What a performance mother gave...the production values for this series 100x better than many CBL that came before it.
I am super impressed by the mother, she is an ace for playing somewhat villain to nosy characters in various CN series and we all know her from various supporting roles in dozens of series...but she performed really well here...I could understand her, feel her, it was not easy for her, she didn't have to understand the nature of such love...it was impossible for her to overlook such thing...and with her thoughts, way and what was right and wrong, she stood on that...although I wanted her to understand...but it was perfect the way her character was written...as it was a catalyst for what happened next in their lives.
I can't even blame YC for making such decision, it was impossible for them to be together, they had to make one final sacrifice before they could be together, lets gear up for tomorrow and next four episodes!!!
I really want to know and I noticed it the first time I saw in Love Revolution, why PJH feels like he has cheilitis, inflammation around his lips as well as chapped lips.
The best Thai BL ever made was only 5 episodes. I Told Sunset about You
that I agree...it changed the production values of Thai television industry not just BL but in general as well...that was the first series I paid on vemio to watch it before anyone, it was worth it because Bangkok Nadao made history with such VFX, cinematography, acting and writing.
What makes the mother’s character interesting to me is that the drama does not reduce her into a simple “evil mother” who abandoned her child and later came back crying for forgiveness. That would have been the easier and more emotionally manipulative route. Instead, the writer chose something much more painful and psychologically complex.
I genuinely think the mother understands that what she did can never truly be undone. She knows she failed her daughter in the deepest possible way during the years that mattered most. And perhaps because of that, she refuses to stand there desperately begging for forgiveness or constantly collapsing in guilt. Not because she feels no remorse, but because she knows remorse alone is meaningless now. Some wounds cannot be healed by tears or apologies twenty years later.
That is why she keeps her head high and continues provoking her daughter instead of emotionally clinging to her. In a strange and tragic way, it almost feels like she is trying to force her daughter to stop centering her entire life around resentment and abandonment. Because hatred can become another form of attachment. The daughter’s pain is valid, but if she keeps living only through anger toward her mother, then even in absence, the mother still controls her life.
The mother seems to understand this better than anyone. So rather than asking to be loved again, she almost positions herself as someone the daughter should outgrow. Someone she should confront, hate if necessary, and eventually move beyond. It is not redemption in the traditional sense. It is a very human, very flawed form of accountability.
And honestly, that makes the character far more tragic to me. Because underneath the pride and sharpness, you can still feel the guilt. She simply knows there is no version of reality where she can go back and become the mother her daughter needed.
I just hope they have happy ending and not too much sadness, since half is done I am guessing end of EP8 will start of misfortune continue until 11 before 12 have them gain together.
I am surrounded by many dear friends from mainland China, and girls, as always, tend to be the biggest supporters. But when it comes to boys and male friends, they usually will not directly say they are “100% with you.” Instead, most of them say something like, “I may not fully understand it, but if two people are happy and nobody is being harmed, then I have no issue with it.”
That is exactly what Yi Chen’s colleague said as well. Honestly, most Chinese boys I have met respond in a very similar way. Hearing dialogues like these makes me realize that the writer must have genuinely lived through such moments to write them so naturally and accurately. I say this because I myself have been told almost the exact same thing whenever I asked straight boys, or boys in general, about SS.
Never fall for a straight person, or for someone who knows they may never be able to stand beside you publicly. One can understand fear, family pressure, social expectations, and the emotional weight some people carry their entire lives. Not everyone is hiding because they are cruel or dishonest. Sometimes they are simply terrified of losing their family, their home, or the life they have always known.
And that pain deserves compassion, not mockery.
But at the same time, understanding someone’s fear should not require another person to disappear inside secrecy forever. Love cannot survive only through hidden moments, half-finished promises, and silent suffering. No one should have to spend their life protecting another person’s truth while slowly losing their own peace, dignity, and emotional security in the process.
Sometimes people genuinely love you and still cannot choose you openly. That is the tragedy of it. It does not always make them evil, but it also does not make the pain any less real for the person waiting to be acknowledged.
At some point, love needs courage. Maybe not immediately, maybe not loudly, but eventually. Because if one person keeps living freely in the light while the other remains hidden in the shadows, the relationship slowly turns into grief instead of companionship.
