#NUEAKLUEN

[airenyah]

Hidden Agenda (2023) | Episode 10

– I don't know who gave you permission to kiss me. – I gave myself permission.

Star In My Mind (2022) | Episode 7

– I don't know who gave you permission to call me "Dao". – I gave myself permission.

[quodekash]

I HAVE ICE TEA, TIME FOR EPISODE 2 im so scared

iMMEDIATE winnysatang. i love them but i genuinely dont understand why it couldnt be seanmaitee.

im gonna rewatch simm after this and write an essay about why seanmaitee should be together, just in case theres anyone who doesnt believe me

i have so many mixed emotions rn

i love them both so much

and there's no hatred towards them at all because theyre just the actors, not the ones in charge

and i do love winnysatang and i love the chemistry they have with each other

and theyre both so pretty

and bc theyre the same actors they make me think of soundwin and soundwin make me infinitely happy

but theyre not soundwin, theyre sean and nay

and sean is desperately in love with maithee, he has been for the entire series

and, as far as we know, in canon, sean and nay have literally never interacted so why are they suddenly sticking to each others sides??? why isnt sean sticking to maitee's side?? he's always at maitee's side, always has his arm around him, always looking at him. why did his character suddenly have to change once msp came out, just for winnysatang fanservice??

is this neurodivergent backpack-holding i see here?

"i told you to wear warm clothes" "well i wanted you to hug me more" NO YOU DONT UNDERSTAND, THATS SO STINKING CUTE

bro theyre so in love

theyre so in love

how are they so in love

i love them

wait a sec (lmao win/nay in that screenshot looks great)

dont tell me naysean are gonna share a tent

that doesnt make sense even without considering the ships

sean and maitee are clearly the bestest of friends

even if you were to argue that the constant arms around each other is entirely platonic, it feels a lot like a close-friends-been-close-forever-dont-want-to-let-go-and-lose-you kinda thing, so wouldnt you expect them to share a tent?????

idk man

sean captaincy reigns supreme

dang it

GOSH DARNNIT PART OF ME KINDA LIKES THE NAYSEAN

going from two people who barely know each other because of a mutual friend and then they meet for the first time and theres like immediate attraction and yadda yadda storyline

i still think i prefer seanmaithee tho

hmm

perhaps nayseanmaitee

then everyone's happy

how is he so pretty

and gender

gimme the gender pls

i want it

seriously, the GENDER ON THIS MAN

THE WAY HE DOES THE GENDER

...okay im starting to believe the naysean storyline

but i still want seanmaitheeeeeee

nayseanmaitee is still a strong contender tho

sean, honey, you're not subtle

"i love him even more, every day" kluen, i love you so much. he's so whipped. hes so in love. it makes me the happy

I CANT EXPLAIN IT, BUT KLUEN'S OBNOXIOUS (not in a bad way) AND UNAPOLOGETIC LOVE FOR NUEA IS SO FREAKING SWEET AND WONDERFUL AND INCREDIBLE AND I LOVE HIM SO SO SO SO SO MUCH

"or i might have been with someone new already" "then id be happy for you that you found good love" "that means you must be happy for me now" "why?" "because i found my very good love already" GI3U4EJRBGJKREBDGKHRE

LITLE KISSE

THEY DO THE LITLE KISSE

HAPPY

HAPPY LITLE KISSE

MAKE ME THE HAPPY

NOT LITLE KISSE

LONGE KISSE

LONGE KISSE HAPPY

MAKE ME THE HAPPY

what im tryna say is i love them

"i dont like spaghetti" exCUSE ME MAITHEE?? I PICCOLI ITALIANI CHE ABITANO NEL MIO CERVELLO SONO FURIOSI

PERCHÉ NON TI PIACE GLI SPAGHETTI??

