#cheumapril

[moonkhao]

let's go lesbians 💖🧡🤍

ONLY FRIENDS | Ep 3

#only friends the series #ofts #only friends #cheumapril #nonnie pitchaporn #lookjun bhasidi #my edits #i need more scenes with them ;_; #onlyfriendsedit

[nongnaopat]

April and Cheum Crumbs

Only Friends, Episode 3

#only friends #ofts #only friends the series #gmmtv series #lookjun bhasidi #nonnie pitchaporn #aprilcheum #cheumapril #only friends spoilers #only friends series #nat.gifs

[sunsetandthemoon]

✨communication✨

Only Friends (2023)

#only friends the series #ofts #lookjun bhasidi #nonnie pitchaporn #cheumapril #cheum x april #wlw edit #only friends #my gifs #who knew lesbians would be the ones with the least amount of drama

[earthfluuke]

Only Friends Ep. 2 + Kisses

#only friends #only friends the series #ofts #bostonnick #cheumapril #topmew #sandray #my creations #let's see how long it takes for this to get flagged

[jimmyysea]

FUCK YEA LESBIANS SAVE THE GAYS

#ofts #only friends the series #april #cheum #cheumapril #jojo tichakorn

[syrena-del-mar]

Only Friends, Sizzling or Fizzling?: Overall Series Review

I quite literally have so many thoughts on Only Friends that I don’t know when I’ll be able to put them fully into words. So this is going to be a disjointed list of my running thoughts.

This means that the following will be filled with spoilers. So if you haven't caught up, and don't appreciate spoilers, read with caution.

How the friend group came out: I will say, I went into the show wishing the friend group would be destroyed with people going their own ways or at least the couples… Instead, we got Boston ostracized from the group with him meekly extending an invite for the rest of the group to meet him next new year in New York. Now, I’m not fully on the Boston-did-no-wrong boat, because I do think several of the things he did warranted apologies, but I also agree that he deserved just as many apologies back. I really wish the show had either gone the direction of everyone begrudgingly reconciling, the friend group completely destroyed, or at the very least truly acknowledging how they all hurt each other. But as much as the ostracizing of Boston left me with a bitter taste in my mouth, I guess the outcome mirrored reality. Friends band together when they all feel wronged and Boston had self-sabotaged his relationship with all of them.

Boston and Nick: I’ve seen some murmurs about Nick was hypocritical about saying that Boston doesn’t have to change but still leaving him, but I wholeheartedly disagree. Nick loved Boston, knew how Boston was, but also let himself be taken by his own fantasies of a monogamous relationship. He even acknowledges to Sand that Boston was being fair with him... which I still think this is debatable, because I strongly believe Boston and Nick needed a whole conversation about non-monogamy long before Boston started making out with Boeing. I'm actually relatively happy that Nick and Boston didn't end up together, for both their sakes. Nick wanted and needed that monogamy from Boston, he realized that he would never get that from Boston. He may love Boston for who he is, but that doesn't mean that his love can overcome that need for monogamy. Meanwhile Boston doesn't want to be monogamous, even if he does want to be Nick's boyfriend. This was never going to be solved even with all the power of love. They had different needs and Nick wasn't willing to put himself through that pain of understanding Boston but neglecting his own needs, so he let him go. Now, my issue lies in the execution of getting to that point. Since the beginning of the last quarter of the show, Boston and Nick got incredibly sidelined. As a result, their story development suffered for it. I think we were lucky if we even saw them for about 5 minutes after episode 9, it almost felt as if the show didn't know how to reconciliate their story once Boston was out of the friend group. I don't think P'Jojo was intentionally going out to villainize Boston's non-monogamous preference (assumingly, based on his other works) and I don't think that fans are reading it as so are being deaf/illiterate, but rather the vagueness due to the lack of story-telling time that Boston's arc had really fed into it. Also, maybe it was just me, but the sense of time in the story felt incredibly confusing when watching these last couple of episodes. So Boston's admittance of self-sabotaging his relationships, asking to be Nick's boyfriend, then making out with Boeing feels like it all occurred with 72 hours; it gave me whiplash and made me disappointed.

