Amaryllis_Flower

No I won't. By profession I'm a writer. At the moment I'm writing several white papers. One of them is a series on chronic kidney disease in cats. I write everything from entertainment, to politics, to medicine, to analysis of universal healthcare.

I probably spend about 4 or 5 hours every day writing. Over the summer I've spent around 60 minutes a day in this group.

And you have a right to be sick of my comments but at least my comments analyze the series.

And if you don't like the series then tell us why. Comments like I'm bored, I don't like Zeenunew, or the writers suck isn't informative at all unless you tell us why.

Anyway if you don't like me I'm perfectly fine with that. Feel free to block me or ignore me in the future. ❤️

Commenters do not have to like the show to be able to post something. But if they don't write a critical analysis of why they don't like the show then I consider it a waste of space. Just cow poo that I have to step over.

For example today somebody wrote that they thought the mine subplot was a red herring, but in actuality the mine subplot is the entire reason that Khanin decided to take the competition seriously. He now sees a reason why he should be a prince.

There have been several comments I run across that are similar and thought-provoking.

I just wish that people who have nothing to say other than I hate it would just find something else to do with their lives. Doesn't help people who come here to decide whether or not they want to watch the show make up their minds.

I think it would be pretty hard to tell the story in a movie. Never heard of the ballad of sword and wine, but in general I don't read Asian novels. I do have TNP which I'm going to read after the series concludes.

TNP is not perfect but for the most part I've enjoyed it. I found the NC scenes between Khanin and Charan to be rather stilted but I attribute that to the fact that Charan himself is very reserved due to his job and environment.

I've watched a few Chinese dramas, I would probably watch more of them if they weren't 40 episodes long. But if they are 24 and less I will watch one. Last one I saw was Echo of Her Voice, which I really enjoyed because of the music and the flying / fighting scenes. And I'm a fan of Miles Wei.

Only non Thai BL series I've seen have been Japanese. They are very different from Thai series, but I appreciate them all for what they are.

There have been many Asian series that just bored me and so I dropped them. But it's never occurred to me to go into a discussion group and make multiple rant posts about it.

I don't stalk anyone but if I come up on a really dumb comment I will say something. And I will like and sometimes respond to a good comment if I have something to add.

I'm not part of the Zeenunew fandom.

I only started watching Asian dramas around 6 years ago when we had a writers strike in the US.

Started with Netflix and then when they didn't have new shows that I wanted to watch I got also got a subscription to Viki and IQIYI.

I didn't even know there was such a thing as BL when I started watching Asian dramas.

Anyway one day I found Cutie Pie and liked the cover art so I gave it a try.

I had never heard of Zee or NuNew, but I really liked NuNew's voice. So I continued to watch the series for the music and was shocked when in episode 10 (I think) Zee sang a song. I didn't even know that Zee could sing.

Anyway after that I started following NuNew for his music.

Previously I had only had an Apple music account but since most of NuNew's Music is only available on YouTube and possibly other streaming services I don't belong to, I got a YouTube premium account. I now have at least 100 songs on a playlist that I play in my car.

I will watch anything with Zee and NuNew because I know there will be good music. And the series they have been in so far have been nice enough.

I don't follow anybody around on the TNP group. If I see a discussion that I want to join I jump in. Half the time I don't even look at what person is making the comment.

So the next time I come upon a comment that you've made I may respond again and I will not even remember your name or that you got all upset with me.

And PS. Your English is not better than mine, trust me.

The mine subplot is critical to the series. Without it Khanin would never be motivated to take his training seriously.

Don't forget Khanin was kidnapped and forced into a role he never expected. You couldn't possibly think he would embrace being a prince when he never knew he was one and had to leave his prior life in the most traumatic and unwanted way.

I haven't seen any evidence that Khanin hates the king. He just thinks he is a bad leader and not looking out for the welfare of his subjects. And unlike the four princes who have been browbeaten by the king for their entire lives, Khanin has no such fear and says what he thinks. That's what makes him different than everyone else in the Royal Palace.

