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I didn't mean it in the literal sense of Prom sleeping with both of them at the same time, though. Whether Nant is dead or not is immaterial - Nont thinks that's the twin Prom wants. That's what I mean by love triangle.

Clearly better than Nant's, I think. He was so shocked by all the stuff his brother was getting up to, and so worried about what a little BDSM might unlock in him. But also he knows how to take care of himself where Nant did not, so who knows.

Even if they did know Nant was on drugs, it's not actually their job to force him into rehab or whatever, and in fact would be detrimental to all of them to try. And we have no way of knowing what their friendship was really like, not having seen much of it from what I recall*. I do know that Zouey at least was actively worried about Nant, but I also seem to remember them talking about how him pulling a disappearing act wasn't uncommon.

I feel like people generally expect friends groups to do more than what is reasonable in these situations. *flashbacks to the Ray Wars*

*I will say that my memory for this show isn't great at the best of times, and that two week hiatus did it no favors. Please correct me if I am wrong.

I suspect White a lot - I kind of want him to be the brother. I am very curious about ❤️ though. I want it to be Phi for maximum mess, but it could very well be Tan too. Or none of them, or all of them. :D

I guess I am just not a fan of people separating BL and "normal" shows. Seems like it's only BL that people do that with.

But to each their own.

I actually disagree. The same people who were pushing at Nant were pushing at Zouey about the sex thing. I don't think First and Zouey especially are faking anything. The other two might just be getting caught up in the drama of the investigation, though.

Yeah, I think that he's starting to care for these people as himself (probably especially Prom, for better or worse) and so it's wigging him out that they all clearly still care more about his brother. But what did he expect, really? These guys all love each other and they loved Nant too. Nont doesn't get to just swan in and get that kind of loyalty.

I think they do like him and that he might have a place with them at the end of this, and like I said I do get him feeling unmoored and like an afterthought to these people he's coming to like for themselves. I just feel like this is something he maybe should have been expecting.

Yep. I think that they are becoming friends with Nont too, a bit, but it still doesn't change the fact that the boys in Twink Manor (lol @ the user who coined that, I am using it forever now) are all close and seem to really care about each other. That includes Nant.

While I get Nont's upset, this is also kind of the risk you run when you literally step into your twin brother's life. Like, of course his friends and lover(s) are gonna care a little more about him than you, babes. This isn't Not Me.

I do kind of love the Nont/Prom/absent but not gone Nant love triangle we have though. More of that. And for Nont to spiral even more. Gimme all that mess, please and thank.

Never trust an MDL rating lol.

It was a really great episode, I agree. I don't think it's the lack of romance causing the low rating, though, because the show hasn't really focused on romance at all. My guess is the bullying and the extended flashback rather than getting back to the masked dude and the possessions (or someone drugging people with Non's pills, which maybe can cause hallucinations...).

Personally I think this is the perfect spot for a couple flashback eps, but I am almost always guaranteed to disagree with ratings here. :D

ETA: I just looked at the ratings for all the eps and huh, maybe it is a lack of romance. If so, that's on the viewers, not the show, because they never promised us a romance. Ah well, I'm digging it and will continue to watch.

That isn't really true, though. Romance plots are almost always about the romance first and some flimsy other plot second. So since most BLs tend to be romances they're really just falling in line with the trend.

That said, I would be happy to see more BLs that weren't strictly romances. So I hope that starts happening more.

I am enjoying this a lot but it was never marketed as romance, so it's silly to compare it to shows that are.

Well, if they're trying to make it so I don't care about these kids getting picked off by a masked murderer they're doing a bang up job. I am genuinely furious about the stunt with the camera.

Jin seems like the only decent one in the group, which tracks with what we've seen so far. There is still time to find out differently, of course.

The more I think about it, the more I think he could be part of the revenge scheme. He definitely seemed eager enough to let the three new people watch their footage. And he could be faking seeing things.

But frankly my money is still on White, if there's only one person helping. Even if we don't find out that Jin caved to peer pressure and began treating Non the same way the others did, I imagine having him sort of let it happen was just as upsetting. Fluke, too. Dude might not have done anything himself, sure, but he sat by and watched it all and didn't say a word. In some views that would make him just as culpable as the rest of these little shits.

I suspect the hell out of White.

Do I really have a basis for this? Nope. Doesn't matter. I'm side eyeing the hell out of him.

Yeah, the super power is brainwashing and abuse. He gets them before their powers really manifest, remember. They're young, they're scared, he makes himself their only comfort and then he brutally shows them what happens to that comfort any time they put a toe out of line. Basically he conditions them to react like this. Look at Kenta, clearly hating what he does and often getting the brunt of his anger and yet still unable to do so much as lift a finger to stop him, and what's more actively helping him/doing his bidding. I think it's infinitely more psychological than physical.

I have to say, that scene in part 1 (you know the one) with Way and Babe was super effective. Great job from both actors, but especially Pavel. Like holy shit.

>>Prem is the man of the hour. He's got two hot guys after him.. a chef and a doctor/chef-in-the-making.<<

Well, I mean. Look at him. I don't blame either of them tbh he's the cutest.

I don't particularly care for the lauded OffGun chemistry, so I probably would tune out if I didn't find the entire show adorable. I like that it knows exactly what it is and isn't trying to be anything else.

I might have said this before, but I have never liked Off so much as I like Off in this. Why doesn't he play adorable and awkward more often? It's so charming.

Phaya: If I love someone, I'll do whatever I have to to be with him. How about you?
Tharn, already halfway across the country: Lol no.

...is that not how it went?

I'm gonna be honest (well, I'm always honest, but this is how I like to preface comments that I feel might be slightly controversial lol): I don't feel bad for Way at all. Dude was pulling a Ray from Only Friends and trying to take advantage of a friend /unrequited crush in a very vulnerable place, he deserves to be left alone at that restaurant.

I do wish that Babe had taken longer to forgive Charlie because I like pining and angst and this is SO MUCH BETTER a reason than like, 95% of BL breakups (or romance breakups in general). They could have dragged this out and it would have been completely understandable, so I am sad about that wasted opportunity.

Charlie has the best power - I'm not surprised Tony doesn't know that he has any though, because Charlie clearly has been able to do this for a while and has been hiding it, and I bet it's easier to hide a power you steal than it is a power you have naturally. I also think Babe cares less about that because he never really seemed to care much about his power anyway, it's done nothing but cause him trouble. Besides, as he said he's still awesome without it. I haven't read the novel and have zero plans to but that part makes sense from what I've seen.

I missed Alan and Jeff this ep.