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The Thai version of Prince's First Love (รักแรกของเจ้าชาย / Rak Raek Khong Chao Chai) is a short-format vertical BL drama co-produced by Red Elephant Entertainment that officially premiered on October 16, 2026 on the ReelShort Facebook Page and app.

I loved The Rational Life, but I agree they could have made it atleast 10 episodes shorter. I hope they make the women real and interesting people in this version too.

Oh, I came to see if this was a remake of The Rational Life one of my all time favourites, a Chinese series. It is!!!!!!!!!!!😁☺️OMG Yes!

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I decided, against my better judgement, to try one more time, but I've got to accept you're beyond help. Case in point, you're talking about self-awareness when you are in desperate need of some yourself.

I can see you have a lot of anger inside you and are projecting like crazy. Misogyny is indeed triggering and rage inducing. You should go find a proper target for your 'teachings'. You are saying I've got internalised (British spelling) misogyny. Your frustrations are missplaced with me, though, you just keep falling flat on your face.

I'm done with your faulty premise. I do not police women.

I most definitely do not need your contextual additions, some of which are off topic and/or factually incorrect, but most importantly all referring to things I was already aware of. You are grasping at straws pivoting to this and that detail overexplaining things. I did not and will not play your game where I preemtively touch on every subject that could remotely be related to the topic. You keep harping on clothing when that was never the issue, you could barely see Lusi's clothes. It's surreal you actually brought up Twiggy, that was one of the topics I ruled out as an unnecessary side track 😂.

You said, "...people like you police women who are simply existing to death, and play into the misogyny and sexualization of women you claim you’re against." Indeed there are people like that, but that is not me. You are tilting at windmills and while you may be Don Quijote that does not me a windmill make.

Our perception of what is conducive to women getting to live their best lives changes over time, not all cricism of how women are portrayed is policing women. I said that picture of Lusi was a bad call and objectifying and I said it with full awareness of the world around us, of history, culture, feminism, media etc.

You keep beating a dead horse.

This comment is absurd! I don't know what happened to people to make them think it's their place to silence other people on kisskh.

Actually, I think there's been a general shift from 'gay for you' to 'gay/bi etc. awakening' or 'out for you' stories that happened several years ago.

Gay for you: I only like you, I don't like men, I'm not gay, bi, demi, pan etc.
Awakening/out for you: I like you, before this, I haven't had occasion to notice I'm bi, demi etc.

The 'gay for you' trope is more of the old Yaoi BL and MM romance (western romance novel) style, while newer BL shows and MM romance stories are more connected to reality and how sexual orientation works.

[Edited] So yeah, even if a BL show looks 'gay for you' tropey it is not necessarily anymore. I think people said that in the novel this is based on, the guy figures out he is bi, I don't know. The novel is tropey though, but I think I can survive reading this one. The Asian Yaoi source material can be crazy, but the newer BL shows can tackle orientation a bit better. [Edited]

Yin's character is a flirt, he'll flirt with anything that moves. Did you see how he also flirted with the future husband from the very beginning? I picked up a few times he stopped in his tracks, he was quietly unsure and felt something around War's character even before his mom demanded they marry. I noticed it so much this felt less tropey to me. Kinsey scale is a thing, people aren't necessarily straight or gay.

Everyone will have to judge for themselves. I'm watching the show, but I do not consider watching this show as supporting predators.

This is what I know about this controversy:

The Prom Ratchapat's Scandal
In June 2025, actor Prom Ratchapat was dropped by his management agency following severe public allegations of sexual misconduct.
(https://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/thai-actor-prom-ratchapat-dumped-033029493.html)

The "Like" Backlash
In January 2026, eagle-eyed fans noticed that Yin Anan Wong liked an Instagram photo posted by Prom.

The Fan Reaction
Because of Prom's actions, some fans reacted with anger, criticizing Yin for interacting with or supporting someone labeled a predator.

At least in episode 6 the leads get drunk. The ML is worried about his sister who wants to marry an enemy. He is angry and decides to drink away the alcohol meant for her marriage celebration and the FL keeps him company. She also performs a sword dance while totally wasted.

You said: "Lolicon is a GENRE just like mystery, thriller, and romance. Saying someone is dressed in the “lolicon style” is like you saying someone is dressed in the “thriller style”. It doesn’t make any sense language-wise. "
"... and refers to a genre of manga, anime, or artwork that depicts young or young-looking characters in a sexualized manner."

I know and that's still what I said and what I was talking about. I said lolicon style just like I would say gothic (also a genre) style. This is how these words are used with certain genres that have an established look.

Harajuku fashion is a broad umbrella term for diverse Japanese street styles, while Lolita fashion is a specific, structured subgenre that originated within that Harajuku scene. Lolicon is a particular brand of hypersexualisation. Like I said, these are not exact synonyms.

Lolita style is the broader term, lolicon is a current localised expression of that cultural trope, all of it is related to sexualisation of girls. The picture had doll face makeup with an open mouth, which have lolicon and sexdoll connotations. No one, in the making of the picture, even had to purposefully try to make these references, but all the reference pieces (lets face it, a lot of women's style is derived from some objectifying idea) came together in an unfortunate way and that's how the pic reads. Being aware of how things READ is a part of media literacy.

You've been condescending the whole time, I chose to ignore it, but I'm done now, bye!

I'm not from a sex obsessed culture, I don't know about you. I'm for women's right to their own bodies and sexuality. The picture they took down was objectifying. The picture they took down had a lolicon reference, and the open mouth was an unfortunate part of it. How aware everyone involved in creating and posting the pic was of how it looked, is a slightly different issue. Trends come from subcultures, often watered down some for mainstream use. It's sad that women and girls are objectified in various insidious ways; and yes, the picture was one of those instances. Lusi looked like an OBJECT, the open mouth contributed to the effect. The connotations for a man in a similar picture, would probably not be the same, that is precisely because men are not ojectified the same ways as women, because there is a double standard, this is all part of misogyny.

More clarification for where I'm coming from with my criticism:
"Industry Standards and Scrutiny: Regulatory bodies, such as the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), closely monitor advertising imagery to ensure OPEN-MOUTH or suggestive poses are not used to inappropriately sexualize models, particularly younger individuals"

Also, harajuku and lolicon are not exact synonyms.

Thank you for your mind-expanding contribution!

You don't have much media literacy then, if you don't see and pick up on references in media including pictures, word and film. I'm not young at all by the way.

The substance of my objection (i.e. lolicon is harmful) does not change depending on how many people liked the photo. I don't hate Zhao Lusi, she is one of my favourite Chinese actors.

I found it interesting that some viewers either didn't notice or had issues with the female lead being a little older than the ML, or tried to ignore that she was older. I thought the fact that she wasn't a girl was part of the whole story. The characters even commented about the ML being pretty and the FL lead said womething like "he could be a boy toy". The classic tradgic unloved, hardass ML that is secure in his masculinity, is exactly the type of ML, that apart from being domineering himself, will also enjoy some manhandling and claiming behaviour from the romantic partner they trust. I thought that was part of the dynamic between the the FL and ML, and if the FL would have been the usual younger woman, it would have been less interesting.

It's lolicon style, focused on young or young-looking girl characters, particularly in a sexually suggestive, fetishistic or erotic context. Lolicon is unnecessary and frankly harmful to women and girls, both for their mental health and physical safety, just like child beauty pageants in the US. Since Lusi has struggled with her mental well being, I find this seriously off-putting and a strange choice for her. The puffy under eye makeup is and older thing, used on both men and women around Asia.

What is that awful open mouthed blow up doll picture of Zhao Lusi!? She is not a sx toy