#hils watches moonlight chicken

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Hils Watches Moonlight Chicken - Ep 8

I can't believe I'm at the end already. This feels so short after Mysterious Lotus Casebook.

No idea how this is going to end so I'll just dive in I guess?

This is literally what I have been saying

I love when they don't even try to make the hotel room they're filming in look like an apartment or a dorm room

Aww I hope they will be very happy in their hotel room that doesn't seem to have a bed

God, they are so damn cute

Alright, you don't need to just say it like that

I still think Alan and Gaipa should bond over both being in love with someone who doesn't love them back. I think Gaipa has just figured out that Jim is in love with Wen

Aww I like that Heart is now included in their little family

Aww he's finally moved on

God, they are so cute

I'm fine. Definitely not crying.

I mean I don't think the owner of the truck needs to be in the photo if you want to sell it, but this would definitely motivate me to buy it

TWO MONTHS LATER???

Dude you can't just promote him and offer him a 30% salary increase in front of everyone else

Oh my god is it actually happening???

God, I am such a fucking loser. Just seeing him smile is making me actually cry

IT'S HAPPENING!!!!!

I don't think Gaipa has realised Alan is hitting on him. Bless this sweet boy

WHAT DID IT SAY? WHAT DID IT SAY???

Aww Jim has set up a little food truck instead

YAY HE FINALLY USED THE WORD

Pretty sure that's just because the wages are so crap

Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

Everyone who read my liveblogs having seen this already, and did not say anything when I kept yelling about these two, give yourselves a pat on the back. I am so happy.

And, yay, the sad movie was not foreshadowing like I feared it would be

THE SAD MOVIE WASN'T SAD AT ALL

Aww yay!

That was wonderful. One of the best Thai dramas I've seen so far!

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Hils Watches Moonlight Chicken - Ep 5

I forgot this drama is only 8 episodes long so I'm over halfway through now. Wild. I'll be finished in a couple of days. Feels so quick after a 40 episode cdrama

So we're seeing what Alan and Wen were like before they broke up. I'm starting to have a theory about how this is going to end...

Also, it's weird seeing Mix kiss someone who isn't Earth. I've only seen the two of them together in dramas

Damn that fight scene was brutal but holy shit First and Mix are good actors. I was so focused on what was happening I forgot about the food that's in front of me

Thank god for Gong, who is apparently the only sensible person in this drama

Okay, here's my theory now that we're under the read more tag. I'm worried that the plot of this movie (two people who fall in love but don't end up together because of other factors) is what is going to happen to Jim and Wen. GMM typically doesn't make bittersweet BL dramas but this one is bit more mature than the others. I am bracing myself just in case this movie is foreshadowing.

That's about the highest level of praise you can get from a teenage boy

It's always Engineering or Architecture

Wen's just had a 'oh my kind of step-nephew is in love with a boy' moment. He looks so fond.

They don't live in a small town or anything. I don't think it's unreasonable for Jim to ask for someone who didn't show up at his restaurant and yell at him to deal with his loan application.

Yes, let's have a very thinly veiled conversation in which Wen is compared to a pen

It's just occurred to me that I've seen First play a high school student (The Eclipse), a college student (Not Me) and now a bank manager who I assume is meant to be in his late 20s or early 30s. All of these dramas were filmed in the last 2 years. That's some range!

Come on dude, don't be a total dick. You had better send off his loan application and not just toss it in the bin.

Okay, that's interesting given my comment above. Why DID Jim go to Alan's bank? Is he hoping to get turned down?

It's like he was reading my liveblog and is now answering all of my comments :D

Gong is my new favourite. He's so done with all Wen and Alan's nonsense

He is so right and he should say it

Well, let's see. We were having a nice romantic Christmas moment, then your ex-boyfriend who you still live with and share a bed with showed up. He yelled at you, then he yelled me, then he yelled you some more and shoved you over. Oh, yeah, and this dude is also in charge of whether I can borrow the money I need to save my business.

