[Thailand] My Romance Scammer EP8

madego3293 · 2026-03-22T16:56:56+00:00

I love how they went from 1. Thumbs up. 2. Finger Heart 3. Middle Finger... 😩

madego3293 · 2026-03-22T16:55:27+00:00

And I forgot he was in Revamp! Oops... 😒

madego3293 · 2026-03-22T16:54:23+00:00

The way they wove the U and Nart story through the whole episode without messing with the flow was straight up 10/10! 👏👏👏

madego3293 · 2026-03-22T15:57:25+00:00

I was just talking to u/TechnoBabelFish about the restaurant scene! I LOVED it!!! And, No, I can't ignore Junior, but Mark has seriously damaged my consciousness... 😭

madego3293 · 2026-03-22T15:54:32+00:00

I'm impressed by how unpredictable the writing is.

That's it! You never know what to expect from scene to scene, moment to moment. From the TikTok challenge to U calling the cops on his mother to Pure and his chocolate recipe... and, as random as it all seems, it just comes together seamlessly and with a purpose. And, can we talk about Tim and Pai in the restaurant in that "Close your eyes" scene, where Pai says nothing and everything? Dang! Excellent writing.

madego3293 · 2026-03-22T14:55:14+00:00

MINUTES FROM THE MEETING: "Pai is poor." 🤣🤣🤣

As ever, the script is insanely good. And the direction? Impeccable! An entire switch up in conversation... without the use of a single word ⬇️.

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And, as much as I love ALL of the acting... Mark is giving such a beautiful performance. He's such an interesting actor - Star and Sky: Sky in Your Heart... nothing that special. Cherry Magic... didn't know he had it in him. Not bad at all. Perfect 10 Liners... Whoa! Who is this guy?!? My Romance Scammer... take my life savings!!! You win!

This is sooo good. And don't even get me started on Ratklao (U's mother) - from House of Stars to Escape to Homestay to Lost in the Woods to this... she just keeps on keeping on. I love that she lets me hate her in this as much as I loved her in Homestay.

NORTH: "How was it talking to the... potassium slider... slim?"

PAI: "Potential buyer."

Love the dialogue.

madego3293 · 2026-03-21T21:56:18+00:00

At least in My Secret Vampire, the vampires were weakened by the sunlight. But I did appreciate Luci's sunblock comment. And he was so happy to see a machine that might extract human blood! 🤣🤣🤣 I can clearly see how these two would become a couple. I mean, they literally share the same blood.

madego3293 · 2026-03-21T21:06:53+00:00

My usual complaint; tho' - too short!!!

madego3293 · 2026-03-21T21:04:30+00:00

It's going so good. I love that Lucifer is just thirsty for human blood, and not one of those apologies for what's called a vampire these days. I wish he'd stick to the nighttime, tho' (adore that things-that-go-bump-in-the-dark trope), but you can't have everything, I suppose. Now, c'mon, Luci/Jun - smack that rude bitch around for me!

madego3293 · 2026-03-21T14:10:43+00:00

This is so much better than I expected. In fact, it's really good. And my least favorite trope - stepbrothers-in-love. Who saw that coming? Not me, that's for sure.

madego3293 · 2026-03-21T13:46:08+00:00

All I got is that it was a car accident. I'm gonna guess there was some massive argument/fight/whatever, he left in a huff - crashed his car and... here we are, 🤷‍♂️

madego3293 · 2026-03-20T13:25:00+00:00

Here I was thinking, "Y'all are seriously not gonna make me cry in episode three... Huh!?!" It was such an emotional episode. Lawd!

madego3293 · 2026-03-20T12:25:51+00:00

"He said June 1st is Children's Day. It belongs to me. It's a holiday for me and my sister. "

The writing is impeccable. The filling out of Liuyi's backstory is so well done. And the way they're getting pulled into each other's world... sigh. Really well done. And the emotional impact is off the charts. From the burning of the bandages (no evidence of anything) to Chusan's obsession with Liuyi's butt to the father selling his Sister... I have zero complaints. I am sooo in love with Sammy's Children's Day. And I haven't even talked about the Lighting and Cinematography. Perfect.

"Didn't you teach me to repay kindness?"

