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RainaSummers2002

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Fish Upon the Sky thai drama review
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Fish Upon the Sky
5 people found this review helpful
by RainaSummers2002
Jun 26, 2021
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 6.0
Story 5.5
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 4.0
This review may contain spoilers

A well-written Thai BL is a Fish Upon the Sky to me.

The pacing was a bit weird. It took way too long for them to get together, but that is typical GMM. There were too many flashbacks, a common offender in BL's. The final episode was pretty underwhelming. I honestly ended up being more interested in Mueang Nan's story.

I don't know if I've ever had such second-hand embarrassment from a series before. Especially in the first couple of episodes, or just whenever Pi was around Mueang Nan. It was hard to watch sometimes. Also, I have a hard time with stories where one of the main's already like someone else. It just makes it feel like the person they end up with is the second-best, and there isn't enough time to develop their relationship. When it comes to chemistry, I wouldn't say it was bad nor good. It was okay. The kisses were lacking, in my opinion.

Ah yes, the classic braces and glasses make you unattractive cliche. Even Mork berated him because of it. Then, later on, we were told he had always loved him. I found it rude. Why would you ever point out all the negatives of someone who already has such low self-esteem? Why would you ever point out all of someone's negatives in general? And your crush, nonetheless. How romantic.

Once again, a woman had to be the villain in a BL. Literally, what was the point? I mean, Bam was annoying the whole way through pretty much, but at least she didn't try to get between Mork and Pi. No, wait, she did. We were on the last episode, and they really couldn't help themselves. They had to put in a female character whose only reason to exist was to cause tension between the gay couple. I was so surprised. It was incredibly original.

The part where Duen and his friends dressed up as whatever they were supposed to dress up as was highly offensive. The very worst part, though, was the fact that I was supposed to find it funny. Just why? Was it necessary to stoop that low to try to get a little cackle out of the audience? It wasn't funny. Period. The humor in this series, was to me, almost nonexistent.

Mork continuously ensured Pi that he could wait to tell people about their relationship until Pi was ready. That's funny. He would always say that and then immediately try to force Pi to be ready. He basically encouraged the weird fetishizers to keep on invading their privacy, even after Pi had very clearly expressed that he wasn't content with it. Mork seemed to completely disregard how insecure Pi was because he wasn't insecure himself. Mork came off as a bit manipulative and selfish to me. I really didn't appreciate how Mork kept persisting that Pi liked him. Even if he was right, who was he to tell someone how they felt? It wasn't even just Mork. Basically, everyone around Pi tried to force him into accepting his feelings. It was so weird.

Pi's biggest flaw was not letting others explain themselves. His being insecure was understandable, but that didn't allow him to demonize everyone around him. It's important to remember to hear others out to avoid misunderstandings. Many characters in BL's suffer from the inability to think logically.

About the so-called shippers. They were way out of line. None of the scenes that included them were funny. Not even a little bit. It was ridiculous. When will we stop fetishizing gay people's relationships? It's tasteless.

Duean and Meen were a nice addition, well, sometimes. Duean kept saying he didn't care what others thought of him. That's great. Then why did he lie to Meen about being a dentist? That made it seem as if Duean did, in fact, care. I was also highly uncomfortable when Duean tried to group-pressure Meen into drinking. The best part of this entire series was when Meen stood up for himself and said no. In conclusion, Meen was the best character, which is interesting. When we first were introduced to him, I thought I'd find him annoying. Yet he was so loveable. I'll happily admit I jumped the gun on that one.

At the very least, the acting was mostly good. Other things bugged me, but I genuinely didn't dislike this series anywhere near enough to bother writing more than this. I probably also forgot a few things.
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