Triage, like AToT, is not the usual BL drama. This has excellent script, solid plot, and great production value. Like AToT, Triage is for viewers who want to watch a great story first and foremost, the romance as an additional interest. Episodes of Triage keep getting better and viewers will be hooked to their screen. The high rating of the series says it all.
Both dramas deal with illnesses and how to cope with the repercutions thereof in the ideal bl world. The directors also manage to avoid usual irritating sound effects, comic relief effeminate characters, evil females. They are definitely what bls should be like nowdays: quality production with a thought out story!
After a volunteer teacher Torfun dies in a tragic accident, her heart is transplanted into Tian. Tian learns about his donor’s life through a series of diary entries that reveal her secrets and interests. Included is her promise to count a thousand stars with Chief Forest Officer Phupha.
Tian decides to follow in Torfun's footsteps and fulfill her promise. Now a new volunteer teacher himself, Tian attempts to befriend Phupha who initially gives him the cold shoulder. As the two grow steadily closer, Tian notices his new heart beats quickly whenever he's near the officer. Much like the heart’s previous owner, Tian cannot help but fall for Phupha. Treading on dangerous ground, can he still go through with the thousand-star promise?
Tian decides to follow in Torfun's footsteps and fulfill her promise. Now a new volunteer teacher himself, Tian attempts to befriend Phupha who initially gives him the cold shoulder. As the two grow steadily closer, Tian notices his new heart beats quickly whenever he's near the officer. Much like the heart’s previous owner, Tian cannot help but fall for Phupha. Treading on dangerous ground, can he still go through with the thousand-star promise?
Except from being a BL, everything else is similar:
- city person moves to small village/town
- adjusting to country life
- village beau/chief that's respected by everyone as the love interest
- self discovery
- interacting with locals and children, and integrating into community
- goes back to city/original home
- slow burn romance
- masculine ML
- grand return at the end, and happy ever after
- death as inciting incident to leave former life behind for a change of scenery
the parallels go on forever! just that ATTS is BL and Meet Yourself is het.
- city person moves to small village/town
- adjusting to country life
- village beau/chief that's respected by everyone as the love interest
- self discovery
- interacting with locals and children, and integrating into community
- goes back to city/original home
- slow burn romance
- masculine ML
- grand return at the end, and happy ever after
- death as inciting incident to leave former life behind for a change of scenery
the parallels go on forever! just that ATTS is BL and Meet Yourself is het.