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today, Fiora? Today it's Book Club Part 2,
where we will be discussing the second volume of The Loyal Pin
by Mama. Get ready for the epic
conclusion of this series. Or is it?
We'll find out. Is it?
That is a good question. Let you know at the end.
All right? Cool.
So in this episode, like I mentioned, we'll be discussing
Volume 2 of the Loyal Pen. If you missed volume one, it's
out. Go listen to it and come back.
This is not a discussion about the TV show because it's not out
at the time that we're filming this.
However, we will be discussing what we do know about the TV
show up until this point. So if you haven't read the book
or haven't seen the show and don't want to be spoiled, like
skip this for now. Come back later when you have a
context. If you don't care and you're
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let's get into the little pin volume to again.
It was written by Mon Ma. The translation that we read, we
read the English translated translation, which is translated
by P Lock and N Key. Thank you both for your
contribution to the Big Energy Podcast and the world.
It it's it's funny because it's lock and key.
I know it's a great show also just what a great pairing.
OK So what is the volume to about?
Here's the synopsis I think I found on Goodreads.
We'll find out. It's a period girl love novel in
the 1950s between Princess Anila Pat and Lady Pilantita in the
Sweateri Palace. Lady Pilantita has grown up as a
well mannered young lady throughout her childhood with
Princess Anila Pat, who always treated her with love.
Oh yeah, and care. Their relationship turned to be
more complicated. Isn't it always under the strict
rule of the royal family? How can their love come true?
Let's find out, shall we? But before we jump into volume
to and all of its queerness and deliciousness, just a quick
disclaimer. If you weren't already aware,
all hosted in attendance of the Big Gay Energy podcast today are
not fluent in the Thai language. We are also not members of this
culture, nor will we residents of the part of the world where
this book took place. Therefore, we are limited in our
perspective of this piece of media and cannot analyze it
without our Western, specifically American life
experiences and biases. We did our best to research Thai
culture to put the show this teeth, this book into context,
but we are not experts on this topic and wanted to be
transparent before going any further.
So if we get things wrong, just please correct us.
Like we are still learning. We acknowledge that we're gonna
miss things, we're gonna analyze things differently, but like, we
did our best. So with that being said,
Caitlin, how would you summarize the Loyal Pin Volume 2 without
giving away anything? Two women just want to grow old
together, but Thai society says no Princess.
Pat says no, no, that's good. That's good.
OK, my for volume to specifically, I think it could
be summarized as the title of Princess Anil's memoir, How to
Get the Girl and Destroy the Man Standing in My Way.
Destroy the man. A memoir by Princess Anil and
then Lady Pin's memoir Getting getting pinned.
Getting pinned. It happens a lot.
It does. It does.
She's a new one, so it's fine. OK, so before we go any further,
let's also hydrate for lesbian Jesus.
So we've read the book How much does a Loyal Pin volume to make
you wanna hydrate for Lesbian Jesus?
If you're not familiar with this, this is our scale for
determining how important a piece of queer media is to us.
And we hydrate because water, like queer media, is essential
for life. So Caitlin, how much would you
hydrate for Lesbian Jesus for the Loyal Pin Volume 2?
8. Eight.
I'm gonna give it a nine again, Bills.
And you know what? This gets a 10 because I didn't
see the ending coming, truly in all of its glory.
And like, wow. Yeah.
No, actually, OK, that that ending, that was a good ending.
Also and no. That whole conversation between
oh this is non spoiler, but between the three, the two guys
and her at the end. Oh yeah, yeah, brother.
And yes. Oh yeah, the family.
Yeah, Yep. This gets A10 volume to gets
A10. It's just I didn't see any of
this coming and just like, wow, wildest dreams.
This is amazing. OK, all right, so you've been
warned. We're gonna spoil the shit out
of Volume to by going over everything and probably also
spoil the show because we will be incorporating stuff we've
seen in the trailer, teasers and screenshots that we found of
production. So you have been warned.
Spoilers abound. So let's get into it.
So again, volume one, if you didn't know, I don't know why
you're starting with volume to, but volume one, watch that.
Volume one ends with like Anil having to go back to Europe and
it's basically like, wait for me lady Pin.
And that's just the end of the book 'cause it's rude.
Anyway, so this book opens with Pin and a Nil basically dealing
with hopefully what is their final separation.
And Anil is in England and now she's fending off suitors
because she's in her 20s. So it's like time to wife you up
to somebody. And she's like, I already have
plans about that. Absolutely not.
But her brother of the Grand Princess says helping her get
rid of men like that he deems quote unworthy, which is
literally everyone. So that sets the tone for how
like marrying off of Nil is going in her family.
And he makes several comments, several comments along the lines
of I want a daughter just like a no one day and just put a pin in
that also literally All right, Then there's Kun UN or Alyssa
sweat, a pet. I think it's how you say her
name. Basically, she's the daughter of
the Thai ambassador. And so she's also in Europe like
for schooling and things like that.
And she's super into a nil. Like it's just wow.
Like everyone's in love with a nil.
It's kind of like the theme of this book.
And like some people are in love with a pin.
That's kind of how volume to goes.
Whereas like volume one was everyone's in love with PIN
somehow. This is really good pin pin in
the first. In the first volume she's the
one with all the suitors and like prick and Anil have to get
the suitors away from her. Whereas in volume to, it's like
Anil has all these suitors out of nowhere that are getting
really like handsy and shit. So anyway, they have basically
like Anil's friends with this girl because like, I mean,
Anil's a sweet person. She makes friends with
everybody, but really she's like, she's my tethered to
Thailand when I'm away. Like when I'm with her, I can
speak Thai and like she's homesick.
You know, it's been a long time. She left when she was 14.
Like that's a lot. So she makes friends with this
girl, but then the girl, it's like, you should sleep over at
my house once a week. And I was like, I guess, OK.
And then the girl finally like makes a move and it knows like,
yeah, no, we're just, we're just friends.
Like it was hard for her to like, she's like, I don't wanna
ruin this friendship cause like homesickness and you're nice,
but like, absolutely not. So she's like reject her.
But it's like, and no, rejecting people she cares about on a
friendship level is like, it's hard.
It's something that Anil like struggles with a lot.
She's like, I don't wanna like, hurt people and stuff, but like,
also like when the time comes, she's like, yeah, no, this is
not. Happening, she focuses on all
the class reasons of why they can't be together.
And then the last thing she says.
Also, I don't like you like that.
Yeah, 'cause she just don't want to like hurt her, you know, and
be like I'll, you know, she's like, well, this can't happen
for logical reasons. Don't be sad, it's logical.
I just. Feel like she should start with
I'm sorry I don't like you like that instead of ending with it.
You know, but I think it. Is this kind of like hope with
starting with the class reasons? Cause like oh, if that that's
the only reason we can't be together is because of society.
But no, it's just cause. But like, that society is so
ingrained in them that it's like, yeah, this can't happen
because of this. Like, it's never gonna happen.
Like, it doesn't matter how we feel.
Like you need to get over it. So it's I think it's a nose way
of like logically being like, hey, you should realize that
like stop having a crush on me. It's never going to happen.
Like, and then when the girl's like, I'll persist no matter
what. And I was like, fine, OK, I
don't like you back. OK, I'm sorry.
I didn't want to hurt you by telling you that, but like I was
trying to be nice and let you down easy.
But like I'm already married or something.
You've already married, Pin. Pin will kill you.
I would just let you know that right now.
My girlfriend will kill you. Pin would.
Pin would take that hairpin if you like.
You know she wants to do somebody talking to me like I
will stab you if you. I wonder if you'll get like
imaginings of like what she wants to do.
That would be fun. That would be so funny.
Their inner thoughts that way. Brain going ballistic and just
like stabbing. Something like a murder mystery
between the two of them. That would also be great.
I don't factor, we're just giving you ideas here.
I'm really retarding you. OK?
Anyway, OK, so I'm mentioning Canon right now because like,
she pops up later in the story when we get even more into the
lover's triangle fucking drama. We gave a brief intro to that in
the last volume. Oh, it yeah, it becomes a web.
It's a pyramid in this fucking book.
It's insane. OK, but the most disturbing
thing that happens to Anil when she's abroad is the librarian,
Helen. What the fuck?
What? What the fuck was this?
Remember, Anil at her oldest is in her 20s, like early 20s.
She's 20 years old right now. This is a weird suitor that
comes out of nowhere. It's this woman is 40 OK?
She's at least twice Anil's age. I don't like, I, I just want to
say like, I kept rereading this, 'cause I could not understand
what was happening, 'cause I was like, this has to be a student
volunteer or something. And I just couldn't believe that
a woman in her 40s had the nerve to do this.
OK so basically like she works at the library that Anna likes
to go to cause campus doesn't have multiple libraries so Anna
likes to go to this one particular library or whatever
and she goes with. Her.
I think it's the library from her old high school.
Sure. Yeah, yeah, you're right.
And she likes to go there, even though she's in university right
now. And so her and her friend go
there and every time she goes there, this hell in person, like
basically like brings them food and like make sure they're like,
dotes on them essentially just like the students in the
library. And, and no, again, it's from a
culture where like, that's what happens to her 'cause she's the
Princess. I don't think she thinks
anything of it. She's just like, yeah, OK,
they're bringing me snacks and shit.
That's what happens when I go places.
She's like, sure, whatever, but no, in England this is weird,
stranger danger behavior. And so at one point, Helen takes
Anil's first kiss without consent.
And I'm like, what is this? Why are we here?
Poor Anil. What the fuck was this?
It was so. Weird.
Yeah, it's speaking from experience.
It is weird. Oh.
My God. It's I guess just the worst
part, like it's never OK to just kiss someone, especially when
there was like no indication before that she was even
interested in her. She's a student coming to the
library. Exactly what are you reading?
Like this is weird. It's like attacking her.
It's very predatory and like poor Anil.
Like what? She's in a weird country and
this librarian is like making moves on her.
It's fucking weird. I really hope this is another
show because it's fucking weird. Yeah, I'm good without it.
Yeah, or there needs to be some consequence.
I don't know, like something. OK anyway, something that I felt
while reading and I don't know if it's just a cultural thing,
but the way these books made a huge deal about looks and that
Anil basically blinded people with her beauty, like just the
way that they kept talking about it made me uncomfortable.
Like there's so much more to her.
Like, she's so smart and incredibly kind, but now people
care about her only because she's beautiful.
And I just wish it wasn't so focused on her looks and we got
more of like the craftiness of her.
And that's why people were like, oh, I see.
Like she's so smart, but that's just me.
I mean, it's also the time period.
Like women aren't supposed to be smart.
They're just arm candy and they're like, oh, a powerful
woman, powerful meaning money and land and she's hot.
