#mgyg folk

[konaizumi]

Our Skyy Season 2 Pitch - PureFolk version

PureFolk (My Gear Your Gown)

subtitled: Back Off Bitch

One of pure's "exes" is back, with the goal of locking him down as a boyfriend and not just a sex partner

She happens to meet pure and folk in a cafe or something and at first she and pure are pretty friendly, though pure is maybe a bit uncomfortable

it's clear that she's one of pure's past hookups but folk isn't really bothered by this, it's not the first time he's met one of pure's exes

then the girl, while not explicitly stating that she wants to date, makes it pretty clear that she'd like to "reconnect"

again, folk still isn't bothered, it's not the first time this has happened, still, he turns out to be a pretty possessive boyfriend, so he throws his arm around pure and calls him darling or some other sweet nickname that he would never actually use

it's a pretty clear "fuck off" and it's usually all it takes to scare off pure's admirers, especially bc pure gets all happy when his boyfriend does stuff like that which makes it pretty clear he's committed

girl falters for a minute but keeps flirting like nothing happened, but maybe a bit more subdued and less overt

folk not so politely excuses them, saying they have a date and they leave

folk pretty much forgets about the incident after that until he sees the same girl talking to pure again on campus, body language screaming flirting

important to note, pure is relaxed and friendly but clearly not returning the flirtatious attitude

folk decides he needs to be more overt and clear in his claim, so he walks over, puts a hand around pure's waist and kisses him on the cheek

pure is clearly delighted by his boyfriend's attention

(folk is a very loving boyfriend and has no problem showing his love, but he tends to be a bit subdued with pda beyond handholding, so pure loves it when he does pda and he thinks it's cute when folk gets possessive)

so the girl keeps going anyway and even invites pure out for dinner, but folk interrupts with "sorry, we actually have a date tonight"

girl bristles a little, but keeps smiling, tries to go on, but folk cuts her off and ends the conversation, they leave

folk has to give it to her, the girl is persistent, even when pure has given no indication that he wants to start any kind of relationship with her

queue a montage of folk doing increasingly bigger gestures to prove that pure loves him and is not interested including just like full on making with him when he knows she can see, but she does not give up so folk has to keep escalating

it is important to note that folk's actions here are NOT motivated by insecurity. this is not a "im possessive bc i'm worried you'd leave me for her" kind of situation, folk is 100% confident in their relationship and has no doubts about pure or his commitment (the point of this is comedy, not angst)

no, this is about winning and making that girl give up

he tells pure all this when pure sits him down to have a conversation, worried that folk feels insecure and that's why he's doing this, he even tells folk that he directly turned her down (but she said she would keep trying) and he would tell her to stop talking to him if she was really bothering folk

folk tells him that he's very sweet but no, this is about proving superiority and he doesn't need his boyfriend's help

pure is relieved and can't help laughing at his adorable boyfriend

finally everything culminates in an argument between folk and the girl while pure isn't present

the girl's argument is basically 'pure has slept around with a lot of people, so you're not special, maybe he likes you right now, but he'll get bored and move on, and I'll have my chance'

folk absolutely fucking roasts her like 'well he's already had you and got bored, so i'm not really seeing any competition' and then continues with a more heartfelt speech about how their relationship is about love and it's not just a fling and she can try whatever she wants but nothing is going to sway pure

(it's very evident in his speech that he truly isn't insecure about their relationship, I literally can't express this enough, jealousy born from insecurity is one of my least favorite tropes, we stan a confident folk)

the girl walks off, fuming, but defeated

pure comes out and reveals that he heard everything and he's super duper in love with folk

then the conversation actually turns to pure's insecurities, bc he's always been a little worried that folk is bothered by his past, especially with some of the stuff the girl said about him (he's not ashamed of his past, just worried about folk's feelings, no slut-shaming here)

folk reassures him that his past doesn't bother him, and everybody is free to do whatever they want with their body, it doesn't affect their current relationship in any way

then it's all mushy and stuff as they reaffirm their love and whatnot

also sprinkled in throughout the episode are just cute fluffy moments between the two, like on a date or hanging out in one of their rooms and stuff

AiNi version | PhuTian version (coming soon) | NeoShinMiw version (coming soon) | ThunMes (coming soon)

[absolutebl]

Pure Appreciation Post

(See what I did there?) 

Is Pure the best thing to happen to BL since WinTeam? 

Probably. 

Okay, this is some new version of the word “comforting” that I for one can get behind 100%. 

Do I have to accept we have a rake redemption arc coming down the romance trope pipe line? 

Yes, I accept it. I don’t care anymore I just want to see playboy Pure go all dorky for the sweetheart boy who is totally not into him. 

