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namtanlovesfilm · 3 months ago
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jane + responding to ryan's confession
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ohshinytrinketsmine · 7 months ago
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23.5, Ep 8
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rayandgay · 3 months ago
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Thank you. I'll treasure it.
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coldzonkprofessorturtle · 1 month ago
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An Affair to Remember
Alright, let's get into Affair the Series, which has been giving me brainrot the past few weeks so feels like a good time to get into an analysis of why I find it so fascinating. Eventually I'd love to do a deeper dive into Thai GLs and that industry (that's a whole other thing though) but after having seen my share of them (Gap, Show Me Love, TSOU, The Loyal Pin) I've really found myself falling into the rabbit hole with Affair the Series and the way it depicts friendship, love, and acceptance.
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Deep dive below and also thank you gif makers for your work 🙏🏽
(also will go over events from episodes 1-5, so spoilers ahead if not up-to-date)
So first off, I have read the novel, which is the first time I've finished one of those for a GL and quite frankly, the translation wasn't that great but the story still came through. I won't refer to it much and will base this on the show as I think they've done a fantastic job with the adaptation and fingers crossed continue to do so.
Where in most GLs the core conflict is external. The main couple can't be in love typically due to familial/cultural pressure or a man interfering (that still exists to an extent here) the main conflict in Affair is simply that Wan and Pleng love each other too much but they do so in different ways.
When we meet Wan and Pleng they're 17 years old and have spent their entire lives together. They're sisters but not and while Wan seems to have a social circle, Pleng really has no other friends outside of Wan. The spoiled rich girl and the maid's daughter. Couldn't be more different if they tried and yet by circumstance their lives are as intertwined as it gets.
At 17, they have different ideas for their futures. Pleng is musically talented, wins every contest and is financially set. She can live the life she wants. If she wants to be a musician then so be it. Her parents love and support her and there's no pressure. Wan on the other hand has an overbearing mother (and a resentful father), no prospects for her future but at least she has Pleng.
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Despite her parents, Wan loves wholly and openly. She knows she loves Pleng and while she doesn't yet know it she does know that Pleng loves her too. I would argue that Wan truly knows herself, which is why she comes across as so self-assured in their younger years. She's slowly trying to guide Pleng to understand herself too.
Pleng, however, has never had to sit with her emotions in the same way. Take this as differences of personality, class and upbringing. Now that they're 17 and entering adulthood, Pleng has to start engaging with the world (and her emotions) rather than hiding behind the rich, insular lifestyle she's had up to this point.
As the idea of boyfriends comes up, Pleng starts to lash out. She's jealous, she's pushy but really she's just in love with her best friend and doesn't know it. Everything starts happening too fast. Wan meets a boy at an art gallery, Aunt Wi pushes Pleng to help Wan get with Ek, Pleng's dad is extremely stressed and she doesn't know to what extent and throughout that Pleng is dealing with her feelings that for some reason just won't go away. Feelings that Wan keeps bringing up in her over and over.
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Pleng is a mess. She doesn't know how to connect with her peers, she knows something is wrong with her dad, she sees that Wan is seemingly moving forward in a way that she's not (dating a boy) and whether she realizes it she continues to isolate herself.
From Wan's perspective she couldn't care less about dating Ek. She's already completely devoted to Pleng (in ways that Pleng doesn't even know).
They're 17, hormonal, gay, and incapable of seeing each other's perspective. Wan wants Pleng to let her in. Pleng can't help but push everyone away.
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As soon as Pleng starts to really come to terms with her feelings about Wan. That's when everything falls apart. Her dad kills himself, her mom goes into cardiac arrest, all of her family's assets are seized and she's now orphaned and staying with Wan's parents who clearly and vocally have no space for her. Pleng who was already struggling to find her footing before that fateful night now has absolutely nothing to stand on.
