adorable

much like all of these special episodes it’s packed with cute moments and kisses.

honestly I liked this ending better than the series ending. we get to see them progress through their life now and have an adorable date at an amusement park (might I add Huang Li Feng in all pink looks amazing)plus we got another scene with out stay by my side MCs. and truly it was hilarious. the play fighting back and forth about their “man” had be smiling for ear to ear.

honestly this was super heartwarming and fun. you also can’t go wrong with lots of kisses :)

Leia Mais

family can’t always be your safe space

I’ll admit I came here for Pond Phuwin but stayed for AouBoom.

there is something so wonderful about a group of friends that love and support each other as much as the gang of We Are. I WISH I had a friendship group like this.

honestly this series is unserious a little unhinged and full to the brim with love and the world just needs this at times.

I was also very happy with the pretty much even screen time for most of the cast. when there is this many characters things tend tog tt messy and overlooked but that really didn’t happen here. I would hav loved to seen more marc poon, that would be my only complaint in the screen time category.

if you’re looking for a unserious, fun, full of love good time series I highly recommend it.

now how do we go about getting Aou and Boom their own series?

Leia Mais

overall pretty good.

I think the sign did a lot right. it’s hard to compare it to other BLs because it’s really on its own. Overall it’s a really good story and huge production.

I have to give it credit for taking on such a massive undertaking for what they set up. I would have liked the ending to be stronger. Tharn showing back up with not really a good explanation was frustrating. I think if they showed him being healed and that whole plot point it would have been stronger.

plus I would have loved to see the teams reaction to him coming back. I also want to know more about khem & thongthai- they had a wonderful set up in the series but were brushed aside at the end. same with chat. we could have gotten clear endings if the fleshed stuff out more.

overall it was a great series and I adored the chaotic mess that was Yai. his one liners had me rolling.

I’d definitely watch a season two if they made it.

Leia Mais

it doesn’t end in an HEA

OK, so I’m all for realistic endings, and not not everything being happy roses but I really do come to the stories to escape life and although I think this was cinematically done really well and gave us a realistic ending it also felt almost like a slap in the face because his friend is a really bad person and she doesn’t get punished at all. The show just ends, and then his mom ships him off because she is also homophobic.

I think this has great potential if there would be a season two, and we would get more of an ending.

I didn’t see any of the reviews at first that said it didn’t have a happy ending so I went in thinking that we would get one so it’s my fault for not looking further into the series before starting it

But for anyone who likes their stories they have a happy ending. This does not have it, so I would not start it if you are someone like me.

that being said I love YinWar.

Leia Mais

green flag!

I’m not really open to write a lot of reviews but I came to this way later than everyone else. I now see why people were said the pairing split up.

but I have to say the way Ae constantly checked in with Pete was such a refreshing experience. it reminded me of Win and Team from between us. Ae really was out here trying to protect Pete just because he was a good guy, no other motives.

I knwo a lot of people either like Perths new pairing or him with Saint and some won’t watch this because of that. seriously give this a go. I was surprised how much I ended up loving this.

Leia Mais

they missed what made addicted so good.

I really stuck through and watched each week trying my hardest to disconnect the source material from the series. but in the end it was impossible to do.

the point of addicted was how “addicted” the two main leads were for each other. they were toxic to a fault but their bond they had was indescribable. they wouldn’t only let the world burn for the other, they would gladly lite the match— and that is what we were missing in this adaptation. we didn’t get the fiery passion that the addicted novels needs. that’s the whole point of the books.

I will say I am glad the production took care of Mac and had no kissing or NC scenes since he is underage. It was the right thing to do, however, in casting someone underage it made them restricted in how they could portray this story and certain elements of it so we lose parts of plot that made addicted — well addicted.

if you are comparing this to the source material, the original addicted, or Stay with me, you more than likely will be disappointed. not to mething we once again are left without a season 2. however, if you’ve never see the others or are REALLY good at compartmentalization you might enjoy this. if you removed the addicted elements you’re getting a sweet love story between to young guys.

I would be amiss to not mention how I think this story could have been saved even removing the addicted elements, if the editing wasn’t atrocious. there were so many times it’s made zero sense. between the cut and uncut, the pieces they cut were needed to understand the plot better. it was very disjointed at times.

not to mention there were FAR too many times we didn’t get subtitles. it was a crapshoot if we’re get them each week or not. which made my excitement for the following week dwindle more and more.

overall, I don’t think we’ll ever get a proper adaptation of the addicted books. and I’m pretty sure they should stop trying. especially, if they cannot guarantee we get a second season or the whole adaptation be in one season. I will note I appreciated how this version handled the more upsetting scenes that were in the books.

