Fhalanrak: The Series ‏ (2022)

wasted potential

I was really hyped in the beginning , cause I thought that finally two tops will fall in love (that’s really a topic I would enjoy to watch ) but it didn’t turn out that way. The overacting of Sherbet gives me chills now and then to be honest. Best part of the show was actually the story of Ping and Tap. There is also kind of no chemistry between Fahlan and Sherbet, when they kiss it always transport a feeling of anger or disgust. My high rate mainly refers to Tap, Ping and Pink.
Also, the main characters are not thought well trough, thy used the „say this and meaning the opposit” method way to often. What I liked was the moral of the story , that love is about trust, but it wasn’t written in a good way. So all in all: Good cast, good acting , good music but leak of screenplay

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Huh... what a mess so far

Not that I HATE it, I like some scenes, it is just a bit under-average story-wise.
The acting is all right, sometimes it feels very awkward though.

The chemistry between the main characters is weak, which I think they tried to overplay with the sex scenes (which mind you aren't amazing either). Having okay-ish sex scenes will not save your characters from not having any chemistry!

Prince and Gear’s story is flat-out boring. I don't care about them in the slightest, mostly because their argument about the forehead kiss is so damn stupid. They could’ve talked it out but didn’t, resulting in Prince crying. Which I could’ve felt sad about if it wasn’t Prince’s fault that the argument happened in the first place. Like dude obviously the guy that is trying to court you (and whom you like back!!!) will be upset if you share a forehead kiss with another person (who is also kind of dating someone at that moment)!!!
Sherbet keeps on sabotaging not only his own but also his best friend's relationship. I’m 100% taking Fah’s and Gear’s side on this.

Then EP 9 (episode right after the fight, where Fah is at the beach with Pink) happened and now I think this is a lost case for Fah and Gear. Both came back crawling to Sher and Prince, which they shouldn’t have done. Sher and Prince both do not deserve such easy forgiveness, they both never considered the feelings of the person they liked, acted like little children and still got away with it! How?! It was a skip-through EP for me, at the end I was mad at Fah and Gear. And come on… happy music during the “steamy” shower scene?

Ping and Tap are ok, their story is a little more heartfelt, which I like. It just seems more relatable, so I am able to understand their struggle a lot more.

Was it necessary to give Sherbet a twin brother? No, not really. It doesn't contribute to the story; he is just there to be boring filler.

Did I think of dropping this series more than once? Yes, 3 times.

To keep this short, this series isn’t a masterpiece by any means. But I also don’t think it's a dumpsterfire. It has its moments, though they aren’t very rememberable either.

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If this was a university project...

If this series was a movie-length, or a four-episode short series made as a university project, this could have been acceptable. However, as a full-length series, this fell quite short.

I see things through to the end, but this was a struggle. I could see so much potential, in not only the story, but in the actors as well, but it didn't meet expectations. The story really isn't bad. You get two people who just live day to day, and don't put too much thought or feeling into anything other than their own physical needs. Fah has a boyfriend, but sleeps around, and Sher is a habitual one-night-stander. They meet, physical sparks ignite, and each feels a tiny magnet pull to the other.

Where this series landed on it's face, for me, was the script... The constant cat/mouse games, followed by things going well, only to completely derail at the drop of a hat? The utter lack of communication (which, let's be honest, it on par with other BL series), was maddening. Fah needed a wake up call, and Sher needed a (non-kinky) spanking. Yes, I realize these are college-aged men learning the ways of the world, but jeesus... I'm a hopeless romantic and will always believe that love conquers all, but even I didn't want Fah and Sher to end up together. The last episode was the best of the series, but I'm not sure if that's due to content or if it's because it was the end of this whole mess.

And where the $#&% did Sher being an internationally known musician come from??? Make it make sense.

Gear and Prince was a cute and fluffy distraction. Tap and Ping took way longer than they should have to admit their feelings to one another. Neither of the side couples grabbed on to the spotlight, but I'm sure some of us only held on to watch the rest of the series because of them.

I will give it this: at least I wasn't bored. It's like watching a trainwreck, or an episode of Maury.

James could go far, with a better script. I see a lot of potential in him. Tonkhao needs an intimacy coach, bc I would have preferred no NC/kissing scenes to what we were given. First and foremost, I want a series with a good story and script. I do not need the couples to be all over each other and hella NC scenes to enjoy a series, but Tonkhao and James looked stiff and uncomfortable kissing each other. James looked like he was trying to put in more effort, but Tonkhao... meh.

Overall, with a better script and more acting workshops, I do think this series could have been better. As is, it's a 5.5 for me...

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Every Character Needs Therapy ASAP !!

Okay , the Tap and Ping situation is so lame and I’m getting hella tired of the lack of communication from Fahlan and Sher like wtf. I get why Fah is mad at Sher and Prince bc it’s like he told them the excessive touching and pda makes him uncomfortable and they continuously make it a point to do it directly in his presence. Also Sher not making it clear what their relationship is annoying af and I understand why Fah is frustrated but at the same time he needs to stand tf up bc how many times does somebody need to tell you AND show you that they’re not serious about you.
Overall after giving it some thought this show is BAD. Firstly the portrayal of a toxic and abuse relationship that’s seemingly normalized in this series and secondly the lack of communication in all three relationships but especially in FahSher and PingTap is damn near unbearable. And I mean I kinda get what the creators were going for with this storyline (that all relationships aren’t perfect or whatever trying to show more substance) but god damn they took it to an extreme bc why am I watching Sher beat on Fah every episode .. and Fah doing nothing about it but crying (also having no support) and his friends/ other schoolmates even encouraging him to make up with Sher ?!?!! Sher needs his ass beat , Fahlan needs some self respect and a backbone and EVERYBODY in this show needs to go to therapy expeditiously .. ughhhh

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Do not waste your time.

