Together with Me (2017)

Seriously one of my top 10 fav BLs!

Yes yes and MORE yes!!

I really enjoyed everything about this series. I liked how angsty it was. I like the plot and the different storylines. Casting was topnotch, no one bored me or stood out too too much. It was a slow build at first but around ep. 5 I was genuinely hooked. The drama kept getting juicier and juicer. Let it break it down:

Korn and Knock: Besties for the resties but Korn actually likes Knock. I can’t lie, their initial hookup scene aftermath gave r*pey vibes but I can understand waking up and feeling like your backend was hit by a train. Max and Tul always deliver on the chemistry tho and I loved watching their little exchanges. Knock (Tul) is so cute when he cries!! I just about had it with Korn being so tight lipped all the time. I wanted to scream at him “TELL HIM THE DAMN TRUTH!! PLENG IS A SNAKE!!” but I get it, he was dealing with his ex Mew and family drama as well so, maybe he just had too much on his mind. Plus he was pretty clueless to her antics as well. That “Husbands protect their wives” line doh!! Yessir yessir, topnotch entertainment!

Knock and Pleng: I can’t lie, their relationship seemed forced from the minute she appeared on the screen. Plus, was Knock not just kissing some other chick the night before too?? It wasn’t giving “madly in love”. Could have been the shock of his night with Korn but honestly I totally forgot she was going to be part of the series. Girl was vicious tho, she had claws and was not afraid to dig in. I was counting the seconds until her underhanded behavior started to show. Pleng was basically the spokeswoman for Pretty Privilege 90% of the series. Didn’t help that Knock’s guilt kept him from seeing how she wasn’t right for him. Even after she witnessed Korn’s reaction to her trying to feed Knock shrimp, SHE STILL TRIED AGAIN!! At that point I didn’t understand why Knock even forgave her. F the guilt, girl pays more attention to social media than you my guy, let her go!!!

Bright and Farm: Man, I was really hyped about these two but that excitement turned to despair. Bright basically SA’d Korn and right after had sex with Farm…bruh whut?! Now sweet Farm is head over heels for the town playboy. What really hurt was Farms birthday. What kind of birthday gift is a foursome??! Really Bright, REALLY?! Lil bro just came to terms with his being gay, now you thrust him into polygamy?? Ugh that ish was hard to watch. I was happy that Farm finally wised up and served Bright that plate of Karma nice and hot! Farm is such a cutie! Hope to see him in another BL!

Phu and Kawi: Honestly, I understand homegirls reservations but damn, could you have been a little smarter about it. I love forbidden romance stories, I just wasn’t a fan of theirs. Kawi bothered me more than Phu. Plus her reaction to finding out Korn was gay was trash. Both were extremely hot tho!

Yiwha and Faii: I loved loved LOVED these stunning but oh so messy queens. Yiwha was not letting up hunny! She was determined to let everyone know how fake Pleng was and I was rooting for her the whole way!!! I was counting the seconds to her big reveal. She is the kind of friend we all need. I see she has a previous series and will see if I can watch it now. She deserves the happiest ending! Faii was the cutest tomboy and sidekick.

10/10 would recommend!

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Se prepare para passar raiva

Cá estou eu para expressar minha indignação com essa aqui. Eu gosto dos MaxTul, acho a química entre eles incrível, gosto da atuação, mas o plot dessa série não me desceu por dois motivos: essa namorada dos infernos e o corno manso do Knock.

Como sempre, eles serviram muito nas cenas de beijo e etc., mas pra mim a série pecou na dosagem de cegueira do Knock pq não é possível alguém ser tão cego, burro e trouxa desse jeito. Passei tanta raiva vendo que eu já tava torcendo pro Korn ficar com outro cara no final da série.

PS.: Spoiler: achei muito bem merecido o chifre que o Knock levou na 2 temporada (e olhe que nem curto esses plots com traição).

Enfim, atuação e química no ponto, mas a história não me desceu.

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Not so good!

