Only Friends (2023)

Bagunça!

Apesar da história ter como foco principal a história dos amigos que administram um hotel, ela não conta realmente a história deles. Isso pq logo de EP 2 o conteúdo se espalha e cada vez aquilo que deveria ser o foco se torna apenas pano de fundo.
Todos os personagens compartilham da falta de desenvolvimento, a série tem vários arcos importantes mas não traz impacto o suficiente pq os personagens não tem intimida com o público, não são apresentados da maneira correta para o público.
O casal protagonista (Mew e Top) também é apagado, não tendo química ou qualquer tipo de brilho eles acabam sendo ofuscado toda a série pelo casal secundário (Ray e Sand)
Apesar de ser um personagem que claramente foi feito pra movimentar o enredo, Boston ao decorrer dos episódios se torna o melhor personagem da série pois mantém sua veracidade, história e personalidade.

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Finally the real gay community

I was so excited to see the chaos this would be. I was so proud of GMMTv for the audacity. Realistic stuff always get me, it's a love-hate thing.
But let's go to the character analysis.
Everyone sucks. The only character who is an actual angel is Sand.
Mew: was descent until he became Harley Twink and turned toxic as well.
Force and Boston: both can't keep it in their pants. Except Force was willing to join monogamy at the end, but Boston couldn't, that's not who he is.
Nick: did some fucked up shit and was very colorblind when it came to red flags, but he was not a bad person at the end of the day and I'm glad he teamed up with the best person in the "group".
Ray: messed up, poor little rich kid... nah 'cause Ray fucking sucked and would make a scene out of every little thing. He definitely doesn't know how to deal with anything and that could be because he doesn't got a mom and a present dad but took him too long to even want to try to be a better person. He hurt too many people. Sand was a saint for pulling up with all that shit.
Sand: I think he is flawless, but he gave too many chances to Ray, also kinda colorblind. It went well at the end, thankfully.
Chuem: I was so happy that this actress would be gay in the show. Also was so happy that she was dating Nanon's sister. But damn, she was so annoying and had no own opinion. She would just believe anyone that came up to her and said like '"your girlfriend said "blah blah"'. She wouldn't even ask or talk about it, she would just come for the person. There was also kinda of a lack of chemistry between her and April tbh.
April: is only there to be Chuem's girlfriend, barely appears.
Yo and Plug: I wish their story had more screen time, cause they meant nothing to me (which is sad 'cause I love Jennie)
Atom: bro was filthy. I tried to understand that he was very confused and fell for the first guy he hooked up with right after he found out he likes men too, I was kinda sorry for him but he fucked up still.

We can see most characters are very well written and developed. I really liked that and the fact that everything was very real, like getting out of that romantic perfect bubble. I kinda wish the couples wouldn't end up together, because that could be like a lesson about real life: some things don't work out and that's okay. I loved that Nick and Boston didn't get together in the end, Boston tried but he was unable to be monogamous, so he should just try and stop making other people's lives miserable. Overall the drama was very nice to watch, chaos is very entertaining. Seeing our beloved actors getting out of their comfort zone and playing shitty characters was an experience.

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only grindr fans who hate romance

Firstly, this is a very watchable departure from the standard BL mode. This is both bad and good...bad that it wasted the actors on a hook-up culture that leaves little room for anything that resembles love or intimacy. And good in the sense that you have good-looking couples with chemistry stepping on and crushing the BL mode. It's great to experiment and change things up..this goes a little too far in the direction of only-fans or the opposite of a romantic comedy.

The story is basically each character getting out of their underwear to pass the time on conquests and cruel mind games with others. Toss in drama drama drama and you have a recipe for a hot mess. But, strangely if you get past episode two you can't stop watching. Like with most trainwrecks or messy characters, you root for them to redeem themselves or have fun yelling at the screen when characters do unnecessary bad things to other people.

In the end, I hope this opens conversations and expands future BL shows to show the many different sides of relationships. I tend to connect more with romance, and less trashy characters but maybe there's a way to do both or watch create watchable variations like is show...

but also that can give viewers hope that love exists.

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Entertainingly Messy

This show can be summed up by just one word...mess. This isn't necessarily a bad thing because it was very enjoyable. I binged this series so quickly and most episodes didn't disappoint me. The only episode that truly made me think "was this necessary" was episode 12/the finale. I think some choices on the production side took me out at times (esp audio). I wholeheartedly believe this show would have never been as good if it wasn't for the actor's performances. I'm pretty new to Thai bls and quickly fell for some actors. One of these included Khaotung's portrayal of Ray. He portrayed this complicated character who people could either love or hate and not many could have pulled off this character the way he did. Overall enjoyed the show and will probably rewatch it, especially for the growing and complicated relationship between Sand and Ray who were honestly the only couple out of the main 3 I was rooting for.

