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Uhhhh that one site, bilibili might have the newer episodes? I think I saw ep3 on there 👀

This episode....WOW.

The best part about it was the acting, in my opinion. Some actors who would have a bit of an issue in my opinion being a little more emotive absolutely KILLED it this episode. Easily my favorite scene, execution-wise, was the PokTong scenes. Both actors did a great job with tiny details, like the wave of various emotions Pok's actor displayed during the sex scene and the trembling of Tong's lips as he finally got to kiss Pok- SO. GOOD.

The parts with Kit were fantastic as well. The scene where he confronts Pha about the application being declined and the scene where he told Mark to have sex with him- Copter did a great job with both of them.

Even the silly parts between Thanu and Wayu were so darling, but especially the part where Wayu was very clearly sneaking peaks at Thanu undressing and looked mad thirsty LMAO

Now for the story itself: A LOT happened and I was practically screaming the whole time. I did not expect for everyone to know about Saendee and his crazed antics so soon in the season. As a matter of fact, I thought they wouldn't find out until the last third of the season. So initially I was worried about this plot line, but seeing as how confident Saendee *still* is even after getting his ass whooped by Pok, Phai threatening to cease being friends with him, and Thanu confronting him...clearly this guy still has some dirty antics up his sleeves. Bank, his actor, is doing a great job at making Saendee appear like a conniving little fox.
I've been loving these little moments Phai's been having where he's been standing up to Saendee and yet he's still conflicted. I don't think he'll actually stop being friends with Saendee, but I'm hoping he'll use Saendee's "love" for him to his advantage to get more info out of him, if anything. I do think it's interesting that he revealed that he and Pok got the same score to Phai but not the others. Makes me think that to some degree, he still trusts Phai or at least still knows that Phai wouldn't say too much (like how he didn't tell Wayu about Saendee initially).

While I'm still talking about the juniors, I'll talk about the whole PokTong fiasco. I knew it was going to messy no matter when the revelation happened and YEAH they absolutely delivered on that part. Saendee purposefully omitting the bit of info that both he and Pok got the same score was vile. I don't think it would've made *too* much of a difference (I'll get to that in a bit), but it just goes to show how he's able to keep his composure and still be conniving even after getting his ass whooped and was surrounded by a group of people, some of which were recording the event.

The next time we see them is when Pok returns to their dorm. As mentioned previously: GREAT acting in this scene. The part where they had sex in the shower though: very uncomfortable to watch. BadPennyGirl down below mentioned their thoughts on this scene and I can absolutely see it that way too: about how Pok had sex with Tong even though he knew he was going to break things off with him. However, I wanted to offer another point of view. The way I saw the scene unfold, it seemed to me that Pok might have had some level of hope in him that Tong didn't do the things that Saendee stated; this is from the waves of emotions he exhibited throughout the scene. Anger definitely, but also a lot of confusion and sadness, and, hell, I even noticed split seconds of attempted pleasure that would be overwritten quickly but negative emotions. I think it would make sense from someone in that situation to still hold out a bit of hope that the person they love and have loved for quite some time didn't do the things they were accused of. Now, I want to say this: I DO NOT agree with this action. Them having sex in this moment was absolutely unhealthy. Hell, the editors putting that damn "sexy" song during this scene truly did not help the tone whatsoever.

And before I move on, I'll say this: I don't believe that Pok is *just* angry over switching of test scores. I say this because I know people are going to assume he's this angry over something "dumb". It's the fact that Tong didn't trust him enough to at least try and pass the exam. If you've seen I Told Sunset About You, then you'll know what I mean when I say this: just because someone is going to *possibly* fail at something, it doesn't mean that you should take away their autonomy, their agency and make decisions about *their* life behind their back because *you* think it's what's best for them. That compounded with the fact that Tong proceeded to hide this from him and act like things are fine when they weren't. They clearly weren't fine because A) Pok began to notice something was off with him and B) the guilt of this whole event exploding the way it did made it so that Tong couldn't even fall in love with Pok the way he wanted. He would avoid kissing Pok on the lips and would react in strange ways whenever Pok would say things with a smirk on his face like "Yeah, there's *something* going on between us".
It reminds me a bit of Wayu's case in a way. How we the audience have to look past the surface of the situation and into the details of it. How Wayu wasn't sad *just* because he was broken up with. It's the context and the how and why the relationship abruptly ended that's upsetting. Actually...both of their characters are similar in that neither knew for a long time what was going on behind their backs. Hmm.

