Fahlanruk

Beyond bad

Falhanruk is the story of two college-age boywhores who have drunk random sex with one another in the bathroom of a bar. They go back and forth in a toxic relationship where one of them constantly slaps the other in the face. At the end, the slapee confesses that he likes it and the two of them turn into Walt Disney characters as they ride off into the sunset on the Bangkok Transit System. The End. Here are my pros and cons:

PROS

MUSIC. The theme song perhaps the best thing about the series.

REALISM. Well... the truth is that most young gay boys ARE horndogs and indulge in lots of meaningless sex. That part of the series was believable.

PING CRYING. Although it got really old watching Ping in tears, I will say that he was good at turning on the waterworks. I got the feeling that the producers/directors had the actor cry as much as possible... only because he COULD.

CONS

STORY. There was a story. It was bad.

SHER THE SLAPPER. I wanted to bust through the screen and slap him myself. You know you did, too.

PINK. You're annoying, honey. And far too old to be buying into the whole "shipping" thing. Find a lover or, at least, buy a vibrator.

This was just really terrible. I'm giving it a 3.0, and the only reason it's that high is because of Ping's real tears.

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This rating should be lower than half a star.

i'll just spoil it cause you really don't need to watch it.

Sher didn't punch Fah for once.... He threw his shoe at him, both in fact. then Fah runs after him (again), then Sher steps on the TINIEST PIECE OF GLASS AND CUTS HIS FOOT *THROUGH HIS SOCK* and Fah is like "OhH nOo BaByGiRl DoN't WaLk On It!"
Fah takes care of him in the parking lot and they have a ugly kiss and hug and make up and glitter fairies run around them. (again)
Ping is being the noisy child he is and wondering what happened (again) Fah doesn't tell him and Tap laughs (again).
Fah and Sher become official and Fah gives a impression of Chase Huddy tryna be sexy and they give the worst scene of "if your leg hurts jUsT lIfT tHeM uP"
Ping calls Fah whipped for Sher and Tap's like "I'm whipped for my bf too!"
Gear and Prince have a cute little scene of their shibangbang time {not them havin the best shibangbang chemistry out of the entire TWELVE EPISODES OF THE TRASHIEST STUFF I'VE SEEN}.
Fah goes to the theatre and some kid name Nat tries to get inbetween Fah and Sher by texting Sher and sending ss's to Fah.
Then Fah talks to Pink about it and they set up a plan to reveal who the mystery texter(Nat) is, and after the plan goes through the two cry and are like "ThAnK yOu FoR TrUsTiNg Me! Ooo YuMmY bOy"
and then there's a stupid side plot of Sherbet getting told to star in a MV and he's like "Boy have I got the main lead for you.... [veggietalesss]"

I watched the entire episode in 1.7x speed and I wish I watched it in 2x speed. My biggest regret is picking up this show.
on a sidenote I won't stand for Tap+Ping slander

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Better then people give it credit for.

Honestly, this wasn't bad at all. I think people didn't like how the main characters were loose before getting together. So people didn't not have empathy for them or understand why their characters made the decisions they made in the relationship. Which wasn't helped by the kinda mid acting. But the story was solid and I enjoy the character growth of both the main leads. Breaking the shells of the childishness and past traumas to love and trust each other. Their were some weird parts, but over all enjoyable and I can rewatch the whole thing. And I enjoyed all the side couples. Some cliche tropes are definitely in this, but I am old enough to enjoy stories anyway as long as it with in reason of the story. I enjoyed this alot.

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Could be better!

5/10

Negative

1. Kissing of the Maincouple wasn´t good at all.
2. After the beginning of the episodes it didn't get so good anymore
3. Few kissing of the Maincouple.
4. That Ping always interfered with the maincouple on dates.
5. Ping
6. Have seen far too little of the remaining Couples. I would have liked to see more.
7. This constant love-hate relationship between the main couple became very annoying in the long run. (Fahlan,Sherbet) without the constant love-hate relationship, the series would have been so good.


