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Yeah, I understood it in the same way. Vees brother seemed to have had brought I boy back before (some kind of homecoming king?) and their father wasn’t keen on the idea of his son/a dating boys (I guess) and that’s why he wasn’t particularly welcoming towards Mark the first time. In the 9th episode I reckoned it was a roundabout way for the father to tell them that he accepts their relationship. Why the sudden change? I’m not sure..maybe he just needed some time to get comfortable with it. The motorcycle scene (Vee wanting to buy a new one vs the dad telling him to fix it) was another metaphor for Vees relationship with Mark and maybe that was the key moment when the dad decided to open up to the idea of same sex relationships. Again, it’s just how it seemed to me personally. The mom probably told him about Vees struggles when Mark was ghosting him.
And yeah, in BLs there are still rarely any acknowledgement of specific sexyalities. Though it seems to me that Mark is openly gay. Considering how almost all significant boys in BLs end up in same-sex relationships it’s almost a tradition for the brother/s to be gay/queer too haha

What giant elephant are you talking about? That Vees dad was seemingly against the relationship or what do you mean?

I’ve been thinking about this as well and came to the conclusion that Vee must have felt some kind of way about Mark way before they had sex. Because instead of simply moving on afterwards he specifically kept hounding Mark throughout the campus in a low-key flirty fashion while never missing a moment to remind Mark that they slept together. This type of behaviour wouldn’t make sense at all if Vee didn’t have any feelings towards Mark before they slept together. It seems to me that Vee probably started developing some feeling for Mark when the latter was aggressively going after Bar. It could be that Vee didn’t realise those feelings at first or didn’t acknowledge them for what they were but that way it would make sense why he was the only out of the friend group who was bothered the most by Mark giving attention to Bar.
I think that night simply snowballed whatever feelings have been building up in Vee.
At least that’s my interpretation..

Haven’t seen the last episode yet but I have to say I like it a lot so far. This show has given me all the feels I expected to get from Theory of Love but never did. They made Vee a little goofy in comparison to his earlier version but I don’t dislike it. It made him more likeable imo and gave him more personality than just a hot-headed asshole. The boxing match felt a little out of place though

Did it flop in Thailand? I’m so curious to know…

Well yeah…it’s bad but I’ve seen worse 🤷‍♀️

It is bad…but also kinda goofy, which made it kinda funny.
Not the worst thing I’ve seen but still not good.

He didn‘t even need to show Tono a fake picture …he could’ve just shown his real childhood picture or did he have a pimple in that picture as well? What was the point of the fake picture anyway? They’d already seen each other on camera pimple or no pimple.

I‘m a little sad about the low rating. I personally liked it a lot. It was a cheesy but nice romcom (yeah, I feel like the comedy tag is missing) with good acting and interesting characters that actually have relatable flaws. There was no self-inserts, the character growth made sense and the interactions were fun to watch. The only thing I disliked/was confused by is the misunderstanding. They forced the length of that a little too hard imo. It could’ve v´been cleared much earlier but I guess the writers really wanted that jealousy trope to last. Well, it’s ok bc otherwise I loved it.

Why hasn’t he gotten a main role yet? I would really like to see him in one :(

It was ok I guess…
But was the pimple truly the main problem that made Boss have a filter on etc? Weren’t they supposed to be in contact for like weeks? The pimple would’ve gone away by then…

Well, I understand where you’re coming from. It still never bothered me bc it felt believable to me. Maybe it’s bc I saw the family conflict as more of a framework for the love story instead of it being the central conflict.
They were technically dating in secret but it more or less showcased that the family was starting to accept it. I took it that the family has always known that they never broke up and just needed time to come to terms with it before they proceed to accept their relationship openly. I mean, I would’ve liked more of a development between the families but I myself am ok with the way it ended.

