Actually really good
We come to watch BL to feel warm and happy inside. We come to watch BL because we want to see a beautiful and cute love story that perseveres against all odds, and we get that with FC Soldout.
I can't tell you how much I kept thinking there would be something cringe, but there never was really! It seemed to be very low-value production, and I kept expecting it to show in the filming or acting, but it never did! The actors carried it. Men probably in their twenties and thirties embraced roles with conviction, enthusiasm, and pizazz, and owned them! I'm so proud of them.
It was fluff, belief had to be suspended occasionally (did they actually play a soccer game?), but THAT's BL. Boys falling in love in a world where homophobia doesn't exist, or it's just a plot element that shows the strength of their love, and everyone else in the story accepts their love with enthusiasm. We're here to see a story about love that seems impossible or a long shot, but we know it works out in the end in an endearing way. We are here to see characters grow in love and self-worth. We're here to leave the depressing reality that is our life and be happy and smile, and I smiled this whole show.
Ji Woo being an avid fan boy was so cute, and it was so sweet to see how it helped him when he was at his lowest. Kang Jae's puppy love for Ji Woo was also cute, and the story of how it came about was compelling and sweet. I also enjoyed the side characters, especially Seon Bin, who was out and out gay (as in he literally said out loud that he dated boys), which is always refreshing. Also, I loved how Tae Yeong was beyond unfazed by Seon Bin's gayness, especially because you could tell that Seon Bin expected immediate rejection. Tae Yeong was daddy duck, and all of his players' happiness and health were his top priority. You could see that he could tell Seon Bin was suffering, and to him, gayness was just a blip; all that mattered was that his Seon Bin was sleeping well.
I can't tell you how much I kept thinking there would be something cringe, but there never was really! It seemed to be very low-value production, and I kept expecting it to show in the filming or acting, but it never did! The actors carried it. Men probably in their twenties and thirties embraced roles with conviction, enthusiasm, and pizazz, and owned them! I'm so proud of them.
It was fluff, belief had to be suspended occasionally (did they actually play a soccer game?), but THAT's BL. Boys falling in love in a world where homophobia doesn't exist, or it's just a plot element that shows the strength of their love, and everyone else in the story accepts their love with enthusiasm. We're here to see a story about love that seems impossible or a long shot, but we know it works out in the end in an endearing way. We are here to see characters grow in love and self-worth. We're here to leave the depressing reality that is our life and be happy and smile, and I smiled this whole show.
Ji Woo being an avid fan boy was so cute, and it was so sweet to see how it helped him when he was at his lowest. Kang Jae's puppy love for Ji Woo was also cute, and the story of how it came about was compelling and sweet. I also enjoyed the side characters, especially Seon Bin, who was out and out gay (as in he literally said out loud that he dated boys), which is always refreshing. Also, I loved how Tae Yeong was beyond unfazed by Seon Bin's gayness, especially because you could tell that Seon Bin expected immediate rejection. Tae Yeong was daddy duck, and all of his players' happiness and health were his top priority. You could see that he could tell Seon Bin was suffering, and to him, gayness was just a blip; all that mattered was that his Seon Bin was sleeping well.
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