#KimCop

[zhaozi]

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2022 BL - The Shoulder Lean Trope

There was so much BL in 2022 that with a few popular tropes I just stopped updating the old trope posts and started to collect for a new on. The shoulder lean is probably top of that list. By far BLs most popular trope I think darn never every BL uses this one. 

My Only 12% (combined with boys contemplating water trope) 

21 Days Theory (classic car execution) 

Blueming (in a bus, old school) and

in a bed, much less old school. 

That’s My Candy 

Check Out 

Choco Milk Shake 

Dear Doctor, I’m Coming For Your Soul (god it was so lovely to see KarnNat back on my screen) 

DNA Says Love You 

The Eclipse 

KinnPorsche

Meow Ears Up 

My Secret Love 

Ocean Likes Me 

Oh My Sunshine Night 

Our Days 

Plus and Minus 

Star in my Mind 

Sky In My Heart

Vice Versa 

Want To See You 

BONUS GL 

GAP the series 

[misreadinkblots]

[offjumpoladulkittiporn]

so cute 🥰😍

[allovelyhappily]

[my-boys-love-boys]

[raeality]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/47343118

between me and you, Thai Actor RPF, rated E

🔸 friends with benefits

🔹 mutual pining

🔸 everyone is a disaster

🔹 this was an excuse to write smut

updated to chapter 3/8, currently 20k words total

[bl-bam-beyond]

Saying So Long To KimCop...

1 and Done for WARODOM KHEMMONTA aka KIMMON and PANUWAT KERDTHONGTAVEE aka COPTER.

Love em or Hate em. The End is near for this Thai Ship.

Beginning in 2017 with

2 Moons The Series: 2nd Lead Couple Mingkwan (Ming) and Mongkol (Kit) Roles they were to carry for 3 Seasons. But just 1 Season did the trick and their roles were handed to Joong (as NuMing) and Nine (nuKit)

Then...

Way Back Home (2018)

Hotel Stars (2019)

Gen Y (2020)

Close Friend (2021)

Gen Y 2 (2022)

That's My Candy (2022)

Close Friend 2 (2022)

and the upcoming: Their Swan Song Series

Boy Never Smiles (2023)...will tell the story of Singha (KIMMON) who is sent to the future where he meets Gun (COPTER) who is The Boy Who Never Smiled. To get back to past Singha must complete his mission to make Gun smile. (Not gonna lie...sounds like PAST-SENGER) because Bamee was a sourpuss until Kiew came from the 90's. But I digress. Will Singha be able to make Gun smile again.

@pose4photoml

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͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏kimmon's packs

͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏like if you use ' 🦜

[get-w-rec-ked]

5 Times They Said Goodbye (Plus 1 Time They Didn't) (22864 words) by HyacinthsSoul Chapters: 6/6 Fandom: เดือนเกี้ยวเดือน | 2 Moons The Series (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ming Mingkwan Daichapanya/Kit Mongkol Intochar Characters: Ming Mingkwan Daichapanya, Kit Mongkol Intochar Additional Tags: 5 Times, Hook-Up, Single Parents, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Feelings Realization Summary:

Kit is an exhausted young doctor still in his residency. Ming is an exhausted single dad trying to balance work and parenting. Who's got time for love? Not the two of them, that's for sure.

[kinglenaaaa]

I’m not even sad about Copter leaving Star Hunter. Their repeating dynamic with Kimmon was too much by this point. Hope they will have more exciting roles, they’re genuinely a good actor!!

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โดนัทยังมีรู แล้วเมื่อไหร่ you จะมีใจ

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This Week in BL - Things are Very Mixed

May 2023 Wk 1

Being a highly subjective assessment of one tiny corner of the interwebs. Organized by which ones (in each category) I’m enjoying most.

