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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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A mix of opinions

My thoughts on this series are quite divided. The ForceBook couple failed to capture my interest as there was no chemistry between them. Force's character Top, in particular, came across as unlikeable, while Book's seemed rather dull and uninteresting, even during his unhinged phase.
On the other hand, I found myself oddly drawn to the toxic chemistry of BostonNick, played by Neo and Mark. Although their relationship was far from healthy, I couldn't help but secretly root for them.
As always, FirstKhaotung stole the show for me. Their acting skills and undeniable chemistry were on another level. The emotional scenes they portrayed were exceptionally well-done, with the intense fight resulting from Sand being paid by Ray's dad being one of the best acting scenes I have ever watched. I was always excited to see them on screen. Unfortunately, my enjoyment was marred by the presence of the annoying ex in the final episodes. Their decision to both kiss him felt utterly repulsive and ruined the enjoyment of Sandray as a couple for me.
As expected, there were numerous NC scenes, but most of them were rushed and forgettable, with the exception of the ones involving FirstKhaotung.
What really captivated me about this series was the exploration of the characters' moral ambiguity. At first, it seemed clear who the good and bad guys were in the group. However, as the story progressed, more complexities were revealed. This series truly excelled in portraying a multitude of grey characters, which is something I genuinely appreciate.

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Really good story with SO MUCH drama!!

Only Friends was really good in my opinion. The story was full of drama and backstabbing and revenge and I loved it. Every episode was juicy lol. The characters were great and everyone was somehow connected which I liked alot.

Opinion on the acting and casting:
I think the acting was good for the most part. Khaotung and First really outdid it for me. Their scenes were executed so well. I think they were a great cast, as they suit their vibes perfectly (and I just love them two haha) Mark conveyed his feelings perfectly and it made me feel sympathy for him almost every episode. His casting was great too. However, Force and Book (as much as I love them) I don't think their acting was the best it's ever been but I think they were good for their parts as Force conveys an 'experienced' (ifykyk) aura and Book gives off innocent and library vibes 😭

Opinion on music:
The OST for only friends is CRAZY GOOD!!!!! Khaotung really popped of with it, I can't lie. Let's Try has to be one of my favourite songs ever.

I don't know if I'll rewatch it. I tried but only got to the first episode again. It was more enjoyable when an episode came out every week.

In conclusion, watch it if you haven't, you won't regret it!!!

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Some things were fantastic, some made no sense

My overall impression is the writers/producers/editors knew which couples were going to end up together, but not exactly how they would get there. A LOT of the show seemed improvised, which in my opinion is where First and Khaotung shine through. As much as I genuinely love Force and Book (and I adored A Boss and A Babe, I rewatch and bought the DVD), I don't think they had as much chemistry or coherence in their pairing. As they got together it felt like a competition, then a lot of declaring "I love you" without actually showing what made them fall in love? They have cute dates and cute scenes but in the end it didn't feel believable to me.
I thought the show was trying to make Neo and Mark layered characters, but in the end I don't think Neo's character had any real growth or understanding of what he was doing that alienated people. Mark was fantastic, I am begging GMMTV to give him a lead role again.

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Part 2 or an open ending?

Only Friends is a good series and I was eager to watch each episodes but it doesn't mean I'll give it a ten.

Let me start with the lesbian couple. I expected more from gmmtv. Chueam isn't just a random character and so I expected to see more of her and her relationship like the guys but little to nothing was shown.

Story : I gave the story an 8.5 only because it's quite different from gmmtv releases so far... Still, there where a lot of plots I felt they could've done better instead of covering it with hot kisses. Acting wasn't a solid ten for me. I adore the way the characters; Sand, Ray, Boston and Nick were shown, but there were times I felt Mew and Top could have done better, especially Top. But I won't lie, I enjoyed them more in this series than in their previous work. The intro was kind of cringy to me, but aside from that, the bgm were nice.

Plot holes?: There were reasons why I felt there might be a second season, though not entirely sure. Let's start with how it ended with Mix. I smelled trouble and more drama with that cliffhanger with the way he looked at Mew and the way Top reacted. Sand also didn't conclud with his Dad issue yet. Did they just throw that part of the series out the window? What happened to Boeing after his encounter with Boston? Also daddy Dan just disappeared with no trace whatsoever cause there was no scene of him in the series. Like I mentioned, the plot holes gave me lots of question marks which made me wonder if there would be a season 2 to clear things up, or an open ending so we can imagine other outcome.

Anyways overall it was a fun watch. I kind of knew Boston and Nick won't end up together, and sometimes separation is good. Nick needed someone way better than Boston and that's fact. Though I felt really bad for Boston at the end.

I also don't see myself watching this series again. Though it was a fun watch, I can't imagine watching it for the second time cause of some scenes.

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This is gonna be an Intriguing Mess

Absolutely loved the casting and looking forward for the story to unfold.

I cant emphasize enough of how much i enjoy watching actors associated with GMMTV and getting to watch more than one BL couple in a single series is definitely a feast to the fans. TMI - First being my favorite of all :P

I love dramas that are a little twisted, dark and emotional. Enjoyed watching first episode and it felt like this is gonna be an interesting Mess , looking forward to how they are gonna wrap this up.

I am having a really hard time understanding few of the characters here because of One night stand concept which is alien to me but ya i am here for the mess to become messier. Each one of them has a different perspective towards friends . Super excited for the new episodes
I could tell what was running in their mind though they were silent just by watching their expressions, that is how much of a good actors they are!! Must mention the music is highlighting their emotions and is much enjoyable for us to listen

I can literally feel that this is gonna take my soul away by making me wait for the next episode each week

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