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the disappointment meter is broken
7 years.... of love?the title must be a joke because i did not see much of the development of the main couple's relationship.
when i thought season 1 was bad, this was just sad to watch. after seven years of being together, one picture of their gay partner and a woman somehow set alarming signals for type's side. instead of being mature and talk to tharn about it, he takes it upon himself to sAve tHe dAy. oh don't get me started with the misogynistic remarks type made and the tiresome bl line that was rearranged but still means the same thing.
where is the trust in this relationship?
definitely not in episode 10 when tharn gets hella pissed because type supposedly kiSsEd fiat when it's so evident type pushed the guy away? again, i ask: WHERE is the TRUST in this relationship?
after seven whole years, both of these grown ass men can't sit down and talk on how to fix the flaws in their relationship.
now... you may think: this can't get any worse, right?
you're in for a surprise because it can get worse! type, a whole grown ass person literally thought it's a good idea to kidnap fiat and threaten to break his leg. am i watching a romance drama or a thriller drama?
i couldn't find myself rooting for leo and fiat because of how unlikeable fiat's character was. the writer failed to give us any proper backstory of why we should root for fiat. yes, his father left him when he was a kid and so leo took him in but what else is there? your past trauma doesn't mean you can be an A+ asshole.
leo could've been a tolerable character but it frustrated me to see him continuously forgive fiat's actions even though he knew damn well it's not right. it was so annoying to see him take fiat back in when he should've left him be. episode 11 was just sO bad with us being clowned with the whole "i aCtUaLLy loVeD yoU tHe wHole tiMe" and leo actually agreeing to type's idiotic plan from episode 10.
what's more disappointing is that this could've been a story with focus on tharn and type figuring about each other's remaining insecurities, finding ways to understand each other and also an explanation on why type refused on marrying tharn. put aside the multiple couples, filler scenes of unnecessary characters like the creepy eavesdropping guy and the failed k-idol trainee. instead, show us glimpses of the past seven years (not just from s1) and how much this relationship developed, make us believe that these two were truly together for seven years and also show us actual maturity between these two.
i was willing to watch this second season with a clean slate and no recollection of first season... the final episode looked like the perfect beginning for the drama but sadly, this drama didn't make a redeeming comeback. some scenes of tharntype and other couples being cute were nice but that's about it.
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TharnType 2 - A lesson in how to destroy a BL ship!
Congratulations to whoever wrote this story, whoever wrote this script, whoever directed this series, whoever edited this series! You literally took one of the best couples in the business, who had the best chemistry of all BL couples and turned them into a caricature and destroyed their chemistry! As many times as we felt awesome when Mew and Gulf got together in Season 1, this season I was actually uncomfortable in their romantic scenes. It wasn't organic, it was artificial and uncomfortable. I wanted it to end and I hated those cheesy dialogues, looking into each other's eyes and speaking nonsense in what amounts to a horrible b-grade movie with semi-porn music in the background!! I don't mind fan service, but please stop putting out stuff like fans are gullible and stupid! You took two great actors with great chemistry and for the sake of greed and taking advantage of fans, wrote a horrible screenplay, hired a juvenile director that can't direct and an editor who edits like a school kid and destroyed everything that was good about this series and these boys!! THIS IS NOT WHAT PEOPLE WERE WAITING FOR! AND THESE TWO BOYS DESERVED BETTER!Was this review helpful to you?
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BEST THING ABOUT THIS SHOW IS THAT IT'S OVER
This show is the worst thing i've ever done to myself and if that's the case with you too, congratulations. You've come to the right place. I have extreme hatred towards everything that happened, specially Tharn. Let's get further into it, you and me. Join me in this journey and scream into a void with me.Starting with the fact how the title is fooling us. It's been 7 minutes since Type and Tharn started dating and not 7 years bec that's how they act. Their relationship has always been toxic but I never expected that they'll have no trust in each other whatsoever. They act like babies and it's frustrating to watch. Definitely not a like couple who has been together for 7 years and that's how you know that the show is already bad.
Moving on, THARN IS HUMANITY'S WORST ENEMY! he is really the worst character. He is obsessed with one thing and one thing only. and that is getting into Type's pants. It's like he can't seem to think of anything else at all. He said he likes type in tank tops and that Type is trying to seduce him by wearing them around the house. ????? What does this even mean? So Type can't even wear comfortable clothing in his own house bec apparently he's "seducing" his sex crazed partner? What an amazing message to convey to the viewers. *SLOW CLAPSSS*. Secondly, his whiny face. He is constantly complaining or crying about something or the other each and every episode. It's really unpleasant, and most importantly, it doesn't make me feel bad for him at all because he's a full grown man. It's just repetitive and shows that Tharn has no other personality trait.
