2gether The Series (2020)

Excellent Acting, Story okay after Rewatching

Sometimes, I think, I shouldn't rewatch dramas, because my rating changes after a rewatch very often.

The story was very funny at first. After re-watching the series in its entirety, I didn't find it quite as funny anymore. I don't know exactly why, but some scenes didn't seem so funny to me when I watched them again, even though I took my time rewatching them. I first saw the series while it was on air. It's been a while now. Meanwhile, I don't find the story bad, but in retrospect it's not enough for an 8.0. But this is my opinion.

For me, a good series consists of many aspects. In addition to the story, it is very important to me that the chemistry between the main characters is right. Both in terms of romance and friendship. Both are the case here and it has remained so even after looking again. The actors are excellent. Unfortunately, I can't say with certainty that it's the actors themselves. I started another series with the two main actors and stopped because I found the acting very bad there. But that's my own opinion too. In 2gether, I think both Win and Bright play their roles really, really well. Maybe it's because of the characters they play. There are a few things that bother me, but that has less to do with acting and more to do with the Boyslove series itself. I come from a country where there are still certain stereotypes. In the meantime, I've also noticed in Thailand that there are always series in which some stereotypes are taken up. This actually applies to many series from GMM.

The music of the series is good, but not overwhelming. But it fits this type of series.

Overall it is a very good Series, mostly because of the Acting and Chemistry between the Actors.

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The storyline had a solid potential

Folks, this was the first thai bl I ever watched. This is going to be my first ever review on this app as well. I'm not gonna make it an essay so dw. (UM SIKE-)

1.STORYLINE (5.5☆)
The story started off so damn strong that I was disappointed with how things turned out in the last few episodes, mainly after their feud happened.

The whole fake dating into real love dynamic made me intrigued because it's not something that I have seen before. All the previous bl's I watched (mainly korean ones) did not have a deep/ interesting storyline to begin with. Oh, how I wished that 2gether had retained that same vibe in the final episodes😭

They could have ended the series at ep 11 and this could have been a 9/10 for me no cap.🤠

The ending seemed so rushed and it was just not it. LIKE THEY ARE BOYFRIENDS AND YOU END THE STORY WITH A FUCKING HIGH FIVE😭😭😭?!?!
I don't want a kiss but like- Sarawat can hug his friends but gives a high five to his boyfriend he just reconciled with......🚶‍♀️

Not to mention that this series wasn't the best representation of lgbtq+ community. It was packed with all the stereotypes and honestly, I was trying to ignore them becaus I wanted 2gether to give a chance so badly.

GIRLS IN THIS STORY- 😭😭😭 wtf is that #teamsarawatwives 💀 that whole thing was like a major plot hole in this series.

I have not read the novel and I'm glad that I didn't because there are clearly many differences b/w the book and series (got that from the comments) I would have been so overly critical and this series would have just left a bitter taste after sweet treat.

2. ACTING (7.5☆)
I'm gonna be critical here.
For the record, I love Bright and Win (literay have them as my dp🥺) and appreciate the way they embraced their characters in this series.

BUT some scenes felt awkward to watch 😭 idk what happened but some scenes gave me second hand embarassment that I had to pause and put my phone away to embrace the cringe 😭💀

It's Win's debut and it had to be a bl BUT LEMME TELL YOU, he did an amazing job acting as Tine. I believe that it's Bright's first time acting in a bl and he definitely did Sarawat's character justice imo.

Was it the storyline? The execution? Their chemistry was OFF THE CHARTS when they were in a FAKE relationship🌚 idk what happened to that chemistry when they got in the REAL one 🕳️🏃‍♀️😭

The side characters, particularly Mike and Gunsmile saved this show for me. THEY BOTH ARE SUCH A PERFECT COMEDIC DUO 🤣😻

The side relationships were okay, most of them seemed to be forced. Man and Type were my favorite out of all of them🦋

3. MUSIC (10☆)
Music used made this series more memorable to me. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THE MUSIC. I've never heard Thai music before, but 2gether made me discover scrubb and their music is sooo good 😭🙌
Maybe my opinion is biased here, because I like the genre used in the music but idc 🙆

4. REWATCH VALUE (5☆)
So will I ever binge watch this whole series?!
HmMmMmmM....🤔
Probably no. And if I do, I'll just skip the last few episodes 😭

5. OVERALL
I felt like I was really harsh in this review, but it was all honesty so I won't beat myself up for that.
Will I every suggest someone new to bl world to watch this series??
I think so, because this certainly is the most popular Thai bl series, even now (as of 2022) with many fans supporting it. Someone new to bl world, will like this light hearted story and it will open their eyes for better bls out there. (*cough* bad buddy *cough*)👀

On the final note, this series will have a special place in my heart, despite all its flaws.

