Love in the Air (2022)

Love Sky!!!

1. PayuxRain

Honestly, the first couple wasn't it for me. Aside from Boss looking godly in his ponytail, I loathed the character Rain as I couldn't bare how a 19-year-old acted like he was a day passing 6 or something. Their story was chopped, cringe, and most questionable with how Payu acted unrealistically domineering and Rain was an utterly helpless damsel-in-distress. What's with the waterworks????

I had originally given up on LITA right after finishing EP4 because it just didn't have any appeal nor those aspects that would rope whoever watches it in. My god, for me personally, I can handle no secondhand embarrassment without possibly popping a vein. I just recently gave it a shot because of the second story; SkyXPrapai.

2. SkyXPrapai

Alright, in my opinion, FortPeat did a job well done with what little they were given in terms of production and story. They were definitely worth the watch. I love Sky and his sassy yet capable personality, but how he immediately was reduced to just Prapai's boyfriend was kind of meh. I love Prapai too as their more consistent story developed his morally grey characteristics of not taking 'no' as an answer and pushing himself onto Sky subdued. He actually tried to change. (the bar is so low fuck it) Their 'soft' moments made me MELT X (i love their chemistry)

Given its MAME, sexual assault has been reduced to a mere plot device here too and it was overall hella red-flagish for both stories. But I like how Peat's portrayal did somewhat of a good job so it wasn't totally pulled in on the last episode but throughout their journey.

To summarize this up,
SkyXPrapai>>>>>>>>>> PayuXRain

Leia Mais

This cast deserved better - and so did the audience

After hearing a lot about LITA I binge-watched the whole series + the special. Intrigued by how different the reactions and reviews are (most people either love or hate LITA), I decided to write a few words about the show myself. I didn’t read MAME’s novels the show’s based on nor do I think comparing the novels and the show would be useful – after all these are separate works and the show needs to stand on its own.

Plot, characters & message
The plot is basic and simple: hot faculty legend Payu seduces cute and naïve student Rain, while Payu’s rich and hot friend Prapai pursues cute and sassy student Sky. While this seems perfectly okay, the devil is in the details: Payu manipulates Rain from day one and Prapai is a stalker; neither Payu nor Prapai take no for an answer nor acknowledge any boundary or limit – they alone decide where those are and how far they will go pursuing their goals. Even when they offer support, protection, affection and love, it’s from a dominating position, exploiting Rain’s and Sky’s vulnerability and desires (in the special episode attempts are made to mask this imbalance: Rain and Sky go on a trip and “punish” their partners). There’s more disturbing behavior resulting from the above, like nonconsensual touches, kisses, spanking (although this isn’t sexual) or coercion. Many have criticized this aspect of the show, while others found it appealing and okay. In my opinion we need to separate two things: the show including characters like Payu and Prapai and their actions and the message the show sends along with it. The show has every right to include manipulative, calculating, even creepy characters, instead of clean cut, perfect human beings. I hate, however, the message sent by the show – that Payu’s and Prapai’s actions are okay and justified by their desires, feelings, (supposedly) good intentions or by how hot they are or, what’s even worse, by Rain’s and Sky’s actual feelings for the two pursuers. Take how Rain was portrayed: he starts as a closeted 19 y.o., meets Payu and is immediately smitten with him, gets aroused by Payu’s every touch and does everything to spend more time with him, doing his best to tease him and win him over. The show even disavows Rain’s objections to Payu’s forced sex attempt in episode 1 – Rain willingly climbs into Payu’s bed, falls soundly asleep and even hugs Payu lovingly. In my opinion stuff like that confused many watching the show, twisting their perception and making them color-blind to all the red flags risen by Payu’s and Prapai’s actions. Instead of punishment or at least failure the show rewards Payu and Prapai, making them the good guys; there isn’t a single line of actual, serious condemnation or disappointment uttered by Rain nor Sky towards Payu nor Prapai (even something light like “you hunted and cornered me, treated me like a trophy; you should be ashamed of yourself”), no need for forgiveness for their part misdoings – as if they did nothing wrong. That’s where the show fails completely. There’s one more issue with the Sky-Prapai storyline: Sky’s trauma. I was surprised to see a serious and heavy issue like that thrown into such a show. It wasn’t dealt with properly, sending another harmful message: that love can heal you from trauma. It can’t; therapy can.
My biggest complain regarding the plot is that the script could have avoided all of the above and still be hot and sexy. You can be seductive without being manipulative, you can pursue someone without turning into a stalker and you can definitely be strong and independent respecting boundaries set by others. The showrunners didn’t know that or didn’t care about what message they were sending.

