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I think the statement above is that GMM *is't* making any (or at least negligible) money from China so it make more sense for them to ignore this as much as possible in hope that it fizzle out

Since My Tee, that seems to be the case. Drake were in a few shows before then. Not only them, but a lot of other BL "pairs" seems to develop good working relationship so either request to work together or the network keep them together. OffGun and NewTay are two prominent examples. This also keep the shippers happy and probably help the success of their new shows, compared to if they work separately

I made a similar comment after their first Live at Lunch. That plastic separator is basically useless since it doesn't even extend that far back. The only way it can stop the spread is if they lean forward the entire time.

I completely agree that they should not be sending both of them out to do promotion at this time. There has been so many videos lately of them doing promotion on different thai shows. Most of the time, they aren't even wearing masks. Considering how successful the show is already, putting the two's health in danger is both unnecessary and set a bad precedent.

Considering China's stance on LGBT, China was never a large market for GMMTV. What can China do? Ban a show that is likely already banned due to the LGBT content?

From the comments, it sounds like he said that Zol's story gave a good ending to SaiZon, but for FighterTutor he trails off. This implies that the ending for FighterTutor in the novel isn't good, but hopefully that was just teaser manipulation

Considering they are selling box sets of the series right now, I wonder if that box set will be the series as it is aired (14 eps + 1 special), or the series as it meant to be (14 eps with the missing scenes edited in).

The original intent was to finish filming before the show starts in June. They got offered an earlier timeslot by the channel and they took it, thinking they can finish filming as the show airs. While it would be great if they can go on hiatus til this covid19 blows over, they already paid for the tv slots and would lose a lot of money if they do not forcibly continue. Them agreeing to finish filming some of the missing scenes once covid19 is over is probably the best we can hope for.

What I wonder is whether they will re-cut everything for the box set they are currently selling. If they do, then the box set will probably offer the most coherent story at the end of all this

I agree that what Mark said can be somewhat considered as being open to sex. But from the start of the scene when Mark mistaken Vee for Bar, it is pretty clear that Mark was already far too drunk to give informed consent. Once they showed that Mark was that drunk, it is no longer right of Vee to have sex with him.

It gives the wrong lesson to impressionable viewers: That it is okay to have sex with someone who is clearly way too drunk as long as that person say something that can be considered agreement.

Considering they barely progress the storyline for those two couples even before Ep8, I wouldn't expect much change to happen there. The best chance those two stories will be explored is if there is a second season.

I think part of the whole hysterical yell and anger is usually because at least one or both characters are still in denial about being gay. It is clear since the last installment that Mark is already fine with being gay, considering he was chasing after Bar.

Did Mark give consent? He was drunk enough to consistently mistaken Vee as Bar. I don't think he was in any shape to give informed consent. The only reason it is somewhat acceptable right now is that they glossed over the sex part, so the audience had no idea exactly how much consent was involved. Either way, I hope this end well for Mark though

For now. I don't think Mark remembers everything that happened that first night. I would put down my guard once all four episodes airs

Wait for covid19 to be over so they can film that special Saifah/Zon episode so we can all overload on sweetness?

I completely agree. Took me a second to remember that they are even friends, since they haven't been together on screen in so long.

From what I hear, the mass majority of the Fighter/Tutor scenes were filmed at the time of shutdown, so if you find their story a mess, it isn't really due to covid19.

Yah, their story is going to be very choppy for the rest of the season. Not surprising, since it isn't like they can fill in the gaps using scenes from before the concert when they didn't get together yet. This greatly limit the amount of extra footage they could use as gap-fillers

Yep, it is impossible to add more episodes since production is finished. The amount of work it would take to add new episodes would be same as adding a new season. That is not even considering Covid

The only issue I have with Man/Type is that the longer they drag this out, the less time they have to get together.

I highly recommend watching the My Tee episode of Our Skyy. It is basically a great conclusion to the series

Oh, I fully admit that this is a common trope. But it is certainly the most drama-filled direction and shows survive on drama, so I'm not surprised it went in this direction.