Like what a package. But also like Anil, like when
you see her in social situations, she goes into the
role of being very polite and like, you know, gets along with
people. But like she's still her
mischievous little self. Like that still comes out, you
know, and things like that. But I think the emphasis is just
like, she turns heads because she's pretty.
And then like Pin has a justification for like being
jealous all the time because her girlfriend's hot and like people
keep looking at her and she's like, God damn it, stop looking
at her. And like, I already.
And it's like they're in the 50s where they can't officially be
together. So it's like this constant
friction where she's like, I can't show people she's mine, so
they'll back off. So I think they're trying to
like, set that up to be like, I know the woman really blossomed
and she's really pretty now and like she's turning heads and
there's suitors pursuing her of all gender in relation to her by
blood and like all this stuff and, you know.
Like this girl has multiple women going after her as well
right in this time period. And you know, Idle Factory's
gonna run with that shit. They're like, how can you make
this even gayer than it already is?
Exactly. OK, so while that vanilla's
having a really wild time fending again, Helen makes out
with her like again, like, what the fuck?
Like, well, vanilla's swatting off suitors of all gender and
ages. Penn is back in Thailand just
like bored as fuck because she's just her thing is, she's just
like, I'm waiting for a no to come back because my life
revolts around her. But prick is there to watch Penn
and prick is driving her insane. That's that's their dynamic.
But also like at the same time, it's like this, like you're
driving me crazy, but also like prick also understands how much
pin, not how much, but she does understand like missing a nil
also. So they relate to each other and
they provide comfort in that kind of way.
And she's always being like, don't worry, Anil loves you.
She won't shut the fuck up about it.
I'm her best friend. I know how much she loves you,
Pin. You're fine.
I kind of feel like this relationship is a love to be
annoyed friendship, because if Prick wasn't there to annoy Pin,
Pin would just be lonely. And this is someone who loves
Anil just as much as she does, just in a platonic way.
And it really is the connection to Anil while she's away.
Yeah, besides the letters. No, for sure.
And like again, the reassurance is something Pin definitely
needs because she's like, you know, she's pretty.
She's quote fragile. That's how they describe her in
the book. But like, she's prone to
depression and things like that. And I think prick is helpful
even though she's like, it's really annoying Pin, which is
really funny. I can't wait for their dynamic.
OK. And then true to her pinky
promise, Anila's still writing letters every day to Pin.
And she starts now she's like, I'm basically dating you.
So she starts sending her gifts, like more extravagant gifts than
just like I made you a windmill. She's like, she sends her these
like Pearl earrings. And this is really cute because
again, remember, it's the 50s. They can't, she can't be like I,
I love her. That's my girlfriend kind of
thing. So it so Anil basically is like,
I'm yours. Let me show you in these covert
ways. And this is one of the ways she
does it. She sends her these Pearl
earrings and on the bat, like they're studs.
So on the back of like each earring like in the metal, she
engraves on one the letter A and the other the letter P to be
like. We're always together.
Together slash like you have a piece of me like you're wearing
my jeweler that I gave you. It's like a they use the word
possession a lot to be like your mind kind of thing.
We're exclusive kind of thing is kind of like what she's doing so
that Pin can feel more secure in their relationship.
And you'll see as like the gifts escalate, Pin's confidence in
their relationship starts shifting also.
And she's like, OK, and no serious about this.
Like, you know what I mean? Yeah, I love the way that the
scene, like during the scene before she actually gets these
earrings because she asked Prick if a letter has been sent and
Prick goes no. And so poor pin is so sad.
But it's because she didn't ask if there was a parcel.
And so Prick has a parcel hidden behind her back.
And then she gives it to her. And like, Pin gets so annoyed.
And then Prick's like, well, you asked if there's a letter.
There's no letter. It's it's a package.
And so then Prick holds the parcel as hostage until Pin
promises her food, because of course.
She of course she doesn't prick's the worst, so I mean.
There is a letter in the package as well, and she takes the
letter to the Pine Palace to read in Anil's bedroom.
I think this is cute because that is now their space.
Like, it's really their bedroom at this point.
Literally. And yeah, she doesn't have to
worry about people interrupting her because.
Because. I mean, it's.
Yeah, well, who would go there? But she can also feel closer to
Anil there. Yeah, I mean, literally, Anil
built that whole place for Penn. So like it is.
It was always their bedroom, like always.
Yeah. Yeah, that's very, that's a
really good .0. Yeah.
So also at this point too, like again, they're, it's more like
this is their adult version of their, the adult era of their
story will say that 'cause they're like full blown adults
at this point versus like volume one is more like childhood
through adolescence on their cusp of adulthood, but this is
like full adulthood. So at this point, Pin has
graduated from school entirely and she's working at a
publishing. Yeah, she's working as a
translator at a publishing firm. So she has like a job that she
actually does like outside of just like being a lady quote for
her aunt or whatever. But at the same time as a woman,
she is now warding off suitors. There's this guy from work than
it that she's like friends with who like super isn't important.
He's just kind of there. But Kunkuwa, unfortunately, is
still with us. He's like the disease.
He's like herpes. We can't get rid of him on these
books, unfortunately. He's flaring up, you know.
Oh gosh, the way you describe him every single time he shows
up, I am. That's what I'm looking forward
to in the show. Am I wrong?
No everyone. That's all I no, he's basically
an STD OK, so, so much I think about him.
All right so then OK, the good thing about volume to is they're
not separated for very long. This is pretty quick.
And then it like 2 trackers later, Anil's back, but like how
she comes back. Amazing.
So in this book, Anil's other brother Prince Anan is getting
engaged and so his ceremony happens.
So like leading up to it, Pins like, Oh my God.
And Neil came back last time for the other prince's engagement.
She's coming back. Oh my God.
But she doesn't. And then so Pin is sad.
She's like, got my hopes up, whatever.
So the next day Pin goes back to the pine pal.
So like sulk basically, and like decompress.
And she goes into Anil's room, probably exactly what you said,
Kayla. She was just like, I want to be
alone. This is our space.
I'm going in here. She goes into the room and she's
just like she got off of work too.
So she's like exhausted and then just like depressed and she's
like spacing. She's like staring at the door.
She goes into the room and like staring at the door and like
spaces out and then like closes it and then like locks it for
her privacy. And the minute it goes click,
somebody like hugs her from behind and whispers I missed you
so much. And then again, Anil has mad
game because she knew how this was going to go.
And that's all I'm saying. Like this girl, like she, she's
like lesbian Jesus level is what I'm saying?
Like her game's insane. So at first, like Pin, of course
Pin doesn't react like a normal person.
She's like happy. But also she's like, how dare
you not tell me back? What the fuck?
I think that's fair. OK, 'cause Pin has made it clear
that she doesn't really like it when Anil surprises her with her
presence. Like she's happy she's back.
But she has been counting down the days until she returns and
like she wanted to look forward to her returning and not just be
jumped and like almost scared to death.
Also, I learned in this book that apparently surprises are a
western thing. Interesting, I didn't know that.
But yeah, that explains why Pin's not a fan.
Pin's got anxiety.
Also. She's like, I don't want to be
anxious of shit. I need to know what things are
happening. But from Anil's point of view,
Anil's like, listen, I and I knew you would do that.
I knew if I told you, all you would do is fixate on me and
spend all this time preparing for me to come here and you
would neglect yourself. And she's like, you told me in a
letter that you had this really important meeting at work today.
And I knew if I told you I was coming, you would miss it.
So she's like, I purposely didn't tell you because I knew
you had to go do the work thing. And Penn's like, you remembered
my work thing. Oh my God.
I only mentioned it once. And Anil's like very intensely.
It's like I remember literally everything.
You tell me everything. That was really sweet.
No, that's that's fair for Anil's reason.
But I do think there's other ways for Anil to still get
pinned to go to that meeting even if she knew that Anil was
coming back. I agree, but I think Anil also
wanted to surprise her because of the way this plays out there.
So 'cause she doesn't just surprise her with her presence,
she's like, I'm here for good. Let me explain what I was doing
and why. Like I didn't come back for my
brother's engagement and things like my other brother.
And she's like, listen, I like basically she like doubled her
coursework so that she could graduate early just so she could
come back to Thailand to make pin happy.
That's the lengths that no goes through like 4 pin.
It's really remarkable, to be honest.
Doing double the amount of work just to come back to her lover
and who's waiting for her. This is This is like what the
the lesbians deserve period piece of waiting for your spouse
to come home. Like the her dedication to Penn
is amazing and let's think about that.
So she like took even more classes at the end of the at the
end. So those are the hardest
classes. Plus she was writing letters and
drawing postcards and doing that shit every single day and like
it just she's amazing. And then, OK, so I know the
other reason that she's like, I also wanted to surprise you with
sex. And, and this was my favorite
when Pin's like Anila's trying so hard.
She's like, I missed you. It's been however many days or
whatever. Like we're alone.
Come on. And like, you know, you want to
basically and Pin's like Anil, how kid you?
It's broad daylight 'cause it's like daytime.
It's like sex is a night time thing.
And Anil's like just close your eyes then like pretend it's
dark. That was so funny by the end of
chicken mint dessert, but it was what a line she was like, just
close your eyes. Pretend that it'll be dark when
you do that. It's hilarious because they
can't do it during broad daylight, like you're in a
palace alone in a locked room. Him.
Locked the room and. I was like, great, I'm so glad
you did that. I don't have to lock it.
That better be in the show. That was hilarious and it was so
funny. And then I love all the stuff
where and Pin is constant because they're flirting and
decreases here too, where Pin's always like, you're such a sweet
talker because she is. So this was hilarious that she
was just like, just close your eyes.
That's so funny. She's like, I don't have any
energy because I need to get to this now.
Like we've been apart for too long.
That was the other thing. Pin's like, aren't you exhausted
from that enormous transcontinental traveling you
just did? And she's like, I was until you
got here and now I'm suddenly awake.
That's so funny. And it was a thirsty bitch.
And I love her. She is, though she does
instigate a lot with Pin. And Pin's always like, can you
not right now? And I was like, no, I have to
don't lie. And Pin will fight her for like
2 seconds and then be like fine. Yes.
OK, so you actually do quite a bit of traveling actually during
this book, which is kind of cool.
And so I'm excited to see some of the stuff in the show where
they they go to different locations.
So next day the royal siblings go vacation in Hua Hin, which I
think is like a beach town I think, or at least has beautiful
beaches and it. Sounds like it should be.
Yeah. And in the book, they're
basically staying at one of like Anil's family properties
essentially in that place. And the gang that goes is like
the grand Prince, Lady Pavardi, who's his wife, vice Prince
Annan and Kun Orn not UN. This is his like girl, he's I
can't remember. They're engaged.
They just got engaged. So that's his fiancee.
OK, They're recording in the last book Kun UN.
So the one that likes a no chow which?