I will say I don’t think this is the fault of the actors. yes Mac is underage but I don’t think he is a bad actor and August played his character decently with guidance of the director. I’ve seen far worse acting in Thai dramas. I truly believe this was a misstep from day one by the director and production team.

oh addicted, no one can ever live up to how truly unhinged you are and I hope unless we can get a proper casting/ company to produce it they stop trying. you deserve better and so do the fans of the books.

Leia Mais

I ended up loving this…

so I normally don’t write reviews… but I feel compelled to here. I actually watched this twice. the first time, I’d let all the hate this series got impact my thoughts on the overall show. but I found myself grabbing for it again recently and did a rewatch.

here is the thing, we already know we’re going to get some of the same stuff we do in other Thai BLs set in a school setting. let’s just move past that and tak about what this series did different that made it a solid show for me.

first, I don’t think they should have played up the bullying aspect because at its core this isn’t a bully series. and I think that’s where all the hate comes from. it was portrayed as a bully turned to lovers show, but in reality, that really wasn’t it.

we have a kid (Kang)desperate to be seen and accepted for who he is especially by his father. so he acts out.

and we have another kid (sailom) who is trying his best to deal with really shitty hands dealt to him and trying to find the good if at all possible.

actually when you pull back and think of it, they are both trying to deal with the shitty cards laid out for them. albeit one of them is way more privileged than the other.

when you take away the bully stuff you get two kids who want to be loved and who love with their whole heart. take Sailom after seeing Kang put the lock on Pim’s lock, despite his feelings he tried to help Kang be with Pim. he put aside his feelings so Kang could potentially find happiness since at this point it was clear Sailom could see Kang felt unloved and unseen so he tries to help. actually the whole show he tries to help encourage Kang.

the whole father thing and Sailom’s brother I thought was really interesting and really changed the dynamics of the show. we end up seeing Sailom isolate himself since he now truly believes he has no one in the world but himself.

was the chemistry messy at times? yeah. did I have to remind myself this was a new pairing and I can’t compare to Perths old pairing? yeah. did it have new elements you don’t seen in a lot of Thai BLs? yeah, in my opinion it did. did it also have a lot of the same old stuff? yeah to a point.

either way I think my rewatch was a lot better than my first go around since I’d let so many comments on this series sway what I thought.

I liked it. It wasn’t the same cookie cutter university thai BLs we normally get.

I’d say at least give it a chance to episode 4/5 and the decide if you want to keep going.

Leia Mais

this isn’t as bad as people made it out to seem

I’ve watched this twice now, a few months apart form eachtoher. maybe because I like food shows and whatnot but I really enjoyed this. and the concept of the show was pretty unique. traveling the world through food.

plus there were some great life lesson lines in this, “try it is the best ingredient most of the time it doesn’t turn out horrible” and I really appreciate that.

I will say the woman annoyed me to no end from episode one. if she isn’t the walking definition of “pick me” I don’t know what it. like seriously read the dang room. I could have done without her in the series but other than that I loved this travel the would through food. it’s worth a shot to watch it and see for yourself.

Leia Mais

change in dynamics

I loved this and thought it was adorable. I really enjoyed the change in dynamic for offgun where off was the one pursuing guns character. it’s a nice change of pace.

this wasn’t ever supposed to be a dramatic angst filled show. instead we got sweetness and some laugh out loud moments. I truly enjoyed this change in dynamic of OffGun. and the OST is chefs kiss. I think I listen to it a few times a week.

if you’re looking for a low angst, light, fluffy, show give it a go I don’t think you’d be disappointed.

also this was probably they most intense kissing these two have done

Leia Mais

a step in the right direction

so I just got done watching this for the second time which is why I’m making a review. it’s RARE for me to finished a series (August 2024) and rewatch it so soon again (October 2024) that just doesn’t happen for me.

did this production have its problems? yes. was there some plot holes? yes. did some of the casting (the prince ) make me wanna pull my hair out? also yes. but despite all of that this story pulled me in. it was interesting in ways I was not used to and it had me rooting for the MCs. and come on, their dimples are adorable. yes both, becaeunthey both have them.

I think they have great chemistry and I’d love to see them in other things. I’m really excited to see what other boundaries this production company will push while making some of these Chinese adaptations without the censorship

Leia Mais