's the best that can be hoped for.
Me too! Loved the dorky talking-plant thing? I kept thinking why is this weird plant thing seem cute to me and…
lol Exactly. The plants thing is precisely the sort of cutesy thing I normally find annoying. The key is likely that it is played off AS cutesy/dorky/silly. Self-awareness goes a long way in making something like that work. :)
The sexual frankness/reality is refreshing. It's nice to see another BL moving away from the prudishness inherent to so many shows that cater to a gay sex-phobic, Puritanical, largely female BL-watching mindset that sees physical intimacy as somehow the opposite of romance. Newsflash: They can, do, and should exist together. That they don't do so in the two ongoing relationships we've been shown here, is a HUGE red flag and logically, is why both leads are vulnerable. Leads are well-cast. Looking forward to more.
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY is this thing torturing me with these little 3-minute episodes released every six months, or so it seems?!! Interviews with the actors on YT are TEN times longer than the episodes, and the show's total length will be barely a half-hour. Is this all marketing to raise funds for a full-on production? Anyone out there know?
The show is a hundred times better than 99% of BLs.
Love it. I'm a sucker for this type of thing when done well, which I found this to mostly have been. It was way too heavy-handed with the schmaltz a few times, but whatever. Made some nice points about life, love, and regret, yet didn't pretend to be anything it's not.
Park Jeong Min should be a much bigger star than he is. I have loved him in everything I've seen him in. He is always all-in. He flips my switches too. :P Those lips.
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My longest relationship, which lasted seven years, was with a wonderful, sexy guy I loved dearly. But he is the type who, even though he is gay obviously, and even though he loved me dearly at the time, would have found my love of BL to be "weird," and would have let me know that. He is extremely uptight in a lot of ways and for that reason along with many others we parted ways eventually. Sadly, he was incredibly hot in bed, which is the thing I miss most about him. :)
So hang on to that loving man you've got. He sounds like a gem. And if you ever break up, let me know so I can urge him to go gay and give me a try. :D
Yes, totally agree: The bit with staying with someone and pretending you still have a "relationship" after they have moved the beds apart and put a night stand between them, is too much to take seriously. That both guys have stuck around in such situations makes them pathetic and desperate in a way that neither character seems the type to be.
In the case of the female partner, I think she's sleeping around on the side. In the case of the male partner, it almost seems he's simply had his sex drive removed. It is downright bizarre that he has moved to separate beds, rejects his partner's advances, and yet dares to act offended/jealous that the man he treats so badly is openly engaging in a non-sexual, non-romantic text conversation with someone he doesn't know. It's either a really interesting dynamic yet to be revealed, or it's just bad writing.
The sexual element that moved me is that in their romantic AND physical loneliness, both young men resorted to masturbation as a necessary release. This is how young men ARE, we need frequent release, especially if release has been denied after a long period of regular sex. This element makes the story incredibly real, and I'm encouraged that we got there in the first episode rather than the next-to-last.
So great to read your voice here again! Let me know how you've been.
Happy New Year!
I agree entirely with your statement regarding Thai BLs, and I originally mentioned this in reply to the first twerp above but then wondered why I was wasting my time.
I never watch Thai BLs; haven't done so since "Moonlight Chicken" two years ago; ergo my OP. I have DROPPED a lot of them though. Awkward "sex" scenes between terrible actors does not turn me on.
The saddest thing is that the solution, and there are several possibilities, does NOT have to be black/white, either/or. And yet society forces us to think it's so.
I completely lost it when after the poet gave the boy the bank card and walked away, the boy said "come with me." That was too much...
This is Academy Award stuff from Yang Ik June. Wow.
Jeon Hye Jin is already one of my fave actresses, and this reminded me why.
9.5/10
Your snotty little rant in response to what is only my opinion, reveals what an insecure twerp you are.
Block me. You'll feel better about yourself.
If only wishing could make it so. I've come to realize that there will ALWAYS be war and violence because they are an ugly part of human nature, but we must always push back whenever possible. It's the best that can be hoped for.
POTENTIAL!
The sexual frankness/reality is refreshing. It's nice to see another BL moving away from the prudishness inherent to so many shows that cater to a gay sex-phobic, Puritanical, largely female BL-watching mindset that sees physical intimacy as somehow the opposite of romance. Newsflash: They can, do, and should exist together. That they don't do so in the two ongoing relationships we've been shown here, is a HUGE red flag and logically, is why both leads are vulnerable.
Leads are well-cast.
Looking forward to more.
The show is a hundred times better than 99% of BLs.
I'm a sucker for this type of thing when done well, which I found this to mostly have been.
It was way too heavy-handed with the schmaltz a few times, but whatever. Made some nice points about life, love, and regret, yet didn't pretend to be anything it's not.
Park Jeong Min should be a much bigger star than he is. I have loved him in everything I've seen him in. He is always all-in. He flips my switches too. :P Those lips.
For what it is: 9/10