#tol rewatch

[disaster-j]

!!! TOL Rewatch !!!

Since a bunch of people said they were interested I'm officially starting a TOL rewatch!

Now I've never done one of these before so don't expect a lot from me pls I'm just here to watch the show with other people and make a bunch of posts needlessly analysing everything.

It's pretty basic, we watch the show one episode a week, same as one would if they were watching it live, with Week One being next week and posting days being Friday (so posting day for ep1 would be 10th February). All rewatch related posts should be tagged #tol rewatch so they're easy to find in the tags. Your posts can be whatever you want ofc, commentary, analysis, gifs etc.

That's about it. Looking forward to rewatching with y'all!!

[cherrymagicalboys]

week one theory of love rewatch list of things i am 🥰 about

third- “we’re almost out by the way” baby boyyy

khai’s little shuffle bringing third snacks BABY BOOYYYY

for that matter just how khai is casually intimate toward third in a way only dumbasses can be. absolute fool. idiot supreme.

all the times third cries what can i say i love hot guys in tears

[kashirax2]

Theory of Love Ep 1 Rewatch Thoughts

* The songs are fantastic.  This is one of the very few series where I never skip the opening or the ending.  Fake Protagonist is the GOAT.

* Most emotional scene for me: sadness burrito.  Third’s little face . . . 😭

* The rest of the gang seems pretty oblivious.  No one seems to notice on the 4-way video call that Third is lying on the floor wet and looking depressed as hell.  In their film, the actress is clearly talking shit about a Khai stand-in (what with the family excuses) and no one mentions it.

* I would say that Third should just say no to Khai sometimes but the times he does push back Khai gets seriously bratty.  See: Khai would let them fail if Third didn’t come direct and getting really defensive after Third asked why he didn’t just tell the truth about ditching their movie plans. 

* Gun’s arms when Third was holding the boom mic. 👀 That is all.

* “It’s just a bad kind of love that lasted 3 years.”  Ouch.  But so true.

* I think Third would have been better off if Two *didn’t* wise up and decide to help.  In the end, the only thing that really caused Khai to contemplate his feelings and change his behavior was being ignored.  So either Third would have actually gotten over Khai or Khai might have come around sooner.  I know Khai later watching the confession video was a catalyst in a way, but mostly it made him do really stupid things.

[bellarkeandclintashaandsuch]

Theory of Love Rewatch: Episode 1

Wow I forgot how much happens in ep 1.

I love Two questioning him. I don't know if he already knew about Third's crush or was just starting to suspect here. But I love it. And poor Third's conceal don't feel look.

And how they went from Bone's face saying okay, sure, Third. Khai is telling the truth, to Third seeing him at the movie. Ugh!

And the saddest person eating a burrito you ever did see 😭

And then Third is out here trying to call Khai on his nonsense, but Khai's not even around to hear it!

And this scene! I think this might be one of my favorite scenes. The emotions! The sadness. It's overwhelming. And the lighting and everything. Ugh. And then Two's there. And his voice is so gentle when he asks if Third likes Khai. And Third's devastated face. (But he's so beautiful when he cries too.) Ugh, I love it. I was so relieved someone knew, and Third could talk to Two about it.

What a way to end episode 1.

[theoryofmylove]

Sadly I did not finish my chapter in time for ToL rewatch day T.T so I'm gonna reblog some of my favorite ToL stuff for now.

[thepancakelady]

𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓸𝓵 + 𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓮𝓼 >> tae darvid as tin and tee thanapon as tol

[riosnecktattoo]

can someone gif the bit in 3x02 when Colin tells Penelope to hide in the study and he opens the door and cause of the height difference she literally just walks under his arm where he's holding the door open

[theromanticrationalist]

Amy: "Alright, mister! You owe Howard and Bernadette an apology." Sheldon: "Perhaps you're right. I'm sorry for my behavior. I've had alcohol and it's caused me to be inappropriate." Howard: "Don't worry about it." Amy: "Thank you." Sheldon: "Ain't she great?" Amy: *blushing* "Sheldon. . ." Sheldon: "Now how's about you get us a couple of beers!" *wallops Amy's behind with a good one* The Big Bang Theory 7x09 "The Thanksgiving Decoupling"

[ask-uts-earthspark-au]

Okay, new question for the Terrans (and the Autobots too): What is your favorite animated movie? Currently my favorite is neck and neck between these two:

Twitch: *gasp* Wall-E!! :D

Thrash: Twitch kinda likes that one.

Jawbreaker: that one was cute! I like that one a lot.

Nightshade: *already adding Spirited Away to watch list* Personally I thought the Wreck-It-Ralph one was excellent.

