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That's a good analysis - I agree with all that.

It's amazing how many things that would normally involve calling the authorities are OK if followed by the words "in bed".

OK, I really don't think I was watching the same series as everyone else. This is so generic - from the hostile banter to the accidental kiss, to the slamming the wrists against the wall (in this case lockers). The chemistry to me is off - kind of creepy, with Win being weirdly aggressive at odd moments and not aggressive enough at others - it felt off.

I do enjoy the Three Stooges and I'm intrigued by the Tul/Wan story (they're finally letting Yacht have a man?), but that's about it.

I think the rating is appropriate, but given the stats by age group, it should be nearly a point higher. I really don't get MDL's algorithm.

Why does everyone keep acting like Tar is ugly? He's one of the cuter guys on the show.

I'm getting to the point of FF through Fah & Sher, unless Fah has his shirt off. I'd probably watch if Fah were to do what we all want, namely put his hands around Sher's neck and squeeze until he stops moving. Jesus what an awful person. If somone hit me, just once, for any reason that doesn't involve sex, that would be it.

I'm also over Ping & Tap. Sorry, but they dragged it on too long. I do think the acting is good in that story.

Prince & Gear I like, but I just can't buy two 20-year olds being that chaste and innocent. That was the first time either have them have been kissed on the cheek? Come on. But they are adorable. Gear's boyish face and deep sexy voice are a nice combo.

Also, it's creepy. If your last memory of someone is when they were 6 and you're still carrying a torch for them, then aren't you a pedophile?

Is this going to be 90% voiceover all the way through? It's getting old. Why does he need to say "it started raining" when it starts raining? We can see it ourselves. That's the perpetual problem with adapting novels and mangas - nobody seems to know how to write a screenplay.

To be positive, I think Tonliew is adorable.

I like the way you think.

It's funny - I knew it was the same characters, then I forgot. Then I was looking something up on the Tonhon page and remembered, but then I forgot again. I know it at this particular moment, but I'm sure I'll forget yet again.

Are you going to get all over me if I say I don't like this series, or is it ok in this case?

It may not come across in my commentary, but I'm not super-fond of the seme-uke thing. :) I'm all for power imbalance, but it has to make sense. Being an uke doesn't magically make your skin so fragile you can cut yourself with a butter knife or make you so weak you faint if you run three paces.

While a difference in physical size and strength can be part of a power difference, it's the psychological and emotional side of it that's hot - if someone is weaker than a 6-year old with tuberculosis, it's just stupid, and renders the power imbalance meaningless since the uke could be equally dominated by a big muscular seme or, well, a 6-year old with tuberculosis.

I'm used to tonal shifts in enemies to lovers stories, but it's too severe and sudden in this. They do have good chemistry and the acting is strong, which sort of saves the day, but I'm not sure I get why they decided to use a porn story as the basis for a BL.

He apparently made a big impression on the whole family.

Ugh. The writing. The acting in this is really good, but why did they have to use this awful story? Quesitons for the week:

- Who lets their not-boyfriend kiss them THAT long without stopping it? And it's not because time was needed for Mangkorn to see it - history teaches us that only one second is necessary. If anyone kisses anyone, even if they fly to the North Pole to do it, the wrong person will appear at just that second to see it. One Hundred Percent Certainty.

- So Mangkorn has liked Yhai for years, so his strategy was to piss him off by competing in everything, nail him while drunk, and blackmail him into having sex? Great strategy.

- Again with the childhood thing? It's so fucking stupid. And the dramatic interruption before he says his name - what difference does it make? Would anyone on the entire planet in the entire history of the human race remember the name of a person you met once when you were six?

- Why did Yhai have Nine drive him to the club? Does he not have a car, or a phone? What a dick. "I know you'll drop everything and drive me because you want me, so I'm going to use you."

- Months? What? I honestly thought I'd missed an ep and went back to check. They had one small fight and act like this? They have no chance in the long-term and should give up. Nine seems able to put up with emotional abuse, so Yhai should get with him.

- Why was that restaurant scene so good? Did they get a better writer for it?

Nobody criticizes anything as much as you criticize everyone else. If you're that bent out of shape reading opinions that are different than yours, why are you in a discussion forum?

Yup.

Teh's crying was comedic, so it's not really comparable. This series serves no other purpose but to make Earth cry. It's a strange fetish. and at least Teh's crying isn't squeaky and whiney.

Aw, thanks.

What??? He's so adorable with sexy calves - how can you not love him? But I have to agree it's not totally clear. I saw it they way I said above, but even then I thought there were mixed signals, so they do need to spell it out soon.

I've seen an uke cut himself with a butter knife. That's less likely than the moon crashing into the earth, but nobody had a problem with that.

I actually agree with you. Having a ghost or a zombie (UWMA had two of those) is fine - it's the premise. The problem with the moon crashing into the earth is that it's not supernatural, so it has to follow rules. If it's a really campy BL, you could get away with it, like say YYY.

Even if you had a supernatural cause, like a god giving the moon a shove - it would only break up if it's orbit decayed, not if it was set on a direct collision course - but it would cause horrendous tidal and seismic effects as it headed in.

My main thing is that no matter what happens, people have to act like people.