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Just added an edit with some additional context from a fan who was there when the IG story was posted. It seems Krist was joking to get his fans to stop asking him personal questions about his sexuality and whether or not he was dating Singto.

“IF NO ONE ACCEPTS YOU, YOU HAVE ME”

Lately I’ve seen the narrative around Krist shifting from “he’s homophobic” to “he was homophobic, but he got better :)” so!

Let’s go back to a moment in 2017 during a ceremony where Krist and Singto accepted an award from the Thai branch of the gay magazine Attitude (now defunct). That’s the magazine that published this photoshoot:

[Attitude, 2018, promoting SOTUS S] (they also did one in 2016 for SOTUS)

Krist said that a friend of his once came out to his parents, and the parents wouldn’t accept him, so Krist told his friend, “It’s okay. If no one accepts you, you have me, and I accept you for who you are.”

So, yes, Krist was hotheaded when people kept harassing him about his sexuality, but can anyone truly blame him? No one looks at all the times he answered politely. Just the one time he broke. [EDIT: I just spoke with someone who was there when the infamous IG story was posted, and they said: “Krist's tone and demeanour when he emphatically said "no" was like, y'know, still friendly. It's like when friends tease you relentlessly and you say ‘no’ more forcefully to get them to stop?” And that actually was my first impression of it back in 2020—a joke that landed badly. And it lines up with his first apology: that he felt badly because his answer was taken out of context.]

There are people today who film these guys at the urinal. Who treat them like property because of money and time spent on them. Who hire trucks to drive around their company building making demands. And it’s 2024. GMMTV has legal teams on this stuff now. But you and I can’t imagine what kind of invasiveness Krist and Singto went through in 2016 as one of the first pairs in the BL industry to gain overnight fame and rabid, unprecedented focus from millions. Of course he snapped. It’s widely known that fans and reporters target Krist over Singto to get information even today because Singto never gives anyone the satisfaction of a reaction, but Krist is a people-pleaser and truly struggles with saying no to people. He’s always been the emotional one, the one who overthinks, the one desperate to make people happy. And when fans wanted to force KristSingto to publicly say that they were secretly dating, fans thought they could get Krist to break first, and they were right. (Personally, I always thought the Instagram story was an exaggerated joke that was a barely veiled “drop it.” EDIT: I’m glad at least one person who was there at the time can corroborate this.)

Then interfans came along, marked him as an easy target, and maliciously miscast him as a bigot to wave after wave of new interfans who never bothered to research further after a random person on the internet told them he’s a homophobe.

Krist asked his parents for their blessing to audition for SOTUS when he was still a teenager. He was afraid of what they’d think, but because his parents are lovely people, they supported him. And they still do. Krist’s father has a running joke that he’ll let Krist marry Singto if Singto brings a durian for the dowry.

I never included Singto in my clarification thread because I knew how quickly people would dismiss anything with Singto as conniving, tricksy fanservice. But you really don’t know anything about Krist until you see him with people he considers his safe spaces. That includes people like Mike. Like Gawin. Godji. Oat. These people who love him because he’s earned it.

I know I talk about this a lot. But I won’t ignore it when people try to twist his character, especially with I see them making assumptions about the premise of Ex-Morning. All I believe is that he was angry and afraid and overwhelmed. Then he reacted, apologized, and learned how to handle the fame and the invasiveness better.

Please stop trying to claw marrow out of a past mirage.

#krist perawat #i always suspected this was the case and it honestly makes it so much worse that he was miscast as a bigot #he has such a warm and joking relationship with his fans to this day #there are stories as far back as sotus filming of krist asking his fans not to bring snacks and then whining when they brought healthy food #i do hope that helps the context

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“IF NO ONE ACCEPTS YOU, YOU HAVE ME”

Lately I’ve seen the narrative around Krist shifting from “he’s homophobic” to “he was homophobic, but he got better :)” so!

Let’s go back to a moment in 2017 during a ceremony where Krist and Singto accepted an award from the Thai branch of the gay magazine Attitude (now defunct). That’s the magazine that published this photoshoot:

[Attitude, 2018, promoting SOTUS S] (they also did one in 2016 for SOTUS)

Krist said that a friend of his once came out to his parents, and the parents wouldn’t accept him, so Krist told his friend, “It’s okay. If no one accepts you, you have me, and I accept you for who you are.”

