I have finished ep 1 of Summer Desire

[dangermousie]

And there is NO WAY Xiamo/Luo Xi (i.e. Barbie Hsu and Huang Xiaoming) are not the OTP of this drama.

They are in the credits and inserts together, all their scenes together are filmed in an "OTP OTP OTP" kind of way, from their first meeting under the freaking cherry blossoms to his playing the piano and her singing just for him - getting rid of her stage fright issues, to that really really sexy kissing scene (two of them, actually). Their chemistry is out of this world. Also, Luo Xi has enough issues to be interesting (orphan with trust issues and tragic background, uses his looks and charm to get through with no trouble but doesn't really care about others, etc) but not enough to make a horrible boyfriend or a bad guy.

Plus, the other guy, Ou Chen (Peter Ho) is seriously scary. I don't mean in a 'bad boy, would be fun to reform' or 'tortured soul' way - no, I am seriously grossed out and freaked out by him - he comes across as a classic abuser both emotionally and physically (the scene with him forcing his screaming and pleading girlfriend to hold an apple so he could shoot at it - sick). The way he looks at Xiaomo does not denote love to me but a "hmmm, where shall I dispose of the body?" reaction. To be fair, that could be Peter Ho's limited acting ability, but I prefer to think of the makers sharing my take on Ou Chen - seeing the horror movie music they play whenever he is in her vicinity, they probably share my views.

Yikes. Shall one pick a non-psycho sexy smart superstar or a rich abuser who you blame for the death of your family. Let me think - hard choice. OTOH, I am not the target audience - I still remember fangirls going into mad frenzy over twdrama Knock Knock Loving You because heroine picked the nice guy she has always loved over the dude who blackmailed her into an engagement and then tried to rape her. (They were so pissed and I was so happy with the drama. Let's hope this will be a repeat).

I leave you with this. Ahhh, Taiwan, you know how to do kissing scenes right.

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[walkwithheroes.livejournal.com]

I still remember fangirls going into mad frenzy over twdrama Knock Knock Loving You because heroine picked the nice guy she has always loved over the dude who blackmailed her into an engagement and then tried to rape her.

I remember they were so pissed! They were calling the girl and the guy she picked every name in the book. I believe they called her a whore and ungrateful. How could she not love that woobie who was loved her so much he couldn't control himself around her? Uh, easy. Let's see - do I pick crazy wannabe rapist Ming Dao, whose got that huge head or sweet, loving, good looking Dylan Kuo, whose my true love? I know - Dylan Kuo.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Leaving aside my love for Dylan Kuo, the fact that they fangirled the guy who blackmailed and almost raped made no sense to me. I remember them saying it's OK he attempted to rape her because she asked for it by being out with Dylan Kuo (who was her bf who Ming Dap blackmailed her into dumping in the first place) and hey, he didn't rape her after all - it was just to 'show her her proper place' (I directly quote a fangirl). That made me sick.

I've always been indifferent to Ming Dao (he was OK in Magicians of Love, the one thing I've seen him in before KKLY) but after this he is forever tainted because of the idiotic fangirls.