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My top ten of Pat's shirts from Bad Buddy

10. Episode 5

This is the first of three shirts from this episode to make this list (the others are at no. 4 and 3) and it's not surprising really since Pat spends most of the episode gradually realising his feelings for Pran...and he figurately and literally wears his heart on his sleeve (or actually, his heart). This shirt appears towards the end, when he and Pran have co-ordinated colours - indicating they are moving closer to some kind of connection - both being in shades of blue and yellow/orange. The pièce de résistance, however, is the fully blossomed red/yellow flower over his heart signifying that Pat’s feelings for Pran have…well…fully blossomed.

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9. Episode 6

I had a difficult time deciding which shirts should be in these early spots (10/9) but this one just pipped the one at no. 10. It's seems very innocuous, un-interesting, un-important at first, but it's this subtlety that sets it a little apart -> Firstly, for a character who wears a lot of colour in general, it's very telling that this shirt is generally white - Pat wears it at a time when he's feeling troubled by the distance Pran has put between them after the rooftop kiss. And secondly, and this might be a reach, but Hilton Head (the grey print on the shirt) is a small island off the coast of South Carolina...so it could be symbolising how Pat feels disconnected, set apart, and detached from Pran. (Mentioned here)

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8. Episode 7

This is the first of two shirts in this episode to make this list (the other is no. 5) and one of the first times we see the colour brown up to this point (apart from on Pran's dad). At the end of the episode, Pat turns up at the theatre wearing this shirt with a face design to step in to play Riam - thus saving Pran the humiliation of grovelling to Chart (i.e. 'to save face') and instead choosing to sacrifice himself (hence the brown) by ‘losing’ the bet to Pran (even though he had already confessed).

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7. Episode 11

“An elephant never forgets.” -> A lot of episode 11 is about Pat and Pran running away from their lives...forgetting about their families, the lies they discovered, and the fear for their relationship once they go back. Pat also slowly realises that Pran is, and will always be, unable to forget his parents despite Pran being there for Pat and allowing Pat this moment of fantasy. They also spend much of the time at the beach not talking about any of this, avoiding the subject - i.e. the "elephant in the room" - instead distracting themselves with other things.

A bonus element with this shirt is the connection it has to the shirt at no. 6 in this list. Some people were wondering why "California” was used instead of the usual name of the store, “DM”, on the red t-shirt (below) - well maybe it's because Junior’s t-shirt in ep 11 - worn at the same time as Pat wears the elephant shirt - has “Malibu Beach California” on the front.

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6. Episode 10

@karometeenk has complete credit for the details about this one. First, the slogan is for a German drug store (we later see Pat and Pran get caught by Pat's parents in a supermarket) and it refers to a famous quote by Johann Wolfgang Goethe: "Hier bin ich Mensch, hier darf ich's sein" which translates to "Here I am human, here I can/am allowed to be one". This quote is from his tragedy Faust, and in one scene Faust goes into a monologue on a walk about the beauty of nature and how he can only truly be himself there, where no one is around. This foreshadows episode 11, where Pat and Pran run away to the sea, to nature. They can only be true to themselves there, where no one around knows them.

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5. Episode 7

I absolutely adored the moment Pat turned up in the theatre with this t-shirt and shirt combination. First, he's wearing his own blue underneath Pran's rich burgundy red - in a direct reversal and development of the Picasso-esque t-shirt with the splodge of red over the heart which he wore under a blue shirt when he realised his feelings for Pran in ep 5 (no. 3 in this list). But the pièce de résistance is that the only two words visible on the t-shirt are "your man?" Pat wears this during a scene where he confesses to Pran, thus losing the bet. He asks Pran - as Riam - "You asked if I wanted to be friends? What if my answer is no?" Essentially, "Am I/can I be your man?" (Mentioned here).

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4. Episode 5

The second of the three shirts from this episode...and the only reason this one isn't higher up is because of how ridiculous it is for the poignancy of the scene. BUT that is also exactly why it IS on my list AND so high 😂 But, putting the ridiculous aside, the deep red and blue of Pat's pants and top beautifully illustrate the depth of his feelings for Pran and the fact that the word "Baseball" almost blends in with the blue behind it shows how close Pat and Pran are to becoming a couple, a union, themselves. Of course, the loudness of the "mom" in white can't be ignored and it perhaps symbolises the obstacle they face in being open with their eventual relationship and a big reason why Pran left Pat alone. (As written about here).

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3. Episode 5

It took me a while after the episode to realise that the t-shirt Pat wears during his wonderful Oh moment about his feelings for Pran has a splodge of red over his heart. Not only that, but he's wearing a blue shirt (his own colour) over the top which partially obscures the red - illustrating how his feelings for Pran existed under the surface but took a while to be revealed. Even here they weren't fully realised, out in the open. It was only after being jealous of Wai's closeness to Pran later in the ep that he really understood the hold Pran had on his heart.

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2. Episode 9

To be honest, it was a close call between this and the shirt in the no. 1 spot...but this one is well-deserving for second place. As I wrote about it here, this shirt has Pran's red, his own blue, and a bridge lit up with yellow lights (their love and happiness) on the print. It symbolises how Pat this episode is the bridge between the two faculties and more importantly between Pran and Wai. Not only that, the bridge itself is an iconic image of the power of collaboration between architecture and engineering.

