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"I don't think the actors make as much decisions as we assume."
True, I mean are we forgetting there's:
-the contract they are under, which would legally require them to do certain things. (promotion/fan meetings etc. this can possibly extend to even subjects they are allowed to talk about)
-the general pressure, expectations of the production company for the actors to do/not do things, even if they aren't under legal obligation to comply. (again what the actors should or shouldn't discuss in public, and even what kinda physical appearance is acceptable, I mean just look at Kpop for example, insane diet and excercise expectations there.)

Ohm embraces his physicality, while Nanon is more of a character actor. Nothing wrong with either approach as long as it's their choice.

LOL It's Pakorn Thanasrivanitchai, nicknamed Tul, I guess. He's in Together with Me and Manner of Death. He's amazing enough, so you weren't entirely mistaken in your original statement.

According to the statistics 0.3% have dropped it, so that's not a likely reason. Not everybody that likes the show rates it at 10 or even 9, people have different scales of rating, not everyone is as single minded as you guys 😉. It's pretty much only the Untamed that is 9 or over, and it was dropped by 2.8%, so 8.8 isn't a low rating.

That fist bump was such a non-issue. Maybe people are just remembering their dissapointment in the aggravating cases of overly prudish characters, who run away from affection in mortal fear of cooties, or because the script writers can't write themselves out of a paper bag. That's not what this fist bump was about. It was totally fine.

I'd absolutely hold that grudge, if I were her. I'd never choose to live next door to the asshat in question though. The whole incident would constantly be at the back of your mind poisoning you, which is what happened here.

In my opinion it was mostly episodes 7 and 9 that didn't flow so well, the rest of it is good 😁.
1. The confusing time jumps (instead of making clear it was a week or too later, not months or something, they phrased it as 'the start of the second year' and 'last performance'),
2. Kinda silly writing (getting a jackpot and showing up to "save " Pran and the gun/police/Wai incident). Some people seemed to have trouble with the sequence of events in the last scenes in 7, I just wasn't a fan of the writing tbh.
3. Some bad English translations that made it a bit difficult to read the situation correctly.

What I was pointing out was that Mame isn't representative of all female authors cis, straight, generally non-LGBTQ+... Saying it's LGBTQI+ versus Mame is a false dichotomy.

Mame with her style is, however, a representative that has too much power in what gets produced, that is true. The production companies deserve a kick in the butt for not seeing the stupidity.

Of course everyone is best represented by members of their own community!

Mame isn't representative of female authors though. She is more of a Yaoi author. It's the Yaoi tradition that brings the stupidest parts, like the general refusal to write three dimensional LGBTQ+ characters, the seme/uke obsession, the rapey vileness etc.

You're welcome, just nerded out a little on literature and gender studies. 😀

If you google: bl boyslove academic research, you'll get plenty of results. Also, google offers you a link for 'Scholarly articles for bl boyslove academic research' if you do google that. It's this one:
https://scholar.google.fi/scholar?q=bl+boyslove+academic+research&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart

If you take a broader look at the subject, you could google things like women and mm romance reading (1.) or a bit more generally ideas about the fault lines between gay and straight, I dunno , "culture" I suppose (2.).

1. A consumption of gay men: navigating the shifting boundaries of
m/m romantic readership
https://via.library.depaul.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1234&context=etd

2. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1466138118758112
boundaries between heterosexuals and homosexuals in public spaces

Also :
a newspaper article by a professor, with a pic of 2gether lol, The Evolution of “Boys’ Love” Culture: Can BL Spark Social Change?
https://www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/d00607/

The boys’ love phenomenon: A literature review
http://www.jprstudies.org/2017/04/the-boys-love-phenomenon-a-literature-reviewby-agnes-zsila-and-zsolt-demetrovics/

If you can appreciate imperfect/flawed characters, then you'd definitely like this. Even though it's popular, I also was doubtful of the whole F4 concept, until I finally watched some. The main stroryline is actually entertaining. It's like a modern fairytale, so some aspects of the story remain unchanged from version to version. This one looks to be the best one so far.

Wow, these are pretty much my thougths exactly. Couldn't agree more on the surprise kisses lol. Don't get me wrong, I love the series but... yeah.

Christmas is not a traditional holiday or a particularly big event in Thailand, New Years Eve, on the other hand, is a National Holiday. So obviously the two are not of similar importance in Thailand, even though to us they kinda are. Thai shows for Thai people will follow Thai culture and calendar, not us international fans. It's very simple really.

Really liking it so far. Best/funniest line by Gorya:"..are you stupid or stupid.." It's a lot like Hana Yori Dango, except less campy so I like it more.

True, only 3 episodes left 😢.

I want WaiKorn though. I wanna see Wai not immediately go to Pran with his Korn issues, he should eat crow at least, for being that mad Pran didn't talk to him about Pat right away.

When I watched my first Thai series with the sound effects they annoyed me too. The first time I heard them I didn't see the the point and I still don't really. The upside is, now I barely even notice them anymore 😀.

😴😜💤 For real though, it charms you, just enjoy the ride.

Okay, so your main point was that it looks to you, like he's having an actual identity crisis after so many years in the business, and you are puzzled by that. Thanks for the clarification. [edit Realisations about your orientation do not have a time limit, you can be any age. Whether or not you've been around gay people doesn't necessarily matter either. So, in the scheme of things, a sudden realisation would not be strange at all.]

I didn't say you were utterly incomprehensible, I said your communication style is chaotic and I stand by my words.

Okay, that's cool 🙂. It would be nice if you could try to be clearer with your writing. It's a little chaotic with both the punctuation, and the general stream of consciousness style that is hard to follow for people that don't live inside you brain lol. With the added language barrier it gets extra confusing.

For example: "He can not understand gays perspective after being in the gay bl world- for several years now." Without knowing your intent, this sounds like you've judged him a thoughtless flawed person unable to empathise with the gay community. Alternatively, are you trying to say your original point was "He can not understand..."? It seems like you may have attached some additional meaning/context to this sentence that you find clear and obvious, but you have not written it out for the rest of us to see. You may assume you've made your point clear, it's an easy mistake we humans make, the thing is, it's not clear.