#kaoearth

[waitmyturtles]

UM!!!!!!!

[absolutebl]

The promo teasers for Red Peafowl kinda made it look like Max Nattapol might be paired with Earth Katsamonnat, and after Tul Pakorn I dunno how I feel about that. It's not so much the MaxTul ship running aground (though I will miss them together), but rather – if EarthMax were actually to be a pairing – well, it's an unsettlingly new dynamic as Earth's more delicate energy is so different from Tul's. Of course nothing's confirmed till it's confirmed, but... with echoes of the macho-macho feels that MaxTul brought to the screen still sounding, do you think Max and Earth might work, or is my sense of dread not unfounded?

I'm thinking it'd be MaxEarth but

go on

you interest me strangely.

I think MaxEarth might be tons of fun.

They both seasoned and solid actors. They fit the classic yaoi dynamic nicely. Perhaps they will get handed a yaoi adaptation?

You know me, (or maybe you don't, but) I absolutely love seeing a ship busted, if only because it reminds everyone that these are branding choices, not actual relationships.

Can't you just see Earth running after Max peeping Phi with those big big eyes, all pathetic and ready to cry as soon as Max's character is mean to him. And you know he'd be hard gangster mean for some dumb arbitrary reason.

Frankly it's not that far off from KaoEarth and they were lovely together.

[blscene]

Where was Until We Meet Again filmed? 


The flashback beach scenes with KaoEarth were filmed on Nang Rong Beach in Samaesarn, Chon Buri. One of the beaches used in The Eclipse was also shot here.

[liyazaki]

MOR! My beloved. I can always expect the truth from you. Overall thoughts on Between Us? I know the final ep was not your fave but how about the series? What would you want to keep? What would you want to change?

Eboni, my darling- hoo, boy. you're about to get way more than you bargained for, but I got some Thoughts™️ & some Things™️ to say.

disclaimer: Between Us was a sweet, serviceable, inoffensive show. I mostly enjoyed watching it & I loved being back in the UWMA universe, however tangentially.

speaking to the collective “you” here: if you loved the show from start to finish, I'm sincerely happy for you! if it'll lessen your BU fandom experience to read critiques- which is valid & completely understandable- click away. I swear I'm not trying to rain on your parade (or argue with anyone, which I won't be- period).

also, let's check ourselves: this is a show. it's not that serious- it couldn't be less serious, actually. sometimes I just like to go off the analytical deep end...it's a good time for a nerd like me. this is my house (my blog) & I'm just having fun, throwing digital paint around.

with all that out of the way, let's jump into it.

UWMA set an extremely high narrative standard. we knew from scene one the writers weren't messing around. that opening is burned into my memory forever.

from compelling flashbacks, to multiple couples that had something for everyone, to little plot details weaved in from the beginning that only made sense later- they knew exactly what story they were trying to tell & they told it in a big way. it was tightly constructed, cleanly delivered and hit all the right notes for me personally.

UWMA is a tough act to follow. in the end, it felt like Between Us barely tried. to quote an MDL reviewer (before the finale even aired): in with a bang, out with a whimper.

step one of any good story is solid character development. it's what draws us in, making & keeping us emotionally invested. we have to like these characters- and know enough about them- in order to care. that- and a good, solid plot- is what sustains our attention.

in a pretty atypical way, Between Us had serious emotional fan investment long before it had basically any character development (thanks to BounPrem's chemistry, IMO).

Win and Team had roughly 31 minutes of total screentime in UWMA, but you'd have never known it from the fever-pitch fandom support years before its release. we didn't have much real character knowledge or depth to go off of, but many of us came into this show ravenous for more of their story (raises hand).

the show's over now and, disappointingly, I don't feel like I learned much about either Win or Team that I didn't already know. we did see them struggle- Team with his guilt and insecurities; Win with his vague intimacy aversion and self worth issues.

Team and Win had plenty of things between (heh) the two of them to overcome- so what went wrong?

for me, Between Us suffered from a tragic case of barely-scratching-the-surface character development (there was so much there to play with narratively & yet- sigh), paired with serious flaws in the rising action.

every single story in existence uses rising action. to quote Henry of The Closer Look, a media analyst I like: "rising action is basically narrative tension. it's the way the conflict builds as the story goes along."

when a story utilizes rising action effectively, the audience ends up feeling almost elated by the end. it's almost like we actually went on the same journey as the characters, and we now get to bask alongside them in just how far they've come. we want to see characters we care for improve, persevere. overcome, conquer.

when rising action is handled correctly, the plot progression looks something like this.

via Henry's excellent analysis on why TLOU2 divided its fandom so thoroughly

Between Us had tension, it had conflict- but it looked something like this (I'd add way more hills, personally).

