Oh wow, so it dropped under 8.0 yesterday. I'm impressed, this is giving me hope that the standard for BLs is actually rising this year and we might be seeing an overall improvement of quality from now on.
Kuea spent exactly 0 seconds questioning why and how long Lian knew about all of the secrets he's been trying to hide for the entire season and then they had a make out session.
I'd say that's a good summary of this entire trainwreck of a series lmao.
I am with you!!! It was a good novel... Very poor screenwriting. Time management is so bad. They didn't use the…
Thank you for your recap of the novels!
It's a shame some of these parts never got shown since they're probably only going to be mentioned at the very end of the drama with a rushed ending :/
With LianKuea's story it really sounds like they needed to have the proposal scene a lot sooner and been given more time to show their relationship after all the issues got resolved. YiDiao should've had their own series, but this has already been mentioned by several users around here.
If the characters in the novel were acting childish, the screenwriters should've trimmed that personality trait instead of keeping it in and deleting everything else. I'm all for dramas modifying the storyline if it can bring a better result, but this just sounds like it got worse.
I understand your view on NuerSyn better now. I like their dynamic too much to give up on them, but it really doesn't make sense why they were included with so much story missing.
I am with you!!! It was a good novel... Very poor screenwriting. Time management is so bad. They didn't use the…
I haven't read the novels so I have no idea how much the story in them differed from the drama.
I do have to disagree with you on NuerSyn since I have more of a preference towards slow and cute type of stories rather than the mature kind, but I understand that your taste is different :) Also since the screenwriting never made me sympathize with the main couples, I didn't really care about hearing their full stories so I suppose that's the difference between novel readers and non-readers.
There could've been a lot of trimming done when it comes to the fanservice (thought I understand why the production pushed so much of it into the series) and the LianKuea scenes which weren't relevant to the plot as well. So I just think the whole time-management of all storylines was done poorly and there wasn't enough attention put to the actual plot of the novels.
The best thing to come out of this drama is all the discussion about toxic relationships, red flags, bad screenwriting and the low standard of BLs. It's been great seeing the amount of people disliking the main storylines grow as the drama progressively kept getting worse and I love how many viewers can look at the story critically instead of accepting it as "a fiction which doesn't need to portray any sort of realism",
Well, putting aside the mess that was YiDiao's non-existent conclusion of their issues and LianKuea's dragged-out drama which could've been resolved in two episodes, I'm so happy NuerSyn has stayed pure and conflictless through the entire series :)
Honestly, Lian should've just bought a dog for Kuea as soon as any issues arose, it seems to be a way more effective method of resolving problems than having a healthy conversation lmao.
I know that you're salty about it, but the spoiler tag would've been very appreciated here...
It did the exact opposite, Cutie Pie was trying to present itself as quite a serious drama as well, but then it fell through lol. NuerSyn really are the fluffiest couple out of the three though, they don't even get the occasional serious moments haha.
I know that you're salty about it, but the spoiler tag would've been very appreciated here...
It's probably due to kp presenting itself as a dark-themed and mature series from the start so people have different expectations for it compared to cp which tends to focus on comedy, lightheartedness and fanservice more often. Though I still have no idea why Thai fans minded the scene.
I've spent the last 3 episodes wondering whether the pacing has slowed down because there's already a second season planned or if every explanation is going to be dumped into the very last episode and have this series become an even hotter mess, leaving behind a lot of plot holes after its completion. Ep 9 left me thinking it was the former, but seeing how Yi and Diao's relationship development has suddenly started gettingmore rushed, I'm not sure again.
On the other hand though, I hope the ending will be so bad it's funny rather than too serious to the point of boringness. And also that NuerSyn will get a happy ending, I want the third couple to thrive all the way until the end :)
Actually, I'm glad they'd included NuerSyn as the couple with the least screen time because the short 3 minute snippets of them in-between the other two couples' drama always make me feel happier about getting to watch their storyline! I think for a lot of us who aren't big fans of the other couples are drawn to NuerSyn thanks to the contrast between the complicated arguments on one side and the pure fluff on the other :)
Pleasantly surprised about the conversation between Kuea and Lian about Lian's inconsistent statements. It still kind of did get brushed off, but at least it was addressed at all.
I think I've figured out my issue with the first couple. If the plot is recapped by only using the basic storyline and excluding all the forcefulness, it sounds pretty promising.
The story starts off with Kuea confessing his love to Hia, but Hia rejecting him due to not wanting Kuea to think he likes the version of him who tries to conceal his real personality and interests. Kuea obviously becomes upset because he likes Hia, but doesn't want to force the marriage if the feelings aren't mutual while Hia tries to think of a way to make Kuea open up to him before he confirms feeling the same. He can't just tell Kuea that he knows about all the personal things he's keeping a secret from him (though he should've found these out from other people telling him rather than stalking Kuea's moves) and Kuea thinks Hia likes the fake version of him because that's how everyone in his family and that environment is expecting him to act. So Kuea goes through his inner conflict of wanting to break off the one-sided marriage while still hoping Hia will come to like him back and being unwilling to give upon the years of love. Meanwhile Hia is trying to construct a plan to make Kuea naturally open up to him and prevent him from leaving before that happens. Now, the house moving situation could've been constructed better since it was simply the product of Hia's plan. He wanted to become closer to Kuea while simultaneously getting him out of the environment where he was expected to act proper and was being frequently controlled and watched. The issue is, Hia ended up creating the same environment. This part should've been done in a way that Kuea actually wanted to leave his house (maybe because he had a fight with his parents who'd found out about him sneaking out, studying something different than they'd thought, ...) and having no choice but to go with Hia despite being hesitant. At that point Hia should've started allowing Kuea to do whatever decisions he wanted, mainly letting him freely leave and return without questions. In this way they would've naturally become closer and maybe finally learned some communication.
