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To BL Fans out there - must watch this for ep13 & 14.
To ANY BL FANS OUT THERE watch episode 13 & 14. BL story between toxic bully Da Dong & his pushover ukke Xiao Lin. it's real, toxic, sweet & well made. Don't fall for the terrible title or supernatural tone - they are incidental to the story.
I'm into the Bully-to-lover trope in BL but most of them have the bullies turn soft at the drop of a hat and just transform unrealistically the moment they set their eyes on their ukkes. This one however treats it the right way, we see a realistic growth with time - always trust good writing to come from a Taiwanese production.
Gloomy Days (Ep 13 & 14) also does a good job of giving layers to the bully. The actor plays this multidimensional bad boy character well, realistically shows his inability to healthily deal with his attraction to the girliest ukke on campus, which does cross a line big time & then even more...so you might get triggered but then again it's pretty measured and isn't gratuitous.
There's so much more to it. i just like how the writing gives a peak into how complicated it is for the ukke, it shows how toxic-ly he's also kinda into him. The show isn't problematic, it's just dealing with complicated subject matter, which is kinda real.
Simply put this is a well made, short but good story line - yes it's toxic but it's also tender and it's got small moments of humour- which is a sign of good writing I've heard. over all it's written well. Worth a rewatch for sure!!
Xiao lin & Da Dong could work great as BL series leads, this story can easily be unpacked into a good season of 8-9 episodes - just take out the supernatural element, which is quite incidental to the narrative and voila you got a classic BL waiting for you. Hope some thai or taiwanese production house thinks of doing this. We need a complicated, messy & sweet BL by now!
I'm into the Bully-to-lover trope in BL but most of them have the bullies turn soft at the drop of a hat and just transform unrealistically the moment they set their eyes on their ukkes. This one however treats it the right way, we see a realistic growth with time - always trust good writing to come from a Taiwanese production.
Gloomy Days (Ep 13 & 14) also does a good job of giving layers to the bully. The actor plays this multidimensional bad boy character well, realistically shows his inability to healthily deal with his attraction to the girliest ukke on campus, which does cross a line big time & then even more...so you might get triggered but then again it's pretty measured and isn't gratuitous.
There's so much more to it. i just like how the writing gives a peak into how complicated it is for the ukke, it shows how toxic-ly he's also kinda into him. The show isn't problematic, it's just dealing with complicated subject matter, which is kinda real.
Simply put this is a well made, short but good story line - yes it's toxic but it's also tender and it's got small moments of humour- which is a sign of good writing I've heard. over all it's written well. Worth a rewatch for sure!!
Xiao lin & Da Dong could work great as BL series leads, this story can easily be unpacked into a good season of 8-9 episodes - just take out the supernatural element, which is quite incidental to the narrative and voila you got a classic BL waiting for you. Hope some thai or taiwanese production house thinks of doing this. We need a complicated, messy & sweet BL by now!
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