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[cherrylite17]

i can't believe we got a beach episode in a show about hitmen 😭

i also cant believe theres only 3 more episodes

i ALSO also cant believe we actually got JJ and pepper's characters together

i ALSO ALSO also cant believe that... idk,,, thats all actually

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I thought I would hate jack&joker

no seriously. i was convinced i would hate jack&joker. and i’m not even sure why. (Maybe im so used to shows that promise action cutting out the action after one or two episodes to focus on the love plot (booooooooooo))

I remember watching the trailer when it came out. which is strange because i’ve never watched any yinwar shows before so there was really no reason for the show to be on my radar. I also often try to not let trailers sway my decision on if i will or won’t watch a show. mostly because in BL, trailers seem to be a proof of concept more than anything and often change pretty intensely when the show actually airs.

and even stranger, i remember… uh enjoying the jack&joker trailer. so what the hell happened between watching that trailer and the show airing?

The answer? Nothing. Literally nothing changed.

and it wasn’t even a case of “i’m not interested so i won’t watch” it was fully “i can already tell that i am going to HATE this show so might as well not waste my time.” so where did that mindset come from?

Hell, i even saw multiple posts while the show was airing. No major spoilers thankfully (though, to be fair, i try to avoid major spoilers of any show just in case i do decide to watch it later) but I saw enough of the show to know that I wouldnt hate it. I mean, maybe these posts i saw made the show out to be boring? but it didnt ever seem to be a bad show?

Anyway, all this to say, I got bored a few days ago and decided to give it a chance and well… i love it. i am now in love with war (the person not the act)

I’m not done the show yet but there’s no point so far where i’ve been like… desperate to get my time back. sure there’s definitely points where i skipped (some characters don’t matter as much to me and if i miss a little bit of them then i don’t really care) or put it in 1.5-2x speed but that’s more a product of me binging the show rather than me disliking it (i fear that if i was watching it as it was airing i wouldn’t be fast forwarding as much)

im only on episode 9 right now so things could still change (i fear most bls drop off significantly after the main couple gets together, but thats a rant for another day) but whatever. Im this far in I have to see it through now >:3

[cherrylite17]

they made this show for me i fear

[cherrylite17]

The Heart Killers ep 1 (spoilers ahead)

at first i was (hahah first) like oh? interesting? sex worker khao? and then he said wait for the food and we can go all out with no interuptions and i was like… ahhh hes gonna kill him

ah yes, my favourite! gun salad! POST EPISODE ADDITION: THE GUN SALAD DOESN'T HAVE SILENCERS BUT WHEN THEY KILL THE GUY THEY DO?? THEY NEVER SHOW THEM PUTTING THEM ON???

yall think they (bison and fadel) are called the heart killers (hence the name of the show) because they always shoot their victims in the heart? like that first guy?

ALSO bisexual lighting room. guys I think this might be foreshadowing that fadel and bison aren't straight (and thats my one deep analysis for this episode)

i was lost in though about how rich that style and kant have to be to get TWO LANES at a bowling alley (damn take turns on one lane like the rest of us) when DUNK RAISED HIS ARMS CROP TOP NUMBER 1 BABYYYY

sorry kant baby you sound like a virgin loser giving out bowling advice. I swear if bowling becomes a reoccurring element to this show (they get to include it one more time before i order myself a gun salad)

red room with red curtains and red bedsheets for a red boy (and he works at a red burger joint??? like damn i always thought that some of @respectthepetty 's colour analyses were reaches (in a nice way!! in like a "no way the directors actually put that much thought into putting... idk cop in purple, they just grabbed a shirt i bet") but bison is the reddest boy ever (watch them say hes actually a different colour and i am a silly goofy)) followed by kant picking up his brothers book (which has a suspicious amount of red on it) and looking lovingly at it (no one looks lovingly at Shakespeare) Also the fact that they showed the book makes me wonder if the plot of the taming of the shrew is going to have much to do with this show

but also if bison is red hes def a different shade of red compared to Arc (of perfect 10 liners). I mean Arc has serious anger issues and Bison just wants to be gay (and do crime). hes such a silly goofy guy compared to Arc (at least what we know of the two so far)

i am HATING this upclose shot of kant eating the burger please stop it

excuse me? kant, bison this is a Wendys please stop looking at each other like that

(bison giggling after kant leaves is literally me when i think about my crush)

