#Thai TV Series

[queenoftsage]

Speaking of Thai TV Shows...

I currently finished 'Master of The House' and wholy shit.... [yeah I know it's the other wholy not this holy, but I don't give a fuck.]

I was impressed by it all.

Read on if you ok with the spoiler I'm about to say about it.

This series is how you're supposed to do an EAT THE RICH type work of fiction. I have never felt so satisfied while watching the ending of a series in a while. At least since the Top 10 of my favorite series, especially those in the top 10 spots.

... but yeah... HOLY SMOKES!!! I am... I loved this. Yes, some of the stuff you end up watching in this shit is hard to watch at some point, but at the end you're like. OK!!! I am satisfied! Thank you writers of this insane series!

If you can stomach really hard to watch scenes of humiliation of the working class, but at the end you will get your reward. Then, I really recommend this heteronormie core mess. Despite it being heteronormie core, it was still insanely good.

[lgbtpopcult]

ALL THE LESBIAN ASIAN ROMANCE SERIES

(GIRL LOVE) YOU CAN WATCH RIGHT NOW

The Secret of Us (available on Netflix in Asia and YouTube everywhere else)

Affair The Series (available uncut on the app IQIYI & censored on YouTube)

Reverse 4 U, available on Netflix

Blank The Series

23.5

Lucky My Love

Gap The Series

The Two of Us

My Marvelous Dream is You

Love Senior (on the app Gagaoolala & censored on YouTube)

Show Me Love

Sleep With Me (on the app Gagaoolala)

Love Bully

Chaser Game W (on the app Gagaoolala)

[wlwsource]

CRANIUM coming 2026

[live-from-flaturn]

American Television after 5 years of pushing for queer representation: I hope you wanted unnecessary drama, angst with a maybe resolution, and three unfulfilling seasons of questionably written flirtation. And that all comes before anything is half-confirmed with a singular lukewarm kissing scene between two conventionally attractive, white bisexual women!

Thai Television .3 seconds after they figured out queer content is marketable: Did you want something kinky, soft, or stupid? Did you want cat ears? We’ve got cat ears! We’ve got safe/sane/consensual OR off-the-charts bad etiquette BDSM. We’ve got college students out the ass! As long as they’re an engineer or architect, choose your flavor. Do you want an age gap or classmates? Something for adults? Teens? Everyone was childhood besties, how about that??? This is a short order restaurant and I will flip you some gays like they’re hotcakes, just tell me what you want.

[rinsarchive]

Well, I like you.

WE ARE (2024)

[yet-another-wlw-shipper]

Well, that's one way, I guess🤷‍♀️

(check all my Affair the series edits)

[doublel27]

GMM by the numbers: is GMM in danger of getting less gay and more bro-y?

You decide based on a six year trend. (Based off of continued vibes discourse in the Peaceful Property tag)

2019: 2 BL, 15 het romances, 1 bromance

2020: 4 BL (if you count The Shipper and Ohm does), 11 het romances (1 with queer themes), 3 Bromance (TayNew’s first bromance is in this year) 1 thriller

2021: 4 BL, 10 series with main het romance (1 with gay storyline), 1 bromance

2022: 7 BL (if you count both Star and Sky installments as separate), 12 series with a main het romance (3 with queer themes), 1 action comedy

2023: 9 BL (if you count Our Skyy 2), 6 het romances, 2 bromances

2024: 9 BL, 2 GL, 5 Het romances, 2 Bromances (2 bl, 1 gl, 2 het still filming)

2025: 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️ we’ll find out soon!

(All data pulled from My Drama List GMM25 - outside studios whose content airs on GMM25)

[thaempo]

@asiandramanet event 10: scenery @asiandramanet august bingo: free choice

[bengiyo]

Knock Knock, Boys! is an Ideal First BL for New Viewers

I often talk on @the-conversation-pod about how I react to BL from the lens of a queer media critic actively trying to recruit queer media viewers to BL. I want those viewers to join us in BL, and so I value shows that have strong character writing and satisfying resolutions for their drama. New viewers don’t always understand or recognize romance or BL tropes right away, and sometimes things go over their heads. In that vein, Knock Knock, Boys! may be one of the most useful shows I’ve encountered in the last year for this exact purpose. 

Rating: 9, Highly Recommended

Runtime: 12 50+ minute episodes

Country: Thailand

Network: WeTV

Availability: WeTV, GagaOOlala

Knock Knock, Boys! places four young men at a transitional point in their lives. Split evenly between first-year college students and working adults, each character is running from something. Peak is running from a marriage to a woman, Thanwa is running from a bad relationship with his ex-boyfriend, Latte is running towards graduation, and Almond is running away from his sheltered existence. Over the course of the show, these two pair off based on their shared age brackets in one of the most sex-positive shows I’ve seen this year, with a common theme about how honesty and commitment to each other gives people the space they need to grow. More than anything, this show values patience and kindness in relationships in a way that I cannot overstate.

