fluffy 13_4
Deliciously campy uncensored Chinese BL drama
Updated review after watching all 12 episodes - I changed my evaluation to a full 10/10 because I rarely enjoyed something as much as I enjoyed Meet You at the Blossom. It’s a miracle that this drama even exists. I would have watched anything to support a proper Chinese bl drama and am beyond happy that Meet You at the Blossom was truly enjoyable.
It’s EVERYTHING. It‘s hilarious, it‘s tragic. It‘s romantic, it‘s toxic. There’s fun and there’s angst, pain and suffering. There’s palace intrigue and there’s family drama. There are loving parents with dubious moral values and there are monstrous parents. There are related siblings that hate each other and there’s found family that love each other. And everything is told in 12 EXCELLENTLY paced episodes. Meet You At the Blossom is too much and never enough. It’s glorious and wonderful and NEVER EVER boring.
The lead actors are SUPER well matched. Everything about this pairing is perfect - the height difference, their faces, their complementing energies. Lead actor Wang Yunkai is a newbie and gives an incredibly charming and enthusiastic performance. And I want to single out the performance of lead actor Li Le. Judging from his interviews and from BTS videos, he‘s one of the sweetest and kindest people on the planet. He said he was worried to accept the role of Huai‘en because it was his first time portraying a character that has a very different personality from his own but he wholeheartedly committed and gave the most eccentric performance.
And yes, I saw negative comments and reviews and am therefore giving an SA trigger warning for the next paragraph because I am referencing the novel Blooming Flowers, Silent Sorrow (source material for Meet You at the Blossom). Some reviewers are bashing Meet You at the Blossom because there are rape scenes in the novel Blooming Flowers, Silent Sorrow. Is it criticism just for the sake of criticizing or is it critical thinking? In any case, critical thinking should look into the context.
An example from the novel - if a 15 year old half orphan who was educated through torture instead of love and who would usually punish people by cutting their throats chooses to rape someone as punishment (instead of throat-cutting), he may be acting in a morally grey area judged by the standards of his time.
However, the creators of Meet You at the Blossom put some thoughts into how to make its source material work in a visual medium. They made deliberate and significant changes while transferring the novel into the drama Meet You at the Blossom. The most challenging thing we get to see are forced kisses (and I think the stories we consume SHOULD challenge us and make us feel uncomfortable because it helps us leave our comfort zone and broaden our horizons). In general, the erotic encounters of the lead couple are sensual and subtle. There are always little elements included that create a vibe of consent, even in scenes with dubious consent.
I truly loved Meet You at the Blossom and hope that many people will give it a chance.
It’s EVERYTHING. It‘s hilarious, it‘s tragic. It‘s romantic, it‘s toxic. There’s fun and there’s angst, pain and suffering. There’s palace intrigue and there’s family drama. There are loving parents with dubious moral values and there are monstrous parents. There are related siblings that hate each other and there’s found family that love each other. And everything is told in 12 EXCELLENTLY paced episodes. Meet You At the Blossom is too much and never enough. It’s glorious and wonderful and NEVER EVER boring.
The lead actors are SUPER well matched. Everything about this pairing is perfect - the height difference, their faces, their complementing energies. Lead actor Wang Yunkai is a newbie and gives an incredibly charming and enthusiastic performance. And I want to single out the performance of lead actor Li Le. Judging from his interviews and from BTS videos, he‘s one of the sweetest and kindest people on the planet. He said he was worried to accept the role of Huai‘en because it was his first time portraying a character that has a very different personality from his own but he wholeheartedly committed and gave the most eccentric performance.
And yes, I saw negative comments and reviews and am therefore giving an SA trigger warning for the next paragraph because I am referencing the novel Blooming Flowers, Silent Sorrow (source material for Meet You at the Blossom). Some reviewers are bashing Meet You at the Blossom because there are rape scenes in the novel Blooming Flowers, Silent Sorrow. Is it criticism just for the sake of criticizing or is it critical thinking? In any case, critical thinking should look into the context.
An example from the novel - if a 15 year old half orphan who was educated through torture instead of love and who would usually punish people by cutting their throats chooses to rape someone as punishment (instead of throat-cutting), he may be acting in a morally grey area judged by the standards of his time.
However, the creators of Meet You at the Blossom put some thoughts into how to make its source material work in a visual medium. They made deliberate and significant changes while transferring the novel into the drama Meet You at the Blossom. The most challenging thing we get to see are forced kisses (and I think the stories we consume SHOULD challenge us and make us feel uncomfortable because it helps us leave our comfort zone and broaden our horizons). In general, the erotic encounters of the lead couple are sensual and subtle. There are always little elements included that create a vibe of consent, even in scenes with dubious consent.
I truly loved Meet You at the Blossom and hope that many people will give it a chance.
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