#Kim Chang Wan

[binging-asian-dramas]

Whisper. / Gwitsotmal 7

Story: 6

Acting: 10

Chemistry: 10

Comparable to: Stranger (kdrama); Punch (kdrama); Cruel City (kdrama)

Going into this you’re going to have to sort of switch your moral brain off, especially if you’re watching for the romance. Everyone is a total asshat, especially the main male lead. The chemistry between both main leads are beyond excellent, just morally questionable. I mean the only sort of decent moral compass character is the female lead, even though she does some black mailing herself, to the male lead. To me the the male lead, Lee Sang Yoon’s character, was a total scumbag. Especially throughout the first half. Essentially the whole drama is about who can betray who the most. I can’t count how many times each character double crossed each one another. Was it entertaining, yeah. I quite enjoyed it. I did however fast forward through some scenes.

[diversamenteintelligente]

WHY HER?

“Si dice, non dare potere agli avidi, non dare soldi agli ignoranti e non dare una spada a un pazzo”

[drunkonluv]

I've always liked to play with fire

-  Sam Tinnesz

[biggayenergypod]

Idolfactory sure loves scentuality

[kpoptimeout]

K-Pop Debuts and Comebacks for the 4th Week of November (Nov 20 - Nov 26 2023)

Nov 20

THE BOYZ - WATCH IT

Performance-oriented boy band THE BOYZ is back again with powerful vocals and choreography!

J.Y. Park X Kim Wan Sun - Changed Man

JYP founder and top soloist J.Y. Park is back in a collab with 80s K-Pop legend Kim Wan Sun in this retro bop!

Ryeowook - It's okay

Super Junior's main vocal Ryeowook serenades the audience in this delicate track.

Nov 21

VIXX - Amnesia

King of concepts VIXX return with 3 members in this mesmerising performance!

Nov 22

BOM - I ft. DAWN

2NE1's main vocal Park Bom returns with another heartwrenching pop-ballad!

Dreamcatcher - OOTD

Concept queens Dreamcatcher revisits their cyberpunk side in this comeback!

MCND - ODD-VENTURE

Talented Top Media boy band makes their first comeback in over a year in this strong performance!

Nov 23

Bang Yedam - Only One

TREASURE's former main vocal Bang Yedam debuts solo in this sweet track!

FANTASY BOYS - Get it on

FANTASY BOYS survival program winners return with a catchy and bright song!

Nov 24

No releases.

Nov 25

No releases.

Nov 26

CSR - HBD To You

CSR celebrates the birth of its fan club in this sweet bubble-gum pop song!

What is your favourite song of the week?

[mourningmaybells]

sometimes i think about this trend in adventure time's later seasons that were like "your dad is flawed and you won't get a proper father figure out of him now, but it's not your job to change him and that's ok"

real shit, but what was that about...

[namjhyun]

MOVIE REVIEW | Dream (2023)

In this film about broken dreams and second chances, a professional football player finds himself in a difficult position due to a mix of bad decisions and bad luck. He also has no real support system in his mother (who is on the run for scamming people) and his agency wants him to quit the sport to become a celebrity.

Is in this moment of his life that to rehabilitate his image he is forced to become the coach of a football team conformed by homeless men that will compete on a charity tournament.

Reluctantly, he learns the reasons why these men found themselves living in the streets. Addiction, bad decisions, abandonment, grief, among other motives. What they all have in common is that through this tournament they are looking to become a better version of themselves.

To record every moment of their journey, a documentary director (deep in student debt and stress) needs to find the right angle to have this film be a success for her and them.

It’s through teamwork and sharing their problems, that this team of odd men out find -perhaps for the first time in their lives- a real support system and even a family.

Dream is a solid comedy with really touching moments that brought some tears to my eyes. The film tries to shed some light on current social issues in South Korea through the housing problem these men are going through.

Park Seo Joon gives a good performance going from disheartened to finding a new dream and people to fight for. His chemistry with IU is hilarious to watch as they play entirely platonic teammates throwing jabs at each other, even long after they start to get along.

IU’s character as the documentary director who is forced to believe in herself into success is both fun and oh, so real.

The heart of the film, however, is Heo Joon Seok, whose character never lost hope and fought from beginning to end so the team could achieve their dream. The rest of the actors bring some emotions though the respective stories that makes the comedy more grounded.