LOOOOL NOT FADEL CALLING STYLE A PERVERT FOR TAKING HIS SHIRT OFF BUT HE STILL WATCHED ANYWAY

NO seriously i hate these up close eating shots what is the point of them im going to cry and barf? Like surely this isn't going to be some future plot point right?? surely its just an artistic decision (which I hate, but now they have to do this EVERY TIME he eats food lest i complain about them stopping doing it (BECAUSE WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS IF YOU ARENT GOING TO DO IT THE WHOLE SHOW))

"is the taming of the shrew gonna have anything to do with this show"??

the show: bison can only be in a relationship once fadel is in one like come on taming of the shrew

fadel being mean to style (though one could argue style deserves it) and style shouting that hes gonna take fadel out [on a date] like COME ON TAMING OF THE SHREW

in conclusion i feel bad for bison (and babe, they do NOT give younger siblings unless something is gonna happen to them) already

im assuming that kant's dad is dead yeah? what if he got killed (by bison and fadel obviously) (unlikely but what if??? they brought up fathers way too much for one episode it would be weirder if i wasnt suspicious)

anyway, i don't want to have too high of expectations but i love first and khao so i really hope this show delivers 😭

[cherrylite17]

perfect 10 liners ep 4 (spoilers)

this episode went by so fast i have no notes (some notes* *notes = live reactions = i write the notes as the episode is happening so if one of my notes is something that gets cleared up like 3 minutes later thats why i left it in)

when arm said "arc is acting weird but that doesn't mean he likes me" that really got me.. like HE LITERALLY SAID HES FLIRTING WITH YOU TF YOU MEAN "he doesn't like me" i get it though, sometimes i say the most out of pocket things to my friends that if you didn't know any better you'd think we were flirting. But I don't think i've ever told my friends i'm flirting with them (i guess telling them i can't wait to kiss them again is probably higher than saying i'm flirting with them (i have never kissed my friends but i have said that to them so...))

where the freak did the bracelets come from? were they even wearing them in previous episodes wtf. Like the whole concept of them is... cute i guess?? but if every member of perfect 10 liners has one then like,,, how does both jet and pun having one on mean that you give them to the one you like?? like where did that come from?? why are they getting two bracelets?? it makes no sense?? If the whole point of the bracelets is to help the group bond better why the fuck does each member get two bracelets (to give one to someone potentially not even in the group?? idk it feels like they wanted to throw in something but maybe didn't really think it through fully? idk idk idk idk)

bro i can not take po seriously hes so silly and his helmet is so funny i love jj (send me jj edits from tiktok i beg of you, i need to populate my ajjj edit folder) like look at how goofy he looks

i only noticed the pinwheel last time we saw his helmet but theres ears too 🥺

I'm not sure if it is just the lighting but arc looks like hes got a fresh ass wound on his hand

and then arm mentions it so I know its not just the lighting but "from soccer" my ass arc, we know who you are and we also didn't see that when you hurt your knee, unless you are implying you got hurt AGAIN playing soccer (take a break brother)

HE GOT HIT WITH WHAT KIND OF FINES??? PHYSICAL ASSULT?? MY GOD IM SO SMART WTF :3

unrelated side note: gawin is like... so pretty...

[cherrylite17]

Perfect 10 liners ep 3 (spoilers)

I swear to god i thought i made this post like 3 days ago wtf.

first note, even though i have not posted anything re: the first two episodes, I will say that i currently like the show. I am fully treating this show as three shows packed up in one show. (I'm thinking skam where the seasons were following the same people but different main characters each season except this show does not have seasons)

I originally was not sure if i wanted to watch this show, aside from force and book I dont really know much about the other two ships and even still i havent really watched many force book shows fully so i was fully convinced i wouldnt like the show

Theres still a chance i wont like the show but right now the first two episodes have been funny. yeah I know, im a sucker for silly goofy sound effects and cuts and this show is doing it. its also (i think) the same director as we are and I LOVED we are so we'll see!

