The Eclipse (2022)

"Alexa play 'My oasis' by Sam Smith"

Everytime I hear this song I will think about all couples of this series.
Gonna be honest, before watching it I already knew this was going to be a slay but this is way better than I thought.
Ayan is the love of my life, he deserves the whole world, I didn't even liked Khaotung and then *PHUM* he appears out of nowhere with this amazing acting and character. Although he was all this Thua is my baby, yhea what he did to Aye and Akk by exposing them was awfull but he didn't mean wrong, he did all that not only for him but also for his friends and colleagues, yhea he was wrong but I forgive him; Thua is the literal meaning of a 'full character' he served EVERYTHING, the good one, the shy one, the one who got bullied, the mean one, but also the monst important THE HONEST ONE, he was always so honest about himself and about everything and everyone who sorround him; I know people are hating on him but fellaz let's be honest he was smart as f*ck, he had us on the palm of his hand; When I realised what he was doing I just could think "How the h*ll is he conspiring about his school he's just like a puppie" and "I just hope he doesn't his feelings for Kan stop him" and I think that was what I liked the most about him, he was so in love with Kan since the begin but he never let his feelings interfere with any of his plans or his thoughts and I really loved that.
Kan and Akk pissed me off, Kan at the beginning and Akk the whole show ahahaha Kan was trying to deny and at the same time figured out what were his feelings for Thua, but for god's sake that boy really annoyed me; he was contantly denying his feelings for Ayan even after they kissed more than a few times 'like bestie I know how it feels to fall in love with someone of the same gender for the first time but he doesn't need to act like a dumb ass and constantly give mixed feelings to Ayan'. But I liked Akk too ahahah but he really pissed me off sometimes.
Khaotung acting has improved out of nowhere, watching him crying got me every single time, episode 7 was the end of me for sure; The way he was holding on and finally he could allow himself to feel all his emotions was devastating to me.
I'm not gonna talk about AJ's character because he was a SUNSHINE inside of a school full of MIDNIGHT RAINS. <3<3<3
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Some notes I took while watching the drama:
Akk and Aye were so overwhelmed with each others feelings that I could feel it trough my computer screen.
The way Aye didn't think once before saying yes when Khan asked him to sit on Akk's lap ahahah
Akk's parents and Ayan's mom win the prize "Parents of the century", Pete's (Dark blue kiss) dad is giving his crown to them ahahhaa
Thua really thought he had figured all out then Aye just arrives with news about his uncle and we can see Thua's mind blowing ahahha
Out of nowhere everyone is crying a river INCLUNDING ME this really went down as fast as my mental health ahah
"Being a BL film actor is a thailand soft power"... S̄āṭhu AHAHH
Akk really got me when he came out to his parents
Usually I fall for the secondary couple but Khaotung and First are too good for mee to even compare the main couple with the secondary one, even though I love Thua and Kan
Call me crazy but I really wanted AJ's character to end up with Teacher San
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Songs I relate to the characters:
The Eclipse the series: 'My Oasis' by Sam Smith
Ayan: 'How do I say goodbye' by Dean Lewis
Akk: 'Runaway' by AURORA & 'Panic Room' by Au/Ra & '8 Letters' by Why Don't We
Thua: 'Modern Life' by Woosung
Kan: 'Kill My Time' by 5SOS
Wat: 'Golden Hour' by JVKE & 'Golden' by Harry Styles
Teacher Sani: 'Don't Forget Where You Belong' by One Direction
Teacher Sadok: 'Atlantis' by Seafret
Teacher Dika/ Ayan's uncle: 'R.I.P To My Youth' by The Neighbourhood
Akk+Ayan: 'Life Is Worth Living' by Justin Bieber & 'Sweet Creature' by Harry Styles
Thua+Kan: 'If Walls Could Talk' by 5SOS & 'Kiss The Boy' by Keiynan Lonsdale
Dika+Chadok: 'Arcade' by Duncan Laurence

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The series is chef's kiss just because of the CAST!!!!!!

This series started off mysterious and intriguing just bcuz of the curse, the system of ruling in school and something behind Dika's self- death. First of all, the cast is just superb especially the two leads. Honestly idk what to expect from FirstKhao but, damn, their chemistry is just oozing with sweetness and obviously better than PoddKhao. The cast is really the only one that stands out when it comes to this series.

When it comes to the plot, it progressively became weak and somewhat pointless. I was really hoping a strong plot execution knowing this is a mystery drama series so I really expected something stronger but I don't really have that much problem, it just fell short. The plot twist of Dika and Chadok's hidden relationship shocked me but other than that, it could have been better. It's also good that the series also linger around homosexuality and mental health awareness which are both stigmatized til now.

