#bad buddy brain rot

[dimplesandfierceeyes]

THIS IS A CALL OUT POST

I am calling out Pran's complete and utter fakery right here:

"I want to sleep" - yea, right, Pran. You are a little liar who lies and I am going to prove it.

Exhibit A:

You've already admitted that you need your Nong Nao eye mask to sleep and do indeed wrestle back off your boyfriend and put it on to fall asleep. We know this is a regular routine for you as we saw you also wearing it for bed in the previous episode so we can assume that this is entirely true.

However!

When you lie down to "go to sleep" after your little teasing roleplay as chief and volunteer teacher, the eye mask is right next to you and yet you make no attempt to put it on. It's there, all prepared for your night's sleep, but you deliberately choose not to place it on your face. Hmm...

Here again, after your little heart-to-heart about Pat wanting to help you and you finally giving into him. You turn away but you still do not put on the mask. You're acting as though you're ready to head off into the land of Morpheus and Pat even falls for it, doesn't he? Wiggling in closer for cuddles...

Look at you snuggled up with the love of your life. So cute. So darling. So completely ignoring your Nong Nao eye mask which you proclaim to need for sleeping!

You've even got a smug, little smile on your face. It's not just because your bf's being cute though, is it Pran? It's because you're waiting for him to figure out.

Which he does.

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight-

-here!

And there's the reason Pat's eyes pop open like a doll in a horror movie! HE'S REALISED YOU'RE NOT WEARING YOUR SLEEPING AID. He's realised that you're not interested in the sleeping AT ALL!!!

So protest all you want Pran - you engineered this whole thing from the start!

Liar.

[inventedfangirling]

bad buddy textposts part 6👻

[s-3lliot]

Bad Buddy ‼️

Guys, Bad Buddy is THE show ever ‼️ If y’all like queer/bl Thai dramas with the enemies to lovers, rivals to lovers, miscommunication, unrequited love, forbidden love, rooftop scene, semi-forced proximity, injury, whatever you name it trope, then WATCH. THIS. SHOW. IT HAS IT ALL AND IT’S EXECUTED PERFECTLY. I CAN’T TELL Y’ALL HOW MANY TIMES I’VE SCREAMED WHILE WATCHING THIS SHOW. IT’S ME AND MY POOKIE WOOKIE PUPPY BEARS’ PRIDE AND JOY—- PLEASE WATCH IT. 😭♥️

[grapejuicegay]

The Chin Thing™

[thegayneurodivergentagenda]

LISTEN IM NOT OKAY WHAT JUST HAPPENED WHY IS IT "IVE NEVER YEILDED TO MY BOYFRIEND PRAN PAIRED WITH I ALWAYS YEILD TIAN" AND "IVE ALWAYS YEILD FOR THE MAN I LOVE PAT AND I LITERALLY DONT KNOW WHAT COMPROMISE IS PHUPHA" LIKE ??????,,

[greenteadumplings]

Can't stop thinking about @sinistergooseberries tags on this post pointing out that since Prans name origins from the Sanskrit word Prana, which means 'life' or 'life source' in Telugu, Hindi and Sanskrit. So everytime Pat calls to Pran as "My Pran" he is pretty much referring Pran as "his life".

My heart can't handle it when Pat calls Pran "My Pran" whenever I read it in fics. Now I'm sure I'll never recover after this.

[fourthwonton]

For me, Bad Buddy is a lot more than a drama. I started watching this show after positive things about it without even watching the trailer. Watching the show live and reading all the live blogs, meta, and analysis posts was a wonderful experience. Can't believe it's been 2 years already. I did not expect how deep I'd go into this. But now, I relate to it so much that it represents me.

Every character is just so well written that they are no longer just moving pixels on a screen, but a living, breathing human you know. This was such an immersive world. You would even believe the rivalries, even though they might seem immature because the situations and all the characters' personalities have been properly established.

Bad Buddy is the kind of show that I would not recommend to anyone I know, for the reason that it feels too personal, a secret of Pat and Pran. A person who understands this show, its characters and all the nuances would truly know who I am. For me, Bad Buddy is a love letter to Love itself.

[7nessasaryevils]

Shoutout to @harryandginnydeservesbetter for liking every single one of my posts about Bad Buddy and KinnPorsche and just reminding me about the good ol’ fucking days. Seriously, I don’t think I’ve ever experienced the type of community I did when BBS and KP was airing and I don’t know if I ever will and honestly bless you for finding posts I thought I had lost

[icekat3]

I hereby live for that nothing will beat bad buddy or eyewitness EVER idk if I'm disappointed or relieved because they're the true jam and don't want them to be replaced ;_; idk how that works THEY will always stay tru in my heart....

