AbsoluteBL
chronic traveller
This was a collection of two episode vignettes, slightly linked, and thus not a series as such.
Since this was an episodic compilation series, not an actual series, some I rate higher than others as BL.
Ep 1-2: Tue - sports enemies to lovers 7/10
Ep 3-4: Sun - teacher/student poor little rich kid 7/10
Ep 5-6: Mon - player/virgin 5/10
Ep 7-8: Thurs - ghost story 5/10
Ep 9-10: Weds - players learning love 8/10
Ep 11-12: Sat - time slip friends to lovers 5/10
Ep 13-15: Fri - second chance at love 8/10
Average: 6/10
I enjoyed this for what it was but I’m not sure it’s worth judging on a level with proper series because there was no opportunity for full story arc. However, each couple was given no more or less time than some Vietnamese or Korean BLs, so I rated each pair and then averaged.
Because I generally dislike this director’s style, I didn’t expect to enjoy Y-Destiny as much as I did. It used BL trappings but had a certain raunchy crassness to it that came off as more genuinely gay then most BL, which I appreciated and probably explains why the Weds installment was a favorite. I also really loved the YoonLayPerth not the least of which because a three person ship is a hard path to walk under any circumstances let alone in Thai BL.
But taken as a whole?
It was uneven, some chemistry was better than others. And because this is a series, one is tempted to compare couples, which makes those that were less good seem more less good. In the end, It was mixed and so were my feelings. The parts I liked best were the moments when we got to see the friendship group interacting, and I wish this had been more v-gay Friend Zone soap opera with interweaving arcs for multiple couples drawn out over a series rather than episodic installments. Still, I hope we get to see more of many of these actors in the future.
Bonus for Lovely Writer nodding to Y-Destiny with Aeoy and the phone in the final ep. Cute.
Ep 1-2: Tue - sports enemies to lovers 7/10
Ep 3-4: Sun - teacher/student poor little rich kid 7/10
Ep 5-6: Mon - player/virgin 5/10
Ep 7-8: Thurs - ghost story 5/10
Ep 9-10: Weds - players learning love 8/10
Ep 11-12: Sat - time slip friends to lovers 5/10
Ep 13-15: Fri - second chance at love 8/10
Average: 6/10
I enjoyed this for what it was but I’m not sure it’s worth judging on a level with proper series because there was no opportunity for full story arc. However, each couple was given no more or less time than some Vietnamese or Korean BLs, so I rated each pair and then averaged.
Because I generally dislike this director’s style, I didn’t expect to enjoy Y-Destiny as much as I did. It used BL trappings but had a certain raunchy crassness to it that came off as more genuinely gay then most BL, which I appreciated and probably explains why the Weds installment was a favorite. I also really loved the YoonLayPerth not the least of which because a three person ship is a hard path to walk under any circumstances let alone in Thai BL.
But taken as a whole?
It was uneven, some chemistry was better than others. And because this is a series, one is tempted to compare couples, which makes those that were less good seem more less good. In the end, It was mixed and so were my feelings. The parts I liked best were the moments when we got to see the friendship group interacting, and I wish this had been more v-gay Friend Zone soap opera with interweaving arcs for multiple couples drawn out over a series rather than episodic installments. Still, I hope we get to see more of many of these actors in the future.
Bonus for Lovely Writer nodding to Y-Destiny with Aeoy and the phone in the final ep. Cute.
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