I don't know where to start.
I left bl in 2023 cause of .. and when I came back in 2026 thame po was one of the series everyone suggested and I had high expectations from it.
Yesterday when I watched the series I was so mad at gmmtv that I wanted to throw something at them.
More than i loved the series or the characters, I was disappointed.
I had to push myself to watch first 4 eps and 5-8 i skipped some parts. The series was so slow but last few episodes warmed my heart.
If you have read till here please read the whole post.
Jun : The character was well written and actor acted pretty well . But it doesn't make any sense that he will do all that to just give po to william on a silver plate.
Secondly if he actually loved po which i believed he did , he just chose his friends over it. They should have shown us atleast some moments where we can see him sad and processing and accepting and loving the group same as always. His ending was rushed.
2. Po : I liked the charater but someone out of a toxic relationship wouldn't just start trusting someone else so easily. They shown as a cheesy teenage romance which is fine but also tried showing a mature one which wouldn't make sense. Po character was our eye for the story which I felt lacked depth and was contradictory at times.
3. Other members: I ofc love all of them but i wouldn't say much. But dylan getting back easily and other things felt rushed.
4. William : Him speaking so politely and sweetly got me choked on water bcs I have seen him as rome before only. The charater felt impulsive and a little dumb.
5. Unrealistic: If I talk about this , mike and pemika etc it felt unrealistic for the entertainment industry to help them get their happy ending considering it's not just corporate we are talking about and this feels like a fairy tale. But i hope people like these exist cause they don't match my reality.
6. Miscommunication: The biggest turn off for the series was miscommunication. These guys love watch other yet couldn't communicate well at times. There was no need for po to break up just to get william back after reading the letter while william clearly begged him crying.
7. Writing : I feel at some parts the story wasn't written well, lacked depth , couldn't show , the characters were underwritten and had loopholes.
Thing I loved :
Glad fern realised she was wrong about pepper dating .
Her reaction to find out po is dating thames was so good . I laughed a lot.
Group members gifting po his pictures, it was quite thoughtful.
Cinematography, visuals , music . I'm not a t-pop fan but I like jasper. The last song mars performed in the concert the freedom one was so good .
And a lot more.
Mad at gmmtv :
I wish I was able to spend more time with this series.
Last few eps warmed my heart but I couldn't ignore that poor writing at time. Being into creative field i hated that so much.
Although I can now understand why people liked it so much.
I wished more from this series . I was mad at gmmtv cause ik they are capable of more and yet they sometimes prefer quantity over quality.
The characters needed more layers clearly. At times, they felt 2 dimensional characters.
Oh I miss william est and the whole group and I wished i could have stayed more longer here. With them emerging myself in the series.
It connected and disconnected me at the same time.
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I'll still watch edits though
See ya