I can never wrap my head around the fact that Tharn saw Fiat kissing Type but not when Type pushed him away and yelled at him? How is that even possible? Anyway, that whole plot was garbage.
Let's talk about Type a bit now, he was genuinely doing so well. The only character who grew up and was acting like an adult. His character development was interesting to watch and it made the show a little bearable. BUT NO, they had to go ahead and ruin that by showing ugh the whole Fiat kidnapping and assault plan. YES, YOU HEARD ME RIGHT. IT WAS ASSAULT AND IT IS NOT ROMANTIC AT ALL. What Fiat did was wrong but this was not the way to deal with it all!! Because assault is never the answer to anything! whether it's physical or mental. It traumatised Fiat and will probably affect him for the rest of his life. There were 847567475 ways to deal with this but the writer of the novel has always been obsessed with assault and non consensual scenes so I wasn't surprised. Disappointed , YES FOR SURE but not surprised. Considering the fact that Type is a victim of assault himself, he should've known what it can do to a person and would not have done what he did. Now that's what Type after 7 years of graduation would've done because that's how a rational grown up will react. But it's been 7 minutes and not 7 years so what can we do. Also, why was Type interested in Fiat's love life more than clearing things out with Tharn or making sure that he's doing alright?? I would never understand.
Type's dad is another garbage character. He's been complaining about the same thing since 7 years. Homophobia was never funny to me and never will be. He is extremely annoying and overbearing and he makes me wanna punch a wall. He didn't resist telling his committed son (repeatedly) that he should find a "beautiful" girl and get married to her. The worst part of it all is that he's been against the relationship for 7 years but immediately agrees to it once Tharn's sister Thanya comes to visit? WHY? Because she's his favorite actress? I can't get over this shit. Speaking of unbearable characters, Techno. I actually liked him in the first season. But again, they had one good thing but they tried soo hard that they ended up ruining that too. He doesn't stop talking and is clowning ALL. THE. DAMN. TIME.
The last episode was extremely boring and dragged. I really didn't understand why we got to see Thorn's wedding for 20 mins since I never connected with the couple, they had a total 15 mins of screen time in the whole season but we're somehow supposed to feel heartfelt and enjoy their wedding for the majority of the season finale? Shit is not adding up for me.
Saving the best for last, DocChamp. Except for type's bald egg, they were the cutest, most unproblematic couple. But we hardly got to see them because of course, they weren't toxic so why would we? Right? But I loved them regardless because they denoted hope in a way and I always looked forward to their scenes.
Leo and Fiat were cute too but only when they were on their own. The constantly crying Fiat hurt my eyes and honestly, I was least interested but I wouldn't have minded more LeoFiat. They had endless oppurtunities with the side couples but ended up taking advantage of none. All we saw was the same toxicity again and again on a loop.
For me personally, this show was worse than the first season. It was a complete disaster. Every week I watched because I was one episode closer to the end. MewGulf are extremely talented actors and I would really like to see them in another series again and hopefully something good. They did a great job but the storyline was just not it for me. I'm glad this show is over because we really don't need any more of it to be honest.
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Despite vowing not to touch any more Thai BL after the unfolding disaster that was this year, I nonetheless pressed play on TharnType: 7 Years of Dysfunction (sorry, love) and here I am. I know this is the review you have all been waiting for.
Well, it's been seven years since Tharn and Type got together and refused to deal with any of their internal relationship issues. So here we are, kind of tired and muted and a bit sad after seven years of Tharn avoiding conflict because of his fear of rejection and Type being publicly in the closet because he refuses to admit he's gay. The two do nothing but bottle things up, have a kind of passive-aggressive fight and then have sexy times to cover the cracks. I suspect as viewers we're just supposed to enjoy the sexy times and not notice that this relationship is terrible. But it is. It's terrible. I desperately want both of them to break up and go find somebody else better suited to them. Or at least FINALLY deal with the issues in their relationship. Also, Tharn has these moments where he's absolutely f'ing creepy to younger gay men and it only reminds me that he was abused as an adolescent and nobody is doing anything about it. His abuser is practically living at his family's house. But at least he's no longer dating a literal child.
So it's seven years later and Type is struggling at work in probably the only plotline that is possibly about something (there IS a big difference between studying and working and dealing with workplace nonsense can be exhausting). And I'll expand on the implied point here - there is literally nothing else in this drama so far that is about anything. There is no plot. At all. The show is lacklustre and paint by numbers. Even the shoe-horned soft-core porn I'm supposed to be distracted by is phoned in. They devoted actual screentime to Type being jealous over a woman despite his boyfriend being completely 100% gay. And if I touched on the screaming misoygnism of that whole plotline I'd be here all week.
