This post will most likely contain spoilers. So, if you intend on watching this drama, stop reading here, go binge (yes, last ep has been released) and come back later. Be sure to leave a comment.

Okay, while I wait for Mandee to drop the last episode of Cutie Pie the series, I figure I should do this. Before we go futher, This post is going to be different, but keep reading (if you’ve seen the series and don’t mind spoilers), and hear me out – or rather read me out.

See what I did there? Huh? Huh?

*hangs head in shame* I suck at commedy lol.

So I started out hating this drama. Like HATING it. First they got me by saying Saint is a part of the project. Then they got me with a cute trailer, then I started watching it and spent the entire first episode staring at the screen like Arnold from Diff’rent Strokes when he asked “whatchoo talkin’ bout Willis?”

The first thing that bothered me was Toh’s haircut. Jesus Murphy, the haircut is so bad that when I see the actor, I have to read the caption, or the subtitles to be like – OH! That’s the guy who plays TOH on SCOY! He is unrecognizable. And I get it, sometimes that has to be the case but in this, there was no reason for that. Now pair the hair-cut

with the stupid as hell looking glasses and I just wanted to reach through the screen and slap the stylist. I get it, Toh is severly nearsighted. But (if someone had done the reasearch) the glasses wouldn’t be so big it swallows his face. The lense on the glasses would be thicker.

Anyways, that’s a small thing and for the most part, I was able to ignore it. Toh’s facial expressions annoyed the hell out of me because–too much. But, let’s focus on why I’m writing this post. While I started out strong disliking this series, and Saint is only in it for a grand total of about two minutes, there is something to be said for the way they handled a few things that I am super happy with.

Before I get to that, however, I’d like to talk about Daisy. She is a trans character that fell hard for a super cute man, InTouch. Now, Intouch loved her for who she was, even though she tried changing because she thought that was what he wanted. But I am super disappointed because they did NOTHING with that storyline. The glossed over the pain Daisy felt after overhearing one of Touch’s friend condemmed her for being “feminine” and just rushed everything–it wasn’t a good arc at all and I’m so sick of these writers introducing FANTASTIC trans-character then just pretend they don’t exist.

*exhales*

Neau – I have to admit, he is the kind of alpha character I love. He will mess you up if you make life hard for his man, but when it comes to how he treats his man, he’s protective, and kind and loving and concerned. You have to really watch for the small things with Neau. The little things he does for Toh and with Toh that you would overlook. And the fact he is a top who bottoms for his man because Toh asked? The love in that is beautiful.

Toh – I spent half the series wanting to smack him, cringing at the things he does (like hording things Neau touches or shares with him) and thinking he has a mental illness. Yes, I get he has a crush but bruh–he took it to an entirely creepier level. But I get it. He loves Neau and love makes you do stupid er creepy things. Plus his friends were bad influences on him too. They love him and support him, sometimes I thought, to his detriment. Especially since he obviouslly had a little bit of a hording problem. There is a heart in him that I saw through all of that.

Sky – Mr. I’m Not A Player I Just Crush A Lot. *giggles* Sorry, I had to. But I adore his charaecter. He found a man he fell for instantly and went after that man with his whole heart. He is the kind of secondary alpha that I adore in a story. He knew when to push, when to back off, when to just sit beside Jao silently. He has the patience of a saint because I would have given Jao shaken baby syndrome by like the third episode. His character is best friend to Neua and support his homie through everything. I love that kind of friendship in a story and ALWAYS puts that in the ones I write.

Jao – *deep breath* Good gawd man. Okay, so he has a baby face but there are zero reasons to act like a baby a good 70% of the dang time. There are a few times I wanted to shake him. Like the scene when they were all at the beach. The friends were having breakfast and this man thought “you know what would be hilarious? Pretend to commit suicide and freak out the guy who’s in love with me!” As someone who’s lost someone I care about to suicide, this was not funny and it was in VERY poor taste. Then the scene where he knows Sky loves him, but he’s going to get mad at Sky for being upset, that someone else was trying to chase Jao.

Then, when Sky is telling him “someone chasing you hurts me” this fool walks away! I’m sitting there thinking, he supported you through all your “I look fat” depression and now he’s telling you this one thing hurts him and you’re just going to leave him there. I know a few people don’t agree with my take on this, and they don’t have to. But if your partner is communicating to you that something is hurting them, you don’t leave. You stop, you listen and you be supportive to him as he was to you.

And can I ask what is the obsession in these dramas of when someone gets hurt, the best way ou can think of to tease them is to poke the wound to hurt them? What kind of sickness is that? I mean, who does that?

There was the toxic vagina (of course) played by the same actress who played Tawan’s doctor friend in My Ride the series. I really couldn’t stand her in that drama and disliked her in this one too. It’s like they can’t find anything else to use to split these guys up or cause trouble except a woman and I merely roll my eyes at that now and sometimes fast forward past it each time they appear on the screen.

The Love Scenes – Sweet between Kao/Sky. It was a little sexier than I expected because of the kind of character Kao is. I thought he would full out be a prude. But ladies and getns and non binary cuties, nope *fans self* – the ones with Toh and Neau were sexy, hotter and the last one–that was a fade to black one but–but–hear me out, Toh and Neau had a kind of conversation where Neau gave his consent to bottom for Toh. That entire conversation is sexier than the love scene, I’m not going to lie because the way

they kind of discussed that was not with words. It was just the way they looked at each other, the lighting, the way Neau held Toh, the way Toh didn’t shy away–*chef’s kiss*

Overall, it isn’t all bad. But I have to warn you, you can’t watch this drama with your logical brain. Yo have to watch it more with your fangirl/fanboy brain. They beautiful things in this drama are so subtle, if you blink you miss them and wind up hating it for being a bit of nothing. I had to watch it twice – as it aired, then watched all the eps again leading up to the last ep to catch a few things.

Overall, this drama isn’t all bad. There are a lot of places that you will cringe – trust me. But if you focus on the smaller things – likethe romance, the intention of the characters and allow yourself to just be silly, you will enjoy it.

Keep your eyes on the stars

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