I never had a feeling like they set up a continuation but it certainly would’ve made more sense. I feel like if there’s limited screen time you got to pick and choose. They could’ve completely cut the dad conflict and concentrated solely on the boys but they didn’t. Why? Honestly idk. Maybe they wanted more drama. Bad choice if you’ve only got so many minutes to work with. Without harping too much on it, it just felt like they made the dad the main antagonist and then never resolved the issue that prevented them from getting together. It’s like the antagonist disappeared into thin air bc no screen time. It even would’ve made more sense if the boys ran away together or smt.

Actually the time skip in bad buddy was the only one that didn’t bother me. Usually I hate time skips bc they are used as last minute drama where the characters have to break up and not contact each other again for at least like a year, which makes the inevitable reconciliation super awkward and forced. I mean, how can you just kiss and be happy ever after when you haven’t seen you ex/bf. for over a year, especially if you parted ways on a bad note? In Bad Buddy they never broke up, so the twist for the audience worked imo without making it forced or weird. But it’s just my opinion. Also, I felt the conflict with the parent was done realistically or at least believable imo. Neither the character nor the script pushed he parent to be super accepting and it made sense to me. In the end they needed time to come to terms with the situation and that gave off a bitter sweet (more sweet than bitter imo) feeling. I personally liked it but I get it. To each their own.

I haven seen peach of time yet, I’m not a super big fan of jimmy and the story didn’t really grab my attention but it’s still technically on my to watch list.

Oh yeah, that’s true. Love Stage was horrendously dull. Turbo was badly miscast… he acted so fakely cute and baby-like that it was uncomfortable to watch and he got so much screen time too…
I liked the manga itself and I understand that this type of almost random and over the top comedy ist probably very hard to translate onto the screen in a live Action Setting but they didn’t even try. The only one I liked was the older brother. He acted campy and funny and I thought it suited the tone of the manga but he was literally the only one who acted that way, which made everything even weirder.

Well…yeah maybe. But even in 2005 and 2007 jap bl had better kisses than this, so I really can’t forgive it. People say that Korea ist super homophobic (and it’s true) but other East Asian aren’t very lgbtq welcoming either and they still manage to deliver for the most part.
There are a couple of points where I have to disagree. I do feel like the WYEL completely papered over the problem. The conflict with the dad was completely ignored and never mentioned again. The dad sent his son abroad, then he came back after having no contact with his crush, they awkwardly kissed and suddenly it’s a happy ever after? I don’t know man…seems a bit weird to me. What happened with the dad? Did he suddenly approve or what? Did the son cut ties with him? It’s just never mention again…

I liked WYEL right up until the last couple of episodes and that embarrassing press of lips at the end. The pacing and drama in the last 2 episodes became so over the top and whack that it canceled out any positive feeling that I might‘ve developed before. The time skip too, was like a rotten cherry on a cake that’s already past its expiration date.

Interesting… might be worth checking out the manhwa version, thank you. It seems they completely reinterpreted the story and made an almost pretentious slice of life out of an obvious comedy.

That’s so true. I feel like k-BLs receive generally a much better average rating on mdl than BLs from other countries. I for once seem to struggle quite a bit with kbls even though I do like and watch some mainstream k dramas. There are only two kbls that I genuinely like and that’s Semantic error and To My Star 1. Every other kbl seems to pass me by, emotionally or otherwise (apart from strongberry‘s works maybe). Blueming was another where I just couldn’t understand the hype. It wasn’t bad by any stretch but it was mediocre and kind of bland. I usually check out the reviews before I start a series (that’s why I’m here) but now I’m not excited about TMS 2 :(
I‘m sorry, I just needed to get it off my chest. I just feel so alone in my inability to connect to most k-BLs…

I’m super excited for this! Finally so happy for Fiat bc he absolutely deserves a main role! I don’t even care what this story is about, I’ll watch it for Fiat alone.

Yeah, same. I think it’s because not every vpn is able to unlock streaming sites. I’m not sure which one works for iQIYI though…

Thank you. I have a vip account but I’m in Europe and it seems like a number of shows aren’t showing up.