#kongart

[bichenistraumatised]

i daydream about life of fictional characters im emotionally attached with cause my life sucks

[spicypussywave]

SOTUS || THE EX-MORNING dir. Lit Samajarn

kongpob x arthit || pathapi x tamtawan aka kristsingto rpfs

[aprilblossomgirl]

Phi Arthit Kongpob, is that you (eyes on those pink milk and iced coffee)

[thebroccolination]

QUEER JOY

Sometimes I coast into this happy, glowing daze, and when I trace all these golden filaments around me to their source, I find my little shining harbor of queer love in media.

As a kid, I only knew queer stories run through with anguish and regret and shame. Reality echoed the same. The gnarled pain of AIDS lingered in everything, and I learned the term “gay panic” from headlines when it was used as a defense for murder.

I started reading the end of novels and watching the last scene of a movie or TV show. Generally, if the queer characters didn’t die, their happiness did.

When I was a teenager on the cusp of realizing my queerness, I craved stories about queer characters who not only got to live at the end of their stories, but queer characters who got to fall in love without punishment. Who got to the last page or the last scene and got to rest in bliss.

I watched shows like Queer as Folk in secret. I sought out any hint of queerness in shows around the world. I wrote queerness in fic where I wished it had been in canon.

When I watched Until We Meet Again in 2020, I couldn’t believe it was real. I devoured SOTUS after that, and Dark Blue Kiss, and Gameboys, and I Told Sunset About You. These queer stories where no one died. Where no one was punished by the narrative for being queer. Where no cruel, underlying message told the audience, “Only agony awaits the deviant queers—as it should.”

That’s why I never take this new era of queer media for granted. It’s what I always dreamed of having when I was young.

It’s queer joy.

And I’m grateful for it every day.

[dollopheadsandclotpoles]

MAKE ME CHOOSE ↳ @youdontloveme-yet asked Kongpob/Arthit or Tharn/Type

[kageyamaana]

Post

It was just a simple post.

Just a photo of Arthit's hand holding his dear pink milk and of someone else's hand holding a chocolate and strawberry filled crepe.

He hadn't thought much about it when he posted it, not even that his friends didn't know yet that he was dating someone.

At least not until his cuddling time with his boyfriend was interrupted by his friends invading his dorm.

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"It is a cute photo" Kongpob hums as he looks at the post Arthit made

"I know, it was Nam who taught me how to take the best pictures" Arthit mumbles into Kongpob's neck

"I still don't like you mentioning her" Kongpob sulks and Arthit looks amused at his younger boyfriend

"Stop being jealous, Pob" Arthit kisses his neck softly "She was just a past crush while you are my boyfriend who I love" he adds while hiding his blushing face since he was still shy about saying that he loves Kongpob even if they have already been together for almost a month(and pinning for each other since the first day they met when Arthit helped Kongpob choose to go to the engineering faculty)

Before Kongpob could say those words back to Arthit or kiss him, the door of Arthit's dorm is suddenly open.

"Arthit Rojnapat!" Tutah shouts as he enters before he freezes when he sees Arthit and Kongpob cuddling.

"Why did you stop in the middle of the way?! I almost fell to the ground" Bright whined

"N'Kongpob?" Tutah says in shock and the other three finally look to the bed

"Hello, Phis" Kongpob says amused as Arthit hides his face on his neck even more because of being embarrassed of his friends finding him cuddling their junior

"I'm pretty sure you two hated each other" is the only thing Prem says while still in shock

"P'Art doesn't hate me, he was just annoyed by my actions" Kongpob says grinning before Arthit punches him in the shoulder

"I told you not to call me that, only Kawii and P'Watee are allowed to do it" Arthit says glaring at Kongpob who nods while still smiling which didn't surprise Arthit one bit

"I feel like I lost like 20 chapters of this story" Knott mumbles as he sits in the ground while trying to still understand what he was seeing

"Oh, how is P'Watee? As he told you if he, P'Maetee and the others are or not in a romantic relationship?" Bright as as he hears the mention of Arthit's older brother

