1 00:00:06,520 --> 00:00:09,160 Hello and welcome to Big GAY Energy. 2 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:13,200 I'm Caitlin and I'm Fiora. Come along with us while we dive 3 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:15,320 into the fun and nuances of queer media. 4 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:18,600 Representation matters and we're here to talk about it. 5 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,520 Cheers, queers. Today on the big gay agenda, 6 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,080 we're going to be, well, not we I Fiora. 7 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:31,480 We'll be discussing the novel Harmony Secret in a super 8 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:34,040 special big gay book club, Caitlin. 9 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:36,120 And I'll be joining me today because Caitlin hasn't read the 10 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:38,680 novel, but Caitlin has watched the series. 11 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:43,240 And if you're missing Caitlin, please head over to YouTube to 12 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,080 check out our Harmony Secret reaction videos. 13 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:49,480 And if you want all, well, you'll have a few on there and 14 00:00:49,480 --> 00:00:51,880 they're highlighted cause like copyright and stuff. 15 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:56,600 If you want full length, add free reactions to all of Harmony 16 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:59,520 Secret, become a Patreon member where Caitlin and I watched it 17 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:01,720 and we had so much fun watching the show. 18 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,160 So you will not be disappointed if you're a fan of Harmony 19 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:07,120 Secret. But today I'm going to be 20 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:11,720 talking about just the novel because I read the novel and I 21 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:13,640 really wanted to talk about it because I don't hear enough 22 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:15,800 about it and I think it's worth talking about. 23 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:18,480 So this is mostly going to be about the novel. 24 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:20,800 I will do some comparison to the series. 25 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:24,280 So if you've read the novel but haven't watched the series, like 26 00:01:24,320 --> 00:01:26,720 go watch the series and then come back here. 27 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:30,040 If you're worried about novel spoilers, go read the novel. 28 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:31,960 Then come back and listen to this because I am going to do 29 00:01:31,960 --> 00:01:33,480 spoilers. I won't be going through 30 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:35,840 everything, but I'm going to be going through my favorite parts 31 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:38,040 of the novel and talking about them. 32 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:40,480 So there will be spoilers going forward. 33 00:01:41,320 --> 00:01:43,440 But before we get into all that, I'm just going to give you a 34 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:47,480 very brief intro to the novel and like spoiler free kind of 35 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:50,160 stuff about it. So what was my experience 36 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,520 reading the novel and how did we get here today? 37 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:55,400 So first and foremost, how did I read it? 38 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:59,040 So I read the English adapted or the English translated version 39 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:04,640 of Harmony Secret on the I think it's called MEB MEB app, which 40 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:08,080 from what I understand that app, when you buy the novels, the 41 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:10,160 authors get the most royalties for it. 42 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,640 So thank you to our listeners who let us know about that app. 43 00:02:13,640 --> 00:02:16,840 It's really, really great. And you can if you use it in 44 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:20,400 like PDF mode, you can highlight and add notes like you would in 45 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:22,840 like Kindle or other reading apps. 46 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,920 So I really enjoy using that app but it's the one I 47 00:02:25,920 --> 00:02:29,840 preferentially use now when I'm reading Thai Girl of novels like 48 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:33,000 Harmony Secret. So why did I read it? 49 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:37,040 So I started by watching the series and I got really 50 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:40,240 impatient waiting week to week for episodes. 51 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:42,920 I don't know if anybody else was feeling that but I was feeling 52 00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:46,360 that for this show and that's not normal for me. 53 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:48,840 I don't always feel that way about a series. 54 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:53,000 Like for the vast majority of the time, like I'll watch it and 55 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,720 then read the novel or like read the novel first then watch it. 56 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:58,160 But like with this show, I was like super impatient. 57 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:00,600 I was like, I need to know what's happening and waiting a 58 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:04,000 week is not cutting it. So by like the third episode, I 59 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,920 think I went and read the novel and I read it in three days 60 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:11,800 because I really enjoyed it. Well, actually, that's a lie on 61 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:15,160 my first impression after finishing it, I had mixed 62 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:17,520 feelings about it because if you've read the novel and 63 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:20,720 watched the series, there are a lot of similarities, but there 64 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:24,280 are also some major differences. And I had like mixed feelings 65 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:28,280 about those differences. But then after watching the 66 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:32,000 series and after I thought about it more, I really came to 67 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:36,080 appreciate the novel a lot for what it was and for like what 68 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:41,680 the story that the author was trying to say, especially Mae or 69 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:44,920 Maple story, whichever nickname you prefer to call her by. 70 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,160 And just real quick, the author is Sarah Nista. 71 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,320 I haven't read anything else by those author, but honestly, I 72 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:54,840 really like the way she characterized her main 73 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:58,400 characters in the novel. And that was something that I 74 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:00,360 really appreciate the more I really thought about it, 75 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,040 especially when comparing it to the series where like they, they 76 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:08,240 did characterize the the Maple and I, but it was they were they 77 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:13,320 read as different to me than the characters in the novel did, if 78 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:17,720 that makes any sense to you. Also, just a quick plug, if 79 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:22,200 you're looking for a more in depth discussion about Harmony 80 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:26,000 Secret the series, Caitlin and I did do why we love this series 81 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,920 episode that was fully dedicated to Harmony Secret where we went 82 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:31,480 through the series and talked about what we loved about it and 83 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:34,360 also what our listeners loved about it. 84 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:36,800 So go check that out if you're looking for more info about the 85 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,200 series. But I'm going to really stick 86 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:42,800 with the novel and just point out some differences with the 87 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:46,720 series as they're relevant. And so overall, this episode's 88 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:49,480 going to really be about like what I liked about the novel 89 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:51,280 mostly and then some comparison to the show. 90 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:55,440 So first thing I wanted to talk about that I really liked about 91 00:04:55,440 --> 00:05:02,000 the the sorry the novel was that I and Maple did not have a 92 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,360 childhood back story. I remember watching the show and 93 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:07,080 being like, man, I would have loved this more if this was just 94 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:12,040 messy adults randomly meeting and then going on this wild 95 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:15,200 sexcapade secret affair thing. And that is exactly what the 96 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:17,520 novel was. So I really loved that. 97 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:22,680 And so in the 1st chapter in the novel, it starts off similar to 98 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:25,760 the series where basically Maple's on the phone with her 99 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:29,080 dad and she's in a line to get a coffee. 100 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,200 It's like the day of the greater duty bidding event. 101 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,960 And she's talking on the phone, like in this very public place, 102 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:41,240 like in the queue. And then Iwanine enters the shop 103 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:44,040 and it's like kind of behind her just he can hear this public 104 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:47,040 conversation she's having. And then that's when they kind 105 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:49,520 of meet for the first time. They not meet, but they like see 106 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:52,600 each other, right? Like eyes lock, feelings happen. 107 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:57,080 And at this stage in the novel, you're in Maple's point of view 108 00:05:57,080 --> 00:05:59,040 and she's like the main point of view character. 109 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:04,080 But this author does the thing where they will switch point of 110 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:07,720 views just like randomly as they're writing, which is not my 111 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:10,520 personal favorite. Honestly, I like when an author 112 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:12,600 picks a point of view and sticks the point of view. 113 00:06:12,840 --> 00:06:14,200 Even when they alternate chapters. 114 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:16,240 I just like when the chapter is dedicated to that point of view 115 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:19,400 character. But it was great because I, I 116 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:23,280 appreciated the insight into Maple and I but in this 117 00:06:23,280 --> 00:06:24,800 exchange, you're in Maple's point of view. 118 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:27,400 So she's on the phone, She sees this really hot woman and she 119 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:30,600 knows who Iwudding is because she's seen her in like press 120 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:33,000 conferences and like news newspaper articles and things 121 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,720 like that. So she knows who she is and sees 122 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:40,560 her, but then her inner monologue when I smiling at her 123 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:43,320 because she's like, she's a stranger to I, her inner 124 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:46,360 monologue says she smiled at me and I felt odd. 125 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:50,800 And so that odd really brings me into. 126 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:55,880 The other thing I really loved about the novel was that Maple's 127 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:59,560 gay awakening was a major focus of the novel. 128 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,840 And I absolutely love the way the author crafted this because 129 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:06,760 she's kind of she has this like late in life gay awakening 130 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:11,240 because she's in her like mid 20s, like early mid 20s when the 131 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:15,680 story starts in comparison to I who's 27. 132 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:18,480 And she's this seasoned out and proud. 133 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:20,720 Well, not out and proud to her parents, but like out and proud 134 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:24,400 in the gay community, lesbian. And she almost acts like this 135 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:28,680 queer guide for May as they as she like embarks on this journey 136 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:32,960 of trying to like get into her queerness and explore that for 137 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:35,240 the first time. So I like the dynamic between 138 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:38,520 the two of them and especially how like they banter about it. 139 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:42,880 It's just it was lovely. I like that that was a a bigger 140 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:44,600 focus. Like, yes, the business stuff 141 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:46,120 was also going on in the background. 142 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:47,840 I did like how that was done too. 143 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:50,640 But I like how the way they put the characters like that was the 144 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:52,120 main thing they were dealing with. 145 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:54,560 It wasn't really like their rivalry. 146 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:56,600 It wasn't really this backstabbing stuff. 147 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:59,960 It was Mabel was having a gay awakening and I was guiding her 148 00:07:59,960 --> 00:08:02,560 through it and I was that was the main plot actually, and I 149 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:05,520 didn't like that in the story that it was more emphasized and 150 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:08,840 it was made a lot more clear. In the show it kind of gets lost 151 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:11,640 a little bit because they only had eight episodes and you can't 152 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:14,880 like blame them for that. The other thing I really love 153 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:19,280 about Maple's queer awakening is that that part of her identity 154 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:23,000 and she's kind of coming to terms with that was coupled very 155 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:26,960 closely with her journey of self love and discovery. 156 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:32,320 And one of the one of the places in the novel where it's very 157 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:36,360 explicit in Maple's inner monologue, like in her thoughts, 158 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:41,400 is in the scene where she meets up with I again at Anthea and 159 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:44,800 they end up in Anthea bar and they end up in the VIP room and 160 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:48,320 things get really heated. And Maple's having this inner 161 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:52,040 monologue where she thinks to herself, because like he did, 162 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:56,080 she thinks at this point, I don't want to know, she says in 163 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:57,520 the third person. She says she doesn't want to 164 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:00,880 know if she felt, if she fell for I like, am I falling in love 165 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:02,720 with this woman because she's like, we're not there yet. 166 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:06,880 But what Mabel wanted to know was why she never felt this way 167 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:09,360 with anyone. She'd be she had been seeing 168 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:12,360 before. Maybe it was because she didn't 169 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:15,760 know herself well. And that's something that the 170 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:20,960 author really focused on was the fact that Maple is like in her 171 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:24,400 mid 20s and is having like 1/4 life crisis in a way where she 172 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:28,080 doesn't know who she is like super well. 173 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:34,080 Because if you think about where we start with Maple in the show, 174 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:37,440 like in the in the story, not the show in the story, when we 175 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:41,520 open up with this greater duty bidding war thing that happens. 