I think it is interesting that Arc likes Arm and is actually going for it, unlike most shows where theyll beat around the bush around this, I cant wait for Arc to "find out" that Arm was the one who posted that photo of him because i am fully convinced he already knows and is so ready to mess with Arm when he "finds out" (though i hope hes not too mean about this)

ANYWAY, ONTO THE THIRD EPISODE!

not me saying that i was interested in the arm arc storyline only for the show to IMMEDIATELY switch off of their story line sigh

nvm i spoke too soon, back to arrmarc! NOT PUN AND JET KNOWING LOL THATS SO CUTE

also not the new car being a product placement

i also find it lowkey INSANE that this man got you into an accident, said he would never hurt you again, and then all of a sudden youre so fine with it. Like not even a little bit of "you know what, give me like a week before i get into your car" i know this is probably for us to see and assume that Arm already likes Arc even though he won't admit it but like… girl this man is being lowkey (highkey) rude af and mean to you and i get that youre idk,,, pushing it off because hes your senior but like i do not CARE how senior someone is to me and how much i like someone, if they got me into an accident, im probably not going in their car for a while.

NOT THE AGGRSSIVE TYPING "dont forget to apply the medicine :p"

I also found this restaurant part so out of the blue? I know hes all like "well you said youre getting to know me now" but like bro you are in a sweaty ass jersey right now like go to either home or a street stall where there isnt an expectation on being dressed fancy.

fish on the balcony? 😭

poor po being stuck between two lovesick boys (bro is literally me)

if Arc thinks that this heart rate is "racing" bro would probably think i was dying if he heard my resting heart rate.

oh 😃 thats one way to end an episode. bro really said, yeah im gonna give my gear to you (because we will be dating) Im lowkey getting sotus vibes from their relationship at least right now. Like one mean guy who is the older senior and also has the explicit (kinda) role of taking care of the junior in terms of academics and school life and then a stubborn junior and also the giving of the gear (which ive heard is like a cultural think kinda so i cant really see that and be like OMG

ITS SOTUS!!!) but uh (cultural may not be the word im looking for but i feel like in canadian eng programs (dont wanna be to general and say all canadian university programs) we dont really have something like this, where you get something from the school and give it to the person you are dating as like a cute thing, maybe a canadian can correct me if im wrong tho) the confidence on this man i wish i had even half of that

FINAL THOUGHTS

once again another engineering show making me (an engineering student) feel lonely and sad about my own life 💀

i feel like i dont have any insight on this episode (not that i ever have) but maybe as the show goes on and i get used to making these posts again i will

that being said, I am sick and gosh darn tired of this fucking trope (?) where you can be mean to someone as a way of "flirting" with the other person. I mean even po and sand were all like "if I didnt know any better i'd think hes flirting with you" like maybe its just difference in cultures but if a friend came up to me and talked about someone in the way that Arm was talking about Arc in the first two episodes i would stongly encourage that friend to stay the fuck away from that person, like why are we making it okay again to bully people as a way of flirting with them (i guess you could argue that in this case its less bullying and more like teasing (which whatever) but my point still stands, i wish that shows would do this trope less or at the very least have some genuine consequences to this bad behaviour. and NO getting Arm hurt in the car accident is not a consequence to Arc for his bad behaviour, like sure he felt guilty about it but obviously Arm had no grudges held against him for that (i'm talking i want genuine serious like… idk how to put it. and this show may not be the best example ( again, maybe this is more teasing than it is bullying) but if someone treated me as bad as some main characters treat their love interest they would not be getting a chance from me (to which you might argue, "well if you like that person before then even if theyre mean to you they would get a chance" but thats often not the case in these shows, like main character 1 is mean for no fucking reason and main character 2 is like i hate you…. wait a minute I LOVE YOU!!! and there is no real consequence to main character 1s actions, they have no real reason to change)) but anyway thats neither here nor their as i am currently liking this show but given the time that the show is taking place (2 main couples are already established) i am wondering i… idk i forgot what i was gonna say

[cherrylite17]

nom yen and its place in BLs

Good morning/evening/night to all of you where ever you are.

Today I am going to make the most obvious point and realization ever. This point has probably been made a million times over before and yet here I am to make it once again.

I recently had the opportunity to try nom yen. I live in [NOT THAILAND] and finding sala syrup was really hard for me and I did NOT want to give money to amazon (especially not upwards of 30 dollars). But anyway, recently I found sala syrup in a corner store near me and I tried making nom yen (I didn't use any recipe because they all seemed to be pretty different and used no formal measurements so it was just sala syrup, condensed milk, 2% milk and my heart).