Positive

1. The Maincouple
2. Music
3. The Beginning of the Episodes was very good.
4. The Lovescenes of Fahlan and Sherbet in the first episodes killed me...omg. I have never seen such a lovescene like that.

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Toxic relationships? more like obsession

I have read a lot of review about Fahlanruk and I thought I should probably leave mine so that people have an other point of view. I watch bl not for the actor more for the story itself. A lot of people are saying that Sher is wrong in a lot of thing but have you seen how Fah was obsessed and didn't leave any room for Sher to do anything else? Since the start Sher made it clear. This is a one night stand and nothing more. He didn't like Fah at all and wanted only sex. Fah, on the other hand, was and is obsesse with Sher. He force Sher to kiss him more than once and didn't listen at all when he said he didn't want to be with him. He, more than once, made Sher feel bad about things he didn't do. He forced himself in Sher life and make sure there was no way anyone could enter and he couldn't leave without make Sher feel bad. The acting was really well done at multiple moment and the story was something big that could have been hard to understand for many. I had a hard time understanding it the first time I saw it but the second time I understood better that Fah is obsesse with Sher while Sher didn't want shit to do with him and when he realized it, it was too late to push him away.

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Not sure why all the hate.

I thought it was an OK series, nothing special, but not deserving of the outright hate I see on here. It was a bit messy, both in story and execution, it could have used a little bit better writing and/or editing. I do think there was excessive drinking, and the amount of slapping/hitting is over the top for this situation. So if you are sensitive to those, this might not be something you want to watch.

I do think it is worth watching, but it isn't a light and fluffy series if that is what you are looking for. I don't think I would rewatch this, but I rarely rewatch a series, so for me that isn't a good indication of quality. It certainly isn't the worst thing I have watched, but not a top-tier series by any means.

The characters were deeply flawed, and that is the cause of the relationship issues in this story. Fahlan is a playboy who sleeps around and never keeps a boyfriend for more than a night. Sherbet isn't really any different than Fah, but he also has trust issues from how he was raised. The two together form a somewhat toxic relationship. Throw in a bit of jealousy on everyone's part, and the fireworks fly.

The side characters are cute, I wish we could get more of Tap and Ping, who were not sure they were gay for each other, and couldn't express their feelings. I have a feeling they would in real life stick together forever. Prince and Gear are a little better in that they are more open about their feelings for each other. However, Prince is a bit too touchy-feely with Sherbet, he should have toned that down way back when he started dating Gear. So Fah and Gear both think Prince is going too far, maybe that should have been the clue that Prince was Maybe these couples can get their own series, and have Fah and Sher play a more minor role.

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not as bad as folks said it was, but not great either

boy, howdy, was this a rollercoaster.

first, the plot wasn't as terrible as folks said it was and sher is more okay than folks say he is. my main problem, when it comes to plot/characters was just the sheer number of them that were just... there. the brothers? literally only there to have somebody practically narrate the show to us. pink? another narrator, this time a fujoshi interfering with her ship. tar? could've been replaced with a fucking purse and the effect would've been the same. pai n pie? the evil, predatory femme gays. anna, em, the rest of the cast? just... there. most of the characters felt like cardboard cut-outs to spruce up sher n fah's romance.

keeping with the theme of romance, ping and tar? favorite couple, easily. the way they were basically married and the only person who even knew of their feelings was ping? unmatched. just the best written part of the whole show, and the guy who played tap really sold the "i'm secretly in love with you, but so secret i didn't even know" thing. the way fah seemed to just know and accept that tap always knows where ping is at all times, that tar gets worried about him, just good, good shit. tap dragging ping out on the date with him? how can it get worse! and then the final episode slapped me in the face with a pile of wet bricks with them. where's the ping just indulging because he can? where's the nicknames? where's the actual married couple behavior? ping just stopped acting like he was intereted in tap at all. i'd assumed that this was the couple that figured out they liked each other and jumped ship straight to marriage. but, no.

