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My god. Imagine telling your son, your own child, to come take a job where is explicit purpose is to take a bullet for another person, for someone else’s son. Imagine bringing your 18 year old child into this situation where the risk of being shot to death is high. This is so intense.
I have no idea if this is something that Never Let Me Go is interested in dealing with, or if it’s just a hand-wavy thing to set the plot in motion. But my first thought upon hearing Palm say, "hello dad," was, holy fuck, he was recruited by his own father?!
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#never let me go#never let me go ep 1#never let me go spoilers#asianlgbtqdramas#nlmg#nlmg ep 1#nlmg spoilers#phuwin tangsakyuen#thdrama#thai drama#thai bl drama#bl drama#thai bl#gmmtv series#I TRIED#i fucking tried#this is dreadful to colour#i hate it with every fiber in my body#seething about it#get me ouuut
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archer rewatches nlmg: episode 1
father of the year 🤡
no pressure, though, my 18 year old child
i'm sorry but the way his glasses fall after he's shot is comical af
omg hello babygirl helloooooooo! also greetings to your evil father i guess.
you know what? he's actually kind of kenta-coded. and i'm obsessed with that.
oh my gods the bestest boy on earth is here! everyone clap!
i am OBSESSED with the fact that gmm literally never hires native english speakers to play english-speaking roles. i can say with 100% certainty this man's first language isn't english and with a 90% certainty that it's french. i'm sure there aren't any more french-speaking people in thailand than there are english-speaking ones. i think they are just committing to the bit at this point.
i do wonder if there is anyone out there who went into the series blind and thought that nueng and ben were the main couple
WEEWOO WEEWOO FIRST MEETING ALERT (sorry i'm obsessed with the idea of meeting someone for the first time and not knowing how much they will mean to you)
babygirl, you can use the pool whenever you want, don't listen to him <3
*pterodactyl screeches* (that's it, i have nothing coherent to say)
this just in: palm's self-esteem found dead in a ditch. the culprit is still at large, but detectives suspect his father. more at six.
go off!! put that weasel in his place!
maybe palm can't hear nueng threatening him behind the sound of all the kissing noises in his head
he isn't wrong!!
and before you ask, no i won't ask for your opinion and no i don't give a shit how you feel about this. yay, i'm crowned father of the century!
you mean "the greatest director in the world"? that's right.
[episode 2]
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So tomorrow we'll get The Rebound 6, Century of Love 2 AND Meet you at the Blossom 1? Well thank God I have time off work
#july bls will be a full time job frfr#i haven't even watched long beans 1 yet#or that new jgl#and I'm on ep 11 of nlmg
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uhhhhh so.......
ร้านพันดาว [ráan pan daao] (thousand stars shop)
you know, as in
นิทานพันดาว [ní-taan pan daao] (a tale of thousand stars)
?????????
#hi????#has anyone caught that yet??#our skyy 2#os2: nlmg#never let me go#os2: nlmg ep1#airenyah plappert#adrm#i haven't even finished pt 1 of the ep yet at this rate i'll be late to class#i have class in just over two hours and i need to leave in like one hour and 45 mins and i still need to have lunch rip#so far i've made connections to bbs and atots#i wonder if there'll be references/connection to all of the our skyy 2 series
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chopper can do anything he wants tbh i’m watching for him now
#never let me go#nlmg#don't get me wrong im still screaming bc they gave palm a death flag AND a sad love story in one ep.#like i know palmnueng will HURT me.#but at the same time i want to see chopper act out. he deserves to act out.#also bc i think perth would be so good acting his ass off.#perth tanapon#like be the snitch who showed pics of that kiss? do it babygirl im on your side.#try to steal the family business too? yea nueng said he didn't want it anyways.#turn in to that hottie antagonist of the story i will still love you.#'why did you choose 13? don't you know 1+3=4?' okay sTOP.
