BadPenny

Also, I am going to make "Apple Bottom Wayu Expert" my custom title. ROFL!

I am no longer a comic artist. I'm not an illustrator. I am the MF Apple Bottom Wayu Expert™ Escquire! Thank you for that. It's made my damn week!

I realize you meant "Apple Bottom Wayu Excerpt" but I'm not giving this baby back to its mommy just because it was born a mistake. It's mine now and no one can take it away! Thank you, mom.

I think the "Panda" reference is because Thanu has dark circles under his eyes from exhaustion due to late night studying. Panda's eyes are rimmed in black. At least that's how I've always understood the metaphor.

I do not have a YouTube channel yet. I am a comic book artist and I am working on building up a channel soon for sharing my art process. Maybe I will consider reviews too! LOL

You can find me on IG, which I just started to get more involved in. I only have the one WIP image up but I plan on posting more later tonight. My IG is the same as my ID here. badpennygirl

I really appreciate the feedback. I promise to give my two cents on the show every week.

Hey guys. For IQIYI VIP members not able to find the episodes, they are still up, just the catalogue is hidden right now. Probably while they do updates. I've noticed they do this about 24 hours or so after the initial episode release, every week.

So if you need direct links to the episodes before their catalogue is back up, lemme know. Warning, you will need a VPN set to Thailand servers to use the links. Until IQIYI gets it's weekly wiggle done with.

From an IG post. This isn't the original post. The original is playing coy with me finding it right now and had a close up of the charm. But even in this image you can see it's a gold Bow and Arrow charm.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CY1kfkjMy4z/

And you can see Dun has makeup indicating Thanu was punched. And there are tons of IG clips out there of someone just out of scene with BIG hands arguing with Thanu. And we know Junior was seen on set recently. So yeah, I am laying bets on a Padbok and Thanu fight. I mean, who else is gonna punch Thanu?

LOL! I gathered you meant Saendee. I was just teasing you.

I can't wait to see the episode where Wayu gets the Bow/Arrow charm necklace from Thanu and Thanu fights with Padbok again! But I'm most excited about the charm necklace. I hope that happens soon.

Padbok has at least one more fight with Thanu to carry out, My hope is that during the course of things we find out about their past beef.

Firstly, I loved your take on things! You came at the apple in a way I hadn't considered, too.

I think Pha is also feeling Wayu's distance, and that may be why he turned away from him.

But what if he turned away in guilt?

Pha has manipulated Wayu from the very start of things when he dumped him and disappeared. Then he sent Thanu to replace him. Now he's got buyer's remorse, because he realized having Wayu with him was better than not. And he had that secret meeting with Thanu. I am not entirely sure that wasn't about Wayu as well. And leaving him to spend his visits with Pha alone so that Pha had Wayu to himself.

All this back and forth has had a real and very evident cost for Wayu. What if Pha has watched Wayu being torn and he turned away just a fraction because he's feeling guilty about all of it?

Pha's mistakes aside, I always got the feeling h absolutely loves Wayu. And when someone you love is hurting, you tend to feel bad about it, even when it's not something you can help with. And looking away might have just been easier in that one moment.

Ah, Bank Toranin. GOtcha. I think they have a bigger part in their next work than the label of "support" characters might indicate. I mean, after all, they're support characters right now and they have a significant place in things.

I have no doubt in time they will get their own series. And yeah, a motorbike would make things that much more sexy.

The episodes on IQIYI are the extended versions. Good spot! The versions that showed on Channel 3 were shorter. Way edited down, in fact. So if you want the full episodes, go to IQIYI.

I don't think people *should* forgive Saendee. Thanu did, but he has magnanimity pouring out of his sweat glands. LOL. I was surprised but kind of pleased that Wayu didn't actually vocalize any forgiveness. He just let people kind of assume.

Phai didn't forgive Saendee. For that to happen he has to have held it against him in the first place.

What Saendee did WAS nuts. Although it's pretty clear to me why. He's in love with Phai and kind of mentally unstable. But he needs to get himself right. You don't wreck people's lives like that because you've got a Fate boner and a secret crush on your bestie. It's just not cool. I wonder what the Junior gang will have to say about it. I am hoping Sab holds onto his grudge. And Pok too.

And yes! Everyone's acting was really good! I really enjoyed the episode and I am hoping next week is just as good. As a friend of mine says *Chef's Kiss!*

It's still on IQIYI. Just checked. Episode 6 is there. You may be experiencing a region error. In which case the episode might show back up if you access IQIYI using a VPN through a Thai server.

And report to IQIYI the episode isn't showing for you. They need to know if there's a region error going on.

hahahahahahah! You're going to have to stipulate which Bank. (Now I have images of Klui's actor riding around on a motorcycle trying to be the bad guy.)

It's available on IQIYI to VIP members. And on Youtube behind the Star Hunter subscription wall. It's cheaper to watch it on IQIYI.

OKay. Fine. (Shrugs) By all means, point at other characters in other dramas and go "See, why didn't he do like characters in other shows do?" You asked for an explanation, we gave you several. It's up to you as to whether you accept them and no one says you have to.

But we're not just going to jump in and agree that Pok's behavior makes no sense. To JayDeeJay and myself, his behavior makes plenty of sense. Possibly because we're not treating all BL's as though their characters have to react the same way.

I was having a party. definitely! And yeah, writing a book. To be fair, I did warn people. LOL

But I'm glad you found it enjoyable.

Why would he ask for help from his friends? Them jumping into the middle of things and helping him fight would have only gotten them in trouble. And you may have missed it, but Pok has a big "thing" about doing stuff on the merits of his own ability. He is the very last person who would ask for help in a situation like this and even if he wasn't, the recent situation with Tong is probably raw enough to make him shy away from asking. He'd want to handle it on his own.

And he wouldn't try to film anything for the same reason he didn't report the bullying in the first place. Because there's a culture of hazing, rites of passage, and honor based silence in this sort of situation. He's going to look weak if he reports it, with or without footage.

And even if he does report it with footage, there is cultural blow back for whistle blowing. It makes perfect sense that he's handling it this way.

You are very welcome!

This is a men's culture thing but also a Thai culture thing. Physical fighting is a pervasive problem in male school age culture in Thailand. And I mean a BIG problem. But beyond that, even Western male culture has a "handle it yourself" honor code. To report the people bullying him would be seen as a sign of weakness. And Pok won't do anything that makes him feel weak. He may not win in a 3 to one fight, but at least he keeps his honor intact by not reporting it.

It goes way, way back as a right of passage. By standards it's illogical behavior but it's not unfamiliar territory.

If you are asking why he isn't more proactive in actually physically defending himself, the scenes are cut to suggest the ends of the confrontation and to suggest that he did fight, just against odds he wasn't going to win against. Pok swims great but he may be shit at hand to hand fighting.

Going into the season Star Hunter had been pretty clear that the lead pair to come out of this season was Thanu/Wayu. I don't think pity plays a part in what's happening. I think Wayu is with him because he feels the obligation to be there for Pha in a way we might feel if someone we used to have very deep feelings was sick. And I think Wayu feels guilty about leaving Pha to go be with Thanu while Pha is sick. He's also deeply conflicted after finding out Pha didn't dump him and abandon him out of lack of wanting to be with Wayu.

As the characters develop, I think Pha will let go of Wayu, realizing he missed his chance. And Wayu will resolve his guilt enough to be with Thanu.