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My issues are a little different
I have a lot of the same issues as other reviewers, so i'll only mention the ones i haven't seen covered yet. One is common sense, and by that i mean simple stuff like not always going places alone AFTER you've been attacked and threatened and have been summoned yet again to some secluded area by persons unknown. I mean stuff like NOT just strolling up to a gang of folks, led by your favorite bully, who you know aren't waiting around to have dinner with you. They hadn't seen you yet, but you just walk up like you can handle them. Um, no, you most certainly can't. And while we're talking about being attacked, i swear SK only has like two laws, three at the most. Nothing ever gets reported, no one ever gets punished (or, not for long), teachers/faculty don't care if students get their heads bashed in, teachers/faculty don't care how often students get their heads bashed in. I saw one series where a teacher was one of the ppl abusing a girl. It happens so often in all these shows that i'm having a hard time believing it's not really this bad over there.My second big issue is the lack of reality. I know, it's not real but certain elements are meant to be and rightfully so. Stay with me. My point is that these kids heal like Wolverine. I wince more after an ab workout, or tetanus shot, than these kids who literally got the shit kicked and beaten out of them or fell off a scooter or got hit in the back of the head with a damn brick. I won't apply this to the ML because he's a fighter and can take a lot more than the average kid/person, and because he knows how to get hit in a way that will minimize the damage.
Not a bad show, i was at least interested enough to care how things would get resolved, so there's that.
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I shoulda noped outta there
Ok, hear me out. I'm only going to discuss two things as the other reviews have thoroughly covered everything else. Tbf, they've also touched upon my issues, but i want you to see it the way i see it, so pls bear with me.Issue one, and the lesser of my two evils. Sher and Prince being more affectionate with each other than they were with the ppl they were supposed to be dating (call it what you want, they were dating those guys). I'm not talking about sexual affection cuz Sher and Fah had that on lock. I mean the non-sexual pda that would alert anyone with eyes to the fact that you're more than friends, or one or both of you want to be. I have a few guy friends and i remain good enough friends with my exes that we hang sometimes. I'm American (read: 'Murican) and we're a very touchy-feely bunch, but, lemme tell you, not a single one of my guy friends...let me say that again for the ppl in the cheap seats...not a single one of my guy friends canoodles with me, in public or private, or kisses my forehead. I'm Confucius how two grown men didn't understand that this sends the wrong message to literally everyone else. And both of their partners actually communicated...let me say that again for the ppl in the cheap seats who just got back from the restroom...their partners told them they were bothered by this! What kind of sorcery?! BL characters never tell their partners what bothers them, so i was shocked. Shocked, i tell you. Alas, it was pointless because the clueless "friends" Sher and Prince each summarily dismissed their partners' concerns cuz (run-on rant ahead) basically we've always been like this and ppl just assume we're dating for no reason at all even though we never bothered to address the rumors and we've also never witnessed any other "just friends" behave this way so we can convince ourselves that this is normal and btw we don't really care what y'all think even though we totally love you guys so you just have to accept that we're not going to ever change any of our behavior to avoid hurting y'all cuz that's 100% the way adult relationships work and that's what y'all get anyway for being dumb enough to like and pursue us even though the whole world thought we were dating. I hate Sher and Prince. Can you tell? Look, you can have close friends, you can even be affectionate, but in a culture where (at least on TV) a cheek sniff is so scandalous that longtime boyfriends are surprised by it and immediately look around to see who saw it, a kiss on the forehead, or anywhere else, is a big damn deal. And they knew that. Sher likes to play with Fah, i get that, but he doesn't even care that Prince is legit trying to have an actual relationship. A real friend would see that and tone down the pda, at least in front of your friend's potential boo. Just like Sher, my bffs have siblings and relationships and if they went to the hospital i would not stroll in there like i'm literally the only person in the world who cares about and can take care of my bff. It's just stupid. I wouldn't even be like that with my own brother, i'd allow his gf to do her thing. I hate Sher and Prince. They deserve each other so no one else will get hurt by their fuckery.