I tried it and....... it's not as sweet as I had been expecting it to be. I mean I have a bit of a sweet tooth but the way this drink was talked about in all the shows I had seen it in I was expecting it to be super duper sweet. I mean, it was for sure a sweet drink but whatever, that's not the point of this post

as the title says I wanted to talk about nom yen and its place in BL. More specifically I am going to talk about SOTUS solely because I can not, for the life of me, remember what other show it was featured in to the extent that it was in SOTUS (i swear theres another character that had Arthit levels of obsession with the drink but I CAN'T REMEMBER!!!!!!! UHGHGHHHH)

Anyway, in SOTUS we are introduced to Arthit, the LITERAL ASS OF AN UPPER YEAR (arguably not the meanest upper year but shhhhh) who can't help but be mean to Kongpob and his friends. And well, obviously the freshmen see him as a huge dick. And he does have to uphold this image (duh) but he does drop it occasionally.

When they run into each other for the first time (OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL AND ALONE) guess what GUESS WHAT!!! THATS RIGHT, ARTHIT GETS A NOM YEN. At first, we see him try to play off this drink, I mean he's embarrassed that he's getting this "childish sweet drink" he's supposed to be this evil manly mean guy.

HELL even kong mentions how it's "interesting that a hazer like [him] likes to drink nom yen" AND ARTHIT DOESN'T LEAVE THE DRINK WHEN HE LEAVES (which like always happens in BL) HE TAKES THE DRINK!!! HE DOESN'T WANT TO LEAVE THAT PART OF HIM OUT IN THE OPEN!!! HE NEED TO HIDE IT. (yes i am maybe reaching)

Anyway, we see this evil mean guy drinking a SWEET CHILDISH DRINK. ARTHIT IS A HUMAN!! HE IS MORE THAN THIS EVIL HAZER!! and like, this is even more so true because when he gets sick he ASKS HIS FRIEND, WITH NO SHAME (i haven't watched the show in a while so maybe there was some shame), TO GET HIM A NOM YEN. and then he sees kong getting him the drink instead and EMBARASSED, TRYING TO HIDE IT. LIKE HE DOESN'T CARE THAT HIS FRIENDS KNOW THAT HE IS A NORMAL AND SOMETIMES SWEET AND NICE GUY BUT THE FRESHMEN???? THEY CAN'T KNOW

because, like I said, I tried the drink, it really isn't that sweet. But they keep bringing up how sweet and childish it (the drink is). Why would they mention all that constantly if not to make a point about arthit?

The nom yen is more than just nom yen, it is his inner self (omg im so uh smart or whatever)

Anyway out of fear of this getting too long and me making less sense than I already do, I am going to end it here lol :3

TL;DR: nom yen is a narrative device used to humanize arthit

Also, keep an eye out maybe for more of my thoughts on show episodes as I am watching perfect 10 liners right now (like it so far but thats probably just book and force) and I want to watch pluto too but who knows

(ALSO I FINALLY FINISHED LAST TWILIGHT AND I CRIED LIKE MANY TIMES OVER (I had like 3 or 4 episodes left and i couldn't bring myself to finish it because of uhhh reasons and I CRIED instead) i also finished a boss and a babe (i had like 9 episodes) i also started and finished be my favourite and i liked that too (i was not expecting to) but those three shows are neither here nor there i suppose)

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23.5 ep1 (spoilers but not really)

GMMtv is here to save the day once again!!! kinda,,,

I mean, in relation to my last post... I really haven't watched many shows (BL or not) since I made that post since I'm finding that they're having trouble keeping my attention.

but here we are!!! I.... can't say I love the show (I mean, one episode means nothing) but I really really really like it... to be completely transparent, there is a part of it that feels... off to me? Maybe its because I'm getting old (im not that old but im like... graduating university) but the highschool storyline just feels so.... idk... not for me? like i want to see more university age characters? But yay for teen romance!

Anyway, another thing that felt... off? was the pacing... kind of. It was weird. like, I know it is the first episode but so many parts of the episode felt like i was missing some information from previous episodes? if that makes any sense?

anyway, real notes on the show

i am a big fan of Aylin, i think her character is so silly goofy!

i am not a big fan of the fact that ongsa did not correct sun on the fact that she is a girl (on the ig chats) because it's just foreshadowing for a cliche that i dont really like (silly goofy misunderstanding that could be solved before it even happens but leads to them breaking up)

ONGSA IS ME! LITERALLY ME! SHE REACTED THE SAME WAY I DID WHEN THE PERSON I LIKED MESSAGED ME BACK! we are the same (i think everyone is the same though lets be honest)

i am... not sure how i feel about gemfourth not being in the show anymore, I think I am happy because i feel like if they were in the show it would end up focusing on the more than milklove and i need to see more women!!!!

anyways, thats all until episode 2 where i will hopefully have actual formatted thoughts :3

[cherrylite17]

2023 - A year of "meh" BLs

Honestly, I think that my title says it all.