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Only friends who kiss every other friend!!

As my heading suggests, this drama is one crazy kind where all characters are busy kissing or f***ing each other... Like literally!!

Don't expect moral values like honesty, commitment, loyalty etc while watching this show, you will be highly disappointed.

The star cast is too good and you will find all GMMTV actors here playing small to micro second roles which are amusing to watch.

The chemistry of all actors are great especially Sand and Ray.. they both are fire in this.
I didn't personally like Top.. I find him too stiff as an actor with limited expressions and dead face.
Boston's character was actually sl*tty and he played it too well, so much that you will literally hate him.
Rest all characters were also good.

WARNING:
Every episode has a kissing scene or s*x scene with great sounds so better watch it with your earbuds plugged in.
Enjoy this messed up show and learn how not to be "only friends" with your friends :D ?

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A strong takeoff that misses the landing

What a true rollercoaster of a show in every sense of the word. This show presents some of the best acting out of GMMTV to date, with incredible performances from Khao, First, Force, Book, Mark and Neo. However, the explosive start to the series finished with a sizzle.

If you don't know, this story was loosely based on the writer's group of friends. I believe the biased view of these characters, coupled with the branding of these pairs, forced the story to take a turn that was neither good to its characters or to its audience.
You knew from the start that Top and Mew would be together because they are Force and Book. You knew that Sand and Ray would be together because they are First and Khao. In any other story this wouldn't matter, but you show that these characters are so deeply flawed and dirty and raw, that to try to clean it up in the last act feels cheap. Then your only non-branded pair (and the writers self-insert) ends with one feeling high and mighty, and one slut shamed.

I also think that the show suffered from the classic Thai 12 episode format, because it had its climax so early in the show, that the falling action felt like it was dragging and the fun was gone.

Overall I enjoyed the experience, but know that this is a very complicated fav.

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Some of the known BL couples being challenged in fidelity

This BL is unlike almost all the others, where only the shipped couples are allowed to show kissing. Here they are on a path of discovering who they are and what they seek in a partner.
Let’s start with First, who blew me away with his acting so I looked up what else he acted in and realized he was in one of the best BL’s “Not Me”, definitely have to rewatch it. I also binged the shipper where First had the main role and got to kiss with Ohm. So First did get his fair share of kissing with boys. He moved into my top 5 of BL actors. Can we all agree he has such a nice smile?
Khoathung played his boyfriend and when he looks at you intriguing, how can you not fall for him?
The second main also has been together in other BL’s and had a nice storyline. What I didn’t like is they also had to sniffkiss a couple of times where the other couples gave decent kisses. Force and Book did give 2 or 3 times a good kiss, but you could see they’re not so comfortable. Neo and Mark on the other hand where very into their character and had some hot scenes. Mark who played Nick, was so adorable.
Some more familiar faces of BL’s do pop up as well.

Definitely a rewatch, also one of the better BL’s in 2023

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Por que tão perfeita???

Vamos lá... Assistir essa série foi um evento canônico para mim, por vários motivos. O principal, como para muita gente, foi o fato de ver os ships tendo interações amorosas com outros, e com ctz foi interessante ver o Book e o Khaotung, o Force e o Neo, o Sand (tentativa falha) com o Marketing, e ainda a tentativa de trisal com o Mond.

Essa série provavelmente teve um investimento do cara***, a equipe de produção é gigante, então não me preocupei com os aspectos técnicos pq todos estavam excelentes. E dentro dessa excelência, é preciso citar a ost impecável e valorizar a qualidade de atuação desse elenco que deu nome e sobrenome! Cada um deles simplesmente arrasou! O Khaotung tem meu coração para sempre depois dessa atuação, e todos eles mostraram uma grande evolução como profissionais.

Essa série consegue manter a linha sutil entre o BL e o LGBT+, que são coisas diferentes. A série é BL com certeza (e ainda com um lindo casal GL e representatividade trans com destaque), as características dos personagens são de BL, mas a história deles consegue se aproximar do mundo real. Facilmente alguém pode se identificar com esse grupo de amigos... O podre de rico, que é perfeito em tudo e ainda que apenas usa as pessoas, mas uma hora vira gado de alguém, o viciado que não aceita que tem um vício e só procura ajuda quando não há mais o que fazer, o mais humilde, que vive ralando pra poder pagar as contas, o mais quieto, que não gosta tanto da putaria mas acolhe a todos, o apaixonado que morreria pelo seu amor mesmo ele não valendo nada, e o cara que não vale nada e não vai mudar por causa de ninguém pq essa é sua natureza. Apesar de todos os conflitos eles precisam conviver por causa do projeto, o que gera mais conflito ainda.

