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War of Y
I watched half of it and truly speaking I don’t know why. :) I have a weird experience with this BL drama. I can’t say that I liked it, yet I kept watching. And it wasn’t hate-watching, I drop dramas if I hate them. In general I would say it’s rather mediocre, but I see the potential for a great drama buried somewhere under a weak script and soapy OTT-ness. I think it suffers from being a BL drama. It’s trying to both be a thing and be a critique of the thing. And it’s hard to do well.
And there is no nuance, like some things being bad but other things being good. No, it’s almost all uniformly bad, and everybody is horrible and looking out only for themselves. It gets a bit boring to watch after a while.
The first 5 episodes were elevated by great acting of the two leads – Billy and Seng. They are both good and they have great chemistry. It kind makes want to give Secret Crush On You another try. I watched the 1st episode maybe half a year ago, but it made me cringe so much in second hand embarrassment that I gave up on it. I had to fast-forward a lot.
More about episodes 1-5 with spoilers below.
But they are seriously good here, especially Seng. His character is pretty well written, too. His name is Pan, he’s a very popular BL actor, and one of the leads in the BL drama called Mafia Baby (which does look to me a bit as a KinnPorsche expy :)). And Pan acts all sweet and cute and shy in front of the fans, but he’s such an asshole behind the scenes. He’s a jerk to other actors and to the staff. But then you get to know him and his background a bit more and you start to understand why he is the way he is. At least I did. His parents are ashamed that he’s a BL actor. He was sexually assaulted as a teenager by his neighbor and nobody did anything about it. And his manager pimps him to the people in power (TV executives, CEOs of the companies sponsoring the dramas), because she convinces him that this is the only way he’ll be able to transition to doing popular mainstream dramas instead of BLs.
The second story (episodes 6-10) is weaker, and the leads aren’t as good as Billy and Seng. And the plot is kind of stupid and a most of the time characters’ motivation didn’t make much sense to me.
GAP
I watched the 1st episode on Sunday. It’s pretty good, both girls are gorgeous and have great chemistry. And I’m so over the cold, arrogant male lead in het and BL dramas, but it’s absolutely working for me in F/F pairing. And Sam of course has hidden depths, and hides sadness and vulnerability under her cold exterior. And Mon is a lovable dork, but she’s also competent and not afraid to speak her mind. And I’m here for it.
I’m just wondering if I want to watch it week to week or if I should wait for more episodes to be available.
The first episode is here on Youtube.
In other BL and GL news GMMTV presented trailers for their dramas, which they plan to air in 2023. There are 8 new BL dramas and one GL drama. I watched all the trailers and here are the ones that caught my interest.
Only Friends
Based on just the trailers this is the one I’m most interested in. It looks entertaining – messy and angsty and complicated, and for a GMMTV drama pretty spicy. After The Eclipse I wanted Neo to do another drama with Louis, I liked their chemistry. But acting wise I was more impressed with Neo, so I’m fine with him being paired with another actor in this drama.
Cooking Crush
OffGun’s new drama. It looks like a cute mind candy with a few angsty moments (it’s Gun’s drama, he has to have a crying scene ;)), but Off and Gun both look great and I will always check at least the 1st episode of Gun’s new drama. The secondary couple is again Neo and his new acting partner.
23.5
This is the one GL drama (with a secondary BL couple) and another cute mind candy drama. The leads are the actresses who played Pa and Ink in Bad Buddy. I loved them, and I excited to watch them as main leads here. And they have the cutest pairing name – MilkLove. :D
I watched half of it and truly speaking I don’t know why. :) I have a weird experience with this BL drama. I can’t say that I liked it, yet I kept watching. And it wasn’t hate-watching, I drop dramas if I hate them. In general I would say it’s rather mediocre, but I see the potential for a great drama buried somewhere under a weak script and soapy OTT-ness. I think it suffers from being a BL drama. It’s trying to both be a thing and be a critique of the thing. And it’s hard to do well.
And there is no nuance, like some things being bad but other things being good. No, it’s almost all uniformly bad, and everybody is horrible and looking out only for themselves. It gets a bit boring to watch after a while.
The first 5 episodes were elevated by great acting of the two leads – Billy and Seng. They are both good and they have great chemistry. It kind makes want to give Secret Crush On You another try. I watched the 1st episode maybe half a year ago, but it made me cringe so much in second hand embarrassment that I gave up on it. I had to fast-forward a lot.
More about episodes 1-5 with spoilers below.
But they are seriously good here, especially Seng. His character is pretty well written, too. His name is Pan, he’s a very popular BL actor, and one of the leads in the BL drama called Mafia Baby (which does look to me a bit as a KinnPorsche expy :)). And Pan acts all sweet and cute and shy in front of the fans, but he’s such an asshole behind the scenes. He’s a jerk to other actors and to the staff. But then you get to know him and his background a bit more and you start to understand why he is the way he is. At least I did. His parents are ashamed that he’s a BL actor. He was sexually assaulted as a teenager by his neighbor and nobody did anything about it. And his manager pimps him to the people in power (TV executives, CEOs of the companies sponsoring the dramas), because she convinces him that this is the only way he’ll be able to transition to doing popular mainstream dramas instead of BLs.
The second story (episodes 6-10) is weaker, and the leads aren’t as good as Billy and Seng. And the plot is kind of stupid and a most of the time characters’ motivation didn’t make much sense to me.
GAP
I watched the 1st episode on Sunday. It’s pretty good, both girls are gorgeous and have great chemistry. And I’m so over the cold, arrogant male lead in het and BL dramas, but it’s absolutely working for me in F/F pairing. And Sam of course has hidden depths, and hides sadness and vulnerability under her cold exterior. And Mon is a lovable dork, but she’s also competent and not afraid to speak her mind. And I’m here for it.
I’m just wondering if I want to watch it week to week or if I should wait for more episodes to be available.
The first episode is here on Youtube.
In other BL and GL news GMMTV presented trailers for their dramas, which they plan to air in 2023. There are 8 new BL dramas and one GL drama. I watched all the trailers and here are the ones that caught my interest.
Only Friends
Based on just the trailers this is the one I’m most interested in. It looks entertaining – messy and angsty and complicated, and for a GMMTV drama pretty spicy. After The Eclipse I wanted Neo to do another drama with Louis, I liked their chemistry. But acting wise I was more impressed with Neo, so I’m fine with him being paired with another actor in this drama.
Cooking Crush
OffGun’s new drama. It looks like a cute mind candy with a few angsty moments (it’s Gun’s drama, he has to have a crying scene ;)), but Off and Gun both look great and I will always check at least the 1st episode of Gun’s new drama. The secondary couple is again Neo and his new acting partner.
23.5
This is the one GL drama (with a secondary BL couple) and another cute mind candy drama. The leads are the actresses who played Pa and Ink in Bad Buddy. I loved them, and I excited to watch them as main leads here. And they have the cutest pairing name – MilkLove. :D
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