For me, for me, I was very between that and then Lady
Alisara and Alyssa. Or.
However you say those two, I was like, I don't know if just like
it was translated weird and there was like an extra letter
put in to each name. The name they're just similar
sounding names but could on is Alisara.
That's where it gets confusing when they use like and then
they'll like use her English nickname anyway.
Hold on. I thought these were different.
Favorable. Nevermind.
Let's continue. I'm.
The Chow. Chow Yang.
Yang. I'm gonna say her name around.
I'm sorry. Yungfu, yungfu.
OK. Yung.
We should we call her Chow because she called everybody
chow, Chow, Chow. Young, young.
I don't know. God damn it, I'm sorry, I don't
know. And I.
Meant to look up all these names before we started and I forgot.
Then there's Anil Pin Pranut, who we've met Prick.
And then there's Ply, who I think is another like servant,
but I forgot exactly who he is. And then Lord Kua's there.
Of course. So there's basically.
The STD, Yeah, the STD is there, you know, get rid of him.
OK, So how long triangles are in this group of people?
There's so many. I I tried to count and I think
it's four or five, which is a lot.
Yeah, I think it's at least. Well, I mean, if you count.
Yeah, Yeah, I think four or five.
Yeah. Yeah, it's a lot.
It's a lot. And it keeps getting murkier the
more we hang out with some of these characters.
I'm like, are you into this person?
Like what is happening anyway? So this is OK.
So basically they're alone in this private estate essentially,
and it's a nil and pin. This is their first, like, trip
away, but they're with all these people.
So it goes exactly as you'd imagine.
There's a lot of jealousy that happens here.
So a true to form Pin is jealous of everybody who looks at a nail
'cause remember, we spent all this lead up being like Anil's
real hot now, OK, This is why. Because Pin's like wow, that
person's looking at you while that person's looking at you.
And then like she keeps making all these jabs at a nail that
are super. I wonder if a dog looked at her
or she'd be I. Think if a dog paid attention to
a nail, she'd be like, I wish I was that fucking dog.
Like, yeah, Pin, that level of jealous.
Yeah. OK.
But the person she's most jealous of is Kun UN.
Yeah, Kun UN because she comes out in a swimsuit.
OK, so there's like skin on display and Pin keeps bringing
us up to a nil constantly. And she keeps like low key
trying to be like, were you checking her out?
I can't believe you. And like when they're when
they're at the the way she does it is so funny.
They're out by the ocean. And Pin asks Anil.
She's like, was the ocean white? And I was like, which is AKA
like where you're checking out Kun UN's like light skin is what
she's trying to say it. And I was like, what are you
talking about? The Ocean's blue.
Like what do you mean? It keeps pushing it until like
and making it more explicit until.
And I was like, ah, she's like, I don't know, I was too busy
looking at you. I don't know what you're talking
about. Like again, sweet talker or no,
but it was her jealousy is so fucking funny sometimes.
She's like OK, OK, but it's not one sided jealousy cause Anil is
also jealous, but he's jealous of actual people that are
hitting on pins. So it's a little bit different.
OK so I mentioned that I think in the first volume it doesn't
matter. So Prana goes from like being
into a nil to being in a pin on this trip for some reason,
'cause he's just a puppy looking for love.
He's just like I want a girlfriend.
She's single, I'm trying to talk to her and Anil has to like talk
him out of it and it's so fucking funny.
So he's like, this is after like the women are in swimsuits and
like, Oh my God, so I'm sorry the all the girls are in
swimsuits and they come out of the ocean and pin like throw his
towel at them, 'cause she doesn't rest checking that.
One's SO. Funny and then some of the men
are like and pronounced here is like, damn, I should have done
that. I should have brought them
towels. But like Pin is doing it 'cause
she's jealous and doesn't want to nil look at them, which is so
funny. Anyway, so Prenna's like man
later to a nil. He's like, oh, it's a shame that
Pin wasn't swimming because she would be wearing a bathing suit.
And he's like checking her out while he's saying this next to a
note, which is obviously not a good thing.
And so in the book they're like, oh, like Anil's voice gets
really chilly and she's like, don't you dare talk about lady
pin like that. Like that basically puts him in
his and he's like, oh, this is weird coming from you.
And then she like, they start bantering and she's like, crap,
I gotta get this man off of her. And he's like expressing to her.
He's like, look, I just, I want a girlfriend.
And just like, I'm trying to meet people.
He's basically harmless. But Anil's like, stay away from
that one. And so Anil's basically like,
well, it's going to be tough on this vacation because basically
everybody's taken. And I just told you, you have to
stay away from pin because she's mine.
So Anil's like there's prick left.
And then pronounce says actually I might prefer to remain single.
I read that and I was kind of appalled.
I'm like, prick is a catch, OK? She is a catch I agree, but OK.
But remember pins like her lady her like lady being a lady
skills are non existent. So I think that's what he he's
like ah, she's not exactly a lady.
But yeah, Perkins fucking awesome man.
You should be so lucky. But it was a funny line where
she's like ah, maybe I'll stay sick.
Oh my God, sorry. There's a lot of hydrating these
that happened for this book. Especially I'm feeling it.
I'm like we just got started we didn't even get to the craziest
shit yet in this book. I can't wait for this book to
get adapted cause Oh my God the drama in here is real funny.
OK, so Anila and Pin go on this like private walk along the
beach. And by private, I mean Prick is
with them. And this for sure is happening
in the show because there's some stills of like the just the two
of them on the beach, like kind of having a moment.
I'm just I'm sure Prick is eating shrimp or something in
the background. Like, let's be real, let's be
real, she's catching grass. Coded.
They're, yeah, they're color-coded and they're pink and
they're blue because of course they are.
OK. And so they have this, like,
talk right on the beach where Anil promises to never leave Pin
again. She's like, look, I came back
early so I wouldn't have to go back to school so that we don't
have to be separated, like, ever again.
And she tells Pin that, like, part of my plan is 'cause she
finished university, basically and will go on to do a master's
degree. So, like, Pin's worried.
Like, OK, for now you're done, but you're probably gonna go
back. And, and I was like, no, I'm
gonna, I arranged it with my father's advisors and I'm gonna
do my master's degree in Thailand.
Like I'm not leaving again. And just like that means the
world to pin. That's very sweet.
I mean, it is. It's very sweet, but something
that I hope is in this vacation, I want to see Prick make all the
seafood quote like she is in a tense competition with someone.
I'm like, there's no one else making that.
I want to see what that means. I also want to say, 'cause
there's like a grill off that's happening.
Yeah, I'm excited for that. I'm hydrated.
OK, Then another delicious jealous Anil and I this thing.
I need this. OK, so later that night,
basically like Anil's alone in her room and she's like
basically waiting for Pin to make an excuse to come to her
room. And she looks out, I think
actually, wait, no, Anil gets out of dinner basically by
saying like she develops a headache and she like retires to
her room basically. And she's waiting for Pin to
show up because obviously for and the the description of this
is really funny if she like pretends to have the headache
and then like all the women who are into her, like fighting over
her basically at the dinner table.
And she's like, I think I actually have a headache.
So funny. So she's waiting for Pin,
obviously. And from her room, she looks
outside and it's dark, but she spots Pin outside with Kuwa and
it looks like they're on a walk and really like Pin was socially
forced into the situation with him, but like Anil doesn't
realize that yet. And there's an important thing
that she thinks in this moment where she's like, it's the first
time when Anil realized that Lord Kua would have more of a
chance of possessing Pin than she would.
Meaning that like, he's very persistent in like going after
her. And he's like, because he's a
man, he can actually marry her. And I can't legally do that.
So like, fuck, like he really is competition.
I've been like, underestimating him 'cause he's a fucking
walking STI and I hate him. So the way the way Pin gets out
of this interaction is prick comes and saves her basically
and like makes up some excuse and like, pulls Pin away from
him essentially. And then Anil keeps watching and
when it's just cool alone, he like loses his cool completely
and like, beats up a Bush basically.
And that's when Anil's like, OK, this guy is good on paper, but
he has like anger issues and he's violent and he really needs
to stay the fuck away from Pin. There are a lot of red flags.
Especially in this book. Mm hmm.
He's a walking red flag for sure.
So later that night, Pin, as predicted, like sneaks into
Anil's room and Anil is so spooked by what she just
witnessed with Kuwa that she does something prematurely.
So keep in mind she was planning on doing this anyway.
But she's like this bitch pissed me off so I'm doing this now and
she says to pin I don't want the story we own each other to just
be vague words that are difficult to capture.
So she goes to her bag and pulls out basically an engagement ring
and presents it to pin and is like please receive all my
feelings through this ring and pin says yes.
I forever accept. Then she gives her this
beautiful like it's a western style.
They make this like. Point so like basically only in
don't gonna give him the store. It's a western style platinum
AKA expensive as fuck engagement ring with like a diamond on it
and it's definitely in the show. Yeah, so then one of them, I
keep thinking that it's pinned because it would make more
sense. But yeah, I was trying to figure
out who's at it says from now until old age, even death do us
part. Someday I will be the one to
give you a ring. Then they kiss.
So basically they're just got married.
Yeah, I think actually, I don't remember who said that exactly,
but yeah, basically like this is them saying you're mine, like
officially. And like the reason Anil does
this. So originally she wanted to do
it because I was like, she made a fucking palace for like, she's
been planning this for a very long time, let's be honest.
And so she loves Pin and wants to like be with her forever.
It's basically, but the, what really motivates her to do it
here is she's like, if you're wearing an engagement ring, all
these men, AKA Kua will back the fuck off because they'll see the
ring and be like, oh, your promise to another person,
another man. I will back off now.
Because what the the situation in the garden was that what
ended up happening was like Anil had the headache and so pin went
outside because she's like, oh, there's medicine in the car for
your headaches. I'm going to go get it and bring
it back so that you'll feel better.
And so she tried to go outside and Kua cornered her.
And Pin was like, I kept trying to get him to leave me alone,
but he he wouldn't. So the problem is that in this
point in time and in this society, Pin's at a
disadvantage. So even if she's saying no, it
doesn't thwart the man in any way, shape or form.
What thwarts the man is another man's claim.
So like if she's wearing a engagement ring, which is like
what ends up happening, he's like, oh, I'll back off because
I don't remember her wearing that, but like she's wearing
that, which means another man already claimed her.
So I can't go after her anymore. It's like that's what Anil's
trying to do. She's like, wear the ring and
he'll leave you the fuck alone because I can't just be like,
stay the fuck away from her. She's mine kind of thing, which
is what she wants to do. I.
Wanna I wanna see imagination scene where she does tell him
off like that? I want the imagination scene
where she slaps him. That'd be great.
All right. Or in real life.
That's it. Doesn't have to be.
They'll slap him later, you never know.