Tharn wants to get married because he think that means that Type will be his possession and can therefore NEVER LEAVE (marriage doesn't work like this, my damaged friend) and Type doesn't want to get married because if he marries a man he might have to admit he's gay and we can't have that because this is Thai BL and we all know GAY IS BAD. And of course you'll remember show completely glossed over this conflict at multiple points even though it's the main one. Possibly if Tharn needs constant emotional reassurance he shouldn't have spent seven years with a man who's already married to his closet and again - these two are TERRIBLE for each other. Break up! Do better. I get it, you love each other. It's not enough!
Since this show is unlikely to be about these two actually working out any of these issues but will inevitably find an external conflict for them to pretend they're a rock under siege then I should bow out now. But if I did then how could I reliably report back that TharnType is a bad show about a dysfunctional couple and you shouldn't bother getting invested.
This has been my much-anticipated review of TharnType: 7 Years of Ignoring All Our Real Issues.
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what even is this???
I need someone to explain this to me, like I'm three, because I just don't understand how this not only got approved, but filmed and aired.Who thought this was a good idea?
To be clear, i don't blame Mew or Gulf for this mess. They're actors, doing their jobs, and doing them pretty well in spite of the terrible writing, bad direction and awful editing.
I want to start with something positive. But there's nothing really positive to start with. This whole series is a mess.
THE PLOT: It's been seven years since Tharn and Type got together. They're now sharing an apartment and, after his brother announces his engagement, Tharn decides he wants to marry Type.
Type does not want to get married, for reasons which are valid but which Tharn completely ignores.
Type is working for a boss that seems to hate him (we never find out why, not really), which is causing him a lot of stress as his boss just piles the work on - even work that Type is not supposed to be doing as part of his job - and it's putting a strain on their relationship.
That's basically it for about eight episodes, then things take a hard right and suddenly Type has left to go stay with his parents and become a monk.
THE PROBLEMS: Tharn is lost in his own world. Type and he barely communicate about things, especially important things, and Tharn becomes so obsessed with having what his brother has (an engagement and a wedding) that he doesn't listen to Type at all and completely dismisses Type's very reasonable fears and objections. Tharn's wanting to get married appears to come out of nowhere to Type, and to us as well. Tharn never seems to consider actually talking about why Type doesn't want to get married and makes it all about him.
Cir and Phu just confuse me. Cir acts like a five year old and Phu acts like a combination of his brother/father/guardian. How am I meant to believe these two are a couple?
Fiat and Leo also confuse me. It's obvious from the first episode that Leo is in love with Fiat, and if he'd just have said something the worst of this story's problems could have been avoided (Fiat acting like a little stalker, and Type kidnapping and threatening Fiat) but Fiat, who is probably the most realistic character out of them all (eh, he's still a teenager and lacks emotional maturity and does stupid things - sounds about right), could try and take a hint. Hint: best friends don't let you lay all over them. Next to them, yes, but not full body contact all over them.
Techno, who I rather liked in S1, has been ramped up to eleven and gone from funny and charming to obnoxious and annoying.
a bit like the sound effects that are overused to the point to stupidity through the story.
The Doc and Champ had a rather sweet relationship, which was nice, but sadly their screen time was limited because the writer clearly wanted to focus on the other couples.
let's not even get started on the female characters. It's a Thai BL so it won't end well.
S1 had it's problems, but at least it was a cohesive story and every episode felt necessary. Half the episodes in S2 feel like filler as things rinse and repeat (Type gets in trouble with his boss, Tharn and Type have an argument, Tharn does something romantic and they make up, start again) and nothing changes until the last three episodes or so, when the pair of them finally learn to communicate a little better (which shouldn't have taken seven years.)
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Season two felt like a gift
I am very happy that this season came out the story was emotional but it did not have two much drama. I really love their connection it really felt like they were dating for 7 years. I got to see different sides to them and I really loved how they kept the dorm neighbors they were a really fun edition.There is only one episode left and I have been waiting for this for such a long time. I can't wait to rewatch this from season 1 in a few weeks. I'll be saving it for my 2 week quarantine for when I move to Japan next month. Also I am really happy they did not use violence like in the first season. That was really toxic for the relationship.
