Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: เขา...ไม่ใช่ผม | Not Me (TV 2021)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dan/Yok (Not Me TV 2021)
Characters: Dan (Not Me TV 2021), Yok (Not Me TV 2021)
Additional Tags: Fluff, Comfort, Tenderness, Songfic, How Do I Tag, I Don't Even Know, Dorks in Love
Series: Part 15 of for danyok
Summary:
yok laughs. "that sounds like a marriage vow, phi!"
"it can be," dan leans in. "only if you want it to be," and seals their tender love with a kiss.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: เขา...ไม่ใช่ผม | Not Me (TV 2021)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dan/Yok (Not Me TV 2021)
Characters: Yok (Not Me TV 2021), Dan (Not Me TV 2021), Yok's Mother (Not Me TV 2021)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Painter Yok, Fisherman Dan, Comfort, Light Angst, Fluff, Love, Tenderness, Introspection, Language of Colours, Melancholy, Gentleness, Brief separation, Happy Ending, Reunions, Bittersweet, Flowers, Domestic Fluff, Hurt/Comfort, Dorks in Love
Series: Part 14 of for danyok
Summary:
he touches the yellow petals. one by one, it falls. his heart shatters. don't die, he whispers. yok rushes to the sink and pours a cup of water into the drying soil. grow, little one. don't die.
dan is still out there. somewhere.
yok waits. and waits. and waits. even if it is forever, he will.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: เขา...ไม่ใช่ผม | Not Me (TV 2021)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dan/Yok (Not Me TV 2021)
Characters: Yok (Not Me TV 2021), Dan (Not Me TV 2021), Gram (Not Me TV 2021), mentions of the gang - Character
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - College/University, Post-Break Up, Sensuality, Non-Sexual Intimacy, Slice of Life, Break Up, Character Study, Introspection, Ambiguous/Open Ending, Songfic, Non-Linear Narrative, Past Relationship(s), I Don't Know How To Explain The General Mood Of This Story, But What I Can Say Is The Song I Recommended Is The Mood, I'm Sorry, I Don't Even Know, Why Did I Write This?, Hurt/Comfort, i think so, Yok Is A Sophomore, Dan Is A Super Senior, I Actually Have No Idea How To Tag This Story
Series: Part 13 of for danyok
Summary:
perhaps, yok wants to keep pressing the rewind button.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: เขา...ไม่ใช่ผม | Not Me (TV 2021)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dan/Yok (Not Me TV 2021)
Characters: Dan (Not Me TV 2021), Yok (Not Me TV 2021)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Pain, Hurt, Insanity, Dissociation, Coping, Heavy Undertones of Mental Health Issues, (But Hopefully It's Subtly Tackled), colours as metaphors, Grief/Mourning, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Dark Thoughts, Prompt: What If Yok Died That Night?, Dan Draws to Cope, Character Study, No Dialogue, Stream of Consciousness, I'm Sorry, Angst
Series: Part 12 of for danyok
Summary:
there's life in every painting and death in every creation. there's a promise bestowed between papers and charcoal. who's willing to listen? maybe no one. maybe someone. who knows? dan doesn't. maybe yok does. did.
So the last scene we have of Danyok is this extremely sweet scene of their reconciliation.
For me the symbolism of them reconciling in front of Yok's portrait of Dan is just [chefs kiss]
Yok's portrait of Dan is the best version of Dan committed to paper. Its Dan as he wants to be seen. Dan as UNAR. Dan as the police officer who realized that he was part of a corrupt system and decided to save the world in the best way he knew how: through his art. This is the portrait of a man who is greater than the sum of his parts; greater than the sum of his actions. The Dan in the portrait is fierce and strong; unyielding despite the pressing weight of an unjust world. Its in his eyes. Its in every line of his body. And even though Dan wasn't able to stay unyielding in real life; Yok still see's Dan in that way. The Dan that comes to life under Yok's brush is the ideal that he wanted to be. This portrait is Yok giving Dan the forgiveness he will never give himself; because that's how much he loves him.
Yok's forgiveness is now Dan's baptism.
The thing that stuck out to me though is the background music as the scene plays out : which is an almost ethereal version of Auld lang syne.*
Auld lang syne is a popular drinking song used to bring in New Years all around the world. It was originally a Scottish tavern song but it got popularized by Scottish people who moved abroad. Nowadays its sung at New Years parties or basically any event that's meant to be part reminiscing and part looking forward to the future. This is exactly why I started crying when I heard it play over the Danyok reconciliation scene because its the series giving us this assurance that with time, they will be fine. That the memories and love contained in all their past days will be enough to carry them forward to bigger and better things.
I especially love the line in the song that goes :"And we'll take a cup o' kindness yet, for auld lang syne"; which to me is the embodiment of Danyok. Its them saying that despite everything that happened, the kindness they have for each other will be their saving grace. Yok has always had the option of thinking about the whole situation only from his point of view. After all, its because of Dan that the gang got caught, first by the police and later by Techit. Even Yok getting shot is indirectly because of Dan's betrayal. If Nuch and the protestors hadn't been there Yok would have died believing that his unconditional trust in Dan was the reason all his friends died. He would have died wondering how his mother would handle a lifetime of not knowing where her son had disappeared to. He would have died, heartbroken, thinking that he was the weak link in the gang that ruined the whole mission. No one would fault Yok for hating Dan for any of this. But instead, like in the song, Yok takes his cup of kindness and uses it to forgive Dan. Uses it to heal whatever fractures they have . Uses it to close the yawning distance Dan's betrayal put between them.
I love that this is the note that Not me chose to end Danyok on . This message that in the end Love and Kindness will be what holds our redemption. That its our capacity for forgiveness and kindness that keeps us unbroken in a broken world.
