We Are

Another Good One

I enjoyed this series throughout the beginning to about episode 12. While I did not come to dislike it, my interest started to wane a bit. However I was more than satisfied with how it concluded. The friendship among the group of friends is endearing and genuine. We saw how much they supported and comforted each other no matter what. This is seen especially through Q and Toey's romantic development; even though they were helping Toey they did not leave Q out and make him the enemy even when Q got upset at them; that is true friendship.

The Chain and Pun story-line was most definitely not all it could have been. I felt that some of the air time spent on Phum and Peem could have been reduced to facilitate Chain and Pun's story so as to give it a bit more body. It was hinted that there is a lot more to Pun than his silly personality; during the episodes where they went on the volunteer trip we saw him take charge as the leader of the volunteer programme and saw him step into a different shade of his personality. I would have loved to see more of his and Chain's friendship through flashback to see the developing feelings taking place on Chain's side. The kiss at the end between them was no doubt a game changer in how I thought of their story. No it did not negate my aforementioned thoughts but it did make for a makeup scene for them as a couple so that viewers at least got something to hang on to. It also created the possibility for me to think that, "Hey, these two obviously have some feelings toward each other and they may not have gotten the well needed time to develop as a couple but them diving in at the end is saying it is never too late to act upon feelings that are there and that it is okay because they can explore these feelings later." What is important is that the feelings between the two are strong enough for them to set the scene on fire with that kiss and so I am willing to let my imagination fill in the gaps. I really would have loved to see Pun's point of view on things though. Therefore me regarding their story as a 10 is really me giving that kiss a 10 because they stole the finale with their scene; they got one kiss scene and they delivered, so I can't argue with that especially when they out did some of the other couples' kisses.

Q and Toey's story-line was unique and cute. It was not really my preferred type of story-line and dynamic but even I can admit that their story is special. I loved how they had feelings for each other even before knowing each other's real identity; it provides for the idea of them being fated to fall in love. I did think that their story dragged a bit especially when Q knew that Toey was the boy he was passing messages to. Later on I considered that Q should be given the opportunity to really settle his feelings and come to terms with the revelation and while I think this should be permitted to Q, I still think it could have taken less air time that could have been given to Chain and Pun's story. However I love their interactions after becoming an official couple. Their playfulness may seem really childish but it is their love language which is unique to them; I loved that it showed that even though they had upgraded their relationship to a romantic one, they still remained friends and not just lovers. I still remember their heart melting kiss in the cafe and what better venue for it to take place than where it all began.

I will now be ranting!

Tan and Fan are definitely something; a special couple one might say. It takes great patience and tolerance to endure the sensory torture that is Tan's whole demeanour and voice. He is one of the most irritating characters I have ever had the displeasure of watching. I truly believe that Tan went to bed at night and thought of ways to torture those around him with not just his voice but also his incessant, annoying and repulsive co-dependency on Fang. He is like a parasitic vine and Fang was the unfortunate tree that had to endure the life being squeezed out of him. I am convinced that Fang did something horrible in a past life to warrant having fallen in love with this ever grinning leach of a lover; honestly Fang should buy a leash for Tan and keep him at bay from others; just because he willingly puts up his nauseating behaviour does not mean others should be forced to. Anyways I digress so let me continue the review. Tan and Fang have a very comforting relationship in terms of them finding a home in each other. We see this when Fang was having family woes and he found solace in Tan (as ironic as that is). They loved openly and shamelessly. Their spaghetti kiss will cause blushes on fans cheeks for sure. One issue or rather concern I have about their relationship, which I also have with Phum and Peem's, is the parents situation. Fang never introduced Tan to his family at all and Phum never introduced Peem as his boyfriend to their parents which leaves the uncertainty of why. I would have loved for this to have been delved into. Is it that they fear their parents would not accept them; I would have just loved some mention of it to fill that gap.

Phum and Peem are the couple that were a couple even before they started dating. Their many kisses and tender moments were heart warming to watch. Their relationship has a solid foundation of trust and care that was established prior to them becoming official and I think that serves them well in their relationship. Peem became that safe haven for Phum when he had his family issues and Phum was also there to assist Peem in his daily life. In the episode where Phum and Peem sat on the beach when Phum fought with his dad, we see Peem being a listening ear and a shoulder of comfort and if that was not romantic then I do not know what is. In the finale where they were thanking each other for coming in each other's life, it felt fulfilling to see these two, who started out not liking each other, become such a loving couple.