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*sigh*
In the first half you’ll wonder why there is so much FiatxType and no Tharn. Then about halfway through you’ll start to pray there was less TharnType and more literally anything else. I know it’s about Tharn and Types relationship and is literally named after them but what was the point of having those extra couples if we were hardly going to see any of them? What kind of ending was that for Champ and the doctor? (Who’s name I can’t even remember because that’s how little I saw him). Leo and Fiat were the only side couple who got a passable amount of screen time and even then it was sparse.Also what even was the storyline? Just season 1 no trust and ‘cheating’ all over again, and then an hour of type being ordained and someone else’s wedding. I regret watching it every week and getting my hopes up that it would get better. I can only blame myself for being a ? and thinking it would improve
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A very boring.. poorly executed, n Overall: Bad Series.
Even the hot scene can't make it up on how boring this series is. Honestly I think only hardcore fans of mewgulf would love this season.Production-wise. Nothing good. From script to sound effects, very low quality. Most of the scenes felt forced an unnatural.
The plot is mellow (not in a good way), an it's anti climatic. I watched a lot of cliché BL, however at least they always have been able to excites me somehow. But for tharntype, none. All flat emotion. I'm unable to cry when they cry, or even angry when something bad happened. It just really booooriiiinnnngggg..... Can we get Lhong back? At least that horrible guy makes me wanna throw my phone to the wall.
Most of the time I 'double clicked' at right screen to fast forwarded it. It's a pity.
& for whatever reason that others tried to justify...
Conclusion: This is a very boring, poorly executed and overall just a bad series. Don't waste ur time, stop at season 1.
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I have to force myself to watch.
Yahoo!! Congrats for TharnType 2 for being as one of the list of my most boring TV drama I've ever watched. I just watch till the end to finish what I started. Waste of time!7 years????? What? HAHAHAHHAHA I didn't even feel like they're together in that long period of time. I felt nothing but cringeness, as in CRINGE for every couple in the show (except the married couples) It's just plain and boring. Then I even hate the fact that I'm forcing myself to watch poor execution of acting like hello this is not really worth the hype. The flow of the stroy is so problematic, what do I expect from a problematic writer hahaha.
One thing that I'm thankful about this series is finally it's over! I survived forcing myself to watch this "not-worth-the-watch" series.
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Awesome
I just love how the relationship between these two continues to evolve. It’s been a roller coaster of emotions but that’s how love is in real life. Arguments and disagreements don’t stop but if true love is there you somehow find a way to make it work. That’s what is so great about this story. They always find their way back to one another. I also like how new characters were introduced but old friendships still remained too. That is also very real to me. The music again carried over from the original. This was definitely worth the wait for me. I can’t wait to see the finale.Was this review helpful to you?
Such a waste, they could've done it in 6 episodes top.
I loved TharnType. They were the first BL series that I watched ever, and while it actually took me a long time to actually finish it, the flow of the story and the problems are much more acceptable than this season. Not to mention the chemistry between the characters. Though it's not the best series, it still makes you feel some kind of attachment towards them.But this season. Goodness gracious. How can you do this to your own masterpiece?
The production team just smashed their own big names and hardwork with this season. To begin with they choose half of not only new, but with really moderate acting skills. Not only that, the chemistry was OFF for these new couples.
And the fact that the prod team try so hard to put them in your face is just so........ not pleasing, to say the least. I skipped most of these "extra" couple moments. Not even interested in the slightest.
Another thing they wasted is the unnecessary sets and props, while they've been neglecting the most important part of a series: director, cameraman, audio post production such as editing, marketing design, and promoting. Wow. They lose A LOT OF THINGS because of this. This is the only thing that could actually saved them from the storyline. But they blew it. Talk about priorites.
And one more thing:
Why do they have to push it 12+1 episodes if the necessary parts in only 5, 6 episodes?
I don't know man, I feel really bad for MewGulf and other original casts because they're here for the sake of the series that made their name soar, only to be made kind of a mascots for the prod team.
I'm glad its finished, somehow.
And deep, deep inside my heart there's a tiny little hope that this will be remade, with a REAL production team that actually know how to do it. Because TharnType, MewGulf, they deserved so much better than this.
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Uhm whatever happened to this series
seriously, this is just ONE BIG FAN SERVICE. The story just keeps on going from one sex scene to the other on the first 5 episodes. And then it tries to weave a substory of type's occupational struggles without panache or bearing, this 12 ep series shoulve just been a 5 episode special.The script is so lackluster, heck ill even call it trash when compared to the first season. It has no emotional weight at all, the dynamics of Tharn and type got lost in the sea of expositions and boring subplots, and even the new characters did not save this story.
The acting was alright, but fiat and leo is lackluster for me. The supposedly emotional scenes made me laugh i dont even know why. The sidecouples did not matter to the story at all, just to add starpower i guess.
This could've been SO MUCH better if it isnt on the bad script. I was deeply disappointed at THAI BLS lately.
We can just pretend that this season does not exist.
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