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I think Uncle Man talking to Q was one of the best moments of the series and it could easily be in my top 10 moments of the year. Anyone else?

The uncle talking to his nephew was my favorite part of the Episode. It was heartfelt.

I think whoever wrote her part made a mistake because you are right, she seemed to be all about helping her son come out and be accepting and now she is like, "oh no what will happen with him, what will ppl say?".

But I think it is ok to have a parent struggling with this issue. This is how many parents deal with it. This series is sort of showing us how the sausage is made. I think it is a great addition to the series. But they needed more time to really develop it. That's the only negative I can say. Well, that and the fact that she did a 180.

I thought it was my eyes. LOL. It is very off putting.

Amen

If you don't know Love Sick, then I am afraid you need to learn a bit about Thai BL history ;) It is the mother of all Thai BL series and pretty much the mother of modern BL.

If you like CutiePie and KP, I had recommend TharnType (mostly bc you liked CutiePie) and Triage (because you liked Not Me). I think Eclipse is going in a similar route as Not Me with the heavy but veiled social critique.

If you want to learn a little about Love Sick and thai BL history, may I suggest:
https://boyloveperusal.com/2021/04/06/looking-back-six-years-of-love-sick/

https://boyloveperusal.com/2020/06/07/a-brief-history-of-thai-bl/

I think more than half of my top 10 shows are old or very old series. I have a thing for coming of age stories, so naturally Love Sick and Make It Right are among my favorites. I also liked Crossing the Line. I think Hes Coming To Me is underrated. All of those are pre-2020. Probably the most recent one that I really liked was Bad Buddy. I have high hopes for 21 Days and My 12% (again, coming of age). I loved RakDiao too. But lately we have been getting quantity over quality. The old BLs had much better scripts, character development and a great and often original love story. Lately we are getting a lot of retread plots. Just IMO.

I think my point was that the trend is potentially changing!

(I say that yet we also got My 12%, 21 Days Theory and On Cloud Nine, which are HS BLs LOL)

But I think I see a trend to do less college ones and/or have them spend less time in college. Think about SOTUS and ToL, they spend a lot of time talking about school, doing school activities etc. I think the latest ones that have taken place in college have been less about college, with a few notable exceptions. So even GMMTV is evolving away from that pattern.

Cross our fingers ;)

There are some recent ones that don't take place in college, including Vice Versa, RakDiao, Love with Benefits, Manner of Death, Triage (half the characters), Ingredients, etc. Oh, there is a new one from DV8 that has Gameplay in it and that takes place in an office, I don't remember the name now. For a time there in 2020, all the Pinoy BLs seem to have also taken place either after college or outside of college, like My Day, Boys Lockdown and Gameboys.

But TBH GMMTV and Channel 3 both seem to focus a lot on college guys.

There are some recent ones that don't take place in college, including Vice Versa, RakDiao, Love with Benefits, Manner of Death, Triage (half the characters), Ingredients, etc. Oh, there is a new one from DV8 that has Gameplay in it and that takes place in an office, I don't remember the name now. For a time there in 2020, all the Pinoy BLs seem to have also taken place either after college or outside of college, like My Day, Boys Lockdown and Gameboys.

But TBH GMMTV and Channel 3 both seem to focus a lot on college guys.

I have concluded that they handed the script to a 7 year old and he came up with all those ideas.

There are so many things I am not getting! Like, why does Mek need a PR firm? What exactly is Kim's job? One day he is the assistant and the next day is planning the marketing strategy for the most important client? Why is the plant called fart bag? How did Mek became so famous so quickly doing landscaping work? Can we see his work? I want to see how good he is. Do landscapers really live the jet setting lifestyle?

Channel 3, but point taken ;)

Oh, it is probably a little bit of BL fatigue mixed with the fact that BL production companies in Thailand are still not cranking out the best scripts.

This one is not bad. I have seen worst. But compared to something like Triage or even Vice Versa, this is a couple of notches below.

I believe a lot of Asian languages do that. Japanese is similar. They will say the name of the person instead of "you". "You" in Japanese can be rude.

I have always noticed them saying the name and talking in third person. I think its cute. I know it is not suppossed to be, but it is to me.

I believe a lot of Asian languages do that. Japanese is similar. They will say the name of the person instead of "you". "You" in Japanese can be rude.

I have always noticed them saying the name and talking in third person. I think its cute. I know it is not suppossed to be, but it is to me.

You know, I really hate when the trailer tells you exactly what is going to happen.

Have you watched Triage? That was really good. Actually, I still have one more episode to watch but the show has been excellent thus far. You really can't tell what will happen next...

I don't know if I have shared this with you but, this is from our podcast (the podcast is pretty much two queer man talking about BL!):
"In the first part of the podcast, Sister Unity and Dr. Jose discuss some of the listener's comments on the "Sex in BL" episode. Afterwards, Sister Unity and Dr. Jose do the rounds, discussing the problem of Uke Reticence to sex and how it is a common diagnosis in many Thai BLs we have admitted to the clinic. "

https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/ps3Ue49Txsb

I agree. That was pretty well done. Such a simple scene but there was a lot going on.

From the trailer, it looks like the relationship between Q and Toy sours because Mook falls for Toy. Remember, Q really wants to win this because he never wins anything. Or maybe he just feels betrayed. IDK. The point is that his character development is tied to this straight romance.

I am not sure how/if it will play out into the story of Q and X, but I assume Q will eventually get consoled by X. Then either Mook or X will be the peacekeepers and bring the friends back together. I guess we will have to see, but that's to me where it is headed.

What is unique about the hetero romancr here is that it is an integr part of the story. That means without it, the bl story doesnt make sense. It has nothing to do with screen time.

I was ver clear (I think) that the issue here is not parents being supportive. I can give you a long list of those. What i am say is that I dont recall parents being shown going thru the process of acceptance. Also I cant recall a single instance in which the parents POV is shown by episode 2. Thats early enough. The reason this is significant is because there is time to develop this as a subplot. We will see if i am right about this.