But yeah ANYWAY:
I was afraid Kit would do some seemingly impossible thing where he's able to find this one miracle doctor who can absolutely heal Pha with no problems whatsoever even though I'm 100% sure Pha and his family have been searching their asses off for a possible cure. I do like how they've been handling the situation and how pretty real it is.
I love that Mark has been patient with him, and the scene where Mark refused to have sex with him was honestly very nice to see. We know how Mark is about sex, and yet he knew that Kit was probably not in the right mental space to be having sex at that moment. Now if the trial that was declined ends up being accepted and Pha goes to America, and if Kit goes with him.....oh boy. I don't know if Mark and Kit could do a long distance relationship.

That's all I can think of on the top of my head at the moment, but yeah that's basically my review of this week's episode. This will be a veeeeery long week of waiting for ep5, I can feel it.

OH LMAO I just read the comments below. Ignore this one!

I believe Saendee revealed the part about them having the same score only to Phai? So Pok doesn't know that. There's a chance he could have heard about it between the end of that scene and him arriving back home, but also there's a chance that Phai forgot to tell him that bit.

I use Express VPN and have it set to Thailand :]

Here's the link for Ep 3:
https://www.iq.com/play/gen-y-the-series-season-2-episode-3-29enckgpc54?lang=en_us

And there's a Special Clip 1 episode that plays prior to it. It's behind the scene footage of the actors and staff interacting with each other. You can skip it if you want, but here's the link:
https://www.iq.com/play/gen-y-the-series-season-2-mkyzkflhvg?lang=en_us

Interestingly enough, it's not showing that you need VIP for ep1-3...? But that you need it for the Special Clip 1? I'm not sure what's going on because I do have VIP, but hopefully it's available to non-VIP members, too.

Yeah, exactly! For some people, it's due to religion, too. That's a topic that's pretty heavy handed and I don't think it's one to have here in the comment section of some BL drama, but yeah you pretty much got it. I always assumed that inc*st being so..normalized, I guess? In yaoi/BL was much more of a cultural thing than anything else (I'm from the west).

As for those tropes, I do agree that the way they were/are portrayed can be very toxic. I don't think they are always toxic, however, and could potentially be written well- though very rarely. I think both of these tropes are just problematic in general.

Simply put: to each their own. Some people are fine with inc*st, some aren't. Some people don't consider romance between step siblings to be inc*st (usually it's because they aren't blood related), and others do. I've never been comfortable with it and I don't see myself changing that. I haven't seen History 4, so I don't know what you're referring to, but in this show, it definitely seems as though Nueng and Maze have known each other/been brothers for a few years at least. Since they were little, I believe?

I'll wait until the next couple of episodes to see what they do and then fully form my opinion, but so far, I'm especially not crazy about how they made us think it was romantic/no chance of inc*st and then out of no where, they hit was with this plot twist. I think it would've been perfectly fine if we knew from the start they're brothers and made the drama between them about something else, OR just straight up drop the whole potential inc*st thing and made them exes. The fact that whoever wrote the story intentionally went down this route is honestly odd to me, especially if in the end it doesn't turn out to be anything like that at all.

