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When Your Friend Group Turns Out to Be a Gay Squad
I think very few people would argue with the fact that We Are is a comfort series.
Like, let’s not lie to ourselves here. Everything about this show is designed to be light, entertaining, and just silly. You’ve got university life, a friend group (a friend group with WAY too many members, if you ask me), couples slowly forming, and generally speaking, everyone is just vibing. The world is peaceful. The grass is green.
There isn’t necessarily a huge amount of depth, and sometimes the humor is a little too omnipresent, but honestly? It knows what kind of show it wants to be.
And because there are approximately a LOT of couples in this drama, I feel like the best way to talk about We Are is to go through them one by one.
★ Phum & Peem ★
I’m going to try to be as honest as possible here, even though I’m not going to lie: Pond and Phuwin were a big reason why I started this drama in the first place.
Am I allowed to admit that I basically came here to see their performance ? ¯\(ツ)/¯
Anyway. I loved this couple.
Their dynamic is genuinely fun, especially during the first few episodes. Their first meeting is iconic. Peem, his little ponytail, and that majestic sandal throw? Yeah. Absolute Cinema. That moment is permanently engraved in my brain.
Now, is turning your crush into your personal slave actually the best way to keep them close? Apparently...
And somehow, it worked.
The constant teasing between Phum and Peem, the slow progression, the little moments where they get closer and closer, and then THAT kiss that practically made the entire sky explode into fireworks… yeah, I was entertained.
Would I say this is Pond and Phuwin’s best performance? Probably not. But honestly, We Are is such an easy, light show to watch that it doesn’t really need to be more than that. You just sit down, turn your brain off a little, and follow along.
However, I do think Phum and Peem suffer from the same issue as basically every other couple in this drama. The line between:
“I’m hitting on you.” / “We’re dating.” and “You’re literally my boyfriend.” is WAY too blurry.
Like, at some point, Phum and Peem are practically trying to absorb each other’s souls through kissing, but because the show has sixteen episodes to fill, apparently these kisses are still not enough proof that Peem might actually be attracted to Phum.
No. We still need to ask for permission to hit on him.
PLEASE, Peem.
Stop communicating through words for two seconds. Your actions, and especially your lips, have already made your feelings VEEEEEERY clear.
But hey, we do love a BL with a little resistance before someone finally gives in.
I also want to give the director some credit for actually giving Phum a family background. Yes, it’s cliché. Very cliché. But at least it adds a little bit of depth to a drama that is otherwise very much committed to being feeeeel goooood.
The problem is that even though we can clearly see that Phum’s past weighs heavily on him, I feel like his reconciliation with his father happens WAY too quickly.
Peem tells Phum to open up, so naturally I’m sitting there thinking:
Okay. Here we go.
He’s finally going to talk about how his childhood shaped him. He’s going to explain how much having an absent father affected the person he became. Maybe we’re finally going to get an actual conversation about how badly he wanted a father figure in his life.
No.
They just eat together. Phum shares some food with his dad. And suddenly, we’re good.
And I’m sorry, but I found that a little… hypocritical? Unrealistic?
It almost feels like the show is trying to give us this very utopian version of how family problems are solved. Just sit at the same table, share some food, and boom! Childhood trauma deleted.
And because of that, the one storyline that could have added a little more depth to the drama ends up feeling almost as light as everything else.
Still, though. They’re cute. That’s undeniable. And I think they were probably my favorite couple to watch.
ALSO. THE MUSIC.
Shoutout to whoever decided that Pond and Phuwin’s voices needed to be part of this experience because seeing Phum and Peem slowly getting closer while their songs are playing in the background was just ridiculously cute for reasons I cannot even explain.
ARRRGHH. I loved the music !!
★ Q & Toey ★
So… No. I’m sorry.
It’s weird because I don’t even necessarily hate them. I just never managed to love them that much. ‧₊˚❀༉‧₊˚Milkshake boy and pencil senior ‧₊˚❀༉‧₊˚
I think the biggest reason why I struggled with them was mostly because of the way everyone went about getting them together.
