Stats Update: EP 10 is already having more than 1.1 million views on YouTube now. It's at least comparable if not more than EP 9, which has been doing really well too.
Thanks for the sharing, J100. It's perfectly ok to feel that way. However, if you understand the story of the…
What I really like about Bad Buddy is that the characters were really deep and well fleshed-out, especially Pat and Pran. And the story was never predictable, right up to now.
That's why I said that Bad Buddy isn't following any sorts of formula, or otherwise, we would have known the story all along since the first few episodes.
What I love so much about the series version of the story versus the novel is:
Just how much more proactive, courageous and determined Pran is in fighting for his relationship and love for Pat. It's not that the novel Pran didn't love the novel Pat as much, but he did not show it in the same degree as what the series Pran had shown (plus Nanon's excellent acting).
Simple example:
Pran in the novel did not run away from his house when Pat already suggested that they run away from their families. Pat was already outside in the early pre-dawn hours at that time, and called Pran, wanting them to run away.
That led to the year-long separation between Pat and Pran, both of them being heartbroken, Pat dejectedly accepting his parents' choice of his fiance (his father's benefactor's daughter, Punch) and Pran being sent overseas, missing and thinking of Pat every single day (Pat did the same).
Before you read that part, be warned, it is very, very painful and sorrowful to read. Though with the very happy ending, the pain in my heart was cured (mostly).
In the series:
Pran agreed to run away with Pat after the rooftop scene (leading to EP 11). That coupled with the much less angsty direction the series took as compared to the novel really nailed it for me.
I really love the novel, and it is one of the best stories I've ever read, and it was very well-written. But the series just upped the quality even higher, and plus the excellent acting, it is just beyond stratospheric.
I love your comment. Yes, this is a good one. Usually in the Asian culture, the parents are always right, and…
In Asian families, especially those that are close-knitted and have large extended relatives, sometimes expectations and other things can have quite a big pressure on anyone.
Thankfully my own close family is quite open-minded themselves, so I myself am very fortunate not to be under a similar situation.
From your hint I feel that the novel is better, can you share what happned there?
Personally, I feel that the series is much better in the storyline and the way it has been acted out so far. Pran was a lot more passive in expressing himself in the novel. It led to a far worse heartbreak for whoever that reads it.
They were forced to separate by both parents, who remained in a lot of misunderstanding each other for another year at least. Pat's parents, especially the father forced him to marry the daughter of his benefactor, and it almost went through if not for Pat finally standing up to his father, and which was overheard by the fiance, who then broke the engagement.
Pran was sent overseas while all that happened, and he didn't meet Pat again until about a year later, missing him and thinking of him all the time (Pat did the same too).
I love your comment. Yes, this is a good one. Usually in the Asian culture, the parents are always right, and…
Yup, unfortunately in reality, that still happens, and often the inferior/subordinate ones are in no position to do anything (especially in a family setting).
No evil archvillain or crazy manipulator (who manipulate others for their own selfish desires) - like TharnType's Lhong for example.
What Pran's mum and Pat's dad did were not right, but what EP 10 just revealed showed that they were in some form, justifiable in their own character's reasoning in doing that.
And earlier on, we already disproved Wai from this same role as well.
Ep 10 was so frustrating, if not Ink and Pha it was not even worth watching, it's but it does show the lack of…
Thanks for the sharing, J100. It's perfectly ok to feel that way. However, if you understand the story of the characters, their families, the background and all, what happened between them were in fact very real and relatable.
And that's what kept so many of us so engaged and excited to see every single episodes of Bad Buddy here, every week.
In real life, things cannot be just fluffy, and fluffy all the way, and neither can it be angsty and all angsty all the way. And Bad Buddy is not like any other BL series. It didn't follow any particular formula and in fact, digs at those tropes and formulas other BL series had made popular.
I am still shaking from 10 4/4... P'Aof is letting us be all lovey-dovey, then the emotional punch comes from…
I love your comment. Yes, this is a good one. Usually in the Asian culture, the parents are always right, and their words can often be law to the children.
Not that this is bad, but it can be excessive at times. Glad to see Pat and Pran standing up to their parents, to be truthful to themselves and said before them, their true relationship.