Hashtag: oh yeah, that one was really good. We just watched it but it’s definitely coming to the top 5.

Thrash: hey, now, the Mario movie was fun!

Hashtag: oh definitely.

Jawbreaker: I liked Sleeping Beauty.

Nightshade: That one wasn’t too bad, and I will admit, Cinderella hits a certain sweet spot, but just barely makes it to the top 5.

Twitch: the unanimous favorite still remains Inside Out, right?

Thrash: mmm, maybe. It was good, but not quite #1 for me. More… #5. Above it, are the Mario movie, Wreck-It-Ralph, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, and The Lego Movie.

Nightshade: Wreck-It-Ralph and Tinker Bell- the one where she got captured and the others had to save her-? That one’s a firm #2, Wreck-It-Ralph being #1.

Hashtag: Toy Story?

Nightshade: … #4. dont bring those up again or i’ll peck your optics out.

Twitch: I’ll help Nightshade. You’re just an ass for bringing those into it.

Thrash: Twitch, you’re just saying that because you were bawling at the end of #4, and JB and Nightshade were crying too. Actually you guys cried a lot during those.

Jawbreaker: you almost punched the screen during 2 and 3! Multiple times! We had to hold you back!

Nightshade: Mhm. We did. You also got emotional, even if it wasn’t sad like us.

Twitch: >:(

Thrash: *finger raise and lower ‘damn it you’re right’ meme*

Hashtag: *snort* I’m pretty sure we can all agree the worst one was Hunchback of Notre Dame?

Nightshade: get out. we don’t talk about that trash.

Hashtag: XD

Jawbreaker: I thought we all agreed that the real worst movies were Hallmark movies. ',:/

Nightshade: you two aren’t my siblings anymore. Only Twitch is.

Thrash: Jawbreaker, I get that you’re a gentle giant but you’re being really generous just calling them the worst.

Twitch: anyway!

Twitch: it’s a big assortment of favorites, but our current favorite right now is Wreck-It-Ralph, because we just watched it, and it was really good.

Hashtag: yeah, definitely. King Candy/Turbo was a 10/10 villain.

Thrash: oh yeah, and the cart making scene was great.

Jawbreaker: oh, I loved the scene where Felix and the lady- what was her name? I forgot.

Nightshade: I believe it was Calhoun.

Jawbreaker: yeah her! When they tried to get out of the nesquik pit! That was funny.

Nightshade: I liked the interrogation, and the explanation what ‘going Turbo’ was.

Hashtag: oh yeah, Sour Bill did not come out of that without being traumatized. ‘Yes I will thank you’- XD

Hashtag: my favorite part was the race.

Twitch: The ending was my favorite.

Thrash: “the ending was my favorite” she says as though she wasn’t unconsolably sobbing half of it.

Twitch: shut up-

[disaster-j]

TOL Rewatch Week One

Just rewatched episode one with beloved mutual @magicaldreamfox1 and AAAAAAAA this show really does so many things to me

I have like a million and one thoughts but two main ones-

I am still so fucking pissed about Khai being made into a genuine asshole for drama reasons in the show instead of just being a dumb slut (affectionate) who thought his feelings for Third were Extra Special Friendship Feelings as if all friends dream about building a life with their bestie and get anxiety over the idea of said bestie not being by their side always.... yeah Khai is so much gayer in the novel y'all don't understand I will never shut up about this particular change. Never ever. HE SHOULD'VE BEEN A SIMP FROM THE GET GO. I get that the drama was important to fill up eps but like they did Khai a grave injustice by erasing so many of the scenes that showed his good side, his scared side, his confused side, his deeply in love with Third side. I will never forgive them for making the show Third biased when the story is supposed to be about Khai's journey.

What would've happened if Two had never intervened. Like I've already written a fic about Third giving up on Khai after overhearing him in That Scene but even then he'd at least tried and like his crush had been acknowledged by people other than him. But what if Two had never found him that night he decided to give up. What if neither Two nor Bone had tried to intervene during that time and Third had pulled away from Khai???? WHY AM I MAKING MYSELF SAD THEY'RE MY FAVOURITE SHIP But like imagine KhaiThird having a friendship break-up imagine Khai losing his fucking mind bc Third was his everything and he just didn't realise it until he'd already lost him imagine them remeeting a few years after they've graduated and Khai desperately trying to get back in Third's good books and Third being his meanest self trying to hide how much he still loves Khai AAAAAAAAA someone write the fic pls i am on my knees begging

Other notable thoughts I had while watching the episode

We should talk more about the fact that Khai went and got his ass beat defending Milk's honour AFTER he found out she was messing with him. Like he just did that huh. And he had no reason to think it would help him get her back or anything he just did it bc he felt like it. My poor lil meow meow my favourite puppy boy I love him.