No momento em que Ray pegou o telefone e falou coisas ruins sobre os casais, eu achei ele o maior imbecil de todos os tempos, ele nem mesmo sabia de quem realmente gostava e se julgava capaz de dar lições de moral, mas o conflito que ele causou levou a coisas boas. Por exemplo, o relacionamento das meninas ficou mais claro, elas se entenderam, e Mew e Top realmente precisavam se separar para poder zerar o game e recomeçar.

O interessante, é que os personagens tiveram chances de mudar para melhor a medida que iam passando por certas situações, e também teve Boston, pra mostrar que algumas pessoas não vão mudar não importa o quê. Existiu uma construção individual de cada um deles, e ao fim da série, eles estavam mais maduros e convictos do que queriam.
Dentro desse quesito eu gostaria de mencionar o Nick, que era visivelmente apaixonado e dependente emocionalmente de Boston, mas que aos 45 do segundo tempo decidiu se amar e dar um pé na bunda dele, espero que ele tenha ficado com o tiozão.

Realmente quero que tenha uma segunda temporada, que dê mais visibilidade ao casal GL, que mostre se Ray conseguiu se reabilitar, que fale sobre o pai de Sand (falou-se muito pouco sobre as famílias ), o Boston voltando da América e talvez mudado e o Nick seguindo em frente.

Uma das melhores séries pra mim, amo muito, recomendo demais.

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waste of my time and braincells and for what

started great with good potential, ended up being more and more dissapointing each ep that passed until the final ep was in no other words, trash.

overall left me with a sense of having wasted my time for 12 weeks. the writing was shit, mewtop was boring as fuck, and the acting in dramatic and emotional (crying) scenes of some actors was cringe im sorry, things i cant say in twitter because they will doxx me and kill my entire family bc you can't possibly have an opinion there.

in addition, ray's addiction problem was dismissed completely??? they could've used it as a major plot device and give proper representation of mental health issues but no, lets just forget about it like its some personality trait and not something that could kill you .

in my opinion, this should've been a series that centered on sandray and sandray alone with bostonnick and cheumapril as 2 side couples. no shade to forcebook im sure theyre amazing people but they should take acting classes i dont mean any wrong with this.

in conclusion, if you're planning on watching this dont waste your time and watch last twilight or i feel you linger in the air as a substitute for a thai bl series, you'll thank me later.

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Ai como eu amei tanto essa série.

Depois de passar semanas ansiando pela chegada dos sábados chegamos aqui no final de only fiends.
Acompanhei a série episódio por episódio, e juro only friends foi o motivo por eu estar sempre animada.
Eu ameeeeeei a série, a gmm acertou muito juntando todos esses atores impecáveis e colocando em only friends. Eles ARRASARAM na atuação não deixou nada a desejar.
Já o enredo, como um todo eu gostei bastante. Os primeiros eps tavam impecáveis, tudo perfeito. Mas parece que eles foram sendo influenciados pela opinião dos fãs e foram mudando algumas coisas, os últimos eps deixaram mais a desejar, mas no final gostei de como terminou.
Adorei como a personalidade dos personagens iam mudando de acordo com os acontecimentos da série, de que os personagens do começo já não são mais os mesmos do final, que os altos e baixos que eles passaram foi uma construção e uma evolução pra quem eles são agora (só pra alguns no caso kkkkkk).
Fiquei muito satisfeita com o final que todos os casais tiveram, e me apaixonei demaaais por cada personagem (e pessei ódio com outros também).
Only friends é uma série que foge dos clichês, principalmente por ser baseada em fatos reais! Então como um todo, apesar de algumas lacunas, gostei bastante de como tudo foi abordado e representado na série.
A cinematografia tava perfeita, os cenários e os looks também!
E não podemos esquecer da ost IMPECAVEEEL, acho que nunca amei uma ost igual eu amo "Lets try", KHAOTUNG VC É UMA LENDA.
Mas para concluir recomendo demaaaaaaaais, eu definitivamente irei reassistir.
Queria um extra ou talvez até uma nova temporada, pra poder explicar mais os assuntos que ficaram em aberto, mas se não tiver vou aceitar como tudo acabou.