Overall, I enjoyed this film.

[passionforfiction]

Why Her?

This series caught my attention from the first episode. Soo Jae is a strong female character that lived thinking she had the upper hand when in truth she was being used by Choi Tae Guk.

This series follows the structure of the usual law enforcement series: the team (whether police or lawyers) start solving crimes that help them solve the big case that was committed a long time ago. In that sense it doesn't move far from its genre and I like this structure. But at the same time, it had its original aspects. We don't usually see a female character who is not afraid to show her arrogance the way Soo Jae did at the beginning. She is a complex, grayish character who can be disagreeable and cruel but also vulnerable and empathic. I think the plot twists were different the usual ones. Usually the victim doesn't want to see the person they love after learning the person wronged them in some way, but Gong Chan's feelings for Soo Jae didn't waver when he learned that she gave up on him on his trial. I liked that he had the maturity and empathy to understand her situation and still be grateful for what she did for him. She couldn't see him at first because she felt guilty but was able to get past it as they worked towards solving the case. it blew my mind when Soo Jae learned that her child had not really died at birth. And the background history between her and Choi Tae Guk's family was something I hadn't seen coming either.

This story weaves the double standards of the society where the story is set. Women are not truly protected against sexual harassment and other sexual offenses. I have seen this in other series, but this one really shows it in its cruelty and by women themselves. It is something to think about. . .

I liked the fact that we do get a hearing where the truth is exposed. Lately i've seen series in similar genres where the criminal gets away with it by committing suicide. In this case Choi Tae Guk does commit suicide but the world knows what he did and his partners do get to pay for their crimes, although they want to pin the heavy responsibility on the dead.

Soo Jae changes from the ambitious women to a woman who wants to be an ethical professional. And she wants to truly be independent and free. It leaves us with questions related to her health and her relationship with Gong Chan, but that is life and what matters is that the series leaves us with the sense that things will be okay.

This is a good series to watch.

Poster from AsianWiki - https://asianwiki.com/Why_Her%3F

[k-star-holic]

Why Her' Kim Chang-wan, who knelt down at Seo Hyun-jin...let's catch them together.'

[heidismagblog]

[everyfilmisaw]

닥터 (Doctor) by Kim Sung-hong, 2013

[korelist]

IT’S OKAY TO NOT BE OKAY // KDRAMA DİZİ YORUMU

UYARI : Yazılar genel olarak spoiler içerebilir. İçermeyedebilir.

İmdb puanı: 8,6 Benim puanım: 10

Drama: It’s Okay to Not Be Okay / Psycho But It's Okay

Hangul: 사이코지만 괜찮아

Director: Park Shin-Woo

Writer: Jo Yong

Episodes: 16

Date: 2020

Language: Korean

Country: South Korea

Cast : Kim Soo-Hyun , Seo Ye-Ji, Oh Jung-Se , Park Gyu-Young, Kim Ju-Hun, Jang Young-Nam, Kim Mi-Kyung, Kim Chang-Wan, Kang Ki-Doong

 2021 (57th) BaekSang Arts Awards - May 13, 2021

Best Supporting Actor (Oh Jung-Se)

Art Award

 Uzun zamandır listemde olmasına rağmen sığ ve bunalım bir aşk hikayesini anlattığını düşündüğüm için izlemeye elim gitmiyordu. Oylanma oranı ve puanı yüksek olduğu için listemden çıkartmaya da kıyamıyordum. Diğer yandan başroldeki Kim Soo Hyun 'un Kore sinemasında bu kadar ünlü bir oyuncu olmasına da pek anlam veremiyordum. Sonuç olarak bir şekilde diziye başladım.

İtiraf etmeliyim ki kelimenin tam anlamı ile büyülendim. 1. bölümün sonunda, neden olduğunu bilmediğim şekilde dizinin hikayesine kolumu, bacağımı, kendimi kaptırmış gibi hissettim.  Sanki bir masal dünyasına izinsiz adım atmış gibiydim. Karakterlerin her biri Tim Burton'a el sallayarak sahneye çıkıyorlardı. Her birinde coşkulu ve ölçülü bir aura vardı. Asla nedenini anlayamadığım bir heyecanla izlemeye devam ettim.

