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Gaining supporters but finding a new enemy

Mrs Yu sealed her approval of her daughter-in-law with a precious gift and entrusted Xu Yan with solving the issue of Haoming's brat brother misbehaving at school and at home ; Xu Yan took the boy to riding practice ; she filmed him, including when he fell and broke limbs. Even in hospital, he was rude to Xu Yan who had to pause to think about how to handle Xiaochen (played by Fu Bohan, a young child actor with an impressive filmography since 2019, including two previous dramas with Zhao Lusi: playing as her little brother Shrimp in 2024 "The Story of Pearl Girl", and as Han Pu, the TCM sect kid survivor become the godson of Bai Fengxi in 2022 "Who Rules The World": Fu Bohan and Zhao Lusi were very comfortable acting together and had fun in behind the scenes moments and social occasions ever since.).Meanwhile, Xu Yan was worried despite the rebuke her rival at the media company had suffered : she felt that her spot there and in Haoming's heart might be at risk. Haoming suddenly urged her "cousin" to dine with them, using the opportunity to make her talk, not seeming surprised when Qiao Lin told him that he needed to cherish his wife since he was Xu Yan's first love but pointing out his surprise that they had been at school together. Xu Yan was surprised by the loyalty of her elder sister. Qiao Lin, contrary to Haochen, could have resented the newcomer for stealing her spot when she was brought back to the Qiao family, but the elder sister had proved fair to Qiao Yan on several occasions and could not be blamed for the mistaken choice by their parents about college studies: Qiao Lin had not coveted the opportunity to study, in the first place, and did not blame Xu Yan for seeking ways to realize her dreams. A new challenge arose, when Zhou Zeyuan (played by Zheng Zhongyu), an old acquaintance of Xu Yan suddenly appeared and tried to impress her with his startup and gain her influence to finance it. But Xu Yan saw through his schemes, lies, and clear glasses designed to impersonate a wealthy returnee keen to develop business in the socially desirable health market. The episode ended with unresolved issues, but changes in the games of alliances.

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Two Stars

there is a part of me that is glad that Seok Cheol found out & yet i am worried, cause Tae Hun is spiraling, as is the rat told him a half-truth; that Seok Cheol took on the job/order to kill him. so that added to the fact that (in his delusional mind) Seok Cheol is coming between him & Mi Yeong - cause if he wasn't in the picture then surely Mi Yeong would welcome him with open arms.dude crazy - how he thinks his approach & behavior would do anything but make most women want to turn the other way is beyond me. ***************************************************************************************************************************i get that Mi Yeong just wants for him to stop, so she is being very direct in her approach with him, but he has selective hearing, anything she says is an insult where he thinks, pushing harder will make her change her attitude & mind, miraculously wanting him back. so getting rid of Seok Cheol will be more then justified, in-spite of their past close relationship. ***********************the older sister & anything to do with her gets me so annoyed & ironically no matter how much each family member berates her, after her pity party they all enable her to keep laying around doing sh*t all ****************************************************regarding the younger sister - have to say i kind get where she is coming from not only in regards to her fiancé but her older sister. the Doc is in the wrong.

