#hopefully I get gmmtv to pick it up

[waitmyturtles]

Hey,

I'm not 100% sure how this works. Also this is more of an opinion than a question. I just feel the need to brain dump. You are under no obligation to reply. 😁

I fear that First and Khaotung are being wasted at/by GMMTV. They're both stellar actors and seem to have the sensibilities to tackle more serious material.

I feel like coming off Not Me, the themes in The Eclipse kinda went over my head. My fear was and still is that I didn't understand all the nuances. And that's why I felt like the show was lacking. Also I think the very first preview set it up as an entirely different show (more supernaturalmystery/thriller) in my head, so there was a disconnect there as well.

Their next project was Moonlight Chicken where both of them shined as actors but negligibly as a BL pairing. Having said that, they seem to be on very solid ground in the BL fandom - I am referring to their fan meets.

Only Friends was a masterclass of acting as far as FirstKhaotung were concerned (i was all about Ray and Sand), but I think the overall reputation as show that fell flat on its face overshadowed or at least took away (for me) from the gravity of FK.

And now we're here. With The Heart Killers and I am very wary of how Ota all going down. I see that the final trailer got over million views and I'm happy for them, but based on I think the absolute travesty that was OF, my expectations for this show are on the ground.

I really want more of an insight into how projects are picked up and distributed inside GMMTV (if you ha e any, I'm dying to know). I feel like they would benefit greatly from being on a show like PS I Hate You or something like Peaceful Property.

It feels like they're backsliding in terms of material given. Which I am sure is a) not their fault and b) me possibly being weird and dramatic in the wee hours of the morning. But I wanted to get it off my chest and I was reading your previous reviews when I felt, and then gave into the impulse to write to you.

Also I'm a MaxTul girly too and somehow, you made me want to give Make it Right another chance.

Have a great week ahead and keep up the absolutely exceptional work! ❤️

NIHILISTIC! It's great to hear from you! And thank you for the compliments!

TW for girlies out there who are not Nihilistic: this post will contain criticisms of The Heart Killers trailer. Read at your peril, delicate hearts!

I'll go backwards to save the biggest stuff for last. If you write anything about Make It Right, please tag me! @bengiyo and I always give a little DJ air horn to each other when we've nabbed another one into the broader cultural reconsideration of this AMAZING show. MaxTul, man. Nobody beats them! (Okay, almost, Tul admits he wasn't the strongest actor, but. We'll let it slide, dahling!) Chemistry, humor, pride representation, everything, they're great. I yelped when I saw them in Triage!

Okay, so you are a FirstKhao girlie, and you're worried about what The Heart Killers bodes. (Out of transparency, I have The Heart Killers tag filtered because of Only Friends PTSD. I'm gonna filter my own post!) For you, Nihilistic, I just watched the trailer for it.

I will get to all your questions about the GMMTV model in a moment.

Now, out of even MORE transparency, I am watching the MESS that is Kidnap right now, and listen, it's NOT GOOD. I'm fucking not even writing about it anymore, I'm just reblogging the sessy gifs. I am watching it to support Ohm Pawat, and am hoping that this partnership with Leng Thanaphon will hopefully lead to better scripts.... somewhere. (Or at least, better scripts for Ohm at a place like One31 or Channel 3. I also hope Ohm keeps up his anti-branded pair stance, but if GMMTV forces him to pair permanently with Leng, it won't be a fucking surprise, and more on that below.)

To focus specifically on THK for a sec: the THK trailer evoked a lot of what's gone utterly wrong in Kidnap for me. I think writing Thai BL/Series Y scripts to be different, fresh, and innovative, is just going to be really fucking hard, especially for stories featuring branded pairs that MUST end up together in the end. Because we, the viewers, KNOW that they MUST end up together in the end, what kind of mystery and conflict can a script convincingly evoke to keep us, the viewers, engaged and interested in the drama?

A few of us Ohm girlies were excited that Kidnap could have had non-romantic plot points (CRIME!!!) to drive concurrently with a romance plot. There are Series Y that have done this BEAUTIFULLY, particularly Sammon's stories of Manner of Death and Triage.

I'm sorry to say that I didn't get that from the THK trailer, and that THK smells a lot like Kidnap to me. The trailer itself is giving an indication that the "jobs" these guys have as double agents are going to be compromised due to them falling in love. And after the debacle that was Jojo Tichakorn's Only Friends -- a show premised on the exploration of mean, icky, really horny humans, a great place to start an interesting show! -- knowing that THK will HAVE to end up in a romantic place, with FK and JoongDunk being in memorable and memeable entwinements... that's a lot to ask of a show that already isn't making sense by drive, emotion, and tone in its trailer alone. What matters more to these characters? Their work, or their need to be in monogamous relationships? Seems like the latter to me by way of the trailer, which makes me wonder what the point of the plot is. (Joong's chest, probably.) (Gahddayum.)

(I haven't watched the latest episode of Jack & Joker, btw, but I understand that THIS WEEK's episode is ALSO going through something similar, with dead-end and uncommitted plot points all to get to a kiss. Oy.)

To summarize these points and to touch at your question about how GMMTV chooses scripts: GMMTV has an economic model to sell in giving happy endings to their branded pairs, which I wrote about at length in my Old GMMTV Challenge rewatch of The Eclipse. No matter where a script goes, the ending must be memorable and monogamous to satisfy the retweeting hunger of the branded pairs' fandoms, in order for GMMTV's artists to increase online engagement and to maintain earned media values to sell products.

The wonderful @flowerbeasblog noted to me recently that Tha Sataporn, the CEO of GMMTV, said in an interview that as the productions of Series Y in Thailand continues to increase, there is a greater need for more scriptwriting talent across this niche genre, creating competition for more excellent writing. (By comparison, in the States, when streaming services like Netflix and Hulu starting commissioning more original series just about a decade ago, the demand for scriptwriters and excellent writing also went up by incredible scale -- only to come crashing down recently with pandemic and strike-related losses in revenue.) GMMTV's recently announced script competition, Y Find, updated itself last week with a notice that the company would need more time to sift through scripts to judge. In other words: the demand for creative plots is so high at this company that they are literally fielding entries from the general public.

At the same time, Tha Sataporn has been blunt in indicating that "good shows" are not the priority of his GMMTV, and that talent, management, and engagement are his indicators of success. So, economically -- as long as a show hits that happy ending, and gets the girlies excited online with commentary and purchasing power, then the studio has won, in GMMTV's eyes.

ULTIMATELY, Nihilistic: what we are dealing with regarding your concern, as fans and/or critics of Series Y shows, is a conflict of values, among critical fans like ourselves, other fans who only watch shows for romance and shipping, and the economic bottom lines of the studios/agencies themselves. Some of us just want narratively good scripts, like Bad Buddy or He's Coming To Me. Others are content with having a show end with their fave pairs confirmed together in the end, no matter the process of how they got there. Those are different values we hold in watching shows. I appreciate that while you're a fan of the FK branded pair, that you want stronger scripts for them. I do, too, but that's not a value that every fan -- and GMMTV itself -- holds. And I believe that's why we've been seeing more and more mediocre scripts from that studio in particular.

I actually want to note maybe something positive about FirstKhao. Other than The Eclipse, it seems like they haven't been locked into high school or university settings. Only Friends, Moonlight Chicken -- these are shows that show First's and Khao's characters as young adults, and THK is going there, too. I hope they can avoid the university settings as they continue to work.

Is stellar acting wasted at GMMTV? Oh, yes. Besides First and Khao, who I truly think are good actors, we have Gun Atthaphan, Nanon Korapat, and Ohm Pawat -- these three guys are on my list of the best Thai actors out there who have done BL, and they haven't had great scripts in years. (Gun, arguably, has had the best pickings of decent shows recently in Cooking Crush and The Trainee, but they weren't high art; and Nanon's Dirty Laundry was the last Jojo script I was truly impressed by.) All three of these guys were in MOVIES at one point. Those ambitions, on behalf of these actors by GMMTV, seem to have gone by the wayside in preference for a huge economic push to boost branded pair-based series insteads, with their plot holes and guaranteed romances.

I hope the genre's tide turns for the sake of quality scripts, especially at GMMTV, but my hopes are low for this agency at the moment. My joy in Thai shows recently has been in watching past shows for my OGMMTVC. I've been on a lakorn kick lately, having watched The Miracle of Teddy Bear and I'm looking forward to watching Khun Chai soon. Other agencies and studios, like One31 and Channel 3, are breathing down GMMTV's neck and producing more interesting shows, sometimes with branded pairs and sometimes not. Triage only came out two years ago, and that show's trilogy (along with Manner of Death) will end with this year's airing of Spare Me Your Mercy, starring the very likely one-time pair of Tor Thanabob and JJ (Jaylerr) Krissanapoom, two gigantic artists in Thailand who are circling BACK towards the much smaller genre of Series Y for SMYM's sake. I have VERY high hopes and expectations for that show -- and that show is well out of the purview of GMMTV.