Okay, if this was closer to the end I'd be more worried that they were going to go with the bittersweet movie ending but given that there's another 3 episodes after this one maybe it'll be okay?

Alan really does like talking in metaphors. Wen was a pen, now Jim is chicken

I was saying today I am enjoying that for the most part characters in this actually use their words instead of just leaping to conclusions and making assumptions. Not always, but way more than most dramas. I'm glad Wen and Alan have finally had the mature conversation that they needed to have for both of them to move on

I still think Alan is going to end up with Gaipa but given that they haven't even met yet that may just be wishful thinking.

A good progressive boy

Bold of you to assume you can just move in with Jim

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Hils Watches Moonlight Chicken - Ep 6

I don't think I will ever be over how fondly Jim looks at Wen

When you find a place of your own we'll talk about the fact that you should just live here with me

I thought he was going to be terrible cook just because it would be funny him cooking for someone who is a chef. But yay Wen can cook they can run the restaurant together

Yay finally more Jimbo content!

Jim: We're just friends. Friends who cuddle and talk about our deepest feelings

Oh you did not just say that

Now we've resolved Wen's tragic backstory it's time to do Jim's

OH SHIT! Okay, I wasn't expecting it to be THAT tragic

Aww Alan. He's not a bad person. And at least he's being honest instead of being a dick.

Aww this poor sweet boy. I'm still hoping for Gaipa/Alan endgame but they still haven't met and there's only two episodes left so my hope is dwindling

:(

Nooooo he's crying! He definitely needs a nice boyfriend who loves him back

Ooh does Earth have a tattoo?

Arms. Neckline.

You can pet his hair! It's okay!

That's better

"How hard can it be to find a woman where we only have one photo of her and don't know anything about her?" Literally the next scene they've found her so I guess not that hard!

I love that the first word Heart has spoken out loud in this entire drama is the cat's name. Jimbo should be the star of this drama.

Oh no Jim is totally going to walk in on them kissing

OH SHIT NOT MY SON

FFS Gong you've been telling Wen to leave Alan for months and now that he has you expect him to come straight back? What, you can't take care of your friend you want his ex-boyfriend to do it?

These poor boys can't catch a break. And now I'm back to thinking it's going to end with Wen staying with Alan.

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Hils Watches Moonlight Chicken - Ep 3

Oh no Wen is part of the team developing the new food court. Is this going to be where the conflict comes from? Are they going to try and knock down Jim's restaurant for the new development

I KNEW IT!

Still mad that these two are so damn cute

I'm definitely not crying shut up

Oh mp does Jim have a tragic backstory and that's why he's sworn off relationships?

Oh no his boyfriend cheated on him! :( Imagine dating the sweetest and most handsome man and cheating on him with some twink. BOO TO YOU, SIR!

He's a good boy

Yes! Eat the rich!

Look at these adults using their words and not keeping secrets. This never happens and it's surprisingly refreshing

I can't work out if Gaipa has a crush on Jim or if they're just besties

This guy has clearly never watched a movie or read a book

God I had a moment of being scandalised by teenagers getting drunk until I remembered I was younger than them the first time I got drunk. I have turned into my parents please send help.

Ooh are they going to have a drunken kiss? Like uncle like nephew.

Where are Li Ming's parents actually? Jim mentioned a homophobic sister but she doesn't seem to be around.

This isn't like any other Thai BL I've watched. It's so interesting!

There was only one bed! There's probably more than one actually but look at them being all cute

WHAT THE FUCK? Is that my beloved First? DOES WEN HAVE A BOYFRIEND?? Oh, dude, not cool. How dare you cheat on my son

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Hils Watches Moonlight Chicken - Ep 7

Wen is standing right there. Isn't that the whole point of him being there? The nurse literally called him 'caregiver' like 2 minutes ago.

Who is she? Is she Alan's sister? Why is she just showing up now? I'm so confused. Was this just to add a bit of extra drama?

Okay, she's his sister in law. Where's Alan's brother?

Okay, I need to move on from that bit of totally pointless drama. Wen, sweetie, I think you've been on multiple dates with Jim at this point.

