scrumptiousstuffs · 1 year ago
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“But Top, you are an asshole! I’ve been doing my best to care for my Mew. You have him now, why are you not doing your best??” Ray
“What? What have I done that you are pathetically whining now? Mew doesn’t love you. He loves me!” Top
“You know what you did! But nobody here wants to tell the truth. So I have to!” Ray
Only Friends, episode 6
😭😭😭 gawd.., such a terrible scene for everyone. The sheer heartbreak in Ray’s eyes (despite him being drunk), the uneasiness in Mew’s solemn face (and he actually doesn’t look happy even before Ray started his ramble mess) to Sand hurt and shocked face (when essentially being accused as a gold digger by Ray) to Ton/Nick and Top’s faces all showing different degrees of guilt and wariness….
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watchingblsnowandforever · 1 year ago
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Only Friends Weekly
In these reviews, I will scream, sob, throw things etc. etc.
Ep. 1
Welp. They didn't hold back on the heat. Like there's at least one sex scene in every single part of the very first episode.
Lots of subtexts, as usual.
And my favourite thing: very, very, VERY gay.
The chemistry is off the charts, seriously. And their acting is just wow. They went over and beyond with this, really.
NeoMark first interaction? Gods, don't even get me started on that. And FirstKhao? Slaying as usual.
First is kinda like Akk with a bit of Yok, but more gay and slay. Khaotung is Ayan ×10 but a pathetic little meow meow and also a slut.
Oh, and there's Drake. Yeah, Drake Drake. With Neo.
We got the TopMew kitchen scene in THE VERY FIRST EPISODE.
This series is going to Do Things to me, and I'm all in for the ride. Hopes and prayers.
P'Jojo is giving us everything we ever wanted and everything we didn't know we need. I am we.
(A couple of) Fav scenes (there are more but I'm too tired to screenshot 'em all):
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I love how Boston is so gray in so many ways. And Neo nailed everything about the character.
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inventedfangirling · 1 year ago
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Nanon + Khao in 55:15 Never Too Late appreciation post
I had been wanting to watch "55:15 never too late" for the LONGEST time. For several reasons not least among them was that it featured two of my most favourite thai actors - nanon & khaotung. And pls the premise of five 55 year olds returning to their younger 15 yr old bodies in order to make some changes to their past selves and the hijinks that ensue is interesting enough. But ofc the prime reason i was there was to watch the acting masterclass that i knew nanon and khaotung would deliver. I'm only 3 episodes in but im already bowled over.
Nanon especially. I don't know if there is any role that he can't do. he just becomes the role he is doing. It's virtually impossible to see nanon in the role he is playing.
This scene where he is hiding from prim. What shook me was just how much of childishness nanon was able to convey in this scene. He's playing a 15 year old after all. And he does an excellent job of it. Not at all in a forced caricature sorta way. In fact he was so convincing i had to replay several scenes multiple times. It was so very impressive.
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And look at that. That's pining personified and you cant even see his face. He is just THAAAT good.
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His body language, his micro-expressions, the delivery of dialogues, everything is just pure perfection.
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Look at him absolutely nail the look of a lost hurt child who doesn't know who or what to turn to. He really has no business being this good!?!
I was in a bad mood when i was watching that episode. But Nanon is just so good at his job that by sheer force of his acting brilliance he turned my mood around.
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His dimples helped for sure. of course.
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i mean LOOK AT THEM.
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This scene was especially fantastic. Really fun to watch.
But i meant something much more intangible.
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You know that feeling when you feel better just by seeing certain works of art, a painting or a sketch, or if you're looking at the sky, or listening to a piece of music, just knowing that such beauty exists in the world by itself enough to lift you up?
Watching Nanon do his thing in this episode felt more or less like that!
Especially this scene that took my breath away.
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How was he just 20 when he did this??? it's so mind blowing!
I'll never not be beyond grateful that i decided to watch bad buddy, cos 1. it gave me patpran and 2. it gave me nanon! one of the finest actors i have seen in my entire life. EVER. And he's just 22? I really can't wait to see what all he does over the course of his acting career!
Episode 3 follows the adventures of Khaotung's character "Songpol". I loved his story the most out of all 5 of them. No surprises here. How it's about an adult closeted gay man decides to stop suppressing his identity and live out a life he had denied himself all along. How he has known that he was gay for decades but because he hid that part, he still remains a sorta baby gay at the age of 55, and how this time/body reversal situation gives him a second chance at a more free life.
And while there were fewer opportunities for moments of acting brilliance, he did amazingly well in whatever there was.
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And more importantly there wasn't a single second where he was on screen where my heart wasn't brimming with affection.
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I especially am LOVING this gay uncle and supportive niece dynamic. We usually see it the other way around so loving this twist on the usual trope. Also khaotung does SO well in this scene where he is occupying his 15 yr old body but his facial expressions reveal the maturity of a 55 year old uncle of his niece who he is talking to.
