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True, they have made Aey ambiguous, and the actor has done a fantastic job. They've also dropped hints that Sib is evil - the way he's only polite to Gene, is impatient and aggressive with other people, the way Tum is careful not to piss him off, etc. He may just be monomanical in his pursuit of Gene instead of evil, but there's something not right about him.

Although, it pains me to say it, I think maybe Kao is a weaker actor than Up to a degree that makes him seem plastic and Not Quite Right. I've been saying he's being stiff because he's hiding something and holding something in, but he was basically the same after his secret was revealed - I was expecting something more powerful. We'll see one way or the other next episode, I think.

I checked on the length of the other eps because yes, yes I do have that much time on my hands. You are absolutely correct. A pattern emerges, altough it could be coincidence - the odd numbered ones are an hour, the even number ones 50 minutes. The premier breaks the pattern by being the shortest.

I did finish it. You're right, nobody really qualifies as a tsundere - though I thought they tried to pull the thing where the weak one and the strong one are reversed through their both getting sick and needing to be taken care of, but that's probably too little to count.

To enjoy the next ep you probably have to pretend this one didn't happen. They weren't bad at the sweetness, it came on so abruptly and unprepared in the story that I'm not sure even better actors could have made it work.

Too bad because I really like the actor who plays Tuesday. Mostly for very shallow reasons, but hey, it happens.

Bad writing. I really think it's that simple.

I presume you edited that in reaction to the two posts below, so let me just say, "Then go watch something else!" I'm joking. That would be incredibly immature of me.

Sib lied about his age to get the part (he's 26, not 20), and he knew who Gene was, knew Gene didn't recognize him, and used all these lies to worm his way into Gene's life and home. That is horrendous. May I ask why you don't think that's not a big deal? I'm not angry, just curious - maybe you saw something in this that I didn't.

Can you please spoiler this? I've just unwillingly read what the ending is.

Auntie is definitely not his actual aunt. Either she was his father's sister, in which case he knows her maiden name, which would give Sib the same surname as Gene, or she's his mother's sister, in which case he would also know her maiden name, which Sib has. She's a family friend.

As for Gene, I would understand if he didn't want to talk to Gene or listen to his reason, but then why did he leave his parents a day early, drive two hours, stare at Gene for 10 minutes, then drive 2 hours to go back to his parents? That really makes no sense. Even if he lept into his car and started driving, 2 hours is too long to be irrational and confused. He clearly wasn't because he had the sense to pull over to have his meltdown.

But that doesn't explain all the lying. And in the flashback they were way pre-pubescent, so too young to be lovers. Your analysis makes sense to me, but then it makes Gene a huge hypocrite about being a virgin and not being in tune with his sexuality. I'm willing to here the explanation, but it was completely ridiculous for them to just stare at each other and not have Gene just tell him what his reason was in the very long pauses that were available.

Sib said he's 20 in the audition and he's 26 (his mother said he and Gene are the same age), which was a lie to get the part and thus get close to Gene. He knew who Gene was, and didn't tell Gene who he was, and barged his way into Gene's home and life. I think that's a pretty big deal, especially since he knows Gene's personality and how the truth would affect him. He created a whole false persona with the aim of dsceiving Gene and worming his way into his life to control him, and we've seem him try to isolate Gene from other people. That's sociopathic unless there's an extremely good reason, like Aey is planning to murder Gene and this was all to protect him (which would also give meaning to the incomprensible Mork scene).

Implausible failure of communication is fundamental to BL, apparently. But it's usually at least marginally possible, like someone storming off to their villa in the middle of nowhere, not standing and staring at each other, especially with one saying "let me explain" and then not explaining in the incredibly long pause that follows!

Does it make sense that Gene would drive two hours, stare at Sib for 10 minutes, then drive two hours to go back where he came from? Anything would have been better - Sib goes outside and gets beat up by a fan enraged he's cheating on Aey and is in the hospital when Gene gets back. A meteor hit Bangkok so Gene couldn't get home. That would have been better than what they did. Even the spaceship at the end of YYY made more sense, and that was deliberately written to make no sense.

"Eventually" get boring? You are a generous person.

It's a good analysis, but this was ep 6. We're getting to the point that it feels like we're reaching to defend a lack of acting ability. From the start I've thought Kao was playing it stiff like that because Sib is hiding something, but he was exactly the same once he was uncovered.

There were some good things in this ep, but overall it was really frustrating. Up was excellent in the scene where he discovers the secret - it was nice to see him do something other than be irritated and childish all the time, and I thought he was flawless.

Another good thing: Mork was on my screen. However, his scene had no purpose that I could detect.

I like Tum & Tiff, but that scene was endless. Then immediately after that they had an endless product placement.

Those I'm OK with. At least they tried to make the placement interesting, and I'm a little in love with Tum (and that outfit looked great on him).

But the final part. Holy cow. Did nobody watch the final version before they released it and notice that Sib said "Please listen to my reason" and then spent 10 minutes staring at Gene without saying anything at all? It wasn't just one gap with staring, it was several in succession. I could see his being tongue-tied at first, but he even immediately said "I had a reason." Just say the reason!

Implausible communication failures are a staple of BL, but it's usually someone storming off to his parent's chalet in the countryside & not answering calls, not STANDING RIGHT THERE staring at each other. And 99.9% of people in Gene's place would want to know why someone would do that do them. Didn't Gene even cry "why?" when he was in his car? Why did he leave his parents a day early and drive all the way home? What was his motivation? It was to ask why. If all you were going to do is stare at him for 10 minutes and then and then drive all the way back to where you started from, what was the point? It makes no sense.

I expect a degree of implausibility in a BL - maybe even want it. But this was almost shockingly bad writing.

What makes a show great is the interaction between characters, not the non-interaction between characters, or the plot requiring a character to do something completely ridiculous that takes you out of the story.

Also, I've been defending Kao's acting on the basis that he's being stiff and artificial because Sib is hiding something, but now I'm pretty sure everyone else was right. He's a mannequin that can talk.

I will never tire of Mork being on my screen, but his participation in this episode was incomprehensible without any follow-up or context. They could have taken just 1% of the amount of time Sib spent staring at Gene without saying anything and we could have got the full biographies of both Mork AND Aey. I had no idea what he was talking about, unless he's afraid Aey will try to murder Gene because Sib likes him.

True, but they had a woman talk about fixing cars, and then she immediately goes into her same-sex relationship. Lesbians being good mechanics is an extremely old and widespread stereotype, so two steps forward, one step back!

Did you see a cut version? Sometimes whoever uploaded it has it run slightly fast. I believe it was 52 minutes - that's standard. Wait - did it begin with Sib & Aey in a photoshoot, or with Gene, Sib and Tum in Gene's apartment?

The problem isn't Gene feeling betrayed, it's Sib staring at him for half an hour instead of just explaining and solving the whole thing with one sentence. It made no sense.

I'm... not uncalm, I'm asking because at least 100 people have posted similarly to you and I'm assuming I'm missing something that everyone else is seeing.

No, I totally agree with you. The mistake they made was having them hate each other too much - if they wanted to do that it needed a longer run time. The initial setup, cutting in line, was perfect - but only psychos take something that minor to such extremes. Something more reasonable could have fit into the time allotted.