Not a Robot

No, I won't get "the vapors" because I'm an old lady who is not embarrassed by sex. In fact, I embarrass people because I'm not embarrassed by sex LOL. I will watch the series this weekend. I didn't watch My Bromance so I'm not familiar with this director's work. Thank you.

It makes me teary to think that Keptawan who was raised in the countryside and probably hasn't had much exposure to same sex relationships feels to free to pursue the person he cares about. It tugged at my heart that he is so in touch with his feels at such a young age and is not bound by fear. This short is a gem.

Would you mind telling me the short series you were referring to? I would like to avoid it. Thank you.

This is just my opinion, but much of the blame goes to the people making this series. They have events where the actors heavily promote the show and the audience is gay baited into thinking they may be a couple in real life in order to gain publicity for the show. The actors do interviews and events "in character" to so speak, so some fans have difficulty separating fact from fiction. There are hundreds of videos "proving" that certain actors are romantically involved in real life. This series is behind a paywall (so was season 1) so in order to get fans to pay, or pay to go to fan meets, buy merch, etc., they given them "proof" to show this may be real in order to sell the fantasy. Many of the fans are teen girls, so they want to believe true love is real and life is like the movies. I'm not saying this is 100% true, but just a factor. Look at the hate Max the actor got when Korn cheated on Knock. Just my thoughts.

I think so too and he even thought about calling her, but if she is, hopefully they will explain the breakup. It just seems odd that JM has gone from talking about kids with a woman to recording anonymous sex with men. It would also be refreshing to have a truly bisexual main character.

Episode 2 revealed more into JM's past and that behind the rude behavior, he has insecurities. We don't know who the girl is yet, is she his ex or best friend or relative? I will overlook that the schedule JM made has JM and Reb on it even though they are still supposed to be anonymous.

This was a wonderful series! I love slice of life stories and I think that it gave countryside life the respect it deserves. I almost do not want this to have a season 2 because I don't want them to introduce "realism" such as cheating and other crappy behavior. I want to see a season 2 that shows more of country life, not a country boy moves to Bangkok.

I agree this is BL. Back in the day, this would be considered Shounen Ai, which has always been considered BL. I loved this, not just the love story, but also the friendships and family relationships..

I didn't have a childhood sweetheart, but if I did, *maybe* we would still be together or good friends, but then again I have never cheated before, and most of my relationships ended amicably. I'm basing this on my friendships that I still have. My closest friends are my childhood friends. Even though I haven't lived in my hometown for years, they are still the people I'm closest to. Even if we don't talk for a while, when we do, we pick up where we left off.

Lazy Subber said he has to start over because he had to previously drop out due to lack of support. Also, it could be that he supposed to 24, but looks 35, like some manga characters. I would love to see a non-trad student in an Asian drama.

I'm looking forward to seeing an older student that is not a fetish, and I hope there aren't too many wacky sound effects that are so common in Asian comedies. I am interested in seeing how they handle the topic of a "ronin student" in Thailand. Plus the concept of the "non-traditional student" is so out of the box for many countries that it will be interesting to see how the Thai viewers respond to this drama.

I don't think that your opinion is unpopular if Teh and Oh work on it diligently. Many viewers are rooting for the couple, but are pissed at Teh. The actor Oab said in a YT video that was posted due to the hate he was getting, (which I can no longer find) that Jai is a catalyst for Teh and Oh to discover their true feelings. Whether that means to stay together or break-up is unknown to me. If Teh deletes his Insta, I would consider this relationship very unlikely to rekindle.

I hope so too!!

Narcissist is a heavy word, but if he does not change, through the years that's where he will end up. Teh is hugely talented and usually everything he touches turns to gold, even in Season 1. I actually think that all of the actors are great in this series. To see grown men laying in bed together to comfort a friend was a beautiful moment.

No, you didn't say that and I didn't mean to make it sound that way. I don't believe Teh fell for Jai, the man, I think that Teh fell for Fang, and that was manipulated by Jai. I don't think that Teh knows (maybe now he does) that he has emotional problems. I'm hoping that the break-up causes him to self-reflect, since I know that therapy will be a long shot. If Teh hits delete, then we will know where he stands.

To be honest, I do believe that people can overcome this type of situation because I've seen it in real life. It just takes a lot of work on the part of the couple and from what I saw at the end of Ep 5, Teh is not there yet. He tells Oh that he stopped seeing Jai, but Jai doesn't want to see him anyway. He also told Oh that he never thought of breaking up with him, showing that he thought he could have both men. This type of thinking will takes time to work on. While I believe it can be done, the first step is recognizing you have a problem, and after the end of Ep. 5, I don't know if Teh is there yet.

Teh doesn't yet realize that he is a narcissist, and until he gets help, this will be a pattern in all of his relationships. I like how Oh did not change his mind and told Teh to get out, even after allowing Teh to embrace him.

Sorry for jumping into your conversation, but Teh is 100% responsible for his multiple deceptions, even if he is uncentered. Yes, he did not have sex with Jai, but he actually confessed to him after he was confronted by Oh. Even when he was turned down by Jai, kept trying. Most people will have a hard time forgiving multiple deceptions (too many to count) more than a single kiss.

I believe that Teh fell for the Jai "character" because to be honest, two narcissists will not work out in the long run. Even the way the singing scene was shot, Jai is illuminated with a fuzzy filter, the singing dims, then a sound similar to a record scratch ends the trance. Teh then looks at Oh and you can see the shift in Teh's face, from fantasy to reality. Beautiful acting by the way by BK.

I thought this series was excellent, I hope that one day there will be a series that calls out fan service. However, I do not agree that BL is about two straight guys falling in love. Usually it is 2 straight actors having to play men falling in love, then being forced into borderline sexual harassment known as fan service, because of contracts. Even early Japanese BL manga such as Love Mode had the ML (Reiji) as bisexual, and this is explicitly stated. The only character straight character was Izumi, and yes that was a problematic 1990's era plot. Ai no Kusabi did not indicate the MLs were heterosexual either. Even though BL has been a Japanese genre for decades, you don't really see that type of fan service. The actors usually sing or perform scenes, but they do not do the sexual stuff. I'm glad that much of the Filipino BL came out during the pandemic, so hopefully they don't start the fan service stuff.

I may be wrong, but I think that it wasn't about the scandal itself as much as the lead up to the scandal and what took place behind the scenes. The clues that were given such as 2 Night, Motivation Village, the names Bas, Tee, Tae, that the original director was replaced, as well as the whispers that an actor from 2M2 may have been sexually harassed, are woven into the story about James and Ait. The only shade not thrown was at the author of 2Moons even though she didn't like the original casting and was heavily involved in the casting in 2M2. I don't remember the original trailer, but you could be correct. Just like the original trailer for A Tale of 1,000 Stars showed Phupha as a soldier as written in the novel, but changed to a forest ranger in the final series. I 100% agree about the fandom, but it's the industry that drives it because of money.

I like this so far. I thought the acting was good, and judging by the Thai subs, it is mostly in dialect. The main characters are from the village, so no fish out of water people from Bangkok. The transwoman (sorry she isn't credited and he refers to her as sister) is not comic relief. So far, she is not boy-crazy, and flirtatious as often depicted in Thai drama. The music is really nice too. It doesn't have the production budget of a GMMTV series, but I can live with that.

I think that it depends on the elevation. When I watched some behind the scenes videos about Tale of 1000 stars, much of the cast and crew were freezing. Drake who is from Northern Thailand said his grandmother live in the mountains so he was used to it, but the central Thais were freezing.