#lichrally dying over here guys

[karlyboyyy]

Oh lordt I think these are probably the worst cramps I’ve ever had wtf

[projectjasper]

ok , like one person asked ( thanks @jinkister ) , and believe me i don’t need to be begged to speak about whatever bullshit of the day i thought of . so , let’s talk about why i think an engineering major is such a common choice for characters in thai dramas ( as well as why it’s not an accidental choice , and why it makes complete sense ) . there is a tl;dr at the end , if you just want the gist of it .

there are three parts to this , and they work soundly to create this overwhelming amount of engineering students .

part 1 : lichrally just statistics

you know what the three of the most popular fields of study are in thailand ? dentistry , nursery and - you guessed it - engineering . if you go to thailand ( or come out of the house if you’re already there ) and survey fifty random people on the street , a big percentage of them will be engineering students . there are a lot of them in real life as well !

part 2 : no requirements - no problems 

let’s be honest , anyone can be an engineering student . a lot of other majors require something , while you literally don’t need to be or do or want anything specific to be an engineering student . 

take for example 2gether . tine is a law student and sarawat is a political science student . * insert laugh track here * no , but seriously . no offense , but you’ll have better chances of winning a case with no lawyer at all , if someone is suggesting tine should defend you in court . and it’s easier to imagine a bear on a bicycle than sarawat being a politician . both these majors ( and future careers ) require certain personality traits , certain actions , certain views . and sure , sometimes people are forced to study something they don’t want by their parents or whatnot , but that’s something the writer needs to mention and get into in order for the majors to make sense . and why waste time on that , when they can have a major that doesn’t need an explanation ?

or remember any business major we’ve had . it’s tine from love by chance , it’s phu from oxygen , it’s dean from until we meet again - they all have something in common . they are either an asshole or have the demeanor of an asshole , and/or are very rich . once again , this traps a character in certain circumstances that need to be met in order for the character to make sense . and unless the writer’s idea of this character’s personality lines up with this stereotype of the major , there is no reason to bend over backwards including it and defying the stereotype , when the writer can use a major that allows them to choose whatever they want for their character , no strings attached .

and then if we take something like 2moons ( as well as 2moons2 and gen y , jesus christ how many adaptation does that novel have ? ) , we have a few medical students there . and them studying , passing exams , not seeing their friends and/or partners for days because of school is an actual thing that happens more than once . why ? because you can get away with not studying too hard , if you are studying anything , but medicine . if you are a medical student and you are not fucking dying studying , you are not going to be a medical student for long . this can obviously work in favor of the story if the writer specifically decides on their characters being medical students and wants to add everything that comes with it to their story , and use it to its advantage . but if they are just planning to put their characters in a university setting because it’s very flexible and can fit pretty much any story into it , they need to find an undemanding major for them , so they could do anything at all with them .

and engineering ? lichrally doesn’t demand anything , my guy . name one stereotype about engineering students , or one thing they all have in common . you can’t think of anything , because there isn’t anything .

part 3 : what do they do ? no really , what do they do ?

listen , engineering must have something to do with math . i know it does . do they like ,,, work with graphs and shit ? idk , maybe ? IDK WHAT THEY DO , OK ? NO ONE DOES . NO ONE CARES .

if you look at a lot of other majors , you know what they do and what they are experts at . for example , i am a linguistics student . so you can assume i know languages . and you’d be right - i know two fluently , i am in the process of learning a third and i know bits and pieces of some others . languages are a big part of my life . if someone is an art student , it’s obvious they are good at drawing / sculpting / whatever artsy thing and it’s a big part of their life . same goes for music students and singing / playing instruments / whatever musical thing , etc. etc. this is likely to come up . it’s realistic for these things to come up quite often in that person’s life . which means the writer has to include them in the story , if they want it to be immersive and realistic . 

now , you look at engineering students and think “ well , i guess this one must be good at math “ . does math ever come up in real life ? no , certainly not the kind they are working with . high school lied to you , ok ? math doesn’t matter , it’s bullshit . the only way you can maybe use math in your day-to-day life is to count something simple like money , and i’m pretty sure studying engineering doesn’t constitute counting simple numbers without a calculator . it has no effect on real life , certainly not on situations that would be shown in a romantic drama . therefore , unlike so many other majors , it once again has very little effect on the story .

tl;dr engineering is the only major that is 1) statistically one of the three most common majors in thailand , 2) can be realistically chosen by a person with any sort of personality and background and 3) doesn’t affect regular every-day situations . all of this allows a character the writer is creating to be absolutely anything they want , with no expectations , explanations or restrictions .