randomshowenthusiast

you literally wrote 'but I get so ANNOYED when the past lovers are heterosexual.' that means to me you said they're heterosexual people, if not then pls phrase your sentences differently next time (and the way you wrote it very much has the undertone of e.g. bi people in love don't count when they're in a m/f relationship)
greetings from a queer person

This was a rlly entertaining show :)
I wish they had adjusted the pacing a bit, cause the first few epis it felt like fast-forward mode and then it slowed down quite a bit for some of the 2. life parts.
sure the beginning was 'just the set-up' for the main-plot but I rlly liked 1. life Qingge & Yishui, it was a fun give and take, her confidence and him slowly melting from his grumpy cat self was fun ( he had a sh*tty upbringing :/ ).
So have to confess I missed that a bit when she was Ranran, BUT they overall did the switch well, you could still see her personality shine through and her Ranran-self was endearing without being the cliché baby-talk/infantilization they do for some FL charas, while his chara development was believable.

Overall I appreciate that they gave us ML & FL on equal footing for most of the show, even when she was Ranran she gained the confidence to deal with the walls he put around himself (after some drama & misunderstandings of course lol). And esp the 'who is the master' back and forth was a fun addition.

The side charas were varied and I enjoyed the humoristic aspect, but also chara development of the demonic cultivators as the show intended :)

why not? it's practically like a prayer and Thai speakers understand it so why can't international viewers be interested in the prayer style (we also get song translations in most shows) ^^

there's not just one way masculinity exists (in reality besides stereotypes) a guy can be/behave 'softer' or not. e.g. Cooheart himself embraces a more 'feminine' styling expression IRL often, the only problem is that he's being typecast & kept in that box instead of being able to expand his roles in variety.
And Namping too talked about exploring different sides of himself.

you can dislike it but pls stop calling them heterosexual, just cause it was a m/f pairing doesn't mean they were heterosexual people I'm actually so tired of people acting as if nothing else besides gay vs straight exists...
Otoh personally I like it cause it's about falling in love with the person (twice) not with their gender ;)

Tastes are different so just see if you like it or not, but personally I think rebirth/reincarnation plots can be fun cause it often means you can fall in love twice, I think they might handle it this way here too
(please no book spoiler replies, this is just my guess-work ^^)

Like Peem obv loved Khemika and atm that's his 'reference' cause he knew her well vs he tried to stay away from Khemjira knowing about the curse & that he's not supposed to interfere with his Karma.
But he'll get to know Khemjira slowly, whether he wants to or not since Khem is persistent lol, and he'll see similarities but also differences between Khem's past/present life personalities ^^

(I'm probably just so used to all the rebirth stories by now (esp c-drama) ^^)

I think what we need to understand is that this isn't some white knight cuties story ^^
This was a realistic view into how suspected domestic abuse may be ignored IRL (whether in villages where no one wants a falling out with the community or in a more anonymous city setting where everyone minds their own business, in both cases it can be like this, also due to people unsure what they should do)
And they told this story to give us a POV to all charas & to the karma believe system of this setting.
Peem specifically said he's not here to change someones karma and it all ties back to him not being willing to interfere with Khem's karma at the moment even tho he could consider it personal ties due to past Khem ^^

I rlly liked ep3, it was a great mix of glimpses into the past life & more about the believes/culture & cute moments for our 4 boys & tension thanks to some ghostly shenanigans...feels long until next week XD

Honestly I struggle to sort this one:
I was super hyped to see many actors I liked in this drama and I also got to know a few new ones I wasn't as aware of before, so that's a win and the overall production quality (cinematography, sets, costumes etc) is high...BUT:

please tag this as spoiler, thanks

it's not hard-core horror and I think they'll keep it palatable enough for many BL fans, but they do want to convey that this is a life-threatening curse so esp start of 1. epi they have jump-scares, chilling music, darkness etc to give an opressive feeling.
But otoh Khem has seen ghosts all his life (it's just getting worse now) & not all ghosts are out to get him, so it's not a constant scare.
I think since some had difficulty with the topic I'll also spoil that in both epis domestic violence was more or less involved...

this isn't a kawaiii~ or Disney show, did you also think they should've skiped the case of the tied up boy in ep1? and yes it was exactly placed in the storyline like the scriptwriters wanted it to explaining this story-universes POV on Karma and e.g. Pharan not wanting to get involved cause he can't change a person's karmic journey and this obv ties back to Khem...
if this topic is too much for someone then it's better to skip a show or epi instead of thinking the story is wrong...

they're def not but are aware of being compared and have taken pics together when meeting at an event & were hanging out a bit during Songkran ^^

we went from 7.7 to 8.1 now yay, actual honest ratings slowly winning against the 1/10 downvoters lol

except this is a really realistic way they handled this, many people IRL don't know how to react to such suspicions or think it's 'just a family matter that shouldn't be public' and I think it's a good way to show people a mirror of 'this is how our socitey works in many situations but should it be that way???'

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 :)