Agreed with all except Bone being a jerk. The way they wrote it, he didn't have a choice. Can you imagine finding…
Totally agree. Only watched BR once so I don't remember a lot about it. Loved TWM, have re-watched it many times (again only recently) but TWM The Next Chapter cured me forever in ever wanting a 2nd season of a show I loved.
Are you talking about Liz' hair colour?! Because that was confusing the heck out of me! At one point I even went…
@Brownie Sorry, my reply is a bit long-winded: Love Sick was one of the first Thai & BL series I watched when I first started watching Asian shows about 2-3 years ago. Now coming from English only spoken shows all my life I couldn’t at first make up my mind if I liked it or not. I rolled my eyes at many scenes but which today I like. My initial thought was it was amateur(ish) acting compared to the English shows and yet there was something endearing about it. I decide to re-watch it again about a year ago and it was a complete turnaround for me. I noticed things I didn’t on the first watch, tried to get where the students are coming from and started to "read between the lines" so to speak. I grew to really like the young actors, some who appeared like they had never acted before and after checking it was the first show for many and I could see they were trying so hard in their roles. Some were even as young as 16. Of course their inexperience showed but it made me sit up and take notice of the young “me” generation today and how they behave, make friends, the family pressures they are under (especially being gay), some for “liking” people of the same gender even though they didn't consider themselves gay, etc. And of course some of the said actors have improved so much since then. I thought White was always reasonably good in LS but Captain not so much but I thought he did improve as the show went on. White is the actor I’m enjoying most in Theory of Love (except for his bloody hair style, it hasn’t changed since LS) and that is because I grew to like Love Sick and it’s actors after multiple viewings (at least 4 times).
I don’t like slapping either, infidelity I tolerate depending on the circumstances but for me if I’m to keep watching Asian shows (which I love) then I have had to learn to accept that these things are part and parcel of watching Asian shows.
So what I’m trying to say is maybe think about taking another look at Love Sick...I don’t know if it is only recently or a long time ago you tried to watch the show. If it was only recently then you probably won’t feel like trying again, I guess I probably wouldn’t either. Love Sick was made 5 years ago and for me it was a sort of “pioneer” show (i.e.Thai BL type) for all the ones that have followed since…these show just keep getting better and better.
Another thought: since there was a 2nd season (which I though was a bit too long) it most likely wouldn't be worth watching S1 if you don't watch S2 as it continues with the story of Phun and Noh to its conclusion. I really enjoyed watching them in Reminders. Captain has improved so much in the acting department as well as his hairstyle LOL. I haven't seen him in GMA yet.
Are you talking about Liz' hair colour?! Because that was confusing the heck out of me! At one point I even went…
@kittyflumpin “Who needs continuity, right?”. Ha ha obviously it didn’t for Noh in “Love Sick”...now his hair styles (if I can call it that) made my head spin, going from No.1 to No.2 back to No.1 etc...you get my drift, oh and a sort of skinhead thrown in for good measure. ????
For what it’s worth here are my thoughts so far. I’ll try to keep it short, I have a tendency to waffle on when I get going. When this series first aired I decided I was going to binge watch it but caved in and watched Ep.1 and then Ep.6, 7, and 8. I haven’t watched Ep.2, 3, 4 and 5. Crikey I can't even believe that I watched (excluding Ep.1) the episodes raw first since English is my first and only language. So…..
Every love story needs a catalyst of some sort. Third's was Khai "drunk" kissing him/calling him by a girl's name and Khai's was finding Third's confession, waking him up to feelings for Third he never knew he had or maybe didn’t acknowledge.
Third has become a master at sarcasm which is starting to irk me. I took away from the attempted kiss scene where Third rained down anger on Khai like a ton of bricks, never allowing him to explain himself, spewing out (internally) pent-up love/jealousy as (externally) hate/anger that not only has Third not moved on but he is losing his way which is why I think Khai will continue to pursue Third because he promised Third he would not leave him no matter what...Khai will have to take a lot more of Third's toxic jealousy/anger before the tide turns again.
Since the nature of ToL episode titles is about movies, this is my favourite piece of dialogue from the movie “The Upside to Anger” which, at the end of Ep.8, I think suits Third to a tee.
"Anger and resentment can stop you in your tracks. That's what I know now. It needs nothing to burn but the air and the life that it swallows and smothers. It's real, though - the fury, even when it isn't. It can change you... turn you... mould you and shape you into something you're not. The only upside to anger, then... is the person you become."