If you are unsure, whether to watch this series or not, don't rely much on the reviews, go ahead and try it for yourself ;)

Signing off
somi❤️

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I daurn't knaur.

I loved this show and it's pretty good. But I feel like they, Sarawat and Tine, could've given us more ? To me, they kinda make it look like they're brothers. They kinda don't give the lovey-dovey vibe ? They give and show love to each other most of the time but, It just doesn't seem like they wanna do anything with each other, I respect that, I do. But I feel like I haven't seen them both go out on any dates except school outings or music festivals or something and I feel like they don't know each other that much to be able to give each other that slide of comfort and reassurance. But, I think it's just me. Overall, It was a kinda good show.

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One of Mah Faves!

Honestly, when I started this series, I thought it was going to be totally cliche without any spark in it. After continuing the series, I was completely dead wrong. This series brought freshness to the BL world. PLUS this series got most of us through covid.

I loved how they focused on Tine at first and then secretly opened up more about Sarawat. Especially when sarawat revealed the video he tried so hard not to show tine of him being happy that he found him again.

The music plays perfectly on scenes that fit the meaning of each song, which was well done! I literally listen to the soundtrack every day, lol.

I've rewatched this series 3 times and the sequel 2 times and might add on 1 more to both, because I love this series so muches. PLEASE watch this series with an open mind and not because of people's reviews of it~

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Bit awkward

Idk man.
I kinda had high expectations for this series, considering how many people talk about it, but... the popularity really doesn’t meet it. BrightWin is, apart from the holy trinity, one of the most shipped in gmmtv, yet I can’t see much chemistry between them? It could be bc they’re young and therefore not that comfortable as TayNew for example.

Well, the storyline at first also felt very forced. The way they tried to give Tine and Wat moments to meet up, gave me 2nd hand embarrassment. The characters all sharing one brain cell, got really on my nerves. Especially bc gmmtv can do better than that. It got better in the end and the flashbacks of Sarawat are a plus, but overall it’s kinda meh.

Overall the series reminded me of tharntype more than it should... except for the sexual assault at least, but since there wasn’t much story, I missed the kiss scenes. TineWat didn’t seem like a couple at all, and it made me cringe a few times.

I do however love how they created a world where gay relationships are treated just as hetero relationships. No drama about being confused about one’s sexuality, no drama about coming out, no drama about announcing you’re in a same-sex relationship. 👏 (Which is the only reason why it gets 2 stars more.)

-26.11.21

Ps: I don’t mind to have romantic relationships with no sexual content, as not every romance is sexual as well. That’s totally fine. However, here, it was often enough implied they do have sexual attraction to each other, and do want to do physical stuff, but every time it got to the mood, it suddenly cut off. And the actors simply didn’t have much romantic chemistry either, their intimate (non-physical) scenes rather felt awkward.

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Salah Satu ????????? Per-BL-an

Ini, nih, BL yang cukup dielu-elukan pada masanya. Ceritanya yang gampang banget dimengerti, musik yang juga 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘺, dan sinematografi yang mumpuni membuat series BL ini terkenal. Bahkan menurutku, orang-orang yang enggak demen BL, ikut menyumbang jumlah tontonan di kanalnya ji-em-em.

JALAN CERITA:
Simpel aja, Tine (diperankan oleh Win)—sosok pemuda yang dikenal hobi merayu para gadis—enggak mau dikejar-kejar Green (diperankan oleh Gun), cowok yang jatuh cinta sama Tine. Jadi, Tine memutuskan untuk mendekati Sarawat (diperankan oleh Bright), orang yang paling keren, ganteng, terkenal seantero kampus dengan harapan biar Green menyerah. Itu aja, sih, intinya menurutku. Cuma ada hal yang tak diduga-duga belakangan.
Tindakan ji-em-em untuk balik lagi ke ranah perkampusan tepat kali ini. Bosen aja lihat BL isinya anak sekolah celana pendek warna biru terus di mana-mana.