176 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:45,000 Maple had just graduated with her master's degree. 177 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,640 And in her back story, she has been going to school 178 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:52,760 consistently the entire time, like, you know, high school 179 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:55,160 grad, you know, undergrad, grad school, that kind of thing, and 180 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:59,720 is now finally out of school. And if you contrast that with I 181 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:04,000 in the novel, her back story is a little bit more explicit where 182 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:08,600 she had been working at Oriana, like her father's company during 183 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:10,880 high school, like, since she was a sophomore. 184 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:15,600 So Maple notes in Chapter 1 that I had been working seven years 185 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:20,680 by the time she graduated with her master's degree. 186 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:24,720 So she already has seven years of experience working in her 187 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:28,840 company when she likes isn't actually employed by them like 188 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:30,760 fully and is not in school anymore. 189 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:35,200 And at this stage when Maple graduates and is coming into 190 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:39,800 this bidding war, like her first job out of school, basically, I 191 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:42,360 had been out of her master's degree for three years. 192 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:45,520 So like looking at that like, it's no wonder that May is like 193 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:48,280 intimidated by IA little bit when it comes to being a 194 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:52,040 competitor because she has a ton of experience and, you know, has 195 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:55,800 been accumulating well before May was like even in a position 196 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:59,080 to start gaining work experience like outside of what she was 197 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:02,320 doing in school. And personally, I found this 198 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:06,600 aspect of May's journey really relatable when it comes to, you 199 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:08,480 know, being in school for a really, really long time, 200 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:11,280 especially getting an intense type of degree. 201 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:14,720 So I have my doctorate, so I went through the equivalent of a 202 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:18,200 master's and then some. And it's really intense. 203 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:20,800 And when you're in that kind of environment, like you don't in 204 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:23,840 order to succeed and do it well, you really don't have time for 205 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:27,200 anything else. And it's just go, go, go, go, go 206 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:29,240 constantly. And being in school is a very 207 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:32,440 different environment than like quote the real world. 208 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,640 So for me personally, like Maple, like when I got out of 209 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:39,440 that kind of intense schooling, I had then was kind of 210 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:42,960 confronted with like free time to like think about like, well, 211 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:45,760 what do I want? Like, who am I without school? 212 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:48,120 Because it's it's very different to come out of that and be like, 213 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:51,200 now I have all this free time, who am I? 214 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:54,000 What do I want? So I like that the author really 215 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:56,520 took that into consideration when crafting this character. 216 00:11:56,560 --> 00:11:59,200 This is a character who would be trying to like not only 217 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:02,920 establish herself in her job that's brand new for her, she 218 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:06,120 also was like coming into a different phase of her life now 219 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:10,200 that she's out of school and is finding out she's queer. 220 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:12,920 So it's like, it's a lot of like self discovery from Maple. 221 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:16,040 And I really enjoyed the fact that the author put that in her 222 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:17,720 inner monologue. So she made it really clear. 223 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:20,440 And like, that was the thing that really struck me about the 224 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:23,520 novel when I sat there and really thought about it because 225 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:25,240 again, my first impression was like, I don't know if I really 226 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:27,920 like that. But then I really thought about 227 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:29,600 it, especially after completing the series. 228 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:32,280 I was like, that was something that was really not emphasized 229 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:35,180 in the series. And that was my biggest take 230 00:12:35,180 --> 00:12:40,120 away from the novel was just the way May learned to love herself 231 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:41,720 by the end and figured out who she was like. 232 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:44,320 That was the thing I loved the most about Harmony Secret, the 233 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:47,600 novel. And so to me, like this is I 234 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:50,600 found it relatable and real and it made me really love Maple as 235 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:57,200 a character. So again, so when she's so when 236 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:01,200 we're starting this business, the business war greater duty 237 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:05,280 thing, basically Maple is trying to establish herself as a leader 238 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:08,960 in her company. But The thing is that she's a 239 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:10,760 newbie. So she's less experienced in the 240 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:12,600 real world. She's also a nepo baby. 241 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:15,480 So the people on the board of superior her company are like, 242 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:17,320 we don't really know what to make up this girl. 243 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:22,200 Also, come to find out when you get the exchange with the dads 244 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:26,680 at the the photo op when they're doing greater he he didn't. 245 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:28,960 Her dad did not intend to put her in charge of this, 246 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:30,920 apparently. And like when he's having that 247 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:34,960 Ted on Ted with like eyes dad and I's dad's like, oh, your 248 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:37,000 daughter's in charge. And he's like, well, fuck, I 249 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,200 guess I have to go with this because he was like, I don't 250 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:41,120 know that she can do this. She's right out of school. 251 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:42,960 And then he's like, but I got to bluster. 252 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:45,960 And so like, he wasn't even supposed to have this much free 253 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:49,720 reign with the project, but he was like publicly cornered into 254 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:52,760 doing it. So that was fun to read. 255 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:56,480 But anyway, like may really like takes it wouldn't stride and 256 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:59,000 like takes it very seriously, which says a lot about her 257 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:03,040 character and how dedicated she is to everything she does 258 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:06,120 basically. So as I said, she has many 259 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:09,760 disadvantages, including that her main competition, who's 260 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:14,680 eyewitness is a lot more experienced than her in so many 261 00:14:14,680 --> 00:14:17,120 ways than just business, which we'll get into. 262 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,440 And that's the fun part of this kind of story. 263 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:25,440 And so in the novel, there was that from Maple, that feeling of 264 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:28,040 inferiority for her, which makes sense. 265 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:32,360 And then couple that with the fact that she feels lost because 266 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:35,520 she's we got a quarter life crisis going on and they can't 267 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:38,120 show that because she has to be like the leader of this company 268 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:41,720 and publicly facing figure. And I think that that's what 269 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:45,040 kind of fuels this rivalry between May and I from Mays 270 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:48,160 point of view, and the fact that like she never like gets a 271 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:50,600 straight answer from I because I was always like flirting and 272 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:52,240 teasing her. So she's like, I never know if 273 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:54,640 you're telling me the truth and like you're always being coy 274 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:56,720 with me because like that was her flirting tactic. 275 00:14:56,760 --> 00:15:00,280 So all of that kind of like initially fuels the rivalry. 276 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:03,600 And I think in this series they really like leaned into that a 277 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:07,960 lot more. And by doing so, maiden like in 278 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:10,440 my mind shaped Maple as a different person. 279 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:13,480 And I expanded on a lot a lot more when I talked about the 280 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:18,240 series, but it made her come off as more like combative and just 281 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:23,200 like not untrusting, but like I don't know, it just it made it 282 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,040 rubbed me the wrong way when it came to her. 283 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:27,240 It just made her seem very childish sometimes because she 284 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:30,560 was really quick to just be like stubborn about this, like 285 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:32,600 prideful in a way. It made her very prideful and 286 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:35,240 like she would act out of pride and do stupid shit like make a 287 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:38,080 deal with Rachan when she shouldn't have, which does not 288 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:41,080 happen in the book. And so like, it just it, they 289 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:42,960 mischaracterized her a little bit because I feel like they 290 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:46,320 leaned into this too much when like this was in the novel her 291 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:48,320 inferiority. But like her and I already and 292 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:52,720 had a lot more dialogue in the book where they would like talk 293 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:56,320 through scenarios versus like having a misunderstanding kind 294 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:59,400 of trope happen. And then that would lead to me 295 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:01,920 being upset and then they would fight and like that didn't 296 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:03,880 really happen in the novel. They would like talk things 297 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:06,160 through a lot more. And I appreciate that about the 298 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:11,320 novel. Second thing I loved going along 299 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:14,360 those lines is the gay bar because I love the fact that we 300 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:17,080 brought back the gay bar and then the we brought about a gay 301 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:19,840 bar. But in the novel, there's two 302 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:21,480 gay bars. We don't go to the both. 303 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:27,120 But when they talk about Iowa Dean's bars that she owns, she 304 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:31,160 owns three that she created and managed 3 bars in the Orianna 305 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:33,880 Hotel. And we know Anthea. 306 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:35,040 So Anthea is the gay bar for women. 307 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:38,200 There's also Ashley bar, which is a queer bar for men. 308 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:41,000 And then there's some bar for straight people that I don't 309 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,280 think is named because who cares? 310 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:46,240 This is a gay story. But I love that like she she had 311 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:49,440 all inclusive bars going on in her hotel that were all 312 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:50,960 successful, which is fucking awesome. 313 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:53,160 So what a visionary that I already was. 314 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:56,040 I have to say though, that she is probably one of my favorite 315 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:59,240 characters like ever in anything, especially in the 316 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:00,640 novel. Like I'm gonna have a whole 317 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:04,640 section about her, but like, I get it, Maple. 318 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:05,839 I get it. Like who would it? 319 00:17:05,839 --> 00:17:10,200 Who would who would it be? Driven crazy in a gateway from 320 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:13,920 this woman. But we're at the bar right now. 321 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:16,400 So something that's missing from the show that I loved in the 322 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:21,680 novel is we get Maple's first impression of the bar when she 323 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:24,440 walks into Anthea Bar in the one time where they're hiding in 324 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:27,880 there and her first impression in her inner model. 325 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:31,440 And she says the atmosphere inside was pretty quiet and had 326 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:35,480 a dreamy romantic vibe to it. This is immediately that was her 327 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:39,560 first thought when she walks in there, which her thoughts are so 328 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:41,680 gay and I love it. I love that she's like, I don't 329 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:44,440 know why, but I mean something I like about Maple is that she 330 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:45,920 catches on pretty quickly that she's gay. 331 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,480 It's not this long drawn out insane thing where she's like, I 332 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:50,080 don't know what I kissed her, but I don't get it. 333 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:52,440 Like it's she gets on board pretty quickly. 334 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:55,880 Like she's pretty rational in her mind, but just like she just 335 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:58,600 casually is like thinking this and does not put it together 336 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:01,200 with anything, which is really funny and revealing to me. 337 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:06,120 And the other thing she says in her inner monologue that's not 338 00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:10,560 as apparent in the show is when I takes her in here and it's 339 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:13,240 basically like no boys allowed and then takes her in the bar. 340 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:17,120 Maple in her mind like once she's in there and she like 341 00:18:17,120 --> 00:18:19,480 feels pretty calm and like safe in the bar. 342 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:22,400 And she's like she says in her inner mouth, I feel really lucky 343 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,280 that I ran into I and like that she brought me here because like 344 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:28,240 that was really shitty. This confrontation with this man 345 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:30,240 will not fucking leave her alone. 