I think what you're smelling about the THK trailer is right, Nihilistic -- to me, the trailer isn't cohesive, and jumps already to its forgone conclusion of a romantic end. Unfortunately, for those of us familiar with Jojo Tichakorn's work, we know that if he was given more leeway, he'd likely come up with something more interesting. But now that he has to work with branded pairs -- who are shipped in the eyes of their fan beholders -- he's got a lot less room to be creative and interesting, which ultimately stifles the otherwise excellent acting we'd see from these young men.

[stephreviews]

Steph's Weekly Watchlist (Mar. 17)

So many shows are starting this week! Whoooo! I'm so ready!

QL Dramas - Currently Airing

Lost in the Woods (Wed, Airing: 1/7)

This one looks like "Tale of Thousand Stars" style, except Fifa did not want to go to the town. Honestly same bruh. It doesn't look high quality, but I'll give anything a shot. Also, this got delayed by 1 week. So hopefully it's airing for realsies.

My Golden Blood (Wed, Airing: 2/12)

This show had a lot of hype but fell flat for a lot of people. This episode pretty much met my expectations LOL. I knew GMMTV's first real foray into CGI was not going to be pretty, but what I wanted was gay Twilight and God damn it that's what I'm getting.

Secret Relationships (Wed-Thur, FINALE)

It's interesting how differently all 3 men are treating Daon. Honestly? I'm not sure how I want it to end anymore. Soohyun forcing himself onto Daon was Not It. Jaemin is The Worst. But also like....it would be kinda messy and fun for Daon to pick one of the red flags, you know?

Top Form (Thur, Airing: 1-2/11)

This show looks really interesting! It's another meta (a few of these have come out of Japan recently, but I think this is the first out of Thailand), where it's two costars dating. See the extended trailer here.

Sweet Tooth, Good Dentist (Fri, Airing: 1/12)

I'm so excited for this show! Much like My Golden Blood, they released a behind the scenes episode. Mark is an amazing actor, but has been stuck as a side character for literal years. I neeeeeed to see him as a main. Watch the trailer here!

Flirt Milk (Sat, Airing: 9/10)

I binge-watched the 8 episodes of this show that are out this week one day when I was bored, and damn this show is so stupid. Nothing makes sense. I honestly feel bad for the actors. The actors are doing their best with a script that feels like it was either AI generated, or written by somebody who wrote like a single short-form fanfiction and then thought "I can write a 10-episode drama".

Every conflict resolves in 10 seconds or less so for some reason there's a billion things going on and way too many characters for 10 episodes. That wig and fake beard? Absolutely hilarious. Frankly I have no idea what the lesbians are doing there and how they're related to the guys. Took me forever to learn Phra Rong's name. Phra Rong was harassing Pai at the cafe and for some reason I can't figure out decided to flirt with him? I'm very confused. I feel like I'm on multiple drugs.

Perfect 10 Liners (Sun, Airing: 22/24)

Okay I just KNEW that bullshit with the mom was going to come back during this arc. I mean, we all knew Faifa's issues stemmed from the way his mom picked him up and threw him away as she pleased, but the way Yotha and Newton treat him? No one thought to call or text him when she couldn't come to visit? Also, this entire time that Faifa has been courting Wine, Yotha has been threatening him and telling him to not hurt Wine. What about Faifa's feelings?? Like my dude. Gun cares wayyy more about Faifa than Yotha does. I need an episode where Yotha gets a reckoning.

Ossan's Love TH (Mon, FINALE)

This episode took me on a wild ride. Honestly this whole show has been a wild ride, but I think it's the first love triangle I haven't hated, and I'm the number one love triangle hater. Kongdech is kinda pushy, but he doesn't let it affect how he treats Heng as his boss. They also address how Heng doesn't set boundaries and never says no. Mo also has flaws and never speaks his mind. It's three messed up adults colliding in a way that's funny, but relatable. This episode, we finally see everyone address their issues head-on....and then Heng gets amnesia!

QL Dramas - Catching Up

I see it as a win that this list keeps getting smaller 🥹

Fragrance of the First Flower SS2 (Tues, Airing: 9-10/12, Me: 1/12)

Reverse With Me (Wed, Airing: 7/8, Me: 1/8)

Exclusive Love (Fri, Airing: 7/12, Me: 1/12)

Us the Series (Sat, Airing: 10/12, Me: 1/12)

Other Dramas

The Witch 마녀 (COMPLETE)

This was an amazing show. It kept me guessing until the end, and I was surprised by how romantic it felt despite the leads barely interacting. My only critique: they introduced a second couple in the last two episodes. Either don't introduce them, or have a few more episodes to tell their story. I hate when a couple gets thrown together for no reason. The main couple, however, was amazing and perfectly developed. See my full review here.

The First Frost (COMPLETE, Me: 2/12)

I only had a chance to watch episode 1 this week, and I already got sucked in. The cast is high-powered, the chemistry is chemistry-ing, I love my girl besties, the cinematography, everything! I just need a day where I can binge cause I know myself and I will not be able to hold back.

Boys Journey 2 (Fri, Airing: 8/10)

They finally (!!) divided the boys up by their branded pairs and sent them on a scavenger hunt. We got lots of cute moments, like feeding each other and cuddles and hungry baby Pooh (that boy is a black hole). This show continues to be a hilarious addition to my Fridays, including the hashtag (#BJOuting)

(side note - I thought it was hilarious how Joss was shirtless for basically the entire episode of My Golden Blood. Will this be a theme? If so - I'm so on board.)

[italianpersonwithashippersheart]

@mysterygrl20 Just wanted to add, I checked other ql series on twitter and the only times I ever saw

workshops

worship cerimony

Qs announcements/posts w pictures

Are for when they are actually shooting (of course I could be wrong, if anybody knows more feel free to correct me).

Also the last shooting day was July 12 then on the 18 they did the announcement for the pilot, which will get released on the 24. That doesn't feel like a normal schedule.

So yeah this + the cancelled shooting days screams we run out of money to me.

Also forgot to do some tagging in the og post so I will do it here

since you saw/commented on my prev update: @lurkingshan @bengiyo @automaticpenguincreation

PILOT????????????????????

I thought they were shooting the series, have they been shooting just the pilot the entaire time??

Is this why New has been in two places at once? They shot 17 Q?? All for the pilot???

Between all the breaks and New being busy it took them 3 months, to shoot even that much, I thought they were almost done but no apperently it was just the pilot.

Did this not even get officially picked up? Are we getting it next year then? Because New is shooting Perfect10 liners right now (the actual show ... I think). And that's going to take forever to finish shooting being 3 shows of 10 episodes each.

I am so confused.

[bengiyo]

My Love Mix Up Ep 1 Stray Thoughts

Before we begin, a disclaimer: I watched Kieta Hatsukoi in 2021, and I read the source material for this project last year. I will be reacting to this project as an adaptation and my commentary will carry elements of comparative analysis. There will most certainly be spoilers. Read at your own risk.

With that out of the way, let’s see if GMMTV can adapt another TV Asahi project with a branded pair.

Chokun has decent resemblance to Suzuki Jin, they both resemble Aida, and it feels like he got that character pretty easily. Casting directors ate twice.

I am glad the costuming and hair departments understood that adapted manga characters requires you to pay attention to some of their key physical characteristics, especially when there will be jokes around changing them.

I’m glad they kept Atom’s overdramatic imaginary fantasies.

I feel bad for the boys having to film on the rooftop. Rooftop scenes are important in a lot of the J-BL, so they have to mimic that part of the experience. Unfortunately, it’s so hot in Thailand.

I like Kongthap/Ida every time. He’s very considerate of others, and I like the setup encouraging Atom to understand why someone might like Kongthap.

Weak extension on that arm, Atom!!

Goddamn there are a lot of sponsors on this show.

I’m okay with them swapping volleyball for basketball. It’s still a team sport.

Aungpao spotted! His skin looks great.

He’s not wrong. Kongthap does look sick.

Okay, I really hope we get to meet the Thai version of Half’s family. That would be a real treat.

I do like when they make athletic boys pretend they’re bad at sports.

I feel like this veggies joke was written about Fourth and Gemini specifically.

I hope the teacher is aware of the crushes and actively trolling. I know I would assign students together when I knew about their crushes.

I guess Kongthap won’t have a dog in this version.

Okay, but Atom really did look like he was about to fling himself off the roof.

Kieta Hatsukoi really feels like the beginning of the “let me think about it” era.

I don’t remember a cat being involve originally in the manga, so someone else can comment on that. I was surprised by how little of the base plot they got through this episode, and that they already added in the whole PE bit. I don’t know that making Fourth and Gemini fight their instincts was necessarily the right call. Aoki is a high-energy, over-expressive character, and I think Gemini would have been more suited to Atom than Fourth. Fourth showed real drama chops in Moonlight Chicken, and would have been better suited to the seriousness that Kongthap/Ida has to carry. It’s tough, because it meant that this episode felt a little flat, which is not a feeling I associate with this series. Hopefully it picks up speed next week.

[scrumptiousstuffs]

okay hopefully this will be a more fun ask. immediate answers only, no thinking. all are for both First and Khaotung.

favorite role

who you want to see them working with (separately or together)

prettiest they've ever looked (I know this one is hard but I want the first thing that pops into your head)

most babygirl moment

the time they broke your brain

photographic evidence is a must!