[i-got-the-feels]

I've always wanted to cook my favorite dish for someone I like

- dedicating this set to my friend whose tags in my this post opened my third eye. Initially this quote was gonna be a kp post but THEIR brain!!!! Thank you @scattered-stardust

[hughungrybear]

At this point, P'Aof is single-handedly raising the real estate value of buildings with accessible rooftops 😅😅😅

[inventedfangirling]

kinda shook that it is just now striking me that bad buddy had no rain scenes. not that they needed it. but it was suddenly hitting me that most other thai bl's ive seen have some instance of rain or the other, as they should since thailand is a tropical country and yet bad buddy despite being shot during rainy times (we know cos of the behind the scenes footage from the rooftop scenes) has no rain scenes and now im imagining patpran walking in the rain listening to songs on their wireless earbuds and just having a blissful peaceful time before they reach home and pat begins sneezing up a storm and pran yells at him to take a shower and get into warm clothes cos dammit pat i told you to stay with me under the umbrella and no i cant shower with you im making soup for you shut up this isnt happening get out of the kitchen i'll see you there you better be a good boy and be tucked in when i get there and pat nodding but not leaving the kitchen tryna do cute shiz to lure pran in and it was actually probably working until pat starts sneezing again and pran breathes fire and and and

[letgomaggie]

We know P’Aof is a creative genius and his use of literary references are very purposeful and never in vain. I was struggling to see the point of using something like Snow White -- a very happy fairytale -- as a play reference, especially against ATOTS, which is intertextual and meta and lines up so well. Of course, of course it wouldn’t be that easy right? So, I have a few thoughts on how the Snow White allusion will play out. 

1. The first and most obvious one to me was about, again, perspective. (It’s always perspective with P’Aof I swear). We have with us yet again, two tales, and two perspectives. One is a classic Western tale that’s always been up for revision. The other is a native text, that ponders the act of revision and retelling itself. 

I think a lot of this is referential to their futures and their present. @chickenstrangers talks about queer temporality and queer futurity here. Let’s remember that the events of BBS EP 12 are still in the future - yet to happen - for OS2 PatPran. We know the destination - and this is what makes this version very obviously a happy story. But Pat and Pran are still walking the path to this destination. I think we’re seeing them at a point in their relationship where they are not in complete sync with each other. They’re still walking the same road, they’re just not in step with each other. And that’s okay! 

It’s also important to look at who is bringing forth what to the table. The engineering faculty is the one which has chosen Snow White. Architecture is choosing ATOTS. One is Western, far removed from Pat and Pran’s lived realities -- it is instead a dream, a fairytale. It’s also bold about love, where differences exist but love exists alongside it. The Prince and the Princess didn’t have to fight with the world to love each other, they only had to find their way to each other. (I’m recalling Pat’s realisations about his feelings for Pran, the blind optimism he brought to the table, the way he kissed Pran and felt good vs the way Pran approached the kiss -- with despair, sadness, guilt, fear. Please look at this wonderful exploration of the kiss here.) Pat was in a romcom! His optimism bleeds through -- he still wants to be able to love Pran openly, he’s got a charade going -- the charade of death! Snow White! -- but he’s hopeful of living without the charade in the future. (look here as well!) For Pran, he’s very much living in the present. ATOTS is a real, lived story of queer love and struggle. He too wants to live without the charade, but for him, the nuances of the struggle are much more pronounced. 

One is an old story, and its simply a story. One is a new tale and its a lived reality at that. We’re exploring hopes and dreams in the face of reality and imagination baby! Pat and Pran want to chart their own course, and they need to find a way to blend these two outlooks together. 

They’re both trying to explore the question of “If they can, why can’t we?” but they’re looking for hope in different places. Considering the open ending of the BBS storyline, and the fact that one of them goes abroad while the other stays with his family business -- the future they end up choosing is the one their partner looked at first. They’re still learning from each other, and they continue to grow together. 

P’Aof, let me kiss your forehead PLEASE. 

2. We’re addressing underlying themes of patriarchy! We know that P’Aof’s shows are genre aware as well as time aware. We also know that retellings for him are heavily about subversion, among other things. I’m focusing on the subversion right now because it’s not just any story -- Its Snow White, a classic Western fairy tale, that is well known for its revisionist retellings! Retellings and fairytales (especially the Grimm’s) go hand in hand. Retellings are, in the postmodern context, about unmasking the ideologies inherent in the story and then flipping it. 

