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CHINA | LeLaLas: Fluid Love

“LeLaLes: Fluid Love” is a dating show shaped by documentary storytelling - where real emotions unfold as they are. It's an intimate exploration of desire, courage, and growth.

First off, thanks to marriage equality, we get a forced marriage GL plot, woot woot! The reasons for it? Nebulous and unimportant. Family friend stuff.

There's maybe an age gap? The subtitles said 12 years, but also they look to be of similar age in flashbacks, so who knows. Again nebulous. Doesn't matter.

What does matter is our leads.

Rin is our standard "got my heart broken once and swore off love forever" protagonist.

And then Khem...omg, Khem.

At first you think she's going to be this sweet naive girl, caught up in something that is only going to hurt her.

They even call her a puppy in the opening scene.

But oh no. No, no, no.

Imagine, if you will, the all-encompassing obsessiveness of Toh from Secret Crush on You.

Paired with the staggeringly overblown confidence and sexual aggressiveness of Style from The Heart Killers.

Like, I think she is a little bit insane?

This is her after her father just died.

In a car accident.

Where he drove his car off a cliff.

With her in it.

But it's ok!

Because he already had an incurable disease.

And now she gets to marry Rin - so win, win!

I really hope they let our evil little temptress go fully unhinged.

Side note - it's also funny.