Originally posted by: Felicie
I'm this 🤏 close to giving up on the show altogether, erase it from my memory and gaadho my jhanda here to enjoy the exponentially more entertaining offscreen drama 🤣
I swear, if they actually turn the behind the scenes into a show, it'd top the charts - there's everything, a quintessential slow burn will-they won't-they romance, insecurities and hard feelings creeping in as the close group are bound in an eco bubble, eventually tight-knit lovey dovey group falling apart as few members grab the limelight without asking for it, infighting and family drama like your typical high school chick-flick but working adult version, and we even have side characters and secondary plot arcs! Now THAT, I would pay to watch!
The way that I see this off-screen drama working, it can make for the perfect romcom:
Boy meets girl on set. Boy is a serial prankster and girl likes to bury her head in books. Boy wants girl to laugh, but girl is overwhelmed with boy's energy. Boy backs off, for now, and interacts with the rest of the cast. Birthday party arrives, and boy begins dancing, already knowing he is the best dancer... girl blows him away with her dancing skills... boy becomes impressed and interested.
Boy continues to pester the girl, hoping to see her smile. He pulls all these crazy antics, but she doesn't seem to care. So, he asks her whether she would be interested in taking "couple" photos to please the fans. Girl agrees because she hopes boy would leave her after the photos 😆. Boy reads wikihow article on how to impress girl because a certain co-star suggests wikihow is a good resource for overnight learning... wikihow tells him sappy posts work. Boy makes first sappy post while doing a ton of other stuff with his other friends... girl likes the post and makes a courtesy appreciation post.
Boy is sad and thinks that he is not her type... He still does things for her like pick her up to go to the airport etc because he becomes soft when he sees her.
Cast gets stuck in the middle of nowhere... they party it up while the boy is thinking about how he could hide himself. He thinks he's embarrassed himself enough in front of the girl. But while hiding, he sees the girl sad. He thinks of the first joke he can... and girl laughs. Boy is mesmerized... and he restarts his efforts to impress her. He continues asking to pose for "couple" pics because that's a few extra seconds of romance... girl starts to fall for the boy...
Cast go on hiking trip... boy is enraged by his costar who is jokey and close to girl. Boy moves in-between them and reminds costar (wikihow costar) that he has a fiancee. Girl and co-star climb the tree and boy becomes frustrated because he didn't sign up to be the cameraman... girl then asks boy to climb up the tree. Boy does, and girl whispers that she likes him... it takes everything the boy knows to latch onto the tree and keep himself from falling out of shock....😲
Girl and boy secretly date, but the whole cast knows. Someone entirely disapproves because girl is very cultured and she is becoming more and more "junglee" while being with the boy. Girl doesn't listen, and this starts the tension in the group... happy go lucky group splits into 2. Girl and Boy vs rest... Girl suggests they fight by being even more lovey dovey... boy just went to heaven... boy can't keep up with the girl's boldness and he loves how he didn't give up on the girl! Happily ever after (with tons more drama in between from co-stars and such) 🤣