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heretherebedork · 6 months

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I, for one, will forever be grateful to Only Friends for giving us Boston.

Because to take a character the narrative has condemned and make him not only the most loved but also the most sympathetic character while also being the messier and having his own deep struggles is a thing of beauty and talent.

But I especially want to highlight a few things about Boston. Because these are all the ways I came to love him.

He's a born this way gay man who is never shown to question or doubt his sexuality.

2. He is openly promiscuous and not only enjoys sex but enjoys having sex with multiple people. (He's an asshole and his moral code is his own but he sticks to it.)

3. He owns his own filth within said moral code.

4. He is the first person to say you can't turn someone gay.

5. He thinks he knows how to throw a punch but really doesn't tend to despite his own words.

6. Openly distinguishes between sex and romantic love

7. Is the only one of his friends capable of a sincere apology when he was wrong and wronged them and will go out of his way to make a sincere one with them even if they don't deserve it and would never admit to owing him one at all.

In fact, he does it twice.

8. He knows when not to apologize.

And, most importantly of all... he can be a petty bitch.

We stan him and we apologize for him and we love him for all of it.

Boston, the king of the sluts, the character who was condemned by the narrative for his ways but that the fanbase will forever love because he was something so unusual in BL that it made him beautiful.

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misspoetree · 7 months

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#I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS HAPPENED AGAIN 🤡🤡🤡#only friends the series #ofts #ofts ep9 #ofts spoilers #ofts boston #ofts atom #ofts + text post #text post meme

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khaotunq · 7 months

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Neo Trai as a particularly sopping wet Boston (Only Friends, 2023)

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mymycorrhizae · 7 months

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Boston is suuuuuch a bitch

#only friends series #only friends the series #only friends #ofts #oftsedit #ofts boston #ofts ray #the episode of everyone being messy

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xceanlynx · 7 months

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Did you sneak in there to get high? Why don't you love yourself at all, Ray? I told you to quit using drugs. You drink and do drugs. You're gonna die before you turn thirty.

Only Friends (2023) dir. Jojo Tichakorn & Ninew Pinya

#only friends #only friends the series #onlyfriendsedit #oftsedit #khaotung thanawat #book kasidet #first kanaphan #neo trai #ofts ray #ofts mew #ofts sand #ofts boston #ray pakorn #disclaimer: I am not trying to blame any character here for ray's problems #I'm just pointing some scenes he may have not loved himself #also I like to suffer a little bit #been doing this gifset during the week while my mind couldn't shut up about this show #queue

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odd-one-advocate · 7 months

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only friends x text posts never end part 2

check out [part 1] | [ part 3]

#only friends text posts #ofts boston #only friends text post memes #ofts text post memes #ofts #ofts nick #ofts ray #ofts sand #ofts mew #ofts top #bostonnick #sandray #neomark #firstkhao #forcebook #only friends #only friends the series

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hiskinndbodyguard · 7 months

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“Smiley” [he’s sad]

“Partner” [he’s single]

#only friends #lmao #only friends the series #only friends ep 9 #ofts boston #samop

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hotasfahrenheit · 7 months

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i find it very interesting that the selfies that Nick and Boston have on their phones are different.

Nick shows Sand the one that he has in episode 6, then Boston's looking at one he has in episode 8 alone in a bar.

they were clearly taken the same day and in the same place, but there's a few things that make them EVEN MORE interesting without even getting into the fact that in ep 4, Boston doesn't want to take any selfies AT ALL.

the photo on Nick's phone has Boston's arm in it, in a classic selfie angle move. that means mr it's better if there's no photos of us together took that photo himself. on Nick's phone. trusting him with it. in the photo on Boston's phone, you can see both of Boston's arms, between one down at his side and the other around Nick's shoulders and neck, which means that either he had Nick take that picture with his phone, or Nick took a picture on his own phone then sent it to Boston. my guess is the first one, since the lighting is different in both photos and one of them is reversed camera- you can tell from the part in Boston's hair. add to that the fact that photos are different orientation and resolution, and it all implies different phones. it also implies they took a decent number of photos together, figuring out lighting and angles.

Nick really weaseled his way further into Boston's heart than Boston was willing to admit.

