#I've just been absolutely slapped in the face with the realization of just how sus I am

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LITA Ep 3 Rewatch Thoughts

Hi friends! Here we are at ep 3, and these posts are getting longer by the episode so grab a lil snack and some water if you want <3 I had to make a part 2 because the number of images got to be too many (linked here and below)

The opening continues to slap (plus I think I've listened to it enough times I think I can sing along with the chorus despite not knowing more than 8 Thai words)

Recap spanks hehe

Opening the episode up strong with this beauty (am I talking about the bike or Phayu in the folded coverall? clearly it's both)

SCHEMING CUTIE ALERT!!! That's the Sky-is-my-new-favorite-person smile <3

I'm dyingggg - Phayu says "I'm still waiting Rain" but bro, it's only been like 10 hours since the declaration of love-war, please calm down

Oops I realized I haven't been mentioning the episode titles - this one is so cute! 'I like Rain, and I'm not talking about the weather" but tbf this should have been episode 1's title

Live footage of me crying over my schedule as a grad student:

Dang, Sky has got a good poker face

Also Rain and I are equally dumb (I'm including myself here bc if I didn't already know Prapai and Sky were going to have a storyline I probably wouldn't have assumed he liked guys right off the bat) - Sky didn't even flinch when Rain writes down his mission to court Phayu (a guy) and immediately writes down the first tactic. WHICH incidentally is "show up in front of him every day". It's pretty full-circle that Prapai uses this same tactic to woo Sky later on, isn't it? (I also didn't notice that until right now so wow these rewatch posts are helping my analysis skills lmao)

Look at my determined son!! He's gonna get his mans!! (Sky's looking a little skeptical tho)

Ah Sig my beloved other son who has a single braincell bouncing around in his head like a DVD player screensaver

The Rain-at-the-garage montage contains so many cute shots but this would get too long if I put every single one in, so let's focus on the first meeting with the brothers-in-law (P'Saifah and Rain). How much must Phayu have described Rain for P'Saifah to instantly know who he is on sight? Also P'Saifah probably reported back to Phayu immediately and I'm kinda sad we don't get to see that convo.

I didn't catch this until now but they also foreshadowed Rain missing a deadline in the next scene. Sky tells Rain to finish his work but as soon as Phayu texts him, Rain runs out of the room without having done anything.

Listen, I love P'Aon and his matchmaking skills ok??

Look at Rain, he's trying so hard to be polite with the P'Phayu and the khrap - what a good boy! It's taking everything in him tho lmaooo

The conversation that comes right after this between P'Saifah and Rain is pretty interesting. I love how the narrative keeps trying to tell us that Phayu is some sort of dangerous fellow when all he's done is be a model student and mechanic and teach college freshmen good manners. Could he maybe learn a little something about physical boundaries? Perhaps, but maybe it's just how kind-looking Boss is, but I never got any sense of danger from Phayu, and esp not towards Rain. Rain's reaction to hearing presumably about Phayu's past relationships is quite on-point, and really cements the stubborn and determined attitude he takes towards getting Phayu to like him. It's how we as the audience know he's gonna be successful.

Next up, Phayu arrives in all his fashionably-late glory. This part has me smirking every time because he walks in all suave and stuff but approximately 7 seconds into Rain's pouting he immediately drops all pretenses and becomes so squishy and soft

I LOVE this exchange between them - again, we are getting a full picture of their early relationship dynamics. Phayu has expectations that Rain's gonna be different, and Rain's telling him he's gonna meet those expectations, and Phayu's satisfied "ah just as I thought" face makes an appearance.

I absolutely adore this expression on Rain/Noeul - it's so subtle but powerful

Yay dinner date!! Phayu is taking so many mental notes right here (also pls note this is the same face Rain is making right above)

Phayu is way too good at pressing Rain's buttons omg - he really got Rain to do this with like a single sentence of teasing (tbf Rain is pretty impulsive tho so I'm not surprised)

The poor serviceperson was like pls let me go

Phayu goes through this episode looking wayyy too satisfied imo

But Rain actually does have nice manners - he gave Phayu the utensils and bowl first and does say thank you

This smile should be illegal actually bc it is stealing my heart and soul

And we get another instance of Phayu being very not immune to Rain's pout (this time he doesn't even get to pout for 3 whole seconds before concerned Phayu is feeding him and patting his mouth with a napkin)

We get some more foreshadowing that Rain is going to miss a deadline

ok THIS. These small gestures that Phayu does for Rain have me swooning just as much as their intimate scenes. Something about that sentence is grammatically incorrect but you get my point, right? They could have easily not included them (and idk if these were even scripted) but they make the relationship that much sweeter and believable.

Slightly off-screen headpat alert!!