"what you're seeing here is an abomination of story structure." hey- Henry said it; not me.

the conflicts went up and down throughout the story. Team internally spirals; Win does something sweet and pulls him out of it. everything seems fine; Win pulls back.

rinse, wash, repeat in an endless cycle, made worse by the fact that they struggled with- and apparently overcame- the same. exact. issues, over and over, the entire time.

conflicts that seemed to be resolved came back exactly as they were, sometimes multiple times in a single episode. by episode 7 or so, it was getting tedious. by the end, I was just bummed.

for me, watching Between Us was going around in circles, hoping we were working towards some actually-important climax that never came. and I wanted to believe we were going somewhere, right up until the bitter beige-on-beige end.

there were no scenes that actually made me hold my breath, ala Bad Buddy’s confession-of-legends on the rooftop. no repeating themes, masterfully culminating in the finale (running up the cape in ITSAY). Between Us left me with an itch for depth and impact that only fan fics can scratch at this point (bless you writers).

yeah, Win and Team ended up together- of course they did. I don't think anyone had any doubts they would eventually. but standing at the finish line, do I care that they ended up together?

I hate to say it, but- not really. they didn't give me enough to make it feel meaningful- like it actually meant something. it just- is. yay? I guess?

this post was brutal enough, but to answer your question about what I'd keep & what I'd change? it's hard to pick when the whole thing just felt like special episodes (filled with lots of cute, sweet moments, to be fair) with an enormous dash of missed opportunity.

all in all, I don't regret watching but it's a universe I'll only be returning to via fan fic fixes- and UWMA, my forever top 3 BL beloved.

[theflagscene]

Hello, sorry to bug you, I'm newer to bl series and saw you mentioned Ohm being protective of Fluke and Earth. Do you have any links you could direct me towards? Thank you

Hi there! I don’t have any links at hand, I would have to find them, but any OhmFluke compilation on YouTube usually has the clips included in them. There were a few interviews back in 2018 that Ohm did on his own without Fluke, where the people asking the questions were very rude and/or homophobic about BLs and him working with openly gay men, especially Fluke. Asking if he was worried that people would think he was gay as well, etc. Ohm is usually pretty laid back and silly but he became very annoyed and terse with them, I’m not sure if anyone has the full interviews uploaded anywhere. He has always been more protective of Fluke than Earth just because he’s worked closer with Fluke, Kao was the one that would field those type of rude questions back in 2018 about Earth. But they both do come to bat for Fluke and Earth, even to this day Kao will cut a homophobe down pretty quickly. Fluke and Earth are openly gay in an industry that can and have been very rough on them. I don’t know if Fluke has any horror stories, if he does, I’ve never heard him talk about them. Earth on the other had such a traumatic time filming Love By Chance that I’m surprised he was willing to work on the second season at all, he was terribly bullied by most (not all) of the other male actors. Most infamously there was a video taken in a hotel room where a few of the actors (Mean, Plan, Perth, Gun and others) where jumping on Earth’s bed and tearing his luggage apart while throwing it on him and calling him names as he cried telling them to stop and how they were hurting him. The only one who’s ever apologized about that publicly (I think) has been Perth, he was only 16/17 at the time and was giving into peer pressure of the older boys, trying to fit in. After the shit show that he was dragged into with Saint and their management teams, he definitely understood how painful homophobia could be and how it could ruin lives, which is where I think he learned the error of his ways with Earth during the LBC press tour.

[yourmoonandstar]

THEY ARE COMPLETE IM CRYING 😭😭😭

[lemonfreshlysqueezed]

The whole thing about ship names is usually that the first name is of the supposed ‘top’. Like I get that a series sometimes implies that one is the bottom of the two, but those are characters like it being DeanPharm. But those are not the actors. Usually the name transfers to the actors like DeanPharm becomes OhmFluke.

I used to find it weird when actors would argue about wanting their name first like, Boun and Prem or Earth and Kao. It’s like they are arguing about not wanting to be the bottom. Like there is nothing wrong with being the bottom or feminine one. Also they are friends or colleagues and why would you argue about who would be top and bottom with a friend/colleague?

I found it weird that a couple like Khaotung and first would be arguing about something like there being a top or a bottom while in The Eclipse they made fun of the whole wifey and bottom thing.

(Aye only started it to get a kiss out of Akk, but when Akk turned it around and said Aye is the wifey, Aye just smiled and said:

“That’s ticklish, I like it when you say something like this.” He does not make it an argument he does not continue he is okay with being called the wifey because there is nothing wrong with it.)

