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I haven't read the novel so I can't evaluate the changes like you can - but in my experience changes for the sake of humor or 99.9% not good. Especially Thai humor, which is slapstick and cartoonish rather than situational.

That's actually a very sensible plan - and it's definitely a good idea to wait out COVID.

I hope so. I liked this a lot, but didn't have the same OMG THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER reaction I had within 60 seconds in Ep 1 of ITSAY.

When we revolt against the tyranny of our AI masters.

If 'dumb' is knowing what punctuation is for, then yes.

True - but ITSAY is ambiguous, whereas IPYTM is unambiguously negative. It's always about disappointment or unfulfilled intentions.

Of course, whoever chose the title might not have known it means that - the Thai title is totally different. [Something Bland] Part 2 I think.

It's very conventional, the cinematography is good but not pure art, the characterization of both mains is off, inconsistent, and unprepared. The writing & dialog are fine, but uninteresting. It just doesn't have the same life and inspiration that ITSAY had, even with the faster pace.

Teh is weird. That's one of the best things about his character - but he's not in this, he's just... ordinary.

They should have just started a new story with new characters.

I was bored and tried to watch this. It made me more bored. This is BL by the numbers - also, it's 95% about boys chasing girls. I ended up ff to K/T scenes, of which there were about 20 seconds. This isn't the worst BL I've ever seen, but it's definitely the most bland. All the characters only have one mood. Jin is always angry, Bbomb is always a cardboard cutout that can somehow talk, Keam is sad, Song is chipper, Jay is whatever the opposite of chipper is, and Ball is non-existent. I think he might have appeared for 2 seconds in a hallway.

So Much In Love was so much worse than this, but so much more enjoyable to watch.

Teh was even worse - you can tell it's not the same writer. They should have just made it about new characters. I didn't dislike it, because the quality of... well, everything was very high, and it's so nice to watch people that can actually act for once.

I don't think it was- Neo has underbite and projecting chin - look closely and see if you agree - I'm pretty sure but not 100%.

We don't know Mork is the online friend. The friend is played by Pond because that's who Pi is imagining it is. I doubt Mork puts on a full doctor outfit including a stethoscope just to text Pi.

Mork was wrong to do the interview, but he apologized. People in love behave irrationally. That's what being in love is.

Pi was rude in the way he addressed the fujoshis (the form of address), so it wasn't outrageous for Mork to comment on it. Pi was 100% justified - I wouldn't even condemn him for slapping that guy. If you compare that scene to the way he spoke to them the first time he told them to take down the page, which was firm and polite, you can tell the difference. If I were Mork I would have let it go instead of commenting, for sure.

To call him toxic is way, way over the line - he's just a young man in love who made a mistake and has been coming on too hard. Pi told him to stop, and he stopped.

That wasn't Deuan - for some reason they gave him the same hairstyle and cast an actor that looks similar. I had to watch it several times to be sure.

How did they ruin Mork's integrity? He was wrong to do the interview, but he took responsibility and apologized. Making a mistake is not giving up your integrity. He has every right to express that he loves Pi unless Pi tells him to stop. From the moment Pi told him to stop, he did - and remember Pi has never told him to stop until this ep.

He's in love - people act stupid when they're in love. The one thing he did that was not OK he took responsibility for and apologized, and when Pi definitively told him to leave him alone, he did.

But if everything is the same as in the novel, nothing will surprised you. Also, there are things that work in a novel that won't work on screen (like the entire series Oxygen. Although to be fair, in that case they added things NOT in the novel that didn't work onscreen). And there's only so many characters you can smoosh into a 12-ep series. Everyone is already totally confused by the ballon man.

...someone new - maybe it's the secret friend. In Pi's imagination it's Mork, but that doesn't necessarily mean it is Mork.

Finally, someone with a realistic perspective who doesn't expect perfection.

Pi was rude in the way he was addressing the fujoshis, which is why I think Mork commented on it to him. He shouldn't have been, but it's completely 110% understandable - he was perfectly polite the first time he asked them to take down the page, and now they put it back up.

I agree with everything you said except for your theory. That would be really sweet, but I think it's...

Finally, someone with a realistic perspective who doesn't expect perfection.

Pi was rude in the way he was addressing the fujoshis, which is why I think Mork commented on it to him. He shouldn't have been, but it's completely 110% understandable - he was perfectly polite the first time he asked them to take down the page, and now they put it back up.

I agree with everything you said except for your theory. That would be really sweet, but I think it's...

Or at all.

It did at least move the Duean/Meen story a decent amount.

Good Lord! There are so many people being ridiculously hard on Mork. The only thing he did that was unacceptable is to let those idiots interview him, and he took full responsibility for that and apologized to Pi. Now people aren't allowed to make mistakes?

And calling him obsessed or addicted Yes, that's wht BEING IN LOVE is like. Have none of you ever been in love? This is a 20 year old man in love for the first time - do you expect him to behave like a middle aged man with decades of romantic experience?

You don't just sit around and cyberstalk someone and expect something to come of it, you have to pursue your interest. Pi has NEVER told him to stop - and when he finally did, Mork stopped.

Pi has sent him a lot of mixed messages - enough to keep leading him on. If he's not interested, he should just shut it down completely.

And let's not forget that Mueang Nan DID definitively shoot down Pi, but Pi is still pursuing him.

We don't know Mork is the secret friend - remember, Pi is just imagining it's him. Mork is not sitting around dressed like a doctor (even wearing a stethoscope) when he's typing to Pi.

That was not Duean at the end - it was someone else I didn't recognize. If they didn't insist on giving everyone that f#$ing stupid 5-year old Korean schoolboy hairstyle it would be easier to distinguish people.

I think we lose something in the subtitles without the gradations of Thai politeness. I think Pi was quite rude to them, which is certainly understandable, but he could be firm and polite at the same time - like he was the first time he asked them to take down the page.