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I'm wondering how they are going to handle the romance because Jane is a full adult and has power over Ryan as his boss, it could give the ick if it's not handled right.

So far there's zero BL elements to it, first two episodes are a workplace drama focused on film and TV production, if that interests you it's worth it but if you want to see cute couple moments so far there's zero.

I absolutely agree but I kind of think Gun wants the childish roles. For example, in Cooking Crush he and Off could've been a chef and a doctor but instead they made the characters students. And it's obviously Gun who wants this because Off is seeking out more mature roles.

This is a workplace drama, not a traditional BL. It looks like the romance will start to show up next episode but I think it's going to be a very slow burn with not a lot of fanservicey moments that can be put up on TikTok. That's a big reason why the MDL ratings are so low. The fanwars have something to do with it too but it's more that this drama so far isn't delivering what BL fans expect.

I think Off is very good. It's nice to see him in a mature role, down to letting his mustache show. The writing for the character is good too, this is someone who's excellent at his job and gets impatient with laziness and a lack of responsibility which is fair.

Gun is just flat out miscast in this. He looks great for his age but he doesn't look 19. Plus he's gotten into some bad habits with his acting where he does the same doe eyes, trembling lips, crying deal. It's not entirely his fault because the character is written to be super passive which is incredibly annoying. If Ryan worked for me and just stood around with his mouth gaping open I'd be pissed too.

The show isn't bad but it's still a little flat. I'm not sure what they are trying to say about the workplace and industry. It's Ryan's journey to adulthood but he's so passive that I don't care much about him at this point. He's just kind of boring so far. Everyone around him is a lot more interesting, esp Jane and View's characters. Having said that, there's no way this deserves a 6.9 rating, that's just insane.

I think he wants the young roles. If you see him on Instagram he's always dressing in cute outfits with lots of makeup and young poses. Even in Not Me it was a serious story but he played students.

Tay's response to fans is brilliant https://x.com/TheBLGossipGirl/status/1789006195681898710

I couldn't believe they didn't rerecord and dub the dialogue, that's just lazy and cheap as hell

I keep thinking about Eclipse EP 11 😬

I'm surprised by how cute this is. I'm enjoying it a lot more than the Japanese and Korean versions because the ML is less jerky and the progression to him liking her makes more sense. I also like the FL better, she's dumb but not pushy and annoying. You can see why he'd fall for her.

No. He never died and he wasn't lost in the past. This is what happened :

- In the present (2024), Gwiju saved Dahae and Ina at the fire at Ina's school.
- Just before the wall collapsed he time traveled to the past (2011) to the fire at Dahae's school and saved her.
- Because Gwiju disappeared from the present, he is presumed dead and a funeral is held without a body.
- Dahae gives birth to Nuri and for them five years pass (2029).
- In 2029, Nuri summons Gwiju from 2011 just before the explosion at Dahae's school and saves his life.
- Gwiju is reunited with his family in 2029, but he hasn't experienced a five year separation because for him it was one second he was at the fire, the next he was with his family.

I've been to Japan and you'd be amazed by how conservatively the young women dress. The anime and Loli styles are subcultures, the average women have collars up to their next, covered arms and skirts down to their calves or ankles.

They produced The Gifted, F4 Thailand, Enigma, Be My Favorite, Beauty Newbie and the movie Love You to Debt. They're known for being one of the better production companies that work for GMMTV (and in fact GMMTV acquired a 51% stake in the company in 2022) and their dramas tend to look great and be well written. https://gmmtv.fandom.com/wiki/Parbdee_Taweesuk

We Are has an 8.2 rating, Only Boo has an 8.4 rating and this first episode has a 7.2? Yikes. The episode had problems but it doesn't deserve to be rated so low.

So far this has a dramedy vibe: a bit of comedy but more like a realistic look at film production and what it's like to crank out content for clients on a deadline. We got it with Ryan at the print shop having to redo the armpit and again when the interns failed to get the film clip completed in time (though that's Jane's fault for being a dick and not explaining when he really needed the clip). We also got the explainer at the end of the episode which I found interesting because I've done similar work but I don't think the average BL fan will care at all.

Somebody on Twitter caught that there's several references to an award winning Thai film called Mary is Happy, Mary is Happy (Jane has the poster over his desk and wears a t-shirt printed with the film's poster). It's saying something about Jane and what he really wants to be doing. He's probably bored and frustrated being stuck doing commercial films instead of the films he really wants to make. So this is the kind of show where you need to pay attention to the details to fully catch what's going on.

I think there's kind of a mismatch between the vibe the drama's director is going for and most of the acting except for Off. It feels like they are defaulting to acting the way they would in a typical GMMTV student comedy but the show is more of a realistic office drama so it doesn't really work, esp with Piploy and Poon. Also I'm not feeling Gun in the lead, he's too old to play these naive student roles.

This is a Parbdee production and looks like one, they have a very specific aesthetic with the cinematography and shot choices that I like a lot. But the music choices are strange, especially the accordion music which I hope goes away in future episodes.

I don't know, I think I kind of like it? At least I liked that the show felt very grounded in reality. But it's not 100% there for me yet.

I'm dying because Atypical Family and Will Love in Spring are my two faves of the year and I saw the original comment 😆

I loved the Cdrama Will Love in Spring which is a romance between a woman who lost her leg in an accident and a man who works as a mortician. It's about two difficult and traumatized people who find healing together. if you're into problematic people who evolve into better people this is your jam.

Every time I see someone say "Ina is my favorite character" I start cringing. Not because Ina isn't amazing, she is and I love her. But she's also the easiest character to like and sympathize with. The entire point of the drama is you have these deeply flawed and unlikable people at the start who grow into better human beings. It's crazy to me how many people can't deal with characters who aren't black and white (this is all in reaction to a review I read from a big kdrama account where the reviewer entirely missed the point of the drama)

Don't feel like an idiot! They don't have Thai subs on YouTube, I downloaded it and then ran it through a subtitle generating website called Maestra because I'm crazy 😭

I generated Thai subs for the dialogue and what he says is เดารักหมอแล้วว่ะ
which according to Google Translate means "I guess I love the doctor"

This is the first marriage proposal in a GMMTV BL after marriage equality passed which made it very emotional, especially Cher's line about never believing people like them could legally marry 😭😭😭 I wonder if we're going to get a double wedding by the end of this drama, that would really be something.

They must've shot two versions and edited at the last minute because the headline in Thai reads "equal marriage passed by the upper house" which only happened last week.