The Ramakien, from the Indian epic Ramayana, is essential to Thai literature and is aligned with Thai national identity or Thainess (khwam pen Thai). In recent years, globalisation and the advancement of the internet have shaped new ways of consuming literature including the way in which the Ramakien is presented. The emergence of ‘internet literature’ from the 2000s is a prime example of stimulating innovative forms and contents of the Ramakien. This talk, therefore, aims to explore and discuss the reinvention of the Ramakien in the internet literature on two popular Thai online platforms, Dek-D and Joylada. Using the hybridity framework from postcolonial studies as the main approach, I argue that internet literature adapted from the Ramakien presents the hybridisation of Thainess, intertwined with power dynamics and negotiation. While the reinvented stories resonate with the notion of ‘protecting Thainess’ of the new generation, the stories challenge the tradition of the Ramakien – such as reimagining it into a Boys Love (BL) story, referencing K-Pop idols, and disturbing the convention of sacredness revolving around Phra Ram. In this way, the Ramakien tradition not only constructs ‘the kingdom’ from a top-down definition of Thainess but also evolves to serve a ‘fandom’ from the bottom-up.