The plot of Kidnap is ridiculous, but I have to acknowledge how well done Q’s panic was portrayed at the end of episode 3. The trigger and slow buildup, where you see the tension physically manifest in his posture and breathing. The attempt to continue “business as usual” as if nothing is wrong. Trying to push through even as the fear grows stronger. Min noticing that something is off and asking if he’s okay. The moment it breaks through and Q starts shaking and hyperventilating, unable to hold it back any longer. Min’s reassurance and reminder to breathe, just breathe. The hug and slow release of tension from Q as he is pulled back to the present.
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It's 'randomly hoping for more MawinTinh' hour, apparently.
Because Mawin is adorable and deserves a romance and to have a chance to act on his crush and to get the guy even though he doesn't look like the kind of person who gets the guy.
Because he went into the school afterhours just to make sure everyone was okay and got the chance to hold onto Tinh's shirt and he made sure they all got out okay by helping block the teacher and he just deserves the world.
He's adorable and I wanna see him get a smooch, okay?
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THE EX-MORNING SERIES CONCEPT
By now I think many people have heard that KristSingto’s upcoming series is an original script that was written for them. What we also have confirmed is that it was written about them.
[source]
KRIST: This series was written by P'Backaof and directed by P'Lit where they created this script from the start deliberately for the two of us and they got information for the characters etc. from KristSingto directly. In the series, the name for P'Sing is Tamtawan, and my name is Phatapi. And Tamtawan Tamtawan and Phatapi are KristSingto themselves.
INTERVIEWER: Does that mean you play yourself?
KRIST: [laughing] Yes, we act as ourselves, so it's not difficult at all.
Today, Aof elaborated on his part on Twitter:
[source: @backaof]
[translation: @_beinglistener]
And Jojo added:
[source: @jojotichakorn]
[translation: @_beinglistener]
So, two gay men are the leading creative minds behind KristSingto’s comeback series. Time to study up on your KristSingto history, kids. \:D/
Long live sanctioned RPF. 🎉
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I started watching Wandee Gooday because of this:
Ace representation in a Thai BL!! Only two episodes are out, and I watched it with @icyspikes , they told me not to expect much screentime for my ace guy. But still I am hoping he has his own plotline and finds someone suitable for him!
Give my man the love he deserves! 💜🖤🤍
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Actually, I think it would be hilarious if Chinzhilla existed in the We Are universe and Q got into music because of them.
Imagine this dude picking up guitar because he was subscribed to SoundAbout and thought he was cool and then checked out the band he joined and started covering their songs at the bar the whole time. Maybe he got a bit of a celebrity crush, who knows.
Enter Toey, who happens to look A LOT like Sound. And like, Q is sure Sound doesn't have a twin or anything, Toey just... Looks like that. And it's never explained or brought up.
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There are many layers to this.
The official subtitles say "I've heard that P'Khaotung and P'First are close", when Fourth says P'Book. Of course, First and Khaotung are close. Have you seen them?
Khaotung is a shopaholic apparently, but we already knew that. First always says that Khaotung takes him out to shop whenever they are abroad.
Even when First isn't there, he is there somehow.
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Throughout the Trainee, I’ve been waiting for the shoe to drop—for some big reveal about an ultimate problem at the company or for someone to be fired who had gone too far—but the show is too mature, it has to much compassion towards all of its characters (and towards people’s humanity in general) to do that.
I saw so many instances of mistakes happening, some more obvious, some subtle, some key to the plot, some seemingly background fodder, some addressed by the characters explicitly, and some that the characters or the show just seemed to observe without commenting on. Some of these mistakes didn’t amount to anything, like the broken hard drive, and some of them caused real physical harm to people in the show, like the cosmetic mix-up during testing. I presumed there was a kind of accumulation happening. I thought that the mistakes were adding up to something, a bigger conclusion about this work environment, or a commentary on work environments and society at large. The Trainee, however, refuses to construct a larger theory about work and life’s problems. It refuses to condemn anyone or any one thing to that extent. Each mistake is its own problem. And each person is capable of contributing to it and finding a way to move past it.
You see, what Jane says here is the core theme of the show:
(GIF by @ryansjane )
Don’t assume; ask questions; talk it out with the recognition that everyone is coming to the table with different backgrounds, skills, areas of knowledge, flaws, fears, and hopes. They will not be perfect, and neither do you have to be. The Trainee wants its characters and its audience to find the courage, like Ryan and Jane, Ba Mhee and Tae, or the lovely moments between Pah and all his coworkers this week, to speak up with curiosity and openness.
Then, the next step it shows so wonderfully is how you can appreciate what complexities you contributed to the situation. You can acknowledge and apologize for your role once you understand it—not because you are wrong or right, but because acknowledgement and sorries are ways to show other people that you didn’t find a way to help avoid the problem either that time. It’s important to note, as I see some discourse rising up about who apologizes in the conversations during the show, that Thai and Broader Asian cultures in general have a VERY different culture around apologies, humility, and shame so that those feelings and their related gestures are used to build connection and positive feelings, compared to negative shame in Western culture; book rec if your interested in that topic and more—Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions.
The show doesn’t have some moral argument to say about a systemic HR issue at this office. It also doesn’t depict its office as devoid of deeply troubling systemic issues like sexual harassment. Its recommendation to address the issues, though, is not through stricter enforcement of rules or the perfecting of one’s behavior. It’s to communicate when the time is right on with self-respect and compassion.
There is just so much love and care in every element of the Trainee, and I already know it’s gonna be a comfort show to return to again and again in the future because it’s intricately produced tone and its story just release the tangled knots of perfectionism in me without discouraging me from my desire to grow and improve. You can just tell it’s done by people who love their jobs and their work environment. How rare to see a workplace in media be simultaneously so realistic in its depiction and still so positive about the overall experience 🌻
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Sarah please if you’re still live blogging safehouse s4 can you please make a screencaps of khaotungs slutty top five poses for sitting/lounging because WHAT is this
I had to suffer this man sluttily staring at first without subtitles (don’t know a lick of Thai) while first hid behind Tay when it first aired and I cannot do it again please do the fandom this service if you’re still watching it 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Yes, I am watching it now so I will be on the lookout for his sluttiest poses! I have a feeling there will be a lot to pick from.
Until then, I will leave you with this picture of him participating in GMMTV’s first annual scissoring competition because it doesn’t get much sluttier than that.
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