My Committment to the bit is unparallelled. I wrote over 1000 words for absolutely no reason. Sometimes you have to invent an entirely new tag on Ao3:
For the whole time Pol's worked for the family, Khun nu has remained either in his suite or somewhere around the compound, usually with at least 2 bodyguards by his side. But now Tankhun is out and about… Pol is out of practice.
It's not entirely his fault he keeps losing everybody - he keeps getting reasonably distracted.
Usually, in the end, he just sits at the bar and waits for Arm and Khun nu to get back. At least there he's not short of entertainment. Yok is wickedly funny and has a hundred different stories to tell. She's also an excellent flirt, so overall it's no hardship to spend a few hours with a beautiful lady while technically still on the clock.
Luckily, losing Tankhun hasn't become a real problem yet. Arm hasn't even been particularly angry with him, and even gracefully accepts his endless apologies about it. But still, it must be frustrating: Khun nu can be a handful, and occasionally Arm has come back looking more than slightly dishevelled.
Poor guy.
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Amateur Arborist - 1K - Rated T for Tankhun - YolPol and ArmTankhun nations rise up ✨
ANYWAY!
send me a kiss prompt number and a pairing and I’ll write a ficlet! or. in this case. an entire fic. why not. 💕
Porsche rubbing Kinn's back in comfort because Tankhun is genuinely pissed at him even while being incredibly dramatic and Kinn is feeling guilty and absolutely hates to upset his brother.
Not one, not two, but three trained bodyguards completely freaked the hell out and abandoned their charges(well, unless you count Porsche climbing on Kinn's back as some kind of protection) at the sight of "zombie" Pete.
That Yok is there. Tankhun feels close enough to Yok to include her and look, Yok is the first person in Tankhun's life that isn't either related to him or paid by his family in who knows how long, so that's a big deal.
Arm being upset that Tankhun told Pete's ghost to visit his dreams. The little flinch and "why?" look is hilarious.
The fond little face pat and smile that Kinn gives Pete when they realize he's alive, before he's literally knocked out of the way by Arme and Pol mobbing Pete.
The Pete mobbing. Porsche poking his arm to make sure he's really not a ghost before they all pile onto Pete's poor bruised body, my little gang together once more.
I’ve been reading all the lovely comments folks have left on my art - thank you for the kind words!! Having the drive to draw again has been amazing.
[Description: KP Hob wearing a loose fitting pirate shirt with a ruffled, laced collar surrounded by the other members of the Pack of Pixies. “DAMN I’m good! Nothing beats a ruffled, silk pirate shirt! Classic.” Binx looks very proud of herself. Rue swoons, and Andhera (with cloud of worry) runs to help. The cousins hoot and holler.]
BONUS: “Where Binx may have acquired an authentic silk pirate shirt.”
[Description: a post-it note doodle of Garthy O’Brien from “Pirates of Leviathan” with a folded shirt in his arms. Off screen, Jack Brakkow calls: “Garthy my love, I think someone stole my shirt again.” “Not to worry darling! I’ll buy you a new one!” Binx’s hand pops up from a magic portal, “Hurry up!”]
1. Best Hair -Tankhun, and not just because I have a thing for red hair...okay mostly because I have a thing for red hair. But what can I say, it was at least 3 different shades, it was snatched. It was fab.
Runner Up -Kinn. I know Mile cut his hair for this role and once it was free, it seemed to take the opportunity to fluff up as much as possible. It’s gloriously wild and poofy.
2. Best James Bond Roleplay - Kinn in the white tux
Runner Up-Porsche and his various spying on Kinn
3. Best Comedic performance in a serious role -Pol. I know the prevailing theory is that he was hired to be a companion for Tankhun more than a bodyguard, but he still has bodyguard training so he can actually protect Khun and he’s still included in bodyguard activities, but yeah.
Runner Up -Gun. This man never met a dramatic moment he couldn’t drag over the top kicking and screaming.
4. Best Prop - Red Ducati motorcycles. These get ridden more than Porsche. Everybody looks good on them. Both Kinn and Vegas let Porsche drive. They actually have passenger helmets that look like they’d protect precious skulls(looking at you Between Us and Love in the Air).
