entertainment done right

i don't care at all about the plot, this was a character driven show and IT FUCKING DELIVERED. it was funny, realistic and pretty poignant at times. it also got me through a rough patch in my mental health, so i'm really attached lol. it may not seem like anything special at first. but..... it gets so, so much better a few episodes in. so: watch it!!!!! because it's very, very, very well directed, acted and paced. plus it tackles a lot of issues really nicely. (++++wlw rep). also, the ost? chef's kiss. gives me chills. makes me want to cry. fucking love it.
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things they coulddd have improved:
- giving!us!more!ink!pa!
- that's literally it. this was one of the good ones. i'll cherish it for a long time

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Just: Xiang Hao Ting

I went into this for shits and giggles. And then....I kind of got obsessed, I won't lie. I still am, with one character in particular.
The concept of this show isn't anything special: but they handled the first-awkward-dumb-teenage love thing so fucking well. I don't exactly know what it was about the whole show, maybe it was Wayne's acting or their relationship being so fucking wholesome and idiotic or the parent's being so typical but also trying to be understanding or the cute sister or just fucking, dumb, idiotic Xiang Hao Ting. Probably all of those things. Or none. Or just one. This show was so...real? Dumb? I don't know what I'm trying to say, but it didn't play around. It knew what it was. It delivered. The ending, I decided to skip at first because I couldn't see Hao Ting cry. But, when I finally got the courage to try and watch it, I'm glad I did. That ending was just....it. It sucked, God. Because, why the hell did poor Yu Shi Gu get all the bad luck in the world? But, people dying, death, the inevitability of it, is a real thing. When you're young, you don't really see death as a reality. Yu and Xi definitely didn't either. But, life doesn't give two shits about that, so it hit them. Like a truck. The ending was just life deciding to say hello. That's what happens to us all the time, so I won't begrudge them that.
Also, oh yeah....Xiang Hao Ting. I absolutely, positively hate him. But, not really because I love him more than I should love a character. I really do need to stop getting attached to characters so much. Alas....he was a giant puppy who had dimples and kissed really well and wasn't afraid to show his feelings. So, I got sold. And still am. Don't watch this show if you like dimples, guys, or giant puppies. Oh, also I will pretend the second couple didn't exist because...yikes. XD

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