#high school frenemy edit

[ndkdrama]

❤️‍🔥HIGH SCHOOL FRENEMY | ❤️‍🔥

🥰Saint&Shin🥰

🎬(Edited) Eps 3-4-5

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[nanihirunkits]

#mark understands how this industry works lol

[extremelybabygirl]

Do you think about me when you're all alone The things we used to do, we used to be

[miss0atae]

Random Thoughts about High School Frenemy (EP 9 – 10): PART 1 – The ups and downs of Saint’s healing journey.

These two episodes gave me so many thoughts that I decided to separate them in three parts otherwise I think it would be too long. This first part will be about Saint’s healing journey. I’ve talked a lot about Shin and how rightful is his anger towards what Saint did to him in the past. I also believe it makes sense for him to forgive him because his relationship with Saint is definitely something very important to him (I won’t say more and if you’re curious you can read it in my previous random thoughts). Now, I want to focus on Saint, because I believe these episodes showed us more about him. I also think his reactions at the end of episode 10 will bring new challenges to his relationship with Shin, but in the end this is just a little setback. I’m convinced it will allow them to grow as a person and ultimately find a deeper meaning in the relationship itself. It has been proved that time, betrayal, fights and anger never truly separated them, so this new “hindrance” won’t do it too.

I admit I was a bit upset when Saint reversed back at the end of episode 10 to be the man who let his guilt consumes him. Especially, as we've seen Shin and him going towards a better understanding and having a more friendly connection. It all started from the point where Shin made sure Saint would stay at the school, even if he had to resort to childish game because their past makes it too complicated to just admit he would miss him. In the same way, Saint stepped in when Shin was ready to fight with Class 3 because their leader was harassing a girl from his campus. Saint also wants Shin to remain at school and not get expelled. He has been very vocal when it comes to tell Saint how much he wants to be his friend and for them to be close again. Begging, claiming his “love” in front of everyone, doing things for him or his little sister… there is nothing that can stop Saint from showing or saying how much important Shin is for him. Their bond is very strong. We haven't seen him being this close to anyone else. He may have some people who he is friendly with, but no one is as important as Saint is for him. That's why what he did in the past feels as much as a betrayal for us the viewers, as it can be for Shin.

However, despite the anger and the resentment Shin seems to have decided to forgive (and not forget I want to be clear about that because it's important) Saint. This willingness to put an end of the “feud” between them was clearly a good step towards Shin's own healing journey of what happened in the past. I think he isn't calling Saint “friend” again because he is trying to set boundaries to determine what are his needs. As for now, it is to spend time with Saint and to reconnect slowly. We've finally seen Shin smiling again when looking at Saint. As he let go of his anger and warmed up a bit to Saint, we can also see that it has a positive reaction on Saint too. Obviously how Saint will react is deeply linked to what Shin will say or do. There is no one he trusts more in his life, in the past or in the present. That's why when Ken comes with a deal to stop the “bullying” against Shin if Saint does something for him, he accepts. Saint wants Shin to be able to start anew and it's not going to be possible if there is always animosity and violence at school. This part of the episode, showed his devotion, but also highlighted how Shin also wants to protect Saint. They escaped a very dangerous situation together and it made them reminiscing their past friendship.

They were finding what fueled their relationship and it was glorious to see, unfortunately the past can't be rewritten and when they came back to Shin's house, his mother reminded them of what happened before. I have a confession to make: I was at first quite angry at her. It took me a while to see her point and to understand her. I think it's because I have compassion for Saint, despite what he did. However, I can also recognize that Shin's mother is doing it out of love for her son. She must have seen him crushed not just because he lost his dream after being too injured by Saint, but he also lost his best friend at the same time. When, Saint saw with his own eyes what his “ego-induced madness” did to his best friend, he never really apologized, he ran away. We've yet to see why Saint made this choice, but knowing his personality we can make a guess. First, I believe he started to feel guilty when he noticed the extent of his action. Secondly, and it works with my first guess, he probably believed that nothing would make it right and he decided it would be best to leave Shin alone.

Guilt can feel heavy and difficult to offload. The more you live with it, the less easy it is to let it go. It's been three years that Saint has been living with it and he has been self-punishing himself for that long. When Shin and his campus students were merged with Saint's class, I think Saint found there an opportunity to reconnect with Shin. The strength of their bond is so important that it may have temporarily made him act, despite his own guilt. I'm not saying he forgot about it, because it has always stays at the back of his mind, but I think the grasp it had on his mind was less important. When Shin's mother reminded them of what happened, it woke Saint's guilt up. That's why Saint told Shin he would avoid him again. Of course, Shin didn't react well because he sees Saint doing exactly the same thing he did to him back then. It brings back the memory of the betrayal and the abandonment issue he got from this time. It feels that Shin reacts more badly to this experience of being abandoned than the loss of his dream and the injury on his leg. It makes you wonder, if Saint had stayed, despite everything, would they have remained friends?!