But without seeing the people's need for better leadership Khanin never would have had that political awakening.

Actually I don't think she's been nearly harsh enough. The people who criticize the series usually don't tell you why they don't like it, and many times they haven't watched it at all and are only here to troll.

Coming to this group is pretty consistent with having to step over a bunch of cow shit to find an actual discussion.

Not everyone has to like the series, and I'm all for critical analysis. Cow shit? Not so much.

That is the problem. It's that most people who don't like the show make no analysis as to why they don't like the show.

In case you haven't caught on this is a discussion group about TNP. It is not a psychiatrist's couch where you can scream and cry Why? Why? WHY?

All that does is make me want to block you.

And speaking of why. If you don't think the screenwriters did a good job then tell us why. And you'll definitely have to translate "simple should be written right too,yk".

I realize that not everybody is a native English speaker much less writer, but I don't think it's too much to ask that there be a style consistent with a sixth grader?

And that we shouldn't have to put up with tantrums?

Wow! And you just asked me if I was 12? That comment sounds like someone who failed third grade. Doesn't anyone learn English in school anymore?

And if you hate fantasy gay sex scenes you'll definitely like this one. There was another Japanese one I watched years ago and can't remember the name. But I'm finally in the process of starting my profile page. Someone told me how to do it. But now I have to try and remember what I've been watching for the last 6 years. It's going to take me a while.

I think it's pretty well been established that I'm 72.

I'm all for diversity and considered opinions that don't agree with mine.

Unfortunately that's not what's happening here. We get a bunch of trolls mostly who haven't watched the series at all, and a few who keep watching it even though they hate it. And then they bitch and moan about it and don't provide any reasons why they don't like it other than that they don't.

Just makes the group hard to navigate through. I have blocked a bunch of them and possibly need to do that some more.

There's a reason I never had children. I don't have the patience for this.

I finally figured it out and my profile is no longer blank. I'm not anywhere near finished with it but I've been watching Asian dramas since around 2019.

Apropos of nothing I started watching them when we had a writer's strike in the US and there was nothing to watch.

Netflix has a lot of Asian dramas and I started watching them and as I looked for other ones I found that most of them were on other streaming services. So I wound up getting subscriptions to Viki and eventually IQIYI.

No but I seriously think a psychiatrist needs to join this group. This rabid hate isn't good for you and the rest of us just find an annoying. It doesn't add anything to the conversation.

Not a good analogy. Vegetables are good for your health. Petulant children are not. When I was a kid if I threw a tantrum the nanny took away all my privileges.

Lately? There have always been NC-17 BL dramas. One of the most explicit I've ever seen is Mood Indigo (2019). And the sex scenes were definitely not written by a woman. That one was Japanese.

But TharnType also 2019, was also NC-17, SA turned into a relationship. Mame is extremely freaky. That one was Thai with MewGulf.

Code for they have no life.

I'm definitely not a shipper. I'm 50/50 on them actually being an IRL couple. I'm mostly a fan of NuNew's singing, and I've found the two series that they starred in entertaining. I thought the movie was god-awful.

Are they Oscar worthy performances? Hell no, but I've never seen a BL that is. In the BL drama genre I think they're good entertainment.

What I don't understand is why people would come here week after week to complain about a TV show they hate. If I don't like a show I drop it. I wouldn't waste my time to come back multiple weeks to criticize it.

It really comes down to one thing. If they're dating they would say they are dating. I respect if they want to keep the relationship private but I'm not going to believe they are in one until they make a statement saying they are.

It's their job to have chemistry. They never say a single personal thing about each other on their individual pages. Even their "personal vacations" have a sponsor.

So either they're not dating or they don't want to make any statement to the public about it.

You may think otherwise. Lots of people do.

I've already watched this episode three times to write my review which still isn't finished.

I don't think a 4th watching is going to change my opinion.

Nope. I didn't even notice it was two people because they sounded just like each other and I didn't look at the tag.