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I can’t believe I had no idea this was an adaptation of a certain someone. I read it a while ago and hadn’t thought of it, but it was a beautiful and moving story. Loved both characters even with their stubbornness. I look forward to watching this now.

Lee and Pleum are mortal enemies in like every show, it’s so funny.
They should channel that tension and chemistry into a BL series for them finally.

It’s kind of wild how lack of male consent is played for laughs so consistently. An article came out around the time of WW2 and Bridgerton season 1 pointing out the same issue in both.

This is the first time I’ve enjoyed this personality type of the lead, usually rubs me the wrong way. I know he’s supposed to be sexy badboi but he just comes off like a sexy brat that needs to be put in his place. Hahaha

I’m not sure why, but his portrayal in this is a little bit more sensitive and measured than the first series. He looks like he’s still going to explode, but it was a lot more before.

There’s something about this show I can’t really shake.

I think it’s really easy to give in to hyperbole or feeling defensive when something newer seems more popular. I’m not pointing fingers, just reflecting on my own past behavior.

But I don’t get that sense in myself this time. I tried to pin it down and I realized: they put a lot of painstaking effort into the transitions in development of the core relationship. Lots of time spent on details and easy to miss moments. I notice this because I took a break from the genre after BB ended, and coming back to it, I notice those harsh transitions in newer shows.

But they were always there, just easy to take as a given for this format. It’s another way Bad Buddy broke convention, which leaves me craving that same taste.

It’s so interesting to me how they took one of the most typical plot scenarios and did so much with it. But it’s really not visible unless you’re looking for it, which is why for some people the hype was confusing.

I could have blinders on about this, but idk, my gut’s telling me otherwise. And I almost feel like the chemistry of the actors also disguises this craftmanship, because people will think it’s relying on it. Personally I think they’re interdependent. You don’t have any use for showing such deep texture unless there’s a draw for the audience (good chemistry) to make it compelling or useful.

I’m not organizing my thoughts super clearly so if this sounds bizarre to anyone, I agree!

I’m purely going on hearsay here, but from what I know: these shows often do “concept” trailers, which are a lot rougher and less polished, to attract funding. It’s like a proposal to show their idea and the chemistry of the actors to investors/financiers. Then later they have a trailer of the actual produced series, showing how the final product is. I saw this with Bad Buddy when it was first announced. Many of the same scenes, but less polished and less impressive locations.

I’ve watched this from day one. Some eps I’ve done a rewatch, wouldn’t say every one, but like 3 or 4 eps. I should be in the know. But it’s just now occurred to me that Pat and Pran live on the second floor and were crossing the roof to get over. I just thought it was that the side yard was paved, the whole time. Such a minor detail but I feel so dumb haha wtf

It was in the US region in 2019, I don't know when it left.

Bad Buddy is pretty much perfect for Netflix's market. I mean SOTUS was put on there a few years back. Might be worth flooding them with requests to pick up the title. If it catches on, could explode in popularity and the three of em would work together again. https://help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest

The drama has improved upon pretty much every aspect of the novel imo.

It really was business. They were similar types of businesses that worked together, but then an economic downturn happened, one family didn't lend a helping hand to the other, instead took their lucrative contracts, which was spun by the family as "they were gonna lose them anyway, and we had no choice, we needed to survive," which started all the hurt feelings. In the novel, they catch them together just after they have sex, at home. Pat wants them to run away and get menial jobs and just chill for a while, like be beach bums basically, but Pran breaks up with him to avoid them both being disowned, and agrees to be sent off to England for 2 years or something.

oh, I didn't catch onto that. That actually makes a lot of sense.