"Nope and I don't really care as long as he doesn't end up hurt" Arthit answers and Bright pouts since he really wanted to know what was going on between their brothers and their roommates

"Forget your brother!" Tutah says hitting Bright in the head "I want an explanation about the post and what we just saw!" he adds as he glares at the couple that were still cuddling

"Technically we are still seeing it since they are still cuddling" Prem comments but only ends getting a glare from Tutah

"I think the explanation is obvious, P'Tutah" Kongpob says "Me and P'Arthit are dating" he adds and kisses Arthit's head who blushes and glares at him

"Since when?" Knott asked "And why did we just find out now?"

"Almost a month" Arthit sighs "And I asked Pob to wait before we inform anyone since I wanted to enjoy our relationship without our friends asking us about everything about it"

"Oh...." Bright says because he and Tutah were a lot like that whenever one of the others admitted to have a crush or started a relationship

"It's okay, phis" Kongpob as he and Arthit sat in the bed, still cuddling, and made a gesture for the seniors to seat on the bed

"I'm sure that now you want to know how we got together" Arthit says and his friends smile at that because it meant that Arthit wasn't mad at them so they took a seat in the bed to hear the story

It was all because of a post that Tutah, Bright, Prem and Knott become the first ones to know about Arthit and Kongpob's relationship and got front seats to the reaction of their university when the couple finally revealed that they were dating.

[kristsingto]

Thinking about the Mock-Trailer for The Ex-Morning

Pathapi is said to be the Best Reporter of the Year in the beginning. How. I want to know his career accomplishments so badly? I need to know how he got here!

I’ve been considering why Pathapi acts the way he does in the beginning. Has he always been like, since his university days? Or was it perhaps heartbreak and the passage of time that’s made him more like this? 

Aou is being made to play the exasperated best friend in Be My Favorite and the rival with coffee thrown on him in The Ex-Morning. Someone give both characters a raise. And a boyfriend!

I looooove the trope of the arrogant, whiny jerkass in a successful position who gets humbled. And that paired with him rebuilding his reputation with his ex-boyfriend of all people? I am so ready to see Pathapi’s character arc, and the things Tamtawan makes him do in this trailer makes me think he’ll get more in-tune with the spirit of good reporting and why it’s so important.

How does Tamtawan know and decide to come back? Obviously, he wants to help Pathapi and is still in love with him, but why did he leave? WHY DID HE LEAVE? Later in the trailer, when present-day Tamtawan leaves, it’s after he’s told “Tam. You have two options now.” What are the two options? The way Tamtawan leaves and the look on his face makes him look regretful, but what exactly is motivating him trying to leave here? Why did he leave in the first place? Does Pathapi know? His face looks half confused rather than just heartbroken!

What has Tamtawan been up to? I am intrigued.

The SOTUS reference in their university days flashback? I am obsessed. They were so sweet in that one frame, it makes me wonder how they fell in love. How different were they? How much of the same remains in them? How did they fall in love? Oh my god!

The transition from Pathapi being awkward with shirtless only-clothed-in-a-towel Tamtawan to taking his own shirt off and asking if Tamtawan has an ulterior motive to fluster him is hilarious to me. I love how forward Pathapi is here! And Tamtawan getting flustered is amazing. Oh my god, I love this trailer. It balances a comedic tone, angst, tension, etc all in one show. Can’t help but adore it.

“You’re still the same selfish jerk.” I need to know what happened! I said this above and I’m saying it again. I am intrigued.

Uni Tamtawan pulling Pathapi by his tie? I am obsessed.

The umbrella scene is both so very P’Lit and so very much a SOTUS reference, it delights me. I wonder how many SOTUS references we’ll have in the show proper.

I wonder if the car accident will coincide with the climax of the show.

That! Last! Scene! I suppose this is a scene when they’re hooking up but not properly together, seeing as they’re flirting, shirtless, and probably just had sex, but still won’t admit they still like each other. This sounds great to me.

