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Yeah, I'm not team anyone, so that be it. lol Thanks for responding though. <3

" falling for him subconsciously" is the part I was referring to, not the " read my crush's text as soon as they replied and now they will know I like them" part.

Ah. Well, that's a little boring if that's the case. lol Still excited about the rest of the show though.

Also, what was with Tae worrying about whether or not Shinwoo would think he was waiting for his text? Is it because he knows Shinwoo likes him and he doesn't like Shinwoo (yet) so he doesn't want to send a signal that he does?? Or does he really just wanna tease Shinwoo and he's mad that Shinwoo tripped him up? lol I'm not sure.

I'm sorry, but that 'date' was more awkward than it was anything else for me. The way Tae always stares at Shinwoo with this look of "What's wrong with you? Why are you like this?" makes me feel embarrassed on Shinwoo's behalf every time. :(

Sorry for the litany ahead of time btw. 😂

Shinwoo loses me because in spite of his courage and confidence of now being able to stick up for himself regarding his sexuality and being able to tell his best friend that he likes the guy that his friend also likes to love him properly or he’s gonna take him, he’s still doesn’t have enough to chutzpah to have communicated his feelings to Taekyung in the best way that Taekyung could have understood. Shinwoo has been the quiet observer this whole time and knows how Taekyung is (arguably better than anyone else…even Namgoong who “knows everything” 😂). He’s even indirectly admonished Taekyung for how bad he is at reading the room (Shinwoo’s feelings) at times, but still, it took an accidental barrage of text messages *delivered at the same time* and Taekyung finally asking him “Hey, why do you care about me?” for him to finally say that he cares. And even then, Taekyung asks, “What if I never saw the messages?” Shinwoo doesn’t respond with, “I would have figured out another way.” or anything else proactive. Instead, he says, “I assumed YOU would figure it out eventually.” Everything we’ve seen from Taekyung indicates that he probably wouldn’t have and that beating around the bush is not the way to communicate anything to him. Your initial comment also attests to this. He’s a no bullshit kind of guy. So when I say Shinwoo is bad at communicating, this is what I mean. Shinwoo, as a person, is BEAUTIFUL, but I just don’t see him being a match with Taekyung if this level of subtlety is his way of communicating deep emotions. Taekyung is the polar opposite.

The mundaneness of those texts were totally an awesome display of love and consideration, though. I won’t deny that.

Daon garners so much love from me because he has everything to lose, while his best friends meant well, their ways of advising him were a little tone deaf (the teacher does well communicating with him though), and coming out of the closet and/or being outed is f*cking HARD. Everyone deals in a different way and everyone deserves the patience. Shinwoo dealt with the exact same thing years earlier which is why he’s so empathetic with Daon (even when the audience imho wasn’t so much) which is another reason I love Shinwoo. HOWEVER, and I’m seriously paraphrasing here “Just admit you like him” (Shinwoo) and “Do the right and honest thing and I love you the most” (Namgoong) weren’t the most sage pieces of advice Daon needed. Daon needed self-affirmation and a long conversation with his friends about his own life *before* he needed advice about how to deal with Taekyung. Ironically enough, Taekyung is the only one of the four to whom this was possibly obvious, but then we later see Taekyung call Daon a bad person etc. in the middle of all of it. I don’t hold it against him though since both of them were in a bad place at the time.

Yeah. Dark skin, when being perceived positively is associated with good physical health, strength, and a good sense of justice. When it's being perceived negatively, it's aggressive, ignorant, and comedic. This is why in Asian TV shows, it's only acceptable for men in lead roles to be even remotely 'dark', because it adds to their masculinity. We see this in BL too. The darker one is always the 'top'. Kris/Singto, Tay/New, Earth/Mix, Perth/Saint, Om/Fluke, White/Captain (this one's ironic), and to a less dramatic extent: Mew/Gulf and God/Bas.
The only times I can recall the 'bottom' was remotely darker than the 'top' are in BLs in which the top is clearly mixed race Asian/Caucasian (2gether and Calculating Love).

I pretty much agree. I think TK is beyond both Shinwoo and Daon. I don't think his life would be more enriched by being in a relationship with either of them aside from just having someone around to care about him (being alone isn't fun most of the time). TK's too self-actualized for them both. Shinwoo thinks too much and takes too long to communicate anything to anyone. Daon's just coming into himself and his sexuality. Dating someone who's in, partially in, or newly out of the closet when you're someone who's open and non-chalant about your sexuality can be extremely difficult. I'm not saying really like Taekyung (the character I find most endearing is actually Daon) or that he's 'better' than Shinwoo and Daon, I just don't find either of these guys to be suitable for him.

Please, let’s! Because I was slain.