An issue I had with the finale is how the situation between Phum and his dad was handled. I will try to handle this as swiftly and carefully as possible as father issues can be a very sensitive topic for many. In the Caribbean society there is an abundance of matrifocal households largely due to father absenteeism. I say this to highlight my point that many children have complicated feelings towards their fathers because of abandonment or otherwise. Phum felt abandoned by his father when he was shipped off to a foreign country. He was an alien there and while his father may have had good intentions that does not negate or trivialize the fact that Phum felt abandoned and was entitled to at least a conversation regarding the matter. Seeing Phum "repairing" the relationship with his dad at the dinning table was like watching the hungry feed the satisfied because Phum made everyone at the table feel at peace but himself because forcing filiality and not having an open conversation about his feelings is avoiding the issue. It ultimately seemed to me as if he did it for Peem's sake rather than his own.

Anyways despite all my criticism, which i hope I delivered respectfully, I did enjoy the series while it aired and my 9 star rating reflects that.

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Disappointing

Since the announcement of this series, I knew I was up for disappointment. In this regard We Are did not disappoint me. As a former PondPhuwin fan after watching Never Let Me Go and then Fish Upon the Sky, this series was a huge step back from where I expected this ship to go. I really thought Ponf and Phuwin’s partnership would graduate to something of more substance. But leave it to GMMTV to come out and say they serve a Gen Z audience of schoolgirls in their 2024 lineup announcements.

It’s been my stance that I know Phuwin cannot act and he relies on acting tricks they teach in remedial acting classes. As someone who has taking acting classes I can see all the tricks he uses which a lot of people can spot as poor acting as it has an unnatural cadence about it. I also know Pond isn’t a good actor because he’s inexperienced but he shows promise of being better with more challenging roles. So to be part of this series was a huge let down for not only me but many others who like the PondPhuwin pairing.

First off this was four separate novels combined into one series. This is already a bad formula if Between Us with four couples have shown us. Even with two coupe like Love In The Air, people were already made when two stories were made into one series. This four couple premise is already off to a bad start.

Second, after Never Me Go, this seems like a punishment to regress PondPhuwin back into another school BL when they have graduated from Fish Upon The Sky and went onto Never Let Me Go. Which is about school kids but in an adult setting away from school. Now to send them back to school seems like GMMTV is telling us Pond and Phuwin do not deserve to become adults they are kids so let’s treat the, as such.

Third, how can you put four couple and make this PondPhuwin series seem like a vehicle to promote WinnySatang into lead roles since their success with My School President. It’s giving me nothing but let’s put a secondary side couple in another star couple vehicle and let them build more of a following. You know much like how fans have been asking secondary couple to prove their acting chops off the backs of a more established couple to prove they have star power to be an official couple in a series. WinnySatang is this couple. They are going to make this series their launch pad to spring into a star making vehicle for themselves. If you factor in AuBoom into the equation, you can see this series was a bad move for PondPhuwin to be in. They are definitely going to be overshadowed with equally talented or better actors. The only ones who won’t eclipse PondPhuwin are MarcPoon since they are a new ship dies to the Pawin scandal. But this is the only thing that isn’t going yo steal their thunder.

I know going into this series Phuwin was going to annoy me with his acting. Sure enough it did. He is the epitome of a himbo actor. He is solely relying on his looks to save him on his cringey AF acting. If I have to see him be a total bitch in another role to Pond’s character I’m going to want to punch his RBF. Like how can someone who like like such a bitch all the time with that smirk and side eyes have any friends. Everyone of his characters seems to have a chip on his shoulder while thinking he’s a nice guy deserving the world. This includes his characters in straight series like Wednesday’s Club.

I hate to say it but if Pond needs to play another besotted character who falls for Phuwin’s character I’m going to gag. Must all of his characters be whipped for Phuwin’s characters within 2 episodes. Can we have a Phuwin character really be an errand boy for Pond’s for once and try to get Pond’s character to fall for him or is that not within Phuwin’s acting abilities since he seems like a high maintenance piece of work.

I honestly don’t care for the WinnySatung characters because it’s just another reiteration of PondPhuwins characters. Now we get to AuBoom. I adore Au since Be My Favorite so I know he can act the pants off me. And Boom casted as Pond’s brother. This is too much visual eye candy for me. I like Boom with Au. They are stealing this series for me and I don’t mind.