I don't think I'm ever going to be over the fact that a man in his 20s is playing someone who is So Old

Still rooting for you, Alan

God, even if it's not Alan I really need him to meet a nice boy who likes him romantically

Oh shit! I legit forgot she was still around. I should have made the connection that when Jim asked her for financial help that of course she would show up. OH SHIT and didn't Jim say she was kind of homophobic? I don't think she's going to take her son dating a boy very well.

Wait, isn't that the same woman who played Fourth's mother in My School President? Amazing.

DUDE!

Oh, shit, of course she heard all that. Now she's definitely going to want to take him away. I mean obviously this is all terrible but I do like that this drama shows that real life and relationships are messy and complicated and fucked up sometimes. This feels like the most true to life BL that I've watched.

Your son is gay and your brother is gay so yes?

He's her son but you fucking raised him! I don't know how long Li Ming has been living with Jim but I assume long enough that he should totally be allowed to voice an opinion

Oh. Yes. That's what I said.

No, dude, come on. You're gay yourself. You know that's not how it works.

Thank god for Wen

Wen will be a good step-dad

@kattahj told me when I was talking about Earth's tattoos in a previous episode that one of them says Peace so it's Peace on Earth. I am outraged 😂

They keep saying this...

OH SHIT!

Oh my god it's happening.

Aww shit Jim got screwed over when Beam died. He just has trauma on top of trauma

Beam's dad also a homophobe I see

Okay, Gaipa just lost his mother and Alan is clearly still in love with Wen so it's probably not going to happen. But I shall imagine a world where at some point in the future when they've both healed from all their pain that it might happen. They've at least met now.

Dude, come on. You've been through this multiple times before. You had already broken up before Wen met Jim.

Yes, that's what I said

I really hate the whole 'you should love your family because they're your family' thing.

I love Li Ming

OH SHIT HE'S GIVEN UP THE RESTAURANT?

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Hils Watches Moonlight Chicken - Ep 4

Surely no one actually sleeps in that position

I'm trying not to let my actor bias affect my opinion of the characters but I am mad at Mix for cheating on First. I mean cheating in general is not cool but First is my precious boy

Wait...is that not his boyfriend?

Okay, they live together and share a bed so they probably are boyfriends

Oh no. The glasses. Help.

AH HAH! Ex-boyfriends! I will stand down. Also, calling it now. Alan is going to end up with Gaipa. Everyone else has been paired with someone they've been in a drama with before and First and Khaotung were the leads in The Eclipse

Aww look at him with his little pride flag on his desk

Please let me direct you to AO3 where there are many, many examples

Wen got Jim a Keep Calm and Eat Chicken shirt for his birthday. I'm dying. I love them.

Aww he fell sleep with the shirt

Also, no one has fed a cat in forever. This is outrageous.

He is me

Oh, they must have heard me :D

Uh, please don't. Why are boys like this?

Oh no. Is Alan going to be the jealous ex who makes trouble? No not my son.

Well now I really want to know what went on between Alan and Wen

Oh no. Does Alan work at the bank where Jim is trying to get a loan to save his business. Oh no.

Oh no it's even worse. He's the head of the loan department. Oh no.

Oh, okay, he did at least offer helpful advice? I think? I was expecting him to be a dick about it

Gosh he's so pretty though

He DOES like Jim! I thought as much. I do wish they'd stop calling him old though.

He needs to have a meet cute with Alan soon

Not sure how I feel about the casual ableism but okay

Aww it's my boy Por from My School President

Oh, Alan. So he wasn't a dick to Jim at the bank but he did use the form to find out where he lives so he can confront Wen. Come on, Alan, I was rooting for you!

Wait, I thought they already broke up. Unless Wen broke up with Alan after he slept with Jim. I'm so confused.

