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SO ABOUT KRIST. \:D/

I'm not sure how many people have seen this photo or know the context behind it.

It was taken by a fan (see watermark) at the final episode premiere for Be My Favorite in August. After we finished watching the episode, Krist and Gawin walked down the aisles of the theater singing their duet, and then they went to the front stage to give their closing speeches. Most of us expected Krist to cry because it doesn't take a lot to make that happen on a normal day. But a fan event for a series that he put his heart and soul into? That he had resting on his shoulders since it was announced in late 2021? Certified, guaranteed, written in stone.

Even expecting it, though, didn't prepare me for seeing Krist cry in person. Especially when it wasn't the crying I'm used to seeing from him. I didn't even need to understand what he was saying to feel affected by it. Being in the theater, hearing him struggle to speak, assuming what he must be talking about, hearing how absolutely earnest every word was, that was enough.

I read the translation later. Krist was talking about Gawin. That he's always wanted the focus of the series to be on Gawin, because it was Gawin's first main role, and Krist felt like he'd taint it. In the past six months, Krist has said more than once that his greatest achievement from Be My Favorite was meeting Gawin. In another interview, he said he didn't care if no one watched the series because he has Gawin in his life now, and that means more to him than the success of his work. He said meeting Gawin changed him and made him grow up.

I always knew that Krist would be good for Gawin's career. From the moment I saw the casting announcement, I knew that Krist would do what he does with all of his friends and colleagues: promote him, hype him, celebrate him. I just had no idea how close they would become. That they would both find strength in each other, and that they would develop the incredibly close friendship they have now.

And, man…ever since I saw that photo up there where Gawin is listening with tears in his eyes as his close friend and admired senior talks about him with such affection and respect, my disappointment in everyone who continues to spread misinformed hate against Krist is so much deeper.

But it's also calmer.

Because it won't last.

Krist is so widely loved by the people in his life and the people he's worked with, and he's so effusively loving in return. And I think more and more people are starting to see that. He cares so intensely all the time and he allows so much of his vulnerability to show, and he listens to people.

So whenever I see people scoffing, "How does he even have fans?" I know they haven't actually looked into who he is. I know they watched a TikTok or a YouTube video with the same five things taken out of context and it just doesn't hold up when you actually see him.

Because this is who he is:

At MUSICON, he and Gawin did a meet and greet, and this fan shared her experience talking to Krist. She had so much she wanted to say, but she couldn't stop crying, and he patted her gently on the shoulder to comfort her. She said he kept kindly looking into her eyes while she spoke, and she finished by hoping more and more people get to know him.

He's one of GMMTV's top stars who makes eye contact with his fans and engages with them. He's popular enough that he could just coast during these fan events, but he wants to listen and interact with his fans. He remembers us.

And, like, I already did a whole thing about how he's not homophobic.

Like, seriously, he isn't. During his solo concert in Cambodia, he made a beeline to this fanboy and giddily danced with him the same as he did with the women in the audience. And he wasn't the only guy he danced with, either.

Krist also got hit on in an airport by a whole European dude years ago and he was delighted. The dimple came out to play and everything.

There comes a point when people who say "he's just pretending he isn't homophobic to make money" start to sound like they just really, really want Krist to be homophobic because otherwise they have been mercilessly tormenting him for years over misinformation they didn't care enough to look into.

The man described his love scene with Gawin in Be My Favorite as a piece of art. Like. I think it's abundantly clear that he's not the monster interfans invented just to throw knives at.

So anyway.

Back to Gawin.

I'm glad Krist has Gawin in his life. Gawin who sees him, who appreciates him, and who gives back just as much affection as Krist gives to him.

And who honest-to-God looks like he wants to protect Krist just as much as any of us do.

So yeah!

I like Krist.

I think he's neat. \:D/

(And I totally hope he'll let Gawin and Singto do a skit making light of all the ship wars during his concert next weekend. GawinSingto jokes, come to me.)

do you ever watch the gawinkrist imby duet from the bmf last ep fanmeeting and then watch the imby duet from d2 of the krist elements concert back-to-back? or do you not enjoy harming yourself for no reason. cuz

I can't get over Lunatic Kawi

*stalker-san*

*evil laugh*

*hysterical dance*

Kawi is just sleepy but Pisaeng is actually asleep

Not is in the same row as Pisaeng

Not noticed Pisaeng was asleep and tries to wake him 😅

And told his other friends to leave him behind 🤭

Still sleeping 😴

Bruh 😂

I noticed this when I rewatched the series 😂

I love that GMMTV seems to have some policy (unspoken or explicit) that their actors shouldn't mention previous onscreen partners, and Krist just flat-out doesn't seem to care. I've seen other former partners just pretend they never met, but I knew Krist wouldn't do that to Gawin. <3

I think Krist already told a fan in either October or November that he's not supposed to talk about Gawin anymore because of Gawin's upcoming project, but I love that he's only following the spirit, not the letter.