Khai is different now. When he went to see his friend Ton (at the beach) he was gone a few weeks (if I remember the dialogue when Two called him wanting to know where he was) so by the time Khai got back home he'd had those few weeks to miss Third and to think about and process his new feelings for him before he saw him again. On other sites I don't see too many people giving Khai credit for this, if at all......after he noticed Third was "disappearing from his life" he took himself away to re-evaluate his life. For a person with Khai's personality that took courage. That was Khai's first step towards changing himself to become a better person for Third. Third pointed out in one of his "10 things" Khai has never loved anyone so this is a new learning curve for Khai, loving another person with his heart and not his body.
My favourite quote about forgiveness: “Forgiveness is the final act of love.” Maya Angelou (an American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist) called it “one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself”. I read recently that Beyonce was known to have said “Forgiveness is me giving up my right to hurt you for hurting me”. Maybe Third could do well to think about this. Cheers!
Quick question What is the relationship between TWO and AN? Is TWO gay for An, or does An like TWO also. I am…
@Sunshindog I'm guessing Two's upset because An is using the same speech to Third that he used with Two when talking about "in order to forget your old love etc". I'm just wondering if he's a player or if that's his pickup line or is in cahoots with Shane for whatever reason I've no idea. I would doubt An needs help from anyone to win someone's heart if that was the case.
He looks eerily familiar to me too, but I haven't watched any other drama he starred in. Though I really like…
@Hikari Thank you, thank you...it was driving me nuts, his face was so familiar to me also so checked your cast addition and surprise I hadn’t seem anything else he has done either so god knows why he was so familiar to me...ahh the mysteries of facial recognition, hey. Cheers!
Kongpob/Arthit with subs was even better! Question, though:At the end, in the airport, it looked like Arthit bought…
@Synchonicity LOL great minds think alike...came here to ask the same question, my thoughts were HUH!! then saw a comment further down so all's good I reckon. Loved that Arthit did the "chasing" this time.
The thing I didn't quite 'get': was he expecting to break up with Kongpob eventually anyway....I think that was the gist of the conversation I got when he brought up the subject when they met on the bridge. I thought for awhile we were lucky and were going to miss the "let's break up" scenario all writers love to put into their stories but nup, no way for at least this hour...,crikey !! but all's well that end's well. :)
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Sorry, my reply is a bit long-winded:
Love Sick was one of the first Thai & BL series I watched when I first started watching Asian shows about 2-3 years ago. Now coming from English only spoken shows all my life I couldn’t at first make up my mind if I liked it or not. I rolled my eyes at many scenes but which today I like. My initial thought was it was amateur(ish) acting compared to the English shows and yet there was something endearing about it. I decide to re-watch it again about a year ago and it was a complete turnaround for me. I noticed things I didn’t on the first watch, tried to get where the students are coming from and started to "read between the lines" so to speak. I grew to really like the young actors, some who appeared like they had never acted before and after checking it was the first show for many and I could see they were trying so hard in their roles. Some were even as young as 16. Of course their inexperience showed but it made me sit up and take notice of the young “me” generation today and how they behave, make friends, the family pressures they are under (especially being gay), some for “liking” people of the same gender even though they didn't consider themselves gay, etc.
And of course some of the said actors have improved so much since then. I thought White was always reasonably good in LS but Captain not so much but I thought he did improve as the show went on. White is the actor I’m enjoying most in Theory of Love (except for his bloody hair style, it hasn’t changed since LS) and that is because I grew to like Love Sick and it’s actors after multiple viewings (at least 4 times).
I don’t like slapping either, infidelity I tolerate depending on the circumstances but for me if I’m to keep watching Asian shows (which I love) then I have had to learn to accept that these things are part and parcel of watching Asian shows.
So what I’m trying to say is maybe think about taking another look at Love Sick...I don’t know if it is only recently or a long time ago you tried to watch the show. If it was only recently then you probably won’t feel like trying again, I guess I probably wouldn’t either. Love Sick was made 5 years ago and for me it was a sort of “pioneer” show (i.e.Thai BL type) for all the ones that have followed since…these show just keep getting better and better.
