The Eclipse (2022)

very confusing and strange but great chemistry

Kind of unsure what to rate this one. Overall I enjoyed watching and it did manage to keep my attention for the most part. But the plot was kind of strange. Nothing really made a lot of sense and the whole series kind of built on the unwritten rule that no one can just decide to leave that school, cause honestly most problems would be solved and for most of them it would be the more sane choice.

In the end most of what happened was predictable and what wasn’t just didn’t make a whole lot of sense…

The whole thing was saved by the great actors with great on screen chemistry. Who made the weird characters and stories a lot more convincing and emotional.

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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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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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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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Bonito romance y nada más.

The Elipse es una serie que juega con varios elementos: romance, drama social y algo de fantasía, que no termina de cuajar del todo.
Sin destripar la historia, comentar que todo gira en torno a una escuela de élite del país, que tiene una larga tradición y unas reglas muy estrictas que si se rompen son castigadas duramente. Los profesores actúan muchas veces como guardianes de viejas normas y someten a sus alumnos a una dura disciplina que no todos soportan. También está un comité de estudiantes que es el encargado de vigilar que se cumplan esas normas, Se podría decir que el colegio es un estado dictactorial en toda regla. Y a eso se la añade una leyenda que asegura que si alguien rompe las reglas caerá sobre él o ellos una maldición.
Sobre esta base le añadimos una historia de amor entre el defensor de la dictatura y el que quiere destruirla . El primero está representado pro Akk, el presidente del comité estudiantil, fiel defensor del colegio y sus normas; tiene como subordinados a sus dos mejores amigos: Khan y Wat. El papel del destructor es para Ayan, un nuevo estudiante que guarda un par de secretos.
He de decir que lo único que hizo que mirara la serie hasta el final ha sido ver cómo se desarrolla en romance entre Akk y Ayan. Debo darles un merecido reconocimiento a los actores principales porque han hecho un gran trabajo, especialmente Frist quien es un actor que es capaz de manejar muy bien las escenas dramáticas sin que te den ganas de poner los ojos en blanco. Me ha gustado mucho como evoluciona la relación y aunque Ayan a veces raya la línea que diferencia un acosador de un admirador, su comportamiento se entiende a la perfección, sobre todo el principio, cuando usa sus tácticas de ligoteo para poner nerviosos a Akk y buscar la información que quiere. Luego cuando los sentimientos mandan, cambia un poco las razones de sus insistencia, pero considerando que Akk ha visto como su perfecto y ordenado mucho se hacía pedazos porque las reglas por las que respiraba y vivía han resultado ser falsas,; por eso es normal que Ayan sea el que adopte el papel de soporte de la relación, que sea en que insita en ella, y fuerce a Akk a considerar sus sentimientos, porque si fuera por este último no habría relación alguna, aunque estuviera locamente enamorado de Ayan. Simplemente tendría mucho miedo a mostrar sus sentimientos. Pero Ayan también tiene su parte de drama, que Akk comprende también. En términos generales creo que los actores forman una bonita pareja, y después de ver unos cuantos dramas románticos he de decir que están en mi lista de grandes parejas, porque simplemnte su amor parece real.
Resumiendo: romance de los protagonistas, le doy un 10.
El romance de los secundarios, ya es otro cantar. Es casi una regla en este género que tiene que haber una pareja secundaria que contrarreste la principal. Aquí ese papel corresponde a Thua y Khan. Pues bien, me pasó lo mismo que con Fish Upon the Sky, que veo a estos dos actores más como pareja cómica que tira de la ambigüedad para hacer humor. que como pareja romántica real.

Y ahora lo malo: todo lo que gira en torno a la maldición, el eclipse y bla, bla, bla. Creo que si eliminaran toda la parte fantásica -que no funciona para nada porque en realidad no hay nada-, y redujeran un poco la crítica social/activismo por los derechos civiles -los que se quejan en el colegio con tres homosexuales- pues la serie podría ser un poco mejor ya que eliminamos todas estas partes se podría profundizar un poco más en el misterio que rodea a la muerte del profesor, se crearía una serie de intriga o misterio mucho más entretenida.

En términos generales puedo decir que lo único que la salva es la pareja principal, sus bonitos momentos y nada más. Pero el caso es que esos bonitos momentos están muy bien, preciosos, pero cara los capítulos finales se vuelven repetitivos, y eso es porque historia de intriga no tiene nada que masticar y lo único que hay para que Akk y Ayan es ir al gimnasio, al aula, la habitación, al patio...

¿Recomendable? Solo si no hay nada más que ver, y si te gustan los actores principales. Si buscas algo más, no.

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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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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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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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