Not a Robot

Yes, for example, none of the rangers disclosed that they knew that she was dead the whole time, not even in front of the crowd. They just let Phupha go off. People act this way in real life in many instances, but the pressure is always there to be noble on screen. I love the human flaws shown here.

Some of us forget that our camera is set to Auto because we hardly take pictures at night. I would to that dumb move.

This series shows the reality of human feelings and emotions when they feel devastated and betrayed. It isn't pretty or rational, as these types are feelings seldom are. I give credit to the writer and director for not shying away from this. It's heart rendering for the viewers, but this is how people react to these types of situations in real life.

Butterfly Lovers was supposed to be a BL, then they scrapped that plan and hired a female actress to play the lead when publicity trailers/photos had already been released. I keep hoping that a company in Taiwan or somewhere else finishes Love is More than a Word.

Love is More than a Word is my favorite, probably because it was the first. Even the theme song is fantastic. It's implied that a M/W have feelings (constantly fighting) but no outward hetero romance. Unfortunately, the storytelling was disrupted due to the Chinese restrictions coming into play during the filming of the drama. That's what happened to Advance Bravely too because it was being filmed around the same time.

Thanks. I'm shocked because I don't remember him being mobbed like this even when he did publicity with Jason Xu and they had great chemistry.

Is this popularity from Word of Honor or was he this popular before the series? I know of him from Advance Bravely, but I don't follow any actors IRL.

I think they wanted to arrest both of them as co-conspirators which is why Tan was also smuggled out on the gurney, but only Bun worked at the hospital.

In my opinion this was the best Thai BL of 2020! No student lead characters, no angst over sexuality, no fujoshi either! The actors had chemistry, the locations were beautiful. I even forgive the plot holes and the fact that the characters make miraculous recoveries from severe injuries. Many action movies have the same type of unrealistic bullet dodging and miracle recoveries so I can live with that.

It only took 14 episodes but it bugged me that the actress playing Nam looked so familiar, but I finally figured out that she reminds me of Bright.

In the past, they've referred to their fake relationship. I think one of them posted that to the other on Instagram. I think there's a word in Thai that means fake boyfriend or shipped boyfriend or something. I also read somewhere that Max has a girlfriend. I can't cite any sources because this was back when they were doing TWM. They have said in interviews that they are friends, so to me, it's fan service.

I work with marginalized Janes, so I knew better to wait for the story to unfold since Jane was not the story teller. I've worked with people like Jane long enough to know they are not fragile zombies, and also want to take accountability for their actions, since it's empowering.. Even worse, people bought the abuser's story, that's how they get away with it for decades. Edited to put under spoiler.

Thanks for letting me know! I thought it was him, but it was dark and haven't watched it since that episode.

Does anyone know of a list of shooting locations for this series? Even if in Thai (as long as they aren't screenshots) because I can use Google Translate. The location scout(s) deserve an award for their work. Thanks.

He was the guy in the jail when Tan was getting beaten wasn't he? I thought that's when he was unmasked, so I wasn't surprised when he shot Sarawat M. I would have to go back and watch that scene to be sure though.

I think that seeing children trafficked was a brave scene in this episode. It doesn't make sense that Pued needed Jane to sleep with those guys to move up. They live in the northern provinces so Pued could have just moved to Chiang Mai to get experience, if he wanted to focus on his career prior to getting married. This shows that what he was after is power, not upward mobility in his career. Maybe it was "big fish little pond" mentality. It seems like Jane really loved him and would literally do anything for him, while the only thing he loved was power. I haven't and still do not trust Rung. Maybe she is the mastermind.