É MERAVIGLIOSO

VAFFANCULO

TI VOGLIO BENE, MA NON MI PIACI AL MOMENTO

"when did you guys stop fighting" che???? what do you mean by that?? what happened between them??????? ANSWERS PLS

omg this started like 40 minutes ago. ive only just finished 1/4. what the hell is wrong with me

nuea and kluen are so freaking in love i love it what the hell

"sean, go wake them up" OH NO, SEAN'S CAPTAINCY OF THE SHIP HAS FINALLY TURNED TO A CURSE

NOT LIKE THIS, MY FRIEND

TRUST ME GUYS, YOU DO NOT WANNA OPEN THAT TENT

lmao they pushed it onto phoon, nice

BVRHKDBFGHJR THIS IS SO FUNNY

i was pretty sure they were awake already (how the hell could one person sleep through the racket those guys were making. even if one of them slept through that, the other would like poke them and say 'we gotta wake up'

iS PRINCE THERE???

PLS

I WANNA SEE PRINCEFAH

GOSH FREAKING DARNNIT

altho the way that thats worded it sounds like he died lmao

lmao nuea and kluen just left them

PHOON LEFT TOO

NAYSEANMAITEE???

dang it just naysean

NUEAKLUEN AND NAYSEANMAITHEE

i refuse to give up on this dream

seanmaitee get together or i. die.

MINPHOOOOOOOON i love them so much

i love nuea and phoon's friendship its so wholesome and pure

everything in this show is so pure

i love it

NO WHY AM I SMILING

ITS BC I LOVE WINNYSATANG

GOSH DARNNIT IM SUPPOSED TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST SEANMAITHEE ADVOCATES WHY AM I FALLING INTO THE TRAP

ITS BC WINNYSATANG (and thereby soundwin) AND ITS ALSO BC NAYSEANMAITEE

THAT IS ALL

nueakluen are so in love i love them

how many times have i said that today

probably too many

its fine

oH MY GOSH

CHE CAVOLO

IM DYING

IM FREAKING DYING

A SUNFLOWER RING???

i think im gonna cry

no thats a lie

i know im gonna cry, for sure

WHAT THE HELLLLLL

THIS IS SO FREAKING SWEET

HES SO DRAMATIC

IN THE BEST WAY

I LOVE HIM

HE DID LITTLE GRABBY HANDS GHRBGHBHR

just like me with his gender

*grabby hands* gimme

"THERES A SUNFLOWER AND A STAR" I CANT WITH THEM

BROOOOOOO

"what are you talking about" nuea, it was pretty clear. i think he just proposed to you. or like some kind of statement like 'we're absolutely getting married, that's happening'

i think theyve had a conversation about this in the past. idk if it happened in canon (i dont think it did?????) but it feels like theyve had The Marriage Conversation before

same

LITLE KISSE

lift and walk back into their room lmao

captain is disappointed in his crew

"nuea, ive been rooting for you since high school" nay was the one tending at the docks or whatever and then the ship started sailing and the only one on the boat was sean and he was like 'ah shoot i better figure out how to make a ship not sink now'

i think im getting lost in the metaphor

what im tryna say is even tho nay's been there since high school, sean is still the captain

"should we jsut go to their room?" "let's go" GUYS WAIT NO-

THIS IS MAKING ME HAPPIER THAN I CAN POSSIBLY EXPRESS

MY BOYS

THEYRE FINALLY HAPPY

THEY FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT

THEYRE IN LOVE AND THEYRE HAPPY AND THEYRE TOGETHER AND SOMEONE HELP ME IM GOING TO EXPLODE

LONGE KISSE

HAPPY LONGE KISSE

I HAVE THE HAPPY

THAT'S WHAT WE MUST LEARN

WHETHER ITS SAD OR HAPPY

LET IT HAPPEN NATURALLY

WE MIGHT NEED DESTINY, WE MIGHT NEED TO SAY A PRAYER, WE MIGHT NEED TIME, I STILL NEED TO DISCOVER

LOVE MENTIONED IN A SONG, LET IT PLAY, ONE DAY WE'LL KNOW, JUST LET IT GROW

sorry the msp brainrot is too strong

THE FREAKING FLASHBACKS WHAT THE HELL

THAT WAS WONDERFUL

FREAKING INCREDIBLE

okay now i need to prepare myself for the eclipse preview

goodness gracious im not gonna be okay

im already Not At All Okay, but its gonna be worse in a sec

sorry i just need to take some deep breaths

aaaaaaaaaaaa

okay im ready

(im not ready but i have to watch this)

oh holy hell im already about to have a breakdown

theyre on bikes

they have HATS with the SYMBOL on them

I WANT THOSE HATS

THEYRE STARING AT EACH OTHER INTENTLY

THEYRE SO FREAKING IN LOVE

THEYRE KISSING

akk's waking up from a dream

"are you up, shortstop" HANG ON DID THEY SWITCH THE NICKNAMES????

