Lol I understand why the brother punched ML. I'd be pissed too when my friend, who has known my sister since she…
I don't think the brother's reaction is valid at all. Firstly, assault is a crime, and resorting to violence to express opinions is thuggish and immature. Secondly, it is none of the brother's fucking business who she dates. He doesn't own her. If he respected his sister at all, he wouldn't try to control her. It's bad enough when parents try to control their ADULT children's lives, but its even worse when a sibling feels so entitled that they think they can do likewise.
Jane hates Lin because she ghosted her for 8 years. Lin recently caught her fiancée cheating, broke up with her and returned to Thailand in an emotional state. 20 minutes into episode 1 and Jane and Lin are sucking each other's face. No romantic build up. No explanation from Lin, let alone anything resembling a redemption arc for her. No … nothing. Just BAM! and they're in love for some reason. It's just silly, and I don't think this drama is for me. Dropping after one episode.
I agree with your points. I watched cause I was curious how they would adapt the novel. what a ride. it had it's…
Can I ask, how did this compare to the novel? I've read a lot of Thai GL novels, but not this one, so I'm asking before I spend money to buy it. I'm curious to know how the story and characters from the novel compare to the drama. In the drama, I'm finding Queen beyond obnoxious and quite frankly abusive in her (mis)treatment of Babe. And Babe's sudden attraction for Queen looks like textbook Stockholm Syndrome to me. Is the drama accurately reflecting the novel, or does the novel have nuance that the drama lacks?
There is literally no diff between Queen and Kem.1. Both Obsessively like babe2. Both equally toxic3. Both tried…
I agree with you. If anything, Ken treated Babe better than Queen. Although his emotions weren't reciprocated, and he threw an extended tantrum when he got rejected (and then went crazy), he actually treated her Babe well prior to that point. Queen on the other hand bullied and mistreated Babe from the beginning, literally treating her like property. Even though Queen occasionally used her money to help Babe, she never showed her even a hint of respect as a person. Even the first time they has sex, Babe had been drugged (which Queen knew), so it could be argued that was rape. At the very least, its not something you would do to a person you have any respect for.
The drama had potential, but sadly didn't get anywhere even close to fulfilling it. The most obvious issue is the poor production. The sound was terrible and the sound effects/music were ridiculous. Just so very, very amateur. The acting from the leads and some of the support cast was OK (not brilliant, just OK), but some of the acting from the support cast was genuinely terrible. Fight choreography was also very amateur and the editing also wasn't great. In terms of production, this is the second worse Thai GL this year, with only "B-Friend" being worse. I understand that small studios are trying to produce dramas with very limited budgets, and I genuinely respect them for that. I will happily sit through a GL drama with poor production if the story is enjoyable, which brings me to my biggest whinge about this drama. WTF did they do with the character of Queen!!! Compared to the character in the original novel, this version of Queen was a piece of shit. I've got no problem with cold, even arrogant characters, but in this drama, Queen was a selfish, entitled, sociopathic, manipulative bully who (mis)treated Babe like a piece of property. She was controlling and abusive (both physically and psychologically). Sure she spent money to sometimes help out Babe, but there wasn't even the slightest hint of respect or affection from her. She just wanted to protect her "property". The first time they had sex was when Babe had been drugged (which Queen knew), so that was borderline sexual assault. And then we have Babe suddenly (and for no obvious reason) decide that she loves her controlling abuser in a textbook example of Stockholm Syndrome. It was weird and uncomfortable to watch. The last episode attempted to humanise Queen somewhat, but it was FAR TOO LITTLE, FAR TOO LATE. My advice is skip this drama because its pretty bad.
I don't understand why the rating is so low. I know it's not the best moral script but still beside that it's…
The answer is simple - this drama was review bombed by morality warriors who didn't even watch it, but read the title. Mathematically it doesn't take that many 1/10 scores from these people to drag the overall MDL score down from where it perhaps should be.
This is an amazing drama, I rarely watch this kind of costumed up shizz, be that Cdrama or Kdrama, my only other…
There are quite a lot of very high quality Chinese historical fantasy costume dramas. If you enjoyed this, you'd probably enjoy the others as well. If you want suggestions, you can check out my list for Chinese dramas I've scored highly.