This is sooooo good... but it’s such a tragedy that JSJ keeps getting typecast over and over again. Maybe it’s his eyes or ears or just his aura, but they always make him either a morally grey character who later turns evil, or simply an outright villain.
When I first saw him in Chocolate, I genuinely thought he was insanely handsome and would only play leading roles. But instead, he has become this recurring “5–7 scale villain” , not fully evil, but almost always playing someone dark, manipulative, or emotionally twisted in nearly every series.
And NMJ, please make appearances with your brother already. We are dying to see your brother no
this is really great, but I feel like they stretch the story for nothing. This could have wrapped in perfect 10 episodes, even with wish mystery that apparently everyone used but dare say about it.
this is actually noting new but then it felt refreshing as well...the lab experiment thing is jut so voer the top at this point, that US has stopped using this plot, but Korean are still sticking to it...
and now that Family Matters Season 2 is coming, it is basically same plot but less thrilling and more on fun side.
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I am super impressed by the mother, she is an ace for playing somewhat villain to nosy characters in various CN series and we all know her from various supporting roles in dozens of series...but she performed really well here...I could understand her, feel her, it was not easy for her, she didn't have to understand the nature of such love...it was impossible for her to overlook such thing...and with her thoughts, way and what was right and wrong, she stood on that...although I wanted her to understand...but it was perfect the way her character was written...as it was a catalyst for what happened next in their lives.
I can't even blame YC for making such decision, it was impossible for them to be together, they had to make one final sacrifice before they could be together, lets gear up for tomorrow and next four episodes!!!
This has 0 value on entertainment and your time. if you really have nothing to watch then watch something else.
I do not hate it, but there is nothing in this series that I can like or dislike.
I genuinely think the mother understands that what she did can never truly be undone. She knows she failed her daughter in the deepest possible way during the years that mattered most. And perhaps because of that, she refuses to stand there desperately begging for forgiveness or constantly collapsing in guilt. Not because she feels no remorse, but because she knows remorse alone is meaningless now. Some wounds cannot be healed by tears or apologies twenty years later.
That is why she keeps her head high and continues provoking her daughter instead of emotionally clinging to her. In a strange and tragic way, it almost feels like she is trying to force her daughter to stop centering her entire life around resentment and abandonment. Because hatred can become another form of attachment. The daughter’s pain is valid, but if she keeps living only through anger toward her mother, then even in absence, the mother still controls her life.
The mother seems to understand this better than anyone. So rather than asking to be loved again, she almost positions herself as someone the daughter should outgrow. Someone she should confront, hate if necessary, and eventually move beyond. It is not redemption in the traditional sense. It is a very human, very flawed form of accountability.
And honestly, that makes the character far more tragic to me. Because underneath the pride and sharpness, you can still feel the guilt. She simply knows there is no version of reality where she can go back and become the mother her daughter needed.
Correct me if I am wrong, but thats how I see it.
That is exactly what Yi Chen’s colleague said as well. Honestly, most Chinese boys I have met respond in a very similar way. Hearing dialogues like these makes me realize that the writer must have genuinely lived through such moments to write them so naturally and accurately. I say this because I myself have been told almost the exact same thing whenever I asked straight boys, or boys in general, about SS.
And that pain deserves compassion, not mockery.
But at the same time, understanding someone’s fear should not require another person to disappear inside secrecy forever. Love cannot survive only through hidden moments, half-finished promises, and silent suffering. No one should have to spend their life protecting another person’s truth while slowly losing their own peace, dignity, and emotional security in the process.
Sometimes people genuinely love you and still cannot choose you openly. That is the tragedy of it. It does not always make them evil, but it also does not make the pain any less real for the person waiting to be acknowledged.
At some point, love needs courage. Maybe not immediately, maybe not loudly, but eventually. Because if one person keeps living freely in the light while the other remains hidden in the shadows, the relationship slowly turns into grief instead of companionship.
When I first saw him in Chocolate, I genuinely thought he was insanely handsome and would only play leading roles. But instead, he has become this recurring “5–7 scale villain” , not fully evil, but almost always playing someone dark, manipulative, or emotionally twisted in nearly every series.
And NMJ, please make appearances with your brother already. We are dying to see your brother no
and now that Family Matters Season 2 is coming, it is basically same plot but less thrilling and more on fun side.