This review may contain spoilers
The past lovers trope can never go wrong, can it ?
I'm not a big fan of historic shows because I can never tell if they're all that accurate in stories but for NetJJ I decided I would give it a shot.I won't lie, when I started the first episode, I was confused of where and how this show was going to go, I'll be real, I didn't watch the pilot and I had only watched it because I needed a new show to watch whilst finishing my semester in college. But at the end of the first episode when JJ was running away from Net and all of their servants I decided I was going all the way through with this series.
As I said earlier, I had no idea where this show was going, I didn't watch the trailers, the pilot episode nor did I read the book. I was blindly raw-dogging the show based solely off the fact that I like NetJJ's pairing together.
As I continued through the series, it honestly became better. I never wanted the episodes to end either and was always looking forwards to my Friday's because I knew then that I would be able to indulge in my guilty pleasure (that being watching LUAT).
Although JJ is a new actor, I think he did super well playing as Nakhun and Klao. After I saw the first three episodes I finally decided to watch the original trailer/pilot (the one that has James in it) and I think it fit JJ a lot better (no hate to James though, I love him!). JJ brought the comedy, the seriousness and the romance so well that the difference in skills between him and Net didn't bother as it would usually do towards other couples.
The series was amazingly well paced, every episode I watched, I felt like when I started it and ended it, I understood everything I needed to. The episodes were long enough for me to understand but also because the writing and the acting was so good it felt like it was so short (all good things).
(MAJOR SPOILERS) :
I think it was either episode 11 or 12 when Phop and all the other servants, maids, etc., couldn't find Klao and had to assume that he had passed away was such a good scene. Net did so well with the acting, it's one of my favourite scenes throughout the entire show. I also think the show did well with other scenes like the scenes where PhopKlao were out shopping and people were reacting negatively towards their relationship (that being a homosexual relationship), despite Klao (Nakhun) being from the 21st century Bangkok Thailand where homosexuality is something that is celebrated (as it should be) and not something I would conclude as out of the norm, he still felt a lot more shame than Phop despite Phop being from that time. It also showed the same sentiment with Jom being sometimes ashamed of being seen as "too close" romantically with Kaew (that stemming from TutorYim's characters basically being shamed and killed for being together).
I think something that should also be celebrated is that the show sticked to it's plot until the very last minute, when Nakhun went into the past, he wanted to solve his father's wrongful murder about the opium and usually for BLs it's more commun for them to just end up forgetting the plot in the last episode, I'm glad they mentionned what happened to that plot when Nakhun and Tinnaphop went back to the city in the present.
I oh-so loved the pass-lovers thing with PhopKlao and TinnaphopNakhun, it was lowkey giving Khemjira lol. Seeing their love story prevail was very sweet. I would one hundred percent give this recommend this show to people if they ever asked. 10/10 for me.
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