Cast
I was impressed by how natural and laidback the performances of Boss, Noeul, Fort and Peat were – given that only the latter two had some, albeit very modest, acting experience. There’s so much banter and good chemistry between them (to no small degree thanks to both couples being very well matched) and their portrayals are very convincing. This was only helped by them not shying away from performing all the scenes filled with sexual tension or sex itself. Seems that Boss and Fort channeled a lot of their personal charm into their roles, making Payu and Prapai likeable and desirable (that’s another reason, I believe, why so many were okay with those characters and what they did). Noeul was very effective in creating a young, naïve, confused and relatable character – which was no small feat, as Noeul seems very different from Rain. Peat deserves highest praise from the principal cast, as Sky is the only somewhat developed and complicated character (compared to rather one-dimensional Payu, Rain and Prapai); also his scenes, including solo ones, were the best.
Shame that Boss, Noeul, Fort and Peat didn’t have a better script to work with. Seeing how they managed to elevate the mediocre material they got I can only say that they deserved better.

Editing, sound
The editing was at times confusing, with weird cuts and scenes disjointed, unconnected with the rest of the show and/or previous and/or next scene; order and succession of scenes seemed off a few times, as if the editing team had too little time to make an actual show out of the material shot by the crew (e.g. in episode 7 Rain is with his friends somewhere outdoors and Payu calls him to tell him he’ll pick him up; in the next scene Rain is surprised to see Payu show up there and hides from him – these two scenes contradict each other, maybe just one of them was meant to be used in the show).
Sound editing seems non-existent. No idea whether they recorded dialogues on set and didn’t redub them or what happened there but through most of the show music is to loud and distracting while dialogues are too quiet.

Impressions
I liked the show for all the right reasons: hot actors, cuteness and banter, unabashed intimacy. All of that was like sweet-sweet candy poured over everything wrong with the show; blinded by that I enjoyed myself.

Leia Mais

An Incredibe Series!

I am going to be honest...

I wached this series twice, a few weeks apart. I am glad that I watched it a second time, and I will tell you why:

The first time I watched this, my review would have said that I liked the first story, but not the second story. It would have said the second story was too brutal for me. I would have also recommended that they merge the two stories instead of having one after the other.

But after I watched the entire series again, I changed my mind. The two stories being so different, I don't think merging them together would have been better. I still enjoyed the first story better, but I also picked up on a lot more in the second story, which made me appreciate it more than I had previously. Someone who is lost and needing the strength and trust to love again and a guy who is patient and caring who comes into his life. This is such an important message for anyone who has been truly disillusioned by love. And the message near the end really hit home with me. With a tragedy in my life, (not a love interest, but a loss that devastated me) I really took to heart the message that if you are hurting and do not pick up the pieces of your life, your loved ones will suffer.

The first story is fun and loving, all four main characters are persons I would like if I met them in real life. The stories are so well done and production, lighting, music, everything was spot on.

So... I not only recommend you watch this, I recommend you watch it twice, just a few weeks apart. See if your viewpoint stays the same. I believe this is one of the better bl series to come out this year.

Leia Mais

Láska ve vzduchu? Spis Budu tím nejlepším jezdcem

Zase je to dost porno. Ježdění na pérkách a tak.
Ty uncut scény nemusely byt vůbec natočené.

Proč je tak oblíbené dávat do bl seriálu SA tyvole?
Ale zas kdyby to vynechali, tak druhy par nemá vůbec žádnou story. Jen pichani lol.

Každopádně p’payu je jediná pozitivní věc na celém seriálu. Miluju ho.
Rain. Ten pokud by neměl tělo tak jeho hlava pluje ve větru, protože je prázdná. Jako víc tupou postavu sem ještě nezažila.
Sky mi lezl mega na nervy, až mi Prapaie bylo lito, že si vybral takovýho spratka.

Reálné ani nechápu co se dělo. To nemělo dej. Jako ty závody mohli udělat jako víc. Víc to rozvést. Udělat jako větší drama. Ne ze borci se naserou a unesou ho a toho druhého taky a toho budou chtít znásilnit omg. Ja mám pocit ze někdy se ty seriály bez znásilnění asi neobejdou, protože lidi co to píšou nedokážou psát o zdravém vztahu.

Nikdy nechci vidět nic z tohohle. Uvalila jsem na sebe kouzlo zapomnění.

A Jako Pitbulla( jak by řekla Lenka) na ost volat nemuseli.

Leia Mais

Prepare To Feel Single!

First, I 100% recommend this show but prepare to feel single at almost every episode lmao. Anyways onto my review.