Could we just have a spin off series with these two making a total hash of any kind of relationship yet still staying friends in that big epic messed up way we all had in college? 

Because I could sit on a couch for 17 hours and watch just that kind of drama. 

I love these characters so much. 

We haven’t seen anything like them before in Thai BL and they make me SO HAPPY. 

Where did this come from, My Gear and Your Gown? 

And why were you hiding them from us for 8 episodes? 

[i-got-the-feels]

My Gear and Your Gown was a show that frustrated me and not in a good way. Because the main couple wouldn't just talk because Itt didn't give Pai a benefit of doubt and how Pai never spoke up and I understand where they came from with Itt not having any trust and jumping to worst conclusion with his father cheating with another women, his mother's friend on his sick and dying mom with Pai never having the freedom to speak his mind and not even trying to because of the burden of expectations placed on him since beginning - but it was STILL frustrating especially because they seemed to the same for others.

So anyway, here are the things I like in My Gear and Your Gown

1) The show's name. Come ON - the engineer and doctor symbols, Yesss.

2) Pure (and Pure and Folk)

The openly bisexual character.

How they talked about STD's and protection and ths reason he got an STD wasn't because of his sexuality but because he had unprotected sex with multiple partners - something he picked up on observing his mom's lifestyle, something that gave him solace after the first person he loved hurt him badly because "its not hard. Its not love. Its just sex. Its easy"

How this way of coping with his issues didn't go away and he cheated on a person he loved and got STD again.

How love is still difficult for him because he reallly thought telling that "it didn't mean anything, i was thinking of you the whole time when doing it" would comfort his partner to which Folk said "its not a tv drama that you saying you thought of me when in bed with someone else will make me happy" because he understands that Pure finds love difficult and he loves him enough to give him at least one chance and to support him through it.

3) Pure and Waan's friendship.

How Waan took Pure to doctor and gifted him condoms because he didn't want to use one given by his mothers. How he said that "even if he has an STD that won't change anything (between them. how he sees pure) and this adorable hug at Pure being clean.

How they kept Pure and Waan as friends (yes they had chemistry but not everyone with chemistry dates)

3) The scene where Paii broke down and cried in front of his parents and his parents finally talked to someone to get help and understand their son better.

4) Waan and Beau - adorbale no angst melt my heart with their fluffiness couple. Like every scene of theirs left me with a hugeee smile - also I do have a slight crush on Neen.

[patandpran]

Get yourself a partner that looks at you like Pure looks at Folk.

[life-rewritten]

My Gear and Your Gown- The downfall of Itt and Pure’s selfless plans

This episode of My gear and your gown ended in a painful way. Both Pai and Folk are left broken and hurt by their potential love interests, and it seems like lines have been crossed and there’s no way to go back. Except surprise we get a plot twist their love interests didn’t mean to hurt them, they are just victims of misunderstandings and miscommunications. And this is what causes their downfall, because despite their goals they ended up hurting  the people they love and end up being seen as the opposite of what they really are. We end up  feeling frustrated at the on the surface actions of our characters but remember My gear and your gown is more deeper than that, there are clues hidden telling you what’s real and what’s not so you infer what’s happening. Let me explain even more further

Itt and Pai- The miscommunication

Pure and Itt from My gear and your gown they both like to be secretive and discrete to help the people they care about. In this case in order to repay Pai for all he did for him Itt secretly became Mr 950 and made goals to get Pai to come out of his shell. From the start he was being selfless with this ;he decided to do so thinking Pai hated him, but he was happy to keep pretending to tease Pai to help him be more outgoing and confident if it helped him. The only thing Itt forgot was that he didn’t apologise to Pai at all in the past and Pai had gone on to hold a certain type of resentment for him. Pai may be smart when it comes to books but he wasn’t like that when it comes to people (he doesn’t even believe in love anymore and has low confidence), he couldn’t read between the lines he couldn’t see what Itt was trying to do. He thought in his head; Itt hated him and plus his unrequited love for Itt would never be met because Itt was straight. Itt messed up by not apologising or making it easier for Pai to see he didn’t even care about their fight anymore. He didn’t know how to apologise and so resorted to helping Pai in secret and keeping the façade that he likes playing games with him. Itt also didn’t realise Pai reciprocated his feelings,  he thought Pai hated him and wanted nothing to do with him after Highschool because as episode 7 showed both are bad at communicating with each other. Both thought the other didn’t like them because they were straight when in reality they’ve been pining for each other since high school. Ironic right? It’s a requited but they don’t know it trope. Itts downfall is his lack of ability to communicate properly and his hesitancy towards rejection. That’s what prevented him all this time to go to Pai.