Maybe I am alone in this but i really think that 2023 was a really meh year in terms of BLs.... I looked back at my MDL watchlist and I only have 10 shows/movies that i watched that aired this year. (That's compared to my 20+ that aired last year, most of which I watched last year...) Looking back, the only show(s) i remember well is only friends... (I would add moonlight chicken but I genuinely do not remember much about it aside from the gemFourth arc, also im not gonna talk about msp because technically that aired last year :P)

Maybe I'm alone in this but i really feel like most shows this year just weren't hitting as hard as they usually do? (i mean, i looked at my dropped list and there are 5 BLs there that aired this year, so even if i didn't drop them I'd still have watched less than last year).

It sucks because i really did want to finish hidden agenda, dangerous romance, and a boss and a babe but i literally could not bring myself to finish them... I got so close to the end for all of them tooo.... it just felt like,,,,, all of these shows could have been ended in 8 episodes.

which brings me to my next point, i wish that BL production companies (i'm looking at you specifically gmmtv) wouldn't be so scared of making shows shorter than 12 episodes... like sometimes we don't need all that... Like i know that they (probably) have a formula but its actually starting to get on my nerves a little bit (a lot). Like why should i watch a show (*cough* gmmtv bl *cough*) all the way through when i know that every time i can accurately predict the last three episodes with a 95% accuracy

(someone looks at someone else (holds hands, hugs, calls on the phone, straight up just looks), they get mad at each other because "we've been dating for 5 minutes and you told me that you've loved me for the past semester but now that we are together you are 100% cheating on me and NO i will NOT listen to an explanation because i dont want to be wrong" (which, maybe i'm in the wrong for thinking this is silly, i've never actually been in a relationship :P, but even then, im not necessarily saying its silly, just that this is always what happens), they break up, they dont talk, they get back together (unsatisfyingly because...), they are still not able to communicate)

Maybe its just a slow year? anyone else noticing this?

I really wanted to post more opinions on shows i was watching (i like spilling my mind out somewhere) but like, the only one i had thoughts on was moonlight chicken and a few story lines from our skyy 2...

Anyways, heres to hoping that 23.5 is actually good when it comes out 💀 (and vampire project! but tbh honest to be honest i dont have high hopes for it after that trailer/pilot :( which sucks cuz i love boun and prem)

(AND YES, i know the year is not over, i mean, we got msp in december last year so who knows)

[cherrylite17]

My School President 12 (SPOILERS)

Hello,

this account is now a Tinn’s Mom FAN PAGE.

any and every bad thing i have said about her i take back. 

she really redeemed herself this episode. like not only did she not push tinn to tell her that him and gun are together when she could see that he was scared but she also just kinda girlbossed this whole episode. 

like imagine a student punches you (surprised at who it was that threw the punch*) and instead of the student getting in trouble the principal gets mad at you. What a queen honestly. she went off. “my son can like whoever he wants”???? damn right he can!!!

also when the whole gym was silent after gun and tinn basically said they were together and she was just like “why are you guys silent???” 

anyways this episode was so cute and i’m so happy with how this show ended (condolences to pat having to be around all those couples)

*im surprised because the whole episode leading up to the punch jorn kept talking about how upset he was that he joined the council and for what?? to help tinn get gun?? i was certain that he would witness the punch and then tell the principal what actually happened because i knew he’d turn around but i did not expect him to be the one to throw that punch 

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My School President 11 (spoilers)

HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT 

WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF 

THAT EPISODE HAD NO RIGHT BEING THAT SAD WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF 

FIRST OF ALL, Chinzhilla losing was pretty predictable ngl. I did kinda hate how they dragged out the loss over two episodes (expected) but then also made them winning just a dream... like the actual loss didnt feel as satisfyingly sad (for me) anymore. Like at that point i was like... over it..... 8|

the hike up the mountain to go back to the shrine they made their wishes at... devastating, crying, sobbing, shaking, screaming 

win looking gun dead in the eyes and saying “its all your fault”.

also who the fuck brought my poor boy yo into the argument. MAN WAS JUST FUCKING STANDING THERE AND THEN SOMEONE WAS LIKE “actually it was Yo’s fault”... like?????????!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

AND THEN TIW PLANNED A WHOLE ASS DINNER FOR POR???!?!?!?!?!? AND WIN WAS LIKE “HOLD ON WTF DID WE MISS” LIKE US TOO WIN WHAT DID WE MISSSSS.