So, yes, Krist was hotheaded when people kept harassing him about his sexuality, but can anyone truly blame him? No one looks at all the times he answered politely. Just the one time he broke. [EDIT: I just spoke with someone who was there when the infamous IG story was posted, and they said: “Krist's tone and demeanour when he emphatically said "no" was like, y'know, still friendly. It's like when friends tease you relentlessly and you say ‘no’ more forcefully to get them to stop?” And that actually was my first impression of it back in 2020—a joke that landed badly. And it lines up with his first apology: that he felt badly because his answer was taken out of context.]

There are people today who film these guys at the urinal. Who treat them like property because of money and time spent on them. Who hire trucks to drive around their company building making demands. And it’s 2024. GMMTV has legal teams on this stuff now. But you and I can’t imagine what kind of invasiveness Krist and Singto went through in 2016 as one of the first pairs in the BL industry to gain overnight fame and rabid, unprecedented focus from millions. Of course he snapped. It’s widely known that fans and reporters target Krist over Singto to get information even today because Singto never gives anyone the satisfaction of a reaction, but Krist is a people-pleaser and truly struggles with saying no to people. He’s always been the emotional one, the one who overthinks, the one desperate to make people happy. And when fans wanted to force KristSingto to publicly say that they were secretly dating, fans thought they could get Krist to break first, and they were right. (Personally, I always thought the Instagram story was an exaggerated joke that was a barely veiled “drop it.” EDIT: I’m glad at least one person who was there at the time can corroborate this.)

Then interfans came along, marked him as an easy target, and maliciously miscast him as a bigot to wave after wave of new interfans who never bothered to research further after a random person on the internet told them he’s a homophobe.

Krist asked his parents for their blessing to audition for SOTUS when he was still a teenager. He was afraid of what they’d think, but because his parents are lovely people, they supported him. And they still do. Krist’s father has a running joke that he’ll let Krist marry Singto if Singto brings a durian for the dowry.

I never included Singto in my clarification thread because I knew how quickly people would dismiss anything with Singto as conniving, tricksy fanservice. But you really don’t know anything about Krist until you see him with people he considers his safe spaces. That includes people like Mike. Like Gawin. Godji. Oat. These people who love him because he’s earned it.

I know I talk about this a lot. But I won’t ignore it when people try to twist his character, especially with I see them making assumptions about the premise of Ex-Morning. All I believe is that he was angry and afraid and overwhelmed. Then he reacted, apologized, and learned how to handle the fame and the invasiveness better.

Please stop trying to claw marrow out of a past mirage.

#krist perawat #i’m just gonna post this now before ex-morning promo and kristsingto activities really get going #leave my son alone thank you

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Love your post about Krist's scandals! wondering where are you from. it's ok if you need privacy.

Aw, thank you! I really appreciate that. I’m from the U.S. originally, but I’ve been living abroad for a long time.

Aaand little soapbox moment:

The hate against Krist is so disproportionate to the sum total of every single misstep he’s ever done. It really emphasizes to me that interfans are just abusing him for fun.

Some of them celebrated his car crash.

That’s when I decided to make my thread, because I’ve been a fan of Krist since 2020 when the hate really ramped up, and I’ve never seen him be anything but kind to everyone around him and committed to improving himself every day. That’s the kind of person you want to see succeed, and he has. He’s loved and respected by the people who work with him, he has a loyal fanbase, and he’s been regularly working since he made his series debut with SOTUS.

In the end, interfans might have hurt him and traumatized him, but he survived it through therapy and the love he’s earned from everyone around him. And I’m proud of him for being relentlessly kind in the face of such tremendous and malicious cruelty.

#kiranokira answers #sorry for the soapbox! #but #especially since i got to meet him and talk to him very briefly it really drove home how kind he is and how absolutely he didn’t deserve it #i’m glad the hate is dying down #and with ex-morning coming up they’ll be gaining new fans #i’m really looking forward to having new people in the fandom <3 #krist perawat

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I have to say, I myself don't have many peers in gmmtv, it's always been just KSOGTN. So when we separated, I was quite lonely, because everyone else could still work as a unit, while I was going solo on my own. P'Sing, too, for that matter. So for us to reunite... In our personal lives we still see each other from time to time, but in terms of work I think both of us don't want to be lonely anymore. I feel like now the timing is right. I finally came to the conclusion that I'll need to halt my plan of further studies for now. And if I'm not going abroad to study just yet, working the same old way still makes me happy. I like working where it feels comfortable, and being here makes me comfortable. I don't need to go anywhere else. ❶ ❷ ❸

#aaaaaaa i’m so glad you gif’d this part op! #peraya and yuyus on twitter were losing it #krist is just emotions and anxiety packed into a person-shaped 🥺 emoji #krist perawat #singto prachaya #kristsingto #gmmtv

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Since I see people snidely saying Krist is just using BL for clout, I’m gonna remind y’all whose debut series lifted GMMTV off the ground and made it into a company with clout.