Ongoing Series - Thai

Step By Step (Thai Tues WeTV & Gaga) ep 3 of 10 (MDL still says 12, but Gaga still says 10) - The subs are janky on YT, so you might want to watch this on Gaga. This is such a good show, it just feels so much more authentic to an office environment and first job then anything else I’ve seen in BL. Now that might be because it has western source material, or it might be because it is actually kind of old-fashioned (it’s been years since I worked as an office grunt). While the authenticity may be a little triggering for some, I love how much tension it adds to the leads’ dynamic and the quality of the narrative. I also really love the brothers’ relationship, now that we got to see them on screen together for a bit. Walk of shame was great! Oh look, character development, how novel. This is what Boss & Babe should have been. Not sold on the sides tho it’s nice to see a faen fatal as the main character in a dynamic for a change. 

La Pluie (Sat iQIYI) ep 2 of 10 - This one is really grabbing me by the throat. I love the starter concepts, what a fantastic twist on a meet cute not to mention soulmates. I hope we spend more time with the vet and his coworkers, they seem awesome. And another surprise, the guy we think is being set up to be the brother’s love interest is now clearly interested in the wrong brother. I love the trope subversions going on with this show! 

Our Skyy 2 (The Eclipse) eps 5-6 - FirstKhao are just ridiculously cute as a couple. Honestly? Aye just seems like he would be a lot of work as a lover. I’m not as wild about the premise of this installment, with the film clips and stuff (as I was of NlMG’s installment). And then, the singing. Oh well, you can’t have everything. I gotta say, First is a great crier, although I don’t think this story warranted his tears. In the end? My feelings on this installment were mixed, the movie storyline didn’t grab me and the birthday storyline seems a touch mean spirited, but I do think it adds substantially to the original Eclipse rather than feeling superfluous or slapdash like many of the other Our Skyys. So I’m going to go with 8/10 

Future (Thai Sun YouTube & Gaga) ep 6fin - More of the same (which I like) but I’m glad it ended. Didn’t need to get dragged out. Such drama over nothing. In the end? This is just a soft sweet cotton candy fluff piece about a younger boy who pursues an older boy and then manufactures silly gay drama. Nothing wrong with that. But I don’t think this style of BL really appeals to a very large market share. Will I rewatch it? Sure. Will anyone else? Nope. 7/10 RECOMMENDED WITH RESERVATIONS.    

Pastsenger (Thai Weds Gaga) ep 9 of 12 eps - And now the amnesia trope. I’m not a fan. This is such a pulp. At least it ends next week? Groan, no 3 more eps.  

A Boss and a Babe (Fri YouTube) ep 10 of 12 - one thing I realize I like about this main couple’s dynamic is that the seme/uke seems earned, where it didn’t in Echante. I don’t have much else to say except it’s crazy when a narrative betrays its characters like this and why to poor ForceBook keep having to deal with it? 

The Promise (Thai Weds YT & WeTV) ep 7 of 10 - Honestly, who wears an all white outfit to play around with coffee beans in the countryside? I LOVE the faen fatal, he’s so good, courageous, honest, and morally sound. He even gives his rival fair warning. Nan should totally go out with him. I made awwww noises over the faen fatal! I NEVER do that. I guess Phu was right all along? Nan won’t date a friend. Ultimate friend zone. Well shit. This show. Ouch. 

House of Stars (Thai Mon iQIYI) ep 1 of ?? - There seems a slight horror element which I do not like and it’s also confusingly like Melrose Place or something. Everyone is sleeping with, or wants to be sleeping with everyone else. It’s kinda hilarious to watch something where all the actors are supposed to be good actors but it’s a pulp so they just really aren’t. So far my main issue is I can’t keep them all straight in my head (pun intended). 

Tin Tam Jai (Tues Gaga) ep 10fin - There is very little I enjoyed about this show. The entirely forgotten side dishes gave us 5 min of excellent high heat and then vanished, but otherwise this show sucked in the wrong way. It’s forgettable and I intend to do just that. 5/10  

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

Our Dining Table AKA Bokura no Shokutaku (Japan Thurs Gaga) ep 5 of 10 - The way these two are very quietly yet thoroughly falling in love with each other is executed with such grace and subtlety that only Japan could have handed this out. It’s not even “falling” it’s more like sliding gradually into love. 

