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I think what we're seeing is what Aam wishes happened, so in that, it's close to real life. :)

Or at least it's his own fantasy fulfilment which he's making us watch. Dome is a whole lot hotter than Ait, though.

Come on - it's more than a little self-indulgent that all these beautiful boys are hot for the director - should we be interested in watching Aam's fantay fulfilment? What does any of this have to do with the story?

And @crib is right. James and Ait are not artistic collaborators, James is Ait's boss and it's totally inappropriate for them to be dating, and especially foolish in a scenario where there are sexual harassment problems. He could have waited until the series was over, it's maybe 6 weeks of shooting at most. It's not an issue of social justice warrioring, it's basic ethics and professionalism.

The term SJW is commonly used by the alt-right - I'm not sure that's the company you want to be in. People can get overly sensitive to these issues, but isn't that better than not being sensitive enough? The first is merely annoying, the second can be dangerous.

OK, I really loved season 1 and the first two eps of this season, but I really did not like this episode at all.

First of all, the director is being self-indulgent having everyone fall in love with the director in the story. It's unnecessary and serves no real purpose to the plot or the themes of the series, and in fact detracts from it - we burned almost a whole episode on this unpleasant love triangle. The way Marco was behaving with Bas is not how a person in love with somoene else behaves.

And why is everyone mad at James? I don't see how he did anything wrong - he didn't make Marco like him, and if Ait is going to be that childish and selfish and be jealous of everyone close to James, James should dump the brat, because it's only going to get worse. I really do not like Ait. At all. The actor is doing a goof job, though.

Also, there was not enough Marco in this episode.

Even if it's based on real events, there can still be a lot in this that is not.

I wouldn't be bothered in the slightest to use someone else's toothbrush. Not ANYONE else's, but I would use Marco's for sure. Just wash it first - it's already nearly sterile from having toothpaste on it.

Being barfed on would bother me, but I could look past it if I were dealing with someone in as much pain as Bas. I would have been much quicker to get everything clean though before doing anything else.

I'm not sure why anyone is hating on James - the only thing he did wrong is choose a horrible seflish spoiled little brat to date.

Wait, what did James do? Ait is being a spoiled little child and I really despise him. James did nothing wrong - it's not his fault Marco liked him, although he's a little dense if he couldn't tell.

For Bas, it's not just his career - he's also struggling with being gay, and that would be revealed if he goes against Tee.

I was starting to think "maybe this won't be so bad" until the 3rd trailer. So a guy is worried he might seem easy if he makes a move, like any guy in the history of the human race has ever worried about that, and another evil female - the absence of which I thought was to be a refreshing aspect of this series. But nope, it's a requirement in BL to have a horrible female character.

But Ja is so good-looking I'll probably at least ff through it in hopes of a shirtless scene. But can we please retire the evil female trope? I don't really like any tropes, but I can deal with the ones that aren't misogynist or homophobic.

Abuse? There was none in TT2, unless you count trying to bore each other to death.

Could you spot the racist soap product placement? It was subtle, but if you were paying close attention you'd catch it, although it was fleeting.

That guy wanted the teacher to write his own love poem? OK. If Teacher weren't single, what was he going to do? Give it to him and say "Here's a love poem I wrote for you"? I think that might have a different effect than he was hoping for.

And oh, good. An evil ex-gf. I was afraid they wouldn't include one in this series.

I think you have to choose between realism and BL fantasy - when you do both it makes the fantasy elements look silly, like people in a rural area being that blase about homosexuality. It works in a show like Brothers or Top Secret, but here it's strange.

Anyway, the headmaster's son and Than & Din continue to be hot. Too bad we only got a few seconds of Din today. it looks like things are going to heat up next ep.

Have there even been any product placements? I've been unable to spot any.

OK. I thought Simai was really adorable in that "Be Smile" t-shirt. If the grammar were correct, it wouldn't have had the same cute effect.

The scene early on where Nampu was going to kiss Copy was the creepiest thing I've seen in a BL - I was screaming "Run! It's going to kill you!" Have you ever seen the movie Alien? He looked like one of those creatures about to shoot it's inner jaw into Copy's face. That is a smile that would frighten grown adults, let alone children. Also, that couple has zero chemistry I can detect.

People are probably upset with Eak for his behavior, but I thought it was well-done, and makes sense for someone who's young and confused, and Eak's character has a childlike quality to it, so I thought it made sense for him, but he needs to figure things out quicky, or he'll lose everything.

I think all BL writers must have been brutally cheated on (although I would find it surprising if any of them have ever dated anyone), because that's the central conflict of 99.9% of couples. If Both and Newyear are that insecure after that much time together, then they shouldn't be together. I'm surprised they accepted that in their storyline - it seems to go against their brand. I'm hoping it ends in a murder-suicide. (Not really, but I find them cloying and irritating).

Yes, and it was the stereotypical conflict that tells me they absolutely should not be together if that's anyone's attitude in a couple. But it would be easier for me to skip over them if they broke up, so I'd be fine with it. :)

I can't handle My Boy, but YYY is a lot of fun if you can take crazy and campy. The ending is beyond WTF in a good way.

Top Secret is full of very cute boys, and way too many characters, but it works really well to watch the couples you're interested in and skip everything else, and fortunately (for me), the two couples I like are the main characters.

He repeated exactly what Phob said.

There are definitely worse shows. At least some of the actors were pretty good, even if they had to spend most of their time speaking to houseplants.

I'm actually a little confused now - if you listen to the lyrics of IG's song, it has to be intentionally bad - I mean the lyrics are really, really awful, and it's impossible that someone would do that unintentionally. Most of the other songs that people sing are not great, but passable. So I'm not sure what the creators were aiming for, but I may be looking at it wrong.

That got replaced with "your tight gleaming body looked hot when you came out of the shower". Inarguably true, but a little less romantic than the previous reason given.

Yes, it's amazing how often attempted murder or even murder are forgiven with a one-line "sorry".

I thought what made Miss Becky cringeworthy was that she wasn't campy enough. If you're going to have someone in drag performing a role, commit! When it's half-assed like that it's just weird.

In any case, at least it was better than Amore. Or at least shorter.

@FreshKicks said "I find the pacing". "I like the naturalistic" and "I just wish". That's not really expressing a belief that that's how everyone should react to it, it's kind of explicitly expressing it as opinion. You express your opinions very strongly, and I respect that, but it would be just as easy to say that you believe your POV is how everyone should see it. For example your sentence starting "Avoiding the urge". I didn't take it that way, but can you see how it could come across?

As for discipline, I'm not sure how including everything is showing discipline. It's much harder to give up what you've put in than it is to skip things you want to put in. Most directors will tell you that editing is the hardest parts of making a film, and that's largely because there is so much footage and you have to make really tough decisions - you've probably heard the adage "be willing to sacrifice your favorite scene."

BLs don't normally put much effort into the plot making sense or people acting like... well, people. THAT is certainly admirable, and it is a breath of fresh air, it's just held too long and I lose consciousness.

BL series are habitually rushed, but is the whole thing rushed? I would say no. What's usually rushed is the conclusion, because the series has not been paced for the number of episodes available. So much time is spent on the slow burn of the relationship (which I think most people would say is the best part) that there's not enough time for a satisfying resolution (also sometimes too many side characters). I don't think this series will insert the almost universal manufactured formulaic drama in episode 9 (usually an evil gf dropping out of the sky and/or implausible lack of communication), but it has spent nearly 3 of 10 episodes on the prelude (important as it is) to the main story.