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Before I get to no. 1, I want to give a special mention to some that didn't make the list: the green 'Lucky' t-shirt from ep 1; the Tim Horton's 'Smile cookie' t-shirt in ep 3; the tie-die t-shirt at the end of ep 6; and the smiley face t-shirt featured in ep 1 and finally worn in ep 12. All fantastic in their own little way.

Okay, on to no.1...

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1. Episode 4

Even eight episodes on, I still can't get over the genius of this shirt...but in fairness its brilliance shines best when Ink's and Pran's coinciding tops are also taken into account. As I gushed about it before, this shirt has two colours overlapping in the leaf design: One a light yellowy/greeny/cream and the other a light grey/blue. These are the two colours that Ink and Pran wear respectively in their scenes with Pat in the episode - indicating his divided affections for them, with one fading and the other growing. 👩🏽‍🍳💋

EDIT: For any new people finding this post, I made a revised version of my top ten list (found here) after I had analysed a few more of Pat's shirts and realised the order needed changing. Keeping this one for posterity though.

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the graduation photos with tong and junior.... they're wearing each other's graduation robes. the colour theory of it all.... i will scream

Anon! I KNOW!! There's no reason why Pat would have red and Pran would have blue if their faculty colours are the opposite (their gowns would represent that)...other than if they purposely swapped themselves.

I just watched the whole thing again and I cried at several moments when some of the colour combinations actually registered in my brain. Now I can't wait to do my clothes post. I first thought this episode diverged from the patterns we've been seeing but no...so much makes sense according to what I've been sh*tposting all along.

I mean, LOOK at this moment...young-Pat in blue with red over the top and young-Pran in a minty-green/blue...I mean...this was the moment I couldn't hold back my tears:

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Predictions for the angst/happiness ratio in episode 7 based on my colour theories:

(not in running order and all taken with a pinch of salt because I wouldn’t be surprised if the majority of scenes from the episode trailer all happen with the first five minutes in a flirting montage...leaving the rest of the episode as a complete unknown 🤪)

I’m ignoring the first scene at Pran’s home because anything with his Mum = angst to some degree. 

But then the lecture hall - there’s no green from what we can see, so I think this is just a cutsie scene 💛

Pran feeding Pat: Pran is in a yellow and blue top! - I think he’s definitely happy here, no angst (and by the scene in the trailer when Pat’s punching his pillow, I think Pran has absolutely succeeded in flirting 😏) (and is that a small yellow/orange detail over Pat’s heart, I see?! 👀)

This second food related scene also seems like it will be harmless (apart from death-by-flirting). Pran’s t-shirt might not be bright yellow but it’s a creamy/yellow, no? (Although, what’s that plaid shirt in the background?).

Whilst we might not get another kiss, or even a confession/end of the bet/start of the relationship yet, this rooftop scene has high hopes for being a happy one - look how bright Pat’s yellow top is! Pran is in white though, so he might still be holding back. There are a lot of yellow lights in the background too...

This massage scene also looks happy - and this looks like a sleeveless shirt...so maybe Pran’s wearing Pat’s top! - but the few green lights in the background might mean this scene isn’t as ‘obstacle-free’ as it seems.

Now for the potential angst scenes with obstacles to their happiness... This one we are all on tenterhooks waiting for and it looks so promising. My guess is they are teasing each other and it won’t end in a kiss. Also, look at that dark green t-shirt behind Pat - yes, he may have taken it off (signifying the obstacle is gone) but I think be wary of this moment! 😏

And lastly, this incredibly cute face wipe/nose boop moment. It’s going to be adorable...but look at Pat’s shirt...and the fact that they are wearing the same clothes as when Pat walks out of Pran’s room upset... I put an angst warning on this one.

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Hey! Before you've even gotten the chance to get into the costume analysis of episode 10 i wanna talk about this shirt with you.

If you haven't seen Bad Buddy episode 10 stop reading now: spoilers below!

The text reads "Hier bin ich Mensch, hier kauf ich ein" which translates to "Here i am human, here i shop" (it sounds better in German, trust me)

This is a slogan for the grocery store DM. But the slogan refers to a famous quote by Johann Wolfgang Goethe "Hier bin ich Mensch, hier darf ich's sein" which translates to "Here i am human, here i can / am allowed to be one"

Now this quote stems from his tragedy Faust. In this scene Faust is on a walk and goes into a monologue about the beauty of nature and how he can only truly be himself there, where no one is around.

This could be foreshadowing for next episode, where we see Pat and Pran running away to the sea, to nature. They can only be truly human, true to themselves, in nature where no one who knows them is around.

Karometeenk!! This is amazing! Thank you so much for sending this to me. It took a while for me to reply/post because I didn't know whether to keep the info for my costume posts or to post this as is (or if I should wait until you had posted it since I didn't want to steal your thunder)...but I realise this information deserves to be seen and I know you've already added it to your original post (so if people want to see that then click the link) but now it'll reach more people (hopefully).

I think this t-shirt is going to go on my top ten list of Pat's shirts that I will make/post after episode 12!

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Honestly...when I saw Pran's minty-green towel I said to myself that the 'break-up' must be staged...and then the camera paned to Pran's bedsheets - with yellow between blue and red - and I...I mean, come on! I should have trusted my instinct.

(I did also think that Pat texted that pic of Pran's dorm room to Pran, and that it was Pran that Pat was talking to on the phone when there was a knock at the door...but it wasn't until Pat opened the door and Pran was there that I could actually breathe a sigh of relief).