This was fun, anon!!! So, like you have requested, the first thing that pop into my mind:

1. Favorite role: Akk and Aye no doubt. Those are my babies. I love most of their roles pre-CP and all the one after CPs but AkkAye in The Eclipse has my heart and soul.

I can’t tell you how much I relate so much with Akk and his struggle in high school. I was Akk in my teenage years (minus the pyro tendency) except I don’t have my own Aye (or even Wat/Kan) to get me through those tough years. First was exquisite in this role. The way he conveyed his confusion while trying to come to grasp with his feelings while all his previous beliefs being systematically dismantled was amazing to watch.

And Khaotung as Aye - what can I say, he had me with his swagger and cool cockiness, trying to hide his depression and anger towards a system that cruelly took away his only father figure (also, I am ashamed to say it took me awhile to recognise Khaotung as Aye cause it was such a contrast with his performance in Longtae and Fong 🤣😂 - that’s how much of a chameleon this boy is when acting!)

My favourite moments for AkkAye (that doesn’t involve kissing) have to be these 2:

a) Aye seeking comfort from Akk who for the first time realised how much his school is bullying a student

b) And when Aye caught Akk smiling at their candid photo at the vending machine - Aye’s soft smile as he realised “ah…this guy does have feeling for me” while Akk looks panicky but at the same time realising Aye won’t tease him (that much) for his blunder!

2. Who I want to see FK working together (separately or together): I’m going to exclude people they have already worked with in this category (which really just means EarthMix and GemFourth 🤣 - cause as much as I love the other 2 CPs as well, I just can’t see GMMTV putting all 6 of them again like MLC)

For First - Tay Tawan, Arm Weerayut or Mond. Tay brotherhood with First off-screen is one of my favourite thing ever. I don’t care what they play in a show - brothers? Enemies? Best friends? Just give them to me!!!!

As for Arm, I think he is one of the more under-rated actors that GMMTV on their rosters. I know he often plays minor/secondary roles - but he has potential for so much more. I like him so much when he played View’s love interest in 55:15 Never Too Late!

With Mond - Boeing was sussed but his chemistry with First in Not Me?? - 🙌🙌🙌

For Khaotung - Gun (I’m still waiting for Home School season 2 😩), Nanon/Luke or Perth.

Nanon has been absent from acting for god knows how long. I say a good script with Khaotung will be enticing!

And I have always wanted Khaotung + Perth as brothers (the plot is secondary)

As for Luke - it is time for him to be induct in the BL world (plus his ghostship with Khaotung in Safe House? ADORABLE ☺️)

Picture courtesy of @/asianmenarewinning

And as CP, I want FirstKhaotung to act with a GL couple. Personally, I adore June/View (unfortunately, we know this GL is highly unlikely to happen). So, I’ll take NamtamFilm (who so far is doing amazingly in Pluto) or Ciize/Kapook.

Above Picture courtesy from this website

Above picture from here

3. Prettiest they’ve ever look

Khaotung when he became Barbie during one of their event- LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL ANGEL

First was especially exquisite during the Moment magazine photoshoot (truly one of his best photoshoot) - THAT BONE STRUCTURE (I’m still salty nobody has picked my boy up yet as a brand ambassador)

4. Most Babygirl moment (again the first thing that pops into my mind)

When First make those small tiny excited jumps while talking to his bestie during the SFxEMFK DeadpoolWolverine Screening 😬

Khaotung famous pout during School Rangers after losing 🤭

5. That time they broke my brain - so many moments, but alas, the most recent video of FK vibing in PolyCat concert (with a song that is about pining and never confessing towards your bestie on the bg) will have to take the cake! Cause it’s still fresh on my mind (and basically everyone in this fandom) 😫….

[pharawee]

🖇️BL WATCHLIST NOVEMBER 🍂

🎬Jack & Joker - IQIYI - I still love everything about this show, and thanks to Daylight Saving Time I finally have the time to actually watch AND gif it.

🎬The Heart Killers - IQIYI | GAGAOOLALA | YOUTUBE - I'm watching, yes, but I'm more hoping I can passively enjoy this show through my dashboard.

🎬Fourever You - WeTV | YOUTUBE - I love this so much that I'm paying for the youtube sub to watch this uncut. 🤡

🎬Caged Again - WeTV | GAGAOOLALA - I love one (1) show. 🐧🐈‍⬛

🎬Kidnap - GAGAOOLALA - I was apprehensive at first because I haven't really been able to get into any gmmtv BL in a while now but somehow this feels fresh and earnest while simultaneously speedrunning every trope under the sun - and I'm loving every second of it!

🎬Love in the Air - 恋の予感 - GAGAOOLALA - You have no idea how excited I am for this. I'm not even going to compare the two versions. I'm just going to have so much fun. Plus, I get to have two Rains! 🥳

🎬Every You, Every Me - GAGAOOLALA - One of my most anticipated BLs of the year, and I wasn't disappointed. MickTop have really outdone themselves. I don't even mind that Ep4 caused me psychic damage. I welcome the pain. Namping is now one of my most favourite characters ever.

🖇️CALENDAR (THAI PRODUCTIONS ONLY)

🖇️UPCOMING

🎬Mhom Ped Sawan - I'm still waiting for subs so I can start watching this. 🤞

🎬Winter Is Not the Death of Summer But the Birth of Spring - YOUTUBE - Who had Thai prison BL on their bingo card for 2024? This looks really intriguing though, and I love the indie feel of it. Hopefully this will have English subs for release. 🙏

🎬Petrichor - IQIYI - Another series with Max as a support character, this time in a pairing with Na Naphat which... YES PLEASE?? But also this (hopefully) is the GL crime series I've been waiting for all these years. 🤞

����Spare Me Your Mercy - ?? - It's finally happening! After the recent one31 scandals I'm no longer 100% excited but it's based on my favourite Sammon novel so hopefully this production was spared the same questionable treatment.

🖇️ FINISHED

🎬The Hidden Moon - WeTV - I renewed my WeTV subscription for this and I wasn't disappointed. It's intriguing with a promising plot and beautiful shots of Chiang Mai.

🖇️ ON HOLD

🎬Bad Guy My Boss - GAGAOOLALA - I kind of want to pick this back up but I don't have the time. 😭

🎬Love Sick - IQIYI - I really love this show and I hope I can finally catch up this month (I already said this last month but I really mean it).

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[chezlalune]

GMM2025 LINEUP GAME Rules: write your thoughts on all the GMMTV series pilots released (or just the ones you plan to watch) and tag people whose thoughts you wanna know about!

i've finally taken the time to watch the last few trailers from the lineup, so here i am! thank you archer @jojotichakorn for tagging me! ♡ (and sorry for the delay)

i'll keep it short as everyone has moved on by now. the list will only include the shows i'm considering watching, which, as it turns out, are not many. that being said, i'm guilty of hyping stuff up and then watching it three months late (or even not at all). AND i also get influenced by what i see on my dash. so the list will probably end up being inaccurate (:

ME AND THEE: it's pondphuwin in a romcom. i'll be watching it and (most probably) be very annoying about it, so be prepared for that. the mock trailer was genuinely fun and as long as the show is in the same vein, i'll be happy. give it to me, i'm fully ready to embrace the silly! <3

WHALE STORE XOXO: this looks very sweet, if not a bit too uneventful(?). i will be giving it a try and hopefully stick with it!

GIRL RULES: i have very limited emotional bandwidth for messy relationships and since we're not getting much gl, i'll be dedicating the little i have to girl rules.

TICKET TO HEAVEN: it might have solely been the white priest as a confidant + school uniform combo, but i got reminded of your name engraved herein... with a bigger focus on religion obviously. i haven't watched my love mix-up th so it's been a while since i've last watched gemini and fourth in anything. color me cautiously intrigued.

THAT SUMMER: i love the seaside setting and the cast! the rough around the edges/jaded commoner + well-intending but sheltered heir (prince?) is a dynamic i can get behind. (and it's apparently a jojo show?)

BOYS IN LOVE: i have no idea if i'll be watching it as it airs, but this is going onto my 'when i need a pick-me-up' list. it seems adorable and podd and papang look great together!

on the "i'll try watching the 1st ep if i see the moots go crazy over it" list: burnout syndrome, a dog and a plane, dare you to death

on the "i'll be watching through the dash" list: only friends dream on, cat for cash (give me aaaaall the cat gifs)

not tagging anyone because i'm so late that everyone has probably already shared their thoughts, afsjkg. but if you see this and feel like it, consider yourself tagged.

