Lana

Why.. why the hell would the directors think that adding straight people fliriting and being lovey dovey was a good idea in a BL? Are they that stupid? Do they not understand their own audience?

Turning a famous adaptation into a minimal doesn't promote the community properly at all. Ur saying people to be happy with scraps when they expected a feast. AND mind u the directors had to add a straight main couple to greenlight the series, this was even mentioned months ago before the trailer even dropped! So yes while it does promote it "somewhat" its EXTREMELY feeble. and that is what we are complaining about! And ofc u don't need the actors to do explicit scenes or even Kiss which "Cherry Magic" proved and they couldn't even make it good like that.

"they basically allowed the production team to manipulate their work however they want"

Yea? That's how all adaptations work? The author prolly trusted them to do good. Or should fans expect bad cuz author sold off the rights and has no say? Do u think harry potter fans will sit still if they fucked up the movies? Look at Game of throne fans and the uproar they created when they fucked up the last season.

The director, screenwriters and producers are utter idiots. Their audience is BL fans, queers and allies not straight people. Sad that they ruined such potential.

Ok just for you to know, Authors only have the ability to sell the rights to adopt it to a tvseries/movie. they are mostly not involved in the adaptation be it script or anything else. This has been told by many a authors. Very rarely do get rights to make changes like j.k rowling and even then its still limited cuz books aren;t movies.

The acting in the drama was great. No one has a problem with that. However there's no need to water/tone down things for hetero people. Gay rights weren't achieved thru toning down, they were done thru protests, documentaries and awareness. There is no point in creating minimal dramas since they are bound to be critcized by the people who appreciate BL too.

As for the actors, well... if they don't have the courage its best for them to stay away from it and give it to people who actually dare. Gay dramas aren't nothing new and people like Kim nam gil, Lee je hoon, yeon woo jin, zo in sung , jo jin moo, all have acted in gay dramas with much more explicit scenes in much worser times. Bl isn't gonna break them , just like how Jiwoong of Zerobase1 was promoted and voted for to be in a kpop idol by the bl community and he even gad the balls to say he acted in BL infront of the judges and still go in! so what's the excuse?

BL shouldn't be just a money making machine or a chance to be simply famous, these actors need to know it too. So they can skip these if they don't wanna do it.

This is a weak excuse. Yes theres creative freedom but where do u draw the line? Isnt it when u have to add a straight couple and show their chemistry in a BL? Look at semantic error a beautiful drama done with some obvious changes. Yet people loved it while here? Ur excuse for what the director did was that he has freedom? Then why make a BL to begin with?

And i gave u clear reasons. Why would a BL fan watch a straight main lead couple be loveydovey? IN a BL of all things? Where is ur answer to it? A director who doesn't understand their audience is a failure.

We are ok with straight couples. Its been done before in BL's ain't something new. But in this story highly irrelevant. So is their chemistry.

Lol nice metaphor but no. U prolly migh t not be interested but heres some of the problems

1. A straight couple are main leads in a BL. Illogical

2. Heesu's crush is over in under 4 mins. Neve elaborated on hearbreak and moved on to seung won in a flash.

3. Slow butn turned into galcier burn. Yes i love slow burns but theres a limit for everything.

4. Weak chemistry. The manhwa had more. Drama removed some key ones. And pls don't say two people looking at the stars is chemistry cuz it ain't. Even "The Untamed" had more chemistry depsite the censorship.

5. Ju chanyoung gaslighting & pressuring heesu into revealing his feelings. Want me to elaborate on it?

6. Less than 5 mins of them being a couple while we had to watch a straight couple fliriting and being loveydovey more than them.

7.Rushing the ending when it could've been evenly paced

8. Does not follow the adaptation. Now imagine they do that to a series Harry Potter?

I can't blame the author that much. They only have the ability to sell the rights to the creation of the tv series. Beyond that everything is out of their control. Its unfortunate but its the reality

"Cause the most people are not gay,just about 10 to 20 percent"

First off, the aduience is BL fans, queer people and allies. The rest ain't wathcing it. Ur entire logic here falls apart.

Again im repeating to u thst the producers created a straight main lead couple (yes thier leads look at mdl cast page and imdb) to greenligh the series.

This was already talked about in reddit months ago before the series nor the trailer aired.

Many KBLs have had straight couples but no one gives a damn cuz they weren't main leads. Addint to the fact that there was NO straight romance in the drama. And what makes u think BL fans wanna watch a girl snd boy fliritng, running holding hands et? In a BL of all?

