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Yeah, the sleeping kiss, while portrayed as "cute," in reality I'm sure would be jarring. Especially in this context. I wasn't surprised Third flipped at all, from his standpoint the kiss came out of nowhere after Khai's already had a track record of playing with his emotions. I think from Khai's standpoint he just doesn't understand why, if Third already liked him, things between them can't just pick up. He's almost making it worse because Third doesn't understand where all this is coming from. As always the downfall is lack of communication lol. The acting is most definitely great, I'm so proud of them all!

I mean I can't blame him. He's lived for years on scraps of affection and manipulation from Khai (usually to serve his best interests). Third sacrificed, kept silent in order to save their friendship and was constantly pushed aside. Then finally, there's a glimmer of hope that he starts to reach for only to find out Khai messed with his feelings as some kind of test. Talk about kicking somebody when they're down. Plus, he's already watched countless times as Khai has wooed women, only to leave them in the dust when he's over it. After all that Third is suddenly supposed to trust Playboy (and supposedly straight) Khai that he's serious this time? I wouldn't trust in that either. After you break somebody's trust, it isn't as simple as coming back and pretending like all the history never happened. I think Third wanted to continue being Khai's friend, and is still trying but has distanced himself and put walls up because he's tired of being hurt. Literally the last time they had interacted before Khai left he ripped Third's heart out by forcing a kiss on him and calling out someone else's name, someone that I might mention was supposedly his girlfriend at the time. Then he reappears and without even having an actual conversation with Third and explaining things, he starts putting the moves on him. How confusing, frustrating and infuriating would that be to someone who's trying to move on with their life after the person they were in love with made it abundantly clear they didn't feel the same way. Khai put him through hell, but suddenly wants to be the one to decide that everything should be forgiven and should be rainbows and butterflies because he's realized he has feelings for Third. It's not that easy, and I'm glad they're showing that. Nobody deserves to be treated the way Third was, and Khai forcing Third to re-live everything when he's moved on (even if unintentionally) would make anyone upset. Khai has already played him, more than once, and Third is tired of being played. I think Khai has and did have some serious atoning to do. I get that he didn't understand fully, and later on became confused himself but that doesn't erase everything he did. Even not knowing about Third's feelings, he still took his friendship for granted and nobody should treat friends that way. I'd also point out we've had two episodes of Khai suffering, and six of Third. Personally I feel Khai deserves the life experience of seeing not everything will come easy to him. I'd also like to say good job to all the actors too, they've done a really great job.

lol that's literally what I did after the first season. I've watched the MingKit cuts too many times haha

I know that wasn't the main reason why they changed actors, there were issues with the contracts when the split happened (though to be quite honest, there is still a lot of misinformation and uncertainty as to what's true and what isn't about all of that). However, both the current production crew and Nong Noon both said they felt the acting last season wasn't great, and they were going to make an effort this season to get actors who could carry the parts better, so it was something that was considered and mentioned. I personally wouldn't agree that they've found "better" actors, but that's subjective. So yes, there were extenuating issues but to act like there was no cause for a lot of the anger fans experienced on behalf of the fact that last seasons cast was treated poorly in this whole situation is pretty obtuse.

No it wasn't, but both the current production crew and the author of the novel both brought up the fact that they thought the acting last season was subpar and it was partly why they re-cast the series. They also implied that the acting this season was going to be much better and that they were choosing the actors based on that, which wasn't the case. There was a reason there was so much drama surrounding this season in the first place, those behind this season weren't very gracious about the people who participated last season and many (myself included) felt that was super unnecessary. They handled the whole situation very poorly.

I would agree that the acting this season isn't amazing, but I think both seasons are pretty equal in terms of acting quality. There's good moments, and there are bad moments. Primarily I think the problem is that they, again, went with rookie actors. I think it wouldn't bother me so much, if they'd treated the previous cast better when they decided to re-cast, and hadn't made overtures implying that the acting was going to be massively better this season. I think it was pretty shit for them to heavily criticize the actors from last season, when this season they're on a level playing field. They could have easily continued on with the original cast and worked to better their skills, but made a conscious decision not to, which is fine but the way they went about it could have been better. The people heavily praising this season, while trashing last season are just as bad, I don't think that's necessary. I'm happy with the majority of the current cast, but I wouldn't say they were "better" actors than the ones we had last season. I think people are going a bit overboard in their praise in an effort to be supportive because this season already had so much hate building up to it. Though if we're honest there aren't a lot of BL series that have stellar acting lol so it could be just people going off what they know.

He's my favorite of the actors right now

I 100% agree, Off's acting was great, particularly in that last scene.

Sorry, I wasn't very clear, I meant during the very end, the last scene of the episode lol where Khai was talking to his friend about everything that's happened so far with Third

They likely had to take it down because the official eng translation of the novel was released for purchase.

I'm glad you posted this. Now I'm super interested to read the novel. Hopefully we get a full translation with that missing piece soon.