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overall actually GOOD

Sort of disclaimer (?): I’ve seen all the hate being thrown to this series and, honestly, I don’t really get it. I kind of consider myself a BL veteran as I’ve been watching bls for basically a decade now (my roots lie in anime and evolved through different kinds and countries, eventually discovering Thailand with Sotus). What I think is really important to consider when you’re watching a bl is the company behind it. When you say that real good/masterpiece series are Kinnporsche or ITTSAY you’re right BUT, you’re talking about companies that care about “quality”. Most of the companies in the bl industry work for quality, not quantity. GMMTV is not one of these. GMM works for quantity, not quality. They own their own TV channel, so they constantly need new content. That means they usually work on a project for about three months, then move on to the next one. They make big money, sure, but that money gets split into much smaller budgets across many series.Having knowledge of each company’s kind of “philosophy” and rulebook you know what you’re gonna get yourself into with a serie. You can’t compare Revamp with Khemjira (just an example as it’s my current obsession and has officially become my fav serie) as they come from different companies that have different ways of working. You can compare Revamp to My Golden Blood.Revamp is a serie that has been on the works for a long time and is one of the very few first attempts at supernatural. Considering GMM’s usual budgeting and their ever-present dramatic elements, Revamp is actually a good series. It started off a bit cringey but evolved and developed, and I feel like saying it’s actually good. There surely is an evolution in the way vampire mythology is treated and the supernatural elements are portrayed compared to My Golden Blood. All of my considerations are framed within the GMMTV universe and way of working.That being said, THIS EPISODE LEFT ME SPEECHLESS…. NATACHAI MY BRO WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE????Things I appreciated of this episode (and generally speaking of the series):- There is barely any unnecessary drama between the main couple. I appreciate this more mature take on relationship-development. It’s pretty embryonal as in different moments it can appear as more chaotic and fast-evolving but I see the evolution gmmtv is going through. Bonus points for the detail of white hair on the keychain plushie that matches Ramil’s (surely the series merch). - The whole ‘secret estranged half-brother’ storyline really surprised me. I was expecting there to be something like that ever since the first episode, as one of the details I first noticed was the erased name in the family book. I didn’t expect for it to come out now, I even sort of put it to the side thinking that it wouldn’t happen. Since it hadn’t been hinted at after that first book frame, I got to think it was Methas who caused the tragedy at the orphanage. I thought he might have had a rough time whilst his beloved vampiric Master was in the painting and ended up losing control. That, to me, justified his rigid, rule-obsessed nature. 
So about Dracul, at first I thought his appearance was too sudden and thrown out too late but after thinking about it, it actually makes sense. Dracul represents videogame’s final boss. He’s the last level to play, the final battle. It’s the missing piece that connects all the dots and will be the key piece to ending most of the storylines/plot-lines open. This is what you call a well-made plot twist. I was surprised it’s actually Dunk, as I never heard anything regarding him being casted but I might have been living under a shell during the time Revamp was in the works.Taking into consideration everything I said at the start of this very long review, one thing I didn’t appreciate today and haven’t really understood throughout the serie is the lack of consistency in the whole vampiric mythology/rules. Today I asked myself how is it possible for Ramil to be born a vampire if they -by nature- are basically dead? Their biology shouldn’t make them able to reproduce. The rules of this specific vampiric universe have not been stated clearly. I understand the whole supernatural universes are a new central-theme for gmmtv as they have used the elements before but not as main plot-lines, but still these are details that the viewer should be provided with first thing. There’s always room for improvement though, so thumbs up!Finally, here’s what I’m “calling” (as me and my bestie say, meaning what I think will happen):- Dracul either kills or hurts Jett in the final battle. I think Jett will turn against him once realized the truth and they will mostly all fight against Dracul. Why is he (my) first designated to die? He doesn’t have room for a redemption arc. It wouldn’t really makes sense for him to fight the final boss, say sorry and go home promising to be good and forget the past. Death fits his character more.- For as much as I wish Ciar ends up with Mekhin, he dies in the final battle. Mostly for the same reason as Jett. He doesn’t have any room for ‘redemption’. After a whole century living the way he did, he has his family back and he cares about them but he is alone. He doesn’t have any special bond and is actually a minor!enemy like character. He might be redemption himself upon death by saving Mekhin (I’m still sailing yes.), Ramil or even Punn, or completely oppositely he might die while trying to kill Pokpong (don’t ask me why but I had a feel about this). - I’m 99% sure we’re gonna get a happy ending for the main couple but I always leave the benefit of doubt. That 1% is mostly related to the fact that I don’t have any clues on how the whole ‘immortality VS mortality’ thing will be handled.

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