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think in the show it's ~ 10 years, Idk what age Patji playing young Pharan is supposed to be exactly (my guess is older teenager) but Patji himself is 18 ^^

Domundi is a halfway stable established company by now, they invested quite a bit in the effort of authenticity towards the novel adaptation from sets to respecting local customs/belief etc and are bringing us a well produced ghost story so far in these 2 epis.
Some have already been fans of the novel, seems well known in Thailand. (I'll wait with reading unti the end)
Those of us viewers who are active on social media have been aware of this project for ~ 1year so we know the actors and have been looking forward to see them in this & are happy that the curse/ghost storyline is adding to more variety in BL
(BL is doing good with branching out atm from e.g. Jack & Joker to ABO Desire) ^^

I mean those are the mysteries to slowly uncover throughout the show for us not-novel-readers, we won't get all the answers now ;)

🎉THE UNCUT EPISODE 1 is now FREE on iqiyi 🎉 so please support it there :)

https://www.iq.com/play/khemjira-episode-1-wraawu50u8?lang=en_us

the uncut 1. epi is now free on iqiyi so I hope you can support it there after kisskh, Ig they'll always release the epis 1 week late as 'free' after the new epi is VIP :)

the uncut version is the one on iqiyi, mdl just hasn't made a separate listing ^^

also the reluctance of some to interfere in suspected domestic violence, people often don't know what to do and 'don't interfere in private stuff between couples/families'- POVs are all handled realisticly.
I'm also glad that it wasn't a case of 'oh he just beat her cause he was possessed', I would've understood if they went that route in a ghost-storyline, but otoh I'm glad there was no 'excuse' for him being an ass, reasons like possibly the debt & stress leading to alcoholism as catalyst for the violence, but not simply an excuse of 'oh it was just a spirit'...

solid 2. epi, I like that they kind of gave us a 'case to resolve' and used this to introduce charas to each other, show us more of the master's work & village, explore each charas POVs and set up more for the 'main ghosts' - good flow of the plot :)
edit: such a fitting intro, A+

I personally don't watch any of the hard-core horror out there, but I think this is relatively mild:
it's some jump-scares for the viewers & charas to set the opressing feeling of Khem being cursed & haunted/having to fear for his life (esp the first few min of the 1. epi as introduction), but overall Khem has seen ghosts all his life and not all ghost are trying to hurt him, some are simply dead people that haven't moved on.
The effects team is doing a good job, so you should be ok with a bit of halloween make-up to watch this :)

have to say I'm very confused by this reasoning ^^
if you're waiting for more to form an opinion then it's best to not rate at all yet until at least half the show is over or until the end of the show (personally I prefer rating at the end of the show most times)

If you want to rate each epi then each epi should be rated by itself.
overall I'd say rating a 1/10 is universally understood as 'bad', like I doubt you'd rate a restaurant 1/10 after eating there saying ' it's ok but you want to try more dishes first next time before giving a better rating' and I don't think you'd like to buy a product that's rated 1/10 online ^^

oh wow thank you so much for the detailed explanation!!!
I honestly thought that would just take you to a user's (custom) lists, not the watchlists lol XD
yeah everyone does their ratings a bit differently, but it's def interesting, I liked to check ratings whenever I browse someone's custom lists to see if the recs are a similar taste to my own etc
(but at the end I always try shows myself to see if it's my own taste or not)

personally I've never given a 10 cause I always have things I consider minor flaws, but otoh I also rated some of my fav shows 8,5 cause them having some flaws doesn't mean they don't own a piece of my heart lol.
maybe I'm rating too soft sometimes since I give an 'ok' show 7-8 and I haven't gone lower than ~5 so far cause if I rlly think it's worse than that (or maybe ok but simply not my taste) I drop it and move on hehe ^^

stupid question: where do you see the ratings of others?
(I only use MDL for my to-watch list and to ramble in comments sometimes lol XD)

yeah it's overall sadly nothing new I also see it in C-Drama fan-wars etc. it's just so disappointing cause BL is branching out quite a bit with different stories and instead of appreciating the variety some are busy hating shows for ships they don't like etc XD

edit: I think some of it also sadly comes along with the competiveness of social trending (KPop, BL) etc, luckily not everyone, but some people are so fixated on hyping their favs # etc that acknowledging other shows as good/other KPop groups make good music feels like betrayel to their favs
the companies are laughing at us cause we give them unpaid promotion work with all that trending which by now is required so a show isn't considered a 'flop' XD