I'm here for that. All right.
The other main point of the scene is that OK, so Anole gives
Pin the wedding or the engagement ring.
And then at the end, Pin promises someday I'll be the one
to give you a ring like you gave me, one that says that I'm off
limits. I want to give you 1 so that
people know that you're off limits.
And Anole says I will wait. And like, again, patience of the
Saint Anole, I'll wait for it 'cause she's like, yes, I want
that, I want that too, but I'll wait.
And basically they spend the rest of this shrimp acting like
it's their honeymoon. And it's really.
Cute. On the honeymoon discussion, Pin
is also upset because Prick can easily interrupt the honeymoon
as well, because Prick's always around.
But Anil has a solution for that.
Which brings us to a short interlude where Anil takes Prick
to go horse riding. And I want this scene because
Prick is so happy on this horse. And then Pin shows up and Anil's
like, oh, you can have a turn now.
Prick doesn't mind. And then internally, Prick's
like, bitch, I'm not done here, I want to ride.
And Pin doesn't even want to ride.
She's terrified of this horse right now.
So what does Anil do? She does what she does best,
bribes Prick with money and tells her to go get a snack.
And this makes everything better for Prick.
And she jumps off the horse and takes the horse's actual owner
to go get a snack. And I just love that that's now
she's happy. Everybody's happy.
It is hilarious. And then like, OK, what I also
love about this, I, I mentioned earlier that once once Pin has
the engagement ring and that's where she's like, this shit is
real. Her like confidence starts
changing because she feels more secure in their relationship.
And there's a lot of things that I think it happens in the scene
where Anil has her inner monologue and she's like, that
sounds like something a wife would say.
Like Pin starts acting like her wife like she does.
And like Anil picks up on it like this change in Pin where
she's like and she's like, I'm kind of into this, OK.
There's a line later I think I highlighted that comes back and
I love it. Oh, my God, Especially when
anytime I know goes anywhere and Pin's like, you were good when
you were gone, right? And I was like, yes, I didn't do
anything. I didn't do anything.
Anyway, Yeah. Pin starts acting like a white.
It's really funny, but it happens like immediately when
she gets the ring. OK, so unfortunately that plan
doesn't stop the shenanigans of like Princess Padmika trying to
wed off Pin Takua. This is basically if you watch
Gap, this is the Grand Mam and Sam all over again.
So he snitches to Padmika about Pin's new engagement ring that
just he's like it magically appeared on the second day of
the trip. I don't know what happened.
You told me she was single. Apparently she's not.
So Padmika puts together who gave Pin the ring, because she's
been noticing for quite some time how Pin becomes more alive
and happy when Anil's around, and she's particularly happy.
So go ahead. Just exactly what should happen
when you're going to be with someone for your whole life?
Again, different society. Again, what Padmika thinks she's
it's the grand mammoth Sam. She thinks she's giving her
security and like a life by marrying her to somebody who
looks good on paper. That's what's happening here
'cause that's what you're supposed to do as a lady, right?
But like, but Padmika does love. She does love Pin.
She does. And so like she does notice
these things. But so she let it go for a long
time because she noticed how happy Pin was around a nil.
So she's let it go for like decades basically the way Pin
acts around a nil. But now she's like, hmm, this is
going too far because now you have an engagement ring, I'm
pretty sure. And Nil gave it to you because
basically Pin's been acting like she's on cloud 9 when she got
back from this trip and suddenly has she has this new ring and
she's like, well, fuck, this is crossing lines now.
Because again, there's no legal way for them to do any of this.
So she's like, Nil can't take care of you.
Also, it knows the fucking Queen she can't take care of.
Like there's a lot of complicating shit here for
Pamika. So she's like, Oh, no.
So she has to confront Pin about this basically, 'cause she has
to like, again, if she's gonna make an accusation about the
Prince, a Princess Anil, she has to like, confirm that it's real,
cause Anil outranks her. Holy shit.
So they have a conversation and it blows up very fast, very
explosive. Oh.
My gosh. Oh.
My gosh. Hmm.
So auntie knows this is an engagement and she's like, I
know this isn't just some jewelry she gave you.
You're wearing it on your engage.
She's wearing it on her left hand on like the ring finger.
She's like, you know what that means, right?
Pin, what were you wearing the ring?
And Pin's like, I know so like and Pin's denies nothing.
Again, she's a different person when she gets the ring and she's
like, and I, I know what it means.
I Anil gave it to me. I'm never taking this off just
so you know, like because it just it means everything to pin.
And this is like, we've talked a lot about how like Anil's
dedication to Pin is very obvious and has been going on
forever. This is where Pin makes her
stand. She's like, no, my commitment to
her is just as strong. And she's like, I'm not, this is
never coming off. Like this is the person I gave
myself to. That's it.
Like I'm not that's it. So then Pin does what Pin does
and she just like cries, right? And seeing her, her how was it
called her granddaughter. This is the gap.
Seeing her niece. Her adopted niece.
Yeah, sorry. It's a very similar dynamic.
It's a very similar story from here.
Sing or cry like Idi pad like relents.
Because she does care about Penn's Welby.
She does. And she thinks by marrying her
to this Lord, she's doing her. She's gonna secure her future.
And she thinks that that's what's best for her.
But like when when she sees how upset Pin is over a nil, like
she does like relent. And one of the concessions in
the book is that which I like, is that Auntie Pad's like, OK,
you never have to take off the ring.
Like she sees how much it means her.
And she's like, OK, you can keep the ring.
It's fine. That's important to note for a
later scene. Yeah, it's important to note for
shit we saw the trailer I'm not happy about.
Oh yeah. Oh yeah.
I don't like that change. That's yeah, that was a bad
change. No, this was this is cause
again, Pin's refusal and like, OK, it keeps going and she never
takes the ring off never because that's that's showing her
commitment to a no and like how committed she really is.
And so that is important. And I like that they wrote that
in the book and pad understands that.
And and so that's her way of showing that like, yeah, I care
about my, I care about you. And like, I I do.
I see your feelings. They're real.
I get it. But like, what are you doing
kind of thing? Yeah.
But then something LGBT happens during this conversation where
they're talking about the jewelry and basically anti pad
starts playing with this ring on her right hand that she wears
and it's revealed that Her Royal Highness gifted it to her 20
years ago and the bitch is still wearing this ring.
So like like auntie playing. With it in deep.
Thought in deep thought, mm hmm over this Anil and pin
situation. So that's pretty queer if you
ever ask me. And we find out later, 'cause at
first I'm reading this and I'm like, oh God, another one.
And Nil's mother, cause her real Highness at this point is like
the woman married to the married to the king.
And I'm like, fuck, are they, Were they together?
What the hell? But how incestuous?
This isn't like, I mean, what someone it kind of is.
It is. It is actually.
It's incestuous drama, whereas it's like it's the whole group
is into each other basically. But the way the book this book
works is basically like volume one and volume to if you if you
haven't read it, basically they're like the first, like the
bulk of the book is like the actual loyal pin, like the
story. And then there's like these like
special chapters basically at the end that are either like
background scenes, scenes that the infinite anywhere else in
volume to we get other characters point of views and
like we get Antipad's back story and where this ring originated
from and it came from somebody. Sorry, go ahead.
No, it came from somebody. Her Royal Highness was this
woman named Princess M and basically like Pad was like
assigned to her basically when she joined the royal family kind
of thing and was like basically her prick in a way.
Like she was like her lady in waiting kind of thing.
And yeah, I. I really want this storyline to
happen. Me too, even if it's just in one
episode because it seems pretty interesting.
I. Oh my God I like that chapter.
It's so sad though. It is.
Oh my God. It's so sad, it's so sad and
hard will be a lot of. Pain, but I want to see it.
Knowing Idol Factory, they'll be like, yes, recording this.
It's all the tears. Yeah.
Long story short, if they don't put it in basically like they
had this like Princess Anne was basically like she had some kind
of like health problem. So this was like they were
young, like young teenagers, I think.
Maybe young health? Issues, Yeah, she had a chronic
health issue that she ultimately dies from at a young age.
And Padmika, like, took care of her basically and like, formed a
very, very strong bond with her. And like, there were hints of
like, him liking her more than that and like, but she never
really, they never said anything to each other.
So it was like classic like traditionalist back in the day
where it's like conceal, don't feel your feelings kind of shit.
But I'm sorry, that's the best way to say it.
But when M knew she was at the end, basically she gifted
Padmika the swath of land where the the Bua, basically the Bua
palace happened because of Princess M.
She's like, just take my money, it's fine.
I'm gifting it to you and like I'm building a palace and it's
fine. And she basically gave it to her
and gave her some money, like to secure her future kind of thing.
And then she when she passed away, pad got this letter
basically from him that was basically, it basically was a
love confection where it was basically like she's basically
like in fancy language, just saying I've loved you this whole
time and I never told you if you feel the same way.
Here's this ring where the ring and never take it off as your
way of remembering me and like what we had kind of thing.
She's like, if you don't feel that way, put this in my jewelry
box. People will take it away and you
never think of this, think about this again.
And here she is 20 years later, still wearing the ring,
indicating like pad understands what pin is going through.
And like that's why she's like, keep your ring.
I understand, I understand, I understand, I understand.
And so like part of the conversation with pin where
she's like, how could you let it get this far?
Let's like it's she's yelling at herself too.
You know what I mean? I kind of wish that special
scene was intertwined with the book 'cause I would have loved
to have seen that scene while knowing this other stuff was
going on. Yeah.
'Cause it does put a lot into perspective and it's just, it's
so sad, but also cute. And if I'm gonna have pain, I
may as well get that pain. Yeah, it's really beautiful.
And it just, again, it it, like you said, it contextualizes Pin
and Padmica's relationship with each other and like why Pad acts
the way she does 'cause she's like, I've lived this, I
understand what she's going through kind of thing.
And like, Padmic had never remarried and stuff.
So she's just like, I just basically that's that's what Pin
would do. That's what Pin would have done.
Pin would, if anything happened, would Nail forget it Like Pin
would like never. I don't even know.
Who knows what happened. Pin would go into a depression,
but like Pin would never remarry like so I think that's what
Padmega did. And she's like, I don't want
this sad life for you, you know? Anyway, so go on Caitlin.
I didn't know if we did this or not.
We basically did. OK.
All right, so this goes along with your next scene that you're
talking about as well. But another scene that I want is
Pin is upset because Anil keeps coming home late and then also
does not eat the food that Pin makes because of coming home too
late. So Pin always ends up giving the
food to Prick so it does go to waste, which you know Prick is
definitely not upset about. And one night Anil shows up
while Prick is eating and Prick just starts talking about how
Anil has been coming home late every night.
And Anil is like you talk like you're my wife.
