#THE BEST story

[my-rose-tinted-glasses]

[jackandjoker]

All i can do is smile from this corner, peeking at you from far away and you don’t even look back.

the best story ~ dew & best

credits:

pictures from queer love culture on pinterest

@death-born-aphrodite on tumblr / jessica therese - ‘a different kind of heartbreak’ / ‘defying gravity’ from wicked / salma deera - letters from medea (2015)

[zhaozi]

♡♡♡

[pickletrip]

War Wanarat appreciation post 2 : The Best Story

He's not just a sad little boy with a crush. Look at him smile and love and bask in this love.

[virtualtadpole]

Valentine's Day heart stickers and school graduation shirt-signing in Thai series

Tomorrow is Friday 14th February, which is the date where the real-life inspiration of these two tropes come to perfectly coincide. Watchers of Thai series will probably have seen them played out, but non-Thai viewers might not realize this is actually two separate real-life traditions in Thai schools.

The heart stickers thing is pretty self-explanatory. Students will give heart stickers and put them on others' shirts on Valentine's Day. It's mainly just for fun, but can also serve as a popularity contest of sorts. Series will lean on this and show popular kids with shirts all covered in hearts, while someone with no hearts at all would be a complete nobody (or a stickler for discipline who refuses to engage in such nonsense, as with Akk in The Eclipse).

The shirt signing, on the other hand, is a tradition associated with the last day of school for graduating students. People will sign just about anything, from silly quotes to sentimental goodbyes. IRL some people will bring a different shirt from the one they're wearing, cause that ink is gonna run off if you put it in the wash, and you won't want a memento that stinks. But series never show this, because there's something special about writing your deepest feelings down against that special person's back, without them immediately discovering what you just said.

What's interesting is that in Thailand, the school year ends in February, so making space for exams afterwards, there's a good chance the last day of school will fall on Valentine's Day. (Well, it's actually 1 in 7 if you have the right week, but you'd also celebrate in advance if the 14th falls on the coming weekend).

And creators love these visuals, either separately or combined for greater effect. For series revolving around high school life, shirt-signing days are especially powerful in evoking the poignancy of saying goodbye, going all the way back to Hormones. The scenes here in My School President, The Best Story, and Nha Harn all play strongly on this. For others, it's used to illustrate the passage of time. And for those who aren't graduating, there's always the sticker-giving opportunity.

(Originally posted here, plus a few additions)

[bl-bam-beyond]

IT'S COMING SOON...YINWAR TOGETHER AGAIN

JACK & JOKER (U STEAL MY HEART)

Coming to IQIYI (uncut) in September.

@pose4photoml @lutawolf @just-another-boyslove-blog

[madeinjapan-thailand-blbambeyond]

MAN CRUSH FANDOM ▪︎ MADE IN THAILAND

WANARAT RATSAMEERAT

[Nickname: WAR]

ANAN WONG

[Nickname: YIN]

also featuring...

NADOL LAMPRASERT

[Nickname: BONZ]

THANAKOM MINTHANANAN

[Nickname: WIN]

PATSAPON JANSUPPAKITKUN

[Nickname: BEVER]

&

PRAT ITTHICHAICHAROEN

[anpanman95]

guess who they ran into~

[raikantopenis]

No Jack & Joker this week and I miss War so much 😭

Gotta binge The Best Story and hope baby War will heal me

[wanderlust-in-my-soul]

I would carry you to the end of the world.

Love In Translation

Our Skyy 2

A Shoulder To Cry On

Why R U

Happy Merry Ending

Never Let Me Go

The Best Story

History 2: Crossing The Line

Don't Say No

Innocent

Favorite piggyback rides (Part 2/?) as part of my favorite bl-trope collection (no particular order).

[zhaozi]

💖💗🥰💞

[pickletrip]

War wanarat appreciation post : The Best Story

He's a sad little boy with a crush

And here's Yin, who also ended up crying.

[bl-bracket]

Deserved Better Prelims: Best (The Best Story)

"he lives up to his name, he is the best boy!! who didn’t deserve that ending, his dreams were finally coming true and suddenly it’s taken away? he never knew that dew did look back at him :("

[anpanman95]

If there’s one amazing thing about all YinWar series is that their pre-relationship stage will never even hover around the “I can’t like a boy” trope.

Maybe there’ll be some contemplation. But that contemplation will always be all about “holy shit I’m feeling things I wanna kiss him so bad” and none about “what the fuck what am I even feeling he is a boy”

and it’ll always be short lived, before they go all out and straight for the flirting/dancing around each other stage.

and we all know what happens after that.

But you know what else?

In every single universe, no matter what, they are both undeniably crazy about each other. Yin’s character is simply always gone for his partner. (Not talking about the actors!!!!)

There’s no question that Vee is head over heels for Mark, that Dew is absolutely smitten with Best, and that Jack is crazy about Joke.

There’s no confusion stage. There’s no questioning stage. And if there is, it’s practically non-existent.

There’s not a point at their series in which you wonder if they like each other or not, it’s always a given, from the moment their eyes meet.

And it never gets old. NEVER.

God, I love them.

[wanderlust-in-my-soul]

15 Days BL Challenge (Part 1)

You can find the original post here.

Day 14: The Top 5 Most sad boys

Without further ado:

Vegas, KinnPorsche

Thun, He’s coming to me

Alan, Moonlight Chicken

Best and Dew, The Best Story

And this list would not be complete without Mark, Love Mechanics

I love my sad boys. I want to give them a hug and tell them everything is going to be just fine.