Mas é isso, já tá nas minhas favoritas, e vou sentir falta demais de todo esse cast junto e de esperar pelos meus sábados de surto, criei dependência em OnlyFriends e nos atores kkkkkkkkkkkk.


!!!!ALERTA SPOILER!!!!
agora vou fazer alguns comentários aqui.

Eu fiquei muito satisfeita com o final de BostonNick, apesar dos atores ficarem ótimos juntos, os personagens não se encaixavam, o boston não vai conseguir ter um relacionamentos estável antes de mudar muita coisa nele. Já o nick, tava torcendo demaaaais pra ele ficar junto com o Dan, mas infelizmente não deu pra eles TT.

Aaah os meus SandRay, amo demais demaaais eles, acho que essa fraquejada que o sand deu quando o boeing apareceu foi desnecessária, mas graças a deus o meu Ray possessivo não deixa ninguém roubar o homem dele. (inclusive queria comentar, que quando o ray beijou o boeing na piscina, pra mim, ficou muito claro que ele queria era fazer ciúmes no sand, mostrar pra ele se ele gosta quando o ray fica com outro homem, e não pq ele queria um trisal).

E os TopMew gostei de como foi retratado tudo q eles passaram e como eles ficaram juntos no final.

A única coisa que deixou a desejar é os últimos eps que parecia uma coisa mais corrida, não tão bem feita como os outro.
Como em alguns momentos eles fugiam da reabilitação do ray, gostaria que isso fosse trabalhado diferente, mas com o tempo dos eps realmente não daria tempo (por isso queria que tivesse acabado com mais eps, pra poder explicar tudo).
Gostaria que mostrasse mais sobre o sand e o pai dele, apesar de que eu achei tudo bem ele ter decidido não contar que ele é filho dele, mas gostaria que fosse mais trabalhado também.
E por fim sobre como a Cheum lidou com a mentira do irmão dela, achei que eles só fizeram ela engolir tudo logo pra não gastar muito tempo nisso e também sobre a Cheum e a April que não tiveram nenhum desenvolvimento, queria ver mais delas.

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What an incredible messy but fun ride

If you've been in a an Australian/American queer group chat, you might get a little bit of a traumatic flashback while watching this series. I'm actually convinced the screenwriter just snuck into a queer gc and copied their drama as plot points.

First things first. This is messy but also a good representation of extremely liberal slash problematic queer friend groups. I'm convinced all of them should be in therapy and/or a polyamourous commune where they can just mess around with everyone. I just don't think monogamy works for some of these characters and that's fine!

Secondly, while I do agree that this is an accurate rep of the messy side of the queer community, it can be a triggering to see that many topics of cheating, emotional manipulation, privacy infringements, and violence in one drama. So please proceed with caution. It is good to get a rep of the messy aspect of being queer, but also there is mess in all communities really.

Thirdly, I love having a drama catered for nosy bitches like myself. I thoroughly enjoyed this although I do want to do the Gordon Ramsay's sandwich meme to some of these idiots. Make sure your blood pressure is controlled before watching this fr.

I still highly recommend watching this despite my above review.

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watch if you don‘t like happiness and enjoy being stressed tf out

Where to even begin…

I am so incredibly conflicted about this one.
I don’t think I‘ve ever watched anything this stressful in my entire life.

Cast: cast was awesome, loved almost all of them in their roles and they (mostly) all played their parts so incredibly well, which made the whole thing even more stressful but well more on that later.

Story: this is different. As in it’s not your usual happy go lucky everything is fixed by true love and a kiss BL. Which a lot of people might appreciate. I am not so sure I do. If anyone has seen Skins(?) that’s the kind of vibe it gives.
A bunch of very flawed humans with some serious issues coming together, clinging to each other for some light and love I guess.
If that’s what you‘re looking for then please go ahead and watch this. If you prefer being happy and need that magical love conquers all sprinkle on your BL maybe skip this one, or you might end up like me… which you might either way.
With blood pressure going trough the rough screaming on the inside and outside at almost every one of these characters throughout all 12 Episodes.
I was not able to ship anyone throughout most of this, I did come around a bit towards the end, but still… like I said, possibly a tad too „human“ for me.

That being said, this was not bad at all. It was actually painfully good at showing what fucked up peoples life’s, love life’s and friendships might look like… I just don’t know if that’s what I‘m looking for in a series (at least rn, 15 yo me would’ve eaten this up).

I personally don‘t think I‘d watch it again. I did take out some great music for my playlists though :)

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