#chopper nlmg

[srnileforme]

KANGHAN ✗ CHOPPER | CHARMER

#perth tanapon #perthppe #dangerous romance the series #dangerous romance #kanghan krittin #nlmg #never let me go #never let me go the series #chopper nlmg #chopperben #kanghansailom #kangsailom #perthchimon #*edits

[sillsif]

— Ocean Vuong. Someday I’ll Love Ocean Vuong, Nightsky Sky with Exit Wounds. // Never Let Me Go (2022-2023), GMMTV.

#never let me go #nlmg #palm pannakorn jannaloy #nueng nuengdiao kiattrakulmethee #chopper nlmg #pond naravit #phuwin tangsakyuen #perth tanapon #these three and their struggle with family!

[bl-bracket]

Round 1: Porsche (Kinnporsche: The Series) vs Chopper (Never Let Me Go)

[Submitted Reasons Under Cut]

Porsche: "the waist to shoulder ratio. the high waisted pants. the goofball smile."

Chopper: "He's simply so damn handsome, really sweet and brave and the same time, has a good fashion sense imo, you can't not love him. Low-key in Vegas's (from Kinnporsche) situation but only wants to live his life peacefully, not greedy and hatful like his father. Angel<333"

#bl bracket #bl drama #bl shows #round 1 #kinnporsche #porsche #porsche kittisawasd #kinnporsche the series #chopper #chopper nlmg #never let me go #nlmg #gender envy

[kattahj]

"Why are you pointing your gun at my son? Put it down!"

This line has been bouncing around my brain for weeks, because of what it says about Kit's and Chopper's relationship, and how that in turn informs Chopper's character arc.

Kit's just been shot by Chopper. He probably doesn't think his son would go so far as to kill him, but he didn't believe he would be shot by him either, and that just happened. But in that moment, his immediate reaction is to yell at his henchmen to stand down.

Because out of the two possible risks here – he dies, or he has to see his son die – he vastly prefers the former.

Compare and contrast the similar scene between Shin and Thana in 3 Will Be Free. Thana cares for his son, may even love him, but when Shin betrays his father, Thana doesn't hesitate to throw him in with Neo and Miw to be killed.

Kit, on the other hand, only points a gun at Chopper for a second before turning it towards Nueng (who is unarmed, cradling Palm, not a threat at this moment). He is certainly angry with Chopper. He wants to punish Chopper, for stepping out of line, for being disobedient enough to choose those two over him. But he doesn't ever want Chopper to die.

And Chopper doesn't want Kit to die. (In this, he is of course entirely similar to Shin, who also cries over his asshole father, except Chopper gets his wish. Kit survives.)

In a show full of daddy issues, Chopper is closer to his father than any of the other characters. Nueng's dad was distant, Palm's harsh, Ben's homophobic. Chopper is used to being by his dad's side, the apple of his eye. Used to being told that everything Kit does, he does for him. And no, Kit doesn't listen when Chopper protests that he doesn't want it, but what BL father ever properly listened to his son?

I don't know if Kit was the kind of dad to give piggyback rides and come to school concerts, but it wouldn't surprise me.

And that's half of the reason it takes Chopper so long to stand up against his father. Resisting abuse is hard, but resisting love is hard in a different way. To look at someone who has cared for you, who you have cared for, and sever that bond in a way that hurts both emotionally and physically. To have to make that sacrifice to save not only yourself, but others, because the person who was so kind to you was a monster to others, and in order to keep their love you have to become someone else entirely.

It is, in its heightened, soap opera way, a quintessentially queer experience.

The other reason it's so hard for Chopper to take a stand is that he is by far the most empathetic person on the show. He feels for everyone. His father, yes, and his beloved cousin, but he also feels for Ben even as Ben is pursuing Nueng. He feels for Palm when he senses Palm's awkwardness in his new employment. He feels for the guy who gets his finger cut off as punishment by Kit.

And what does he do in the finger-cutting scene?

He turns away.

