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Boring cringe. "Watch on double speed" the series with some exceptions (mainly Ep 9-10)
Overall this whole series was so freaking slow, barely anything happens and it was such a disappointment considering the hype of the teasers and how many popular BL actors & pairings are included.
Couple/Episode breakdown ranked in order of which I enjoyed the most to the least:
• Eps 9-10 – Puth & Kaeng – Bruh this was hot. Kaeng's styling is so effing good wholly shiz and he is really convincing in the seducer role. Loved it! I would happily watch a series with this pair- they actually had chemistry.
• Eps 11-12 - Sat & Choke: When I saw the concept teaser for this, I thought it’d be one of my least favourite. But I actually ended up enjoying at least the first ep a lot. The two MLs had good chemistry. I enjoyed ep 11 a lot but 12 went back to the Y-destiny trend of being slow, boring, melodramatic and stupid.
Like lol wtf Choke has Sat jerk him off and keeps kissing him, says he loves him and then turns around and says welp- I have a boyfriend now, cya! This is after saying in the previous ep that he’s single and no one is ever interested in him so??? Wtf.
Also not sure why the chars randomly spoke a lot of English in these eps. I’m not complaining but there’s no reason given why lol. It would make sense if it was a Pinoy drama, but it’s not? So it seems like they were just showing off that the actor for Sat is bilingual for no real reason. I see the concept they were going with like “the shallow things you wish for may end up not being what you really want”- but I think they executed it pretty averagely overall. Although I get this is a shallow BL show lmao- I am expecting too much.
• Eps 5-6 – Mon & Team: Cringe and mostly boring, but with some hot scenes. I actually quite liked the second ep of this if you skip to the 15 min mark. ;) (Mostly bc of the NC scene NGL). The lead up to that is pretty damn cringe and boring though. Also the scene where Team “seduces” Mon by rubbing his wet hands on his chest after using the toilet and washing his hands- what the F*CK. Like who wrote that scene omfg? They could have done literally anything else at all to be more seductive. Mon’s constant squeaky, squealing sounds were almost intolerable as well. I cringed SO HARD every time.
• Eps 7-8 – Thurs & Pao: Think basic imitation of the ghost trope done in He’s Coming to Me. If you’ve seen that, you’ve seen this concept before in much more depth- so this short, simplified version is not very interesting. They wasted way too much time before introducing Pao as well considering there’s only two episodes. Pae is really cute and this couple was pretty cute together, but these eps are pretty average overall.
• Eps 13-14 – Masuk, Jia & Tir – Masuk looks so effing good here. Talay is a beautiful guy, but they styled him especially perfectly in these eps. Also is it just me or does it looks like they used like a hair chalk colour spray to get the grey colour into Jia’s hair rather than colouring it for real because it looked chalky af like it was sitting on top of his hair in every scene lol. I found it distracting because it kept making me think, dude- brush through your dry shampoo lmao.
This is definitely one of the more thoughtful stories in this series. This series really ranges from stupid, shallow fluff to more serious, sadder stories like this one. It was ok but not really my vibe. I still found it pretty boring if I’m honest since it’s your pretty generic told a million times before tale of learning to move on through grief. Although it was also incredibly unbelievable to believe that the firefighters would have just left Tir there to die of smoke inhalation when they were legit all there wtf Lol- very immersion breaking.
• Eps 3-4 – Sun & Nuea: Cringe and boring. Nuea’s outfits are trendy af and nice to look at but again nothing happens. I watched most of this on double speed. The whole confession while livestreaming was weird af. Sun looked so uncomfortable in ALL the seduction scenes, so those scenes did not come off as hot to me and were pretty awkward.
• Eps 1-2 - Tues & Ake: Pure fluffy, PG boredom. Watch on double speed or skip this couple unless you love cutesy, fluff scenes where barely anything actually happens. This was the classic enemies to lovers plot with the quickest transition to lovers I think I’ve ever seen in a BL. The transition is really abrupt and nonsensical. Boring af. Recommend skipping.
• Ep 15 – Ensemble episode with all couples. Half of this was weird controlling boyfriend setups- like wtf it is not romantic to not let your bf out of the house and force them to ask permission to go out and to beg for money. And the other half of this ep was silly, boring fluff. Also the whole having a birthday party for your dead boyfriend with your new boyfriend setup was some really weird sh*t.