The curse did not really add up to anything bcuz it's not an accident or something supernatural it's obviously made to make protesters afraid. I love how First portrayed his character. Firm yet insecure prefect leader who suffers from the pressure of doing something shady just to keep up with his position and Ayan a vengeful, mysterious and seemingly rebellious person who wants to investigate whose behind his uncle's death. It also revealed Ayan as soft and transparent as well. I thought their characters were fleshed out more than the actual plot of the series.

I also felt strange of student and teacher love, not bcuz it's straight no offense. I mean, it's just weird that idk what to say about that. I'm not hating it it's just weird.
I also found that there is a perhaps weak enemy here, the principal. She's the driving force of it all but she's that, nothing more.

I can safely say that they tone down some tension at some point. For example, Thuapu's stepdad came off first as arrogant then became open about Thaphu's sexuality and put much into the ruling system of the school. In the end, I could say "all's well it ends well". It's just rainbows and unicorns everywhere in the end. Unproblematic (at least the last minutes of the finale. I think it's not outstanding but still good and kinda unique.

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Frenemies to lovers

From the caption I expected something supernatural so I was really confused when we appeared in school but the story was still very entertaining. The main plot wasn't as interesting as it seemed, just some curses caused by real people but chemistry between the main characters was amazing and kept me entertained till the end. I also loved how serious themes like depressive disorder, suicidal, daddy issues, coming out, good child syndrome etc. were mentioned here because mental illnesses tend to be overlooked as they are not seen at first sight but they showed how dangerous it is leave it untreated as the last option but only option for the ill person is to commit a suicide. Just because it's tabu doesn't mean we shouldn't talk about it because anyone can appear in this situation.

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Enemies-to-lovers mystery school BL - what an interesting combination carried by a great pairing !

The story is pretty original for a school BL drama with some mystery vibes coupled with an enemies-to-lovers and opposites-attract tropes. It was quite predictable on some aspects and for some revelations, but I appreciated the drama taking the time to discuss important topics such as freedom of speech as well as critical mind regarding the authority's decisions. It could have taken things a bit deeper though it was still a valiant effort.

Despite the interesting scenario, there were some weaknesses in the plot in terms of logic as well as regarding the consequences of some actions being only partially addressed (or even totally brushed off...) with some too easy redemption narrative arc. That's why the resolution felt a bit lacking to me...But I still enjoyed the ending.

There was some brilliant chemistry between First and Khaotung. Their pairing is working very well and they share some memorable instants full of fragility together. They demonstrate great acting skills and really shine all along the series. Thanks to them, the intensity is very present, especially during their beautifully gut-wrenching crying scenes. Unfortunately, next to them, the secondary casting (for both adults and students parts) seem a bit weak. As invested as I was in our main couple, I could not bring myself to care that much for the secondary couple, and it is likely due to a mix of plot but also actors performances.

Production-wise, sometimes I felt the low budget, some of the scenes could have been better filmed to have more impact and I would have loved for the show to have a more scary / dark atmosphere, they could have pushed the concept of the curse further. The soundtrack was alright, I more specifically really enjoyed the opening track sang by Khaotung: un-skippable.

I would recommend this to people looking for a different kind of BL story set up in a school and coupled with a mystery. The writing is not without flaws and sometimes it can feel a bit cheap in terms of production, but the sizzling chemistry between the main actors and their great acting make it very easy to forgive those little defaults.

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Pretty good drama

I had been enjoying the series until episode 11. I had rated it a 9. It was very good until episode 11. I liked the chemistry between the actors. The main actors did a good job displaying the different emotions. It has been an enjoyable series until episode 11. Then I reduced my rating to an 8. With out spoiling anything I will just state: WHAT WERE THE WRITERS THINKING? There is a definite twist in the story. I don't think it was a good direction and it doesn't seem very believable. The story has building up in a certain direction and it lost momentum with episodes 11 and 12. I did like how they realistically tackled acceptance and being different. Without spoiling anything I will say that there was a scene in episode 12 that was really well done. You could really feel the emotion. The ending was good but parts of it seemed a little unrealistic. I did like the ending between Ayan and Akk. Overall the series was good. I would recommend watching it.

