#THAI ITALIAN SINGER SILVY

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LAWS OF ATTRACTION (2023, THAILAND)

Episode 8 Finale

Charn and Tinn got their happy ending and a ceremony to celebrate their love.

However these two beauties were support characters and ladies in love.

I came to know these two in roles for GMMTV one played non-binary in the phenomenon series WARP EFFECT which celebrated all sexualities and identities. The other played the mother of one of my faves PHUWIN TANGSAKYUEN in NEVER LET ME GO.

Now as a happy couple in LAWS OF ATTRACTION. it's their GL couple Rose (RASEE WACHARAPOLMEK aka ORGAN)and Maya (PAVIDA MORIGGI aka SILVY)

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2023 BL Breakout Actors

I really hope to see more of these actors next year.

Louis Chiang | Kiseki: Dear to Me

He played a tiny lovesick tyrant who pined for his childhood bff and fellow gang member. I could've watched an entire drama just about him and his journey from impulsive orphan thug to feisty romantic. He was simply electric.

Suggested Role: There's a sports trend in BL right now, and he's so good at the physicality of acting that I'd love to see him play a competitive professional tennis player who's conflicted when he's forced to partner with his nemesis.

Lim Ji Sub | The Eighth Sense

He had to play such a heavy character -- a college student and surfer suffering from depression and survivor's guilt -- and his heartbreaking performance made you want to reach through the screen and give him a hug.

Suggested Role: South Korea does slice of life SO well that I'd really love to see him switch it up and pine for someone in a quasi comedic role. He could play a young real estate agent who starts to fall for one of his picky clients, and they learn together that the perfect home is one you make and not one you find.

Film Thanapat Kawila | Laws of Attraction

I honestly did not enjoy this drama, but I did enjoy his performance. He is so captivating as Charn -- this scenery-chewing, maniacal, traumatized, good-boy-turned-bad lawyer -- that his romantic love interest could not manage to keep up.

Suggested Role: I dunno. I feel like I'd happily watch him play this role again, and take down another corrupt politician.

An Jeong Gyun | Love Class 2

It's so easy to get lost in an anthology when there's three couples and when you're not traditionally attractive, but his character stole the whole damn series. He was so bold and upfront about his emotions in a mature and refreshing way that it made you ignore the beige flags of playful manipulation that comes with courtship, and root for him to win his crush's heart.

Suggested Role: He's actually older (30), and I appreciate that South Korea is exploring more love stories between older men as Thailand conquers the under 25 demo. So for him, I'd say a divorced storyline. Maybe explore the story of how two ex-husbands rebuild their lives apart and rediscover their friendship while they fall for other people.

"Silvy" Pavida | The Warp Effect

Speaking of bloated casts, this series had like a million people in it playing characters of a variety of genders and sexualities, because it was intended to be -- in part -- a modern sex guide that pushed against traditional constructs. But in the midst of all that was a brief performance by Silvy, who was only tasked with playing an aspiring "plus size" actress, but managed to leave a lasting impression, making you want more.

Suggested Role: She's a singer and she's half-Italian. There's gotta be something we can do with that. Maybe the story of a shy singer, who is often hired to record tracks for rising tone-deaf artists, and is encouraged by one to make her debut as her opening act and help her write a romantic duet in Italian for her international audience.

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Now...most of us agree that Step by Step was...not great. But it did have a lot of Thai actors that I hope to see again soon -- in an entirely different storyline far away from whatever the hell that was.

"Saint" Paramee Matthanadul | Step by Step

Was his character a whiny little shit? Yes. Is he so gorgeous you almost forgot how hot his big brother was? Also, yes. The fandom was pissed his romantic subplot did not get a resolution, because there was so much he could've done with this character if given the opportunity.

Suggested Role: I think he has baby girl potential, so I really want to see him either play a spoiled mafia kid who falls for his mentor OR a rich kid pretending to be a working class waiter at the restaurant he owns, marinated in gay panic every time the head chef scolds him.

Zorzo Nathanan Akkharakitwattanakul | Step by Step

I have yet to watch a proper GL series, but if she was starring in it, I'd clear my TV schedule. There's something so femme fatale about her and her features. She had no business stealing scenes from the nearly full cast of dudes, but she did. Every time.

Suggested Role: I really want to see her in a mystery produced by whoever is doing The Sign right now. Maybe she could play an undercover cop trying to solve a missing person's case in a small town, and her love interest is married to her prime suspect.