Sand and Ray: Out of everyone, I'm the most satisfied with their outcome and journey to it, but even then I still have a little criticisms. First off, let me get the airplane out of the room: Boeing. I'm in the boat (unironically) that Boeing should have been introduced much sooner and have been utilized more to create the suspense of potential rift between Sand and Ray. Or even more development of Sand and Boeing before SandRay got together, because I swear the emotional stakes lagged for me, because I'm not sure why Sand would have even been swayed by Boeing when he had just confessed to Ray that he couldn't live without him either. I understood why Sand was so hostile with Top, but I'm not sure I understood BoeingSand as well. So this whole cockfight just felt needless and an attempt at a last bit of messiness, because how underdeveloped it was. Now Sand and Ray, as individual characters, I only have minor qualms about. I wish we had learned more about Sand's dad and Ray's relationship with his father. From what I've seen, there's so much context that was left out behind Ray's backstory, that it would have been nice to explore even 5% of it. Now we kept hearing about Sand's dad, but it just felt like a lost plot point. I wish we really had time to delve into Ray struggling with his addiction and rehab. Aside from those minor complaints, I'm happy with where we left them and I hope they're able to go around festival-to-festival with a lot of love and success in their future.

Mew and Top: I have very little to talk about them, mostly because I skimmed through their scenes. Now this isn't because I think that Force and Book were bad in their scenes, because it was the exact opposite. They skeeved me out so incredibly much, that it was suffocating to watch their scenes. I wanted Mew to be more that a judgmental, holier-than-thou, character, especially when he stooped so low to revenge-porning Boston. I wanted him to acknowledge that he was just as nasty as he perceived Boston to be, but instead he always felt so sanctimonious and self-righteous that it was nauseating. With Top.... I wish we had gotten more towards his backstory with his fear of being alone due to the fire. It completely went over my head that the fire scene in the last episode was supposed to show that Top was finally able to handle his trauma better and that he was a better person because of Mew. His backstory was so little and came in just disjointed scenes, that I just made no connection and didn't come out of that scene with any emotion other than confusion. They came out of everything together... Not surprising. I have no comments neither positive nor negative towards that aspect.

Cheum and April: Cheum was as aggravating as Mew for me. Self-righteous and I swear she didn't like anyone in her friend group other than Mew, and even that feels questionable. She had literally no faith in Mew being a grown adult and kept pulling Top around when Mew was going through a breakdown. I felt no love from her when it came to Ray, so I always wondered if their friendship was solely out of convenience. Then the final blow was with how she dealt with the Atom x Boston situation. I completely understood her initial reaction of believing Atom and even confrontation, as a sibling, I would also deck a friend if they SA'd and were lording over my sibling's head a nude picture. But the moment that she knew Atom was lying and she just hugged him? Yeah.... I lost most of the little respect that I had for her. Pity points for that tiny apology that she gave to Boston, because she was the only one that did so, but definitely was not enough for the accusations that she brought against him. ALSO! Her absolutely shit-talking April's passion and work to her friends? That's not lack of communication between April and Cheum, that was just so backstabbing of her. April is a better woman than I will ever be, because I will never have the patience to deal with a girlfriend that thinks so lowly of my work. April, I wanted so much more of our indie-film queen. I wanted more out of her relationship with Cheum, especially with that truth-bomb that Ray spilled out. I wanted both of them to do the hard work of saving their relation other than just sweeping it under the rug. I wish we had seen so much of her!

P'Jojo and Vivienne: This is a tricky situation, so I'll be very brief on my thoughts, but I really hope these two never made it to Tumblr. Creators always getting involved with fandom spaces are always going to be difficult to navigate, this time around it seems that feelings were hurt and anger arose on both sides... Criticism of one's work will always be around and its more prominent the bigger the fandom is, which for most BLs, I think Only Friends was under a huge magnifying glass. It's nice to see staff interacting with fans about their work, but I do think there should be a line drawn. I'm not sure if their crossing of the line was for better or worse.