Now about Saint's guilt, there is only one thing that could save him and also save his relationship with Shin: learning how to manage his guilt. He should avoid self bad talk. Yes, his behavior has been less than ideal in the past, but it doesn't define who he is now. He has grown up and he is actively trying to do better. He shouldn't decide for Shin and listen more to how he is feeling. Even if Shin has been rejected him a lot, he has also shown several times in the present how he is also willing to be close to him too. It's not easy to read, but knowing how close they are, I believe Saint may be able to really understand Shin. It's actually weird because Saint has shown, in some way, that he was trying to let go of his guilt, when he was making amends and apologize for his past behavior. So, you see that he tried, but a habit is hard to break. He has been feeling guilty for so long that it makes it hard to forget about it. In truth, what Saint needs to do is to forgive himself too. Even if Shin says out loud that he forgives him, he would never be able to forget what happened. The guilt would always come back and ruin their relationship. Only, by forgiving himself, he can work toward freeing himself from being stuck in the past.

Saint must break the cycle of punish himself for the past mistake, as if he could somehow “make up” the wrong that he has done by doing so. This will be one of the hardest challenge, because it is always harder to forgive ourselves. I want to add also that letting go of his guilt is not just moving on and forget what happened as if nothing bad was ever done. It is about self-compassion and allowing Saint to grow from the experiences he had. This is his journey of forgiveness so he can also heal and find peace. This is the only way for him to be able to reconnect with Shin. I just hope Shin will be able to understand it because Saint hasn't been able to do it by himself. It may be preposterous to ask Shin to understand Saint after what he has done to him, but I believe this is the only way that would really work with Saint.

[selenophiles92]

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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀layouts sky wongravee ☁️☕

[stardust948]

Frenemies AU

[Creepy video plays during Hakoda's concert]

Kya: What's happening?!

Hakoda: Ozai.

Hakoda, storming into the hall: Are you done?!

Ozai, drinking a soda can: No, I'm still pretty thirsty.

Hakoda: You know what I'm talking about! Stop ruining my concert!

Ozai: Cancel it then.

Hakoda: Never!

Ozai: Ok. There's more where that came from.

Hakoda: *steals his drink*

Ozai: Give it back!

Hakoda: Sure. *rubs it under his armpits* There you go.

Ozai: Thanks. *drinks it* Delicious.

___

Ozai, barging into class: Really?!

Hakoda: What?

Ozai: Why is your butt in my chair?!

Hakoda: I guess you'll have to speak to my butt about that. *shakes it*

Ozai, at his butt: GET AWAY FROM MY CHAIR!!!

Hakoda: *sits down* You know we don't have assigned seats in this class.

Ozai: MOVE!

Hakoda: I will not move. I'm gonna sit right here and there's nothing you can do about it. *crosses arms*

Ozai: Fine. *Flips over chair*

Hakoda, on the floor but still sitting on the chair: Jokes on you. I love looking at ceilings.

[After class lets out]

Bato: Koda.

Hakoda, still on the floor: It's call committing to the bit, Bato.

Bato: Yeah I'm going home.

---

[At a restaurant]

Hakoda: *slurping soup loudly*

Ozai: NO!

Hakoda: *chokes*

Ozai: Worse night ever.

Hakoda: Oh so you think I'm having fun too? Because I'm not!

Ozai: Then let's not talk.

Hakoda: Fine!

*2 seconds later*

Hakoda: You know-

Ozai: UGHHHH!

Hakoda: There's no reason why you and I can't sit here together and have a conversation.

Ozai: I got a good reason.

Hakoda: Which is?

Ozai: I don't like you!

Hakoda: Really? You can't think of one thing you like about me?

Ozai: I like when you're sad.

Hakoda, sighing: Ok try again. Reach deep down into your twisted bitter soul and see if you can find anything nice to say about me.

Ozai: Uh okay. Your singing... isn't.... awful?

Hakoda: Thanks so much.

Ozai: Now let's hear you say something nice about me.

Hakoda: Sure. Um, I admire how you're never afraid to say what you think.

Ozai: That's stupid.

Hakoda: See!

[leixinyus]

It is so wild to see the revival of the Namsoon/Heungsoo feels among people, but it be caused by Saint/Shin and High School Frenemy, a show that I'm not watching and whose viewers maybe haven't watched the original. Like, if you were there for School 2013, you know how subtly yet intimately queer Namsoon and Heungsoo's story felt, and that too at a time when South Korea had yet to include actual queer characters in pretty much any shows! From what I can remember – it's been over a decade since I watched School 2013, so I may be misremembering – Namsoon and Heungsoo's friendship never seemed like it was written with queerness or the LGBTQIA+ community in mind (not in a homophobic way, though! Just the feeling I got back then). Like, these were just two high school guys whose platonic love toward each other was so intimate and heart-aching that their friendship seemed to transcend all of the dynamics that male friendships in Korean dramas hitherto had had, without ever seeming to be intentionally written as such.

