O Eclipse (2022)

C'était super, mais...

Je m'attendais pas à ce que ce drama devienne autant populaire, c'est top ! Y a pas à dire, les acteurs y sont pour beaucoup, il étaient excellents ! L'histoire est originale, même si on a toujours le même environnement et toujours ces scènes de bisous sous l'eau et de guitare, urgh c'est mignon mais j'en peux plus à force haha Je regrette que les intrigues aient été conclues en juste deux épisodes, c'était trop rapide. Heureuse d'avoir eu un happy ending pour tout le monde, mais quand même, la série aurait eu besoin d'au moins deux autres épisodes pour bien distiller toutes les infos, les plot twists et tout. Ca s'est enchaîné super vite, notamment la side story de Thua et Kan, et j'aurais aimé voir plus Namo et Wat pour mieux comprendre les personnages. Ca va quand même me manquer, c'était ma série du vendredi :')

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Forget the plot I was so immensed in the cast chemistry and acting I had to watch it
The acting of akk and ayan as an individual and as a pair was outstanding
Specially akk first kanaphan eyes acting got me hooked I had to watch it for the chemistry and acting
But the plot even tho it looked very mysteryous tho ir has some twist still it's quite easy to catch on so ueah......,.......,........try it whoever want........bro I cant write 500 characters aaaaaaaaàaàaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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literally such a beautiful show.

there were some elements of the story i didn’t like, but i think the phenomenal acting from firstkhao makes up for it.

the chemistry between akk and ayan is just incredible. akk just might become my favorite bl character ever. his character was, in my opinion, so beautifully written. and of course, first did him so much justice. i don’t think anyone could’ve portrayed akk as well as first did.

if i had to give a complaint about this show, it would be the side couple. they just didn’t interest me at all. i ended up skipping a lot of their scenes because i felt they were just boring and i would rather see akk & ayan scenes.

the way this explores the struggle queer teenagers face of accepting who they are was amazing, and im a huge sucker for hurt/comfort so i loved this even more.

please give this show a watch, firstkhaos acting is phenomenal, especially first. as i said, he portrayed akk so well and sometimes i felt goosebumps at the most emotional scenes.

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Loved it !

Having become disenchanted with recent BL offerings, I started looking back for older shows I hadn't watched.
I am so glad I tried this one as it was a very engaging story and the acting was gold standard.

The story did seem a bit vague as to its point, was it about the school being homophobic, or general bullying tactics? And the complete turn around, near the end, of one of the main characters made even less sense to me.

However, all that aside, the acting from all the actors was astonishingly good. From happy to sad, all the angst friendship and emotional journeys were beautifully done with great feeling.

Give it a try :)

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Il fallait y regarder à deux fois et encore...

J'ai regardé ce drama à la demande de ma sœur qui l'avait beaucoup aimé mais je n'étais clairement pas aussi emballée qu'elle. Je n'ai même pas lu de résumé ou regarder une bande-annonce donc on peut dire que je m'y suis lancée à l'aveugle. Et bien, malgré ce fait, j'ai été très agréablement surprise.

Je m'explique. Ce drama contient les fondamentaux de ce que j'aime : Une romance toute mignonne sans trop de prise de tête et non pas un mais deux mystères ! Du coup, c'est le moment de détailler ces deux faits :D

Alors, pour la romance toute mignonne, je parle majoritairement de celle du couple principal : Akk et Ayan. Je n'ai eu aucun mal à accrocher à Ayan, son caractère étant ce qu'il est, il m'a vraiment beaucoup plu. Pourtant, avec Akk ça a été un peu plus compliqué. Je ne me suis que moyennement attaché au personnage mais plutôt à ses interactions avec Ayan.

Pour remettre les choses dans leur contexte, Akk est le président du club des préfets (c'est-à-dire ceux qui sont les gardiens des règles de Suppalo), il est droit dans ses bottes et il tient énormément à son rôle dans l'école tandis qu'Ayan est un étudiant transféré qui vient justement de l'école rivale. Je vous laisse imaginer les tensions que ça crée dés le début entre nos deux protagonistes. Surtout qu'Ayan est venu dans cette école pour une raison précise.
Le début de leurs interactions part vraiment de ce fait : Découvrir pourquoi Ayan est venu dans cette école. Il n'a pas fallu longtemps à Akk pour avoir un coup de coeur pour Ayan. Ce dernier étant extrêmement provocateur et rebelle face à lui. Il va vraiment lutter contre cette attirance vu qu'il ne l'a initialement approché que pour découvrir pourquoi il était venu ici.