"shortstop my *ss. you're shortstop" THATS WHAT I SAID

oh nooooo pls dont do a wat/sani thing, pls

do wat/namo

i want puwin's characters to be happy and gay

and sani is a teacher

its problematic

i mean it could be worse but i dont like it

OMG KAN STARING AT THUA

"i thought you wouldnt come" UM FLASHBACKS FROM THAT LINE??? JEEZ THAT SCARED ME

omg cowboy hats

cowboys

i love them

help

im not good

help help

my boys

THEY KISSE

HEEEEEELLLLLPPPP

THOSE LIKE 30 SECONDS ARE GONNA MAKE ME CRY HARDER THAN THE FREAKING SUNFLOWER RING

im rewatching that every single day

help

NEXT WEEK

THEYRE COMING BACK NEXT WEEK

IDK WHAT TO DO WITH MY ARMS AND HANDS

I HAVE TO KEEP TAKING THEM AWAY FROM MY KEYBOARD TO STIM

HELP

AKKAYAN ARE COMING BACK

AND SO ARE THUAKAN

AND IM GONNA GET TO SEE MY WIFE AGAIN

AND THE COMFORT CHARACTER THAT IS WAT

AND THE COMFORT CHARACTER THAT IS KAN

AND THE COMFORT CHARACTER THAT IS THUA

AND THE COMFORT CHARACTER THAT IS SANI AKA MY WIFE

AND THE COMFORT CHARACTER THAT IS AKK

AND THE COMFORT CHARACTER THAT IS AYE

WOAH BIG SURPRISE THEYRE ALL MY COMFORT CHARACTERS BECAUSE ITS MY COMFORT SHOW

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[kissablelips-desireslure-vol1]

STAR & SKY: STAR IN MY MIND (2022)

NATACHAI BOONPRASERT (as Daonuea/Nuea/Dao)

&

ARCHEN AYDIN (as Khabkluen/Kluen)

[bl-bam-beyond]

BL- BOYS LOVE: A LOOK BACK

Series: STAR & SKY: STAR IN MY MIND (2022, THAILAND)

Episode 5 is when this story picked up as Kluen (ARCHEN AYDIN aka JOONG) finally opens up about his feelings for Daonuea (NATACHAI BOONPRASERT aka DUNK)

Well technically he opened up a bit early but Daonuea was slow on the uptake. Remember as Daonuea drew a picture of Kluen's mother and Kluen tried to kiss him.

The longing glances.

When Kluen fully opens up it's because he's jealous of another one of Daonuea's many admirers, Typhoon.

So Kluen gets bold and goes after the man he's been in love with since high school in the bathroom of a club.

What do you do when the man you've desired for so long finally desires you? And shows it.

You cop a few good feels. Get that kiss you've wanted for so long. Then shut him down until Episode 6. 😉

[madeinjapan-thailand-blbambeyond]

MAN CRUSH FANDOM • MADE IN THAILAND

NATACHAI BOONPRASERT

[Nickname: DUNK]

ARCHEN AYDIN

[Nickname: JOONG]

[blbambeyond-nonblblog-hyd-mg-bof]

STAR & SKY: STAR IN MY MIND

Clips of a Duet:

Dunk Natachai Boonprasert & Joong Archen Aydin singing (MY STARLIGHT) the English Version plus a little (Fan Service, I'd assume)

Both versions of this song is beautiful, but I like the Thailand Version (with subtitles) a bit better. But again both are pretty damn good.

