The Eclipse (2022)

Good representation of LGBTQ+

What surprised me about this BL is that it is very realistic in terms of the social situation. Although, this setting in a weird cult-like school might seem over the top at first, it did play its role in portraying an institution that is of conservative values. I like how they included a clear divide between the school principal that was openly homophobic and allies like teacher Sani. I could relate to the struggles of Akk accepting his identity so much. The scene of him coming out to his parents was heartbreaking. The plot twist with teacher Chadok was great and unexpected, the way his character changed after everything was revealed... All in all, it encompasses the struggles and experiences of the LGBTQ+ community very well.
This said, I do have some complaints. The first half of the series is pretty boring... Nothing much is happening, there is no development of the characters as a couple, and not enough mystery to keep me entertained. Also, FirstKhao are the most switch pairing there is in Thai BL, but they still had to use the 'wife' label (although, it was kinda like a joke). The dialogue writing... I was cringing so bad in some moments that I was actually considering dropping the series.
Overall, I enjoyed the series, and I would like to thank the writer for the representation. However, I recommend watching the first half on double speed.

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WASNT THE BEST BUT I LOVED IT

I didn't have major high hopes for this drama as the “supernatural” aspect kinda put me off, but thankfully after watching the show it was more of a “who dun it” than an actual curse on the school.

TW in the series: Suicide, depression, very mild violence.

First of all i wanna say this isn't the best bl I've ever seen, but i really did enjoy it and its definitely in my top 5. Mainly because of FirstKhao’s acting and chemistry.

What i liked:
For me the best thing that came out this serious was firstkhao, but especially khaotung. His acting is honestly amazing and he really takes his characters seriously, every emotional scene with him felt so real and made me shed a tear from how believable his emotions were. But even when ayan is happy or messing around khao did so good portraying that. First also really impressed me. I really hope to see them in more series together since their chemistry is unmatched.
It gave me an enemies to lovers vibe which im a sucker for so i really enjoyed seeing ayan and akk grow closer and more comfortable with each other as the series went on.
Although its extremely sad, i really liked the storyline of teacher dika’s (ayans uncle) s*icide. I liked that it gave it a bit of a darker side to the series other than the whole “curse” bs. It added to the mystery aspect and did a good job of making me wonder why he really did it. And the plot twist at the end genuinely had me shook, it may have been obvious but i wasn't expecting it at all.
Akk coming out to his parents was beautiful, a lot of dramas I’ve seen tend to ignore the fact that coming out to parents can be really hard and scary so I'm really glad they included that. Also loved Akks parents for being so sweet and supportive.
I really enjoyed the ost, i didn't realise khaotung sang the song that payed after the scene akk was comforting ayan after his nightmare, it made the scene really beautiful and khaotung’ voice is lovely.

What i didn't like:
Unfortunately the supporting characters were a little forgettable as the series went on, although i did really enjoy Wats character. The second couple just didn't really do it for me so i did skip some of their scenes.
I get that at the beginning Ayan was acting a little sus, but Akk was treating him like he was a convicted criminal. It just felt quite forced.
The background music was so unserious at points it literally made me laugh, but it got better as the episodes went on.
I feel like Ayans trauma was kind of overlooked, they did a good job showing how his uncle death effected him with his nightmares and anxiety attacks, as well as him being on medication. Although i think they could've dove deeper into how bad his mental health really was, the scene with him and his mum broke my heart when she asked him not to leave her like his uncle, you could see the hesitation before Ayan reassured her that he wont.

Overall, though this series isnt perfect, it really is worth a watch and i will be rewatching it eventually.

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Please don't read this.

When I tell you that this show drew me in. Because I was just so invested in the school. I mean, it is every part of it. Saying the investigation figuring out what happened to his uncle. In the perfect fix, it struggle and I couldn't like it. I can't form like words to tell you how much. I love that, and then the figure out that the main character was doing all that. Didn't show that there was actually a curse. The weather occurs, but they didn't, so they could stop being bad bad. But, Hey, they didn't really want trust code, and I get it. Nobody wants to dress app, but they can't go away and go and go. I don't like to soak it this way, but I know it's not what I want. The romance was, hands down, amazing. The first cow is amazing, woohoo. I just couldn't. I've been rambling and rambling rambling, but this is really good. Oh, and it deserves the $10 and some fee I sold that somebody put a 5 and I just don't understand these users like what happened and I think they didn't really pay attention to the show. This is a show that you generally have to pay attention to to understand stuff. If it has like a big butt, you have, you generally need to pay attention. If you don't pay attention, you're not gonna understand stuff. And if you don't understand stuff, you're not really gonna like the show if you don't understand anything. But I haven't heard of me. I'm always watching star in my Instagram. Mine, sorry, am I my bad? Pay attention to the show, and maybe you'll get it. That's you saw. I pushed myself to wash some shoes. Man, I love this voice input name. I said wash some shoes, my gosh. I meant to show my words disappeared. I want people to suck they do not read this because it's just me rambling, you don't even know what I'm saying because you can hear me right app next to the Lake you can't even hear me right app next to to link. You can even hear me right up next to the 22 next leagues. Gabriel, next league's gabriel Henry. You gave me a Harry accident 22 next week. You Gabriel Henry? What are you doing here? I don't know, gave you all. I just randomly popped up here well. You gotta go ahead of me, but why, Gabriel? Because you can't be here. Hadn't Gabriel, you're not making sense, man. You gotta leave alright Henry mcgabriel why mcgabriel I said buck Henry I need you to believe you can't be here man, give me a reason why I can't be here. Joe joe, who is joe joe Mama henry? I mean, I gave you homo no.

