people saying this is lacking romance are just painfully wrong. y’all think just cause they didn’t sleep together…
It's because 90% of BL fans lie to themselves about what they want. They say they want nuance, maturity, morally grey characters, slow burn, angst—but complain when a show has any of that. They complain when characters make mistakes, when there's no insta-love, when there's too much sex, when there's not enough, when they kiss in ep 2, when they kiss in the final ep... and the list goes on. Movies and shows like this just expose how shallow many fans really are. Sorry not sorry.
Hot take sue me but I'd rather date someone like Jeonghan than Iljo. I interpret them as both having commitment issues but on the exact opposite side of the spectrum. Whereas Jeonghan is hard to get close to, he isn't easy to ward off once he's attached. Iljo is easy to get close to, but as he said he falls in and out of love easy. I'd personally have a harder time with the latter lol
They’re not blood-related though. Iljo is a stepbrother into the family, which makes him not at all blood-related…
I mean you can pretend all you want but at that point, why are you even watching the series if it's that hard to stomach? Because you find it hot, right? It's just fiction, and an extremely light shade of taboo at that. It doesn't make you a bad person to enjoy what would be taboo irl.
It's a typical ✨ fine ✨ romance. Just fine overall, though personally find it skewing more towards bad than good. I didn't think the kissing scenes were great, nor were the "steamy" scenes anything to write home about. Both main actors felt pretty stiff with their acting at first though clearly got more comfortable with each other a few episodes in. Big plus though—the female characters were not just evil and/or lazy plot devices! Hurray for small victories.
If you just want to watch a comfy, low stakes and fast-paced basic friends-to-lovers series, this is it.
A little rant that is clearly going to be an unpopular opinion but I have to get it out there—we have SEEN Ramil cry for Paytai. We have seen how much it hurts him. He clearly cares for and loves Paytai, and Paytai even in that very episode said that he was willing to receive punishment. The core of the abuse is coming from Rachata. Like hello? Ramil is just another cog in the wheel. It doesn't necessarily excuse it, but I cannot expect actual nuance on these topics from Thai BL, especially not Domundi.
Did he look like he was enjoying stepping on Paytai? Didn't think so. What can we assume would've happened if Ramil didn't do as he was told, and Rachata found out? If you ask me, very likely a worse punishment.
I get feeling like Ramil is a coward or whatever for doing it but in my opinion, that whole scene was pure CHARACTER ASSASSINATION for both Ramil and Paytai. If there were earlier scenes and moments where Paytai explicitly told Ramil to change and to not hurt him, then yes—I would've completely agreed with everyone. But we didn't get that.
why does Domundi always disappoint me and why is it always because the first half of a series is fine to good, and then suddenly the second half just pivots into TERRIBLE
I'm afraid this episode for me confirmed the show as a First Half Good, Second Half Bad type of series. They're butchering all the side "romances", the mine plot is absolutely bonkers in and of itself, but maybe I just had too high expectations. I'd hoped TNP to lean more into political intrigue, because they certainly have all the puzzle pieces, but... they're leaving so much potential on the cutting room floor. I'm honestly so disappointed. I'm happy for everyone who does like the show but especially this latest episode felt so performative it actually kinda pissed me off.
God RamilPaytai has had me in a chokehold ever since the first teaser trailer but this episode just solidified JimmyOhm in my top 5 faves. We don't even see that much of them relative to CharanKhanin but they are OOZING so much compatibility it's insane. Also their clips together outside of the series are really cute 😩
If you just want to watch a comfy, low stakes and fast-paced basic friends-to-lovers series, this is it.
The core of the abuse is coming from Rachata. Like hello? Ramil is just another cog in the wheel. It doesn't necessarily excuse it, but I cannot expect actual nuance on these topics from Thai BL, especially not Domundi.
Did he look like he was enjoying stepping on Paytai? Didn't think so. What can we assume would've happened if Ramil didn't do as he was told, and Rachata found out? If you ask me, very likely a worse punishment.
I get feeling like Ramil is a coward or whatever for doing it but in my opinion, that whole scene was pure CHARACTER ASSASSINATION for both Ramil and Paytai. If there were earlier scenes and moments where Paytai explicitly told Ramil to change and to not hurt him, then yes—I would've completely agreed with everyone. But we didn't get that.
Because Domundi is fucking stupid.
Also I'm sorry but this episode was so boring 😭