Kiwi

You have a novel and interesting perspective.

I give it a six, where I’m up to. I have just dipped into episode five to check nothing has improved since I watched four. I doubt I’ll finish it, but I quite like Boat, so it seems a pity. It has some comedy value. I think of it as a toasted sandwich, full of cheese, corn, and ham 😆

It has definite comedy value, if you come at it the right way.

I’m not hugely fussed. I’m queer, but GenX, so I grew up without much representation. My only reservation is that I stick to Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other non-mainland C-drama, because of treatment of both Uyghurs and Taiwan by the mainland Chinese government piss me off, and they have had agents physically attack Chinese Kiwi protesters against their policies and academics here in Aotearoa/NZ. I’m boycotting mainland content as a result.

Woo! Reasonable writing! This is solid. What else is good on Youku?

Shortime. watching ads.

Shortime app

It occurs across shows though. Also across production houses. It seems to be a convention in Thai costume.

Well, aren’t you emotional…

Reading what I actually said, instead of making up some fictional world where I’m actually going to keep watching this might help with that. And I’m not a girl.

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It can be used to unsettle someone. Triggering anxiety is a social weapon that can be incredibly effective, and damaging.

or yes/no?

I don’t like little Jane. It makes it hard to immerse myself in the story.

Do you mean the suits? Budgetary constraints tend to mean wardrobe limits, and more people can wear a large suit than a small one. I’d prefer fewer costumes and better fit, myself.

Thanks 🙏

Im not a reader of the source material or even up-to-date on this one. I’m a Kiwi. We’re very egalitarian, and age, wealth, fame, or social status means SFA to most of us. The only way I’d consider this relationship even remotely healthy is if it’s based on kink, and we can all see it isn’t. I can only hope LXF is steering for a solid victory of some kind, and is merely exploiting the vile attitude of BLQ to this end. BLQ is a twerp.

Thanks, guys.

Fuaiz got to shine a bit more in the last two episodes. The Sunny/Bank role was pretty limited until that last bit, which seemed a shame for the actor. Pu was also a bit of fun in the tail. The only bit that didn’t work for me was Jay’s wrist stunt with the knife. That felt out of character. He is such a rational, measured person. A psychotic move like that just didn’t ring true at all. I haven’t finished the book, but am I right in thinking that piece of idiot melodrama came from the source?

WARNING : This is a distinctly adult comment.

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Is it just me or were we all hissing and saying “oooh, brutal. That’s harsh…oh, thank goodnesss, he’s not in…oh dude! no!…ow, that’ll leave a mark 🥴”

Rollercoaster of butthurt…lube is a thing.

It’s nice to see a gay NC scene where the catcher isn’t feminised all to hell, though. I’m over the gendering of sex in gay romances to make it nice and hetero-friendly. I know a huge chunk of the audience is straight women, but we need to normalise the basic, practical realities. It’s creepy to feminise bottoms, and pretend it’s not anal.

This has subsequently been superseded as the best vertical I’ve seen by Painter of the Night, which I have also reviewed, in a spoilery way.