346 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:37,640 Anyway, OK, so then one of the things I like about the novel a 347 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:41,400 lot is the fact that I and May have a lot of conversations and 348 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:44,040 they're like really good heart to heart conversations about 349 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:45,560 personal stuff and business stuff. 350 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:49,040 And they really do have a good understanding of each other. 351 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:51,400 And that's really apparent in the novel because of these 352 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:53,880 conversations. It's one of the first 353 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:57,840 conversations they have that I love is when they're in Anthea 354 00:18:57,840 --> 00:18:59,680 bar and they're waiting out the stalker man. 355 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:04,680 And we get to the part where I very bluntly is like, they're 356 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:05,920 talking about romance or whatever. 357 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:07,960 And she I very bluntly is like, well, I'm into women. 358 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:10,920 That's why I like this bar that I created that's for queer 359 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:14,400 women. In the novel, May goes quiet 360 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:17,040 because they were talking. And then she just stops talking. 361 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:20,960 And then in her and she starts having feelings. 362 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:23,640 And then in her in her monologue, she describes it as 363 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:27,080 it terrified her. It wasn't a fear of danger, she 364 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:30,240 felt kind of fear that made her so nervous that she forgot how 365 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:33,720 to breathe normally. Once they started talking again, 366 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:36,600 she let out a soft side immediately. 367 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:40,160 She panicked when she heard that in this very like, I'm scared, 368 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:41,680 but I don't feel like I'm in danger. 369 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:47,040 Something's happening. Maze and her monologue is really 370 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:49,000 revealing and I really, really enjoy it. 371 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:53,240 But I I just I. Just love the way her, her gay 372 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:55,880 awakening and things like this. It's like it's very like it, it 373 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:57,400 just builds and builds and builds. 374 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:00,880 And she, she does a great job of like, she has very good 375 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:02,880 emotional intelligence. Like even from that you can tell 376 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:04,360 she's like, I, I'm having all these feelings. 377 00:20:04,360 --> 00:20:07,200 My heart's racing. I mean I'm scared but. 378 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:12,120 Not a danger way and a I'm off balance and why can't I breathe 379 00:20:12,120 --> 00:20:14,080 kind of way. I really like the way she's very 380 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:16,560 emotionally intelligent as a character as what aspects I like 381 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:19,600 about her. And then something else that's. 382 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:25,480 Really cute in the novel, that was weird in the show is May's 383 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:28,440 nickname, and I was obsession with it. 384 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:32,560 So in the novel, in the same conversation, I asks May for her 385 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:35,080 nickname because like the first time they meet, she's like, I 386 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:36,960 think it's May because that would make sense because it's 387 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:38,960 like singular, like in her thoughts for hearing this. 388 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:41,360 And then she gets her alone. Then she's like, what's your 389 00:20:41,360 --> 00:20:43,880 nickname? And just like, And then May's 390 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:45,640 like, oh, it's Maple. And then I was like, oh, that's 391 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:46,880 weird. I thought it would be May, but 392 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:49,000 it's Maple. OK, got it. 393 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:50,960 And then she's like, can I call you Maple? 394 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:54,240 Like she asks for permission. And then Maple's like, yeah, you 395 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:55,720 can. You can call me that. 396 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:58,520 Just as long as you don't do it at work because, like, 397 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:00,320 propriety. And I was like, girl, I've been 398 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:01,960 on. It's not my first rodeo. 399 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:05,520 We're good. And then I. 400 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:09,520 In return is like, OK, well can you stop full naming me and use 401 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:11,880 my nickname And like, can we be casual now? 402 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:15,560 And Mae's like, well, no, I mean, we can, but not right now 403 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:17,920 because I feel like I don't really know you that well. 404 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:21,560 And then I says, well, then I look forward to that day you 405 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:24,200 call me by my nickname. So it's it's very cute the way 406 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:28,280 she's like immediately like wants to be close to Maple and 407 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:30,440 then she doesn't, oh, she doesn't fully recognize at the 408 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:32,520 beginning. It's more like they both have 409 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:35,640 this mutual curiosity with each other for like different 410 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:39,040 reasons, like Maple's like is on a path and discovering her 411 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:41,640 sexuality and is like and genuinely like wants to know 412 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:44,160 things about I because she'll make comments a lot where she's 413 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:46,720 like, well, she's not what I read in the papers fully or like 414 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:49,880 she'd constantly compare like interaction she has with I 415 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:53,720 writing to like the way the press covers her and she's 416 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:55,760 always like, wow, you would never know that by like all 417 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:59,040 these the research I did on my competitors and that stuff like 418 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:00,200 that. She's like, I've never know this 419 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:03,960 and I they don't really like have those conversations like 420 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:05,320 the competitor conversations often. 421 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:09,040 But like, yeah, I love that about them. 422 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:11,760 They just, they are very curious about each other, like as 423 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:13,560 people. It's not just this like a 424 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:18,520 hormone driven mess, although it is partly it is that too, but 425 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:21,760 it's not just that. And the hormone crazy messy 426 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:24,080 adult stuff is super fun. And I really love that about the 427 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:26,440 story. But it's they, they do are 428 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:30,360 genuinely interested in, in each other as people and then also as 429 00:22:30,360 --> 00:22:32,600 business women, which I'll get into too, which I love that 430 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:34,520 about them. It's very holistic the way they 431 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:37,880 connect with each other and I feel like that wasn't always 432 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:41,720 conveyed in the show, but I mean, it's there. 433 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:46,080 It's just not not as enriched as it was in the in the series. 434 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:48,400 But the the nickname thing was really cute. 435 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:51,880 It was like eyes verse like genuine interest in like Maple 436 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:53,480 as a person. I was like, the way she was 437 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:54,840 obsessed with it was really, really cute. 438 00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:00,640 So in this conversation too, basically I comes out and is 439 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:02,800 like, or like was like, yeah, I'm gay, whatever. 440 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:06,640 And then in the conversation, I become this amazed queer guide, 441 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:08,320 which I love. And like, let's be honest. 442 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:11,200 Like what ends up happening really is that I has amazing 443 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:14,640 gaydar and she clocks Maple as a baby gay that's in the closet 444 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,040 immediately. So then they're conversations in 445 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:20,920 the beginning when they're not business related are very much 446 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:24,840 about like, I see you. I I understand what you're going 447 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:26,360 through. Let me try and help you get out 448 00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:31,480 of heterosexual hell and like be your best gay self basically. 449 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:32,920 And that's like what I kind of does. 450 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:35,320 And she's like navigating her without Maple really realizing 451 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,240 it while she does. But like, it's really funny. 452 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:38,800 So basically she's like, I'm gay. 453 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,280 And then it's like, let me explain to you why I don't date 454 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:43,120 men anymore. She was like, I tried it and I 455 00:23:43,120 --> 00:23:45,680 was like, and then I tried dating women and I was like, 456 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:49,680 yeah, that's for me. And then and that happens in the 457 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:52,920 show and she's telling her this Maple has this moment where she 458 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:56,320 stops talking and then has really gay thoughts. 459 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:59,080 Like one of the things she thinks that she's like, wow, she 460 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:01,920 smells really good, that perfume, her eyes. 461 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:05,440 And then she's like basically picturing I having sex because 462 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,400 she just mentioned it. And I was just like, I got to 463 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:08,480 get out of here. I got a gay. 464 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:14,400 I got to go like the minute her brain goes there and one thing I 465 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:16,440 and then what happens next is something I love and one of the 466 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:20,800 reasons I love. I would and I will defend her, 467 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:24,720 the novel version of her forever because she's a green flag 468 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:27,520 novel. I redeem because she says. 469 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:30,360 I'm not trying to. Persuade you. 470 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:35,160 I just wanted to share my experience, dot dot dot, in case 471 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:37,200 you find out why you don't like that man. 472 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:39,320 God mean the guy. Yeah, we don't like him. 473 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:41,640 God mean the guy's stalking her, basically. 474 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:45,800 And then and. Then saying that gets May to 475 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:49,920 open up and she admits I never liked any men that I dated. 476 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:54,840 And so that's. Like like I like when they 477 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:57,720 first, when they meet in the novel, it's very because it's 478 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:01,480 less antagonistic. They're able to like like Mabel 479 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:03,920 feels a lot more comfortable with I and I and is able to talk 480 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:05,960 to her and she's constantly, every time she says things, 481 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:08,240 she's always like, I really feel like she's telling me the truth 482 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,520 right now. And so she lets her guard down a 483 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:13,960 lot around I and they and they have very candid, very deep 484 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:16,360 conversations. And that's like how they connect 485 00:25:16,360 --> 00:25:20,520 in the beginning. And so that's going to lead me. 486 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:23,080 To part three, one of the other things that I love about the 487 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:27,480 novel is that Iwadeen is not a predator. 488 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,440 She's a green flag. And I'm going to make a thesis 489 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:33,560 about why that is. OK, because the series, the 490 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:35,680 thing that pissed me off the most about the series is they 491 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:39,080 mischaracterize her as a predator and she's not a 492 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:41,760 predator. So let's start with the first 493 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:42,760 kiss. OK? 494 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:48,720 So in this novel, Iwadeen did not for like, force herself on 495 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:52,040 to Maple in the bathroom. OK, the bathroom scene happens 496 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:55,120 when they run into each other, but all they do is talk, stare 497 00:25:55,120 --> 00:25:57,640 at each other. And that's it. 498 00:25:57,640 --> 00:25:59,000 And. Then it's like it gets a little 499 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:01,800 heated where like they're close and they stare at each other and 500 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,280 then Mae's like hit you back away and somebody comes in and 501 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:05,640 then I leave. That's it. 502 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:08,600 There is no forcing anything ever. 503 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:11,640 OK? How their first kiss goes down 504 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:16,920 actually is a continuation of the Anthea bar scene where they 505 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,520 go hide in there from the stalker man. 506 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:23,360 And as they're trying to get rid of stalker man, they do the I 507 00:26:23,360 --> 00:26:25,760 initiates the fake make out thing while they're navigating 508 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:31,240 the hotel. And when they stop, I asks for 509 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:33,280 May's consent before she does anything. 510 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:34,840 She's like, I'm just going to make this. 511 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:36,680 You just go with it. Is it OK? 512 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:39,480 And then May nods, consents to it and then they do it. 513 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:42,680 So nothing was ever forced on May in the novel ever. 514 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:46,520 I always asked like, is Gate looking for consent from her? 515 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:49,800 OK, so that all that happens when May gets real fucking 516 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:51,520 flustered because how could you not? 517 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:54,360 Like how could you not? How could you not? 518 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:58,600 In the novel too, May is very you're in May's head and she's 519 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:02,240 like basically eyes like using her tip of her nose and is like 520 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:06,040 teasing her and it's even worse than what was in the show, so. 521 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:10,560 I guess. Many gay thoughts were happening 522 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:12,000 there because how could they not? 523 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:15,880 OK, so then where does the first kiss happen? 