In my opinion, this drama fell short of its potential. One positive was the eye candy with our two very pretty leads wearing very short skirts or party dresses in almost every scene. I'm no expert, but I suspect that doctors usually don't go to work in stilettos and a mini-skirt. The acting was quite average across the cast. This is understandable from the novice actors, but even the experienced actors playing the parents struggled to convincingly show emotion. The story had potential, but it wasn't fulfilled. Initially Pat was teased as a red flag character, but she turned out to be a very green flag. With better writing, she could have been a much more interesting character. Prem was originally portrayed as a strong, independent professional woman, but then turned into a doormat when her mother cried. This was disappointing. Just once I want to see a character tell their homophobic parents where to go, instead of just submitting to their wishes. On that point, the evil homophobic parent(s) trope is starting to get a little bit tired in GL dramas. And now on to my biggest gripe. I hate unearned redemption in a drama. A skilfully written, EARNED redemption arc can be one of the most satisfying parts of a drama. So when a character is redeemed by the writer without doing anything more than just stop being evil, it robs the viewer of a potentially emotionally impactful scene, and replaces it with a shallow and uninteresting one. I really appreciate these small Thai studios discovering new talent and producing these GLs, and I hope they continue to do so, while gradually improving the quality. Even though I've had a bit of a whinge, I still mostly enjoyed the drama and would certainly recommend it to any fan of Thai GLs. My score 8/10
Lin recently caught her fiancée cheating, broke up with her and returned to Thailand in an emotional state.
20 minutes into episode 1 and Jane and Lin are sucking each other's face.
No romantic build up. No explanation from Lin, let alone anything resembling a redemption arc for her. No … nothing. Just BAM! and they're in love for some reason.
It's just silly, and I don't think this drama is for me. Dropping after one episode.
The most obvious issue is the poor production. The sound was terrible and the sound effects/music were ridiculous. Just so very, very amateur. The acting from the leads and some of the support cast was OK (not brilliant, just OK), but some of the acting from the support cast was genuinely terrible. Fight choreography was also very amateur and the editing also wasn't great. In terms of production, this is the second worse Thai GL this year, with only "B-Friend" being worse.
I understand that small studios are trying to produce dramas with very limited budgets, and I genuinely respect them for that. I will happily sit through a GL drama with poor production if the story is enjoyable, which brings me to my biggest whinge about this drama.
WTF did they do with the character of Queen!!! Compared to the character in the original novel, this version of Queen was a piece of shit.
I've got no problem with cold, even arrogant characters, but in this drama, Queen was a selfish, entitled, sociopathic, manipulative bully who (mis)treated Babe like a piece of property. She was controlling and abusive (both physically and psychologically). Sure she spent money to sometimes help out Babe, but there wasn't even the slightest hint of respect or affection from her. She just wanted to protect her "property". The first time they had sex was when Babe had been drugged (which Queen knew), so that was borderline sexual assault.
And then we have Babe suddenly (and for no obvious reason) decide that she loves her controlling abuser in a textbook example of Stockholm Syndrome. It was weird and uncomfortable to watch. The last episode attempted to humanise Queen somewhat, but it was FAR TOO LITTLE, FAR TOO LATE. My advice is skip this drama because its pretty bad.
The acting was quite average across the cast. This is understandable from the novice actors, but even the experienced actors playing the parents struggled to convincingly show emotion.
The story had potential, but it wasn't fulfilled. Initially Pat was teased as a red flag character, but she turned out to be a very green flag. With better writing, she could have been a much more interesting character. Prem was originally portrayed as a strong, independent professional woman, but then turned into a doormat when her mother cried. This was disappointing. Just once I want to see a character tell their homophobic parents where to go, instead of just submitting to their wishes. On that point, the evil homophobic parent(s) trope is starting to get a little bit tired in GL dramas.
And now on to my biggest gripe. I hate unearned redemption in a drama. A skilfully written, EARNED redemption arc can be one of the most satisfying parts of a drama. So when a character is redeemed by the writer without doing anything more than just stop being evil, it robs the viewer of a potentially emotionally impactful scene, and replaces it with a shallow and uninteresting one.
I really appreciate these small Thai studios discovering new talent and producing these GLs, and I hope they continue to do so, while gradually improving the quality.
Even though I've had a bit of a whinge, I still mostly enjoyed the drama and would certainly recommend it to any fan of Thai GLs.
My score 8/10