I've Always Found Pee Peerawich Attractive, But There's Something About Him As Hope.

I've always found Pee Peerawich attractive, but there's something about him as Hope.

Is it because they changed his hair?

Is it the costuming? Those black suits are doing a lot for him.

Or is it because he's playing a morally questionable character, which is such a contrast to his last role in La Pluie? Talent is attractive, and watching him act, and seeing his range is so impressive.

That deranged smile...

It was at this point that I couldn't pretend not to notice how sexy he got.

I'm soooooooooooo invested in Hope as a character. I want all the mess.

Give me the violent, deranged debt collector with a soft spot for his boyfriend.

Sidenote: I didn't know Pee would have a romantic partner in the show. So the joy I feel!

Sidenote sidenote: I'm questioning the age gap between Hope and Save though... Isn't Save in high school? How old is Hope supposed to be?

Sidenote sidenote sidenote: It's kind of insane how Hope has some kind of chemistry with everyone at this point. He could kiss Jack, Tattoo or Aran, and I'd be down to watch.

Thanks for listening to my Ted Talk.

randomly my favorite thing about this specific kiss is that Karan is checking in on Achi for the second time over the course of a couple minutes. like in addition to stopping to observe the beauty inherent in having Achi beneath him, I think he's looking for signs of anxiety or discomfort. but Achi looks near euphoric and is following after Karan's lips, so Karan continues onward.

screaming yelling oh my GOD i'm probably a million years late to this party, but can i just take a moment to appreciate how Monster Next Door subverts the usual 'under the influence' trope in episode 4/5!??!?

ngl when the scene started i was cringing so hard, because what i thought was going to happen didn't feel necessary for the development of the characters or their relationship. i understand that some stories require scenes which drive the character to wrestle with the truth of their inner demons (i'm thinking of you, kpts episode 4), but this show and the characters did not need it at all.

but bless the writers/director(s) of MND!! they didn't disappoint!! so instead we get:

god adorably gushing about how cute diew is while he's drunk and has no filter <3 (ahhh, send help! god's implying that when he normally thinks of diew, his imagination of diew doesn't ever live up to when he sees diew in reality so he instinctively knows its not just him dreaming/thinking of diew!! this is SO CUTE!!!!)

2. god clearly wanting to kiss diew but even blind drunk he doesn't yank diew into the kiss. the way it's shot, we actually see diew slowly relaxing onto god, so we get to see that he wants the kiss too.

3. but crucially, diew pulls back! which i'm just... relieved over tbh because it would have felt quite out of character for diew to have kissed him here anyway, but also these darling boys deserve a much better first kiss where neither of them are intoxicated (hopefully this doesn't come back to bite me later).

4. during the whole shower section, i got a bit worried again, but we see diew doing his level best to treat god right given the circumstances and he keeps turning away when he can/seems to be trying to touch god as little as possible. like this scene is clearly there for us, the audience, to appreciate Big Thanakorn's incredibly impressive physique, but diew, at least, is more discomforted by the situation then anything else. which feels right.

5. and bLESS we don't even need to suffer through unnecessary misunderstandings between them the next morning because when god wakes up he just communicates, just like he's consistently been doing this whole time, completely in line with what we know about his character up to this point! its so refreshing to NOT have them "fight" because they don't talk about what happened.

also i like that he acknowledges that he didn't have control when he's drunk and that it wasn't actually okay/good for their relationship. like, idk, sometimes shows just glorify alcoholism/the 'liberty' that comes with being drunk, but i'm grateful this show isn't doing that despite being in a university setting.

an aside: the show's commitment to drawing attention to the size difference cracks me up because diew wears these huge as baggy tshirts and they're still too small for god.

anyway, yes, this is a love letter to the writers/director(s) of monster next door who clearly know their show, know their characters, and gave us such a sweet subverted version of this troupe. <3

Do you think about how Home said "wait for me I have to talk with my family first" and of course now Peach thinks he talked with his family and came up with this horrible agreement to pay him off when in reality Home meant I have to cook for you because that's how I can communicate with you and ask for forgiveness because you are my family

Ladies and gentlemen (and non gender conforming individuals),

Just for context...

This man here,

And this man,

Are the same person.

I don't care if he's in a supporting role, the man is acting for his life.

Well this hits different now.