I haven't felt more validated and vindicated in a long time. I mean I've been harping on about these colours for two goddamn months...and I feel like I can now shout "I WAS RIGHT!!!" 😂

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Thoughts on the costuming of Bad Buddy (a thread*)

Episode 12:

How is it the last one?! 😭 It's taken me a while to write this because it feels like once I'm done then Bad Buddy really is over...but I can't put it off any longer.

If it weren't enough seeing Pran's mint green towel and Pat and Pran's bedsheets (the former being red and blue, the latter having red, yellow, and blue stripes) in the beginning, surely we should have known they were still together by their first outfits. I mean, they're literally wearing the SAME COLOURS. They're colour coordinating. They've become one. And with Wai in such a vibrant yellow - that should have been an indicator that Pat is still in love and happy!

Generally, a lot of this episode has quite a neutral, earthy palette of colours - apart from some vibrant choices which I'll come to later on. At first I couldn't see a pattern or reasoning for this (I like to make connections) until I took the screenshots and saw the two families side by side. I was then reminded of my interpretation of the confrontation scenes at the end of ep 10 - in which Pran and his mum wear pastel/muted colours whereas Pat's family wear brighter colours and deeper shades, highlighting the differences between the two families.

But now, here, four years later, we have Pat's dad eventually drink the liquor that Pran gave him and Pran's mum giving Pran's guitar to him and smiling when she hears him and Pat upstairs. The families may not have reconciled yet, they might not be openly accepting of their son's boyfriend...but they've started their journey, they're on their way, albeit slowly (and whilst they wait for them, Pat and Pran are living their best life regardless), and this I believe is reflected in the shared palette of colours.

Yes, Pat's family has more red (in the furnishings and Pran's mum's top and earrings) but there is blue in Pat's dad's stripes and Pat's t-shirt (see below). And yes, Pran's mum has a richer blue and there's no red to be seen...but the other colours are similar - and linked by Pat and Pran's once again coordinating colours...even Ink and Pa are contributing to this one big extended family.

Quick aside to bring up again the fact that Pat is wearing the same smile shirt that's in his laundry basket in ep 1 when he first reminisces about him and Pran as kids.

One reoccurring colour in this episode is brown in varying shades, which I think is representative of sacrifice or yielding. Pat and Pran both sacrifice something for each other, they know that to love each other fully they each have to give the other the space they want and need to grow as individuals - Pran goes to Singapore whilst Pat stays in Thailand to work for his father. They also sacrifice some element of their freedom by keeping their relationship a secret from their families and friends...although it also gave them the possibility to be together as a couple - a compromise had to be made. And the parents sacrificed being involved in a part of their son's lives by not being able to put their own rivalry behind them.

In this vein, I was happy to see Pat's dad in brown when he yielded to Dissaya and reversed so that she could drive on before him. 👏🏼

And now for a change of colours...and on to mint green! I've already mentioned Pran's towel at the beginning, but I liked that mint green was included when Pat took Pran to the airport to go to Singapore - symbolising the strength of their union in the moment of physical separation. They may not be seeing each other in person for a while but that doesn't mean they're any less of a couple.

I've also seen a lot of gifs/photos where the creators have enhanced the mintiness of the curtain behind Pat when Pat and Pran are reminiscing the past four years (handily recapping for us the audience as well). It's subtle but I do love that in a moment when they are showing the strength of their love and togetherness, once again mint is present.

And in a similar vein, I was so happy to see Pa in purple! I stand by it being their couple colour (like mint green is for Pat and Pran)...although I wish I could make a cool interpretation for Ink's blue demin shirt...but whatever (maybe it's just there as a connection to Pat 🤷🏽‍♀️ - not everything has to mean something).

So on to the more vibrant colours...I've already written about all the red and blue details in the episode - and that includes Pa and Ink's red and blue outfits in the bar. I do find it interesting that both in the bar/noodle scene and in the high school reunion, Pat is the one in 'neutral' colours (black/grey) whilst Pran is in orangey/red, and then green, blue, red, and white stripes. In some ways this feels like a bit of a reversal for them - it feels easier to associate Pat with the more 'colourful' outfits (even though this seems to show it's actually quite even). @transpat wrote a great analysis of Pat and Pran's character development, which I think explains this reversal well:

"ep12 was such a perfect mirror to ep8. where pat couldn’t bear to keep them a secret and pran was too afraid of being found out, pat now learns their love doesn’t need to be announced to the world to remain valid or for them to stay true to themselves, while pran understands why pat wanted to be loud about his relationship, he’s the one who doesn’t hold his laughter, the one to send his father-in-law gifts."

Pran used to be reserved and feared for the consequences of their relationship...but now he's unabashedly open. Pat used to be loud, brash, and impulsive but now he understands that his love isn't any less if it's quiet. ❤️💙

And lastly, the wonderful final scene 😭 With both of them again in neutral colours but this time Pat has yellow on his shirt...literally wearing his love and happiness on his chest. I received a lovely anon ask regarding all the fairy lights...suggesting that the shear number of lights and electric candles here symbolises Pat and Pran just being done with hiding their love and happiness. They're both loving loudly now.

I can't believe that's it. It's over. It really is over now. 😭

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Wait...what?!