524 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:20,600 So then they or like damn, he didn't go away. 525 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,400 So then they go into the parking lot and then he's still 526 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:26,160 following them. So they get into May's car. 527 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:31,600 And then? Basically in the car, he's still 528 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:36,680 there. So I asks May quote can I touch 529 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:41,280 your lips? And May says yes, and then I 530 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:44,440 initiates the most chaste kiss or chaste kiss. 531 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:48,080 However you say that in history, in the history of anything. 532 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:51,160 And it's basically just like they're touching like this, 533 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,920 basically like a barely oppressive and there's no 534 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,000 pressing. There's just lip skin touching. 535 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,800 That's it. And as that nothing of a kiss is 536 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:02,600 that that's the first kiss. As that's happening, Mae's in 537 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:05,120 her monologue. She's wondering what would it 538 00:28:05,120 --> 00:28:07,840 feel like if I pressed harder? What would it be like if we were 539 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:13,000 actually kissing? And then I the gay disaster that 540 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,400 she is, pulls away, is breathless from this nothing of 541 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,840 a kiss and then asks May, can I kiss you? 542 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:22,280 And then may immediately says yes. 543 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:26,880 And then they kiss for real, like I initiates it. 544 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:30,400 But then May kisses back because you're in her head. 545 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:34,080 She kisses I back and it very quickly turns out into this like 546 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:37,560 almost make out session thing. Very a lot of back and forth 547 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:40,560 between the two of them, and this was an important kiss 548 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:45,160 because it wasn't this weird. Why is my business rival kissing 549 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:49,920 me in a bathroom out of nowhere? This was like it was. 550 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:52,800 Very much like, OK, like, we're trying to get away from either 551 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:55,080 your stalker. Like, is it cool if I keep doing 552 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,680 these things? And then, like, making sense to 553 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,240 all of it. But then as she's kissing back 554 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:03,400 now, she notes in her inner monologue that kissing never 555 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:06,160 felt like this before. She describes Kissing Eye for 556 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:10,960 Real as good and thrilling. And then in. 557 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:15,080 Comparison to all the all the boys she's not loved, but all 558 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:16,720 all the way she's loved before. That's a movie. 559 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:21,920 All the men she's been with before, which is like kissing 560 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:25,160 and nothing else. If she at one point is like, I 561 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:27,280 can't, I've never gone further than kissing. 562 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:29,640 And some men don't even get that privilege. 563 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:35,480 So like that's her experience in the dating world with men so 564 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:38,760 which is telling on its own, but basically her comparison to the 565 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:42,080 good and thrilling kiss with I is kissing before had been 566 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:45,880 boring and forced. So it is interesting the way 567 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:50,080 she, like, again, it's on that journey of self discovery and 568 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:53,440 takes moments to really like reflect, like, who am I? 569 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:56,240 What do I want? And she's like, wow, in the past 570 00:29:56,240 --> 00:30:00,440 this was just this thing I did because that's what heterosexual 571 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,720 propaganda says that you do. And he was like, whatever, it 572 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:06,720 was just like a checklist item. But now she's like, wow, this is 573 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:09,560 thrilling. Like she's enjoying it. 574 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:12,240 Like has never like wanted to do it before. 575 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:15,360 And then is like, wow, this is very, very different in a good 576 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:18,800 way. Not in a somebody's kissing me 577 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:21,000 in the bathroom, what the fuck is happening kind of way my 578 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:25,080 assistant has to save me. Like again, Iwaneen is not a 579 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:28,840 predator. To continue the. 580 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:31,840 First kiss, so after that kissing ends. 581 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:34,400 Then I. Says. 582 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,680 Before she leaves the car. And like walks away, she says. 583 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:41,760 I don't know if you enjoyed it, it meaning kissing me or not. 584 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:46,840 In case you discover something about yourself, that's Iwudine's 585 00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:49,520 eyes. Iwudine narrowed her eyes and 586 00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:50,840 the corner of her mouse twitched. 587 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:53,400 She continues. I'm serious. 588 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:55,760 If you want it to be serious or not, it's up to you. 589 00:30:55,800 --> 00:31:00,480 Meaning basically. So what she says like maybe 590 00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:03,440 she's like, look, I don't know if you were into that or not, 591 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:06,480 but if you discover something about yourself like she's like, 592 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,720 well, I went, doesn't everybody win? 593 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:11,840 Another Gaby is out. She's like, you know, whatever. 594 00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:14,760 And then the serious part, basically she's saying like 595 00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:19,880 look, that kiss can just be what it was meaning like unserious, 596 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:22,720 which was just we were evading the stalker or. 597 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:26,640 It could be. A real kiss that we just had 598 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:29,840 because we wanted to just. It's up to you, however you want 599 00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:33,280 to label this thing. So I what I love about their 600 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:37,720 relationship in the novel is that one I was always looking 601 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:41,160 for consent from May and anytime, and, and she's always 602 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:43,120 made it a point to be like, it's May's choice. 603 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:46,160 And anytime May chose her, that was a victory. 604 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:47,760 She was like, yeah, she chose me. 605 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,040 Like that's what she was always looking for. 606 00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:53,240 And even in this. She's she always this is what 607 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:55,800 may finds it frustrating because she's like, again, has only ever 608 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:57,560 dated men and men take charge of everything. 609 00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:00,360 And I is not like that. She's like, I want you to make 610 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:03,520 decisions and for it to be this, to be more equal and for it to 611 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:06,320 be your choice. So like the the queer 612 00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:09,760 relationship is very queer also in that aspect, which I do like 613 00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:11,680 about the story now that I'm thinking about it. 614 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:16,560 But. I basically is always like 615 00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:19,480 leaving the relationship up to May because she's very aware 616 00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:22,960 that like she's a baby gay. This is her first situation, her 617 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:26,560 situation ship with a woman basically, and also they have 618 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:30,040 that bidding warship going on in the background and like that 619 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:32,440 complicates things. I doesn't care about that, 620 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:34,600 honestly. But May cares about it because, 621 00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:37,880 like, it's her first time in this arena and she's trying to 622 00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:40,480 prove herself and she's like, we can't make it look like we're 623 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:43,440 doing backdoor deals. Went like, really, we're just 624 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:45,880 like being gay, you know, It looks weird. 625 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:48,520 I was like, I don't care if I do this for years but. 626 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:52,640 Anyway, I like that. About I I very much like wants 627 00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:55,800 Mae's consent. She wants me to choose her and 628 00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:59,360 choose the relationship, not feel force didn't do it or 629 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:02,080 anything like that. And she does make it a point to 630 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:04,880 emphasize that over and over and over again. 631 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:07,600 And I really like that about the novel. 632 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:13,560 So again, I is not a predator. If you're still not convinced 633 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:16,520 that I is not a predator, which if you've read the novel, I'm 634 00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:18,120 pretty sure you're convinced she's not a predator. 635 00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:20,040 If you've always seen the series, she comes off as 636 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:21,320 predatory. She's not. 637 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:25,120 She's a great flag. Because other. 638 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:28,040 Thing that was predatory in the novel was when they got into 639 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:32,520 elevators together and I would like push Maple against walls 640 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:35,280 and like force her to hold her hands with other people. 641 00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:37,600 None of that ever happened in the in the novel. 642 00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:40,280 They literally just have moments where they're in the elevator 643 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:42,920 together and their first elevator ride basically like 644 00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:46,640 Maple gets off on one floor and then I was like, damn, I wish 645 00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:49,440 she was on the floor with me. And that's the end of the scene. 646 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:51,480 Like they just get off on different floors. 647 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:56,560 But the thing was. In the novel, it's more it's 648 00:33:56,560 --> 00:34:02,480 explained why when Gavin is stalking May again in the 649 00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:06,080 parking lot, why I shows up. So the reason why she shows up 650 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:09,920 is not because she's stalking May also, but it's because May 651 00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:14,080 was new to this and she's new to this building where the greater 652 00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:18,199 duty concession was happening. And this was not I's first time 653 00:34:18,199 --> 00:34:21,520 working here. So I knows that there's AVIP 654 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:24,040 section to park your car with a security guard. 655 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:27,000 And she had a parking pass to park on like the first floor 656 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:28,280 where there's the security guard. 657 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:30,920 Mae didn't know that. So she was parking on a 658 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:33,040 different like level 2 or something where there's no 659 00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:36,040 security guard. So I was like, I'm kind of, I 660 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:38,760 just want to make sure she doesn't get jumped or anything 661 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:40,040 because there's no security guard. 662 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:41,440 So she and I don't think she knows that. 663 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:44,199 So she comes after her just to like make sure she gets in her 664 00:34:44,199 --> 00:34:47,360 car and that's actually why she was following her. 665 00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:51,159 It had more to do with that than like eyes stalking her, being 666 00:34:51,159 --> 00:34:53,000 possessive or like whatever she could. 667 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,120 She could. She definitely can read like 668 00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:57,000 that in the show. And it's like not explained 669 00:34:57,080 --> 00:34:59,440 about the why they were parking at different levels and the 670 00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:02,640 reason behind that. So anyway, back to the scene 671 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:08,040 where Gatwine is confronting May again being like homophobic 672 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:09,960 about it. It was like really homophobic 673 00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:14,480 the way he does it, which I will say I like his arc in the show a 674 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:17,520 lot, but I mean the in the series, another series in the 675 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:18,880 novel, sorry, talk about the novel. 676 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:21,480 In the novel, at the novel, he comes around at the end and he's 677 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:23,240 like, oh, I'm sorry, I was behaving that way. 678 00:35:23,240 --> 00:35:24,960 I didn't, I was never in love before. 679 00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:27,200 And I think he falls in love. He's like, I understand now you 680 00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:29,120 were in love. Like I get it now because we 681 00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:31,240 weren't in love. Like he comes full circle and 682 00:35:31,240 --> 00:35:33,280 like goes to therapy or something and they have a really 683 00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:36,640 good conversation at the end. And it was like, OK, the author 684 00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:38,240 humanized him and was like, he didn't know either. 685 00:35:38,240 --> 00:35:39,960 He was also lost the way May was lost. 686 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:43,400 We just didn't focus on him because like, who cares anyway? 687 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:45,600 I just want to throw that out there in defense of Gowee. 688 00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:49,440 And he actually has a character arc off screen that's wraps up 689 00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:51,520 nicely in the novel. But. 690 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:54,160 Anyway, so in the. Scene when he's confronting her 691 00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:57,920 and being homophobic and as fuck I does show up and then they 692 00:35:57,920 --> 00:35:59,840 have the you have to have the conversation of like is this 693 00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:01,120 real? I feel like you're faking kind 694 00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:03,320 of thing. And so in that conversation I 695 00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:05,760 says. He's like, well. 696 00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:07,720 What are what is this? What are the two of you? 697 00:36:07,720 --> 00:36:11,720 And I says, who am I to Maple basically, or she doesn't go 698 00:36:11,720 --> 00:36:13,280 like that yet she does in the conversation. 699 00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:15,840 She says, who am I to her? And and in her in her 700 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:17,960 monologues, we jump point of views. 