Les visionneurs savent d'emblée ou presque pourquoi Ayan est venu à Suppalo. Il cherche à comprendre comment Suppalo a poussé son oncle, le professeur Dika, au suicide. Ce mystère sera résolu tardivement (heureusement) car, pour moi, il constitue l'énigme principale du drama. J'y ai réfléchi, j'ai retourné toutes les infos que j'avais dans ma tête et je me suis approchée de la vérité sans la trouver complètement XD (Dommage, je n'étais pas loin :') ). C'est une des raisons qui m'a fait adorer cette histoire.

Bon, maintenant que je vous ai parlé de la romance principale (et, partiellement, d'un des deux mystères), il serait peut-être temps que je vous parle de la seconde : Kan et Thua. Malheureusement, je n'ai que très peu apprécié ce deuxième couple.
Kan est également membre du club des préfets. Alors... Comment dire... Ce n'est clairement pas le plus malin de la bande et il est assez impulsif. Thua, lui, est son ami d'enfance. C'est quelqu'un de calme, un peu réservé et qui, globalement, cherche à se fondre dans la masse. Il va un peu changer suite au temps qu'il passera avec Ayan, qui deviendra également son ami, jusqu'à ce qu'il montre un visage complètement différent (que je n'avais vraiment pas vu venir mais qui s'explique plus ou moins).

Kan protège pas mal Thua qui est quelque fois critiqué du fait d'être gay et délégué de classe. Il s'est éloigné de Thua quand il l'a découvert mais tente toujours de le protéger malgré tout. Il finira tout de même par arrêter de le tenir à distance vu que ses propres sentiments évolueront jusqu'à ce qu'ils se mettent ensemble.

Il est temps de parler du second mystère de ce drama : la Malédiction de Suppalo. Ça sonne extrêmement dramatique, n'est-ce pas? Alors, déjà, qu'est-ce que cette malédiction? Et bien, la Malédiction frappe les personnes qui ne respectent pas (de manière poussée) les règles de Suppalo. Ou plutôt devrais je dire elle frappe ceux qui essaie de faire changer ces règles qui sont, pour le moins, obsolètes.

Toutes sortes de choses négatives arrivent à ceux qui se font appeler "Le Monde se souvient". Il y a 3 personnes à la tête de ce groupe mais on peut voir qu'au fur et à mesure de l'histoire, ils gagnent en popularité. Il y a un vrai combat qui se joue avec nos protagonistes principaux. Akk étant le chef des préfets, il est de son devoir d'arrêter ce groupe qui menace la réputation de Suppalo.
Si, au départ, ça semblait simple, on va voir Akk évoluer et se retrouver pris en étau entre son devoir et ce qu'il ne souhaite plus faire. Cette évolution est dû à sa relation croissante avec Ayan qui va lui mettre certaines vérités sous les yeux.

Il y a un temps d'écart entre la découverte de ce qu'est la malédiction et la résolution de celle-ci. Les plus grosses incohérences y sont d'ailleurs liées. Comme pour le mystère du suicide de l'oncle d'Ayan, je me suis approchée de la vérité sans la trouver complètement.

Bref ! Encore une fois, j'ai bien étalé ma pensée. Je terminerais donc en vous conseillant ce drama très sympathique.

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Never Eclipsed My Heart

The Eclipse does not feature your standard school setting. No, instead, the school has a cult-like rule system the consequences of which dip into internalized homophobia and general dislike for people that are perceived as different. It is a social commentary twisting societal issues into a school setting with various gays we love--most prominently Akk and Ayan, with a side of Kan and Thua.
It's not that much of a light-hearted story--though it does have plenty of light-hearted and cute moments--but that's exactly why I loved The Eclipse so much.

Akk and Ayan are just perfect. Not that they don't have flaws--they do. I found Akk to be very intricately written with believable flaws and reasonings, despite how much I loved Ayan too. The writers weren't afraid to write actually opposite belief systems in characters that end up falling for each other, which I find doesn't happen often in BL or if it does, it is shallow.
I did wish Ayan had more involvement with the rebelling "The World Remembers", but it didn't otherwise detract too much from the story and romance.

On the topic of romance. I mean, with FirstKhao, chemistry is guaranteed, but watching these characters challenge each other and (unknowingly) grow closer was a real treat. They ended up so sweet and had plenty of kisses AND tension to share, as they evolved from outright hostility to playful bickering.

The side characters were also layered, though I cannot say that Kan/Thua really interested me in any way. FirstKhao definitely shone in the spotlight as they deserved, which meant that side characters, though important to the plot, simply couldn't reach AkkAyan's levels of interesting.

Rarely anyone ever mentions this in reviews as far as I've seen, so maybe I'm just an outlier, but the scenes where the school reinforces their rules--the cult-like scenes--made me so uncomfortable, all the while I pitied the students involved. Uncomfortable in the sense that it was creepy to witness! Brainwashing is scary! Every time I wished I could usher Akk away and lead him to a safe space instead.

