TianQi

Wait…who’s a racist misogynistic homophobe? And what did they say/do?

Drag them, Miimicat! lmao

The rest of them do look really forced a lot of the time. It's very awkward to watch honestly.

Vice Versa only has three episodes out so far and a lot of complaints, so I think it may drop.

If you haven't seen Story of Yanxi Palace yet, maybe watch that one first. Are they connected, no, but this one almost, kinda sorta echoes that show, but in a different dynasty. This one in Ming and that one in Qing. The female lead in this show (played by the same actress) is bold in words, but calm in attitude. In SoYP, she's bold in words and actions. The fundamental plot is fairly similar, except there's no second male lead in this one to interfere with the relationships with the main characters. The story-telling in this one just really isn't as strong though and that can get boring for some people.

Where this drama exceeds is the food and culture. While some crucial things like the outfits and hairstyle were out of place, many of the things included in the show do reference real life...even the small things. At one point, they show a painting that the ML was painting and it really was a painting that the real emperor painted. In another scene, the royal painter paints a portrait of the emperor (ML) and the FL changes it to make his skin darker and give him a beard (which is actually what he looked like in real life). There's also loads of references to Song and Tang dynasties as well. So, if you're very interested in Chinese history, that will be enough to take you through this. If not, it may be a bit 50/50.

This passed before the "last strike" as it were against BL-turned-bromances here in China. BL went kind of unnoticed until Addicted (2016) came out. That's when BL first came under the radar for the Chinese government. All the BLs after that were bromances, but were still successful and gaining in popularity. The Untamed (2019) was insanely popular and then the government started to get hints that BL-bromances were really starting to trend. After Word of Honor last year, that was it. The government finally realized that, despite the censorship, people are really watching these explicitly for the romance and all further BL-bromances have since been shelved.

Anyone else notice that Talay said he doesn’t like Pink, but appears in pink like two or three times in episode 3? There’s also a pink light in his apartment.

Can we get here in a GL, please?

Ok, that makes sense. And yeah, I'm just focusing on Kom and Baiboon for the most part now.

THREE whole salsa spins.

Let me get this straight: Kim knows that Kamol is a business owner of some kind, but doesn't know exactly what the business is. He accepts the invitation to Danai's party partially because he wants Danai to leave him alone, but also because he's curious to know what Kamol's work is, right?

No further details about Kamol's "work" get revealed at the party, but Kim does end up getting slapped and tied up (in the bad way this time) and then is over the moon when Kamol rescues him. Isn't the fact that he got slapped and bound related to the fact that he's dating Kamol...even though we still haven't technically seen Kim confirm that?

Then after all of this, Kim still doesn't inquire more about what Kamol's actual work is?

What is the point of anything in this? lol What is Kim attracted to in Kamol? Why hasn't made more attempts to get back to his regular life? Why does he say "You should just lock me up" all the time if he is already in fact, locked up (unable to leave Kamol's house/supervision?

I gave Kamol/Kim a chance. I did. Now I think I'm just going to focus on Kom/Baiboon.

I'm not gonna say I'm not liking the show so far, because I am, but as of ep 2, I'm still enjoying the eye candy a bit more than the plot and I hope that changes very soon.

The fact that she's not even in the novel means they went out of their way to add a messy character for virtually no reason. 🙄 So annoying.

I feel like Kim's just sticking around out of boredom and the fact that he does actually like Kamol (at least sexually). The show has yet to really show a solid reason as to why Kim hasn't continued to try to escape while simultaneously not showing very much development on Kim's part in affection toward Kamol...unless you count that little montage in ep. 5. Right now it still seems like, while Kim finds Kamol cute at times, he'd still rather not live with him.

-I think Kim and his great relationship with his parents are my favorite things about this show right now.
-I was really expecting to get to see a start of something between Khom and Baiboon. I was as disappointed as Kim was when Khom said Baiboon had too much homework and couldn't come with them.
-Call me old fashioned, but I like a little more spice if handcuffs are gonna be involved in the sex scene.
-I think the actors who play Khom and the bad guy have the presence that the Kamol's character calls for.
-It's been a while since I've seen a BL with a jealous female character, but Cherry's here to remind me just how much I hate this trope.
-Cute tigers. Stupid names.

Yoon is literally being force fed to the BL world. No one seems to really like him, but here he is.

I was discussing with someone else that it might be because he's cheap to hire. haha

That's totally it. They hire straight guys on purpose.
About Gun, you're totally right. I don't think Gun has ever mentioned it. I think my gaydar just presumed that. lol

"not that common either"
I'd contest this...especially in Thailand. LOL

I see. A lot of people don't. I don't really have an opinion one way or the other about it, personally.