Thanu and Wayu are Perfect Together

I suspect the show's creators didn't consider a vote with Phai in it because having him in the vote places Thanu at the center of the voting choices, instead of Wayu.   Plus, the big plot cliffhanger at the end of season 1 was the setup for the vote and it involved Thanu, Wayu and Pha.  

If Wayu, Phai and Thanu were in a poll, it would have been somewhat of a closer tally, but Wayu still would have been the clear winner.  Bas has a very ample fan base who were ecstatic for Bas to have a CP with Dun and were very driven voters.  And there is some conjecture that most of the voters who were Phai/Thanu shippers voted for Pha, since if Pha had won, Thanu would have been free to pair with Phai.  Who knows?

And I have no real idea how much back and forth between Wayu, Thanu and Phai the plot for season 2 will involve.  Usually I can guess pretty accurately.  But this time I am stumped.  Though I don't suspect it's going to be a matter of breaking Wayu's heart and going onto be with Phai, then choosing Wayu again in the end.   I agree that would be super messy.

But I don't feel like the writers dug themselves a hole and are dropping the Phai storyline because of that.  The story the screenplay was adapted from was quite incomplete, but the setup for the love triangle was there.  I think the direction of the plot so far indicates that Thanu's visions with Phai aren't the kind of events that are set in stone for them.  Wayu has an equal kind of destiny with Thanu that predates Thanu even meeting Phai and I suspect the show's creators are building on the idea that their love is the one that is actually "meant to be".

Though I expect at least some version of certain events from Phai's visions will still play out.  Because I figure the visions themselves might be a bit misleading.

Either way I am looking forward to Wayu and Thanu clearing things up between them.

I am just as eager to see Phai chew Sandee out for causing drama between Thanu and Wayu.  Because Phai was giving Sandee some real side-eye in episode 1 this week.  I think he knows Sandee is pulling divisive crap.  And Phai isn't about to put up with Sandee hurting Wayu or Thanu.

 Elfkin:

I don't really care about the vote.  Since I liked the writing and I LOVE Wayu and Thanu together, it's all the same to me.  

They could have used a damn magic 8 ball and I would have felt just as invested.  

SAME. I knew nothing about the votes prior to watching the series. I actually didn't know it was based off of a novel/comic either.

 Tis_I:

The problem isn't that Wayu whines, cries, or mopes too much, but why he does. Pha hurt him, fine, totally legitimate. But some time has passed and he's still uncertain. This character was written so poorly that they NEED to create drama, any emotional drama to pull at him and create a love triangle that doesn't even exist. Everyone has given him the green light to move on from Pha, including Pha himself, but he is holding himself back

First and foremost, you're totally allowed to have these thoughts and feelings, so I'm not trying to argue or nothing like that. I think you've pointed out some interesting criticisms and I just wanted to respond to a couple of points.

Personally, I think Wayu and Thanu do have *some* personality- definitely not a whole lot though. I mentioned in my other post that I do wish these were elaborated on. For instance, the fact that Wayu chose to stand up against Padbok alongside little moments where he's being a little snarky. It goes against the presumed Princely personality that a lot people think he only has. Adding to that, traits to add up to personality, but I can see where you're coming from. As for Thanu, I definitely feel like his is possibly mostly hidden. As you've stated, he's done some very sus things, like betraying his friends (I don't think Padbok's actor is going to be in S2 so I REALLY hope they were able to continue on with this idea). Kind of similar to Sandee, but Sandee's are starting to show. But yeah, that's just my two cents.

Now with what I've quoted above: I know that I a lot of people would see it this way because they think it's easy to move on from a relationship. I mean, it can be! Especially if there really wasn't anything negative going before, during, and after the breakup. I used to be one of those types of people who would roll their eyes at others who'd "take too long" to get over it. I have two friends who are *still* reeling from their breakups: one was 1.5 years ago and the other was nearly *6* years ago. They can heavily affect people, especially those whose breakups were not as clean as you may think. Some things may seem minute and unimportant to a lot of people, but deeply impact others- you know, psychology and all of that.

The thing we need to remember is that we know way more than Wayu does about his own situation. Side note: but I'm pretty sure Wayu and Pok are the two characters that're the most  unaware of their situations and are having things purposefully kept away from them for various reasons. But anyway, Wayu didn't know for a long while that anything was going on behind his back. And he still doesn't know a bulk of it (why Pha randomly dumped him). All that confusion and distrust would cloud someone's judgement, and I firmly believe that's understandable. Personally, I don't see this as a way to create drama just for the sake of creating it; these types of actions and thought processes are very real. Sure, one could argue that some of the acting and/or filming does this part of the story injustice, but I don't believe it's the idea itself that does. Actually, I think them going down this route is more interesting than doing the usual "character gets their heart broken but it's almost immediately healed when they find someone who actually cares about them" route that I see so much. Not to say that route is bad or anything, but doing some a little different is refreshing in my eyes.

About the voting: from my understanding, Wayu's romantic storyline was incomplete prior to them purchasing the rights to make the series. On top of that, a lot of people began to ship Dun and Bas (Wayu and Thanu's actors) together. So rather than make the decision themselves, they allowed viewers to basically help them make the decision. I know that just about any other company would've just made the call themselves and had WayuThanu be endgame purely based off of how popular the actors' ship was and still is. I think what also complicated things was that the original actor for Pha didn't want to continue playing as him. Pha's character is currently on his 3rd actor, which really sucks. I think them trying to give this character a chance despite all of that is telling.

As for Wayu and Phai: I get why people would like Phai way more than Wayu *now*. However, prior to S2, people were hating on Wayu and not Phai even though they were both characters who had bad things happening to them when they themselves did nothing wrong. If Wayu continues to heavily suspect both Phai and Thanu even after what they've done/said so far, then yes I think that does deserve criticism on his character. Not to say that him doing so *isn't* understandable, but as we know, understanding and agreeing are not the same thing. And that's where both of their character begin to branch off from one another. But I was speaking on how they were observed previous to S2 and going into said season.

At the end of the day, regardless of what anyone says and what proof we put down, people are going to feel however they want about whatever they want, right? I don't care to persuade people on the internet (of all places) to follow my line of thinking. However, the reason why I do make posts like this is offer  alternative view points to those who may be confused about this story and aren't entirely sure how to think of it, or even those who are firm in their logic but might find what I and others say to be interesting. Maybe someone will read my posts and get a better understanding of some things. Maybe they won't. It's all good.

I would love to dissect your word bomb.  Really.   But all in all, it's probably not worth my time.  

If I took it on, most of my reply would require a rehash of points I've already addressed and wow that would be a waste of effort.  Much of your post simply ignores salient points I or others have made and dodges around them with inconsequential or poorly constructed rebuttals.  Some of it simply misdirects.  And some of it just makes no sense.   

However, I do thank you for the laughs I got reading it.  I can only assume you typed this after having... hmmm... Celebrated the New Year a bit?  Regardless, may I suggest you try paragraphs.  They help with coherency.  

And Decaf.  Definitely give Decaf a try.

Lastly, Wayu is a precious cinnamon roll too perfect and pure for this world.  He's a little unicorn who poops rainbows and his dandruff is fairy dust.   And Thanu is a close second.  

Roll with it.  It'll be okay.  

Tis_I my comment was not directed at your earlier post to be fair. I had opted out of the discussion earlier than when you joined in as I found the aggression unnecessary. Hope that clarifies .

I think the OP by JayDeeJay  (which is the other one on Wayu needing a man) was a fair question which we both responded to and then got derailed.  The question of the vote and how that has affected the script was also interesting initially.

 It has been confused by there being two threads running concurrently.