You're telling me that Pran's stripy t-shirt from the end of ep 10, beginning of ep 11, and end of ep 11...the t-shirt he wears that bookends his and Pat's time at the beach, during which Pran's conscience is divided between Pat and his own mum/family...that t-shirt he then wears to go back home because he can never truly be happy unless he has some kind of relationship with his parents (regardless of how complicated it might be)...you're telling me that the stripes on that shirt are THE SAME colours as his parents' clothes?!?!

I just...I can't...

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Episode 12 Red and Blue details

It feels difficult doing these last posts this week...because once they're done, I won't have any more episodes to write about. *sigh* Anyway, on to the small details I couldn't fit into my costume analysis post...and this week there are a lot of little combinations of red and blue dotted throughout the episode.

One reason why I wait for so many days after the episode airs to write these posts is partly because I need time for my brain to assimilate the information from the episode, as well as to read all your thoughts and analysis, to help me see the connections and make my interpretations. Anyway, all that is to say that I had an epiphany in my sleep last night that the presence of so many little red and blue details could be like a reminder that this story - the journey we have been taken on through the twelve episodes - is about Pat and Pran. It's their story. Not their friends'. Not their parents'. That might seem obvious but I think this is part of the reason why we don't see a big resolution of the argument at the end of ep 10 (just like we didn't see a big resolution of Wai dropping the curtain), because the story is focusing on Pat and Pran and their choice to be happy despite the external forces. (Others have written this better...but I don't remember to include the links unfortunately).

So, for the actual details...we first see both sets of bedsheets - Pran's with yellow as well as the red and blue, and Pat's (and Pran's, let's be honest it is their apartment) with red one side and blue the other.

I already mentioned the drum kit and guitar in another post, but I do love that this is the only time they play together with the blue drum kit and red guitar. Also note the drinks in the foreground...

I thought it was very interesting that Pran has this vibrant blue sweater round his shoulders in the classroom (if I'm not mistaken, in the high school scenes, they rarely have other clothes alongside their uniform - apart from the music concert) and although it isn't Pat who has the complimentary red, it's still in the scene on the other student (one of the others has blue and yellow on his jacket too).

The graduation photo moment - where Pat and Pran must have purposely swapped robes with each other since their faculty colours are the opposite to what they're wearing (and their gowns would represent their faculty).

And I love love love this tiny, blink and you'd miss it, moment of yet another of Korn's jackets - this one all yellow with stripes of red and blue on the shoulder. I mean, he's worn SO MANY that he could have just been in any of the ones we've seen already for this five second moment...but he's literally a walking advert showing - whilst protecting - Pat and Pran's love and happiness - this is where Pran is explaining how only Korn, Wai, Ink, and Pa know about them being together at Uni.

And lastly, Ink and Pa in the bar...Pa in Pran's red and Ink in Pat's blue. Yes, they're all there as friends, as equals, but this is reminding us that this story is Pat and Pran's.

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Yes I'm still harping on about it...

(scroll on past if this colour stuff is not your jam 😂🤷🏽‍♀️)

...but I keep thinking about the ep 12 preview (even though I said I wouldn't - HA!) and about the families' outfits...

Because I want to believe...god I want to believe SO MUCH that the fact that Pat's family ALL have red (the cushion on his mum's lap, his dad's top and Pa's hoodie), with a red rug underfoot, and a red light bottom right...and dammit even a picture of PARIS above their heads (the city of love, right?)...

...and the fact that that Pran's mum has blue in her top (and is that a minty-green in there too? 👀), with the blue flowers behind, and his dad in a colour mixed of the brown (yielding) and yellow (love) he has worn before...

...I want to believe that this means that life hasn't just gone back to what it was before the arguments at the end of ep 10.

(Because if there were no chance of growth and reconciliation, if the parents really were going to shut Pat and Pran away from each other, wouldn't this be shown with a shift of the families back to their own colours? So Pran's family in red and Pat's family in blue...?)

I want to believe that whilst Pat and Pran were away the families were talking - first just amongst themselves -> with Pran's mum and dad discussing the impact their choices have had on their only son whilst Pat's mum and Pa talk with Ming about how they need to find a way to properly atone for what Ming did, with the subject of Pran saving Pa from drowning coming up -> and then together...perhaps starting with the two mothers (...?). Maybe Pat's mum cooks something and takes it over as a peace offering to open a conversation...

I don't know. I don't care about the specifics.

But I want to believe that whilst Pat and Pran were away, the families were talking, trying to find a middle ground, a way to allow their sons to be happy and to not continue the misery they have lived in for the past twenty years.

I want to believe that Pat and Pran thought their parents would be upset and would want them to break-up...when in fact, after they walk into their respective houses, their own parents tell them of the progress they have started to make. The parents tell them they're sorry, they were wrong, and acknowledge the unhappiness they have caused...and then tell them that Pat and Pran can be together, that they support them, even if it might be difficult at first, but they'll all work at it together.

I don't believe Pat and Pran walk into their homes and no one mentions the arguments. No one mentions the lies that were told. That life returns to before. How can any parent just ignore something as huge as the revelation at the end of ep 10? How can four of them?

Am I in denial? Am I in delulu land?

