ok i'll say one thing i liked first! it's joong. i think him playing this brooding type of character worked for me... in some scenes i guess (except the part when he started dancing in that one scene. i sped that up, pls). with that said, this was so bad lol. on paper, i thought this plot was exciting and fun but the way it was executed was such a letdown. it was supposed to be action packed but the action scenes we got was pretty boring and lame. the stakes are supposed to be high but it never felt that way. the tone was dark-ish, but because of the scenarios they put the characters in and the dialogues they made them say, it just ended up being corny and cringe. and hey, i do consume my corny BLs but when a drama take itself this seriously (but fails at execution), it's not fun. the main villain, their mother, was so lame the whole time. the stunt she pulled on the last episode was so bad, it's funny! i was hoping i'd like it better once they reveal the betrayal happening but alas, i didn't! that was supposed to be an exciting and thrilling moment but it never went there. one thing i was betting on was liking the characters at least but i also did not feel connected to any of them. they're just not written well. that's it. all four of them were boring and one-dimensional. i did not believe the romance between them. it felt like there was really no buildup or emotional connection that i find it laughable when kant and style were suddenly willing to sacrifice their lives just to save bison and fadel. and again, so much questionable dialogues that didn't even make sense in certain scenarios. and i know that sex scenes sell well, but man, they really did put a lot of their energy on scenes like that but not on the writing. most of the romantic scenes are just poorly played. acting-wise, i don't know, i guess hated the writing so much that it affected how i see these actors? no one stood out. i think khaotung was showing some great acting in a couple emotional scenes and again, joong brooding worked for me at times but overall, i was not impressed. dunk is still really awkward at emotional scenes. so yeah. this didn't work for me. i thought the writing, the plot, the characters were all so bad.