AND WE GET IT IN POV SHOT TOO

Live footage of us whenever PhayuRain do anything:

Get you someone who looks at you the way Sig looks at his writing utensil (Have I mentioned I adore him yet?)

Also wait he's not wrong!!!

We get Rain's voice jumping like 10 octaves this time lmao (the increase is proportional to how much he loves Phayu obvs)

Look at our smart boy!! He's won design awards, y'know

Phayu you are not allowed to bully P'Aon like this - he's literally on your side??

Rain: I don't want to see Phayu

Also Rain: ignores Ple, the teachers, his friends, his homework to run to the garage to give Phayu snacks

Part 2 here (y'all we're literally only halfway through the episode omg)

#love in the air #lita #lita the series #phayurain #bossnoeul #boss chaikamon #noeul lee #noeul nuttarat #prapaisky #lita rewatch thoughts

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He's Fine ~ Fluffy Friday

A Choices: The Royal Romance Fan Fiction

(Liam, Drake, Maxwell pre-TRR) as requested by @krsnlove with the phrases in bold print.

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"Nope. Not going to do it. No thank you. I'm good. Great. Grand. Absolutely awesome." Maxwell said as he stared at what was surely a death mechanism of some sort.

"Come on! Look, Liam will do it. Then I will and you'll see there is nothing to it." Drake urged.

Liam nodded in agreement. "If it was so unsafe, they would not allow people on it."

"If it was so safe, then why do I have to sign a waiver that my family will not sue if I die?" Maxwell argued.

"Legalities...who really understands them? Probably made by the same idiots that sued over hot coffee being hot." Drake said as he shoved a pen in his hand.

"Sign by the x." Liam helpfully pointed toward the bottom of the document.

Maxwell was already sweating at the thought of getting in that seat. Wasn't there an after school special about peer pressure he had watched at some point in time? The phrase, just say no, rang a bell. "Why? Why do I have to do it if you both do it? When in our friendship did we decide we would all do the same thing at the same time?"

"I believe it was that time we all jumped off the roof of the stables to see if we had superpowers." Liam replied.

Drake thought a moment. "Yep, that was definitely it. Those matching casts sealed the deal."

Maxwell stared at the paper. This would be the last thing his brother ever received from him. He clutched the pen and began to sign his name. He paused after his first name. "So we are going to do big stuff at the same time?"

"Yes, now just sign the paper!" Drake exclaimed.

"If I decide to jump off a bridge, you both are doing it?" Maxwell asked.

"We already did that. I believe that was my second set of broken bones" Liam began to realize that their times together were rarely beneficial to the body.

"If I decide to get married, you two will grab a girl and do the same?" Maxwell knew Drake would buck at that.

"Of course we... Liam?" Drake asked.

Liam shrugged. "Why not? You find a girl, we will do the same."

Drake grimaced. "Fine. But you have to do this first before I even consider an engagement. Now sign the paper!"

Maxwell finished his signature with a flourish. "Who's going first?" He asked.

Drake and Liam looked at one another. "Rock, paper, scissors?"

"Definitely." Drake glanced at Maxwell. He groaned and stuck his fist out. Two of them chose rock while the other chose scissors.

Liam clapped Maxwell on the back. "Good luck!"

He glared at his best friends as he was strapped into the slingshot ride. His eyes widened as he heard the clicks. He kept repeating what he had read in his mind. World's tallest slingshot. Over 390 feet. Tallest...oh no.

There was a camera set in front of the passenger so that those remaining on the ground could watch. Maxwell did not look so good.

"This might be a bad idea." Liam said.

"What? No. Look at how he's smiling. He's fine." Drake pointed at Maxwell's face on the screen.

"No he's not. He's terrified. How could you pressure him into doing this?" Liam slapped the back of Drake's head.

"Me! Excuse me, your royal highness, but I recall you standing there arguing too for him to do it. You even promised marriage!" Drake countered. "You brought up childhood memories! You deserve more blame than I do. That was evil."

"I--" Liam was cut off by the blood curdling scream of a little girl. Wait. No. That was Maxwell. They watched as he was flung in the air a few times before being brought back down. The screaming had ended quickly. Maxwell had fainted.

They ran over and helped get him out of the seat and watched as the staff brought him back to consciousness.

Maxwell held his head. "What happened?"

"You passed out." Liam replied.

"Oh. Did you guys already go?" Maxwell was dazed and had no clue what was going on.

Liam and Drake shared a look and made a quick decision.

"Yes we did. It was awesome." Drake hoped Liam would back him up on this lie.

Liam nodded. "Didn't we make a promise to do this together? All I can say is that it was the best ride I've ever been on. Now let's find somewhere to eat."

#choices trr #the royal romance #choices #trr #trr maxwell #trr drake #trr liam