[lamonnaie]

lamonnaie's gmmtv 2025 roundup ✨

this is 3 months late, i started it right after gmmtv 2025, but only finishing this up now because i like having my thoughts down somewhere to look back on later when the shows air :)) soooo this whole post is a mishmash of thoughts spanning over 3 months lol

i didn't make a bingo card for this year because i didn't have any expectations, but somehow they managed to go inside my brain and pick out all the things i didn't even know i wanted,,, safe to say i'm very pleased with a lot of the offerings 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

only gonna go through the shows i plan on watching, in the order they were announced:

1. Dare You to Death

Detective/serial killer/murder mystery plots are my absolute favourite in anything so this really got me excited, the plot and vibes are kinda giving manner of death. i'm not sure i'm buying joongdunk in these roles, dunk especially looks like he's playing dress up 😭 jd have good chemistry (duh), the plot sounds good, i trust the director, and i like a lot of the supporting cast !!!! lots of good things about this show, so i'll probably binge this after, or watch it live if i'm not busy

2. Head 2 Head

I'M SEATED ‼️‼️ i love seakeen, the trailer started off reminding me of bad buddy (slay), and then the premonition thingies was also an interesting twist. keen is as charming as ever, sea seems a lil more comfortable in front of the camera which is great, and i'm absolutely loving the dynamic between them <33 also surfjava side cp second chance romance flavours 🤌🤌 MADE FOR MEE and the ending scene in the trailer ABSOLUTELY sold me, especially the last shot on keen <33 sidenote: the flash-forwards (?) of them at age 30 made me giggle a little, it's the opposite of what shows usually do where now we're getting 19 year olds playing 30 year olds 😭😭

3. Burnout Syndrome

never been able to get into offgun, but dew is an interesting surprise in this!! like literally the LAST thing on my bingo card would be dew in a bl 😭 i won't be watching, but i wanted to include it anyway because i will be vicariously living through the tumblr gifs for dewgun crumbs 👀 ALSO february mars here to say that the song in the trailer is an absolute BANGER, i've had it on repeat for weeks now 😭

4. Only Friends: Dream On

only friends season 2???? the scream i scrumpt when i realised what was going on 😭😭 while i had problems with s1, it's a fun mindless watch if you don't think too hard about it (+ one of the only chances we get where everyone makes out with each other, fuck u fixed pairs) always wanted to see ohm in a show like this too 😌😌 i already know the fandom wars are gonna be crazy once this airs, so i plan on blacklisting all the tags on every platform and just enjoying the mess by myself 😊 also after i got over the initial confusion, i rlly liked the concept of the trailer !! february mars here, i was looking through some old posts, and the way i've been manifesting/clowning/joking about ohm being in only friends s2 literally since before only friends s1 even aired??? literally MADE for me 😌 only thing i'm less than pleased about is ohm being in a fixed pair, but it's okay we'll deal 🤝

5. That Summer

winnysatang leads at last !! i'll be honest the first half of the trailer was kinda eh for me but it picked up towards the end and looks like it could be rlly good!!! heavy on the tropes but i love that if they can pull it off :)) i also find that satang's a stronger actor than winny, so hopefully they can do some workshopping etc before filming AND MONDRYU I WAS GAGGED 😭😭 was not expecting that at all, the side cp has me sooo 👀 will be sat for them 😌

6. My Romance Scammer

NOT OHM THITIWAT WITH ANOTHER FLUKE LMAOO 😂 i randomly started watching my ride a couple days ago [december mars here to say i forgot to finish it 👁️👁️][january mars here to say that i picked it up again 👁️👁️], and i didn't even know fluke jeeratch was under gmmtv now so u can imagine my surprise when he showed up 😂 he's a total cutie, and the plot of this looks rlly fun and silly !!! i like junior and mark individually but i don't rlly have any feelings towards them as a pairing, also i have a terrible 2/2 dnf rate with both the ohm thitiwat series i've tried to watch before which is. yeah. hopefully this can break the curse lol because it does seem quite fun and typical gmmtv (which i love) february mars here again to say that my ride has been dropped again because i just can't get invested in the guy that's opposite fluke. Unfortunately i realise i've had the same issue before with ohm thitiwat (him being the guy i can't get behind), soooo i'm just rlly rlly hoping that doesn't happen here because fluke jeeratch is a whole cutie and i rlly wanna watch a show of his.

7. Melody of Secrets

this looks rlly good!! i've never been able to get into a forcebook show before, but i'm rlly liking the spooky vibes of the trailer, and force especially is selling his role so well. the plot looks different and i'm very excited for this!! will definitely try to watch when it's airing <3 also boun's in this !!!! and ployphach and jan !!! love the supporting cast sm

8. Love You Teacher

seen lots of people not pleased with the plot of this but honestly i'm not worried??? (on the contrary, i'm v excited for it) perth's character obviously isn't in love with a child, etc etc (not gonna get into the discourse because who cares lol) I'm genuinely SO excited for this one, probably my most anticipated after wu and ticket to heaven. I love established relationship trope and we don't see it nearly enough in bls. There's just something about perth on screen that's always so damn magnetic for me, and while i was kinda eh on perthsanta for p10l, i'm definitely warming up to him more in this pilot trailer specifically because it just looks rlly good. because their chemistry here??? FUCKING ELECTRIC GODDAMNNNN, they sell the established relationship SO well. i wanna give perthsanta a try in something that isn't affiliated with p'new 🫶🫶 (still have so much beef with that man because of between us :/) the plot looks so interesting and unique (especially for gmmtv), and i'm so excited to see where they're gonna go with it 🥹🥹 this is february mars rewatching the trailer and i'm just SOOO excited about it AHHHHHH 😭😭😭

9. Mu-Te-Luv

i do like anthology shows and after the initial confusion over why half of GMMTV was in this one trailer, some of these stories do look fun!! gonna tune into the ohmleng, seakeen, skyprim, neoyachtlegofluke and premparnnani ones, mostly for the casts lol also i haven't yelled about it much but prem is one of my og faves and nani is my newest fav so i'm very excited to see them working together :)) also sky and ohm in comedy again yayy, and seakeen booked and BUSY i love that for them 😌😌 this one's gonna be a fun one, and i love the shorter runtime for each substory, we don't get a lot of shows like this with gmmtv artists, i may watch this while it airs

10. Cat for Cash

the cat voices were so unserious i can't 😂 seems like a cute lowkey show, unfortunately i do not have any particular affection towards cats (although i do towards firstkhao), but satang in an antagonist-but-not-rlly role is also very fun !! i liked the editing and the over-the-top sound effects in the trailer, it works with the vibe, so i might binge it once it's over

11. Boys in Love

so this is where all of khun ice's boys went 😭😭 gmmtv will never stop trying to recreate msp's magic, and honestly i'm not opposed, this looks really cute??? definitely refreshing with all the heavier series this time around. chokunaston have my heart already and tbh all the pairings seem like a good fit, although i'm not particularly convinced by mick and luke's acting yet 😂 ALSO A MOMENT FOR PODDPAPANG MY KINGS 😭😭 solo series next pretty pls gmmtv 🥺🥺🙏🙏🙏 everything up til now was my thoughts on the trailer the day after it aired, but now that i've given it a bit more time, i'm actually a lot more excited for it??? it looks fun and silly and v cute, the fresh cast is exciting, i'm here for it <33

12. Me and Thee

PONDPHUWIN ROMCOM, THEY DID THIS FOR MEEEEEEE!!!!! i loved them a lot in futs, and pondphuwin's my comfort cp, i don't actively follow them or keep up to date with every single thing they're doing, but i absolute love their working relationship, if that makes sense???? imo they just work well together on screen and have great chemistry, i've rlly enjoyed all their series so far 🫶 anyway back to me and thee, the pilot trailer was SO unserious it had me HOOKED, at the start i was intrigued because pond lol, but then as it went on, i loved the vibes, "soap opera-loving mafia" is crazyy loll, the ending of the trailer was SO funny and pond's bit on stage afterwards was A++++ ensemble shows just don't rlly hit for me so i'm glad to see them in their own show again <3 I'm very excited for this, expecting it to be silly and fun and sincere, WILL be seated 💯

13. Wu

"ooh it's nani" 👀 (trying not to get my hopes up)" "wait i know that voice" *pans up to show sky's face* *i proceed to fall off my chair and hit my head on my fan then lie on the ground for 5 minutes contemplating everything that led up to this moment in my life* ^^ that is the real play-by-play of what went down in the lamonnaie household when the trailer started playing 😭 Genuinely was not expecting this at all (and GMMTV wasn't either, given that they literally filmed this 6 days before the announcement LMAO), but i'm so glad we got it 🥹🥹 also very glad that it's gonna air in 2026 so they'll have plenty of time to work on the script etc, i know skynani will slay so i will be seated for whenever it comes out :D

14. Memoir of Rati

i missed the trailer during the live because i was going insane over Wu, but this is another banger 💯💯 greatinn are definitely a great pick for this show, aye and aouboom in this as well, absolutely banging cast ahhh love the overall vibes of the trailer and the 2 pairs of forbidden lovers is so 🤌🤌 that being said, idk if period dramas are for me, i think i'll wait til the official trailer to decide if i'll watch

15. Ticket to Heaven

taking heavy breaths right now,,, literally felt like i couldn't breathe the whole time i was watching the trailer the first time around, and now that i'm rewatching, it still feels like that 😭 this genuinely looks so so good, geminifourth and p'aof, THE combo i've been waiting for since msp !! i'm so excited to see gem4th in a more mature role again, heartliming are still my favourite g4 characters and they're some of my fav characters of all time. Geminifourth are going to do so so well in tth, and this trailer was just MINDBLOWING. you're telling me this is just the pilot trailer and it's already SO good???? this is gonna be series of the year fr, and i'm not just saying it because i'm excited for it <33 also the start of the trailer and vibes made me realise that i need a skam o helga natt-esque scene in ticket to heaven 😩🤌🤌actually the skam france church scene hit even harder for me, so i'd love for tth to deliver something like that 😌😌 don't think it even needs to be said but i will absolutely be SAT for this, it's going to hurt so so much and i will cry, but i'm just so excited for it <3

i finally managed to finish this lol, so many shows to look forward to <33 gmmtv 2025 delivered in terms of plot, casts, everything, truly riding the wave and giving the people what they want 😌

