Ron Does Stuff

We’ve got more questions than answers going into the third episode of Century of Love. How’d the prince live for 100 years as well? Is Wee’s golden retriever energy going to be irritating as the show goes on? Will they drag the “will they won’t they?” energy between San and Wee? Let’s find out!

The prince — or what I assumed is the prince — was revealed to the audience in the previous episode, but we’ll have to get back to that later as this episode opens with Wee getting fed by his cancer-stricken grandmother. It’s a dick move, but apparently Wee goes to his grandmother for comfort whenever something goes wrong.

And something has gone wrong, considering that San thinks he’s in cahoots with some shady businessman to steal the magic stone. And like I said in the previous post, the show could have done more work to make San’s distrust believable because it felt either a little contrived or just badly-acted. Either way I wasn’t convinced! My disbelief was not suspended.

Wee asks his grandma for advice about caring for someone who only sees you in a bad light, and grandma says what I would say: fuck them. Life is short! Chad about to die, just be happy! And Wee thinks its great advice.

Which isn’t boding well for San, who can’t stop looking at the bag of fruits Wee had brought for him thinking that he was still recovering from the knife wound San got from the previous episode. Just accept that you’re going to be into dick from now on!

San goes back to the Chinese theater where Wad died 100 years ago, but unbeknownst to him someone has been watching him. But that’s something he’ll have to worry about later because the pain he’s supposed to endure later tonight is happening ahead of schedule — right when he’s in public. Oh wait, it’s not the pain — it’s the child transformation. Oh he’s in a lot of trouble now!

Fortunately — or unfortunately? — Wee just happens to be in the same place to save him, because the prince’s goons are here to abduct him. How are you not properly locking up your properties, San? Everybody’s just walking right in!

Wee is able to save San from the thugs and even follows him back to San’s place, where San tries to play off that he’s his own brother. Wee being none the wiser shares just how mad he is at San, who can’t do anything about it anyway so he heads up to change in his room. And as luck would have it he starts changing back into an adult as soon as he’s naked.

And of course, since the process involves pain, Wee scurries up to check on what he thinks is a child in pain and instead ends up on top of a very naked San. Because of course. Commence me clapping like a seal. Also that CGI buttcrack is so badly done, just saying.

There’s an even more convoluted fall that someone ends up with them wrapped in a shower curtain with the shower going full blast on them and I am cackling. CACKLING. And then the rest of San’s family walks in on them and walks away. C.A.C.K.L.I.N.G.

This show isn’t exactly shying away from what I think are the conventions of Thai BL — at least from what I’ve seen from My Love Mix-Up — but it uses it wisely so I don’t get irritated by it? They’re put in the appropriate moments so it doesn’t feel forced.

Ton returns from wherever he was and asks the goddess why all these things are happening to San and it turns out that because the centenary of San taking in the stone’s poison is nearing, the poison is also getting stronger, meaning he could just turn into a kid at any time or experience the physical pain at any time as well. Or when it’s convenient to the plot. And wouldn’t you know it, having Wee close by lessens the effects of the poison. Ton’s idea is that San and Wee get married, so now we get to play with the forced proximity and “fake” marriage trope. Smart!

Or at least, it was still a “fake” marriage in the show because Thailand just recently legalized same-sex marriage. Congratulations Thailand!

Popular Thai couple #MewTul even got engaged!

Anyways, San’s being a little baby about it and refuses to marry Wee but the goddess is an ally and immediately sends some pain San’s way. Pain that lasts for the whole day! Pain that eventually gets him to agree to marry Wee! You go, goddess ally!

San goes on over to Wee’s place and tells him that they need to talk, but Wee’s only going to do it if San buys him a beer first. Which I initially thought was going to be one beer but turned to multiple beers, which of course leads to Wee being tipsy and sharing why he has that criminal record in the first place. I didn’t quite understand what the actual crime was, but it at least taught San that he’s judging Wee the same way he was judged a hundred years ago.

San apologizes for misjudging Wee’s character and offers to help him any way he can. Wee promises the same and San uses this to segue into a marriage proposal, which of course gets him a beer spray to the face. You don’t just spring that on someone you accused of being a criminal!

After getting cleaned up, San tries proposing again and it doesn’t go any better. He insults Wee multiple times before proposing again, so of course Wee isn’t going to do it. But then he says he’ll pay him and he does have a cancer-stricken grandma so why not? He likes him anyway! I’d marry someone even if I don’t like them if they paid me enough. Because I’m nothing but a prostitute.

Suchat’s against the fake wedding and says he can find the real reincarnated Wad but San isn’t hearing any of it until Suchat can find the reincarnated Wad. Which is going to be tough for him because how’s he gonna do that? Especially since he’s working for the prince?

Wedding’s cute and all but I gotta say it’s a little gendered for my taste. Why Wee gotta be the woman? I mean yes he’s the reincarnation of a woman but still! Is it because he’s the bottom? Is he the bottom? Questions that need answers! But then a wind blows and a wispy red cloth falls onto Wee like a veil and San lifts it up and you know what? Bend over that bottom he’s the girl in this relationship. I am CACKLING.

After the “marriage”, Wee goes on to…wherever, but he’s attacked! By the prince’s goons, I assume, because they said that they’re going to kill him to end this whole thing. Good thing San is ~magically~ there to save him, but he’s not quick enough with it because Wee gets shot defending him and oh my god it’s like that whole thing with Wad 100 years ago!

Thankfully, Wee isn’t fatally wounded, but he does get to see San survive multiple gunshot wounds and stab wounds. Which of course freaks him out! But at least Wee’s in on the whole secret now. Also I like the whole conversation with Wee’s best friend where he just assumes that Wee got railed right into the bed the night before.

Conversations on married bliss are put to a stop, though, as Wee’s grandmother isn’t faring any better with her cancer. The doctors give Wee a choice of forcing chemotherapy on her even if she hasn’t responded well to it before or just taking her home and basically watch her die. Damn. But it does make Wee even more suspicious to San’s eyes because of course he’s going to ask for the stone to save his grandmother.