For the fanservice post, I apologize if i upset any people. I just wanted opinions but I didn’t know it would…
You didn't upset anyone - I think Flypside is always at least mildly irritated. :)
A lot of people are grouping together a lot of different issues. Fanservice itself is OK - it's part of the entertainment business everywhere, and the actors get paid well for it (much better than they do for the actual acting). Personally I think it's weird and mildly creepy that fans want two straight guys to pretend they're gay for each other (most but not all of them are straight).
Actors everywhere have always been vulnerable to sexual harassment - even in the USA this issue has only recently been addressed in a serious way with the Me Too movement, and in the case of BL, actors are under a lot of pressure to present a certain public persona which limits their ability to have healthy private lives.
The phenomenon is different in the USA, where nobody cares what small stars do, and the large ones that get lots of media attention generally make huge amounts of money and have the resources to acheive a degree of privacy. A Thai BL actor, who needs the money, has very limited options, and if they want to be an actor, the sacrifices they're forced to make may be a bit excessive.
Ditto about the tropes part. If I see another grown adult cut or burn their finger doing simple cooking and then…
I actually get stressed out wheneve anyone is in a kitchen because I know there will be blood. Also, when someone is shaving - it's impossible to shave in a BL without cutting yourself.
I had a hard time getting through that. It's too cartoonish with 2D acting - there's no sense of who these people are or what their personalities are - they all only have one characteristic.
It felt like a checklist of tropes. Also, the female character is intensely annoying.
The main character is really, really attractive, and the cafe owner is even more attractive, but I don't think that's enough to hold my interest. If I remember this exists next week I'll probably watch one more episode to see if it picks up.
He said in the last ep[sode that he doesn't understand why he was sent back as a human and wishes he could die again. I was confused about how he could be there and be the same age as when he died, and I guess that's the explanation. I think they just wanted him to be able to interact with the other characters and so that's what they went with. It doesn't make much sense.
Jimmy and Tommy with a 90's vibe was great. It was cute and I really enjoyed it.
I was impressed at how believable the 90s vibe was - usually you roll your eyes, but they put a lot of effort and thought into that - it really brought me back to that time. Mixed tapes - that was really a thing.
Just finished the show..It was all sunshine and rainbows until ep 10..I don't mind sad endings , and before watching,…
That wasn't a copy of him, he was having an imaginary discussion with him. That's what he meant later about how Yu Xi Gu is 18 forever but everything else changes.
I loved this - I haven't cried that much in years. Pee did a fantastic job, and Au is so cute he should be registered as a weapon. I would love to see these two in a full series.
That wasn't any longer than the other three parts we've seen so far, but it felt like a complete story with a plot and an arc - THAT is how you write a short story.
That was... actually downright good, instead of the usual guilty pleasure. There still isn't much point to Kim, although the mopping scene was too adorable.
ooo and who was the one that died in the car accident in the first episode in front of kim and his sister
I'm not sure what you mean. Nobody died in front of Kim, and that was Win dying in front of Wit (who is now the ghost in black) and Praew 10 years ago. Kim and the other girl (Met) are not the same people as Wit and Praew.
can someone pls tell me who are the two ghosts and also what is the story so far i did not get a thing
The question is pretty broad, so I'm not sure what you don't get, but I'll try. The guy in black is a ghost. Win, the guy who got burned by the cup, is human, but he's been sent back by "heaven" for reasons we don't know yet (nor does he). He has ghost powers and can project his spirit out of his body.
Tha (the guy with the tattoos) also has that power, but he's a totally normal human otherwise.
Win died when he was hit by the car. We haven't seen how the guy in black (Wit) died, but it's implied it was suicide.
There is a 10 year gap between the "today" storyline, where Wit is a ghost and the kids are trapped in the dorm, and the "past" storlyine, where Wit and Win are in a relationship.
Finally, some Tha and Kim interactions! Also based on next episode’s preview, it looks like the theory I saw…
Did you mean Wit? Tha and Wit are brothers - we saw that a couple of episodes ago - Wit pushed younbg Tha, who hit his head. Adult Tha still has the scar from it.
I'm viewing it from a human point of view. Taking an entire class of people and painting them the same way every time is not acceptable, discrimanatory, and demonizing, and creates an expectation that men should behave in a heteronormative manner, which is the primary basis of homophobia.
There's nothing wrong with having flamboyant characters, but they should be characters, not cariatures. This is the gay equilvalent of blackface.
There's nothing wrong with being flamboyant. There is something very wrong with ALL flamboyant characters being made pathetic comic relief. Flamboyant doesn't mean borderline sexual predator - in some BLs, outright sexual predators.
A lot of people are grouping together a lot of different issues. Fanservice itself is OK - it's part of the entertainment business everywhere, and the actors get paid well for it (much better than they do for the actual acting). Personally I think it's weird and mildly creepy that fans want two straight guys to pretend they're gay for each other (most but not all of them are straight).
Actors everywhere have always been vulnerable to sexual harassment - even in the USA this issue has only recently been addressed in a serious way with the Me Too movement, and in the case of BL, actors are under a lot of pressure to present a certain public persona which limits their ability to have healthy private lives.
The phenomenon is different in the USA, where nobody cares what small stars do, and the large ones that get lots of media attention generally make huge amounts of money and have the resources to acheive a degree of privacy. A Thai BL actor, who needs the money, has very limited options, and if they want to be an actor, the sacrifices they're forced to make may be a bit excessive.
It felt like a checklist of tropes. Also, the female character is intensely annoying.
The main character is really, really attractive, and the cafe owner is even more attractive, but I don't think that's enough to hold my interest. If I remember this exists next week I'll probably watch one more episode to see if it picks up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKNnYDXBLJQ
Sun: 2/10
Mon: 1/10
Thu: 9.5/10
I loved this - I haven't cried that much in years. Pee did a fantastic job, and Au is so cute he should be registered as a weapon. I would love to see these two in a full series.
That wasn't any longer than the other three parts we've seen so far, but it felt like a complete story with a plot and an arc - THAT is how you write a short story.
Tha (the guy with the tattoos) also has that power, but he's a totally normal human otherwise.
Win died when he was hit by the car. We haven't seen how the guy in black (Wit) died, but it's implied it was suicide.
There is a 10 year gap between the "today" storyline, where Wit is a ghost and the kids are trapped in the dorm, and the "past" storlyine, where Wit and Win are in a relationship.
There's nothing wrong with having flamboyant characters, but they should be characters, not cariatures. This is the gay equilvalent of blackface.