He's Startlingly Not At All Full Of Himself Regardless Of What Pran Says - Blog Posts

we've moved on to greener, murkier pastures but im still so in awe of pat actually using Pa's four signs on himself.

I think that's a thing you could do if and only if you're that emotionally intelligent. Everyone would assume you's use these four signs thing to test it on other people. Never youself.

So for Pat to actually take a step back, and watch and observe how he acted around Pran, to connect each sign to each action he just did, to realise it by himself- that requires a startling lack of ego.

because it shows the depth that pat has. he's playful, cherry, laid back. he's fierce, doesn't get possed off easily but he's scary when he does (still thinking about how he's 'cold' and even scares the seniors but we see him with pran and realise he changed).

so him being all these light hearted things pulls the wool over our eyes about just how emotionally intelligent he is. he didnt go "oh i'll test this out on pran". as you would suppose he'd do. but no, he tested it on himself, realised that it wasn't ink he liked but pran. and it always had been.

why had be been oblivious until then if he was so good at knowing his own feelings? loads of reasons- the patriachal atmosphere of his house. expectations. carrying the knowledge that pran was probably just putting up with the guy who got him sent off to boarding school. but recently pran confused him, with how soft he seemed when they were alone. and so he starts becoming more conscious.

and the second he shifts his perspective slightly boom! it all makes sense! and he doesn't struggle with it beyond the slight disbelief of never never having realised this.

no he starts struggling when he sees wai. not jealousy. its hurt. hurt that despite all their shared history and pain, and the joy he knows they both get from each other, he can't be close to pran so openly. he can't even look at him without people thinking he's picking a fight.

its just how startlingly in tune pat is with himself and that just blows up when he's actually allowed to talk to pran. the conversation at the beach. the bet. the confession through the play. the whole of ep 8.

hes a well written character and its obvious with how much care and attention he has been written and acted.