I’ve mostly not talked about the meta elements here, because I feel it’s less about the contents of the actual trailer and more about the nature of the series as such a KristSingto RPF-type plot. Anyway, I love it. Everything about the meta of this series is perfect to me, and exactly what I wanted. This show is SO fun to think about when you know about the lore of KristSingto in real life. I’m half expecting Tamtawan to have hazed Pathapi at this point!

Side note that is not a side note: I LOVE THEIR ACTING! I love their characters!

Is this vers? I’m going to say it’s vers or Top Krist until proven wrong, because that last scene? Well. Let’s put the KristSingto into the KristSingto.

I love the small cast and the focus on KristSingto! I just need to say this. I am so excited for this comeback, in-part because it really is just Tamtawan and Pathapi’s story.

Tamtawan is supposed to mean “follow” and “sun” whereas Pathapi means earth/soil/ground. Coming off of KongArt, where Arthit is obviously “sun,” and KristSingto, who compare themselves to the sun and moon, this seems so definitely meaningful. Aof and Lit, I need to know what you’re cooking! 

The coals scene is sooooo perfect, both for the characters AND KristSingto themselves. Again bringing it back to the meta of it all, but, oh my god? This is perfect? Aof wrote a screenplay that was KristSingto RPF? On that note, I keep thinking about the idea of KristSingto channeling their feelings from the irl work-partner “break up” and it makes me go a little crazy. Especially with Krist talking about all his efforts to bring Singto back, and how he over-thought it when Singto left. And even more so seeing as they say they’re basically playing themselves.

The lyrics of the song used in the trailer are so fitting, I am now looping it and thinking about Pathapi and Tamtawan forever and ever.

I noticed that Tamtawan goes by “Tam” but did I miss it for Pathapi in the trailer, or do we get no indication of his nickname? I’m curious.

The “Begin Again” for the new Peraya Party speaks to both KristSingto and their new characters, and this is again making me go, oh god it’s true they’re just playing themselves.

I said my ideal KristSingto BL was a vers exes-to-lovers that parallels reality. Evidently, I was not alone.

Is it just me, or do the Pathapi + animals and Pathapi + soil degradation water scenes feel a lot like certain episodes of Friendship with KristSingto? Just me? Maybe it’s just Krist. I love him so dearly.

So much is revealed in this trailer, but that somehow makes me more intrigued about what is not being revealed to us?

Krist still goes for the top lip and Singto still goes for the bottom lip when they kiss. This kills me every time. I am so excited to see lovey-dovey Tamtawan and Pathapi!

[gmmtv-bl-tournament-but-evil]

throwing my hat in the sotus pit but i really do love sotus and wanna defend it a bit. it has its issues, sure, but it’s a debut drama for ks and the first full-on bl from gmmtv so I forgive it for the growing pains and. well honestly i actually really love some of it and can’t get what i get from sotus in other shows.

i love arthit’s character (the way you learn he’s a totally different person from how you first perceive him, especially in sotus s, is really compelling to me. you’re really taken into kongpob’s pov in finding him out in sotus and while I see why this might not work if you weren’t endeared by him, i think that if you WERE endeared by arthit, it was incredibly fun and i found arthit an interesting character to think about). i love seeing their cute awkward little relationship (which, yeah, feels a bit awkward even after they get together, but they are sickeningly sweet still) and how the characters deal with the workforce and coming out in a professional setting after being out in university. most of our uni bls never get to show us what their working life will be like and seeing arthit struggle through it was really important to me. i actually really liked all the office stuff.

i think kongpob is really easily likable from the beginning and when kongart really settle as a pair, i really love the two of them together. i actually have a lot of thoughts on them and their our skyy ep was top tier imo. i think it’s so sweet how they got an incredibly fitting and heartfelt wrap-up to their story and it felt right for the characters (more than i can say for, say, our skyy petekao). i really love our skyy kongart. very in character and accurate to their characters, in my opinion.

i watched sotus in 2023, so it isn’t nostalgia. and it definitely feels dated in multiple aspects but, man. it’s a show i really really enjoyed despite that and i think it really is part of the best of what was out at the time (well, not that much WAS out then). i totally get why people dislike it but damn. i love my little hazers.

