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Statutory rape primarily applies, according to my Thai ex, when it is proven the minor has been schemed into the sexual intercourse by a sort of authority figure like teacher or coach. In general, it is very debatable, and especially when it is proven by the court the minor has an active sex life via dating apps, it rarely qualifies as grooming or such.

If you scroll down you will find you are not the only one at all.

Age consent in Thailand is 15 so this “I don’t wanna go to jail” from Army is pretty much unreal. The statutory rape issue applies in some specific cases under 18, but that is not the case here.

If you scroll back a few pages, several Asian commenters, including a Taiwanese man, freaked out over the justification of parental abuse after the last episode, and so were they under About Youth.

But I suppose you have no problem convincing yourself that women love being stoned to death and gays love being burned alive in Iran, as well as gays enjoy being deported to concentration camps in Chechnya in the name of cultural diversity.

Fuck this "different culture" and "importance of family bond in Asia" bullshit. No one is more open to different cultures and traditions than me, but that has limits and does not include condoning abuse. This treatment of children as your property and that your parents are always your parents never mind how physically and mentally abuse you has once been the standard in the western world also and it has changed. So don't tell me that just because it is Asia it has to stay like this till the end of the world. And dramas would be the percfect instrument to start to change this mentality. I would be the last person to say that fictional shows need to be educational all the time, but the fact no show ever tries to go this route just once is infuriating.

It is not exclusive to Taiwan. If you watch some Thai lakorns, parents generally beat their kids, even if they are adults. And it is always justified. What is really infuriating that apparently no screenwriter has the courage to challenge this abhorrent behaviour.

This series seems to be a deliberate piss-taking for the victorian neo-puritans who lose their shit over the fact that minors do have sex drive and actually have sex as well. For this alone to piss over them it is worth appreciation . Pass the popcorn.

Jojo Tichakorn apparently just cannot miss. Whatever he touches becomes gold.

If they freak you out that is already an asset.

I am terribly afraid Gus is not going to make it. Up until episode 8 I was sure it is Long and Joke who are gonna die, but after his convo with Art in the car foreshadowing his fate I am not sure anymore. They may die too, but fat chance Gus dies along with them also.

Even this one had good writing up until the 10th. Although it lacks the sharpness and refreshing originality of her earlier works, it has some interesting subjects, like one of the main characters' PTSD. She should have dealt with that instead in more detail.

It is particularly disappointing because it is coming from Lin Pei Yu who has always been notable for her original concepts and welcome avoidance of bad tropes. I don't know what happened to her.

I have plenty of Asian friends (and lovers) and they all confirmed it is still very common there for parents to beat their kids even in adulthood, especially when they feel the kid brought shame on the family, and they never defend themselves or fight back. Actually you could repeatedly see this in Thai lakorns. So it is not remote from reality at all.

The problem is not that they show it. What makes my piss boil is that they always justify it and sweep it under the rug as if it was normal. I cannot believe there is not just one filmmaker who genuinely believes it is not ok and it is time to challenge it in a drama. But it just never happens.

I disagree slightly about the side couples. I liked Big A and Ming Re. But the Ye Qi Ran and Bai Quing matchmaking was both needless and highly unpersuasive.

Honestly, I don't think it is worth a second season. If the parental abuse had addressed and called out, if Bai Lang's PSTD had further elaborated, if RJ's conflict with his parents was handled in more detail, if the stories of the two side couples were left on a more open note... then maybe. But no. Everything was rushed and/or swept under the rug.

Daddy beats his son for weeks and makes a tantrum in front of the whole family, but we are supposed to swoon over for him playing chess with his son with gloomy face and reserving a restaurant for 4. Go and fuck yourself.

And who's marrying at the end? Ye Qi Ran and Bai Quing, the couple we could not care less about. Sigh.

This show was very good until episode 10 but in the last 2 it went rapidly downhill.

It is strange btw, because when I go into the watchlist and try to start episode 12 from there it is not possible. "Available today". Where did you find this link?

Thanks. Now, it works indeed.

I have both GagaOOLala subscription and Viki pass, but this show is not available in my region on the former platform and this always comes later on Viki. But all I see is that finale is 40 minutes long. So it is either cliffhanger or rushed ending, I guess.

It is quite obvious episode 10 was meant to be the original finale and the creators came up with an additional one to deliver some sort of happy ending, seeing how popular the show has become and how demanding the fans were. The long delay between episode 10 and 11 indicates that too.

It has been brought forward to 20 December on Viki as well, so this cannot be an error.

Believe it or not, it is not mine either, but that is not an excuse for using no punctuation. I go around saying whatever I want, because I am also allowed to have opinions, including to call out illiterate twonks when I see one. Deal with it.