#the sign chalothon

[theflagscene]

I find this scene in episode six very interesting, it was very minimal but I think it said kind of a lot.

Yai is doing his damndest to convince Tharn to take a chance on a relationship with Phaya, so of course good ole doctor snakey shows up. Only he doesn’t spare a passing glance at Yai and it seems like Yai doesn’t realize the other man is there, even after another person has drawn him away from Tharn and his brooding stare.

The only time Yai has ever even acknowledged the existence of Chalothon was to Phaya in episode three, to reassure him that Tharn hadn’t just been snatched away from him by some random stranger. And that’s it, that’s all Yai has to say about that. He says that they’ve known Chalothon since they were kids, okay, so let’s break that down.

One can assume that the night Phaya drowned when they were kids, the third boy was Chalothon, right? He lures them away to the Naga festival with firecrackers and food, yet when Phaya is in fact being called into the water, sees the Naga’s green eyes and starts to drown, the third boy isn’t with Tharn and Yai. The next time you see Tharn, he’s just with Yai and the third boy, who we’re just going to assume is Chalothon, isn’t there with them. He shows back up with sweets for both boys - none for himself - after Phaya is already dying in the river.

When Tharn claims to have gotten a sign about a boy drowning, Yai laughs at him and the third (Chalothon) is quick to agree and attempts to drag the two away. That is until they hear Phaya’s auntie crying for help, which is when both Tharn and Yai take off, Chalothon following close behind. He’s playing the long con, this is their 4th incarnation (sorry for the spoilers if you didn’t know that) Which means snakey boy has failed to get Tharn to return with him to the Naga kingdom three times already, not including the first time he lost them to King Garuda. He has learned, he knows he can’t push, he needs to bide his time, but he also has to steer clear of Luangpor. Guess who is never seen anywhere near the all knowing monk? Yeah, the third boy, the other witness and sort of hero that ‘helped’ save Phaya that night. He doesn’t show up when Tharn, Yai, Phaya and their aunties speak with the revered monk the next day.

I think that Chalothon is using some witchery to insert himself into the good graces of the people in Tharn’s life when needed, but otherwise they don’t actually realize he’s there. Like he’s purposely blocking Yai from interacting with him because Yai is that annoying older brother who would tell Tharn; dude that doctor guy is sus as hell!

To Yai he’s made a memory of himself like an old childhood friend, but otherwise Yai is none the wiser to him. He already has Tharn’s trust implicitly, not only as his long time friend but as a medical professional. Chalothon has been manipulating and gaslighting Tharn for - one can assume - most of his adult life. Using mental health and basically the fear of being insane to keep Tharn controlled, and it was going so well too, until Phaya showed back up in his life.

Hot-headed, knuckled brain Phaya who’s both bark and bite. He already has his memories as King Garuda trickling back in, probably faster than Chalothon expected. And it quickly became clear that while Chalothon might have been able to cause descension in the ranks using simple medical jargon and the fear of being labeled as mentally unstable, Phaya and Tharn reconnecting has already awoken their powers, not to mention that their memories are returning as lightning speed. Think in episode five when Phaya grabs Chalothon’s shoulder and burns him, he just does it instinctually, without even trying. Not only that, but the mark left behind is in the shape of talons. Phaya is becoming too strong and Yai is pushing Tharn closer toward him, even offering himself up as protection, sacrifice, one might say.

Chalothon has no need for Yai anymore, subtly is no longer the name of the game. And while he might be willing to wait yet another lifetime to try again, that doesn’t mean Chalothon wants to. But he has made it clear that he will kill Tharn and start all over if his hand is forced and since Yai is firmly committed to keeping Phaya and Tharn together, well… I’m thinking he might have just moved himself higher up ole doctor snakey’s list of very expendable people.



[doyou000me]

I'm sorry, but what am I supposed to do with this?

I get that it's because of how you chose to translate from Thai into the latin alphabet, but... do we just... pick one? Have a vote? Come to some kind of consensus?

[doyou000me]

And that's why I'm looking forwards to him soooo much!! 🤩

The seemingly good Doctor is going to be so sinister

[iwantoceans]

[chaotic-aro-incarnate]

Today on me rewatching The Sign and realizing shit

ok I don't know if this is like obvious to everyone else but I figured out something rewatching The Sign

this scene in episode 2 where Phaya gets lured out to sea?

