Fourever You (2024)

Did I just time-travel?

When I first pressed play on this show, I was incredibly confused. I had to double check the title because I thought I'd accidentally clicked on 2 Moons, or Love By Chance, or something. This feels like walking into a time machine that takes you straight (or well, gay) back to the old-school BL era. Not in a good way. In an 'I've seen this exact BL 37 times before' and 'Here we go again with romanticising toxic behavior' kind of way. So far, it has nothing interesting or fresh to offer, so I don't really have anything interesting to say either. Therefore, I'll do my best to sum each couple up very briefly:

Hill & Easter: Toddler in the body of a grown-up throwing hissy fits and getting manhandled by the college heartthrob who won't take no for an answer and posts photos of you holding hands without consent. Of course both of them continuously avoid telling their friends (and the viewers) about their mysterious past, which isn't all that mysterious if you've seen enough other BLs.

Johan & North: Slightly more mature toddler in the body of a grown-up getting bossed around by the stereotype of an emotionally unavailable, controlling, rich college hottie. I have a head-canon that Johan was in a motorbike accident that knocked all but one braincell out of him. Because nobody who rubs even just two braincells together would ever think acting like a dick and treating them as your slave is the way into your crush's heart. Either that, or Johan is a passionate BL watcher who has taken lessons from all the wrong characters. Well, at least Easter ships it because apparently your best friend getting harassed is cute and not at all scary, at least when the guy harassing him is handsome.

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lack of communication and idiotic approaches

Overall: not a fan of the dynamic between either of the couples. This series is based on books which I haven't read and will review the series on its own merits. Uncut (~52 min) on WeTV https://wetv.vip/en/play/1ci6pha8sn1tf5h-Fourever%20You/t4100l7xft2-EP1%3A%20Fourever%20You%20(Uncut%20Ver.) ; uncut for Wabi Sabi's YouTube Membership ; cut (~47 min) on WeTV https://wetv.vip/en/play/ao1v1tecg9lpwhb-Fourever%20You%20(Uncut%20Ver.)/s4100zd55dq-EP01A%3A%20Fourever%20You and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb6_2JamS9iP_2lK0mjCScRwFJx8c8ru6

Content Warning: non con touching, homophobia, punch, fight, manipulation

Watch Suggestions
- watch episode 1
- watch episode 2: part 1 9-end, 2/3 9:30-end and all of 2/4
- watch episode 3: part 1 4-6 & 13:30-end, all of part 2
- watch episode 4: start part 1 at 3 min and watch part 4
- watch episode 5: part 2 beg to 5 min, part 3 2:30-end, part 4 5:30-end
- watch episode 6: part 1 beginning to 4
- watch episode 7: part 2 4:25-5:10, part 3 4:10-9:20, part 4 6-end
- watch episode 8: part 1 (or can skip), part 2 6:20-end, part 3 beginning to 3:30, part 4 2:30-end
- watch episode 9: part 1 4-end, part 2 8-11, part 4 6:15-7:50

What I Liked
- excellent way to start a series
- the F4 entrance was fun (though not the exposition dump to introduce the characters)
- nice to see several actors again
- supportive dad and grandma

Room For Improvement
- feels very old school Thai BL, there is zero reason for poor communication dragging on for a long time/not clearing things up right away in the past or the present, several things are not clearly explained to the viewer
- a total jerk (controlling, manipulative) is supposed to be someone the viewer roots for because he's less evil than another jerk introduced in episode 10???, the "plan"/approach makes zero sense and is unpleasant to watch
- nonsense stuff like a character saying he would answer anything and then the other character not asking the most important question
- 5 episodes was much too long for the first couple's story
- the comedy sound effects didn't make things funny
- not a fan of what a character did while the other was sleeping in episode 1
- some of the haircuts/styles and acting like a child as a university student (an actual dialog was a character saying that they needed to hold hands or the other character (a university student) might get lost...)
- awkward body gap and hands at sides when kissing


Note: I skimmed thru the cut version to find the missing 5 minutes in ep 1 and other than the beginning being shorter, I didn't notice any changes. Episode 2 uncut was 1 minute longer. Right now I'd recommend watching the uncut version when there is NSFW as that will likely be reduced/cut in the cut version. (as of episode 9 there's no NSFW)

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A light hearted fun university bl watch after a long time

This is really a good old university based Thai BL romcom with 2 couples (total 4 couples but season 1 is based on the first 3 books as shown in the shows opening credits and the official teasers). It refreshing and light hearted. The chemistry is good and the actors are doing justice to the roles they're playing. the only problem i have is the difference between the cut and uncut versions. some scenes will not make sense for the people viewing on YT because of some of the scenes that are only added in uncut version. Sadly, its not available in every region which takes the rating down.

So far, I am finding this refreshing and fun. There had been too many university based bls in the past few years but it was more quantity over quality. Atleast this show makes me wait for the next episode.

