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If the statement were just a plain "don't watch this" then I would agree, but specific reasons were given, like "if you don't like A, then you won't like this show because it's full of A." That's what this site is for, right?

I was joking.

I assumed you were talking about the first thing on your list. I don't rememberthe second but my threshold for that is probably high because I'm old am not really affected by it. The first thing is serious, but it's a horror, and there is a warning at the beginning that this show might continue disturbing images. What do you feel should have been handled differently by the production? I'm asking because I don't know.

I'm staying at my parents for 2 weeks to help my mother take care of my father and I'm getting suicidal WITHOUT a psycho brother also living here, so while I can imagine XS moving in with his family, I can't imagine him surviving it. lol.

LC's face and eyes are always beautiful, but I agree - he's really expressive and I'm looking forward to him being in a scene where we get to see that particular emotion let loose for real!

You can't extrapolate a trend from one single example. I don't see what's odd about it at all or why supply & demand is strange to you - it's the way the economy works. If the demand for something is high, people make more. Why should they make any BL when bromance is just as popular? Watching all the bromances allows them to exploit the desire for BL without actually providing it. But BL audiences don't actually care about a show actually having BL in it as long as there are cute boys being cute to each other, so the situation is never going to change. As a gay man, it's hurtful to see who I am rejected yet exploited, and it's disappointing to see people who are allies not caring about that, but I've come to expect it.

It is explicitly R-Rated, but I would have put a more detailed warning than that - I'm not sure that rating means anything in many countries.

I think that's more about his cluelessness than anything else. He's proven capable of Titanic vs Iceberg level of cluelessness so far.

Speaking of Yong Jie's mother, YJ is a damaged 20-year old, but what's his mother's excuse? What a terrible mother! "Sure hon, go f@#$ your brother and marry him - whatever makes you happy!" She should have intervened in a major way a long time ago.

I guess it's tricky because she doesn't want to embarrass Xing Si if he's not out yet, but better to embarrass him than let him get hit unawares by the freight train barreling toward him. If she'd confided in him, he could have headed all this off and maybe they could have gotten Yong Jie the help he needs.

A LOT of therapy - I think it's serious enough that he may need to be institutionalized. But prison would just destroy him, or if it doesn't, he'll come out far more dangerous than he is now.

The boss. They were drawing a comparison between what non-consent looks like and a rapist's motivation - a desire for power or to satisfy lust through dehumanizing violence vs. Yong Jie's calculating manipulativeness motivated by misguided love and mental illness.

But with the boss that ridiculously evil, I think the point was obscured and the scene crossed into shock-value.

That's interesting - that may be the motivation for doing it that way.

Xing Si is very clearly interested in him - not just for the way he looks at him - the whole having sex with him was sort of a giveaway. But he'd have to be insane to pursue anything, and I don't think he has the slightest intention to. Beyond the reasons you mentioned, Yong Jie is not right in the head and is not even close to ready for a relationship. If Xing Si doesn't mind ending up handcuffed to a radiator in a basement somewhere, sure, he can go for it.

I can't see how they can be together unless there's a time skip at the end after Yong Jie has spend a couple of years in a mental hospital undergoing intensive therapy.

It was clearly a dream, and my interpretation was that it didn't happen (beside the clothing, he was confused about why he had the dream - if it had happened, that wouldn't be very confusing. But we don't know what really happened. I can't believe he did anything - it doesn't seem in his character, and that would actually be worse than what Yong Jie did because Mu Ren was under the influence of an actual rape drug and lack of consent is unquestionable.

I completely agree - that's what I was trying to say, but you put it more clearly.

Unfortunately the 80s are in right now, although I don't know why they have to dress him like Bea Arthur. (For anyone who likes 80's fashion, don't take it personally - I lived through the original and several revivals so I'm over it.)

Does Yong Jie remind you of Fu Meng Bo from Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty? They both have deep sexy voices and maybe some resemblance.

Anyway, I thought the brothers storyline would be formulaic, but it certainly isn't! It's dark and twisted, but complex and interesting, and played by two strong actors, so I'm onboard!

I think that was all in Li Cheng's dream though, so wasn't it him only wanting that rather than having actually done it? It could be a dream about what happened, but he seemed confused about why he had that dream - if it had really happened I wouldn't think the reason would be confusing. I suspect we'll hear more about this subject in the next couple of episodes, so we'll see!

No, because I watch all the actual BLs. If BLs make more money than bromances, people will make BLs instead of bromances. China is authoritarian, but it's also very commercial and money speaks. It's all about supply and demand.

The acting in this is really good and delivery natural - or as natural as it can be with some clunky and on-the-nose dialog, where it's clear a character is only bringing things up because they are relevant to what will happen instead of being conversation that would actually be had. In other words, forced exposition, telling, not showing. A little is OK, but it was the entire episode. Anyway, hopefully that's only in the premiere and not the whole series, and I'm looking forward to seeing more.

Kaleb Ong was amazing in Meet My Angel, so whatever happens I'm sure we'll get to see a wonderful performance.

I'm surprised that I'm enjoying this. This last episode was a little heavy on horror and a little light on BL, but it's not like there's any false advertising - it says comedy (check), drama (check), horror (check).

If every episode is like this, it could get tiresome, but it was necessary to up the stakes, or it's just a madcap comedy with (I see) dead people.

But don't expect anything deep out of this.

Triggered? How many people have been possessed by ghosts, though?

Not that much - I think twice. There are other things going on at the same time, so it's not bad.