Another thought: since there was a 2nd season (which I though was a bit too long) it most likely wouldn't be worth watching S1 if you don't watch S2 as it continues with the story of Phun and Noh to its conclusion. I really enjoyed watching them in Reminders. Captain has improved so much in the acting department as well as his hairstyle LOL. I haven't seen him in GMA yet.
Sorry this was so long. Cheers!
Do you mean Love Sick or Boy for Rent?
“Who needs continuity, right?”. Ha ha obviously it didn’t for Noh in “Love Sick”...now his hair styles (if I can call it that) made my head spin, going from No.1 to No.2 back to No.1 etc...you get my drift, oh and a sort of skinhead thrown in for good measure. ????
Every love story needs a catalyst of some sort. Third's was Khai "drunk" kissing him/calling him by a girl's name and Khai's was finding Third's confession, waking him up to feelings for Third he never knew he had or maybe didn’t acknowledge.
Third has become a master at sarcasm which is starting to irk me. I took away from the attempted kiss scene where Third rained down anger on Khai like a ton of bricks, never allowing him to explain himself, spewing out (internally) pent-up love/jealousy as (externally) hate/anger that not only has Third not moved on but he is losing his way which is why I think Khai will continue to pursue Third because he promised Third he would not leave him no matter what...Khai will have to take a lot more of Third's toxic jealousy/anger before the tide turns again.
Since the nature of ToL episode titles is about movies, this is my favourite piece of dialogue from the movie “The Upside to Anger” which, at the end of Ep.8, I think suits Third to a tee.
"Anger and resentment can stop you in your tracks. That's what I know now. It needs nothing to burn but the air and the life that it swallows and smothers. It's real, though - the fury, even when it isn't. It can change you... turn you... mould you and shape you into something you're not. The only upside to anger, then... is the person you become."
Khai is different now. When he went to see his friend Ton (at the beach) he was gone a few weeks (if I remember the dialogue when Two called him wanting to know where he was) so by the time Khai got back home he'd had those few weeks to miss Third and to think about and process his new feelings for him before he saw him again. On other sites I don't see too many people giving Khai credit for this, if at all......after he noticed Third was "disappearing from his life" he took himself away to re-evaluate his life. For a person with Khai's personality that took courage. That was Khai's first step towards changing himself to become a better person for Third. Third pointed out in one of his "10 things" Khai has never loved anyone so this is a new learning curve for Khai, loving another person with his heart and not his body.
My favourite quote about forgiveness: “Forgiveness is the final act of love.” Maya Angelou (an American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist) called it “one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself”. I read recently that Beyonce was known to have said “Forgiveness is me giving up my right to hurt you for hurting me”. Maybe Third could do well to think about this.
Cheers!
Aww, now come on, be nice ????
Ha ha don't hold your breath waiting.
I'm guessing Two's upset because An is using the same speech to Third that he used with Two when talking about "in order to forget your old love etc". I'm just wondering if he's a player or if that's his pickup line or is in cahoots with Shane for whatever reason I've no idea. I would doubt An needs help from anyone to win someone's heart if that was the case.
You're not wrong...I always take awards with a grain of salt...I don't trust the process!
Which is what exactly?
Whether there was truth in what he was saying or not Third started that slinging match.
IMO Off owned that episode!!!
Thank you, thank you...it was driving me nuts, his face was so familiar to me also so checked your cast addition and surprise I hadn’t seem anything else he has done either so god knows why he was so familiar to me...ahh the mysteries of facial recognition, hey. Cheers!
Eng. translation - Chapter 26 posted yesterday. An easy read. Enjoy!
http://summerhula2018.blogspot.com/2018/12/theory-of-love-chapter-1_26.html
LOL great minds think alike...came here to ask the same question, my thoughts were HUH!! then saw a comment further down so all's good I reckon. Loved that Arthit did the "chasing" this time.
The thing I didn't quite 'get': was he expecting to break up with Kongpob eventually anyway....I think that was the gist of the conversation I got when he brought up the subject when they met on the bridge. I thought for awhile we were lucky and were going to miss the "let's break up" scenario all writers love to put into their stories but nup, no way for at least this hour...,crikey !! but all's well that end's well. :)
"(Cho aggressively kicks Pete in the face)
Pete (excitedly): "So, you like it rough, huh?"
I thoroughly enjoyed that whole scene.
My favourite line was from Ep.12 and being a hopeless romantic:
Knock: "I just want you",,,,,sappy I know :)