Stalker (2022)

Made with Love

I was sceptical when I started this series, mostly because its another college student BL, of which we have PLENTY and of which only a few are really good. I started watching because Saint was involved in creating this BL and since I'm an admirer I could not leave it. I watched all episodes on IdolFactory's YT channel, bc apparently other sources have missing scenes.

Boy did I make a good choice! The first few episodes actually had me thinking I made a mistake watching this and I was afraid I might have to drop it. I'm glad I didn't, because after ep. 3 it redeemed itself and then some.

The acting is very good. It was very carefully directed and there was enough space for believable character development. You see the characters growing in their relationships and in their self-evaluation. This is delivered in a very natural way. The nerdy, insecure Toh starts believing he is actually not so bad after all, and grows stronger en empowered. The handsom jock Nuea is suprisingly caring and insecure about Toh. They both grow to appreciate each others insecurities, take each other seriously and help each other.

The love radiates from the screen. Fortunately there is plenty of age-appropriate skinship. These are guys in their early twenties. They will do more than just pecks and hugs. The love-scenes are endearing and hot at the same time. They made my heart flutter and in some cases even tear up a little.

What I liked: No-one wants to change the other person. There is a lot of respect and kindness. Toh is not a " pretty boy" (although he has absolute flawless skin). There is a low-key lesbian couple, a trans character, very accepting and loving parents, great love-scenes.

What I didn't like: The first 2/3 eps are very cringy. The storyline of Toh keeping everything even remotely to do with Nuea, even crabshells really grossed me out. The childish behaviour of both Toh and Jao annoyed the hell out of me. This does get better further along, but keeps creeping up on the characters and I just don't like it. As said, these are not children but young adults, there is no reason whatsoever to behave this way. The secondary couples could have used more screentime. There were pieces missing in that area. HOW did DaisyTouch, SomTor and KhwanFon get together??

All in all you can see that this was made with a lot of love and care and because of that I can forgive a lot of the bad. I really enjoyed (binge)watching.

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Beautiful romantic comedy covered with cringey-blanket

Secret Crush on You is one of those series, which at first I wasn’t sure about, but with every episode it got better and better and I just couldn’t help but fall in love with this beautiful show. I must admit it was hard to watch it at first, because it is so damn embarrassing and awkward and cringey and comical. But once you get used to it, this show shares a lot of very beautiful messages about being yourself, love and friendship. I definitely recommend this show to everyone. I have watched it once, but I will probably watch it again in the near future.

The story itself is actually quite simple and easy to follow. There is nothing new - nerdy guy is falling for the popular older guy. But what makes this show so good are the characters and the way they show love and crushing as something embarrassing, cringey, awkward and comical at times! Just like in reality! But don’t think there are only laughs. Through humor they actually touch on a lot of important and serious (LGBTQ+) topics and they will even make you cry, I definitely cried!

I am convinced that the best part about this show is the main friend group of Toh, Khao, Daisy/Day and Som. Besides the fact that all of them have amazing chemistry with each other, they represent a beautiful friendship that we all long for. Their group is very dynamically balanced. None of them is necessarily a leader or a follower. They are equal. One thing that you could see from the start is how they support and accept each other. They all know they are not perfect and their friends are neither. They are close enough to tell each other the hard truths and give real actual usable advice. I also love how they listen to each other and notice when one of them is not feeling good. And can we all take a pause to appreciate their motto! Honestly I could’ve watched the whole show just about their friendship.

But since it's a romantic comedy, let’s talk about love! During the course of the series all four of them (Toh, Khao, Daisy/Day, Som) find love, but we see four very different ways of acting, while having a crush and being in a relationship. I would say that we all can probably see pieces of ourselves in every one of them.

Toh represents the kind of crush that you watch from afar thinking that you will never be worthy of that person. I would even say that he has put Nuea up on a pedestal. He never expects anything to happen and is totally okay never knowing the real person Nuea might be. But once things evolve and they are together we can see that they communicate and are actually very nice together. I really like that Nuea doesn’t try to change Toh, but wants him to embrace who he is. Even though they use typical BL top/bottom trope, they actually included discussions about roles of top/bottom. It was definitely something fresh to see. But what is very realistic and nicely done, is that Toh’s insecurities and way of thinking/acting don’t miraculously disappear. I really love the ending of the show, because they touch on all the important points about their story and give us a beautiful closure.

