Episode Link

• GagaOOlala / Direct link to ep 8

Synopsis

Wang, who is on the verge of turning 20, has spent most of his life away from home growing up in a boarding school. Having lost his father to a tragic accident, Wang is the apple of his mom Sasiwimol's eyes, with the two almost maintaining a brother and sister like relationship. What will Sasiwimol do when Wang experiences his first love with Inthawut, her old friend? In an instant, life, love, friendship and trust are all put to the test as the three souls find themselves converged by an intricate "line" that is set to forever alter the close-knit bond between a son, a mother, and her beloved friend.

GagaOOLala / 8 episodes / Released on Sundays at 10:15am PT/12:15pm CT/1:15pm ET/6:15pm BT (UK), Monday at 1:15am TST (Taiwan) (Time Converter) / MDL

I just finished this series and it left a giant hole in my heart. I put this off for a long time because of mixed reviews. I generally go into a series blind, without even reading the synopsis (not that I need to, my memory is so bad I can watch the same series a month apart and it seems brand new).

This was an amazing series! The acting, cinematography, story (a bit oof), but it was so good and I wanted to quote so many things (don't ask for quotes, I forgot them all).

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I wish we could actually seem them end up together! I think their personalities fit so well and they would make a steong, healthy, amazing couple.

The mom! I cursed her so many times! If it wasn't for Uea's mom from Bed Friends, I would call Wang's mom the worst one ever! This lady made my blood boil! What a narcissistic, selfish, gaslighting, manipulative, overbearing, and unkind woman! What kind of mother does that?!

What did you guys think about this series? What did you love or hate?

Ok. I've heard so many people talk about this show and how it's one of the best boy loves ever and everyone must watch it. The cinematography, the acting, it is truly one of the best!

But let's talk about that plot. I need to vent.

OMFG it was insane. I am so over the moon that they did not end up together. The insinuation of that relationship was a bit weird and wildly inappropriate.

It's just too much to goddamn type, and I'm not about the type a whole essay but the cross contamination with being in love with the father and the son, gross. The age gap, anytime you are old enough to be their parent or grandparent it is inappropriate and borderlines p3dophilia. And even though the mom was obviously homophobic, and romanticized her relationship with her son, it still felt like a slap in her face that not only did In have her husband, but now he came for her kid (I'm being sensational here but you get the point)

The uncle falls in love with the son but doesn't act on it. The show didn't give us any reason why but I think he saw how wrong it was, the age gap, the betrayal of the father-- though he is no longer alive, and a betrayal of the mother, And also I believe he saw it as the kid just being confused and frankly himself being confused because the kid was literally a carbon copy of the father down to his personality.

It was obvious that they found the memory of their dearest loved one in each other and confused it for romantic love, and to add further insult to injury the son is still very much in a child's place, JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE A LEGAL ADULT DOES NOT MAKE YOU AN ADULT. YOU ARE NOT MATURE AND RATIONAL ENOUGH TO MAKE THESE KINDS OF DECISIONS! This is coming from someone who literally has done what the son tried to do: get an older person to admit their feelings for them-- looking back at that time, I see how wrong and inappropriate it was.

The son had a lot of good points, he wasn't terribly in the wrong (no one really was) But he is still very much immature and in a child's place. Him cornering his uncle and trying to get him to admit his feelings and confront the truth is literally a testament to that. That was literally him having a temper tantrum like a toddler!

What is it called when it's pedophilia but it's technically not but it's still weird? I don't know the name for it when it's a really large age gap, CLEARLY walking on the heels of pedophilia but it's technically not since they are legally an adult. Old enough to be your father, old enough to be your grandfather, but you're in a relationship. It could just be my opinion but I feel like that is a form of p³dophilia but I don't really know what to call it and I don't know if there is a name for it out there? I know there are lots of age gap relationships out there but to me it just feels wrong as p³dophilia is sick and wrong, I don't see the difference (and frankly I don't want to see the difference If there is one)!

What triggered this thought is the conversation came up multiple times in a short amount of time (a few times within the last week) of people waiting to be in a relationship with a minor as soon as they turn an adult. Or someone who is old enough to be your parent or grandparent getting with someone and they're late teens or early twenties (Just so happened to meet them during that age, not necessarily waiting for them). It just seems predatory and inappropriate either way.

I know I'm jumping around but this show really just undid me and I feel really sad for everyone in that situation but the person I feel the most sorrow for is the uncle. He's made out to be a coward and disgusting (according to the mom) But he did the right thing in the end. When the kid gets a little older he will understand. I feel sorry that he is living in the woods all alone with no one to love him but it wasn't the kid's place to do that (love him the way he deserves). He needed to find someone his own damn age! Just wildly inappropriate! WILDLY! And he knew that and he was trying to set a boundary with the kid but he just couldn't understand that.

I wish that we could get another season and see the son mature a bit and see the uncle find love. A love that is his own damn age. And not some weird twisted relationship with his first love's son 🙃. And I also wish we can see the mom get a life of her God damn own! Also accept that her son was gay (But I honestly don't think that was her main issue)

I did say I wasn't going to type an essay, my bad. I just needed to vent!

Episode Link

• GagaOOlala

Synopsis

Wang, who is on the verge of turning 20, has spent most of his life away from home growing up in a boarding school. Having lost his father to a tragic accident, Wang is the apple of his mom Sasiwimol's eyes, with the two almost maintaining a brother and sister like relationship. What will Sasiwimol do when Wang experiences his first love with Inthawut, her old friend? In an instant, life, love, friendship and trust are all put to the test as the three souls find themselves converged by an intricate "line" that is set to forever alter the close-knit bond between a son, a mother, and her beloved friend.

GagaOOLala / 8 episodes / Released on Sundays at 10:15am PT/1:15pm ET/6:15pm BT (UK), Monday at 1:15am TST (Taiwan) (Time Converter) / MDL