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I really loved this show. It's different from all the other BL's which rely on a typical Hollywood format. This might be the first indie BL I've seen. Its natural pacing and low-key dialogue is so refreshing and innovative. I feel like director James was played perfectly - he's humble, sagacious, and a little hippyish. There's always so much comedy through the show in P'Aam's unique style. I especially liked how the mic was still on when Ait was confessing his love to Director James. The staff meeting where James is being overwhelmed by his crew was done so well because it shows that the bumbling James is actually fully aware of his environment. Although it seemed like they were going to have their way with him he takes command of the situation pretty easily and is even able to fire one of them.

I felt this drama did a great service for the BL world in exposing fanservice and the predatory producers. Tee is portrayed so vividly that I feel this has a documentary quality to it, and Michael's portrayal of Bas lends it that same quality. This type of behavior has been going on in Hollywood for decades, and it should be no surprise seeing it in the new BL industry.

The acting was just outstanding, especially by Michael. I think the others did almost as well but their roles didn't have a lot of the dramatic scenes that Michael had. I like Ait playing a character like Pete in Love by Chance in the real world - I think he captured that character so well.

I like the open ended nature at the conclusion of the series. It just feels like the real world where there are just transitions and no real denouments. I like it that in the end Bas is just screaming about how he hates Tee into the wind, because that is all you can do in the real world a lot of times. It’s a metaphor for how a lot of us get through a world full of hostile actors that have great power over us.

I like how this show is exposing the toxic BL fanservice culture. I was watching another show that was exposing some of the practices at GMMTV (Call It What You Want) that delves into some of the same issues. What I found weird was that GMMTV stans wrote a lot of crazy reviews [and I mean off the deep end] on Dramalist about that show, but they are ok with Lovely Writer.

In Lovely Writer GMMTV is exposing itself which is a little strange, because they are the company that is behind a lot of this toxic fanservice. Doesn't anyone find this ironic? Maybe it's a clever way of pretending that they aren't the ones behind it.

2 moons 2 variation number 10. I guess it's new faces with a minimal change in the plot. It's sad, but maybe someone who hasn't seen My Engineer, Sotus, etc. will find something in here. Someone below has listed all the tropes found in normal BL's and its amazing that they managed to fit them all in by episode 1. On the positive side, the acting seems pretty good and the leads are attractive. Maybe something amazing will happen later? I'm guessing not, but if you have nothing else to do with your life, this might provide some nice background noise.

Pi's rejection of Mork is starting to get grating. I understand he had a 1 year long crush on Nan, but he has to just move on or at least forcefully try to see if Nan is even interested. This storyline is getting to be a bit much, but the lightness of the drama really saves it from being too cloying. I really like Duean and Meen - that couple is so refreshing and comical. They are such a cute couple.

I'm looking forward to next week's episode where it looks like some trauma has finally woken Pi out of his daze and he's running to Mork for support (because instinctively he knows that is the only person he can rely on).

I think Nubsib was totally in the right here. Those producers wanted him to stay away from Gene for far longer than 4 months. That is obviously just a ruse. In the BL World they make you stay away from a partner for several years, at least. I found Gene to be very morally weak here which was surprising since he showed such moral strength in his encounter with his father. He shouldn’t worry about his writing career that much. If you’re a good writer you can even self-publish and be successful. If you really love writing you don’t even have to publish at all, or you can publish posthumously. Nubsib has the wealth to support him so he didn’t have to worry about making money. Worrying about Nubsib getting money from his parents to live off of makes little sense. If they refuse his parents money, and Gene’s parents' money and live in poverty, that’s better than having to give up their relationship. Why Gene makes such a stupid decision here is just a little weird to me – maybe it’s just a moment of weakness where he gives into the host of soulless money-hungry producers, and corporate bosses. I have a feeling he will redeem himself soon, because this is unlike him. For the first time, I felt Kao did a good job acting here with his melancholy pleading with Gene to reconsider.

I think Aoey has to love being evil, like a great chef loves cooking. I think he’s pretty depraved and don’t feel sorry for him at all when he’s crying. It’s hard to understand how he has any feelings at all. Is he just acting for himself when he cries? I feel nauseous just watching him. I think Bruce does such an amazing job with this character. This acting is definitely the best in the series. I also like Tum's evil sister. Fantastic acting there. She was really demonic. She plays a cold, inhuman corporate villain as well as a street thug with equal finesse.

I really love the kids in this show. I think I've hardly ever seen a gay drama where they are so prominent.
I'm not sure if a lot of the plotline has has been done in other gay dramas but it all still seems fresh enough for me and is very enjoyable.
Certainly we need more LGBTQ dramas from Asia. They have such a positive take on it.

It’s not worth discussing with you. Racism is never ok, but one can not willfully call some a racist like you do so casually. Have a nice day.

