#7project

[thebroccolination]

Someone on twt was saying how MekBalloon were terrible for each other and together. Idk if it's just me, or because I love the establishment and and the "of course" of them, but (regardless of the show's direction and production and etc) I always thought they were such a great couple. Like their personalities and their story together and the implication that they worked it out at the end... I just love them a lot. (They didn't talk about the kiss so it didn't happen).

MEKBALLOON.

It’s been a long time since I saw Once Upon a Time, so forgive me for doing this from memory but!

So I think you and I are on the same page, Anon. I love MekBalloon, and I think they had great potential, and I was really excited for their episode because “one of us is closeted and one of us wishes we could be openly affectionate” is one of my favorite premises for queer stories. (Partially why SOTUS S and Dark Blue Kiss are still in my top five.)

I don’t agree that they’re terrible for each other, but that’s less because I think they’re healthy and more because I think we don’t know enough about them to judge in any direction, which is the writing’s fault. 👀

Most Thai BL series don’t seem to be passion projects. BL is a profit-generating machine right now, so of course it’s gonna be rare for all the elements of loving detail, abundant production window, and generous budget to overlap. Of the series that are passion projects, many are likely to struggle with at least one major issue. Maybe the casting isn’t right, the script wasn’t tightly edited, or the production just didn’t have the budget for thorough workshops that would really nail the characters and their chemistry. There’s usually at least one big problem that prevents it from feeling like a stand-alone hit. Not Me didn’t have the script editing it deserved, so it lost sight of several plot elements it needed to deliver on its ambitious premise; Dark Blue Kiss has a high barrier of entry for new fans, and it doesn’t stand on its own particularly well; The Eclipse lost its deliberate pacing and threw way too much at the audience all at once toward the end; etc. (I love all three of those, to be clear! My special adoration of PeteKao, SunMork, DanYok, and AyanAkk is well documented.)

Off the top of my head, there’s only a vanishingly few series that I’d point to and say, “That was well-crafted all around, and I’d recommend that to a new person.” Those are: My School President, I Told Sunset About You, SOTUS, aaand Triage. (Until We Meet Again and Between Us are my favorites from a character standpoint, but SWS is a li’l studio and they’ve struggled with a lot of production aspects—BU more than UWMA.)

My School President comes across as a well-developed, smart series in which most of the characters were given considerable thought and the actors were given time to explore and connect with them.

Until We Meet Again gave me the same impression, which is why it’s so much fun to write fic for them; the characters are fantastic and nuanced.

I’ll never shut up about SOTUS if I start praising it.

Same with Triage.

Where 7Project fell completely apart for me was where most series fall apart for me: 1) the writing, and 2) the lack of character depth. (So, y’know, 90% of what it needed to reach beyond the actors’ core fanbase.)

I really liked MekBalloon, but I’m pretty sure most of my affection came from finding BounPrem generally charismatic and fun to watch. I think they were profoundly underserved as actors by their episode, especially Boun.

Balloon is the oldest child burdened with his father’s expectations and is terrified of coming out, but he manages to remain a dependable older brother who loves and protects his younger siblings, one of whom is also gay and struggling with bullying.

Mek is…kind, I guess? Wants to be in open relationship with his boyfriend. Has been patient with Balloon’s circumstances for years. He doesn’t have a family, but we don’t know when or how he lost them. That lets us know that his boyfriend is all he has, but the narrative doesn’t seem to sympathize very much with him. And yes, the kiss was weird. I still remember as the episode was airing, the SWS cast and director were on Twitter going, “OH NOOOO??? DON’T MURDER BOUUUUN TEEHEE,” so to this day I’m pretty sure they just threw that in for shock value and there was zero character motivation for it. I vaguely remember New tweeting something like, “Cheating is always bad even when you’re hurt.” So I guess that’s the reason? Mek’s feelings were hurt by Balloon reminding him that his parents are dead, so he kissed someone else. Like, they easily could have made that conversation something like, “It’s difficult being in a same-sex relationship when society pressures you to be closeted. Being with a woman would be easier, but I’ve never been with a woman.” Or something like that. Anything but the half-baked nothing they actually gave us.

I promise I like MekBalloon, Anon! I just have a lot of opinions, and 7Project was so underwhelming that hardly anyone talks about it anymore, so: word vomit.