Yes, probably - Ha! - we've seen it before when I was so adamant that it didn't make sense for Pat and Pran to be stood outside their homes at the end of ep 11 in the outfits in which they went to the beach...but I was wrong...and I understand now exactly why it DOES make sense...(maybe this needs a longer post but it's like the clothes represent them in their Bangkok lives with their families and so the clothes bookend their trip to the beach: The clothes get taken off and put aside temporarily whilst they experience freedom away from all their troubles - they become Pat and Pran: free of their obligations, their history, their family - but in the end they DO have to return to that life, so the clothes get taken back and put on again - they become Pat and Pran: sons to their parents, students at uni - to return to the place they were in before they left...or something like that - I bet @jemmo could write something much more poetic about it [that's not a challenge or a request btw!...just a fact 😊])

Anyway, this got long and I rambled again.

How do I want to finish?...I don't know, maybe I've said it all...and probably even too much 😂

You know, I'm fine with being proven wrong - if it ends up making sense - but this time I really hope I'm right. Because even though I know Pat and Pran will end up together by the end...I still need the journey there to involve the parents and their growth and development.

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Let's talk about...Pat's shirt in episode 11

At first AND second watch, I was sad to see that none of Pat's shirts in ep 11 really struck me as particularly meaningful (unlike several I've written about before)...and initially I put this down to the fact that Pat and Pran were borrowing clothes the whole time...

But then I thought...what does that have to do with anything? 😂🤦🏽‍♀️

Then, I was going through the episode taking screenshots for my costume posts when it hit me. This one. This one is the iconic shirt of this episode (and it might just make it to my list of top ten because it's just that good). I'll explain below:

So in part 4, in the now legendary 'red shirt' scene, Pat says "I know that sooner or later we will need to go back...but I want to stay here as long as we can." He's saying: I know we can't stay here, I just wanted to forget about our real lives and our families for a while and just be with you.

And this quest to forget is prevalent in parts 1 and 2:

On the bus, Pat says he wants to "run away to a place where there's only us" - I want to forget everyone else who can hurt us. | On the rocks, he tells Pran, "No one can bother us now" - we can forget our families and our troubles. | Responding to Pran's hesitancy about taking out the sim card, he asks, "Don't you want to be free?" - don't you want to forget our lives even for a short while? | Then they both yell, "Screw them!" to the ocean - Forget them! | Lying on the bed, when Pran brings up their families, Pat requests, "Can we not talk about this" - can we forget things for a while? | When Pran starts to reminisce about cooking with his mum, Pat distracts him with asking to be fed - forget about that just now, focus on me, on us. | And when Pran says he's quit playing the guitar, Pat tells him, "What did we agree on? We can do anything we want here" - forget about all the reasons why you can't play and just do it.

Why is this all relevant? Well what animal is renowned for having exceptionally good memory?...so much so that this idiom exists: "An elephant never forgets." 🧐

Pat is wearing a symbol of "not forgetting" at a time when all he wants to do is forget - about his family, the lies, the probability that he and Pran can't be together - as well as realising that Pran just can't forget his own family...and the irony of that juxtaposition just emphasises his desperation to shut out the real world even though it's impossible. And he tries, he tries to hold it at bay, but he eventually realises that they can't stay there, they need to go home and face reality, face the thing they can never forget.

(Edit: And here's another idiom I ironically forgot to include: there's an "elephant in the room" that Pat and Pran are absolutely not talking about...)

It's so subtle. The shirt is so innocuous. But dammit it's so full of meaning. 😭💙

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And there's a little bonus feature to this shirt as well...Whilst Pat is wearing it, Junior has a t-shirt which connects back to the wonderful red 'DM' drug store style t-shirt from episode 10. As @karometeenk explained, the slogan on the shirt refers to a famous quote from a monologue Faust makes on a walk about the beauty of nature and how he can only truly be himself there, where no one is around. This absolutely was foreshadowing ep 11 where Pat and Pran run away to the beach, to nature, to somewhere where they can be truly themselves and where no one else around knows them. Now, a few people were wondering why "California" was used instead of the usual name of the store, "DM" - well maybe here's your answer -> Junior's "Malibu Beach California" t-shirt. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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Thoughts on the costuming of Bad Buddy (a thread*)

Episode 10:

At first or second glance, I wasn't sure there was anything particularly thematic about the costume choices this episode...that was until I had separated some scenes for the details post and for Ink and Pa's analysis...then I realised HOW RED this episode was for Pat, Pran, and their families. So 👏🏼 much 👏🏼 red 👏🏼.

As I already mentioned in a reply to an ask, the red that Pran faced with Pat's whole family could have been a danger or warning sign...or it could have been an indication that Pat's family would accept Pat and Pran's relationship easier than Pran's. We still don't know, of course, since the episode ended with the focus on the feud between the parents rather than the issue of the sons dating, but I find it interesting that Pat's mum has both blue and pink on her top. I'll come back to her later.

When Pat comes home from the hospital, Pat's dad, Ming, is again in red, as well as Pat AND Pran. Here, the red is showing support for Pran as Ming swallows his pride and offers a thank you to Pran at the complete surprise of Pat.

@karometeenk sent me some AMAZING information about Pat's t-shirt: First, the slogan is for a German store (we later see Pat and Pran get caught by Ming in a supermarket) and it refers to a famous quote by Johann Wolfgang Goethe: "Hier bin ich Mensch, hier darf ich's sein" which translates to "Here I am human, here I can/am allowed to be one". This quote is from his tragedy Faust, and in one scene Faust goes into a monologue on a walk about the beauty of nature and how he can only truly be himself there, where no one is around. This could be foreshadowing episode 11, where Pat and Pran run away to the sea, to nature. They can only be truly human, true to themselves, in nature where no one who knows them is around. (I've blended karometeenk's words with mine).