It could be partly because Krist promised Gawin at the Elements concert that nothing would change between them even though they're not promoting work together anymore, and sure enough, neither of them is pretending they're not friends and that they don't spend time together. :')

Like, Gawin borrowed Krist's guitar and used a fanmade pick based on the pick in Be My Favorite for his solo performance in Indonesia.

And he went up to Krist's music festival last month with Krist's university friend group, because they've actually accepted Gawin as one of them. Like, Gawin's part of Krist's inner circle now! That's such a wild thing to me! Krist is twenty-eight, and I'm pretty sure he's had that same inner circle for the past ten years???

One series with Gawin, and they adopted him as a new member of the gang.

Krist was proudly watching and recording Gawin's sound check for Starlympics:

And they got to have a li'l dance and hug during the performance itself!

Then, after Krist came back to Thailand from his trip to Japan earlier this month, Gawin went over to Krist's house to hang out with the whole friend group, including Singto.

Like, man, I just love not only that Gawin and Krist are genuine friends, but that Krist is proud of Gawin and happy to talk about him whenever he likes, whatever the company policy may be.

After all, Singto leaving GMMTV entirely didn't change a thing between him and Krist. So why would Krist treat Gawin any differently?

This past summer, some of Gawin's rudest and least pleasant fans were openly counting down to the end of BMF because they made hating Krist part of their personality and were convinced that the Monster Krist they'd invented would drop Gawin and erase him from his life entirely.

Kinda shows how little they were paying attention to the bond Gawin and Krist have built and how little they care about Gawin as a person if they think he'd be happier losing someone who believes in him and cares about him so ferrvently. (And that's why I'm liberal about blocking people. \:D/)

Long live the Precious Buddies. <3

It doesn't matter if they work together because at the end of the day, they're still each other's safe zone.

To everyone who acts like people can’t have friends outside of their current BL pair.

Actual children, these two.

TOXIC FAN PRESSURE

So a lot of us saw this exchange yesterday between Krist and a toxic fan who got flatly shut down when they tried to make Krist choose between GawinKrist and KristSingto:

I made a whole thread on Twitter to provide context about it (that I might also put on here).

And, y’know, even though this gives people like that more undeserved attention, I’m sharing these other tweets to show people outside the fandom the level of nonsense Krist has been putting up with for months just because he’s still friends with Gawin and won’t pretend he doesn’t exist for the sake of their fantasies.

Krist is twenty-eight now, and he’s clearly ready to set some boundaries with fans who try to take liberties, but I want to take this as an opportunity to point out that he’s been dealing with this and worse since SOTUS aired while he was still in university.

He’s famous for being a people-pleaser, kind to all to his own detriment, so it shocked and pleased a lot of long-time fans to see him finally clap back yesterday. And it’s fitting that he did it to protect the people he loves.

And these are sock puppet accounts posting publicly, so I can’t imagine what they’re sending to his DMs.

All because he found a friend.

I’m glad he stood up to them.

Whenever people get snarky about Krist coming back to BL all, “Looks like rent’s due,” I’m just like, “He has a custom-built music studio in the house that he owns, works on nine projects at a time, rarely has time off, drives a luxury car, allows his family full access to his bank account, gets money bouquets from fans just for breathing, and he’s kissed Gawin Caskey and Singto Prachaya multiple times like this:”

You’re in the house that he and Singto built.

You pay rent to him.

KRIST CAN HAVE EVERYTHING INCLUDING TWO BOYFRIENDS

So just to catch everyone up to speed on what goes on over in the hellscape of Twitter, there have been sock puppet accounts attacking Krist for months because of Gawin. Tagging Krist, GMMTV, the staff, and his friends. Leave Singto, they crow, and go back to Gawin if he loves him so much. They don’t need him. They don’t want him. He’s just using Peraya for their money. He doesn’t really care about Singto.

Y’know. This guy:

He doesn’t care about Singto. According to them. :’)

This guy:

It’s real pointless and mean. No one seems to have any proof of who they are, but they’re ridiculous.

A sampling of the depths (the top tweet is a QRT of the middle tweet):

There’s a lot of hate circulating. Singto hate, Gawin hate, Krist hate.