gear and prince, cute as shit, did find them a little boring though. it was a good break from seeing ping pine and fah n sher's... issues.

speaking of fah n sher, sher is actually my favorite character of the two. i liked the way he was portrayed, i liked his characterization — but there was no substance to it. he didn't really have a backstory that made his actions justifiable. i'd assumed that his commitment adversion was trauma-based, and that was why he always lashed out at fah with violence. but of course, it was something dumb, like our dad's been poisoning you against love! which is all well and good and whatever, but that really dosn't explain his other behaviors. the alcoholism could've been due to trauma too, but whatever. fah, on the other hand, was really insufferable. he really did have an entitled and privaleged attitude to th whole relationship. like, just because you aren't that touchy with your pals doesn't mean that sherbet can't. he was really forceful with sher, and i hated that.

it is very obvious that this show was made by a straight woman.

the acting isn't the best, and fahlan was the worst on. tap n sher? mvps.

the kisses? dead fish asf. the s*x scenes? weird as hell. fahlan n sher were good until they had to kiss or do the nasty.

last episode? worst one. it reads like a compilation, and no strings are tied up.

overall? i'd say its eeeh. if you want something cute but kinda gritty n sexy? go watch love in the air. this isn't a show i'd reccomend, but i don't think i'ts abhorrent. serviceable, at the best.

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A Different Kind of BL Worth Trying !

Oh absolutely—because heaven forbid a BL actually shows **how relationships really look** instead of serving pastel-colored delusions.

Apparently, if a series doesn’t give you instant soulmates, flawless communication, and soft violin music after five minutes, it’s automatically “bad writing.” This one had the *audacity* to start with lust, bad decisions, and emotionally illiterate men who don’t know how to love without messing it up. Shocking, I know. The awkward, uncomfortable sex? That wasn’t a mistake—it was a mirror. Two players with zero emotional depth hooking up for convenience were never going to look romantic, and the show didn’t lie about that.

The toxicity wasn’t glorified, it was **exposed**. Possessiveness, insecurity, mistrust—served raw, no sugar, no apologies. And instead of magically turning into green flags overnight, the characters actually **struggled, failed, and grew**. Fahlan and Sherbert didn’t just “have chemistry,” they *earned* it, which is apparently a crime in BL land now.

So no, this series isn’t for people who want fairy dust, perfect lovers, and emotional hand-holding. It’s for viewers who can handle flawed humans, ugly phases, and growth that takes time. If that makes you uncomfortable—congrats. That means it worked.

And let me add this—before anyone twists my words—I didn’t even overhype this show. I gave it a **7/10**, not a crown or a shrine. But a 7 does **not** mean “unwatchable trash.” It means *flawed but worth your time*. This series clearly sits in a **different lane**, experimenting with tone and realism, and while it has plenty of room for improvement, the level of **brutal underhyping and blind hate** it gets is ridiculous. You don’t have to worship it, but pretending it has zero value just proves people wanted comfort fluff—not substance—and got mad when they didn’t get spoon-fed.

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ok.

-Neg:

1. Kissing of the Maincouple wasn´t good.
2. After the beginning of the episodes it didn't get so good anymore
3. Few kissing of the Maincouple.
4. That Ping always interfered with the maincouple on dates.
5. Ping
6. Have seen far too little of the remaining Couples. I would have liked to see more.
7. This constant love-hate relationship between the main couple became very annoying in the long run. (Fahlan,Sherbet) without the constant love-hate relationship, the series would have been so good.


+Pos:

1. The Maincouple
2. Music
3. The Beginning of the Episodes was very good.
4. The Lovescenes of Fahlan and Sherbet in the first episodes killed me...omg. I have never seen such a lovescene like that.

