Duang is a real yearner!! Like tearing up because his man asked him to be his bf then the way he just HAD to sit back to admire Qin when he straddled him??? No one has ever and i truly mean EVER portrayed real yearning better than TeeTee did in this show.
lip to lip, nose to nose, cheek to cheek, eye to eye. pttp are actually crazy like their acting is so good i can buy that DuangQin are in love with the way they're rubbing their faces together with the biggest smiles.
I'm glad the whole Tiw storyline wasn't dragged out and that Qin was able to get closure for his first love because it really influenced how he viewed love and being loved.
I enjoyed it because it added depth to his character on why he was so distrusting and cold in the beginning, since his relationship with Tiw wasn't villainized either they were just incompatible. In some ways, Tiw's POV was also understandable (except the cheating) because he was not capable of giving 100% without receiving that 100% back immediately.
While Duang is perfect for Qin because he gave 100% and understood that what might be insignificant to others (like Jamie and Pae when he was describing the progression of their relationship in ep 4 or 5) are actually monumental signs of Qin giving trust. And Duang understands that trust is much more important than any other superficial validation/confirmation that Tiw was looking for from Qin.
I'm not surviving boyfriend Qin "i want to give you as much as you've given me" its like Tiw broke a dam of Qin's feelings for Duang by being a trash ex. EVERYONE SAY "THANK YOU TIW".
Qin literally said that he's only been with a girl too??? Like his experience with the girl and being a top in…
I hear you on the personal trust issues—real-life encounters can definitely make certain tropes or character histories feel triggering, and I’m not dismissing your experiences or the insecurity Qin feels. The beauty of discussing media is that we all bring our own fresh perspectives to the table.
However, Duang states, "my heart calls for this person and gender isn't a concern," which is the textbook definition of bi/pansexuality. I think there's a difference between a "hetero past" and a "bi identity". For a gay man, a past with women might be a period of performing an identity that wasn't true to him (like compulsory heterosexuality). But for a bi or pan person, those past relationships weren't "hetero"—they were queer experiences because a queer person was in them.
Labeling Duang’s history as a "hetero past" and an "ick" feels like invalidating who he truly is. It frames a bisexual man’s natural attraction to women as something "tainted". Bi/pan men are rarely allowed to just exist in media without being forced into a binary of "actually gay" or "secretly straight." Saying it was his "hetero past" erases the specific type of queer representation he provides. I hope you understand my perspective as a bisexual queer person, i do apologize if i came on too strong earlier.
After seeing episode 7, and knowing that Duang has been sexually involved with a girl before gave me an ick, not…
Qin literally said that he's only been with a girl too??? Like his experience with the girl and being a top in that situation is why he wanted to bottom...this is biphobic even if you preface it's not, because you're generalizing all bisexual people including fictional ones.
bro TeeTee did not know where tf he was or anything that was happening the first 15 minutes of this episode. i was looking at his eyes and my guy was goneeee
Guys Peem and Sol were actually playing the long game. They’re actually Qin fans and heard that Qin was about to decline joining the event and had to insight competition, so they can see him perform. Of course they dropped the act as soon as DuangQin got on stage, their mission was complete.
Duang is actually the best neurodivergent thai rep we’ve gotten in a hot second. He is like Thee, but like if Thee was autistic and got to be a normal teenager and put all his energy into being in love instead of having to think of his career and family too.
My current rewatch just made me realize that Beomseok initially approaches Sieun with an ulterior motives.
In episode 1, Beomseok was clearly avoiding Sieun after seeing the marks on his neck as he thought he was being bullied (little did he know Sieun can handle himself).
However, the first time Beomseok considers befriending him is in episode 2 when there are scenes of him looking at Sieun across the room because of how people are whispering about because of what he did to Eyebrows (young bin). Beomseok doesn't gather the courage to attempt friendship though UNTIL when Sieun and Suho have lunch together in the cafeteria, and everyone gossips about how powerful their friendship is. Since Sieun beat up Youngbin and because of Suho's reputation as a good fighter and almost making it into the UFC. Beomseok is seen listening to the gossip, THEN tries to talk to Sieun for the first time to attempt friendship leading with small talk and not an apology and that's because popularity and power is important to him. And who was the most popular and powerful at the time? first Eyebrows (who he drugged Sieun for), then Sieun and Suho.
I'm not saying he never card about them, but the reason his idea of their friendship is so twisted is because he approached them for the wrong reasons in the first place and he was projecting. Along with all his other issues of course.
I love this show but it still pisses me off that beom seok did ALL that for such a small reason. Big dawg how…
First of all, I love and adore xie lian!
