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It’s like the crispy onion spicy salmon roll I get from Hannafords. Is it the best sushi? No. Do I still eat it? Of course, I love crispy onions and salmon…

Acting:

Cute and silly, but not like great. Probably in part due to the writing, directing, and a touch of Book not being the best crier. I fear I need more pain in his expressions sometimes and the ability to get teary-eyed. Force was pretty solid, but the story didn’t really ask for much from him tbh.

Writing:

I genuinely can’t believe that this is based on a book that someone planned, wrote, and published. It has that thrown-together drama script vibe to it rather than something based on an edited piece of published literature. It started off good but then she went off the rails a bit. I wish they did more with the whole streamer situation instead of whatever the heck they decided to go with here. They threw a lot of different things into this soup and it made it hard to distinguish what it was exactly. They needed to focus in on a central issue instead of having so many because they did not hace the time to get into everything enough to do the plot points justice.

Chemistry/Romance/Kissing:

Force and Book obv have chemistry. They are very sweet very cute. But like, okay. So I don’t know if it’s the writing or directing or the actor’s boundaries or what. But, they lack a like intimacy which is odd because they have this crazy chemistry that alludes to a crazy amount of intimacy. Idk if that makes sense..? Like I don't care whether things get explicit or not, like whatever, that isn’t what I mean. But just, something is missing and I’m not sure how to put it into words. A kiss on the neck or stomach and then a look into each other’s eyes, maybe? Like just a hint of intimacy between two lovers in their twenties. This was an okay romance, pretty standard romance plotline. The kissing was fine, nothing to write home about.

Editing:

I have to point out that there were definitely some issues with the editing of this show. Why are there seconds-long black screens between scenes where it doesn’t fit the vibe/mood of the story. Why are we cutting together sentences at random points where it doesn’t make sense. Did they not get the shot they wanted? Did the script change after they shot the scene? I don’t know, man. It was just a bit too thrown together.

Music/SFX:

Typical corny drama romcom stuff. SFX were fine.

Meh

Now, for some highlights from my notes:

- Oh, Book, my favorite actor for a boyfailure-type character
- My boy, Force, looking sharrrppp
- The Book smile, the Force smirk
- The ASMRtist x fanboy trope combined with intern x boss and gamerboy x game developing company CEO tropes a lot going on here
- Sad gay boy gay boy sad
- Sad bi boy bi boy sad
- Ah yes misunderstanding #1 coming in right on cue
- “Things are going great right now” ahhh so things are going to become real bad real soon, thanks for the warning, Boss
- Shy gay boy gay boy shy
- “If your happiness is me, it won’t disappear.” is cuuuuute
- Jack for sure should have talked to Boss Man and not Cher
- Sad bi boy bi boy sad
- Kiss that sad bi boy
- Angry gay boy gay boy angry
- Girl, just go tell him the truth
- D.U.M.B. Shit
- Not the regular coffee order
- Ouch
- Good girly girly good
- Weeeelllll that is certainly a bit of a lore drop there. Kept that one to yourself for a while there, aye, Thoop
- Jeeeeesusus CHRIST, brother
- JEEESUS CHRIST
- I see why I saw someone say it was unexpectedly dark now, not too out of the ordinary. But like, still…
- FUCKING HELL, brother
- Not the “I love you, peace out” act
- Dear Mrs. Boss’s Mom: *… Uh-huh… I don't fuck with you. You little stupid ass-bitch I ain't fucking with you. You little, you little dumb ass-bitch I ain't fucking with you. I got a million trillion things I'd rather fucking do. Than to be fucking with you. You lil stupid ass*
- Lowkey that last message is for you too, Cher
- Dumb
- Not the regular coffee order
- *Thinking 'bout us, what we gon' be. Open my eyes, yeah, it was only just a dreeeeeeeam*
- You just wanted to… graduate…?
- I’d slap bi boy, fr
- No shot that mother is forgiven like that for not intervening or doing literally anything about her daughter being raped and forcibly impregnated by the stepdad. Baby killed herself over that, like wtf are we talking about 0/10
- Is baby wearing a WORCESTER shirt????????????? THAT’s MY BOYYYYYY
- Romantic gay boy gay boy romantic