Okay, here's the link for the iQiyi episodes. It doesn't work if you don't have VPN, but it works for me when I set my VPN to Thailand. I also have VIP on the site and am pretty sure you need it to watch the episodes.
https://www.iq.com/play/gen-y-the-series-season-2-episode-1-1al5igix7qk?lang=en_us&lang=th_th

When the first episode came out, someone found the link on iQiyi Thailand's twitter account. Idk if you'd need the VPN to search it on their site, but I bookmarked the link on my laptop lol (i'm on my phone rn so i can't link it)

I definitely do agree with that! The one line that had me iffy though was when Maze stated that he and the gf are the same/the love from Nueng to his gf is the same as the love from Nueng to Maze. To be fair, the translation from the video I watched was seemingly a bit off at that part. However, I've seen that type of mindset in yaoi/BLs that feature inc*st., so I was really put off by that. It seems like if they try to do something about it, that'll it'll be one sided (Maze to Nueng). But I'm really hoping they don't go down that route at all.

Drawing, with a focus on figure drawing. Seeing Thanu draw people was a lil nice surprise lol

YESSSS I agree with everything, especially the last bit! I understand both Pha and Kit's concerns, but like you said, it's not healthy. As I was watching Kit explain his side of things, I kinda realized that he's usually the voice of reason, but not this time...which I think is very interesting. I wonder what Mark will do!

And omg YEAH the ant bit was strange, I was like "huh?? what...what's happening"

Yessss, I loved Thanu's lil studio! I'm also a studio artist, so it was cute seeing their little attempt at one. I didn't notice the tie thing, so that comment made me laugh LMAO

I feel like the reason why Tong is still doing the whole No Kiss thing is because he probably still feels guilty about the cheating situation in season one. Like, he really wants to be with Pok but maybe thinks he doesn't deserve him because of what he did and also becuase of the fact that he's still hiding it from him? That's what I think anyway 🤔

I also hope Phai gets his own happiness. IDK what it is this season, but he looks extra cute to me!

(edit) not directed at you, but speaking of: someone down below (I couldn't find the comment) mentioned being confused about the No Kiss rule. Y'all gotta remember: some people find lip to lip kissing *very* romantic, as in that's something you only do with someone you love and not with friends/fwb situations. I persoanlly don't believe that, but yeah.

I could be misunderstanding the situation, but the whole thing where they made Phap and the audience believe Maze and Nueng used to date but they're actually related (not by blood, but still) honestly kinda grossed me out. I *hate* sibling/step sibling/inc*st love stories in BLs, and the way the story (once again, I could be misunderstanding what happened in ep 4/5) makes it appear that way is gross to me. I'm hoping it's just that Maze nonromantically loves his brother rather than romantically. I'm still willing to watch it though! Maze and Phap are super cute so far, and I'm also interested in the potential side couple too!

I watched all the current episodes, and I gotta say, I really like it so far! I recently figured out that Phap's actor is, well, an actor, so I wanted to see something with him in it. His acting it very good! I feel like he pulls of this character VERY well. I was surprised to see Singto in this for some reason? But I'm enjoying his acting as well. I also LOVE the amount of female characters so far in this show and how prominent they've been. It's pretty rare to see that in BLs. I think they're all funny as hell. One thing I don't like however....I'll mention it below in spoilers.

Just finished watching ep 2 and omg....

First off: Pha's moment where he talked briefly talked about his illness was so sad. This show doesn't have the best acting in the world, but I felt like the actor really tried! And Kit's reaction....oh man. He wants to find a way to help his friend and that's so endearing to me.

The thing I've always liked about Mark and Kit's relationship is A) how loyal they are to their friends, but also, and most importantly in my opinion, is how opposite they are. Specifically in moments where Mark, understandably, wants to jump in and get into action (clearly he's an emotional thinker), but Kit calms him down with logical thinking. I think the part where Kit cried about Pha and Mark listened and seemingly considered what Kit said about Thanu and Wayu was very sweet. I think the choice to have Mark and Kit unintentionally wrapped up in the mess that is Pha/Thanu/Wayu is very interesting. At first, I wasn't too into it, but now I'm curious. Especially after what happened in season one where Kit was so invested in the situation between Pha and Wayu that he began to ignore him and Mark's growing relationship. Afterwards, he said he wouldn't get involved anymore, but now...

