Steven Scharf

And for some reason Barth decided to convert?

In the first episode, Barth said he had not been in a church in 20 years.

Edit to add: Barth did not need to convert as he was technically still a Catholic, even though he was expressing views that he did not see himself as believing in God. Not sure he told anyone other than Tanrak. It was all part of his faith journey. Just because he had not been in a chuch in 20 years, doe not mean he did not believe in God, etc. We have no idea what they were doing in the 30 intervening years from school days to the 2026 church event. Quite frankly, I would be surprised if he had never stepped in a church as there could have been many reasons to, ie. weddings, funerals, etc.

do you think this series helped or hindered BL acceptance.

I think TTH was a masterpices, but I don't think TTH is going to have much effect on BL acceptance. The Thai BL genre is at its peak. A show like this is not going to move the needle of BL.

Thai BL along with most of the Asian BL product really suffers from one thing. It is not produced in English. As much as we like to think Asian BLs are blowing the market away, I suspect shows like Heartstopper and Heated Rivarly have a far greater market reach, primarily becase they are in English.

Dubbing will not solve the problem. It needs to be authentic.

On a separate note, Thai BLs are written and produced for a specific type of audience. Females. Most of the other BLs around the world are produced and marketed for a differnt type of audience. Mostly gay men, I am sure I am going to get roasted for saying this, but it is a fact. Just look at the audnece of any concert in Thailand. It is all females.

I am and older man living in the USA and I have yet to get one of my gay friends to be interested in watching any of it. Some of them even think I am abnormal for enjoying it.

Some misc comments

We learn their last names in this episode. Tanrak Sawatdirakkul & Barth Bodin Tungwongwat

P'Aof outdid himself with his easter egg cameo. I figured he would probably forgo it for this one, but he played it up big. (If I have to tell you what it is, you clearly were not watching.)

I could only have hoped to look as good as Barth and Tanrak do at 47. I am happy they did not have someone else play those roles.

Edited to add Bodin to Barth's name.

You could not miss it. The bus depo ticket guy, who steered them to the love motel.

I don't think they were married yet. The radio said same sex maraige had just gone into effect that day.

The time he is driving in is 2026. He is at this point driving a classic car. Hopefully, not his daily driver.

I was annoyed that they showed him parking on the plaza where their were no other cars parked. I really don't think that would have really happened. It seemed a bit weird.

There was an implied fib in the meeting. His mother seemed to not know that Barth had changed schools. She ask Tanrak, if he was new to the school.

30 years. The ordination was in 2025. It is the only thing that does not make sense in this story.

I don't do instgram. I just don't konw who they were posted under on FB so I could not find them again.

Have you seen the sauna pictures? I cannot find them after seeing them on Facebook tonight.

The only lasting pairing in Why R U? was Max Kornthas (Saran) Rujeerattanavorapan & Nat Natasitt Uareksit. All others are defunct.

And the sun was shining in the background.

String can phones do work. It is about a 3rd or 4th grade science thing, so a little strange to see it here. The string needs to be very tight between the cans while sepaking.

It is a RomCom, not a drama.

I may have not been his first rodeo in dealing with a gay or questioning student.

the story follows Tanrak, an exceptional seminarian whose unwavering faith is shaken when he unexpectedly falls in love with another man. At a time when homosexuality was condemned and regarded as something shameful, his love became the very thing that challenged everything he had believed about himself, his faith, and his future.

Two points here.

One, this is a Catholic high school not a seminary. Tanrak, and the other boys are not seminarians (Ie. seminary students). The boys are in their final year of the secondary education process. Some will be going on to college for standard career paths, others may even not even continue schooling. A final group, which Master Phak noted was going to be less than 5 students.

Second, I did some quick research on homosexuality in the 1990s in Thailand. It appears that Bangkok was similar to the gay and lesbian scene in most of the major American cities (I lived in NYC in the 1990s and was very aware of the G&L culture across the country. I ran a gay marketing business during the 1990s and early 2000s).

The school appears to be very insulated and students are not allowed to leave the grounds, except for vacation time with family, so I do think there is some insular shielding on what is happening in the real world, just outside their gates. (We do not even know where the school actually is supposed to be.)

I do think Barth was educated on what it meant to be gay as he came to the school late in has schooling. The show did not get into the issue with Tanrak. I think it is the one flaw of the program

Released today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05eatQM91jY

The Rainbow flag was created in 1978 in San Francisco and has always been referred to a pride flag. The New York Parade has been organzied by Heritage of Pride since 1984. I think 1985 was my first NYC parade I attended.

The rainbow flag or pride flag (formerly gay pride flag) is a symbol of LGBTQ pride and LGBTQ social movements, as well as a peace symbol. The colors reflect the diversity of the LGBTQ community and the spectrum of human sexuality and gender. Using a rainbow flag as a symbol of LGBTQ pride began in San Francisco, California, and subsequently became common at LGBTQ rights events worldwide.

BTW, the NYC Gay Pride Parade is tomorrow, Sunday, June 28, 2026. I have not been since 2000 when I moved to Maine.

Who plays the young Toto at the 18:00 minute mark?

A beautiful kiss at the end.