Issue two. Domestic abuse. Say it with me cuz that's what this was. Not that it's any less abusive when it's same-sex, but if Fah was a woman...pretty sure i can just stop right there. See it now? Maybe that will help it be more obvious to some ppl. Sher hit Fah soooooo many times. If Fah was a woman, this show would've turned into Cops or CourtTV. As it should. This is not ok, kids. It's just not. Ever. I'm sick of BL dramas trying to tell me that gay men are always either abusive or fine with being abused as long as they get the guy. Why do you want someone who hits you when you say something he doesn't like?!?!!!?? Cuz that's all that happened...Fah would accuse Sher or something or other, Sher would hit him. Why does anyone like Sher? Tell me. For realsies, i'll wait. You mean to tell me you, Fah (one of God's gifts), can't find anyone else with long-ish hair who's good in bed? He ain't all that! And don't forget about the emotional abuse. Sher knew what he was doing the whole time he allowed Fah to believe that Prince was the love of his life (after the beginning when he actually wanted Fah to think that, i mean after they got together). And Sher also knew what he was doing when he let Fah think his other brother (can't even recall his name) was another suitor. And again when he went home with stranger after an argument with Fah. And again when he started txting yet another stranger. Master manipulator. And i don't care what his reasons are and which failed relationship made him this way. At this point, i think all of his relationships failed because he's a self-centered little asshole. Even his twin has to manipulate his own crush with...wait for it, wait for ittttttt...violence. These guys don't need boyfriends, they need therapy and lots of it. Men, run for your lives! I wish i had.
P.S. How do i add "Physical Abuse" and his twin "Emotional Abuse" to the cast list for these dramas? Asking for a friend.
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This isn't your, or my, typical review
I forced myself to finish this, and I watched at 1.75X speed. I can't stand the way they make Thai actors draw out some of their lines. It would be like me saying “welllllllllllllll……….what if…………iiiiiiii…………..come……over?” Now imagine me speaking like that 50% of the time. Anyhoo, since everyone else has spectacularly summed up the (few) hits and (many) misses, I’m going to take a different approach and tell you the story I wish I’d seen. Come with me, dear readers, as we reimagine the main couple’s story.We’ll keep the same backstories for everyone. Him was dating Blue who had a phobic fam and a bestie who was secretly in love with Blue (I can’t say “him” because that would be confusing as there’s a character named Him). Blue is lonely and sad about his family and relationship, but Him has familial/work obligations. He has to handle his literal business and tend to his mother, so he’s not around much. Blue communicates his needs to Him, but Him is so stressed that he doesn’t do a great job explaining his lack of time/attention for Blue. Blue’s fam wants them to breakup and for Blue to stop dating guys. Blue decides to end his pain by taking his life…or coming close? We don’t know.
Fast forward. Him approaches Nail because he looks like his ex and begins a relationship with Nail. Te meets Nail in the same way as originally scripted (at Him’s house) but doesn’t flip out. The next day Te seeks out Nail on his own and asks him for coffee, not a date. Nail is suspicious, plus this is his boyfriend’s friend who’s asking Nail out? da fuq? Of course Nail refuses but then Te explains that Nail looks like his dead best friend and secret crush, and Te would like to just talk to Nail over a coffee or something so he can feel, just for a little while, like his friend is still with him. Te shows Nail a pic of the two besties and this both softens and intrigues Nail. After all Te is a friend of Nail’s boyfriend and you gotta get in good with the friend group, plus, everyone has a lookalike and Nail is curious about his. Te and Nail will become friends and Te realizes how different Nail and Blue are, which makes Te really appreciate Nail for who he is.
Now, while all this was happening, Him and Nail have their thing going on and Him is also realizing that Nail is different from Blue and appreciating the difference. Nail sees a pic of Him with Blue and finds out that he looks exactly like Him’s ex, and Nail is livid thinking that Him saw Nail as a replacement for Blue. First, Nail will give Him a chance to explain and Him will lie and say he didn’t approach Nail due to the resemblance. Nail isn’t buying that so he storms out. Next Nail will talk to his own awesome friends because sometimes we need someone to tell us when we’re wrong or help us see things in a another light, but they agree with Nail that this is fishy. Finally, Nail will reach out to Te. Nail would also be upset that Te didn’t tell him, and Te comes clean and bares his little soul. Te explains that his beloved friend was so unhappy with Him, unlike Nail who seemed to be falling in love with Him. Te will say he wanted to believe that Him had learned his lesson and would make Nail happy and Te didn’t want to ruin that. Te will say that he couldn’t help Blue but he thought that his silence was helping Nail, so he kept the secret. Te knows they are two different ppl, but somehow doing what he believed would help Nail made Te feel like he had another chance to help the friend he failed. Te is crying now, he’s never told all this to anyone and knows it makes no sense because Blue is gone and can’t be helped. Nail will accept this, and he holds Te (not in a romantic way).
