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started with a bang, ended with a whimper
Oh boy...... So I really enjoyed the first episode (for the most part) and for the first 2/3 of the show, I was looking forward to the new episodes but then it just kinda fizzled out imo. Episode 9 made it really clear how MinPraew was sidelined as they're fully removed from the A plot to have Praew meet Min's family while Prim, Bambi, Shasha, and Gorya have been all tangled up in each other since day 1, and noticing how disconnected they are and the fact that Praew has no ties to the group outside of Min.......... something about that made the friendships feel kinda hollow and really dampened my enthusiasm for the last 3 episodes. Anyway, let's talk about the relationships bc that's the reason why anyone is watching this lmao.
PrimBambi is a horror story disguised as a romance. Prim is still deeply in love with her ex, Bambi, who completely vanished from her life a year ago. Gorya has harbored feelings for Prim for years and is finally ready to make a move on Prim on her birthday, but, unfortunately, Bambi shows up on Prim's doorstep before things progress past a kiss. Prim, furious that Bambi is just barging into her life again, tells her to leave but Bambi just bulldozes her boundaries, forcing her way into the apartment and refusing to leave. She then shows up at Prim's work and starts harassing her and when Prim makes it clear she's not going to hire Bambi, Bambi then tricks her way into being a client, meaning that Prim has to spend time with her. Bambi is just a full on stalker, and because of their extensive history, she knows exactly which buttons to push to get the desired reactions from Prim. Upon Prim learning that Bambi's most recent ex died in a car accident, Prim immediately folds and gets back together with Bambi — even despite Bambi's own mother suggesting Prim would be better off cutting Bambi from her life. Bambi forcing her way back into Prim's life doesn't even make sense to me in the first place when she dumped Prim for missing her birthday when Prim had a work obligation, but I'm supposed to handwaive away this rich girl's refusal to listen to her partner bc trauma 🙄 Also don't get me started on when Prim's father came around asking for money and Prim refused to see him, but Bambi gave him money and was even trying to convince Prim to maybe be open to reconnect with him 🙄 After that bullshit, I skipped all their domestic scenes bc I was so f*cking sick of Bambi and her bullshit.
MinPraew started out fairly cute — Min noticing an attraction to Praew but being scared to act on it since she'd always assumed she was straight and Praew being a supportive shoulder to lean on (albeit also a little pushy about trying to convince Min to give her a shot). They have their moments here and there where I found them cute, but imo their dynamic got really tiring bc Min (understandably) was learning a lot about herself and needed to process all these new feelings and was navigating an extremely homophobic family and Praew was just not understanding about this at all. Yes, being forced into the closet by your partner f*cking sucks, but you can't chase a straight girl and then be angry that she's not ready to be out???????? like... come on. Tbh I feel like the writers could have done a lot more with Min's confusion about her identity too, there are definitely things to be said about her immediately jumping into this relationship with Praew after leaving her abusive ex and the show doesn't engage with that as much as I think it should.
ShashaGorya wasn't flawless, but it was by far the best dynamic of the three main pairings. Shasha has been harboring a crush on Gorya since she watched her stand up for herself against an asshole photographer who blamed her for things going wrong on a shoot. Shasha has been repeatedly asking Gorya out and only manages to get Gorya to agree as payback after Gorya uses Shasha's name to get clothes for a styling job. After learning that Prim and Bambi have gotten back together, Gorya starts a friends with benefits situation with Shasha to mask her pain, but as they spend time together, she gets to see beyond Shasha's icy facade and realizes she does actually like her. They have their ups and downs as Gorya believes Shasha to be a player and keeps her walls up, but as they grow closer and Gorya learns about Shasha's horrifying intro to the modeling world, Gorya accepts her feelings and they soon become an official couple. Honestly, I am not doing justice to their storyline with this summary lol, their chemistry was the best it's ever been for MilkLove and I love both Shasha and Gorya so much. As underwhelming as I found the show as a whole, I wholeheartedly think ShashaGorya's story is worth a watch.
As for the friendships...... like I kinda implied already, it left a lot to be desired in that area imo. Praew barely has scenes with any of the girls except Min, so she borderline feels out of place when she's in group scenes. I literally don't think she even shared a scene with Shasha until the last 10 minutes of the finale??????? That's WILD. Bambi and Shasha's friendship makes sense bc they both have their menace tendencies in trying to win the affections of Prim and Gorya. Prim and Shasha's dynamic also felt pretty realistic, as Prim doesn't really like Shasha, but upon learning about her manager stealing from her, Prim offers support, and they come to a cordial place of understanding. Prim and Min are established to have been friends for years and I felt that, but then the writers make the inexplicable decision to have them get in a fight about their company in episode 10 of 12 and honestly I don't feel like that was ever properly resolved lol. Min showing up on Prim's vacation to try to convince her to come back to work was so out of pocket and their make up in episode 11 felt underbaked. Bambi and Gorya's "friendship" genuinely pissed me off. Bambi spent the first half of the show terrorizing Gorya for having feelings for Prim and then bc Bambi needs to cry and have a pity party about Min and Prim's conflict, Gorya is comforting her and saying they're friends. This show lives up Bambi's ass, it's so infuriating. It honestly didn't feel like the show even tried w other friendships among the core 6 which is kinda sad when the show very clearly wanted to be about how these girls are each other's support systems.