I’ve always dislike Marc because he’s a bad actor. I don’t know Poon but I hated Pawin for some reason. He always gives me creepy vibes and it can because of his character from Never Let Me Go.

Two episode in and I have to pause on this because so far it is disappointing me in exactly the way expected. As much as I want to support Pond and AuBoom. I cannot take the week by week torture of watching Phuwin making my skin crawl with his cringey acting.

I will wait until this series ends to read the reviews to see if it is worth my time to come back and support Pond and AuBoom.

If your like fluffy shit with rainbows and unicorns then this school series is right up yor alley. Enjoy.

Edit: I had to drop the series after episode 11 because despite the kissing and sex scenes, the series was just too juvenile for me. This series felt like two series mashed into one. Pond, Besevboom, Title, Pepper and Tee are playing in a more mature school BL while JJ, Winny, Satang, Phuwin, Aou, Marc and Poon are playing in a way beyond silly and juvenile grade school BL. The kissing and sex scenes felt pointless and gratuitous at this point. What happened to the plot? Was there one that was seen through instead of being forgotten time and time again? I have never skipped over so many scenes before because I didn’t care for them. There are way too many couples. What was the point of Fai except to just add a female character to not make it a sausage feast. This series left me so disappointed that Pond and phuwin picked this after Never Let Me Go. I really hate New directed BLs after this.

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It has everything a romcom needs

the first episode had already kinda built a storyline to every couple................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Não me leve a mal, o drama é bom, mas se torna extremamente cansativo com 16 episódios de 1 hora cada quase, porque os arcos são muito básicos. É muito mais sobre o dia a dia, amizades com uma pitada morna de romance.
O casal principal chega uma hora que não tem mais nem fala, é só um agradecendo o outro, parecem mais amigos do que parceiros. O casal secundário (Toey e Q) tem muito mais cenas no final do que os outros, mas seus beijos dão vontade de arrancar os olhos de tão xoxos. E o que falar do beijo do CP no minuto 27 do último episódio? Era melhor nem ter tido, pescoços duros, comprimindo a boca. O que custa um olhar para o outro de frente? kkkk Não entendo essa necessidade de beijar de lado e ficar travado kkkkkkkk
A amizade é linda, são bem unidos e gostei de ver que uniu as duas panelinhas, mas há muitooooos personagens (o que torna mais crível) porém com pouco aprofundamento na maioria.
Enfim, chegou uma hora, acho que lá no episódio 11 que eu já comecei a assistir na velocidade 1.5x ou até pausei diversas vezes os episódios para ir fazer outra coisa porque eu já estava ficando entediada kkkkkk

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Quatro casais e muita serotonina

São 16 episódios de pura serotonina e é quase impossível não sorrir com os casais.

A GMM veio com essa proposta de fazer acontecer 4 casais, todos com dinâmicas diferentes, e com mais eps do que o normal. Deu certo? Posso dizer que sim. Mas... ela falhou em saber dividir o tempo de tela, como sempre.

Os PhumPeen são os protagonistas, e isso não tem dúvida. Amo as cenas deles, e ainda não entendo porque estão criticando tanto os beijos do Phuwin. Sou a maior defensora do plot enemies to lovers saudável, porém a história deles teve uma enrolação que não era NADA necessária.

Os QToey foram feitos pra serem os fofinhos, e eles realmente eram. Entregaram cena emocional, e os WinnySatang foram ótimos em tela. Os beijos poderiam ser melhores, mas entendo toda essa questão de dar uma imagem inocente a eles. Mas posso dizer que a infantilização do Toey era exagerada demais, e em todas as cenas de casal pareciam que eles faziam as mesmas coisas, um cafuné na cabeça e um correndo atras do outro. Outra coisa foi sobre a assexualidade do Toey que foi abordada na novel, e seria muito interessante se fosse desenvolvida na série também.

Os TanFang não tenho nem palavras. PERFEITOS! No começo eu nem me ligava muito neles, e do nada eles começaram o relacionamento e eu fiquei ???. Mas eles foram me conquistando tanto, que o que me restou no final foi pedir mais cenas deles juntos. A dinâmica deles íncrivel, eu conseguia sentir o amor do Fang mesmo ele fingindo que não era brega que nem o Tan. Beijos incriveis e ouso dizer que os melhores da série. Obrigada AouBoom por tudo!

