#kristgun

[dropthedemiurge]

So you're telling me you think

that this man really hated acting in BLs and wishes to forget it

and hates being even associated with gay behavior

you're telling me he probably despises being in any proximity to another male

and his BL costars mean nothing to him

cuz it's all must be a marketing stunt for him to make some money

right? RIGHT?

because I tooooooootally believe you *sarcasm*

Krist finally got an opportunity to have his OWN SOLO CONCERT, FIRST EVER, as a popular Asian singer and performer he could totally steal the spotlight for hours

but what he did? Immediately reunited three original legendary GMMTV BL couples on the stage (KristSingto, OffGun and TayNew), invited his best friends and both of his on-screen boyfriends (one of whom isn't even in the agency anymore)

while giving opportunity for Gawin to keep performing together because GMM didn't give them new BL or other musical duet promo as they repeatedly both said they wanted.

And all those people and famous respected BL actors were absolutely happy to be on the same stage with him or come to support him, as well as queer friends and especially queer fans. Seriously, it's like half of the industry came to watch Krist's concert, they even made GMMTV CEO dance and vibe!:D

while he himself was absolutely gleeful and happy surrounded by them and even cried few times from overwhelming feelings

That old stupid unfounded rumor of him being homophobic that's been retold in infinite amount of clickbait tweets and tiktok videos out of context simply must cease to exist because if you refuse to listen, see and learn... I have nothing to say. I'll just show.

These are all photos only from 1-2 days of one of Krist's happiest ever moments in his life. And it has more proofs of his real personality than anything thai bl "fans" managed to accuse him for in years :)

this post is long but I'm going to end it on another beautiful photo because Krist and Gun absolutely slayed their performances, I mean woah?! xD

*all credits are on the photos, none of them were cropped or changed; but i couldn't find sources for some IG photos since they were reposted on twitter

[offjumpoladulkittiporn]

not off grabbing gun's ass after krist hit it to remind everyone who it belongs to 😭😂

[thebroccolination]

Hey, just wanted to say that I'm really thankful to you for all the posts you've made about Krist so far

I didn't know him at all before BMF and only slowly "learned" about him through some people making snide comments about him before the show aired and people in the tags/comments then reiterating all the reasons why he's awful and should be cancelled with links to those standard "proof" compilation videos + posts and it's terrifyingly easy to get caught up in the hate spiral and the image it paints when that's all you hear about a person who at that point in time merely existed in the periphery of the fandoms you hung out in, especially if the people constantly spreading and reinforcing that image were people you used to really enjoy having on your dash. It made me apprehensive of the show before it even aired, which did both the show and Krist a terrible disservice

Your posts gave me a much more nuanced picture of him and the context within which the hatred got started and has kept persisting even now and it's really been a bit of an eye-opener regarding Fandom Discourse™️ and how it can influence your opinion of people you know nothing about even as you try to just mind your own business, possibly even thinking yourself somewhat immune to that sort of mindless cancel culture

I've made some adjustments to my dash and it has become a much kinder place for it now

I'm glad other people I follow also actively loved the show and posted about it and I'm glad you've been so vocal in talking about Krist as a person, it acted like an antidote to all of the vitriol that had one-sidedly poisoned my perception of him

Should it have been necessary? Probably not but that's not what this is about. Sometimes all it takes is one person speaking up and telling you to fact-check your blind bias and it really matters, especially when things have been taken out of context and twisted and amplified as much as was done with him. Thank you for unknowingly being that person for me, I truly appreciate it

Oh, Anon. :')

Thank you so much. I've teared up reading this, and it just makes me so happy to know I've done something small to change hearts.

When I became a fan in June of 2020, I barely knew him. I'd binge-watched SOTUS in May, and the hate went supernova shortly thereafter. I'd just been so moved by his empathetic portrayal of Arthit, I was skeptical that he could be this Deeply Homophobic Bigot that people were painting him as. And honestly, when I saw the IG story the first time, I just thought it had been a half-joking exaggeration to a question that annoyed him and it landed poorly. It wasn't enough to convince me of anything.