Which pic? Prick responds no but your real
life oops Coon pin. She complaints about this every
day. Ow.
I love it so much that I just hit myself in the face.
Oh my God. I love it I.
It's all. Funny it then evolves to prick
saying she deserves to die. I'm assuming because she ends up
eating the food meant for Anil and Anil says she has been going
to bed hungry. Girl, that's your own fault.
I don't know how to make food. For yourself, you lived on your
own for seven years. I'm girl tripping prick.
And then I just love this whole thing, Anil says please don't
die and prick thinks that she's concerned about her.
But then Anil starts saying I'm afraid it will bring bed luck to
my palace if you will die, walk to the front palace to die an
asshole. I love that.
I just know that that scene would just be portrayed
perfectly between them and I want it so bad.
OK, here's the deal. We have a high chance of that
happening because the scene that I love, which happens because of
this, definitely happens. So fingers crossed we get the
whole thing. So bottom line from Caitlin's
scene is that and no learns that Pin's upset that she keeps
coming home late from college basically and she's complaining
to prick about it. So and I was like, OK, how do I
get her? How do I make her not mad at me
basically is how do I get my wife to be happy essentially.
So she starts this letter war, which is definitely in the show,
and basically Prick is in the middle.
Unfortunately. She basically Anil's like, OK
Prick, let's make Pin not mad, take this, go take this letter
to the Bua Palace. And basically they keep sending
letters back and forth and Prick has to transport them.
She's just like, this better fucking end soon because I'm
tired. Shit, it's so funny.
But like at some point PIN does not give her a letter to send
back so prick's won't have me going back.
Like I'm sorry, don't do this anymore.
And then continue, OK, so yeah, basically there's a there's a
bunch of nagging that happens where like Anil's trying to lure
a pin over and pin saying no and she's being stubborn.
So it gets excellent to the point, like Caitlin said, where
where pin's like, I'm not sending a message and prick's
like, finally we're fucking done.
And then I was like, OK, wanna play like that.
So Anil escalates things. At that point, she's like, I
know exactly what's going to get him to come over here.
And she's like, and Prick's got another fucking letter.
And she's like, no, it's not a letter, which Prick is happy
about. And then she Anil tells her what
she's going to do. And Prick's like, oh, fuck.
So Prick goes to the book. This is definitely in the show
outside the screenshot. So Prick goes over to the Boo
fellas and is like, and Penn's like, where's my letter?
And he'll send me a letter and Perk's like, well, and Noah
wanted me to do she's like, it's not a letter.
And Noah wanted me to do something for her.
And Prynne's like, what is it? And so perk is did you Ding?
And Kit and Pen's like, what is it, prick?
Without saying anything, Prick hugs Pin and kisses her on the
cheek and then runs away at top speed.
I didn't see the screenshot before this is.
So it's perfect, it's perfect, it's perfect.
Well, it happens. Then pain and Prick runs away.
And as predicted, this works because Pitt is so infuriated
that Anil ordered Prick to do this that she goes straight to
the behind palace to confront Anil.
And she's like, why the fuck did you send Prick to kiss me?
And then I was like, I didn't. She's like, I told I didn't ask
Prick to kiss you. I asked you, I asked her to kiss
her, kiss you for me. That's fine, right?
It's like you son of a bitch. Oh my God, so again, and I was
and I was so smart, but pin still pissed.
So she's and I was like, that's OK, I can fix this.
I got a solution. She's like, how about I keep
kissing you on the spot where prick kissed you and that way
it'll like erase it And so she starts doing it and then she's
eventually she's like, are you less mad at me now?
It pins like again, pins like. If you do more than kiss my
cheek, I might get over my anger faster and I'm like.
These thirsty idiots are so fucking funny.
I need. The whole thing is gonna be fun.
This would be so. Fun this in the show, but that
was so funny, Prince. Like if you do more than this,
maybe I'll be mad and mad at you.
OK, but that was so funny for a prick because prick was
terrified to go do this. But she's like, I have to
because the nipples told me too. This is so funny.
Again, I'll say it a million times, but I do I just love that
once Pin gets that engagement ring, this was a good scene too.
Like they're seen here because pin is very, very secure in
their relationship and like telling know what she wants and
like doing stuff like this. Like usually she would just let
and know kind of guide everything.
But at this point she's like, no, this is what I want.
And I was like, absolutely. I don't like being bossed around
my print pin, let's be real. So it's cute.
They're they're just much more like open with each other, which
is very sweet. I think that it's needed because
it's about time that they understand that they're just
meant for each other and that they don't have to worry because
they. I know that you love the
jealousy of media, but I find it exhausting and I know it causes
drama, but it's not my type of drama.
I preferred messy dynamics like Blank.
A blank's not jealousy too, but it doesn't last long.
And it's like in here though, like the problem is that like,
because there's no, so what's different between about those
two medias? There's a lot of things.
But like in blank, it's more it's modern.
So it's kind of like they could be together, you know, and be
like publicly secure in their relationship.
There isn't this threat of like a man's gonna come in and take
you away because that's what's my parents want, you know what I
mean? Like whereas here it's like it's
hard for them to be secure in their relationship because
there's this particularly in this volume, there's this threat
of like Kua's gonna take away pin like legally.
And then like there's this. It's not so much a threat, but
there's the possibility that like the king is gonna marry off
a nil. So like.
I'm sorry, I was trying to get my dog to go on her pad.
I apologize it didn't work. I'm sorry, do you need a second
to deal with that? Continue.
OK but anyway, so I get their anxiety.
They're just like, it's hard because the basically everything
is working against them except what they can control, which is
not a lot. So I I get why they're anxious
all the time, especially Pin, who's like when she's not with
Anil, she's trapped along with her aunt who's trying to
aggressively marry her off. So like, I get where she's her
insecurity comes from. It's like this isn't in her
control, you know, so she feels like more if it's in her control
where like Anil's like, no, here I here's the ring.
I'm definitely marrying you. Like, don't worry about it.
Yeah. You know, so I get I, I get, I
get where that's coming from. Her insane jealousy though,
where she's like was the ocean white?
That's just funny though, 'cause I'm like she's ridiculous and
her jealousy, it's so funny and the way it no handles are is so
funny. Anyway, OK, Speaking of insane
jealousy, let's go over to the Chow FA Palace because I'm
pretty sure this also happens in the show.
And I think this is where we're starting to get like cultural
elements from, like why the Thai, the Thai government like
partnered with the project, like the TV show, because this takes
place in a different like area of Thailand.
It's more like the Northern Kingdom.
And so I think we're gonna get, this is where we get like
different like costumes, like authentic, like cultural
costumes and things like that and like dancing and things like
that. So I'm excited to see that
because I've never experienced it.
So I'm excited for that. The reason they're there,
they're there to visit. Basically, I think Chowfa is
getting engaged. Well, she's courting some guy.
She's in the midst of courting some dude, possibly getting
engaged. And like Anil's whole family is
there to like visit kind of thing.
And part of that is. It makes sense for the girl that
she actually likes to show up during, correct?
Drama but also like Indy Pad and Pin come along with like Anil's
entire family basically Then when the minute they get there
and Nell's like I'm in a room with Penn and she like insists
on it in front of her own mother and then like Pat and he's like
fuck, God damn it with these two like in front of and she's like
in front of my whole family like what are you doing?
Like and Nell's like no, no, no, I love it.
And Nell's mother trying to talk her out of it.
She's like, aren't you just gonna annoy the shit out of
Penn? And, and I was like, no, I'll be
good. It's I don't like sleeping alone
and it's scary here and all this stuff and I need her in my room
and finally my mom's like, OK, fine, as long as Pin's OK with
that. Cause like, you're really
fucking annoying, but all right. Oh my God, it's.
So funny, like she's like pit. If I were you, I would not do it
right. She's like, it's so funny.
OK, then we're here to be really, the reason we're here is
the fucking love trial triangle drama, trial show.
It's a trial. Oh my God, no, it's I love the
way this is told in the book, though, because the person who's
observing all this bullshit is prick, which is really funny
'cause she's like the wallflower.
She's like I'm the servant. I'm, you know, see, not heard
kind of shit. And she's the one observing all
the love trial go drama. And it's really fucking funny.
So let's let's I'm just gonna lay some of the ground works.
Then you can take it away. Caitlyn.
So basically Cow Yung FA is in love with Anil, which infuriates
Pin, obviously. Meanwhile, the Grand Prince is
in love with Chow Yung Pho, which we talked about.
They're cousins, 1st cousins, OK.
Also, Chow Yung Pho has her own fiance, some man she's not
really into, and he's like checking out all the women
because he's a man. Frank is the one observing all
this, catches on to it and describes this whole thing as a
quote tangled up like a mess of yarn.
Yes, that's exactly. I just love that prick is able
to figure out everything going on in the group just by
observing them. Just looking at their eyes be
like oh you're such an idiot. Right.
It's so funny. It just shows the way that she
needs to be able to read people in order to thrive in life
because of her class basically. And luckily Anil did help her to
learn to read and write a bit because if she hadn't, this
would be her only skills, so she probably worked on this.
From a very young age. Yeah, she's just naturally
smart. I think that's part of the
reason why her and Anil got along so well.
But Speaking of Prick then OK, we get through this weird dinner
where she's like, Prick is observing all this.
She's like wow, y'all some messy bitches.
And then we pick up the next chapter with Prick waxing poetic
about Chow Rungfa, and I'm like, is Prick into her too 'cause
she's like, she's so beautiful. I'm like all this stuff.
And I'm like what is happening in the?
I think prick is into everyone at this point.
I think she would willingly just go with anyone, especially if
they brought her food. I was just gonna say, whoever
has the food prick is. Well, you know what?
That's why Lockdown's playing her into everyone.
Oh my God, 'cause there's more. We're not down with the love
triangles, 'cause then there's Kun UN who's in love with Anil,
and then Kua, who wants to possess Pin, Are there more?
Did I get him off? Yeah, in here, yes, because
there's more on the trip than here.
Which trip? Hoonhua Hoonua.
I think that's pretty much everybody.
You're right. There's more.
Oh, my God. OK, so that's that.
It's so messy, but it's hilarious because it's just
prick being like, OK, all right. Then.
During this trip, the hairpins make a reappearance, so Anil
insists that they wear them to the ceremonial dinner, which is
really sweet. But remember, Chaufa's mom is
the one that gave her the pins, so she understands the
significance of these pins. And then Nell's like, let's wear
them together here where I got them from.
But it's really sweet. And part of why she did it is
because she's like, these are culturally significant to this
part of Thailand, so let's wear them.
That's part of her reasoning. But then also like it's a big
snitch of what Anil's doing, which I think is also partly
doing. I want one to know that.
I'm correct. That's what she's doing.
She's trying to make a low key make a claim on pin.