I think that I know what you are trying to say. Unlike the children who were kidnapped, raped, abused and are being trafficked to the next destination, to continued being raped, Jane was allowed to go free and live her life, unlike the children, due to privilege. However, I think we should avoid, "my trauma trumps your trauma" because in the end they are all victims. Jane was allowed to "choose" to do this although she was manipulated to do it, traumatized and humiliated by the experience. We won't know until the last episode, but she may have felt pressure from her sister as well as Pued. I think that Jane probably thought that she would just straight up have sex with somebody, not be drugged and in an orgy. I also think the abortion did something to her psychologically, let's face it, she could have aborted Pued's baby for all she knows. I think that both Jane and the children were victims, but yes, Jane did not have to endure being trafficked and raped over and over again by multiple men, unlike the girls who are still children. Yet Jane was going to expose everyone and proclaimed this publicly, turning from victim to victor. Imagine how alone she must have felt in that moment.

I keep thinking they are trying to pay homage to Jon Waters' early work???

Aside from the acting and the storytelling, the locations are some of the best I've seen in a series. Whoever keeps finding those fairytale style houses for Tan, is the one of the best location scouts ever.

You have a point about the writing. I went back and re-read the 10 chapters that were translated because I couldn't remember if I was making it up or not, because I read it before the series started.

The blames lies with GMMTV. In the first 10 chapters, Ton is not homophobic toward Ni and Ai and isn't punching everyone out. Yes, he says asks Chon about things, but Chon of the first 10 chapters always acts like he likes girls because he doesn't want to lose Ton as a brother. Ton is possessive, but in Chon's mind, he likes it and in fact Chon is possessive of Ton and sexually attracted to him. When Nueng tried to "claim" Chon, it was Chon who told Nueng to stop and that he didn't like the way Nueng spoke to him. In the book, Chon likes pink and My Melody which viewers might have complained about, but I don't see anything wrong with a guy liking pink.

Since Ton knows about Ni and Ai, there is no Miriam in the novel. Thai readers said that Miriam is not in the novel. GMMTV inserted her there.

Example 1 - Nueng was not punished because his victim was a male and male sexual assault victims are not treated equally. Men who are sexually assaulted usually just try to push past it and when they are assaulted by women, it's even worse. Last year a guy was raped at knife point by his ex-girlfriend. The DJs on the station who reported this stated, "you must be really ugly if you have to use a knife."
- As for Amp, that is indicative of the cancel culture we are living in. I suspect that she did not apologize or try to make amends, so she remained canceled. Youth are pretty vicious in the social media age. I believe that people deserve a second chance if they make changes.

Example 2 - The virgin thing didn't bother me as much because I thought she just said it to make the sexist man shut up after she let it slip that she was a call girl. I took it as an "I didn't inhale" moment, but I can see how it can be viewed another way. What was also terrible is that GMMTV made her a total gold-digger to the end. Sex workers have the reputation for being money hungry, and in some cases they are, but GMM could have avoided all of this if they just didn't add Miriam to the story, or just ended it with Chon and Ton getting the approval from the families
-I noticed that Asian parents are portrayed this way pretty often. Mai Ding's grandmother had to be hospitalized over it. Korn's dad was portrayed like that in TWM2. What's sad is that I know people in real life who do not tell things to their parents and grandparents over health concerns. Most of the time they leave it as the elephant in the room.

You probably have seen it, but Gaya Sa Pelikula was very well written. Yes, there was a little melodrama, but both the writer and director are gay and some of the cast is openly LGBTQI+. They also did a mini-series sponsored by a gay dating app called, Meet me Outside as well. They are both well written and the soundtracks were great.

I thank you because you responded in a rational manner. I want to stick up for Ton partly because I work with people like Ton, admittedly women, who try to love men because of their family's expectations, end up being with men, having kids when they have always been gay. And yes, most of them did love the man. Most have experienced incarceration, abuse, addiction, anger management, etc. in their pasts and people judge them. On the friend zone board, as problematic as the behaviors are for both men and women, people support the characters and are empathetic, while on this board, it's a hate fest. You and Cookie Monster responded respectfully, while making rational points without being negative. I appreciate that we could have a discussion about it.