Fortunately, because I'd done a watch thread for SOTUS, I'd made a bunch of friends in the Peraya fandom, and a good number of them were queer like me. So I went to them and asked what they knew. They explained the whole thing: that it was from years before, that because KristSingto were the ones who started the "First Wave" they'd put up with a whole higher and wilder level of scrutiny and obsession and homophobia. They told me Krist had had a relationship with a girl at the time, that she and her family, his family, his friends, everyone close to him was being spied on or investigated by people who Needed to Know if Krist was secretly dating Singto. (Later, I found out about the whole KristGun thing, that their friendship had been tested by similar prying and accusations and homophobia and possessiveness by the more unhinged fans of the Real Branded Pairs.)

With that much background, and knowing Krist couldn't have been more than 19 or 20 at the time, I said, "Oh," and figured most people would have the same reaction when they looked into it.

But instead, it got worse.

It was surreal to experience as a new fan. Krist's Thai fans were exhausted by these interfans showing up and baying for his blood in languages they couldn't communicate in, and Krist's interfans were protective of him and impatient with the interfans on Twitter who'd just clap back with "LMAO NOT YOU DEFENDING A HOMOPHOBE?????" and racking up hundreds of likes and retweets for dunking on Krist fans. Any time Krist posted, they'd flood him with cruel replies and QRTs, and I have to reiterate that, like, to get that amount of hatred in foreign languages must have been such a horrible feeling. People demanded he apologize, but he already had. Multiple times. He'd just done it in Thai.

Worse than that, I've been told by an older Peraya that when the IG story was first posted, Thai fans knew he wasn't homophobic, so it didn't blow up with them. It was interfans even back then who misinterpreted him. He did apologize, though, and unfortunately, the fandom was small enough that the only person who translated it was neither fluent in English nor Thai. Apparently he said something like, "I was raised in the genre of Y series, and it's my home, and one I'm deeply proud of, so I'd never harbor any kind of bigotry like that," but the person's language ability limited what they were able to understand and translate, so they posted something like, "I'm a BL actor so of course I'm not homophobic," and of course interfans at the time only redoubled their attacks on him. "He thinks he can't be homophobic just because he was in BL!?" That kind of thing.

And when people have pushed back on the IG story, I've seen people just make bad faith interpretations of Krist's intentions in other scenarios. Like when he and Gawin were watching their sweet scenes in Be My Favorite, Krist hid behind Gawin's shoulder during their kiss scene, and there was a brief but enthusiastic wave of, "SEE HE CAN'T WATCH TWO MEN KISS." Even though…he was one of them?

The people who say, "He was jobless so he came back to BL," when he rarely has a day off, the people who say, "He was poor so he came back to BL," when BL doesn't pay well and Krist bought a house and supports his entire family off the money he makes doing other work. The music shows he co-hosts have higher ratings than literally any GMMTV BL series. They get something like 2.0 where the average GMMTV BL series gets 0.2.

I know it takes time and patience and resources to learn all of this, and I don't expect everyone to do the amount of research I have. I love him, so it's a pleasure and not a pain to spend time learning who Krist Perawat is. All I've ever wanted by talking about him and sharing more about him is to help lessen the hate he gets. He truly, truly doesn't deserve it, and he never has.

Like, Aof recently posted a GMMTV job listing to Facebook and one of the requirements was that you be a woman or LGBTQ+. I think the only way you'd remain employed in GMMTV with that level of community support if you were homophobic is if your family is well-connected or wealthy. Krist famously cleared his family's debt with the meteoric popularity of SOTUS, so he does not come from money, privilege, or connections. Arguably the one thing he had going for him when he was auditioning for SOTUS apart from his acting talent was his ability to Be Pale if he avoided the sun long enough. (Colorism, alive and thriving.)