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Also LOVING the way he fanboys over "Jaya".
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His devotion is so visible. It's unbelievably endearing. I would make a home for him in my pocket if i could.
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Like that's MY baby. A whole cutie patootie.
And also he is SO so handsome i could just watch him just existing for hours.
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Gorgeousness🤌
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I'm so excited for him to be living out his happy dream gay life. He deserves it so much. Pining for decades and then finally going to confess and then finding out he has found somebody else yet again, just next level of pain. He needs his happy ending. And he better be getting it. I am really looking forward to it.
What i'm not looking forward to is how the multiple love triangles the show has already set up is going to blow up in everyone's faces. It's such an annoying trope. But ANYTHING for a show featuring Nanon and Khao. And for the most parts i am LOVING this show, hopefully i will love it till the end :')
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theflagscene · 2 years ago
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I posted 2,787 times in 2022
That's 2,787 more posts than 2021!
276 posts created (10%)
2,511 posts reblogged (90%)
Blogs I reblogged the most:
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I tagged 2,775 of my posts in 2022
#the eclipse - 732 posts
#the eclipse the series - 699 posts
#akkayan - 507 posts
#kinnporsche the series - 234 posts
#not me the series - 218 posts
#not me - 209 posts
#between us - 161 posts
#between us the series - 149 posts
#kanthua - 138 posts
#seanwhite - 129 posts
Longest Tag: 138 characters
#the fact that they gave him this chance when he’s not the ‘typical’ action role type & he nailed it just goes to show he can play any role
My Top Posts in 2022:
#5
Let’s talk about the insidious nature of this scene.
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It’s dark and Chadok is framed in light from behind, he is purposely higher than Akk on the stairs, meaning no matter how far he walks down them, he will be in a physically higher position lest Akk move out of the way.
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#4
The Between Us actors recreating scenes they filmed three years ago for UWMA but from a different angle is going to make for interesting side by side gif comparisons, and I personally look forward to them 👍
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#3
Okay, so at the Eclipse book talk with First and Khaotung, they’re talking about the fact that Ayan has a tattoo and how Khaotung was asked if he had any before he got the role.
He explains: I said yes. One right here and another one here that everyone sees in the series.
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First points out: Everyone sees the one on the thigh.
Then motions to where’s Khao’s thigh tattoo is, Khaotung doing the same.
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#2
The significance of Ayan giving Akk the necklace isn’t as dark as I think some people are making it out to be, Dika never gave the necklace to Ayan, it was with Dika’s personal belongings that they got from the ME when identifying his body, which you see in the first episode.
Dika used the necklace as a sort of worry stone, he gripped it when he needed to ground himself, when his anxiety and stress level got too high, when his depression dragged him too low. As he explained to Ayan in a flashback, he held it when he needed to reconnect to who he truly was. Ayan started to wear the necklace after Dika died as a connection to him, he held the necklace during his panic attacks after his nightmares, because in his nightmares he saw his uncle die. It was the only thing that grounded him to his uncle, that last physical piece of him. Ayan is depressed, he’s on medication but unlike Akk, he has a support system.
Akk feels alone, is full of self-loathing, cannot connect to who he truly is and who Chadok makes him be, much like Dika. Ayan giving Akk the necklace isn’t a ‘goodbye’ or a dark hint at what’s to come for Ayan. It’s Ayan giving Akk the one thing that might be able to save him, because he can see Dika in Akk. They’re fighting similar battles, Akk is disconnected, alone, depressed, scared. He’s giving Akk something to ground him, something that lets him know that he’s bigger than his own disjointed thoughts. It’s a connection, to Ayan, to Dika. It a claim, a declaration. It tells Akk that no matter where he is, all he has to do is reach up and touch it to remember he’s not alone anymore because he’s more than just Ayan’s boyfriend, he’s family.
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My #1 post of 2022
I love that Dean is such a romantic that he’s already clocked that Team is different for Win, that he’s not like Win’s usual hookups which is why Dean’s allowing it to happen even though as club president he really shouldn’t. Also he’s the only person that can make Win whine like a child lol, I love that for him.
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scrumptiousstuffs · 1 year ago
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Only Friends Episode 4 - Emergency Contact
Where very much needed conversations between most of the casts are done. And the water becomes murkier with even more messy connections and entangled characters. This is me again just trying to process what I saw and keeping my thoughts straight before the next episode
Mew and Ray
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Well, we learn more about Ray and why he is fixated with Mew. I feel like he has put Mew up in this pedestal of a perfect man/friend. Ray seems to have an obsessive personality and he has the need to be taken care of, which Mew has done so far as his closest friend, bar from one aspect - the one as a lover, and now with Top in the picture, he feels neglected somehow. It doesn’t help his poor self-esteem or his lonely soul.