Payu and Rain:
When I first started it, I had not read the novel so I went in blind and I gotta say, I sincerely enjoyed their half of the series. It was sweet, funny and slightly wild at times. I enjoyed it for what it was, the kidnapping was a bit nonsensical but gotta have drama I guess haha. I read the novel and it follows it pretty much to a tea with a few much needed changes. I loved their love story even when I was at a loss for why Rain did the things he did at times but that's his charm haha. As for Payu, as hot as he is, I don't think I would fair as well as Rain with Payu as my boyfriend since he seems to have a humiliation kink and I'm not really into that lol, his seriousness for keeping up with my grades would come in handy tho. Speaking of Rain tho forgot to say his friendship with Sky is honestly everything to me, I love them and it saddens me that people don't see how much they actually care for eachother. I can't wait for the special to see a certain scene that Boss and Noeul talked about play out, I know I'm gonna die >_< seeing it come to life. Anyways Boss and Noeul's chemistry was of course top notch, no complaints, they constantly made me feel single. Missing them as I type this... I've actually rewatched it a couple times already lol.

Prapai And Sky:
MY BABIES. Am I a sucker for a good second couple? Yes, yes I am. Prapai and Sky gave me everything and more, I read the novel for their story too so I knew what to expect knowing it was going to be a darker story; Fort and Peat gave me everything I needed as Prapai and Sky, I felt the angst, love and overall playfulness of their characters. As far as husband material, to me Prapai is it. Also relating to Sky In a way, I felt his feelings of thinking he's unlovable and the massive pressure he would put on himself to help those around him instead of himself. I know Prapai's tactics could be seen as red flags but his intentions behind everything he did were never malicious so to me he's still a green flag with minor flaws. In the end he's exactly who Sky needed to as he put it "wake him up from his nightmare" with tough love, persistence and consistency to crack through his wall. Fort and Peat truly had me in my feels and I'll never get over PrapaiSky's love story and can't wait for the special to see them interact with Pai's family more hopefully, for those that read the novel- Shirts! ♡♡♡

Gun and Petch:
No disrespect to the actors but Gun and Petch are at the top of my hit list. The way they boiled my blood... kudos to the actors for playing such disgusting characters.

Production:
The sound issues were disappointing honestly but didn't distract me much, I still enjoy the series regardless thanks to the actors that make the characters who they are. Also some of the directing decisions for the second half of the series were off but of no fault of the actors whatsoever.

Music: Both intros for both halves and the outtro are on a loop, love them all.

Another thing I wanted to add is that I liked the format of splitting the episodes per couple cause one doesn't outshine the other at least for me, I loved both couples and didn't get second couple syndrome like usual and it gave us more time to pay attention to each story than we would've if they were intertwined with eachother. Anyways, love the cast so much and I'm now in my mourning period till the special.

Leia Mais

Big on chemistry, sullied by questionable moments

Love In The Air is roughly split into two parts, each focusing on a different couple. And if you ask me which is the better half, I’d have trouble giving you an answer. The chemistry is pretty good and the flirting will keep you hooked.

However, I wish the storyline made a little more sense – it would have helped if the characters’ personalities were more consistent and even better if their backgrounds were fleshed out a little more. The rating would also be higher if the characters didn’t have all these problematic moments that made me go Ehhhhh…?

Doesn’t make it a bad show, imo, just lacks thoughtful writing and actual depth.

You may have come across some criticism regarding Phayu’s problematic behaviour in the initial episodes. Personally, I thought this was quite out of character for Phayu as he is shown to be quite thoughtful and non-toxic in the later episodes, and the story does get better and a lot more wholesome, so I don’t know what was going on in the earlier parts.

Now on to the second couple - at the start, Phai has all the signs of a walking red flag. Shamelessly full of self confidence, glib tongued, and basically too hot and too rich to take anybody seriously. But I’m here to tell you it gets better. In fact, Phai turns out to be a total green flag, and they’re just so unbelievably cute together I have to stop myself from screaming every time I watch an episode.

Verdict? Watch it and maybe you’ll get hooked too.

Full review here: asianblreviews.wordpress.com

Leia Mais

Not for me

In the beginning it had potential it wasn’t the best but maybe they needed more time to start up cus most of the time they get better, but this one just went down hill. I think the writers thought that enough s€x scene’s would make up for the poor written plot, but it just wasn’t enough to make the series enjoyable to watch. Maybe the second story is better than the first one but I don’t think so. It’s also so overrated on tik tok and other platforms. I think as long as a series has enough spice and hot characters, everything can be seen a “good” series.