[feuqueerfire]

Star In My Mind Live Blogging

Finally get to this after months goddamn but I wanted to watch it before 2022 ended and I’m in the mood for something lighthearted, so here we go :)

Episode 1 (Oct 8)

1-1

dang, we at 4 million views

loll Kluen and Nuea just staring at each other after meeting again while everyone else being like “girl, is he okay?”

people I recognize so far: Pawin, Sammy and also the guy from Love By Chance who played Pond the horny roommate (Yacht)

1-2

loll Nuea pretending to not know Kleun and then recounting every detail about him while in his car is cute

this is JJ, who is not the same twin who plays in The Eclipse

1-4

ah yes here comes the Nuea using “Dao” to refer to himself on the phone, which is what he said he’d call himself in a relationship and Kluen overhearing

poor Nuea’s skull really taking hit after hit

lol that’s gotta be a dream confession + kiss right? I’m onto you GMMTV after the Eclipse imaginary kiss ep 6 and Vice Versa imaginary reunion Ep 11. I think I’ve seen comments of the Cupid’s Last Wish Magic of Zero episode having an imaginary proposal as well, is GMMTV tryna hit the trope for every BL of theirs?

Two reddits posts: some drama about the casting and pronoun choices (Nuea using Gu/Meung rude pronouns), Missing In Translation ep 1

The acting isn’t super great (kinda stiff) but it’s really cute so far

Episode 2 (Oct 8)

2-1

no way kluen saw nuea asking about food delivery and brought him food from his home

2-2

Nuea excitedly showing Kluen posts of people shipping him and Kluen together... my guy

Kluen: “but i never told you that. you seem to know a lot about me.” oh nuea lmfao

the “have a good flight” is awkward as hell in the flashback but cute callback in present day

the shopping part is cute. kluen’s so into nuea lol

goddamn, this show has endless ~long-held stares~

2-3

oh yeah, there’s no way Gia or Fah are their faens

2-4

lmfao the NueaKluen vs KluenNuea fun little arguments in the show are made more funny by the fact that people were upset Nuea’s character’s more stereotypically uke/0 traits were removed

ahh Kluen’s “you’re feeling uncomfortable?” also the bg music here for some reason reminds me of Bengali/Indian music? what instrument is this?

loll Fah has appeared

hmm I should sleep now but I wanna see Kluen be jealous of Fah + I think Ep 3 is the episode where they get drunk, so I’ll watch it lol

Episode 3 (Oct 8)

3-1

people unknowingly shipping Fah and Nuea aka brothers together rip

people who like Nuea: Kluen, Typhoon, Maithee

3-2

naurr Kluen hearing Nuea say his type is someone like Fah

“y’know, i’m an expert in drawing your face” ahh omg nuea confessing his whole book of kluen drawings while drunk

3-3

loll the iconic scene of Sean seeing Nuea and Kluen cuddling after waking up

lmfao “i’m so cool i can totally take care of myself while drunk” and it’s kluen actually changing his bandages for him

dying Joong was so confused by Fah being Nuea’s Phi, he had to ask multiple times

woahh Nuea handing the marker to Kluen bringing back memories

Nuea so cute! “If you’re gonna bring that [the confession] up, just shut up!”

3-4

From the pic we saw of her before, I was like Kluen’s mom seems familiar... and yeah, it’s Pitch and Prae’s mom from PS I Hate You lmfao

Kluen talked to mom bout Nuea

funny to see Nuea having dinner with Kluen and his mom at this house a day after seeing the same in The Eclipse ep 9 ah familiar stairs

damn, does the mom not like Gia or her parents?

lol Kluen ~suggesting~ his mom go to bed

gonna ignore them having a play fight while Nuea’s leg isn’t healed

Episode 4 (Oct 9)

4-1

lol Sean seeing them cuddling last ep + now seeing Kluen give Nuea his roses 

Kluen’s so attentive toward Nuea

kluen unbuttoning his wrist button before approaching Nuea... 

4-2

What did Kluen win? he’s wearing a sash too right?

bye everybody clasping their hands and bowing when they realize Fah really is Nuea’s brother

oh yeah +1 girl added to the list of people who loves Nuea

4-3

ahh so did Nuea write his confession on the pic?? and Kluen keep it with him for a year?