As for the Khao and Sky story at first it was even hard to tell whether Khao likes Sky or not. I actually had trouble not getting mad at Sky for his very forceful advances towards Khao. We learn that Khao is the kind of person who is not good with intimacy and keeps most of his thoughts to himself. Quite soon in the series we learn about his body image issues and I really love how they touched this subject. I guess I could tell that Khao thinks he is not worthy of love and is scared to open himself up. But once he does, we can see him bloom. But we can again see that insecurities and ways of thinking/acting don’t miraculously disappear just because you meet someone.

Third couple is Daisy/Day and Intouch. Their love story is really about changing who you are just because you think the other person will like you more. Even though their story doesn't get as much screen time, I found their story one of the best. I love Daisy! She had so many beautiful scenes and Nutt did just amazing acting! Most scenes where I was crying were part of her story. Also Som and Daisy’s friendship is just gold.

I am really sad that we didn’t get to see as much of Som's story. But I must tell I actually felt the closest to her. She really represents a person who is very independent and strong willed and who thinks that they don’t need love. Yet we see her finding someone special to her in Tor. Their story could've been really interesting to see. Especially how Som navigates being in a relationship while also keeping her independence.

All in all we get to see four very different and interesting love stories and one amazing friend group. It really showed us that every single one of us is worthy of love, despite what other people may think. There were so many great topics that this show tried to talk about. Sometimes through humor and sometimes by making us all cry. I definitely love this show and it will be one of my top shows!

I want to praise the casting and acting of this show! It was so well done! All the actors were really good in my opinion and if you watch behind the scenes videos you can see that they were also very dedicated to this show. I would also applaud the people who made the cinematography - it was very enjoyable to watch it. The pacing was good and shots were very well done. And the soundtrack of this show really complemented the whole series.

If you read this all through - you are amazing! Hope you liked it and maybe it made you want to watch this beautiful show! I definitely recommend it! :)

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Never judge a book by it's cover, that's what SCOY taught me

This series started out so awkward and cringy that I thought it was only going to be that. And because of that I wasn't going to watch it. Truth be told the trailer threw me off it. But, boy was I wrong & it highly surprised me. It was something beautiful that showed us that we all deserved love no matter how we are perceived by others. Whether, we are "outcasts" or not... Straight/bi/gay/lesbian/Ace/Trans--- whatever we are all equal when it comes to love and we all deserve happiness. It was great seeing the popular ones chasing the "outcasts/nerds" this time.

We don't get BL series were the main character is like Toh seen as an outcasts and weird. If the audience sees them in a BL series, they are always supporting characters. But, in SCOY they get to shine and get their HEA. Extremely grateful for SCOY.

Also love how Toh and Nuea turned out to be one of the healthiest couples this year. No misunderstandings here(which seem to be plaguing BL lately) and when there were: those misunderstandings were rapidly cleared up by communication. Their love for each other was equal too. No: one loves the other more than the one loves them. TohNuea supported each other and just loved each other. Billy and Seng were amazing in their roles and their chemistry was fire. I hope we get to see them in another series. Sky and Jao stole my heart too. They were beautiful and heart how Jao lost his awkwardness little by little the more he spent time with ao

The friendship between Toh's group & Sky/Nuea was also the best. One of the strongest points of SCOY. Saint did an amazing job here and I think he proved he has talent to produce series. Can't wait to see his next one!

I rated everything 10 haha ecept the OVERALL category. There I went with 9.5 because there were some cringy scenes(esp in the beginning) that I can't get over but that's not enough to make me hate Secret Crush on You.

I highly recommend it. Don't sleep on it if you're thinking of watching just do it! You won't regret it. It may end up surprising you and be one of your favorites. Give it a chance.

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Just give it a try..

Well at first I thought it was weird and a bit cringe but I ended up loving it. I really didn't expect to enjoy it so much.
I love all the main characters of this series.
It's a fluff drama with not any serious "villains" that get on your nerves and you can't enjoy the watch and (thankfully) without the typical misunderstandings that lead to break up's trope.

I really liked that the characters knew what they wanted from the beginning and they didn't fool around..
And although it's a fluff drama like I said before it touched some every day and more serious matters but without over dramatizing anything.

I shiped all the couples but my favourite was Sky&Jao they were SOOO frickin cute!!!
I also loved the music and the OST!!!

One thing that I didn't like is that Daisy&Touch didn't have much of screen time I really liked them together and I wanted to see more of them...