701 00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:21,200 I thinks like she wants to help like she's like, I really want 702 00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:24,360 to help May. But she's like. 703 00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:26,880 And like, basically just say we're dating to get him to leave 704 00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:28,520 her alone. But she's like, I don't, I also 705 00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:31,200 don't know how far this girl wants to take this situation 706 00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:32,600 right now. So she's like, I'm going to let 707 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:35,120 May decide. So she says to May, well, what 708 00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:38,320 should I say? Like looks to her and like puts 709 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:41,280 and again, like the queen of consent, like puts it in May's 710 00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:43,960 court to be like, this is whatever you want it to be. 711 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:45,560 Like I'm not going to force shit out of you. 712 00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:49,680 And so then May says. To Gowie and she says I told you 713 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:52,920 I and I are involved like you can see that because she's like 714 00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:55,280 holding me right now to get you to leave me alone. 715 00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:59,560 And then she says whether we are serious, me and I are serious 716 00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:02,720 are none of your business. So basically she's like I'm with 717 00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:03,840 her. Is it serious? 718 00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:06,280 I don't know because like at this stage Maple canyons are 719 00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:09,960 that either. And so like that ends the 720 00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:11,760 conversation. So another piece of evidence of 721 00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:13,720 like I being the queen of consent here. 722 00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:18,240 And then they end up both going to May's car again because I get 723 00:37:18,240 --> 00:37:21,240 away from him. And then basically a very 724 00:37:21,240 --> 00:37:24,280 similar exchange and from the series goes down. 725 00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:28,520 Where? May initiates a kiss and kisses 726 00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:32,440 I so that they're quote even for I saving her. 727 00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:35,800 But then in the novel I kisses May back. 728 00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:38,120 So it's not just one kiss. It's more than one kiss that 729 00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:42,080 happens. And then at the end I says to 730 00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:44,880 May. Is this starting to feel right 731 00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:47,280 to you? Because. 732 00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:52,600 Again, Gaydar and then may says to I I think I have to find out. 733 00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:56,160 So I like the way that it keeps like again, she keeps putting 734 00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:59,480 the ball back in eyes core or maze court and then make really 735 00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:01,120 does take the time to process her feeling. 736 00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:02,520 She doesn't just like run from it. 737 00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:05,760 Like I like that her queer awakening story wasn't this like 738 00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:09,160 very fearful kind of thing. Like there is fear and and 739 00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:11,280 there's like a nervousness when it comes to like her family that 740 00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:13,320 she does have. It's not that it's not there. 741 00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:16,600 It's just like in her inner monologue, that's not the focus. 742 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:20,200 She really does process it as it's happening. 743 00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:21,600 And I appreciated that about the story. 744 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:24,880 And then and then in their dialogue, it gets really fun 745 00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:28,400 because she can, she starts flirting back like and means it. 746 00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:30,720 And it's just great the way it goes down. 747 00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:36,800 All right, So then we get the continuation where it's the meet 748 00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:39,920 me at Anthea if you Anthea bar if you want to experiment with 749 00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:43,280 me thing and. The word. 750 00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:47,040 Experiment, which is such a like, it's like as a, as a queer 751 00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:49,080 person. So like there's, you know, can 752 00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:51,480 have negative connotations that like you're just experimenting 753 00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:54,560 or whatever. But the author. 754 00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:57,520 Uses the word deliberately and in May's in her monologue 755 00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:00,440 explains when May's thinking about. 756 00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:03,840 That her relationship. With I at this stage, she 757 00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:08,160 basically says to herself, like the two of them can't get too 758 00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:11,120 deeply involved because the business shit. 759 00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:14,040 So she says that's why she used the word experiment. 760 00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:16,360 Like she's the one that says it. And she says it because she 761 00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:20,040 tries to distance herself essentially from the situation 762 00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:22,520 that's developing with I because she's like, we can't because of 763 00:39:22,720 --> 00:39:25,680 the business stuff. So like she uses words to 764 00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:27,760 distance them. So like, that's why that word is 765 00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:30,360 there. I just wonder how I felt. 766 00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:33,880 About that word as a queer person, but I think I is so got 767 00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:36,720 it so bad that she's like I don't care do whatever like I 768 00:39:36,720 --> 00:39:39,480 think she had it so bad that she's like red flags it's fine 769 00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:43,800 which girl self respect man because. 770 00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:48,080 She. Chugs her respecting women 771 00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:49,440 juice. I will say that about I. 772 00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:50,880 That's the only reason I like her so much. 773 00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:57,160 OK, so then we. Get to the VIP room scene and 774 00:39:57,160 --> 00:39:59,600 it's Maple who's like, can we go somewhere else? 775 00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:02,080 Basically, I don't want to like make out with you at a crowded 776 00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:03,800 bar. Basically, this is Maple's idea, 777 00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:05,360 first of all. And then I was like, OK, I'll 778 00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:08,000 take you to the VIP room. So then she brings her to the 779 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:12,800 room and is explaining the room for three seconds before May 780 00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:15,840 pushes her up against the door and then furiously makes out 781 00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:17,400 with her. And I was really surprised. 782 00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:18,800 She's like, I didn't think she's going to do this. 783 00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:22,040 I was just trying to explain the room which is so funny. 784 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:26,760 So again, she's not the predator like Mayberry was a thirsty 785 00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:30,320 bitch too and like acted on her thirstiness a hell of a lot more 786 00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:33,600 in the show. She was much more like quiet and 787 00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:38,160 cagey with her feelings and the and the novel she was full on in 788 00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:42,080 with the her thirstiness. And I like that about Maple. 789 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:47,680 So then they start getting. Making out furiously and I is 790 00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:49,000 like, OK, I guess we're experimenting. 791 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,520 And so she asks to May like what do you want me to show you? 792 00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:53,360 Like why did you take me into a private room? 793 00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:56,400 This is your idea. And then May says show me 794 00:40:56,400 --> 00:41:00,360 everything like it's so thirsty. It's so thirsty. 795 00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:05,040 And then basically they end up on the couch and like as things 796 00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:08,000 like progress into we're going to fuck on this couch. 797 00:41:08,720 --> 00:41:11,760 I stops it and she's like, you trust me, you don't want to do 798 00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:14,600 this here. Like, like knowing that it's 799 00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:16,600 her, like Mabel's first time, She's like that. 800 00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:18,200 We're not, we shouldn't do this here. 801 00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:20,440 And she's the one who's like, we need to go somewhere else. 802 00:41:21,240 --> 00:41:23,600 And they end up at her apartment because it's closest. 803 00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:27,960 And then the. Thing that pissed me off pissed 804 00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:32,760 me off about the show the most in the I was deemed a predator 805 00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:37,120 is the part where she drugs Maple, which was crazy because 806 00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:39,520 she never drugs this girl in the novel. 807 00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:42,800 Like, never. In fact, that entire interaction 808 00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:45,640 went down extremely differently in the novel. 809 00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:48,600 And I much prefer what happens in the novel because when they 810 00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:53,360 get back to I's room or her apartment, they basically have a 811 00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:55,800 72 hour date and they they fuck for the first time. 812 00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:57,320 Like there's no business espionage. 813 00:41:57,440 --> 00:42:02,680 It was all about Maple's sexual awakening, her exploring that 814 00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:05,480 them connecting like it was about them. 815 00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:08,160 It wasn't like muddled with this other stuff. 816 00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:12,520 In fact, like when they get to the apartment, you're in Maple's 817 00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:16,280 point of view and one of the things that she the first thing 818 00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:18,480 she notes when she gets in there, she's like the this 819 00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:22,760 business heiress is kneeling down in front of me, taking off 820 00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:26,880 my high heels like she knows how like attentive I is. 821 00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:30,240 She describes it as super attentive behavior because 822 00:42:30,240 --> 00:42:34,440 that's who I actually is. And so I like that the author 823 00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:37,400 took the time to be like, they're in eyes personal space. 824 00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:41,080 This is who I is. And like May notes it 825 00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:43,440 immediately. She's like, oh, she's a very 826 00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:46,800 super attentive, like girlfriend basically is what she notices 827 00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:49,920 immediately when they're the business shit goes away. 828 00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:51,960 And I like that this whole interaction was really focused 829 00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:54,920 on that. And I like that. 830 00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:58,120 In the novel, when they're having, well, May's having sex 831 00:42:58,120 --> 00:43:01,680 for the first time with I, basically she has this inner 832 00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:05,720 monologue that's really revealing of her journey with on 833 00:43:05,720 --> 00:43:08,440 her, like, self discovery journey, where she thinks she's 834 00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:14,200 never met anyone that ever made her feel safe and satisfied. 835 00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:15,880 Yeah, that's what I bring to the table. 836 00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:21,480 And May wondered for a long time if she was simply incapable of 837 00:43:21,480 --> 00:43:25,640 feeling desire because she never wanted it with anyone before, 838 00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:29,360 which I feel like is a very compet storyline. 839 00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:32,680 Like a lot like if you've watched Heart Stopper, 840 00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:36,640 specifically watched it, there's a storyline with a character 841 00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:40,920 named Imogen who's not in the books, a Heart Stopper who's in 842 00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:45,040 the story, who has this amazing comp head storyline that was 843 00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:49,240 added into the show that really encapsulate this really nicely. 844 00:43:49,240 --> 00:43:52,800 So really my read on May is that she was really deep in the comp 845 00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:54,400 head thing and didn't realize it. 846 00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:58,600 But then she continues in this interaction with I and her inner 847 00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:01,680 monologue. But today she realized she had 848 00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:03,800 been looking at the wrong people. 849 00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:07,760 Like it's such a like a the this the storyline for a lot of like 850 00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:11,400 in media that I've seen for a lot of like, late in life, queer 851 00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:15,480 people reads a lot like this where they were so deep in 852 00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:16,960 compact. And they're just like, I, you 853 00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:20,160 know, all the love stories that I've watched or read, like I'm 854 00:44:20,200 --> 00:44:21,640 lying to me. I feel like something's wrong 855 00:44:21,640 --> 00:44:24,560 with me because I never feel that I'm supposed to, but I 856 00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:26,520 don't. And like, kissing was always 857 00:44:26,520 --> 00:44:28,120 been boring and just a thing I did. 858 00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:31,480 And now, now, now it all makes fucking sense because like I was 859 00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:33,760 looking at the wrong people. I was looking at the wrong 860 00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:36,440 people. Yeah, I was in the wrong gender 861 00:44:36,480 --> 00:44:37,840 that I was looking at or whatever. 862 00:44:37,840 --> 00:44:40,560 So I, I appreciate like I like the way this was really fleshed 863 00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:45,400 out, like her sexual awakening and her processing it, not just 864 00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:48,360 the I'm having sex with a woman and I'm enjoying it thing. 865 00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:50,840 It was like a the way she thought about it that I liked. 866 00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:55,840 All right. So I hope that I have proven 867 00:44:55,840 --> 00:44:59,720 without a shadow of a doubt that Kun Iwadeen is not a predator. 868 00:44:59,880 --> 00:45:02,080 She was actually a green flag. She was very attentive the 869 00:45:02,080 --> 00:45:05,760 entire time. She was valued, consent and let 870 00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:09,760 Mae choose all of these things and felt victorious when Mae 871 00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:12,360 chose her. But at this time I'm. 872 00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:15,920 Going to take a quick moment to give some shout outs to our 873 00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:19,720 Chaos crew over on Patreon. Woo, oh yay. 874 00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:22,400 So we have a bunch of people over there if you're not 875 00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:25,800 familiar with our Patreon members, and we love, we love 876 00:45:25,800 --> 00:45:27,680 each and every one of you. 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Everybody telling us what they 920 00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:58,000 thought about Harmony Secret like on the episodes when we 921 00:47:58,000 --> 00:47:59,440 were acting was really, really special. 922 00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:02,600 So thank you all. Appreciate that. 923 00:48:04,720 --> 00:48:09,480 All right, and with that, let's continue discussing the novel. 924 00:48:09,600 --> 00:48:11,760 So the other thing I want to talk about that I really enjoyed 925 00:48:11,760 --> 00:48:15,240 in the novel was I amaze relationships. 