This is a wonderfully eloquent defense of SOTUS, hats off to you kind Anon.

I have to be honest - and this is not a secret - I am not the biggest fan of the show and even though I agree with some of your points, I just don't feel Krist's acting I'm afraid and I wasn't super into the story either. As for Singto on the other hand, SOTUS did manage to endear him to me a whole lot and I'm now ravenously following the rest of his career (how about that Shadow!?!).

So yeah, I get where you're coming from with this, I will defend Theory of Love to my death even though I cannot in good conscience say it is an excellent show and many parts of if I would change if I had the funds haha, but it resonated with me on a very personal level so I completely get the passion you're all displaying! Keep being into things wholeheartedly, that's the spice of life!!!

[waitmyturtles]

I was reading your meta posts on how you're watching older thai bls to get an understanding of where they come from and looking at the works you've seen and yet to see, it makes me really see that somehow i managed to be there for the start and kinda rise of thai bl dramas, where we used to get (1) bl a year, skip seeing a lot of the growing pains drama live and now am back to bls when they're doing some of their best works and also so much quantity in bls to choose from and also finally start getting gls???

Like when you're like oh how it must have been to watch these dramas in 2016, I'm like not 2016, but 2017, but I WAS THERE with regards to sotus and sotus s.

And gods was i OBSESSED WITH KONGART at the time. And i personally think that sotus wouldn't be as fondly remembered for me personally, if sotus s didn't exist. Because for me, i really liked sotus s more and it's still the part (along with the our skyy ep) I've rewatched more over the actual SOTUS drama. That's also probably because i love seeing more established relationship in dramas lol

And while i can't comment on krust acting because it HAS been quite a while since i last rewatched sotus or sotus s, I'd say with regards to arthit, i like him a lot better in sotus s than in sotus. Do with that what you will lol

And i think it's a large part of how it was my first thai bl and the nostalgia of it is part of why i still look back on it fondly despite all the problems i can see in it now, looking back. Same with petekao in dark blue kiss and love me again.

Like when i came back to watching bls in 2022 (after a lengthy break of not watching them 2019-22) you what blew my mind the most? Not the quality of bls because that, i realised, AFTER i watched the shows. But the SHEER QUANTITY of them.

Like if you told the me that was watching sotus that something as awesome as February of this year where i had quality ongoing bl dramas to watch from MONDAY TO SATURDAY I'd be like don't be delusional that wouldn't happen EVER.

Oh how i love to be proven wrong and i see I'm yet again going off on an unrelated tangent.

I think that's part why ppl who started watching bls with 2gether look back at it so fondly despite i personally finding it a good bl but not worth rewatching.

Because that 1st bl nostalgia is a heavy drug.

And i think part of WHY i fell so heavily into sotus is BECAUSE it borrowed from the ye olde yaoi tropes, which i personally, liked reading about at that time. Plus it was what dominated the stories in the yaoi manga at the time! So as a naive teen, it was what I'd like because i had NOTHING ELSE in the yaoi section. I also read shoujo manga at the time and let's just say it wasn't doing too much better lol

And speaking from the perspective from an asian, living in an asian country myself, I discovered the existence of queer people via these yaoi manga (my country was and still is pretty queerphobic and it didn't help i was brought up in a kind of smaller town. Small by my country standard, western ppl would probably be shocked at the population in our small cities lmao) and eventually leading to my eventual discovery of my own queerness, these manga are a large part of at least the younger gen who have read such stuff in my country being at least less queerphobic. But that's a rant for some other time.

I'll stop with that train of thought before I go off more than i already have in your ask lmao.

Thanks for reading this slightly incoherent rambling in your ask lol

But anyways i hope you enjoy watching these dramas and I'll be looking forward to more of your drama reviews!

Oh my GOODNESS -- thank you SO, SO MUCH for sending this reflection my way! I so appreciate it!