Pure and Folk- The reputation

For Pure it’s different. Pure has a reputation as a playboy. For so long he’s not been able to trust love despite actually waiting for the right person to show up again. His ex abused him and used him to the point of him shutting off his feelings but it doesn’t mean he doesn’t realise when he’s found the right person. The only thing is Pure is a great friend. He has secretly known Itt was chasing after Pai and he cockblocked Folk from getting near him but ended up falling for him. Second remember that Waan asked Pure to help him flirt and get girls? Well Waan isn’t really not obvious, in fact it’s so easy to see how he reacts around Bow that even Pure has figured out his feelings. 

In order to help Waan get the girl, Pure decides to also help him get his confidence (like Itt with Pai) but instead of teasing him he makes him jealous. He uses his reputation and play boy persona to help Waan. He decides to act interested in Bow whilst using all the time he’s near her to talk about Waan (see the basketball scene for example in episode 10) . The truth is he doesn’t want anyone else but Folk. That’s why he lets Folk peruse his phone, he easily rejects everyone for Folk and he hid his conversation with Waan (the one where he said he was using him till he gets tired) from Folk so it doesn’t break what they have. Like Itt Pure has to keep a façade utilising his reputation with Waan, he can’t make Waan jealous if he doesn’t act like his playboy self (if he admits right then Folk is for him then Waan will keep panicking and being weird near Bow) so instead he lies and texts Waan that he’s still into Bow and he’s still being his playboy persona. We know this isn’t true Pure wants no one else but Folk. You know he’s not into Bow because Waan waits after class near Bow waiting for him to use the opportunity to ask her out but he leaves unbothered. Pure does not want Bow, but he must pretend to help Waan be angry enough to tell her how he feels and call him out. 

Both Itt and Pure are both helping Pai and Waan to become better and confident. Unfortunately just like Itt has issues with miscommunication; Pure’s flaw is his reputation and his repeated words that he likes sex over real love. We see it in episode 10 ; his reputation/ ex show up to hurt Folk because he’s no longer focused on him. In the end Folk makes up his mind that Pure sees him only as a plaything and he accepts that Pure doesn’t care about him like that. In Folk’s mind Pure set up the whole thing with his ex in that scene because he said this is what he and Pure used to do with other playthings (they shared their fuck buddies) that’s why he called him a bad person.

Second Pure’s reputation hurts Folk because of the text where he is pretending to be a heartless player for Waan. Folk does not know what he’s doing so he misunderstands and believes that Pure is using him as a plaything. All the feelings he was starting to feel is a waste and all they’ve had so far is only a joke. 

Both Itt and Pure’s cause of their predicament is their secrecy. They believe by keeping things a secret, it would help them achieve their goals but instead it led to misunderstandings and hurts to their lovers. It ended up making their lovers hate them even more. That’s why we see the mirror image of both Pai and Folk crying it’s all dramatic irony and misunderstandings. Both these couples are requited but they don’t know it because they only believe what they’ve seen or experienced with their lovers, Pai believes Itt hates him and won’t forgive him and is straight so can’t love him, and Folk believes Pure is a player, won’t take him seriously and won’t love him either. It’s painful and ironic when it’s the opposite both Pure and Itt towards their lovers are 100% devoted to them. And that’s what’s funny and sad about the whole thing. But you know what this is my favourite trope so I love this storytelling. And I love both couples devotion to each other, and their ways of showing love. Now all we need is for Waan to finally lose his cool so Pure can tell him the truth.

[save-the-data]

MY GEAR AND YOUR GOWN | s01e08

Full Episode List

The confident bi, and the naïve virgin Pure x Folk. In four episodes these two went from strangers to “friends with benefits” to boyfriends, Folk knowing the other was a player but willingly to gamble on love since Pure opened his heart to him after being burned by his first boyfriend. 

[cherrymagicals]

pure and folk:

[ahxiang]

love how pure's dorm is literally right next door, yet he takes a shower in folk's room

[multilingual99]

Pure: Looks at Folk

Folk: Looks at Pai

Pai: Looks at Itt.

+

Itt: looks at Pai.

[gunsatthaphan]

I really wish actors under 18 were only casted in high school bl’s. I know it’s just acting, but it still doesn’t feel right to have a 16-17 year old acting with adults :/

yes definitely anon... Like I feel eery every time I find out an actor is like 17 and their partner is over 20. I know the legal age in Thailand is 15 so idk why it concerns me but..... it feels off...

xxx

[noona96n]

mgyg has sO MUCH potential

it's not just a bl series. it's more like a slice of life drama. it dealt with important issues like mourning death and processing grief, like safe sex and destigmatizating HIV victims, like have a good circle of friends that are actually there for each other, like establishing healthy communication, especially within the family.

i want to see more of these things bcs im honestly over dramas that's only focused on internal conflict and romantic hurdles.

