Ohm and Fluke

K. Stewart is acting, though.  After Twilight I thought she would be embarassing as Princess Diana but she nailed it, and that's when I realized Bella was an annoying twit on purpose and Stewart was magnificent at it. Ohm, though, doesn't appear to be acting at all, unless he's acting like a block of marble, in which case he's a genius. @Jarabaa wants him to act LESS, but if he did the universe would collapse in on itself and we would live in an anti-matter dimension.

Think about Earth Pirapat in 1,000 Stars, as cold, stoic, harsh and emotionless Chief. He could transition from cold to sweet, but when he was being icy you could still feel the vulnerability and everything else below it. with Ohm there's nothing. No nuance, no subtlely, just a vaguely angry expression. He's lucky he's pretty.

I had this t-shirt:

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Hi, just responding to Mijustmi's speculations ... No, I'm a Leo - meaning I don't like being ignored. Note:  I didn't liken Ohm to ice or call him icy. I did mention glass and a pool of water, I admit - which suggest something cool, yes, you're right. But now I think I misplaced the emphasis. My main encounter with this actor was as Pharm's beloved "P'Deeeeeeeaaan" in UWMA.  Looking back, I didn't actually find him cold at all. And he definitely didn't ignore Pharm or anyone else. To the contrary, he was sensitive, considerate and supportive. But. In broad strokes, the P'Dean character was reserved, laconic, a man of few words who did not engage in big displays of emotion. 

I like men - I'm gay.  And I'm always on the look-out for new, interesting examples of male beauty and charm. When I was young, many a female character (and indeed actresses in real life) cultivated a reserved, composed, serene but slightly aloof aura - always, always slightly mysterious - which certainly fascinated and attracted many men. It was a classic feminine pose which had its heyday before I came into the world. Grace Kelly had it. Eva Marie Saint. Much earlier, Garbo.  The great Japanese actress Setsuko Hara embodied it. Anyhow, it's always captivated me - and if I'd been straight, I would be wildly infatuated. Nowadays, like most forms of discretion, grace and delicacy, it's all but unknown. But I thought I encountered a male version of this mystique - the very first example I can think of - in Ohm's characterisation of P'Dean.  As I say - reserved, still, composed, laconic - yet not cold at all, and also not the overworked and toxic "strong & silent" masculine hero persona, but the opposite of all of that:  observant, kind, attentive, gracious. And always:  slightly mysterious. In a word, charming. And I was 101% charmed!

When I began this discussion, I never thought it would get so many responses  with varying degrees of love or not so much love for my beloved Ohm and Fluke. Like jarabaa my first encounter with both actors was UWMA . However, it was 2021 when I first got into BLs as being from Belize it is not commonplace to watch or love BLs. Something about that series brought out so many emotions in me that up to today I still cry when I watch episode 1 and listen to the main two songs (Until We Meet Again and Luckiest Boy) almost every day.  

I thought the character of Dean was debonair and had a reserved kind of charm. The character loved but in a way that was not overly dramatic. I know that Thai BLs do constant workshops so the actors become the characters they portray. Like Dean, Kim seems so uninterested and distant. But, if you look at both characters, they are very close and caring for the friends around them - Dean to Win and Kim to  Baibua and eventually the ones they love.  For Kim,  Sun will warm him up, even at a slow pace. 

Now on to Ohm. I am not going to lie. He is tall, sexy, and handsome.  When I saw him in UWMA when Manow (Sammy) pointed him out I was like damn... he is gorgeous! Nothing has changed I think he is aging like fine wine 😜😜😜 and whoever his life partner will be is so damn lucky!

Keep the discussion going... I love it 😊

Dude one of the major plot points was that his family found him cold in the beginning. If he didn't give off at least a little chill to you guys then maybe there is a problem. He eventually softens, but he is a bit cold at first. However, you cannot be a person possessed by the spirit of your lover's great uncle and be boring. (And I know that more script than his acting, but come on I will never get to say that in any context again. lol.) I still retain the rules when giving people a deep strong grown man cry. He is good at banging on dashboards with the I f*** up in another lifetime anger. Intimidation glare he has got it down. Do you want someone who is frustrated with life? He has you.  That you know it's on tonight look which may be just him staring look cause he is indeed attractive. But this man has minimal facial expressions and rarely talks. However, I do find that even without it the feelings are conveyed. I don't know how, but I understand his gaze and body language... or I am projecting what I want to feel from the character. And I think he is good at transmitting feelings to the audience with minimal words. 

I also feel like this character may be unrelatable as he is an overly wealthy college student with succession problems. I do understand why they are problems as he has an older brother, but hey maybe that will get explained later. He also is stuck on his childhood first love and there may be some trauma there, but the story is incomplete. I feel it's one of those wait and watch things. They got better as time went on in UWMA.... so I will wait with them. I expect things to start sparking next ep.

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I'm still watching, so it's not all bad for me. I still wonder if maybe we project onto him what we think he's feeling based on what Fluke is projecting. If Fluke gets upset at him, then we assume he's callous. If Fluke looks at him lovingly, we assume he's being soft, etc. Kind of like when someone gets strangled onscreen the actor getting killed is the one in control and doing all the work.

I did wonder at some point if I was projecting. When I first made a reply here in my head I had scenes where he did specific actions that I translated into an emotion. So I re-watched to fact check and it never happened. That is why I thought I was projecting based on the mood/vibe of the scene. 

Like everyone else, I fell in love with OhmFluke in UWMA. I follow both of them actively in social media every day, although Fluke is my bias. Fluke is truly a remarkable person in terms of his experience, professionalism, acting, kindness, dedication, determination to keep growing, resilience after discrimination.... everything. <3 Ohm is also wonderful and I am so grateful for UWMA to have brought them together. It's been 3 years... and they have so many more projects coming up, and more that they are still planning. Ohm's acting is certainly improving and if you follow him on social media you would appreciate his sweet and kind personality. He still is under Channel 8 and juggles filming lakorns and other works with Fluke. OhmFluke together help each other to grow professionally with hard work and determination.

I really don't like OhmFluke's series after UWMA. I didn't see any chemistry between them and it always seemed like Ohm was annoyed, or arrogant towards Fluke. I used to ship them and liked them after Uwma, but in real life Ohm also acts like he's too good for Fluke. And their fans often act like Fluke doesn't deserve Ohm because Ohm is too good, too cool or something like that 😔