All the Khai is autistic/nd posts are correct

All the Khai is demiromantic posts (me im making all them posts) are soooo correct

Khai's not nearly as Straight in ep1 as he'd like to believe. To quote Dreamy, why are you as a man "riding" "charles". He's a bottom. I said what I said.

THE WAY KHAI SAYS LOVE YOU TO THIRD STILL KILLS ME APPARENTLY

Third is the og bl exploiter girlboss. He was capitalising on his sexuality and close male friendships before it was cool.

Two and Bone BOTH knew Third liked Khai in ep1. Two definitely noticed Third in the scene where they wrap up filming, tho he's obviously been eyeing him a while. And Bone absolutely Knew when Third walked away while they were teasing Khai about Milk. He literally frowned at Third walking off and then turned pensively to Khai. Maybe this is when he decided to confront Khai about Third's crush?

Fake Protagonist is still undefeated as best bl ost I said what I said.

Two and Bone are the best friends ever. This friend group is perfection like no other BL has executed a friend group this well, where everyone gets appropriate screentime and no one exists just for comic relief or to further the plot, they all have their story arcs, their own motivations and flaws and endearments, and they don't go off on their own after the show ends. And they ALL actually get along well. Not Me could've had this if the writers weren't Black antis.

It will be so fucking hard to watch one episode of tol per week literally itching to go watch more as I type AAAAAAAAA

And yet. We persevere. See y'all next week!

[cherrymagicalboys]

theory of love did white dirty with that emo boy haircut smh

[clumsycapitolunicorn]

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[kashirax2]

Theory of Love Episode 2 rewatch thoughts

Ah.  So this is the episode that explains why Third loves Khai.  Khai is actually super charming for once. 

* When Third gives him headphones: “if I didn’t have you how would I live?”

* Khai doing a silly impression to cheer Third up

* Khai saying he won’t be bored watching another movie as long as it’s with Third.

* Khai wants to make sure Third’s crush is a good person and says he’ll always be Third’s first support.

* Khai offering his place and being helpful about moving Third’s stuff.

* If they are going to share that much (toiletries) just share their bodies then?!?!  Helluva pick-up line considering he wasn’t even going for that.  Third shouldn’t repeat the line about taking his heart too because people will definitely fall in love with him?!?!  Do guys say stuff like this platonically? I think Khai is already in love and in deep denial.  It makes sense; he’s stupid enough for that to be the case.

* I liked that Khai wasn’t even that much of a jerk in this episode.  Yeah, he wanted Third to manage his selfie audience and set up his date for him but that seems like nothing compared to the other stuff he does in the series.  His greatest offense this episode is just being bewilderingly stupid.  Two says he should date someone close to him who’s always around and Khai’s first thought is his motorcycle?!?!  (Might just be a joke but with Khai you never know)  And of course the cue card scene. 

* Favorite line (from Third): Everyone falls in love with me but not you.  Dumbass. 🤣

[stormyoceans]

Do u maybe have a fav gmm director and why

OH THIS IS SUCH AN INTERESTING QUESTION!!!!!!

before answering tho i feel like i should point out that im gonna talk about this exclusively on a technical point of view and with a whole lot of detachment, because on one hand i feel like people tend to idolize directors way too much and on the other i just don't feel like getting into any kind of discourse right now, hope you guys will understand ;;;;;;;

that being said, i think p'aof and p'jojo are definitely the best directors in the industry rn, they both have a very recognizable style, a great overall vision of the stories they want to tell and an authenticity to the queer experience that is constantly challenging and changing BL as a genre

however, if i had to pick one, i'd say my favorite is still p'aof and that's just because my own personal queer experience is closer to his vision compared to p'jojo's, so i relate to the themes of his stories and the way he tells them way more. i also really like that if you watch his shows in the order they were released you can see exactly how those themes have matured with him throughout the years and how he has started to include more grown up characters in his stories, which again makes me personally relate to them a lot

ALSO SHOUT OUT TO MY MAN P'X WHO DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB WITH VICE VERSA the only reason i didn't take him into consideration is because the only other show i watched that he directed is theory of love and it didn't stand out to me in any way ;;;;;; which is why i can't wait to see what he's gonna do with cherry magic!!!!!

[celestial-sapphicss]

sending you so many prayers with triage vi 🙏🏻🙏🏻 god speed

i am not going to make it vish 😭

[airenyah]

NOT THE PAT-SAVE-THE-DAY MUSIC FROM EP7 NOOOOOOOOOOO 😭😭😭😭