#fueangkrom

Happy 2st Anniversary City of Stars! You are two years old today. 🥲

This series still holds a special place in my heart and I wanted to give its own "why should you watch it" slideshow. I rewatched the series to make it and my love for it hasn't changed. It's still a very fun watch.

@slonekaru has created a part two to the 15 Day BL Challenge I created in the first half of the year. How could I not participate?? This type of activity is really just for the Tumblr BL community to engage with each other and maybe we'll all pick up a rec or two or 15? We're still using the tag #BLChallenge2k24 so everything is still in one nice and neat tag.

Day 16: What show has taken you by surprise this year?

City of Stars. I really never know what to expect from Star Hunter because the trailers say one thing and then the series is completely different. Surprisingly the series is good? Lately we've been getting quite a few series that are about BL actors and how toxic stans can be and how bad fandom behavior is and I eat it up everytime.

Fueang and Krom are so unproblematic and sweet and communicative and I loved them a ton. It was a treat to watch Fueang juggle being a super famous actor in a well-established BL ship and being in a secret relationship with his literal next door neighbor-turned-part-time-assistant.

Also I really loved the side pairing. Fueang's onscreen partner Hia Kor works hard to win back his ex-girlfriend Namsom who broke up with him because she didn't want him to receive any hate for dating a trans woman.

Communication between the mains both in & out of the bedroom.

Trans representation that isn’t the butt of the joke but instead was handled with loving care.

Relationship development that at first seemed rushed, but then was given time to grow.

A “shipped” pair that are truly best friends, that love & support each other & their partners.

Outwardly expressing distain for the toxicity that exists in the industry & fandoms.

A happy ending without a random unnecessary break up.

Everyone trying to keep up the surprise of Krom's return after the cat is already out of the bag. that was so unnecessary. poor Fueang, must have been a roller-coaster of a ten minutes x)

We got a family diner with both Krom and Fueang's families. it went great. Krom parents were saying how much they'll love having Fueang as a son-in-law before any proposal was made. (do you think he asked them before proposing? they are clearly up to keeping secrets and helping organize surprises so). Fueang's mother said that "He crafted all of his grace by himself" and had me tearing up. wasn't expecting her to end up so supportive, i'm so happy.

We got two (2!) proposals! and both made me emotional <3 Props to Fueang for the misdirection and the smoothness, I was expecting the ring to be in the watermelon too.

We got Fueang saying on life television that fans can become toxic really quick when their idols aren't perfect. Good for him.

We got Fueang and Krom reunion! He was so happy Krom was back <3. Also Kor getting everyone out of the house and reminding them to lock the door was peak best friend.