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The suits were better than the story
Dangerous Queen honestly had realllllllly good potential, but they completely blew it.
I was excited going into this because I heard Nur is the CEO of her own company, produced the series herself, and even picked TK as her co-star after seeing her on TikTok. That's a cool story, but unfortunately the final product didn't live up to the hype for me.
I didn't like Nur's acting. TK was okay, actually pretty impressive for a debut. Kem's actor did a great job playing an obsessive lover, and Bo's mother was such a horrible woman, I genuinely hated her, which means the actress did her job well.
Meanwhile, both Queen and Bo felt expressionless a lot of the time. I also never really felt the chemistry between the leads.
The direction doesn't help either. Scenes constantly feel either rushed or dragged out, and the show can't decide whether it wants to be serious, romantic, or unintentionally funny. The pacing is awful too. Around halfway through, I was already thinking, "When will this end?"
The story is the biggest problem. It lacks coherence, originality, and emotional weight. It genuinely feels like a Wattpad fanfic, where random romantic moments matter more than actual storytelling. The script is full of clichés, the conflicts feel forced, and the characters barely grow.
The romance doesn't work for me either. Queen spends most of the series being bossy and self-centered, while Bo has very little personality of her own. Their relationship feels more like Queen obsessively wanting Bo all to herself. Bo also goes from barely caring about Queen to suddenly throwing herself at her, which felt incredibly awkward.
Also... Bo gets sold FIVE TIMES. FIVE. TIMES. Her mother repeatedly sells her to either Kem or Queen for gambling money. It became ridiculously repetitive.
And don't even get me started on the endless staring. I'd skip ahead 5–10 seconds thinking, "Tch... they're still staring?" The silence felt awkward instead of tense.
The BDSM in the final episode had me gagged, though. Never thought I'd see a neck collar in a GL—or any show I've watched, honestly. 😭 But I'm not deducting points for that 😋.
TK (Queen) though... *ahem, ahem.* She reminded me of Sam from 'GAP'. This whole series gave me SLIGHT 'GAP' vibes, which honestly made it even more disappointing because it had the potential i feel.
I probably gave it a 4 mostly because of TK.
I was excited going into this because I heard Nur is the CEO of her own company, produced the series herself, and even picked TK as her co-star after seeing her on TikTok. That's a cool story, but unfortunately the final product didn't live up to the hype for me.
I didn't like Nur's acting. TK was okay, actually pretty impressive for a debut. Kem's actor did a great job playing an obsessive lover, and Bo's mother was such a horrible woman, I genuinely hated her, which means the actress did her job well.
Meanwhile, both Queen and Bo felt expressionless a lot of the time. I also never really felt the chemistry between the leads.
The direction doesn't help either. Scenes constantly feel either rushed or dragged out, and the show can't decide whether it wants to be serious, romantic, or unintentionally funny. The pacing is awful too. Around halfway through, I was already thinking, "When will this end?"
The story is the biggest problem. It lacks coherence, originality, and emotional weight. It genuinely feels like a Wattpad fanfic, where random romantic moments matter more than actual storytelling. The script is full of clichés, the conflicts feel forced, and the characters barely grow.
The romance doesn't work for me either. Queen spends most of the series being bossy and self-centered, while Bo has very little personality of her own. Their relationship feels more like Queen obsessively wanting Bo all to herself. Bo also goes from barely caring about Queen to suddenly throwing herself at her, which felt incredibly awkward.
Also... Bo gets sold FIVE TIMES. FIVE. TIMES. Her mother repeatedly sells her to either Kem or Queen for gambling money. It became ridiculously repetitive.
And don't even get me started on the endless staring. I'd skip ahead 5–10 seconds thinking, "Tch... they're still staring?" The silence felt awkward instead of tense.
The BDSM in the final episode had me gagged, though. Never thought I'd see a neck collar in a GL—or any show I've watched, honestly. 😭 But I'm not deducting points for that 😋.
TK (Queen) though... *ahem, ahem.* She reminded me of Sam from 'GAP'. This whole series gave me SLIGHT 'GAP' vibes, which honestly made it even more disappointing because it had the potential i feel.
I probably gave it a 4 mostly because of TK.
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