#and perth and chimon too their expressions are incredible

[jemmo]

idk what kind of crack pond and phuwin laced their performances for this show with, but every week it has me foaming at the mouth and somehow this ep was even more. like... pond has just absolutely nailed the art of facial expressions. i cannot help but stare at him in every scene and try to catch every tiny alteration that show the smallest changes in how he’s feeling. bc neung is right, palm is so fucking easy to read, he wears his feelings on his sleeves not bc he shares them vocally but bc he just cannot keep them from showing on his face. meanwhile phuwin is a masterclass in facial expressions in a whole other way, bc neung has mastered the art of keeping his feelings hidden and not letting them show and putting up an act, so you can see the moment he decides the path he’s gonna take in a conversation of situation, the second hes chosen how to deal with something. and his face will shift, even his body language, its like you can physically see him entering a different mode before he even speaks a word, and thats when he becomes sassy neung or playful neung or rude neung, or any number of his alter egos. and you can see in his moments of truth and vulnerability that he doesnt do this, its less that he enters a mode and more that you can see a moment or someone elses words actually hitting him and affecting him, he doesnt put up the front first, instead he responds. you see it in the music room with ben or in moments when palm says something meaningful or romantic and he actually lets himself feel it instead of guarding against it. and thats why he cant seem to get through to palm, even though he has some sort of feeling for him that he may or may not be able to identify, he cant show it even when he wants to, instead it comes through in layers and contradictions that palm cant make sense of, cant gauge his feelings just like we cant read his face. bc neung needs to express those feelings honestly for them to get through to palm, but it feels like neung has never been honest with his own feelings in his life, not when it really matters and not when its for himself. 

[bengiyo]

Dangerous Romance Ep 3 Stray Thoughts

Last week, Kanghan took his bullying to maximum levels, but got dunked on by his own grandmother when she called out his bullshit in front of the principal and then hired Sailom as his tutor. Kanghan continued to lose to Sailom, so fucked with his money by accusing him of being a sex offender in the parents’ chat. Kanghan took a gun to Sailom’s house to try and intimidate him only to find him being beaten by debt collectors. Kanghan scared them off, and we left at Sailom still in shock as his brother arrived late.

Oh, good we’re picking up with the gun. Let’s not forget that he took a fucking gun to Sailom’s house. Perth’s characters waving guns around dangerously is the GMMTV theme of the year.

Compensation for losing your job? Look, I read a bunch of negative takes on Sailom of Wedding Plan for fucking with Nuea’s money when it wasn’t actually a big deal there. It is a big deal here! Kanghan was actively fucking with his money! Kanghan called Sailom a pedo and cut off his tutoring gig!

Kanghan went to the library smelling like soccer? I don’t know about that.

I love them putting a PS5 on a coffee table so we can see that Kanghan has money as he talks about how he’s not going to study. It’s not even plugged into anything!

Kanghan seems really nervous around his dad. It feels a bit out of sync with the way his dad seems to have no expectations of him.

I don’t know how I feel about the implications that Sailom has had feelings for Kanghan already with the way he’s nervous about holding onto him, and then smiling about it. I really hate stories of gay boys having crushes on their bullies.

Oh, so now we're buying fancy dinners for Sailom? I see you, Kanghan.

Did he really just order meat and no veggies? He is such a boy.

Speaking with others casually is a low-stakes way to learn a language, but I'm with @shortpplfedup that this sounds like JoJo Tichakorn learning English to flirt with tourists.

Yes, let's try to deceive our way into the bar. Incredible.

Oh, so we're going to acknowledge in English how thematically linked their names are? Sure, why not!

Pepper is about to turn into Claire Huxtable. "You ain't paid me back for that loan but you decided to go out and have big fun with the Wretched?"

Chimon really makes incredible facial expressions. He and Perth are well-matched.

Sailom continues to see through all of Kanghan's bullshit.

Kanghan may not be great at English, but he knows how to tell people to fuck off. Was curious if a GMMTV show would reference sex tourism at some point.

Kanghan also clearly watches too many movies if he immediately resorted to kissing to blend in with just ONE other couple.

I appreciate that Kanghan sensed that something was amiss in his house right away.

LOL! Sailom also thinks Kanghan watches too many movies!

That is a seriously good portrait of Perth. Goddamn.

Pretty fucked that his dad got him the thing he wanted but not on the terms they agreed.

Oh no. Please tell me that Sailom has not been crushing on this boy since middle school.

I don't know, y'all. I like Chimon and Perth a lot, but I'm not that into this dynamic. I do like a cross-class romance as much as anyone else, but I was hoping things would be a little more contentious between them. I feel like we're moving past some things quickly.