Final Thoughts: Anyways, this show will be missed because I did come out of the weekends enjoying the vast majority of it. I even have a couple of metas half-written, so maybe I'll get around to finishing those in the coming days. For a show that promised mess, it did deliver on that front, but I can't help but be sad that its coherence fizzled a bit towards the end. Maybe I'll come back to it in a year or two with a better appreciation of the vision, but for now... I'm mostly satisfied while also conflicted on what I think about the end. OH! And before I close this off... What the hell happened to the confessionals/talking head/asides? Why did we drop those off in the latter half?

#anyways if anyone wants to discuss hit me up #only friends the series #ofts #only friends ray #only friends sand #only friends meta #only friends mew #only friends top #only friends boston #only friends nick #only friends sandray #only friends topmew #only friends spoilers #only friends bostonnick #only friends series #sandray #topmew #bostonnick #cheumapril #only friends cheum #thai bl #gmmtv #gmmtv bl #gmmtv bl 2023 #gmmtv boys #bl drama #khaotung thanawat #first kanaphan #book kasidet #force jiratchapong

[itsmelb]

OFTS Ep9 thoughts.

RayMew had a decent conversation omg. I don't believe it haha. NO for real I love the friendship. If their honest!!! Urg pls don't hook up..

SandNick. My god that was so funny. I love them as friends sm! The kiss had chemistry I just urg Firsg has chemistry with everyone my god. (So funny haha)

SandRay. Shit. That was all kinda hot. FK just crushes this shit. With Ks eyes and First smiles I am so lost with them. I know shit will come..

TopMew. My god Mews MOMS OMG love them. Also Mew comes to a good conclusion that he is till in love with top. Also Top having the video (I screamed happy Birthday mf when I saw that ahhaha) and not using it..because Mew just knew. I mean its obvious.

Also he calling the Ex (why is it not Mix though urg I wishhhh) and he is coming over? What the hell is going on? What's happening next week?

That NickBoston moment broke me too. Huh shit never would guessed that. Also Daddy Dan hottie!!!

Next week aaaaaah! Come faster pls 🥲🥲🥲

(Ending this with a true Mew Swifty moment haha)

#only friends series #ofts #only friends the series #ep 9 #topmew #sandray #bostonnick #cheumapril

[apathetic-tortoise]

Would you love me if I were a worm: Only Friends edition

April: Would you love me if I were a worm?

Cheum: Oh darling. I will always love you. Worm and all

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Ray: Would you love me if I were a worm?

Sand, confused: ….. Yeah. I guess

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Top: Would you love me if I were a worm?

Mew, thinking: ……. Maybe

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Boston: Would you love me if I were a worm?

Nick: *read*

#incorrect quotes #only friends the series #april #cheum #aprilcheum #cheumapril #ray #sand #sandray #top #mew #topmew #boston #nick #bostonnick

[i8anton]

1st episode was topmew focused, 2nd episode was sandray focused, 3rd episode was bostonnick focused... 4TH EPISODE IS FOR MY GIRLIES CHEUMAPRIL!!!!

#/delusional #only friends the series #topmew #sandray #bostonnick #cheumapril #first kanaphan #khaotung thanawat #force jiratchapong #book kasidet #neo trai #mark pakin #lookjun bhasidi #nonnie pitchaporn

[fanfictionroxs]

Cheum: Messy woman forced into the 'mom' role to rescue the men.

