QLs I Watched This Week #14
my immediate reactions to the shows i watched this week, in the order that i watched them! last week's post can be found here
My Grandpa Is A BL Writer episode 8
oh man, the heartbreak! i truly love how close everyone in the family is, and that despite that, there are still deep wounds that haven't been addressed. save's conversation with uncle sun was deeply movingβi've seen this so often (in my own family too) that people treat their own children very differently from how they're treating their grandchildren, and that there are real double standards for expected behavior. it looks like next week this conflict is going to come to a head, with sun confronting his father and snow confronting her father, i am extremely excited to see how the family will handle those conflicts! also, guy is the best boy ever and has never done anything wrong in his life π
oh the melodrama. i'll be honest, i didn't need that many scenes of bussaba being tortured to get the point across. this episode reminded me a lot of runaway, the major difference here is that khwan became a vengeful ghost after being murdered and buried in the earth and bussaba's soul just wanted to help her son. i think she deserves some revenge, too, though. it's unfortunate that this show completely failed to make scentgaysorn a compelling ship, because there's absolutely no reason to want these two to end up together. at this point, mekin really is a better option. or just like, anyone who isn't scent ππ man i miss love in the moonlight...
Your Dear Daddy episode 5
i watched this on the train while i was extremely tired (shout-out to deutsche bahn for turning a 7-hour journey into a 10-hour one, this is why we love you π), and i almost fell asleep during the first half. luckily, we then got a kidnapping, a kid getting shot, ptsd flashbacks, ta nannakun as the abusive ex (INCREDIBLE that someone on here figured that out just from seeing his shoulder two weeks ago!!), and saitharn walking towards a cliff intent on killing himself. love me some high stakes and lakhorn-worthy drama! π also can i just say, when the fuck did ta get so HUGE?! π³ i saw those shoulders and was like, holy SHIT that boy's been hitting the gym HARD!! i fear that to me, both ta and barcode will always be the tiny babies they used to be on kinnporsche, no matter what they do π hey, remember when ta and barcode made out on dff? man, those were some good times.
i don't think anyone involved in this production actually understands the concept of beer pong π this episode came so close to recreating the kinnporsche insanity but never actually got there, sadly. like flower boy, this is a show that is constantly reminding me of another, better show that i could be rewatching instead. my stand-in, i miss you so much πβ€οΈ
Ticket to Heaven episode 1
i know nothing about catholicism, so this show is not very high on my list of priorities. fittingly, at the start of the episode, i had to look up what "ordained" even means. i'm glad i could watch this one at home, though (that's what yesterday's ten hour train journey was about), because i am certain this does hit better on the big screen rather than on a tablet. and hey look, it's that child that's in every show lately! love that kid! he's so good at crying pathetically π
Ticket to Heaven episode 2
fourth is so stunningly gorgeous, it's unreal. like. so many shots of his face where my jaw just dropped because he is that beautiful. this whole show is gorgeous. in terms of content, i don't have much to say. this isn't my scene, i don't have religious trauma, i'm not the target audience for this show.
another show for which i am not the target audience. then again, we got great being tortured by evil!great, which must be one of the sexiest things that have ever happened on gmmtv. i could take them π however, i spent the rest of the episode contemplating whether i should actually do a dark dice rewatch.
let me tell you, i was completely unprepared for that damp panties shot. wow. cinema of all time. the dark gl era is upon us and it is GLORIOUS. mook is so fucking hot. jesus christ π³ i just looked it up and found out that the screenwriter (title nirattisai) is credited on a bunch of shows i really love, which is a really good sign! i am so seated for this show π
i was cackling while watching this. ritt going full drama queen when the lie came out was hilarious. bestie, YOU are the one who lied to him for months!! πππ this delusional diva. never change, ritt. pure and pitcha having a ten-minute sex scene in between all the drama and heartbreak was perfect. this is how i love my pulp! can't wait to see ritt's and itthi's issues being solved via kidnapping next episode. I LOVE THIS SHOW.
A Dog And A Plane episode 3
i don't have much to say. it's jojo, so it's fun to watch, but i don't particularly vibe with any of the characters.
