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I will definitely watch 55:15 - It looked great in the preview, and with Nanon AND Khaotung!

LOL, I had the same problem - I was screaming at my screen "If I wanted to stare at bowls of oatmeal I would have said so!"

Would we, though? We'd probably all have been on his side. "Screw Mork - Team Por!"

He can be adorkable, but then there's also https://www.instagram.com/p/CFe1rN4JaXJ/

On the other hand, we can probably trust Zee to give us some chemistry - and Max & Nat, too.

I agree they spend too much time on the marriage plot, but there was still no explanation for WHY (sorry, no italics function on this site) - it doesn't really have anything to do with Kuea's whims because it was decided at his birth and the only motivation given so far is that his grandfather wanted someone to take care of Kuea which for some reason can't be done without marrying him. Or, you know, letting him care of himself since he's a grown man. Not to mention that having children provides for your being taken care of when you're old and need it, not to mention dynastic issues.

Shows about aristocrats often don't cast someone who can act like an aristocrat. Saint can - like he did in Love By Chance, and this was written for him. New apparently can't, although there are some writing problems, e.g. someone with manners doesn't tell off serving people - that's beyond tacky and you don't just forget growing up well-mannered by living abroad, in England no less.

Mechanics are necessary for the functioning of society, but it's a non-college blue-collar job. Engineers are "professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the limitations imposed by practicality, regulation, safety and cost." It's a totally different job with totally different skills. It's like having a concert pianist tune pianos. They should have shown mechanical work as Kuea's illicit hobby, not his university major, as if he could keep THAT secret for five minutes.

The reason for the confusion is likely that the author just doesn't know anything about engineering and couldn't be bothered to research it. The point about CEOs is that he would be a total failure as a CEO if he spent any time on process issues like that instead of doing what CEOs do (like set the strategic course of the corporation and leading). Again, most likely the author doesn't know anything about the business world and couldn't be bothered to research it.

The whole thing was kind of doomed from the start - there were a lot of red flags waving.

I think they need to work on the pacing. Almost nothing has happened for 6 episodes, then all the things happened in one episode. Confusing things.

While King's assumption is correct, he couldn't have come to the correct conclusion based on the video, where Pete pushes Sean away. Also, Valen clearly saw Khaitoon's back to what was going on, so while that plus the shoe is adequate for a misunderstanding, I'm not getting the whole "I'm not going to listen to what you have to say" schtick which BL really leans too heavily on. Also, have we had any whiff of this Sean thing before now? Maybe we did and I forgot?

To be fair, it wouldn't be easy to turn down Jeff Satur, and Pete did try.

That was a response to your rather viscious attack. The OP only talked about the series, you attacked them personally for their opinion. You need to learn not to take opinions that are different from yours so personally. As I said, I don't agree with J100 about 50% of the time, sometimes I strongly disagree, but we can discuss it without being rude to each other. You don't appear to be able to do that, which makes me wonder why you're here in a forum the purpose of which is to discuss opinions - it sounds like you're here just to attack people that don't agree with you.

I think maybe I had expectations for this that were too high, but I was disappointed. Except Zee's shower scene.

There's something shallow and artificial about it - I'm not sure I can put a finger on it, but it lacks the sincerity of something like Not Me, which has an even more ridiculous premise.

Maybe it's a lot of things piling up. For example, the author doesn't even know what engineers do - definitely not basic auto mechanic work. A billionaire CEO won't even be aware of a single factory lot let alone deal with it himself, and Kuea doesn't behave like an aristocrat - I don't mean his hidden interests, I mean his manners - like telling off the waitresses, which was not classy.

Maybe future episodes will cover it, but how could Lian and Kuea know each other their entire lives but Kuea thinks he has to behave like a doll for Lian? If they were that close, he'd be himself - and if there are reasons for him not to, then we needed to know them. Why did Lian's feelings for Kuea change? Since it's clear that this is "our" world and not a fantasy world where gay marriage is normal, why would two rich families want their sons to marry? Where's the explanation for this? Without all that, this makes no emotional sense.

I didn't really buy New in this role - everyone else was great, but he's the main character, and I don't really find him interesting. It feels like the role was written for Saint. Meanwhile, the secondary couple's situation is so similar to the main couple that it doesn't provide any contrast or interest, although I love that pairing, but I would have liked to see the romance develop, not just jump right in.

There's still a lot here to make me come back (not least of which Poppy & Perth), but if it doesn't improve next ep, it will be hard for me to get through it.

And to aggravate the situation, there was only one exchange between Theo and Enchante, so we weren't given anything to invest in there - there should have been several back and forths that made you really like Enchante and care who he is.

I think to some extent BLs are aimed at younger audiences, which is probably one of the reasons why they tend to be so tame.

There is definitely a strong element of fantasy in BL - if not actual fantasy, like ghost lovers and body swaps, then you'll often get a setting where everyone is rich and the entire male population of the school pursues other boys as if that's the norm.

I remember being shocked in The Yearbook when they took a train - I didn't think BL characters were allowed to take public transport - they are required to own luxury cars.

I first noticed this with Gameboys and Hello Stranger - for some reason you were not allowed to like both, and definitely not the wrong one. Or Not Me fans are very, very sensitive to comparisons with Bad Buddy, which is usually dismissed as "just a sitcom", not noting the irony that they're elevating to High Art a show about a guy who replaces his evil twin in a subversive motorcycle gang. I really enjoy the series, but come on.

The whole world is being devoured by tribalism. I blame the internet.

He aggressively kissed him, but I don't think the word "forced" is applicable. It's possible, but it didn't look like it to me - in the first one, Zi Ming is kissing him back, and in the second one, they're naked and having sex, so it's probably a bit late for there to be consent issues around kissing. I think maybe we're getting conditioned to lips barely touching as the climax of a romance - that's not very realistic. I actually like that they're depicting some passion.

This is actually pretty good - it's nice to see a BL from China.

I thought it was established that vampires' eyes turn blue, so why are Hae Soo's red? My guess is in post-production someone decided red looked too evil so they changed Jun Ho's to blue and then added that rule in the voiceover. If it was intentional, why mention the "blue" rule if you were going to break it?

Hae Soo says he's been with Jun Ho for centuries and would be for centuries more. But if he's intending to drain Min Hyun, he'll become human and so he'll grow old and die.

Lazy writing - not even thought through a little bit.

Also, this is a BL, right? Wouldn't it be a novelty if the main pair actually spent some time together? Do the actors hate each other or something? Or are they just trying to avoid the gay stuff?

Wow. That was truly awful. It's not that what was in it was awful, or offensive, or anything like that. It's just that it was about as interesting as watching a cardboard box deform after it gets wet.

The main character is so bland and featureless that he was bordering on non-existent. The only thing I even really remember, and I just watched it, is the uncle with Tourette's.

You'd have to never have watched a BL before to not know who Theo will end up with. That's why many people find this dull - it doesn't matter who Enchante is.

I agree too. It doesn't help that not only do we know Theo and Akk will be together, they're also a really boring couple. Force is OK, but I don't feel any charisma or energy from Book.

I'm just sticking around for the peach scenes. Not that there will be another one, but maybe he'll take a shower or something. And are they going to leave Jimmy in Paris with his back to the camera? He could pull off a peach scene too.

It's thoroughly "meh.". I would wait and let's see if it gets better. My interest has declined each episode, although there is a scene in Ep 4 involving a peach.