Dizide üç yalnız insanın yollarının kesişmesi masal gibi anlatılıyor. Ko Mun Yeong (Seo Yea Ji); İnsanlardan bağımsız yaşayan, gotik havası ile herkesin çekindiği bir çocuk kitabı yazarı. Moon Kang Tae (Kim Soo Hyun), 10 yıl içerisinde 15 hastane değiştirmiş psikiyatri kliniğinde hasta bakıcı. Moon Sang Tae (Oh Jung Se), Kang tae'nin zihinsel engelli abisi. Bu üçünün bir arada olduğu sahnelerin birçoğu tablo gibiydi. Çekimler ve hikâye anlatımı ise o kadar lezzetliydi ki, diziyi izlerken doyduğumu hissettim.

Her bölüm klasik olarak bildiğimiz peri masalları ile başlayıp, farklı yorumlanması ile tamamlandı. Bir masal dünyasının kapısından içeri adımımı attım ve kendimi Charlie'nin çikolata fabrikasına ilk kez adım atan bir çocuk gibi hissettim. Masalların ve hikayelerin dizinin içinde yorumlanışları, karakterlerin hikayelerden çıkarımları ve izleyiciye yansıtma şekilleri muazzamdı. İlk başta dizinin sığ ve bunalım olduğunu düşündüğüm için kendime çok kızdım. Bütün romantik detaylar bile o kadar incelikle işlenmiş ki, klasik Kore dizilerinden fersah fersah sıyrılıyor.

Sadece ana karakterler değil dizideki bütün karakterler için hikayeler incelikle yazılmış. Her karakterin kendi travması ile yüzleşmesi ve üzerinden gelme çabasını çok başarılı anlatıyor. Hiçbir oyuncu ve karakter diziye fazla ya da abartı değildi. Oyuncuların içtenliği ve profesyonelliği su götürmezdi. Oyuncuların yanı sıra, yönetmenden senariste bütün ekip çok başarılıydı. Dizinin çekimleri, kullanılan mekanlar, kıyafet seçimleri, diyaloglar gerçekten beni büyüledi.

Dizinin konusu için bir iyileşme yolculuğu diyebiliriz. Karakterlerin birbirlerinin yaralarını sarmasını, kendi travmalarını fark etmelerini izleyiciye çok doğal aktarmışlar. Özellikle Moon Sang Tae karakterini canlandıran Oh Jung Se, inanılmaz bir performans sergiledi. Kesinlikle önünde eğiliyorum. Ko Mun Yeong karakterinin insan hislerini hiç öğrenmemiş bir çocuk olması ve her yeni duyguda teyit etmek istemesi çok tatlı bir detaydı. Onunla; birini sevmenin ne demek olduğunu öğrenmesini gözlerim dolarak izledim.

Hikaye boyunca karakter gelişimlerini parmakla gösterebilirim. Hiçbir tutarsızlık yoktu. İlk saniyede izleyiciye verdikleri dark hava ve grotesk atmosfer son bölüme kadar havasını hiç bozmadı. Sezon boyunca dizi yalnızlıktan beslenerek ve doyarak noktayı koydu. Benim en çok hoşuma giden şeylerden biri de Moon Mang Tae ismini verdikleri bez bebek oldu. Yükledikleri anlam gerçekten güzeldi.

Eleştirmem gerekiyor ise, beni rahatsız eden yalnızca iki nokta oldu. Birincisi, Ko Mun Yeong karakterinin bütün sezon boyunca makyajının bozulmamış olmasıydı. Yağmurda, çamurda, uyurken, ağlarken hep porselen bebek gibiydi. En azından 1-2 kere de olsa keşke makyajsız görseydik. İkincisi ise, Ko Mun Yeong'un annesinin hikayesi. Ölmediğini ve hikayeye bir yerinden dahil olacağını bekliyorduk ama gösterdikleri o ölüm sahnesinden nasıl kurtulduğunu hiç anlatmadı. O durumdan kurtulabilmesi çok mantıklı değildi.