These characters were played by two incredible actors who brought so much rawness and depth to their characters and the story, and throughout the show, Namsoon and Heungsoo's friendship seemed so... accepting? and gentle with its depiction of a close male friendship, yet it simultaneously felt so open to and understanding of possible interpretations of the more romantic kind. And seeing as how, even today, close male friendships easily end up as targets of the shipping culture, Namsoon and Heungsoo's friendship just seemed(/seems) so refreshing and almost ahead of its time in a way.

There is so much that I'd want to say about how significant Namsoon and Heungsoo's friendship felt to me in the K-drama landscape of the time, but, alas, my memories of the show and their story have become blurry with time and currently only exist within me as feelings of immense warmth and gratitude to the writers (Lee Hyun Joo and Go Jung Won) and the actors (Lee Jong Suk and Kim Woo Bin), and thus I can't fully express myself by actually providing concrete examples to justify my feels, or by giving proper references to that time of K-dramas and portrayals of friendships, same-sex friendships in particular. Anyway, I guess what I'm trying to say is, thank you to High School Frenemy for introducing the story of this friendship to a totally new audience in a totally new country and also an arguably much different drama landscape (here I'm referring specifically to the abundance of QL stories in Thailand).

TL;DR: I hope everyone new to the Namsoon/Heungsoo (Saint/Shin) story – assuming their dynamic is the same in this remake – is as insane about their arc as I was back in 2013, lmao. And to those who were there for School 2013 and are now watching High School Frenemy, how are you? Are you okay?

[dropthedemiurge]

I don't think it's wrong to read it as romantic either because of all the tropes in the industry! (although the story, the editing and authors clearly tells everyone it's not the thing you think it is, the genre is different so the trope might not be working here) To me, it's a bit funny to dig deeper than it needs to be xD

P.S. Also I'm just always salty for people who think romantic love is superior and friendship is not enough, if you want a deeper bond with someone, it must be romantic - so yeah, take it is me being petty and feeling sad for people who never experienced close friendships or have to build imaginary social boundaries with people around :D

People freaking out in youtube comments to High School Frenemy 12/1 about Shin drinking from Saint's bottle of water and sharing bread, shouting about 'indirect kiss' and 'in real life it would be a BL' made me really wonder how many people do not share same food and drinks with their friends 😅

How do they express the affection for their friends then?? How do they show you're on good terms if not by allowing someone to have your share of food and water in need? If a friend asks your bottle of water, will you be like 'yeah wait let us find a cup to pour water for you' or what

[d2phoria]

I posted this on Twitter; but I’ll post this here too.

Where did gmm bl stans got the idea that they put lots of investments into high school frenemy? The show literally screams low budget, there’s barely more than 4 sets in each episode, the actors mostly wear their uniform, the teachers also mostly wear the same exact outfit. We go from Shin’s house, to Saint’s house to the school, to the rooftop every episode; they’re always choosing the gym to have a brawl no matter what ( lmao) which is most definitely because of budget. The script is just a little more fleshed out since it took forever to produce this show; even then it got a little repetitive in the beginning. The editing is kinda off in some parts, the fight scene are kinda cringy in some parts.

The only thing saving the show is SkyNani and their acting and chemistry, the other actors, and the soundtrack.

I don’t understand the “gmm is putting more money in their lakorn and bromance” take come from.

[milkwaydreams]

My lil High School Frenemy edit

It turned out exactly how I wanted so I'm glad. I hope you like it. (TT/Insta: ohdr.eam)

- If you're not by my side, how can I be happy?

[ndkdrama]

😔WHAT HAPPENED?! High School Frenemy - Saint & Shin - Story

[nanihirunkits]

Wait for me, I’m all soaked. No.

HIGH SCHOOL FRENEMY | EP16

[extremelybabygirl]

who would have thought high school frenemy would turn out to be my favorite and the BEST show in the entire gmm 2024 lineup! the way it exceeds my expectation! in every way possible!

it's a love story about two childhood friends

it's more romantic than most bls and it's not even a bl

good plot and storyline

characters with emotional depths and complex, no one-dimensional flat character

on-point dialogues that bring you to tears

phenomenal acting from the whole cast (especially nani. i don't think anyone else could play this role better!)

amazing chemistry between the main leads right off the bat

no overused cliche tropes often seen in most bls, no unnecessary filler, no product placement

relatively good pace (i don't need to watch it in x1.25 or x1.5 speed lol)

excellent soundtracks and song choices! the lyrics are so accurate you'd think they were written specifically for our characters! in each specific scene! whoever picked the music did the lord's work!

director is a queer woman who directed bls and gls

overall good directing, good acting, good editing, good plot, good writing, good soundtrack 10/10 chef's kiss

people who don't watch this show just because it's not a bl don't know what they're missing

[tortibomb]

Really weird seeing JJ in a Perfect 10 Liners edit after watching High School Frenemy. Same hairstyle and all. Very different characters 😂

Honestly I forgot about P10L and thought I was clicking on a HSF edit. I know he is in a lot of series but I’m currently watching both after catching up with HSF.

[selenophiles92]

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