Kluen is so funny with his “[the resort] can be yours too” and “[my mom] can be your mom too” like are you proposing marriage lmfao

This dinner table is hilarious, everyone but TingTing and Sean likes Nuea

4-4

Papang’s cute in the confession scene but idk what her longterm goal is? she’s okay even if he likes someone else but asks him to not turn her down yet bc she wants to love him for a bit? idgi

rip Kluen’s now got the wrong idea about Nuea and Typhoon now probably

interesting how Nuea can’t say no bc he was the one asking for a chance before

Episode 5 (Oct 9)

5-1

long ass “previously” preview, it was like 2 mins??

this convo between Nuea and Kluen confused me writing-wise but I think they were confused too so I’ll let it pass

5-2

Damn, Nuea did Kluen’s high school art homework for him in secret? also, hmm significance of sunflowers

misunderstandings upon misunderstandings. kluen sees phoon and nuea together -> thinks nuea doesn’t like him anymore, says he should move on and be happy w phoon -> nuea thinks kluen knows how he feels, so is telling him to move on and be with phoon

5-3

Sean does know it all

oof Nuea has points. i remember seeing the clips and some convo about Kluen kissing Nuea here and yeah, interesting to see the context. 

5-4

wasn’t expecting their confrontation again to be this ep too

Episode 6 (Oct 9)

6-2

Nuea giving him 10 mins to say what he needs to say and Kluen’s all “Can I call Noel first? I don’t wanna say something stupid”

6-3

Damn, Nuea crying is so </333

Phoon... Nuea is legit crying and in distress and sad, can you stop just tryna make him give you an answer you wanna hear?

6-4

I just don’t like Phoon in this episode 

rolling my eyes at phoon kissing nuea + this random ass fight wtf

Nuea saying “I hate you” multiple times to Kluen esp in front of everybody is a lot

Joong and Dunk are cute and good at like the more lighthearted earlier ep stuff bc it made me feel giddy but for these more emotional moments, esp Kluen who has to communicate with eyes a lot, I wonder what more skilled actors could’ve shown

Episode 7 (Oct 9)

7-1

I truly don’t understand why neither Phoon nor Papang don’t take Nuea’s rejections seriously like why do you keep wanting one more chance bruv

7-2

I wish we didn’t continue have girls in abusive relationships in BLs so that one of the love interests can go save her, ignoring his boyfriend/bf-to-be, thus causing friction between them, which is given more weight and gravity than the fucking abusive relationship. 

“This is the second thai BL i’ve watched released this year where the love interest has to go save a girl from a very serious domestic abuse situation and its main purpose is to cause conflict and lack of communication between the main couple and the situation is not given the actual weight it should be. like y’all can’t think of anything else? really? if its not a bitchy girl tryna break them up or an invasive shipper, women now gotta be abuse victims for a little conflict?” <- what i wrote on discord. other one was love mechanics

7-3

Girl the tonal shift in this is not good

and a sleep kiss? you don’t want me to like this?

Episode 8 (Oct 9)

8-1

when kluen’s being fed apple while lying on nuea’s lap, he grabs and kisses nuea’s hand which is adorable

8-3

Fah just casually drunk driving?

Sean and Maithee moments are really ramped up these past 2 eps

Fine, cute enough. Got annoying in the middle with the Phoon thing and then got boring after they got together. The start was the strongest part, the way they portrayed being awkward around one another but still having giddy, cute moments was great. It’s kinda like Vice Versa in the sense that it’s a fun show to binge but you mustn’t think while doing so.

Rating: 6/10

Tiktoks

JoongDunk messing around in Behind

Joong being shy while Dunk is bold - Behind

Behind - daring Dunk and Joong getting teased for blushing “I thought you were the cool one” @ Joong

[ablazenqueen]

Okay but Nuea and Kluen’s dynamic is actually pretty clever. Mutual Pining™ is one of my all-time favourite tropes, don’t get me wrong, but in order for it to work, there has to be a good reason the characters aren’t together despite their mutual crush and often the fallback is that they’re just very oblivious to each other. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, it just makes Star In My Mind a refreshing change. Because the mutual pining here - while yes, in part due to confusion and miscommunication - is primarily due to personality and circumstances. And interestingly, the mutual attraction is something they’re both vaguely aware of but refuse to act on.

