#love in the air finale

[bird-inacage]

I’M NOT READY 😭😭😭

You better believe there’s going to be a lot of ugly ass crying.

Who else is feeling it?

[yoongisassonfire]

Prapai is the gentle breeze in Sky’s life. His first relationship made him believe that every relationship was like this. The one who is pleased and the one who is trying so hard to please. So when Prapai was nice to him all he could see was “oh this is another trap”

I remember when I read the Novel I was shocked and terrified honestly. I thought I gained immunity to whatever will happen in the series. Nevertheless, Fort and Peat managed to break my heart all over again. I felt every pain and sadness. I felt everything the character felt. Their acting was just amazing chief’s kiss.

“Can I really love you?”

“I’m sorry, I should have met you sooner” “I’d never hurt you”

[theyellowhue]

Gun is the perfect villain

Even without reading the novel beforehand, we knew Gun was evil. The show did a fantastic job in alluding to the crimes he did to Sky. The flashbacks, especially, gave me this sick feeling in my gut because it gave my imagination just enough context to fear for the worst; and it was, he did the worst he could have done to Sky.

Now this is where I tell you how genius of a villain Gun truly is. He isn't just your run-in-the-mill bad guy. Oh no. Because Gun has a plan and a spare braincell to pull it off. 

Gun hated the fact that Sky is healing. He hates the fact that he isnt the last guy  that Sky has been with. He couldnt believe that the broken boy he left for the dust is now happy again and with the best racer in the illegal strip nonetheless. Oh he isnt please, now is he? He is livid and he is mad. He will do anything to prove to Sky that no one could ever want him at all because he had broken him beyond repair. 

So what he does, is reverse everything good that Prapai had ever done to Sky. Gun gained access to Prapai’s condo unit, where he knew that Sky would come running to when in distress, because its Prapai’s place, Sky’s safe haven’s place. Then, he’ll start with the mind games: “Why do you think we were in Prapai’s place? Of course he gave us the key especially after I told him about our past,” “Don’t delude yourself Sky, no one will love you” and he’ll continue to spout lies and after lie, hammering directly at Sky’s insecurities, insecurities he had given Sky in the first place. 

Sky isn't the only one Gun is tormenting. Gun gained access to Prapai’s condo unit because Prapai gave them the key. Prapai gave them access to the place where Sky has to relive his past again. Prapai will forever doubt his ability to protect Sky because he got cocky; “What could they do to me? If they do something illegal in my place, I could easily report them”. He let his guard down and in turn Sky got hurt. 

Gun is the perfect villain because as I anticipate what the worst he could do, he delivered and then some. The mind games and the intentional choice to use Prapai’s condo unit to torment Sky isn't just evil, its downright vile. There is a special place in hell for people like Gun and his cronies and I hope that they're enjoying their stay there because I am sure that P’Pakin dealt with them in the permanent type

Kudos to Dunk Patak for being such a phenomenal actor. You really brought Gun to life. If Gun were to be half as good as Dunk made him to be, the finale would have been shaky. Congrats to the production team and casting people who made all the right choices. 

[kwonzoshi]

It’s absolutely HILARIOUS that people watch things and just take it at surface level.

The “lesson” (if you wan to call it that?) from Sky’s story was not “I can’t be sad because then other people will be sad”… if you paid attention, that’s what he told HIMSELF when it happened. It wasn’t the “lesson” for the audience. It was his own self reflection when he realized his father was deeply worried about him, and he didn’t want to tell his dad what he went through or see him suffer too.

So Sky, in his young age, made the choice to tuck his trauma away from others and deal with it alone.

The ACTUAL “lesson” is that Sky is still worthy of happiness. That he can share his burdens with the right people, and they can navigate it together. That he’s NOT broken, or boring, or unlovable. That he’s not alone and that he’s loved immensely.

Pai literally tells him, that he will love him until he doesn’t feel that sadness anymore… that he will always be there for him, unconditionally. And y’all took Sky’s reflection on how he dealt with his abuse as a literal child as the core “lesson” here?

And to be honest, there didn’t need to be a “lesson” for the audience. Because everyone experiences and deals with trauma differently. This was about Sky getting the happy ending he longed for and deserved. It was about him seeing HIS worth and believing that he deserves love regardless of what happened in his past.

[daddybossstan]

MAME: Kiss Peat like a prince in a fairy tale

So did Fort succeed guys? 😌

[youdontloveme-yet]

Fort Thitipong as Prapai in Love In The Air [2022]

[victorialovesstiles]

No, cause the way he looks at him in between kisses 😵 had me feeling like I was intruding on something here.

[ieroween1031]

Okay, so I haven’t seen anyone talk about this yet, so your friendly neighborhood transmasc is gonna do it.

I, for one, have had a wild journey with Sky’s nipple piercing. I was so excited to learn that he had it, even more excited to hear it mentioned in the show, saw that he was wearing it in the Red Scenes and felt really gross about being so excited about it, learned that Gun was the one that actually did it and felt even worse, and now this.