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My comofort serie

Episodul 6 - a fost perfect, fiecare minut. Absolut perfect. Chimia dintre protagoniști și tensiunea constantă, totul încheindu-se cu cel mai perfect sărut. Ahhhh.
Episodul 7 - să uităm primele minute din el, mi-a distrus starea și nu m-am mai putut bucura de restul episodului. De ce mi-ați distrus un moment perfect?
Dar, scena Khan-Thua a fost atâta de dulce. Love it!
Episodul 8 - Finally! De când așteptam momentul ăsta. Iar Ayan mi-a răspuns la întrebarea ce îmi bântuia gândurile. În ceea ce îl privește pe Akk, îi înțeleg reținerea, deși, băiatul meu, ești pierdut deja. Iar Thua - Khan, hai că facem progrese. Sper doar ca Khan să nu fie rănit într-un final. Sper.
Următoarele episoade se anunță cu probleme. Ahhh, bietul Akk, prins între ciocan și nicovală.

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I AMNIN LOVE WITH THIS SHOW

Like a good book, i cant seem to put this down or get excited for each new episode. The social concepts being discussed to the murder-mystery to the cast, Khao to First to Neo to Louis to AJ and even Pawin I must say this is amazing. The sexual tension between the couples are doing me in. AkkAyan is raising my blood pressure with their sexy tit-for-tat and Ayan's seduction warching how Akk fights the inevitable is everything.

But im here for TuaKan. The second couple is everything i didn't know i needed. I am in love with each pairing and while i know what the cliche BL plot line will be for TuaKan, im sad because i feel Tua's hurt coming like a runaway train on the tracks. But i will keep watching and rewatching until new episodes are released.

GREAT SHOW ? ?

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I liked it, but the ending ruined it

I've been scrolling through comments, and noticed that some are disappointed with how the 'mystery' bit was over-advertised. Good thing for me, I didn't watch any of its advertisements and jumped straight into it, so I wasn't expecting much of a mystery in the series. The mystery, if any, really wasn't done well, so fortunately it isn't something that I was expecting or looking out for. I had already expected the 'twist' for the curse from miles away, not sure if anyone else did too.

What I liked, was how both MLs actually acted like their age, they cried their hearts out, they're irrational, stupid, and do idiotic things. But I love how their relationship developed, from hating and suspicion, to curious and trying to understand each other. As a person who always puts others before myself, I actually relate a lot to what the characters are going through.

I'm sure something's going on with the side couple, not sure yet since i'm only on ep7, but I'm hoping they'll manage to open up their hearts to each other, something that every character seems to struggle to do so, considering they are in such a prison-like school.

Ep9 - ok the side cpl is seriously lacking some bravery, but its fine i can wait for them - as for Akk, I've been reflecting on his actions, and honestly, I realised that what he's been doing is literally a crime, at least assisting in one. I originally thought his intention was to 'protect the school's honour as head prefect', but now it's obvious his motive is also to obtain the scholarship for university, and he has to get on the teacher's good side to do that. That is selfish behaviour, and he's essentially spreading lies and causing fear around school for personal motives. That's really not right.

For main the couple, I thought they could turn out really sweet after Akk sorts out his feelings, so far he hasn't done so even after Ayan bares his heart. Although I can't say they are a good couple, Ayan has his ulterior motives in wanting Akk to confess to his crimes, and he keeps forcing Akk to do so, not even attempting to understand or comfort him despite knowing how conflicted Akk feels. I also dislike how he loves jumping to conclusion and assuming Akk is always the perpetrator

Ep10 - yep the couples are finally set, and then tragedy descends of course - seriously why is the school expecting students to act like friggin investigators in a murder mystery, they're really not right in the head

Ep11 - i'm so triggered sorry Thua is a little bish how dare he tattle on their relationship, that's such a foul move - also did everyone get hit on the head and experience a 180 personality change in this episode??