What I’m saying is that they weren’t fully formed characters, so I can’t really shovel too deep. They don’t have enough internal consistency for one thing. Like, Balloon goes from “huh where’s my sister” to “YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE A FAMILY YOU FILTHY ORPHAN” and??? What are we meant to take away from that? It’s clearly framed as a shock to Mek, but Mek didn’t say or do anything to trigger a response like that. Balloon’s under pressure from closeting himself, so why is his trigger his missing sister and not, like, Mek cuddling him while their friends are approaching? There were so many opportunities to make this an evocative story and I’m gently screaming at whoever edited this (assuming it was edited, which it might not have been).

That all said! I wrote two fics about them because they absolutely had potential! I think ultimately the premise of a couple struggling with closeting and BounPrem’s legendary chemistry was enough to hold it above water. BounPrem deserve a bonus every time they agree to act in anything. ✨

I realize that was pretty rant-y, Anon, my apologies! Granted, I haven’t seen it in a while, so I’m probably overly focused on what I remember not working about it. I’d love to hear what you love about them, if you’d like to share!

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[taeminie]

have you ever got yourself stuck in a moment? no matter how long, you still can't get out of it. today, i'm going to tell you the story of me and him.

7 PROJECT (2021) EP 3: ONCE UPON A TIME

[gunsatthaphan]

🚙💋

[heretherebedork]

Once Upon a Time: Official Teaser

(The real question is: how out of order is this teaser? The OzoneSun one was SO out of order that the teaser told a different story than the episode itself. Will we get the same thing? Or will this follow more chronologically?)

[nevermiind]

Watching random shows #1: 7 Project - Will you be my love (ep.1) Why is your name Ozone? I don't know... Maybe because no one can see me. Why is that? Can you see air? No. That's me. Nobody sees me. But i can see you.

[bounpassion]

🌸 Album BbOun 🌸 photos of the day

IG Boun Noppanut June 20, 2021, new hair cut

[boobeo1133]

7 Project - EP 1 - Would you be my love?

7 Project đã lên sóng tập đầu tiên dài tầm 1 tiếng với những thước phim nhẹ nhàng, tươi sáng tuổi học trò. Gần đây thời gian của tui cũng tương đối rảnh rỗi nên mới ngồi viết mấy dòng này :))

đầu tiên về mặt diễn viên, khá khen cho Wabi Sabi khi quyết định cho bé Santa chào sân ở những tập mở đầu của dự án này vì tui thấy đây là người đứng với Pí Earth trông đẹp đôi nhất từ trước đến giờ. Mặc dù đây là series đầu tay của Santa nhưng diễn xuất của bé nó rất ổn, tất cả các phân đoạn đều được xử lý rất gọn gàng và bản thân em cũng không tạo cho người khác cảm giác em là người mới, không bị so sánh với diễn xuất của thành viên lâu năm trong vũ trụ BL là Pí Earth nha. 

tui chỉ là muốn dành một chút lời khen cho chiếc niên hạ tiềm năng này :))

thứ hai nói về nội dung, thiệt ra câu chuyện của Ozone và Sun là một câu chuyện khá cũ, cốt truyện không mới mẻ và cũng rất dễ đoán, nó là loại nội dung mà tất cả các cặp đôi gà pông thường thấy tại trường học. 

phần đầu được kể với tiết tấu khá chậm, tui hơi thất vọng ở chỗ là phim có vẻ xoáy nhiều vào vấn đề bạo lực học đường nhưng ở những khung hình đầu tiên, tui không cảm nhận được sự nguy hiểm đang rình rập đối với nhân vật Ozone, kiểu như muốn tỏ ra nguy hiểm nhưng chưa tới @@ 

phần phát triển của câu chuyện thì đối với tui nó vừa phải, dễ hiểu và vừa đủ dễ thương, tạo cảm giác dễ chịu cho người xem và đủ để người xem cảm nhận được những tương tác đáng yêu của hai nhân vật, phần này thoại cân toàn bộ =))

ở phần cao trào thì tui vẫn hơi tiếc nuối một chút vì nó chưa đạt đến đỉnh điểm, chưa giải thích cũng như chưa cho người ta thấy rõ được mâu thuẫn, gúc mắt của cả hai nhân vật để thật sự dẫn đến câu nói của Ozone:

“Mình tưởng chúng ta là bạn.”

