For the sake of argument, let’s say that the novel perspective of the Prapaisky first meeting —where Prapai is clearly joking with Sky about trading sex for safe passage— is what was intended for the characters in episode 8, it just didn’t translate well from the book to the show. With that context, Prapai and Sky’s first meeting comes down to a massive case of miscommunication.

If Sky knew Prapai— knew that his arrogant, cocky attitude was just him joking around and trying to get a reaction out of him, he would have known he could refuse him freely. He could have pushed back without consequence, he was safe to do so. But in that moment, Sky was trapped in a dangerous situation— one in-part related to his asshole ex, where he feared everyone else present there were also assholes, and he’s being propositioned into having sex to be allowed to leave. Prapai is a stranger, Sky has no idea what this guy’s personality is like, no idea he was joking, he just assumed from the request and dire circumstances that he was being serious. Probably because that kinda thing was something his ex would do, and Sky had no reason to assume Prapai was any different. Sky thought he had no choice but to agree to it, so he did.

Prapai is the same as Sky in that he doesn’t know Sky. He doesn’t even know why he’s at the race since Sky is stubbornly staying quiet. He knows nothing about his history, his trauma, or his experience with people coercing these kinds of things out of him. Prapai thinks Sky is in on the joke, he thinks he is flirting back, playing into the fake threat as a form of roleplay. So Prapai reads his signals as mutual interest and goes along with it because he is attracted to Sky and he’s the kind of guy who sleeps around anyway. So if Sky is agreeing to it, then he must be okay with it, so why not take him home and have a little fun if that’s what they both want?

This set-up hurts because they are both reading the situation completely wrong! Since they’re strangers meeting for the first time, they both make all the worst assumptions about each other. Prapai is genuinely intrigued by Sky, he even asks for his name and number after-the-fact because he wants to see him again. When Sky leaves without a word, he just assumes he’s playing hard to get and doesn’t realize anything is wrong. But because Sky wasn’t in on the joke, he doesn’t recognize the sincerity in Prapai’s attempts at getting his contact info and he leaves feeling resentful and used— cementing his first impression of Prapai as a manipulative asshole who threatened him into having sex. When Prapai was actually just flirting with him and still fully believes the sex was consensual.

AND NOW Sky thinks that all Prapai wants from him is sex because he doesn’t realize that Prapai’s been genuinely interested in him from the start, and Prapai assumes that Sky must already know he’s seriously interested in him BECAUSE he had sex with him! Prapai has no idea why Sky would doubt his interest in him, he thinks he’s made it obvious, meanwhile Sky has EVERY reason to doubt Prapai’s interest in him because of his own sex-related trauma that Prapai unknowingly triggered.

God, these two are making my head spin! They’re gonna feel so bad when/if they figure it all out.

Motorbikes: $500,000

Drone shots of motorbikes: $10,000

Racing event: $6,000

Hairties for Phayu: $437

Mics: $17

Papers for Prapai: $780

someone who is good at economy please help me budget this. our sound quality is shit.

Sky: I hope that when you’re going to propose to me that you keep it simple.

Prapai: *nervous laugh* of course I will

Prapai to a Whatsapp group chat of 90 people: ABORT! ABORT!

The funniest thing about the Love in the Air Special was Sky, hands down. What does an anxious person do, once he realises he is being irrational? Chanel that never-ending restless energy into creating elaborate scenarios for heated sex.

Prapai is a smart man, having immediately clocked Sky as the freak, who will keep his bedroom life interesting for the rest of his life. Sometimes architecture's just not enough of a creative outlet, I guess.

A+ coping mechanism 💯💯

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It is Daddy Prapai Day

Fort Thitipong as Prapai in Love In The Air [2022]

With all the “Payu is VegasPete son and Prapai is KinnPorsche” craze (which to be fair is less loud than it was 5 weeks ago) I am kinda suprised that I haven’t seen any side by side pictures or gifsets with Kinn and Prapai standing with their hands on their hips because like... I haven’t seen any better expamle of the resemplance of this two characters than this. 

WHEN DID THIS BECOME A WHORE HOUSE?!?!?