With First and Khaothung arguing about whose name should be first something just acured to me, these actors are just really stubborn and want their name first for the sake of it being first.

[thepancakelady]

dean & pharm ; korn & in | have we met before?

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[keykeylocke]

I started watching UWMA about a week before KinnPorsche ended. I noticed some similarities. Korn's dad wanted him to join the family business (loan shark) just like Kinn's dad even though their sons are sensitive and like music and literature and really don't want to beat up or kill anyone.

Also the actor that play Tawan played Dean's friend Sorn in UWMA. And Kinn's dad plays Dean's dad in UWMA.

[sapphorarelyreads]

LGBTQ+ THAI CELEBRITIES

Part 1

1. Fluke Natouch Siripongthon - Born: 1 June 1996 (age 25 years)

He is famous for his role as Pharm in the Studio Wabi Sabi Series - Until we meet again (The Red Thread - 2019-2020) and Bank in My Bromance. He is an out gay actor. He posts videos on his YouTube channel.

2. Earth Katsamonnat Namwirote also known as Cooheart - He was born on November 1, 1996 and made his acting debut in 2017. He is known for his roles of Tar in Love by Chance (2018), it's sequel A Chance to love(2020) and of Intouch in Until We Meet again (2019-2020) and his latest character Ozone in Studio WabiSabi 7 project episode 1 alongside Santa. He is also an out gay actor.He regularly livestreams Genshin Impact on his YouTube channel

3. Gun Korawit Boonsri - Born: 6 August 1992 (age 29 years). He is known for playing Green in GMMTV series 2gether and Still 2gether. He posts videos on his youtube channel along with his boyfriend Pea.

4. Plustor Pronpiphat Pattanasettanon - He was born on 13 March 1996.

He is well known for his roles in Friendzone(2018-2019) and Friendzone 2 : Dangerous Area(2020-2021) as Stud and as Copper in My Dear Loser: Edge of 17 (2017-2018). He has been in a relationship with his boyfriend Kan for more than a year. This is his YouTube channel

5. Porsche Apiwat Apiwatsayree - Born: August 31, 1975. He is known for playing Bright in Together with me and Together with me: The Next Chapter. He is married to his husband (7 years) Arm. This is his YouTube Channel

6. Both Nattapong Chinsoponsap - Born: February 29, 1988. He is an actor, VJ and a Dentist. He has a YouTube Channel where he makes videos with his boyfriend, Newyear. He is known for his role of Both in Top Secret Together (2021) alongside Newyear.

7. Newyear Kitiwhut Sawutdimilin - Born: January 1, 1995. Newyear is a model/actor/MC/online persona. He is a rookie actor who has received his first role as Pound in I Am Your King The Series (2017) Currently, he owns a cafe in Thailand called Pink Capsule and makes YouTube videos with his long time boyfriend, Both and stars as Newyear in Top Secret Together (2021).

8. Jennie Panhan also known as Watchara Sukchum - Born: 30 October 1986 (age 34 years) is a Thai actress and host. She is known for being a host of several GMMTV shows such as Toey Tiew Thai: The Route, Hungry Sister and Jen Jud God Jig. As an actress, she is known for her support roles in Room Alone 401-410, 3 Will Be Free(Mae) and The Shipper(Yommathut) and 46 days(Pang). She is a trans woman. She posts videos on her youtube channel.

9. Godji Tachakorn Boonlupyanun also known as Tama Godji - Born: September 2, 1985 is a Thai actress, host, and producer. She is known for her role of Finne in Nabi, my stepdarling (2021) and as a producer of School Rangers . She is a trans woman. This is her YouTube Channel

10. Bruce Sirikorn Kananurak - Born: February 2,1993. He is a Thai actor known for his roles as Aey in Lovely Writer The Series (2021) and Lovely Writer Special Episode and Part G in iStoriesG. He has a boyfriend and a YouTube Channel

@absolutebl @jenniepanhan @disaster-j @pink-akuma-watching-in-queer @lesbianpetekao @sarawatine @coldties

Part 2

[rubinrotegwenny]

In: If we die and we're born again, do you think we will find each other?

Korn: Of course. I will keep searching until I find you.

~ Quote from Until we meet again

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Until we meet again was one of the most emotional dramas I've watched. 🥺 Their story was very touching. 🤍

[ilovefinalfantasy7remake]

[b-brightvc]

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[babsi-d]

First meeting

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Following advice?

This is my new side-blog about BL couples & actors, I need to follow more people so that I can find BL Drama related posts on my dash.

Let me know if you are a drama-free blog and only here to vibe and cry for:

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Love yall~