Khaotung as usual nailed it with his opening performance of someone who was (may still be?) suicidal, using prescription pills and alcohol to numb his sorrows and loneliness. Mew being his emergency contact because he truly has nobody in his corner - no other close friends (maybe Chuem? certainly not Boston), an absent father and a dead mom (who we also learn probably don’t love him when she was alive, and Ray blaming himself for her death 🥲). And so, when Mew saved Ray that night, fiercely reminding him “I’ll always be in your corner. I love you, all our friends love you”, I don’t blame Ray for ditching Sand that night (he could have explain and handle it better but Ray as we now know is a disaster muffin 😫).
In some way, Ray is immature. He loves wholeheartedly but also selfishly, which in turn means he sometimes makes questionable decisions. Like him kissing Mew without consent? - a big 🚫🙅🏾‍♀️.
And I’m glad Mew called him out for it. It was a needed scene. Khao and Book handled the scene impeccably (both the aftermath and Ray’s subsequent sincere apology to Mew in the latter apartment). Similarly, I’m glad Mew made it clear to Ray while he will always think Ray as his dearest friend, that’s all they will ever be - yes it’s heartbreaking for Ray, but it’s a step for Ray to hopefully move forward, although I doubt he will be able to forget Mew as his first love/crush quickly, and my worry is as the episodes progresses and we see RaySand blossoming while TopMew in crisis - Mew calling Ray for help, the latter may again drop Sand (unintentionally or not) like a hot coal 🙃….
Ray and Sand
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Which brings us to my bias couple 😅….Sand was absolutely in his rights to ignore Ray’s messages after being ditch like that on the night. He has enough self-awareness about his burgeoning feelings for Ray but knows Ray is not ready for it (he may not know about Mew (yet),but Ray’s immaturity and selfish nature means Sand is wary to start anything deeper).
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But well, we all know Ray is a persistent gremlin and he is a sweet charmer when he wants to be. Paired that with his effective puppy eyes (gawd…I think we have seen it in effect 3-4 times now!!!), and Sand fold each time (I don’t blame you sir! 😂)
My favourite scenes from this episode (which I’m sure hold true for most SandRay bias) will have to be the guitar 🎸 shop and music record store scenes. The whole conversation between Sand and Ray in the guitar shop was 👌👌👌- Sand making it clear he is uncomfortable with Ray throwing money around, bluntly saying friendship and love cannot be bought and Sand advising Ray should be mindful of other people’s feelings. But we are again reminded how low Ray’s self-esteem is that he asked Sand to yell at him as a “burden to the society”, thinking it will make Sand forgive him. And when Sand does the opposite, I think there is a genuine surprise from Ray, which brought upon the soft scene of which we see Ray admits he cares about Sand feelings, wanting to make amend…
And then we penned to the music store scene where further much needed conversation between these 2 happen - that whole conversation about fav band and music was 🫶. As a metaphor of Ray being stuck and living the past, never taking the opportunity to embrace the future or open up to his present (with Sand again gently but firmly pointing it to him).
Plus the whole scene of them listening to the music record, sneaking glances at each other and their fingers gradually drifting closer while eventually intertwining 🥰🥰🥰(First killed it with his yearning and soft eyes in this episode, and Khao’s genuine smile light up his whole face - I’m a goner for these 2 🫠)
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We finished this episode with Ray now focusing all his energy in wooing Sand (do I think it means he has forgotten Mew as his first love?Not really, and I think that will be a contentious matter once Sand finds out, and I still think Ray alcoholism +/- drug habits will also rear its ugly head soon. Because as we can see, Ray has no interest at present to change or confront his trauma. For now, he is using Sand as a substitute (if I can put it this way? To run away from his problem and loneliness). But I have faith these 2 will hopefully come out relatively unscathed 🤞
Mew and Top
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Sigh…these 2 are so sweet together with Top always so attentive towards Mew. And I do feel he genuinely likes Mew. And Mew likes Top (he said it himself to Ray, Top is the first person his heart beat faster for). But urghhhh, Top’s lies are piling up. Not only did he betray Mew with Boston (and yes he regret it, but he didn’t come clean about the incident, even after finding out MewRay had done nothing more than 1 kiss TWO years ago). He also lied about Beam and his drug habits until Mew pressed it out of him. And yeah, I wasn’t a fan of the whole Top saying he wants a reward if he gave up his drug habits, suggestively indicating to Mew what he truly wanted was the sexual relationship he desired and up until recently being denied. And even when Mew said “no penetration”, he sneakily then volunteer another tidbit about his ex, trying to persuade Mew not to worry about the past.
You know, Mew’s list of what he thinks make a good partner/BF - I don’t think Top filled any of it (he doesn’t get along will ALL of Mew’s friend - Ray being the prime example and Mew knows this, he can see the tension and snide comments whenever these 2 interacts, he doesn’t respect Mew and he had lied countless of times 😩😣).