As the ice starts to break, they learn that Thanwa and Latte have had active sex lives (Thanwa exclusively with men, and Latte with all sorts of people) and establish a rhythm within their home. Thanwa makes most of their meals, and Almond has to wake Latte up every day because he ignores alarms. The original conceit that connects our quartet beyond their shared housing incident comes from Almond promising to pay the rent for a year for anyone who helps him lose his virginity to his high school crush, Jumper. Hijinks ensue as the boys try to befriend Jumper, and angle for him and Almond to grow closer. As with any story like this, Latte ends up developing feelings for Almond, while Peak and Thanwa grow closer. 

More spoilers ahead, I want to talk about each character, and what I liked so much about each. These boys became one of my favorite friend groups we’ve had in a while. I am a huge fan of age gaps in queer friendships, and this show has much of it.

Thanwa: Played by the talented Seng Wichai, Thanwa is a great answer to the question of “Where do the quiet gays go?” He clearly knows his way around cruising spots, or knows how to use the apps, and yet everything we know about his shows that he’s geared towards domestic life and his hobbies. He dresses like a normie all the time, he loves cooking, and he loves eating. He’s clearly a thoughtful and reliable friend, and it’s that commitment and reliability that eventually gets him a job he actually wants to do. More than anything, he gave far more grace to a closeted man he cared about than I ever expected AND HE WON. Seng remains one of my favorite BL performers because of his ability to play ugly and goofy. He’s so beautiful because he is capable of playing weirdos well. 

Peak: Played by BL veteran Best Vittawin, Peak is running from compulsory heteronormativity. He’s expected to marry the daughter of a family close to theirs, and he is letting this all happen to keep his stern father happy. Peak has been running away from himself ever since his mom died. He saw how much that hurt his dad, and he’s struggled to be a problem-free son for a long time as a result. The weight of expectation on him presses down on Peak so hard that he can’t even focus half the time, and literally zones out as he tries to cope. Best gives a wonderful performance as Peak, especially in the final episodes, as he finally unburdens himself and blossoms as a result. This is my favorite Best character of all time, and Peak is one of my favorite portrayals of what it means to love someone enough for them to leave the closet on their own terms. 

Almond: Played by Nokia Chinnawat, who appeared in Thank God It’s Friday (2019), Almond is such a fun view into what modern gay boys could be like. He’s young and horny, and he wants to get laid! He’s not embarrassed about this, but he is shy. I loved the way the show used his enthusiasm as a way to further its PSA agenda in such a fun way. Almond is also one of the few rich kids we’ve had in these dramas that isn’t inherently insufferable. I like how his wealth mostly comes up as a problem solving tool, and he doesn’t feel too much like a snob after the first few interactions. I also loved his arc of getting over his unrequited crush on Jumper into recognizing his feelings for Latte. Nokia himself shows a real knack for physical comedy and expressiveness that makes me genuinely want to follow his career beyond this show. 

Latte: Played by Jaonine Jiraphat, Latte fills the role of our sexually experienced queer in the group. Confidently pansexual, Latte was so much fun for me because he and Thanwa had no shame about the sex and relationships they’ve had before. I loved how consistently Latte was shown to be emotionally present and sincere in all of his relationships. It could have been so easy to present him as promiscuous or slutty, and instead they present him as beloved. Every one of his former lovers we encountered seemed happy to see him again, and also resolved about the time they’d spent together. More than anything, I deeply appreciated how patient he was with Almond without suddenly becoming a sexless being because his boyfriend was shy or nervous. Jaonine was incredibly charming in this role, and I hope casting directors take notice. 

The Supporting Cast: The supporting characters were perfectly calibrated for their roles in this show. Jumper (Pak Varayu) made total sense as Almond’s crush, and has a great arc of Almond falling out of love with him, and becoming briefly enemies with Almond before reconciling. Lookpeach (Guitar Tunthita) plays the role of the modern faghag in a way that feels like Thai BL doing corrective work on the role of fandom in BL, and I have deep love for this character. Jane (Naya Gorrawiya) is the friend that everyone deserves; I loved the reveal about how personal her understanding and support for Peak has been this whole time. This show even calibrated it’s villain well in Max (Tuss Thotsawat), who showed that there are far worse things than cheating in broken relationships. 