In other news though, as I was researching Auld lang syne for this post , I came across a very interesting piece of information. Apparently in Scotland Auld lang syne is sung at the end of weddings which ...of course Danyok's reconciliation song is also a fking wedding song.
im not even gonna lie when that scene started all i could think about was another like. wtf. how does it feel to write their canon love story post ep13 and reunion even before the show airs?????
Dear :(( i haven't watched the ep yet but i was (and still is) pleasantly surprised! I wrote that story thinking danyok wouldn't have their happy ending so i tried my best to write something like that. I felt like it's natural for danyok to meet again somewhere that represents them both– art gallery!
I'm shaking, tbh 😅 but i feel like my story's a bit nonsensical because i totally forgot about yok's portrait of dan! Silly me. t_t
im not even gonna lie when that scene started all i could think about was another like. wtf. how does it feel to write their canon love story post ep13 and reunion even before the show airs?????
Dear :(( i haven't watched the ep yet but i was (and still is) pleasantly surprised! I wrote that story thinking danyok wouldn't have their happy ending so i tried my best to write something like that. I felt like it's natural for danyok to meet again somewhere that represents them both– art gallery!
I'm shaking, tbh 😅 but i feel like my story's a bit nonsensical because i totally forgot about yok's portrait of dan! Silly me. t_t
oh my god oh my god oh my god i just finished your danyok fic and oh my god it’s everything i ever wanted for them since ep 13 but better and i’m not just talking about the last chapter. i love it so much. thank you for writing it. i now know what it feels like to sob from joy and i couldn’t stop. i send smooches to your beautiful brain have an amazing day
wait this is so sweet of you :( thank you so much for reading! i hope you enjoyed the rollercoaster of emotions from the first to the last chapter. i didn't break my promise :) they deserve a happy ending (in this alternate universe and canon). i'm so thankful for this. thanks a lot for reading this monster i created out of pure angst and heartbreaks 😅 sending you flowers and kisses and everything nice too! have a good day/night ahead. ❤️
this is kind of awkward but i wanted to let you know that no matter what happens in the not me finale, i think your 'stargazing' fmv is how i will always remember danyok, so thank you
oh, hello there :) oh no it's not awkward at all! and thank you so much for saying this :( we can remember them as two star-crossed lovers that express love through paintings and cheesy pick-up lines and soft smiles and gentle kisses and lip bites <3 from episode 10 onwards it's not danyok but their alter ego <3 hahaha
you're most welcome. thank you for watching my edit. :)
Hiiiii my companion in danyok despair, how are you? I still fall apart everytime I think about them. What do you expect from the last episode? I am too scared for a possible death of my foolish broke cop... but what if he doesn't show up? What if Yok will never at least hear about Dan's motives? Will he think that it was ALL a lie from the start? What if Dan remains in that hospital and it seems like he still chose the system, even after threatening his parents and his lover?
I feel like both scenarios would hurt, but the least I'm would like to see is this little growth in Dan. He's a very complex grey character.
hello there, partner :) oh, god. idek. it's crazy because i haven't watched ep 13 but i'm acting as if i have lol. maybe it's best if we stop thinking about danyok for the time being... and resume pondering about them when it's sunday. xD
oh, wow. tbvh, idk :( but i have a few ideas about how the last episode will unfold (but it's only for danyok because they're holding me at gunpoint as we speak).
1. dan wouldn't survive. from what i know, dan actually set them free at the end of ep 13? and i think the hospital was ambushed by tawi's men and possibly, dan's still there (along with black). maybe, these two won't make it to sunrise. and the whole set-up for that last scene, when the elevator was closing, and dan had this sad smile on his face. i think... it's his goodbye to yok, and to us.
2. dan survives. but he won't be seeing yok anymore. he'll vanish without justifying the choices he made. because he was convinced that yok never wanted to see him again. i should've believed you back then. god. it's more than enough for dan to disappear without a trace. and this scares me because i think dan's a bit suicidal and to know he was so ready to k*ll himself worries me the most. but i don't think p'nuchy will show this bit. danyokers will go berserk (read: me, us).
it's silly of me but i'm expecting danyok to reunite at some point if nothing bad happens to them. and i want them to have their usual heart-to-heart talk about everything. perhaps, if the world is kind enough, they will let danyok fall into place together. because i think, if yok knows what happened to dan prior to the mission, he would forgive him?i was the officer that shot sean's father. it's okay. it's all in the past. i feel like they could have a chance, together. again. if, p'nuchy sees this fitting to their story.
i think dan knows by now the system is a true fuckery. the moment he was held hostage by that old man, and to know his drawings meant nothing, his efforts to make a change in the system was a waste, it was a poignant wake-up call to dan imo. i think when he set the gang free, he also let go of his naive sentiments.
yok- our precious lover boy- i think he was conflicted too. he was so heartbroken when he saw dan but then there's this confusion in his eyes when dan helped them escape. goodness. if dan didn't survive this mayhem, yok would think about it all alone and broke down into tears and that's the end for me. (i have high hopes that black + gumpha know what's up. i've been suspecting that gumpha is also a cop from the earlier episodes but maybe i'm just preaching. but there's a possibility that black + gumpha worked together with dan. please let this be true.)
indeed. dan's such a complex character and we can interpret him in so many ways. i think we'll get to see that change in him. if he made it to the end.
oh, dear anon, i'm sorry for this nonsense :( idk what i was saying but i hope it did answer your questions. and thanks for this long ask! i hope you'll be fine. don't think about danyok that much, if you don't want regrets. lol. i'm a mess. i'm sorry.
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