But why the -0.5 star? Mainly because of Thua. He has a scene in one of the later episodes where he does something I despise and for which he doesn't deal with consequences I deem proper. I would've exiled him from my friends list for what he did. I won't go much into it for spoiler reasons, but yeah.
Another thing is also a spoiler-heavy plot twist/revelation regarding the villain character that I felt came out of nowhere and, though it did tie the mystery and plot together, felt a little underbuilt in the plot and lead-up.

Outside of the romance, FirstKhao are outstanding actors who can portray pain and hurt and tears and being conflicted believably. You'll at least understand their struggles and reasoning no matter what your instinctual gut reaction may be to some revelations.

If you're not into a slowly unravelling story that deals with various social issues in a cultish school, mainly internalized homophobia and restricting freedom of expression, then The Eclipse may be a sludge to get through. I personally loved the story and the characters and--well, almost everything--but I concur it's not for everyone.

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THEIR STORYLINE IS STORYLINING Y'ALL

This series broke my heart a thousand times and healed it at the end and all I gotta say I NEED SEASON 2 because the "special episodes" in Our Skyy 2 are NOT enough for me! The storyline is just so touching and holds an actual deep meaning which makes it worth re-watching many times just to pick up on all those little details you might have missed AND the acting?! SO GOOD. Whoever made the decision to pair up First and Khaotung as main leads DESERVES A BIG TROPHY cause these men ATE THAT UP. Their acting is so good you actually get invested in their story more and more with every episode you go through and seeing them learn more about each other and develop the special bond only they (main characters) have is something simply beautiful. I love the storyline, the main couple, their friends, their storyline, the meaning behind this series, just everything makes perfect sense and I don't know if any other series got my attention as bad as this one. Love. IT.

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LOVED THE ACTING

Such a wonderful character driven series that I absolutely loved. I have to say the plot was quite mid to be honest but the characters and their growth from repressed to finally being able to do and be who they are was beautiful to watch.

SPOILER

One thing I absolutely hated was how Thua outed Akk and Ayan the way he did. His outburst was needed but the way he went about it was so wrong. I get he wanted to tell the truth but boy was he a hypocrite when he said that.

Publicly outing Akk for the curse and then hiding that he was the one running the Eclipse account? Being so concerned for Kan and giving him time to come to terms with his sexuality but then outing his friends?

And all this while Ayan had been keeping Thua’s secrets to himself and did not say anything even when he knew about it publicly and only addressed it when they were alone.

Anyways, a wonderful series. How Akk and Ayan’s eyes spoke of their love. Their little banters and bickering, Akk coming to realise his sexuality and Ayan giving him the time to come to him but also being assertive and help him understand his feelings. Wonderful depiction of coming to terms to their sexuality.

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Things I really loved about this drama:
1. The acting
2. The chemistry
3. Everything Ayan chooses to be
4. Akk's issues with anger and internalized homophobia and his terror of being exposed. His torment over what he was doing even though he was utterly convinced it was the only way. Honestly First got most of the meat of this drama and he was wonderful, bravo.
5. Khao's song from the OST
6. The protest trio

Things I was meh on: pretty much everything else.

Still gave it a high rating because I find it extremely rewatchable but if not for the cast this would have been a bust. sadly.

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My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined

First off, I want to preface this by saying that I had (kind of) high expectations for this series - I've seen it recommended EVERYWHERE. And then I watched Only Friends and FirstKhaotung were amazing in it and I just got more excited to watch this one.
It didn't, unfortunately, live up to what I was imagining (or hoping for). Here are my thoughts:

- The story (which was kind of the main selling point for this series) is incredibly weak and flimsy. They do a great job the first episodes at pulling you in and making you wonder what the hell is going on at the school: why is the principal so strict? Why do they run the school like an authoritarian regime? What is the curse and what does it entail? What does 'The eclipse' mean? Who is Ayan? ---- These are all great questions. Having watched the entire thing, though, I can confidently say that the answers to all of them are so frustratingly simple it actually hurts my soul. The curse wasn't a curse, it was fabricated (obviously). The eclipse is just there for the aesthetics. The school is strict because they are old, repressed and angry. Ayan is a sad kid with uncle issues. That's it.
The protests against the school's leadership are so unimportant and have so little effect it's almost funny. We are TOLD (not shown) that they are a big deal and it's impacting the school's reputation, but throughout the series we only see the same three guys weakly yelling dumb shit and holding up signs. Honestly, they couldn't have found less threatening people to be the face of a student revolution. Also, why only THREE? Did GMMTV run out of extras to cast? Do gays with signs pose such a threat in this fictional universe??
- Unlikeable characters. As it turns out, Akk was the one behind the curse. You're telling me he was trying to harm students into silence by dropping flower pots on them and setting things on fire?? Are we supposed to be okay with this?? Same with Thua - but I'll talk about him later on. Akk doesn't end up publicly owning up to what he's done, and he doesn't suffer the consequences of his actions. What he did is only discovered when Thua outs him in front of everyone, and even then Akk's friends save his sorry ass. Akk also turns a blind eye to Ayan's actions (when he knows he's stirring the pot and instigating the protests), while being incredibly strict with the rest of the students and essentially being a massive tool.
- And now onto Thua. OKAY. I am MAD about this one. See, by episode 10 he was my favorite character. He was nice, and shy, but was concerned about the rest of the students and saw the flaws in the system, and tried to distance himself from it. His scenes with Khan were also adorable. And THEN they felt the need for some drama, and of course they had to ruin the only good character in the fucking show. Of course. Turns out he's also doing shit to scare everyone into obedience, and was responsible for the more extreme acts directed against the trio leading the protests. He also randomly outs Akk and Ayan to the entire school and board of professors?? Because that's needed I guess??? This was not it. This is character assassination and oh my God, do I dislike it--oh. Now everything's okay and no one remembers and Khan forgives him and they're together? Nice! I guess I'll forget everything he did then!

