I would like to start this by saying that I have almost never finished watching a dating show, because all of…
And for the comments that are saying this show is queer baiting... well that is quite a naive way of seeing this show. The people on this show are real people with real feelings, you can' t simply just force to people to like and choose eachother!
I would like to start this by saying that I have almost never finished watching a dating show, because all of them felt too boring or too unnatural and scripted. BUT I LOVED THIS SO MUCH!! I actually was quite shocked to see that not more people loved this so I would like to share my opinion to in the hope that more people will decide to watch it! First of all, the structure of the show was quite different from other dating shows, there is no heavy editing every minute and the activities don' t overshadow the real forming connections between the contestans. Second of all, I really liked the atmosphere that was created for the contestans and by the contestans themselves. I felt that everyone was quite comfortable and they also became like a big friend group, while there is some tension because of the love traingles no one really behaved in a crule or mean way. But to be honest I was also quite dissapointed by the lack of queer couples... Until I realized something: this dating show is a reflection of a normal dating life. There where not a lot of people who where only attracted to the same gender, but a lot of queer,fluid and bi people. I hate to say this but heterosexuality feels more safe to people and makes it easier for them to carelessly fall in love with a stranger. DO NOT READ THE FOLLOWING IF YOU DON' T WANT A SPOILER! Tod and Time are in my eyes a great example for this , it was obvious to the viewers and also later confirmed by them that they were attracted to eachother form the very beginning. They became very close friends but both persued women.... In the final episode Tod shares his feelings and says that he liked Time a lot but was too scared to make him uncomfortable or to feel grossed out by him...which is very sad(I cried so much and felt so heartbroken for their lost potential omg...) The same is also true for Joy and sunny and that leads to my conclusion that queer relationships are much harder to navigate and I think too complex for a show shot in 12 days only. Also one last thing about Sunny. I don' t understand why people are calling her a red flag at all..? She was such a great communicater and also very honest and brave. She told mathew she liked him as a friend in a very graceful manner, she was honest with Time about her attraction to other people. While some people may see her as a player because she was both attracted to Namnung and Time, but she was very honest to both of them, they both knew how Sunny felt. I think she has great character and emotional intelligence.
First of all, the structure of the show was quite different from other dating shows, there is no heavy editing every minute and the activities don' t overshadow the real forming connections between the contestans.
Second of all, I really liked the atmosphere that was created for the contestans and by the contestans themselves. I felt that everyone was quite comfortable and they also became like a big friend group, while there is some tension because of the love traingles no one really behaved in a crule or mean way.
But to be honest I was also quite dissapointed by the lack of queer couples... Until I realized something: this dating show is a reflection of a normal dating life. There where not a lot of people who where only attracted to the same gender, but a lot of queer,fluid and bi people. I hate to say this but heterosexuality feels more safe to people and makes it easier for them to carelessly fall in love with a stranger. DO NOT READ THE FOLLOWING IF YOU DON' T WANT A SPOILER! Tod and Time are in my eyes a great example for this , it was obvious to the viewers and also later confirmed by them that they were attracted to eachother form the very beginning. They became very close friends but both persued women.... In the final episode Tod shares his feelings and says that he liked Time a lot but was too scared to make him uncomfortable or to feel grossed out by him...which is very sad(I cried so much and felt so heartbroken for their lost potential omg...) The same is also true for Joy and sunny and that leads to my conclusion that queer relationships are much harder to navigate and I think too complex for a show shot in 12 days only.
Also one last thing about Sunny. I don' t understand why people are calling her a red flag at all..? She was such a great communicater and also very honest and brave. She told mathew she liked him as a friend in a very graceful manner, she was honest with Time about her attraction to other people. While some people may see her as a player because she was both attracted to Namnung and Time, but she was very honest to both of them, they both knew how Sunny felt. I think she has great character and emotional intelligence.