The break point is when Pleng finds out about Wan's academic achievements and that Wan had been hiding that truth about herself their entire lives. Wan has always been intelligent and capable but hidden herself behind a veil of ineptitude. Wan in loving Pleng puts her on a pedestal to her own detriment. She has no issue blighting her own light so that Pleng can shine but from the moment we meet 17 year old Pleng in the show we see her pushing Wan to better herself. Wan thinks loving Pleng means her own success doesn't matter whereas Pleng loves Wan and all of her potential.
They both love each selflessly but while Wan would burn the whole world to keep Pleng warm, Pleng loves Wan despite her own existence. So when Pleng leaves she writes,
"Your parents will feel at ease. And you'll finally get to live your life as your true self... I know you love me but I also want you to love yourself. And be proud of who you are."
For Pleng, her leaving is the ultimate way to show her love to Wan. A clean break. She runs away so Wan can thrive but here's the thing Wan needs Pleng to keep her grounded. Pleng does too but she can't see it at this point. Too much has happened and so, in her desperation she removes herself. She is her father's daughter after all.
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So when 13 years pass and Wan has spent that entire time holding on to whatever she can to keep herself close to Pleng (becoming a doctor, riding a bike to work, marrying Ek, separating herself from her parents); Pleng has become a ghost of herself. Wan has imbued herself with all the things she thinks/knows Pleng would like while Pleng is stuck in a cycle that she can't get out of: play music, make a bit of money, pay rent, rest, repeat.
Pleng never reaches out to Wan because why would she? Her loving Wan means staying away and on top of that there's a sense of shame of what her life has become.
So when they finally meet again it's too much. Wan is successful but she's still clearly in love with Pleng and while it was all Wan's doing, in a way her success is a direct result of Pleng's influence. In removing herself, Pleng slowly begins to realize not just that she took Wan's smile with her but the why and how. Wan's changed and devoid of the joy and innocence that Pleng loved most.
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They slowly fall back into their natural rhythms but Pleng still can't accept her own presence in Wan's life. Wan is back to pushing (albeit more aggressively then before - time was wasted) and in pushing Pleng, Pleng pushes back. If they take their relationship that one step further, what then? What if it falls apart? Why not just stay in a cycle where nothing shifts? What if there's another ringing shot in the distance and everything changes in a moment?
If there's one core trauma to Pleng as a character it's her desperation to not feel like a burden to anyone. Especially Wan. And then she finds out that Wan (though separated) is still married to Ek and she can't accept that she could have ruined Wan's potential happiness. Not understanding that Pleng herself is Wan's happiness. Pleng feels like a disruption because at the root of it the thing she wanted above all for Wan, "I also want you to love yourself. And be proud of who you are" is not something that Pleng accepts for herself.
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I'll leave it there and hope the show navigates the situations that are about to come as well as they have so far but kudos as Affair manages to oh so gracefully skirt what could otherwise be an incredibly toxic relationship. Somehow they manage to give these two characters so much grace despite their flaws. And truly that's also a huge credit to Sonya and Lookmhee's abilities.
It's chaotic and messy but in coming back together these two might just realize that's how they both best shine.
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misspoetree · 1 year ago
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+ Soft Bonus:
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KinnPorsche + Text Posts: Vegas Being A Terrible Flirt Edition <3
[Themed Editions: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ?]
[Character Editions: Pete Part I & II & III | Vegas Part I & II & III | Tay Part I & II | Tankhun - Part I & II | Big Part I & II | Porsche Part I & II & III | Kim | Porchay | Chan | Kinn Part I & II | Macau | Pol]
[Episode Editions & Rewatch Editions]
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pharawee · 11 months ago
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"Charlie. When you're on the field you have to do your best, understand that?"
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heretherebedork · 5 months ago
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The twirls!
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dribs-and-drabbles · 2 months ago
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It was a big day on Sunday for the Thai Communal Wardrobe in ep 11 of The Trainee. As @pigglepiephi said, there was some strong Only Friends energy going on, with 6 of the 7 items of shared clothing having also appeared in that show.
First, I knew from the series trailer that Nick's sweater would show up
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Then @respectthepetty paged me about Boston's 'Make Love Not War shirt
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Before @pigglepiephi pointed out the first of Ray's shirts worn by Pie
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Followed by @k-white who also spotted the second
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But the two that were a bit harder to recognise were worn by Nine. First Boeing's cardigan
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And then Mew's cardigan but in a different colour.