(and then we have fucking uhhhh tinns mom being all up in his business going to guns moms store to ask gun about tinn like damn lady maybe dont go through your sons phone ????/ idk (though tbf it wasnt her fault that he has gun saved with a <3))

AND FINALLY, THE PREVIEW FOR EPISODE 12??????

HOLY SHIT 

TINN PUNCHES A WHOLE ASS GROWN ASS MAN????? I LOVE THAT FOR HIM!!!!! LIKE I SAID IN ONE OF MY POSTS FOR BETWEEN US, I AM AGAINST VIOLENCE BUT SOME PEOPLE (HOMOPHOBES) DESERVE A LITTLE PUNCH HERE AND THERE

[cherrylite17]

Between us episode 12

posting this earlier than i normally do so some minor spoilers ahead i suppose :)

honestly, I didn’t write much down as I wanted to actually watch this episode without pausing (another reason for me posting this today so i don’t forget my thoughts (of which i have few))

I am so happy that Team got to talk to his aunt. That conversation was much needed. I mean, last time they saw eachother, she didn't say much to him which really just lead him to believe that she still was mad with him. I can't believe they had me nearly crying like 5 minutes in because of it as well :3

all the couples got a happy ending! though i will admit there were things that didn't happen in this episode that i wish they did (like team telling his parents that they were together even though they already knew because listen i love me a good emotional coming out to parents scene so i can live vicariously through that and pretend their parents comforting them are my parents accepting me as well even though i'd never come out to my parents)

like literally, all the couples got a happy ending. i dont just mean with eachother but like, manow got a role, prince's manager was more accepting, waan and tul... waan and tul... waan and tul... :3 they are all happy.

not a note on the show or the episode but the OST. around the 42-ish minute mark, when they were on the beach, there was piano playing in the background. and my mind, like so quickly, was like "holy shit, this is luckiest boy. i know that song when i hear it i love this song i cant believe they're using it here omgomgomgomg" but still i was like ehhh maybe i just like the song so much that im projecting and its not actually luckiest boy and they just had piano and then... it was luckiest boy (actually sobbing i love that song)

final note: i initially didn't understand why Team was like "hey win im gonna challenge you to swimming".. i was like.,,,, really?? all this for that??? and then i realized holy shit this is fucking so emotional. Last time Team challenged someone he loved to swimming competition, that person died... like literally they died. this part (him challenging win) while at first kinda confusing, is i think among the most emotional parts of the show. like this is where all the growth leads. he finally forgave himself, he finally trusts himself and the person he loves. like he is idk it just hit a little different once i realized that it was meant to be symbolic of all this growth

but yeah... Between us is finally over. any final thoughts? no absolutely not. As much as i loved the show i do feel that the rewatch value is kinda low (though tbf i did just finish it so of course im not going to want to rewatch it)

not that anyone really cares but i dont think there will be a series for a while where i am posting my thoughts as i watch it (though i may occasionally comment on my school president or never let me go as i watch them and other shows i already watched if i decide to rewatch or completely non-bl related shows (i still havent watched the last episode of show me the money 11 and i already know im going to have too many thoughts on that )) but for now, thats been me and my thoughts >:) thanks to all who read them lol

[cherrylite17]

between us episode 11

i cant believe they ruined it ;-; (not actually)

me when team handed win the guitar: 8|

me when win started playing it and singing: 

we have gone so far without singing or instrument playing why in the second last episode whyyyyy. like i wanted their issues resolved early in the episode but damn i never even imagined that it would be resolved by win singing a song. AND THEN TEAM DID THE SAME THING??? LIKE THEY HAD SUCH A MOMENT, TEARS, SOBBING, SAYING THAT YOU WISH YOU KNEW MORE ABOUT THE PERSON YOU LOVE AND YOU FEEL BAD THAT YOU DONT AND YOU FEEL BAD THAT THEY GIVE UP WHO THEY ARE TO HELP YOU AND THEN YOU SING A MF SONG WHYYYYY

lemme just clarify, i think that some shows can do music, and can do it well honestly it just.... even though team played his guitar for win in the novel, it just doesn't fit in here not when we are 11 episodes in, no guitar has been played, and yall are emotional af rn..,, like this is NOT THE TIME MY FRIENDS

anywayssssss bee really just yelled at prince’s manager like that... he ate and left no (0) crumbs go bee!! wahoo!!!