926 00:48:15,240 --> 00:48:19,200 And I say that plural because they had a very distinct 927 00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:21,480 personal relationship with each other and a business 928 00:48:21,480 --> 00:48:23,400 relationship with each other. And I like the way it was 929 00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:26,880 handled in the novel. So I went through a lot of inas 930 00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:28,320 the lead up to their relationship. 931 00:48:28,320 --> 00:48:32,520 But I just want to say in general, I love, I like I love 932 00:48:32,520 --> 00:48:33,880 her. She was the main reason why I 933 00:48:33,880 --> 00:48:35,880 was like, I need to know what's happening because I'm in love 934 00:48:35,880 --> 00:48:37,360 with her and everything about her. 935 00:48:37,360 --> 00:48:40,080 And may you are a lucky woman. OK, maybe just say that, 936 00:48:40,080 --> 00:48:42,280 especially after reading the novel, I was like, Oh my God, 937 00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:44,880 like this is this is a top tier lesbian. 938 00:48:44,960 --> 00:48:51,640 I'm into this the way she just with the non-stop shameless 939 00:48:51,640 --> 00:48:55,200 flirting like all the time. It was so shameless from the 940 00:48:55,200 --> 00:48:58,920 beginning in chapter 1 when they they are first introduced to 941 00:48:58,920 --> 00:49:01,520 each other in front of reporters in the novel. 942 00:49:02,440 --> 00:49:04,880 May says to. Her, it's a pleasure to meet you 943 00:49:04,880 --> 00:49:12,440 Kunai, Woody and I, I responds. Yes, dot dot dot pleasure. 944 00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:16,240 Like she's even a cheeky bastard in front of reporters. 945 00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:22,080 Like I love her so much. She was so fucking funny and she 946 00:49:22,080 --> 00:49:25,440 was funny in the series too. But like, their flirtatious 947 00:49:25,440 --> 00:49:29,320 banter in the novel is just, it's everything. 948 00:49:29,480 --> 00:49:33,040 The way I just like pushes Mae's buttons without meaning to 949 00:49:33,040 --> 00:49:35,680 because she's just, she's being vague because she's like, I want 950 00:49:35,680 --> 00:49:38,120 her to choose me. I don't want to like it like put 951 00:49:38,120 --> 00:49:40,080 thoughts in her head. So she's constantly being 952 00:49:40,080 --> 00:49:43,480 evasive and it drives me crazy. And this, their banter was 953 00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:44,920 great. Like it wasn't this like 954 00:49:44,920 --> 00:49:49,840 malicious fighting banter. It was just this very good 955 00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:54,000 flirty back and forth thing that I just love so much. 956 00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:58,800 And I really would love this writer to write dialogue for 957 00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:02,000 like TV shows because it was like top tier dialogue. 958 00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:04,880 Like if anything, like if you're into that, like and you haven't 959 00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:07,600 read this novel and you're listening to this, First of all, 960 00:50:08,080 --> 00:50:10,120 thanks for trusting me to read this for you. 961 00:50:11,040 --> 00:50:13,520 But second of all, go read this novel because like the the 962 00:50:13,520 --> 00:50:17,160 dialogue between them is their flirtatious banter is top tier 963 00:50:17,160 --> 00:50:21,800 and it's amazing and so fun. And the other thing. 964 00:50:21,800 --> 00:50:24,560 I really loved about during their personal relationship. 965 00:50:24,560 --> 00:50:27,880 Like I said, I like the inner monologues I thought were really 966 00:50:28,240 --> 00:50:32,400 insightful to how each character felt about their their 967 00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:35,320 significant other and themselves, And I really liked 968 00:50:35,320 --> 00:50:36,600 it. So I've talked about May a lot, 969 00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:40,920 but I really love I in the way it was very evident anytime you 970 00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:44,080 were in her head, which wasn't as much Maple's like the main 971 00:50:44,080 --> 00:50:46,840 character, but I were also in her head quite a bit too. 972 00:50:46,840 --> 00:50:49,360 And it's sometimes it just goes back and forth like as the the 973 00:50:49,360 --> 00:50:51,760 author switches point of views in the same scene. 974 00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:55,520 But what I like to appreciate about I when I fell in love with 975 00:50:55,520 --> 00:50:58,000 her even more from reading this was. 976 00:50:59,160 --> 00:51:02,040 The way she felt. About May and it was very 977 00:51:02,040 --> 00:51:05,320 apparent that it was new for her, like the way she was 978 00:51:05,320 --> 00:51:07,600 feeling and she was not afraid of it. 979 00:51:07,600 --> 00:51:09,360 And she was very much like, oh, this is different. 980 00:51:09,360 --> 00:51:13,400 Like I've never like wanted somebody to like stay at my 981 00:51:13,560 --> 00:51:16,040 apartment before, but like I want her to stay and I'm just, 982 00:51:16,200 --> 00:51:17,880 I'm going to do it and I'm just going to keep doing it. 983 00:51:17,880 --> 00:51:20,120 And, and the way she was very much like she would be like, Oh, 984 00:51:20,120 --> 00:51:22,400 Mae chose me. Like, Oh my God, Like it was 985 00:51:22,400 --> 00:51:24,760 very cute. Like I enjoyed being in her head 986 00:51:24,760 --> 00:51:26,600 too. And and also with the biz that 987 00:51:26,600 --> 00:51:30,080 when they would have like when she would be leading Oriana and 988 00:51:30,080 --> 00:51:32,240 like you're in her head about the business stuff, like you 989 00:51:32,240 --> 00:51:35,000 could see how like calculating she is and how smart she is and 990 00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:38,440 not shady. And I just, I really enjoyed 991 00:51:38,640 --> 00:51:41,640 their inner monologues a lot. It it added a lot to their 992 00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:44,360 personal relationship that they had that was very separate from 993 00:51:44,360 --> 00:51:47,920 the the business world stuff. But the thing I. 994 00:51:47,920 --> 00:51:49,680 Loved. I honestly loved more. 995 00:51:49,840 --> 00:51:52,480 Not more, but I love more about the novel in particular. 996 00:51:52,480 --> 00:51:57,880 Is their business, their working relationship OK in the novel I 997 00:51:57,880 --> 00:52:02,600 and May respected each other's boundaries a hell of a lot more. 998 00:52:02,600 --> 00:52:05,920 Like, personally and in, but especially in the business 999 00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:09,880 stuff, like they were very clear on separating their personal and 1000 00:52:09,880 --> 00:52:11,920 professional lives. Like, yeah, Mae struggled with 1001 00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:14,520 it more to like, wrap her head around it because she was new to 1002 00:52:14,520 --> 00:52:16,080 all of us. But I was like, I can separate 1003 00:52:16,120 --> 00:52:17,040 these things. Like, it's fine. 1004 00:52:17,040 --> 00:52:19,040 And Mae learns to do it too. And they stick with it. 1005 00:52:19,040 --> 00:52:21,520 They don't, like, go behind each other's back and stuff like 1006 00:52:21,520 --> 00:52:23,320 that. They stick with like, this is my 1007 00:52:23,320 --> 00:52:24,400 domain. This is yours. 1008 00:52:25,320 --> 00:52:27,640 And in that weird meeting in the show, when they meet in the 1009 00:52:27,640 --> 00:52:32,320 bathroom in Chapter 1 in the novel, basically they have the 1010 00:52:32,320 --> 00:52:34,600 conversation immediately because eyes like, can't we be friends? 1011 00:52:34,600 --> 00:52:35,920 Like, why do we have to hate each other? 1012 00:52:35,920 --> 00:52:38,600 It's just business. And they have this back and 1013 00:52:38,600 --> 00:52:40,120 forth. But then I ends up by saying, 1014 00:52:40,120 --> 00:52:43,680 fine, I will compete with you on the bidding, but I won't when it 1015 00:52:43,680 --> 00:52:46,600 comes to other things. And after she says this, May 1016 00:52:47,040 --> 00:52:49,240 processes it. And then in her inner monologue 1017 00:52:49,240 --> 00:52:51,840 says May felt certain that I meant every word of that 1018 00:52:51,840 --> 00:52:53,720 sentence. And like they stick with that. 1019 00:52:53,720 --> 00:52:55,920 Like they really do separate those two things. 1020 00:52:55,920 --> 00:52:59,560 They do talk about business together, but like they'll have 1021 00:52:59,560 --> 00:53:01,880 like this conversation about business, this is about us. 1022 00:53:01,880 --> 00:53:04,400 Like they're very good at separating those two things, 1023 00:53:04,400 --> 00:53:09,280 which is how a relationship like this would work it not in the 1024 00:53:09,280 --> 00:53:12,240 bidding war stuff, but like in life, if you had to like 1025 00:53:12,480 --> 00:53:17,240 executives of like 2 businesses that kind of operate near and 1026 00:53:17,240 --> 00:53:21,080 around each other, like they would have to be like this. 1027 00:53:21,080 --> 00:53:24,320 Like they would have to separate those two things pretty pretty 1028 00:53:24,320 --> 00:53:26,840 well in order to have the relationship succeed. 1029 00:53:26,840 --> 00:53:30,640 So I thought that this mindset was made sense and I respect the 1030 00:53:30,640 --> 00:53:34,480 fact that they stuck with it. I and also when. 1031 00:53:34,480 --> 00:53:35,600 It came to the business relationship. 1032 00:53:35,600 --> 00:53:37,520 I think the other reason it worked really well in the novel 1033 00:53:37,520 --> 00:53:41,280 is because, like I mentioned, the very beginning, Maple in the 1034 00:53:41,560 --> 00:53:45,280 in the novel was way less insecure when it came to 1035 00:53:45,280 --> 00:53:47,200 comparing herself with I when it comes to business. 1036 00:53:47,200 --> 00:53:49,640 And she she didn't do that comparison a lot. 1037 00:53:49,640 --> 00:53:53,720 It was they had more like this like mentor mentee situation. 1038 00:53:53,720 --> 00:53:57,320 And it was they had an actual conversation about it basically 1039 00:53:57,440 --> 00:54:00,920 in when in one of their car scenes when I was like coaching 1040 00:54:00,920 --> 00:54:03,480 her in business and she's like, I'm just offering, I'm just 1041 00:54:03,480 --> 00:54:05,320 teaching you. I'm not, I don't mean anything 1042 00:54:05,320 --> 00:54:07,240 by this. And then they they have this 1043 00:54:07,240 --> 00:54:09,680 understanding that I is going to like teach her stuff because 1044 00:54:09,680 --> 00:54:13,400 she's experienced and then Maple listens and then like learn 1045 00:54:13,400 --> 00:54:15,600 stuff from her. It's this less Ant like I'm 1046 00:54:15,600 --> 00:54:17,000 competing with you, blah, blah, blah. 1047 00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:18,520 Because I threw a pen in high school. 1048 00:54:18,520 --> 00:54:21,800 Like that was insane. Like, no, like their business 1049 00:54:21,800 --> 00:54:24,000 relationship made a hell of a lot more sense in the novel. 1050 00:54:24,000 --> 00:54:26,160 And it was way it was. It was also an adult 1051 00:54:26,160 --> 00:54:28,000 relationship. Like they were mature about it 1052 00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:31,800 because they're 20 year olds. And so I really like that about 1053 00:54:31,800 --> 00:54:35,880 their story. Also, like they weren't shady 1054 00:54:35,920 --> 00:54:39,240 with each other. Like I think the series leaned 1055 00:54:39,240 --> 00:54:43,840 into that for drama reasons. But they're not shady. 1056 00:54:43,840 --> 00:54:46,800 They, they read as like mature business women. 1057 00:54:47,280 --> 00:54:50,920 And the other thing I really loved about their business 1058 00:54:50,920 --> 00:54:54,560 relationship is the way they mutually respected each other as 1059 00:54:54,560 --> 00:54:57,360 business women. Like even I was like really 1060 00:54:57,360 --> 00:55:00,360 respected Maple as a business. Like as she got to know her in 1061 00:55:00,360 --> 00:55:02,720 the business world because like again, she's like learning about 1062 00:55:02,720 --> 00:55:05,480 her for the first time. But they really respected each 1063 00:55:05,480 --> 00:55:08,320 other in their working relationship and that I thought 1064 00:55:08,320 --> 00:55:10,960 that was so important. Like it really solidified them 1065 00:55:10,960 --> 00:55:13,760 as a healthy relationship. Like when you really look at it. 1066 00:55:15,160 --> 00:55:19,600 And one of my favorite scenes that like really harps that home 1067 00:55:19,600 --> 00:55:23,480 that was did not go down, though I wanted to in the in the show 1068 00:55:23,480 --> 00:55:28,200 was there's this scene where they're in the boardroom. 1069 00:55:29,040 --> 00:55:32,320 All the all the bidders come into the boardroom for greater 1070 00:55:32,320 --> 00:55:35,960 and they're going over like the bidding, not the process, but 1071 00:55:35,960 --> 00:55:38,440 like the rules of what's going to happen. 1072 00:55:38,520 --> 00:55:40,160 And in this series, basically they're in there. 1073 00:55:40,160 --> 00:55:44,960 And may at that stage vocalizes her concerns about the current 1074 00:55:44,960 --> 00:55:46,520 bidding process. She's like, well, I'm kind of 1075 00:55:46,520 --> 00:55:48,840 worried because like we're doing this duty free thing and 1076 00:55:48,840 --> 00:55:51,040 partnering with the government that it's going to create this 1077 00:55:51,040 --> 00:55:55,520 monopoly by whoever wins this because the contract's 10 years. 1078 00:55:56,040 --> 00:56:00,240 And then if we do that, that's actually going to harm Thailand. 1079 00:56:00,240 --> 00:56:04,400 So why don't we like award multiple bids so that the people 1080 00:56:04,400 --> 00:56:08,960 who are experts in services that this project needs can be in 1081 00:56:08,960 --> 00:56:10,480 charge of that. And that way we don't get this 1082 00:56:10,480 --> 00:56:14,080 monopoly situation. So like create like a coalition, 1083 00:56:14,080 --> 00:56:16,240 not just one winner takes all kind of thing. 1084 00:56:17,480 --> 00:56:21,200 And in the meeting, like I wouldn't agrees with May in the 1085 00:56:21,200 --> 00:56:24,760 series, but then later in the parking lot tries to coach her 1086 00:56:24,760 --> 00:56:30,320 on this and like May takes this as unsolicited advice that she's 1087 00:56:30,320 --> 00:56:32,560 showing all her cards in a business meeting and get super 1088 00:56:32,560 --> 00:56:34,400 offended. And so then like ultimately this 1089 00:56:34,400 --> 00:56:37,240 boardroom scene like happens, but like leads to absolutely 1090 00:56:37,240 --> 00:56:40,040 nothing else in the series other than it makes me mad. 1091 00:56:40,040 --> 00:56:42,920 And then they fight. So they went the drama route. 1092 00:56:42,920 --> 00:56:46,200 But in the novel, this was actually a pivotal scene to the 1093 00:56:46,200 --> 00:56:50,120 plot. So in this scene, it goes down 1094 00:56:50,120 --> 00:56:54,600 in a similar way. But when I verbally says, oh, I 1095 00:56:54,600 --> 00:56:57,400 like this part of your plan. Like I think we should consider 1096 00:56:57,400 --> 00:57:00,360 this because at the time, like greater was in this position, 1097 00:57:00,400 --> 00:57:03,760 like you could change the rules. It wasn't official yet the 1098 00:57:03,760 --> 00:57:05,320 greater board could think about it. 1099 00:57:05,320 --> 00:57:06,800 So like it could actually happen. 1100 00:57:06,800 --> 00:57:09,280 So if she agrees, then the other people in the room were like, 1101 00:57:09,280 --> 00:57:12,000 yeah, I also see that point. Like, I think you you you should 1102 00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:14,920 also consider that board greater duty board members. 1103 00:57:15,400 --> 00:57:18,320 And then this Bormer scene actually leads to a change in 1104 00:57:18,320 --> 00:57:20,720 the bidding process that actually affects the outcome of 1105 00:57:20,720 --> 00:57:22,120 the bid. So it was actually a really 1106 00:57:22,120 --> 00:57:24,600 important scene that like, ultimately the series turned 1107 00:57:24,600 --> 00:57:28,600 into drama and it meant nothing. And the other thing that was? 1108 00:57:28,600 --> 00:57:31,400 Actually, really important about the scene in the book is that 1109 00:57:31,400 --> 00:57:35,920 this is when May. I mean, not May when I first 1110 00:57:35,920 --> 00:57:39,200 start suspecting May as a businesswoman, because she 1111 00:57:39,480 --> 00:57:42,680 essentially in her inner monologue is like, oh, she's 1112 00:57:42,680 --> 00:57:45,600 like, well, made me lack experience, but she has a lot 1113 00:57:45,600 --> 00:57:48,480 more knowledge and interesting ideas than I first thought. 1114 00:57:48,480 --> 00:57:50,680 Like she's like what? Like starts respecting her and 1115 00:57:50,680 --> 00:57:53,200 she's like, wow, OK, she's she knows what she's doing. 1116 00:57:53,200 --> 00:57:54,560 Like she, there's potential here. 1117 00:57:54,560 --> 00:57:56,720 Like, so it was actually a really important scene. 1118 00:57:56,720 --> 00:57:58,720 And I, I think about this scene all the time. 1119 00:57:58,720 --> 00:58:00,280 I was like, this is such a good scene. 1120 00:58:00,280 --> 00:58:03,920 The way it went down and like the outcome of it was great. 1121 00:58:06,760 --> 00:58:08,960 And then the outcome. Ultimately, I also like the 1122 00:58:08,960 --> 00:58:14,960 outcome of the bidding because in the the bidding, basically, I 1123 00:58:14,960 --> 00:58:18,240 think Oriana and and greater both way or not greater and 1124 00:58:18,240 --> 00:58:22,160 superior both win and so then they end up like running it 1125 00:58:22,160 --> 00:58:24,120 together. I think superior, I think wins 1126 00:58:24,120 --> 00:58:26,640 and then I think Oriana's like second or something like so may 1127 00:58:26,640 --> 00:58:29,480 actually ends up winning like as the big top dog and like 1128 00:58:29,480 --> 00:58:32,120 Oriana's in there too, and they end up Co. 1129 00:58:32,480 --> 00:58:35,680 Their first project is like Co running this thing together. 1130 00:58:35,680 --> 00:58:38,320 And then when we get special chapters in the book, it's like 1131 00:58:38,320 --> 00:58:40,400 them setting it up and it was like really great. 1132 00:58:40,400 --> 00:58:43,080 It was a very full circle thing and it made total sense for like 1133 00:58:43,080 --> 00:58:45,480 what they were trying to do, why you'd have a hotel eras and a 1134 00:58:45,480 --> 00:58:47,920 mall eras. They were the perfect people to 1135 00:58:47,920 --> 00:58:50,800 like run, take this project. So like it just made sense. 1136 00:58:50,840 --> 00:58:54,840 And again, it was like basically the outcome, because May had 1137 00:58:54,840 --> 00:58:57,480 this potential and because May stood up and because she 1138 00:58:57,480 --> 00:59:00,160 asserted herself as like this leader that she knew she was 1139 00:59:00,160 --> 00:59:03,680 capable of being, was taken seriously, was supported by 1140 00:59:03,680 --> 00:59:07,000 other seasoned business people that this even happened. 1141 00:59:07,000 --> 00:59:10,080 So it was like it was a really great like triumph for like 1142 00:59:10,160 --> 00:59:13,080 Maple and a solidification of May and I's partnership. 1143 00:59:13,080 --> 00:59:16,720 And it was great. So I prefer that route that the 1144 00:59:16,720 --> 00:59:19,200 novel went. OK. 1145 00:59:19,960 --> 00:59:22,320 Other thing I liked in the novel that was different was the 1146 00:59:22,320 --> 00:59:25,600 family situations. OK, so first of all, nobody's 1147 00:59:25,600 --> 00:59:28,560 parents were dead there. Were no dead parents. 1148 00:59:28,560 --> 00:59:31,800 Every parent was still parenting during the story. 