Ranking Khaotung cries and First smiles

No Khaotung but the best for First smiles. Yok is a great character. 100/10

First has two characters, a boy and a girl's soul in a boy's body, and shows how exceptionally skilled and versatile his acting is. A different set of smiles. 100/10

If you've not seen it, don't read the synopsis or anything else. Just jump in head first (it's on GMMTV's youtube) and let it take you through its twists and turns.

Unless someone who knows tells me otherwise, I'll continue to think they cast First primarily for his smile and to further increase the friendly, comfortable warmth of the series. Was hoping he and Jennie would be friends and smile like they do elsewhere but they're never on screen together :( Fun comedic moments with Lookjun. Minor role, not his best acting, but the series is very much worth watching for itself especially the first 2/3rds.  10/10

I cried more than Khaotung, but then my sell by date came early and two of the stories hit hard.

The times Khaotung does cry though were both less is very much more. Excellent acting from all the leads and many of the support roles. This is such an unknown gem  20/10

Khaotung's character Ay hides his vulnerability in his rebellious cheekiness. When it comes out, it comes out. Someone hug that boy please. 10/10

First's character Akk hides his vulnerability in his rigidity and forcing himself to meet an idealised standard of the perfect student. His performance here is constant light and shade. 10/10

Khaotung cries. Less is often more and he found the right level for this character. He always does. 10/10

Bonus points for writing which managed to put an oh. my. god. laugh out loud both in shock and amusement moment into Chon's days of justified upset. It involves a teddy bear.

Khaotung cries. There are small cries. There are heartbreaking cries. There's a hell of an epic long cry. Someone hug that boy and don't stop. Like ever. 10/10

The list of emotions First doesn't go through will be small. It's not Not Me but some great First smiles. And omg those scenes with the bairns. 10/10

The plots and pacing are all over the place, veering from trashy to wholesome and even hits downright sappy before it's over. But the criteria of this list is cries and smiles so up it goes.

Khaotung cries. He made Earth cry in every take. First's character had only just met him and he cried. The senior extras cried. You will cry. 9/10

Post-list rewatch: He's also good at showing trying not to cry. And the short scene with Jim when Gaipa can't stand. 10/10

First's character is going through a rough patch. He used to smile, we see that in flashback. He's starting to smile again at the end, and that's all the more special. 7/10

Khaotung is barely in this but yes, he cries. It's brief thankfully, because the circumstances are ick. 1/10

First gets to smile and be chaotically boy. 9/10

Since the sort by options are boring and we can't sort by cries or smiles, let's just put this at the bottom for symmetry cause it's amongst the best for First smiles but a thankless role for Khaotung. Not BL but very adjacent given the cast.