Couple/Episode breakdown ranked in order of which I enjoyed the most to the least:
• Eps 9-10 – Puth & Kaeng – Bruh this was hot. Kaeng's styling is so effing good wholly shiz and he is really convincing in the seducer role. Loved it! I would happily watch a series with this pair- they actually had chemistry.
• Eps 11-12 - Sat & Choke: When I saw the concept teaser for this, I thought it’d be one of my least favourite. But I actually ended up enjoying at least the first ep a lot. The two MLs had good chemistry. I enjoyed ep 11 a lot but 12 went back to the Y-destiny trend of being slow, boring, melodramatic and stupid.
Like lol wtf Choke has Sat jerk him off and keeps kissing him, says he loves him and then turns around and says welp- I have a boyfriend now, cya! This is after saying in the previous ep that he’s single and no one is ever interested in him so??? Wtf.
Also not sure why the chars randomly spoke a lot of English in these eps. I’m not complaining but there’s no reason given why lol. It would make sense if it was a Pinoy drama, but it’s not? So it seems like they were just showing off that the actor for Sat is bilingual for no real reason. I see the concept they were going with like “the shallow things you wish for may end up not being what you really want”- but I think they executed it pretty averagely overall. Although I get this is a shallow BL show lmao- I am expecting too much.
• Eps 5-6 – Mon & Team: Cringe and mostly boring, but with some hot scenes. I actually quite liked the second ep of this if you skip to the 15 min mark. ;) (Mostly bc of the NC scene NGL). The lead up to that is pretty damn cringe and boring though. Also the scene where Team “seduces” Mon by rubbing his wet hands on his chest after using the toilet and washing his hands- what the F*CK. Like who wrote that scene omfg? They could have done literally anything else at all to be more seductive. Mon’s constant squeaky, squealing sounds were almost intolerable as well. I cringed SO HARD every time.
• Eps 7-8 – Thurs & Pao: Think basic imitation of the ghost trope done in He’s Coming to Me. If you’ve seen that, you’ve seen this concept before in much more depth- so this short, simplified version is not very interesting. They wasted way too much time before introducing Pao as well considering there’s only two episodes. Pae is really cute and this couple was pretty cute together, but these eps are pretty average overall.
• Eps 13-14 – Masuk, Jia & Tir – Masuk looks so effing good here. Talay is a beautiful guy, but they styled him especially perfectly in these eps. Also is it just me or does it looks like they used like a hair chalk colour spray to get the grey colour into Jia’s hair rather than colouring it for real because it looked chalky af like it was sitting on top of his hair in every scene lol. I found it distracting because it kept making me think, dude- brush through your dry shampoo lmao.
This is definitely one of the more thoughtful stories in this series. This series really ranges from stupid, shallow fluff to more serious, sadder stories like this one. It was ok but not really my vibe. I still found it pretty boring if I’m honest since it’s your pretty generic told a million times before tale of learning to move on through grief. Although it was also incredibly unbelievable to believe that the firefighters would have just left Tir there to die of smoke inhalation when they were legit all there wtf Lol- very immersion breaking.
• Eps 3-4 – Sun & Nuea: Cringe and boring. Nuea’s outfits are trendy af and nice to look at but again nothing happens. I watched most of this on double speed. The whole confession while livestreaming was weird af. Sun looked so uncomfortable in ALL the seduction scenes, so those scenes did not come off as hot to me and were pretty awkward.
• Eps 1-2 - Tues & Ake: Pure fluffy, PG boredom. Watch on double speed or skip this couple unless you love cutesy, fluff scenes where barely anything actually happens. This was the classic enemies to lovers plot with the quickest transition to lovers I think I’ve ever seen in a BL. The transition is really abrupt and nonsensical. Boring af. Recommend skipping.
• Ep 15 – Ensemble episode with all couples. Half of this was weird controlling boyfriend setups- like wtf it is not romantic to not let your bf out of the house and force them to ask permission to go out and to beg for money. And the other half of this ep was silly, boring fluff. Also the whole having a birthday party for your dead boyfriend with your new boyfriend setup was some really weird sh*t.
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