In conclusion: I am so tired of this. They could have done better. First and Khaotung's chemistry is so much better than this. This is a problem I see with a lot of Thai BLs, they try to innovate and have more dramatic storylines but forget to actually develop said storylines and live up to the hype they themselves create. It's disappointing, honestly.

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What is a solar eclipse?

I am being so honest, I don't know what a solar eclipse is. This was really good; the average rating from me was 9.2 out of 10 stars. The plot was good because my ass was getting very emotionally invested. They could have dragged it out for one or two more episodes for some more plot, I hate when shows do that, but this show needed it. The end was very abrupt—super mega happy, but very abrupt.

It was a good drama; I was getting flipped on my head a lot at the end. The show was light work up until episode 7. From episode 1 to episode 7, they were running circles around each other, which is annoying. But that's okay. Because their chemistry and the fact it was still interesting during all of those episodes. It kept me hooked and really wanting more actually, which means they did a good job lol.

I am going to go to my Instagram close friends story and looking to see what else I need to add to this review. Yeah, This show got a lot of 9's for the episodes and one was a 9.5 (the last episode) and the second from last was a 10 because I got very emotionally invested and needed my questions answered lol.

Okay, starting off with the first episode and Ayan coming out of the bathroom with that tattoo, I feel in love with his character right then and there. That annoying little brat—god, I can't get enough of him while watching the show and now I can't get enough of him even after I finished it.

Akk has control issues, but that's not his fault; he needs that scholarship money, and I respect it. And Ayan likes to be controlled, well not at first, but he caves. They both do. Ayan also liked getting yelled at, and Akk yelled at him. Boom, perfect relationship. Already off to a fantastic start with these two.

As someone who goes to a private school and has been going to private schools my whole life, I can confirm that this is how the private school down the street (literally) from ours is (not us though). It's scary, lol. The uncle dies, or is already dead before the show even started; I thought that was Ayan's dad at first but figured out it wasn't.

These two had some serious tension with all these damn nicknames, the glances, the gulps, and the not knowing where to look. My god, these two Great acting, really, though. There was a lot of crying near the end, and the actors all did a really good job portraying those scenes. I could really feel the emotion through the screen.

Thua and Kan (i think), bro Kan was fighting for him right off the bat, and we love him for that. I don't know if it's prefects or perfects, but they are like the student body but higher, and they think they are hall monitors with all this damn walking. The height differences between our two couples made my day every time I saw them; they were so great.

Wat, Akk, and Kan—I fell in love with these three. They were so like able (some slightly more than others) and fun, and they just put on the front for the future and didn't even really believe it to begin with. Cult antics are all I have to say, that's just private schools though. They are for the rich, the elite, the smart or you are there on scholarship (me). I think they were supposed to be in high school. The principal and Chadok had no reason to put this much pressure on high school seniors (I think), who are literally leaving in a few months. These bitches just need to leave at that point. Take a few senior skip days dawg.

Nothing changes if you don't make sacrifices; that was one of the big lessons in this, which was a good lesson. Did they ever tell us the Suppalo (or whatever this damn school is called) rules? I don't recall. And what were the protesters fighting for? I don't remember either. They were fighting for change but what exactly?

That show had me doing double takes at the end and having an identity crisis near the end lol. That show had me thinking that I was lying to myself about the characters being good and bad. Oh my god. I recommend it; it's pretty good, actually. It deserves all the hype; the plot is not bad, and I don't know why people are flaming it. Pretty accurate too, lol (more or less). Good one. I will watch the our skyy in a bit. I was craving this show and really excited out of nowhere to watch it, so I'm happy I did. Okay bye!

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