‘I Turned Into a Devil and Rush Towards You’
🎥 Series Overview
🎬 Title: I Am Devil (เตือนแล้วนะ… ว่าฉันร้าย)
🌍 Country: 🇹🇭 Thailand
🎞️ Genre: Romance / Drama / GL (Girls’ Love)
🗓️ Production & Broadcast: Maxlive Online TV, (Total 2 seasons)
⏳ Runtime: Approximately 25 ~ 40 minutes per episode (varies)
📢 Director: Aey Narinthorn Na Bangchang
📺 Platform: YouTube, Maxlive Online TV channel
👩💼 Cast: Mook Napapach Thitakawin – Mookmanee
Pinky Subhisara Suksathan – Prangdao
🧩 Story Deep Dive (Spoilers)
🌟 Unique Setting
- Genre: Girl Love, Romance Drama, Revenge, Entertainment Industry
- Main Characters:
- Mookmanee: A beauty pageant alum and famous actress. Due to past traumas, she distrusts love and is notorious for her promiscuous lifestyle as a 'lesbian villain'.
- Prangdao: The primary counterpart involved with Mookmanee. She is the younger sister of Mookmanee's fake husband 'Songproht'.
- Core Themes: Queer female self-denial and liberation, the deception of a fake marriage, distrust and rediscovery of love.
This series combines queer romance narratives with club culture, entertainment industry intrigue, and contract marriage, opening a new chapter in Thai GL dramas.
🎭 The Inner World of 'Villain' Mookmanee
Mookmanee's character is portrayed not as a simple antagonist, but as a person who chooses coldness to protect herself after experiencing trauma.
- Past Trauma: Mookmanee experienced heartbreak with her reality show partner Grace due to Grace’s mother’s interference. This loss became the fundamental reason she lost faith in love.
- Self-denial & Defense Mechanism: After losing trust in love, she becomes indifferent to relationships and pursues casual flings, embracing her reputation as a 'lesbian villain.' This is both a self-defense mechanism—'If I don't love, I won't get hurt'—and an effort to hide her vulnerable emotions.
- Fake Marriage: Her contract marriage with wealthy Songproht is also an emotional avoidance strategy for societal expectations and personal/professional goals.
💖 Encounter with Prangdao
The meeting with Prangdao breaks down Mookmanee's strong 'love-denial wall'.
- Fateful Collision: Their connection begins when Prangdao accidentally sees Mookmanee with another woman at a club. The fact that Prangdao is the younger sister of Mookmanee’s fake husband adds tension and forbidden allure.
- Gradual Development of Relationship: Initially complicated by 'the husband's sister' dynamic, the relationship grows deeper as the truth about the fake marriage is revealed. Prangdao discovers the vulnerable and sincere side beneath Mookmanee's villainous exterior.
- Confronting the Past: As Mookmanee opens her heart to Prangdao, her past reckless behavior and ex-partners present new obstacles. Old rival Nita and a new entertainment villain Prao test their relationship.
📜 Public Representation of Queer Women
- Expansion of GL Narrative: The series moves beyond the traditionally pure and soft image of Thai GL dramas, portraying the protagonist as sexually free and morally complex, broadening the spectrum of public representation of queer women.
- Use of Villain Arc: Through the 'villain' character arc, Mookmanee embodies a woman who actively pursues her desires and defies societal expectations, differentiating from previous queer characters constrained to behave 'properly.'
- Love and Self-Acceptance: Mookmanee’s journey ultimately addresses not disbelief in love but the struggle with self-denial—feeling unworthy of being loved. Through her genuine relationship with Prangdao, she overcomes past wounds and fully accepts her sexual and emotional identity.
✨ Queer Revenge, Identity, and Rediscovery of Love
I Am Devil is recognized as a bold attempt in the Thai GL drama market to explore taboo areas and complex inner psychology. The transformation of 'villain' Mookmanee into 'a woman seeking love' is compelling, and the dramatic elements of the entertainment industry and fake marriage provide constant tension and immersion. The series offers queer romance fans an intense narrative combining revenge, ambition, and the liberation of true love.
🎯 Personal Rating (Preference)
💕 Love Scene Intensity: ♥♥
⭐ Rating: ★★★
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