On the one hand, we have Nuea. He’s the go-getter, the loud and open and straightforward one who always says what’s on his mind. He’s the one who, by his own admission and previous demonstration, would approach and confess to his crush. Even in his dreams, he pictures himself confessing to Kluen first, not the other way around. It’s just in his nature.

But here’s where the circumstances come into play. 1. He’s already confessed and received a non-answer. As far as he’s concerned, he’s been as good as rejected. 2. He thinks that Kluen has a girlfriend and is unavailable. And he’s way too self-respecting and strongwilled to be a secret mistress.

But he isn’t stupid either. He doesn’t need to be for the story to work. He’s fully aware that Kluen was leaning in for a kiss during the drawing lesson, straight up calls him out on it, but the moment - and the knowledge of his attraction potentially being mutual - doesn’t change anything for him. Because Kluen still hasn’t admitted to having feelings and because he’s still, to Nuea’s knowledge, taken. Nuea isn’t stupid but he does have tunnel vision and situational bias (and self-respect).

Then, on the other hand, we have Kluen. He’s harder to get a read on, by nature of being a quieter, less emotive character. But after Nuea’s confession and immediate move to Germany, it’s likely he thinks Nuea moved on and got over him. And to make matters worse, Nuea’s stubborn, slightly prideful, “let’s plow forward” personality leads him to deny ever having known Kluen at all. That adds to the uncertainty. Barrier 3.

The only way Kluen can be sure either way is by asking Nuea. This presents several problems. First, he’s a very reserved person who clearly struggles to convey his emotions and open up to others. There’s also the fact that asking Nuea if he still has a crush on Kluen would mean outing his own crush. Because why would he care to know the answer unless he likes Nuea, right? He thinks Nuea still likes him but then Nuea pretends they don’t know each other. He thinks Nuea might still like him but then he hears Nuea sweet-talking someone on the phone. He thinks Nuea might still like him but then someone comes running to Nuea’s aid and calls him Dao, the nickname that’s reserved for romantic partners. At every turn, there’s something to make him question and hesitate.

I think what makes it such an interesting dynamic is that they’re both in the exact wrong position. If the roles were reversed (ie. if instead Nuea had found out about Kluen’s crush immediately before getting shipped off to another country and surprise reunited a year later), they would’ve gotten together by the end of the first episode (depending on the situation with Gia, that is). And that makes for excellent characterization.

[heretherebedork]

Kluen eyes' are daggers and that death glare is real. He's got Dao in his arms right now and he isn't going to let that be changed.

[athousandbyeol]

"don't need to know who i am, just know that you are loved."

[mon--carat]

[wanderlust-in-my-soul]

Episode 4 - Favourite Moments 1/4

[quodekash]

this appeals to a very specific audience and im pretty sure that audience's entire population is me but I might as well share it here

(the image has nothing to do with the song, i just thought it was funny)

[alcairsei]

kluennuea is driving me insane. kluen looks at nuea like he'd do anything for him but he sure isn't gonna clear up the one thing that's keeping nuea from confessing he still likes him. and yet i'm enjoying it?? they're just bonding now.

the pool scene was so sweet! "your personal space, you'd let me in?" "if it's you." okay like they're not treating it as a confession but my god. kluen is clearly so gone for him. and it feels like the kind of thing that maybe nuea can tell kluen likes him, but right now is just enjoying being on the edge of whatever-this-is, teasing and bonding. and maybe he doesn't want to push further just in case.

[elliotsrobot]

Kluen essentially asking Daonuea the definition of brother like mans really said ‘please spell it out for me’

BUT THE HAS THE AUDACITY TO CONTINUE TO NOT CLEAR UP WHO TF GIA IS TO HIM AND LET DAO CONTINUE TO MISUNDERSTAND AND THINK THEYR IN A RELATIONSHIP !!!

like bro no wonder he won’t let you kiss him, no matter how many slow lean ins you try 🙄😒

Everyone, but Sean having a crush on Nuea in that little drink get together, my boy really is popping rn and Kluen stays staying quiet…

[youtreatmelikeaman]

you know what star in my mind looks like to me ?

like my new comfort shows