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hearing pran's teacher report as "a serious, hardworking child, though he doesn't have many friends" in the same ep as "you raised me like this, and that's why i'm not like other kids" has actually torn my heart from my chest and showed it to me still bleeding
“Fine. It’s a yes.” BAD BUDDY (2021)
“What’s bothering you? Did I do something wrong? No. You didn’t do anything wrong. You did great, actually. You’ve been very nice to me. But…You don’t need to be this nice to me anymore. Why? Don’t you like it? I do. I like it very much. I like it so much that I thought I was special to you. But I just found out that I’m your peer mentee. Yes, I’m your peer mentor. It’s my fault to think of you more than just a peer mentor. It’s true that I’m your peer mentor. But I had to fight everyone in our faculty to get you to be my peer mentee. The whole faculty. I have always had eyes for you. I just wasn’t sure what you thought of me. Since when? High school.” - Bad Buddy (2021)
“You are… someone with the smiles I want to keep to myself only. Can I do that? Can I?”
Let’s get away from here. BAD BUDDY THE SERIES (2021)
And we expect nothing less anymore
PatPran scenes as Taylor Swift songs.
Watching Bad buddy episode 1 hurts more knowing what we know now. Knowing that fight was the first time they saw each other after 3 years; knowing that was the first time that Pran played music again and he did it with Pat; knowing that Pat first instinct was to find a solution to end the beef between their friends in order to protect Pran; knowing that Pran first thing to do after seeing pat was to put on the watch perhaps because all his feelings came back; knowing that they both missed each other.
I just can’t... my heart hurts too much just thinking about it. How could they love each other so much since episode 1? I mean was episode 1. I’m not crying, you’re.
patpran being the healthiest relationship to ever relationship
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Bad Buddy Ep. 9: Tiny PatPran Kisses
The fact that they’re openly discussing the spectrum of sexuality like this instead of completely ignoring the subject really shows that, once again, P’Aof is so intensional with his portrayal of LGBTQIA+ characters. This is why Bad Buddy really is more than just a BL, it’s a story of people falling in love and discovering who they are. Together.
“Maybe I’ve liked men for a long time, but I just realized it.” BAD BUDDY (2021)
The little conversation about saying boyfriend instead of husband and wife is darling because it's so sweet and soft and honest but also because it brings into mind that heteronormativity that comes from those words and how unneeded it is.
Boyfriend is enough.
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we've moved on to greener, murkier pastures but im still so in awe of pat actually using Pa's four signs on himself.
I think that's a thing you could do if and only if you're that emotionally intelligent. Everyone would assume you's use these four signs thing to test it on other people. Never youself.
So for Pat to actually take a step back, and watch and observe how he acted around Pran, to connect each sign to each action he just did, to realise it by himself- that requires a startling lack of ego.
because it shows the depth that pat has. he's playful, cherry, laid back. he's fierce, doesn't get possed off easily but he's scary when he does (still thinking about how he's 'cold' and even scares the seniors but we see him with pran and realise he changed).
so him being all these light hearted things pulls the wool over our eyes about just how emotionally intelligent he is. he didnt go "oh i'll test this out on pran". as you would suppose he'd do. but no, he tested it on himself, realised that it wasn't ink he liked but pran. and it always had been.
why had be been oblivious until then if he was so good at knowing his own feelings? loads of reasons- the patriachal atmosphere of his house. expectations. carrying the knowledge that pran was probably just putting up with the guy who got him sent off to boarding school. but recently pran confused him, with how soft he seemed when they were alone. and so he starts becoming more conscious.
and the second he shifts his perspective slightly boom! it all makes sense! and he doesn't struggle with it beyond the slight disbelief of never never having realised this.
no he starts struggling when he sees wai. not jealousy. its hurt. hurt that despite all their shared history and pain, and the joy he knows they both get from each other, he can't be close to pran so openly. he can't even look at him without people thinking he's picking a fight.
its just how startlingly in tune pat is with himself and that just blows up when he's actually allowed to talk to pran. the conversation at the beach. the bet. the confession through the play. the whole of ep 8.
hes a well written character and its obvious with how much care and attention he has been written and acted.
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Bad Buddy (2021)
i know we all know how much pat considers pran's feelings and needs with their new relationship.
but the first thing i noticed when the curtain dropped and they had to face everyone in the theatre is that once pat processed what was happening, the first thing he did was to look at pran to see how HE was processing it all.
his first thought was to know how pran was feeling, how he is reacting so that he'd be able to know how to act himself.
i love that throughout the entire episode, we saw once more how this is a give and take relationship from both sides. they're both fairly new at this yet they try to understand the other, prioritize the other, they COMMUNICATE.
pat knows how much more difficult it is for pran to process their relationship (mostly because of their families and friends) although pran wants it as much as pat does.
i just thought it was a really nice detail that just showed once more how much of a walking green flag pat is and mostly how important pran's feelings are to him.
also the cutest thing ive ever seen happen in a show fandom is bbs watchers collectively calling pat a "walking green flag". that imagery is so precious to me. so so precious.
i know we already hate him but i really want to emphasise how much pat's dad fucks him up with this. all his validation is strongly controlled by whether or not pat adheres to his ideas and codes of acceptable behaviour.
he kept insisting pat uphold his image and reputation when he's in class with the engineering professors, forced him to think of pran as a rival even for the freshy contest, and is now trying to guilt him into quitting the play. the second pat puts one toe out of line, he's there, ready to talk about how he's been a 'good' and 'non-interfering' parent and that it's poor of pat to not respect him and his wishes.
and you can see how much it distresses pat too, to have to hear that. sure he's favoured over pa (and i have my qualms with that) but by no means does pat have it easy bc his father always sets conditions for his love and validation. he's unused to disappointing his father bc so far he's always been trying to match up to his expectations.
this is genuinely some of the shittiest parenting a kid can be subjected to.
i really like the moment when pran holds out his hand to pat and says "i'm done adjusting". initially he's so caught in his own anxious worries that he immediately rejects the handholding but after a second of taking a step back and thinking abt it he's like 'you know what actually i'm okay with this rn' and that's such an important message about intimacy. because yes sometimes stepping closer (esp in public) can be scary but after the initial surprise you might find that you're actually okay with it (and pran holds pat's hand behind pa's back later too). and pran knows that pat would respect it if he's not ready and that makes it easier for pran to 'adjust' i.e. be open about the fact that he does want to hold pat's hand in the corridor outside his apartment. intimacy and getting closer to someone are not linear progresses and often move forward step by step. and i love how we see this in pran especially: he acts subconsciously and then makes an effort to show how he feels consciously about pat and their relationship.
Pat knowing that Pran isn’t ready to tell anyone about them yet and RESPECTING THAT and Pran going home and cheering Pat up (balcony scene) and making him laugh and feel better. - And then them communicating when they’ve a disagreement and ALSO APOLOGIZING TO EACH OTHER and trying to solve it (Like we never see in dramas).
They have such a healthy relationship and they work so well together.
Pran and Pat best boyfriends, i said what i said.
Bad Buddy Ep. 8: PatPran sleeping with the Nong Nao Doll