Anyway I think this is a 'hit or miss' drama either you gonna love it or hate it. In my case (surprisingly) I loved it...just give it a try and see for yourself:))

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Groundbreaking empathetic BL with a big heart

SCOY is the groundbreaking BL that the BL world needed.. effeminate/feminine/non binary gay characters who have been always casted as side characters and comic relief get their love stories and shine in this show. Not only that it gives a lot of relatable moments for introverts like me who live half of their lives in their head because they are too afraid of confronting reality. Seng potrayed Toh's comically flawed introvert character with so much empathy.
The show is exaggerated on purpose - so that a lot of concepts which was not shown in BLs before can ne introduced..it gives you second hand embarrassment, makes you cry, laugh, deliriously happy and in general reminds us the absurdism of life. Episode 1-3 is kind of a buildup with a lot of cringe moments from our airhead Toh but 4th episode onwards the show just goes to another level. It does not take itself seriously, and asks the audience to do the same.
Also for a larger than life absurd comedy genre, this show has a lot of heart, toe curling chemistry and insanely hot kiss scenes.

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Ok wait...

This series is actually unto something. I'm posting this when I just started ep. 9 and OMG The SPICE Is Insane. I like every character in this series but The Main Leads are doing it for me rn.

I did not expect to be liking a series like this because I'm more into dramatic ones like KinnPorche, Not Me etc... but SCOY just burst in and said, "This is going to be your favorite Series". When I say it is Sooo Funny, I mean it. It's so hilarious that there are points that I literally cry Lol. A series has not made me laugh this much, Ever and I've been watching BL for over 5yrs. now.

Kudos to all the actors/actresses/Director/Producer/Staff and everyone that suggested for me to watch this series.

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This got me mesmerized

I don't even know what to say, I was kinda indifferent with this series at the start, but with each passing episode I caught myself obsessed with all couples...
I love the fact that they don't only talk about LGBTQ+ but also, body shamming and transphobia...
I loved every line of Daisy and InTouch they're such good characters, but Jao has my whole heart, he had such a low self esteem but so much love for Sky and I loved that.
The main couple was so cringe but cute at the same time, this series made me laugh a lot but I also cried with very little details and themes that were adressed..
With this I only have two words to define this drama: Love & Meaningful <3<3

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IF YOU ARE READY TO SCREAM YOUR SOUL OUT YOUR BUTTERFLIES IN YOUR STOMACH YOUR BRAIN TO DELIVER ALL THE SEROTONIN AT ONCE THEN WATCH THIS AMAZING MIND BLOWING SERIES BECAUSE IT IS THE BEST DRAMA I HAVE EVER SEEN HATS OFF TO THE WRITER AND THE DIRECTOR FOR CREATING THIS DRAMA WE NEED THIS KIND OF BL DRAMAS THAT MAKE OUR MOUTH FALL AND WHY AM I TELLING YOOU TO WATCH IS BECAUSE IN EVERY BL DRAMA WE SEE THAT THE CONFESSION IS VERY LATE AND THE KISS COMES IN LAST FEW EPISODES I DONT MIND WITH THE KISS BUT IT TAKES SO SLOW ND SOMETIMES IT REALLY BECOMES BORING TO WATCH THE ACTORS WHO HAVE PERFORMED IN THUS DRAMA HAS DONE A GREAT JOB HATS OFF TO THEM AND THE DIRECTOR HAS ABSOLUTELY GIVEN ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED IN A BL DRAMA STORY WAS TAKEN NOT IN A FAST OR SLOW PACED BUT IN THE EXACT PACE WE WANT AND ABOUT THE ROMANCE IF U R INTERESTED IN ROMANCE A LOT THEN GO WITHOUT READING ANY STORY OR RATING JUST GO ND BLOW YOUR MINDS YES ABOUT THE SIDE CHARACTER IT TOOK SOME TIME ND WE MAINLY THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD BE MAIN CHARACTER BUT THEN ALSO THE CHARACTER EVERYONE HAS PLAYED IS SO SO SO AMAZING AND THE MUSIC ESPECIALLY BACKGROUND ONES ARE LITERALLY AESTHETIC THAT YOU WILL BE SO CURIOUS TO FIND THE SONG I COULDNT FIND IT YET MYSELF HAHA!!! FANGIRLS AND FANBOYS WATCH THIS ITS WORTH IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Love This Show ❣️

I'm only on episode 9, so forgive me if my opinion changes later on. It's only natural that happens since all of the episodes haven't been released yet. Anyways, I'm in love with this drama. The acting, the story, and the music is amazing. I really enjoy the OSTs. The chemistry of the actors is amazing. I love a good show with great chemistry and a great story. At first, I wasn't sure if I would enjoy it; but I was wrong. I love this show so much that I'm awake a lot later than I would usually be watching this show. That should say something. I'm seriously hoping this show stays great throughout the next couple episodes. I don’t want to love this drama then dislike it later on because they rush something, or do something stupid. I say give it a chance. I promise you, you will love the characters and the story. Possibly the OSTs too. ♡

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