This is meant to be an incredibly sad and dramatic scene but I can't stop laughing at the least convincing head wound I've ever seen. It looks like they've just drizzled some sauce on his face. There's not even an attempt to make it look like a cut

GDI even when he's being a dick I hate it when he cries

Well, that was a real downer of an episode ending. "There's all different kinds of happiness and it's beautiful but actually everyone is secretly miserable."

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Hils Watches Moonlight Chicken - Ep 1

This is the second time this year that I've watched a Thai drama immediately after a cdrama that I lost my mind over. It's always hard starting something new after something you've invested so much time and emotional energy into.

I do enjoy EarthMix, though, and a couple of friends said they enjoyed this so hopefully it'll be fun even if it doesn't grab me by the throat like Mysterious Lotus Casebook did.

I don't actually know what this is about, just that I have enjoyed the two leads in other dramas. I could go and read a synopsis but figuring it out as I go along is more fun :D

Oh, hey, that's the kid from My School President which is the last Thai drama I watched. I shouldn't be surprised. GMM uses the same pool of actors in all their BL dramas. I'm sure more familiar faces will show up later

Yep, literally 30 seconds later another familiar face walks in.

Aww there's Mix. Look at him he's so cute.

Yeah, I'd be staring like that if I woke up and saw someone who looks like Earth standing in front of me too.

I don't know anything about either of these characters but I love them already

Wow, lady. Calm down. She sees Jim with a cute boy and has already decided they're going to have kids together.

Please do not fuck the cute guy who is so drunk he just puked in your garden

Are you, though?

Vague dubcon aside I'm enjoying that this is a drama about actual adults instead of the usual ones about students. And protection is important.

CAT!

If this drama is going to be full of cat treat product placements like this I will be delighted. A definite improvement on the usual GMM products of printers, moisturiser and seaweed snacks

Well now I feel a million years old

Haha! I don't know how old the characters are supposed to be but the actors are only 4 years apart and both of them are under 30

I love them

THAT'S MY BELOVED TIW FROM MY SCHOOL PRESIDENT. I love that there's two people from that drama in this

Oh, well, driving without a licence is okay then!

Okay, seriously, is everyone from My School President in this? That's three of them now!

I'm sure I've seen him in something too

Oh, I am liking the classism and abuse of power subplot. Reminds me a little of Not Me, which is still my favourite Thai drama

Well I've never heard it called that before

Okay, that was really good! I'm going to watch another one after dinner

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Hils Watches Moonlight Chicken - Ep 2

Doesn't Wen have a job? Wasn't that why he was drunk the day he met Jim. Not sure how he can just sign on to be a waiter like that. Hopefully all will become clear. Or maybe it won't.

Pretty sure they just gave Fourth the same clothes he wore in My School President

So, he's offered to work for this rich family to pay back the money for an item their son broke. Shitty. But to say 'you have to clean the house and then hang out with my son if we're not home' is a bit much. Heart is just going to be annoyed that his parents have basically hired a friend for him, and Li Ming hates Heart for blaming the breakage on him, and is now being paid to hang out with him. It's all fucked.

I bet they end up falling in love :D

I love that because this is only 8 episodes long there's very little build. Fighting over a mop then OH NO OUR HANDS ARE TOUCHING

These two are so damn cute I don't even know what to do

Okay, yeah, there's definitely a story with Wen. Like I know he took the job because he wants to spend time with Jim but what about his other job?

I know how GMM dramas work. Gaipa is definitely going to end up with someone. Probably not Leng though since he appears to have a girlfriend

Ah, I think I see where this is going. Is Heart going to end up tutoring Li Ming in English? THEN they'll fall in love

Wow he got over the whole 'you framed me for something you did and now I have work as a housekeeper for free' thing very fast

I hope there is a cat treat product placement break in every episode

Okay, Wen still has his other job. I'm not entirely sure what that other job is but he has a clipboard so he must be important

I kind of assumed when they had a drunken hookup in the first episode that the plot would be drama based around that. But nope they're just all smiley and adorable around each other.

Congrats, Wen, your love interest's nephew is now also your nephew

GDI I was really annoyed with this whole situation but they're being so adorable I can't be mad. Everyone in this is so cute!