E por último, os ChainPun que foram os mais esquecidos do churrasco. Queria falar muito deles aqui, mas não tivemos muitas cenas e me pergunto se isso aconteceu por causa da mudança de elenco. Foram mal desenvolvidos o BL todo, mas shippei facilmente. Eles no último episódio fizeram We Are ser mais icônica ainda. O ponto é, seriam ótimos friends to lovers se tivessem tempo de tela pra isso, e odeio como fizeram eles namorarem na pressa.

Além desse tempo de tela totslmente desigual, outro ponto negativo foram os erros de continuidade em algumas cenas, que não faziam sentido algum pro desenvolvimento do casal. As vezes algo de importante acontecia em um dia, e no outro parecia que nada tinha acontecido.

Um ponto positivo que gostei muito foi a naturalidade em cenas de afeto, muitos beijinhos, mãos dadas e eles sem nenhuma vergonha de amar o parceiro, e isso é bem raro em séries tailandesas.

Concluindo, We Are é um BL reconfortante, feito pra rir, shippar e sorrir muito com o romance. É um entretenimento perfeito pra quem não quer se estressar, só relaxar e assistir uma série tranquila.

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Eu queria romance e recebi episódios infinitos de nada acontecendo

We Are foi uma daquelas séries que eu comecei animada e terminei… bom, na verdade, nem terminei. Cheguei até o episódio dez (de dezesseis!) e desisti, porque sinceramente parecia que eu estava rodando em círculos. A história poderia ter sido contada tranquilamente em uns oito episódios, mas resolveram esticar até não dar mais, com episódios longos que não tinham necessidade nenhuma. E isso cansa, porque o enredo em si não é nada demais: só mais um BL colegial com romance adolescente que nunca decola, sempre emperrando por conveniência de roteiro.

Uma coisa que me fez pensar: pra quê tanto casal se nenhum recebe o cuidado que merece? Eram quatro casais no total, mas o tempo de tela era completamente desequilibrado, alguns apareciam demais sem ter nada de interessante pra mostrar, enquanto outros eram jogados de lado como se não importassem. No fim, parecia que estavam só enchendo linguiça, tentando manter a série respirando até completar os dezesseis episódios, que poderiam muito bem ter sido cortados pela metade.

E o mais triste é que o elenco é ótimo. Eu adoro os AouBoom, mas aqui foi difícil engolir. O personagem do Aou é chato, e o do Boom parece desconfortável a cada cena com o namorado, o que quebra completamente a química dos dois que estava lutando pra se manter viva. Não é culpa deles, é o roteiro que não ajuda, e fica aquela sensação de desperdício de bons atores em personagens mal construídos. Os outros casais também não ajudam muito, porque ou não têm um bom desenvolvimento ou caem no mesmo marasmo. Tudo fica no raso, e nada realmente prende.

No fim das contas, We Are foi monótono, repetitivo e cansativo, ainda mais vendo tantos casais desperdiçados sem equilíbrio na narrativa. Tinha potencial de ser um BL fofinho pra relaxar, mas virou uma maratona de paciência. Eu não consegui me apegar a ninguém, e quando isso acontece já sei que não vai rolar. Então, se você procura algo leve e envolvente, pode pular sem peso na consciência. Minha sensação geral foi de tempo perdido, e o que mais me marcou mesmo foi a frustração de ver atores que gosto presos em um roteiro que não sabe pra onde quer ir. Se alguém me perguntar, eu não recomendo: existem opções muito melhores que entregam romance adolescente de forma leve, sem precisar esticar até cansar.

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che dire? un capolavoro.