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I loved it so much, best thing ive watched so far!

this BL was amazing, usually i dont watch thrillers like this but i just couldnt help myself but love this series. at first i thought it was going to be like 2gether and have more bromance then romance but it didnt and i loved it. i love the way the characters were put together and i was so in love with the plot, my fav character was Ayan! omg i would rewatch this so many times and never get sick of it and the plot twist......LIKE PLS I SO SAD I FINISHED IT!! it made me want to watch anything that had khao and first in it haha! but i am really inlove with this bl, it made me cry and smile, laugh and get mad so i felt alot of feelings watching The Eclipse, i would tell everyone to watch it if you like romance and thriller cus if you dont you would be missing out. also i dont really like bl ost but i love over the moon alot!! :D

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communication, plot twists, interesting story

So I binge watched this show in like 2 days, honestly at first mostly for the actor First (Akk) but the story was really interesting so I kept wanting to watch it. I would say that for a bit Kan and Thua were my main reason to continue because sometimes akk's actions were annoying me (not a critique as I know it was important for the story to show how he acted at first)

MAJOR REASON FOR THE 9/10: episode 11, I absolutely loved the fact they went for different plot twists that werent over-used, they didnt go for the stupid breakup or for the jealousy trope, they went for some unexpected stuff and I loved it.

RANDOM STUFF: the calendar in Akk's room was always on september the 3rd for some reason and on the scene after Ayan gave Akk the necklace Ayan is the one wearing the necklace.

SOMETHINGS I DIDNT GET: why didnt the principal fire the 3 protesters if she was so bothered by them and they werent following the rules? Also, why did Ayan only get punished one time for not wearing proper uniform when he was never wearing it? Wouldnt they just punish him more ?

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Meh Story with Great Acting and a criminal "Outing" without consent

Just meh. tried very hard to find the story lurking somewhere behind the gaping huge plot holes the size of Australia, but sadly it remained elusive. All this mayhem over students choice to wear uniforms? It might have served the story better if the main conflict was over accepting homosexuality-- which I believe is still a huge red flag for schools in Asia; certainly the right to wear non-uniform clothes is just too unimportant for school authorities to fume and rave and go so far as to almost kill people?

However I could still forgive the lack of story, if they hadnt gotten away with a massively sensitive concept like "outing a person's sexual orientation without consent" Who on earth can excuse this? A child in the same situation as Akk might even be driven to suicide. Every basic alternative sexuality coda first principle is "Not to OUT without consent" . And yet a BL proceeds to do this. Someone has to be held accountable for such a criminal act, right? And this from a team which actually says in Episode 10-11- "BL is the soft power for Thailand" .

I guess the director writer was inspired by Dead Poets Society of Robin Williams-- they tried hard to bring the temperament --but by God, where is the story.... Dead Poets Society was an uplifting movie which brought in so many issues and how teachers can remodel students..... such a long way to go for Thai BLs to make anything even vaguely as meaningful as Peter Wier's film

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I took my time to really watched this series
Every bit of it was enjoyable.
First an Khao chemistry was on fire.
They acting was overall so addictive.
They fact that Akk knew what he was doing is wrong an kept on deceiving himself an they people around me was so sadden even for me,
Aye am the other hand really gave me the bad boy an good boy vibe at once for him being able to change Akk an make him trip for him without using force really got me going.
As for the teachers seriously was keeping the roles better than taking good care of the students an looking after them an stop having senseless meeting about stoping a course that does not exit from returning.

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It's worth watching

Little spoiler

It was good, but there was few stuff which i wanna talk there was good concept about protest also other stuff but i wanted them to get more depth into those stuff rather than swimming on surface of that topic, but it was nice especially the couple and verious scene, i really liked the boat scene where thay almost kissed, it was a beautiful shot, also there are various beautiful shot, and now the other thing i wanna talk is, i just didn't liked that thay wasn't able to convey and shoot better the story of his uncle love story, thay should have make it more connected to make audience feel the emotion of their story which we didn't feel because of badly presenting and less feel of emotions in the way thay shot also the story writing of his uncle love story could have been presented better, that stuff messed the story, other than that it was good i really liked the main couple, it did gave me good memories, acting was good also the ost's bgm

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OK, but NOT the genre I expected

Based on the summary I was excited for this series. I thought we were going to get a potentially supernaturally themed BL. I want more genre variation than comedy or drama. I was fine with another school setting if there was gonna be a fantastical element to the story. I was excited.

Without spoiling as to how or why, let me just say that the genre expectation was a bait-and-switch. It didn't end up being the genre I hoped it would be.

The only reason I knew about this show was because Khaotung (Aye) was starring in it. I really liked his performance in 2gether the series, as a side character, and I wanted to see if he had a lead role in a BL series. I was anticipating it so much that I waited until this show was done airing to watch it.

The story had a lot of potential, even with the genre bait-and-switch which disappointed me, but it ended up being merely average in the end.

Maybe I just shouldn't watch GMMTV productions, but I feel like there aren't enough romantic scenes to give the actors a chance to perform or get comfortable with each other as a couple. Compared to other Thai BL productions it feels like there is an unnatural avoidance of showing PDA between romantic couples onscreen. Unless this is an overall problem with maturity ratings in Thailand where GMMTV has to limit it to keep the PG13 rating for sponsorships?

I liked the actors. There just wasn't much they could do with what they were given.

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