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Acting on othet level

The acting in the serie is a whole other level, I would have give it more than 10 stars if it's possible... I have watched first in not me and his acting was sooo good, but in the eclipse, it feels like a whole damn other universe... His eyes can tell anything, his emotions touch my heart directly and makes me feel all the feelings he wants to deliver, Kaotung is an amazing actor as well, when he cries I want to cry too and his smile is so beautiful ?
I watched Love in the air before the eclipse and tought I can't forget it and will be hard for me to start any new serie after it, but the eclipse is a good one in this kind of situations ?

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So Good~

VERY SLIGHT SPOILERS

Basically: 10
If you're in the mood for a bit of a more serious high school romance focused more on healing and growing with cute banter and fun tension, then this is definitely right up your alley~ If you're looking for something more supernatural or paranormal, then this might not be the thing for you~ Also, if you're going through some things involving depression or grief, I'd wait a bit on this, because ooooooooh boy~

Story: 10
I went into this super excited for the premise, and, while it wasn't as supernatural as I originally expected, there were still a few plot twists that threw me for a LOOP, which was awesome lmao~ I wouldn't say it's groundbreaking, but the use of mental health and the importance of grief, not to mention how our idols aren't always what we think or should actually like, is such an interesting take in a show about high schoolers. There were points that literally had me hitting the pause button to take a moment, and it was because of both the need to squeal at the chemistry and the need to take a breath from all of the emotions. Props to the actors~

Acting/Cast: 10
They're so fucking good lmao I don't know how else to say it. Like, the main actors who play Ay and Akk are some of my favorites that have been cast as side characters for years, so for them to star in something together as the leads, you can bet I was going to support them all else be damned. But they were BRILLANT. The way Ay expressed his grief and Akk's expression as he worked through his feelings about literally everything? Ugh. 10/10

Music: 9
The OST is good, of course, and the background music is also perfectly place. I usually rank the music based on how often I wanna add all of the song to my playlist, and this one only had the opening (sang by the actor who played Ay) that really caught my attention, but that's a personal preference and not at all reflected in the way the background music literally made me anxious in the right spots and scream in happiness in others~

Rewatch Value: 10
This is a biased rating because I love the main couple and have already watched it a second time by the time I decided to start this review, so there's that lol I think is one of those dramas that you notice more the more times you watch it, so I definitely think the rewatch value is hiiiiiigh with this one~

Overall: 10
I thought this show was a pleasant surprise. There wasn't any toxic female characters, no toxic friends, the side couple was cute and showed more than just a handful of times, and there was even more on a friend that didn't necessarily have a romantic partner, so it felt very rounded out and involved. Plus, if nothing else, the CHEMISTRY between the ACTORS UGH. I loved it~

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Gostei, com algumas ressalvas

Eu nem lembro por que comecei esse BL, acho que nem tinha visto nada de divulgação e tudo mais. Só vi as pessoas comentando e decidi assistir, sem expectativa nenhuma pra falar a verdade.

O primeiro episódio não me agradou, mas ainda assim decidi continuar e não me arrependo. Foi muito bom assistir The Eclipse.

Importante dizer que provavelmente o que me cativou mais no início da história foi o personagem Ayan - quem não gostava de ver ele militando por qualquer motivo? hahah - mas falando sério, eu achava bem legal a dinâmica do personagem na trama.

O romance de The Eclipse para mim foi o grande destaque desse BL. Foi bem desenvolvido, saudável, o casal teve muita química e o impacto que Akk e Ayan tiveram na vida um do outro é perceptível no decorrer da narrativa. Um dos melhores casais de BL sim!! Além disso, o casal secundário foi fofinho demais também.

Quanto à história do BL: na minha opinião o plot da escola poderia ter sido melhor desenvolvido. Em muitos momentos, a trama só se baseava naquilo que foi nos apresentado no primeiro episódio: a maldição e os protestos dos alunos. Como se a história estivesse andando em círculos.

Outra coisa que achei meio aleatória foi o tal protesto dos alunos, que parecia se basear apenas no "não queremos usar uniforme". Com vários e vários episódios batendo nessa tecla, teve uma hora que ficou bem entediante.

Então o que eu penso sobre o enredo desse BL é que ele traz questões bem legais a serem discutidas, só não foi tão bem executado. De toda forma, até que conseguiu me fazer pensar bastante enquanto assitia, o que já é alguma coisa.

Quanto à atuação do elenco, achei boa no geral, com exceção de alguns personagens. Não acho que a cinematografia tenha algo de extraordinário (o que não é um problema, já que essa não parece ser a intenção) principalmente por ter sempre o mesmo cenário da escola.

Agora, queria destacar a belíssima OST "Over The Moon", cantada por Khaotung. Que música linda! A letra dela expressa totalmente o relacionamento dos protagonistas. Uma das melhores OST's de BL que conheço.

Enfim, The Eclipse foi um BL bem legal de acompanhar, e que de certa forma é um pouco diferente dos BL's tailandeses que estamos acostumados.

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