Yine de sonuç olarak, izlediğim şeyden o kadar memnun kaldım ve beni o kadar tatmin etti ki, mantıksız bulduğum bu iki noktanın da üzerinde hiç durmadım. Dizi bittiği için resmen içim burkuldu. Ama söylemeden de geçemeyeceğim, izlediğim onca Kore dizisi arasında gerçekten tatmin edici sona sahip tek dizi olabilir. Başından sonuna kadar hikayesinin arkasında durup gereksiz detaylar ile izleyiciyi hiç boğmadı.

İmza etkinliğinde Ko Moon-Young'un korumacı tavrı, abinin karavan almak isteme sebebi, birbirlerini hatırladıklarını itiraf ettikleri sahne, Ko Moon-Young'un kabus görüp ağlaması, Moon Mang Tae için kavga ettikleri sahne, Ko Moon-Young'un doğum gününde dizilerin kadrolu annesi Kang Soon-Duk'tan yosun çorbası istemesi, Ko Moon-Young'un Moon Sang Tae'den onunda abisi olmasını istemesi diziden sonra uzunca bir süre aklımdan çıkmayacak sahneler arasında olacak. Abi her ne kadar otizmli olsa da kardeşinin ve  Ko Moon-Young’un ona gerçekten bir abiye ihtiyaç duyarak yaklaşmaları çok derin düşünülmüş detaylardı. Engelli olmasından dolayı onu eylemiyor, gerçekten içlerindeki abi ihtiyacını onunla dolduruyorlardı.

Ayrıca dizi içinde geçen masallar ve hikayeler hem konuyu hem karakterleri çok güzel tamamlıyordu. Bence en güzeli Yalancı Çoban hikayesini anlatma sahnesiydi. Bütün herkesin sımsıkı sarıldığı yalnızlıklarını nokta atışı özetliyordu.

Sonuç olarak; oyuncuların birbirine çok yakıştığı, hikayesi doldu dolu, anlatmak istediğini izleyiciye geçiren bir dizi olmuş. Bu kadar övgüyü ve puanı kesinlikle sonuna kadar hakkediyor.

 OST:

Janet Suhh - In Silence

Janet Suhh - Lighting up your world

Raven Melus

BAŞKA NELER VAR ?

FOTOĞRAFLAR

[absolutebl]

47 BLs Announced for 2024

Here are the BLs I have logged on the Spreadsheet of Doom (TM) as announced for 2024 (with supporting evidence, so not just options or acquisitions) as of the beginning of the year. Bold are the ones I'm most intrigued by .

JAPAN

Although I Love You and You AKA Sukiyanen Kedo Do Yaro ka

From YTV releasing 1/11 about Soga, who, after a divorce and relocation to Osaka, seeks solace in dining at 26-year-old Sakae's restaurant. Unbeknownst to Soga, Sakae sees him as more than just a regular customer.

Ossan's Love Season 2

Five years later, will anything have changed? This is Japan, so probubly not. More here.

Perfect Propose

Fuji TV (the Pornographer series) adapting Mayo Tsurakame’s manga, production team includes Tadaaki Horai (My Love Mix-Up!) and Takeshi Miyamoto (scriptwriter for “Old Fashion Cupcake”). Hiro’s so stressed at work he barely has time to eat so he passes out on the sidewalk. An unfamiliar face saves him and insists that they once promised to marry each other.

KOREA

Love For Love's Sake

Based on the Manhwa Love Supremacy Zone by Hwacha, this will star actors Lee Tae Vin, Cha Jun Wan, Oh Min Su and Cha Woon Ki. The plot of the drama is based on Tae Myung Ha, a young man who is dropped into a game based off of a novel that he knows. His mission is to make another player, Cha Yeo Woon happy. Cha Yeo Woon is Myung-Has favourite character in the novel. But then the game starts going completely different from the novel.

Love in the Big City

Movie adaptation of Booker nominated famous coming of age novel ‘Love in The Big City’ by Park Sang-Young. A cynical yet fun loving student writer name Young pinballs from home, to class, to Tinder matches. He and Jaehee, his female best friend and roommate, frequent nearby bars where they push away their worries about life, love, and money with soju and Marlboros. But as time passes Jaehee settles down and leaves Young to face his problems on his own, finding comfort in the arms of the series of men, including one whose handsomeness is matched by his coldness and another who might be the great love of his life. Not really BL. To star Kim Go-eun (The King: Eternal Monarch), Noh Sang-hyun (aka Steve Sanghyun as Young) and Nam Yoon Su (The King’s Affection). More here.

