#flukefirst

[gawinkhao]

highkey obsessed with this edit 🥹🥲

cr. @gawinfirst_intl

[yokdan]

Part 5: P'Nuchy talks about DanYok / GawinFirst ("I should've made Gawin sing in the series")

eng trans by @maxie_v2

[burnoutsyndrometheseries]

fluke + wearing first’s merch for the not me live

[staynayo]

FlukeFirst in The Shipper OST (2020)

[nasirsagron]

I can't believe First and Gawin literally did THAT scene without a script

Like

If this doesn't speak about their about of talent and understanding of characters too.

Those raw emotions, the vulnerability, the love and understanding coming from them it is something incredible

[lost-my-sanity1]

started watching The Shipper thinking it is a cliche, bl romance with some humour and light hearted stuff. thought it would serve as a comic relief in my life. thought it was some rainbows and unicorns...

but guess what.... I was bawling my eyes out towards the ending of it. it was a fucking rollercoaster ride of emotions, a fucking punch, a kick in the gut, a goddam reality check, a realistic view of things.

[essentiallykpopandbl]

As we get closer to the next episode of Not Me, I am getting more worried for my babies. I feel this week Sean and White are going to be going through it. I just hope they can trust in their love and work through it together.

Who I am most worried for? Yok. This man is such a good person and so kind hearted and I just know it won't end well for him. He doesn't deserve the bad forced on him by society. He sees the good in people and wants the world to be better. But he can't have his gang and Dan. As of now I don't see it working for Yok to keep both. I so hope I am wrong. I want happy endings for all of them. Even that jerk Black. Not Todd tho, Todd can fuck off.

[teamsarawatshusband]

Wow, one glimpse and Yok is infatuated with Dan.

I had not expected this insane chemistry from Fluke and First, but I’m not complaining.

[asianbl]

Fluke x First x Ohm

[yokdan]

Part 6: P'Nuchy talks about DanYok / GawinFirst ("they might have already slept together" 😳)

eng trans by @maxie_v2

[burnoutsyndrometheseries]

I FUCKING GASPED 😭😍

[talkingbl]

The Good and Bad of Not Me

SPOILER WARNING. Also spoilers for S3 of Attack on Titan anime???

The Good:

The plot. You mean someone made an anti-establishment hit piece that touched on nearly every major social issue affecting Thai politics? I'm seated.

The message(s). Just a couple of themes I picked up on: equality for all, triumph over betrayal, the thin line between love and hate, etc. like I just- And the social issues discussed: class struggle, LGBTQ+ acceptance, democracy, racial injustice, etc. It's like this show knew it needed to happen in 2021/2022. Name a single BL series out of Thailand that hits on such important topics with the level of care we got with Not Me. I'm damn near certain you can't.

The acting. I could go on for days about Gun ATP and First KP, but I want to say that Off took another leap with Not Me. Of course, he wasn't perfect and I'm skeptical of how much more he can/will improve from here, but he's come a long way from his P'Pick days and I'm glad to see it. But even beyond these 3 performancess, the entire cast was relatively competent (especially Sing). So much so that I'd elevate Not Me over normal BLs to say that it exists somewhere between higher-end BL experiences (like MODC and TOL) and outright cinematic BL experiences (like ITSAY and Love of Siam). Of course, I'd place it much closer to a TOL than a Love of Siam, I'm just noting that, acting-wise, it's well-done in its own regard for all that it attempted (largely because of ATP's distinguished performance as Black and White).

The twin thing. Listen, when little Black told little White to promise him that he'd fight back when others tried to take advantage of him, I knew I was in this twin shit for the long haul. I love that they basically had a psychic connection. It added so much depth of feeling to the story when we finally got the first face-off between Black and White as adults.