Love Upon A Time episode 12 (finale)
wow. WOW. this show is a 10/10 for me, no question about it. at the end, when klao made his wish to be reborn in a time where he could love phop openly, i actually started crying. the writing of this story was absolutely galaxy brain. no loose plot threads, everything came together in the end so beautifully and perfectly, i truly believe this is one of the best written bls i have ever seen. the lattekim sex scene??????? yeag. π΅βπ« that was high art. i am in awe. i want to shout from the rooftops how amazing this show is. this is definitely one of the shows of the year for me!!!
unfortunately, this was a very slow episode. i really don't like it when the main couple aren't on screen together for extended periods of time. this miscommunication is anxiety-inducing to me, this is why i usually don't like to watch japanese bl. argh π« secretly, i think all of the problems could be solved with a threesome, but i'm pretty sure that's not what's going to happen.
wow, this is the toxic yuri i've been waiting for! there's so much going on. i feel like it's going to take the whole season until i have a good grasp of all the students, their motivations and their friendship/enmities. i'm already fearing earn being outed as a porn performer, i'm sure the social repercussions are going to be brutal. anyway, teacher nalin, step on me π«
Flower Boy episode 8 (finale)
this show is so fucking unserious. i know this is spiritually a lakhorn but i can't get over the fact that someone just happened to place that camera in a random corridor in a way that ended up perfectly capturing bussaba's murder. like, what were they meaning to film originally?? it's not even like, a documentation of the perfume work they were doing??? nothing about this makes any sense πππ i kept wishing this show was about ray instead, because honestly, he is BY FAR the most compelling character to me. and he didn't even get a fun-to-watch love story? π€¨ man, i hope pearlpeak's next show is going to be better.
WHAT is going on with the weird dubbing on this show?! i can't decide whether khajorn is a genius or an idiot. maybe a little bit of both? somehow, he managed to scout the most outrageously brazen man of all time. every time sun gets up to some new scheme, khajorn's expression of being absolutely fucking done is hilarious. well, khajorn, you made your bed, now lie in it π jay is a candidate for the "i can see you're trying to be vegas but you will never be vegas" list. he would need to be more wet and pathetic to be compelling in any way. overall, a sad lack of fuaiz in this episode. two scenes with him are not enough! π
Crazy Love MooMoo episode 6
oh moo, you dumbass (affectionate). i can't believe this boy was spending a whole episode angsting about fu and gimm, when fugimm was never ever going to happen π the side couple stories are both surprisingly slow paced. can't wait to see how all of this is going to shake out!
Your Dear Daddy episode 6
oh, the trauma of it all. i'm really enjoying everyone's performances! every character is going through it, and every one of them is kinda handling the bad stuff differently, while trying to stay strong and keep their head up. emotionally, it all feels extremely real to me. phae and gale almost kissing was soooo nail-biting, i KNEW they'd be interrupted and then they WERE and AAAAHHHHHH i need them to kiss soooo bad π«π«π«
Enemies With Benefits episode 7
oh man, i'm feeling for both lal and wine. lal who's incapable of telling people when she isn't feeling her best and doesn't want anyone to worry about her, and wine who's convinced that being alone is safer than trusting other people with her happiness. OH MY GOD DO I GET IT. how is this show wrecking me so much?? and jesus, wine's panic response was horrifying to watch. her freezing up and unable to unfreeze in korn's presence was bone-chilling. i can't believe that this show has given us some of the most realistic representation of workplace sexual harassment and its consequences. absolutely incredible work.
My Grandpa Is A BL Writer episode 9
WOW. what an episode! this show is getting better from week to week. all the family feels!!! the confrontations in this episode were a long time coming and emotionally gripping in a way few shows manage. INCREDIBLE EPISODE!!!
My Grandpa Is A BL Writer episode 10
i can't get over how perfectly cast the flashback versions of the characters are. especially sorn! past!sorn and present!sorn ARE the same guy. you see them and you instantly believe it. incredible work by the casting department. grandpa, sorn and sun talking it out and apologizing made me cry. my god, family stories just hit different. aaaand i cried again during the little fashion show the kids put on. that moment between sun and the kid? yeah. wow. poetic queer cinema.
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