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Fish Upon the Sky thai drama review
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Fish Upon the Sky
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by cdvmty
jun 25, 2021
12 of 12 episodios vistos
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Nothing special

Once again GMMTV gives us a fairly standard BL that matches most of their previous BL stories so far.
The main couple with Pi and Mork had good moments, especially when Pi tried to get out his shell because of Mork but for the most part I found this couple a bit annoying. Pi surely lacks some confidence, actually he might be one of the least confident characters I've seen recently and with a single bad comment on social media, he crumbles. Yes, I agree cyber bullying is one of the worst things these days and many countries have no regulations or harsh punishments to those who do it. But Pi's case is a bit extreme because he really goes down the drain. Mork had sweet moments but for many parts of the series I found him way too pushy and trying to force Pi to love him... Pi surely lacked confidence but Mork had plenty of it.

The other couple of Duen and Meen had also nice moments with Meen being so innocent and Duen being the total opposite but then being capable of changing to improve as a person. However, the acting was not exactly the best for this couple as Louis is making his acting debut and Neo has been at GMMTV for a while but never has had a major role as the lead actor. He appeared in the Frank-Drake disaster of "My Tee" and then in some other series as a supporting actor. This time I found his acting a bit exaggerated (which I'm sure was the cue from the director) and to show some contrast with Meen being so mild-mannered and calm. But, aside from a few parts that were nice, like when Duen confesses to Mork that he likes Meen because he has helped him become a better person or when he apologizes after forcing Meen to drink alcohol at a bar, the rest were fairly standard GMMTV BL situations for the secondary couple that barely has screentime because the main couple is more important.

Then the extra characters were mostly unnecessary, starting with Nan. I know he was Pi's original love interest but it felt as if the character was there just to set up the second part of the series with Pi discovering his feelings for Mork. And also, I'm not sure about filming schedules, but it felt that Mix was included in this series after his successful debut in Tale of 1,000 Stars. Bam was the usual BL girl character but with a bit of a twist because she starts by helping Mork get Pi, then she changes and becomes another cyber-bully in the final episode when she realizes she really likes Mork and then, she changes again from part 1 to part 2 of ep. 12 into helping Mork get Pi, again... I don't understand why can't we get a single female character in GMMTV BL stories that is not super crazy or super angry because she was dumped by main actor or tries to do bad things to split them up or is just a moral support character like Ciize was to Khaotung in another mediocre GMMTV show, Tonhon Chonlatee.

Duen's friends were totally unnecessary as they provided a few funny moments but nothing else really. And again, why is it that we have a standard type of parents in these BL stories? Just like the girl, the parents are either totally against their son being gay/liking another boy so they become super angry and try to split them up OR the parents act like cheerleaders supporting their son 100% and want him to be in a gay relationship because they love the other guy OR, like we had in this series, just random actors filling a few minutes of screentime... I remember seeing them in the first episodes but then I don't think I saw them again... no advice, no cheerleading, no nothing... Duen being the older brother (as the actual older brother was away at university) acted like a father for some scenes, so it was another poorly written aspect of this story. And finally, the two annoying fujoshis trying to ship Pi-Mork and Bam-Mork were completely unnecessary and even on the edge of harassing/stalking. GMMTV seems to like to include these characters to "ship" the main couple (see yet another mediocre series, "The Shipper" for another example) but it becomes annoying when they are the ones promoting the cyber bullying, stalking, etc.

In the end, the series had some nice moments but for the most part it is another mediocre GMMTV series... better than some other GMMTV BLs, that's for sure... but nothing that special.
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