Representation. From the more minor types of representation (short king Black with tall queen Eugene lol), to the more transformative types (positive female characters, Nuch as a transwoman, Gram as a het man who'd dated a trans woman, Yok's mom as a deaf person, etc.) we saw much more diversity on screen than we usually get in BL. I'm especially in love with how no single character's story was reduced to their gender/sex/ability. Instead, Yok's mom dealt with issues of classism and workers' rights, Nuch was a leader in her community and a future lawyer/politician, White and Black's mom was a successful judge who only wanted the best for her sons, etc. This is the type of representation that people want--not representation in name only.

The tone & direction MADE the show. Not Me is tonally the best BL I've watched outside of ITSAY and a couple others that straddle that line between BL and LGBTQ+ cinema. P'Nuchy did the damn thing. We are no longer in cheesy romcom territory, we don't play the OST everytime the leads look at each other, we don't resort to slapstick or toilet humor whenever the situation gets too serious. Instead, the show took itself seriously, treated its viewers like adults, and did would it could to resemble a project made for the silver screen (for the most part crisp film, subtle acting/writing, strong sound design, and great character-development). Without these elements, I think Not Me doesn't feel as gritty and its themes don't come across as powerfully.

The unshakable chemistry of Black's gang. Every single character worked well with the others and their relationships all made sense. And even to the romantic relationships that had developed, those all worked on a level I hadn't seen yet and haven't seen since in BL.

Black. The shining star of the show, to me, was Black. He was cold, calculated, and ruthless, yet vulnerable, idealistic, and trusting to a fault. The way he treated people reeked of arrogance but also exposed an underbelly of extreme loyalty. It was so obvious to me that he cared about Sean, Yok, and Gram, but his way of showing it was often destructive--to everyone else and himself. Above all, though, he was cool as fuck lmao. Like he did what he wanted, fought for what he believed in, didn't take any shit, and was like the mysterious anime protagonist everyone wants to emulate. His character was only bolstered by Gun's portrayal. I loved every second of Black on screen and would do unspeakable things to relieve my first moments watching him in action.

Tod and Black's weird chemistry. I swear to you, Gun had chemistry with fucking everybody in the cast, including himself. But what stood out most about Tod and Black is that they both wanted to kill each other but loved each other (platonically) too much to actually follow through. It was a real tortured feeling. --ATTACK ON TITAN SPOILERS BEGIN-- Reminds me a lot of S3 pt. 2 of Attack on Titan where Bertholdt says to the rest of the 104th that they're all his friends (and good people) but they still had to die. --ATTACK ON TITAN SPOILERS END-- Like, that's such a deep and complicated feeling to portray and Sing and Gun nailed it.

The Bad:

Bad guys still dark-skinned.

The absolute refusal to canonize GramBlack. I'm sorry but GramBlack just makes so much sense to me, but like in a one-sided unrequited love kind of way. Gram being down abysmal for Black would've been that subtle element needed to really make GramEugene even remotely interesting and it would've given Black a lot to consider.

Gram. Literally fuck him lmao fucking snake. Also fuck Mond as an actor.

[staynayo]

First Kanaphan finding love in basketball courts

[wjmild]

The Shipper Cast Behind The Scenes

[aisamosshi]

One thing that I learned from The Shipper is that not everything is as it seems. Just like how Pan initially thought that P'Kim was a perfect student and she then later found out that he's actually not and that P'Kim was a cheater. However, as as the story progressed, it was revealed that Kim did it for Way to be able to follow his own path. Ultimately, we can't really tell whether or not something is this and that based on what we see and that there's always a reason for everything.

Thank you for telling us a wonderful story of love, loss and the importance of friends and family in our lives. The Shipper may have ended but it left us lot of good memories. Although Way and Kim did not get the happy ending that they deserve, it is still a happy ending nonetheless. To be honest, that last frame makes me think that there is a second season ❤

#TheShipper #WayKim #KhetPan #ohmpawat #firstkanaphan #flukepusit #flukefirst #ohmfirst #boyslove #boysloveseries