So, so many of his friends are queer. His close friends. Not just random people he posts in his stories for clout or to Clear His Name or whatever. These are people who cuddle him and call him their son and speak of him with true knowledge of his faults and his virtues and love him deeply. People dismiss this as, "OH SO HE 'HAS QUEER FRIENDS' LOL OKAY SOUNDS LEGIT," but again, you have to look at the depth of these friendships. Oat has been with Krist since SOTUS. He "adopted" Gawin on the strength of how close Gawin got to Krist over the past year.

As far as I know, Krist has never made his sexuality public knowledge. What he has said (apart from the IG story, which, y'know, wasn't super nuanced) is that he doesn't care how people perceive his sexuality, and that if he ever dates someone of the same gender, he'll be open with the relationship because he wants his fans to know that side of his life and the person he loves—no matter their gender.

I see a lot of people saying, "Oh, he was homophobic, but he's better now," but from everything I've ever seen, I just don't believe it. At best, he was clumsy with how he expressed himself, which is understandable because he was nineteen or twenty and I'm sorry to be Like This but it is rare that you find an Overnight Famous Twenty-Year-Old Guy Without Media Training who's going to know how to communicate his feelings about being constantly harassed to the point where his girlfriend breaks up with him and he's bombarded with questions in multiple languages by fans around the world about his sex life with his senior and costar.

(I got to this point and was like, "I should add some photos so this isn't just a block of text.)

He's not homophobic, he never was. He's just a dude who loves his cats, is really good at acting and drumming and singing and causing chaos, is the beloved baby brother of PeBaCa, and wants more than anything to take care of his family.

Okay, I'm done.

Thank you again, Anon. The more I learn about him, the fonder I get of him, and it's harder and harder to stay quiet about how frustrating it is to see him get so much vitriol. I'm so happy you told me. Thank you, really. <3

……………

Okay.

I have to end this tangent on a positive note.

GMMTV, give me a KristGun series I'm so serious or I'll throw durians through every single one of your windows.

[kristsingto]

thinking about krist mentioning he asked for permission from off to do THAT performance of fire boy with gun.

by the ways mutuals have you watched kristgun fire boy mutuals you need to watch kristgun fi-

[shade713]

Is it too much to ask for a project with them as a ship? And I’m talking about romance.

[ryansjane]

off sang “in the end” yesterday at the krist elements concert! i lost my shit when he came on stage solo and started singing his ost. and kristgun sang fire boy together 🥰🥰 gun was sooo cute and kristgun danced together and krist smacked his ass LMAO …. also tay looked so good during taykrist halleys comet. seeing ksogtn sing the itmt ost together killed me …. pebaca reunion!

I KNOW!!! I screamed when I saw that, my baby singing his solo OST on stage like that 🥰🥰🥰 poor gun butchered fire boy but he looked so GOOD lmao! I have yet to see the kristgun butt slap lol, but I have seen some moments of this performance & it looked so fun!!! honestly I didn't remember the I'm tee me too OST at all but it's nice seeing these iconic ships back together, brings back memories of simpler times! glad I got to see them all perform at the first love out loud fanfest, it was truly a full circle moment for me :)

xxx

[diqnxiq]

A question to myself✨

Why am I getting obsessed with the ghost ships? Like, DOES ANYONE ELSE SHIP SingtoOff, KristGun and OffNew? Just me? Okay then. I mean, I am a Peraya, Babii and Polca but DUDE THESE GHOST SHIPS ARE DRIVING ME CRAZY😭😭😭

[offgunfamily]

[liaaaannee]

YALLL OUR THEORIES ARE CORRECT

[disaster-j]

Oh I remember back then when KristGun was a big ghost ship thing 💀 They were really close to the point where they have sleepovers and such but now Gun doesn’t even mention him anymore. Off and Krusty looked pretty chill in Safe House SS2 tho there’s this one time where Off said “Krusty you’re annoying” and I was like yup he meant that 100%.