The issue I see is in the way this relationship was portrayed. It's unfortunately a wasted premise where the characters were supposed to learn some things about communication and opening up to each other about expectations and feelings, but instead most of this got lost in the context and unnecessary non-consensual scenarios. I have no idea where it went wrong though, whether the novel has included this issue or if the drama has misunderstood what the story was trying to tell.
It's a real shame the past 4 episodes didn't have the energy of episode 6, otherwise I personally would've enjoyed this drama a lot more :/ Suddenly all the forcefulness has disappeared as if the two Hias had never tried to control Kuea and Diao without ever asking them for consent or an opinion. If everything had simply been about misunderstandings and secrets the drama could've been a decent story about the four being worried whether the other could accept the truth or how he should tell him, with the high status actually having a meaning in the plot besides them being rich.
I am going to wait for how it plays out and might end up liking it more if the second part goes better. Also SynNuea has not disappointed yet, they have a great enemies to lovers potential.
(I would know because I spent that entire time by watching them lol).
I'd say that's a good summary of this entire trainwreck of a series lmao.
It's a shame some of these parts never got shown since they're probably only going to be mentioned at the very end of the drama with a rushed ending :/
With LianKuea's story it really sounds like they needed to have the proposal scene a lot sooner and been given more time to show their relationship after all the issues got resolved. YiDiao should've had their own series, but this has already been mentioned by several users around here.
If the characters in the novel were acting childish, the screenwriters should've trimmed that personality trait instead of keeping it in and deleting everything else. I'm all for dramas modifying the storyline if it can bring a better result, but this just sounds like it got worse.
I understand your view on NuerSyn better now. I like their dynamic too much to give up on them, but it really doesn't make sense why they were included with so much story missing.
I do have to disagree with you on NuerSyn since I have more of a preference towards slow and cute type of stories rather than the mature kind, but I understand that your taste is different :)
Also since the screenwriting never made me sympathize with the main couples, I didn't really care about hearing their full stories so I suppose that's the difference between novel readers and non-readers.
There could've been a lot of trimming done when it comes to the fanservice (thought I understand why the production pushed so much of it into the series) and the LianKuea scenes which weren't relevant to the plot as well. So I just think the whole time-management of all storylines was done poorly and there wasn't enough attention put to the actual plot of the novels.
It's been great seeing the amount of people disliking the main storylines grow as the drama progressively kept getting worse and I love how many viewers can look at the story critically instead of accepting it as "a fiction which doesn't need to portray any sort of realism",
NuerSyn really are the fluffiest couple out of the three though, they don't even get the occasional serious moments haha.
Also thank you for adding the spoiler tag!
On the other hand though, I hope the ending will be so bad it's funny rather than too serious to the point of boringness. And also that NuerSyn will get a happy ending, I want the third couple to thrive all the way until the end :)
If the plot is recapped by only using the basic storyline and excluding all the forcefulness, it sounds pretty promising.
The story starts off with Kuea confessing his love to Hia, but Hia rejecting him due to not wanting Kuea to think he likes the version of him who tries to conceal his real personality and interests. Kuea obviously becomes upset because he likes Hia, but doesn't want to force the marriage if the feelings aren't mutual while Hia tries to think of a way to make Kuea open up to him before he confirms feeling the same. He can't just tell Kuea that he knows about all the personal things he's keeping a secret from him (though he should've found these out from other people telling him rather than stalking Kuea's moves) and Kuea thinks Hia likes the fake version of him because that's how everyone in his family and that environment is expecting him to act.
So Kuea goes through his inner conflict of wanting to break off the one-sided marriage while still hoping Hia will come to like him back and being unwilling to give upon the years of love. Meanwhile Hia is trying to construct a plan to make Kuea naturally open up to him and prevent him from leaving before that happens.
Now, the house moving situation could've been constructed better since it was simply the product of Hia's plan. He wanted to become closer to Kuea while simultaneously getting him out of the environment where he was expected to act proper and was being frequently controlled and watched. The issue is, Hia ended up creating the same environment. This part should've been done in a way that Kuea actually wanted to leave his house (maybe because he had a fight with his parents who'd found out about him sneaking out, studying something different than they'd thought, ...) and having no choice but to go with Hia despite being hesitant. At that point Hia should've started allowing Kuea to do whatever decisions he wanted, mainly letting him freely leave and return without questions. In this way they would've naturally become closer and maybe finally learned some communication.
The issue I see is in the way this relationship was portrayed. It's unfortunately a wasted premise where the characters were supposed to learn some things about communication and opening up to each other about expectations and feelings, but instead most of this got lost in the context and unnecessary non-consensual scenarios.
I have no idea where it went wrong though, whether the novel has included this issue or if the drama has misunderstood what the story was trying to tell.
Suddenly all the forcefulness has disappeared as if the two Hias had never tried to control Kuea and Diao without ever asking them for consent or an opinion. If everything had simply been about misunderstandings and secrets the drama could've been a decent story about the four being worried whether the other could accept the truth or how he should tell him, with the high status actually having a meaning in the plot besides them being rich.
I am going to wait for how it plays out and might end up liking it more if the second part goes better.
Also SynNuea has not disappointed yet, they have a great enemies to lovers potential.