The next morning (I presume), although red is absent (apart from Pran's 'P' light), Pat has a wonderful yellow sleeveless top and mint green shorts whilst sleeping in Pran's bed (need I say it again? Yellow = their love and happiness and mint green = them as a couple). It took a while to see the words on his top but @shortpplfedup managed to decipher them as "Sex Air Sun" - again perhaps alluding to the freedom Pat and Pran will find themselves on their escape next episode...or connecting to Pat's top later which has the word "Sun" on the front (more on that below).

And then back to red. Lots of red. With Pat's t-shirt also having yellow trim for the wonderful public confession orchestrated by Pran for Pat to finally be able to shout his love for Pran and for everyone to know Pat is taken. @jemmo wrote a fantastic analysis of this scene, you should go read it if you haven't already. I loved that Joke seemed to be the only person in blue, showing that he was just playing his animosity for Pat as directed by Pran...but I did wonder (as a lot of you) whether there might have been something stronger than water in his flask 🤭.

Like brother, like sister...aaaaand we have another character donning a sleeveless shirt when talking about their crush (I'm looking at you, Korn). How delightful to see both siblings in sleeveless shirts...and Pa in Pat and Pran's colours and Pat again in yellow and minty-green shorts. Later, Pat is once again in a deep red t-shirt whilst Pa is wearing a similar beige to the café scene when Ink buys her a cake.

I just love the pairing of these t-shirts - Pat (as we have been saying) is the sunshine of the series, so it's apt his t-shirt has "Sun" written twice, both in his colour blue and in yellow, and complimenting him Pran's t-shirt has "Radiate Positivity" under a rainbow. Again, more red.

I've already written about Pat and Pran's clothes (more red!) resembling the school building, but I loved the red and blue pompoms on the backdrop. Before they sit on the stage, Pran has a little whistful look to the left of the picture and I think he's reminiscing about the Christmas concert. It's almost like the pompoms are there to cheer on the development their relationship has taken and will hopefully continue to take through ep 11 and 12.

And so for the ending. And another iconic shirt from Pat. This one I love because it's not only foreshadowing next week's beach trip (or a nod back to the previous beach trip), but it has the same colours as the lights in the background of the rooftop when he's comforting Pran. It's also continuing the symbolism of Pat being the louder, braver of the two, which we see in this scene where not only does Pat admit to his parents that he and Pran are boyfriends but he's literally in the lighter foreground whilst Pran is in the shadows, further back, and in a pastel shade of his red.

I've made separate screenshots of the two family interactions because I think it's interesting to see the difference in intensity of their colours. As already mentioned, Pran's pink shirt is a pastel, muted shade of his own red...and which is covering a t-shirt which has deep blue stripes - perhaps indicating how he's been hiding/protecting his feelings for Pat (there's also a teal stripe and a pumpkin/beige) but also feeling not fully bold in the face of the parents. Dissaya has a pale beige top, which could be indicating how drained she feels at having been wronged by Ming.

In contrast, in Pat's family's home, Pat has his loud shirt, his mum is in a deep red and possibly dark brown pants, and Ming has a light and dark brown shirt. Pat, who loves loudly. His dad, who is trying to keep up the pretence of not having done anything wrong...and although he doesn't apologise at the end he does walk away, perhaps realising that he has to finally give up this façade. And Pat's mum...who I think hope will eventually play an important role in the reconciliation of both families. I thought she was overly useless/hopeless in this scene (there was some serious eye-rolling happening at her) and - coupled with her blouse in the hospital earlier and being a slight voice of reason for Ming to thank Pran earlier - it makes me think that maybe she might just turn fierce and force Ming and Dissaya to find a way to make peace for the sake of their sons. At least, I hope 🤞🏽 (Maybe Pa revealing that Pran saved her from drowning will also help).

I'll just end this by saying that, from an ask I received, I wondered if the amount of red in this episode was a slight misdirection - making us think that the biggest obstacle for Pat and Pran's happiness was going to be Pran's mum...when it turns out that Ming stealing Dissaya's scholarship is basically (at least as far as we know) the root cause of the family conflict. Now that Ming is the Bad Guy™ (not that Dissaya is much better mind you), I wonder if we'll see a lot of blue next episode (or I hope we do!). And following that, IF ep 12 is the happy ending we all so desperately want, I wonder if we'll see a lot of yellow and mint green (or maybe this is just my wishful thinking!).

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Let's talk about...the 'Our Song' music video

So I've listened to the song...a lot...already but hadn't thought to watch the music video until I came across this post by @nowwatchingstuff ...and so I did...because they made some fabulous excellent points in the post and in the tags:

Is this room important enough for it to be in ep 12?

Is it 'Pran' singing since it's Pran's guitar which Nanon is using (and the guitar bag is also on the bed)?

But at the end of the tags they added, "also the room in green and yellow? weren't these the colors of their love by the patpran universe color theory"

...and honestly, I genuinely teared up...like, a tear escaped and rolled down my cheek...because IT'S THE DETAILS. It's the care and attention that has been shown throughout the WHOLE SERIES and the passion the production team has shown to include all these little things, which may not really MEAN anything at the end of the day other than "wow that's so cool they did this"...BUT my god they did this!