And in the midst of it all:

Krist had a little singalong with Singto.

And just now he posted a photo of Gawin at his place with a guitar to his Instagram Broadcast channel. I can’t repost due to his request not to repost photos or videos elsewhere, but it’s real cute. He said Gawin’s still hanging out there past midnight (it was around 1am).

“You can’t have everything.”

Yes.

He can.

And I love that while he’s always seemed to struggle to stand up for himself, to tell people off when they deserve it, he never hesitated when it came to his nong.

Their friendship is more important than fan wars. In an industry that’s so fickle and shallow, Krist took Gawin under his wing, and Gawin feels safe with him. He could have left him behind, at least publicly, but he didn’t. He’s the senior, and the more famous of the two, and he was more than just a friend on set. He was mentoring Gawin in music. In performing. And that seems to matter more to him than the petty anger of people who can’t stand that he won’t play to their whims.

Gawin is his favorite nong.

And he won’t leave him behind.

(And Singto wouldn’t want him to either, so nyah.)

It’s really saddening that people who claim to be fans who love and support Krist will spew vitriol at him and the people important to him. Krist is having to come out multiple times and defend his right to publicly have friends. After being told to “leave” one of his friends behind. After being tagged by many so-called “fans” who find fault in a friendship he values. I can’t go a day without seeing hate (especially on Twitter) towards Krist, Singto, and Gawin. And it’s tiring. Fans can’t, and shouldn’t dictate what artists do. I’m happy Krist is defending his right to be open with his friendships, but it’s truly sad that he has to.

KRIST, FAME, AND WHY "YOU SIGNED UP FOR THIS" DOESN'T EXONERATE THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PUBLIC

Lindsay Ellis uploaded this video to YouTube framed around the myth that Yoko Ono broke up the Beatles. It's phenomenal, as her work often is. I'll probably watch the whole thing multiple times in the near future.

Toward the end of the video, Lindsay expands on the morbid paradox of fame. Many of us see it as this aspirational thing that famous people should be grateful to have, and yet we're also aware that the circumstances of being famous often lead to tragic ends for celebrities, either by violence or by their own self-destruction.

Over the past week, I made this thread to explain the events that led to Krist putting his foot down after months of trying to placate the segment of KristSingto fans who are vocally opposed to Krist sharing any part of his continued close friendship with Gawin, Krist's costar from his 2023 BL series "Be My Favorite."

The day he started his break from social media, Krist addressed his fans about what he'd been dealing with very clearly and characteristically sincerely. He expressed his confusion, explained the impossible situation this unreasonable portion of his fanbase had put him in, and ultimately just gave the vibe of a very tired teacher. Coupled with the reality that Krist's fanbase is on average much older than he is, it's a little absurd that a twenty-eight-year-old had to tell a fair number of middle-aged, tax-paying adults that he's allowed to have friends.

Krist concluded his TikTok Live only to be tagged in even more abuse and complaints on Twitter. I saw some of it and didn't bother saving receipts, but you can imagine it. You're hurting your comeback with Singto by posting Gawin's photos, Krist. This comeback isn't going well, Krist, and it's your fault. You're supposed to be loyal to Singto, Krist. You abandoned Singto at the outing, Krist. If you hate it here so much then just go back to Gawin, then. Don't you feel guilty for ruining Gawin's career, too? He must be good in bed for you to come to his defense like this.

Oh, wait, I did save that one.

Presumably sensing that he had done everything he possibly could, Krist addressed fans one last time on his Instagram Broadcast channel.

Let no one misinterpret this: Krist left social media mainly and specifically because some Peraya were viscerally outraged that Krist didn't cast Gawin aside and spend 100% of his time adhered to Singto. Even though Krist is the one who wanted the comeback, a significant number of Peraya seem to think he's not trying hard enough.

"Not trying hard enough" even though he was so obsessed with getting Peraya Party right that he made himself sick.

This tweet was when he admitted himself for an IV to keep himself healthy, and then he ended up getting admitted anyway for almost a week. During which time he continued working on the concert from his iPad, messaging staff and Singto who continued with rehearsals.

"Not trying hard enough" isn't something Krist knows how to do. He's a self-professed perfectionist who identified so strongly with the character of Anxiety in "Inside Out 2" that he posted about her on his Facebook seven different times. He has an Anxiety plush. He even tweeted about the anxiety attack scene when he visited Beijing for work.

Krist has spoken about his experiences with depression. He moved back home in 2022 to be with his parents at the suggestion of his psychiatrist, the fourth he'd seen.

