I love the acting!!
I think that the main gem of this show is the acting of the leads, it's is so damn good. Especially Andy's, as he is acting out a more complicated character, I love his expressions so much, and in my book he and this show does one of the best portrayals of anxiety/panic symptoms.
Some personal experience: I had a few years of my life when I had really bad anxiety, I was scared alone, so when it got dark I turned on the lights in the empty rooms, as if someone was there. When I had an oncoming panic like attack, I started to do stuff and talk, trying desperately to draw away my brain's attention from freaking out. So when I saw these exact things in this show, it felt the most real I've ever seen anxiety struggles is dramas. And on top of that, this is the BL genre, which is notorious for being cheesy, or lower quality in acting. Absolutely shocking how many great scenes are in this show.
I'm blown away by the leads, every second they felt like their characters, I saw nothing else. I loved it so much that Xun An didn't gloss over the mental health issues of Bai Lang, but tried to understand, analyze and find a solution. He even suggested therapy, which I wish they had included, I think that would have been great. Still, the theme of someone healing the other is one of my favorites, and here it felt so pure and loving.
The writing is not perfect, I did find a few things odd, but it was still all acceptable for me/it also could have been the lower quality subs' fault.
The side couples are realllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly unnecessary for me, felt about nothing between them, simple bromance or friendship would have been enough and satisfactory.
The microphone quality, camerawork, shots, composition, colors- are ALL so gooood!!! There were some really great shots which went on for so long, the camera following people, panning, like a whole choreography. I love it when every person involved in the shooting puts their best into it!!
The plot about the trauma, and the leads' personalities are quite detailed and very well written I think, I love them, and these are the main engine of the show thankfully.
Also omg I love older guys in BLs, also because usually they can act better, and they look amaziiiing!! I'm so over pretty boys when I see guys like these here, I wish there were more of this age in BLs!!! (also shoutout to Old Fashion Cupcake)
I admit on second watch I skipped over the side couples' scenes, and because of that I pumped up the score to 8.5. So basically I pretended that those don't exist, sue me! (pls don't sue me)
Some personal experience: I had a few years of my life when I had really bad anxiety, I was scared alone, so when it got dark I turned on the lights in the empty rooms, as if someone was there. When I had an oncoming panic like attack, I started to do stuff and talk, trying desperately to draw away my brain's attention from freaking out. So when I saw these exact things in this show, it felt the most real I've ever seen anxiety struggles is dramas. And on top of that, this is the BL genre, which is notorious for being cheesy, or lower quality in acting. Absolutely shocking how many great scenes are in this show.
I'm blown away by the leads, every second they felt like their characters, I saw nothing else. I loved it so much that Xun An didn't gloss over the mental health issues of Bai Lang, but tried to understand, analyze and find a solution. He even suggested therapy, which I wish they had included, I think that would have been great. Still, the theme of someone healing the other is one of my favorites, and here it felt so pure and loving.
The writing is not perfect, I did find a few things odd, but it was still all acceptable for me/it also could have been the lower quality subs' fault.
The side couples are realllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly unnecessary for me, felt about nothing between them, simple bromance or friendship would have been enough and satisfactory.
The microphone quality, camerawork, shots, composition, colors- are ALL so gooood!!! There were some really great shots which went on for so long, the camera following people, panning, like a whole choreography. I love it when every person involved in the shooting puts their best into it!!
The plot about the trauma, and the leads' personalities are quite detailed and very well written I think, I love them, and these are the main engine of the show thankfully.
Also omg I love older guys in BLs, also because usually they can act better, and they look amaziiiing!! I'm so over pretty boys when I see guys like these here, I wish there were more of this age in BLs!!! (also shoutout to Old Fashion Cupcake)
I admit on second watch I skipped over the side couples' scenes, and because of that I pumped up the score to 8.5. So basically I pretended that those don't exist, sue me! (pls don't sue me)
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