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This guy is gorgeous. And those legs...

Why does this only have a 7.8? These ratings are so confusing.

Aron's smile is so beautiful that it made me cry.

They were missing at first, but they're present now.

Oh - I apologize. I should have put a spoiler warning.

I get what you're saying now - so then, she should just be depraved! The appeal of the original series WAS it's depravity. I loved the shower scene in the original series, the sort-of incest angle was kinda hot, the power struggle between Tharn & Type got me going, etc. We liked TT1 because it had that edge - it was a nice break from the rainbows and unicorns of standard BLs.

This series lacks the edge AND the sweetness.

Maybe, and that would be interesting if true, but I doubt it. If the point is as you describe, it could have been made with a non-effeminate character.

Imagine if Ton had said "There's probably nice black people, but I've never met any. And if I did, I wouldn't ever associate with them."

Even if he has an epiphany later, only horrible people have opinions like that, and I can't respect Chon for trying to win the approval of an ignorant jerk like Ton. Well, I suppose I can understand it when Ton takes his shirt off...

Agreed. But it's the quantity of bad art you review that concerns me. That can't be good for your mental health.

I'm not sure how she's good at what she does - this and Love By Chance 2 are the worst BLs out this year. Well, worst mainstream BLs. The writing is abysmal. Examples: In the bar scene, Techno dumps a load of exposition on us. We already know Tharn works in music production and he sings later in the scene, so why do we need to be told he works in music production and sings? The dialog in the fan-service bathroom scene was so awful I had to take breaks to recover from secondary embarassment.

What happend this episode? Almost nothing. T&T had a minor argument, people drank, sang, and played pool, and someone I've never heard of and don't care about hurt himself and was a dick to the nurse. And Type's boss was a dick, for reasons we didn't see, but were told about, because it's important to tell, not show. Or is it the opposite of that? (Hint: it is.)

Not everything has to be a masterpiece like ITSAY, but we could hope that this would be more than a boring as f#$% dump of exposition, incredibly cringeworthy dialog, and everyone involved just going through the motions.

Just because the plots are different doesn't mean you can't compare the quality of the writing, acting, and production - they are all awful here. To be fair to the actors, there's only so much they can do with such an incompetently written script and dull direction.

If I were to ask you to summarize the plot of this episode, what would you say? Tharn & Type have a minor argument, Type's boss is a dick to him, people play pool and sing and drink, and some character that nobody cares about gets hurt and is a difficult patient, then the episode ends with Type showing up and ominous music playing for no apparent reason.

I meant she probably got paid a huge amount, not that she's stolen anything. This whole series is just a cash grab for everyone involved.

I think you're right - there's no one like Tee to trim the fat. You've heard the phrase "show, don't tell" - which is a rule for writing, and 100 times more so for a live-action show! The conversation with Techno at the bar was a ridiculous dump of exposition, the dialog in the bathroom scene (and that was definitely fan service) was so bad I had to take several breaks to get through it - I was feeling secondary embarassment. Mame is a terrible writer.

There is not one single extraneous word or frame of film in ITSAY - everything is relevant, every shot necessary. It's ruined the rest of Thai BL for me. Not every series has to be a masterpiece like that, but they should at least not be boring as f#$%!

And Type hitting Techno on the head constantly isn't funny. Why is everyone always physically and sexually assaulting each other in Mame's stories?

The problem is that it was an effeminate character who made a predatory move, not a straight-acting one. The straight-acting gays are the good guys, the effeminate gays are the comic relief characters at best, and predatory at worst, like this one. Given this is GMMTV, I doubt they will redeem this. I suppose it's possible and I admire your optimism.

I think it's a very, very, very common and very, very, verry overused and tired trope, but it isn't a requirement. BL does tend to fetishize straight men, and even when some of all of the characters are gay, like in 2moons2, they're usually played by straight-acting straight guys. Until We Meet Again had to gay men, and 2moons2 had two gay couples and a third couple that fit the trope. Nobody was closeted or straight in Gameboys. I can't really think of too many others, though, tbh. Hello Stranger maybe broke the mold a bit by having both boys repressed, but I'm not sure that's a BL so much as a coming of age story.

Not sure about Mom's comment given the homophobia that suffuses the episode. What bothered me most was not Ton's homophobia, or even Chon hiding that he's gay, for the reasons you mentioned. What I find unacceptable is the extremely offensive stereotype of the effeminate gay character being predatory and ridiculous. I don't see them coming back from that.

Ah, I see. That makes more sense. You're setting the bar pretty low, but I can agree with you on this.

I think I'll wait for more episodes to come out and then check back - it's hard for me to have any faith in GMMTV and it's harder for me to put up with things like this after ITSAY.

Are you being held prisoner somewhere and forced to watch terrible BLs? If you need rescue, give some sort of signal. Maybe say "Amore is the best BL of all time", and I'll know there's a gun to your head.

Ichiboi didn't say it was a half-assed confession - it wasn't. It was just not your stereotypical rainbow and unicorns confession.

He confessed rather romantically twice at the table - one with 2 truths & lie, the second with the song.

You can't help how you feel. You can only help what you do. He hasn't done anything - to Yana. Reserving Ben for himself is doing something to Ben, and it's bad.

8.7? Really?

The rating for ITSAY is about right (9.5), but I'm learning to ignore the scores. Maybe 8.7 would work on a scale of 1 to 100.

The script is terrible. Actually, she's pretty much a terrible writer. All her work feels like fanfic writing. But worse.