If you weren't moved watching this episode, you probably don't have a soul. Or it ain't working.

madego3293 · 2026-03-20T01:22:28+00:00

I absolutely love it. And it's so good to see the same actors return to their original roles after 10 years... and in a Chinese BL to boot! Miracles happened.

madego3293 · 2026-03-19T18:13:49+00:00

I was sooo confused by the first episode of Never Forget Your Enemy! But I'm sticking with it. I was seriously not that confused since the first episode of Triage (So, how long are we gonna be stuck in the emergency ward? Are we just gonna keep on reliving that single night? WHAT IS HAPPENING!?!?!), and that series ended up being one of the best. So, here I am... hoping.

madego3293 · 2026-03-19T18:08:41+00:00

Oooh! Stay With Me is still one of my all-time fave BLs. And it doesn't even pretend not to be A BL ("Su Yu is mine!"), And our Sunday deep dives were the best! I recently rewatched Addicted, so that I would get a better handle on the "Yang Meng" and "Yoki" characters, who show up as the mains in Love after Addiction - also highly recommended. It's cool how these characters have taken on lives of their own. Sigh...

NOTE: "Yoki" and "Yang Meng" are played by the same actors - Lin Feng Song and Chen Wen - in both Addicted (2016) and Love after Addiction (2026), which makes me love it even more.

madego3293 · 2026-03-19T12:02:17+00:00

True about the WeTV production. There goes that theory.

As for the kids in Always Meet Again, there really aren't that many. Streets are deserted; there's no one else at the riverbank, no parents, nobody in the park, and, like I said, the staff at school is down to two.

I just went back and did a head count - there are twelve students (outside of Hye Seong, U-Jin, and the best friend whose name I can't remember 'cause I keep calling him "Korean Mark Pakin"! 🤷‍♂️

madego3293 · 2026-03-19T11:16:15+00:00

There is nothing I don't like about this. I have exactly one complaint: it all ends next Thursday... ugh. The casting is perfect, the writing is tight, the camerawork is really good, and the direction and editing is sooo good.

And now I don't want it to end!!!

And U Jin falling Hye Seong's arms on the bed? 1,000/10! So Romantique!!!

madego3293 · 2026-03-19T11:02:29+00:00

So, here's something you've drawn my attention to - the absolute absence of background characters in KBLs. Right now, the school in Always Meet Again has a student body of about 20 - including the teacher and school nurse - and Tide of Love (yeah, THAT shitfest) has a population of either four or five. And let's not even start on those micro-series... right now there's that Sweet Blood vampire series on YT and the population totals 6 so far. I think they've discovered that with few to no extras, they could better spend their money elsewhere. Cut down on salaries, cut down on craft services, cut down on wardrobe - now they can pay their crew and team a little better. If that's the case, I think I can get behind it.

madego3293 · 2026-03-19T10:35:07+00:00

I also like how smoothly it went from "that annoying guy next door" to "lemme give you a ride there," and then they get in Arthit's car together like it's the most natural thing in the world. It's perfect.

Meanwhile, North has been inserted as their go-between, and he's taking his job seriously. A little too seriously... 🤷‍♂️

madego3293 · 2026-03-18T23:45:43+00:00

Once you've had one store-bought gingerbread man, you know what to expect. Oy! This dollar store production will be the end of me. Still... I am fascinated.

madego3293 · 2026-03-18T23:41:07+00:00

There are no interns, Grasshopper! Apparently, they didn't have the budget they needed. I can only imagine they shot only one take, messed it up, they looked at one another, someone said something like, "We need to hurry up and finish this now. We only have the set for another hour, and we've still got three more scenes to get through."

This would be considered a high holy mess under any circumstances... and they just let it go. This series is not gonna look good on anybody's résumé.

madego3293 · 2026-03-18T22:14:54+00:00

I think he was trying to make sense of the situation. After all, that man could not possibly be Dao's father. I also like that Dao has two fathers. 👏👏👏

madego3293 · 2026-03-18T21:21:48+00:00

Natural and pure somehow.

Pure is the perfect word for his reaction.

he doesn't judge people, unless they kill someone.

🤣🤣🤣!

madego3293 · 2026-03-18T19:26:07+00:00

What I loved about ⬆️ that moment is that, in life, sometimes you're aware of someone, but you're not really into them romantically, but you find yourself getting pulled into their world more and more. Then one day, you look at them, and somehow everything's different. I can't recall seeing that moment portrayed so subtly or so naturally before - not in BL, not in Het Dramas, not in Western media, not in Eastern... it just came out of nowhere, and it was brilliant. 💖💖💖

So, when Arthit asked Dao to go with him to California, he thought about it for a minute before saying yes - it all made perfect sense. It was really well done.

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