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Bad Buddy Rewatch Blogging

Gonna do a rewatch of my favourite BL hoho It won’t be like the regular live blogging cuz I don’t wanna record every thought (I have so many + I remember generally what happens in what ep cuz I’d watched it so many times) but just general ep thoughts, fave scenes etc.

Trickster Pran With Plans and Lies

1-4: Come up with way to get Wai to apologize and get Engineering to back off

1-4: tricks Pat into adding him on LINE first

2-1: The bus station is a truce~~ story

4-1: bus stop building but make it a competition

Ep 6: makes up a sob story about his first love and gets his friends drunk to stop them from beating up Pat

12-3: “A guy with dimples told me to pretend” - it was Pran’s idea to trick everyone bout the high school reunion

Because of this, I think Pran was also the one who came up with the scheme of hiding their relationship from everybody except InkPa, Korn, and Wai

General Thoughts

Ep 1 (Dec 4)

a generally meh first ep where it has intriguing characters and connections but just tooo much fighting

still don’t like how they treat Pa

Fave Scene: 1-4 where we get a P’Aof cameo + they’re sitting on the stairs and have a teasing chat

Ep 2

I’ve watched so many more Thai shows since I originally watched it and also started paying attention to Thai linguistics, so it’s fun to get things I didn’t before. When Pa tells Pat “What a prince!” she uses the word Khun Chai and now I understand Pat using -khab in kopunkhab and that indicating male instinctively rather than only knowing it bc of a reddit post explanation + the ‘jeeb’/flirt/dumpling pun

Pat’s friends heckling in front of Pran’s door, especially thinking it’s a girl, continues to be horrific

Dunk is Pat’s high school friend

Fave Scene: Pran realizing Pat is the guy next door on the rooftop, their little restaurant convo

Ep 3

the first episode where we really, really get to see just how much Pat’s willing to do for Pran (helping him present his idea, the bus design roleplay, keeping the guitar for him)

Fave Scene: last scene where Pat says “I like your face... when you lose!” and Pran has the most love-stricken expression full of longing on his face

Ep 4 (Dec 5)

The tragectory of this show is interesting cuz the first ep is intriguind but average, ep 2 and 3 are better and then ep 4 comes in and is just so fucking incredible 

I could write 3 essays on everything I love about the sleepover scene, from the characterization, the way it’s shot, the conversations, the acting choices, gosh, such a beautiful incredible scene

Fave Scene: of course the ending sleepover scene is unbeatable. though pat’s “hiya. i know you wanna let me innnn” through the doorhole after pran kicks him out in pt 1 is cute as hell. Part 3 when Pran joins Pat and Pran at the restaurant and he has glassy eyes the entire time. Part 3 when Pran cleans Pat’s face. Part 4 Pran and Ink’s convo on the bench and also I think it’s hilarious that Ink doesn’t know which should Pran hurt

Ep 4 (Dec 5/6)

Part 4 is just so incredible both downstairs and on the roof. The character motivations and actions, the acting, the narrative progression, the conversations, the music, the filming, everything is just so fucking good

Fave: is there anything more iconic than Ep 5 - 4? Fight on the ground and rooftop scene. But also love Pat’s “boo!” in part 1

Ep 6 (Dec 6)

During my first rewatch, this was just a meh episode (esp after coming from ep 5) but I wonder how I’ll feel about it now - esp after seeing so many Thai BLs with the beach episode

I think I liked it more rewatching it this time because I already have knowledge about what happens with Pat and Pran in my head whereas when I first watched it I was like aghh give me more happy PatPran not distant T.T

The random partners thing is so middle/high school lol like when they become partners for the games at the beginning and then when they get assigned rooms, they keep looking at each other hoping to be partners and then are like :< when they’re not

Fave Scene: Don’t have any, though the after credit finger licking scene is iconic. Pat just tryna bother the Architecture people is funny too

Ep 7 (Dec 6)

My fave episode !!! Let’s see if it holds up

I wish I could find what exactly Pat said in Thai when he was sending that pic of his car to Pran. Pran called him Hia when texting back though lol

the start of Ink/Pa as well

Fave Scene: the entirety of it fr but maybe especially the last scene when they’re just kissing each other and trying to get the other to open the door

Ep 8 (Dec 7)

Did Pa say kha or khab during 8-1 when speaking with Pat and Pran in the hall and 8-2 when speaking with Ink at the restaurant

Fave Scene: just the ways they compromise and are there for each other ig

Ep 9 (Dec 7/8)

here we go with ep 9 rip, prlly gonna be the ep where i skip a bunch

i remember reading about Korn calling Pat Nong when teasing about making Pran jealous all “nong pat~~” and I didn’t get it back then bc I didn’t really understand why that was cute or funny but now I get it even though I can’t explain why Korn using Nong when Pat’s not his Nong funny

this ep really is like awww cute cute cute PatPran and some InkPa and then here comes fuckass Wai and the dumbass gun plot and useless bastard cops

this is the ep where i skipped the most 

Fave Scene: them eating lunch together on the bench so cute. PatPran and Ink, Pa hotpot dinner fun cute. Pa jumping down and saying “anybody taller than me is fine”

Ep 10 (Dec 8)

oof, the beginning was so hopeful with the dad saying thanks to Pran for helping Pat before it all went to shit

the bar is on the floor but I do continue to enjoy how Pat didn’t “forbid” Wai from tryna pursue his sister because he feels some sort of ownership over her or due to his protectiveness (esp would’ve been weird when he’s going through disapproving parents) and also Wai also letting it go when he realized Pa likes someone else and they might become a thing and he doesn’t have much of a chance. shows will often have male characters (attempt to) control a female character’s love life as if they understand what’s good or bad for them better than the FMC herself does.

Pa getting teary eyed and so sad when talking with Ink and how Ink only sees her as a mentee T.T so cute

girl when I first watched the show I was like damn why’s Pat obsessed with being Pran’s older brother but Hia/Phi aren’t necessarily like that and he was also having fun calling Pran as Nong Pran

Ep 11 (Dec 8)

this ep is important narratively and does a lot for the characterization and relationship growth but is still boring to me

Ep 12 (Dec 8)

Parts 3 and 4 so good omg (even though Parts 1 and 2 don’t have much rewatch value for me tbh) honestly the whole time i was losing my mind and going ewwww they’re so annoyinggg as if i haven’t watched it already several times

One of the best things about the rewatch is truly just coming at it with the knowledge of Thai particle endings, titles and honorifics, and more of a cultural knowledge. 

Also can’t believe I rewatched so much of the show, usually I rewatch only parts I love. I only skipped ep 9 gunshot storyline, ep 11 some parts that were boring, ep 12 first half; watched nearly all other scenes.

I think my fave series of eps is Ep 4 - 8, just so good. 

Continues to be my favourite BL of the year, hope something comes along next year that takes over my brain just as much to be honest.

Rating: 9/10 (unchanged)