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It would be cool if they surprised us and it was that young teacher looking for approval. But it will be Namo.

I've been lukewarm about this series because Akk and Ayan are so predictable that I only need to watch the first 5 seconds of any of their scenes to get the full gist of it because it's so formulaic - but Kan and Thua have always been interesting and First was really strong this episode. I don't like the school plotline - it's too heavy-handed and black & white, but because this ep focused on the characters so much it was taking advantage of the strengths of the series. I'm at an "8" now.

Do they need to get drunk every day like that? This whole cast of characters need an intervention. At least nobody vomited today.

This series has slowly grown on me - even though it has a messy plot, it has a plot. That's rare these days. And I like the side couples.

They explained it. His twin asked him to come punch him so that he could get attention from his ex, who turns out to have amnesia. He was not supposed to punch Sher back, but he did because he knew Sher had a fight with Fahlan, and knew it would get them to make up.

I think it's because it only has 5 episodes, and MDL is merciless to shorter series.

Wow. I got through 5:27 and couldn't go any further. Why would you cast so many people that all look and act the same, none exhibiting any acting ability? There is no way I'm watching this - I can barely keep up with shows I like let alone something like this.

You said its deserving, so why shoudn't we rate it? It's so bad I couldn't even pay attention - there's nothing to distinguish the characters and I have no idea who's who, nor do I care, so why am I going to spend any more time on it? While I do generally agree that it's better to wait to rate because sometimes the first ep is heavy on setup, if that's the case then the writing is probably not going to rise abov mediocre because you can introduce a world and still make it interesting, and especially in this case were there's already been two seasons.

But beyond that, the acting ability is non-existent, and that's not something which is going to be fixed over the course of a couple of weeks of filming.

CLW probably had higher expectations attached to it so it was more disappointing than VV, with an unknown main pair. I think that might have been a factor, so even though VV was worse, it didn't have as many deeply disappointed people watching.

But I still have no idea how VV could possibly have the same rating as I Told Sunset About You.

Yoshi is a lot cuter than Putter, but BL is run by women so being tall is attractive, I guess.

It's nice that Putter isn't a dick, but it will get dull if it's just two nice guys wandering around checking BL cliche boxes. We have "uke getting cut if in the same province with anything sharp" box checked and "unexpected nudity" although that cliche is always OK. Next I expect trip and fall with faces too close together+long stare.

But I agree it's watchable so far.

I gave VV a 2, and this is an 8 for me so far. The plot has been draggy and held aloft by Neo, Louis, & First IMO. It climbs with every episode for me, whereas for VV it started low and kept falling until I later I just scanned through it hoping people would take their shirts off.

Anyway, if they don't f@$% up the ending Eclipse will likely end up higher for me. I don't think it's a 9, but it's so much bettter than VV it's shocking that they're rated the same. Usually MDL is somewhat proportionate, although voters are unfair to shorter works - but in this case I think this series is fairly rated and VV is just overrated beyond belief. I'm completely at a loss to explain it. I thought Bad Buddy was overrated, but in that case I can understand why people liked it so much. In the case of VV, I can't.

This was th first episode that I watched all of - usually I skip through a lot of Akk and Ayan because it's too predictable. But this episode went somewhere, and First finally got to show his ability.

Neo & Louis were also wonderful - their roles require a lot more subtlety which is a great contrast to the main couple, and difficult to sustain and remain compelling, but they easily manage it. It doesn't hurt to be as handsome as Neo and as cute as Louis, but the latter's performace always has gravitas - even when he's playing someone shy and retiring, he comes off as a formidable person.

It felt to me that it was obvious to him that Kan was Bruce Wayne, but it was left ambiguous here - still he wasn't surprised at all, so he must have strongly suspected and hoped that was the case.

I'm still not sure about the curse and the three protesters aspect of the story - it's too on-the-nose and because it's so heavy-handed it doesn't allow for the exploration of the insidious nature of the pressures toward conformity, or the tension between societal cohesion and individuality. But I do think this episode was stronger than most because that aspect of the story was minimized in favor of character development.

I agree - there's a big difference between repressed sexuality and going through a process of self-discovery, and being a straight guy who with the flip of a switch falls in love with another guy. One guy, specifically, forever and ever.

When a series is run by someone who has gone through it, the pain and confusion comes through and gives the story an authenticity that makes all the difference.

There's nothing wrong with a fluffy story in a magical world where there's no homophobia or powerful heteronormative pressures, but they can't all be that way, especially if it's a serious and realistic drama.

Namo looks suspicious to you because it's totally obvious he's been doing all the curse stuff. If you didn't find him suspicious I'd be worried about you. I don't know anything, just speculating, but I don't think it could be more clear.

I'm still not feeling it, but the second ep was a little better - it's just too full of cliches for me to really get into it, and the plot is really thin, and if you're going to make it enemies to lovers, we need characer motivation - I don't really understand why Yai hates Mangkorn, and they're too awful to each other to make it believable that they could be in love.

That makes much more sense - I'm glad to hear it.

It was OK - I would love to have seen much of this cast with a good story - one that's less repetitive and preachy. If gender is irrelevant to who any individual can love, then why do all the trans characters always end up sad and alone? Let's face it - only attractive boys get to end up finding love, so let's not pretend we're being socially conscious.

I liked this a lot - I smiled all the way through it. And lots of hot boys.

BL.

I like a sexy smirk, but Mangkorn's is unearned and just obnoxious. Yai is childish, and his father scolds him in the middle of a business meeting with outsiders, which isn't just abusive parenting, it's inexcusably bad business practice. What is the point of this series? There's not eve any chemistry between the main pair.

And why did Yai have to go to the hospital just from having sex? How can you possibly write a gay porn novel and not understand how gay sex even works? For God's sake.

And is this sponsored by a shoe store? How many times can you shoot a character entering shoes first then panning up to "reveal" who it is? Yeesh. It makes me sad that so much was spent on this show that could have gone to sincere low-budget productions.

I'll give up 2 a shot. But if it's terrible, I'll blame YOU. (j/k)