#because i'm not sure if it just lands better in thai lol

[my-rose-tinted-glasses]

Love Sea - Episode 1

Like I said before I'm feeling chatty today so I'm just gonna write while I watch and then decide if I'm gonna post. I'll probably post. If you're reading this I obviously did. Anyway I've had dinner and now I have my coffee. How are we feeling about another Mame show? I haven't read anything about this one. I went into Wedding Plan sceptic, to say the least, and it was a wonderful surprise. Although Love in the air part 2 was not a pleasant experience, I will do my best to have an open mind. OK. Let's do this.

-The sea is always a plus. I miss it so much. -LOL the slow-mo. We get it, we're suppose to be drooling. -This is an important pen. ok maybe not. is it just for the title shot? -This place is gorgeous. Heaven indeed. -No one will get this, but I just rewatched Barakamon and this is exactly what happens when Handa gets to the island as well. Heaven for some. Hell for others. -Are they gonna write 'southern dialect' on top of the subs every time he speaks??? -See I don't know thai, so how different is the southern dialect really? If anyone knows please tell me. I'm really curious now. -I don't think it's because he has a pretty face though. I'm sure he suffered some trauma and that's why he's an asshole. -Oh her. I missed her. Is she gonna be a couple too? Does this have a gl side couple? -oh hello Ja. you're here too? I'm pretty sure I watched the trailer for this but apparently I don't remember anything. -This hostility feels so forced. Like they are creating the enemies in 'the enemies to lovers' as we speak. -I'd like a Martini. But I don't have vermouth. Life is so unfair. -I like that he keeps speaking in dialect. It's so petty I love it. - That backfired now but I'm sure this is all atitude and Mut will actually be thinking about this moment later. -Declarations like this in a bl are guaranteed to mean exactly the opposite. -It's because of people like this guy that hotels have so much food waste. That's probably the most depressing think about working in a hotel. Also costumers like him. -'Money can't buy me.' That's just something people say. How much? 5000 bhts? let me just quickly google how much that is. 125,65 euros as of right now. Just to not speak the dialect? I think you can get more. 7000... 10 000… 15000… so that's around 376 euros. Not bad for basically doing nothing. -This whole convo is reminding of Auto in DR. 'Yeah, throw money at me. Screw dignity' -I'm really enjoying Fort. The sarcasm is delicious. -I really miss the beach. -This proposal sounds..indecent. -The last man on earth thing again. You're just asking for it now. -Yiwa is back. I know that's not her name here but it's too soon. Rehearsing in front of the mirror. I should do this. I'm sure it would save me some headaches. -Second person in a ql that can't change a lightbulb. Oh wait she's lying. Is this like Dee? She pretends she can't change the lightbulb just so the girl does it for her? Very mysterious. What is she planning... - I also don't get it. What does having sex have to do with anything? -That was fast. Already thinking of him? I guess if rude is your thing who am I to judge? or have they met before? have they met as kids??? The plot thickens. just in my head tho. -Never trust auto-save. Just when you need it, it will let you down. -That was so dramatic. Like I get that this is probably a trauma response but that was a lot. He's been an asshole this whole time, how am I suppose to empathise? Mut is a better person than me. -I choose clams. I love clams. But on land. I'm getting seasick just from watching. The End oh wait. there's more. wait what did he say? There were no subs for that bit. Oh well he's already smitten.

That's a nice background for the credits. I wonder if it will change with the episodes. Like Gaya Sa Pelikula. Probably, right?

Well that was...okay. Too early to say much but I'm enjoying Mut. And Yiwa is back on my screen! And I'm really happy to have a show set on the beach. I shall continue watching this for now.

I won't do this every time though. Today is an aberration. It was a weird day but I have too much energy.

I should check on the elections, I'm sure that will bring my mood right back down. Oh but tomorrow is a holiday so I can do nothing all day. I'm happy again. Ok. bye.

[teriwrites]

Creature of Scandal: July 2017

My Live Reactions to Reading Through My 2018 Novel

'Charlotte Wilson wanted more out of life than to be playing gigs at college bars. Her music deserved to be reaching the ears of the forlorn across the country, not just the drunk students swaying off the beat. As the last chord of her song died out, a cheer rose up from the small crowd. Charlotte didn't feel much better. These kids looked for any excuse to cheer when they were this plastered. Looking across the bar, Charlotte tried to make eye contact with her closest friend, but Jennifer was busy serving a drink to a man who looked too old to be going out to college bars. As the applause continued to ring awkwardly in the air, Charlotte leaned forwards into the mic and announced, "Thank you, Clever Street Pub!" Attention drawn, Jennifer shot Charlotte an apologetic smile and called out, "Charlotte Wilson, everybody!" (what i'm learning from this project is that i might struggle to stick landings, but i know how to write an opening)

Guy tries hitting on Charlotte, who immediately starts playing with her engagement ring, and he actually backs off, we love to see it

The bar is in hell, folks!

