#chennine

Let me talk to y’all about my favourite couple on my favourite show right now. 

It’s Ming (Joong Archen Aydin) and Kit (Nine Kornchid).

Like, every single MingKit scene is a romantic epiphany. 

Sure they started out not interacting, so it’s easy to overlook them if you haven’t read the books (like me) or seen the first season (which I have, but the #2Moons2 reboot is on a whole other level). Their first interaction was in the Moon/Star practice room, where Ming ignores Kit in favour of talking to Beam but Kit low-key checks him out with a little look (that Nine does so well) and a once-over as Ming walks away. 

Ming didn’t really acknowledge Kit until the beach trip, but we find out he’s known who Kit was...always. Then, in Ep. 9, we find out he’s been watching Kit since Grade freakin’ 9! Ming even followed him home once just so he would know where to walk Kit home if he ever worked up the courage to ask him out. He’s been watching Kit from the sidelines because, as he told Beam, Kitkat was “so small back then, such a lovely boy - just like he is now”. He was charmed that Kit’s family was so protective over their lovely little son, and I think it’s made Ming protective of him too, subconsciously at first and then very much consciously. I can just imagine confident player Ming flirting with all those girls he’d gone out with in high school and not quite sure why he’s always so distracted when cute little Kitkat walks by.

Like, look at how Ming looks at Kit:

(Spoiler alert: Joong looks at Nine like this a lot too).

That Ming adores Kit is a given; the boy is whipped and let’s thank a whipped Joong for bringing how much he stans his co-star in real life to the role of Ming; Nine is remarkable as Kit and I cannot believe this is his first acting role. Nine also obviously adores Joong and is annoyed by Joong in equal measure and it seeps through a little bit whenever Kit is with Ming. 

Let’s face it, these two love each other: Nine lets Joong crash in his dorm room for days at a time, he drives him wherever he needs to go, he tutors him into the night, he pushes him to study for his exams, he gets up when Joong wakes him at midnight, hungry and whiny like the growing boy he is, and makes him a delicious-looking beef curry... oh, you thought this happens on the show? Nah, fam, this is real-life.   

(Spoiler alert: This is how Nine looks at Joong most of the time lol).

Nine and Joong are so, so, so good at showing what Kit and Ming are feeling on their faces and they play off each other so well because they are best friends in real life and they’re always in each other’s orbits. Their kisses are natural and sweet and sensual and romantic and they exude a soft sexiness that makes me  melt. 

It’s quite literally breathtaking.

Exhibit A: their first kiss

*This was also Joong’s first ever kiss and he had it with Nine! He’s also had his second, third and every other kiss since with Nine and I think that’s a little ( a lot) magical. 

Exhibit B: the way they looked at each other after their first kiss 

A+ acting. 

Or was it?

Exhibit C: their second kiss

For science, here’s Joong and Nine reacting as they watch Ming and Kit’s first kiss on-screen:

Here’s them reacting to one of the other couple’s sharing their first kiss (#ForthBeam):

Thanks to @joongnine  here’s how they hugged at their epic confession scene in Ep. 9 (which was a whole-ass MingKit episode that I have probably watched more than 50 times, yolo)

I love Ming and Kit but I love Joong and Nine: their chemistry, their friendship, the way they look at each other - that affection and trust and understanding and comfort and love that they have for one another is so rare. The fact that these very young actors feel secure and safe enough along with their co-stars (who are also lovely, talented guys), and with their production team, to demonstrate that love to us is a blessing. I’m so super thankful to the casting directors including the executive producers, director Aam Anusorn and writer Chiffon Cake for trusting their instincts about not only Joong and Nine, but also Ben and Earth (#PhaYo) and Pavel and Dome (#ForthBeam). Perfect casting, perfect characterisation - they got everything right. 

There are 2 episodes left in the series and I know I’m going to feel so lost without this show. On the bright side, I still have Ming and Kit being all flirty at the gym to look forward to:

I hope #2Moons3 becomes a reality soon. I need to see these characters grow and develop further, especially now that they’ve found the loves of their lives.

In conclusion, if you haven’t seen #2Moons2 - you’re missing out. Find it on Mello Thailand’s YouTube channel here with full English subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdBRSSNKkMqst-qjPpnaXhA

Shout out to the fab creators of the gifs and owners of the images I got off of Google! I hope you don't mind me playing in your sandbox for this post.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk. Peace and love.

"I love you"

So, since Aam Anusorn confirmed to me today that one of the scenes I was looking forward to in #2Moons2TheFinalEpisode ended up on the cutting room floor, I’m even more motivated to write some “missing scenes” mini-fics, or codas, or a larger multi-chaptered one. It will heavily focus on #MingKit but there are parts of #ForthBeam and #PhaYo that I think might feature as well, depending on what happens in the finale and given that I have not read the books. 

I haven’t actually checked the MingKit tag on AO3 but is there any interest in fanfic for this pair considering how well we’re fed by canon? Message me and let me know, please. (I’m probably also gonna write PG-rated J9 because they’re so damn cute!!!)

Anyway - here’s the scene that was cut. Thanks to the gif-makers (I got this off Google Images) - I’m gonna go cry now.

Like, why? Just why??? I mean, I know we got a similar scene where Ming comes to pick Kit up after his exam and tells him he’s not backing off anymore but I thought this scene would be a nice juxtaposition to that one now that they’re officially boyfriends. Ming (and the rest of us) would then see that Kit is just as whipped for Ming as Ming is for him and how that's been true for a long while.

Like look at this dude pull up...

I am so mad. I mean, here’s this giant baby tiger cub rocking this dope ass look, strutting like mf BOSS, just...slaying.

And then he hits you with those laser eyes! I mean Joong Archen Aydin. You chill, young man - my heart cannot take this. 

And think of your poor co-star.

As I said on Twitter:

This look on Nine’s face has been entered in the Oxford Dictionary next to the definition of the word SHOOKETH.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the way they look at each other is...magic.

MingKit Nation, I hope y’all will agree with me that we were robbed. Let’s hope the powers that be at Mello Thailand will eventually release extended/deleted scenes if not a Director’s Cut. P’Aam said he liked this scene a lot so fingers, toes, everything crossed that it still exists somewhere out there.

Like what other show gives you the cast reacting to the new episode live when it drops??? #2moons2ep9 shot through my #MingKit heart and the reaction from Joong (Ming) and Nine (Kit) slayed me. No subtitles here but I don’t think you need them :o)

AND DID YOU SEE THE PICS FROM THE CRUISE TONIGHT??? Joong and Nine (and Pavel, Dome, Ben and Earth) looked amazing and their chemistry was off the charts as usual.

Yes, hello, shiny new obsession.

Right so I was bored so here's an actual edited video (with just Joong and Nine this time)

(it's trash I know)