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This truly helps. Maybe we’ll get a Director’s cut someday. Thank you.

I remember this scene and so many other scenes clearly. And maybe the writers just wanted to get the audience to feel squeamish. And for that it worked beautifully. Growing up in Asia where dominance over another is so rampant, it’s one of the ways we show our strength and that’s how I related to this series. And yes this was the 90’s and reflective of the times. Now living in the US, I see so much less of this behavior. It less accepted. And maybe why I decided to watch it further. I just don’t like how it ended, our hero did not truly redeemed himself. Like Deep In, I’m not a big fan of these type of scriptwriting.

I admire your observation skills, and I watch these shows and look at them from my Psychology education background. Himan Nature is truly fascinating and our cultural differences even make life more interesting.

Gemini and Fourth and their first series will forever be my favorite of all they’ve done because the showed their youthful dreams
and aspirations, shown in forms of the beautiful OST that I listen even after all these years.

I’m a sucker for HKBL, there is this characteristic style that suits my taste…maybe it’s the purity of intention by the writers and a production typical of HK movies…a little more grit and then sanding to smooth it out.

So true. This is classic K-drama lazy writing.

I thought after the awful previous two episodes, episode 11 would redeem them. But lazy writing hits K-drama again. It’s obvious how this ends but the absence of ghosts, the writers were trying to close all the loops in one episode. And it’s obvious how this series ends, nothing left for imagination. Not even a BOO! 👻

oh those old vibes are absolutely cool. I miss my morning coffee walk in HK, and dinner with the street vendors. I’m actually planning a return visit soon.

If I was 15 again with my boyfriend watching PitBabe I don’t think I would be able to control myself. This was just the cutest scene while controlling their hormones from going haywire.

So I struggled with Double Helix but in that story it is a deeper psychological problem that was properly recognized and rightfully treated in the end. Whereas Bittersweet Love is pure dominance human nature, the rich over the poor, the haves vs have nots. And it wasn’t even addressed in the show n properly. Yes they lost money in investment but they were so wealthy in the end LQ still dominated poor Fan Fan who was independently working and hiding in Lisbon. I truly felt for Fan Fan and rooted for him to find the courage and strength to leave LQ and their toxic relationship. But in the end he still succumbed. Telling us money wins in the end. Maybe true but I wanted something different. As you said we are different in how we look at things and I absolutely respect that.

Cantonese is Chinese dialect of Hong Kong. Mandarin is the national language of all of China and also of the country of Taiwan.

Actually one of the readers commented and suggested I continue and I did. TBH fan fan only redeemed himself on episode 11. and that was it. he went back to LQ in the end. I was hoping he learned to stand on his own. But thank you for your kind words. Fan Fan is an example of so many men in relationships shops where they are dominated and difficult to fight back. In his case he was trying to fight behind but he shouldn’t have to. Maybe that’s why it’s called Bitter Love, but should have been dominant love.

yes. Mandarin is the national language whilst Cantonese is regional dialect . Typical of Asians we speak a national language and a regional or provincial dialect.

it is dark and full of deception. beautifully written

I’m watching closely and they don’t look dubbed. Besides if they’re all from HK they would be speaking Cantonese No regional accent.

So many BL dramas do not spend time in building the relationship of the main characters, this show does it so well. How it connects the first episode to the second, the editing is very well done. The second episode shows more in depth of how things happened so audiences are not left out thinking. How their relationship blooms. Enjoying two tough characters showing their soft side. And thank you HKBL for using real Cantonese accent and not dubbed in Mandarin. I’m miss HK more and more hearing their flowing Chinese words.

Please go back to when he was first handcuffed by his wife while others watch as his wife tries to have sex with him. Whether there is penetration or not this is also forced sex. This was the lowest point of the show which dehumanized Fan Fan. He did not consent. And after he still did not consent to him. He could have removed the handcuffs and be gentler. But he dominated Fan Fan by doing this.

I absolutely miss you Big Jane!!!!!

I’m struggling with the scriptwriters of this series. is this the best sad story they can come up with and on the 9th episode. Just let someone shoot Jet and have a sad funeral then move on. But wait…there has to be redemption for the next episode. pleeeeease bring back my dark and mysterious Big Jane, not the pathetic dog with his tails between his legs. Grrrrrrer

I’m gonna wait for a few more days before I watch the finale…just to ease myself out of this series.

indeed. I like Taiwan BL as well, but HK is definitely grittier.