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Cuteness overloaded

To tell you the truth I'm an all time fan of romantic comedy and this series is exactly the same..
I dropped the series from the first episode.. not because it is boring but it is little bit lagging.. not to mention whenever there is earth ( sry I love earth but his part is always a little bit slow..only in the 1st 2 episodes) but believe me you have to double speed just 2- 3 episode and then you will enter the world of romantic comedy.. guys it's totally worth it...
Now onwards Johan is my all time favorite.. His aura, secret smile, possessiveness.. I was barely breathing when he put the seatbelt for North..
They have the intimacy chemistry biology everything, like what ter said, I'm also a shipper for both of them.
I love how jo didn't even get angry at North, even when he knew north was lying to him..(He is a mix of red and green flag.. I love him) He is completely and madly in love with north.
First I watched it for hill and ter.. but now jo and north has all my heart..
You have to watch first to understand the feeling.. it's totally worth it.. and not to mention the director.. he has done some great job and he is also the director of perfect 10 liners.. now he is controlling the romantic comedy genre in his hand.. both are my favourites now along with love sick.. love you Johan.. oops sry zellfie
And there are some people rate this low because they feels like its old school and the ml is toxic.. like that.. we all need some old school therapy in this fast forward world and all ml will not be like tin or mhok.. everybody have different personalities and they are liked by their loved ones accepting for who they are.. so don't judge easily and watch a light-hearted romance.. who knows it can be your therapy.

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Maybe I'll come back to the review after this ends idk I'm not rlly a fan

I think the series started off strong, the first episodes were well done but as it went on and the storylines kept getting dragged on for no reason (HillTer I'm looking at you) it slowly started descending until crashing. Yea the last 4 episodes could be good but even then I wouldn't bring myself to rate this above a 7-7.5 and that's mainly for a few reasons

Easter pisses me off and makes me wanna turn this off, Hill is fine I like when he's on screen (whenever his romance with Ter isn't getting strectched) but with Ter I can hardly find any redeeming qualities, I heard he's the same the novel but I still don't like him. Particularly with his weird shipping tendencies, like girl your best friend is stressed out of his mind by the amount he owes to Johan, how's he gonna pay it off and also North has to deal with his own and Jo's feelings, what a good friend would do is support him not SHIP him the debtor!? In what world is that a reasonable reaction. Love you Earth but Easter annoys me to no end

But even if the whole debt didn't exist it would still be borderline creepy shipping him with Jo when North hasn't given any indications or signs that he likes Johan. Yea, we're shown that North indeed has some sort of feelings towards Johan but like, Ter doesn't know that yet he continues to ship them to the point where its genuinely uncomfortable to watch, I just feel like fast forwarding anytime Ter opens his mouth bcs I actually don't care about what he has to say. Just take the antidelulu pills and take about ANYTHING ELSE. I like Hill tho he doesn't annoy me

What does annoy me is how Hill and Ter's story was dragged on for more than needed, wdym it took them 12 whole episodes to become bfs when they knew they liked eachother from the beginning, this is no longer slowburn this is just torture to watch as they make ZERO progress 😭They could've very easily wrapped it up by ep 5 and gotten out of the way to leave space for the other couples instead of making part 1 and 2. THERE WAS NO NEED FOR THEM TO HOG SO MUCH SCREENTIME

Now for JohanNorth, I really liked Jo at first, but recently he's been weirding me out with his borderline creepy behavior, not bcs of the debt (that's justified as North kinda trashed his house) but the way he's pursuing North is just not rlly nice to watch. Buying all the places North works at? excuse um wtf that's not cute that's kinda stalker-ish behavior. Idk I feel like Johan's approaches could've been written better like just give advice to North as to why he shouldn't work there instead of BUYING THE DAMN PLACE, he was also doing an awful job at showing his feelings but that's not rlly a problem. I still have some faith he won't be an overly possessive bf bcs I really want to enjoy their story

Anways that's the end of my rant, idk if any of this made sense but thanks for coming to my ted talk

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Enjoy the Budding Young Romance!

Easter (Earth Katsamonnat) intentionally attends a university in the north of Thailand. He hopes to find a new place to erase the memories of his relationship with his ex, which didn’t end clearly. But he doesn’t think that he would meet with Hill (Pond Ponlawit), his ex again at this university. And it is the beginning of a relationship that will not end in the same way ever. At the same time, his roommate, North (Bas Hatsanat), also faces chaos because he was drunk and caused a quarrel, then woke up with the debt. But it could be more chaotic because the god just sent him a flirtatious and very spoiled creditor, Johan (Maxky Ratchata). The stories of these roommates will be followed by their friends from the Art club, Typhoon (Tonliew Methaphat) and Daotok (Oat Tharathon) with the senior medical students Tonfah (Bever Patsapon) and Arthit (Ngern Anupart). Their friendship in this university and love stories will be memorable notes for a long time.

Read the complete article here-

https://the-bl-xpress.com/2024/11/15/fourever-you-first-impressions-ep-1-to-6/

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Love the Chemistry & Classic Feel to This

I’ve watched the first 4 episodes and so far I really like this show. For anyone who has watched BLs in the past, they know the typical uni student scenarios. Some people may think it is over done, but I still love the classic feel of it. The chemistry between Pond and Earth is great. People are complaining about Earth acting childish, but if you ever look at social media this is his personality. So far the characters in general and the storyline is great. My only downfall is sometimes the music gets a little loud for the scenes, but I feel like that is common. I will definitely continue to watch and see how everything plays out!

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