That's what she's doing exactly 'cause she's too smart not to
realize this. But also this shit gets messy
with the two of them. So OK, she gets her the hairpin
and she's like, you look great. And then the whole time she's
like, you look real hot in this outfit, this Lana woman outfit,
and they're all into each other in their outfits and stuff.
And then Pin, during this, it gets emboldened and tries to
wife a Nil basically, because remember, Pin made the promise
I'm gonna get you a ring one day.
So she's working in a publishing firm.
And so she saved up money and bought a nil, a modest ring.
She's like, listen, that's all I can afford right now, but I want
you to wear it. Wear it in your right hand so
you don't get questions like I'm getting questions.
And Anil's not happy about that. She's like, what do you mean?
Can I just take it off my right hand and put it on my left hand
like you're wearing? Cause like that she also wants
the people to leave her alone. Like she's also wants like Pin's
claim on her kind of thing. And Pin's like, no, she's like,
because I want to save up more money to buy you a ring suitable
for that hand, like what you bought for me basically.
And then like, and it was like melting aside.
She's like, I'll wait, don't worry.
I'll wait no matter how long. And she does, which is really
sweet. Again, she has the she has an
insane amount of patience, but she's like, OK, OK, whatever you
want, pin, whatever you want. It's very cute.
But these pictures are being messy in their room together and
basically like kissing happens and there's lipstick and then
Auntie Pad notices basically. So of course, if there's
lipstick involved, well, first thing is the hairpins that tip
her off because Auntie Pad's like, why the fuck is my niece
wearing this? And then it was like, I gave it
to her. Then Pad notices that like
there's a lipstick print on, I think it's like Pin's arm or
somebody's arm. And she's like, it matches her
lipstick. And there's a lipstick on my
niece that matches your oh God, these messy hoes.
So they out themselves. Yeah, I mean, like the fact that
no one else knows at this point is a miracle.
It's like they do. They're not subtle people.
No, not at all. Well, I think they're tired of
being subtle. They're just like enough.
This is because it feels very real to them.
They're they're taking this all very seriously and they're like,
I like enough with the bullshit, but here comes the bullshit
basically. So after this trip, Andy Pad
directly confronts Pin again about this.
And this, this is of course, the heartbreaking fight is 100% in
the show because there's screenshots from it.
Yeah, she tells tells Pin that Anil is out of her lead, which I
know wouldn't say so. OK, yeah, I love the way this is
phrased, but yeah, it's it's again, it's this is more than
just she's a woman kind of thing.
So basically, Auntie Pad starts with, don't you love, I mean,
respect me anymore? So like, again, demonstrating
that, like, Auntie Pad does love Pin and she feels a real
connection with her niece. But also, this is about respect.
I'm your elder. I'm your guardian.
It's she takes her duties very seriously.
Like, she's always waiting on the, you know, Anil's family.
But yeah, yeah, yeah. And part of her duty as guardian
to Pin is to set her up for success.
So she's heard on 2 levels. She's heard on the fact that,
like, you're lying to me after I just confronted you about this
and now you're doing this in public.
And also like, I'm trying to set you up with a man who's gonna
make you successful. And you're like throwing that in
my face. So she like, she's hurt on
multiple levels. And she lists a bunch of reasons
why this is inappropriate. And my favorite is the one you
said where she talks about Anil being out of her league.
And the way she describes it is like you're trying to drag down
the sky to your level. That's my favorite way she
phrases it because again, like Anil's royalty.
So she's like untouchable. She's above and untouchable.
And she's like, you're trying to take the whole like, like they
act like God basically and like pull the sky down to you and
like, damn. And you can tell how much love
that Pin has for her aunt because when Padmika was asking
where she went wrong and she's like, I always try to raise your
right. You know, basically the normal
arguments that adults make. Pin says it's not your fault,
it's my fault. I let myself go because I was
crazy and obsessed. Please don't blame yourself and
do not weep for your wicked knees.
And they don't both don't want to be the reason the others
upset because we saw that with the ring earlier that Padmika
was like, all right, you can keep the ring.
I mean, I hate right now that Pin is thinking that she is the
worst person ever just for loving someone.
But I mean, I I get that it's the time period.
I'm just meaning in general. I hate that.
Yeah, but it's also like that whole thing where it's like,
again, they were in their honeymoon phase where it's just
the two of them. And when it's just the two of
them, it's uncomplicated and everything's great.
But then when you start bringing other people back into it and
like how your actions do influence and affect other
people, that's when it starts getting complicated.
And that's just anything in life, really.
But at the end of the day, like, they're each other.
They're like her pin like this is her only family, you know,
like her parents are dead, like, and same thing for Pad.
Like her family's basically they're dead too.
Like she's adopted and she's like, you're my only family.
And it's like that's what makes this even harder.
And she's like, I thought we were in this together and like,
you're kind of betraying me in a way.
And like, vice versa. And it's.
Yeah, it's just, it's it's like a growing pain they have to go
through and kind of work through.
And they're at the stage where they're just clashing with each
other, right. And like, making each other sad.
I. Wonder if she's also jealous of
Penn because Penn does get her girl.
Penn was bold. Meanwhile, she didn't even know
that her girl liked her until she was dead right beside her.
That's so sad and wicked, but OK.
But like, the thing with Pad is that Pad even then is portrayed
as somebody who just strictly follows the rules and doesn't
deviate from them. And there were scenes when like
M was alive and like basically made a pass at her and like
nothing happened because it's like, again, Padmega would never
even think that because that's not part of the rule book.
So it wasn't until she was alone to be like, oh, she basically
did what Pin did. When Pin's like, I don't
understand why I feel like this around a nil.
And then she finally like read her diary.
She's like, oh, I'm in love with her.
That's why. OK, got it.
Like it's the same kind of they're the same person in a way
where she's like, oh, it's when she has the letter, when she's
like, fuck, that's what this was.
I'm such an idiot. Like she missed her chance to do
anything. But like Pin is like, fuck that.
I'm gonna do it. I wonder if she's like kicking
herself now, especially when she sees a nil and pin together
being like I could have had more of happiness back then if I
would have just realized what was happening.
Right. Yeah.
And felt comfortable enough to just go for it like her nieces.
Yeah, yeah, but unfortunately we are where we are, and Ante gets
more and more serious about Pin getting engaged to Kua 'cause
she's like, you need to marry him so this can just end.
And Pin's like I don't love him, why the hell would I do that?
And as auntie's arguing, she has like her own gay thoughts.
Basically where she's projecting, she's projecting
onto her niece where she says love.
Can the person you love the most AKA Nil be touched?
Meaning like she's out of your league.
Have you forgotten who you are? Most importantly, she's a woman
like you. And cause the quote Princess
Pradika's face twisted with pain when she told the reason why Pin
quote couldn't love was because Princess Pad had herself
repeated those words until she had memorized them the same way.
So after she realized what the hell was going on with him and
realized what her feelings were, she I think I think she did
maybe know with him and told herself over and over again,
this can't happen, this can't happen, this can't happen, this
can't happen. And then when she finally had
the letter, she's like, it's too late, you know.
So I think she did know and just convinced herself, no, because
that's not part of the rules. That's not part of the rules.
And she regretted on. This.
You're right, yeah. I found the whole scene rough to
read in general, just because it's it's real like, and it's
going to be hard to watch. I hope this whole thing is in
there. But it reminds us of just the
hell that LGBTQ plus people have to go through just to be
themselves in this world. And we never mentioned this, but
I'm extremely happy that they would be able to get married.
I think I mentioned. About time.
Yeah, we might have, but we didn't in the loyal pin one.
All right, so essentially this ends with PAD being like, OK,
well until you can marry Lord Kua, I'm forbidding you from
going to the Pine Palace anymore.
You don't need to go there. You don't need to feed and know
anymore. That's over you.
I need to separate you 2 And Pin basically says in her dramatic
self, if I don't see Princess Anil's face, I'll suffocate to
death. Which pad's like mm hmm OK do it
then. Which like she like challenges
her but like Pin over time gets more and more depressed and
basically like it like sticks to her words a little bit.
But her actual response is, I'll wait and see if you will
suffocate to death in front of me or not.
Like, yeah. Yeah.
So as you can imagine, this ultimatum causes a lot of
suffering for Pin and Anil. And then we get to a point where
Anil reaches her breaking point. And this is one of my favorite
scenes too. I need it so badly.
This is the cloth metaphor scene if you've read the book.
So basically, Pat is pushing Pin into getting engaged.
She's like, next step is you need to officially be engaged to
him. But before they can do this,
it's protocol that they had to like get the blessing of the
family basically, which is like Anil's family and be like, is
this cool? So Auntie Pad takes Pin to the
front palace to make her case for like Pin to get engaged.
Because once he it's not just he's marrying her, he's entering
their whole family. So like she kind of that's the
whole thing. It's like marriage is a business
contract. So she has to be like, is this
guy good enough? Are you guys cool with that for
him to come into our family, which is above his kind of
thing. But she didn't count on Anil
being at this, OK, because she's at the front palace because
she's avoiding the Pine palace because she's upset over Pin.
OK, so here's who's here's Who's there?
OK, so we have Anil, her mother, the Grand Prince, remember, the
one that loves Anil like a daughter.
He's there. So Auntie Pat gets them all
there and she's like, fucking Nil's here, but I got to do
this. So she announces the plan for
the engagement. And then Anil is the one who
argues on Pin's behalf because Pin is being the dutiful
daughter who's just being quiet and just demure and all that
shit. And she starts acting like Pin's
lawyer, basically. And she traps Pad in this lie
that this is what Pin wants. And I was like, I know for sure
that she does not want this. And her family starts making
comments 'cause they're shocked that Anila's being aggressive
about this. And she's never aggressive and
she's doing this with her own family member, which is really
weird. And So what she's doing is
Anila's basically disrespecting Auntie Pad in front of the whole
royal family, is what she's doing.
And so Auntie Pad asks, are you calling me a liar, You know?
And then we transition into the cloth metaphor that I love
really, really a lot. So Inil says, I say this
according to the cloth, which is a Thai idiom that basically
means to say as it's supposed to be like this.
And she's like, I'm saying the truth basically is what it
means. And.
Then they explain the idioms. Yeah, And Pad asks what is your
cloth? So what is your truth,
basically? And Anil runs with this fucking
metaphor. And it's the most beautiful
speech ever of all time, 'cause it's Anil, right?
And to me, the way she describes this, she 'cause she describes
first like, who is cloth that he's giving to his truth towards
men, and then like hers. And it just reminds me of the
Taylor Swift song when Emma falls in love, the way she
describes men and the way she describes women in that song.
And it's just very different where she's like, it's a boy
that looked like a man. That's her description.
And then the woman is like, she's Cleopatra.
She's like all these things. That's what I know basically
does with the cloth metaphor. So it's right.
