#my stand in the series

[pointlesscandies]

Enough of shitty parents being “redeemed” in media if I wanted to forgive a shitty parent i’d go to thanksgiving with my dad

[thisautistic]

My Stand-In ep 1 dir. Pepzi Banchorn

[zhouxiangs]

MY STAND-IN (2024) | Episode 2 MY STAND-IN (2024) | Episode 10 MY STAND-IN (2024) | Episode 12

[jimmysea]

You can't stop me.

MY STAND-IN (2024) - Episode 10

[thasorns-moved]

(insp.)

[poomphuripan]

Poom Phuripan for Perla Magazine (2024)

[clairedaring]

UP POOMPAT as MING and POOM PHURIPAN as JOE

MY STAND-IN (2024) | 1.05

[respectthepetty]

My favorite part of My Stand-In so far with only one episode is the way the show obscures Joe's face and focuses on Ming's.

The makeup artist states that Joe's body looks exactly likes Tong's, but Joe's face is what makes him not-Tong, so we don't see Joe's face. He is also a body-double so his entire job is about his body, not his face.

We get to see Ming's face because Joe is so focused on Ming's beauty even though we know Ming can and will be ugly, and as a model, Ming's job is his face. "Does that face ring a bell?"

But we rarely see Joe's face, even when Ming is looking at Joe.

Ming is a face. Joe is a body.

Because it's Joe's body that matters, not his face.

So it's interesting that Ming saw Tong's back as he walked away from Ming at dinner

And immediately thought of Joe.

Because it already shows a slight shift that it's not so much Joe that reminds Ming of Tong (like it was originally), but that Tong reminded Ming of Joe.

Once Ming envisioned Joe's face, he shook the thought from his head as if he was bothered by the image, but it wasn't because Joe wasn't Tong, but, once again, that he even thought of Joe, which is why the conversation where Joe stated that he thought Ming didn't remember him was ironic since Ming is slightly annoyed that he remembers Joe's face.

Because it could have been Joe at the dinner with Ming the entire time the way the dinner scene was filmed.

Or it could have been Tong who Ming was kissing based on how it was filmed.

But the shot made sure we were aware that Ming knew it was Joe even if he had been drinking.

When Joe was asked about his preferences, the shot immediately cut to Ming's face.

But when Ming called Joe, we saw Joe's face as he emerged from a room first

Then, the focus was on his back.

So when Ming walked into that elevator and not only looked directly at new Jo

But also stood next to new Jo, nothing registered to him.

Ming didn't react until he saw new Jo's back.

Which should show how the vicious cycle continues: Joe's body was a replacement for Tong, and new Jo's body will be a replacement for old Joe. BUT we didn't see Ming's face when he was waiting for the elevator.

New Jo knew he was coming up, and so did we, so there was no need to block out Ming's face, especially when the story keeps telling us Ming is his face.

But the story is already telling us that Joe wasn't just a body to Ming.

And Ming wasn't just a face to Joe.

They actually saw the entire person, and Ming was the first to see Joe as Joe even if he wanted Tong.

Which is why the poster is even more pleasing now since we see Joe's full face not his back while we see Ming's full back, but only half of his face.

Ming is more than his face. Joe is more than his body.

At least for each other.

[alienwlw]

delulu king ✩₊˚.⋆.ೃ࿔*:･

[guzhufuren]

so i went through last 6 months of bl actor Mek Jirakit's twitter

in between of saying this kind of things (all of which scream that he was born to be a tumblrina please we need to steal him from there pleasee) he posts about racism against thai people, Palestine, gay and trans rights, criticism of ai, videos of platonically kissing his bros on the lips, extremely emo tweets about love and broken heart, his metal music and sometimes asks fans to rec him their favourite cookbooks

[25shadesoffebruary]

I am. But, I'm afraid that I'm the only one being happy here.

[thisautistic]

*sneezes*

[zhouxiangs]

MY STAND-IN (2024)

[jimmysea]

I'd like to start over with you again, Ming. And if I lose again this time, I don't know what to say anymore. Joe, let's star all over again. And this time, I'm holding the right person.

MY STAND-IN (2024) - Episode 12

[ppeonppeonhan]

I practically got whiplash from how quickly Ming reverted to baby girl mode, playing hard to get, the minute he realized Joe was willing to fight for him.

Gifs by heretherebedork

That smug little bitch.

[poomphuripan]

Tong, you, piece of shit. Ming, Ming, Ming, Ming, that's enough. That's enough, Ming. Alright. You wanna talk to me about the money, right? But you gotta apologize to Joe in front of me. Are you kidding me, Ming? What's wrong? Don't you want the money? See you at the office tomorrow. Let's sit down first, Ming.

MY STAND-IN (2024) | 1.10