But I guess, love is blind and Mew may think he can change Top’s behaviour? (Kudos to Force and Book though, their actings were also amazing to watch! Can’t believe a sweetie like Force acting so arrogantly on screen that it made me want to throw my remote to the TV👌)
Top and Boston
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Which then comes to Top and his strenuous relationship with Boston. If anything, I’m at least glad Top expressed his regret about his lapse of judgment - having that ill-advised encounter with Boston. And I’m so glad he finally confronted Boston in the lift, putting a stop on Boston frankly disgusting behaviour (isn’t it twice now he sexually harassed Top? Once in the shower cubicle when he said No as well). No means No and Boston doesn’t seem to have learn his lesson (which frankly worries me about his other sexual conquests, are they all consensus??? And now we learn his father is into politics, so a scandal of any sorts by Boston will be a disaster; plus him taking pictures/videos without consent, like what he did with RayMew and using it to spin a web of lies on Top - yeah this guy is a massive red flag 🚩)
Boston and Nick
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Another big sigh from me. Nick is now realising how much of an asshole Boston can be, but I guess Boston has never really hid his intention. He has bluntly told Nick that he is not looking for a relationship - at most, FWB and I don’t think he promise exclusivity as well. Boston is promiscous and proud of it - his friends know it, and even Sand as an outsider has heard of his reputation.
But what I’m truly devastated for Nick is that how manipulative Boston can be. He knows how to twist words and sweet talk to placate Nick (not that Nick is trying hard to go against him because he loves Boston even if everyone of us here can agree he deserves better 😣). Boston gives false sense of hope to Nick, in order to basically have someone at his back to fulfill his sexual needs. Does that mean Boston stop his other “relationship?” I don’t think so, in fact, I won’t be surprised if he had other sexual partners (other than Nick) going on at the same time.
We can also agree Nick is not truly innocent in all of this mess - his obsessive love for Boston is spiraling out of control and bringing the worst in him. Him bugging Boston’s car? (A big 🙅🏾‍♀️), and then snooping on Boston’s phone (also not good behaviour). Plus, him listening to the sound of TopBoston going at it in his room (yeah..that’s a worrying sign 😫)…
(Again kudos to Neo and Mark, they played their roles 🫡🫡🫡 that I’m cursing everytime Boston opened his mouth and shaking my head whenever these 2 are on screen 😅)
Nick and Top
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Which brings to the scene of Nick confronting Top, asking Top to stop meeting Boston. And when Top clarified and say, it has always been Boston who did the chasing despite Top being uninterested, well…you can see Nick face fell.
And Top giving some advice on how Nick should be careful with Boston as he is truly a piece of work (well, it’s warranted but it’s like the pot calling kettle black, yeah?)
However, I think it’s truly sad (and quite ominous) when Nick calmly say he knows how nasty Boston can be, because he is nasty too (is that a foreshadow that Nick will seek revenge and destroy Boston’s future? esp now we know Boston dislikes getting his pictures taken with Nick for the fear of the scandal ruining his dad’s political aspiration??)
Top and Sand
It’s alluded in previous episodes that these 2 had a connection. And now we know, Top seduced (Is that the right word for it?) Sand’s ex. Sand is obviously still bitter about it but I’m thinking if your ex dump you for someone like Top, Sand is better off without him (just saying 💁‍♀️). But I am curious if the ex will come crawling back to Sand and cause havoc in SandRay newly blossoming relationship??? Or even to TopMew? - Esp with Top finally informing Mew about Boeing (seriously what’s with Thai’s nickname??? I snorted when Top said this out loud), an ex who gave him the plane model, which Top reassure Mew is no longer of consequence (if he is not that important, why did Top keep the plane? I might be wrong but I do think Boeing is the ex of both Sand and Ray??)
Sand and Nick
Ahhhhh, finally with all the headaches and mess from the rest of the characters, I’m glad to see some friendly, brotherhood like relationship between at least 2 of the characters 🥹🥹🥹🥹
I love their easy banter and the way they tease each other about their crushes (although said crushes are essentially disastrous in different ways). In a way, both Sand and Nick are also lonely individuals (or at the very least, we don’t see much outside of Sand/Nick working in their respective jobs and uni (presumably). So, having a genuine friendship that is not complicated - 🙌 I am super glad for them!!!
(Also, I’m still petitioning for Sand at some stage to go all protective bear on Nick and use the baseball bat that we saw in the pilot trailer to destroy Boston +/- Top’s car(s)?)
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03/09/2023
(This episode was I think a pivotal one, where we are starting to see everyone’s motivation and character development - be it good or bad…as usual, I can’t wait for the next episode…is it Saturday yet?)
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