also the whole waan thing... i dont even wanna think about it. like i understand him being mad at tul but that mad??? my guy wtf??? like you’re the one who told him all your secrets he never forced you to say anything.... also listen, waan can do whatever he wants to do but i hate how easy he was to forgive his father like you know that he would not have apologized to waan if he didn't end up in the hospital

anyways i can’t believe the show is almost over... after waiting years (literal) for this .... sigh 

manow deserves the world im so happy that she gets her happy ending 

[cherrylite17]

Between us ep 10

oops, so yeah, maybe ep 11 is coming out in 3 days... maybe i don’t care though and im posing my ep 10 thoughts now. and boy did i have too many... way too many in fact, that i think i am going to forego some of it for space sake.

teams parents knew win when they were on the phone with him??? they were like?? hold on a minute??? ur that guy right?? so cute :) Also, team's mother (i think it was, i dont remember if it was his father or mother but whatever) knowing that team likes win :3 the way she said.... yall mfs see this?? our son does NOT let people touch his car... this is love

win saying "shouldn't you sleep? don't you have class early tomorrow?" like that hit me because the day after i was watching it i had an 8:30 am class and i definitely went to sleep far too late :/

here is where the too many thoughts come in... I know it is episode 10 and people are frustrated about them not being "official" yet but honestly... Hearing team agree with pharm when he said "you already love him right?" was so cute lolol. but anyways, back to the official part.

I feel like both win and team have such complex trauma surrounding love that this show could end with them never being "official" and i would still be happy with that ending. As someone who also has a complex relationship with love/being loved (albeit i don't have traumas surrounding love) i feel like far too many people are treating this relationship as too black or white. It isn't and shouldn't be. Like, they are working through such complex emotions. It has taken 10 episodes for them to even accept they have feelings for eachother... real feelings. And now, we saw how ep 10 ended, Team will be pushed right back to the beginning. Like, Win loves Team, we know that he does. He knows that he does. But he still has trouble saying it out loud. Now, Team is going to think about how Win probably doesn't love him (though, based on the preview for the next episode, i'm sure this conflict will be resolved quite quick). I really don't know if i see a confession in the next episode. like it just feels like if it does happen next episode, then it will be rushed (within the confines of the context of this episode) and then what? that leaves one episode? Like honestly,,,, HONESTLY i would not be surprised if this series does not end with them being "official". anyways the last little bit probably didnt make sense... thats where most of my thoughts were but i didnt know how to put it all together. :)

[cherrylite17]

Between us ep 8

wah these episodes are being released so timely. This week was christmasy and the preview for next weekend seemed to be new years related... speaking of the preview i am not excited to see team cry but whatever i guess... thoughts on ep8 lolol

we got it. we got the scene. the namesake of the show... the hemp rope scene. Not gonna lie, twas quite cute hehe.

IDK if its just becasue i have no experience in relationships (even though i'm pretty sure i'm the same age as win ;-;) but how on gods green earth do you hear someone say they usually tutor people for free but for you they want to just kiss your forehead and yet you're still going to sit there talking about how you dont think he likes you and he doesn't treat you any different??? like what?? i could understand if they were like,,, friendly to eachother and nothing much else and he was not sure but they literally spend every single day AND night with eachother like??? wdym he doesnt treat you any different than anyone else... but whatever

i, as usual, am enjoying the side couples but im starting to get to the point where i just want more winteam. don't get me wrong, i dont want less side couples, just more winteam

as i have mentioned before, i almost always absolutely despise the sound effects in these shows but i am a sucker for that blinking sound effect that played when win opened the door as team was about to leave (near the end of the episode) and i was not expecting that at all lol

finally, one point that i have seen a lot of people bring up that i must agree with, the past few episodes have been fairly "the same". Like obviously, each episode has had a different "main theme" (trauma, confessions but not really, coming to terms with the fact that you love someone) but the overall bulk of each episode is just wake up, go to school, talk in win and/or teams room, sleep, repeat... which sucks a little bit but to be fair... what else can they really do in a show that shows itself as a university life show? its not like uwma where they both literally died and i feel like a lot of the winteam conflict revolves around things that occur at the school so idk