TAIWAN

Anti Reset AKA Anti-Reset AKA Antireset

From Vidol to air on 2/2/2024 about a human and robot find love.

THAILAND

1000 Years Old

From Feel Good Bangkok this is one of many gay vampire BLs coming in 2024. Stars Shane (My Engineer) and fresh face Opal, directed by Champ (2gether). More here.

A Secretly Love

Khonprot, a third-year head hazer of the engineering faculty, has a secret crush on Pluem, a tsundere fourth-year head hazer. Over the years, he's seen Pluem cycle through many girlfriends. Recently, after a public breakup, however, Khonprot thinks things may be different.

Addicted Heroin (Thai version)

From the producers of Love Stage!!

Bad Guy My Boss

Assistant to a player boss who is in love with his boss decides to quit to save himself. The boos then makes a move. (A gay "What's up with Secretary Kim"?)

Born to be Y

announced 9/23

City of Stars AKA Fueangnakorn

Star Hunter started filming this 12/23 about an actor falls in love with a programmer and the narrative intends to “explore the ramifications of being public figure in the social network era who must endure critics, bullying, and defamation.” Looks like another Lovely Writer, Call It What You Want sort of thing.

Four Ever You Project AKA Fourever You Project

Sampler pack BL series from Wabi Sabi stars Bas (Gen Y), Earth (UWMA, 12%). Four stories, four couples, all adapted under the Fourever You Project.

I Saw You in My Dream

DeeHupHouse for WeTV based on the novel of the same name by Afterday. The story portrays Aya, a young man who has prophetic dreams. Everything he dreams always comes true. He doesn’t have a problem with it until he starts to dream of dating the guy next door. But the guy next door is in a serious relationship with a girl he’s known since high school.

Iridescent Love

Got nothing.

Harikarn Solution (the Chains of Heart people - boo) stars Gun (Khom in Unforgotten Night) opposite fresh face but cast includes familiar faces from other pulps. Ordinary office worker kinda recluse dork but who at night however, has an only fans account. Then he meets the guy next door.

Jack & Joker (YinWar)

DeHup brings us be gay, do crimes. Yin, War, Mark and a few other familiar faces doing Leverage but gayer. Yes, thank you, I will have that.

Kidnap

GMMTV Ohm Pawat is back but there is some question over whether this is BL or not.

Knock-Knock Boys

Kongthup for WeTV airing 4/2024 Four college friends who conspire to help their friend lose his virginity. stars Seng Wichai, Best Vittswin, Nokia Chinnawat and Jaonine Jiraphat.

Lost On The River

Another Sammon story

Love Sea (FortPeat)

MAME warning, stars same couple as LITA2, but new characters to the Mameverse. While travelling a writer has a one night stand with a very irritating man.

Love Sick AKA Lovesick remake

Remake of the original. No thank you.

Love Upon a Time (NetJames)

Domundi announced for 6/7/2023 then delayed to 2024. NetJames in a historical BL! Also feat Tonnam(Dr Sing from Triage).

Lovely Addict

9NAA brings us a hotel set, high heat, features same pair as Venus In Sky.

Lover Merman

Fantasy BL about a man who falls in love with a merman.

Me and Who

Domundi for WeTV brings this adaptation of Wickedwish’s novel of the same name. it depicts a young man who dies and is reborn into the body of a billionaire heir. The heir happens to be engaged to a handsome man.

Monster Next Door

WeTV Adapted from the novel Godzilla Next Door by Jiwinil. It portrays an introvert who lives mostly in his room, until an extrovert moves in next door. He is loud, frantic and annoying. Do opposites really attract? Will they find a way to get along?

My Golden Blood

GMMTV. Okay, I do find Joss very watchable but this looks very bad and also very like Kissable Lips. But at least land is finally giving us the trashy gay vampires we richly deserve?

My Love Mix-Up Thai Remake (GemniForth)

GMMTV. Hum, well I do love this pair and I did like the original and maybe this time these characters will actually kiss? I'm actually fine with this pick-up. I kind of enjoy seeing different countries remake the same IP. Especially if it's IP I'm mostly unfazed by.

