Theory of Love

Weird title but good drama

The earlier drama of Off-Gun. Let’s watch this….

Tell the story of 4 friends, but 3 kinds of love stories. All of them are students of filmology major and a member of the Savage Team, a team of students that do the school task with their own speciality. Third as the director & screenwriter, Khai as the sound guy, Two as the photographer & Bone as the editing guy. All of them are the top tier students that every girl has a crush on.

1st, Third & Khai.
Tell the story about Third who is secretly in love with his own best friend, Khai. Khai is a straight guy, who changes his girlfriend like he changes his clothes. Third, endure 3 years of friendship with Khai, seeing him flirting with many girls in front of his eyes. After 3 years, finally Third decided to snap out of his dream. But as people always said, talk is easier than action. Because although as easy as it is to fall in love, to stop is just as hard. And everytime Third wanted to give up his feelings for Khai, Khai did something sweet to him & made his heart flutter again. That is until one day Third learns a secret that breaks his heart completely.

But ironically when Third decides to stop his feelings & continue with his own life, Khai on the other hand just realizes his own feelings for Third and decides to start chasing Third. What will their relationship become…?

2nd, Two.
Two is a photographer guy that catches many girls' attention with his skill that makes the girl he takes pictures prettier. But it turns out, Two has a long crush with his high school friend, Lynn. But unfortunately, Lynn also has a long relationship with her boyfriend. One day, Two and Lynn meet again when Lynn becomes a model for Two’s photography class. And after that they start communicating again. One day, Two opportunities came when Lynn & her boyfriend broke up. But on the other hand, Two’s eyes also start to catch one senior that’s showing more attention to him. Who will Two choose in the end, Lynn or the senior…?

3rd, Bone.
Bone likes to flirt with a girl too, but unlike Khai, he's not a player. Bone work in the coffee shop. One day, he met Paan, when he's about to close the shop. But because he doesn't have her contract info, he waits for her everyday in the shop, until he even forgets about his classes & study. Because he never went to class, the new teacher almost failed him, but luckily Two warned him so that day Bone went to class just to find…. The woman in his dream, Paan, teaches the class. So what will happen with Bone & his teacher? Will he win Paan’s heart?

That's pretty much about the story without giving too many spoilers. Now what I like & don't like.

What I like:
+ The reality of Third and Khai relationships that most of us can rely on. Many of us are also that's stupid when it comes to love. And the cure is only one, get the hell away from that person & give urself activity to distract urself at first. And I love when Third really decided to give up, he makes himself busy.
+ U get to witness First hand Karma is b*tch. Haha… When it is time for Khai to chase after Third, he gets his own taste of karma….
+ How Khai really repents himself for Third. Sometimes I don't really believe the story of a playboy who changes himself for someone. But seeing Khai's effort really sincere.
+ The friendship between 4 of them. Especially when Bone & Two decided to side with Third instead of Khai…
+ It just doesn't ending with them graduation, hut a little peek about them in the work place & still as a team
+ No over the top s*x scene. Just some kiss here & there, even when they all already with their partner

What I don't too like:
- Seeing Third as a stupid man. But Gun Atthaphan Phunsawat is really one good actor, he can make us feel how painful Third is.

Overall this is a good drama to watch.

Below I'll write what I quite like and don't, but with SPOILER ALERT!!! So read it at your own risk!












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+ Bone is really one good guy. He does the right thing with Paan & her boyfriend
+ In this drama we get to see, not all first love / long crush comes fruitful. And I also love the fact that Two is quite honest with Lynn when his feelings change. Although it's also quite pain to see Lynn when she's once again being betrayed by man who said he love her.
+ The funny thing about old drama, we can see one actor with another couple, not with their current ship/couple, that actually kinda surprised me with Thai BL. Of course I talk about Earth Pirapat Watthanasetsiri, seeing him doesn't partner up with Mix Sahaphap Wongratch quite catch me off guard.

