I love black flag tops especially when they are sad and pathetic (shout out Vegas)
Genuinely such an interesting, entertaining, yet grouded show. I was completely hooked from the beginning. I think the story was first carried by the mystery behind the main couple and what happened in their past, and I honestly think that the actors really sold their "first love" dynamic in the flash backs. I thought hair and make up did the best they could aging up the main couple throughout the show. Overall, I watched this after loving Revenged Love, and I'm just so happy with the direction that Chinese BLs are taking. I think this BL did have a lot of shock factor, and also it did have a lot of SA, but as someone that likes dark romance and toxic black flag characters, I enjoyed it while I was talking to myself watching it. I was devolping my avoidant attachment for the Yi Chen bruh he Lu feng was so attached he COULD NOT LEAVE HIM.
I do wish that Lu Feng, had more accountability, like, nobody was punching him, which pissed me off because it was like, I like toxicity, I like black flag top characters, but also, I'm watching a show and I need to see what I need to see. I needed him to get punched, at least by the second male lead top character. He did not do enough for what happened throughout the show, especially loving the brother and being another "alpha" of the couples. I also did want more from the second lead couple but looking back it makes sense why with the plot. I really liked their dialogue and angst in the beginning. I loved the conversations that the main couple had as well, it did get repetive sometimes but I think their love/hate/angst carried the show. I loved how they were used to tackle family pressure, first love, coming out, mental health, along with heartbreak. I enjoyed the brother relationship so much, the little brother is so accurate to us youngest siblings and I thought Yi Chen embodied responsibility rarely for himself but his brother and family.
I think what I really liked and what grounded the show was the lack of support they had for their queer identities through their parents. In a lot of BLs, you get at least like one parent that's like accepting of their identities, but I think it just showed more realism and the culture surrounding being gay in a non-Western environment than I think a lot of BL in other Asian countries tackle them. And I really liked how I grew into Yi chen's actor. I wasn't really sold on him fitting the role but as the episodes went on I think he showed me with his protrayal of a first son, eldest brother, all tying with why he has a more muted yet such a sincere presence with how he talks in his and Lu Feng's relationship. While i did wish for him to have more of a backbone, I do think in some moments he did and the others he just wanted to comfort/stay with his first love, which is sad but very real.
12 episodes were so short, I think for the time jumps they had and china being notorious for long seasons, but i know it was out of their hands. Overall it might not be for everyone, but I think people need to understand that fiction is fiction, black flag tops have a space in BL and they aren't going anywhere. Be aware and get over it. The only hate that this show needs without conversation was the random ai transition sequences. Shit was so bad I noticed BRUH. Not on the bl producers come on..
Still loved solid Chinese bl, I was entertained.
I do wish that Lu Feng, had more accountability, like, nobody was punching him, which pissed me off because it was like, I like toxicity, I like black flag top characters, but also, I'm watching a show and I need to see what I need to see. I needed him to get punched, at least by the second male lead top character. He did not do enough for what happened throughout the show, especially loving the brother and being another "alpha" of the couples. I also did want more from the second lead couple but looking back it makes sense why with the plot. I really liked their dialogue and angst in the beginning. I loved the conversations that the main couple had as well, it did get repetive sometimes but I think their love/hate/angst carried the show. I loved how they were used to tackle family pressure, first love, coming out, mental health, along with heartbreak. I enjoyed the brother relationship so much, the little brother is so accurate to us youngest siblings and I thought Yi Chen embodied responsibility rarely for himself but his brother and family.
I think what I really liked and what grounded the show was the lack of support they had for their queer identities through their parents. In a lot of BLs, you get at least like one parent that's like accepting of their identities, but I think it just showed more realism and the culture surrounding being gay in a non-Western environment than I think a lot of BL in other Asian countries tackle them. And I really liked how I grew into Yi chen's actor. I wasn't really sold on him fitting the role but as the episodes went on I think he showed me with his protrayal of a first son, eldest brother, all tying with why he has a more muted yet such a sincere presence with how he talks in his and Lu Feng's relationship. While i did wish for him to have more of a backbone, I do think in some moments he did and the others he just wanted to comfort/stay with his first love, which is sad but very real.
12 episodes were so short, I think for the time jumps they had and china being notorious for long seasons, but i know it was out of their hands. Overall it might not be for everyone, but I think people need to understand that fiction is fiction, black flag tops have a space in BL and they aren't going anywhere. Be aware and get over it. The only hate that this show needs without conversation was the random ai transition sequences. Shit was so bad I noticed BRUH. Not on the bl producers come on..
Still loved solid Chinese bl, I was entertained.
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