AKTING:
Win sebagai aktor pendatang, aktingnya lumayan. Meskipun di sini kurang ekspresif dan rasanya kurang lepas, dia masih oke lah. Di sisi lain, Bright aktingnya kaku. Gestur sama raut wajahnya kurang kelihatan. Entah si Sarawat itu wataknya harus kayak gitu atau emang Bright yang kurang bisa membawakan. Jujur aja, kelihatannya dia kurang suka membawakan drama BL.
Sebati (𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺) mereka juga kurang berasa. Romansanya enggak greget, di hati kayak kurang nendang. Dari awal sampai akhir datar-datar aja, meningkatnya cuma sedikit.
Bumbunya yang sedap itu datangnya malah dari gengnya Tine dan gengnya Sarawat. Mereka kocak, mereka kompak, dan sampai akhir bisa "menggendong" series ini. Pasangan kedua dari series ini juga yang malah buat penasaran seperti apa jalan cinta mereka berkembang.

MUSIK:
Juara satu dari series ini adalah musiknya. Pembuka dan penutup oke banget. Aku jadi suka beberapa lagunya Scrubb. Oh, iya. Scrubb penting banget di series ini menurutku. Lagunya grup musik itu jadi semacam rambu-rambu kisah cinta Tine dan Sarawat.
BGM atau OST-nya juga enak banget. Masih terngiang yang "Wo-o wo-o syalala, wo-o wo-o syalala!"

NILAI TONTON ULANG:
Tonton ulang beberapa kali masih oke, terutama untuk mengetahui sudut pandangnya si Sarawat. Series ini sebagian besar ambil perspektifnya Tine. Coba aja tonton ulang dari awal lagi setelah tahu akhirnya gimana, setelah tahu perasaannya Sarawat.

KESELURUHAN:
Ya, series ini memang lumayan bagus. Meskipun ada yang bilang kalau BL ini dinilai berlebihan (𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥), menurutku masih menyenangkan dan gampang dinikmati. Series BL ini masuk ke tonggak sejarah (𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦) pribadi dalam dunia per-BL-an.

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Light hearted BL

This is the most popular BL Thailand every produced. The reason - 1. Good looking leads, it's ridiculous how good looking they are (ii) Light hearted, easy to watch and simply sweet- VERY HIGH REPEAT VALUE. To be honest, this is not my favorite show in terms of plot but i can simply rewatch any episode at ease because it's really easy to watch, not forgetting its funny.

Can i just say wtf is wrong with the last episode. Totally makes no sense. So the entire competition only had 2 bands competing and Sarawat can just confess on stage and they ended off with a hi-5. They acted as if the competition was Oscars.. And Mil lost, so he can be with Phukong? Ok?????

Acting wise - much can be improved. The stand out in this show is Green. I might be cancelled for this but Bright needs to work on having more expressions.
Music wise - Absolutely fantastic - all of them are already in my spotify.
Plot wise - Typical BL, nothing special.
Chemistry between leads - Pretty underwhelming and poor vs other couples you see out there (OffGun, EarthMix). THey progressively become more and more awkward.

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Simple Yet Effective

I believe that the series has a simple premise (hopefully) and as a person from a country that does not have much of these kind of stories, I laud the producers and the artists for doing a great job. It is my own opinion that sometimes a story does not have to be original, nor complicated, nor too realistic for it to effectively entertain. Sometimes, light and simple storytelling is enough. This series is becoming more interesting. The acting is on point, the comedic timing is on point, the gestures are on point and the way Sarawat looks at Tine says it all. It keeps me wanting for more and probably after it has ended I will be with those who wanted another season. One will eventually wonder what will happen years after they've become official.

I have read few chapters of the story translated to the English language and I have noticed some departures made but those do not bother me at all because I believe that the changes do not really affect the flow of the depiction in the series. We should remember that in the novel, the reader what the protagonist especially Tine thinks and feels. In the series, we can only see it in their expressions and gestures and we should be thankful that the actors as so good in portraying their characters.

