GlitchI'm surprised there doesn't seem to be any #AiLongNhai #fanfic in which the Gray Demon thing is more literal.
It just seems like a concept begging for an AU.
Since the above post is a reference to the very beginning of EP3, I'm gonna make this the start of my...
Ai Long Nhai EP3 🧵
This may end up covering more than this episode, and is likely to be a scrambled mess as I'll mostly be skimming the episode for some commentary, or just making commentary from memory.
Oops?
I still maintain that the whole Gray Demon thing is an interesting idea that could have been an AU fic. Complete with Nhai as a Duck Knight.
Nhai: *hits Ai with a pillow*
Ai: 
Nhai: *threatens his model*
Ai: 
The repeated horror Ai has at Nhai's living habits is entertaining.
Nhai keeps kicking Ai off the bed. MaxTul would be proud. 
The dynamic of Ai consistently taking care of Nhai is pretty well established in this episode.
Steak looks good. And how are they full, the food is barely eaten at all.
I forget that Jida is initially trying to hook up with Ai, instead of being cryptic to both him and Nhai.
She's also not very good at it, imo. Trying to eavesdrop on Ai's friends, in such a way that Intha and Nine pick up on it quickly. (Tonhon not so much.)
That's a really nice game shop, with big comfy couches and recliners, a lot of open space, and a deck out back.
The way Tonhon is holding the #Warhammer40k book, you'd think it was product placement. But if it was I don't think it would be such a clearly well used copy that the spine was holding on for dear life.
Which makes me think it belongs to someone on set -- either cast or crew. Or props specifically hunted down a very worn copy.
[Update! That's an actual shop!]
The conversation between Jida and her friends implies Bambi knows the group, and maybe hangs out at the game store.
Which makes her little headshakes to Jida and her friends when the guys ask them to join in kinda funny to me.
Nhai really forgot Ai openly put a tracker on Nhai to help if he got lost. (And totally just for that and no other reasons.)
How did Ai not sort out what that sock was for? 
Yeah, Ai really did pull Nhai back with him. (I talk about this here: https://ohai.social/@glitchontwitch/112142386466923578 )
Nhai, that's not a reason to projectile kick Ai across the room.
Also Ai is just always dtf. And the way he looked so happy about the hickey. (This comes into play again later.)
Ingfah very obviously dropping the "lost" bracelet and picking it back up again in order to explain why they were back at the gameshop is priceless.
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Gremlin rewatch of EP3 and… How many times did I have to watch this scene to realize it wasn’t a contrived fall, but one of them pulling the other into said fall? okay technically that’s also contrived, but in this case literally so, in universe? #AiLongNhai #ThaiDrama #ThaiBL #MeenPing @[email protected]
Nhai and Ai really thought that powder would cover the hickey.
And with that declaration, that Ai would still like Nhai no matter how many deliberately weird outfits Nhai puts on, Nhai crushes just a little bit harder on Aiyaret.