Krist and Gun used to hang out a lot and Krist was kinda pushy with the whole KristGun thing imo. Almost felt like he was latching on to Gun for clout bc Gun was such a big name in the industry even then. Now… yeah Gun might as well have forgotten he exists lol. Off is always very professional and civil with everyone, he even manages to act friendly around shitty interviewers that ask prying questions. It’s part of his incredible people skills. That’s why I say it’d be hard to tell what his real relationship is like with people like Krist whom he’s obligated to have a connection to due to their work. But if he did call him annoying well I’m sure he meant it 😂😂😂

[moumou12-blog]

Neng Kit n Mamiii Gun, mrka adlh emaknya anak" 💞💕👼👯 Anak" sgt snang n bhgia brda d'antara mrka (emaknya) 😻😻😻 Gk lpa jg mrka dtmnin aka d'jgain ma bdyguardnya @nammon_krittanai @arm_wc atas s'ijin suaminya msing" 👤👤😆😆 #kristperawat #gunatthaphan #nammonkrittanai #armwc #sotusstheseries #secretlove #puppyhoney #arthit #rome #kristgun #nammonarm #kristtps #gun_atthaphan #emaknyaanak_anak Cr. to owner

[dropthedemiurge]

The Krist Elements Concert - Day 2 [1080p]

I'm a sucker for media preservation and since the performances and reruns have all ended, here's the link for everyone who want to enjoy Krist performing his amazing songs, drumming with cool guests and have fun singing OSTs with Gawin and legendary PEBACA gang (Off, Gun, Tay, New, Singto)

Trust me, I loved every single second of this 4 hours(!) concert – it was fun, hilarious, impressive, emotional, just all spectrum of emotions. Come to listen to Be My Favorite, SOTUS, I'm Tee Me Too OSTs and the catchy Elements song that'll make you want to dance in your room performed by GMMs coolest actors (including Mark, Nanon, Sing, Jan etc) :D So don't miss the chance to watch it!

I don't know if anyone already shared the videos since I'm not too deep in thai bl fandoms (if anyone did – share with me Day 1 performance, I'd be glad👀) but there's never too many saved links so:

WATCH ONLINE [1080p] on OK GDrive link to download or watch [720p]

Watch it, make cuts, make gifs, enjoy the legendary kristgun kristsingto and gmm actors performances, even if you aren't Krist's fan it's a damn well made concert and he's got amazing vocals and performing/entertaining skills, as long as you don't spread hate, I'd love to have his concert be watched by other people~ P.S. For anyone needing specific time guide - Gawin, OffGun, Singto and TayNew come out in Earth part 3 [from 2:17:00 to 3:40:00]

[ctl-yuejie]

Not to be an investigator or anything on my own ghost ship. But Krist and gun are literally on a holiday together and no one has noticed... they posted themselves in the same outdoor pool thing. Pretty sure he took those pictures in the bathtub of gun. I’m not a crazy shipper, but they’ve always been so obvious yet no one really notices. Anyway back to Taynew hahah

skip this post if you don’t need drama tonight

omg, i hate to be a messy bitch here but i witnessed several trainwrecks on twitter today and was just thinking about whether i should post stuff (cause sometimes people ask for receipts for krist’s homophobic tendencies beyond not taking on any queer roles). 

so you sent me this just at the right time but i fear my answer to you ask will really not bring you any joy, sorry about that >_

re: your ghostship: i think kristgun (ghost)shippers figured it out quite early and were rejoicing ^^ now that there have been additional pics i think most people who stan them know about it. so far so cute (I really wish that Gun is surrounded by lovely friends atm so i was quite happy even though i don’t follow/stan krist and just learned about it quite late today).

however some peraya fans went overboard and did some good old ranting about KristGun (@. shippers: please don’t get angry about your ship hanging out/dating other people. just stresses you out for no reason and it will make you much happier if you celebrate your faves living a good life and inspiring you and than getting angry about sth you can’t influence anyways).

re: my feelings on krist: what took the cake however was Krist doing an ig live and answering questions and insulting a fan who teased him (?)/ was confused about (?) whether he was dating Gun irl cause Krist typed fan ( = bf/gf in Thai) while he really just meant the english word.

and then there’s the ig story where he has an angry emoji meltdown after someone asks whether he’s gay and that’s really not a good look.

so yeah, i didn’t stan Krist before but this just makes me feel good about that cause i wouldn’t want to stan someone who’s homophobic like that/ is insecure about his sexuality to that degree.

