I genuinely wonder what the difference between Top saying he wants to be better for Mew (with it being accepted/expected)…
The difference may lie in the fact that Mew and Top's relationship was so new when it happened--and that Top had been mislead by Ton. As well as the fact that Top managed to prove himself to Mew, and that Mew was still in love with Top. (I don't think they should have moved in together so fast.) Ton was supposed to be Mew's friend. He wasn't in love with Top, yet he went for him even though he knew Mew liked him and was with him. He was playing games and just didn't care about other people's feelings, and Mew, I feel, was both hurt and disgusted by that. He doesn't see Ton changing, and, to be honest, Ton isn't changing. Just realizing he's lonely and shouldn't have been such a dick to his friends and to Nick isn't enough for Mew to want to keep that toxicity in his life.
I almost didn't continue this drama after the disastrous ep 9-11, but I made it to the end. What I get was a disappointing…
I was happy with Ton's ending. I don't think it would have been believable for him to have changed. I almost didn't believe what did happen, to be honest. I could imagine him growing up after living five or ten years in New York, then coming back, but by then Nick should have someone good and NOT cheat on them with Ton. Top didn't deserve to get Mew back, but Force made it believable enough. And I don't think Top was as wrong as Ton was in the situation when all was said and done. The saddest thing for me in the ending was that Ton realized the worth of his friendship with Mew too late. Sand and Ray, although cute, were kind of boring, imo, at least by the ending, like you said. Wonder what happened to Atom? Maybe he will play a bigger part in season 2.
I understand where you are coming from but I really felt good about how Ton was dealt with. My oldest son is like…
Oh, are we? I guess that's what the whole thing was about there at the end. It would be funny if everyone wound up breaking up in S2 and Ton and Nick find their way back to each other. lol. The irony.
Was that ending meant to suggest the new guy (adorable Mix) might break someone up? Like, he's the new friend to cause trouble. Anyway, I really enjoyed this series and, for the most part, the way it wrapped up. I really didn't want Nick to wind up with Ton, but I'm a little sad that Ton lost Mew as a friend even though he totally deserved to and that Ton went to New York. It made sense for the story but still made me sad at the end.
The subtitles said, "The only nong I am going to eat out is you." Lol. I noticed iQIYI had two little extra bits in the love scene, including a part where, after Hia turns Diao onto his side, he says, "Are you ready?"
You should read the book it’s better. The accident that happened when they were kids was Yi fault it was Chen…
If the book was good, I blame the screenwriter for making a mess of it. And the director, because there were scenes I definitely wouldn't have given a pass.
I'll always love Max and Nat, but I've never really liked any of the characters they've played. This series was disjointed in my opinion. Even the sex scene was disjointed. Why was Diao sucking on his thumb? What was Max doing to him when he smiled right after? I couldn't figure out what was going on. I blame the director, although I'll admit that there are other issues. And I really don't understand the whole Diao running away issue. I mean I do, but I also don't. It kind of seemed like he wanted Hia to admit a few things, but I thought they'd gotten past that already. Cutie Pie wasn't the greatest either, but I do think it was better than this. What I'd really like to see is the third couple. Any hope for a series for them? (I know the two will play in the Bed Friends sequel, and I'm looking forward to it, but I also like these characters.) Seeing Dia and Hia as a family just looked odd to me. I know Nat is a man, but he still seems very little boy a lot of the time. (Speaking of disjointed, this post kind of is, lol.) Just...so much cheese in this series.
