Mithriliel
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Healthy
With the first look, this series is not anything special and they have a really common plot in Thai (bl) dramas (but I never understood the rival between engineering and architecture in Thailand. I am an architecture senior and let me tell all my classmates was dating engineering guys...). But OK, this is not important at all.
The important thing is the relationship of Pat and Pran. They are two realistic young people trying to understand themselves and the others. They have the expectations of their family in their shoulders, they want to fit in with their friends. They have their backs and forths like every teenager/young adult out there. And this reflects in their relationship which is actually healthy and completely realistic.
I would like to give a big applause to the creative team of this series, from production to actors/acresses. They actually made a drama with a healthy relationship and environment. We have seen a lot of romance dramas, especially bl, with problematic tropes and representation of lgbtq+ people (I spoke more about this in the review of History4: Close to you, which is the worst, most problematic BL ever). They didn't use abusive attitudes like unwanted kisses or staff like that, they didn't fetishise lgbtq+ people, they didn't use the homophobic "You are the only man I like" (like it is some fashion to be queer), they didn't use the BL stereotype with the seme and uke (the manliest and the most feminine/weaker) , they didn't use the crazy, evil girlfriend/female admirer trope.
Instead, they made a comforting rom-com with real people and a healthy relationship in which they are equal, they are joking about both their female and male admirers, there are some really well written, strong, independent female characters (I have a crush on Ink, who can blame me?). I really, really enjoyed it. And I really hope this can be a start of a change in opinions for the better and better, healthier represantation of relationship without misogyny and homophobia. Because a lot of production of the romance genre (not only BL) has problematic relationships, see for example the boys over flowers franchise...
The important thing is the relationship of Pat and Pran. They are two realistic young people trying to understand themselves and the others. They have the expectations of their family in their shoulders, they want to fit in with their friends. They have their backs and forths like every teenager/young adult out there. And this reflects in their relationship which is actually healthy and completely realistic.
I would like to give a big applause to the creative team of this series, from production to actors/acresses. They actually made a drama with a healthy relationship and environment. We have seen a lot of romance dramas, especially bl, with problematic tropes and representation of lgbtq+ people (I spoke more about this in the review of History4: Close to you, which is the worst, most problematic BL ever). They didn't use abusive attitudes like unwanted kisses or staff like that, they didn't fetishise lgbtq+ people, they didn't use the homophobic "You are the only man I like" (like it is some fashion to be queer), they didn't use the BL stereotype with the seme and uke (the manliest and the most feminine/weaker) , they didn't use the crazy, evil girlfriend/female admirer trope.
Instead, they made a comforting rom-com with real people and a healthy relationship in which they are equal, they are joking about both their female and male admirers, there are some really well written, strong, independent female characters (I have a crush on Ink, who can blame me?). I really, really enjoyed it. And I really hope this can be a start of a change in opinions for the better and better, healthier represantation of relationship without misogyny and homophobia. Because a lot of production of the romance genre (not only BL) has problematic relationships, see for example the boys over flowers franchise...
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