So basically she's like the cloth you're trying to give pin,
which is about Kuwa. She's like, that's a rough woven
cloth. Like she's like to begin with,
meaning it's bullshit. And she's like, and now you're
trying to take that cloth that's a piece of shit and then dye it
and make it look better than it actually is.
OK, That's your proposal for Pin to marry Kua, right?
And it's from like this conversation at this point,
like, Pad starts to realize her big mistake here is that she's
like, OK, I'm not just breaking Pin's heart.
I'm actually breaking my precious little niece's heart as
well. And like, it doesn't sit.
This whole thing doesn't really sit well with her 'cause she can
see how much, you know, really loves her in this in the scene.
And it's like, she's like, oh, I didn't really take this into
account so much, 'cause she's only been dealing with Pin,
right? Yeah, I feel like people are
assuming that Pin is the one who wore a Nil down or something
into liking her since Anil is a higher position.
But they forget that Anil has always been strong in her
thoughts and actions. And by forbidding Pin to see a
Nil, Auntie Pad is going against a Nil, and she's supposed to be
more powerful than her so. Yeah, this was a mistake.
OK, so then with that, so like, Pat starts putting it together,
she's like, oh shit. Like you really do love my
niece, basically. So then Anil catching on to this
is like, so with that, can you see the cloth representing my
feelings towards Penn? And she's again saying this in
front of her mother and her oldest brother.
Just remember this. And she basically.
Pours her entire heart out here and she basically says OK, you
can't picture it, let me paint a vivid picture for you.
She's like my cloth for her is woven of gold and silver, like
the hairpins. It's intricate and a delicate
pattern quote. I've spent half my life
tirelessly weaving it. So like telling her like I've
been courting her for years, basically.
OK, then when that metaphor doesn't entirely seal the deal
and it all gets real in front of everybody and proclaims that
like, if anybody is suitable for Pin, it's me.
And she's like, I'm not asking to legally marry Pin.
We're not asking to have a ceremony or embarrass anybody or
whatever. She's like, we just want to live
our quiet little lives in the Pine Palace.
That's why I built it. And like, we're just asking that
you guys don't force us to marry other people.
That's it. Like that's all I want.
And like, says it straight up just like that.
And basically her brother's like torn, 'cause he's like, he loves
her like his own daughter. He's like, if I could give, if
you ask me to the moon, I'll go get it for you.
Like he's that kind of brother where he like, loves her so
much. He's like, I would give you
anything, but he's like, I don't see how I could give you this.
If I could, I would. I don't understand how I could
do this. He's like your royalty.
You're going to have to marry another royal.
That's just the way it is. I don't see how I can get you
out of that. And Anil, who has clearly
thought about this, is like, OK, if that's the case, I'll resign
my royal status and take pin and we'll go live somewhere else.
So she was like, already ready to be like, no, I don't care
about any of this. I just want her like, that's it.
And this, like all hell, breaks those after that.
At this point I was like trying to think what that would look
like because Anil hasn't known anything other than being royal.
So at first I was picturing like the two of them in a cabin in
the middle of the woods and. Penn would hate that.
I was just they go somewhere, OK.
They do go somewhere. But then, yeah, do you think
that Anil would have trouble getting used to being a
commoner? No.
I think she would do better because in so part of when she
comes back, like from Europe, like pin keeps doing things for
her and then she's like, and no, why are you cooking?
And no, why are you doing? Why don't you have a million
servants? And she's like, I got used to
this when I was in England. She's like, I didn't have
servants in England. Like that's why perk didn't go
with me. You can't people that you
enslave essentially like that's that prepper over there.
So like, yeah, she's already used to that.
I think she would adapt more than Pin.
Pin knows nothing but the palace.
That's why I'm like having in the woods.
Pin would never. She'd be like, who do I make
these men praying for and stuff? And like she would never be able
to adapt to. That I know.
I find it would be like they are the ones who founded the Isle of
the Lesbos. There it is, and I'm pretty sure
prick would run away and go with them.
Yeah, I mean they need someone to actually run the place.
Also like give prick her freedom and like let her do whatever she
wants anyway. All right, so that was Anno
basically. She has.
All the ladies. No, she's just all the ladies
and all the men and all the days and all the themes.
Yep. So that's that.
And then. All right, so Anno laid it all
on the line, basically. And then pain is in the At this
point, Pin has said nothing. OK, so she hears after she hears
Anno's vow to give up her family.
That's way too much for Pin. So instead of letting Anil make
that sacrifice for her, Pin sacrifices herself instead.
She's like, don't do that, don't renounce your title, I'll marry
him, Whatever. Yeah.
Because Pin knows what it's like to not have a family.
And yeah, like, she has her aunt, but she doesn't have
siblings and her parents are gone.
Like we said, she doesn't want to know that.
Give everything up for her. She probably doesn't even think
that she is worth giving up everything.
No, like could you imagine someone giving up the royal
title for you? Like no, I would just feel like
they would resent me the whole time, right?
Again, 'cause it's like she loves to know, she doesn't want
to know to have to sacrifice. So like, it blows up like this.
Yeah, totally. But in Pin's mind, though, the
reason she does this is that, but also she's like, Anoa can
keep her family and we can be close together because I'll keep
living in the PUA Palace, She'll live in the Pine Palace.
We'd still see each other. I just have this man I have to
deal with now. It'll be fine.
And Anoa can still be a Princess and like half her life.
But Anoa doesn't see it that way.
She's just like, but that means you're gonna have a legal
husband that you're gonna have to fucking live with right in
front of me and I'm forced to now watch this.
So like she's like, that's worse than death.
Basically. It was wow, a nail feels.
And that's valid because it it is a slap in the face to have to
see the woman that you love with another man right in front of
the home you built for. The same year, literally.
And like, even if that was Pin's plan was like still they could
still technically be together. You need to tell.
I know that beforehand. But like no, it's just like
that's definitely not gonna work OK so then OK, this is where I
have issues with the show already ink trailer basically
their breakup that happens after this involves pin returning the
engagement ring to a nil. I don't like this at all
because, spoiler, in a minute, we're gonna talk about Pin going
through at the wedding. Pin's still wearing the
engagement ring at the wedding with like, she never takes the
fucking thing off. And like, I love this detail
'cause it's, again, a symbol of how committed she is to Anil the
whole fucking time, even when she's making this sacrifice as
the way she sees it. So I love that she takes the
ring off and gives it to Anil. I really don't like that on the
show. It's more powerful that she was
going to get married with that ring.
Right, I don't love that. OK, anyway, so then this all
goes into a whole full blown. So basically she gets engaged to
Kua and Anila and Pin basically avoid each other for while the
wedding arrangements are happening.
And but eventually they see each other to like, express their
reasons that we kind of just went to.
And and Anila's basically so heartbroken about this that
she's like, I cannot watch you be married to this man.
Like I just can't. So and I was like, I'm going
back to Europe and I'm staying there.
Like I can't watch this like and witness this like, and that's
what shatters pin 'cause she like her illusion that like
she's did the right thing. She's like, oh fuck, I did the
wrong things. And I was like, I wanted when I
said I was all in, I meant I was all in.
I thought we were gonna fight together.
And then you basically gave up. That's how when Noel kind of
sees it. And she's like, I'm not gonna
watch this. You'll never see me again.
Like it's, it's one of those things where it's like there's
some people you can't be friends with and you break up with like,
this is a no. She's like, I can't witness
this. I will leave forever.
So in the trailer there's her leaving in a car when they're
older and I'm like, does she actually leave for Europe?
I don't think so 'cause remember, to get back to the
front palace you have to take a car.
I think this is just her thing. No, I don't think she actually
goes anywhere. But who knows?
Maybe. But I'm pretty sure that's just
her going back to the palace 'cause she stays at the front
palace the rest of the time. She doesn't go back to the Pine
Palace 'cause she doesn't want to see the engagement, she
doesn't want to see Kua. She's avoiding Pen for like the
rest of the book. She stays in the Pine Palace
until like this is all resolved, basically.
So I think that's where she's going.
That's fair during one of the ceremonies cause apparently
there's a lot of ceremonies to happen.
Kun Kua's mom, lady la mom mom, who cares?
Cun Kua's mom asked the pin if she could take off the ring that
is already on her finger. And like we mentioned earlier,
Annie Pad knows how much this ring means to Pin from personal
experience. And she tells Kunkua's mom that
she should ask Pin if she even wants to take off the ring.
So Kunkua is embarrassed because the ring that he gave Pin is
nowhere near as nice as the ring that Anil gave her.
Good job, Anil and. So Padmika tells him that now.
OK fine, it's your job to find a better one before the wedding or
she wears that. Antifa is feeling.
The guilt and I feel like for Pin, by allowing with Padmika,
allowing her to keep the ring on with the wedding, I think it
gave her a little bit more security.
A quote. No matter how she forced me to
follow her thoughts, at least she hadn't broken my heart to
such an extent that she forced me to die.
And so, yeah, basically she was just happy that her aunt wasn't
making her get rid of all of the evidence of her actual love and
let her keep that connection, even if it was just something
very small. Yeah.
I mean, it's not really small in the grand terms of like a
wedding because like that, that's another person's ring on
her, on her ring finger. Nan has made it very.
Clear she does not care about this man and this man also
doesn't care about her. He's doing this for SATA, so
he's almost like whatever he just it's more so he feels
embarrassed. That's what he hates.
Not that pins unhappy that he's embarrassed, that that's all you
gotta know about him. So thankfully we do have to know
more but and nil helps us with that.
Yes, thankfully Anil enacts revenge before she leaves
forever. So being Anil, she has to shoot
all the shots she possibly can before Pin marries this
deadbeat. So she recruits her eldest
brother and Prick to help dig up dirt on Lord Kua, and then Prick
and the brother basically do this buddy cop stuff which I
need so badly 'cause this was hilarious with the two of them.
And basically they tailored Kua. They find out he impregnated a
woman, promised to marry her, bought her this house in the
middle of butt fuck nowhere and kept her hidden there whilst he
goes through with the pregnancy. And then he was planning to
marry Pin and ditch her because Pin has status.
So he's herpes. Oh my God, it came.
Back to that, Oh my gosh, as you naturally do, I want to point
out the fact that the brother and Prick are in disguises.
And I just feel like this would be more hilarious in the show.
While waiting in the restaurant, Prick is like, well, we may as
well get a bunch of food while we wait.
And then she turns to the brother.
She's like, you got this right? I need that so badly.
Also on the stakeout, I think it is very telling when the Grand
Prince is like, this is going to take forever and Prick is like
what, Like whatever, you can sleep and I'll take care of it.