- The bullshit accident. When someone crash that bad like Khai, it's kinda impossible to walk. Yet alone he can reach Third place. Yeah although i don't know how fat & how adrenaline can pump ur energy. Still BS thing

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100k Slow Burn Angst

Let me just start by saying that I’ve watched this twice now. Not because I loved it, but because the first time I watched I really wasn’t impressed at all. I’ve heard so many great things and so I honestly just decided to give it another chance.
Needless to say, I liked it much better the second time, though it does still have some flaws that will keep it from ever becoming a favorite of mine.
The story itself is fine, I even like a good angsty unrequited love story when done right. Frankly, I think this would have been a pretty good title for this genre if the drama ended after the first time they got together. Unfortunately, there was a lot of needless drama that detracted from the initial feel good feelings that are much needed after all the angst. I think that was definitely my biggest complaint in the first watch.
An element of the plot that I felt was refreshing was the film student theme. While a college setting is pretty standard for BL, I don’t believe I’ve seen one with a focus on film students. I loved all the references to films and how their passions influenced their day-to-day. The promo pictures for each episode were also fantastic. Recreating iconic romance films with Third and Khai? Genuinely Brilliant.
The acting was great, especially from Gun. He really put in his all and man can that boy CRY. He’s great at evoking all those raw emotions, you really feel them. The rest of the cast was also pretty good, so literally no complaints there.
Third and Khai also had good chemistry, the show definitely benefitted from that fact that Off and Gun have worked together previously on Puppy Honey. It’s clear that they were comfortable acting together which removed the general awkwardness that sometimes arises in BL.
I think if you’re the type that can read 100k slow burn unrequited love stories, you’ll probably eat this up. I probably won’t watch again, but I don’t regret the second viewing.

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How do you flop a romcom motif?

I’m just baffled at how you reference so many romcoms (ie, have posters that reference iconic romcom posters, have episode titles that are iconic romcom tropes) and STILL create such a mid series. OffGun’s chemistry is fine enough but KhaiThird? Absolutely not!! How do you create a romcom where you are yelling at the screen every chance you get foe the main characters NOT to end up together? I sometimes felt I was in the wrong for judging Khai so harshly when we are viewing the series from Third’s POV. But then he would do something on screen that is terrible regardless the POV! Anyway, cool concept, unlikeable characters.

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"Now I know that love is not beautiful flowers, not luxurious locations, but the sincerity you've given me."

Let me start off by saying that I went into this knowing that Khai was a complete asshole, and that somehow helped me keep an open mind about his character. I do wish we had delved more into his character as to why he didn't believe in love, but they never really touched on that.

What I do appreciate about this drama is the topics of love it touched on.

You have Khai and Third, the latter of which is in love with his best friend Khai for with no real reasons given. To be blunt Khai is a player and a jackass and throughout the first half of the story, I felt that Third deserved someone a lot better. Third even acknowledges that he hates being in love with his best friend because it consistently hurts him. But this a real situation and people don't always choose who they love. I appreciate the growth between these two and that Third does actually stand up for himself several times, eventually leading to him doing his best to get over Khai. I do wish Khai's character had realized and tried to change his ways before he fell in love with Third, but I guess better late than never. The growth of his character is sweet, and he does get his comeuppance several times, eventually realizing exactly how Third felt all the times Khai had been an ass.

I really liked Two and Lynn together, they were sweet and fresh. I wouldn't have minded those two becoming a couple, but Two falling in love with P'un along the way added something nice as well. I would have liked to see more of them on screen, but they were obviously put second to the other drama going on.

I could have completely skipped past the teacher and student relationship, but I think they put that in to show the watcher that sometimes if you love someone, you let them go for their happiness. (Maybe I'm just reading into it, lol) Bone did get his happiness at the last second which was nice.

The friendship between the four of these guys was honestly the best. Two and Bone, even though they had their own drama going on, still weighed in and were supportive of the two. They obviously wanted the two to be happy, whether apart or together, and were just good friends. They also acknowledge that Khai is the jackass. It is never ignored in this series that Khai's habits are awful.

I enjoyed this drama for what it was trying to convey and liked the relationships between the characters even if they themselves were annoying at times. People aren't perfect, but sometimes they deserve another chance. The chemistry is what I stayed for in this drama.

"I used to think that we were born alone so we shall die alone. Because we can't choose, we have to learn to live alone. But now I know, while we're still alive, we can choose whom to be with."

