#saengtaipatts

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We are getting so many fascinating perspectives on the idea of soulmates, especially soulmates that are part of destiny and a disease.

Tai decided he could never love his soulmate because he risked losing him and that would hurt too much.

Phat would cure himself of the disease in a heartbeat and doesn't think of his soulmate as someone he wants to love.

Tian is jealous of the idea of soulmates but also does his best to dismiss the whole concept.

We don't know Lomfon's thoughts, not yet, but I expect he'll be different as well.

We know that Tien and Tai's parents were soulmates but that their relationship didn't work forever and that shaped all of their children as well...

Soulmates being part of a world is fascinating because you get to see how these ideas and expectations shape people but also shape the world. Soulmates are part of a disease, a disorder, but they are also soulmates. So which side wins? The disease or the soulmates? It's so wild to consider how much this means to the world and to love and to how people love and who they love...

[heretherebedork]

This boy has reached never level of absolute darling baby and way too relatable. I love him. I really do. He's so unsure of himself and insecure in the biggest but also the quietest ways and he's living a dream he gave up on because he saw no way of ever trusting it but he can't help but trust Phat.

[heretherebedork]

Love is most definitely stored in the hands.

[heretherebedork]

My undying love for everyone in this show continues but also this was such a good moment and such a fun highlight of their personalities and their growing relationship but also how much this story is both emphasizing the idea of soulmates while also downplaying the concept in the world.

But now they both know and they're both open about it and no matter the doubts and the old relationships that plague them both... there is a future here for them, one they can make together.

(If they take the chance, if they have the chance, even if being soulmates doesn't promise them anything they can make it themselves if they just try... but will they try?)

Look, I just love them? Okay? They're so cute and they're made of destiny and choice and love and care and patient and hurt and destiny that was met by being defied.

[heretherebedork]

Is this really Tai initiating adult communication with Patts about his former romance and their own status as soulmates? Is he really starting to talk to him about his own insecurities and giving Patts a chance to respond? It is! It's a mature conversation about love and fears and connection that ends with the choice of each other.

Too bad it's episode 8 of a 12 episode series so this can't last. But I really appreciate how mature this conversation turned out to be and how their connection keeps growing alongside their understanding of each other.