You’re a guest in his house. Use your inside voice.

#people can be exhausting #you’re only alive once #find something or someone to love and celebrate every breath you get #putting hate into his tags is really obnoxious and if you do it you shouldn’t wonder why people don’t like you #i’m done man #four years of this #i’m not gonna ignore it either because that’s how it got this bad #krist perawat

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Which part of the Ex-Morning teaser was your favorite? It looks so good! I’m really excited for it!

This scene here is probably my favourite.

Maybe because I tend to prefer emotional/dramatic scenes, even more so when it's from these two who are excellent at this. Their pained expressions, and the fact that an act of help would be deemed as selfish, intrigued me as to how the characters got to this point, and why they parted ways in the first place.

As a fan, I also appreciate the storyline and details that parallel with Krist and Singto's real life stories ^^ All in all, it's only a pilot and it already looks so good, character dymanics, plot, and performance wise. I can't wait for the series to come out! (and the osts!!)

#krist is definitely going to sing the main theme #he’s gonna poke singto into singing at least one other one #aahhhh the teaser was already so intriguing there are so many parts i love #and it still left a lot vague! #the ex-morning #krist perawat #singto prachaya #kristsingto

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Krist “I’m Sorry for Spoiling I’ll Do It Again” Perawat

No more secrets!

#krist perawat #singto prachaya #kristsingto #he’s just a li’l turtle he can’t be expected to keep secrets

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Hi friend since you are resident KitKit expert can you possibly fact check a ‘fact’ I can no longer trace back. I feel like I read it somewhere but I might have totally bastardized it in my head but is the whole pink milk/pink drink association with BL because of Arthit? Or is it a thai gay culture thing that was then featured prominently in BLs? I know Arthit likes those drinks but other than that it’s just static in my head.

Okay so! I didn’t know this, so I asked a friend who wrote a whole book about BL culture and used SOTUS as a pretty significant framing device, and they confirmed that SOTUS kicked it off. In their words, “2 Moons consolidated it,” and then it went on to become a BL staple.

Personally, I always liked the pink milk for Arthit’s character because it’s that early confirmation that he’s more than he seems. Especially since the series begins with him posturing so incredibly hard, finding out he’s a devotee of a pink drink is a pretty cute way to hint at both his sweet nature and his sexuality.

So yeah! Seems like Arthit made pink milk into a bit of a queer symbol. :’)

I definitely haven’t earned my Krist degree, but asks like this give me more opportunities to learn more, so I appreciate the question! <3

#kiranokira answers #sotus the series #arthit rojnapat #krist perawat

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I’m officially ascending from my defense era. Krist has done more queer advocacy than any person who’s harassed him purely to bond with other bullies. Back off my actual son.

Lmao my entire dash this morning is just Krist defence, aging Singto thirst and Ex-Morning excitement. It’s a great time to be a PERAYA.

#krist perawat #his found family privately and professionally is overwhelmingly queer #godji would slap you in the face for making him sad #that’s her son too #oat is his father #this man has an entire thai queer army

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Get attacked!! ✨🌈SEND THIS TO OTHER BLOGGERS YOU THINK ARE WONDERFUL. KEEP THE GAME GOING🌈✨

(thank you for your kristsingto/sotus content esp, I missed them so much <3)

AWWWW JUST FOR THAT YOU GET MORE :’)

Behold my favorite extremely specific niche genre of KristSingto photos entitled “Krist vs. Singto’s Clothes: an Endless Saga”:

#icons the two of them #kiranokira asks #kristsingto #krist perawat #singto prachaya

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If I had a nickel for every onscreen couple I followed in 2020 consisting of an excitable, emotional extrovert and their calm, stabilizing introvert, I’d have two nickels.

It’s not a lot, but it kind of confirms I have a type.

#bounprem #boun noppanut #prem warut #kristsingto #krist perawat #singto prachaya #tunnel vision until revamp and ex-morning air #literally ‘this is the only thing i’m going to talk about’ #boun and krist need to interact #they would get along so well #universe please #i know you’ve given me a lot but #do it for them #let my sons be buddies

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The Ex-Morning pilot: Behind the scenes ☕🥲

#i love that krist and aou are a long-suffering duo in bmf and here #please cast them together in every series just for their characters to annoy each other #krist perawat #aou thanaboon #the ex-morning #the ex morning

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I’m having a great time. 🍿🎉🍾

#the ex morning #kristsingto #krist perawat #singto prachaya #this and revamp are legitimately the only things i’m going to think about until they air

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Thinking about the Mock-Trailer for The Ex-Morning

Pathapi is said to be the Best Reporter of the Year in the beginning. How. I want to know his career accomplishments so badly? I need to know how he got here!