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Incidentally, this cardigan was first worn by Uea in Bed Friend and has also been worn by six others in Cherry Magic Th, The Outing, To Be Continued, Wandee Goodday, This Love Doesn't Have Long Beans, and My Dear Gangster Oppa. Alongside the light and dark blue it also comes in brown, and in short-sleeves, and has also been used in the pilot trailers for two other series.
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And lastly, the one item not from Only Friends was Ryan's Daddy shirt, also worn by August in Last Twilight
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That may just be the most succinct, most well written, most satisfying ending of a BL I’ve ever watched. The writing was absolutely masterful, 10/10 no notes honestly it was a pleasure, I am so very pleased.
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c00and · 2 months ago
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I am seeing people so shocked at how well the concepts of class disparity are portrayed in Peaceful Property - Need I remind you that this series has the same screenwriter and director as The Gifted!? Of course it's nuanced!
Also yeah. PeachHome are kinda gay. I mean, this is the same guy who wrote PangWave are we really suprised?
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khaotungthanawat · 2 years ago
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❄️ ASIANDRAMANET SECRET SANTA (2022) — happy holidays antania! | @carloslouwho​ 🎁💖
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itagakimizuki · 10 months ago
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABE @itsallaboutzayn 🎁🥳
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Original title: นักเรียนพลังกิฟต์.
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ratatatastic · 9 days ago
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quite honestly we should have a canadian whos sole job it is to make a finn giggle do pressers together more often just for the chaos
if i had a nickle for everytime this happened id have two nickles which isnt a lot but its weird that it happened twice.
2024 nhl global series finland game 1 postgame interview | 11.1.24 (x)
#aleksander barkov#sam reinhart#florida panthers#2425#the global series is a gift and that includes THIS#Shenanigans with a capital S#im sorry reino interrupting a finnish question. to then getting a question aimed at him not translated at all is instant karma#you wanna play? well there you go! consequences of your own actions!#reino wheezing and going that was it? OH HE WANTED TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION TOO#“thanks for coming” (reino becomes a giggling schoolgirl)#I CANT BELIEVE THE PRESSER MC HAD TO STEP IN AND GO ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAM BECAUSE THERE WERE TOO MANY QUESTIONS FOR SASHA#sashas popular in his hometown mmmmmm#a situation you cant help but laugh in despite being pitied#oh reino#sasha slapping his knee when reino admits he didnt try the blood sasuage kills me#he dresses like my grandfather and now hes acting like him too#truly an oldman#“barky sent me to a thai food place yesterday that was very good”#“(realises how that sounds like and backpedals) but we've had some very good finnish meals all week here-”#“(earnestly) wanna try it tomorrow?” “i did not- (laughs in disbelief)”#“(caught off guard so he acquiesces easily) postgame yeah? postgame if we win again i'll try it”#chat do you think he actually tried blood sausage after the sweep in the locker room#or aha did sasha give him a different type of blood sasau-#theres something to be said about sashas how you say earnesty that is an immovable object you have to bend to whether you want to or not#and reino was absolutely caught off guard by how much sasha wasnt letting the blood sausage thing go#i think its so funny that sasha was gonna let him off easy but then reino said “good finnish meals”#and he snapped his head up so fast like so youll try it 🥺 youll try mustamakkara right 🥺 youll do it tomorrow 🥺🥺 youll do it for me 🥺🥺#he has the insistence of a bull but the eyes thatll melt hearts huh#you can see how quickly reinos resolve crumbled under his captain sole attention#man folded quicker than a lawn chair
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lunabug2004 · 2 months ago
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No one could ever convince me that Wave wasn't completely head over heels in love with Pang since the moment they connected in The Gifted.
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wanderlust-in-my-soul · 2 years ago
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The rule says we can't have lovers. It doesn't say we can't have a talking stage. You already said it: You would only wait for me.
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