That private, intimate moment is witnessed by Type who snaps a pic and sends it to his cousin, Him. Nail is now only speaking to Te, not to Him. Here is where the additional tension between Him and Te will make more sense. They already have what happened with Blue (Te wishing Him had taken better care of his friend, and being mad that Blue was dating anyone else anyway), but now the tables will have turned because Nail is no longer upset with Te but is still mad at Him. Him doesn’t understand since they both approached Nail for the same reason, but Nail will explain that Te was upfront about it (remember when Te told Nail that he looked exactly like his best friend and secret crush?). Him will be upset with himself as he realizes that all he had to do was be honest and Nail would still have given him a chance, because that’s the kind of person Nail is. Alas, the three points of the love triangle wind up alone but OK. Te realizes that he can’t try to date Nail because he knows deep down that he would just want to be the chosen one and prove (maybe to himself as much as to Him) that he would’ve been better for Blue than Him had been. Te decides on his own that he and Nail will be friends. Him keeps his therapy appointments and later (like, way later) reunites with Nail but we won’t know if they’ll try again or not.
Maybe the second season would show their efforts to rekindle, and Te finding his own happiness. And then we’ll learn that Nail really is Blue. Bwahahahahaha!
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Why?
Too much abuse for a show that wasn't even about abuse. So why did I hang on as long as I did? Because I liked the story and all the characters/actors, except the FL. I can't keep watching because of her. I'm soooo sick of TSTL female characters!! Why?! Oh, cuz we can't have two good, strong female characters in the same show. The sister is all we needed but we kept getting yelled at and punched in the face by the FL.All she does is punch the ML. Now I know ppl sometimes don't press charges, and I also know that the violence was supposed to be funny, but dammit to hell...you're a friggin adult and a cop, you can't go around hitting this guy every time you see him just because he doesn't remember you or like you (can't imagine why), and because he's a waaaaaay better detective than you'll ever be. Once again, let's get some perspective here, if a guy was abusing a girl like this (and I mean seriously kicking and punching, enough that she could have broken bones and cracked her skull when she hits the ground), no one would laugh. No one should laugh now either. It's not funny. A judo match? Fine. Do that. Do that shit all day. What this character does is criminal assault. And other cops witness her doing this and just shrug it off. But when it's time to put those skills to use and beat up the bad guy, you can't. Da fuq?! Close the door and pretend he's that guy you've liked your whole life. Bwahahaha!! Really tho, you watched this dude murder the guy in the hospital bed, you didn't try to disconnect the IV, you get up to stop him but he easily thwarts you. Um, no, tv show, you will not do this to me! I saw her knock a guy off his motorcycle with her shoe, but this guy gets out of the room? I also saw her parkour her way up a building and run faster than the Flash, but this guy is faster and more nimble than her? Ok. Moving on.
This chick is the worst cop/detective ever! She's obsessed with the ML so she routinely and royally screws up the one case she works on for the whole season, and she enters ML's business/home unlawfully, which leads to another...wait for ittt....wait for ittttttt...assault on the ML. Good times. I quit watching when she arrested him...because he didn't like her, I guess. No other reason as it seemed like he'd already told her the story of her brother's death, so why was she still asking questions about that? Then she forced him into hypnosis (shouldn't she be in court-ordered therapy by now?) which lead to another...wait for ittt....wait for ittttttt...assault on the ML. And the hypnotist (I'm guessing he also works in law enforcement) saw nothing wrong with this. Of course not. That's some mighty fine police work right there.
I don't understand how things work in Korea, but she should have had her badge taken away in ep 2. A behavior shift and attempt at redemption while actually investigating, not obsessing over the ML and not having tunnel vision which makes her ignore tips/advice/leads/evidence/guidance from experienced seniors (the ML and her team) would've made for a much better character and a better show which I would've been able to finish. I'm just glad I didn't stick around for the forced romance with the abuser. And why more than one man liked her is the true mystery here. The FL should not have existed in this drama. The relationships of the ML and his awesome chosen family was more than enough to carry the show.
The stars are for the cast and characters I really did enjoy, they just weren't enough to undercome the horrible FL, both the character and the actress.
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