Love Mate (Korea Thurs Viki) eps 1-2 of 8 - Launched very much openly gay so that’s fun. Also very much bubble too, so no one around them cares. So: Seo is a player jaded older uke (fun character type we don’t see often) and his seme is a romantic if arrogant weirdo. Can you see my hands clapping? Combative trope activation! Absurdity. How fun. Also workplace harassment but hayho that’s BL for ya. (Also a nonBL Kdrama specialty.) ALSO whole office in on seme-stalker’s side? All in all, it’s odd and questionable, but I’m into it. Why am I like this? 

Happy Merry Ending (Korea Thurs Gaga) eps 3-4 of 8 - OK I’m not super into the main couple but I love all of the surrounding characters. The overly protective best friend with a crush is giving bad advice but it’s understandable and he’s super hot so I forgive him. And the idol character is a wonderful addition, he is my baby. Also, evil ex is v evil. 

Vian the series (Vietnam YT ) - I thought this was gonna be Tiktok only but apparently it’s showing up on YT too. It’s cute! My cat boyfriend (which is more common that it should be) and this seems to be Vietnam’s installment (we got Thailand’s last year). The boy playing the cat is the prettiest human being on the planet. Fight me. No fight him, get scratched. Serious tho. Holy hairballs. Look I don’t really like vertical content but I am watching this for him. Meow, indeed. 

The Day I Loved You (Vietnam YouTube) eps 2-3 of ? - BL Express’s first impressions mirror mine. Niks is so flipping cute. Rich kid is so into him, so is bestie. So much gay macho posturing. So much bi fear and het shame. But also it’s killer to get a femme main characters who isn’t being mocked. Dancing trope continues (better than singing together). It is kinda Heartstopper goes Pinoy BL. Honestly, I prefer kids a little drawings to terrible sound effects. This is better than it or we have any right to expect. 

Naked Dinner AKA Zenra Meshi (Japan Fri Gaga) ep 4 of 12 - There is a lot I like about this drama, except the weird central conceit of the naked dining. But the romance part is cute, if a tad simplistic. 

My Story (Pinoy Sat YouTube) ep 4 of 10 - chukchuk went missing and so did my interest in this show. I’m DNFing this one. 

Dancing together, the baby sub-trope of 2023. (The Day I Love You) 

It’s Airing But ...

Love Syndrome (Thai Sat WeTV) stopped at ep 2 of 12 - I’m just not into any aspect of it (except Lee Long Shi) - saving to binge if the end is solid.

Venus in the Sky (Sat YouTube) pilot/tester?) 0 of 10 - not entirely sure what’s up with this one distribution-wise, but the pilot was classic university-set pulp. I hope it happens because the leads are cute with good chemsitry and I thought it was fun. However, this pilot holds together as its own little short too.

Stormy Honeymoon (Vietnam) - meh

In Case You Missed It

Actors Bas Suradej (2 Moons etc...) and Copter Panuwat (so much BL) have left Starhunter. So Copter and Kimmon will part ways as an on-screen pair (RIP KimCop). Their upcoming show Boy Never Smiles will still air, but will likely be their last together. (source) 

Restart After Come Back Home (highly recommended), Athlete, Capture Lover, Tkumi-kun, His the movie (recommended) and also a bunch of the dark stuff like Forbidden Love and Shortest Distance are all leaving Gagaoolala soon. So watch ‘em while you can. A few are also on Viki, but many will be difficult to get hold of without Gaga. 

I finally finished the second season of The Reason Why He Fell in Love with Me (Japan Gaga) and gave it a 4/10. I just don’t like or recommend any of the installments of this franchise, but if I had to pick, it’s season one. 

Make a Wish finished at 6 eps. Stars Fluke Natouch (OhmFluke UWMA etc...) & Judo (The Miracle Of Teddy Bear) in medical-fantasy about a doctor who sees ghosts and a deity who resides in a Bodhi tree that earns merits whenever he fulfills a wish. Based on a y-novel by Sammon (Manner of Death, Triage). I will watch it if I get hold of it, but for now... who knows how it went? 