Io prima di iniziare questo bl pensavo facesse schifo , ceh non lo so perché ma non mi ispirava , poi su tiktok dopo avevano cominciato ad apparirmi degli edit su questa serie e ci ho riflettuto molto se iniziarla o meno , all’inizio pensavo fosse noiosa , invece poi ho iniziato a divertirmi tantissimo guardandola e alla fine è diventata una delle mie serie thai preferite.
premetto che io non ho guardato questa serie solo per il cast , perché ai tempi non conoscevo nessuno di questi attori apparte poon che lo avevo visto in The trainee .
Io di solito prima di iniziare una serie guardo sempre il cast perché diciamo che li vorrei un po conoscere gli attori prima di vedere la serie.
Però quando ho iniziato questa serie non conoscevo nessuno degli attori apparte uno .
Questo bl mi è piaciuto tantissimo soprattutto perché è divertente , mi ha fatta spanciare dalle risate giuro che non ho maa visto un bl più divertente di questo.
Però sinceramente non capisco perché peem non lancia mai gli sguardi di amore a Phum ceh quando glieli lancia Phum lui e sempre lì a guardarlo con una faccia spaventata o arrabbiata ceh boh perché ahhahah, ci sarà stata una o due volte che gli ha lanciato dei veri sguardi di amore , ma poi Phuwin mi fa morire perché fa sempre delle facce schifate hahahaha.
Allora però c’è da dire che ad un certo punto a parer mio si sono concentrati troppo su Q e Toey (Winny e Satang) e ciò non mi è piaciuto troppo però ok.
Però aiuto la scena in cui Matt dice a tutti che a Toey piaceva Q e poi Q entra nella stanza HAHAHHA mi ha fatta morire giuro è una delle scene più divertenti della serie.
Ma io sinceramente non ho capito perché cavolo Phum ha lasciato Peem lì ad aspettarlo al centro commerciale con 200 buste di vestiti in mano ceh ma che problemi hai ma poverino, tu gli hai detto di aspettarti e lui l’ha fatto.
Posso dire che volevo più scene AouBoom? secondo me si sono concentrati troppo su Winny e Satang e Aou e Boom gli hanno un po tralasciati ceh io volevo molte più scene tra di lorooooo. per non parlare di quanto hanno tralasciato marc e poon ceh quelli si sono messi insieme tipo solo all ultimo episodio o comunque uno degli ultimi ma era palese che si amavano dall inizio..
Allora alla fine ci sono stati troppi episodi noiosi e inutili secondo me , potevano anche farne di meno a parer mio perché gli ultimi episodi erano veramente noiosi, però vabbè apparte questo ho amato questo bl e me lo riguarderei mille volte.

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10/10 WE ARE is a COMFORT ZONE

If you are looking for a series that will make you feel peaceful, happy and entertained, this is the series. You follow the story of a group of friends who have no attraction about them, their relationships with each other and their lovers. But that's why you shouldn't watch the series anyway. The show has some of the healthiest relationships l've ever seen in the entire history of bl. They are both excellent with respect for boundaries, support for each other, problem-solving actions, and everything. They're also funny, and this hilarity doesn't come from nonsensical conversations, but from the types that really exist in friendships. LOVE IT!!!

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Una dulzura!! La serie que te hará morir de diabetes

esta serie acabo y no me lo puedo creer, esta es la serie que cura el corazón! ame de principio a fin, no le doy un 10/10 porque siento que hubo un tema que no me desarrollaron de manera efectiva, pero después de eso, esta serie es un soplo cálido al alma, te enamora con cada personaje, una serie de amistad y amor, donde conocemos la historia de este grupo de amigos y como se van enamorando de sus respectivas parejas, aunque uno de los enfoques centrales es ver la creación de las parejas, no es lo único, ya que podemos ver esa amistad entre ellos, y como van entendiendo que están creciendo.

Definitivamente la recomiendo, si amas las series azucaradas y busca una para curar el algo o simplemente sin dramas innecesarios, esta es tu serie, la que vas a amar siempre.

La musica en esta serie es increíble, no solo el OST principal, la ambientación y todo queda perfecto.

La actuación de todos me encanto, sobre todo el AouBoom, tanto como pareja como individualmente me tuvieron atrapados todo el tiempo, aveces me daban diabetes de lo dulce que son, pero si espero ver una serie de ellos como protagonistas muy pronto, sin duda seria de las primeras en verla. De igual manera todas las parejas y actores lo hicieron realmente bien.

La historia es sencilla pero practica, no es necesario mil vueltas y problemas innecesarios cargados de dramas, ame eso, que la serie me dejara ser feliz siempre, sin duda necesita este tipo de serie de Tailandia, no diré que nunca ha habido así, pero sin duda la necesitaba. Cada pareja tuvo su momento y a lo largo de esta serie se puede apreciar el crecimiento de cada una de estas. Espero con ansias mas historias así, con tan buenas actuaciones.

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