(sorry that your ask about your ghostship turned into me dragging krist, but that’s how i feel about him. maybe i should give a fair warning somewhere on my blog that i won’t hesitate to rant about someone else’s faves in my asks 😅 the bathtub pics of Gun are great though)

[kristsingto]

y i love you fan party 2019 is soooo crazy and i think this as someone who has only seen some of the performances. it has my favorite kristsingto performance. offgun. kristgun. earthnew. taysing. taynew. singtonew. some of the funniest interactions i can think of. utilization of love triangle (earthnew vs taynew) anyway i'm saying we need y i love you fan party 2024.

[earthpodd]

1/2 You asked about why and HOW I started to ship kristgun. Well let me tell you it is a new discovery, it doesn’t make much sense to me either. I was on Instagram and randomly saw a post from a while ago of Krist being adorable with gun but like who isn’t. And then I ventured into that whole tag on instagram and realized it was a thing back in the sotus, puppy honey days and their managers would kinda make them not be so close because of the “real” ships and fans getting upset.

2/2 There’s a cute video of gun getting scared and hugging Krist and that sold me also I’m probably just projecting my own bullshit onto them, I fall for the straight assholes so I guess that explains it. Anyway take a look someday at the tag on instagram and see for yourself, maybe there’s literally no chemistry and I’m just nuts ! Oh and I also went back and watched offgunnight with Krist again just to see with my new knowledge hahaha craziness I tell you!

Ps: I don’t actually think they were dating or ANYTHING like that just a flirtmance.

Don’t worry, love, you don’t have to explain yourself to me, I just wanted to know where it came from because I had never even considered the possibility of them. It was usually Singto I saw being cute with people instead of Krist, but from the way you describe it, I can understand why you’d think that was cute. Truth be told, Gun can conjure up chemistry with just about anyone. cdsnkcjnsdkjkcsd

[ryansjane]

I watched the latest 2 School Rangers eps and maybe I'm projecting but I really felt like a part of Gun's soul died when he got paired with Krusty. 💀 These eps really solidified for me that these two are not friends, like sure they're nice/polite to each other, they'll even laugh at each other's jokes sometimes, but it was in the way Gun stood just a little too far apart from Krusty most of the time when he's otherwise such a clingy person (and how he, in fact, went to Tay and Nanon for hugs/clinginess instead of his own teammate) and in the way people from other teams (mostly Tay) were the ones comforting him when he performed poorly when it's usually your own teammates that do it (or at least do it first) but Krusty was nowhere to be found there lmao. I knew the moment they got paired together that they'd lose because I'm sorry, but the vibes between them are just off. 💀💀 (also, I bet Gun would rather lose a challenge than have to deal with awkwardly high-fiving Krusty in celebration of winning a game /hj)

But I got a lot of taynanon content, plus taygun and nanongun content in those eps so I was well fed. 😌

lmaoooooo @disaster-j ghostwrote this :'))) but I'd tend to agree, there has been definitely a change from the kristgun ghost ship era to now, and knowing what gun stands for & what krist stands for, it's not exactly surprising that gun would want nothing to do with him. honestly if you really observe it, krist is kinda detached from most of gmmtv except his ship, like sure he seems to get along with everyone, mostly bc he's still one of their biggest actors so I'm sure everyone knows to not create drama with him, but no one seems to care for him in particular at all. like even with off that does get along with him, krist is far from his close friend & you can tell it's just a work relationship. also gun, tay & nanon are literally the three cuddliest guys at gmmtv, give them a show called "hugging & learning" where they ask question to a guest that they're hugging the whole time ciuihycdhuys!!!

xxx