và cũng chưa đủ để nhân vật Sun rơi nước mắt :) tui nghĩ là kịch bản ở phần này đã có thể khai thác tốt hơn như vậy, cảnh tại sân bóng của phim làm tui khá bức bối vì nếu tui mà là người viết kịch bản thì chắc chắn cái sân bóng đó nó banh mọe rồi :))

phim đúng nghĩa là một bộ phim nhẹ nhàng, ngay cả những phân cảnh cao trào nó cũng được diễn tả khá nhẹ nhàng :))

tiếp theo là những điểm mà tui cực kì ưng đối với tập 1 của phim:

“Would you be my love?” chắc chắn là lựa chọn tốt nhất để mở đầu cho chiếc dự án này.

Màu phim và tất cả các góc quay đều rất rất rất ổn và đẹp. Đối với tui, không khí trong một trường nội trú như vậy là hơi sáng quá đối với nội dung mà đoàn phim đưa ra :)) nhưng nó vẫn là những gam màu xinh đẹp mà một bộ phim tuổi học trò nên có.

KISS SCENE CHÁY VCL :) tui không thể tin được đây là nụ hôn được thực hiện bởi một chú bé sinh năm 2003 :) và tui hoàng thêm lần nữa vì công nhỏ hơn thụ thận 7 tuổi :) Wabi Sabi đã tuyển được một chiếc niên hạ chất lượng đó nha :))

thành thật mà nói thì khi 7Project công bố poster thì tui không có cảm tình lắm vì nó hơi lằng nhằng và hơi nhiều thứ phải theo dõi, kiểu nhiều cặp và nhiều mối quan hệ quá. Thêm nữa là chiếc poster trông cũng hơi phèn nữa nên tui không nghĩ là mình sẽ theo dõi đâu,

nhưng với màn ra mắt này thì phim đã thành công đưa tui vào con đường đu phim suốt mấy tuần còn lại nha :))

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[jadeamber14]

Watched this earlier while i lined up during the voter’s registration day in our area! 😘😘😘 #jcdiaries💜 #pasttime #7project #latepost📸 #lastdayofregistration https://www.instagram.com/p/CUdDFPkhodujZud4xfiXGyoWPuVPWbakslqREU0/?utm_medium=tumblr

[blanco-journey]

Ronie and I Just made critical calls for the #EqualityAct to protect #LGBTQ people! Join us & make calls anytime @ EqualityTime.org/Phone #SonnyBoy continues to be memorizing and very confusing. #NanaGear #7Project Another Thursday to get through. Though I will always respect #Brooklyn99 as they were able to bring comedy to policing to a magnificent tone. Hopefully everyone in that crew continues to thrive outside of this show especially Andre Blaighter. Respect. (at Newcastle, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CT6MDt1FR-b/?utm_medium=tumblr

[namtanlovesfilm]

Okay so i know you’re watching unforgotten night. Please tell me I’m not the only one who has noticed Samantha’s face looks odd I’m not saying it to be rude at all I’m just trying to figure out why the make up team did her so dirty she is such a beautiful girl but in the series she looks like she got bad botox done ? 🤔

okay so I hesitated to post this ask bc I really don't like speculating about actor's appearances, ESPECIALLY sammy who has dealt with so much fatphobia & discrimination based on her appearance for all of her career. so I'll just say this: 90% of the actors you see on screen have had plastic surgery done to them. like yes, even your fave & mine lol. the only actor I'm certain hasn't gotten anything done except his teeth is off, but even then I could be wrong bc some surgeries are done very realistically. as for sammy specifically, she goes to cliniques very often & even advertized a weight loss clinique many times in the past so I think she's part of the 90%. too bad the thai entertainment industry has treated her this badly :///

xxx

[demiromanticmickey]

I thought I'd hate this gay bashing storyline in the beginning but as it went on it just became comical how obsessed this kid was with torturing Ozone. Like, did I step into a Stephen King novel? Why was the bully Like That? Lmao.

[gunsatthaphan]

BounPrem as Mek & Balloon in 7 Project ep4

[heretherebedork]

So far, 7 Project has not impressed me. But damn is Ozone adorable as a teasing, confident and friendly university student. Better than the whole rest of the plot is his character growth.

[nevermiind]

7 PROJECT (2021) || Episode 1: Would you be my love?

[allovelyhappily]

Perth at 7Project Fanmeet 2022