B U T

mgyg is too damn short... 12eps aren't enough to comprehensively cover all those stuff. maybe, with the usual 16eps, it'd would've been great and not just 'has the potential to be great'

also, the paCING... the pacing is so off because the plot fast-forward/time skip too fast in some eps and the passing of time weren't properly shown

all in all, i really enjoyed it. i enjoyed analysing it. and i realllllly like the friendships in the series.

[konaizumi]

I’m trying to rewatch the purefolk scenes from mgyg and jesus christ the second hand embarrassment from watching folk try to flirt with pai

[heretherebedork]

University needed one more episode. So, so badly. Because it feels like they were forced to shove everything into as rushed three episodes. And it’s so sad. Because they could have done so much more with the conflicts they set up as well as by using so more of the scenes from the novel wisely.

I did enjoy the last episode. But I feel let down. Everything just... solved itself so they can introduce new problems for the last episode. Itt and Pai know they love each other and agree to go out instantly. Pai isn’t upset about anything. Waan got his girlfriend. Folk agreed to try with Pure and Pure didn’t freak out at all. I mean, everything just wrapped itself up with a bow in no time at all.

I wanted more than that. I wanted Pai to be more worried about trusting Itt. I wanted Itt to have to work for this, to prove himself. I wanted to see Pure worried about loving someone, worried about that love betraying him. I wanted to see Folk distrusting him for more than 30 seconds. I wanted to see Pai learning to trust again. I wanted to see them all learning to love again, together.

[tobeornottotc]

I really hope my gear and your gown isn’t trying to go for a season 2 with that episode 11 ending. Because like why? And I really don’t like News directing so I feel really conflicted by all this new conflicts presented in episode 12? Like if this was going to happen then why didn’t we have the whole show in University with flashbacks to the past with all the clues and hints still needed for us to guess what happened to Itt and Pai, and Waan and Pure so we have more time to feel all the emotions of all the plot upcoming, we would have also had more time for a more effective reveal in my opinion ( though I’m glad by babies are together), we would have more time for Pure and Folk build up and look more at their dynamic without it feeling rushed. Like I don’t know how to feel about this choices made in this show. Apart from that episode 11 was great and I’m happy my couples got back together. But tbh that’s all I can say. And I’m someone who loves this show but I can’t help fault it when it seems like it wasted some potential to be even greater than it is right now. 👌

[patandpran]

👏🏼 Say 👏🏼 it 👏🏼 louder 👏🏼 Folk 👏🏼!!!

[life-rewritten]

i love your my gear/your gown breakdowns! its kinda frustrating to see so many comments out there misunderstanding or misrepresenting to down right hating itt and pure when it's obvious that there's more going on. the characters and storytelling is really well done over all, it's quite the underrated drama imho! anyway, thank you for your very insightful posts! please continue as i really enjoy them!

Thank you so much I was thinking no one cared about them but I was going to keep writing cause I really do enjoy analysing this show and I think New knocked this show out of the park despite the slow pacing haha. This really means a lot to me. And yes I haven’t read the book so I’m just going with the flow and follow the show's clues. If you look deeper you can see what is going on. 

Like maybe next week we’ll see I was wrong about Pure but I’m having fun analysing the show and finding things that seem like clues. Even if Pure is just being a player: its understandable that he is because he’s scared of falling in love. His ex broke his heart and used and abused him so of course, he realises he's fallen hard for Folk and starts to panic. (Still don’t believe in this version I  really do think he’s helping Waan and he had already given up on his player ways for Folk.) 

But yeh these characters are all flawed but that’s why we had the slow high school storyline fleshing out their flawed characters so we understand their issues, and what made them become the way they are. 

For Itt it’s lack of trust in people and adults and always feeling like he’s not good enough/lacking in society so he’s harsher with people. and more closed up as well. He’s also less forgiving but he’s also very sweet when it comes to love despite being a bumbling idiot. 

For Pure it’s because of his lack of love of his mother that made him start to see sex as the only way to progress a relationship without getting hurt, plus his mum does the same so after being hurt by his ex he decided to follow her example and not trust love till he met Folk. 

For Pai it’s his introverted and insecure personality caused by so many times being alone, and feeling pessimistic about his life and his dreams because he never had one because he was forced on a path he never knew if he wanted to be on. 

And for Folk tbh honest baby boy is perfect and innocent, but he’s also slowly starting to doubt love and rather focus on his book, he got scared that he was giving his heart away again to be hurt and that’s why he was very angry and also looking out for clues that Pure is messing him around. 

All our babies have some sort of flaw and its all about character development as they fall in love with their other partners who bring out their growth and their change. That’s why I’m loving both these couples so much.