[gunsatthaphan]

#I have a feeling that this is event might be the worst one so far lol - i agree. the spoilers we’ve gotten have made me - if anything less excited for the event. maybe it’s because i’m attached to a lot of the older established ships and i’d rather have gmmtv focus on them, but all of the (rather obvious) new cps, that will be introduced, made me go 😬.

i genuinely do not understand why they keep introducing new pairs IF none of their established pairs are planning to end their partnership. the success of their bls has been lacking lately because they keep going for the same stories over and over again (a lot of them only end up being successful because they put their most popular couples in those bls i.e. ppw or g4) and introducing new ships isn’t as easy as it used to be simply because the bl market, while still being a niche genre, has been so “oversaturated” so people can pick and choose. so we’ll see how this will go

i do hope for at least two or three gls tho because the girls deserve all the love

yeah we barely got any spoilers to begin with so either they're gatekeeping extra hard this year and are managing to hide some huge surprises or it's just gonna be boring as hell lmao.

I disagree about the ships, I do like the OG pairs but I'm definitely also an advocate for new ships lol. Not sure which are the "obvious" ones you're talking about, probably PP and AC, but I'm actually intrigued by those lol. And I don't think debuting new ships should mean the old ones should disband as long as they are comfortable, get solo works as well and the cp merch still sells which is the case for most.

But anyway yes, the BLs this year have not been good due to the fact that they keep relying on the ships rather than the stories which is sad in so many ways. They know that fans will suck everything up as long as it's a popular pair which is technically nothing new but it's still frustrating to see. Especially since I cannot comprehend what ppl even see in most of those ships lmao rip. I miss the times where they actually tried to stand out with their BLs. They're feeling too secure and the quality suffers.

All of their effort seems to be going into the bromance genre lately which is um. interesting lol. Both Peaceful Property and Highschool Frenemy, as well as their older non-bl hits are excellent productions and are popular despite not having any canonic romance and instead implications that are left to the viewer's imagination etc. And especially after the success of HSF I'm expecting more shows to follow that lead.

GLs are on the rise which is good so I'm expecting more to come. 23.5 was mid and Pluto has been amazing so it's a 50/50 situation rn lol. I have high hopes for "Us" as well though so hopefully at least gmmtv are shortening or skipping the high school romance phase for their GLs which the BL world still can't seem to shake even after 8 years lmao.

I'll keep an open mind for the event, if those 2 new pairs are actually happening then I would be excited, plus the newly fixed pairs with only 1 show (MilkLove, SeaKeen, GreatInn) will surely get new works, plus I would like to see more solo works for the other fixed pairs, not to mention more diverse genres lol ✌🏻

xxx

[waitmyturtles]

Last Twilight, episode 1: reflections

TW: suicide

ALLLLLLLLRIGHT! Aof Noppharnach began our year with Moonlight Chicken; interjected it with Our Skyy 2 x Bad Buddy x A Tale of Thousand Stars, and bookends it with Last Twilight. I've got my cha yen ready (not too sweet), here we go, Last Twilight, episode 1.

Some quick notes on random stuff first, then themes I'm picking up on:

1) Yes, we had to have Doc Jimmy start a new series with a new fight, huh (and always in these bowling shirt/jackets, too)

2) Ajahn Pichai with the gold chain, sheeeet! (Listen. It's my OGMMTVC Bad Buddy Meta Month. Just about everyone working on this show on the screenwriting and directing team are BBS alums. The comparisons will be unavoidable!)

3) Why do I know Sea Tawinan? It’s not because I watched Vice Versa (I stayed away), but because he was great in a small role in 55:15 Never Too Late, AND, more importantly, homeboy wore an off-shoulder Fendi sweater WITH a blazer (CLAP EMOJIS) to some GMMTV event, which warmed my couture cockles. Much respect for the taste! (Poor @lurkingshan has had to literally hear about my fashion obsession with this get-up MULTIPLE TIMES, sorry Shan, palms together!)

4) Of the few episodes of Midnight Museum and UMG that I watched earlier this year, I was not impressed with Namtan Tipnaree, but I appreciate that she's starting off quite strong and moodily here. (Also, UMG's script did literally no human being any justice.)

@twig-tea has gathered the ragged and burnt out (oh, is that just me, lmao) Ephemerality Squad from the Only Friends meta circle to join them in a Last Twilight Liminality.... what should we call ourselves, the Liminality League? The Liminality Legion? Someone choose! Anyway, I am super down, and ready to start chewing on some themes. Twig captured the big theme of liminality, of time purgatory, and I totally agree with what you've gotten down in your post, Twig.

In the preview episode for this series, Before Last Twilight, we learn that Day has 180 days -- six months -- of vision left. At the same time, Mhok has 180 days -- six months -- to earn enough money to buy back his late sister's car.

In addition to liminality/time purgatory (this is only my coinage, btw, a way in which I can understand the moment in life this show is capturing), we clearly have a theme of cars and movement. Mhok is a mechanic. He wants to keep his late sister's car. The Bimmer that Night is driving is Day's car. Mhok has to get Day home on the back of a motorcycle as Night had to drive away while Day was wandering in the middle of the road. A car can move backwards only very temporarily, and will HAVE to move forwards at any point in time in order to get to another location (..... unless you're a driver from New Jersey, ayooo!). The car belonging to the late Rung is very much in purgatory at the moment.

We have a theme of sibling rivalry between Day and Night. Day was the success of the family, knows it, and hangs it over Night's head. And we have a theme of opposites. Day, Night, blind, seeing. I can play badminton, I cannot play badminton.

(BY THE WAY! We know we'll be reading more into badminton, AND in the rivalry of Day and Night, AND in the rivalry of Sea and Mark in this series, yes? Mark Pakin and Sea Tawinan are both national-level Thai badminton players who chose acting as their careers. They're facing off in some GMMTV BL sports tournament at the end of the year. I hope it's slightly aggressive! In Before Last Twilight, Sea actually made reference to his rivalry with Mark. Ooooh, TESTY!)

While I'm watching closely the tension between Day and Night, I'm also watching for the stress and pressure that caring for Day will put on Mhok, as well as Night and his and Day's mother. As many of us are watching Last Twilight very closely for accuracy and authenticity in reflecting the experience of a disabled person in an unaccommodating environment; I'm also looking to this show to hopefully capture stories of caregiver stress, which is an incredibly real and important phenomenon (relevant articles here and here).

As I always, always harken to in my posts: behavioral change is very real, and very difficult -- especially when behavioral change is forced upon an individual AND/OR a group, all of which contain very different emotional constructions. Day and Night's forced behavioral change, based on Day's vision condition, has very naturally and automatically caused stress in the group dynamic of Day's family system, as we saw in the outburst in Day's car. I wonder how Mhok will deal with that stress, and how he'll manage his own stress vis à vis caring for Day.

Last theme for now, and then some concluding thoughts. Mhok's emotional distance from his sister's suicide. He can't bring himself to connect with it directly.

I'm eating this up. It's certainly Mhok's way of grieving at the moment. He's also talking with his ex-girlfriend in both of these scenes. There's emotional space between him and Rung, between him and Porjai. And certainly there's simmering and unresolved anger as well -- honestly, the whole emotional circle. But Mhok, at this point, is not toeing the line of getting close to those emotions, and is engaging with the memory of his sister with distance, which is bound to be addressed vis à vis his connection with Day.

There's a lot of anger, a lot of regret, a lot of avoidance, a lot of dancing around the honest truth. Mhok and Day are likely conduits of emotional openness and steadiness to each other; we will see how it plays out.

What do I think of JimmySea? I'm not you're average Wai hater -- I really liked Jimmy as Wai in Bad Buddy. Because I didn't watch Vice Versa, I honestly don't know what I think about him in a lead role. So I am going in REAL fresh, knowing nothing about JimmySea's chemistry, and I like what I'm seeing so far, particularly with Jimmy's emotional control. I appreciate having seen a bit of the work they did together in Before Last Twilight to get to this series premiere.

Aof has done this before: he's recognized potential in pairings (specifically in Dark Blue Kiss with TayNew and Still 2gether with BrightWin) to come up with fabulous shows. So I have trust that he knows what he's doing with JimmySea. Let's see. I really like this so far, but Only Friends did indeed burn me out to a crisp, so I'm allowing myself the slightest touch of hesitancy as I get into a new and big GMMTV show.

[fourthofgemini]

I’m back at catching up with gmmtv series for a while now, been watching LT, CC and CM.

I was kind of disappointed with VV last time despite the cinematic universe but these days, the chemistry and performance of jimmysea is improving substantially; it must also be something to do with p’aof’s storytelling of real life people. I can’t even rewatch VV without cringing. The lowkey couple is getting well-deserved recognition, love and support, so I’m really glad and grateful for them for coming this far!