Ok. Whatever is going on between Two and An, I'm so here for it! These two are such a surprise and totally intriguing, not what I was expecting at all. I highly doubt they'll end up together, but if they did it would bump this series way up in my esteem. Still want to kick Khai's ass lol and I can't wait for him to start feeling the loss of Third, but i get the complications between his likely confusion, the miscommunication between the two of them and his obliviousness just not helping things at all. And can I just finish by saying how proud I am of Gun and Off (and really all the actors this series, because both White and MIke have been super impressing me) for their amazing characterization? The emotions they've put into their scenes are spot on. I was absolutely gutted during the bathroom scene and teared up at the end of the episode. I really need to know what Khai was saying during that part.

Are you me? Am I the only one who nearly keeled over at the way Kit was checking out Ming when he walked up to Beam asking where Yo was then walked away? LOL I can't wait until the gym and dinner scenes. I swear if they cut their scenes and keep all the PhaYo interactions I'm going to be really sad, they hard-carried season one and I'm pretty positive I'm going to continue to be way more interested in their pairing this season as well. Totally OT from the current topic but I'm not going to lie Yo and Forth are more of a pairing I could get behind lmao

No, I know lol I'm waiting for the series to pick up after episode three. I know people like Phana and Yo's story but personally for me, whenever the focus is on them things start to lag, even in the books. I think part of the problem is that we've all waited this long to finally get to see from book 2 onward, so it's hard to slog through the first parts all over again, though I completely get why they decided to re-hash things to introduce the new actors. I'm really starting to wonder if Phana's character is just too dry, that's two actors now where I don't really like his characterization. I know things start to get more emotional between Pha and Yo towards the end of the books so maybe that will change my perspective.

Thank God we got a bit of MingKit finally this episode, I forgot how interminably boring PhaYo's story can get when it's just focused on the two of them. If I remember correctly I skipped the majority of the first season for this exact reason. Hopefully once we start getting into the meat of the series it'll get better and the pace will pick up a bit. Knowing what I know of Beam and Forth's storyline I'm anticipating them getting started too.

Ok, things are starting to get really interesting. If what I think is happening with An is actually happening that would be one hell of a twist. I'm also happy to see that Third is recognizing that he doesn't need to put up with mistreatment, and I applaud the fact that while he has feelings for Khai it's obvious he's not blindly in love with him, he completely see's his faults he just can't help his feelings. I feel like most people have experienced a love or infatuation where you feel like an idiot for continuing to go back, until you finally reach the point where you just can't take it anymore. It's painful to watch, but I can relate having been there at some point in my life before I realized I was worth way more than what I was putting up with. In the end if Khai and Third end up together Khai is going to need some serious character development and groveling before I think he's worthy of Third. I applaud the acting, it's been gut-wrenching every time. This episode was really good, that scene in the cafe where Two and Bone stood up for Third was the best, at the very least he has two good, supportive friends who love him and just want him to be ok. Also can I just say Third getting bitchy is everything, you tell that mofo where he can stuff it Third.

I enjoyed the first episode so we're off to a good start! Still quietly anticipating more MingKit lol but I'm starting to fall in with the other characters too. There was a point where I started feeling like it was dragging a bit, but I think that's just how it's written because I remember feeling that way reading the novel and watching the first season with PhaYo's storyline. There's something about it that just doesn't sweep me away, but I think the series is going to be a good one. There was some stiff acting here and there, but since everyone is pretty much rookie actors (from what I've heard) I wasn't expecting all that much. One thing I do wish they'd stop is the overreaction by anyone in the room, any time Phana walks by lol it's too cringe and pretty distracting. While Ben is handsome in his own right (his looks are growing on me), he's nowhere near the level to inspire that sort of reaction. Sorry if this is coming across too critical, I'm wanting to come into it with a discerning eye since this is the second attempt at this, imo it should be held to a high standard.

I mean...just don't watch it

The only two who don't seem to really fit for me right now, are the person that plays Phana and the one that plays Beam. They really don't make any sense to me based on the novel, and I'm slightly concerned by the fact that when Nong Noon and the directors kept talking about casting they kept describing the way the actors "looked" not that they blew them away with their acting skills which was - I thought - the whole reason they re-casted. If they were just going to put everyone through acting sessions, they could have just done that with the previous cast and only replaced Godt. I'll reserve my judgement until I've watched the series, but I don't know how this is going to go. I think I'll be pretty annoyed if the acting is subpar after all this mess. I can already tell that MingKit is still going to be my favorite couple by far hah.

This is a very good example of the reality that you can't help who you love. Unfortunately in the real world, love is all too often not a fairy tale. I've had friends be in relationships that I didn't understand at all, but they still for some reason loved their partner. Sometimes the reasons you love a person don't make any sense to other people, it would be nice if every person had the perfect love story or the perfect partner but that's just not realistic. I'm not saying that Khai's behavior is excusable, or that I feel like Third should put up with it, absolutely not. I'm just saying love can be this complicated and frustrating in reality and perhaps the writer was trying to depict that.