God, he's so earnest and sweet and is a dad to everyone. I love him and I'm definitely not crying

Oh, is the drama going to be around money rather than the hookup? I suppose that does tie in with the relationship between Heart and Li Ming too

Aww, dude, come on. Don't be jealous just because Wen is talking to someone else. Anyone can see that he's into you

ALMOST 40! Earth is 29 years old!

Wen is also a good boy. I look forward to Jim realising he's allowed to be happy

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Hils Watches Only Friends - Ep 8

Wait, are Ray and Mew together now? God it's times like this I wish I spoke Thai. Does she mean with him romantically or just hanging out with him.

I mean he's not the first person to go on a downward spiral after a messy breakup and he won't be the last

Oh my god why are you having this conversation with Sand of all people. Do you really not know how he feels about you?

He is so close to getting it...

NOOOOOO! Yo and her cute boyfriend broke up!

I'm assuming at some point Ray and Mew are going to realise that they're both really bad for each other. But in the meantime I am still enjoying Mew giving no fucks about anything

Oh come on Mew no one smokes because it tastes nice

Uh, that's none of your fucking business

Yeah, you tell him, Mew!

Ah, yes, roping your former friend into helping you do you your community service for drunk driving.

I think she is the only one in this drama who isn't unhinged

Another GMM regular! I know him from Not Me and Moonlight Chicken.

Oooh is Nick about to find himself a boyfriend who isn't terrible like Boston

Oh he is totally flirting with Nick

Really? REALLY???

You should, but you don't

I love the collective gasp from literally everyone at this party when Mew kissed Ray

I think Sand just met his soulmate. Two dudes dressed as Freddie Mercury at the same party

Love to see some bi rep in my BL dramas

Did I know Sand was bi? I don't think I ever really thought about it before. But excellent even more bi rep

Oh, so he does know. See, that makes all of this so much worse!

Wow that is a pathetic attempt at an excuse if ever I heard one. Oh, wait. Oh no. Is Sand going to say it's his so Ray won't go to jail? Baby, no!

Oh, no, just a bit of police bribery instead

If you're going to out him to bed because he's passed out at least take that choker off him

Oh, he must have heard me

Okay, making him comfortable is one thing but snuggling up to him in bed when he hates you and can't consent is not cool

Did he take his jeans off but leave his socks on. Dude.

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I’m Hils. I’m British, I’m ace, I’ve been part of online fandom since the 90s. 

My fic can be found on AO3 and more recently linked on Tumblr under the My Fic tag.

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My TV/Drama liveblogs can be found on the Hils Watches tag. If you’re interested in a specific country’s dramas or just a specific drama here’s a breakdown of what I’ve liveblogged so far:

South Korea - Hils Watches Kdramas - Hils Watches Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938 - Hils Watches Love Tractor - Hils Watches Goblin - Hils Watches Strong Woman Do Bong Soon - Hils Watches Taxi Driver - Hils Watches Lovely Runner

China - Hils Watches Cdramas - Hils Watches The King’s Avatar - Hils Watches Mysterious Lotus Casebook - Hils Watches Cross Fire - Hils Watches Fairyland Lovers - Hils Watches Love Me, Love My Voice - Hils Watches In Blossom - Hils Watches The Spirealm - Hils Watches Tibetan Sea Flower

Thailand - Hils Watches Tdramas - Hils Watches My School President - Hils Watches Moonlight Chicken - Hils Watches He's Coming to Me - Hils Watches Enchanté - Hils Watches Cooking Crush - Hils watches Only Friends - Hils watches Meet You At The Blossom

Taiwan - Hils Watches Twdramas - Hils Watches Oh No! Here Comes Trouble - Hils Watches Stay By My Side - Hils Watches Kiseki: Dear to Me - Hils Watches Unknown

Japan - Hils Watches Jdramas - Hils Watches My Beautiful Man

Movies - Hils Watches Movies - Hils Watches Conjuring Curse - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 - Hils Watches Misty Creed - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3