Somehow, no matter how much we are paying more attention to new actors, we can never disregard the power of veterans, offgun and taynew. It’s like they are on another level in acting. Warm and fuzzy feelings, giggles and squeals, punching air and screaming, all is there!

Funnily enough, on the rewatch of VV ep2, I started marathoning FUTS for second time, although I dislike pond’s character and plot (I could bear to some extent as NLMG palm is saving mork’s face), neo and phuwin won me over. What’s more, mix’s presence gave me comfort and peace (unlike MLC sexy wen). Still, I’m looking forward to seeing WA, pondphuwin, winnysatang and more.

I must confess, I still daren’t watch OF as the images I had previously on the casts weren’t that strong; forcebook ECTé and TBATB (paused on ep 9) were fluffy, firstkhaotung TE were highschoolers, neomark; their previous work were as comedic roles (excluding night from LT). I don’t want to pick the series without finishing their previous works so I’ll be taking my sweet time (or else, I would be unable to unsee their characters from OF).

Don’t get me started with MSP! Still streaming the playlist till today! Hopefully MLMU isn’t going through the same way as CM otherwise I would kms… speaking of adaptation, OL is also one of those shows I’m excited about; I’m curious how earthmix will play the roles.

Enough with bl, gmmtv, it’s time for gl, our girls, milklove! I hope 23.5 doesn’t mean that it would take 23.5 years to air the show (an exaggeration of how much I have been yielding for them!!!) I expect Pluto would broadcast at the end of 2024 (I’m willing to wait namtanfilm as long as the show is beautifully written and created.)

P.S. I tended to drop DR by perthchimon on ep 9, which is like a curse for me, although I love them as individuals but couldn’t continue watching it as the plot is way too awkward and messed up. I have no idea why they flipped the narratives completely. Maybe I should have seen it till the end to find out??? Anyway… that’s it for now.

[italianpersonwithashippersheart]

Thai QL Favorites Tag game

Got tagged by @plantsarepeopletoo

Favorite Thai QL: I would have to say Until We Meet Again. Simply because it was my first BL (Disclaimer: I don't actually remember if I watched Love By Chance first or UWMA first, either way they were close together and I had both options at the same time, I think I started with UWMA) and I fell in love with it so hard. I still rewatch it all the time. I know it has some issues but it is unquestionably why I fell for BL.

Favorite Pairing: Now first I want to start with: I do not like real life shipping and I think pair branding can be amazing only if done responsably and with minimal or no fanservice. That said I do find it quite amazing that I can just enjoy the same pair of actors acting together in different shows. I think the true test of pairing is if they manage to not get typecasted, at least for me. That means that I think OffGun is best BL pairing. FirstKhao is a close second but I have not seen them in enough roles together yet. [Side note: I love OffGun, but if they don't give me even a temporary non endgame relationship between Gun and Sing in a BL soon I will fucking riot]

Most underrated actor: I am not sure, I don't know which metric to pick one for this category. Underrated by who? The people in charge that never give them main roles? The fans? Because apart from the people I follow I don't really see what fans think. So I am not really sure how to pick someone.

Favorite Character: This one is hard, but I would have to say Amagi from Takara-kun to Amagi-kun. I love characters where the happiest person on the cast is allowed to both be actually a happy kind person and be extremely sad and insecure. And I think this show does it really well.

Favorite Side Character: Todd from Not Me. He is my poor little mew mew ok. I liked Vegas fine but I never went super crazy gaga over him. But Todd. Todd was my Vegas. We were robbed!!! Robbed I TELL YOU!!!! I will never forgive them for not giving me ToddBlack!!! NEVER!!!

Favorite scene in a QL: Either the rooftop kiss in bad buddy or the scene in UWMA with the friends talking about reincarnation and Pharm and Dean "answearing" how it felt to meet again. Or just the official first meet in UWMA.

Favorite line in a QL: My memory is very bad and I do not remember this kind of stuff at all.

Most Anticipated QL (& why): Only Friends for both Jojo reason, and because I love the fact that GMMTV is doing it and mixing up some pairs and being messy and I am so happy we get to see it. Also Shadow the Series because I want to see Fluke Natouch in a darker series and an hopefully darker role, because he deserves it and he can do it and I want the power that be to stop making a sweet innocent character, one of his first roles was super dark, let him play darker meaner roles!!!!!

Healthiest relationship in a QL: PatPran --- This one was hard to pick because I have seen so many BLs and there are now many realationship that I would call healthy. But if I have to go with healtiest overall, I would say PatPran.

Most toxic relationship in a QL: Everything MAME, no contest most toxic ships in the QL sphere. It's worse with them because you can just tell it wasn't intentional.

Guilty pleasure series: I don't think I have one. I guess despite me seeing how toxic they are I do enjoy some (key word some) MAME series and I am a bit ocassionaly put annyoed by it. But that is it.

Most Underrated Series: Again same as above I don't really know which metric to use. Most of the ones I would consider underrated don't really feel like that because a lot of the people I follow also like them. So I am not sure I can judge when a series is underrated.

That's it. Thanks for tagging me <3.

I am going to tag two mutuals that I think haven't done this yet <3 @benkaaoi and @callipigio

[burnoutsyndrometheseries]

I need to see off in a villain role, I mean like a totally insane, loser, pathetic villain. I need it so bad and I need it now!

YESSSSS!!! this is getting me excited bc the bl series' script I'm currently writing with offgun in mind as the leads has sort of off as a villain LOL, well he's also the main character but he's a very bad guy 😏 I'd say though that I want him as a truly powerful crazy hot villain bc him being a pathetic loser villain already happened in girl 2k haha, and also every off role is hella pathetic so I wish he'd just... not for at least one role LMAO

xxx

[scrumptiousstuffs]

How much of the truly unhinged things FK do and say do you think is mostly fanservice? I genuinely can't imagine saying half those things to a person for real. It's not that I think they don't care about each other, but I can't really believe it's that intense without them realizing it, so I have to conclude that it's made that way for fanservice. They have said they read everything we say, so they know what we respond to and what gets retweeted the most. And I know enough about other cps to know some of the fanservicy things they do - pretending to not be able to make something everyone knows they'll be at, saying stuff like "we're just naturally like this", getting "caught" cuddling. It rings less true every time I see it.

The one thing that gives me pause is how much other people tease them after being around them for five minutes. Is it all just one big in-joke? Do other cps have that same thing where their coworkers ship them and is it as universal (I think Tay and New do? I don't know I don't really pay enough attention to other cps, just enough to know most of the common fanservice)? Do other cps say things like FK say to each other? I just don't know.

I guess I just think that fanservice is supposed to be a tacit agreement between fans and cps to buy into an illusion but not take it too far. When you do that, it's fun. But sometimes FK make me want to go full delulu and then I have to slap myself a little.

Anon, I give you permission to go all delulu 😉 (I’m in it and living the best life 😌).

However, delulu aside, I don’t think FK is doing much fanservice.

I mentioned in previous asks they will try and do “extra” or hype up a little bit, usually during fanmeet/concert/events - but you can always tell 😅. They are amazing actors on-screen but off-screen, they are a pair of giggly mess whenever they try to do fanservice - be it delivery pick up lines (most recent examples inc. FK fanmeet and OF fanmeets), where the boys almost immediately break out of character or doing it exaggeratedly👇🏽 (First burst out laughing after Khaotung deliver a pick up line, while you can see Khaotung’s face…)

Or if it is an “act” of fan service (like during LOLfanfest when First stripped off his jacket) he broke out into a cheeky grin (and trying to hold off a giggle), Khao rather than “joining in the act” by I don’t know 🤷🏽‍♀️ caressing those biceps (for example), instead gets flustered and tries to quickly cover up his bestie (of course, First may just be doing it to tease his bestie and trolling us hehe)

No doubt, they are getting better (or should I say, more comfortable) with fan-service, for example, when Khaotung proudly told his bestie a fan was hitting on him (during the Bookfest earlier in 2024), First immediate response was “why are you hitting on my boyfriend?”

But, I stand by what I said in my previous ask, our boys (as a CP) are generally atrocious at fanservice 🙃.

The interactions we see of them now are just how they are -clingy, sticky besties who don’t realise that the things they say and do for each other are actually not the norm for usual best friends behaviour or even usual CPs. We are just seeing it now cause their relationship is “open” once they are officially a CP. But the boys have gone on trips together even back in 2020, do collab of their clothing lines when they were babies in GMMTV and I remember the official FC managers of both boys actually said they know FK are close even pre-CP cause if you find one, you bet you will find the other one close by (also echoed by countless of other actors/actresses who like you say in your asks - tend to tease them mercilessly about it hehe)

This ask explains FK relationship better. And I’m putting a link from a previous ask I answered re: iconic moments in FK fandom, where most of the unhinged stuffs happen unscripted.

We see them basically doing/saying unhinged things way back pre-CP. I’m sure by now, you have hopefully seen countless of other videos or read through other asks stating the same thing (with most of the videos normally captured by their friends/colleagues in gmmtv cause they just don’t realise how out of the ordinary their relationship is).

The boys share everything - from wardrobe, perfumes, accessories to credit cards. I’m sure we also have evidence floating somewhere they just packed everything in one suitcase (at one point) when they had to travel overseas together for a function.

