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I honestly have no idea what anyone is talking about - I love it. I wish they'd cast a better actor than Kang In Soo, because he's not keeping up with the other two, but it's still better than most other BLs.

Why on earth did that prove he was straight? What kind of BS is that?

And he can sew, so obviously gay. Until he rapped, when he was obviously straight. Or according to GMMTV and their grotesque ideas about gender roles.

At this point the acting is mostly what the show has going for it.

Wait a minute - should we be saying that just because she has a couple of masculine qualities that she should be a lesbian? The interesting thing about their relationship is that it was defying traditional gender roles. To me they ruined it by Tiffy being unable to believe Tum was straight because he can sew - until he rapped, which for some reason makes him straight? That was really awful and I don't care about them anymore.

That being said, I totally agree there should be some GL, or at least serious L representation.

Brokeback Mountain made me FEELL awful, but the movie was excellent. Heartbreak Mountain is a Filipino amateur production about a trans fairy (supernatural kind) enchanting three idiots. It so bad it's funny.

I think they were trying to be funny by making the product placements so intrusive, but it wasn't funny - it's like they're using "comedy" as an excuse to put in a huge amount of it.

The family drama was well-acted, but as you said, it made no sense. Love is like a Japanese tea ceremony and a bonsai tree, and dads get mad and don't talk to you for days because... why exactly? When he explained it made no sense at all. If I were Gene I would have shouted "You were mad because ofTHAT?" and then I would have slapped him.

It's not just me, is? That episode was really boring? It had some really nice things in it, like that actor that plays Gene's day always owns every scene he's in, and the Gene/Nubsib relationship was working 100% for me, but the episode overall was a dud.

And how much product placement can you stuff into one episode?

Also, WTF with Tum and Tiffy? What kind of homophobic bullsh$% was that? Who would write something like that? He's gay because he can sew, but it's well known gays can't rap, so she believes him now? That was just offensive.

They're putting way too much into this story - this should have been edited down for the screenplay to concentrate on the main themes and relationship - all this strange backstory with everyone's family members etc. is too much. There're only 2 episodes left, but we had like a 15 minute scene of moms in an aerobics class. We got what the issue is with the garbage can scene - there was no need to belabor it - we're not stupid.

The faux-Japanese stuff was getting tiresome too. Just have people say what they mean, instead of building incredibly long and complicated analogies that aren't really all that applicable anyway.

If they didn't have so many good actors in this, I'll bet the reaction to this series would have been fairly negative.

I gave it two eps - it's just not watchable. I want to support Filipino BL, but there is nothing here. What is this about? So far it's about a stereotypical effeminate gay character who repeatedly fantasizes about his boss right in front of him. This trope is homophobic and offensive.

There are no compensating plusses - the acting is mediocre, the writing shallow and directionless.

I tried, but I couldn't get through it. I tried running it on 2x but it didn't help. This is awful. Not awful in a hilarious way like Hearthbreak Mountain, just dull and uninteresting. Thurs is really cute, but not cute enough to sit through this, although nobody is cute enough for it to be worth it to sit through this.

What a waste of actors.

I had trouble getting into the first two eps, but it's really taken off for me since then. The acting is quite good, and the behavior is for the most part relatable and not OTT.

The one way it's not cliched is that there are no clear semes & ukes. Possibly Chris & Jeno, but it's not as stark a divide as usual. Also, Paper didn't cure Sky's "ailment" with a damp towel, so that's unusual.

He didn't die - he was just the usual "mostly dead". I was a little surprised that Paper didn't pull out a hankerchief to dab his forehead with. All boys carry a magic hankerchief that can cure any ill. Also, even though Sky was in a coma, his spirit didn't wander around, which is odd. There must be something wrong with him. People in comas always have their spirits wander around or inhabit someone else's body. Sorry, I'm being silly today. Although the above is largely true.

I knew what you meant - just a silly play on words on my part.

They portrayed it as wrong - Xing Yi slapped him across the face several times, sent him away and refused to talked to him for days.

On the other hand, nobody is the slightest bit concerned that Li Cheng chose to watch Mu Ren masturbate all night instead of calling emergency services, which is the usual course of action when there's a drug overdose.

I liked in A Man Who Defies the World of BL when they called that out (dragging people who are blacked out home instead of calling an ambulence).

Maybe it's that it's so predictable and that gives us comfort in these trying times. Plus well-acted, which is a nice change.

You're catching up on your watching, it seems.

LOL, I think Arthur is hot too - like the hottest on the show. By far. Sky did get hit by a the white truck of doom (I assume), which is not exactly nothing, although it seemed like it a little because it came out of nowhere.

If I concealed offspring from my mother I would literally and unquestionably be disowned.

This is cute, but thank God for the mother, because it was getting boring with everything so perfect. It's kind of a pity this isn't a few seasons, with them meeting, going through the process of having a child, etc.

I gave up after ep 4 where most of the run time was about the job performance of Thorn's secretary and shoe shopping. The original series was bonkers and I enjoyed it for what it was, but this is just dull and repetitive.