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There was a lot of potential here so i hate the scriptwriter

I thought i would hate this considering all the bad reviews but it was surprisingly 'watchable' (I've seen worse) so i had to go back to the novel to understand why the movie came out the way it did.
I 100% blame the scriptwriter.
Fahlanruk story in the novel seems more well rounded than what we were presented, i mean it was toxic but it didn't have a rinse and repeat situation. There was even a part where this couple stopped drinking and having sex and enjoyed intimacy with each other more than lust. The growth that happened in the novel failed to reflect on screen. I'm glad they didn't include the sexual assault but that was the only thing i was thankful that didn't make it from the novel to the screen.
The editor seems to have disappeared. There is no editor for this drama series. He is a ghost so there is no substantial editing done. It was a mess. I was confused from the first episode.
Why didn't they just let Sherbet sing? They could have made us like him more by showing us his passion. I barely remember any song from this.
Too many characters for a production that only needed a few. There were too many unnecessary people. Like the last villain wasn't needed, the guy who kept falling for the wrong people 'fahlan and ping', we only needed a few scenes for pink...etc
The acting was okay, i mean it wasn't wooden and that is a relief. They didn't 'beautify' the characters too much... I really hate it when too much filter is used(i see you enchanté)

Is it watchable? I'm not sure. It depends on what you are looking for.
Is it rewatchable? Maybe for an analysis??

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wasted potential

I was really hyped in the beginning , cause I thought that finally two tops will fall in love (that’s really a topic I would enjoy to watch ) but it didn’t turn out that way. The overacting of Sherbet gives me chills now and then to be honest. Best part of the show was actually the story of Ping and Tap. There is also kind of no chemistry between Fahlan and Sherbet, when they kiss it always transport a feeling of anger or disgust. My high rate mainly refers to Tap, Ping and Pink.
Also, the main characters are not thought well trough, thy used the „say this and meaning the opposit” method way to often. What I liked was the moral of the story , that love is about trust, but it wasn’t written in a good way. So all in all: Good cast, good acting , good music but leak of screenplay

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Huh... what a mess so far

Not that I HATE it, I like some scenes, it is just a bit under-average story-wise.
The acting is all right, sometimes it feels very awkward though.

The chemistry between the main characters is weak, which I think they tried to overplay with the sex scenes (which mind you aren't amazing either). Having okay-ish sex scenes will not save your characters from not having any chemistry!

Prince and Gear’s story is flat-out boring. I don't care about them in the slightest, mostly because their argument about the forehead kiss is so damn stupid. They could’ve talked it out but didn’t, resulting in Prince crying. Which I could’ve felt sad about if it wasn’t Prince’s fault that the argument happened in the first place. Like dude obviously the guy that is trying to court you (and whom you like back!!!) will be upset if you share a forehead kiss with another person (who is also kind of dating someone at that moment)!!!
Sherbet keeps on sabotaging not only his own but also his best friend's relationship. I’m 100% taking Fah’s and Gear’s side on this.

Then EP 9 (episode right after the fight, where Fah is at the beach with Pink) happened and now I think this is a lost case for Fah and Gear. Both came back crawling to Sher and Prince, which they shouldn’t have done. Sher and Prince both do not deserve such easy forgiveness, they both never considered the feelings of the person they liked, acted like little children and still got away with it! How?! It was a skip-through EP for me, at the end I was mad at Fah and Gear. And come on… happy music during the “steamy” shower scene?

Ping and Tap are ok, their story is a little more heartfelt, which I like. It just seems more relatable, so I am able to understand their struggle a lot more.

Was it necessary to give Sherbet a twin brother? No, not really. It doesn't contribute to the story; he is just there to be boring filler.

Did I think of dropping this series more than once? Yes, 3 times.

To keep this short, this series isn’t a masterpiece by any means. But I also don’t think it's a dumpsterfire. It has its moments, though they aren’t very rememberable either.

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