Hemp Rope (2022)

A dash of spice, a whole lot of cute, and the tiniest drop of drama

WinTeam became my favorite couple easily within the first four episodes and that didn't let up at all. The series had some of the nostalgic feelings that reminded me of older BL, but in a more progressed stage.

There is some overlap with UWMA, as this takes place concurrently with it. Sometimes that felt a bit much for me, but that's always because I had just finished UWMA. If I hadn't, I don't think I would've been feeling that way. It was fun to see in time how the relationship grew and took place.

What drew me most to this couple and the drama is the authenticity of it. The relationship felt realistic for the most part, and oddly, quite healthy considering the characters ages and the setting. We saw their insecurities, and at times how that got in the way, but they each spoke with people around them and made efforts to progress. It was refreshing, especially with all the common tropes that we usually get in BLs involving more toxic elements. This didn't feel like that at all.

There was some drama around Team's past, but again, that felt very authentic. They presented his symptoms and his management of the feelings related to the event in a very realistic way. Honestly, my biggest issue was the overabundance of side romances. None of them were able to be fleshed out and those were the scenes I ended up zoning out on at times. But the ABSea trio made up for some of that by grabbing my attention right back.

I'm not one to typically rewatch, but this will be on my list.

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One of my favorite dramas

I seriously can never hate any storyline from the UWMA universe like we all know UWMA was the best drama in 2019 and now we have a WinTeam show Between Us. I am just gonna say I may say some spoilers. I seriously love BounPrem no matter what so when I saw Between Us I watched it immediately and it didn’t disappoint at all. I loved WinTeams storyline in UWMA and I was kind of afraid that it may destroy their characters chemistry, but it didn’t and I was so glad.
It did start off right where it ended so I was glad they didn’t skip to 10 years later. It did show just the Win Team side do scenes that happened in UWMA, but it was more in depth of them. It stared with them going on the field trip to the swim camp where the iconic Win being the mosquito on Teams neck was shot. It literally started with them having the most insane steamy scene and I just knew that right there it wasn’t going to disappoint. Then we meet Wins new friends from swim club who are A, Bee, and Sea, who got called the ABC gang which they also help carried the show. Win literally should’ve just moved into Teams apartment because he basically stayed their a whole lot. We also got to see the reason of Teams nightmare which was how he thought he killed his best friend because he helped save Team from drowning but instead he did and his mom kept yelling at Team saying that he is the reason her son is dead which is why he has so much trauma when swimming, but his mother saw Team at his grave and ended up forgiving him, but told him he needs to be the one winning the championships because that’s what her son would’ve wanted so Team was determined to win. While he was trying to win he had to overcome his problems of grades and Win being mad at him for that, and one night team went to swim in the pool because it was open and got a cramp in his leg and almost drowned, but luckily Win was their to save him and he scolded Team badly, but even said he can’t afford to lose him because he loves him so much and then Team started to cry also and it was such an emotional scene, but was amazing. I also loved Bee’s and Princes relationship they were so cute and when Prince told Bee that he is afraid Bee won’t like him because he’s gay and Bee responded with well if your gay then I’m gay and they proceeded to date even if Bee couldn’t see him a lot because he an actor, but they still managed to date each other. Also when the championships came Bee had Prince supporting him and Win and team were supporting each other and Pharm was supporting P’Dean. Also I loved whenever Team wasn’t there at practice Win always ditched it also to find and hang out with him. Overall Between us is still one of my favorite dramas, and it’s a show that you cannot miss because each second is worth it.

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I have no words! I really love it!Thank you for making this beautiful series! All actors are super b,, the acting is so good! Goshhhhhh!!!!💜💜💜😭😭 I can rewatch it again and again again againnnnnnnnn! I really enjoyed watching this series!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

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One of my favorites!!!

If you have already watched "Until We Meet Again," then definitely dive into this one NOW! I love Prem and Boun and honestly while watching "Until We Meet Again," I really wished we saw more of their characters story. WISH GRANTED! This story takes place at exatly the same time as "Until we meet again" but from the prespective of Boun (win) and Prem (team). I actually like it better but im biased being such a fan of BounPrem. I also love how they weave the two shows together and even show how Fluke (Pharm) and Ohms (Dean) characters indirectly influence the others. Its funny, emotional, steamy, and honesty just really well done. GO BINGE WATCH IT! just make sure you watch "Untill we meet again" first. some things may confuse you or may not have the same impact if you dont.

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this show was amazing

i loved the acting in the show it really felt like they meant it. the music really put some depth in to the story. i have watched between us like a dozen time just cause of how much love the show, you can tell that the actors have a close bond with each other in real life and in the series. The only thing that i did that i didn't really enjoy about was how many couples there were it was a bit over the top with five couples and yes i know that it was more like four but there was still five. between us was an extremely sweet and kind series you also had its sad moments like when team and win were confessing their love for each other.

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AMO GAAAAAYS

me tornei o ser humano mais triste do mundo depois que terminei

esperei por isso desde 2019, e não poderia ser melhor 🥺🥺

o relacionamento deles começou de forma "errada" mas a forma como ela foi sendo construída depois é linda 🥺🥺 o win conseguindo finalmente se permitir amar alguém, o team superando a culpa.

OS CASAIS SECUNDÁRIOS SIMPLESMENTE LENDÁRIOS, beeprince eu vou amar vocês pra sempre 😭😭😭

o final foi a coisa mais linda, chorei a beça e olha que foi feliz, depois de tanto sofrimento, meus meninos mereciam um pouco de felicidade.

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High expectations not met?

So, I belong to those that actually was interested in WinTeam and then decided to watch UMWA before watching BU. Meaning, I did not wait three or so years for a WinTeam series. I think that is the main problem with why people are not satisfied, they had too high expectations and waited for a long time.

IMO, I think it did help a lot to watch UMWA before BU, I have seen people saying you shouldn't watch it because BU!WinTeam is so different, but it would be kinda cool to understand what's going on in the background. DeanPharm would seem so random otherwise.

I didn't really mind seeing a different WinTeam you could say, especially if we consider how we really didn't get much of them in UMWA. Kinda sucks that they changed some scenes completely, but oh well *shrug* Because I do not have the attachment like other long time fans, I don't mind as much.
My biggest problem with the writing though is that it was simply too much. Why did we have not 3 or 4 but FIVE different pairings in this? We could take out Bee and Prince's storyline and everything still would make perfect sense. And, this is gonna be controversial, I wouldn't have minded if they wouldn't have had included WaanTul. I did not care all too much about them.

That, topped with WinTeam's rather draggy dynamics ,caused everything to feel a bit too long. I think if they would have just focused on DeanPharm, WinTeam with a bit of Manaow and Pruek it would have been fine.
Nevertheless, WinTeam have a special place in my heart, even though I did find some of the writing to be quite weak. Maybe it's BounPrem's chemistry or something. I'm still pissed at how annoyed or unwilling Team looked when Win touched him, I'm so glad that trope is slowly dying in BL. We could have had sexy couply WinTeam all the time, damnit!

Also, special shoutout to OhmFluke having much better chemistry in their, like, 3 scenes together.

Overall, had some great moments while simultaneously having a lot of weak ones as well. Saving grace is that I have a special place in my heart for WinTeam! I can't even tell you why, I just do!

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