I really do love Max and Nat, but there's always something about an episode of this series that really bugs me. In this case, it's Diao riding around on that stupid bicycle. Yi and his dad are sitting there talking about how Diao's in danger--this pawn in his family's plans--and cut to Diao riding his bike on the dark streets. What if the kid's dad hadn't saved him? They would have beaten him to a pulp with that bat. Then, he continues to ride his bike with the little basket over to his father's house. What a ridiculous f*** you to Dad that was when he jumped on his bike and rolled away on it. And somehow Nat always seems to fall short on his scenes. I felt he should have been more emotional with his father. More emotional when he got home to Yi. Instead he stood there with a dazed look on his face. And was Max instructed to wait the entirety of that piece of song before he was allowed to put his arms around Nat to comfort him? I know from bts footage that the director told Nat in the last episode to look scared when Diao climbed on his lap for the love scene. But when I watched it before that, I was thinking--why does he look SCARED? So, part of this may be the director. One more thing...just something small. But the photo they cut to in Yi's house of him at the skate park. He's on a skateboard and carrying a skateboard. It just struck me as a stupid picture. I guess it was supposed to be when he when with Diao that day--and the extra skateboard was supposed to tell us that--but come on. Feels like a shot they took during filming, not a picture someone would purposefully take and then say, Hey, this is so good, I'm going to have it developed and framed! I guess the subtitles goofed when they were interrogating the brother. He said he didn't intend to hurt Diao--how was he supposed to know Yi would drive the car? ( I think he meant he didn't intend to hurt Yi.) Anyway, hasn't he seen Diao riding around on his bike? He should have sabotaged that. And the flashback of the buy barely peaking under the hood and declaring the reason the brakes failed! Lmao. And all along they have easly accessible footage of the brother walking away--which Yi showed to Diao's father, yet the man insisted his son did not do it!
On thee whole, I love this series. Sure, it was sort of toxic, but I can overlook that. My main disappointment is their relationship didn't improve more by the end. But I hear talk of a season 2, so maybe then. (Hopefully it won't go like Manato's Laundromat...dragging us along episode to episode with nothing happening.)
Top didn't deserve to get Mew back, but Force made it believable enough. And I don't think Top was as wrong as Ton was in the situation when all was said and done. The saddest thing for me in the ending was that Ton realized the worth of his friendship with Mew too late.
Sand and Ray, although cute, were kind of boring, imo, at least by the ending, like you said.
Wonder what happened to Atom? Maybe he will play a bigger part in season 2.
And I really don't understand the whole Diao running away issue. I mean I do, but I also don't. It kind of seemed like he wanted Hia to admit a few things, but I thought they'd gotten past that already. Cutie Pie wasn't the greatest either, but I do think it was better than this. What I'd really like to see is the third couple. Any hope for a series for them? (I know the two will play in the Bed Friends sequel, and I'm looking forward to it, but I also like these characters.)
Seeing Dia and Hia as a family just looked odd to me. I know Nat is a man, but he still seems very little boy a lot of the time. (Speaking of disjointed, this post kind of is, lol.)
Just...so much cheese in this series.
And somehow Nat always seems to fall short on his scenes. I felt he should have been more emotional with his father. More emotional when he got home to Yi. Instead he stood there with a dazed look on his face. And was Max instructed to wait the entirety of that piece of song before he was allowed to put his arms around Nat to comfort him? I know from bts footage that the director told Nat in the last episode to look scared when Diao climbed on his lap for the love scene. But when I watched it before that, I was thinking--why does he look SCARED?
So, part of this may be the director. One more thing...just something small. But the photo they cut to in Yi's house of him at the skate park. He's on a skateboard and carrying a skateboard. It just struck me as a stupid picture. I guess it was supposed to be when he when with Diao that day--and the extra skateboard was supposed to tell us that--but come on. Feels like a shot they took during filming, not a picture someone would purposefully take and then say, Hey, this is so good, I'm going to have it developed and framed!
I guess the subtitles goofed when they were interrogating the brother. He said he didn't intend to hurt Diao--how was he supposed to know Yi would drive the car? ( I think he meant he didn't intend to hurt Yi.) Anyway, hasn't he seen Diao riding around on his bike? He should have sabotaged that. And the flashback of the buy barely peaking under the hood and declaring the reason the brakes failed! Lmao. And all along they have easly accessible footage of the brother walking away--which Yi showed to Diao's father, yet the man insisted his son did not do it!