#only friends the series #only friends #ofts #bostonnick #ofts boston #ofts nick

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khaopybara · 2 months

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Boston's a Bitch and he owns that Shit! Pt. 1

There's a reason why Neo worked out his ass off to play Boston and it's because he would have just as many "outfit" changes as Ray if I put every time he was shirtless in a scene.

NEO TRAI as BOSTON ( ONLY FRIENDS EP. 1-6 )

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25shadesoffebruary · 8 months

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Neo Trai as Boston in Only Friends Episode 5

#only friends the series #ofts #ofts boston #neo trai #thai bl #bl series #asian lgbtq dramas #asianlgbtqdramas #25shadesedit #im actually obsessed with this meannastyjealousinsecurebitch like a lot

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heretherebedork · 7 months

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Two of my favorite Boston expressions and moments. Just in general. This is why he's my problematic fave. He is a problem, he knows it, and he's his own favorite person.

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misspoetree · 7 months

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#not only this scene #but literally every BostonNick scene in a nutshell #only friends the series #ofts ep7 #ofts + text post #bostonnick #ofts spoilers #ofts nick #ofts boston #in the queue you go

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khaotunq · 6 months

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i'm your hell, i'm your dream; i'm nothing in between

#only friends the series #ofts #oftsedit #boston #ofts boston #my gifs #my edits #mine: only friends #mine: boston #yes this was the bad idea i had at like 11pm last night and then fucked off to make #idk if i should tag anyone in this it's. ridiculous #but i may do the stupid other edits i've been considering for weeks #such as the mew wannabe edit #but it will look like this because i'm lazy and i have no caps of mew so i'll have to start from scratch #that could develop into very old rocky country song ray edit #but i'm already beyond burnout atm soo o oo o #who knows!#anyway. here's boston and his theme song #bitch by meredith brooks #seriously. i'll hear no argument.#go and remind yourself of the lyrics they're BOSTON #they went with a bizarre 90's aesthetic for the show and so now i'm assigning them all insane 90's songs actually #i've decided that. right now.#don't @ me about the motherfucker one i made myself laugh okkkkk #i wanted to do the entire song but i guess i'll stick to the chorus lmao #ofs boston

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syrena-del-mar · 8 months

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Very Rarely Do Men Know How to Be Altogether Good or Altogether Wicked

The last five minutes of today's episode left my mouth gaping, it really felt like I was watching a catastrophic accident happen in front of me and I just couldn't look away.

I wasn't completely sure on how Sand was going to learn about Ray and Mew's history, but I sure wasn't expecting that Ray's feelings would be exposed in such a volatile way. Maybe I’m in the minority here, I’m not exactly sure because I’m seeing a mixed bag of reactions, but I don’t necessarily agree that Sand ever needed to find out about Ray’s feelings for Mew. Much less from Boston.

This is partially going to be a bit of a continuation of my thoughts that Boston has a Machiavellian personality, followed up with SandRay's relationship becoming the unsuspecting 'victim'. Again, I'll be using pulling from Machiavelli's The Prince, but I'm also using his work Discourses on Livy. [Title credit to ch. 27 of Discourses]

Boston, still the Machiavellian 'Prince'

“Another difficulty to be added to the one mentioned above is that a state that becomes free creates for itself enemies rather than friends.”

― Niccolò Machiavelli, Discourses on Livy

Let me be upfront, I don't hate Boston, I actually enjoy the chaos he brings, but he's a fascinating character to break down and really analyze his actions. The last five minutes was, in my opinion, the most chaos that he has caused out in the open. This was never a situation of Boston 'saying what needed to be said.' This was Boston seeing an opportunity to take control of someone and doing so by unfairly outing Ray's feelings. I, again, stand by the idea that Boston is not a narcissist, but rather a Machiavellian personality type. This doesn't make him a 'villain'; Only Friends does a good job at showing that there are no villains in real life, just incredibly shitty people. Boston is simply a dick, who chooses to play with his friends to feel a sense of control when he doesn't have it. Has he ever cared for his friends? Does he keep them around simply for convenience? Hard to say. That doesn't make him evil, it just makes him a first-class jackass.