And how I was able to latch on to something which at first seemed arbitrary but in actual fact might be all planned out. Like, everything. Because, seriously, I've been saying all along that it seems like yellow represents their love and happiness and mint green symbolises their union as a couple...and LOOK...look at this weird 70s/80s style hotel room with its weird floral furniture and the retro colour scheme...and you can't tell me they chose it for any other reason than the mint green and yellow trim.

And so, I have to add here...in the preview for ep 12...the balloons on the photo wall for the reunion are a minty green (a little on the blue side but I'll take it):

And not only that but I think there's a photo of Pran's face stuck directly onto one of the balloons (watch someone tell me it's not him 😂)...and when Pran walks into the room you can see the balloons reflected in the glass behind him. (And also...since the balloons are a little on the blue side, and Pran's burnt orange shirt is a little on the red side...one could say they are just-off versions of their faculty colours...you know, because they're not at uni anymore but those colours still do represent them a little bit but not fully...oh god I'm rambling 🤦🏽‍♀️)

Now, I know we all know they're going to end the series together...the uncertainty right now is at what point in ep 12 will they get back together?...but now that my InkPa theory has been well and truly reinforced I honestly think that this minty green here signifies that Pat and Pran will get back together here if they're not already by this point in the episode.

Watch me be wrong 😂🤡 but seriously, if I'm right I will be screaming.

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Let's talk about...Pat's "Proud to be a Noles Hater" shirt

I've been thinking about this one for a while...actually since a comment I got on another of my posts about Pat's shirts. I have thoughts about that and the general reaction these shirts get, which I'll address below...but first, the shirt:

So when Pat wore this shirt in ep 8, it's safe to say a lot of people lost their sh*t over the *ahem* 'ridiculousness' of it in the context of a Thai romcom...well, I'm here to refute that sentiment. I'm here to say it was highly intentional and actually a really f*cking genius deliberate choice.

Earlier in the ep, Pat introduces the 'football' theme with the Tampa Bay t-shirt. Originally, I interpreted this shirt's inclusion in a few ways, mainly with the colours - first the mint green signifying Pat and Pran becoming boyfriends, and second the pumpkin orange both as a parallel to the bus stop hand-hold but also as a connection to the lime green Pa wears in the corridor and to Ink.

And then comes the 'Proud to be a Noles Hater' shirt - the 'Noles' referring to another American Football team. Colour-wise, I interpreted the darker green as a sign of the angst to come between Pat and his dad, whereas @karometeenk offered a great theory about the use of bright orange connecting Pat and Pran by music.

But I want to go beyond my colour theories...because the 'Noles' shirt is genius in many other ways... So, the slogan refers to the football team of the Florida State University, who are long-time rivals of the University of Miami - who are the ones to wear this slogan at games.

So Pat is wearing a t-shirt about a famous university rivalry in a show predominantly about rivals - the rivalry between his parents and Pran's (which started because Ming stole Dissaya's university scholarship) and the rivalry between the engineering and architecture faculties at the university they attend - but also during a scene where he's rehearsing the play, which is about another set of rival families. Adding to that, he's wearing it with Pran who should be his rival but who most definitely isn't because they are now boyfriends - which Pat is very proud about - even though there's a bit of conflict between them because of Pat posting pics to his IG...which they make up over the xylophone. So it's both representing the existing layered rivalries in the show and is a tongue-in-cheek joke of the fact that he and Pran are absolutely not rivals (although they love a bit of competition!)

But, there's more!

Pat goes home to his dad. His very proud father, who seems to enjoy the rivalry between the two families - remember in ep 1 Pat's ma tells Ming: "You seem so proud." Ming responds, "Of course. If we get hurt, they get hurt too." In ep 8, Ming brings up the fact that Pat has been choosing the architecture play over playing rugby, initiating the divide between them that will grow by the end of ep 10. It reminds Pat of the rivalries that still exist despite his blossoming relationship with Pran.

Later in his room, it's interesting that Pat changes into white clothes:

It's like he's stripping himself of 'sides' - he's become neutral, like Switzerland (honestly, I would have gone feral if this t-shirt had been Swiss rather than S. Korean). He wants to rid himself of the rivalries, and to be able to live in peace without them.

But speaking of the t-shirt being S. Korean...

Korea is a country divided, on opposing sides, adding to the 'rivalry' theme...with the "select" print on both sides suggesting a side maybe needs to be chosen...but the writing on the back could allude to Pat putting the conflict and rivalry behind him when he's with Pran...and the word 'Temporary' could also allude to their troubles not being permanent for their whole lives (by ep 12 we know it's still going to take time but the parents are on their way to accepting their son's boyfriend).

And then, after the delightful exchange across the roof, Pat lays Pran's shirt over his chest, covering himself once again in colour and proudly adorning himself with the word 'Friend' - the opposite to a rival. No more reminders of rivalries, no more tongue-in-cheek slogans...this is their honest and true status (well, boyfriends, but you know what I mean).

And here's where I get a bit preachy...because looking into all the costume choices of Bad Buddy has illuminated the fact that there is a danger with the knee-jerk reaction of 'oh my god that is ridiculous, why did they use that, where did they get it from?!' etc etc etc...that happens with 'foreign' media, which is at best rude and at worst...well...maybe indicative of some unconscious bias/prejudice/racism 🤷🏽‍♀️ (<- not sure which is the right term here...maybe all three).

