#somtor

-It's cute that Nuea really wants to make sure Toh's parents approve of him. I don't think he's ever encountered people who didn't like him before.

-Toh's mom=actual queen.

-Sky...of course perfect for winning over parents and I love that she was so happy for Jao.

-Careful Som, your jealousy is showing.

-Daisy is so precious. I love that Touch was so clear with him, that he likes Daisy for who he is, however he wants to present. Also, surprised to see Daisy say that they're trans. I feel like in BLs we see a fair amount of trans actors and characters, especially in comparison to 'traditional' (read straight) media, but not much discussion around it.

-I do love the drunkies, I will say that. They work hard all week, they deserve to let loose if they want.

-Oh no...."It's Friday Nuea, what about my lessons?" Jesus Lord, Papa Toh is gonna catch them making out I just know it....I pray it's just making out....

-Fuck I was right....I can't tell for sure, but the vibes I get from Papa Toh are far more 'I do not wanna see my kid making out with anyone' and not homophobic or 'I dislike Nuea in particular'. At worst I think it's a case of 'No one is good enough for my baby.'

-I am very confused about this dropping the lime scene. I rewound it twice and still can't figure out what's going on.

-Nuea & Papa Toh confrontation....please don't murder Nuea and bury him in the garden!!! He loves Toh!!

-These nosy fuckers eavesdropping so obviously.

-I was right!!! Papa just didn't want to see it (which is fair).

-Papa Toh is really just grouchy, much like Nuea's Dad. "I hate that you're handsome." What? -- OMG!!! Papa Toh is grouchy because Ma also thinks Nuea is handsome!!! Amazing!!!

-I don't know what the competition is, and I'd say they're playing tops v. bottoms, but we all know that Som is the top, let's not be ridiculous.

-Aww, match hats....so cute. And important, it's very important to protect against sun damage!!

-Like...I know it's product placement, but I like the face wash ad, I don't care.

-Some true words of wisdom from Mama and Papa Toh. Very sweet.

-Yes Sky- Lock it down!!! (Also, again with the cool shirts, the teeny birdies, I love it.)

-I absolutely love Sky's elementary school friends dragging him. That's true friendship.

{Return EDIT: I really loved the whole sequence of Sky taking Jao to the places that have been important to him and introducing him to people he knows and cares about, but it wasn't until I was writing the Master post for all of my little watch alongs that I realized, it's not just about giving Jao a chance to learn more about Sky and his life, since they haven't known each other their whole lives, he's specifically going around and introducing him to everyone that matters to him to show Jao how important he is to Sky and to reinforce that he's not ever been and never will be ashamed of him. And that's just so damn precious!!!!}

-OMG That present was so cute!!!! Jao you romantic little peach!!!

-Everybody watching and 'awwwwing'- adorable!

-Sweet university memories. So cute.

[I just went to title this post and thought somewhere I had combined two episodes into one post because Viki auto plays, but no I just labelled my last two posts as ep 12, but they were 12 & 13.]

-I keep forgetting that this show gets very spicy sometimes and I'm watching at work...

-Aww....Nuea added Toh to the stalker wall 'because their crushes aren't a secret anymore'. That's so precious and weird. God, I can't handle it.

And we're up to the finale!!!

Score for this ep- absolute 10/10, 11/10 even. So good, so sweet. I love it!!!

Awkwardness rating- I think only like 4/10, the dad seeing them make-out, kind awkward. And then the stalker wall made a return, but awkwardness was heavily reduced since Nuea decided to make it a couple's stalker wall.

*Edit: Turns out this was the finale, and it did feel quite finale-ish while I was watching, but Viki listed 15 episode, but the last episode is just a 'Making of--' thing, so...

Final thoughts of the series as a whole: I really liked it. Like a lot. It's honestly like a 9/10 for me. It is hard to push through the secondhand embarrassment sometimes, so I can see why people struggle with it. Also, the summary on most sites is doing nothing to sell it, for real. As many different types of queer representation are present in this show, it definitely should be hyped more.

Holy shit I got an ask!!!!!!!!!! This is so cool!!!! Thank you!!!!!!!

Okay so I’m gonna assume you’re talking in terms of tops and bottoms? If so, I’ll go in order of the ships since that’s prolly easiest. Stream of consciousness psychobabble activate!

Nuea is definitely top with him and Toh. We all saw that one time Toh tried to top and it was comically bad. I feel like, if Nuea thought Toh really wanted to top him, he’d be fine with it but it really feels like their natural instincts lean towards NueaToh as opposed to TohNuea.

