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oops my bad, for happy of course lol

Yes

I really liked this drama but it's something that I would prefer to watch once for the experience. A lot of the characters have realistic flaws that makes you understand them. Personally I do but at the same time I also find them frustrating people. For me, particularly Piak's character was intolerable. The selfish jealous ignorant girlfriend is one of the worse type. I felt Chaiyan's frustration and even wonder how he's able to withstand such toxic behaviors. Again, I understand why she's doing what she's doing, but I don't have to like or agree with it. There's tons of other toxic behaviors, both with the ML and FL, her and her mother, Piak and Chaiyan etc, but overall, there isn't a "bad" person. Just people who are blinded by their own feelings and want to have what they want and act out in behaviors you would commonly label the "villain". The only genuinely bad people would be the mother's husband and Pim. They got their deserving ending so happy ending lol.

The chemistry between Mark and Yaya is chef's kiss. The scene that I like the most is after Thit found out that Jee really did run his girlfriend over and killed her, and he became cold and verbally abusive to Jee again. They had the fight in her apartment but when they both got hurt, they got worried about each other's injuries like they used to, and when Jee touched his injured forehead and asked if it hurt and Thit brought her hand down to his chest and said that's where it hurt. I couldn't deal with the feels. Perfection. Their journey from enemies to lovers is a nicely developed one, imo. There's very subtle changes that add up in the end. From the way Thit looks at Jee and how Jee responds to him over time, the tension. Again, chef's kiss.

I honestly can't handle Yaya's crying face. When I see her cry, I end up taking in her energy and cry too. I watched this late at night, like 2 to 3 am, and had a whole bed of tissues lol.

Definitely give this a watch and be the judge.

So im on episode 7 and uhm, i dont like how things are going. Kaew is so problematic in that she won't accept the easy way out and would rather burden herself to make things harder for other people around her. She doesn't wanna go with the old guy but she wont accept Khun Chai's help with the operation on her dad either. And even though she doesn't want to go with the old guy, she won't voice her opinion outloud either to the public that she doesnt want to, instead just silently sits through his advances then gets saved later by Khun Chai. The old guy is influential of course, but this is the public we are talking about. If you say no and he still force you, then he also has an image and reputation to keep too. If Khun Chai already offered to do the operation to help her and if she accepted, she wouldnt need to burden him with the old guy. She wants to be kind and be useful, so do that after Khun Chai has helped. Rejecting his offer because she doesnt want to "burden" him makes zero sense since her priority is her father's survival. I would burden anyone i can and make myself useful later, especially if i know Khun Chai is a kind person who wont take advantage of me. Her way to dealing with things just unnecessarily complicates everyone around her and puts herself in more danger. Its very hard to sympathize with her when imo most of her decisions are wrong.

I think im going to drop this at ep7. A fake marriage is probably a very heavy "burden" on Khun Chai, if compared to him just doing the operation and she forfeiting her title. And yet this burden is okay now that she's dug herself too deep into this messy situation. I dont know, i like misunderstandings that have valuable explanation, but not the kind like this where they just do things because the FL feels etc etc. If she had just logically forfeited the title and let Khun Chai do the operation, she wouldnt have been in so much trouble that would need the help of other people at all.

Based on the synopsis i thought Khun chai was going to sympathize and propose the marriage to help her get out of the situation, then as they get to know each other, they fall in love. But instead, it looks like they already fell in love, then proposed the fake marriage last minute when things got too out of hand. Neither is better than the other, but my expectation of the synopsis makes the latter of the two less appealing. And then added to my points earlier about how Kaew does a lot of things that lead herself down this path, it just doesnt make this drama very enjoyable for me.

One thing i really like though are the other brothers and how supportive they are. One brother gets hung up so the other swoops in to help. Its very cute and endearing. Like when they all worked together to save Kaew in ep 7.

Toro in this drama is the reason I have a thing for dudes with slightly longer hair. It's all his fault.

I watched some interviews and both James and Ice said they thought this would be a lighthearted rom-com. Same. I didn't expect so much fight scenes. The investigation part was fun but most of their hard work on what seemed like some pretty obvious villains was unsatisfactory. Like what they found was pretty predictable since the beginning. I thought they overexplained a lot of things, basically spoon feeding information.

To me, this drama felt like 60% action vs. 40% romance. They start off as enemies and it develops slowly until mostly to the final episode for anything solid to happen. If you want more romance with a lot of sweet scenes then this might not be the one for you.

I liked this, but I was slightly confused in the beginning. In the beginning their feelings weren't considered "love" yet so I don't understand why Rin would cry whenever Duangsawad roped Saran into her little shenanigans. Like when Saran almost slept with Duang and Rin was standing outside crying. Did she cry because she was hurt by love or was she crying because she was hurt by his irresponsibility as a husband? She felt hurt other times too but they weren't "in love" yet, they just appreciated each other's presence as husband and wife (on Rin's part, more so as a responsibility to her adoptive fam), so I found her actions a little contradictory to the story. Maybe if they had done the crying a little later on when she's shown to have fallen for him, it would fit more?

This contradictory behavior doesn't apply to Saran because it was clear right away he's starting to like Rin, but wants to put up front. He still liked Duang when she almost got him to sleep with her, but he liked and appreciated Rin just slightly more to stop.

Minor nitpick and not sure if it's just the quality, although I did watch this HD on youtube channel, but it looked like they put this lakorn under a filter? It looked like they had a soft filter on. James pale face was so soft and blurred. It was just slightly distracting.