Personally, I’m very much on team:
Your friends should not interfere that much in someone else’s love life.
And unfortunately, that absolutely did not happen here. The whole plan was basically:
hihihi, let’s make Q jealous so we can FORCE him to reveal his feelings.
And I’m sorry, but the plan was dumb.
Because in the end, forcing him to reveal his feelings only proves that he had them from the beginning. So why couldn’t we just let things happen naturally instead of coming up with some twisted middle-school-level plan ?
Anyway, I’m not gonna lie, the friends constantly being around was already giving me the urge to hit something. I wanted to scream:
IT’S FINE. HE’S A GROWN MAN. STOP SHOWING UP ALL THE TIME.
And then we have the whole: “You’re my inspiration.” “Thanks to our Post-it notes, we created a strong bond.”
Listen. It’s cute. It’s cheesy.
But I don’t know, I just struggled with this couple.
It’s completely personal and probably a little unfair, but I just couldn’t get into their constant teasing, which, in this case, I found a little too childish.
And then: “You’re my special someone.” Oooof. Okay. Sure. (That's 100% ragebait.)
★ Tan & Khaofang ★
This couple genuinely surprised me. I loved them.
There’s something really addictive about Tan and Fang’s dynamic. I absolutely loved the extrovert boyfriend × introvert and loving boyfriend combination.
The only thing I found a little disappointing is that they got together way too quickly and easily. Sure, it was cute, but because of that, their relationship ended up taking away from their screen time.
We didn’t get the whole blurry: "I’m hitting on you.” /“I’m dating you.” /“You’re my boyfriend.” phase.
And for once, as blurry as that line was for everyone else, they clarified it WAAAYYY too quickly.
The chemistry between Aou and Boom is INSANE. And honestly, that word might still be too weak. I can’t really explain it, but their kisses just hit different.
That’s why I think it’s a shame they weren’t given more attention. You could clearly feel that this couple was stable, and yet we apparently preferred giving more screen time to the THREE OTHER COUPLES 💀.
★ Chain & Pun ★
I’m going to be brutally honest. I hated this couple.
I found them unnecessary, awkward, and superficial. They add absolutely nothing to the plot.
Honestly, the presence of this fourth couple made me feel like this friend group was nothing more than a bunch of couples attaching themselves to each other.
Like, I don’t know. Can you not look any further than your own friend group?
First of all, Pun and his obsession with penguins. I could scream.
That was the moment when I realized just how simple the writing was. Even back on Wattpad in 2016, people were trying to create smoother progression for couples to get closer.
Chain likes Pun. Or the penguins. Or whatever.
And he constantly drops these awkward, heavy flirting lines while Pun remains completely clueless. Seriously, is Pun the only guy who doesn’t know that neurons are supposed to connect?
The result is this painfully awkward teasing where Chain drops a flirty line with a face that makes him look constipated.
(Seriously, it looks like keeping his feelings inside is physically making him tense up.)
And then his entire friend group teases him in this weird way while Pun understands absolutely NOTHING.
And I don’t even think I’m going to talk about the ending.
I watched the last episode at 2x speed, and I can tell you that I was twice as surprised when, within an extremely short amount of time, he kissed him and made him his boyfriend.
Once again, this couple has weird progression and somehow makes the entire friend group feel even less believable.
Seriously, does everyone just want to kiss each other?
The only one who managed to calm his pheromones was Beer, and honestly, I thank him for that.
★ Overall ★
We Are is still a good drama.
There’s no denying that you have a good time watching it. I would say that the first ten episodes are definitely worth it. After that, though, it starts to feel long, and maybe sixteen episodes was simply too much.
But it’s still nice to see healthy and cute love stories on screen. Maybe a little too healthy and cute.
And the friend group and university dynamics add a lot of warmth to the drama.
This drama is definitely utopian, though. Personally, I would not recommend forming this many couples within the same friend group ☝️.
And also.
WHY did they thank each other so much???
Argh, the writing was really simple.
“Thank you for loving me.”
“Thank you for allowing me to be in your life.”
“Thank you for being my special someone.”
....... (100% ragebait pt.2.)