Second, I think I hate Beomseok more because I understand him. There were so many routes he could've taken and he had a good support system, but unfortunately people in his situation tend to self-sabotage. The brain is wired to keep returning to what's familiar, than to take risk and do what's good for you. So, if you're a coward, unfortunately you're only going to do what your brain has been consistently familiar with (in his case pain, anger, bullying, and misery) than to take a chance or risk in trusting that your new support system (suho and sieun) mean well and actually care.
HE IS ACTING AS A ZOMBIE AND HE AINT THAT GOOD LOOKING .WHAT U EXPECT??
Saying Park Jihoon is only good as an idol is laughable because calling him a zombie speaks to how good of an actor he is. He's been acting his entire life, and I promise you he's not stopping anytime soon. If you're not satisfied with his acting, you do not need to make multiple distasteful comments to vent your dislike of him. Or you can, but I hope you realize you just sound ridiculous.
Rewatching this knowing that the director was telling Jihoon to act as if Suho was Sieun's first love is so devastatingly beautiful. It doesn't re-contextualize it, but it adds a certain depth to the story knowing the gravity of how important Suho is to Sieun and how much Suho is by loved him.
Mark is genuinely so regal and elegant. I don't want him to get type-casted, but he really suits powerful roles like this one and as Methas in Revamp.
I just want to see JuniorMark in darker and heavier roles like this and Midnight Museum, they're both good actors. Like people sleep on Mark's acting, he's not just a pretty face!! I've actually never seen anyone look more in love with someone than Pai does with Tim...
I enjoyed it because it added depth to his character on why he was so distrusting and cold in the beginning, since his relationship with Tiw wasn't villainized either they were just incompatible. In some ways, Tiw's POV was also understandable (except the cheating) because he was not capable of giving 100% without receiving that 100% back immediately.
While Duang is perfect for Qin because he gave 100% and understood that what might be insignificant to others (like Jamie and Pae when he was describing the progression of their relationship in ep 4 or 5) are actually monumental signs of Qin giving trust. And Duang understands that trust is much more important than any other superficial validation/confirmation that Tiw was looking for from Qin.
However, Duang states, "my heart calls for this person and gender isn't a concern," which is the textbook definition of bi/pansexuality. I think there's a difference between a "hetero past" and a "bi identity". For a gay man, a past with women might be a period of performing an identity that wasn't true to him (like compulsory heterosexuality). But for a bi or pan person, those past relationships weren't "hetero"—they were queer experiences because a queer person was in them.
Labeling Duang’s history as a "hetero past" and an "ick" feels like invalidating who he truly is. It frames a bisexual man’s natural attraction to women as something "tainted". Bi/pan men are rarely allowed to just exist in media without being forced into a binary of "actually gay" or "secretly straight." Saying it was his "hetero past" erases the specific type of queer representation he provides. I hope you understand my perspective as a bisexual queer person, i do apologize if i came on too strong earlier.
In episode 1, Beomseok was clearly avoiding Sieun after seeing the marks on his neck as he thought he was being bullied (little did he know Sieun can handle himself).
However, the first time Beomseok considers befriending him is in episode 2 when there are scenes of him looking at Sieun across the room because of how people are whispering about because of what he did to Eyebrows (young bin). Beomseok doesn't gather the courage to attempt friendship though UNTIL when Sieun and Suho have lunch together in the cafeteria, and everyone gossips about how powerful their friendship is. Since Sieun beat up Youngbin and because of Suho's reputation as a good fighter and almost making it into the UFC. Beomseok is seen listening to the gossip, THEN tries to talk to Sieun for the first time to attempt friendship leading with small talk and not an apology and that's because popularity and power is important to him. And who was the most popular and powerful at the time? first Eyebrows (who he drugged Sieun for), then Sieun and Suho.
I'm not saying he never card about them, but the reason his idea of their friendship is so twisted is because he approached them for the wrong reasons in the first place and he was projecting. Along with all his other issues of course.
Link: https://youtu.be/LT2zc4W2Eoc?si=cyvM4BzRE_5MUU4S
Second, I think I hate Beomseok more because I understand him. There were so many routes he could've taken and he had a good support system, but unfortunately people in his situation tend to self-sabotage. The brain is wired to keep returning to what's familiar, than to take risk and do what's good for you. So, if you're a coward, unfortunately you're only going to do what your brain has been consistently familiar with (in his case pain, anger, bullying, and misery) than to take a chance or risk in trusting that your new support system (suho and sieun) mean well and actually care.
I just want to see JuniorMark in darker and heavier roles like this and Midnight Museum, they're both good actors. Like people sleep on Mark's acting, he's not just a pretty face!! I've actually never seen anyone look more in love with someone than Pai does with Tim...