Next time listen to me folkshttps://twitter.com/deetsy/status/1479479259915816965?s=20
I did say that all our predictions are just theories, and in reality, they are not true, unless one of those happen to be in line with the story as envisioned by the production team.
That's why the best way to enjoy this is not to predict too much :DAlways be prepared for plot twist. That way…
Nope, no worries about this, it's just people overthinking it since a lot of BL series has that 'cursed' EP 11 where a lot of problems and angst rose up before the finale.
They never broke up in the novel, just physically separated from each other. They stayed faithful to each other, but it was a lot more painful than the series version.
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EP 10 is already having more than 1.1 million views on YouTube now. It's at least comparable if not more than EP 9, which has been doing really well too.
Update: It's close to 1.3 million now!
#BadBuddySeriesEP10
Pat's dad: 'When did I teach you to lie?'
Now looking back at EP 10, I can imagine Pat saying...
Pat: 'You have done it all along, don't you, dad?'
It may be 2 weeks wait for us to wait for EP 10, but this 1 week wait for EP 11 is likely to feel even longer than those 2 weeks.
That high school separation. In that way, it's kind of following the novel a bit more.
That's why I said that Bad Buddy isn't following any sorts of formula, or otherwise, we would have known the story all along since the first few episodes.
Just how much more proactive, courageous and determined Pran is in fighting for his relationship and love for Pat. It's not that the novel Pran didn't love the novel Pat as much, but he did not show it in the same degree as what the series Pran had shown (plus Nanon's excellent acting).
Simple example:
Pran in the novel did not run away from his house when Pat already suggested that they run away from their families. Pat was already outside in the early pre-dawn hours at that time, and called Pran, wanting them to run away.
That led to the year-long separation between Pat and Pran, both of them being heartbroken, Pat dejectedly accepting his parents' choice of his fiance (his father's benefactor's daughter, Punch) and Pran being sent overseas, missing and thinking of Pat every single day (Pat did the same).
Before you read that part, be warned, it is very, very painful and sorrowful to read. Though with the very happy ending, the pain in my heart was cured (mostly).
In the series:
Pran agreed to run away with Pat after the rooftop scene (leading to EP 11). That coupled with the much less angsty direction the series took as compared to the novel really nailed it for me.
I really love the novel, and it is one of the best stories I've ever read, and it was very well-written. But the series just upped the quality even higher, and plus the excellent acting, it is just beyond stratospheric.
Thankfully my own close family is quite open-minded themselves, so I myself am very fortunate not to be under a similar situation.
They were forced to separate by both parents, who remained in a lot of misunderstanding each other for another year at least. Pat's parents, especially the father forced him to marry the daughter of his benefactor, and it almost went through if not for Pat finally standing up to his father, and which was overheard by the fiance, who then broke the engagement.
Pran was sent overseas while all that happened, and he didn't meet Pat again until about a year later, missing him and thinking of him all the time (Pat did the same too).
No evil archvillain or crazy manipulator (who manipulate others for their own selfish desires) - like TharnType's Lhong for example.
What Pran's mum and Pat's dad did were not right, but what EP 10 just revealed showed that they were in some form, justifiable in their own character's reasoning in doing that.
And earlier on, we already disproved Wai from this same role as well.
My best couple ever, and my best series as it has always been.
And that's what kept so many of us so engaged and excited to see every single episodes of Bad Buddy here, every week.
In real life, things cannot be just fluffy, and fluffy all the way, and neither can it be angsty and all angsty all the way. And Bad Buddy is not like any other BL series. It didn't follow any particular formula and in fact, digs at those tropes and formulas other BL series had made popular.
[1/4] https://youtu.be/wmBV4rSfpIc
[2/4] https://youtu.be/kI0HjAaASbk
[3/4] https://youtu.be/KoAxNq7Qz-0
[4/4] https://youtu.be/Bqe09a1xL3I
Hope this helps!
Not that this is bad, but it can be excessive at times. Glad to see Pat and Pran standing up to their parents, to be truthful to themselves and said before them, their true relationship.
Congrats for getting it right :D
They never broke up in the novel, just physically separated from each other. They stayed faithful to each other, but it was a lot more painful than the series version.