Trick question its not a house its a home😊💜

He’s like 🥰🐶🥺

No Means No, but Context Matters

Look, I have mixed feelings about the way Prapai confronted Sky, but my issues with the method doesn’t make the confrontation itself any less crucial.

I think some people are overlooking some pretty important context in their attempt to simplify Sky’s situation and maintain their bad faith takes on Prapai’s character. Because Sky is a sexual abuse survivor and Prapai’s intentions towards him in the beginning were sexual, they interpret Prapai’s pushiness as similarly abusive. But first of all, guys... it’s a BL drama. Of course Prapai’s intentions are romantic, that’s literally the genre! But him being sexually attracted to Sky doesn’t invalidate his efforts to try and help him. 

“No Means No” is a rule specifically about unwanted advances that emphasizes sexual consent. It’s a valuable saying and I would never downplay that! But the slogan exists to address a very specific problem. It is NOT an irrefutable law that should be applied to any and all instances of human interaction, romantic or not, which is how I think some people are choosing to interpret it. “No Means No” should be respected in romantic/sexual encounters, but it should absolutely NOT be applied to people experiencing a mental health crisis.

Because when the person saying “no” is drowning, are we just supposed to let them?

As much as I want Sky’s boundaries to be respected, up until episode 9 I was legitimately scared for him. Sky had emotionally self-isolated, he refused to confide in anyone, didn’t rely on anyone, his best friend didn’t even know he liked men let alone that he’s an abuse survivor! Sky had bottled up all of his trauma and refused to process it. He just wanted to push through and ignore it. Like it or not, Prapai was the only one who noticed how much Sky was actually struggling, and the only one willing to push back when Sky tried to brush it off.

After that, we saw marked improvement over the next two episodes. When Sky got very sick his friends refused to let him help out at the faculty event and forced him to take it easy, and when he was in trouble with schoolwork, he called Prapai and asked for help. These were all positive developments for Sky building a healthy support system, one which includes Prapai.

I think there’s respecting someone’s boundaries, and then there’s letting someone become self-destructive. People say no for a variety of reasons, and as much as I wish everyone would just say what they mean all the time, the truth is that they don’t. People lie, people will smile and tell you they’re fine when they’re dying inside. So what do we do if the person who needs help won’t tell us the truth and we can’t read their minds? What do we do if the person saying no wants to say yes, but they’re scared to— maybe because they don’t want to burden anyone else, or they’re afraid the person they seek help from will hurt them instead. How do we let someone know that it’s okay to ask for help? That it’s safe to. That we want to help them.

The answer is you keep asking. You keep showing up and checking in and making sure they know you’re there for them until they’re not scared anymore. Until they’re ready to trust you. It’s about remaining consistent. If you just take their first no and leave, then yeah you’ve technically respected their boundaries, but you’ve also just proved you are NOT the person they can trust to help them. It is a very fine line to walk when someone suffering needs help but can’t ask for it, between taking someone at their word and giving them the space they need to process, or just checking out of their problem and leaving them trapped inside their own heads to deal with it alone.

Prapai is only human— he’s allowed to struggle between his own desires and doing the right thing. He’s allowed to get hurt and lash out. Regardless of Prapai’s romantic inclinations, his actions serve a greater purpose than just getting Sky to fall for him. Prapai is, at his core, a caretaker. He wants to help Sky, and the only way to convince Sky that he is someone who can help him is to keep showing up and proving that to him. To pull Sky out of his head when he’s spiralling and challenge his negative beliefs that keep him isolated. Prapai doesn’t just not take no for an answer because he won’t accept rejection or because he doesn’t care about what Sky wants. He won’t take no for an answer because he knows that Sky needs help, and Prapai refuses to abandon him even when Sky tries to push him away.

Whether Sky wants to admit it or not, he was drowning. Just because he claimed he could save himself rather than take the risk that Prapai would drag him under, doesn’t mean Prapai was in the wrong for saving him.

As soon as i see that bitch boy ex bf, istg i will throw hands. I’ll fight that mf💀

Where’s Sky’s protection squad at?

Prapai: Sky won’t come out of his room.

Rain: Just tell him I said something.

Prapai: Like what?

Rain: Anything factually incorrect.

Sky (storming out of his room): Did you say the sun is a fucking PLANET?

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