3/10

Negat:

1. Series was not so well implemented. (most part - not all was boring)
2. To few kisses from maincouple.
3. That Knock was with Pleng...(a long time). Only towards the end he became a couple with Korn.
4. It took many episodes for the main couple to get closer. (Became boring in the long run)
5. Pleng was mega annoying and unappealing. (A WITCH)
6. The lovescenes of the main couple were too few and too short.
7. That Knock believed her friend more than his own friend (whom he has known since childhood).
8. BrightxFarm unfortunately did not become a pair. They looked cute together. Disappointing. I would have liked to see more of BrightxFarm.

Posit:

1. Maincouple KornxKnock was interesting.
2. Sidecouple BrightxFarm was interesting too.
3. Acting was very good.

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Contains spoilers and this is going to be unpopular opinion I guess

I know my review is going to be unpopular opinion but here it goes.
Almost all characters in this show is flawed and that is good in a way as we all humans are but I personally like drama where even if people are flawed, they realize things and change their way and there is growth and redemption in someway. Below are the things which is felt about the show and characters:
1. Knocks character: Knock has girlfriend but he goes drinking with two girls and Korn and initiates kissing with a girl but then both Korn and Knock are drunk and end up having sex but Knock is angry at Korn like he committed crime? They both were drunk, so it was equal fault but for him to act like it was all Korn’s mistake was getting on my nerves. His girlfriend doesn’t know what he is allergic to while all his friends know, Utah is a huge red flag and then he says it was Korn’s fault for treating her badly? Seriously dude, use some of the brain cells. Text her and tell. “COMMUNICATE”. She is different infant of instagram camera and offline, red flag and even after people telling that, he still does not understand and notice that? She does not spend time with him at all, red flag? She says she is coming at 5 but doesn’t show up till 7 so can’t he “message” her and tell hey it’s 7 and you are not here so I am leaving? Why on earth doesn’t he see all these red flags? WHERE THE HELL IS COMMUNICATION IN THIS RLEATIONSHIP or his relationship with Korn??? He has girlfriend but he kisses and sleep with Korn but then he hurts him again? Why on earth CHEATING is okay? It’s okay if you are confused, just be honest with both go them!! Even if Plren is mentally unstable person, you need to be honest in relationship!!
2. Korn character: He is comfortable with himself, straight-forward and honest. When Knock asked about Mew he told directly, no beating around the bush. He is flirty with Knock but he doesn’t cross the line. He confessed to Knock but he did no make a move until he Knock himself kissed first. Why is Korn with Knock when he doesn’t reciprocate his love and trust him and why is he going behind someone who doesn’t love him the way he wants to be loved?
3. Plern, Prae, Mikki character: Ladies, get a life. So clingy and pathetic. Plern is such a double faced character and manipulative and why on earth is she clingy to Knock? I still do not get it. If she want’s relationship only on the instagram then why can’t she find someone else? She doesn’t know her boyfriend is allergic to shrimp? She would have killed him. Even Yihwa being a friend knows that. How can someone “STEAL” an adult grown man? Dman, these languages in the show needs to change as people in real life also imitate and seek this way. And Prae changing her love interest from Farm to Bright? I am like seriously?!?!?! Mikki: girl get a life. You can’t stalk people!!! Not legal!! What Plern did with the “serum” is fraud but no legal action for that? All the stalking, manipulation and creepy ways to hurt people and at the end they are all still okay? I mean I know this happens in real life too but still you would want to see some justice.
4. Farm-Bright relationship: Don’t even get me started on that. My blood boils. I do not feel comfortable when there is Rape/non-consent and exploitation and abuse and assault and if I start to wrote about it, it’s going to be a huge article so I want to just say that Bright needs to be in jail and undergo therapy and reform himself and Farm needs to be in therapy to heal himself from the trauma.
5. Kavita-Phu relation: Phu, you need to take care of your mess? Why do people in this show, just push everything under the mat and not explain? He just left Mikki assume that Kavita was girlfriend based on photos and did not clear misunderstanding. He knows how things are causing issues for the lecture and still he doesn’t want to take care of his mess? He lied to her saying dropping out and kisses her? Seriously? There is no ACCOUNTABILITY in this show for lot of characters.
6. Yihwa: Solid female character, non-judgmental and supportive friend, extremely smart and without her, there wouldn’t be Korn-Knock. She is the kind of friend everyone should have in their life.
7. Fai: Again solid female character, smart, minds her business, good friend. We need more representation of character like Fai and Yihwa in all stories rather than Plern kind.
8. Plot wasn’t the usual damsel in distress or one of the BL couple needs to be more “soft” or “feminine” to be in the relationship. It was refreshing to see that change
9. Chemistry between Korn and Knock was really good and the intimate scenes were not awkward like some other BL series where you as a viewer start feeling uncomfortable because the actors aren’t comfortable.
10. Overall bad to okayish storyline. Acting and music was good.