I know some people wish Kit would stop being the way he is and just have sex with Mark already, but like...there are different ways to show love? Mark has his little moments where you can tell he really wants to do it, but so far, he's been respecting Kit's decisions, which I think is important to see in media like this. I think them taking their time and just enjoying each other's company is sweet.

Now to the juicy part....WOW I didn't expect to actually love the mess that's going between Wayu, Thanu, and Phai; initially, I thought it was vaguely interesting. All of the doubt and confusion that Wayu has is so very real and I don't blame him. I've been in a situation somewhat similar to Phai's where a friend thought I had feelings for his crush, and regardless of what I said about it and even told him countless times that it's obvious his crush has feelings for him and not me, he didn't quite believe me or the situation. It made me realize that, damn, love truly makes you do and think crazy things, and I feel like in this episode did a pretty good job at showing that. We the audience as well as some of the other characters can clearly see Thanu's intentions, but because of the things Wayu's been through, it's hard for him to believe him and I think that's an interesting point to develop and show. He hasn't seen a lot of the stuff that the audience has already seen and is currently finding out these things little by little. On top of his ex suddenly showing up and continuing to be vague as fuck, I don't blame him for reacting the ways he's been lately. Idk, I think it's interesting when we get to see characters react to things we already know.

And Pok and Tong....they are so sweet this season so far...I'm not emotionally ready for when all of that falls apart :'] They are still part of the series that I'm most interested in.

I didn't expect Sandee to reveal to Phai his plan so soon!! I do like it though and I think Phai refusing to say who it is is a very interesting choice- but understandable. I found myself pausing and pondering what would happen between these two if Phai also found out about the whole mess between Sandee and Pok/Tong.

Other thoughts: Jack and Ko and SO CUTE. The scene where they exchanged flowers.....omg....my HEART 😭 I'm emotionally invested in these two. I remember watching season one and was hoping Galae would end up in a little relationship because I think he's cute too. And I'm glad he seems to be getting one with Alice! They're cute, imo. Speaking of Galae...I wonder what his thoughts are on Sandee based off of what he knows about the Pok/Tong situation. Hmm...

Once again, the execution of these ideas aren't the best, but the concepts are very good, which is why I keep watching the show. I'm invested.

RIGHTTT okay so my theory is that things will be sweet for them for a while but then the word gets out that Tong cheated, thus resulting that scene of them kissing and crying in the trailer. Like, Pok confronts him and everything gets heated and then Tong confesses but then leaves. I'm half expecting *something* else to happen between Tong and Sandee that'll ramp things up.

As for Sandee's motives: I made a comment further below stating my thoughts on it, but basically: with Phai's whole thing of sacrificing his love for Thanu so that Thanu and Wayu can be together, I feel like Sandee's basically doing the same thing but for Phai and that he doesn't realize it? If I remember correctly, when Sandee realized what Phai did with Thanu (having him pick out a Love Definition from the bowl and Thanu's pick saying something like "sacrifice for your loved one"...even though Phai made it so that they all said that), he kinda laughed/scoffed? And maybe he's continuing this whole thing as way to get them back together and/or to seek revenge on Wayu and/or Thanu for hurting Phai? We have a very good example of what he's capable of, so him doing all of this doesn't surprise me.

YES I'll keep saying it, but Sandee's character is very interesting.
About Pok and Tong, the vibe I got right away when they first showed up/interacted with each other is that this little crush between them has been going on for a while, but that it was a little more one sided? Like, Pok *defnitely* has feelings for Tong (his definition of love was something like "more than friends"), but Tong is questionable for whatever reason. He definitely likes him I think, but is hesitant/not showing it clearly? One of the characters- Klui and/or Sab, I think- makes a comment at one point about helping Pok get "out of the friendzone". To me, it seems like they're in this strange place of "I have a crush on you, but because of things that happened, I'm *supposed* to hate you- and i do!!........kind of. Maybe." And that they almost use it as an excuse to be around each other sometimes? And of course there's possibly some guilt from Tong thrown in there. I'm very curious to see if they are still like this in S2, a year after everything began.