Final Thoughts: I am so excited to show this show to my friend Emily, who’s been watching BL with me since early covid lockdowns. While this show has a few small stumbles that keep it from getting a 10, I don’t want to downplay how refreshing it was to watch a show that had a clear vision of what it wanted to be, and executed it the whole time. I commented during episode 1 that it felt more like a romcom than a BL, and the show said that through Lookpeach in its final episode! It built believable queer friendships in front of us, and understood the emotional core of most of its angst and drama all the way through. This show avoided veering too far into melodrama, and remembered that it was a romantic comedy the entire time. It also managed to be consistently sex-positive without feeling exploitative of its talent, or by letting the audience down on the sex front (I will be thinking about Almond and Latte’s first time and the morning after for a long time). This show also has parents apologizing for the knots they tied their children into. I don’t know a better Thai show airing during this season. This show is a real delight, and one I urge you all to show your friends who might be looking for a gay romcom. 

[haveyouseenthisseries-poll]

[rythyme]

alpha/alpha isn't even a canonized AO3 tag yet and Pit Babe The Series is already out here like "there's a special kind of alpha that can get other alphas pregnant 😜"

[clairedaring]

The most worthwhile (long) evening lakorn from Workpoint TV - The Cheery Lee, Village Headman

if i knew Workpoint TV was gonna put The Cheery Lee, Village Headman (2023) on Youtube with English and 10 other multi-language subtitles eventually, i wouldn't have tried so hard with the thailand vpn to binge watch this through netflix.

if i can recommend one workpoint lakorn from all the very mid ones i've seen, this is definitely at the top of my recommendation.

The Cheery Lee, Village Headman is a light-hearted comedy lakorn set in the rural countryside about a gay make-up artist who got tricked by his sister into returning home to run in an election to become village headman/chief.

Leena/Khaosali (James Rusameekae) is a gay makeup artist and the eldest son of Somboon, the soon retiring village headman of Sri Ban Yen.

Khaomai (Yada Narilya) is Lee's younger sister. She aspires to become Youtuber with millions of subscribers and to travel the world. After hearing that her father has to retire soon, Khaomai devises a plan to drag her brother back home so that Lee would run for local office instead of her.

Bank (Gee Sutthirak) is a recent post-graduate with an environmental engineering degree returning home from studying abroad. He is manipulated/persuaded by his mother to run against Lee for the position of village headman.

The first arc of the lakorn is about Lee and his unconventional journey in running for local office as a gay man.

And the majority of the lakorn is Lee's journey in proving that he's a capable village chief through helping the villagers with their variety of issues, with the assistance of Khaomai and Bank.

Of course, you'll encounter some cartoonish villains and clichés in your average workpoint tv lakorns, but I enjoyed this one particularly because I thought there was a lot of heart into the characters, especially the character development of Lee throughout the lakorn and his family bonds.

So if you ever find yourself wondering how Workpoint low-budget evening lakorns are like 🤔, this is definitely a good start.

Fun fact: this is James Rusameekae's first ever leading role in a series, for which he won Best Actor (Evening Lakorn) at 15th Nataraja Awards and became the first Thai LGBTQ+ actor to achieve this. He dedicated his win to the LGBTQ+ community in his speech.

[lgbtpopcult]

[baifengxis]

confirmed gl (wlw) asian series to air in 2024*

23.5 Degrees The Series (Thailand)

The Loyal Pin (Thailand)

The Last Case (Thailand)

Pluto (Thailand)

Love Senior (Thailand)

Be Mine The Series (Thailand)

Dream (Thailand)

She Loves to Cook & She Loves to Eat Season 2 (Japan)

Fragrance of the First Flower Season 2 (Taiwan)

+ Uranus 2324 (Movie) (Thailand)

Most of them are either currently filming or finished filming and/or have announced that they plan to air the series in 2024 and we're just waiting for more updates!

"Pluto" was just announced today being gmmtv's second gl series part of the 2024 series announcements (but might end up in 2025 considering gmmtv's record...)

*Some might end up airing in late 2023 and some might be postponed for 2025

A few more that seem to be slow with updates but still have good chances of airing in 2024:

SKIU The Series (Thailand) Love In The Air/Step Up/The Perfect Song/Sun Moon Light Love (as of now they're gonna make 4 different series that all belong in the same story/universe)

Reverse4You (Thailand)

About Galaxy (Thailand)

[le-trash-prince]

Tumblr put out its list of top 100 TV shows of 2024, and of course the only Thai BL series present has got to be the vroom vroom omegaverse show

I hope the rest of tumblr realizes we’re in for a second season ✌️💖

[rinsarchive]

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