#i- i just- how. how do you misinterpret things THIS BADLY istg

[transmascwillbyers]

So I was talking to one of my friends this morning about ST, and according to her, her brother (who's a fan of the show too) believes that Will's arc throughout the show revolves around helping Mike and El solves their problems as a couple. Not as in it's part of his arc, not as in it's something he needs to do to fulfill his arc, as in... that is his arc. Like, that's what he is meant to do, optimally, in the show, and byler being canon would directly contradict his "character development".

...I think we can conclusively agree that this is the worst Will take ever.

[panlyv]

dawn's bl reviews that no one asked for! (@torfight gif!)

en of love: tossara & love mechanics

grade: 6/10 & 2/10 (respectively)

!!!spoilers below!!! (about the shows)

i'm going to review both series into one post since they are part of the same universe. (the last installment was supposed to be here too, but apparently it was postponed due to the covid19 situation, so im going to make a separate review for it once it airs.)

> pros of tossara:

• communication. i think everyone who has watched this series agrees with me that bar's communication skills are unbelievably good, and gun's too. i wasn't expecting it at all from such a weak show, but they really got that right and it's beautiful to see bar stating his ground and his boundaries, and being so honest about his feelings to gun, who was always open and understanding, and also very direct about how he felt about bar since the beginning. they leave no space for misinterpretations and drama, and god...... we do be needin' more of that, not only in bls, but in media as a whole.

• the story is cute and smooth. because of how clear both of them were about what they wanted and what not, things progressed naturally and pretty realistically, without unecessary conflicts. it's a great show for those who want something short but very heartwarming and sweet.

> cons of tossara:

• the acting...... yikes. none of them had outstanding acting skills, but the actor who played gun seemed way too cringe at times and it just didn't feel like i was watching a character, it was more like he was reading lines without compromise. and even tho bar's actor was kinda good, it still left me thinking it could've been better.

• the direction. as much as i have my complaints about until we meet again, if there's one good thing from that series is the direction. p'new made two amazing shows (love by chance & uwma) so, of course, i had some high expectations for en of love, especially being such a short thing, but idk.... i felt really dissapointed with how wonky the series was, i expected a lot more.

> pros of love mechanics

• war wanarat. he cute.

• yihwa. she's great and she & james are the only valid characters in this for defending mark from that asshole.

> cons of love mechanics

• god. ok. where do i even begin????? this show was a TRAIN WRECK. i had no expectations whatsoever for this, since i was expecting something along the lines of tossara and because people said the novel is problematic BUT GOD.......... even taking out some bad parts of the novel, love mechanics still delivered less than i could've ever expected them to. i swear. what the fuck was that.

• the cheating plot. bro... i hate cheating plots so fucking much, they are just a way of villainization of gay/mlm characters and cheating is unacceptable in any type of relationship. honestly, do i need to say more?

• how poorly mark was treated. why did the writers hate him? making him chase after bar when it was clear nothing would come out of that, for him to then become vee's fuck toy (quite literally) and be put on hold by vee (while developing feelings for him) because vee is a fucking coward and couldn't get his shit together. mark could've been great if they had focused on his need to love and be loved, and how he would navigate it and overcome this dependency on people, instead of basically making him a joke.

• how they made it seem like we should be sorry for vee and be by his side. bullshit. fucking bullshit. vee is one of the WORST characters i've seen. i swear. he's so so SO badly written. but there were some dialogues and scenes to make the audience think he was being the victim (when he was, in fact, the one causing all the problems) and think that mark owned him something (just to be clear, he didn't. mark was the one suffering at all times as a consequence of the countless fuck ups from vee in JUST FOUR EPISODES..... how did they manage to ruin something this bad in so little time istg)

• the timeline?????? i couldn't understand in what time frame the story was happening. it seemed like it was all in a week, but in ep3 james said it took vee almost an year to reciprocate mark's feelings, then three months since they "broke up" to talking again, and a ??? time skip where they had sorted things out and got together. which brings me to:

• making mark a joke. it's basically the same complaint from above but now focusing on how it seemed like mark forgave everything hurtful vee did to him simply because vee said "i love you". it sends a message to the viewers that mark is just THAT easy, needy and desperate for love, and he will accept anything. and that's extremely disrespectful to the character.

• again, the direction. same as tossara.

• vee. ugh.

would i rewatch it?: to be honest? no. neither of them

studio wabi sabi and p'new.............. what happened?????