Anyway, I’ll also end this review with a thank you.
Thank you for reading me.
Like, let’s not lie to ourselves here. Everything about this show is designed to be light, entertaining, and just silly. You’ve got university life, a friend group (a friend group with WAY too many members, if you ask me), couples slowly forming, and generally speaking, everyone is just vibing. The world is peaceful. The grass is green.
There isn’t necessarily a huge amount of depth, and sometimes the humor is a little too omnipresent, but honestly? It knows what kind of show it wants to be.
And because there are approximately a LOT of couples in this drama, I feel like the best way to talk about We Are is to go through them one by one.
★ Phum & Peem ★
I’m going to try to be as honest as possible here, even though I’m not going to lie: Pond and Phuwin were a big reason why I started this drama in the first place.
Am I allowed to admit that I basically came here to see their performance ? ¯\(ツ)/¯
Anyway. I loved this couple.
Their dynamic is genuinely fun, especially during the first few episodes. Their first meeting is iconic. Peem, his little ponytail, and that majestic sandal throw? Yeah. Absolute Cinema. That moment is permanently engraved in my brain.
Now, is turning your crush into your personal slave actually the best way to keep them close? Apparently...
And somehow, it worked.
The constant teasing between Phum and Peem, the slow progression, the little moments where they get closer and closer, and then THAT kiss that practically made the entire sky explode into fireworks… yeah, I was entertained.
Would I say this is Pond and Phuwin’s best performance? Probably not. But honestly, We Are is such an easy, light show to watch that it doesn’t really need to be more than that. You just sit down, turn your brain off a little, and follow along.
However, I do think Phum and Peem suffer from the same issue as basically every other couple in this drama. The line between:
“I’m hitting on you.” / “We’re dating.” and “You’re literally my boyfriend.” is WAY too blurry.
Like, at some point, Phum and Peem are practically trying to absorb each other’s souls through kissing, but because the show has sixteen episodes to fill, apparently these kisses are still not enough proof that Peem might actually be attracted to Phum.
No. We still need to ask for permission to hit on him.
PLEASE, Peem.
Stop communicating through words for two seconds. Your actions, and especially your lips, have already made your feelings VEEEEEERY clear.
But hey, we do love a BL with a little resistance before someone finally gives in.
I also want to give the director some credit for actually giving Phum a family background. Yes, it’s cliché. Very cliché. But at least it adds a little bit of depth to a drama that is otherwise very much committed to being feeeeel goooood.
The problem is that even though we can clearly see that Phum’s past weighs heavily on him, I feel like his reconciliation with his father happens WAY too quickly.
Peem tells Phum to open up, so naturally I’m sitting there thinking:
Okay. Here we go.
He’s finally going to talk about how his childhood shaped him. He’s going to explain how much having an absent father affected the person he became. Maybe we’re finally going to get an actual conversation about how badly he wanted a father figure in his life.
No.
They just eat together. Phum shares some food with his dad. And suddenly, we’re good.
And I’m sorry, but I found that a little… hypocritical? Unrealistic?
It almost feels like the show is trying to give us this very utopian version of how family problems are solved. Just sit at the same table, share some food, and boom! Childhood trauma deleted.
And because of that, the one storyline that could have added a little more depth to the drama ends up feeling almost as light as everything else.
Still, though. They’re cute. That’s undeniable. And I think they were probably my favorite couple to watch.
ALSO. THE MUSIC.
Shoutout to whoever decided that Pond and Phuwin’s voices needed to be part of this experience because seeing Phum and Peem slowly getting closer while their songs are playing in the background was just ridiculously cute for reasons I cannot even explain.
ARRRGHH. I loved the music !!
★ Q & Toey ★
So… No. I’m sorry.
It’s weird because I don’t even necessarily hate them. I just never managed to love them that much. ‧₊˚❀༉‧₊˚Milkshake boy and pencil senior ‧₊˚❀༉‧₊˚
I think the biggest reason why I struggled with them was mostly because of the way everyone went about getting them together.
Personally, I’m very much on team:
Your friends should not interfere that much in someone else’s love life.
