Bangbangbang
Philippines
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Heartbreak feels good in a series like this.
The Miracle of Teddy Bear is a bit intense for a Thai BL drama. For instance, an hour and a half per episode? Are you kidding me! But. BUT! It did perfectly fine with such a long run time per episode. It didn’t have a lot of nonsense void fillers that would have been riddled with ads (Looking at you, Love Sick 2).
So the series, being an hour and a half per episode, really had me in a choke hold. I was so invested per episode probably because of the long run time, and the fact that it didn’t really use any of its run time with unnecessary scenes. As a result, I really got to feel the emotional gravity of each character, from Nut’s mom’s mental illness, to that annoying girl Phrippri who for some reason after pining over boys who happen to be gay ends up, or is heavily implied, with a girl! So, going back to my point, the long run time of each episode and the mix of a sort of complicated story was just an amazing experience. Again, I have to reiterate, such a unique experience coming from a Thai BL.
The story was quite… special? Out Tofu is a beloved teddy bear of our dear Nut that somehow turns into a human. Just like magic, I know! But that random and loose end of that meteor passing by in episode 1 was such a strange and wasted storyline. They could have literally just removed it, because it had no relation to the whole story. But I’ll digress. The story had a lot of facets to it. From abusive parents, mental illness, Thai politics all the way to a woman fetishizing gay men, it was such a rollercoaster of a story.
The ending, even if it was still an hour and a half, a bit of a mess? Right off the bat, hot pink for a poisoned drink? I LOVED IT! AND! Can you frame a last goodbye any better? At that point, we all knew our bb Tofu was going to die! Though, I find it a bit curious that Tofu says that the miracle is actually his impending death. So sad!
Also, I’ll never get over the amount of emotional trauma Nut has gone through all his life culminating in Tofu’s death! He deserves that happily ever after. Lastly! Tarn’s art studio is the place for Tofu got poisoned? No one’s gonna talk about that? He literally was dying on the floor of the scene in the studio. Amazing.
At the end of it all, the highlight for me was the not so subtle commentary on Thai politics. Also, as a gay person, I just really want to say, straight people are the worst. Oh, my God, it all stemmed from them. But at least it ended all gay. GAY RIGHTS!
Some humans can be the worst of us, but somehow a teddy bear was more human than most of us.
Heartbreak feels good in a series like this.
So the series, being an hour and a half per episode, really had me in a choke hold. I was so invested per episode probably because of the long run time, and the fact that it didn’t really use any of its run time with unnecessary scenes. As a result, I really got to feel the emotional gravity of each character, from Nut’s mom’s mental illness, to that annoying girl Phrippri who for some reason after pining over boys who happen to be gay ends up, or is heavily implied, with a girl! So, going back to my point, the long run time of each episode and the mix of a sort of complicated story was just an amazing experience. Again, I have to reiterate, such a unique experience coming from a Thai BL.
The story was quite… special? Out Tofu is a beloved teddy bear of our dear Nut that somehow turns into a human. Just like magic, I know! But that random and loose end of that meteor passing by in episode 1 was such a strange and wasted storyline. They could have literally just removed it, because it had no relation to the whole story. But I’ll digress. The story had a lot of facets to it. From abusive parents, mental illness, Thai politics all the way to a woman fetishizing gay men, it was such a rollercoaster of a story.
The ending, even if it was still an hour and a half, a bit of a mess? Right off the bat, hot pink for a poisoned drink? I LOVED IT! AND! Can you frame a last goodbye any better? At that point, we all knew our bb Tofu was going to die! Though, I find it a bit curious that Tofu says that the miracle is actually his impending death. So sad!
Also, I’ll never get over the amount of emotional trauma Nut has gone through all his life culminating in Tofu’s death! He deserves that happily ever after. Lastly! Tarn’s art studio is the place for Tofu got poisoned? No one’s gonna talk about that? He literally was dying on the floor of the scene in the studio. Amazing.
At the end of it all, the highlight for me was the not so subtle commentary on Thai politics. Also, as a gay person, I just really want to say, straight people are the worst. Oh, my God, it all stemmed from them. But at least it ended all gay. GAY RIGHTS!
Some humans can be the worst of us, but somehow a teddy bear was more human than most of us.
Heartbreak feels good in a series like this.
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