Obviously the nipple ring is some kind of claiming mark for Gun; it says that this is my toy and I control it. So much so that he puts the ring back on Sky before he gets ready to assault him again. This means that he made sure that he had a nipple ring with him when he went to the race, that he knew he was gonna put it back on Sky, claiming him one last time.

[live-from-flaturn]

Hi, is this MeMindY? Cool. I’m gonna need like 15 more of your gay little shows with just these 4 dudes, please. 

[josslukehug]

I don't want to say goodbye to you🥹🤍

[lethargarian]

okay real talk I was taken aback by the plot of episode 12 last week because it felt like unnecessary drama in front of what we knew was going to be a really serious and world-shifting trauma for Sky. and not only that, but it was leaving that entire plotline to happen in the span of just the finale. in a single episode! too much would have to be resolved too quickly. BUT, to be fair, they did a great job with that (although I could've used more Violence Against Gun, personally).

BUT NOW I do appreciate what Prapai and Sky had to go through in ep12 because if we didn't have that (and at this point, I need the notebook scene like oxygen), when Gun had Sky in the apartment in the finale and was telling him that Pai gave him to them, I would have been worried that Sky would believe them (and don't get me wrong, I was still yelling "Don't listen to them, Sky!" through my tears). but given what happened in ep12, Sky could say "I don't believe you! Pai wouldn't do that!" because he knows that Pai is committed to him, and is protective of him, and loves him so so so so so much and wouldn't ever let anything bad happen to him.

because of the misunderstanding in ep12, Sky was sure of Prapai's love for him and it was a shield for him from part of the awfulness that is Gun.

[kevin-the-bruyne]

there was not nearly enough violence

[theyellowhue]

Prapai pulled off Gun’s eyebrow piercing so that his fists wont get caught on it while he pummel down on Gun’s face

Prapai pulled off  Gun’s eyebrow piercing because he knew he was going to hammer down on the bastard’s face and we dont want to hit on anything sharp, do we?

/thats my headcanon now 

[kwonzoshi]

“I won’t make any promises. I won’t make any vows. I’ll show you through my actions.”

[aliceisathome]

Love in the Air... well... The ex was let off extremely lightly* and his accomplices needed a good kicking as well, the fuckers. Poor Sky.

I am sad that there was only one scene of Sig - can we have a series about him getting together with someone - Saifah? Or Chai! Oooh - that would be interesting. I suspect we'll get him and Som together by the end of the Special but I do hope not. And I have zero idea why Leon and the Twins were in the opening credits because the latter were blink and miss it with the former doing 30 seconds (although I did like his unicorn floatie).

Finally I mourn the fact that we didn't get more Payu with his hair down...

*I am hoping that the special is basically 45 minutes of Chai beating him and his accomplices half to death then locking them in a dungeon with Stop so they can contemplate the error of their ways until I've forgiven them. Which is never.

[moonchildridden]

Trigger warning: slight mention of trauma

A small confession I have to make about the episode and how Pai's words to Sky while they were talking in Pai's room and Sky asked why he was crying turned me into a crying mess: when Pai said to Sky that he should've met him sooner, that he would never hurt or make Sky cry, it reminded me of something that I always think regarding the changes that happened to me since my trauma started.

I am a very different person today than I was 5 years ago (my incident happened in 2017, a few months before I turned 21) and that change, a byproduct of what happened to me annoys me because it didn't happened naturally and instead of making me a better person, made things worse. I was far more expressive and affectionate towards people, at least people close to me because I'm an introvert, I used to allow myself to actually feel whatever emotion I was feeling in the moment and could confide with my best friend about almost everything that happened to me. Me post-2017 is someone very closed, reserved, distrustful of anyone and everyone, my circle of friends is even smaller than it was before and I barely feel like I actually have the proper means to process emotions because nothing except self-loathing, sadness and anger lasts for more than 5 minutes.

My last relationship ended because my partner said that I didn't seem invested in them and, even knowing that we weren't exactly compatible at the time, I know very well that I wasn't in the right mind space to date anyone and ended up making someone suffer for that. Lucky me they were a very understanding person and the relationship ended in mutual accord and we are still friends til this day.

When I think about the people I met after 2017, all the friends I've made, people I've interacted with, I always wish they've met the version that isn't plagued by the shitty actions of someone else, someone that could've been much more invested, showed much more emotions and could really connect with them. Don't get me wrong, every friendship I've made since then is very precious to me and I would walk on fire for them, but I feel like they don't have the better version of me, the person they deserve to have by their side, a person who's not broken.

And every time I think that, every time I'm reminded of that, confronted with that, I can't help but feel helpless and angry for not being strong enough to run after that moonchild that got lost in 2017, a moonchild that had so much love to give and was cut short. It just sucks to feel like that sometimes, you know? Because a part of me knows it wasn't my fault but the other one, the one that is so far gone deep into the memories, just keeps screaming for me to just give up and resign to the idea that I will be forever like this, a shell of my former self.