There is no myths here; that went extent along with the dinosaurs. Instead, it is a jumbled incoherent mess of disorganized shifts of scenes packed with individuals for the most part that are astonishingly unlikable, dumb as a box of rocks, naïve, and caricatures. Some are decidedly despicable creatures as well.

The whole universe of this story centers around one of the densest characters I have ever seen. Not only is he naïve and remains so throughout, but he is also the biggest milqutoast and nebbish individual ever in any BL. It was exacerbating to watch him not be able to fend for himself in any meaningful way, with conviction and simply ‘forgive’ people for astonishing bad transgressions against him without making it very clear how he really felt or where he stood. He gives a new definition to the term wimp. I am talking about, of course, the apple of so many guys’ eye for whom I simply could not figure out why. Rak (Kong Montree) who consistently walks around looking lost and functioning in a dream world of his own making. To say he is naïve is to be kind to him. It goes deeper than that. It is as if he wears a sign on himself that says, “Yes, I am really this clueless and as dumb as I look. So go ahead and use me. I really won’t figure it out but oh when I do, I will simply forgive you and move on. Thanks.” For example, his boyfriend had been cheating on him for a while with his own best friend. His passive acceptance of this along with his wounded look made it appear as if it was his cross to bear, and he wore it almost like a badge of honor. When he finally breaks up with him, he allows and tacitly accepts his former boyfriend to visit and harass him without making it abundantly clear that it is finally over, period. At one point, his former boyfriend attempts to rape Rak, and still, Rak forgives him.

Meanwhile, his best friend who was having the affair with his boyfriend is a ‘cutter’ (which is a sign of a serious mental health issue) and has resumed cutting himself because he is upset that they are no longer friends and is incapable of processing that they are. Why? It is because Rak acts like a petulant child and is never clear in explaining what he is truly feeling or how much their actions hurt him. When he knows that his friend is crying out for help, he blatantly ignores him and continues to speak to him in a ‘quiet voice’ which sounds unemotional and therefore uncaring. Yes, his friend is despicable, but an adult would have handled this in a more adult fashion. Rak is incapable and unwilling to be an adult.

To say that Rak is surrounded by toxic friends would be an understatement; he certainly is faced with some very traumatic experiences which included nearly being raped, harassed by his old boyfriend and his former friend. Yet, all Rak is capable of doing is seeing the world through the lens of his tainted view of the world, incapable of making adult judgments or decisions.

Who comes to his rescue is Dino (Pepper Pongpat) who accidentally bumped into Rak and for whatever unfathomable reason falls instantly in love with Rak, pursuing him to win him over. And this endless and drifting nonsensical story goes on and on until finally they both end up kissing each other near the end of the series. But not before Rak has the misfortune of having one more demented and unhinged guy fall in love with him called Tart (Sun Worrachild) in which Dino again shows his true colors by losing his temper and in a fit of rage, jealously punches the guy. It seems like Rak is destined to be paired with another very toxic individual.

As I have indicated, this is a bizarre and strange series with no less toxic characters. One of no less strangeness is introduced in the middle of this series when Rak changes colleges and decides to attend the school that Dino is in, which is where he wanted to go in the first place. (That is another story that is never fully explained). He gets a new roommate who is named Charlam (Moss Kitrawee) who is completely indescribable. Perplexing, confusing, odd, yet somehow endearing and astonishingly handsome. Quirky yes but it goes beyond that. He only eats omelets. He is obsessed with omelets. While laconic and expressionless, he ‘speaks’ volumes when he is around. I have seen my fair share of strange individuals in all kinds of series, but honestly, he is like no other character I have ever seen. How he fit into the story, I do not know. Does he contribute anything to the story or their relationship? Absolutely not. Yet, he is so endearing that looking back, I would have put this series on my 10 worst BL list. He saved this series from that list with his quirkiness. Is it funny? Not particularly, but he is completely and totally- fascinating. I loved watching him not just because he is quirky but because he is handsome. And that made it twice as enjoyable. Watch this series merely for him.

Basically, this is an awful series for a number of reasons:

1. So many of the characters are toxic but are presented in such a superficial and then understanding fashion that their toxicity is cavalierly glossed over with a ‘pinky promise’ to never do it again.

2. Attempted rape is not funny and to show it without consequences in a BL cheapens the victim’s trauma and the circumstances. One does not get over the stress of attempted rape with ease and it should not be presented that life goes on like before as if never happened simply because it happens to a male. And a simple “I am sorry” is an insufficient and unacceptable consequences for such an action. That whole incident was handled with an apparent lack of sensitivity. Shame of the director for such a cavalier approach to rape.

3. The obvious mental health issue of his friend who is a ‘cutter’ is again treated so perfunctory. This is a real issue with severe consequences that is so poorly handled in this series that it sickened me. And Rak had no understanding nor sympathy and could not make a distinction between his friend’s dastardly deed that he did to him versus what he is doing to himself as a mental illness. And as a friend, despite what he did, he should have understood that. The same with his former boyfriend. His boyfriend has serious mental health issues of obsession, aggressiveness, anger, and jealousy that need to be addressed.

4. The idiocy and blinders that Rak has about how toxic Dino is, shocked me. Here again it is dealt with in a comical sense and several times Rak is ‘afraid’ to tell Dino things because of how he will react which is with unnecessary anger and overt jealousy. How is his behavior so different from Rak’s previous boyfriend except perhaps it is not as severe- yet? For example, his overreaction to Tart, which is clearly and squarely the responsibility of Rak to have made it straightforward from the beginning with firmness and finality that “I am not interested in you romantically at all. Besides, it takes two, and I am not one of them. Good-bye and move on.” Done.

5. There is no character development for anyone in this series. Worst of all was Rak who remained as passive and weak-willed as ever. He was so much wanting to be in love that he is willing to overlook the very things that destroyed his previous relationship that also exists in this one. Where did the thinking that passivity is in the formula for the equation of love? It is not, even in the gay world. It is toxic and sick.

The story is incoherent from the beginning and meanders into the land of nowhere. Most of the time I fast-forwarded because I just wanted to get through this mess. There is little chemistry between any of the characters and absolutely none between Kong Montree as Rak and Pepper Pomgpat as Dino. I never bought they were a couple let alone in ‘love’. Rak remained a child while Dino seemed more like the stern older brother. Honestly, if I heard Rak say P’Dino one more time, I would have lost my mind. That dialogue became banal, childish, immature, unworthy, repetitive, cliché and boring. There were only a few good scenes of any worthy dialogue. The scene where his friend who sold Dino out explains that him leaving was a worthy and interesting discourse. Obviously more of that needed to be done throughout. The revealing where Dino tells his family that he was not going to marry his female childhood friend was sharp, precise, and wonderfully refreshing for a Thai BL to be so blunt. More of that was also needed.

The story had no real sense of direction either. It would tackle a serious issue and then suddenly place their comical music as if somehow, we are to switch our brains from serious mode to funny and to not take any of this seriously. And of course, I did not. The only thing that saved this series is the quirkiness and downright strangeness of the wonderful character of Charlam.

However, I have a title that I would most assuredly watch if there is a Season 2: “Charlam and The Omelet”

Rating 2.5 out of 5

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