So like.. I dont like Cheum a lot, but this is not a hate rant on her and neither will I welcome hate against her. Anyway, I don't particularly enjoy her character mostly because almost her entire role is about the men. But after episode 8, I am even more icked by her. It's not because I'm some great Ray defender. I'm pissed off at him. But it's so weird how Cheum suddenly made everything about herself and 'friendships' because episode 8 suddenly tries to fit her into the 'mom friend' role. She's clearly getting the 'girls hold together and manage men' treatment when she's actually as messy as any of them. But women aren't allowed to be messy, are they? They are supposed to run around in parties looking after men who cannot handle their emotions, they're supposed to interfere in everything to keep things together.. It's frustrating to see women in shows being portrayed that way. Especially because that hasn't been Cheum's role till now. Sand is the mom friend, Mew is a more tamed version of the mom friend, heck even Top has entered the mom friend category after ep 8, some would call April a mom friend but that girl is too smart to mother anyone except her girlfriend; but not Cheum. She's more careless and drinks a lot and is bitchy and mean, and yet a wonderful girlfriend who has managed to make her relationship last for years (despite her hidden fuck ups). So like.. why cant the show just embrace her the way she is instead of trying to make her be something she's not? Maybe the show is going for character growth or maybe we're being shown her true character which she might have buried after years of things remaining unchanged in her friend group. But I wish the female characters didn't always have to be the sensible ones and I wish that the messy ones weren't suddenly given a turn around to clean up the messes made by others. I loved when she was bitching about April to the gang and when Ray and her had that fight at the bar and then when her and April made up because for once her entire role wasn't reduced to the male's drama. Maybe I'm just a super triggered girl who wanted a queer girl to be allowed to be messy and have her own drama rather than just be a mouthpiece to the men's drama 😥

#only friends the series #chuem only friends #cheum only friends #cheumapril #ofts cheum #ray only friends #sand only friends #mew only friends #top only friends #ofts #sandray #raysand #topmew #thai bl #thai drama #asianlgbtqdramas #character analysis #women in media #queer women in media #only friends

[cornyonmains]

Can't wait for Only Friends tomorrow. So happy the messy gays are finally getting representation. Could do with the lesbians being a bit messier though. Passive aggressive comments are a tried and true staple of gay culture. If that's Cheum's worst character attribute, I feel robbed. Though I was living for her taking the hose to everyone during that fight. She needs to keep it on-deck for Mew. This boy is fixing to spiral if that Harley Quinn is any indication. My guy Mew is a reader. That costume was 100% a deliberate choice because Harley Quinn is highly intelligent, played by the rules, found no fulfillment in it, and descended to anarchy. Of course that costume if foreshadowing too, because Harley Quinn goes back to herself eventually. Usually when she ditches the Joker.

#only friends #only friends the series #ofts #topmew #raysand #bostonnick #forcebook #neomark #firstkhao #thai bl #bl drama #cheumApril

[moonkhao]

#the lesbians finally got to kiss 🧡🤍💖

ONLY FRIENDS | EP12

#only friends #ofts #only friends the series #cheumapril #lookjun bhasidi #nonnie pitchaporn #my edits #i wish cheum would've been more fleshed out and just a better character in general #also i would've loved to see more of her and april together #flashing tw #onlyfriendsedit

[thecasualfkfan]

So I did something...

Here is the Intro of the Only Friends series gifset-

(Part 1/ 02+ Bonus➡️)

#i dont know i just loved this intro hence this gifset #only friends the series #ofts #first kanaphan #khaotung thanawat #lookjun bhasidi #force jiratchapong #book kasidet #neo trai #mark pakin #nonnie pitchaporn #sandray #topmew #bostonnick #cheumapril

[blorbingqls]

Despite my lack of sleep and completely boisterous way of not responding well with mess and completely almost forgetting to write my thoughts on the episode, here you go.

only friends ep 2 stray thoughts relay an eventually peek into many of the history of these characters - this time was ray and top

i love the confessionals bit - that adds a lot to the story, personally for me - reminds me of barbie: life in the dreamhouse damn - i want the confessionals to continue

NAMCHEUM AND APRIL - so so cute babies - but i want more bits pls - let this web not be just within sandray, mewtop and bostonnick.

sand being the tired gay gives so so much - also, the pansexual notes - *chef's kiss* - the long glare at the last scene - DAMN - the pot is cooking

ray being more than the troubled rich kid with a dead mom - yes thats a well known trope but can we not kill more mothers pls

i need few more episodes to analyse mew - because he give me the reader trying to apply the theories in real life without a full-proof backup plan vibes - he is strategising the perfect love - with top

boston is an interesting character - not believing in permanence or drama but being the drama - the love for photography - damn thats so good

top - you didn't have to jump from that low point into the water - it will hurt your ribs pls - the fact that he didn't like how boston was heading and how he wanted to establish a boundary but wasn't able to clearly indicates so much more of him as a character - adds a layer to being more than the asshole character

nick - my poor babygirl whore with low self esteem issues - bub you are loved - a person like 'ton confusing you is completely understandable - i relate to you on this

with reference to @ranchthoughts @lurkingshan and @waitmyturtles 's post here and here I COMPLETELY agree that the show hints a lot towards impermanence of life and the fact every moment is fleeting each time, with decisions taken by each character towards their life indicates how they don't think twice while taking a decision.

i would like to link ephemerality with control - because that also, i feel, will become a running subtheme in the series - because as these characters will have the wish being in the moment and having the control respectively.