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Wasted Potential

Writing reviews to cope with watching shows that started off on a good, promising start but gradually got worse over time? It's more likely than you think. No but in all seriousness, the fact that I started this show towards the end of December 2021/early January 2022 and STILL to this day, can barely bring myself to finish it says a lot. Because if you told me, the person who was up at 6:00 in the morning during winter break feeling completely blown away by how great the chemistry between the two leads in episodes 1-6 was, that the rest of the episodes would be nowhere near as good, I wouldn't have believed you. I mean how could I? The story was sweet, lighthearted, and romantic, and the acting from Bright and Win was pretty believable and convincing. I mean the sparks were flying through the screen for God's sake! But alas, all good things had to come to an end, and episodes 7-11 (Around the time Tine and Sarawat started dating for real if I remember correctly) happened. Like I know what you're thinking. That doesn't make any sense. How could the show get worse if they're finally dating for real now? Weren't you rooting for them? Well lemme tell you.

In my opinion, one of the biggest reasons why I think the quality of the show really started to go downhill when Tine and Sarawat became official is because to me, it felt like the writers didn't know what to do with Tine and Sarawat's relationship once all the tension and pining was out of the way. It seemed as though they focused so much on building those things up, that they didn't put enough thought into where to take Tine and Sarawat's relationship after. In other words, what I'm trying to say is that at this point, the story began to lack some much needed direction, AND IT SHOWED. Case and point? The mess that was the whole love square of drama with Mil and Tine and Sarawat and Pam. Like look I get it. Couples are going to face obstacles, things are going to test them, but did we really need that? No. It was super unnecessary, like almost Korean Boys Overs Flowers levels of unnecessary drama (If you know you know). Not only that, it was just plain frustrating to watch, especially knowing how much potential 2gether had early on. Had the writers just stuck to Tine and Sarawat's development as a couple and how they grow with one another as people now that it's no longer fake dating, there's almost no doubt in my mind the episodes following episode 6 would have ended up being a thousand times better than they were.

Another thing. The chemistry. I really don't know exactly what happened to it because it was genuinely amazing at first (Some people say the scenes towards the end of the show were the first ones the cast filmed so maybe that's why?), but without even bringing up the high five scene, I can certainly agree that it was off in the last few episodes. And because it was off, I think that was also why the quality of the show declined when Tine and Sarawat actually became a thing, as ironic as that sounds. All in all, it's a shame cause I initially did enjoy this series quite a bit. So much so, if it hadn't turned out the way it did, I would have rated it a lot higher.

TLDR: Fake dating stories, just like angst, are good, but only if done properly, the writing in the second half of 2gether is truly my villain origin story, and although this show was a letdown, I'm glad it introduced to me to Scrubb.

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the fluff was all we needed to get us through this pandemic and i'll be forever grateful for the team. although it wasn't perfect in terms of plot (and the ending), a light-hearted drama was perfect for this time, especially since it brought so many fans to the bl world (including myself, of course). i'm tired of people hating on 2gether just because it's cliché or it isn't like their favorite bls. the fluff and angst was just right, and we all need a laugh in our lives, right? the plot isn't that great, and i've got to agree people started watching 2gether because of the casts, but they really did a good first impression for me, especially bright and win. so if you want a light-hearted romance bl, this one is perfect.

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Okay. So this is my FIRST impression on this movie..

*Their chemistry is 1000/100
*They're fucking good looking
*The story from 1-9 is full of sweetness and "kilig" moments.

Now, upon finishing the whole series, I was kinda disappointed. I feel sorry for Win and Bright for this but the story is not that entertaining from Ep. 10 to end, if I'm not mistaken. The story was fast-paced that there's like a lot of unclear scenes that needs to be addressed.

And because of the story of the series, their chemistry starts to fade, this is only my own opinion, okay? I can't longer see them as couples but as brothers. Like, there's no spark on them from Ep.10 or I think Ep.11 ..

If ever they're going to make another series for this, they need to think a better story to bring back their chemistry as couples. Seriously, I'm really, really disappointed on who ever made the story. And I really feel sorry both Win and Bright. I hope people will still like them and disregard the series.

Again, I swear, the story is disappointing and not the actors.

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