TakoOo

Only Friends is like a beautiful, toxic healing balm on my heart after OFDO 🥹

I have to agree, especially with the use of the time jump. I’ve seen this happen a LOT in Thai BLs in general where the time jump at the end is a direct replacement for character development and growth which is incredibly lazy writing. After the hook up Jack decided they were gonna be friends but after a year it’s clear they haven’t been in touch at all and suddenly, purely by chance, they bump into each other and Jack starts drooling at the mouth. Then there is one sentence about how he is not triggered by the things he used to be triggered by anymore and it’s a happy end lol
Ridiculous

This season made me appreciate the first season even more and I was already extremely appreciative of it

Couldn’t have said it better myself

Does Ter have a lot of screen time? I'm 100% sure I'll dislike him something fierce so I was wondering if the show would still be worth watching if I skipped all his scenes? Or does he have like 80%+ screentime?

I completely agree, the conflicts are weak and most of them feel awkward and artificial to me. As for the rating I think it’s bc this season has less than 4000 ratings while the first one has over 30.000. That’s a huge discrepancy so it kinda makes sense.

Yeah, it’s really distracting but what can you do, right?
Shit happens…

Ohh yes, I haven’t seen anyone else mention how unbelievable the police and forensic teams are by having all the main character look like young idols who stepped out of a celebrity magazine lol
It’s kinda funny but also prevents me from taking these stories seriously especially when you see side characters of appropriate age and physique next to the pretty boys who are supposed to be much smarter, stronger and generally more capable than the rest of the more normal looking people. Feels more like kids playing dress up, if anything.

I’m glad the son was included as the accomplice bc the fact that Aisoon was involved was obvious from the second he appeared on screen.
Loved the production and the fact that’s it’s a horror BL but it definitely had issues. The romance between both couples felt tacked on and the acting from the younger cast (apart from Pavel and Otto) wasn’t very good..it was especially obvious when the older actors acted circles around most of the younger actors even with only minutes of screentime.
I really wish the romance had been between King and Singha instead of Thup and Singha. There was very little chemistry or even reasoning behind the romance between Thup and Singha, it was bafflingly one dimensional.

His acting is definitely on the weaker side (to put it mildly) but at least he didn’t have to pretend to cry in here and that alone elevated the show for me..

2/3 into the show and I feel the exact same way about it. It was so frustrating to see all the super positive reviews and little criticism. Pooh’s acting in particular drives me up the wall. He can’t convey emotions properly and has the same goofy smile on his face almost always regardless of the situation. His shortcomings in acting are especially visible when he’s standing next to Pavel and that is most of the time. I wish the romance would’ve been about King and Singha second chance reconnection (or whatever you’d call it), like you said it makes the most sense story-wise.
Anyway, I simply wanted to thank you for the review bc reading it was like a balm to my frayed and annoyed emotional state the show put me in. I’m so happy that somebody else feels the same way I do!

Thanks!

Is this an original script or is it based on a novel?

I have a cat and she does go ouside and we sometimes play in the grass, messing around. I run after her and vice versa. I also sometimes go out late in the evening or at night to walk with my cat and she often follows me where I go or waits for me to follow her but I’ve never seen a cat run alongside a jogging person or on a running track.

Ok maybe I missed something…What do you mean the story was rewritten? Isn’t it based on a novel that was written after season 1? I thought Aou Boom simply replaced OhmLeng in the script, not that it had been rewritten. Are there sources concerning the rewrite?

Agreed. I loved the first season bc the characters had layers to them and felt as messy as real people and the complex, muddy relationship dynamics kept me hooked, not to mention that they had Boston and Nick as their wild card that they could do anything with bc they weren’t a fixed ship. In the sequel the characters and their relationships seem to be a lot more straightforward and less risky (and it isn’t directed by Jojo). Of course that’s all based on the trailer and the book that I asked someone to spoil for me but let’s see how it all plays out

I miss SunMork. I really liked them together.

Oh no, that sounds a bit boring haha 😭

It seems to me they have toned down the messiness in the official trailer to a degree. The visual atmosphere is not as intense as it was in the prequel or even the pilot imo which I find a bit disappointing but I’m still very excited to see Boston again.

Oh ok. Thank you