Kongpob Suthiluck

**Kongpob Suthiluck** is one of the lead characters of SOTUS and SOTUS S.

## Character History

He is a freshman in the Faculty of Engineering.

### SOTUSS S

In his third and fourth year, he also becomes the head hazer. He later graduates and interns in Ocean Eletcrics Company.

### Our Skyy

He pursues a Masters in Economics in the China for 2 years.

## Personality

Kongpob is best characterized by his incomparable kindness, humility and sense of chivalry. While genuinely good-natured, Kong doesn't think twice about publicly calling out unfair hazing practices, which earns him the ire of their batch's head hazer, Arthit. Kong is friendly and personable enough that he managed to closely acquaint himself with the vast majority of his class not long after the start of term. With the appeal of his good looks greatly bolstered by his natural charm, he was well-liked by his peers and was an obvious choice as one of the faculty representatives for the Mister and Miss Faculty Competition.

Despite the fact that he never identified as a homosexual, Kongpob openly and confidently pursued Arthit, much to the senior's mild surprise. Kongpob enjoyed caring for and doting on Arthit, and even goes as far as deliberately making him feel flustered.

Kongpob showed great promise as the new faculty head hazer; he was dutiful, strict, and tenacious, but made it a point to be significantly less abusive than Arthit was. He took the time to get to know his juniors, often beckoning freshmen over to have meaningful conversations with them. Kongpob also utilized exercises that engaged the freshmen's knowledge of their course.

Despite the opportunity to have a relatively comfortable position in his family's company, Kongpob secretly arranged to have his internship at Ocean's Electric. Most notably, he was able to charm the cantankerous Khun Phaga, much to Arthit's surprise.

## Sexuality

Like Arthit, Kongpob's exact sexuality in the series is never labelled, nor is he shown to demonstrate any obvious attraction towards any particular sex. However, it can be implied that he is either homosexual or demisexual. While those around him, both male (Cherry, Tutah, Minnie) and female (May, Maprang, some seniors), are indubitably attracted to him, he shows no romantic or sexual interest in any of them in return.

However, he is clearly at the very least not heterosexual, given that the only person he shows any romantic/sexual interest towards over the course of the entire *SOTUS* franchise is of the same sex as him. In fact, his friends' comments regarding how he looks good with Praepailin appears to make him uncomfortable, suggesting that the idea of being shipped with a girl, especially one he is close friends with, is not something he resonates with. Furthermore, unlike his peers, he never even refers to any girls around them as 'cute' or 'pretty', merely extending his kindness and respect towards female friends or any females who interest in him in the same way he would with any of his peers.

In episode 14, when M asks him why he never told him he liked men, Kongpob states; "*I don't like men. I only like P'Arthit...If he's not P'Arthit, then I don't like him.*" While the statement "I don't like men" on its own may mislead some to believe that he identifies as 'straight', his follow-up clarification that he is only attracted to Arthit suggests that the statement is meant to connote that his attraction is based in a strong emotional bond with him rather than general physical attraction towards the male sex. As such, Kongpob is implicitly either homosexual with a strong need for emotional connection to establish an attraction as part of his overall character, or demisexual.