As a kid of Asian immigrants in the States -- I SO appreciate hearing the thoughts of other Asians (and especially Asians in Asia!) watching these amazing shows that we love. And thank you for sharing your perspective in regards to your realizing your own queerness -- and how these dramas, and yaoi manga, helped you realize that and gave you artistic support. I think that's so incredibly important. Sending so many hugs to you -- art is amazing.

Regarding KongArt -- I am there with you. If it had been 2016, and I was a BL fan then, and I was LOOKING for a BL drama, I would have been ALL OVER that ship, and totally obsessed with it, because it was the first BL central/solo plot of a drama. (I likely would have also been far more obsessed with Phun and Noh in Love Sick, too, ha.)

My first ever-ever BL was 2019's What Did You Eat Yesterday/Kinou Nani Tabeta, and the ship of Shiro x Kenji will forever remain my favorite (not even withstanding that they're played by two of Japan's best actors of all time). I totally understand that the "1st bl nostagia is a heavy drug." Bad Buddy isn't my first Thai BL, but it was the first that truly wrapped me up in an analytical spiral, and I literally think about Bad Buddy and WDYEY on a daily basis. I love the feeling these shows give me by way of how smart and equitable they are.

Thanks so much for diving into my OGMMTVC project with me. I'm always taking recommendations. I may very well pick up SOTUS S and the SOTUS Our Skyy episodes, but only after I finish my main list -- I know that the fandom generally thinks those two pieces are better, but I still need a touch of a break from Krust, ha.

HUGS. What a wonderful reflection to read this morning. I so appreciate your note!

[gaiaxygang]

i was rambling about this as someone who has NOT watched sotus. i think kongart should cameo in dangerous romance our skyy like if we're not getting sotus 3 i think they should show up as sailoms engineering seniors (🙄) and then get married. i think this would be funny and also make sailom think a bit deeper on his relationship with kanghan and whether theyd take that step eventually too

[spicypussywave]

kongart and kanghansailom are the same. just in different fonts

arthit, kang - bully kong, sailom - victim. uses homosexuality against them

arthit, sailom - repressed queers, lack of pda kong, kang - "what is shame?"

kong, kang - flirts everytime they can arthit, sailom - flustered but plays cool

kong, sailom - fell first (at a random first meet arthit, kang - fell harder (doesn't remember first meeting

arthit, kang - bi/pan (most probably bisexuals kong, sailom - gay

arthit, sailom - successful tutors kong, kang - obedient students + "rewards? 🥺"

kong, kang - rich arthit, sailom - not rich,

kong, kang - can't handle spice (losers

both pairs role play (real)

both shows had p'lit as one of the directors

[claro-deluna]

The world took me away KongArt, DeYi, PatPran, InkPaa, JaeWoo and now VegasPete. How am i supossed to live without them?

[thebroccolination]

-Key's Top Five Thai BL Couples-

Sometimes, in life, you've just got to make a two-minute edit about your favorite couples from the Thai BL series you love.

I mean, I made this back in July 2023, but nothing's changed as of now (February 2024), so I'm reposting it here. \:D/

[dollopheadsandclotpoles]

A List of My Favourite BL Couples

Arthit/Kongpob - SOTUS and SOTUS S

[konaizumi]

Arthit: *coughing violently*

Kongpob: don't die

Arthit: don't tell me what to do

[gmmtv-bl-tournament-but-evil]

i think dbk is honestly overrated, or at least that's how i felt about it. i get why people love it so much, but it left a very sour taste in my mouth. going into 2gether, i had already seen a lot of negativity about it, so i expected it to get bad (it did) but i did expect dbk to be a lot more bearable. i think the show just felt so stagnant in terms of petekao, and while i appreciate what it did with the coming out plot, i feel like petekao as a relationship felt really weak and i didn't really root for them to be together?