No subs. HD quality. Rerun on Ch3 youtube channel. watch here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0VVVtBqsouqxPqgMZXfG4NSKDPataicF

I dont think there are "official" subs for this so if you want subs, you can find it on dramacool with fansubs. Found it here https://dramacool.pe/padivarada-episode-2.html

I didn't realize this was a remake. I watched the 2005 version with Ken and Janie back in the days as a kid so my memory is hazy, but I think there's definitely more comedy-esque vibes with this one compared to the 2005 version (it could be just my memory though cuz I recall it being so intense and forceful back then. The comedy is a nice addition.) (edit: nvm. i just rewatched the 2005 ver and comedy is still the same lol must've been my young mind twisting my memories)

Overall I think it's okay. If you're into the Male lead outwardly being an ass throughout the entire show but secretly cares, and the female lead being strong headed but also too nice for her own good, then this is for you. A lot of dramatics but nothing I would consider abnormal for Thai standards. I would consider both of them tsunderes. On the outside harsh toward each other but on the inside swooning like idiots.

Yep, I don't want them to be like the Thai BL actors where they are paired for every BL or paired outside of work. Imo it can get stale because I think the fun in acting is to try all sorts of roles and ace it, not maintain comfortable in a good role everyone likes. (I think they've been doing that so applauds to them). And Definitely agree on the crime story idea. I wanna see them in action together.

I actually don't want them to be lovers, tbh (In a new project of course. CM s2 is welcomed any day). I think it's good to expand out to different character types as they work together again. This time I heard they were gonna be rivals so it would be interesting to see how their characters interact.

Some people find it boring, apparently. It all comes down to preferences. But objectively, this was a solid BL. People may not like it due to personal reasons but objectively this has a lot of good stuff. Both as a BL and just as a drama/story.

I agree. I only made it to episode 2.

So I barely made it past episode 2. I'm not sure what happened because usually I like the hate to love relationships but I just couldn't hold out with this one. Nothing against the character but character types like Taekyung aren't very interesting to me. The way he behaves and how he interacts with people makes me yawn. Not sure if it's the acting or what, but the character was just very bland. Yes I know his character is supposed to be bland based on the synopsis, but his character being bland doesn't have to mean he's uninteresting. There are bland characters that makes you wanna know more about them and there are characters like Taekyung that just doesn't exude that response. Aside from that, I also found the editing very weird. There's so many cuts between conversations. If the goal was the show the face of the speaker every sentence then they reached it, but the result is constant cutting between every sentence as the angle changes back and forth between the characters. It's not an issue if you don't care but I care and that's just off-putting to me. It's hard to ignore when it's a pet-peeve. I'll have to drop this one. Yes I know I barely penetrated this one at 2 episodes but I genuinely don't want to drag it on knowing I have many things I do not care about. Not the premise, not the characters, therefore I'm gone. Whoosh~

"Why Tian, why did you lie to us?" Says Phupha, the man who attended her funeral and even visited her grave spot, who told his men to keep Torfun's death a secret from the villagers. I'm seething lol

Incoming rant.

The fact that Phupha thinks he has any right to be angry at Tian for keeping his own secrets. First off, Tian is not the one responsible for breaking the news about Torfun's death. Second, he's not obligated to tell his medical history.

Phupha and the foundation should've been the ones to break the news of Torfun's death to the villagers, yet they had their own selfish reasons to keep quiet. Why act like Tian is responsible for it all, when all he did was come to fulfill Torfun's wishes, and just so happens a bunch of selfish people didn't even bother telling the villagers what's up. How can Phupha act so hypocritical about it? I get that Phupha can be angry that Torfun's heart is in Tian and supposedly mistaken that Tian is the one who killed her but don't act like him keeping it a secret is a crime. Look at yourself in the mirror first buddy. I'm actually more disappointed in you for lying to the villagers and letting Tian take all the blame. If you had your own reasons then Tian had his own too.

End rant.

Overall, decent watch. There isn't much to get angry at, safe for my little rant prior, and solid pacing and acting. Although I did start skipping a little toward the end just because it became predictable, but overall, it's good.

I saw some complaints about lack of being physical and that this was "too hetero". What I have to say to those people is: of course it would be "too hetero" for you, who fetishizes gay relationships. If the characters had been between a guy and a girl, you'd be fine with it? That would be "normal" for them, but not for two males? You want them to prance around and have sex every other scene, is that how it's supposed to be a "gay" story? What defines as a "gay" and "hetero" story anyway. This was just a story about two people who fell in love and they happen to be two guys. I don't know what people expect when they see it's a gay storyline. Maybe stop assuming all gay stories is about sex and kissing. Some will and some won't, that's just the reality of it. There shouldn't be a "normal" basis for what defines as a "hetero" or "gay" story. There's more value here than that.

Yep they posted on their IG. Hope they get caught. I know that's probably a far cry from reality if they're good at hiding their tracks but i'm being hopeful.

Lol I was watching this on YouTube and only got to ep 4 part 3/4 and then suddenly almost all of the videos have been privated. I wonder what is going on

Ah minor nitpick but who did Dan's makeup? Dude looked pale as a ghost and the foundation wasn't even blended down his neck. He looked sick half the time he appeared on screen. There was ZERO color on his face, safe for his lips. His face was FLAT and had no dimension. The airport scene was especially awful. With the lighting and such made him look horrible. Whoever did his makeup needs to be FIRED.

Personally am not a fan of "husband/wife" roles in m x m relationships either. Every time they called Shuyi/Yu the "wife/laopo" during interviews I get the chills.

Probably irrelevant but cgi quality probably lol the Elsa sauna scene looked pretty bad imo. I'd prefer him just doing small tricks if the "big scene" cgi is going to look like that