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True North just went South

When does Dan finally go away? He’s becoming that recurring nightmare that refuses to end, while L’Jane, instead of defending P’Jane, continues dancing merrily down Pollyanna Lane. But as one door is slammed shut on this family, another finally opens. Sometimes it really is in our darkest moments that we begin to see the light. Jet finally finds redemption, stops blaming P’Jane, and begins taking responsibility for his own life.Perhaps that is what Episode 10 is really about. Reaching your dreams doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll find happiness, while those whose dreams seem unreachable sometimes discover happiness where they least expected it. Which brings me back to P’Jane. What exactly is L’Jane’s hold on him? Why remain so obsessed with someone who clearly does not reciprocate his love? At some point, this stops looking like love and starts looking like possession.Rejection is one of our most difficult experiences because it strikes deeply at the ego and our sense of self-worth. Meanwhile, L’Jane seems determined to remain in that safe zone where he believes he can avoid hurting anyone’s feelings, only to discover that his inability to make difficult choices is hurting everyone, including himself.For a moment, Episode 10 made me believe the writers were finally ready to turn this sob story around. Maybe L’Jane would stop carrying everyone else’s burdens long enough to recognize what has been standing in front of him all along. Perhaps he would finally find his true north and discover that happiness was never about the destination, but knowing which direction to follow.But of course, we can’t have that. C’mon scriptwriters! The old “I forgot everything except the moment before I met you” storyline? This is the trope you get when ten stoned writers are sitting around a table, completely out of ideas, until somebody suddenly whispers, “Who are you?” Brilliant! Let’s erase ten episodes of character development and reset the entire storyboard. What a letdown.

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cast have great potential but composition and sequence of events not very logical

Up to Ep5. The best thing about this series is the large cast of boys. There is the humour of Wit, Est, Lukmo, the very young Rodtang, and Fuse when he is with them. Frame and Book go well together. Their characters are different from the original series but still interesting. There are too many silences with people looking at each other. Anyone who knows teenage boys knows that they nearly always have plenty to say or noises to make. Rodtang apologizes to Fuse in school because they are not close friends and next minute they are at Siam Center, so school must be about 100 metres from Siam Center. Tee and Fuse also jump from school to Siam in a flash. Tee is always moping about. He just stands there like a dummy, not speaking. He has a horrible hairstyle or wig which makes his head too high like an alien. Fuse follows him from Siam Center and grins at him like a puppy. Any normal person gay or straight would find this lovely boy irresistible, but Tee resists him. Later, what happened in the bedroom I have no idea. Fuse has taken to saying "Tee!" over and over like Fluke Natouch saying "P'Dean!" in Until We Meet Again.

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My 💔

In Love Forever Ep 11 - No one talk to me until next Friday! I don't think I can stop crying for an entire week - I haven't cried THIS HARD since THE LOYAL PIN!! My heart's broken into a million bleeding pieces, knowing that Neen and Runch have divorced while still so much in love with each other.... Wishing Utt rots in jail for the rest of his life. Hoping Kingkongmol stays in a facility for the mentally ill for keeps! Noteworthy though is the best acting from Lingling in the entire series, thus far: That opening scene - the confrontation with her monster-mother - THAT was intense and on point for Runch. And betchabygollywow, the camera loves Lingling Kwong so much: Her face was drop-dead gorgeous from start to end of episode 11. Still, don't talk to me till next Friday. I still can't stop crying....

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An accident...

Didn't expect them to go all the way already, but at least she was sober. And I didn't expect this kind of intimacy to be seen in a C-drama. I think I even blushed! 🫣🤭I understand why she said it was an accident and is trying to act like it wasn't a big deal. It's all to protect herself from any heartbreak this could cause her later. Yet, he had a bit of a mixed reaction to it — on one hand he doesn't want a relationship, yet it does feel like he doesn't want to let her go either. Will have to see how this evolves, but I sense some toxicity coming our way. 😔I wanted to hug Yu to cheer her up after that bad day... 🫂

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