In my post where I had stated that he was more of a Machiavellian rather than narcissist, I came to the conclusion that, 'In his viewpoint, he is the kingpin, even in his group of friends, because he believes that he's the one that controls how his friends move since he knows how Mew is developing feelings for Top and is aware of Ray's feelings for Mew.' This time around, he practically admits it right after purposefully revealing Ray's feelings for Mew, "I just want to keep track of my best friends' romantic moments.' Boston hoards information so that he can throw it in people's faces when it fits him the best, there's no 'good intentions' on his keeping tabs on his friends.

Boston knows that TopMew are going to sleep together, they're serious and he's out of the running. Is it simply ego or is it because of self-interest? Whatever the catalyst is, he essentially has nothing holding him back anymore. He's seeing his "friends" getting "serious", while he's out there dealing with known (and unknown) filming of one-night stands he had being used as revenge porn. That'd hurt and anger anyone, but from what has been shown, Boston thrives off of control and so having his sex life used against him would feel like an even bigger blow. They're minor events that are snowballing and Boston likely needs to feel that control again. It's why he pushes Nick down without a second thought when Nick is trying to pull him away (opposed to how Ray lets Sand pull him back). So he claims that control back, he deliberately reveals what he knows, purposefully taking Ray down with him. While he may be feeling like shit, at least he'll be better off than Ray, who's left to pick up the pieces.

Sand and Ray, the intentional destruction of the 'kingdom'

“In general you must either pamper people or destroy them; harm them just a little and they’ll hit back; harm them seriously and they won’t be able to. So if you’re going to do people harm, make sure you needn’t worry about their reaction.” ― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

Yes, Sand and Ray are in a “situationship.” Yes, they’re constantly getting both physically and emotionally closer. Yes, Sand is developing feelings for Ray (arguably vice versa too). But that’s it. They started off as friends with benefits and while they’ve been shifting around, neither one has fully crossed that line. There was no defined area in the relationship, at least not before the implosion. They’re barely getting to know each other, Sand even calls Ray out because he knew that Ray had never noticed him before, not in a way other than just the Bar Performer.

Ray is working through who he is without Mew, without his crush on Mew. He's come to the realization that while he put Mew as his #1 for many years, he's knows he's not that for Mew, and is slowly coming to the realization that he may have never been. These are his feelings to work out and his alone. Sand and Ray are first and foremost friends, as they had agreed upon and they happen to hook up often. This was what they agreed upon. Even if one or both of them are catching feelings, it does not mean that Ray has an automatic obligation to come clean to Sand.

Arguably, Boston was unaware of this set up, but honestly he didn't need to know. This was not his business, Boston didn't suddenly spill the fact that Ray has had feelings for Mew for years to look out for Sand. No, this was an intentional hit on Ray, where he was positive that it would hurt. Boston has repeatedly used Ray's feelings for Mew for his own convenience (Exhibit A: Meddling at the pool party), whether it be to get Ray to react in a certain way or to have a punching bag. He knew how defensive and reactive Ray would get when he brought up RayMew's kiss and supposed sex (was this ever confirmed?) that they had.

Boston speaks in definite presumptions when he talks about others, he does this to Top and he did it to Ray. He spins realities to how he sees fit and with the confidence that he speaks in, he makes others believe him. It's why Mew never questioned that Top is accustomed to sleeping around and didn't think that Top really wanted anything more than sex, because that's what Boston specifically told him that Top was like. It's why now Sand believes that he has no hour in Ray's life, even when Ray gives him the opening to ask more, because Boston purposefully spoke in definite terms. Even the most secure person would be left feeling unsure and unbalanced.

So when Sand, who knows that their relationship is based on being friends with benefits, is confronted with words from Ray's supposed friend who explicitly states that Ray is in love with Mew and that he's being used as a rebound, what else can he do but believe that?

What little trust and rapport that they had started to build up has come crumbling down. They're frantically gathering the pieces of a 'kingdom' that has been turn into dust, the aftermath of the Prince's wrath. It's why Ray scrambles for the bottle and it's why Sand shuts down. How can they react to what Boston did, when they're struggling to salvage the little remnants left behind of what was supposed to be a blossoming relationship?