1149 00:59:32,080 --> 00:59:35,080 So shocking. Why we must have body counts in 1150 00:59:35,080 --> 00:59:38,160 tie girl lectures. I think honestly, it's just a 1151 00:59:38,160 --> 00:59:40,480 running gag at this point. The writers like who can we 1152 00:59:40,680 --> 00:59:42,640 whose parent is going to die this time? 1153 00:59:43,480 --> 00:59:45,800 I think it's a it really boils down to casting. 1154 00:59:45,800 --> 00:59:48,520 And they're like, well, if we kill them, we don't have to pay 1155 00:59:48,520 --> 00:59:51,480 somebody to play this person and we'll just give them some mommy 1156 00:59:51,480 --> 00:59:53,920 issues and we'll just move on anyway. 1157 00:59:54,240 --> 00:59:56,880 But yeah, everybody had parents and the parents were all there. 1158 00:59:57,960 --> 01:00:02,840 And also I had a younger brother who was abroad getting his 1159 01:00:02,840 --> 01:00:06,160 master's during the novel, but in the special chapters meets me 1160 01:00:06,160 --> 01:00:09,320 and it's really cute. And he, like, loves his sister. 1161 01:00:09,320 --> 01:00:11,600 It's like very like they actually had like pretty solid 1162 01:00:11,600 --> 01:00:15,120 families that were not hella problematic honestly, like. 1163 01:00:16,320 --> 01:00:17,640 They had stuff. Going on. 1164 01:00:17,640 --> 01:00:21,160 But it was not like poisonous love insane shit. 1165 01:00:21,240 --> 01:00:24,440 It was actually very reasonable what was happening with the 1166 01:00:24,440 --> 01:00:27,560 families. OK. 1167 01:00:27,600 --> 01:00:29,880 And then? So let's talk about I and her 1168 01:00:29,880 --> 01:00:32,960 family first. So particularly her dad, because 1169 01:00:32,960 --> 01:00:35,800 the dad stuff was still going on in the novel. 1170 01:00:35,800 --> 01:00:40,520 And the main crux of it is that he, from the start to the end 1171 01:00:40,520 --> 01:00:43,640 was pressuring. She's 27, so she's almost 30. 1172 01:00:43,640 --> 01:00:46,320 So he was pressuring her essentially to get married and 1173 01:00:46,320 --> 01:00:49,520 build a family before she's 30. And it's it boiled down to the 1174 01:00:49,520 --> 01:00:50,720 fact that she's the eldest daughter. 1175 01:00:50,720 --> 01:00:52,280 And this is like eldest daughter duty. 1176 01:00:52,280 --> 01:00:56,120 So he's like, well, you're 27 and you know, it's time to like 1177 01:00:56,560 --> 01:00:59,040 think like actually start doing this, not just like think about 1178 01:00:59,040 --> 01:01:01,440 it. And he clarifies to her in a 1179 01:01:01,440 --> 01:01:03,520 conversation that they have that he's like, I'm not forcing you 1180 01:01:03,520 --> 01:01:05,800 to marry because she brings up the the fact that she's like, 1181 01:01:05,800 --> 01:01:08,880 this isn't the Regency era. Arranged marriages or not 1182 01:01:08,960 --> 01:01:11,960 shouldn't be a thing anymore. And he's like, I'm not, he's not 1183 01:01:11,960 --> 01:01:13,160 trying to arrange marriage anything. 1184 01:01:13,160 --> 01:01:16,680 And he clarifies, I'm not forcing you to marry anyone. dot 1185 01:01:16,680 --> 01:01:19,480 dot, dot, I only ever see you work. 1186 01:01:20,240 --> 01:01:23,280 And what it boiled down to really in the story is that her 1187 01:01:23,280 --> 01:01:26,240 father and her mother really do love her at the end of the day, 1188 01:01:26,240 --> 01:01:28,400 and they were worried that she's a workaholic. 1189 01:01:29,440 --> 01:01:31,200 And they're like, we're worried. You're going to die alone 1190 01:01:31,200 --> 01:01:33,760 because you're a workaholic. And honestly, I love that angle. 1191 01:01:33,760 --> 01:01:37,560 It's a very like modern day angle for like the time period 1192 01:01:37,560 --> 01:01:40,760 in which this story took place. And I think it's a universal 1193 01:01:40,760 --> 01:01:44,880 thing amongst like most places in the world to be like, you 1194 01:01:44,880 --> 01:01:48,200 have somebody who's works rise and grind kind of person and 1195 01:01:48,200 --> 01:01:50,520 then they don't take care of themselves outside of their 1196 01:01:50,520 --> 01:01:52,480 career. I thought that was a good angle. 1197 01:01:52,480 --> 01:01:54,880 And I like the way her family stuff was written. 1198 01:01:54,880 --> 01:01:58,920 I found that relatable and like a really reasonable kind of 1199 01:01:58,920 --> 01:02:02,360 story. And the pressure from her 1200 01:02:02,360 --> 01:02:05,400 family. Was also. 1201 01:02:05,400 --> 01:02:08,600 The reason why I never seriously dated anyone before. 1202 01:02:08,600 --> 01:02:10,720 So in the in the series, it's very much like, Oh, my dad can't 1203 01:02:10,720 --> 01:02:13,520 find out or blah, blah, blah. But no, she was very much like, 1204 01:02:14,240 --> 01:02:16,880 they, they want me to marry and have a family because like I'm 1205 01:02:16,880 --> 01:02:19,200 the eldest daughter. I'm like, give on, you know, 1206 01:02:19,200 --> 01:02:21,120 carry on the Oreo. I think she was set to be the 1207 01:02:21,120 --> 01:02:24,200 heir, not the brother. And then it was because she's 1208 01:02:24,200 --> 01:02:25,880 the oldest. And then she's like, I had this 1209 01:02:25,880 --> 01:02:29,760 special, you know, obligation as eldest child kind of thing, 1210 01:02:29,760 --> 01:02:31,240 which I understand that as an eldest child. 1211 01:02:32,560 --> 01:02:34,680 And so she tells Maple. On a conversation, she's like, 1212 01:02:34,680 --> 01:02:36,600 that's why I've never dated anybody. 1213 01:02:37,280 --> 01:02:42,240 And so she says specifically I just the reason why she 1214 01:02:42,240 --> 01:02:46,280 basically like hooks up with people kind of thing and never 1215 01:02:46,280 --> 01:02:49,320 dates them is she says I just don't care about the future. 1216 01:02:49,640 --> 01:02:50,920 Like that's why she doesn't take it seriously. 1217 01:02:51,200 --> 01:02:54,720 And she continues, right now I want to do what I want because I 1218 01:02:54,720 --> 01:02:57,400 think she knows that she's trapped in a cage when it comes 1219 01:02:57,400 --> 01:02:58,640 to this. And so she's like, I'm just 1220 01:02:58,640 --> 01:03:01,400 going to do what I want for as long as I can kind of thing. 1221 01:03:02,680 --> 01:03:04,680 And then so Maple. Points out she's like, well 1222 01:03:05,520 --> 01:03:09,000 dating women seems to go super against what your family is 1223 01:03:09,000 --> 01:03:11,640 trying to say you have to do because like you don't have sex 1224 01:03:11,640 --> 01:03:13,440 what you want, but it's not going to result in the baby. 1225 01:03:13,440 --> 01:03:17,440 So I mean, what are you doing? And that's when I says the thing 1226 01:03:17,440 --> 01:03:20,240 where if I meet the right person, I think even those 1227 01:03:20,240 --> 01:03:23,040 reasons, meaning my family reason, my family's pressure 1228 01:03:23,160 --> 01:03:25,800 wouldn't be enough to stop me from doing what I want when the 1229 01:03:25,800 --> 01:03:28,840 time comes. And she sticks to that so hard. 1230 01:03:28,840 --> 01:03:32,320 Like when it comes down to it, when when the story really ends 1231 01:03:33,200 --> 01:03:37,160 and we end up in the really height of the bidding war stuff, 1232 01:03:37,160 --> 01:03:40,120 she's the one who leaks the numbers to May. 1233 01:03:40,120 --> 01:03:43,720 So that May wins. Because she's like I'd. 1234 01:03:43,720 --> 01:03:47,120 Rather have you than almost bullshit like, and it's the way 1235 01:03:47,120 --> 01:03:52,520 she did it was amazing and not nefarious and like it was very 1236 01:03:52,520 --> 01:03:54,840 sweet the way she did it. But yeah, because she's stuck to 1237 01:03:54,840 --> 01:03:56,000 that. She's like, I don't care about 1238 01:03:56,000 --> 01:03:58,520 this, I care about you. I was very honest about it. 1239 01:04:00,840 --> 01:04:04,440 So then on the other hand. We have Mae and her family and. 1240 01:04:06,480 --> 01:04:08,760 Maple also. Has a really good relationship 1241 01:04:08,760 --> 01:04:12,320 with her family period. Like they're not pressuring her 1242 01:04:12,320 --> 01:04:16,560 to date or to get married. They're just there. 1243 01:04:16,640 --> 01:04:19,520 But she doesn't know her friend that she has in the novel. 1244 01:04:19,520 --> 01:04:22,160 She doesn't know that like they her parents are protective of 1245 01:04:22,160 --> 01:04:25,280 her. So if they care and they there's 1246 01:04:25,280 --> 01:04:29,240 that. So when it comes to how she's 1247 01:04:29,240 --> 01:04:32,160 been dating in the past, Mabel reveals through one of her 1248 01:04:32,160 --> 01:04:34,800 friends that she hides her, basically hides her 1249 01:04:34,800 --> 01:04:39,080 relationships like the the from her parents and until she can 1250 01:04:39,080 --> 01:04:42,120 deem that that person she's dating is right for her. 1251 01:04:43,600 --> 01:04:45,520 OK, so she. Has she has to make sure they're 1252 01:04:45,520 --> 01:04:47,280 worthy before the parents even get involved. 1253 01:04:47,360 --> 01:04:49,160 And then she says in a conversation with one of her 1254 01:04:49,160 --> 01:04:52,080 friends, quote, this is one of the reasons why I have to make 1255 01:04:52,080 --> 01:04:56,560 sure the person I date has to be someone I want my parents to 1256 01:04:56,560 --> 01:05:00,440 meet someone my patient, my parents can improve of so may 1257 01:05:00,640 --> 01:05:04,560 cares what her parents think about the person she's dating 1258 01:05:05,080 --> 01:05:08,520 like so she's like I I have to deem that they're right and and 1259 01:05:08,560 --> 01:05:10,440 if they're good enough for me, then they're good enough for my 1260 01:05:10,440 --> 01:05:13,560 family, whom I love to meet. And the only person she ever 1261 01:05:13,560 --> 01:05:15,800 brings to meet the family is I. But it's on the really weird 1262 01:05:15,800 --> 01:05:17,120 circumstances that she brings over there. 1263 01:05:17,480 --> 01:05:20,560 But they have a much healthier relationship. 1264 01:05:20,560 --> 01:05:25,120 I mean, her relationship with her dad like was pretty healthy 1265 01:05:25,400 --> 01:05:28,240 in the series, except all the fucked up shit they wrote for 1266 01:05:28,240 --> 01:05:31,000 her dad that was unnecessary. Like her dad in the novel was 1267 01:05:31,000 --> 01:05:33,240 like a very well, it was good the whole time. 1268 01:05:33,240 --> 01:05:34,800 Like he's very supportive of her. 1269 01:05:35,600 --> 01:05:39,080 We we do get the conversation in the novel where Mae is like, 1270 01:05:39,080 --> 01:05:43,000 well, what if I like want to date a woman? 1271 01:05:43,040 --> 01:05:44,520 And I love the way it goes down the novel. 1272 01:05:44,640 --> 01:05:47,600 She does this roundabout way of asking it and then finally asks 1273 01:05:47,600 --> 01:05:50,600 it and the dad's like, honestly, I'd prefer she says no. 1274 01:05:50,600 --> 01:05:53,840 He says, she says, what if I don't want to date men? 1275 01:05:54,600 --> 01:05:57,840 And then the dad after like a hot minute is like, I'd prefer 1276 01:05:57,840 --> 01:06:01,640 if you didn't, which was my dad's response when I came out 1277 01:06:01,640 --> 01:06:02,680 and thought that was really funny. 1278 01:06:02,680 --> 01:06:04,400 I was like, I, I really do there. 1279 01:06:04,800 --> 01:06:06,720 They're like, I prefer if you did it honestly. 1280 01:06:06,720 --> 01:06:09,520 And that's like how it went down to the loyal pit. 1281 01:06:09,520 --> 01:06:12,400 Also like sometimes they're like, they're like men suck. 1282 01:06:12,400 --> 01:06:15,520 I'm kind of glad you're not on board like this. 1283 01:06:15,520 --> 01:06:19,560 Honestly, there's less to worry about, but like he just the, the 1284 01:06:19,640 --> 01:06:23,080 emphasis from her family was, was about I'd we want you to be 1285 01:06:23,080 --> 01:06:26,400 with a good person that respects you, that's your equal. 1286 01:06:26,400 --> 01:06:29,760 Like this kind of stuff like that was their whole thing. 1287 01:06:29,760 --> 01:06:32,560 Whereas like I was coming from a family that was like, you need, 1288 01:06:32,560 --> 01:06:34,160 you need to settle down and get married. 1289 01:06:34,160 --> 01:06:36,880 And I think it was less about like, we need you to like have 1290 01:06:36,880 --> 01:06:38,560 an heir because like they have a, she's a brother. 1291 01:06:38,560 --> 01:06:40,600 She's not the only one. Oh, and then press all the 1292 01:06:40,600 --> 01:06:42,040 pressure on the brother. What if he's gay? 1293 01:06:42,040 --> 01:06:43,800 Then it's like, oh fuck, what are we going to do? 1294 01:06:44,880 --> 01:06:46,080 We don't get into that because he's. 1295 01:06:46,080 --> 01:06:50,120 Barely in it, but anyway, like, you know, they had two different 1296 01:06:50,120 --> 01:06:51,720 like there's like semi conservative, like a 1297 01:06:51,720 --> 01:06:55,320 conservative ish mentality with her family for I and then like 1298 01:06:55,320 --> 01:06:58,000 with Mae, it was very like she's the only child too. 1299 01:06:58,000 --> 01:07:00,400 So it was very much like, you know, that we love you more than 1300 01:07:00,400 --> 01:07:02,480 anything, like just make sure that we just want to know that 1301 01:07:02,480 --> 01:07:05,840 they're a good person and that, and Maple knows that, hence why 1302 01:07:05,840 --> 01:07:07,280 she has this conversation with her friend. 1303 01:07:07,280 --> 01:07:10,080 And she's like, I have to vet the people I date and I have to 1304 01:07:10,080 --> 01:07:13,560 get to know them long enough to make sure I want my family to 1305 01:07:13,560 --> 01:07:16,120 meet them because I, I know what their expectation for me is. 1306 01:07:16,120 --> 01:07:18,320 And that's a good person. So I have to make sure they're a 1307 01:07:18,320 --> 01:07:20,600 good person before I even like bring them home. 1308 01:07:21,360 --> 01:07:24,040 And so at the time she has this conversation with her dad, 1309 01:07:24,040 --> 01:07:26,560 that's when she was really starting to fall for I and was 1310 01:07:26,560 --> 01:07:29,640 like realizing what a good person she actually is when 1311 01:07:29,640 --> 01:07:33,320 they're alone and so and not in the spotlight kind of stuff, 1312 01:07:33,320 --> 01:07:35,840 playing business games or whatever. 1313 01:07:35,880 --> 01:07:38,800 And so I do like that. And I really liked her family. 1314 01:07:38,800 --> 01:07:41,200 They were very sweet. Very, very, very sweet. 1315 01:07:42,520 --> 01:07:45,600 And one of the big. Moments where it's it's really 1316 01:07:46,400 --> 01:07:49,440 evident is the dramatic conclusion of all of this. 1317 01:07:50,160 --> 01:07:54,360 So in the novel there is still a third act breakup between I and 1318 01:07:54,360 --> 01:07:57,160 May as we get closer to the bidding ore situation. 1319 01:07:57,160 --> 01:08:01,200 Because drama. But. 1320 01:08:01,200 --> 01:08:03,400 What I liked about the novel in particular when we get in all of 1321 01:08:03,400 --> 01:08:06,400 this, is I and May's reconciliation, and the way it 1322 01:08:06,400 --> 01:08:09,400 goes down in the novel I much, much prefer. 1323 01:08:10,440 --> 01:08:13,720 Because it really. Emphasized how desperate I was 1324 01:08:13,720 --> 01:08:17,880 to see Nae when they broke up. OK, so the shit goes down with 1325 01:08:17,880 --> 01:08:20,240 Rachen, who's a piece of shit. OK? 1326 01:08:20,279 --> 01:08:24,439 By the way, also in the novel he's 40 years old, so keep that 1327 01:08:24,439 --> 01:08:26,000 in mind. He's being a creepy 1328 01:08:26,000 --> 01:08:27,640 motherfucker. And the bitch is 40 because in 1329 01:08:27,640 --> 01:08:31,000 the show they made him like the same age as the women that he's 1330 01:08:31,000 --> 01:08:33,880 like into. No, this bitch was twice their 1331 01:08:33,880 --> 01:08:35,960 age. OK, first of all, twice Mabel's 1332 01:08:35,960 --> 01:08:39,359 age. So the way this goes down. 1333 01:08:39,359 --> 01:08:42,439 So basically they're it's they've already submitted the 1334 01:08:42,439 --> 01:08:45,720 bidding stuff and they're in that waiting period where like 1335 01:08:46,399 --> 01:08:49,800 they can't be seen together in public because shit will be 1336 01:08:49,800 --> 01:08:52,560 shady. And like, so I and May, I don't 1337 01:08:52,560 --> 01:08:54,279 really have time to see each other and they went through 1338 01:08:54,279 --> 01:08:57,760 their third act breakup and all this shit and like basically 1339 01:08:57,880 --> 01:09:02,080 she's in her office, meaning ironing when Yam comes in and is 1340 01:09:02,080 --> 01:09:08,920 like, oh, May dropped off this envelope, it's for you. 1341 01:09:10,760 --> 01:09:13,600 And. Basically, she's like, she says 1342 01:09:14,160 --> 01:09:18,240 her subordinate, like G hands it off the envelope and like, 1343 01:09:18,240 --> 01:09:21,040 here's the envelope for you. Miss May says she really wants 1344 01:09:21,040 --> 01:09:22,200 you to be there. That's all. 1345 01:09:22,240 --> 01:09:24,479 You can check the envelope for more details. 1346 01:09:24,479 --> 01:09:30,279 I got to go and then Miss May specifically asked to tell me to 1347 01:09:30,279 --> 01:09:33,840 tell you not to tell to let anyone see this envelope. 1348 01:09:34,560 --> 01:09:37,200 And I was like, OK and was confused by this. 1349 01:09:37,200 --> 01:09:42,000 And then like opens this deep blue envelope and then inside it 1350 01:09:42,000 --> 01:09:43,960 says, meet me at Villa night tonight. 1351 01:09:44,200 --> 01:09:48,560 It's like this, like, I don't know, karaoke bar or like 1352 01:09:48,600 --> 01:09:51,479 something like that. And it says, I want to see you 1353 01:09:51,479 --> 01:09:53,760 in private. I booked a room there. 1354 01:09:53,760 --> 01:09:56,840 There's so much to talk about. You should really come maybe go. 1355 01:09:57,640 --> 01:10:01,560 I read the text on the card and that she was like it was unusual 1356 01:10:01,560 --> 01:10:04,760 and she there's red flags and then like this, it's unusual for 1357 01:10:04,760 --> 01:10:07,280 Mae to book her room to see her. But then again, it might not be 1358 01:10:07,280 --> 01:10:09,640 that strange because like they haven't seen each other in a 1359 01:10:09,640 --> 01:10:11,640 long time. And she's like, I don't want 1360 01:10:11,640 --> 01:10:15,080 Maple to be mad at me. So she's like, I'm just going to 1361 01:10:15,080 --> 01:10:19,960 go because quote in her brain. I missed Mae so terribly. 1362 01:10:19,960 --> 01:10:22,320 She hadn't seen her in private. She hadn't been with her for 1363 01:10:22,320 --> 01:10:24,160 days. That wasn't one of the reasons 1364 01:10:24,160 --> 01:10:26,840 why she felt so blue. So I would even see her tonight 1365 01:10:26,840 --> 01:10:30,520 no matter the cost. OK, so basically I was in this 1366 01:10:30,520 --> 01:10:34,000 really desperate spot to see May and then just it was like, oh, 1367 01:10:34,000 --> 01:10:36,440 red flags. Maybe it's not weird. 1368 01:10:36,440 --> 01:10:37,200 I don't know. It's been a few. 1369 01:10:37,240 --> 01:10:38,440 It's been a while since I've seen her. 1370 01:10:38,440 --> 01:10:41,000 Maybe she changed. So anyway, she goes to this 1371 01:10:41,000 --> 01:10:45,920 place and Ratchan's in there and he basically like bribed the the 1372 01:10:45,920 --> 01:10:48,560 server to like lock the room and leave them in there. 1373 01:10:48,560 --> 01:10:52,480 And he's got alcohol and he's talking to I and he basically 1374 01:10:52,480 --> 01:10:55,840 date rape drugs her and like she drinks it and it's like, oh 1375 01:10:55,840 --> 01:10:57,640 fuck, I've been poisoned or whatever. 1376 01:10:57,840 --> 01:11:00,600 And then he like forces her to stay in this room with him and 1377 01:11:00,600 --> 01:11:03,040 is going to like date rape her essentially is what's happening 1378 01:11:03,040 --> 01:11:05,320 and she's like losing it because she's been drugged. 