I’ve been considering why Pathapi acts the way he does in the beginning. Has he always been like, since his university days? Or was it perhaps heartbreak and the passage of time that’s made him more like this? 

Aou is being made to play the exasperated best friend in Be My Favorite and the rival with coffee thrown on him in The Ex-Morning. Someone give both characters a raise. And a boyfriend!

I looooove the trope of the arrogant, whiny jerkass in a successful position who gets humbled. And that paired with him rebuilding his reputation with his ex-boyfriend of all people? I am so ready to see Pathapi’s character arc, and the things Tamtawan makes him do in this trailer makes me think he’ll get more in-tune with the spirit of good reporting and why it’s so important.

How does Tamtawan know and decide to come back? Obviously, he wants to help Pathapi and is still in love with him, but why did he leave? WHY DID HE LEAVE? Later in the trailer, when present-day Tamtawan leaves, it’s after he’s told “Tam. You have two options now.” What are the two options? The way Tamtawan leaves and the look on his face makes him look regretful, but what exactly is motivating him trying to leave here? Why did he leave in the first place? Does Pathapi know? His face looks half confused rather than just heartbroken!

What has Tamtawan been up to? I am intrigued.

The SOTUS reference in their university days flashback? I am obsessed. They were so sweet in that one frame, it makes me wonder how they fell in love. How different were they? How much of the same remains in them? How did they fall in love? Oh my god!

The transition from Pathapi being awkward with shirtless only-clothed-in-a-towel Tamtawan to taking his own shirt off and asking if Tamtawan has an ulterior motive to fluster him is hilarious to me. I love how forward Pathapi is here! And Tamtawan getting flustered is amazing. Oh my god, I love this trailer. It balances a comedic tone, angst, tension, etc all in one show. Can’t help but adore it.

“You’re still the same selfish jerk.” I need to know what happened! I said this above and I’m saying it again. I am intrigued.

Uni Tamtawan pulling Pathapi by his tie? I am obsessed.

The umbrella scene is both so very P’Lit and so very much a SOTUS reference, it delights me. I wonder how many SOTUS references we’ll have in the show proper.

I wonder if the car accident will coincide with the climax of the show.

That! Last! Scene! I suppose this is a scene when they’re hooking up but not properly together, seeing as they’re flirting, shirtless, and probably just had sex, but still won’t admit they still like each other. This sounds great to me.

I’ve mostly not talked about the meta elements here, because I feel it’s less about the contents of the actual trailer and more about the nature of the series as such a KristSingto RPF-type plot. Anyway, I love it. Everything about the meta of this series is perfect to me, and exactly what I wanted. This show is SO fun to think about when you know about the lore of KristSingto in real life. I’m half expecting Tamtawan to have hazed Pathapi at this point!

Side note that is not a side note: I LOVE THEIR ACTING! I love their characters!

Is this vers? I’m going to say it’s vers or Top Krist until proven wrong, because that last scene? Well. Let’s put the KristSingto into the KristSingto.

I love the small cast and the focus on KristSingto! I just need to say this. I am so excited for this comeback, in-part because it really is just Tamtawan and Pathapi’s story.

Tamtawan is supposed to mean “follow” and “sun” whereas Pathapi means earth/soil/ground. Coming off of KongArt, where Arthit is obviously “sun,” and KristSingto, who compare themselves to the sun and moon, this seems so definitely meaningful. Aof and Lit, I need to know what you’re cooking! 

The coals scene is sooooo perfect, both for the characters AND KristSingto themselves. Again bringing it back to the meta of it all, but, oh my god? This is perfect? Aof wrote a screenplay that was KristSingto RPF? On that note, I keep thinking about the idea of KristSingto channeling their feelings from the irl work-partner “break up” and it makes me go a little crazy. Especially with Krist talking about all his efforts to bring Singto back, and how he over-thought it when Singto left. And even more so seeing as they say they’re basically playing themselves.

The lyrics of the song used in the trailer are so fitting, I am now looping it and thinking about Pathapi and Tamtawan forever and ever.

I noticed that Tamtawan goes by “Tam” but did I miss it for Pathapi in the trailer, or do we get no indication of his nickname? I’m curious.

The “Begin Again” for the new Peraya Party speaks to both KristSingto and their new characters, and this is again making me go, oh god it’s true they’re just playing themselves.

