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At this point, it's clear that so many people don't know about bdsm D/s etc. that having it discussed on screen would remove over half the complaining and confusion among the viewers. It would also remove some of my personal irritation, even though I know the basics 😐🤪 😀.

It was a bit funny, since Rain literally had marks on his chest when he woke up.

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Rain was mad at Phayu, because Rain had such a strong reaction to being around Phayu, but Rain felt that Phayu was just playing with him, that Phayu didn't have the same intense feelings for Rain. So Rain bit Phayu as if to say: You don't have all the power in this relationship, I'm not worth any less than you Phayu. That's why Rain also said, I'm going to make you fall in love with me.

Rain: That guy is hot, wait what? I'm confused now.
Phayu: The way you are hitting on me, isn't very artfull, but I'm into you. Let's have some casual sex maybe?
Rain: I'm not into you, you lunatic.
Phayu: Well, that's an obvious lie, but I think you're cute, maybe we could have a more serious relationship. Let me show you how you clearly think I'm hot as hell.
Rain: Damn, I guess I do think you're sexy. Why are you so calm about this situation. I'm going to make you crazy too, see if I don't. I'll make you love me.
Phayu: Bring it on. It will only help you see how good we could be together. The bonus is, you won't even notice I'm chasing you, trying to make you fall for me, not the other way around.
Rain: This hitting on a guy stuff is difficult, also I like being around you. Well, damn.
Phayu: I like you. Do you even really realise how you feel about me? Can you be serious about me? We can't just play games that distract you to the point of you not doing your schoolwork. Maybe you should just leave me be.
Rain: Hell to the NO! I think I do want you. I guess I need to get my sh*t together. I won't be ignored.
Phayu: So we are doing this together thing then, that's great. Can we do something about this "I think you're sexy situation" we've got going on?
Rain: Yes, It's pretty great. Yes, might as well do something about that...I guess??? Yes. Yes. Yes!

I meant, if we are splitting hairs, I'm not 100% sure, how I feel. Was it D/s or more like a Yaoi noncon situation etc.

I thought Mame has always been for the general BL audience, which is why I think it would be nice to show a clearer framework for the D/s dynamic. I just think it wouldn't hurt. Also, full disclosure, I do take issue with Mame sometimes, but I don't hate watch anything, that would be boring, I think.😄

I do agree that it can be frustrating to have to be "correct" about everything all the time to cater to viewers who don't know what's going on. 🙄

Mame has never been good with the meaning of "NO". She doesn't do her kink quite right.

This is one of her better D/s dynamics, but it's uncomfortable to watch sometimes, especially because D/s is one place where "No" and "Stop" don't always mean "No" and "Stop". What that means is people can use "No", "Stop" playfully, and the confusion could lead to D/s play ending when the sub doesn't really want it to. But when "No" and "Stop" aren't meant to end a D/s scene, it has to be specifically agreed beforehand that the words don't mean an end, and that there are 'safe words' that can be used to make it end instead. Still, even then the Dom should be able to read the sub well enough to know to cease even if the sub says No/Stop instead of the agreed upon "safe words".

I don't know quite what to make of the "Take your medicine scene". I mean I don't know what the intent of the author was there.
(Again, I'm no expert on this subject)

Also, even though this is 18+, there's sure to be kids watching this. So that's one more reason, I think they should have had a little talk about consent to D/s dynamics.

A lot of people seem to think Phayu is kinda predatory. The thing is that in a Dom/sub relationship the Dom takes care of the sub, and does what the sub finds pleasurable, 'a punishment' in this context isn't actually exactly unpleasant for the sub. You can see Rain smiling when he's texting with Phayu about getting a reward or a punishment depending on whether he gets a good or a bad grade on his exam. Rain is happy thinking about the possible punishment as well as the reward.
Rain alternates between challenging Phayu and obeying him, because he wants to.

You said :"I disagree that we need to have an explicit conversation about their limits or even a verbal agreement onscreen. "

The main reason I think they should've talked about this on screen, is that there are people watching that don't know anything about D/s, not even enough to know that's what's going on here. A lot of people see Phayu as predatory. I doubt they all know that a Dom does what the sub finds pleasurable, and that 'a punishment' isn't actually entirely unpleasant for the sub.

Also, some viewers are absolute kids, who know nothing about anything.

You might be missing the Dom stuff Phayu is throwing at Rain. I wrote about this earlier. Also, Mame is muddling the water with her own interpretation of D/s. They didn't even talk about having this kind of relationship, what are their limits and such. The kink is just there, and sometimes the representation isn't the best.

Phayu is like: "You didn't let me take care of you. Don't you know how that made me feel? Now take your punishment." But again Rain has not agreed to having any kind of a Dom. Not once from the beginning, where Phayu gave him a form of "safe words" in the bathroom. "Tell Phayu to let Rain go." to which Rain said "No" as in I will not tell you to let me go i.e. Rain gave a sort of a consent to that Dom/sub scene.

If the difference in nuance is in fact great, it needs to be reflected in the translation. Otherwise it's an actual translation error.

For example, in my mothertongue all people are regularly called an 'it', not she or he.
Nobody would translate this into English literally, because 'it' has a different connotation for English speakers, calling someone an 'it' is disrespectful in English, while it's completely neutral in my mothertongue.

For example: Sara is a smart woman, it studies medicine. Or worse: That man is disabled, it's got red shoes.

An English speaker would stop and try to puzzle out the sentences when there's nothing to puzzle out.

Phayu is being such a little Dom with all that "You didn't let me take care of you. Don't you know how that made me feel? Now take your punishment."
But again Rain has not agreed to having any kind of a Dom. Not once from the beginning, where Phayu gave him a form of "safe words" in the bathroom. "Tell Phayu to let Rain go." to which Rain said "No" as in I will not tell you to let me go i.e. Rain gave a sort of a concent to that Dom/sub scene.

I miaowed "No" at that point. Confused my poor cat.😄

LOL Also, it's sex, not the circus. Circus -like sex just gives me anxiety, but it's all about personal preference, I suppose.😀

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I'm sure Google can help you with your questions. Just make sure you go to site that talks about sexual health and such.

I did a quick search and found this on Teen Vogue, so it probably has answers for you. https://www.teenvogue.com/story/anal-sex-what-you-need-to-know

Love Mechanics/Thailand 2022
Bad Buddy/ Thailand
I Told Sunset About You/Thailand
Why R U?/Thailand
Together With Me/Thailand (this is not 2gether/this has Max/Tul)
Semantic Error/South Korea
Light on Me/South Korea
Where Your Eyes Linger/South Korea
Utsukushii Kare/Japan
Blueming/Japan
Kieta Hatsukoi/Japan

We Best Love is also good, but it looks like you've seen the first part at least. The second season is called Fighting Mr. 2nd

I can see the resemblance. I really liked '10 things I hate about you' and a 2005, BBC adaptation for the ShakespeaRe-Told series that relocates the story to contemporary London, with Shirley Henderson as the lead.
I still think this version has an undecurrent of D/s though.

Hi! What do you mean? Is this a good faith honest question? Anyway, I'd say, no we are not all gay or LGBTQ+.

Yeah, I don't really agree with certain aspects of this writing. Especially the lack of consent from Phayu/Rain to anything kinky (which is such an obvious requirement that I even forget to mention it specifically), as well as the vibes of condescension from Phayu, which I've mentioned before. That's what I meant with "Mame writing off (i.e. "wrong") interpretations of kink". Maybe I wasn't all that clear in what I said.

Certainly some kink involves Doms speaking to subs like they are stupid, and worse than that, but it doesn't fit here.