Though Woo Taekyung is a character, he is, within context, a person, not a prize to be won, earned or stuck on to another person to fulfill the notion that everything that comes to people is earned/deserved. Also, even though ShinTae is meant to be, let’s not forget how big of a role circumstance played into that and how much of a role circumstance can also -get in the way- of what’s earned/deserved.

-Sohee didn’t even apologize. I noticed that sh*t it’s gonna stick in my mind until she does…if she does.
-As if Namgoong didn’t already have my heart in his pocket next to his snacks, he has to go and sing! 😍 God, I love him! I don’t like that he’s there for Sohee or whatever, but I can let that go.
-Daon, welcome to real life, baby. We were all rooting for you and by God, you made it. ❤️ The conversation he had with the teacher had me clutching my pearls for a split second because the thought ran across my mind: Why does it look like he’s about to confess to his teacher?! 😬
-I’m so happy that the barrier has finally been let down and Taekyung knows Shinwoo’s feelings for him, but jeez….all those messages and it still took Shinwoo saying that he’ll still probably be thinking about Taekyung tomorrow for Taekyung to finally have his 💡 moment????…..when Taekyung asks what if he never got a chance to read the messages and Shinwoo responds with “I thought you’d figure it out eventually.”…..ummmm I’d beg to differ. 😅

As usual, no matter how small the budget is, I can always count on Oak to heighten the quality with this humble realness. I loved all the awkward and shy moments between them and the story is entirely focused on them without very much camera time for others. I love getting to see other parts of Thailand and different lifestyles of people there. It doesn't always need to be rich people meeting East Asian and Eurocentric beauty standards. On that note, both of these guys were very attractive in my opinion. Lastly, I only thought one thing was a little strange when Time was insisting on helping Night and that was that Night didn't ask him for any money and Time didn't offer. Fine, Time doesn't seem to be rich, but Time's friends did express how poor Night was and considering Time S H O T him, Night asking for and/or Time offering a couple hundred baht would have been a bit more realistic.

Anyway, this was short and sweet. Definitely recommend.

Lots of good points here. This drama does seem to jump back and forth through the rabbit hole of BL fantasy and realism in some aspects. However, I do find myself "feeling" this one. If I'm completely honest, I don't think about it much throughout the week because Light On Me is occupying WAY much more space in the BL category of my mind these days than it should be, but I do enjoy taking time out on my Saturday afternoons or Sunday nights to watch this.

"Last night I binged Crossing the Line - I just meant to watch the first ep, but I couldn't stop." I've seen enough of your comments and you're not fooling me. I know exactly what made you binge that series so fast. ^_^

I'm almost positive it's a marketing thing. I follow BL quite a bit and I feel like just 'happened' upon this one rather than it being one that was getting much attention.

Yep. That's what I mean. I should have worded it better. What I'm waiting for is for Leo to some how get tripped up into thinking Fiat's cheating on him.

The pacing is weird, yeah, but that really doesn't bother me at all. Honestly, if the slowness of it you that much, but you still want to know what happens, pop it on 1.5x or 2x and slow it down as needed. Now that that's out of the way, onto everything else: I LOVE IT. The acting doesn't feel forced. Yes, there's the specter of cancer and possible death looming in the background, but the romance isn't suffering for that. It suffered in the beginning because of unrequited feelings and distance. If, after Phob came back, there was still a super long, drawn out back and forth with him and Nut coming to terms with each other and Nut forgiving him, I'd be disappointed, but that didn't happen. They've acknowledged their feelings for each other and it's full speed ahead. I really wasn't expecting anything from this. I hadn't seen any promos for this past a Facebook post and a line on World of BL, but I'm glad I decided to check it out. That bed scene in ep. 4 is probably the most tender scene I've seen in a BL all summer so far. Next, Man's smile. It literally melts me. To add to it, seeing them talk about the scenes in the BTS after the episode just endears both Man and Title even more to me. Even if this does wind up having a "sad" ending and I'm in tears by the last episode (knowing me, probably before that), I'm sure that they'll be tears of happiness and celebration of the love between this two characters.

If you're wondering whether or not you should watch this and the pacing thing won't bother you, watch it. <3

Yeah, it is.

I'm happy that it's starting out with them already being in a relationship, but let's see how episodes we get through before the infidelity trope pops up.

Let's say it was self-defense. Let's say they'd had really crazy fights before mostly instigated by her. Let's say the girl came at him with the knife first. Self-defense + rage could possibly warrant more than one stab to your attacker, but T W E N T Y ? Jamming a knife into another human being isn't something any average person is used to. Once the person you're stabbing stops moving (presumably after three or four stabs **TO THE CHEST**), how do you keep stabbing them for another 16/17 times and NOT call that murder??? Like....wtf?