Leia Mais

Compelling but... Ep-By-Ep full review

Review ep 1-3: Considering this is a MAME BL, I am pleasantly surprised on the lack of unconsentual scenes and inappropriate language. There is clearly immediate attraction between Rain and Payu and not from one side. The chemistry sizzles like lightning (pun intended) and builds up every time they meet. Although Rain vows to win Payu over in some stupid bet, we soon learn that Payu had his eye on Rain for some time already and is actually the one who fell first. He is clearly thrilled that Rain is slowly but surely swayed by the caring and charismatic Payu. I felt the tension building between them and in ep. 3 they have a very hot and spicy bed scene. Although the build up to this was almost perfect, I felt the shift from outside in the rain to inside the bathtub was a bit sudden. I am very excited to see the next episodes!!
Ep. 4 and I'm invested in seeing this through. Although an actual plot is nowhere in sight, the interactions between Payu and Rain are everything. From (threatening to) putting in a suppository (yes, really...) to singing a beautiful lovesong up close... It's all so so good. The chemistry is off the charts and the atmosphere as a whole is just... I have no words. The lighting is a story on its own in every scene, looks and kisses, playfulness and sincerity, it's all put to frame exquisitely. One thing though... I'm kinda tired of waiting for the impactful first meeting of Sky and Prapai... Can we have it soon? Na? Na? Na ?
Ep.5/6 These guys.... They're bold and sensual and wholesome at the same time. From raw lust to cute baby in an instant and it does not annoy or bother. The dosing of moods is just so good! The annoying dangerous guy who thinks he's all that was annoying, but that's his job. Let's see what happens when Payu finds out about them taking his darling...
Ep7: who else took Rain than the asshole from earlier? He's a speciall kind of stupid pulling this stunt and it won't stand. Payu and Rain are a literal force of nature, no-one gets in their way. I love how fierce Payu gets cute over Rain and how Cute Rain fiercely defends Payu. It's so wholesome I could cry. Rain even gets the courage to confess he's with Payu to his friends and his proud expression is amazing. We get a little preview of what's to come starting next week. The story of Prapai and Sky will take off. Can't wait!!
Ep. 8: The PrapaiSky arc has been launched. It was and was not what I expected at the same time. Sky must have been seriously hurt to offer himself to Pai so easily. The sex looked like what it was: just sex. It then takes Pai 2 months to make up his mind and start pursuing Sky. 2 months?? Seems a bit lengthy... Then, the way he decides to woo Sky is a little on the creepy stalky side ngl. I would have called the cops on him. All it takes is a bouquet and a cheesy line to sway Sky. I would've thought he would be less easily charmed. I hope he will give Pai a very hard time before he lets him touch again.
Ep. 9. Omg, PrapaiSky could be even better than PayuRain! Poor Sky is dealing with traumatic experience(s), which seem to be related to his ex. He's having nightmares and these seem to get worse the more Pai is pursuing him. He is obviously affected by Pai's attention, but he wants none of it.
The interactions between Pai and Sky are intense. Every word, look, move meaningful.. The chemistry is -again- off the charts. How did they get these guys to fit so well together? It's almost match made in heaven so far. Even with an all but unconscious Sky it radiates from the screen. The torture of waiting a whole week for next episodes is real.
Ep 10-13. There is a lot to be said, some scenes are under a lot of discussion, but it all fits so well. Sky's ex is (of course) making a creepy rapey come back and Pai rescues Sky but not before serious damage was done and it takes a lot to get Sky to realize it is not his fault. It even takes Pai to hurt Sky by violating his privacy to make him come to his senses. That scene made me cry, It was so painful for both of them. In the end, both PaiSky and PayuRain are happy couples. But 13 ep bl's have a 14th ep. I hope to be able to see that one too since it will be a paid one.

Leia Mais

Short episodes and Some Scenes are cut!

Watch until Episode 13 which was aired yesterday.

I am editing this comment as I watch complete the entire full season.

Prapai and Sky storyline on Episode 13 really touch my heart how their acting skills. But Sky mood changes too fast its like a flip of dice which makes me stunned. After Sky was raped again by his Ex in Prapai room I cannot think how Sky can change his mood or the fact he was just raped as okay no problem. I don't know how others might think or feel regarding this part here? Rain is shocked looking at Sky being raped this part here and asking are you okay "Answer me!" (Of course, Sky isn't okay. How can he be okay after being raped???) Watching this part makes me think is Rain in the right mind??? ? Rating remains the same. Like I said below unless they do season 2 or else I won't change the rating. The storyline jumps very fast and both couples. Makes it unexplained the unending who is Prapai uncle? And who is the guy in the photo with Prapai? If season 2 explain these mystery it would be good.

Phayu and Rain storyline is lovely drovey and I expected to see more because of the short preview I watch when Phayu grabs Rain outside the cafe while it was raining, Rain tries to run away from Phayu but we never get to see this scenes. Both their acting skills are good. Specially when Rain was kidnapped the scenes really capture my sight.

For Prapai and Sky their relationship progress too fast alot of people are unable to catch what's going on Sky suddenly change the inner feelings. We only watch Prapai persistent of wooing Sky.

The only thing is each storyline is too short. It cuts off when their relationship starts, we should get to see the sweetness after they started dating, if each storyline have 10 episodes I would rate full stars. Unless they do season 2 I will change this rating.

Leia Mais