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Storyline had potential, wasted on bad script and acting

This is my first review so please forgive any mistakes. I have been watching BL for about 8 years now and I was so sad to see this series wasted. It had so much potential.

The Good:
The beginning was good for the most part. It opened on the seven bodies tree murder, which was done very well. The realism of the bodies and the scariness and the horror were all there. The ghost makeup and acting was so good too. I had to close my eyes a few times throughout this show because it was that good. I liked the lore behind the killings (for the beginning at least), but at some point, it felt like they kept dragging it out.

The actor of Bom, the crazy killer son, did a wonderful job. His psychoticness, craziness, and his urge to kill were all acted out with great skill. HIs plot twist was one of the good surprises in this show. I never saw this twist coming and I was very surprised by how well he acted.

Now onto the Bad:
I’m sorry (not really), but Pooh cannot act, and for the life of me I can’t see their chemistry they used to have in Pitbabe 1. Whenever I see him on the screen and tries to act, it just cringes me out. He always has like this submissive soft voice thing going on and it just doesn’t hit right. He always plays a timid character who tries to act strong but really isn’t. This role felt similar to Charlie from Pitbabe, the damsel in distress, who can’t do anything without a protector. His acting comes off emotionless and flat. I do wish that Pavel had a better partner who can act alongside him (please don’t hate me). Pavel did get better after Pitbabe, but Pooh for some reason just got worse. I hate his character and how he portrayed him, but I do understand that part of it was the script.

If you watched this show or want to watch this show because of the police aspect, DO NOT, the police work in this show is horrendous. First off, when cops find someone, actually the only person at the crimes scene covered in blood, you should arrest them, not fall in love with them. I don’t like how the two main leads started their relationship, it was so unprofessional that I struggled to watch their romance. I wish this show focused more on the horror, police work, and the murders, but whenever something important happens: they catch the killer, find important info, they always have to kiss, hug, or be intimate in the wrong times, which leads to more problems. Also where are the handcuffs in this show???? Dozens of cops, no handcuffs for criminals in sight??? They don’t ask the basic questions, nor do they clarify what the characters are actually doing. Like when they first discovered the bodies, it was obvious it was a ritualistic killing so why didn’t they ask: What is the ritual? Why are seven bodies needed? Why are the eyes and mouth sown shut? How are the victims related? In what order were they killed? Why did that matter? Where were the bodies kept if they were each killed one day apart for a week? Like all of these questions would have gotten them to the killer if they just actually did the work. Like I get that they wanted some of these to be surprise factors later in the story, but they were such obvious questions anyone would be asking at first, not just dismissing everything.

I do not like how they introduced Pooh and Pavel’s character’s. I wished they made Pooh’s character become some sort of ghost hunter or something, then you could have them meet at the scene, both strong independent characters who both want the same thing, to catch the killer and solve the case, but each does it differently. Pooh’s character through his knowledge of folklore and the supernatural and Pavel’s character through police work, but nope, they did this weird unprofessional cop/witness/suspect thing.

The whole rivalry between King and Sing was stupid. Horribled explained and showed how unprofessionally both characters were. Foced more on hating each other and taking the other one down instead of solving the case. Like the second they got this case, they fought each other and King and his father just focused on planting evidence to close the case, with like zero investigation or time put into the case. Like WTF??? seriously, like I get the corrupt police aspect they tried to do, but it was entirely missed. It would have made more sense if the killer was King’s father who was trying to save himself and King from the curse and that is the reason why King’s father needed to plant evidence and close the case fast, but nope, they dropped the ball on that one too.

This series had the potential to be one of the best, but sadly, Change failed. The weak non-existent police work, Pooh’s ‘acting’, the unnecessary rivalry, and the bad execution of the story and ending. All the horror and extremely good makeup lost.

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SO Good, Lots of Ups and Downs and Tears

This show was so good, it had me crying, angry, happy, blushing, and frustrated. The chemistry of the two couples was absolutely amazing, and I wish we can see more of each pair in the future.

This series felt so real to me. No character was perfect, and everyone had their flaws (except Qin Lang). Every character had to make hard choices that they had to live with and suffere the consequences of them. Lu Feng and Xiao Chen had such a long, sad, and complicated story. it showed how no romantic love is perfect and the sometimes other types of love (familial, brotherly) can cause harm instead of being a caring support. Both of them had horrible parents who only saw themselves and basically shamed their children until their dying breath.

Each character had their wrongs. Yi Chen fought for his brother and against Lu Feng with the right intentions, but he didn’t always see was Xiao Chen wanted or how much Lu Fend changed and was sorry for what happened. Yi Chen loves his older brother so much that he did what he thought was best. Xiao Chen had to make impossible decisions that no one should have to make or be in the position to make. Having to chose between his family’s love and Lu Feng, have to choose to fulfill his mother’s dying demand. No matter how horrible she was, Xiao Chen loved her and wanted to make her happy. In that moment his love for his mother won against Lu Feng, but his love for Lu Feng would eventually prevail. Qin Lang’s love for Yi Chen made him compliant and submissive to Yi Chen’s anger and dislike towards Lu Feng, which only ended up hurting everyone more, but he also did what he thought was best, letting his love lead his way. Lu Feng, no matter how much of a black or red flag he was suffered as much or just as much as Xiao Chen. Lu Feng loved Xiao Chen more than anything in the world, more than his career, his future, his father, his sister, and his family, and more than any obstacle that was in their way. Lu Feng always knew what he wanted, a whole life with the love of his life, but Xiao Chen, who did also want that, sometimes had to choose his love for something else over Lu Feng, making them both suffer. Xiao Chen wasn’t wrong for his choice, but they both lived with the consequences of their choices and eventually chose to forgive each other and get the help they needed to repair their trauma, love each other, and learn how to be in a relationship again, given their harsh and traumatic past.

NO character (of the main 4) was right or wrong in every decision they made, but they all did it because of love. Love made them all crazy for a decade, but love is also the reason they all healed in the end. This was a beautiful story, however traumatic and painful, it showed how love hurts, but prevails.

I wil miss watching them every Saturday :(

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