I’ve never written a review but felt compelled to stop others wasting their time. The story could have been really good but the way it was produced was very disjointed and quite repetitive. I was pee’d off in the first episode when a trans girl was misgendered for the sake of comedy, so I had my back up before the story really started. The lead actors were having the least convincing romance ever. Their kissing was comical! Actually I do recommend watching a kissing scene just for comedy value, I would describe it as two dead fish kissing each other. I can’t explain how bad it was without giving spoilers, so all I’ll do is recommend a much better, underrated BL to watch instead…….. why not give why R U? A try instead? It’s 100x better lol

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What happens when 2 toxic people like each other?

This series certainly doesn't answer that question. It is a convoluted mess of multiple characters all concerned about just one goal and that is to get the 2 leads to be in a relationship. The story line had so much potential but the writer just couldn't understand what to do with the 2 toxic leads and just added multiple characters with no other motivation but to hope and pray that these 2 seriously broken people fall in love.
To summarize, the story, is about two playboys who meet and decide to be friends with benefits. But the first lead (Fahlan) can't help himself from being jealous, become a push-over and get punched and slapped multiple times. Next we have Sherbert, who can't stop himself from fighting with Fahlan over everything, cry, drink, forgive Fahlan, have sex, rinse and repeat.
And then you have a wide variety of supportive characters who only talk about what Fah and Sher are doing. "Are they together? Have they broken-up? " OMG! find a hobby. So many characters have been introduced that you cant keep pace with what is happening. Fah's 2 friends, Sher's twin brother and his lover interest, and his half-brother, Sher's best friend and his love interest, a fujoshi and her love interest and other random set of characters that dont play any role in furthering the story. Instead they just tell you what you have already seen.
The strangest thing that I have seen in this series is the amount of time these characters go to eat or drink. In fact they just eat, talk, fight and drink and go back to eating. You can righfully call the food and drinks as supportive characters for how often its on screen and being talked about.
In conclusion, take heed from all the other reviews and either skip this series or watch it using the fast forward button like I did.

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Cringe-tastic

I've watched a LOT of BL and I gotta say this one has left me with the most mixed feelings.
First 4ish eps were the best and I binge watched the entire series. After that it got confusing where they started adding in random/unnecessary characters, the same dramatics and pitiful smackdowns. The MCs literally argued over the same thing everytime and the facial expressions of everyone had me cringe mode! The "hickies" had me dying. It's clear everyone is a new and upcoming actor so with that in mind the series wasn't too bad. There's a lot of gay people at that college and I believe everyone low key has a drinking problem lmao
Wouldn't recommend but not so bad I'd drop it

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Mishap, over and over again.

The plot is there; but it kept being spoiled by drunken people, unnecessary intimacy moments and merely repeating bad plot twists. Repeating the same jealousy moment really did annoy me. "I understand how you feel" ee hia~

Part of me did plan to drop this story halfway; however, GearPrince & TapPing made me not to give me, as I wanted to know what happens to them. They are so adorable with each other. The drama was there; conflicts occurs and resolves it within short period - unlike the main characters.

I'll give it to James as he managed to carry two characters in the movie. He delivers them well by their own individual characteristic. Nevertheless all of them still need to somewhat amend their acting skills.

Their ost is nice. I loved it.

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I thought it was good... I was wrong.

At first, I only watched two episodes and took a looooong break from seeing BLs (as I always do), but the last note I wrote was "So cute and horny at the same time!!!"... I changed my mind, this series is a HOT MESS, some couples are cute like Prince & Gear and Ping & Tap, but them being so dependent of Fah & Sher to develop makes them worst, and let's not even discuss Fah & Sher bc this couple is so so SO toxic. The advertisement of thar serum was so on my face that always got me out of the fantasy of the show. A lot of couples, storylines and characters that should've been more developed didn't, like Pink & Tar, Sher's relationship with his father, Tam's boyfriend's amnesia (he was so forgetable, i'm sorry lol) and Charles. And another thing recurrent in these BLs, not just Fahlanruk, that I hate is putting femme boys as villains, there's not a femme one who isn't annoying or straight up evil, that's messy. Anyways, if it wasn't for those two other couples ' little development and Namwan being the smartest person in this whole show, this would've been a 1/10, unfortunately. Some of them are cute, and need another chance than THIS, even tho their acting skills aren't the greatest, but this is very normal in these shows.

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Serien är undervärderad

Jag tycker den här serien är riktigt undervärderad! Jag har sett ett stort antal BL-serier, och även om jag själv har tendens att sätta höga värderingar så tycker jag ändå medeltalen som syns alltid ger en bra indikation på om serien är sevärd eller inte. I jämförelse med andra BL-serier skulle jag sätta den snäppet högre än "En of Love: Love Mechanics".

Det tog några avsnitt att komma in i storyn, men den är väl värd sina timmar! Tonkhao och James lyckas båda förmedla sina känslor till mig, och det är mycket känslor med! Hoppas se dem i flera serier, tillsammans eller var för sig!

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