I maybe didn't articulate that well about the princess ^^ :
I didn't expect her to be equal to a general on military knowledge but the show referenced that hidden tunnel as the one they used in their younger years so she def knew it existed and yet the show neglected her knowledge so the master had to step in to sacrifice his life ^^

Thanks for giving some insight about the novel plot-points & esp the classmates being more relevant in the novel :)

ok glad I wasn't the only one doing a double take on that scene haha
Idk about any of the situation for this drama (production-cost, time etc), I think the flow of the scenes is a matter of scriptwriter & director
(Idk if any of them had more say than the other or if scenes had to be cut or rearranged)
Just hope the rest of the show hasn't too many 'forced plot points' in the narrative, cause I enjoyed the story set-up :)

I enjoy the drama overall, but they sometimes want to get the plot to a certain point and fail to make it flow there naturally:
e.g.
1) the 'underwater-kiss' after the battle: he was kilometers away fighting like 5 sec earlier and she was kicking ass, but of course it had to end with her needing help & him appearing out of nowhere for that???

2) her master was so randomly introduced and it quickly became obv they give him no deeper meaning than the 'failed love' storyline to give He Yan a warning to not let her own love slip away.
(the way he died alone defending a tunnel that the princess knew about?!?! like guys you can't tell us the princess is an awesome woman defending this city for the last 20 yrs and then she didn't have any warriors protecting that secret tunnel???)

3) the ex-classmate plot-device ep 22
it would've made way more sense to introduce him early to create a connection, actually give us some of the scenes we saw as flashbacks instead early in the show as 'in real time':
the failed support between Xiao Jue & the classmate should've happened at the start when Xiao Jue actually was all alone against the court and then they coudl've met up again now to get the reconsiliation ...
would've made it feel less disconnected and like they were just trying to squeeze in the reveal about He Yan ^^

just my personal pet-peeves ramble I wanted out of my brain ^^

yeah exactly that's why I called it 'targeted downvoting' quite a few acc have to rate it as 1-2 to gain such a drop in rating when it started out higher.
If someone simply genuinly is disappointed with a show due to e.g. 'weak script' etc and rates it a 5 or whatever that's at least a real opinion, but voting this show as 1-2 after the 1.epi is clowning...

I will never understand targeted downvoting of shows, esp in an industry like BL that's very much still developing.
Nobody forces you to watch BLs besides those of your favs, you simply can skip shows, but this need to drag everything down that isn't your personal fav will damage the BL industry by giving false feedback. (and damn it's a sorry excuse if you can only uplift your own fav by dragging down others...)
We should be glad and at least appreciate the effort whenever production teams take on shows with different storylines, trying to expand beyond what we've already seen and allowing us to have a variety of genres & shows to choose from.


BTW if you have the chance def watch the uncut version on iqiyi it expands more on the charas' personalities and relationships with each other :)
(but you can also get a rough impression of the uncut version by watching the reaction below)

🎉 THE REACTION to epi 1 of KengNamping + TleFirstone + Pung is also available with eng subs 🥳
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW0JQ5mXV2o

the ratings are dropping quick atm, so it's def a targeted downvote, sadly some clowns just can't accept that there are multiple good BLs out there besides their own fav...

Anyone who's undecided whether to give this show a chance esp if you might not know the 2 pairings: simply check it out for yourself with a cozy watch ;)
Tastes are different and if this show isn't for you then that's ok there are many others out there... but we have too many clowns downvoting shows on purpose, so don't consider ratings when you're curious about a show, simply check for yourself :)

Personally I'm super happy I'll get to see my kiddos TleFirstone in a show with long epis and a storyline that's different than any highschool/college dramas and KengNamping get their chance to shine together :) hope the show can keep it up after a good 1. epi :)