LilMeggs
San Jose, CA
This review may contain spoilers
LGBTQ+ Supporting Cast
This chapter of the U-Prince series was a lot easier to watch than the first chapter, and I am happy that I don't have to put a declaimer at the start of this review.
If you are looking to watch a short "meet cute" drama, about a "gentle vet" trying to pursue a classmate who bonds over her psychological trama, this is the drama for you. Yes. Psychological trauma. After an event in her childhood, she now has a fear of the rain, which she has tried and failed (?) to overcome through many different trials, but Thesis, the "gentle vet" student believes that he can cure her. How? Create different more positive memories when it's raining - like a therapist couldn't have figured that one out.
One of the things I loved about this drama, and now that I am starting to get the hang of in Thai dramas, is there representation of LGBTQ+ characters. It seemed like every minor character was LGBTQ+ - Suaysai's aunt, Suaysai's best friend Pete, and girlfriend Jelly, as well as Suaysai's love rival and Thesis's best friend Punpun. It was extremely refreshing and natural how they wrote in all these "love" conflicts dealing with the main characters with friends and classmates from the same gender. America...please take notes.
But after all that good, I was still confused. Maybe it was because the drama was only 4 episodes long, even though I thought it was a good "meet cute" drama that only needed the 4. This drama wasn't a full out story like The Handsome Cowboy was. No one needed to hit absolute rock bottom to find out they needed to change, and have the time to build up trust to try and build it back up again, multiple times. This drama was about two people meeting and potentially getting together. Nothing too crazy. Well except the whole trauma thing that literally took two seconds to cure in ep 3...even though I'm pretty sure it wasn't cured whatsoever. And that's the thing that confused me.
To my understanding, Suaysai loved Thesis, but she also didn't want to open her heart to him completely because she didn't want to fall in love and be left by someone who left her for someone else. More specifically, his best friend who has been very blunt about his feelings for Thesis. Yes, Suaysai loved to jump to conclusions and put the blame on people before she had concrete proof, but she also didn't just jump to conclusions randomly. Thesis well knew that Punpun liked him, but continued to let him flirt with him. This wasn't an issue, but when you want to date someone, you need to clear it up with your best friend who the WHOLE university thinks you are dating, that the playful flirting needs to stop as well as the light harassment Punpun was dishing out. But it also goes both ways. Suaysai should have been honest with Thesis if she wanted a relationship with him, instead of "testing him to see if he is gay or not." That's just weird. There was ultimately a lack of communication between the two. But I was confused about the end and how they made up - he didn't deny that he wasn't into men to her (even though he clearly wasn't) but instead wanted her to apologize and accept him for who he was as a person, even if he one day decided to leave her for a man. Like yes...but...what? Instead of asking her what her insecurities were about opening up her heart to him, he almost came off like, "hey so I accept you for being afraid of the rain, so you should accept my relationship with Punpun like how I accept your relationship with Pete, even though they 2 different people and 2 different situations." Maybe I am overthinking this and there is a very simple explanation that my single-ass doesn't understand. I didn't dislike Thesis and thought that he was a great guy, but I would have talked to him about his relationship with Punpun, well knowing Punpun 2 seconds ago harassed me. She did bring it up once with the ankle thing, but we never really saw him confront Punpun or ask him what the deal was. It's cool to see that Thesis had complete faith in Punpun's friendship regardless of his feelings for him, but if you want to create a romantic relationship with someone, you kind of need to take their side and investigate just a tiny bit. Maybe not accuse your best friend from birth, but be straight up and ask him what's up.
Overall, cute "meet cute" drama. The lead actor reminded me of actor/singer Kevin McHale physically. He was sweet and dorky, but a little naive about how his relationship with Punpun was interpreted.
If you are looking to watch a short "meet cute" drama, about a "gentle vet" trying to pursue a classmate who bonds over her psychological trama, this is the drama for you. Yes. Psychological trauma. After an event in her childhood, she now has a fear of the rain, which she has tried and failed (?) to overcome through many different trials, but Thesis, the "gentle vet" student believes that he can cure her. How? Create different more positive memories when it's raining - like a therapist couldn't have figured that one out.
One of the things I loved about this drama, and now that I am starting to get the hang of in Thai dramas, is there representation of LGBTQ+ characters. It seemed like every minor character was LGBTQ+ - Suaysai's aunt, Suaysai's best friend Pete, and girlfriend Jelly, as well as Suaysai's love rival and Thesis's best friend Punpun. It was extremely refreshing and natural how they wrote in all these "love" conflicts dealing with the main characters with friends and classmates from the same gender. America...please take notes.
But after all that good, I was still confused. Maybe it was because the drama was only 4 episodes long, even though I thought it was a good "meet cute" drama that only needed the 4. This drama wasn't a full out story like The Handsome Cowboy was. No one needed to hit absolute rock bottom to find out they needed to change, and have the time to build up trust to try and build it back up again, multiple times. This drama was about two people meeting and potentially getting together. Nothing too crazy. Well except the whole trauma thing that literally took two seconds to cure in ep 3...even though I'm pretty sure it wasn't cured whatsoever. And that's the thing that confused me.
To my understanding, Suaysai loved Thesis, but she also didn't want to open her heart to him completely because she didn't want to fall in love and be left by someone who left her for someone else. More specifically, his best friend who has been very blunt about his feelings for Thesis. Yes, Suaysai loved to jump to conclusions and put the blame on people before she had concrete proof, but she also didn't just jump to conclusions randomly. Thesis well knew that Punpun liked him, but continued to let him flirt with him. This wasn't an issue, but when you want to date someone, you need to clear it up with your best friend who the WHOLE university thinks you are dating, that the playful flirting needs to stop as well as the light harassment Punpun was dishing out. But it also goes both ways. Suaysai should have been honest with Thesis if she wanted a relationship with him, instead of "testing him to see if he is gay or not." That's just weird. There was ultimately a lack of communication between the two. But I was confused about the end and how they made up - he didn't deny that he wasn't into men to her (even though he clearly wasn't) but instead wanted her to apologize and accept him for who he was as a person, even if he one day decided to leave her for a man. Like yes...but...what? Instead of asking her what her insecurities were about opening up her heart to him, he almost came off like, "hey so I accept you for being afraid of the rain, so you should accept my relationship with Punpun like how I accept your relationship with Pete, even though they 2 different people and 2 different situations." Maybe I am overthinking this and there is a very simple explanation that my single-ass doesn't understand. I didn't dislike Thesis and thought that he was a great guy, but I would have talked to him about his relationship with Punpun, well knowing Punpun 2 seconds ago harassed me. She did bring it up once with the ankle thing, but we never really saw him confront Punpun or ask him what the deal was. It's cool to see that Thesis had complete faith in Punpun's friendship regardless of his feelings for him, but if you want to create a romantic relationship with someone, you kind of need to take their side and investigate just a tiny bit. Maybe not accuse your best friend from birth, but be straight up and ask him what's up.
Overall, cute "meet cute" drama. The lead actor reminded me of actor/singer Kevin McHale physically. He was sweet and dorky, but a little naive about how his relationship with Punpun was interpreted.
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