Here’s a really interesting podcast ep from 99% Invisible on captions and captioning.

Next Week Looks Like This:

Coming in May 2023:

5/18 - Starstruck (Korea ????) - A boy has had a crush on his childhood friend for a long time. Stars Zuho (Kpop SF9 - noted good egg) opposite rookie actor Kim In Sung (the one with the crush).

5/27 The Luminous Solution (Thai ????) 10 eps - Thana is having trouble at work and in his relationship. He can't seem to catch a break. So he makes a wish to change everything. The wish has a price.

5/27 Takumi-kun Series 6: Nagai Nagai Monogatari no Hajimari no Asa (Japan) - NO ONE ASKED FOR THIS (but that has never stopped Japan before) and no, I have no idea where to get it, why would I ?????  (Say it with me everyone: Oh Japan, must you?)

2023 forthcoming BL master post (see comments, some are inaccurate, NOT KEPT UPDATED)

Defining Gut Wrenching from The Promise

Honestly you gotta be so careful who you case as the faen fatal, sometimes he steals everyone’s hearts. I caught a BAD case of second lead syndrome. 

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENTS

Future reviewing itself for us. 

Tiny king of the GMMTV cameo. (Our Skyy et al)

Frankly if this weren’t such a bad story, Cher might be one of my favorite BL characters. (Boss & Babe) 

(last week)

Current Kpop earworm? BTOB's - Wind & Wish (I don’t consider myself Melody but I make no case for that statement)

[big-dicc]

I forgot how much I love Gen y despite the whole thing being a mess! It was my monthly rewatch show too

[tiistirtipii]

1, 2 & 9 for the ask game 🧡

Hii 🧡🧡 thanks for the questions, I’d never stopped to think who my favourite side couple actually was so I hope my answer is ok!!

1. favourite main couple

Gotta be Akk & Ayan, they completely stole my heart and it’s going to take a lot of effort if another couple wants to take their place. I could go on and on about how much I love them and how much I love Akk but I’m busy rewatching all my favourite eclipse scenes at any given moment.

2. favourite side couple

I usually favour the main couple in any given series so this was a tough one to answer. One couple I’ve always loved is MingKit and while they do get a lot of screen time, technically PhaYo is the main couple and I love MingKit too much to care about the rules of who counts as a side couple. Which MingKit? My answer is actually both. The MingKit of 2moons and of 2moons2 played by KimCop and J9 respectively stole my heart on two seperate occasions. When I first watched 2moons I fell in love with MingKit and Kimmon and Copter’s portrayal of them and was annoyed when I found out their wasn’t going to be a continuation of their version of MingKit’s story (I haven’t watched Gen Y btw, should I?). I was apprehensive of there being a new cast and I was worried they weren’t going to be as likeable as I had found the original. But what do you know. Joong and Nine did an absolutely amazing job of bringing MingKit back to the screen and their version of the pairing is definitely my favourite one. I might be biased because their version actually got to be in a relationship and the storyline went further than the original but I truly loved their acting as well as the differences they brought to the characters. While it’s wonderful to see Joong thrive with GMMTV, I will always miss Nine and J9. I would happily call MingKit one of my favourite couples of all time and I wish 2moons2 could have had a season two so we could have seen more of them.

9. currently watching

I was planning to get started on my watch list and finally watch Cupid's Last Wish and I was considering watching Blacklist (I think l'm going to watch everything First has been in) but I have been distracted by Never Let Me Go and My School President. NLMG I was always going to watch but MSP wasn't on my radar until it started releasing and I kept seeing edits and things about Tin's pining and I thought it was super cute. I'm loving both the shows so far, NLMG for its visuals and great acting and MSP for its playfulness and loveable characters (Tiwson <3) and I'm looking forward to seeing both shows progress in the later episodes.

BL ask game

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A little Holiday KimCop Cheer!!