RomanticRosebud_BL

when I heard about this lakorn at first, I wasn't that interested because One 31 does tend to release similar lakorns over the years: To Sir, with Love, I feel You Linger in The Air, Century of Love and while I've loved all of them, they do tend to get repetitive. But I decided to give LITM a chance and boy did it surprise me! Although it does share a lot of similarities, I do feel like this went more into the neaty- gritty of the era 1960's when the small countries around Thailand were facing crises in needed to find a way to survive. It's a tale of forbidden love between a price and a commoner. Not only that but they are both men completely taboo. Love in the Moonlight really gets into the homophobia of the time, the struggle young Asian man faced i n those times and although they still face that prejudice it's good to know that we've come so far since then, even if we do still have a way to go. Saenkaew's story is a heartbreaking one when he has to face prejudice even from his own father. Those scenes were so hard to watch because the homophobia he faced was coming from the one person who was supposed to protect him. I wanted to kill Kamfah myself at times. Despite that, Saenkeaw perseveres never letting his father break him even when it seems he has. And that's why I loved his character he may seem weak at first, but I got to say that despite the harsh reality he faced he never really gave up and fought for the man he loved. Sasin was the best compliment for him, smart, outspoken, sassy, protective, romantic and so full of love! He did everything he could to make sure Saenkaew was always protected and loved no matter if he got hurt at time.
Although Sasin and Saenkaew's story may be hard to watch at times, it is important, so the audience knows how history shaped who we are today as a society. I feel like stories like this need to be told. They may be fictional but there is some truth to it too. Who knows if there was a Sasin and Saenkaew back then after all. Hopefully, if there was, they were able to find their happy ending like Sasin and Saenkaew did.
The ambitation of the story really made me feel like I was in the '60's One 31 did a good job with the costumes & the sets but overall the feeling of the series. The immenent homophobia surrounding these men, It broke my heart all the pain that Sasin and Saenkaew went thru.
Pin's character was a tough one. Her tale and suffering was akin to a lot of women of her time, told to shut up, and take any marriages of convinience their family chooses for them. But that was not my problem with her, my problem was how she handled everything when she found out the truth. She became the worst of society back then even if she was a victim herself. It was hard to feel for her. I'm happy that they redeemed her in the end. She realized that she was only hurting everyone and helped. Her redemption worked for me way better than Kamfah's did.
After what that disgusting pos father did to Saen and Sasin thru out the whole series, he deserved a miserable death. Not to be forgiven and happy for the end of his miserable life. I hate when bl writers never have the cajones to make the biggest villains pay. Who cares if they are the parents just wrong to let them off. They write then so much like villains for the whole story and then just expect the audience to accept that? I don't think so! That was my only complaint in this story and disappointment.
Aside from the rapament homophobia I'm so happy that Sasin had people with him, who loved him enough to back him when he needed them Even if his friends were not 100% comfortable with Sasin loving another man, in the end that didn't matter to them. All they wanted was for him to be happy. I'm glad that they were here because they were a breath of fresh air among all the other homophobes. Sasin and SaenKaew's love story was a beautiful one. It touched me deeply. Even though they went thru so much pain, they never stopped loving each other or gave up on each other either. Sasin's love for Saenkaew was breathtaking. Like I said, tough story to watch but an important one. The writers did an excellent job! They took me thru an emotional ride every episode and the payoff was worth it. Just wish the Kamfah end would have been handled better.
First time watching PearPeak but I'm going to say that they won me over! Not only with their incredible acting but their chemistry was top notch! They easily became my favorite new cp this year and I can't wait to see what's next for them. Perth was also amazing as Pin, first time seeing her too but she's an amazing actress hope she continues getting roles that make her shine.
The music was gorgeous. It accented every scene and moment where the OST was played. I listen to the songs frequently and I can picture the scenes in my head. Over all 10/10. Such a masterpiece from beginning to end. I know I will be watching over and over because Love in The Moonlight has now become one of my favorite BL's ever. I'm going to miss it.