Rahab75

There is no context. Your entire comment is worded in a way as if there was something inherently wrong or immoral or whatever about an 18 years old dating a late 20s. There is not.

I am totally fed up wit this shit. Whenever this happens in a BL, from Cutie Pie to Kinn Porsche to Earth and Turbo paring, the uptight church ladies make the tantrum over nothing. You cannot even give a rational explanation why would that be a problem, but it is no surprise, because there isn't. It is beyond ludicrous that a 18 years old can vote, can get a driving licence, can drink alcohol, can apply for a job, make a living or go to the army and/or to the battlefiled to die but god forfeit to have a relationship with a mature guy, which is the end of the world. And why? Because a bunch of meddlers pulled out of their arses it is wrong for no reason. Total madness.

The filmmakers do not owe you to satisfy your irrational frustrations and idiotic phobias, and they do not have to make Shin a uni student just because you start twitching from something perfectly normal. I am a gay man myself and I have a news for you: gay teens in more than 50% prefer and start relationships with mature guys in their late 20s, and they are usually happier to lose their cherry to them, because they are more experienced and make their first sexual encounter of the younger ones easier and more pleasurable. So get over yourself and butt out of other people's lives.

@Yoominoj I am sick up to the back teeth with all the prudish, neo-Victorian fujoshis losing their shit over the fact that 17-18 year-old boys have sex drive and they feel attraction more than often towards more mature guys (assuming they are gay), hence they infantilize and desexualize them, because in their twisted way of thinking this is a sort of protection. These boys don't need your "protection", especially those like Shin, who are perfectly confident and upfront about what they want. I know, I have been one.

Dating a 17-18 years old for a late 20s is perfectly OK, legal and there is nothing wrong with it, either legally or morally. If you cannot imagine dating someone of that age, that is your business, but you have no right to force your personal hangups and fixations tro others. There is no problem, it is you who has a problem.

People getting together with this age difference is perfectly OK. If you have problems with this, that is your personal hang up, but none of your business.

That is your personal hung up. A 18 years old is not a child. Not even a 17 years old one.

I honestly I don't know how to resolve this in less than an hour, especially since the abusive father just keeps going on terrorizing him, as it could be seen from the trailer, when he throws a pillow at him while he is kneeling. The only acceptable solution would be the sleazebags snuffing out, preferably smashed by a truck. But it is highly unlikely. Even the most horrendous parents get redemption in Asian shows, without even apologizing for the torture they did.

I know where it comes from, but I don't believe in eternal ingrain. I am European and it was the case here too, even at the beginning of 20th century, so not so long ago. And we have managed to overcome that.

You did't get my point. It is not about what advise she gives, I could not care less. What I am talking about is the pathological need of Asian scriptwriters to whitewash every single parental cruelty with bullshits like "all parents love their kids", apprently to preserve the tradition that you need to respect and love your parents regardless how awful creatures and shit parents they are. That bullshit was clearly put into her mouth to convey the message that there are no shit parents only misunderstood ones with alternative educational methods, and they always want the best for you even if they beat the crap out of you or make your life a living hell.

I am so sick of this in Asian shows that parental cruelty is always explained and whitewashed in a way. Now Xu Qi Zhang's mother comes up with this shit "All parents love their kids. They will treat their kids in the way they think is best. But sometimes the kid won’t like their methods. Talk to your parents. Or else, how would they know what you want?" Fuck me, so at the end of the day it is Ye Guang's fault that those sleazebags treat him like shit, huh? The father is an abusive sadist who enjoys humiliating his son. The poor kid cannot even be in the same room for a second with that arsehole without being insulted by him straight away. No, not all parents love their kids. These horrible excuses for human being should never be allowed to breed.

The latest episode was an acting tour-de-force for both Pond and Nike.

Seriously some of the viewers' emotional intelligence is on the level of a 12 years old muppet with comprehension skills to match.

The investor is not homophobic. He has a gay son about whom he deeply cares, his wife is the one who cannot accept the situation. He probably chose to support an LGBT friendly restaurant on purpose (because of his son), he only chickened out now, because the owner made a coming out and he does not want to have battle with his wife over this.
It is not confirmed if he was there with is wife, they more seem to be like friends and/or fellow investors, especially since the plac e is full of people clearly from the LGBT scene.

You cannot look for another main sponsor days before the grand opening, and the leader of a franchise restaurant chain with many emploees cannot just say "I do whatever I want, if you are jobless tomorrow, fuck cares". Tons of livelihoods depend on Damien, goodness me. He still has to find a solution while he knows Jerry cannot delete the videos with him, he needs to keep smiling with the investors with this in his mind, and then Celine announces her departure out of blue, plus Jerry does not go to the grand opening. Damian is under extreme pressure, of course he breaks down and lashes out.

And bringing up a kid in an alternative family and make your microenvironment gradually accept it and get used to it, and putting your kid up to the cyber space via an online channel, make him vulnerable in a much wider spectre in the 21st century social media conditions in a country which is reasonably progressive in terms of LGBT rights when it comes to same sex couples. but still rather rigid and inflexible about rainbow families and regards surrogate motherhood as deeply taboo are two different things.

Damian agrees with Jerry about the mission of his channel, he was proud of him and he supported him, now he is conflicted because too many pressures appeared and he has to satisfy too many parties around him. I am not saying Jerry is not right that they have to stand up for who they are and against the pressures, but Damian has a point too. It is a very delicate balance and a valid dilemma how far you can go with this. It is ok to be a fighter for yourself, but do you have the right to make your 6 years old kid an object of your fight publicly, no matter how important it is.

This season is excellent primarily for showing such realistic situations where the dilemma is real and both viewpoints could be argued for, but it obvioulsy requires a more adult, less black and white, one-dimensional, tribal way of thinking than some of the MDL board viwers have.

A magnificent, beautiful, breathtaking little masterpiece with a bravura finale. Hats off to MindTrio again.

I spotted him straight away too

Here in the UK it is legal, assuming it is non-commercial, and as far as I know that is the case in several other European countries too. Also there are some countries in Europe where it is simply not regulated in any form.

Surrogate motherhood is somehow a red cloth for the Chinese mentality, and that is a hard sell even for the otherwise LGBT-friendly and more open minded Taiwanese.

The cheating part was not addressed to you. As for the rest, it is not his business Damian only cares about, what happened to Kai at the playground worried him a lot and what more may come. He has to consider many viewpoints, loads of lives depend on him. But this board has always been knee deep in black and white Damian-bashing since day one, I don't know what I still expect from MDL indeed.

10 seconds scroll back.

At least you should know what cheating is. If someone takes advantage at you when you are so drunk you nearly throw up it is not.

Extremely one-sided and biased take on their relationship. I have detailed this earlier, I am not gonna repeat myself.

No. He got drunk in a difficult stage in his life. If you check the teaser it is gonna happen to Jerry as well.

She is a person who tries to be in semi-denial and living in the fantasy world she creates in daylight and her honest, tormented and upfront personality comes to the surface when she is drunk.