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Chon said no several times to having sex with a prostitute and was physically dragged off against his will, so Ton essentially paid people to rape Chon. How does one not take that seriously? Prostitution is not inherently misogynist, but it certainly is misogynist to think it's a good thing to have a teenaged boy lose his virginity to a prostitute to make him a man.

That this show is aimed at teenaged girls is especially disturbing.

But foreigners can come from cultures you don't have the context to understand, e.g. your might think the Japanese are rude for the way they slurp noodles if you're a Westerner and aren't aware that that's OK in Japan. Ton is talking about gays in his own culture, so the only difference is who they love. There's really not much to understand or not understand.

It's the only explanation I've heard that makes sense.

But, that doesn't account for all the problems with this show. That Chon is gay and out, but has to go back into the closet is funny to them, not having experienced what it's like to be in the closet, which is horrible and makes you consider suicide - or not just consider it.

I should have said Thai BLs. The Philippines are like 50 years ahead in social consciousness.

The dialog you're quoting was OK, but the entirety of the episode from the moment they entered the club to the end was offensive and not funny in the slightest. Except the dance scene.

That doesn't excuse the misogyny. If anyone treated his sister like he's treating women, he'd probably kill them - so why would he think his behavior is acceptable?

This show shouldn't have had even 1 ep. I'm disturbed that people find it funny.

200% agree. This show is terrible and people who find it funny are terrible.

Almost everyone who says they have nothing against gays in general are homophobes, so I'm not sure why that's a valid defense. Replace the word "gays" with "blacks" or "Jews" and see if it sounds acceptable to you. If not, then maybe it's not acceptable to say about gays.

But even putting that aside, the misogyny is really just inexcusable.

You're second sentence pretty much spells out why I should lose hope with this series. Why would I support something this awful?

OK, but why are the exes always women in BLs? Why are there no villainous male exes?

She's certainly not shown herself to be as horrible a person as Ton.

But it's not fun, it's just misogynist. There was no need for the prostitution angle, and forcing someone to have sex against their will is not funny, it's grotesque. And everything that's not offensive is boring, so I don't really see what this has going for it.

I don't find this funny in the slightest. I guess if you think misogyny and forcing people to have sex with prostitutes against their will is funny.

I read that completely differently than you did. Aron is unphased by Kian's attempt at throwing his authority around, and instead finds it amusing, while Kian is wearing a "notice me" t-shirt. Aron is self-sufficient, but Kian needs Aron. When Kian calls his mom, she offers to remove Kian from the house - there's no question of any change to Aron's status. While there is a nominal power-imbalance in favor if Kian, it's really the opposite.

LOL, you're right - I guess he would be in and out a lot as a courier, but that doesn't explain the rest. That might just be some lazy writing so that he's there when they need him in a scene.

If you haven't seen ITSAY (I Told Sunset About You), it is hands down the best Thai BL ever made - not slightly better than others, but like it's hard to enjoy anything else after seeing something of this quality. You can watch it on dramacool - there are only 5 episodes, but they're about 80 minutes each. https://dramacool.so/i-told-sunset-about-you-episode-1.html

It's a well known fact that there is only one straight boy in any given Thai high school. And if you stalk him with enough dedication he'll turn gay too and fall in love with you. Well, not gay, he's still straight but only loves one guy.

I never noticed until this ep. The first time I saw him I thought "Oh! He's handsome." But this episode I thought "OMFG Hottest man on Earth!!!!!!!!!" Or something along those lines. But seriously, you could fall into those eyes and never be found again.

No, I know Ben is totally in the wrong - I mean misunderstand what's going on right there in front of him. I have loathed Ben since the first episode, and he just gets worse and worse. But Leo is assaulting him, and that's first priority.