"Ben" Bunyapol Likhitamnuayporn | Step by Step

Last, but not least, is the adorable Ben. Who, in spite of wasting our time with the most anticlimactic drama ending, played a character that was an inspiration to every office employee who has been dying to tell their ungrateful and abusive boss to step back and let a bitch cook. He played him with such naiveté and earnestness that it made you want more for his character than a lustful boss who struggled not to abuse his power.

Suggested Role: It's so easy for him to get sucked into passive roles opposite the zaddys of BL, so I'd like to see how he fairs against an equal. Maybe another workplace ensemble comedy where he plays a reporter posing as an intern at a new social media company run by an unhinged mogul spreading fake news, and falls for another intern who helps him take the company down.

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Which Thai QL actor is your teen self’s fantasy Valentine?

Thanks @dragonagelesbian for the tag! I’m way late to this and Valentine’s is a distant memory, but. Who cares.

This took some thought because I wasn’t a big celebrity crush person as a teen. My peak celebrity crush time, however, did overlap with the era of Leonardo DiCaprio Supremacy. He was everywhere. And admittedly, he was very pretty.

Shows up, fucks you in the back of a Model T and dies less than 24 hours later like some sort of beautiful mayfly. What’s not to love.

Ok, so pretty, glowy, not a bad actor… my current Thai QL comp is:

As Leo being peak teen crush may indicate, I’m too old to properly crush on Khaotung now. He largely triggers the urge to feed him an afterschool snack and set him up with my niece. But teen me woulda been all about it.

And because decisiveness is not my speed, Khao’s in a tie with:

Queer Italian-[insert additional nationality here] singer with a fuck-society attitude and numerous tattoos? Please, I still know Ani Difranco’s 1990-2005 catalogue by heart. I’d definitely have had feelings about Silvy I’d not have contextualized until far later and I would have been right to do so.

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THAI LGBTQ+ CELEBRITIES

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1. Apple Lapisara Intarasut - Born: September 1,1994. She is a singer and actress known for playing Criss in Friendzone 2: Dangerous Area(2020-2021), Kitty in Dark Blue Kiss and Juno in Golden Blood The Series(2021). In a Q&A session, she said that she's open to dating all genders. link to vid

2. Backaof Noppharnach Chaiwimol - Born: October 27, 1980. He is a director at GMMTV, known for A Tale of Thousand stars(2021), He's coming to me and Still 2gether. He recently got engaged to his boyfriend of about a decade(if im not wrong).

3. Ten Tosatid Darnkhuntod - Born: September 10,1989. He is an actor and director known for playing as Arm inGay OK Bangok(2016), Gay OK Bangok 2(2017) and Simon in Bangok Love Stories 2: Innocence. He has a boyfriend.

4. Pongsak Rattanapong - Born: , better known by his nickname Aof, is a Thai singer and actor who gained popularity through the first season of the Thai reality show Academy Fantasia. He is known for his soft voice and sensitive songs. He is openly gay.

5. Pataradanai Setsuwan also known as Koendanai - Born: January 22,1992. They are a singer and LGBTQ+ Activist who was part of a Thai pop boy band K-Otic. They are queer and go by They/Them pronouns. They post videos regularly on their YouTube Channel (thai and eng subs). They raise awarness on Gender Fluidity.

6. SILVY or Pavida Moriggi - Born: October 3,1995. She is a Thai-Italian R&B singer known for her latest empowering body positivity anthem XL. She is part of the LGBTQ+ community. This is her YouTube Channel.

7. Parinya Charoenphol or Nong tum - Born: June 9,1981) is a Thai boxer and former muay thai champion, model and actress. She is a trans woman.

8. Loukgolf Kanatip Soonthornrak, nicknamed LoukGolf or simply LG, is full-time English tutor and intermittent talk show host. He is openly gay. He is an Essex graduate.

9. Sarasawadee Wongsompetch - She is a director known for Yes or No(2010) and Yes or No 2: Come Back to me(2012). Saraswadee is a part of the LGBTQ+ community. In an earlier interview, they said they are a lesbian. But their mdl profile says their gender is male and I don't wanna assume their gender so yeah.

10. Mew Suppasit Jongcheveevat - Born: February 21, 1991. He is an actor and singer known for playing Tharn in TharnType the series(2019-2020) and TharnType 2: 7 years of love(2020-2021). In an interview he said he is open to dating both men and women.

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