1379 01:11:05,320 --> 01:11:07,440 OK. And then in the background, May 1380 01:11:08,160 --> 01:11:10,280 figures it out. I think the I think the 1381 01:11:10,280 --> 01:11:14,000 assistant G blabs or something says something and they're like 1382 01:11:14,000 --> 01:11:16,960 May puts it together and she's with her dad, I think, and her 1383 01:11:16,960 --> 01:11:19,400 dad and her is in the car with him and he's driving. 1384 01:11:19,400 --> 01:11:21,240 She's like, we got to go here right the fuck now. 1385 01:11:21,280 --> 01:11:24,320 And like they end up figuring out where she is and let go. 1386 01:11:24,760 --> 01:11:29,200 And basically you're like, oh, I got to, we're our friends are in 1387 01:11:29,200 --> 01:11:30,720 there. And then the guy he, that 1388 01:11:30,720 --> 01:11:32,440 Ratchet bribe was like, no, you can't go in there. 1389 01:11:32,440 --> 01:11:35,320 And then and then Maple, his dad's like, yeah, we're going in 1390 01:11:35,320 --> 01:11:36,640 there. And he goes in there and 1391 01:11:36,640 --> 01:11:41,800 basically with Maple and like basically stops the assaulting 1392 01:11:41,800 --> 01:11:44,360 that's happening. No sexual assault happens, but 1393 01:11:44,360 --> 01:11:46,440 assaulting is happening. And he like basically gets 1394 01:11:46,440 --> 01:11:52,760 Ratchet off of eye and then like him and I think I's dad end up 1395 01:11:52,760 --> 01:11:55,600 like suing Roger or whatever for this fuck shit or whatever. 1396 01:11:55,960 --> 01:12:01,160 But basically he handles the dude and then Maple goes to I. 1397 01:12:02,440 --> 01:12:04,320 And. Takes care of her and then like 1398 01:12:04,480 --> 01:12:09,360 Maple's dad is the one that like drives I with Maple and they go 1399 01:12:09,360 --> 01:12:12,360 back to like their house like Maple's house. 1400 01:12:13,160 --> 01:12:18,240 And so I I like the way this went down versus like May and I 1401 01:12:18,680 --> 01:12:22,640 getting in a shootout with Rachan alone at this like very 1402 01:12:22,640 --> 01:12:26,600 secluded estate they were at like the beach house or wherever 1403 01:12:26,600 --> 01:12:29,040 they were. I like this better word involved 1404 01:12:29,040 --> 01:12:32,760 maze dad because it really emphasized him, not emphasized 1405 01:12:32,760 --> 01:12:35,040 it humanized him as a character number one. 1406 01:12:35,040 --> 01:12:38,760 And then like really emphasized his like fatherly instincts and 1407 01:12:38,760 --> 01:12:44,600 stuff in the way that that now included I as like a daughter 1408 01:12:44,600 --> 01:12:48,360 figure to him, like his concerns started extending to her and 1409 01:12:48,360 --> 01:12:50,960 he's the one that calls I's dad and calls him and is like, 1410 01:12:50,960 --> 01:12:53,880 listen, this fuck shit happen. I have your daughter. 1411 01:12:53,880 --> 01:12:57,640 She's here, she's safe like, but then they go after Raj it all 1412 01:12:57,640 --> 01:13:00,440 screen or whatever. It's great, but it it ends up 1413 01:13:00,440 --> 01:13:04,880 bonding Maple with not Maple. It ends up bonding I and May's 1414 01:13:04,880 --> 01:13:07,760 dad and like May's family from this incident because they kind 1415 01:13:07,760 --> 01:13:09,840 of like host her when she's feeling better until she feels 1416 01:13:09,840 --> 01:13:13,120 better. And then the fact that Maple's 1417 01:13:13,120 --> 01:13:16,840 dad calls eyes dad and they have like a father to father talk. 1418 01:13:17,400 --> 01:13:20,480 It bonds them. So it was actually like, I like 1419 01:13:20,480 --> 01:13:23,560 the way it went down with all the different characters because 1420 01:13:23,560 --> 01:13:26,520 then it they just, you know, they bonded over just like 1421 01:13:26,520 --> 01:13:27,600 loving their daughters basically. 1422 01:13:27,600 --> 01:13:30,560 And it was like really kind of whole, there's a shitty 1423 01:13:30,560 --> 01:13:32,520 situation, but it was kind of wholesome the way it ended. 1424 01:13:33,800 --> 01:13:37,080 When it comes to that. But with that, there is 1425 01:13:37,080 --> 01:13:40,840 something about this conclusion that I did not like in the 1426 01:13:40,840 --> 01:13:44,640 novel, and it was probably the one thing that I did not like in 1427 01:13:44,640 --> 01:13:46,320 the novel, like really didn't like. 1428 01:13:48,360 --> 01:13:54,120 And that is how I and May their reunion goes down in this 1429 01:13:54,120 --> 01:13:57,800 situation. So OK, so like basically based 1430 01:13:57,800 --> 01:14:03,080 on eyes symptoms, it seems like Rachin drugged her with ecstasy 1431 01:14:03,360 --> 01:14:08,040 because his whole thing was like how dare you reject me because 1432 01:14:08,040 --> 01:14:10,800 you like women. So I'm going to make you have 1433 01:14:10,800 --> 01:14:12,600 sex with a man and give you ecstasy. 1434 01:14:12,600 --> 01:14:16,280 So which is a drug that heightens your nervous system. 1435 01:14:16,280 --> 01:14:20,280 And so he's like, so then you'll enjoy the sex and then there we 1436 01:14:20,280 --> 01:14:22,280 go. And that was just ridiculous 1437 01:14:22,280 --> 01:14:24,760 thought process anyway. So she has ecstasy in her system 1438 01:14:24,760 --> 01:14:26,640 essentially. And so. 1439 01:14:27,760 --> 01:14:31,000 When they get to Maple. 'S house, I and May go to May's 1440 01:14:31,000 --> 01:14:31,840 room. She's like, I'm going to take 1441 01:14:31,840 --> 01:14:33,160 care of her because like what is this? 1442 01:14:33,480 --> 01:14:35,200 And because I kept refusing to go to the hospital. 1443 01:14:35,200 --> 01:14:37,960 So she's like, I'll take you here, OK. 1444 01:14:38,440 --> 01:14:42,560 And then I is feeling the effects of this drug, OK? 1445 01:14:42,560 --> 01:14:46,120 Like, feeling it like it feels hot and like horny and all this 1446 01:14:46,120 --> 01:14:47,200 stuff because that's what it does. 1447 01:14:48,960 --> 01:14:53,560 And they're alone in May. 'S room OK and then OK so then 1448 01:14:54,560 --> 01:14:59,080 what she does is I starts feeling up May because drugs and 1449 01:14:59,080 --> 01:15:04,120 then says take care of me and then may proceeds to have sex 1450 01:15:04,120 --> 01:15:08,800 with I and I'm just not a fan of this because it's like what are 1451 01:15:08,800 --> 01:15:10,440 we doing like what are we doing here? 1452 01:15:10,440 --> 01:15:13,880 This was weird and I know when the show was airing people were 1453 01:15:13,880 --> 01:15:15,840 like yeah, I was going to happen on the last episode it's going 1454 01:15:15,840 --> 01:15:18,280 to be the last sexy and it did not happen I was like thank God. 1455 01:15:18,360 --> 01:15:22,520 It was so weird reading this like as like the pharmacist who 1456 01:15:22,520 --> 01:15:24,480 understands drugs and I was like, this is weird. 1457 01:15:24,480 --> 01:15:26,200 And this girl like kind of out of her mind right now. 1458 01:15:26,200 --> 01:15:30,640 And I'm not super into this romanticization of like bugging 1459 01:15:30,640 --> 01:15:33,040 somebody on ecstasy, like when they were taking the drug 1460 01:15:33,040 --> 01:15:34,720 against their will and like all this stuff. 1461 01:15:34,720 --> 01:15:38,040 And it was really weird. So in this. 1462 01:15:38,880 --> 01:15:41,720 Scene I. Honestly prefer the show version 1463 01:15:41,720 --> 01:15:44,680 where I was starting to feel the ecstasy and Mae's like, we're 1464 01:15:44,680 --> 01:15:46,800 going to go in the pool and you're going to cool the fuck 1465 01:15:46,800 --> 01:15:48,200 off. Like I like that was a better 1466 01:15:48,200 --> 01:15:50,840 way to handle somebody on ecstasy than just like, OK, I'll 1467 01:15:50,840 --> 01:15:53,040 indulge you. You know what I mean? 1468 01:15:53,760 --> 01:15:55,080 That's my personal feeling on this. 1469 01:15:55,080 --> 01:15:58,080 Like personally, if you were into this, I'm not judging you. 1470 01:15:58,080 --> 01:16:00,120 It's just like I was not a fan personally of this. 1471 01:16:01,600 --> 01:16:04,480 But overall? I did like the way the story 1472 01:16:04,480 --> 01:16:07,320 unfolded, including like the dealing with ratchet and how the 1473 01:16:07,320 --> 01:16:09,760 families got involved, and I did like that part better. 1474 01:16:09,760 --> 01:16:15,320 And the novel. Last thing that I did not like 1475 01:16:15,320 --> 01:16:16,960 about the novel. I not that I didn't like it. 1476 01:16:16,960 --> 01:16:18,240 I didn't know that I was missing. 1477 01:16:18,240 --> 01:16:20,440 It was side bitches. There were no side bitches, 1478 01:16:20,440 --> 01:16:22,600 which is fine. Honestly, it's me and I story, 1479 01:16:22,600 --> 01:16:25,600 and I really liked me and I story, but like yam and Gee, 1480 01:16:25,600 --> 01:16:31,080 like never interact, like never. So like how change was just like 1481 01:16:31,160 --> 01:16:34,200 those two because like Yam and G and the novel are very 1482 01:16:34,200 --> 01:16:37,160 different. So I don't know where they got 1483 01:16:37,160 --> 01:16:39,480 that concept from, but I'm not mad at it because I actually 1484 01:16:39,480 --> 01:16:42,240 thought they were fun. But also like if you watch the 1485 01:16:42,240 --> 01:16:45,000 series and you're frustrated with their relationship and how 1486 01:16:45,000 --> 01:16:47,080 it unfolds, it's because they were writing that shit on the 1487 01:16:47,080 --> 01:16:49,080 fly in the show. Like it never happened. 1488 01:16:49,280 --> 01:16:52,000 They had nothing to go off of and I feel like it got lost 1489 01:16:52,000 --> 01:16:55,400 because I admire the focus. So anyway. 1490 01:16:56,960 --> 01:16:59,640 To round up the. Side bitches so Yam and I so Yam 1491 01:16:59,640 --> 01:17:03,600 is still eyes assistant, but Yam is one year older than I, even 1492 01:17:03,600 --> 01:17:06,400 though she refers to I as like Pi because out of respect. 1493 01:17:07,040 --> 01:17:09,040 But they had a strictly professional relationship. 1494 01:17:09,040 --> 01:17:10,560 Like Yam and I were just business. 1495 01:17:11,080 --> 01:17:12,960 That was it. Like they didn't they never 1496 01:17:12,960 --> 01:17:14,120 interacted. They didn't have that like 1497 01:17:14,120 --> 01:17:15,600 sisterly relationship in the show. 1498 01:17:15,600 --> 01:17:18,400 And I really liked Yam's back story and the way they did it 1499 01:17:18,400 --> 01:17:21,240 and like the fact that they had like a younger sister, older 1500 01:17:21,240 --> 01:17:24,280 sister, like really sisterly kind of relationship that went 1501 01:17:24,280 --> 01:17:26,640 beyond the professional 1 where I took care of him. 1502 01:17:26,640 --> 01:17:30,000 I really like that because it show it humanized I in the 1503 01:17:30,000 --> 01:17:35,000 series and it made her like it showed the the attentiveness 1504 01:17:35,000 --> 01:17:37,480 that may notes in the in the novel. 1505 01:17:37,480 --> 01:17:39,520 So I think that was the way they kind of like showed that, but 1506 01:17:39,520 --> 01:17:42,040 like quickly because like you don't, they don't have as much 1507 01:17:42,040 --> 01:17:45,640 time as the novel did. And when he was AG in May, their 1508 01:17:45,880 --> 01:17:47,760 shit was weird. So there is no childhood 1509 01:17:47,760 --> 01:17:50,960 anything between these two because G is over A it was a 1510 01:17:50,960 --> 01:17:53,680 decade older than May. So like there is no childhood 1511 01:17:53,720 --> 01:17:55,240 any like the childhood bags are as weird. 1512 01:17:55,480 --> 01:17:58,560 There's no childhood back story. She was much older than May and 1513 01:17:58,560 --> 01:18:01,200 she was like, the reason she was May as assistant is because I 1514 01:18:01,200 --> 01:18:04,880 think her father assigned her to May because G was so experienced 1515 01:18:04,880 --> 01:18:07,960 in the company and May was brand new to the company. 1516 01:18:07,960 --> 01:18:10,680 So like it makes total sense that you would pair up the 1517 01:18:10,680 --> 01:18:13,280 newbie with somebody experienced and they can like learn from 1518 01:18:13,280 --> 01:18:16,360 each other kind of stuff. So that totally made sense. 1519 01:18:16,360 --> 01:18:20,160 But like they and they had more of a friendlier relationship 1520 01:18:20,160 --> 01:18:27,200 despite the age gap like and G and I do interact. 1521 01:18:27,200 --> 01:18:29,880 So that's something that does happen and I becomes friendly 1522 01:18:29,880 --> 01:18:33,840 with G and. Is that's how. 1523 01:18:33,840 --> 01:18:37,920 The Oriana numbers get slipped because I think I picks up G 1524 01:18:38,400 --> 01:18:43,920 from I think I and May meet secretly for like 5 seconds at a 1525 01:18:43,920 --> 01:18:46,520 restaurant or something like in in like the parking lot or 1526 01:18:46,520 --> 01:18:49,400 something. And then like G comes out super 1527 01:18:49,400 --> 01:18:52,520 drunk and like can't stand. And then I happened to be there 1528 01:18:52,520 --> 01:18:56,600 because she was secretly meeting May and then offers to drive her 1529 01:18:56,600 --> 01:18:59,200 home because she's like you, I'm worried about you and you should 1530 01:18:59,200 --> 01:19:00,720 not be getting in a car right now. 1531 01:19:00,960 --> 01:19:03,120 So get in my car. I'll just take you home. 1532 01:19:03,120 --> 01:19:04,760 She knew who I was. She's like, oh, you're the, you 1533 01:19:05,000 --> 01:19:06,640 know, business woman. Like I'll say you. 1534 01:19:06,640 --> 01:19:09,880 And so she is very drunk and in the car and I just casually 1535 01:19:09,880 --> 01:19:12,320 having a conversation with her. And that's when she casually 1536 01:19:12,320 --> 01:19:15,800 drops the Oriana bidding numbers and she like feeds it into G's 1537 01:19:15,880 --> 01:19:18,400 drunk brain. And so then later when she's 1538 01:19:18,400 --> 01:19:21,240 sobering up, like the next day or a couple days later, she 1539 01:19:21,240 --> 01:19:24,000 finally realizes she has the numbers, tells May. 1540 01:19:24,000 --> 01:19:27,320 And then May does use them. But like, comes out at the end. 1541 01:19:27,320 --> 01:19:29,040 I being like, yeah, I knew that was going to happen. 1542 01:19:29,040 --> 01:19:30,200 I wanted you to have the numbers. 1543 01:19:30,200 --> 01:19:33,480 I wanted you to win like. Because I told you I didn't 1544 01:19:33,480 --> 01:19:34,760 give. A shit about the business. 1545 01:19:34,760 --> 01:19:37,240 I really, at the end of the day, I cared more about you. 1546 01:19:37,320 --> 01:19:40,400 And so I do like the way all of that played out in the novel 1547 01:19:40,400 --> 01:19:42,320 too. And like, it was very funny that 1548 01:19:42,320 --> 01:19:47,240 she fed G the number, but their age difference makes it funnier 1549 01:19:47,240 --> 01:19:49,200 because she's like, you're the experienced one and then you 1550 01:19:49,200 --> 01:19:52,000 kind of fell for this trick from I, which was really funny. 1551 01:19:53,440 --> 01:19:58,480 But overall? That was a very fun novel. 1552 01:19:58,480 --> 01:20:00,680 I really enjoyed it. So again, if you haven't read 1553 01:20:00,680 --> 01:20:04,840 it, I think it is worth reading. And there are special chapters 1554 01:20:04,840 --> 01:20:08,960 that on me are or publishes their own book where it's 1555 01:20:08,960 --> 01:20:12,480 basically like what happens after. 1556 01:20:12,920 --> 01:20:16,000 The greater duty bidding war, because you get a glim, you get 1557 01:20:16,040 --> 01:20:18,960 a hint at the end of the novel that they're going to start 1558 01:20:18,960 --> 01:20:21,320 working on this together, that yeah, they end up getting 1559 01:20:21,320 --> 01:20:22,680 married and like all this kind of stuff. 1560 01:20:22,680 --> 01:20:25,200 But then the special chapters really take you through the 1561 01:20:25,200 --> 01:20:27,640 steps of all of that and like really fleshes out their 1562 01:20:27,640 --> 01:20:30,920 relationship in the aftermath of all of this. 1563 01:20:30,920 --> 01:20:34,800 And it was really fluffy. Honestly, if you like tooth 1564 01:20:34,800 --> 01:20:37,160 rotting fluff, it's a tooth rotting fluff kind of book. 1565 01:20:37,160 --> 01:20:40,080 It's very short. And it's I really love the two 1566 01:20:40,080 --> 01:20:41,160 of them. So I was just like, give me 1567 01:20:41,160 --> 01:20:42,800 this. Also I need to read this. 1568 01:20:44,160 --> 01:20:47,240 It was lovely. So I really love the novel. 1569 01:20:47,240 --> 01:20:50,720 That's what I think about it. And before I sign off today, I 1570 01:20:50,720 --> 01:20:53,760 just wanted to award the Big Gay Energy award. 1571 01:20:53,760 --> 01:20:57,280 I'm going to give it to Kunai Wadin because she's so gay and I 1572 01:20:57,280 --> 01:21:00,480 just love how gay she is. I just love her. 1573 01:21:00,640 --> 01:21:02,960 I just love this. She's like, I own multiple gay 1574 01:21:02,960 --> 01:21:05,880 bars. Like she's just so blunt about 1575 01:21:05,880 --> 01:21:07,200 it. I love her. 1576 01:21:07,200 --> 01:21:10,360 I thought she was fantastic. And Maple was also a Big Gay 1577 01:21:10,360 --> 01:21:13,000 Energy award for just how she comes into her queerness, and I 1578 01:21:13,000 --> 01:21:18,440 really love that about her. I will also give a Taylor Swift 1579 01:21:18,440 --> 01:21:20,320 song for harmony secret the novel. 1580 01:21:20,320 --> 01:21:23,480 I think the Best Song that encapsulates the novel is the 1581 01:21:23,480 --> 01:21:26,800 song, the story of us. It's basically a very enemies to 1582 01:21:26,800 --> 01:21:31,840 lovers to rivals kind of story or song and the lines that I 1583 01:21:31,840 --> 01:21:35,840 really like that I think fit me and I is how we met and sparks 1584 01:21:35,840 --> 01:21:38,560 flu instantly because they look at each other and it's like 1585 01:21:39,240 --> 01:21:41,240 boom, they when they touch hands, you get the inner 1586 01:21:41,240 --> 01:21:43,600 monologue of electric shock kind of thing. 1587 01:21:43,600 --> 01:21:47,080 So there were sparks of flying aplenty with both of them. 1588 01:21:47,800 --> 01:21:50,800 And then the other lines I like are the battles in your hands 1589 01:21:50,800 --> 01:21:54,840 now, But I would lay my armor down if you'd if you'd rather 1590 01:21:54,840 --> 01:21:57,440 love than fight that. If that doesn't encapsulate I 1591 01:21:57,440 --> 01:21:59,040 want to eat. I don't know what doesn't. 1592 01:21:59,040 --> 01:22:01,480 She's like. I mean, it's in your hands. 1593 01:22:01,480 --> 01:22:03,120 May you tell me what you want us to do? 1594 01:22:03,120 --> 01:22:06,200 You want us to keep fighting or would you like us to be 1595 01:22:06,200 --> 01:22:07,320 girlfriends? Just you. 1596 01:22:07,680 --> 01:22:10,440 You decide. Oh shit, once. 1597 01:22:10,480 --> 01:22:14,160 Sorry, sorry, before we before we conclude one more thing I 1598 01:22:14,160 --> 01:22:15,640 forgot to mention. That's so great. 1599 01:22:15,640 --> 01:22:18,880 OK, so remember the beginning. I is obsession with Maze 1600 01:22:18,880 --> 01:22:21,640 nickname and she's like, I'm going to really I wait for the 1601 01:22:21,640 --> 01:22:24,080 day when you call me I and not Iwaneen. 1602 01:22:24,800 --> 01:22:29,680 The first time that may calls I by her nickname is the first 1603 01:22:29,680 --> 01:22:33,360 time they have sex and she it slips out and then in her in her 1604 01:22:33,360 --> 01:22:35,120 model gets so fun. She's like, shit, I didn't mean 1605 01:22:35,120 --> 01:22:37,200 to say that. And then she's like, wait, but 1606 01:22:37,200 --> 01:22:39,200 maybe it was a good thing I said it because she'll keep doing 1607 01:22:39,200 --> 01:22:41,520 what she's doing. It was hilarious, like in may 1608 01:22:41,560 --> 01:22:44,200 the way it was just like, Oh, and then she's like, maybe this 1609 01:22:44,200 --> 01:22:47,800 will get gayer if I say it again, like it was so funny. 1610 01:22:48,760 --> 01:22:51,840 Honestly, read it just with their their thoughts and their 1611 01:22:51,960 --> 01:22:53,680 bander is great. I really loved it. 1612 01:22:54,680 --> 01:22:57,840 Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this review of Harmony Secret the 1613 01:22:57,840 --> 01:23:00,480 novel. 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