This is NOT Wansarat!!!! This is CHALOTHORN!!!!

this is something that has confused me. why would Wansarat be leading Phaya out to the ocean? that doesn't seem to make sense considering everything, but I just brushed it aside as a plot hole or something but then rewatching noticed this!

if you look closely you cans see that Wansarat's eyes flash green for a moment (there's a little sound effect when it happens too, but it's easy to miss)

you know whose eyes also flash green? Narong (the police officer who killed those guys in episode 5) when he was being possessed by... you guessed it CHALOTHORN!!!

(here you can see how his eyes changed while he was being possessed)

now at this point Chalothorn has shown up twice (though we don't know that yet). once in his sea serpent form in episode 1 and then in episode 2 he's camouflaged at the bar

and look at those eyes!!! they're green!!!

but wait there's more!!!

when Phaya sees "Wansarat" here, there's an interesting effect as he goes into a trance and walks into the water....

this being identical to the effect in episode 9 where Chalothorn lures him into the water by pretending to be Tharn!!!!

FURTHERMORE!!! The only times we see Wansarat directly are in Phaya's dreams and in episode 1 where she rescued him from the water/Chalothorn which turned out to also be Tharn pulling Phaya out

So why would Wansarat be over here by herself, while Tharn is elsewhere, since they're the same person? Why would she lure her soulmate to drown? It's because Chalothorn has disguised himself as Wansarat to lead Phaya to his death!!! He has been spying on them at the camp at this point, but at this point couldn't gauge how close they were so he went with Wansarat to lure Phaya (opposed to episode 9 where he disguised himself as Tharn for the same purpose since he knew Phaya would go after Tharn). He had already seen Wansarat save Phaya earlier, so he knew that he would follow her, and he even said the exact same thing to him to lure him over.

So this?

is Wansarat

But this?

is Chalothorn pretending to be Wansarat in order to lure Phaya to his death

[des-astres]

[doyou000me]

My thoughts exactly, I'm very much looking forwards to seeing Mr Chalotorn try to drown Phaya 😇

My Evil Naga King

[pharawee]

"But it wouldn't be hard for Tharn to love me without you."

[ppeonppeonhan]

Wait so...the guy who plays the villain, Chalothon

is the same guy who played the second obsessive goofball, Sky, in Secret Crush on You?

Heng's got range, but I don't think I'll be able to look at him the same way again. Lol

[khathastrophe]

Chalothon: everyone always says don't do the dark ritual, stop setting up the dark rituals, you gonna kill everyone with your dark rituals but no one ever asks how was the dark ritual was it fun i bet it was fun :/

[nolricebowl]

Nicknames I’ve seen for Dr Chalathon from The Sign

- Dr cha cha

- Dr cocomelon

- Dr Bitchalathon

- Dr Dickalathon

- Dr Cha cha slide

- Dr Douchelaton

- Dr Chophisdickoff

- Dr Chalodick

- Dr Chaloprick

And my personal favs…

- Dr Duolingo

- Dr Conditioning

- Dr Chloroform

- Dr Crackers

- Dr Chucky Cheese

[conscbgb]

In episode 5 :

[couldpolyamorysavethem]

CHALOTHON from THE SIGN

Justification:

"Sharing is caring. In this case sharing your naga wife" - Anonymous

[myarcadiandream]

Finally finished The Sign and I’m going to need a 20 minute crack video of Tharn trying to convince Dr Slo Motion to leave them alone while in the Naga caves.

Doc is upside down on a sofa genuinely trying to understand “so you love him. Which means you could love me.” And Tharn groans and face palms.

Another time over dinner Tharn is explaining why he likes Phaya and Doc exasperated says “that’s totally me you’re literally describing me.” Tharn screams internally.

The thing that finally makes Doc let him go is while they are playing twister Doc asks him why he hates him so much and Tharn just looks him dead in the face and says “you killed me twice.” And Doc is like “yeah fair.” And sends him home.

[legendaryrooftopscene]

Maybe it’s just because I’m a staunch SkyJao stan but I am waiting with baited breath for Chalothon to saunter into the police station in a cringefail attempt to hit on Tharn again and meet Singh and be unable to think about anything else for the next four business days and when he returns to the police station next it’s to chase after Singh with an invitation to dinner and Tharn is like “??? Well okay?????” And Singh is mostly unimpressed but maybe a little bit flattered and oops maybe I should just write fanfiction huh

[iwantoceans]