My Stand-In AKA My Stand In

Chinese IP ALERT! Adapted from the novel Professional Body Double (职业替身) by Shui Qiang Cheng (水千丞) stars Up (Lovely Writer) and Poom (Bake Me Please).

OMG Vampire AKA OMG! Vampire (LeeFrank)

Frank and Lee Long Shi are back only vampires now. So many vampires.

Only Boo!

New main pair in an idol romance about a boy who dances good and a food stand vendor. Other side of the tracks, grumpy/sunshine pair who fall deeply in love but, of course, to become an idol baby boy can't date. Boyband but from GMMTV? Control your singing and I'm game.

Ossan‘s Love Thai Remake (EarthMix

Ugh, why?!?!

Red Peafowl

More Thai mafia stuffs.

Spare Me Your Mercy

Increased rates of deaths in terminal patients has a police captain investigating the palliative care doctor with whom he's fallen in love. Their relationship deepens but the mystery persists, driven by mistrust. Adapted from the novel Euthanasia by Sammon (Triage, Manner of Death) stars some old guard BL actors: Tor Thanapob from Hormones as the doctor and (fuck me YES) Jaylerr from Great Men Academy and goddamn Grean Fictions as the captain!

Spirit Reborn AKA Kemjira Will Survive

Star Hunter (of all studios) adapting supposedly the scariest BL. Khem is born cursed. A daughter would be safe but a son dies at 20 so Khem’s mother cleverly gives him a girl’s name, Khemjira “forever safe.” But Knem is baout to turn 20 and he doesn't think it's working so he seeks the help of a cursebreaker, turns out to be his great love from a prvious life.

Star Scope

Wabi Sabi trailer here. Looks sad, one of them is terminally ill, abandons his bf in high school them meet again in uni.

The Boy Next World (BossNoeul)

Same couple as LITA, this is the backstory of Cirrus & Phugun from TharnType 2 played by different actors.

The Hell Guards AKA Hey Don't Mess With My Heart

Boy wakes up from a coma and becomes a messenger between grim reapers and the underworld. Oh will it be... bureaucratic? I think it WILL.

The Hidden Moon

Casting happened 9/23. This is a supernatural romance (my ghost boyfriend trope) ‘เดือนพราง’ by Violet Rain. A Bangkok writer is hired to write an article about an old mansion in Chiang Mai which is being converted into a café. He gets into an accident and nearly dies on his way there. After that, he sees the ghosts of people who died at the mansion, one boy catches his attention. Stars Benjamin Brasier (2 Moons 2) and Folk Touch Inthirat from Brothers. Trailer here.

The Next Prince (ZeeNew)

Domundi brings us more ZeeNew in a fantasy/historical set in a palace where Zee plays a knight and Nu a prince - FUCK YES PLEASE. I did not expect this pair to stick so I really hope this happens. Trailer here.

The Rebound (MeenPing)

VIU Basketball based romance staring Meen (a national basketball player, so yay for that).

The Trainee (OffGun)

GMMTV Office set, may not be BL. Trailer here.

Time the series

MFlow Entertainment for Gaga, WeTV, Channel 3 trailer here. Airs 1/9 After witnessing the death of his beloved Chris from a gunshot wound, the heartbroken actor Foam is given a pocket watch that allows him to go back in time and discover the truth… Can Foam take the chance to set things right and bring Chris back from the brink of death? Only time will tell…

To Be Continued

High school sweethearts who had a bad break up reunite when both of them have full times jobs but coming out is still a problem. Trailer here.

Vampire Project (BounPrem)

Wabi Sabi's My Broccoli only now... vampires.

Wandee Godday

GMMTV and AllThis Entertainment producing a very pulp offering for GMMTV with new pair GreatInn doing high heat Boxer meets surgeon. It features a one night stand, fake relationship, and all the cheesiest of tropes. Also features Drake, Podd, and Thor+ pretty boy (be still my heart). This is totally my kind of BL even if it actually isn't GMMTV's style of BL, so I'm intrigued. Trailer here.

We Are (PondPhuwin)

GMMTV's university friendship Bl featuring PondPhuwin, WinnySatang, AouBoom, MarcPawin - basically ALL in the good kind of messy friendship group (so more My Engineer and less Only Friends). Looks a bit like the Kiss series but everyone is gay. I'm IN! Trailer here.