It's widely known that Krist hates being alone. Singto recently said it's something that concerns him, that Krist has someone or other at his house most of the time because he doesn't want to be on his own. Just last year Krist said his favorite thing about his four cats is that they're with him always, whereas people eventually have to go their own homes.

Rather than close himself off, however, Krist has remained a phenomenally open and affectionate person. He treats his fans like friends. (The ones who aren't trying to control his life.) He took the time to address fans twice in text and in video.

And yet, as soon as Krist stepped away from the helm of his own narrative, some fans were horrified by the idea that Krist might be mad at them. Others began to twist his words and intentions to suit a more palatable narrative. This wasn't about Gawin, no. He did it for Singto.

And while, yes, Krist did also make it clear that he won't tolerate people trash-talking one of his favorite people, this was about Krist.

It wasn't only about Singto or Gawin. This was Krist facing down fans who have relentlessly demanded more than he could have or even should have ever reasonably done for them.

It's a special kind of horrifying to me that fans are misrepresenting Krist when Krist clearly said as recently as last October that what hurts him most is being misrepresented.

I spoke with some Peraya in DMs about this whole mess.

A few said they have no issue with Gawin, they're only envious of the closeness he has with Krist. They're both musicians and singers, and they're both people-shaped emotions who went through hell together during all the "lol who asked for this pairing" and "ew I'm not watching the homophobe show" nonsense.

Others said Krist is behaving childishly and that he should just ignore everyone.

After all, all of this comes with the territory of being famous. It's normal. He shouldn't overreact. He's taken the wife role. He should be cute and soft and sweet at all times.

When I posted my thread about this, some were underwhelmed by the informational tone and had hoped it would be more of a call-out. Thing is, I'd already criticized that portion of the Peraya fandom:

It's frankly beyond my comprehension how Krist has made it this far as stable and as kind as he is. He was bashed by homophobes for starring in SOTUS in 2016, then stalked at his university by fans who disapproved of him having a girlfriend since he belonged to Singto, harassed about his sexuality until he snapped, vilified by international fans who showed up late to the party in 2020 and made everything a thousand times worse by not bothering to fact-check anything they were seeing, tormented off social media, put through four different psychiatrists, lost the partner he'd been through all of this with, found a new one, lost him, and gained his original partner back only for fans to demand more from him.

And the thing is, I don't want to say all of this on Twitter because it's becoming more and more of a noxious hellscape with every passing day, and the people who need to embrace this aren't going to read it. But I did want to say it somewhere.

Watching Lindsay's video, I felt such a bolt of fear. He's just been pushed so far, and fame isn't what destroys: it's people.

So I'm so proud of him for handling this with composure and strength. I'm proud of him for keeping the promise he made to Gawin in October last year at his solo concert, that nothing would change between them.

One of my Gawin fan friends said it best: Krist was the first person to see Gawin's potential and then show the world. He featured Gawin in his own solo concert, he mentored him through promotion, he opened up to Gawin about his life and his thoughts. He would never cast Gawin aside, and the fact that people are still trying to hand-wave how important Gawin is to him is maddening.

He loves Singto. He also loves Gawin. One doesn't cheapen the other. He loves a lot of people. That's who Krist is.

The idea that Krist should be cute and demure and ignore constant harassment he can't avoid because he needs to use social media for work is so unimaginably cruel I can't fathom how it could even transform from an idea to a real belief. Whether you like it or not, he's standing up for himself now.

Being famous eases some things and barbs others. You'll get free stuff and fans who admire you, but you may also get a deterioration of your mental health and fans who feel entitled to your body, soul, and mind.

You tell 'em, sweetie.

I thought you saw me as your friend already.

THE TINIEST "YEAH" IN HISTORY THAT MURDERED MY SOUL DEAD

During promo for Be My Favorite last summer, Krist and Gawin appeared on a few international fans' podcasts. Gawin is fluent in English, but it's not Krist's strong suit. So while Krist confidently led their promotional activities in Thai with his years of experience and extroverted charm, it was really stinking cute to watch him follow Gawin's lead in their English interviews.

Behold this shit:

LIKE, I WANT YOU ALL TO APPLAUD ME SURVIVING THIS:

I just love their friendship, man. :')

They're the pinnacle of Extrovert Adopts Introvert, and I'm so glad Krist stood up for their friendship and didn't back down despite months of abuse from people who claim to love and support him.

I hope they collaborate on music and release an album together and hold a concert I can go to. <3