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I think Tod controls Tawi. Or the other way around. I'm fairly sure he's the Big Bad of the series, though.

I've never found Off attractive until this series - i think it's the opposite though - I think he's filled out and looks more like a man now than a boy. But whatever it is, he's gotten really handsome. Sing looks good too.

I think it's 100% obvious that Sean & Gram kidnapped White at the end. When Gram was with Eugene their interaction wasn't romantic. She as upset and he was comforting her, or possibly the other way around.

That was better than the other episodes, but White's colossal stupidity at the end was just lazy-ass writing. Come on - would anyone in this entire fandom be that moronic? Drive up in a motorcycle with headlight blaring? Why wasn't he also playing bagpipes while setting off firecrackers?

And how did I not notice that Gram is made out of sex before this episode? Holy cow.

Anyway, the production is first-rate. I just wish the writing was more consistent - sometimes White is smart, other times he's a total idiot.

I'm not seeing all the chemistry everyone else is. I can see that First has a crush on Dan, but not the other way around, and while I can see White likes Sean, Sean seems confused and intrigued.

If you specifically meant White, he's trying to find out who tried to kill his twin, and he suspects it may be someone in his gang, which is why he joined. Why he's being an idiot is a mystery. Sometimes he's smart, other times he blunders into the garage knowning something bad happened, which is brained-damage stupid.

I've never understood why spilling in one's lap freaks everyone out. Nobody is going to think a grown man peed his pants - it's quite obvious something was spilled on him.

Well, that happened. Unfortunately, acting matters. That was a long cringe from beginning to end. There's nothing worse than slightly campy, and much like My Day, this needed to abandon restraint and go OTT, but instead it's kind of limp and amateurish. You can't have fight scenes like that - if there are going to be that many, then some effort needs to go into it. There must be tons of out-of-work stuntmen you could hire.

Anyway, I'm not sure I can sit through another episode of that, unless Art is going to shower again.

That sums it up nicely.

The cinematography, color palette and grading, editing, lighting design, all the technical aspects of this are as good as I've ever seen in a BL - maybe the best. But the story is so f@#$ing dull that I can't pay attention to it and end up just watching the pretty colors. The only story that remotely interests me is the guy with his sister's boyfriend, mostly because the acting is better - everyone else is mediocre at best. I guess Saen is fairly charming. But I just don't feel any chemistry between Fah and Thorn - I did with the kid versions, but that's it.

The only thing as WTF was the similar TharnType scene, but even that was a lot less aggressive than this as Tharn did the "work" and didn't force Type to do it.

I think the kiss in Ep 5 was good, but the one this episode was weak and I didn't feel it. Partly it's because the Ep 5 kiss had a great buildup, and this one was just... there. Both actors seem to be losing steam, but Ep 11 was likely really exhausting to film.

Mostly the screaming and general unpleasantness of the characters. i have no issues with nudity, and the drug use wasn't too bad.

Aw, shucks. There is an odd phenomenon where people expect BL characters to be utterly perfect saints - I'm trying to see it from their perspective, but nothing Phap did seems all that bad to me. I think there was a minor production design fail in that what he did to the room probably should have looked a little better than that, but sometimes you just have to go with the flow.

I agree with you, but love takes time - before that it's infatuation. You can't really be deeply in love with someone after three dates, and I don't think it's normal to be stuck on someone in that case for three years, especially if they live halfway across the world and is are a relationship - and you are in a relationship as well. "The One" is a fiction. There are lots of "the ones" - when something isn't possible, you find something that is.

Essentially Mario was hoping to steal Jethro from his boyfriend, which is not an indication of high character.

That's prudent. I will say that this is a romcom, so the chances of heartbreak seem very low, but you never know...

I'm the opposite. I can't really understand why anyone liked anyone, but at least Mario is cute. This whole series was a pretentious disaster, and for those of us old enough to remember AIDS, this is was downright insensitive. Why are 20% of 20-something BL characters terminally ill? Just stop. If you're going to kill them off, I prefer the White Van of Death.

This series has been a tad guilty of obnoxious product placement at times. That one was particularly unfortunately timed - it's fine when it's not an important scene like that. I've heard that only 10-15% of the budget comes from sponsors - they should just tell us and we can contrubute enough money to make up for that amount to avoid the awkwardness.

There are product placements in the USA too, but the product is just there, or used by someone, like maybe they drive an Audi or something - they don't make the story screech to a halt so they can discuss how disgusting curry-covered seaweed is a gift of love or something.

"Hey Mr. Bond, I love the beautiful upholstery in your beautiful new car!"

"That's just the beginning! It possesses integral seat warmers and extra-deep luggage storage."

"And I love how it handles! Watch out for the laser-Zeppelin ahead."

I guess not, since they're talking about making their first time special. Maybe they've just done blow and hand jobs or something. Which I guess doesn't count? (Even though it does.)

It gets that way when fans feel a rivalry with another show. Gameboys fans were very hostile to Hello Stranger, and Not Me fans are hostile to Bad Buddy. I don't get it - why can't you like both? Not Me fans keep dismissing BB as a romcom, whereas Not Me is a proper drama. Right, a guy replacing his evil twin in a motorcycle gang is a serious premise, vs a show that's based on Romeo & Juliet, which we all know as a riotous comedy. Although I suspect BB will have a happier ending.

I think he's fallen for Phap - he just doesn't want to admit it to himself because Phap doesn't fit any ideal he's set for himself. But Phap is perfect for him.