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Story - 8.5/10
At first i thought it will be a boring there's a time that i really want to drop this show but i always finish what i started. It was so sad that is how i like this series because i felt the sadness that this series want to gave to me. The train scene got me cried i felt the sadness of Khai even though he's the one who disregard the love that Third gives. But this series keep strong till the end but it feels like heavy drama is the theme of this series. The student and teacher relationship was one of the worse ideas i have encountered on this genre but it's good that they ditched it.

Acting/Cast - 9/10
I don't think that Gun was really good at this making people feel sad he really pull it over. Off was really good at this series because he transform from a chickboy to a loyal partner the acting was so precise and on point but there where some cringey parts but i think it's supposed to be there.

Music - 7/10
I think the music is good but i cant remember what is the tune because it is rarely use at this series.

Rewatch Value --5/10
It is only one usage because it's kinda boring when i first watch it. But it's kinda good just make your own review.

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For my Drama Kings and Queens

I have never related more on a spiritual level.

I have never downloaded a soundtrack so fast (Getsunova really said "I'm going to hurt you in Thai AND English, so buckle up buttercup).

I have never cried and laughed so much in an individual episode.

I have never rooted so hard for the shitty MLI to get their sh!t together and dive head first into their redemption arc so he can be worthy of the soft, pjnkng, deserved-better-from-the-start MC.

I have never had so many relatable moments of Dramatic B!tch™ to feel called out over.

I have never made up so many memes and in-jokes with my bestie over ONE show and friend group of characters.

I have never had an instant favourite show 2 episodes in like this.

I will never recommend anything this strongly.
Besties that want to gush or do a rewatch together, please, reach out. I still have so feelings so many years later.

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A cliché friends to lovers trope (thus the 7.5 rating), but definitely worth watching for the angst. I couldn't even count how many times I cried, be it for Third, or even for Khai, At the start, we can agree that Khai is a toxic friend, as we can see from his traits, a playboy, self-centered narcissist. I mean, we can see how much Third cried because of him, right? But his character development is something very worth watching. We can see how he tried to make up with Third (although I think that his feelings for the other guy might be rushed, but anyways) and how repentant he was, which was then evident in Episode 11. Other than that, I loved how the plot and the characters are realistic. Of course, some of us can relate to the characters, especially Third. The point here is, I love how they incorporated GREAT angst in this drama. Kudos to the team, especially the author. Definitely one of my favorite BLs and 10/10 would recommend.

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I was really looking forward to this! I love this mainly because of the acting especialy Gun blew me away and made me cry and feel for him multiple times! But I kinda think that the plot was a little bit overdone with the tsundere shit at first from Kai and later on from Third, but I´m glad they keep putting Off and Gun together, they have a really good chemistry and I´m glad for the more mature kisses though there could´ve been more of them and also a kiss from Two and Un would be good. But overall I really enjoyed this drama and every week I was exited to watch the next episode.

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AMAZING CAST could be better story

Story
This is the main problem for this show for me. I really HATE the way Khai was acting and I hate that Third wasn't like throwing his love in the "no" bucket. I think it would have been better if he treated him more human and friendly but just didn't do anything extra. Also low key wanted a different love story for Bone.

Acting/Cast
My gosh I do love OffGun and I really wanted to see more especially after Puppy Honey however the whole story just doesn't do it for me. However the cast is fine wine. The acting great!!! I loved Gun's crying scenes. He is really good at crying on demand (flashback to The Gifted).

Music
Honestly not really feeling their OST. I don't feel the emotion of the show from the OST. However the song itself is good. I just don't picture the show when I hear it.

Overall
I think it is a great show but my dear Third is driving me crazy!!!!!!!!!! Please watch to support another OffGun drama lol.

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After 2gether and tharntype this is my 3rd most favorite BL drama without any doubt. My expectation was not much after watching so overrated bl dramas but "Theory of Love" is worth watching. The character development of Khai is amazing and I am really impressed. Not only Khai but Third had great character development. From a sad secret lover to a strong lover who knows how to protect his heart and self-respect. Totally liked it.
Bone is great. I think he showed the most maturity in his part of love. I really cried for him in the end. But he deserved a better and got better.
Two is such a good friend. I think his character was perfectly portrayed as a friend, and a lover.
Overall, I liked 4 of them and their friendship. Truly worth it.

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