i didn't like how we could see how pete's possessive behavior having negative impacts on their relationship, and kao feeling compelled to hide things as a result (like, god. he wanted him to just refuse to tutor the kid cuz hes jealous?) was something that instead of being addressed seemed validated. i like flaws, i loooove when characters have big personality flaws, even. but this felt like it was just being validated. we get the vibe that pete was right, and at the end, kao affirms that he likes that pete is possessive. i feel like this would have landed a lot better if instead of possessiveness that feels detrimental, pete grew into being possessive but also respecting this boyfriend. it just felt. odd.

look. i love established relationship and i also ADORE break ups. i think a good break up -> getting back together can be really interesting. i am an exes to lovers enthusiast. but i also almost had zero care about petekao getting back together (this also happened when i watched kiss me again before dbk. i just did not care that much. as a side note the person who directed 2gether, puppy honey, kiss me again, teenage mom, social death vote, etc is my mortal enemy as a 4 pillars fan who has STRONG opinions on the quality of these???) because the show really just made me feel their relationship was really unstable at its foundation? of course, i know they’re good for each other. for example, pete becomes better because of kao. still? didn’t quite work for me.

then there's non. i have no idea how "18year old with a crush on kao who goes too far" became the main driving force of the entire story, because i think there were a multitude of ways to explore the coming out plot poignantly and non was! not it! and i've never enjoyed how they wrote non in the end. in a show where we sympathize with kao for his fear of coming out, i didn't like how we were pitted against the 18yr old with a shitty parent who was scared of coming out. yeah, he fucked up massively and almost ruined kao's life. i get that. but do i think not addressing the massive "bad parent" motivation elephant in the room felt odd? how is it a happy ending that he's just definitely going to suffer cuz of his goddamn strict dad? do we just not care about non? maybe i'm just overly sensitive about this as someone who sympathizes with people who do things because of the fear of their parents (looking at you, ben from nlmg!) and thought it was insulting to me personally that the show said that "a parent will always know what their children are" (i disagree) also pretty much abandoned non? i get most people just found him annoying, but damn. i felt bad. non is like pete in ways, but even more immature and without the presence of a supportive father

oh our skyy was bizarre to me, by the way. less relevant to my opinions on dbk but the characterization was SO off in it and it just felt unneeded. and i’m a kongart our skyy lover so maybe it’s that i subconsciously compared it (our skyy petekao just feels so markedly Not PeteKao of kiss me again OR dbk!) also this didn’t factor into my voting but the continuity changing between kma our skyy and dbk really annoyed me as someone who watched it in order.

i liked sunmork, but a side couple can never save a show for me. the ost & cinematography was nice as well (i looped the theme song so much!) but unfortunately, the show really didn’t work for me. honestly, dbk vs 2gether was hard for me because, well (i could write a rant of this length on 2gether 😭😭😭 maybe longer actually) yeah. but that’s the fun of the competition!

I agree almost completely with everything you say about DBK. Despite finding Non extremely annoying, it left a terrible taste in my mouth that the reason why he was such a dickhead was never addressed and I agree that he got dealt a terrible hand by the narrative.

As for SunMork, I understand your feelings but I have to say that if it wasn't for them I would have never finished DBK. Although it's also true that I watched Not Me way before DBK which endeared to me Gawin soooo much and was also already extremely in love with Podd. That is to say, I was personally invested.

The only episode from that season of Our Skyy I watched was the Puppy Honey one which I liked better than the entire show, so I can't really say anything on the matter of PeteKao there.

I had a completely different experience when first coming into contact with 2gether too and in fact, part of the reason I hate it so much is that I saw nothing but praise for it before watching it and it made me so fucking mad. All the people hailing 2gether as this fantastic, incredible, amazing, showstopping, revolutionary show made me extremely suspicious and then I watched it and completely hated it, and the suspicion turned into absolute fury. Especially when I see it compared to other, better shows as something they should aspire to be.

I realise I'm coming off as extremely mean about it but it pulls some visceral reactions out of me so I'll just stop here before I cross a line.

I love your message, Anon, but it's not lost on me that you didn't actually say which one you voted for!!!!