Empathy isn't always positive. Empathic distress is a term used when someone is so overwhelmed by other people's emotions that it starts to hurt them, and that's a common cause of burnout and can be a hindrance to actual help and compassion. You don't want a surgeon who starts crying in the operating room.

Chopper wants everyone to get along. He wants everyone to be like him, and not hurt anyone. But not everyone is like him, and someone is going to get hurt. The longer he waits to act, the worse the situation gets. Chopper has been trained to shoot, but it's not until the end that he can steel his heart enough to do it – and even then, just until his father is arrested. Then he's swept up by his emotions again, taking on all the guilt that Kit ought to be feeling.*

"You are nothing like me," Kit admits at the end. He spits it out in anger and disgust, a curse – but in a way also a blessing. At last, he truly sees his son, and through that, Chopper is finally set free.

*A couple of thoughts from Scandinavian children's fantasy: I've been thinking about the Shamer Chronicles, Drakan who does so much evil and feels no shame vs. Rosa who does no evil and feels so much shame. Also, the argument from The Brothers Lionheart about how Jonatan can't kill anyone and Orvar says, "If everybody was like you, evil would get to rule forever!" and Skorpan counters by saying that if everybody was like Jonatan there would be no evil. But I'm not entirely sure where I'm going with either of those thoughts, so that's why they're stuck in the footnote. :-)

#never let me go #never let me go the series #chopper nlmg #kit nlmg #suphakit nlmg

[sunshinechay]

Maybe it’s because I’ve been watching all three at one time but like on a sliding scale for “business man villain’s ‘good for nothing’ son”.

Chopper is on one end, Vegas is on the other and now Thanthai is somewhere in the middle.

Is it actually a thing or is it just me?

#never let me go #kinnporsche the series #laws of attraction #chopper nlmg #vegas theerapanyakul #thanthai loa #kpts #it’s probably just me #but like it’s definitely a recurring trope right now #and like damn #i noticed it and i can’t unnotice it #i have this funnier than i have any right too #this post may self destruct #shut up cap #cap speaks

[youtreatmelikeaman]

Chopper really made me so sad with his lil face

confess to him or you might never get the chance again

god poor little meow meow

#never let me go the series #nlmg #never let me go #chopper nlmg #perth tanapon #chimon wachirawit #ben x chopper

[quodekash]

guys hes so whipped its gonna make me cry

#as per usual i am far more invested in the potential side couple than the main couple #but who's surprised? NO ONE #quodekash finally watches never let me go #nlmg #never let me go #never let me go series #never let me go the series #i cant remember either of their names #um #ben? #ben nlmg #nlmg ben #chimon wachirawit #AND CHOPPER HIS NAME IS CHOPPER #chopper nlmg #nlmg chopper #perth tanapon #benchopper #chopperben #perthchimon #chimonperth #really hoping im not clowning

[ashedddaisy]

This question hurts from his position, ngl.

#never let me go #never let me go 3 #chopper nlmg

[aprilblossomgirl]

NEVER LET ME GO (2022-2023) | ep. 12

Phuwin Tangsakyuen as Nuengdiao Kiattrakulmethee & Perth Tanapon as Chopper Kiattrakulmethee

Even though you are Uncle Kit’s Son, you are nothing like him. I know you’ve never had bad intentions toward me. For me, you are still my talented cousin. 

#never let me go #never let me go the series #never let me go ep12 #nuengdiao kiattrakulmethee #chopper kiattrakulmethee #phuwin tangsakyuen #perth tanapon #*gifs #nlmg 🧡 #i wanna gif this whole kiattrakulmethee cousins hug scene 🥺🥺🥺 #not sure why i associate the later episodes of nlmg with this coloring.

[heretherebedork]

This line and the casual delivery almost did me in and then to follow this with the knowledge that Chopper confessed his love to Ben before this and so Ben has known this entire time that Chopper liked him and is wondering if he still likes and the way that Chopper is avoiding any kind of answer because he's seen how Ben is dating Nueng and he saw how happy his cousin was as well.

