I don’t know really what’s wrong with me. Why do I always fall hardest for the shows I really, really dislike to begin with? I really couldn’t stand Max and Tul in the beginning (well, mainly Max) and now? I am a hardcore shipper and I love the little goofball that is Max to bits.
Pete and Kao are another couple that I just really watched because they had an episode during Our Sky and I wanted to watch all the prequels before the show started. What happened? Right, I got obsessed all over again. I have lost count how many times I have watched the BL cut of Kiss again and let’s just put the veil of silence over the fact that I must have watched the confession kiss about like 15 times and counting….
But the biggest surprise waited for me when I watched Sotus. Hands down.
I read in all the comment sections that Sotus is the best thing since sliced bread and that you really HAVE to watch it to be able to call yourself a BL lover. And as I am a good girl who always complies I did that. I watched it.
And I hated it. Every episode was a struggle.
I hated the storyline. This whole hazing shebang I found absolutely aweful. I am a very fair person and I hate bullies and this kind of behaviour. The whole first couple of episodes I got this funny feeling in the pit of my stomach that I just really wanted to hit Arthit like really hard. I just couldn’t stand him.
Yeah, he is cute and everything and this whole bad guy persona is really hot…. But man, this personality… And don’t get me started with the rest of the seniors. Hated all of them. Prem the most, I guess (funnily enough I found him the hottest too… A coincident? I don’t think so.. *blush* )
But then it happened. The same way that Kong’s opinion on the whole hazing system and Arthit changed, mine changed as well. I very slowly fell in love with these characters. Slowly, but hard and I mean really hard. I fell in love like I haven’t fallen in love with a show for a while.
I mean, look at it. How good of a show is this, that I actually go through the same emotions as the main character? How good of an actor is Krist that he can make you hate him and love him in the span of 7 episodes? I think this is just plain incredible acting, writing and directing!
And I have to confess that after the tie binding episode I was hooked. I was in love with Arthit (crying Krist still gets me every time), with the show and all the characters. I was rooting for Kong and Arthit to finally get together and I just got so involved.
It’s funny, isn’t it. On paper this storyline makes no sense to me. I really shouldn’t like it. It’s not my normal cup of tea and I suffered through the first couple of episodes. And still I ended up falling in love. Deeply.
One moment I am scratching my head asking myself why people are so obsessed with Krist and Singto and the next moment I am searching for every snippet about the two of them possible.
I guess, what I am trying to say is, that sometimes love comes in strange packages. Sometimes you find it in places you don’t expect it. I know I am just talking about a show. It’s not like me and Sotus is like Romeo and Juliet and we are some form of a weird love story.
But I think you can find life lessons every where if you just search for them. And for me Sotus is another reminder that not everything is what it seems. Sometimes a second look is necessary to understand what is going on.
Just like the freshmen who needed to understand that the seniors just did everything out of care. Or like Kongpob who needed to understand that Arthit was actually an absolute sweetheart who cared for everyone so deeply. Or like Arthit who needed a second look to understand that love was just in front of him.
Or just like me who needed to suffer through a couple of episodes to understand the genius that is this show!
I love shows that can evoke feeling in me, that make me think and that make me , then what are you still doing here? Go watch it. It’s bloody amazing. If you have watched it already, then again, what are you doing here? Go, watch it again.
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