dannyvan

I think some people here do come across a bit prudish and judgemental because yes, cheating is fundamentally wrong, but it's one thing to sleep around not caring about your partner and it's another thing to be trapped in a relationship that you feel you have to be in to be accepted by society and fall in love with someone else. Yes, the fact that it's her brother and not a random guy makes it all messier, but it's not like the guy is being a jerk on purpose.

The plot is not that great and the sport scenes are cringeworthy, but it got my attention, I'm amused. I'm curious to see where this is going. And I agree with the majority that, so far, the side couples are more interesting than the main couple,.

I am sorry but this argument doesn't make any sense compared to other Thai BL's that didn't shy away from confrontation. Dark Blue Kiss, He's coming to me, where the guy was dating his mother's 'undead' ex-boyfriend. Even Until we meet again, where the families had a real deep and dark motive to hate each other, but they still managed to tackle and resolve such conflicts. Compared to Until we meet again, the conflict between Pat and Pran's family sounds like a kidengarten fight over a toy. I'm not saying UWMA is a better show, I think Bad Buddy is a better show overall, I just gave examples of series that resolved their main conflicts more in depth.

You can't really know that for sure. That's all speculative since we were deprived of their parents' true reactions when they lied and 4 years just flew by. And I think that is the main thing that prevented the series from getting a higher rating - 11 episodes building up the climax of what will happen when their parents find out and how will they overcome this challenge and then... well, nothing really happened. Time went by and suddenly everything was OK. I KNOW that deep down you agree that it would've elevated the series so much if that climax had been more thoroughly explored. It's ok to find minor flaws, it doesn't make you a hater. I still gave this show a solid 9 (so don't blame me for the ratings dropping LOL - I did my part to try to raise it) but I would certainly have given it a 10 had the final episode explored these built-up conflicts more thoroughly and more effectively.

I'm sorry but I don't buy this excuse. It's not like their parents threatened to disown them, or to break them up, or to send them away like when they were at school. There was no imminent danger to their relationship (if there was, we didn't see it - which is a storytelling flaw). They were annoyed at first but that was all. They actually came to terms with it quite easily by pretending they didn't know they were still together. It just took them 4 years to get there (but why, exactly?). Can you imagine if instead of 2/4 of an episode of them pretending not to know each other we had gotten a glimpse of how they managed to get their parents to fully accept their love, by means of great dialogue, by disclosing their inner feelings, by showing their parents how good they were to each other. Are you genuinely telling me that you think this wouldn't be a better ending to their story? I'm not saying the ending was bad, it was a well-deserved happy ending, but I am sure the ratings would have increased instead of dropped if they had gone on the route I am describing, because from what I gathered in the comments (and I personally share the same opinion) what prevented people from rating it even higher (not that 8.6 is a poor rating by any means) was the lack of a better closure for the main conflict of the plot.

"It did feel untouched or too lightly glossed over."
Yes, that is my main beef with the final episode. We didn't get any resolution from the main conflict of the whole series - the families' issue. Was it a satisfying ending? Yes, it was. Was it the best final episode for an overall amazing show? Sadly, no.
PS: I still gave this show a 9, which is the highest score I've ever given (together with ITSAY). I just wish the last episode felt like a 9 to me as well, but it didn't.

"to be honest, I would have liked to have seen Pat and Pran have a big moment where they stood up for their relationship in front of their parents and asked them to accept it or they would do some kind of distancing, and that didn't happen so I was a little disappointed by that."
My feelings exactly, I think ep. 12 failed to show Pat and Pran fighting for their love and their relationship. That's the main reason why I thought the ending was satisfying, but not amazing.

The situation with the parents, mostly. I still don't get why they felt they had to lie for 4 long years since their parents never really put up that big of a fight against them. Also, we know they were always together but, what really happened in these 4 years? How did their relationship progress? I think time skips are always very tricky to handle, I would rather they stopped doing this all the time. That doesn't change the fact that it was an overall amazing show, I just wish the ending was as amazing as its greatest episodes.

Not the greatest final episode, but hey, at least I was right about the fake break-up. But I still think the show deserved a more cohesive ending.

I agree but the problem with time jumps is that it leaves many things unresolved. Take ATOTS for example. Tian left because of his dad, right? Then he came back - what happened to the dad? Does he accept his choices now, does Tian stop caring about him? 1 hour isn't enough to dig deep into years of conflict to be resolved. These endings really piss me off, but especially in a series that worked so hard on communication and conflict resolution like Bad Buddy - this ending really feels disconnected with the rest of the story of the series (unlike the novel)

That's disappoiting to say the least. I know it follows the novel, but the series did spend 11 episodes showing a mature relationship with great communication skills and also it did avoid many other clichés that other BLs have used but this ending is not only the biggest cliché ever (1000stars, IPYTM, WBL, etc.) but also a bit disconnected with the kind of relationship that they built for Pat and Pran.

Oh, so many. But my top 10 non-BL gay couples would be:

Olli & Christian (from the German show Verbotene liebe)
Aaron & Robert (from the British show Emmerdale)
Aris & Temo (from the Mexican shows Mi marido tiene mas familia & El corazon nunca se equivoca)
Brian & Justin (from the American Queer as folk - my OG gay ship)
John Paul & Craig (from the British show Hollyoaks)
Lucas & Elliot (from Skam France)
Isak & Even (from Skam Norway)
Magus & Alec (Shadowhunters)
Ian & Mickey (from the American Shameless)
Robbe & Sander (from WTFock, the Belgian version of Skam)

I completely agree with you when it comes to their (potential) break up. I mean, the conflict between their families isn't even THAT serious to justify them giving up years of happiness. And I agree that it'd be much more groundbreaking to see them lead their parents into an understanding of their love rather than sweep the dirt under the rug and deal with it later. Also, may I say how people here are much more open, rational and cordial than in the Not me thread, where people attacked us both for no reason since we were just making valid points about the story, just like we're doing here.

I'm still a bit skeptical about that preview. Why would they spoil such a major plot point in an episode preview? I feel (and hope) that it was intentionally to throw us off and the actual episode will surprise us somehow.

I'm not the one throwing tantrums because other people don't love my favorite series. You guys are. If you can't see who is pathetic here then I can only pity you

You are an angry little child aren't you?
I'm not talking about quantity (that would go to 2gether), I'm talking about quality - ratings, reviews. I'm sorry if that spoils your little fantasy, but it's just a fact. Grow up and stop embarrassing yourself for crying out loud.

You are a minority to think like that because Bad Buddy is literally the highest-rated BL on this site (Untamed is the only one higher but one might argue it's more of a bromance than a BL). So clearly your opinion is not the truth.

Exactly. We can agree to disagree and that's it, to each their own.

I don't think they are opposites in any way. I just think BB has a better execution than Not me. Does that offend you?

Good for you.