Because it shouldn't be assumed that no one in the production understands the writing - of course some people speak English (or German, or whatever) - it shouldn't be assumed that no one thinks to check what the writing refers to...because this is/these are production companies that produce content not only for a national audience but also international - they have to make sure they're not using something offensive or, for example, pro-nazi or something just as controversial.

And Aof found a lot of the clothes himself in charity shops...so I can imagine him picking up various shirts - knowing Pat is a character who wears loud, crazy things - and either himself or someone else googling what any writing refers to...and to find a shirt like the 'Noles' one, he must have felt like he hit the jackpot - with not only all the layered meanings but also because yes, on the surface it does seem totally ridiculous. But it really, really isn't when placed in the right scene.

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Pat and Pran’s emotional progression in episode 6 as shown through their clothes...

I realised this episode was special because once the bus stop scene had happened there were no more uni scenes and therefore no need to go back and forth to the white shirts and blue/red coats. Therefore, the costume choice could really echo the character’s emotional progression without interruption - Aof had free reign to use the costumes to really reflect the characters’ emotional states...and boy does it work.

First we get Pat and Pran in white shirts for the photo op, which seems like a deliberate choice since the other students have other clothes/colours. Pat and Pran are devoid of colour - they both feel uncertain and troubled for different reasons. Pat because he wants to talk to Pran...and Pran because he wants to avoid the conversation at all costs.

It’s interesting that Pran has his shirt buttoned all the way up - he’s closed off completely - whereas Pat’s is more open because he’s more open to connecting with Pran. Someone else already mentioned how in this episode Pran often holds his left wrist - the one with his watch - as though he’s hiding or protecting his heart/feelings for Pat.

Then Pran goes to Wai’s room in a white t-shirt but this time a yellow shirt over the top. The yellow, like the guitar, could be symbolising Pran’s feelings for Pat and even though he’s trying to abandon those feelings by leaving the guitar he still walks out of the room with them.

Then we get Pat and Pran at home. Pat’s still troubled - he’s still in a white top, albeit with some random grey print - and this might be a reach but Hilton Head is a small island, so perhaps it’s not so random because it could symbolise how he feels disconnected from Pran.

Pran, on the other hand, is in a light blue t-shirt - Pat’s faculty colour - but with a small green detail over his heart, perhaps showing how he can’t actually get away from his feelings even though he’s trying to lock them away. (edit: I later interpreted mint green as symbolic of Pat and Pran becoming a couple, so the small mint green detail over Pran’s heart instead shows how he truly feels despite shutting Pat out.)

Now for the beach...Pran first wears white trousers and a light pastel violet shirt - back to his faculty colour. He’s repressing his emotions but trying to appear normal on the outside.

Pat is also in pastel colours, showing his careful and measured way he’s trying to engage with Pran, in is his own faculty blue but also yellow - his feelings for Pran - and green - representing the obstacles he faces in trying to get Pran to talk. In contract to Pran, and perhaps showing the opposite sides they each stand on, he’s in black trousers.

The next day Pat has changed to dark blue shorts and a slightly bolder shirt, signifying his bolder attitude in pursuing Pran. It’s still a baby blue but with more solid yellows/oranges coming through even though the deeper greens match their intensity. 

Pran has gone darker too, with black shorts and a dark blue t-shirt (Pat’s colour), but with a green shirt over the top - showing he’s not ready yet to allow Pat in. After the market scene, he removes the shirt, which could signify a move towards opening up to Pat. 

After the beach frolic, Pran changes into black shorts and a white shirt with a dark red shirt over the top. He’s back to his own colour and still feeling a little bolder. He’s even rolled his sleeves up a bit more than previously...it’s interesting to note that up until now, his sleeves have been almost long enough to cover his watch...but now maybe he’s more willing to let his feelings/heart show. (In the bet scene, he initially holds his left wrist again - covering the watch - until he learns that Pat doesn’t like Ink and so turns to face him lifting his arm on to the side of the boat with the watch in full view).

Pat changes into black shorts as well but with a mixed blue/mint green top. His colours are also bolder, probably because he has found a way back to Pran after the beach frolic. He feels more confident and ready to push Pran even more. The mint green shows he still has some way to go though. (edit: again I think this mint green is more symbolic of them getting closer to becoming a couple with the bet, rather than an obstacle to overcome - which is what the darker greens signify.)

And then, next day after the bet, Pat couldn’t scream “I’m in love with Pran” any louder with his tie-dye t-shirt. Blue, pink, and yellow all mixed together in bright tones. He’s been given permission to hit on Pran and boy is he going to take it.

Pran, on the other hand, has gone back to pastel tones. He’s also in a tie-dye shirt - showing they’re on the same page now - but he’s more cautious still. His shirt has a lot of grey, some baby blue, even less orange, and a tiny bit of yellow writing across his chest. (His watch is also on full view with his 3/4 length sleeves). He’s willing but more reserved - maybe it’s nerves, maybe it’s the family situation, or just his personality compared to Pat’s - however, that doesn’t mean he’s not going to bring it when challenged - as seen by the finger lick.

It’s interesting also that they’re both in green shorts, and I think this signifies both that even though they are flirting they’re still not being honest and genuine with each other as well as that they still have obstacles to get over with their friends and families. 

And there you have it. Ugh I can’t wait until episode seven...*checks the time*...only 22 hours to go!

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