And unfortunately, that absolutely did not happen here. The whole plan was basically:
hihihi, let’s make Q jealous so we can FORCE him to reveal his feelings.
And I’m sorry, but the plan was dumb.
Because in the end, forcing him to reveal his feelings only proves that he had them from the beginning. So why couldn’t we just let things happen naturally instead of coming up with some twisted middle-school-level plan ?
Anyway, I’m not gonna lie, the friends constantly being around was already giving me the urge to hit something. I wanted to scream:
IT’S FINE. HE’S A GROWN MAN. STOP SHOWING UP ALL THE TIME.
And then we have the whole: “You’re my inspiration.” “Thanks to our Post-it notes, we created a strong bond.”
Listen. It’s cute. It’s cheesy.
But I don’t know, I just struggled with this couple.
It’s completely personal and probably a little unfair, but I just couldn’t get into their constant teasing, which, in this case, I found a little too childish.
And then: “You’re my special someone.” Oooof. Okay. Sure. (That's 100% ragebait.)
★ Tan & Khaofang ★
This couple genuinely surprised me. I loved them.
There’s something really addictive about Tan and Fang’s dynamic. I absolutely loved the extrovert boyfriend × introvert and loving boyfriend combination.
The only thing I found a little disappointing is that they got together way too quickly and easily. Sure, it was cute, but because of that, their relationship ended up taking away from their screen time.
We didn’t get the whole blurry: "I’m hitting on you.” /“I’m dating you.” /“You’re my boyfriend.” phase.
And for once, as blurry as that line was for everyone else, they clarified it WAAAYYY too quickly.
The chemistry between Aou and Boom is INSANE. And honestly, that word might still be too weak. I can’t really explain it, but their kisses just hit different.
That’s why I think it’s a shame they weren’t given more attention. You could clearly feel that this couple was stable, and yet we apparently preferred giving more screen time to the THREE OTHER COUPLES 💀.
★ Chain & Pun ★
I’m going to be brutally honest. I hated this couple.
I found them unnecessary, awkward, and superficial. They add absolutely nothing to the plot.
Honestly, the presence of this fourth couple made me feel like this friend group was nothing more than a bunch of couples attaching themselves to each other.
Like, I don’t know. Can you not look any further than your own friend group?
First of all, Pun and his obsession with penguins. I could scream.
That was the moment when I realized just how simple the writing was. Even back on Wattpad in 2016, people were trying to create smoother progression for couples to get closer.
Chain likes Pun. Or the penguins. Or whatever.
And he constantly drops these awkward, heavy flirting lines while Pun remains completely clueless. Seriously, is Pun the only guy who doesn’t know that neurons are supposed to connect?
The result is this painfully awkward teasing where Chain drops a flirty line with a face that makes him look constipated.
(Seriously, it looks like keeping his feelings inside is physically making him tense up.)
And then his entire friend group teases him in this weird way while Pun understands absolutely NOTHING.
And I don’t even think I’m going to talk about the ending.
I watched the last episode at 2x speed, and I can tell you that I was twice as surprised when, within an extremely short amount of time, he kissed him and made him his boyfriend.
Once again, this couple has weird progression and somehow makes the entire friend group feel even less believable.
Seriously, does everyone just want to kiss each other?
The only one who managed to calm his pheromones was Beer, and honestly, I thank him for that.
★ Overall ★
We Are is still a good drama.
There’s no denying that you have a good time watching it. I would say that the first ten episodes are definitely worth it. After that, though, it starts to feel long, and maybe sixteen episodes was simply too much.
But it’s still nice to see healthy and cute love stories on screen. Maybe a little too healthy and cute.
And the friend group and university dynamics add a lot of warmth to the drama.
This drama is definitely utopian, though. Personally, I would not recommend forming this many couples within the same friend group ☝️.
And also.
WHY did they thank each other so much???
Argh, the writing was really simple.
“Thank you for loving me.”
“Thank you for allowing me to be in your life.”
“Thank you for being my special someone.”
....... (100% ragebait pt.2.)
Anyway, I’ll also end this review with a thank you.
Thank you for reading me.
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