Runner Up - Kinn’s lucky gun. It’s just sexy and romantic that he gave it to Porsche as a token, okay. It’s also the gun Porsche is using when he’s contemplating killing the man who he thinks killed his parents (which is an interesting meta that I am not doing, nope).
5. Best Unhinged Moment - Pool pants y’all. In a show full of unhinged moments, this one is supreme for me. I still shudder thinking about it.
Runner Up - Atticwife Nampheung (pictured hearing this plot point for the first time)
or Mouth Dildo?
I couldn’t decide. Both are unhinged in entirely different ways and are perfect examples of the tonal whiplash of that show(something I adore shrugs).
6. Best Serious Performance in a comedic role -Jom. I side-eye the comic relief characters but KP was awesome with this? Like every character is heart-warming instead of annoying and still funny. I probably should have done an underrated character post for Jom tbh. I love him. I love the way he supports his friends, giving Porsche the money he won on the fight, staying up to the point of exhaustion helping Tem deal with his broken heart. For all his goofiness, he’s smart and observant and I still think he was deliberately fucking with Kinn, who even if he didn’t know he was Porsche’s boss, was clearly some rich guy out of his element and only there because he was crushing on Porsche. It’s a small role and it could have been just a throwaway part but it’s so much better than that because who he is says a lot about who Porsche is and shows why he became such good friends with the misfit gang.
Runner Up -Yok. Definitely not an underrated character. I think we all know that Yok is the shit. But again, she’s not just funny and fabulous, she’s smart and she loves Porsche and rolls with all the weirdness he brings with him and gives him great advice and becomes a safe person for Tankhun. She turns what could have been a caricature into the only mature, caring, functional, non-evil “adult” character in the show.
7. Best Product Placement - Peppermint Field Black Inhaler. I know it seems like the bread is a shoo-in here, but hear me out. Black Inhaler was willing to let their product be used during illegal underground fighting and public sex. The Bread is great but it can’t compare to that.
Runner Up -Bread obvs
8. Best Facial Feature -Vegas’ smirk
Runner Up(s) -Kinn’s eyebrows
Pete’s fake smile
Chay’s doe eyes
Kim’s killer glare/dead-eyed stare/flirty smize (the boy does a lot with his eyes)
9. Best Visual Joke - Kinn reading a coffee-table book about coffee while waiting on Porsche to bring him coffee.
Runner Up-Pol whipping out a finger gun
10. Best Use of A BL Trope - Spongebath. Using this comedically as a deliberate seduction technique, basically acknowledging that it’s kind of ridiculous, works very well, letting Porsche’s goofball side and Kinn’s clueless side really shine. It also lets their uncontrolled horniness and Porsche’s ass shine -right in front of Pete’s salad eventually, but oh well.
Runner Up(s) - Baby is a clumsy bunny(which I think is what @absolutebl calls it, I couldn’t find the exact post) -the show uses Porsche’s literal tripping as a foreshadowing of his figurative trip up, showing that while he can talk the talk of a bodyguard i.e. ... wear the snazzy suit, he can’t yet walk the walk. He proves that by his behavior on his first bodyguard gig.
Singing - Can I say that @AbsoluteBL’s hatred of this trope makes me giggle because my mother hates singing so much that I had to verbalize an SNL musical sketch to her instead of letting her watch it? Anyway, this one is pretty obvious, but still notable because they didn’t just let Jeff, Mile, and Barcode show off their pipes. They wove music in as a subplot that allowed it to stand as a character marker for not just Kim, but Chay and Kinn. I feel like “Between Us” scarred me for life with bad singing awkwardly shoved into the plot for no reason, so KP gets so much love from me for this.
Bonus: Best Hype Man
Seriously, this guy is more excited than Gun about this coup attempt. He has been waiting years for this. And now my head-canon is that he used to work for the main family and when he was injured in the line of duty, Korn tossed him out and Gun took him in for spite and he’s nurtured a seething hatred for Korn since then.
Bonus: Sexiest Gesture - Kinn’s finger come hither.