That is not the face of someone who has gotten over his feelings. But also oh the call backs, to Chopper telling Ben to take his shot, to confess, to speak his love even if he'll be rejected because Chopper knows exactly how that feels but he still wants to see Ben happy. He loves Ben in the way that says 'just be happy, please be happy, don't be like me.'

All Chopper has been doing is encouraging Ben from a place of love that he already knew was rejected. My entire heart.

The quiet longing I could never quite place fits right here. This is Chopper's longing. This is Chopper's wish. This is Chopper admitting he had to create the distance with Ben because he had confessed and we know he never lost those feelings.

Chopper is trying so hard to be clear that he wants Ben to be happy with Nueng, that he hopes their future is bring and Ben is watching him, oh Ben is studying him. He's trying to figure out the words he isn't saying.

MY ENTIRE SOUL LEFT THE BUILDING.

How can Chopper answer this? He's seen how happy Nueng was with Ben and how hard Ben was fighting to get home back but he's been carrying this torch despite rejection for years... how can he do this? What can he do? My entire heart for these two.

#chopperben #chopper x ben #benchopper #ben x chopper #never let me go #nlmg #never let me go the series #bl drama #bl series #thaibl #thai drama #thai series #asianlgbtqdramas #asian lgbtq dramas #gmmtv #thai bl #my beloved boys

[lamonnaie]

they have more chemistry exchanging names than ben nueng do when they're literally kissing

#lam watches nlmg #lam.text #never let me go #btw i have already adopted chopper he is mine #insert that i have only had chopper for 5 seconds meme #i didnt catch very much of nlmg the first time around #the only scene with chopper i rlly remember was when he shot his dad #and that rlly cemented my appreciation of perth as an actor tbh #anyway i am a palmchopper truther 🥰🥰 #ghost ships for daysss ahjskdjk

[sillsif]

im fainting

#never let me go #nlmg #chopper kiattrakulmethee #chopper nlmg #AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #chopper tuesday

[distant-screaming]

the fact that nueng on the beach is unable to sleep without music, and yet it takes him very little time to adjust, to have the thing he can't sleep without become palm. the fact that when he goes back, all alone, he tries to fall asleep curled up around palm's abandoned shirt. the fact that it was never about the music, but about connection and feeling loved instead. the fact that nueng is just - so desperately lonely.

#and the way this reflects in chopper who isn't as alone (he has friends and people he's friendly with) #but he's still so lonely #and the way palm too is lonely #and all the characters are just. #explodes #nlmg #never let me go #never let me go series #never let me go the series #nuengdiao #nuengdiao kiattrakulmethee #distant screaming screams into the void

[kattahj]

Me, contemplating Chopper: I love the mains (especially Palm), but something about Chopper just hits so hard! Palm and Nueng at least have each other, but for most of the series, Chopper has no one on his side. His dad keeps demanding him to be evil, Palm and Nueng and even Ben all expect him to be, and yet despite all the pressure, he just keeps being good, over and over again.... Oh, God, he's an Unchosen One. Of course!

#never let me go the series #never let me go #chopper nlmg

[youdontloveme-yet]

utter betrayal & helplessness.

#never let me go #never let me go spoilers #never let me go ep 7 #thaidrama #asianlgbtqdramas #never let me go chopper #nlmg #nlmg chopper #perth tanapon #gmmtv series #vx:gifs #vx:tv:nlmg #i just saw the last one is different #i have nothing to do with it tho #the colouring is the same in all of them #so fuck whoever slaps these filters honestly

[mineonmain]

So I hope we can all come to a consensus and collectively agree that we’re renaming NLMG to Daddy Issues: The Series

#never let me go #pondphuwin #gmmtv #gmmtv series #thai bl #bl drama #thai drama #BL series #NLMG #never let me go Ep 5 #neung. palm. chopper. Ben. all buckling under the weight of their father’s pressure #and they can all suck my DICK #all of them are being forced to live out their fathers' lives and dreams #they are nothing but an extension of their parents #without their consent #what happens when they really start to fight for what they want #what then. #palm's is the most interesting to me bc he's struggling with wanting to take care of neung but not wanting the pressure of it being a duty