'[Mike] liked to keep tabs on where [Charlotte] was after gigs, not because he didn't trust her or felt overly protective, but because he was still unfamiliar with New York, and most of what he knew about the city were the stereotypes passed around by those who'd never been there before.' kinda sad that i felt the need to specify 'IT'S FINE THAT SHE'S CHECKING IN WITH HER FIANCE' but yk, it's hard to show someone is a chill guy when their first reference is tracking the location of their fiance lol

Why is Charlotte taking a taxi, girl go find an uber

Or, yk, the subway

I was just talking about the heat, and now suddenly the rain that's falling is like super cold?? ig that makes sense if you're not dressed for it, but I'd expect a warm rain, or for the cold to be relieving

Aww Charlotte and Mike's engagement is still super new

So glad that I established that their apartment is, in fact, cramped and kinda shitty, which makes sense for two 20-somethings living in NYC

For someone who'd never been to NYC, I sure did write two stories in back-to-back years that took place at least partially in the city

Charlotte works shifts at a Thai restaurant while taking gigs as often as she can, and Mike is an accountant

So, yk, not a bad set up

Lmao Charlotte wears a treble clef necklace, how tacky

Trying to cram creative work in-between work shifts and only managing to occasionally do so is so tragically real

The restaurant Charlotte works for is called 'AuthenticiThai'

I 100% got that off some sort of 'random restaurant name generator'

Classic montage of work being busy, boring, and abrasive (a customer tried hitting on her)

"I knew that'd be you," Mike told her smugly. "Nobody else stomps up the stairs like you do." this man's so dopey in love with this woman i'm telling you

Mike brought work home because he's working towards a promotion, but he's still trying to make time for the two of them to talk about the wedding aw

I wish I'd given a little more thought to Charlotte's background other than her mother being Hispanic - like, that's a wiiiide range, where is she from? But at the same time, Charlotte having borderline zero contact with her mother and an aggressive lack of interest in connecting with her could kind of keep her from wanting to learn about it ig

Also wish that I got more specific about what part of the city she's from. She talks about how she was raised in NYC but girl that's so vague, that city is Massive

Back story for how Charlotte and Mike met: Mike went to college with one of her childhood friends, and she went out to visit said friend, and the two of them hit it off, and Mike ended up moving out to where she was going to school (Boston) after he graduated

"So..." Mike began as he dropped a sub onto the table in front of her. "We're engaged." "Nice of you to notice." (sillies)

Mike making a one-off comment about them running out of bread is sending Charlotte into an existential spiral about finances

Girl same

'When Charlotte was younger - when she had been growing up and excited about what the future held - she had dreamed up extravagant places. She would live in a house on a quiet street, playing her music and never having to worry about things like the next month's rent and working part-time jobs at restaurants. She and Mike would plan out their wedding without concerns about the budget, and think about their next trip to SoHo instead of worrying about grocery shopping. Life had sounded so exciting as a kid. But the reality of adulthood continually pushed her back down from where she floated with her head in the clouds. Because taking on a few gigs every month didn't pay the bills. And weddings cost a lot of money. And groceries had to be bought.' (see, now I'M gonna be spiraling about finances)

Oop even better for the financial stress: Charlotte just got fired!

She finished her shift to squeeze every dime out of that place that she could 💀 I don't think you can do that, girly

"Oh, Charlie." Mike reached for her with his free hand, the other busy stirring pasta. Charlotte pressed herself into his side, and they stayed there, embracing each other somewhat awkwardly, until Mike had to switch off the burner. He kissed the top of her head and assured her, "You'll find a better job. That place was sucking you dry. Now you'll have some time to focus on your music." Charlotte blew a loose strand of hair from her face. "Yeah, but I need to be earning some decent money if we're ever going to go through with this wedding. Nothing about it is free." "I am!" Mike beamed. "You can be totally broke, and you'll still have me and my free heart." "I'm pretty sure that's the cheesiest thing you've ever said to me." (affectionately, ick lmao call off the wedding)

I wonder what the name of her hit single will be

Ending Thoughts:

I think I officially have to turn in my classic excuse of 'I can't write it' for why I never really write contemporary fiction. Because this isn't bad! It's cute, even if Mike absolutely gave me the ick just then. But in a sweet way! But really, this is good! It has me interested in following along with Charlotte's journey, I like what I've seen of Jennifer and Mike, we have a basis for goals and internal conflict. There are some areas surrounding the setting and Charlotte's personal history that I think could be developed more, but I'm gonna let 2018!Teri cook before I judge it fully.

[hiddenonigiri]

an attempt was made

[namtanlovesfilm]

Hi Axelle,

Hope you are having a great time in Thailand, and that you are safe and healthy and attending many amazing fan-service events.

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I've always been intrigued as to why didn't GMMTV give Arm (Weerayut Chansook) a proper pairing, unlike Mike-TopTap, Tay-New, or Off-Gun.

Joss and Luke have been a part of Thai Lakorns, so it's understandable as to why they don't have a permanent male CP. They've paired Mek Jirakit in a BL series now,...Lee Thanat just like Mond Tanutchai are exactly like Joss and Luke. But why is Arm always given BS character roles?