I said my ideal KristSingto BL was a vers exes-to-lovers that parallels reality. Evidently, I was not alone.

Is it just me, or do the Pathapi + animals and Pathapi + soil degradation water scenes feel a lot like certain episodes of Friendship with KristSingto? Just me? Maybe it’s just Krist. I love him so dearly.

So much is revealed in this trailer, but that somehow makes me more intrigued about what is not being revealed to us?

Krist still goes for the top lip and Singto still goes for the bottom lip when they kiss. This kills me every time. I am so excited to see lovey-dovey Tamtawan and Pathapi!

#this is such a good breakdown op #knowing about ks is going to make watching all the more entertaining #i’m still shocked they included krist’s car crash #i’m still so glad he was physically all right after that #i love the point about phatapi becoming a better reporter because of tam #like at the beginning he’s reporting on celebrity gossip so it’ll be interesting to watch his character develop

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KRISTSINGTO’S NEW MASCOT UNVEILED

At GMMTV’s showcase yesterday, along with their new series, The Ex-Morning, KristSingto also announced a reunion event in June to relaunch their brand.

And fans quickly noticed that hanging out next to Singto appears to be their new mascot: a li’l turtle wearing a lion hat.

When a fan asked about the mascot, Krist said it was finished and Singto was the one to design it. So I believe we have the newest member of GMMTV’s mascot family. <3

[vid source]

[translator: @FUSiiZAA]

Goodbye to all my money. I need that turtle in all forms of merch.

#kristsingto #singtokrist #singto prachaya #krist perawat #he can keep nong kawi company :D #aaaaa i’m so happy they have a mascot #they really are Back back #relief #seeing krist alone was so sad #especially after he and gawin were only temporary #i was hoping he’d leave to partner with singto again but instead singto came back ;’)

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I can't believe the universe gave me a hug and said, "Would you like two gay men to write you KristSingto RPF and then have them act it out for you?"

#the ex morning #kristsingto #krist perawat #singto prachaya #yes i would #thank you universe #i love you

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THE EX-MORNING SERIES CONCEPT

By now I think many people have heard that KristSingto’s upcoming series is an original script that was written for them. What we also have confirmed is that it was written about them.

[source]

KRIST: This series was written by P'Backaof and directed by P'Lit where they created this script from the start deliberately for the two of us and they got information for the characters etc. from KristSingto directly. In the series, the name for P'Sing is Tamtawan, and my name is Phatapi. And Tamtawan Tamtawan and Phatapi are KristSingto themselves.

INTERVIEWER: Does that mean you play yourself?

KRIST: [laughing] Yes, we act as ourselves, so it's not difficult at all.

Today, Aof elaborated on his part on Twitter:

[source: @backaof]

[translation: @_beinglistener]

And Jojo added:

[source: @jojotichakorn]

[translation: @_beinglistener]

So, two gay men are the leading creative minds behind KristSingto’s comeback series. Time to study up on your KristSingto history, kids. \:D/

Long live sanctioned RPF. 🎉

#krist perawat #singto prachaya #kristsingto #the ex morning #i’ve already seen the same tired ‘guess rent was due’ about krist and #i see on twitter when people link my thread about krist to people still insisting he’s homophobic #man’s rich #he works constantly #he even said it’s something he regrets now that his grandmother who raised him passed away #he worked so much he didn’t have as much time for his family—who he helps support #he is quite literally considered bl royalty #he has more queer people in his circle than straight #waa (gay) is his mentor #aof (gay) wrote this series and jojo (gay) thought up the concept so even professionally he's supported by queer people #you don’t have to like him #and you don’t have to admit to sending death threats to a stranger who doesn’t speak your language based on rumors you didn’t verify #just y’know #admit quietly to yourself alone in your head that you were wrong and you caused harm to a person who didn’t deserve it #plenty of actors use bl as a stepping stone to bigger jobs #he’s not one of them #he wanted to do bl for years but gmmtv told him he could only work with singto #so literally the only reason kit didn’t do bl until BMF was scheduling issues because singto wanted to study abroad #and singto couldn’t get a fixed date for it and then the pandemic messed with his plans even more #i’m glad to see more and more people are understanding who krist is recently #and even in the series they made pathapi’s controversy an impulsive act of anger #krist has said he used to struggle with being hotheaded #and one of his apologies for the igs was even something like ‘i acted without thinking of how it would look out of context’ #he just wanted people to stop harassing him for his sexuality but the context isn’t in the igs #anyway my go-to when i’m too tired to talk about this is always this #if he had ever been homophobic thai people would be the ones leading the charge against him…but it’s interfans