Early on, we establish that Pat is the so called prince and Pran is the so called princess in need of rescue. Or is it? Pran has been the one leading Pat this time on divergent and creative thinking. It’s Pran who is taking risks, doing things on his, going after what he wants. It’s also Pran who gets lost (with Tian) and needs rescuing. Pat is part of the rescue effort. But who ends up rescuing whom? 

A sidenote to this point: Pran is also hurt and exploring his independence from Pat while being in a relationship. The fight they have seems petty on the outside and they are certainly mature enough to try and find a way of communication that best fits them i.e. the bet but Pat is the one who needs to apologize and relearn this time. It is clear that there is a modicum of hurt on both ends. They are trying to solve their concerns on their own, as well as together, as well as with the help of others. So, who is rescuing whom and where? Is it Pat rescuing Pran? Is it Pran rescuing Pat? Is it Pran rescuing Tian? Or is it Phupha rescuing Pat? Or is it any other way around? We don’t know yet, but the whole tiger thing makes me think this will definitely be alluded to, if not addressed. 

3. Mirrors! Mirrors in older gays! Mirroring each other stories! 

The first mirror is again, related to perspective. Pran is the one showing Pat how to look at the wooden bench as a mirror for the Snow White adaptation. I also read it as Pran holding up the mirror of reality for Pat -- atleast, a foreshadowing of this, because Pat wants to be open and Pran is more focused on the reality of it all. That they address this in a fantasy situation where anything can veritably happen is so interesting because I think it hints at how BBS EP 12 ended: the future they live there is still happy, and its all a lot of careful planning. Planning, I think, that took place in the time period we see in OS2. They’re figuring it out, laying all the what ifs out and seeing how it goes. 

But they’re still young, and they’re still kids, so Pran gives into a little pettiness and leaves Pat at the bus stop. Pat follows anyways. 

Onto Phupha and Tian: they’re messy y’all. They’re able to see each other in Pat and Pran, and this has been discussed elsewhere. 

Here’s a few posts that examine mirroring/elements of it in the OS2 episodes: here, here, here. (These are the three that stood out to me the most but there’s a few more out there.) 

 Overall, we have been able to see these two episodes address crossovers, the metatextuality of ATOTS, and parallelism across the two shows - of each other AND of themselves. 

 Phupha - Pat and Tian - Pran is genius mirroring in my opinion, and the fact that they examine peril in these pairings is going to be interesting. 

The most important thing jumping out to me is the whole: I see him in you but I also see myself in you. I’ve been here before. I want to be where you are. Literally, pick one of the four and they fit all of these simultaneously. It’s so potent, I cannot shake the fact that this is really going to be super important soon.

I’m not expounding too much on mirroring right now because we have two episodes more to go, and I have also linked all the places this has already been touched upon. We must wait for further insights.

4. The setting. We move from the city to the forest. The city is where ATOTS wants to be. The forest is where BBS wants to be. One show desperately wants to address reality and move out of the liminal space it exists in (ATOTS). The other has been grappling with reality for so long that it seeks the safety of the forest, where reality cannot touch them if they don’t want it to (BBS). BOTH shows have couples that are seeking to strike a balance in their relationships. 

Although we are yet to see Phupha and Tian come down from the mountain, the trailer for OS2 seemed to imply they will. With BBS, we have seen them move already. Even though they are seeking the independence the setting provides them with, let’s also remember that Pran is trying to put on a show based in lived reality. And so, they continue to call each other buddy here -- they can’t shake it off. Even in front of an older queer couple -- who they know have seen their fair share of trials and tribulations and will be safe around -- they keep to their reality. I think an echo (mirroring!) may happen with Phupha and Tian when they descend the mountain. 

Other implications of the forest include: isolation, independence, freedom and fear. The City vs The Forest in OS2 is simply about finding your place in the world. Snow White moves from her life of luxury to a life of daily toil that she does not resent. She moves back to royalty at the end of her story, but her stay with the dwarfs was formative for her. BBS x ATOTS x OS2 is investigating movement and change.  