Also, the one thing they can’t fake - is the genuine adoration they have for each other when they stare at each other (usually when the other is not watching). So many photos of these 2 just staring at each other (that fans jokingly labelled it as Thanawhipped and Kanawhipped depending on who is doing the staring). We had interviewers/photographers actually calling out to Khaotung (at one point) to stop staring at First so they could take his pictures 🤣…

Plus, I have always thought the boys as old souls and quite sensitive to emotions (especially if it pertains to each other). Jokes aside regarding the “extra” fanservice during their official fanmeets/concerts - these 2 cannot express how much they meant to each other without breaking down and turn into gooey mess (personally, I just can’t see these as being fake).

But you are absolutely right in saying CP culture, fanservice and the parasocial relationship they have with the fans should be respectful and we need to have boundaries. It’s fun to admire their relationship/friendship (or whatever it is they have - I’m still on queerplatonic team, btw 🫡) - but it shouldn’t be to the point that we cross the line.

As for other CPs, I don’t follow them closely enough to comment. I think each CP have their own take in what they want to show to their fans, but most can function independently without the other and they have friends outside the CP. FK on the other hand…yes, they have friends too but these 2 are codependent to the point they genuinely can’t seem to function 100% without the other person being close by as their support person (like the amount of time Khaotung mentioned First without prompt when he was the special host for GMMTV Live House….🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️and similarly, First will bring up tidbits about Khaotung again unprompted to fans/hosts 🤦🏻‍♀️ (eg the tidbit of him staring at Khaotung face when they woke up together in their shared bed during the Busan trip…🙂‍↕️)

Anyway, I’m going to finish up with this view of Khaotung (cause now I’m imagining this was what First saw that morning in Busan 😭😭😭 - those lucky boys!)

[petekaos]

Omg Rahul the recent episode of bad buddy truly blew me away. I’m so glad we’re finally getting more Pat POV. Definitely my fave character and one reason is cos Ohm’s such a great actor. I feel he’s so underrated. Hopefully he gets more love and recognition after this series. Also, I enjoyed the Pat-Pha-Ink scenes this episode. Hoping we get more with this trio. Hope you have a lovely day ahead :)

hiii nonnie! oh 100% agreed! it's so fun how we can automatically tell that this is pat's pov and how strong the dissonance between both of their povs is. seeing pat's view of things (things i already suspected and have been talking about but it's nice to have them explicitly confirmed) just makes it all the more painful because pat doesn't know pran's side of things and pran's entire shtick of 'we're not friends' and 'stay away from me in public' can be really hurtful. but obviously, because WE know pran's side of things and why he's inclined to say things like that (trauma from losing control over his life because his parents randomly ripped him away from his school and from pat), it's all the more painful for US.

i know everyone's been on the pran train from ep 1 and, you know, same, but pat's character has intrigued me since ep 1 and i think he's my favourite character too! although honestly it's pretty much 50/50 with this show. ohm's acting is brilliant and you can really tell how much he's immersed himself in this story and this character! i do think ohm is fairly popular actually for a gmmtv 00s actor. he's done a lot of bls which obviously gives him some semblance of fame but i do think he and nanon are gonna shoot to fame during and after this series bc gmmtv bls just do better than other gmmtv shows (we don't have to get into how unfair that is and how little they promote women for example bc that's a whole other can of worms). both ohm and nanon are pretty well-established actors with other shows under their belt like he's coming to me and the gifted and they're really bringing that experience to the table here!

pat and pha and ink are such a lovely trio, i really adore them. normally i don't expect any sort of wlw rep or well-written women characters from bls bc these shows are just not about them and i'd rather get my fix of strong women from shows ABOUT women and not just WITH women, but i have the inkling that pha and ink could maybe become a thing. especially considering that p'aof has this reaction channel with his friends who also picked up on some potential and p'aof didn't dispute it, so ... we'll see how that goes. but yeah, the pat-pha-ink dynamic is lovely! i also really like the pat-pran-ink dynamic and the pha-ink dynamic too. they're all so cute!

[feuqueerfire]

Midnight Museum Live Blogging

Last week of classes, have a billion things due, am also deep in the GeminiFourth trenches, but why not start this since it just finished

GMMTV YT

Ep 1 (Apr 5)

1-1

is that Aou? I can differentiate between Aou and Boom's faces but I can never remember whose name is which

pls not the moaning heard through the walls that turns to ? whispering and speaking

first the MM card had an animated map at the back and now someone with a glove picks it up?

1-2

oof rip not the answer he wanted to hear whether Dome remembered him. I saw a tiktok edit that was like what if it's like the Howl's Moving Castle thing, which I also haven't watched but know has to do with time travel

"Khun Dome" "You can drop the Khun" "Yes, Khun Dome"

Namtan :>

I wonder if Dome hears these noises at certain times/proemity to certain things like monsters

oh is this Zone 16?

wtf is that red eyed thing possessing Dome?

(Linguistics) Khathai refers to Dome as Nai - reminds me of Nobitinn using that for 2nd person pronoun with Gun as that in the beginning (My School President)

okay it's a bit scary, hopefully I won't get nightmares but it's certainly more supernaturally scary than the thrillers/horrors I've been watching recently, so maybe I'll be afraid rip

1-3

ooh ghosty little typewriter writing a story

pfft please the way the bride in the red dress ran away with Khatha T.T

oh, Lee

1-4

oh, the bride is Namtan's character?

Lee's character was also trapped in being the writer and reveling in the bride's pain? and he just faded away when the typewriter was stopped?

oooh June didn't know either that she was the bride, she just liked the dress and story. so I guess it's not just haunted items that find their way to the museum but without knowing, haunted people do too

also all this commotion seems to be unusual for the museum; Dome's doing?

I thought Khatha was gonna be more capable than he is thus far ngl he keeps getting captured or knocked out lol

That was pretty fun, even if the storytelling is erratic and chaotic so far. Also, very fun that the cameos are credited in the end (Lee and Aou for this ep) as well as Episode Title: The Bride In The Red Wedding Dress

Also, it's my first time watching something with Tor and Khatha looked really good with that gum... Also, I'm guessing he's centuries years old?

Ep 2 (Apr 5)

2-1

the blade cursed with animal sacrifice - Mike's the one who grabbed it right?

lmfao them carrying the corpse skeleton in a bridal carry

Winny wasn't there with them until now right?

ooh non-Petch twin beat up the snake and its blood soaked the dagger

lol I saw the unhinging-jaw monster twins on a tiktok

2-2

ew I do not want Foei and Piploy

Winny with a knife to the skull

snake monsters and frog monsters

2-3

What does Jib mean that Dome is different... was he not a good person before? Can't he remember?

2-4

lol Khatha and Dome moments just... gay

It (Winny) just taking a chunk out of one of the twins

sudden black eyes and commanding monsters from Dome

the healing properties of being in the museum for Khatha

oh there's some after-credits scene with the gathering of corpses and artifacts

Cameos: Mike, Winny, AJ, JJ

Title: The Poisonous-Animal Dagger

Ep 3 (Apr 5)

3-1

Khatha has lived for so long and has also come back from death

not these stalker photos

oh, so Khatha really did die for Dome right then? and came back again?

ah, so Khaha thinks we're dealing with reincarnation

oh the artifacts are gone?

lol this moth

oh, the moth infects Bright's character

Khatha has an immortality curse

Moths of memory kinda cool - so if it bites you, you get previous host's memories and if you eat it, you get previous host's memories

I kinda wish I hadn't seen those tiktoks of Midnight Museum cuz it was just all Bright being a stalker and breaking-and-entering lol - wonder what it would've been like if I hadn't known

lol unblurred knife - almost was like oh? but that's in fact Korean censoring

oof she still keeps polaroids

I was kinda hoping he'd already stab Zen

oh she does see him

3-2

oh moth blood gives him memories of their relationship

lol oh yeah I saw this clip of him looking so around (I thought he was jerking off) but so fun, I hadn't realized it came from moth blood

yaas wasn't expecting police criticism here "can't do anything because nothing serious has happened" "does someone have to die first for you people to do your job?"

oh crying Khatha

nooo don't go to his house D:

3-3

D: bro this is a nightmare, her ex is a creep stalker freak and her current bf is scary too

fuck Rin literally had her ex break into her house and be a freak -> get no help from the cops -> was raped by her bf -> is killed by aforementioned freak ex who then gets her memories by eating the moth

oh he bashed Zen's head in with the door

3-4

don't make me watch them be cute he killed her bro

oh his name is Moth?!

nooo resurrected monster Rin? poor girl :(((

oh I hope she kills him, gets her revenge

Zen's death wasn't painful or gruesome enough actually

why was her death so much brutal than his?

why is this Rin's ending idek what to make of it like yeah ig the moths made Moth that way but he still did in fact kill her, so even if he was a good guy before that (...questionable), Rin doesn't deserve to have to spend her afterlife with him

oh gross Bam gonna have to eat the moth

ohhh interesting, Dome has no memory - so maybe he really was a different person before the way Jib said

a missing corpse - oh Jib is fucking still going, the fucker

AouBoom photo? Boom cameo next ep?

oh lmfao Jib has vaporized and this magic ball has reached someone else

Credits: Bright, Pat, Joss

Title: Moths of Memory

I liked this ep when it focused on Moth being a creep and unstable because I think I just like the genre more than the speedy, shallow fantasy they're doing right now. However, I'm so tired of women just being brutalized by their bfs and ex-bfs in shows where that's not a main focus.