ALSO!!! HOW THE HECK DID THIS EPISODE JUST GLOSS OVER THE END OF THE LAST ONE?? LIKE WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT???? NO MENTION OF IT AT ALL??? anyways, thats all :)

[cherrylite17]

Between us ep 6&7

hello :) not that anyone was wondering but i’ve been super busy with school (semester is ending so ive been studying for exams lol) so i put off watching ep 6 and 7 to study... Honestly i wasn’t supposed to watch them at all today either but i gave in lol 

anyways my thoughts plus some minor spoilers ahead as per usual lol

i was vibing watching episode 6 and ya know,,, having a good old time when all of a sudden... hold on?? i recognize that voice??? is that??? boy sompob??? and yes, yes it was. they got him on the ost wahoo!!! now, either he has been on the ost and i just keep missing it or this is the first time they used his song so far? either way, i love him and i am happy they got him singing again for this series

something i remembered from the novel, which i was hoping they would explain more or completely skip over it in the show (they didnt) was why in the FUCK do students have such easy access to the CCTV footage... like how the hell was dean just able to “delete the footage“ without having to do some like major convincing to a staff member?? even then why the hell would they let him delete the footage without looking into it or reporting it like????

the actual audible gasp that came out of me when bee leaned into prince after the swim meet tryout thing. like i never have audible reactions when im watching shows but that straight up caught me off guard 

also waan putting 2 and 2 together and being like “wait a minute why do i recognize your voice” (finally) to tul. and then tul has the audacity to speak in a lower voice LOL.. like on one hand, i fully understand not recognizing someone’s voice if thats all you hear online and then you (without knowing it is them) meet them in person. but i was really expecting him to know right away and just not mention it (it is a show after all, i was expecting some drama lol)... but nope, seems like he was oblivious 

finally, the speech win gave to team about the homophobes.... listen i say this as a queer person, win should have 100% let team punch them... saying to “ignore it” or “who cares, they dont value us”.. feels so??? idk like on one hand, i would never wanna get into a situation with a debate lord homophobe but like, completely ignoring it?? or being like “well dean knows but he doesnt care so neither do i and neither should you” like???? i know damn well that if i hear someone talking homophobic rhetoric about one of my friends i would care about that (and i would hope that if a friend heard someone talking that kinda stuff about me they would care too) like i understand not putting yourself in an unsafe situation and i also understand that the speech was directly from the novel but please give the gays a win, let team punch the homophobes !!!!!

anyways thats all

[cherrylite17]

Between us ep 4

im just gonna dive into it because this time i actually have smth potentially insightful lol

1. I know that Team getting those drinks in his locker is one big ad and i shouldnt read too much into it buuuuuutttttt,,,, from what little i know about flowers, i am pretty sure that the flower on the package of the drink is a chamomile flower. and nowwww from what little i know about different teas, chamomile actually helps you sleep. So I’d like to think that the choice of flavour was intentional as we are assuming that Win gave him the drink and we know that Win knows that Team has trouble sleeping (we also know, if you watch the actual ad portion, that there is a second flavour at least so,,,) Is it actually intentional, probably not, but still if it was I think its a nice touch. <3

2. I thought i’d hate abc+prince but im actually liking that group right now. I think theyre at a good level of not too many scenes but not too little. :)

3. The motorcycle the motorcycle the motorcycle. I am convinced that Win asking Team to trust him was more symbolic than just “trust me to drive this bike safe” Also, when Tul heard Team talking about being on the bike and he just looked at Win like “??? i thought no one gets to ride the bike???” AND THEN WIN TOLD TEAM THAT NO ONE ELSE GETS TO RIDE THE BIKE

4. the convo between Team and Pharm was so cute.... Pharm knows you like Win man theres no more hiding it ajdahdagdhjadghj I’m happy that there was no angst like the episode preview made me think there would be and instead it was just them both realizing “Fuck i think i love him” :3

(just a side: the side story was adorable “id give them cold water”, gets given a drink which win calls cold water, doesn’t realize it right away heheheheheh hes so cute (both of them))