#jaosky

Rules: Name ten character couples (not acting pairings) that left you wanting more, even though there’s no chance of ever seeing them again. Then tag some folks to see who else was left wanting more.

1 - Jao & Sky / Will Sky ever genuinely believe that Jao thinks he’s the most beautiful human on the planet? How will Sky deal with his ongoing BDD and insecurities? Will Jao continued to be the most patient, goofy and loving green flag ever for his introverted boyfriend? I need this and so much more!

2 - Jaeyeong & Sangwoo / I would’ve loved to see the way these two worked through the various stages of dating, with Sangwoo’s autism making things have to follow a certain pattern for his brain to comprehend them. It would’ve been wonderful to see Jang Jaeyeong’s gentle—and occasionally sarcastic—guidance about things like dinner dates, cuddling, cohabitation and sex.

3 - Methee & Thaenthai / Thee finally manages to save Thaen from his father and with his name being cleared by Charn, what is next for these two? I needed so much more of them. Their story was so tragic, but had so many great romantic tropes. Thee just wanted to save his young master and show him that there actually was someone in the world that genuinely loved him, it was so beautiful.

4 - That & Sorn / AHHHHHHHHH!!! My babies! The cutie little pattooies! That and Sorn were the sweetest and most innocent love story I think I’ve ever seen in a BL, the feelings were gradual and natural, it felt like a real high school romance. Sure it was fraught with danger and drama, the series was a murder mystery after all. But those two were just little rays of sunshine in a dark place, even Tan and Bunn saw it. I need more of them.

5 - Jack & Joker / WHAT WAS THAT!? That ending, omg! The fact that we will never get a chance to see Joke rescued, find out who took him or see Jack happy again is just gut wrenching. I need Jack to realize that he was just ‘seeing’ Joke due to his guilt and grief, that it wasn’t really Joke’s ghost because the dude isn’t dead! I need so much freaking more, if not a full blown second season, then at the very least another special episode.

6 - Jiang Tian & Sheng Wang / Heartbreak, just freaking heartbreak the entire time! I know canonically that it’s like over a decade until they finally get to the point of acceptance. But that doesn’t mean I don’t want it! Their story was unfinished and at this point the likelihood of the series continuing is below zero. I just need more, I think we all can agree that we need more. These characters had us in a stranglehold for months, it ending the way it did was just evil.

7 - Tae Myungha & Cha Yeowoon / Myungha got his second chance, but he still has his memories of nearly fifteen extra years of life. Will that change how he ages? How he and Yeowoon’s relationship grows? Will be use is knowledge about the future to make sure their lives are secure? He found happiness, but depression is not ‘cured’ with love. Will he relapse? Does Yeowoon worry? Have they told their friends the truth about Myungha? I have so many questions, but mostly I just want to see them continue to live their lives.

8 - Kim & Kenta / The last thing I want is more Pit Babe, okay, I’ll admit that. But dammit Kim and Kenta needed more, just more. More screen time, more time to build their relationship, more time to fall in love. Having Kim go back to Korea and leave Kenta behind after everything they went through was just terrible! Screw the five second cameo at the wedding, that wasn’t enough, I needed to see Kenta’s soft era, his househusband era, his healing era. Dammit I just wanted their domestic bliss era!

9 - Beer & Wan / They were so sweet, Beer being willing to just love and care for Wan as a best friend for the rest of their lives because of Wan’s commitment issues due to his past. He was patient and kind and didn’t push Wan when Wan told him that he was afraid of them dating because he didn’t want to lose the one solid thing in his life, which was Beer. Just so many green flags! When Wan finally admitted that he was more scared of never getting to be with Beer than the possibility of losing him, it was just; chef’s kiss! I needed a special episode, I needed to see how their relationship went from friendship to lovers, I wanted the ups and downs, I just wanted more of them.

10 - Phee & Jin / Are they dead? Are they in drug induced comas? Are they all in a parallel universe? What. Is. Happening!? That ending was just cruel, because they knew we would never get an answer and dammit I wanted more. I needed more of their messy history, their messy relationship, their messy connection to Non, their messy emotions about each other and Non. Sammon was one of the screenwriters so knowing how she works, she probably has answers to all of those questions and I hate that I’ll never get them.

Prompt from Mlkleber: I am mulling lots of options lol. But like I have been rewatching it, and I keep going back to no one really asks Jao why, like why he can’t believe Sky could sincerely like him, or how he looks disappointed but just goes along with his friends despite his clear discomfort. Idk if I am making sense. Like I understand their rule or where 3 go 4 go together etc. but I just incision his internal sadness of every time no one considers his why (whatever his internal deep root fear/concern/etc base is) but then I notice like that is kind of how Sky sort of gets his sincerity in cause he sees some of it… but still Sky never asks or comprehends the root of his fear… idk … I left an open prompt too in that BL prompt that is similar to this but with a BDSM element because I love the idea of it getting to where Sky shows completely his appreciate of Jao and he has no reason to fear, but these deep-seated issue also just don’t go away, regardless of Sky’s consistency. There will always be girls like Peach making him uncomfortable etc. 

Hey! My couple struck! How bout him almost patting him on the head. I'm so excited about next week. Daisy don't play too hard to get!

Harsh I know given that we’ve only had one episode but I have deeply mixed feelings... Good:  a femme boy as a lead. Bad: he’s an obsessed stalker (and no, dressing it up as a crush doesn’t make it anything other than creepy).

Good:  girls in the friend groups (and two look like they’ll end up as a couple).  Bad: it looks like we’ll have a faen fatale* incoming.

Good: a nice little queer bbf group with secret crush rules. Bad: they’re the only ones acting like they’re in a comedy pastiche.

 Oh, and The Ugly are the uniforms, which are making my eyes bleed.  Why? Not even Saint could save them.

Tonally all over the place and I suspect I’ll be only watching for the second couple of Jao (who is the MVP of the group) and Sky.  

*TM @absolutebl

Episode 2 - the uniforms are still ugly and nobody seems to possess an iron. 

Nuea’s friend group and sister seem to be from a completely different show although the girlfriend is shaping up to be a traditional bitch on wheels.  

Toh is still irritating and creepy and I don’t know how the uni alpha is going to fall for him in *checks notes* 4 more episodes. It’s more likely he’ll end up being locked in a box under Toh’s bed - possibly vacuum packed.  And two of his 3 friends are enabling and encouraging this insanity.

Sky and Jao and the world's sweetest date of love and softness and sharing memories and building a future together.