Sand wants to have boundaries within the friends with benefits bracket as that establishes some sort of control for him - where money, job security and materialism are things out of his control

Ray is wiling to buy off Sand in order to get some control in his life because the love he desires, the abandonment of people and loneliness in his life are left out and he has only money that can buys him the control the loneliness somehow.

Mew and Top want to have a control of the way they approach the relationship because they want to play with each other in terms of control. they believe individually they are at the higher end but that isn't the case.

Nick and Boston is the most interesting pair so far; Nick wants to have control on how he feels by asking Boston to label this relationship in order to fall less and Boston doesn't want any drama in his life as he sticks to one night stands but wants to have control on Top since that stand has imprinted in his memory and somehow bring Mew down. But since he can't have what he wants, he sends pretty mixed signals to Boston which according to him are clear but confuse Nick.

When shit hits the fan, all control will be lost, it will be too late and it will glorify as burning into a thousand suns.

#only friends #ofts #only friends the series #only friends ep2 #sandray #cheumapril #mewtop #bostonnick

[linoisacutebean]

My pan sexual ass having a meltdown at these two

#only friends the series #ofts #only friends #sanray #cheumapril #namcheum #april #san #ray #my pansexual ass said nope

[gillyweedgrl]

OF Stray Thoughts

Purely out of curiosity, is there anyone else watching OF who doesn't take issue with the fact that the show depicts slut-shaming as an almost hourly event?

Now hear me out, I'm not saying that I like the slut-shaming in and of itself, my point here is that I don't have a problem with them depicting it because my understanding of Thai culture (as a non-Thai Westerner *that speaks Thai) is that it is fairly commonplace.

Disclaimer: From what I understand/havewitnessed of Thai culture, and I've lived in Thailand, though not excessively puritanical it is very traditional/modest and the idea of any person sleeping around (let alone a young, gay man) isn't one that's easily or readily accepted.

From the beginning I've simply interpreted Chuem and Mew's regular slut-shaming of Boston as a realistic depiction of and commentary on the impact of Thailand's culture and traditional values on young people and how they view sex/relationships. Whereas Boston and Nick's situationship-become-relationship, and their semi-regular discussions/statements on the topic of monogony vs polyamory, as being the counter-balance to all the slut-shaming.

Both sides of the coin are shown, both perspectives have more than one character that represents the respective view points and, most importantly; the audience is left with room to interpret both perspectives. It's always felt to me like more of a commentary on the subject rather than a straight up (pun-intended) condemnation of loose sexual behaviour.

Side Note:

I like Mew, and I'm rooting for TopMew to have at least some semblance of a positive ending, but I don't condone his attitude towards Boston (or Ray for that matter). I also like Cheum well enough but dislike her attitude for the same reason and then some because, of the whole group, she comes accross (to me) as the most judgemental character. Though I do ackowledge that her character was written by a man so that may have an impact on how I subconciously react to her presence in some most scenes.

I also dislike Boston for multiple reasons (his treatment of Nick to a certain extent and his manipuation of Top/Ray etc.) but I love him as a character because of his representation of how love and sex can be enjoyed both seperately and together and how they are neither mutually exclusive nor intrinsically linked.

Anyway, just some thoughts that've been swirling around inside my mind amongst all the SandRay fanfics that threaten to write themselves.

Here, have some cuteness to counterbalance the above brainrot:

#only friends #only friends the series #ofts #bostonnick #sandray #topmew #cheumapril #neomark #firstkhao #forcebook #lookjunnonnie #only friends brainrot #ofts brainrot