I hate that most shows (BL/non-BL) start to normalize forceful kisses/sex/physical intimacy when it is clearly assault and rape or normalize stalking behavior or lying or cheating to fall in “love” or go behind someone who doesn’t love you the way you to be loved. You expect the other person to change but that won’t happen because they are being themselves and then the issues in relationship starts. Also no communication and trust is like a main theme everywhere.
Why can’t there be a show where people show communication skills between couples, trust, honesty and consent which portrays what a healthy relationship should look like.

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Slow-burn, largely unproblematic and realistic

Spoilers ahead: I'm sure I'm going to step on a lot of toes with this review. I know this series is highly rated but I find it pretty boring overall because I dislike slow burn dramas. While the story is fine, I feel like things are dragged longer than necessary and I had to skip ahead many times once I get the gist of the scenes. Speaking as a gay man, I have gripes with Korn referring to Knock as his wife (almost twice: once he almost let it slip in the hospital, and another time when confronting Pleng near the end of the series). Referring to the bottom as the wife is a big no-no as it's both heteronormative and homophobic. Released in 2017, they should've known better. I could be wrong but it's pretty indicative of the writers NOT being part of the LGBTQ community. Neither me nor any gay men I know would call themselves or their spouses their "wife." Vice versa for lesbians. As a community, we're just so tired of the heteronormative, male/female, seme/uke dichotomy of queer relationships. And to add fuel to the fire, I see comments that praise the "wife" line as the best line in the whole series. That's such a fujoshi thing to say. At this point (episode 12), I've decide to stop watching even though I know there's only 1 more episode to go. Consider that the last straw. Furthermore, it's pretty draining to have to root for characters I increasingly dislike, so much so that I no longer care if Korn and Knock get back together, although I know they will. I have no respect for Knock, who cheated multiple times, who can never be decisive, and who kept making bad decisions that hurt everyone around him. I also have no respect for Korn. Back when he claimed Pleng is innocent he cheated with Korn once again even though they were both sober. Of course, he also did the big no-no by calling Knock his wife. On the other hand, Faii and Yihwa are pretty awesome characters and they usually steal the scenes. While Knock and Korn's relationship has the potential of being quite sweet, their relationship (as with the rest of the relationships on the show) has been rocky for most of the series, which can be frustrating to watch. Representation and research-wise, I like that it is pretty realistic. With the exception of the "wife" thing, it hasn't fallen into any more of the pitfalls common to the BL genre. There is variety: I like that Korn is established as a gay character who doesn't care about others' judgment. Bright is an unapologetic, sleezy playboy (which is fine but he should've said so to Farm from the start) while Farm is as pure as it comes. None of them feel like stereotypes or caricatures. The show deals with realistic themes like homophobia (from Korn's sister), cheating, revenge, heartbreak, being outed, friendship, etc. so by no means is this show a whitewashed fetishization of gay men. The acting is decent, although Korn's face freezes whenever someone confronts him about something and I don't know if that's his characterization or awkward acting. Knock can't cry for shit. Farm's face always has the same look/emotion. Faii and Yihwa are hilarious. Lastly, I don't get why Knock was so upset at the start. They were both drunk and they agreed to have sex. Knock even bottomed without prep or lube, which is metal. It's not as if Korn raped him.

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