SkyJao is SkyJao is SkyJao. Lol now 100% if Sky thought Jao had any interest whatsoever in topping him, he’d be all about it in a heartbeat because whatever Jao wants, Sky will move heaven and earth to accomplish it. But for my own personal headcanon, I see Jao as more on the ace side of things and I just don’t see him as having much interest in sex before Sky came along. Even after my rewatch, these two remain my favorite pairing of the show.

FonKongkwan, from what we see of their relationship, I feel like they’re really our only truly verse couple. We see moments of them both being more dominant at times, it just depends on their moods. I always remember, thinking back on the first time I watched the series, being very excited to see them being so affectionate with each other but also leery because I wasn’t sure if the show was gonna chicken out on a wlw relationship and pull a whole “just gals being pals” storyline with them. As the show went on of course, I didn’t worry as much anymore. It also made me stupid happy with Freen and Becky went on to star in The Gap. So yeah, FonKongkwan or KongkwanFon, those girls are verse.

Daisy and Intouch, we were fucking robbed!!!! Robbed I tell!!!! Because we don’t really get to see a lot of their relationship as it starts and blossoms, I’m going purely on headcanon here that’s based in their show interactions. Kind of along the same lines as Sky and Jao, Intouch is definitely the top but he’s so enamored with Daisy that if she ever wanted to try topping he’d definitely be up for it. I fucking love Daisy so much and the fact that we don’t get more of their relationship in the show is a CRIME and I’m only placated with the fact that Nutt and Opp still seem pretty close on social media. Once Opp debuted with his group, I half expected their interactions to fizzle out but it hasn’t yet.

Okay so Som and Tor, we barely get any scenes of them together so I’m going purely off of my love for Som. She exudes top energy for days, she the only fucking dominant personality in that friend group (the only exception being Daisy but even then, not over Som), and she could and would have Tor eating out of the palm of her hands. Their ship in the show felt like the writers legit forgot about her character when they were pairing people up and just threw Tor at her from across the room like “here’s our obligatory hetero dude, will he do?” And Som, being the absolute Queen she is, was like “sure, if he can keep up.” This is all fucking headcanon of course because they might have like two scenes together, I’m basing this purely on Som’s personality. Som is the top. Regardless of positioning, Som is the top.

My 'live tweet' style posts as I watched each episode...I'd say moderate spoilers, but I think reading eps 1 & 2 would give you a feel for the show with minimal spoilers.

Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5, Episode 6, Episode 7, Episode 8, Episode 9, Episode 10, Episode 11, Episode 12, Episode 13, Episode 14

Bottomline, I do recommend watching, the show has some really diverse representation when it comes to queer people and relationships, which is appreciated. We have a canon and regularly appearing lesbian couple, which while becoming more common in BLs has been rare. We also have Daisy(who sometimes refers to themselves as Day) who verbally confirms they are trans, and is portrayed as gender nonconforming or genderfluid in the show. There's always room for improvement, but the validation and handling of Jao's body image insecurities and Daisy's gender expression/identity are handled really beautifully. We also have not one but TWO set of supportive parents. YAY!! I know that supportive parents are not the norm for many queer people, and I know that it is validating for many to see that experience on screen, but I also know that there's a lot of good that can be done showing parents who are supporting queer children. It also does a queer heart good not to only see suffering portrayed, no matter how 'realistic' it may be. And this show for all it's handling of some pretty complex and serious issues is fluff. The show is fluff, and as long as you walk into it know that's what you're getting, I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Content/Trigger warnings. I'll be honest, I'm not great at these, since I have so few triggers myself & therefore don't always recognize things that might be triggering, but I'll post here what I've found in other places and what I recognize as known/common triggers. (If you've watched the show and notice triggers not included, please let me know, I'll update the list.)

Bullying -This shows up most often, and is the longest running trigger in the show.

Transphobia -This is a bit more sporadic, as generally most of the bullying is directed at Toh and Jao, but Daisy does sadly encounter some bullying as well.

Body Dysmorphia/Body Insecurity -I suppose this applies to both Daisy and Jao, but in different ways.

Eating Disorder/Dieting/Disordered Eating- There is some occurrences with Jao that skew a little bit into dieting/ED territory. It's not overt or frequent, but it's there.

The show is rated R, per VIki which I think displays American ratings because I'm located in the US, so just beware of watching in mixed company. It's not quite Love in the Air level, more closer to Cutie Pie, as far as explicitness, but it is pretty frequent once the couples start hooking up, if you know what I mean.