How rude of you. It is never right to call someone a racist with virtually no evidence. You might as well call someone a rapist with no evidence. The person above did not even research the incidents she had just googled and they were not proven to be hate crimes. I don't defend any form of real racism. I hope you understand that. Have a nice day.

I think she acts rationally in most other situations and is always trying to help. In the situation with Yong Jie, she wasn't going to stop him and reveal his intentions to Xiangsi and she did express how she thought Yong Jie was "full of himself", meaning she thought it was overkill. I don't think she was a coconspirator there. She was more like a passive participant.

Yikes, my apologies. I guess we are on the same side. I didn't follow the whole thread.

Not young at all. We can continue believing we are victims forever and we can keep on hating our "oppressors" forever but I find that to be a rather immature attitude. You will just continue the cycle of hatred and also prevent yourself from growing. If you use that as a crutch you will never excel as a people.

Your incident about the Sikh has not even been proven. The FedEx incident also not proven to be a hate crime. Why do you have to jump the gun to prove your point? It's just lazy and irresponsible. I don't see any value in continuing this discussion, but have a nice day.

Yes, that's got to be it. Thanks for finding it. I guess I was looking for a more dramatic answer, I guess.

I think you should reread my post. I think I see where you or others might have thought the scene was unsavory because it was placing people dressed as a minority in a comedic situation which does not mean that those people were the butt of the joke. Before you say anything else do you understand what I'm saying here? I've seen people dressed up as ethnic minorities in all sorts of situations as a disguise but it was not meant to disparage the group in question.

Of course unsavory does not mean full blown bigot and I was saying nothing of the kind. I was using very mild terms there, that is suited to this situation where people are making a mountain out of a molehill. I've already posted a long diatribe about how Sikh people are one of the most integrated communities in Thailand and you could easily have had some local ethnic Thai group presented in that situation [which would have caused far fewer complaints]. Thai people are not racist against Sikh's at all, and this sketch was not at all racist on any level to me. As far as the director, he doesn't have any history of this in his many other productions. You can look them up, or watch them.

I fully appreciate everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but people should also try to understand each other, and see if they can learn from each other. Given that is being done, I certainly agree that we have to respect each other's opinion, but there is a little work that has to be done first. And sometimes, my opinion might be proven to be worthless, mistaken, or irrelevant, because we all make mistakes. But, in general, I will respect other people's opinions, as you state. It's important to treat each other with respect.

Wait a second...what was that internal conflict Paper had that made him reject Sky? I don't think this was ever explained, lol. I loved the series anyway, but I really was expecting that ep. 6 would have explained this. I was thinking, finally, I'm going to get this answer tonight and, strangely, I left episode 6 feeling so good about the series, I totally forgot about it ;-)

I think that it perhaps you are conflating using something as comic relief with being unsavory. Mind you, I was thinking that was a possibility myself so I know where this comes from. In the minds of some viewers dressing these people in the context of a comedic situation means that their culture is to be taken as the butt of the joke which is a false assumption in this case. I see where the confusion comes from. I really think it's not unsavory at all and was done in such a harmless way. I think it's more a matter of people being hypersensitive or the current culture where you have to prove your wokeness by denouncing anything that even marginally appears racist, and that even means "unsavory" in my opinion.

I don't mean to be disparaging. I just hope this BL production doesn't get roasted for something they didn't intend at all. It seems like just an unfortunate situation.

That person [polinaelectric] wrote this earlier in a post below:

The rating on Douban is the highest to date and it has already surpassed Trapped, only behind Crossing The Line. And some crazy Chinese fans of the brothers even left comments to express their anger on the official Instagram of HIStory only because the younger brother didn't show up in the last ep. They thought he was the one that made this show successful and he needed more screen time…

It makes no sense that he/she is saying that now.

Didn't you write this down below:

The rating on Douban is the highest to date and it has already surpassed Trapped, only behind Crossing The Line. And some crazy Chinese fans of the brothers even left comments to express their anger on the official Instagram of HIStory only because the younger brother didn't show up in the last ep. They thought he was the one that made this show successful and he needed more screen time…

I'm really puzzled. Can you explain what you mean by your latest comment which completely contradicts what you wrote earlier?

Yeah, the other couple is cute and cuddly but how would you make a show around them? I fail to see how they even make it past 3 episodes on their own. I'll let SandyTF answer your other question, lol.

Man, I love reading your comments. You've got such a way with words. I'll have to just let you take care of these dum-dum's. BTW what does the the TF stand for?

It is fine if the acting is exaggerated. I thought it was overdone as well, at first, but it's really capturing the whole drama of the relationship in a few seconds and so the emotions can be over the top because it is like a dream sequence. That it was unexplained set up a mystery that was finally resolved in the end of the series which added some nice drama. The whole served as a little bookend to the whole series, as well. I think it was very clever, actually.