MAXHAO / MAXUA REDDIT DISCUSSION!
This is the real life ship name of the main couple from "Plus and minus" Taiwanese BL series.
For a long time I had seen these two popping up in my algorithms for being "reel to real" couple and I literally dodged every single one of them. Reason? Because I love fanservice and love to be on the receiving end. But I am also aware about the dark side.
Anyways, I literally watched the show to really see what is it that convinced people or them to take the FS agenda to the next level. You know what, the chemistry between the two is really really really good. The storyline "bestfriends to lovers" is what I live for. I don't know what you all see in the love/hate, enemies to lover, killing stalking plots. Oh and the past trauma plots, that's the most I can least relate to. I would agree, these sound fascinating in fiction but in reality I don't agree with manhandling.
Getting back to maxhao reddit discussion, cuz honestly there's nothing I could find even on the Twitter. Reddit is the new Twitter, is it? Well, as per my initial reaction everyone believes it is fanservice which is my 50% brain believes too. And that 50% is a big number okay! In the past I had that kind of delusion for only one ship and that's jikook (@sweetporcelain13 ).
Watch the video of them reacting to ep12. Please, even at fanservice level it's so cute. Hao is shy but Max is too, just look at him downplaying his reactions. Here's the link to translated part. Here's the original one. I don't take guarantee of fan translation but here you can just understand by the reaction.
Watch the BTS of their make out/love making scene. Hao's reactions please and the sweetest co actor he got. Link to fan translation.
The interview where they talk about if they tried to find out about each other before the shooting started. Here the timeline matters which I am uncertain of. Anyways, here's the link.
Alright, so I am not taking any guarantee of the translations but I would love to learn Taiwanese just to be multilingual. I miss the k-pop shipping fandom rn.
Hold your buckets. Let's not go full delulu, okay? In this blog we speculate not hallucinate. For record, I don't see fanservice as something negative because I am a fan and I love any kind of service! I'm also a narcissistic personality so I really don't care end of the day. Going real now. Some reasons why they could be just fanservicing ?
Already debunked by reddit users, this was definitely fanservice. The kiss is cute because why not? They've already shot a hundred times kissing each other, might as well be in the BTS. Link
I highly doubt their linguistic skills (grain of salt please since I have not heard them talk English). So the posts they've been re-sharing on stories could be also taken as besties clouting. Or they might be actually seeing it from the perspective of CP of plus and minus. I started following them yesterday day so I don't even know if something they shared was worth it. You fans sometimes make a mountain out of mole hill. I did see them appreciating the smallest of fan accounts. Please bless these two humans 💞
Totally personal opinion, Hao gave me total cis het energy. Max gives queer energy but also I heard a rumor he had gf or something? This is based on the first impression they left on me. Anyways them acting in BL somehow proves (to me) they are at the least Allies. And if queer baiting works for them and have us discussing about them here, then whose fault is it?
To conclude, I like the discussion on reddit and people stepping onto the ship with lighter steps. I'm going to follow these two for a while and come back if something interesting. Until then, keep shining.
Feel free to correct me anywhere.
I love the energy of this picture 😻