The writing is pretty shallow for Dome and Khatha like we're gonna learn more about their history and such but we still barely spend any time on them and I can't even complain because I do like the side stories more but that's a problem, why should the audience care about random small stories more than the main characters? Also, blagh CGI and visuals

Ep 4 (Apr 5)

4-1

AouBoom phone call 3 months before start of the show

oh, Boom's character was fucked from before

wait... Dome??? Boom is Dome? Dome is Boom's character?

Dome really just woke up as someone else?? and Khatha ran into him that day

oh so the people who live there also know that the old Dome was replaced by this new Dome - but what about Jib? How did he not realize?

Khatha and Dome have such gay vibes

who is the kid with the sphere artifact?

oh I saw Pawin in that preview for 1 second

4-2

the hazing here is so interesting, it really is going hard on the kids but also like appealing to girls

damn, did Auto really kill his friend

4-3

I was expecting Khatha to sneak in to get the artifact, not Dome

but I guess Dome is sort of alien or something or a messenger from a god since some galaxy thing was speaking to him

bruh ofc the artifact was picked up by a gloved hand and rolled to Atom and the people Atom killed are also waking up

4-4

the rock resurrected Jay

oh, Atom came to the museum to speak to them? Edit: on reddit on-air, they said he actually said "person inside the building" and they were saying Atom and Jay were actually part of a cult and we're assuming it's this cult

damn, this rock being passed around like a hot potato

Dome locking himself up since the rock is still in him

oh, we see how Khatha and Dome knew each other back in 1182 (Thai year, so probably a fewhundred years earlier in Gregorian)

Cameros: Indy, Java, Pawin, Boom. fun that we got to see 2 rookies, I don't know if I've seen them in other shows or not - okay according to MDL, this is Indy's first show and I'm not watching ABAAB where Indy has a role

Title: The Terrestrial Rock

Ep 5 (Apr 6)

5-1

Fah, hello :) Tu, hello :)

oh dang, Ing's husband's ex-wife is still haunting the apartment

Is Nisa gonna backstab Ing?

okayyy interesting side story

5-2

the piano teacher lady is Nisa right? maybe disguised? she's a menace fr lol

oh that jumpscare with the blanket got me

the husband is so useless and stupid lmfao

why is Nisa giving the magic salt to Ing and getting the family to be closer hmmm will she ruin it all soon? give her poison instead of magic salt? oh something with the neighbours instead?

5-3

lol did he mean to challenge the high priestess or whoever?

lol this auction... Idk how auctions work but these prices and the jumps seem so ??

I feel like Khatha is so bad at this like he kept getting his ass handed to him in fights even though I'd assume he'd be better and now he keeps fumbling repeatedly at the auction like ?? why did you buy that painting for 300M USD dumbass and not listen to Triphob at all

Dome looks like Katha's nong shai?

damn bruh why does priestess want the destruction and darkness

5-4

she's eating raw fish just like that?

oof so Nisa and the piano teacher are related to each other but not the same but are working together

surprise cannibalism

yes kill the father stab stab stab and then fuck each other up

ooh the evil ones are having fun with their protege

wtf where are they flying away? oh... the priestess? she's fucked in the head oh interesting okay so we're getting bit by bit more of the cult they that was mentioned in the end of the last ep

Khatha kneeling in front of Dome and putting the anklet on him - I don't think they're actual brothers but Triphob did say nong shai

ooh Nanon cameo next ep lmfao pls why are all these GMMTV male lead darlings playing such perverts

Cameos: Fah, Tu, Mook (oh, that's the piano teacher), Dao, Aon

Title: Salt

Dome being so meek sometimes is so boring like White was also new to things and not great at pretending to be Black but he was never so bland

Ep 6 (Apr 6)

6-1

Why are we learning about Christian creationism theology rn oof I should've suspected it after people said something about Christianity on the ep 10 on=air thread

oh i see Nanon's character is gonna be weird with the mannequins out of loneliness due to ableism

oh cult recruitment

oh, Antika thinks Dome is God and there's a guy in a cell?? or something who has met God?

oof, Nanon's character's monoloque is

oh, View

6-2

damn not us getting romance between Ton and Anne

bro Khatha and Dome aren't in love? fr?

oof Dome really not telling Khatha about Antika

6-3

Ton's gonna do something to the prostitute? D: omg Anne and Ton gonna take her leg or something?

Ton's lines about not allowing even God to do anything to Anne go so hard though

oh are they gonna try to get June's leg too omg

What's up with Ton's like game-like illusion on his face? What mystical being is he?

6-4

oh, is Ton talking to God when he says "even though I have to hurt your man" about Dome

oh, Ton's an artifact brought to life

oof, Ton became a mannequin again

Cameos: Nanon, View

Title: The Mannequin

Ep 7 (Apr 7)

7-1

oh a different non-Dome character who looks like Gun because "The Creator" likes the mold?

oh, his name's One

oh old Khatha met Dome-like person who was a witch?

7-2

old-Dome was named Chan?

Tay Tawan

I'm so bored, can they hurry up

would they actually kill of both Bam and Triphob in the span of 2 minutes, I doubt it

agh time travel back to the past why is this annoying

7-3

oh? Chan in that grey hoodie like the people in Antika's building - I wonder if that guy who said he'd met God was a follower of this Magician and was indeed talking about Chan

why do they keep stressing phi-nong so bad I'm rolling my eyes

so that's why Khatha has the staff, it's like the branch he used to use

7-4

old Khatha was the dumbest bitch alive and he's not gotten much smarter in the centuries since tbh

oh, this is the flames that Khatha saw in ep 2 or something in his visions

I can hardly feel a thing despite the tragedy and tears because it's due to such braindead stupid actions

Chan had cursed Khatha to immortality

as expected, Bam and Triphob aren't dead

oh, Nanon again? but he's not the mannequin anymore, he's The One?

no after-credits this time

Cameos: Tay Tawan, Guy (lmfao I didn't even recognize him)

Title: The Witch's Game

Ep 8 (Apr 7)

8-1

is that Tay's voice as God?

Eternity cult

December 20, 2012

I don't know these guys, though one of them looks kinda like Sky In Your Heart Mark

oh yeah 2012 end of the world

April 4 2023 calling Dec 21 2012 same guy. but current time in MM is March 2023

8-2

ah he's doing everything to bring this guy back and just witnessing him dying over and over again

yknow what is that gum that Khatha always eats

8-3

has Triphob been body-snatched orsomething

ah parallel universes

8-4

3 universes

bruh's in a mirror now? agh also why does he keep just bashing at the glass, can't he see June look back at him?

as expected, Triphob has been fucked with and he took away Dome's body

Cameos: Junior, Mark - oh yeah so it is Mark and also I think MarkJunior are a side ship in Cherry Magic or whatever

Title: The Payphone

Ep 9 (Apr 7)

9-1

oof missing teens

oh Tu's character isn't as brainwashed

lol Triphob telling Bam to give dating a shot to prove that he's the real Phob

oh so this is the devil and not god?

Bam's not dead lol too little fanfare

oof is miss girl Tu actually dead or will she be resurrected - lol as expected

9-3

oh Antika is Tay's granddaughter

9-4

oh all the children went to the moon? lol

no like what is the demon thing that materializes up every time she plays the piano?

oh, they're trying to bring back Chan but Dome isn't quite Chan

oh no way... Chan's body is actually that dark corpse thing

after-credits Dome's body wakes up

Title: The Hymns from Church

Ep 10 (Apr 7)

10-1

oh is the gum to not smoke?

so did destroying the corpse bring Chan back to life fr?

The One Nanon

10-2

why is there a moon-saving plot

it's just so weird how there's suchhh a romantic undercurrent to Katha and Dome's relationship like it doesn't feel sibling-like or platonic at all but with certain words they keep emphasizing phi-nong like what

whose voice is in the galaxy star thing? sounds like Tay somewhat but idk

oh Dome has taken over Nanon's The One body

10-3

feels like an easy fight to defeat Chan in the end

bro this death scene is so fucking gay

10-4

oh yeah I do feel the "they say we have choices but we actually have no choices" hard

girl 1943?

i don't get what Nanon The One's whole thing was but tbh he's fun so whatever ig

Bam forgot everything?

how tf did Tum go to a diff universe with 3 moons like 2 decades ago okay hold on let me not think about it

Boon Tay Tawan still alive and they're setting up a 2nd season but will it even happen/would I watch it

Title: The Magician's Embodiment

Overall:

I liked the first half with the artifacts and side stories more than the second half where they tried to do too much for a short runtime, not too much budget, and mediocre writing skills. I couldn't make myself care about Khatha or Dome and also it was funny how they kept emphasizing phi-nong with words but so romantic in action. I wish the fantasy and magic and parallel universes and time travel and cult and God and whatever else made more sense together.

Rating: 5.5/10