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I just answered someone who was asking if this was worth watching. I mean, it really depends what you expect from it. I will happily eat some popcorn too and be entertained by all this silliness. If I wanted something quality, I'd reach out and watch Payback or something like that.

That depends on what you expect from it. I finished Payback yesterday and have one episode of Peach and Me left to watch. I enjoy all three series for different reasons.

You can't expect too much from a series like Knot or take it too seriously. It seems to feel the need to establish the world by shoving a lot of information down our throats (but to be fair, not everyone is a shifter/omegaverse book reader like I am so I guess it's a good thing?) and there is limited plot (because omegaverse - usually, there are heats, there is sex and some kind of generic plot to sort of glue it all together). You will probably either love this or think it's cringy trash. Try the first episode and see for yourself. You can always drop it and move to something else if it's a miss for you.

Just finished watching the last episode. Loved it so much from beginning to the end. Now all I need to be completely happy is one special episode covering the extra manhwa chapters. 😍 And the instrumental versions of the intro song, there were at least two (happy and sad versions).

The whole "I've always liked women but now I met my soulmate... and for some reason he happens to be a man, whoops" is a pretty common theme in the gay shifter/omegaverse books I've read in the past so it didn't surprise me in the least. 😅

Me too. That being said, as someone who has read enough shifter/omegaverse books, I knew exactly what I was getting into... and I am quite enjoying what I got. 😅

I read enough gay and hetero shifter/omegaverse book series to say so far this tv adaptation is perfectly spot on, including the dubious consent thing. You either like this genre... or you don't. 😅

It's really great. Has some mature themes like death of a loved one, grief, guilt and abuse in the entertainment industry. Sun's character development is superb. The revenge plot is imho not as intentionally active as I would hope but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Both NC scenes so far are VERY memorable.

If you head here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVw10B31GGs or search for "Modesty garments! #intimacycoordinator #actor" from "Jessica Steinrock | Intimacy Coordinator", she shows what's used in these types of scenes.

I mean, I remember Joong talking in BTS about how he got turned on during the scene when Dunk was (just) kissing his lower stomach in The Heart Killers... So I think if you stimulate the right sensitive areas or you rub your crotch against someone (barrier or no barrier), especially if you're young and hormonal... you will get turned on to some degree even if the person in front of you doesn't push your buttons because they're the wrong gender. Then again, I'm not a man so what do I know. 😅

On the other hand, I saw enough interviews with actors (in gay and heterosexual series) who did say that shooting NC scenes is not romantic or arousing at all because it's pretty much scripted with focus on angles, lighting, acting and actually selling the scene. +there are too many people lurking around... I also saw a video from an intimacy coach how you can pretty much fake chemistry even if there is literally none so you definitely can do a lot with very little if you want.

That being said, I think there are lot more gay and especially bi people running around than we might think. I saw some surveys that mentioned anywhere between 5-10 % of population and that's based on people's willingness to self-identify. So yeah, I think some of them are gay/bi, some of them are dipping their toes in bi waters Deep In-style with their co-stars (within their ships due to the forced proximity or outside of their ships because workplace romance) and I think some of these pairings are dating IRL. Not that it's my business. I can have opinions on specific pairings... but their business is not my business.

But yeah, I would love to see some documentary on workshops... because with some pairings, the chemistry is insane and if we talk statistics, it's very probable those two people are not attracted to the same gender, yet they sell their chemistry very well.

Obviously there was some kind of frontal modesty pouch (with or without additional barrier layer) or whatever intimacy coordinators call these socks, lol. Super interesting stuff actually. The actors sure do look fully naked in these types of scenes but they're usually not.

I just realized that the very first and very last scene of episode 8 are similar in terms of positioning of bodies (corner of the bed). Such great contrasting scenes. It really shows how Sun could have ended up if he met anyone else in that kind of environment rather than Jay.

Omg. I can't unsee this. 🤯 They sure were not just pretending to do those movements but were all in. Good for them, not many actors have a good NC scene that is actually memorable. 💗 Anyway... I think I will go rewatch Top Form. 😄

Happy to help! I have to check her channel out more... I am always interested when the actors talk about workshops and would love to get more info on that. I'm sure the information would be useful for romantic relationship or any relationships in general as well.

Honestly, as a woman myself, Mok's comment felt completely fine. I mean, women are physically weaker. The potential threats to Thee will probably come from men. It makes sense that his bodyguard is best suited to protect him from these threats. It's not misogyny. It's getting the best person for the job. Why employ a petite woman when you can employ a giant man and increase the odds of successfully protecting Thee? Pure practical thinking, imho.

I did krav maga for a few years and still remember how the men there were way stronger than I was - they were the same height, same weight, or even lower than mine, same skills. They restrained their strength (they didn't want to hurt a woman), I didn't (I was struggling to match their restrained strength). If they wanted to take me down, they would. So I take no offense in what Mok said. If I ever needed a bodyguard, I would hire a man and a big one too. Anyhoo, I'm looking forward to the next episode to see how Mira will do. 💗

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVw10B31GGs

Not sure if mdl has issues with links and will remove the one I posted... In case they do, search for "Jessica Steinrock | Intimacy Coordinator" on youtube. The specific video was "Modesty garments! #intimacycoordinator #actor".

I mean if he has no issues with a scene like that, I don't see why it couldn't be him. It really depends on the company's and actor's comfort levels. I guess we can try to compare bodies from this scene and others where Min is shirtless. 😅

Speaking of NC scenes, I recently saw a youtube short from an intimacy coordinator on how they handle privates and bariers between bodies in these types of nude scenes. Super interesting stuff!

I hope the 2nd episode has much better subtitles. I watched maybe half of the first episode and eventually gave up. 😑 I hear that youtube has much better subs but that will probably be cut version, right?

I know from watching some BTS (of a different series) that sometimes the director tells the actors when to do what so that probably gets picked up by the microphones and has to be covered by music... but here, there were natural sounds of breathing but they decided to drown it in music. It always irritates me. I don't really need anything explicit, but the natural sounds is what I like in these types of scenes. 😅 But yeah, I hope you are right and it gets better as the story progresses.

Another NC scene with obnoxiously loud music. Would it kill them to turn the music down a LITTLE bit? I think natural-sounding breathing/moaning is one of the things that helps to sell it way better than any music ever could. Still, a great NC scene. Too bad it wasn't a bit longer, but I guess they have a lot of material to squeeze into 10 episodes.