SAD ENDING... WTF!!!

HIStory 3: MODC was one of the series I looked forward to watching every time it aired. Now I have to say goodbye and I feel like I am torn between being happy and sad.

The storyline was I'd say was quite splendid up to the point that it was addictive to watch and see how the characters evolved, how they determined their feelings and make their own decisions whether be it against the view of society or not. Their only mission was to love and be happy because at the end of the day it is your happiness not the happiness of others that matters.

The ending gave us a reality check, that not every time we have a happy ending and most of the time we are met with tragedy and sorrow. The episode gave us an example of how a tragedy can impact everyone around and especially those who love you. It gave us a view of how people cope and pass through those tragedies and sorrows, to continue living and to be the person that we oath to be. To be honest, I wanted a Happy Ending where Yu Shi Gu did not die but only suffered amnesia and reverted to his younger years, the years he did not experience therefore creating a new persona. A playful and energetic kid that unconsciously going close to A-Hao. And as A-Hao finally accepts the reality that Yu Shi Gu has lost all his memories, gives him one last kiss triggering him to remember all of his memories. The end! But I guess It will just be in my fantasy.

A Storyline for P-II

Yu Shi Gu seems to have not died but only lost his memories and was hidden by his aunt. At the start of part 2, we see that Yu Shi Gu continued his studies after recovering and finally graduates while A-Hao is in the US. A few years after, Yu Shi Gu begins to create a name for himself without remembering A-Hao and without A-Hao knowing. He now goes by a different name. He is then invited to Stanford to exhort for a seminar or something. A-Hao sees him and thinks that he is only hallucinating. He asked around who that was and found out more about him. After the seminar, Yu Shi Gu then travels back to Taiwan. A-Hao then follows back and a new discovery of their love occurs... The story continues!

But that is just me.

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Food on BL

The story itself isn't that bad as it leans more into food more than the relationship itself. It focuses on the realization of dreams and aspirations as well as the importance of support on one's walk towards their dreams. The story centers more into the realization of being a chef more than anything else as well as an introduction into Thai cuisine.

It tells the story of a character's maturity, development, & realization of one's own self. BL-wise its not much except for the last few episodes. At the very start up to the point of the dinner it leaned more into bromance. It was a bit lackluster when it came to the character and relationship development and I don't recommend this to ultra BL fans as it does not really tell much on it other than the sequence of Love at first sight "Aek vs. Talent" ---> Friendship & Brotherhood (most of it) ---> failed confession ---> revelation ----> I guess being a couple.... You know what IDK.

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No Arc Conclusion

In terms of acting the actors did their part and made some awesome chemistry. What was lacking was the storyline. It started of great and gradually progresses w/ no definite conclusion except for 2 of the relationships. It kept me wondering if they really intended for the storyline to be as such. It left me confused and unmistakably somewhat irritated.
I think they bit more than they could chew. They focused to much on too many coupling that in the end not everyone of them was given the time to actually finish and come up w/ a closure that will surely be engaging enough to follow through in another season. I know there are such thing as cliff-hangers but there is also something called story progression closure or simply an arc closure. If they decide to start a new chapter without even closing the last one, it will just leave a bad taste in the mouth.
A good example is in "Together with me". The BrightFarm coupling had an arc closure that then started a new chapter of development and emotional maturity for both of them the next season. Season 2 showed a closure that went a different direction in season 3 which made for an awesome watching.

Thoughts on Coupling: As I said they had great chemistry and great acting skills and what was lacking was the story progression which had no closure for most of the coupling.

LukmoSimai: Though the season did end with an arc closure for this coupling, which btw I considered to be the main, it left me dissatisfied and somewhat annoyed of how it ended. The truth never came out and I felt sorry for them because in the end they were deprived of truly being together. I felt bad for Simai for being forced to suppress his emotion due to a facade of lies making him think that they can't be together because they are "Brothers", which is F**ked up.

EakPhob: Uhhhhhgggg! What should I say? I though their relationship would actually have a progress but I guess they didn't have time to do so. They just somewhat gave it a closure w/out giving it an actual conclusion. Did he give up or something???? Its making me dizzy just by thinking about it.

CopyNampu: Now this coupling I actually like because their relationship had an actual conclusion and not just that it happened 3-4 episodes before the series have ended which should have given the production at least 2 episode to give a conclusion to the rest of the relationship. I love that Copy actually had the guts to tell his father early on. LOVE THAT!

BothNewYear: Concluded w/ a bang! Not much of a relationship development but more on dealing w/ jealousy in like 1 episode....

SueaPlawaan: This is a fuqin bromance.... That is it! The relationship was actually doing great until I realized that it was not gonna have a conclusion. The relationship was left mid-air keeping me wondering if its really a coupling or just bromance. I'm confused! When I realized that, I just said "F*ck this sh*t I'm out".

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