Everytime I see Arm on-screen, I wish to see more of him but his screen time quite often is very less in comparison to other established actors from GMMTV camp. Why? Because the same thing GMMTV has been doing with Gunsmile Changun.

Ohm is versatile just like Singto,...so that's the reason his pairing with Nanon was hugely successful. Krist is paired with Mike which is weird and equally intriguing. And wrt to Bright and Win,...we know how successful they are like Mew and Gulf.

Now my question to you are as follows: [The questions asked below stems from what I've mentioned above, although it talks about many other BL actors too from different camps.]

Why hasn't GMMTV given Arm and Gunsmile a proper role in a BL series as a main lead despite the fact that their screen presence has always been powerful and impressive to say the least?

How was Joss Wayar roped by GMMTV when originally he was a part of Domundi?

Now that I've mentioned about Domundi,...do you have any idea why Mark Sorntast isn't given any main role in a BL series so far?

GMMTV has roped in Perth Thanapon as one of their artist, just like Joong Archen, what kind of roles do you think he will be offered because there's no mention of his in any of the 2022 GMMTV project?

Luke being half-Japanese, and half-American,...how did he land an opportunity to work in the Thai entertainment industry?

I find Lee Thanat and Tay Tawan very sexy together. But Lee has always been a part of non-BL series. Do you think GMMTV has purposely kept him away from BL, or was it his own choice?

And finally,...who from GMMTV decides as to what kind of role should a certain actor play? Does lobbying and influence play a huge role in this regard?

Thanks!

xoxo

Arjuna

hi, thank you it's been great!

so regarding arm & gunsmile, I think there are two different reasons. for arm's case, I don't think he particularly strives to get leading roles, or at least he's alway been given side characters bc he does so much more than just be an actor at gmmtv, he has his variety show arm share, school rangers also, he does stylist works, he dances, he has his own shop awc studio... the man is busy. so I think he's actually happy with the small roles he has, especially since he still managed to become popular without a big breakout role, but more for his talent & proximity to other big actors. as for gunsmile, I think that sadly he doesn't quite have the "look" for a main lead, which is also why he keeps getting put in bad guy & mafia guy roles despite him being really fucking talented. I think that for him to get a main role, it would need a very specific role that can't be played by the gmmtv "pretty boys", which is pretty rare to come across. but I agree that both arm & gunsmile deserve better, especially gunsmile whom I'm fairly sure would love a main role.

joss actually applied to gmmtv! it was before the other domundi boys got scouted for why r u & now work with mandee regularly, so he applied on his own. it's interesting to think that if he's waited 6 months to a year to join gmmtv, he might have been in why r u & cutie pie lol.

literally had to google that mark guy bc I don't know him at all, so I have no answer for this one.

I was surprised that perth wasn’t announced to be the lead of the recently announced mid-year series find yourself that gmmtv is producing, so he'll likely have to wait until the gmmtv 2023 event to have a show announced. as for the kind of show he'll make his gmmtv entrance with, idk why I feel like it won't be a bl but something a bit challenging in terms of acting, or he could get roped into a new bl ship by gmmtv execs, idk... one of the two, but I feel like perth wants to step away from bl so the first option would make more sense.

I don't remember all the details, but basically he met kay (kayavine) in the states when they were studying there, and kay went back to thailand and started his channel, then entered gmmtv, so I feel like luke wanted to come live in thailand. he learned thai very quickly & was very easily accepted into gmmtv.

yeah the leetay ship was so cute, so sad we don't see them together as much as we used to now. I fully feel like it's lee's decision tbh, I'm sure he's been offered bl roles, even baker boys was... very queer to say the least, but lee has remained in straight male lead roles only. and honestly I get him bc he's one of the rare thai actors who has only played in straight romances & has still managed to get himself a decently sized fanbase & pretty well known from bl fans, without having to deal with the toxicity & everything else. also I've said it before, but bl actors are generally regarded as less skilled (for the most part, this has started changing with ITSAY) than straight romance actors, so it's also better for your reputation to be in those kind of shows according to certain people.

so there's not one person who decides who's gonna get the role, but for me the directors have a lot of power, and basically if a director likes you, you're kinda garanteed to always get work with them (for example the 46 days director loving off & putting him in astrophile too, or p'jojo and josstay in 3 will be free and the player, or drake in literally almost every work by p’aof.) there are also a lot of gmmtv execs who push the actors they want in certain roles (for example they pushed mond for gram in not me.) so these two things show that obviously a more famous actor who's already worked with many people & been friendly with them will get more roles, but I also think gmmtv execs are there to regulate things as well, and that's why new actors actually get many roles, though they are smaller. if you are lucky to get noticed on your first role like love or film for example, then you can quickly go up to main lead in a series, but once again it's all about luck & opportunity. and certain actors do audition for certain roles (for example first auditioned for his role as yok in not me), but I think by that time most roles have already been decided by the director & gmmtv execs, who are definitely biased & will push for their favorites over smaller but sometimes better for the role actors.

xxx