People are entitled to their opinions jut like how u rated this "awesome" While yes i do feel like giving it a 1 is too much, lets not act like BL police here. There were many flaws in the drama already discussed.

Again read the "negative comments" as some have given clear evidence and reasoning as well.

Lets not promote toxic positivity when the drama clearly has problems. Adaptations should live up their standards. There is nothing wrong with fans wsnting quality, if low budget BL's can do that so should this

Eh i understand. Ur opinion is valid tho i might disagree with it.Didn't mean to sound rude. I was just joking. Don't take it to heart

Eh i didn't mean to sound rude just was being

Are u blind?💀 The straight couple are main leads too. Look at MDL cast page and IMDB. You aren't the one deciding the main leads the director is and its announced publicly 😂

And do tell me how Chanyoung fliritng with Ji yu contributed to a gay storyline? And them holidng hands and running too. Care to explain? Like what makes it improve the queerness of the show?

Well... thank god ur only "thinking" as a film critic not a real one lol

U as a gay dude should know how proper representation matters. Are u saying queer people should be happy with the bare minimum? U think all those western countries got their gay rights by being satisfied with the bare min? Korea is a homophobic country, and there is 100% no reason to "water " it down especially when its audience is BL fans, queer people and allies. As for queer identity nothing was elaborated on.
Imagine where queer cinema would be if people settled for watered down stuff like this? We'd never be heard nor treated like humans.

And Its an adaptation! not an orginal drama. Its obvious people are gonna get downright mad! What did they think? that people are gonna praise them for doing it wrong?
Also mind u the directors and producers added the straight couple as main leads to greenlight the series. This was told moths before the trailer was even released.

as for the author? It seems like u have no knowledge on how adaptations work properly. Authors have LITTLE to NO power when it comes to the script, casting or directors. If u want read about it, unless ur J.K Rowling, what happens is that they simply sell the rights to have the boo k turn into a movie/tv series.

Since when was a "kiss scene" porn? 💀 U don't know english? And MIND U many gave proper detailed explanations on the flaws of this series. Mind u I have watched many Bl's with ZERO kiss scenes, The untamed, cherry magic but they always delivered! The chemistry wasn't there. Sad u need to call people porn addicts cuz people listed its flaws.
Idk what BL's ur watching but most BL's aren't softcore porn. This itself is a fact.

we have another toxic positivity encourager. Ofc facts and evidence doesn't matter to u neither do the real gays in here but u do u ig.

If u didn't know the straight couple was added by the production to greenlight the series, and yes this was confirmed months before the trailer was even aired, haven't u ever wondered how Chanjoung and Ji yu running together holding hands or flirting contributes to a gay drama? What does a straight couple orvide for a gay drama? Forget having a straight couple what's the use in watching them being loveydovey contribute in anyway?

Love in the big city, To my star, Blueming, Semantic Error" those are a few of the gold standard. The difference is obvious.

" I just think that this particular feels more rooted in an authentic queer experience"

Are u genuinely kidding me? U think this describes authentic queer life in korea?

He moved on from his crush in under 4 mins. genuinely if u had a crush on ur bestie for that long it won't die out that fast AND develop feelings for another either like instant ramen noodles lol. Had they included the scenes from the book it would make more sense.

They could've shown heesu healing from getting over his crush, Heesu's inner turmoil and complex feelings, rather than some pseudo metaphors which hardly conveyed queer feelings.

Time and time again many have provided EVIDENCE that the series is out of pace, and goes pretty much nowhere.

U refuse to acknowledge many of the facts presented by other commentors, including the fact that the straight couple contributed NOTHING to a gay storyline. The manhwa did fine wihout it too.

And guess what? The production decided to make the straight couple main leads to "greenlight" the series. How is that NOT demeaning the gay community? This was told months before heesu was released.

And please before u say coming of age stories many of us aren't newbies to BL. Some have been here since the beginning of BL, we know the difference between fluffy bl and coming of age stories. U see people going after fluffy KBl's in their mdl pages? No, cuz they delivered only what they promised.

And lastly this is an adaptation. Ofc fans are gonna get angry if its not adapted properly. Imagine the uproar if Harry potter storyline was adapted wrongly?

As many mentioned by others, this drama might have done well when it was originally filmed i.e nearly 3 yrs ago, but the bar is high, no ones gonna be happy with bad storylines. Seems like the production put this off for fear of tanking, but didn't consider the rise of BL and quality of it. They seriously underestimated us