And then the Grand Prince immediately just reclines the
chair or whatever. He falls asleep and Prick
mutters Born to be a slave you must be patient and it's a great
reminder of that even though Anil has given her certain
privileges, she is still basically a slave and has
different expectations on him. Working class versus upper class
shit. Yeah, it's class isn't still
there. Everyone, even though this is a
cute story about these weird Royals.
Thanks Prick for keeping it real.
OK, so Prick. Prick is the one who does
everything. Basically the brother's just
money and a car. So Prick tells the pregnant
woman everything. And basically the woman crashes
Pin and Ku's wedding and she's very pregnant and spills the
beans there. And after hearing this, the King
Anil's father calls off the whole wedding because he cannot
let this deadbeat who impregnated a girl was gonna
ditch her like making pin the second wife.
He's like not in my family. Abso fucking lutely not.
That's I don't mean to need this embarrassment.
He's like this is now no void. It's over and it's an amazing
moment of triumph. But like what a waste of fucking
money to get all the way to this big ass wedding for this little
bitch to ruin it by being a skeezball, you know?
Yeah, I, I actually love this storyline from the very minute,
like, it's so messy. I love it.
It's great. And it it came out of nowhere.
It was great. And like there was no other way
to break this up I feel like. Without Anil crashing the
wedding, Yeah. Well, OK, the other way.
The other way that we're going to do it, they're like, if this
woman doesn't show up, basically Anil's brother was gonna like
call him out in front of everybody, which we made would
have made him look worse for doing this at the wedding.
But like, he was willing to like, stand up for a no, which
is also really sweet. Like her brothers love her so
much. Her whole family does.
It's very cute. OK.
But now that Ku is now that we've cured the herpes, they can
get their Catholic ever after, which is really great.
So let's wrap this up. So after the after the wedding
debacle, Pin is in really bad shape because Anil's not here to
witness any of this. Remember, she's avoiding Pin.
She just set all this up in the background and Pin is like not
eating, she's not sleeping. And because she's really upset
and is basically sick, The point where she's really sick and Anil
finds out because now everything's cleared and she
goes and talks to Auntie Pad and is like, can I take care of Pin?
Because Pin is like not doing well.
And Pad's like you're the only one who can cure her of this.
Let's be honest. Go ahead, go take care of her.
So she gets permission to like take care of Pin at the Bua
Palace, which is new because usually they were always at the
Pine Palace. And that's what Anil does.
She basically like starts feeding her.
She's like, I'll feed you a little bit and you asked me a
question. If I answer, you get to eat
food. That's the deal.
It's like question for food and that gets pin to eat like all
the food basically. And so Pin starts like slowly
coming back to life in Anil's presence, which has been a
constant theme. And basically they and no one
makes a promise not to. She's like, I'm not gonna go to
Europe. Like, I'm not gonna leave
Thailand. I'm not gonna leave you.
I'm gonna spend every night with you.
And she ends up like spending that night with Pin.
And she's like, I will hold you just like this and like, I'm
never leaving you again. And like, that's where it ends.
And Yep, webcam, you're right. Webcam said gay rights.
Webcam gave a thumbs up for you, whoever is listening.
It did 'cause this is the cutest part of the whole thing.
Yes. So then we get to the
conclusion. So Anil then is like, OK, all
the chess pieces are on the board.
Now I have to just deal with my family because we got Auntie pad
is on my side because the first pin's like, what do you mean
you're staying here? Doesn't my aunt care?
She's like my aunt, Your aunt told me I can stay.
So we're good there. And then Nils like I got to deal
with my family. So this time she goes to her
father because she didn't rope him in last time.
He's like, I love this conversation.
She's like, how come everybody knew about this with me?
And he's like, I'm sad. I'd tell him she's like, well, I
had to build up to you. You're in charge.
So anyway, also she's like, I didn't plan that shit.
It just happened. So anyway, so she's trying to
have a one-on-one conversation with him, but her oldest brother
shows up to talk to him and they end up talking all talking
together because like basically her two dads are in the room is
basically what's happening. And basically she makes the case
that like she wants to unofficially marry pin and wants
just basically him to promise not to marry her off to anybody.
That's all. She's like, I just want to be
with her and live our quiet little wives in the corner where
no one can see us. And like, just don't marry me to
a man. And it's a really sweet
conversation. And like, basically the outcome
is the dad's like, well, there's no one good enough for you
anyway. I'm glad you want this because I
don't want to marry you off to inferior men, which like, yeah,
no one's good enough for her. And it's very cute.
It just confirms that she is in fact, the favorite.
And his art, his reasoning is like, I kind of like the idea of
pin for you because she's. Beneath you and I don't like all
these men would somehow be above you.
And that's bullshit 'cause you're better than them.
And so he's like, I kind of like this arrangement 'cause you get
to be on top. Aaron.
He's like, that makes sense in my brain and it's really cute.
So I love that. And the brother is also in
agreement because he, he is like her father figure also feels the
same way about his sister. He's like, I've met some of
these men. None of them are good enough for
her and like, they would outrank her and that's bullshit.
And so I love that they're just like, OK, give her what she
wants. It's very cute.
Unfortunately, in this conversation, we also get a
moment where the Grand Prince admits to still being in love
with his cousin just. Continues to the end.
And I, I feel like especially if this isn't the show, this is
going to be another Ya and Chin situation where he compares it
to being gay and like, you know, forbidden love, blah, blah,
blah. Yeah.
I think it's, it's it's low key admitted that like everybody
here has an unrequited love situation going on.
Some people talk about it. It's it's hinted that the king
had something, but he never talks about it.
And it's I'm just like, whatever, get back to the gays.
So basically everyone is unhappy except Anil now that they are
letting him break tradition. Exactly.
So be gay, be happy. That's the the the mom must try
to say with this story. So after that every everything's
settled with the family. Then we get a time jump to the
end of the book and basically Anil and Pin get their cozy
little life in the Pine Palace. The Grand Prince at this time
has a daughter, so he has his little miniature Anil.
He even like names for kind of after Anil a little bit, 'cause
he always wanted his own little Anil that was officially his.
So he got what he wanted. So he's also kind of happy.
I'm like, I don't remember what the daughter's name.
No, it's like it's like a long. It's like, no I know, but I
think is it a nin? A nin?
Like is it? Was.
Because it'd be interesting if it's that.
Yeah, maybe. But anyway, it's like it has to
do with a nil means wind. So like the name kind of has to
do with the wind. So it's named after a nil in
kind of a way and Pin what's really cute is that Pin and a no
low key adopt her because she loves them the most and like
insists on going to the Pine Palace every single day, mostly
to see Pin. She's like in love with Pin and
they think about her as their daughter and it's very cute.
So they get this little domestic life and family and it's like
the perfect ending for them. It's very sweet.
It's so. Cute, but you also can't forget
about Ant prick, because I love the little girl and Prick
together and I really, really want the scenes with the two of
them together. Oh, it's Alan, so little Alan
Aline. Whatever.
I'm sorry, guys. Next time we'll look up
pronunciations. But she tells Pin that she wants
to go climb trees. Prick again, and Prick just
pretends to look at the sky when Pin looks at her like are you
kidding me? You let her climb trees and then
one pin finally leaves. Prick says to the girl.
My lady, if you want to have fun next time you mustn't tell Pin.
OK, so then I just, I just love that she's like, you can't tell
her if I let you climb the trees 'cause she's just not gonna let
us have fun anymore. It's cute though 'cause it book
ends because the book started with like Prick and Anil
climbing plum trees and Anil gets hurt and that's how they
end up at pins. So it's cute that it's like a
bookend of like, just like her, just like her namesake, like the
little girls, just like her. Yeah, they definitely really
play into it, that they're the same person.
It's cute. But then she plays a restaurant
game with Prick, and she tells Prick the total for this
imaginary food, and Prick tries to give her imaginary money, to
which Ellen says she only accepts real money.
And she's gonna be a girl. She's gonna grow up to be a
great con artist. Absolutely.
I did not grow up to be a con artist, but I did something
similar and I sold fake hot dogs for real money to people.
No. One stopped me when I was little
and people gave me the money. OK, So I was really good at
getting money when I was younger.
I see that. All right, well, that's the end
of the loyal pin volume to so like the show is gonna have some
pain. It's gonna end in a happy way.
Like I can't wait. I'm so excited for the show.
This book is always great. OK, Other thing I gotta, I gotta
mention 'cause you didn't read the full end with all like the
stories. I only read the 1st special
chapter. That's OK.
You're gonna want to. And This is why I was like,
maybe it ends, maybe not. OK, so the last chapter in the
book, spoiler is a prick point of view.
So it's older prick when older prick is courting everybody.
Yeah, Prick's got mad game and she's got all these men coming
after her and like, basically she's picking her suitor by like
who can make the best food is obviously.
And so and then it it like the very last chapter, like shoots
ahead in time to this restaurant and like there's these people
there and then some old older woman comes into the restaurant
and they're like, oh, prick. And then it's like to be
continued. So I'm like, I think maybe we'll
get a volume three from Prick's point of view, I hope.
Who knows? I know I wasn't expecting that
so gotta go read it. Gotta.
Go read it. What the hell?
You should have told me I needed to make sure I read.
It I just, I have left that tantalizing detail for you to
find out on your own. So OK, we've come to the end of
our discussion. Taylor Swift songs for Volume 2.
You belong with me. Yes, also paper rings but but
diamond rings because no. Yeah.
No, no, the two of them. That's.
Why I didn't I I literally thought about paper rings in
this and I was like, no, because diamond rings.
I know it would be like, no, we're not getting Batman paper
rings. I'm getting you a real that I
could get it like you that for you.
Oh shit, I also forgot to mention at the very end, pen
does give, you know, like a diamond ring, like a then that's
how it ends and puts it on her left hand and that's like the
end of the book. It's very cute.
Anyway, OK, big gay energy ward. What got your Big Gay Energy
Award from this book? Can you go first?
I know sweet tongue because damn the waiting print can bring that
up and it's so funny and then it no runs with it.
Oh, I know. Thirstiness is also against the
Big Gay Energy Award. Big Gay Energy Award.
Just the entire conversation and them letting Anil not get
married off and I'm living happily ever after together
unmarried. I agree and pins not pin Anil's
cloth metaphor. Also so much big game.
The fact that she did that in front of her family.
It was just unplanned and was just like, I've been doing this
half my life. I am more worthy to marry her.
And I was like, oh, damn, girl in the 50s, those girls out here
doing the shit anyway. All right, Caitlin, what is your
secret word for the people at home?
It's the my prong thing. Again, Oh my prong.
OK. That was my prong.
Like the little dessert thing that.
The dessert, I really want that in that it makes OK do it.
All right, so that was the loyal pin.
After this, the show should be coming out, so hopefully let us
know what you guys thought. We'll be around for that.
And until next time, hydrate for lesbian Jesus.
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