A reminder we had c. 136 BLs release in 2023 but c. 55 that did not get made.

That seems about right.

Of those announced we seem to get about 2/3 actually released for the year we are told they'll release in.

(source)

[citrinekay]

Ji Chang Wook as Yoon Gyeo Re

Episode 1, If You Wish Upon Me (당신이 소원을 말하면) 2022, dir. Kim Yong Wan

[wastingoxygensince1983]

I usually give a lot to thai GL shows, mostly because in here people tend to be extremely critical of them when there's so many awful and low quality content out there that people adores is kinda bad to criticize them more.

But even if as bisexual myself that doesn't bother that much of the presence of men in these stories; i feel like this show fumbled with the introduction of these two guys.

Like the story was already there. Kim goes to work with Jessie because Jessie blackmailed her; but instead of being a total bitch she is just nice to Kim and value her a lot.

There's the part of working with the enemy but also the incredible jealousy that is gonna come from the interactions between Kim and Jessie in front of Wan.

On the other way, Dokrak works with Wan, and even with Wan being a total brat she manages to be good and work well together because Dokrak is an angel that deserves everything good and not get involve in this mess.

But that interactions between Dokrak and Wan makes Kim jealous(for context they don't reveal that Dokrak is dating Pam until way later).

They continue the jealous storyline they are trying to make with these guys without them having to show up and change the entire dynamic.

I mean, Wan and Kim had almost zero screen time together and Kim had way more screen time with that Hang.

I don't know, the fact that I totally skipped the second part of the episode says something.

And I am one of the people that likes these shows and understand the narrative they are trying to use.

I feel like they think the story and the characters are not able to carry the show enough for people to care; so they have to bring the soundtrack and stuff from Gap and now these tropes that doesn't work that well with the story they already have.

It felt like the entire premise of the show presented in the first 2 episodes was dropped(like 23.5 did after episode 6) in not in a good way.

[sassy-bi-latina]

You know what? I have read three Chaoplanoy stories. And they ain't getting any book awards any time soon. BUT, I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised by Dream.

The other books are GAP and Blank.

Yes, the ones the shows are out cause I got anxious waiting for the weekly episodes.

GAP, has its positives and its negative. And honestly, I think the parts I enjoy the least on the show are the ones that are more loyal to the book. In terms of acting and costumes, I liked the official trailer more, but in terms of themes, I liked the first one more. The perspectives it seems they were gonna take initially felt more compelling to me. Even in the actual show, some things felt like they were gonna go ashtray from the book and that felt refreshing but then they didn't commit to it and that was upsetting.

Blank truly went from a grooming story to an age gap love story. I do think that aging them two years made a whole ass difference. But also, the way their relationship was portrayed in the book and in the show felt very different. I mean, Nueng pretended to be Anueng's mother at a school event... I just... In the show they feel more equals and they're both more mature, which I appreciate. Also, there's less sex. And I actually like that. I feel it helped develop their relationship better. Truly a masterpiece what they did compared to the book. In both fuck Chet though (and the grandma).

Dream is exactly the opposite. I wasn't thrilled about reading the book, especially since the show is so angsty and Wan is so toxic. But the book was absolutely amazing? Chaoplanoy's level of amazing. The only thing I did NOT like about the book itself was that they made the fathers soulmates and that the mothers also date and the fact that they all interact together as couples. It's just so bad. But otherwise, it's a pretty chill book? The first 20 chapters are about them becoming friends. Then there's a big time jump and tbh it doesn't feel like a big struggle them getting together. Also Wan knows Mawin until Kim is already dating him and they barely interact before Wan crashes the wedding. They're dumbasses that don't know how to communicate but they aren't constantly fighting or stuff like that. I'm interested to see what's the direction they'll take. I haven't sent Ep 6 though cause I wanted to finish. But they didn't need to change much, they could have done 6 episodes of highschool and 6 of adult life, 50/50 like the books. I WOULD however change the mothers relationship and I would have the fathers have an "accident" or something for abandoning their children. Oh and I hope they take away the fathers also getting soulmates .

Anyway, that's it. Thank you for reading all this.

JUSTICE FOR SOFT WAN AND UNHINGED KIM 😔