Tian has made the choice to move from his life of luxury to the forest with Phupha and its not a choice he regrets. That’s been made clear for us. He however, does wish to strike a balance. He is okay with new things in a way Phupha is not. Phupha finds the city a place he does not know his place in. He’s afraid of what it means to not have his duty define him first and so he sticks to what is familiar to him. (hmm who else do we see this in, I wonder.) Pran and Pat are living in a glass closet and its stifling. Each time they try to ‘escape’, its to places that are very far removed from their reality, and where they can only be guests. They yearn for the freedom these places -- Zero Waste Village, Chiang Mai -- provide. Pat immediately wants to recreate the honeymoon, and he goes so far as to pitch a tent in their house to bring in a sense of that freedom. He’s thinking about their time in the Zero Waste Village as an ideal he would like to have for them permanently. Pran is not comfortable evading reality. He’s scared of what the relationship might do to everything else that he is and has. (Ahem, this is such a clean mirror guys, what did they use to get this shine?) I can continue to ramble about fear of loss of control, what does freedom really mean, change and adjustment in relationships, growth etc. etc. but I want to see what P’Aof and co have in store for us. 

5. Someone gets injured. They have to, its implied heavily and also -- Snow White. It could be literally any of the four or it could be the kid. The whole rescue thing is also about returning from the point of no return. (Death in Snow White, I don’t know what in OS2?) A little bit more on the death motif here by @chickenstrangers .This is also in conjunction to my point on who saves whom (point 2). This is one I really think the next two episodes will shed better light on, so I’m simply jotting it down here and hoping for the best.

Anyways, this was me holding a sermon in the town square, thank you for listening. Come Wednesday, P’Aof and co will come strolling in to the square, drinks in hand, and say “see you looking, catch it, here’s your cola” and dump all their soda all over me. And you know what? I will welcome it. 

A small biblio of bad buddy meta and other posts I have been reading and thinking about, and posts I think in some way or another talk about the things I have mentioned here: 

Growth and Aging of Queer Relationships by @moonlitfantasyblr and @waitmyturtles 

They Love Each Other! by @gracefulnosplinters​

Nong Nao Mask by @lurkingshan​

A Full Circle by @jemmo

[grapejuicegay]

Peer Mentor, Peer Menteed [for @miscellar]

[thegayneurodivergentagenda]

We appreciate nanon's eyes and their depth and portrayal of emotion but literally his hands are what sell the authenticity of his Pran.

Let's begin with the GIF that started this observation for me:

JUST THE WAY HIS EYES AND FACE PUSH BACK BUT HIS HANDS HOLD OHM/PAT WITH STRENGTH EXPRESSES SO MUCH??? The way the push begins only after the kiss ended??? The way his arms folded just to allow Pat to push harder and easier?? Everything that conveys that he will indulge Pat in the way he always does but he will be a brat about it like he always is.

Example 2: the half assed shove that came a second too late for it to be just a casual "caught me off gaurd moment". The delay was because he knows Pran knows and he portrays that beautifully.

To further my point: the GIF below shows actual caught off gaurded-ness (???) and actual shove where his entire hand and upper body system effectively goes into the Freeze response.

ALSO

THE WAY HIS HANDS JUST FLOP DOWN ON PAT TO LAY A CLAIM BUT ALSO DONT PUSH SO AS TO GIVE HIM THE SPACE TO GO IF HE WANTS TO. HIS HANDS PORTRAYED THAT. His face alone would have felt like just mischief but the hands seal the "I'm a respectful guy first and a dirty slut later" attitude of Pran and their relationship both.

ADDITIONALLY

The tapping of the fingers to tease and to tickle but also to love and im-

NANON KORAPAT IS AN AMAZING ACTOR.

The hands of this show are what make it seem so natural in it's world building. No awkward or perfect hand placements. Just hands.

[greenteadumplings]

It's peaceful without u. But I'd rather choose the chaos with u over the peace with out u.

Sunshine golden retriever energy Pat Napat Jindapat being depressingly lonely because his childhood-rival-turned-best-friend who doesn't even allow to call each other friend is not in his life.

The fact that his life is peaceful without Pran, but he's at peace when he's with Pran.

Pran defines his peace.

Things might not end well whenever I'm close to u, but I can be anywhere as long as I have u.

Perfectionist Pran Parakul Siridechawat who plans everything in his life including his 3 watoons in his noodles feeling his life tilting out of its axis because his childhood-rival-turned-best-friend-turned-crush is not in his life. Because his axis is built around Pat.

The fact that things might not go according to plan when he's with Pat, but he can make peace with it as long as he's with Pat.

Pat defines his peace.

NO ONE TOUCH ME !!!