#Pa is more free because Ming cares less

[leconcombrerit]

OH GOOD POINT

I think Dissaya and Ming would care less about Pa and Pran being friends because of projection. Here's how I see it :

Ming was trying to turn Pat into a younger version of himself (and for a while it kinda worked), so it makes sense that he'd want Pat to be better than Pran. It doesn't extend to Pa because he doesn't see himself in her, so the family feud applies in a more impersonal way there. And also yes, I'm not sure if he put as much effort in raising Pa anyway, I'd love to read your essays ! GO AHEAD I WOULD

And the same probably kinda goes for Dissaya. As far as she knows, Pat acts and looks like Ming. Pran probably didn't tell her half as much about Pa (eg he does tell his parents he fought with Pat), so she hates her for being Ming's daughter, but not for... Being a mini-Ming, basically. There's a dimension of fear and defiance in Dissaya's rules about the neighbors' kids, and what she's seen until now (fueled by both families in very vicious cycle *sighs*) kinda confirms her bias, so Pat's persona non grata X2 compared to Pa.

Not that she wouldn't have forbidden Pa and Pran from being friends, obviously she would, but... Maybe she would have come to terms with it easier I think.

you know pa’s role in the whole family feud is really interesting because obviously she was never actively pitted against pran, that was on pat, and it’s not like the siridechawats had another kid so she’s kinda just… there??? like she openly calls pran hot in the first ep and while her parents discourage it they also don’t seem super mad at her?? and like pran saved her so she’s obviously always cared about him and their friendship is just as much of a betrayal to pran’s mom (since she emphasized she didn’t want pran bringing home EITHER of the kids next door)… but it’s not really talked about at all? idk it’s just interesting. i could probably write a whole thing on how ming’s obsession with the feud and having pat and pran compete led to him severely neglecting pa if i wanted to like skdkdkd