Best LGBTQ+ asian show i've ever seen

I’m honestly surprised that Thailand could produce such a quality show. after watching few episodes of tharntype I thought they were stucked in the mid-2000 when consent, forcing partners and so on weren’t considered a big issue in a relationship.
I told sunset about you however went beyond my expectations not only in terms of production which is quite high compared to the two thai drama i’ve watched but in terms of attention to the LGBTQ+ community and realism. It’s a show i would recommend to watch during the pride month at festivals and i honestly think it should be on Netflix to showto westerners productions how to portray a believable coming out of a teenager.
As a person who struggled with coming out myself I could relate to Teh and his fears i felt like i was watching my younger self, i could see my own mistakes portrayed on the screen. The screenwriters did really a good job writing Teh. He’s an annoying character but believable and strongly real.
Ohaew on the other hand was disappointing. Not in terms of PPs acting but the character itself. He’s much more aware of his identity and still behave like sh*t towards Bas. You don’t deserve that little cutie pie.
As an art student I also enjoyed every single shot of this show, the colors, the framing… it’s absolute perfection and by far one of the most pleasant asian series i’ve watched.
I’m glad Thailand is capable of showing how to proper portray LGBTQ+ struggles in a believable and delicate way.

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A second-rate drama

This show is below average in techincal department, the music was just “ok”, it lacks real and believable chemistry between the leads and the script is sloppy and most of the time boring and incosistent. A friend of mine told me they added all the past connection to the two leads and it’s such an abused and idiotic thing to do in an already confused plot. I didn’t pay to watch a drama in “majkang” style.

The actors were way more incapable than most of the people say. If GOOD acting is all about waving your fan, reciting poems and eye rolls, well they did a good job… but acting is conveying emotions and noone in the cast did it fully. Their caricatural acting was anticlimatic because having a handsome face doesn’t mean you’re a good actor. Yeah, I’m talking about Gong Jun and Li Dai Kun: they’re extremely good looking guys but their performance weren’t THAT good or memorable.
In particular Zhang Zhe Han did an awful job portraying Zhou Zishu: he looks absent -minded most of the time or clearly changes his expression on demand. His worst performance was during the torture scene: he reminded me of “L'absinthe” by Edgar Degas. MAN, THEY’RE TORTURING YOU and you look like me when I have to wake up at 2 a.m. to work.
The chemistry between Wen Ke Xing and Zhou Zishu has no basis: the credibility of their relationship is based on words rather than gestures and on skinship instead of real feelings. There’s no deep comunication or romantic involvement.

It’s also misleading to let people think Tian Ya Ke is similar in ANY WAY to Chen Qing Ling.
The Untamed is an absolute masterpiece in acting, character development, script and music while Word of honor is cringey in acting, incoherent in character development, has a boring and incomprehensible script and music is forgettable.
Even the action sequences in Word of honor have always the same scheme, are boring and they last for few minutes while in The untamed we see many battle scenes that are convincing and Yibo's fights are one of the sexiest things on this planet. He's a marvelous vision in those moments.
It’s bothering that people constantly compares the two couples because Wei Wu Xian and Lan Wang Ji have one of the most beautiful, romantic, deep, meaningful, balanced relationship I’ve ever seen on screen, a connection based not only on words but also on non verbal communication, stares, caring gestures.
Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu on the other hand are a roller coaster of incomprehensions, arguments like five year old children who are unable to communicate.
The changes they did in The untamed’s adaptation were for the better while in Word of honor they unbalanced the relationship between Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu for fanservice sake.
The only similarity between the two series is the horryfing cg.

I decided to post my thoughts about the series because I’m sick of Word of honor community that brainwash people to verify their account only to rate this series 10/10, and I’m even more upset that people who tries to call out the flaws of this series are silenced and bullied by the same three or four fake accounts.
Please, everyone should be free to express their opinion without getting bullied.

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Feeling sorry for the cast

This show is probably the worst Thai drama I’ve ever seen.
The colors, the music and the acting were ok, even the production didn’t look that cheap compared to the previous dramas I watched… but the story is awful.

As a gay man I feel embarrassed that people watch and in some ways like this kind of content, because is toxic, unrealistic and clearly written by an ethero who idolizes gay relationships. Someone should stop this author from writing poor script and I’m happy to see people on this site ho recognize toxicity for what it is.

I find lazy that the script gives Type a tragic past to justify his behaviour towards gay men, he should go to therapy… I hope this issue gets cleared in the following episodes because I couldn’t bear any longer after watching episode 4 and its bed scene.
Repeat after me: you can’t cure homophobia with gay sex.

I don’t understand Tharn either: why accepting Type’s attitude without getting too upset and develop feelings for him? He is a victim of Type’s homophobia but he decides to act EXACTLY the same way as the one who assaulted Type as a young boy. He’s described as a reliable, calm and collected guy but he turns evil for fun.
Good job ruining gay representation again.

The only good thing about this series is the chemistry between Mew Suppasit and Gulf Kanawut who play their roles flawlessly, they’re convincing and you can feel the emotions in their eyes. It’s a good point wasted in the worst Thai drama unfortunately.

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