Anyway idek what I'm saying at this point. There was so much potential with the concept, I just think the execution was severely lacking. I have high hopes for the shows that will follow in its footsteps, hopefully there are many more ensemble GLs to come!
SHASHAGORYA YOU WILL ALWAYS BE FAMOUS!
PrimBambi is a horror story disguised as a romance. Prim is still deeply in love with her ex, Bambi, who completely vanished from her life a year ago. Gorya has harbored feelings for Prim for years and is finally ready to make a move on Prim on her birthday, but, unfortunately, Bambi shows up on Prim's doorstep before things progress past a kiss. Prim, furious that Bambi is just barging into her life again, tells her to leave but Bambi just bulldozes her boundaries, forcing her way into the apartment and refusing to leave. She then shows up at Prim's work and starts harassing her and when Prim makes it clear she's not going to hire Bambi, Bambi then tricks her way into being a client, meaning that Prim has to spend time with her. Bambi is just a full on stalker, and because of their extensive history, she knows exactly which buttons to push to get the desired reactions from Prim. Upon Prim learning that Bambi's most recent ex died in a car accident, Prim immediately folds and gets back together with Bambi — even despite Bambi's own mother suggesting Prim would be better off cutting Bambi from her life. Bambi forcing her way back into Prim's life doesn't even make sense to me in the first place when she dumped Prim for missing her birthday when Prim had a work obligation, but I'm supposed to handwaive away this rich girl's refusal to listen to her partner bc trauma 🙄 Also don't get me started on when Prim's father came around asking for money and Prim refused to see him, but Bambi gave him money and was even trying to convince Prim to maybe be open to reconnect with him 🙄 After that bullshit, I skipped all their domestic scenes bc I was so f*cking sick of Bambi and her bullshit.
MinPraew started out fairly cute — Min noticing an attraction to Praew but being scared to act on it since she'd always assumed she was straight and Praew being a supportive shoulder to lean on (albeit also a little pushy about trying to convince Min to give her a shot). They have their moments here and there where I found them cute, but imo their dynamic got really tiring bc Min (understandably) was learning a lot about herself and needed to process all these new feelings and was navigating an extremely homophobic family and Praew was just not understanding about this at all. Yes, being forced into the closet by your partner f*cking sucks, but you can't chase a straight girl and then be angry that she's not ready to be out???????? like... come on. Tbh I feel like the writers could have done a lot more with Min's confusion about her identity too, there are definitely things to be said about her immediately jumping into this relationship with Praew after leaving her abusive ex and the show doesn't engage with that as much as I think it should.
ShashaGorya wasn't flawless, but it was by far the best dynamic of the three main pairings. Shasha has been harboring a crush on Gorya since she watched her stand up for herself against an asshole photographer who blamed her for things going wrong on a shoot. Shasha has been repeatedly asking Gorya out and only manages to get Gorya to agree as payback after Gorya uses Shasha's name to get clothes for a styling job. After learning that Prim and Bambi have gotten back together, Gorya starts a friends with benefits situation with Shasha to mask her pain, but as they spend time together, she gets to see beyond Shasha's icy facade and realizes she does actually like her. They have their ups and downs as Gorya believes Shasha to be a player and keeps her walls up, but as they grow closer and Gorya learns about Shasha's horrifying intro to the modeling world, Gorya accepts her feelings and they soon become an official couple. Honestly, I am not doing justice to their storyline with this summary lol, their chemistry was the best it's ever been for MilkLove and I love both Shasha and Gorya so much. As underwhelming as I found the show as a whole, I wholeheartedly think ShashaGorya's story is worth a watch.
As for the friendships...... like I kinda implied already, it left a lot to be desired in that area imo. Praew barely has scenes with any of the girls except Min, so she borderline feels out of place when she's in group scenes. I literally don't think she even shared a scene with Shasha until the last 10 minutes of the finale??????? That's WILD. Bambi and Shasha's friendship makes sense bc they both have their menace tendencies in trying to win the affections of Prim and Gorya. Prim and Shasha's dynamic also felt pretty realistic, as Prim doesn't really like Shasha, but upon learning about her manager stealing from her, Prim offers support, and they come to a cordial place of understanding. Prim and Min are established to have been friends for years and I felt that, but then the writers make the inexplicable decision to have them get in a fight about their company in episode 10 of 12 and honestly I don't feel like that was ever properly resolved lol. Min showing up on Prim's vacation to try to convince her to come back to work was so out of pocket and their make up in episode 11 felt underbaked. Bambi and Gorya's "friendship" genuinely pissed me off. Bambi spent the first half of the show terrorizing Gorya for having feelings for Prim and then bc Bambi needs to cry and have a pity party about Min and Prim's conflict, Gorya is comforting her and saying they're friends. This show lives up Bambi's ass, it's so infuriating. It honestly didn't feel like the show even tried w other friendships among the core 6 which is kinda sad when the show very clearly wanted to be about how these girls are each other's support systems.
Anyway idek what I'm saying at this point. There was so much potential with the concept, I just think the execution was severely lacking. I have high hopes for the shows that will follow in its footsteps, hopefully there are many more ensemble GLs to come!
SHASHAGORYA YOU WILL ALWAYS BE FAMOUS!
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