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Ephemerality Squad Thoughts on OF - a Round-Up
this will be updated periodically! Just needed to get it all in one place for easier referencing
Post Episode 1
Post Ep. 1 thoughts on ephemerality (@waitmyturtles)
Post Episode 2
Thoughts on ephemerality, permanence, YOLO, and photography post Ep. 2 (original by @ranchthoughts, additions on photography by @chickenstrangers and @lurkingshan)
Thoughts on control (@elizabethsebestianhedgehog)
Post Episode 3
Post Ep. 3 thoughts on plum wine, hypocrisy, and the demise of ships (@waitmyturtles)
Where we are headed post Ep. 3 (original by @ranchthoughts, additions on surveillance and voyeurism by @lurkingshan, @waitmyturtles, and @slayerkitty)
Photography and audio/visual in the series as of Ep. 3 (added in a reblog by @ranchthoughts)
Moments of ephemerality/YOLO/permanence in Ep. 3 (original by @ranchthoughts, additions on Yo, voyeurism, and permanence by @lurkingshan , @waitmyturtles, @twig-tea, and @imminentinertia)
Post Ep. 3 thoughts on control, consequences, and shipping (original by @waitmyturtles, addition on the ephemerality of control by @ranchthoughts)
Let's talk about trust and control (original by @slayerkitty, with additions by @lurkingshan and @distant-screaming)
Boston as photographer and voyeur (@lurkingshan)
Visual effects in the MV and BTS footage (original by @slayerkitty, additions on costuming by @distant-screaming)
Post Episode 4
Moments of ephemerality/YOLO/permance/photography/voyeurism/control/hypocrisy/etc. etc. in Ep. 4 (@ranchthoughts)
Thoughts on Sand's "Are you mine? Or just mine tonight?" Arctic Monkeys poster (original by @colourme-feral, addition on the album by @respectthepetty)
Photography and voyeurism as a theme in past Jojo shows (3 Will Be Free, The Warp Effect, NLMG) (@colourme-feral)
Post Ep. 4 thoughts on living in the past, intergenerational trauma, moving towards reckoning withe the past and present, the stigma of labels (original by @waitmyturtles, addition on the lingering stigma of labelling by @ranchthoughts)
Narrative frameworks in Only Friends (ongoing series by @slayerkitty)
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This Week in BL - Things are Very Mixed
May 2023 Wk 1
Being a highly subjective assessment of one tiny corner of the interwebs. Organized by which ones (in each category) I’m enjoying most.
Ongoing Series - Thai
Step By Step (Thai Tues WeTV & Gaga) ep 3 of 10 (MDL still says 12, but Gaga still says 10) - The subs are janky on YT, so you might want to watch this on Gaga. This is such a good show, it just feels so much more authentic to an office environment and first job then anything else I’ve seen in BL. Now that might be because it has western source material, or it might be because it is actually kind of old-fashioned (it’s been years since I worked as an office grunt). While the authenticity may be a little triggering for some, I love how much tension it adds to the leads’ dynamic and the quality of the narrative. I also really love the brothers’ relationship, now that we got to see them on screen together for a bit. Walk of shame was great! Oh look, character development, how novel. This is what Boss & Babe should have been. Not sold on the sides tho it’s nice to see a faen fatal as the main character in a dynamic for a change.
La Pluie (Sat iQIYI) ep 2 of 10 - This one is really grabbing me by the throat. I love the starter concepts, what a fantastic twist on a meet cute not to mention soulmates. I hope we spend more time with the vet and his coworkers, they seem awesome. And another surprise, the guy we think is being set up to be the brother’s love interest is now clearly interested in the wrong brother. I love the trope subversions going on with this show!
Our Skyy 2 (The Eclipse) eps 5-6 - FirstKhao are just ridiculously cute as a couple. Honestly? Aye just seems like he would be a lot of work as a lover. I’m not as wild about the premise of this installment, with the film clips and stuff (as I was of NlMG’s installment). And then, the singing. Oh well, you can’t have everything. I gotta say, First is a great crier, although I don’t think this story warranted his tears. In the end? My feelings on this installment were mixed, the movie storyline didn’t grab me and the birthday storyline seems a touch mean spirited, but I do think it adds substantially to the original Eclipse rather than feeling superfluous or slapdash like many of the other Our Skyys. So I’m going to go with 8/10
Future (Thai Sun YouTube & Gaga) ep 6fin - More of the same (which I like) but I’m glad it ended. Didn’t need to get dragged out. Such drama over nothing. In the end? This is just a soft sweet cotton candy fluff piece about a younger boy who pursues an older boy and then manufactures silly gay drama. Nothing wrong with that. But I don’t think this style of BL really appeals to a very large market share. Will I rewatch it? Sure. Will anyone else? Nope. 7/10 RECOMMENDED WITH RESERVATIONS.
Pastsenger (Thai Weds Gaga) ep 9 of 12 eps - And now the amnesia trope. I’m not a fan. This is such a pulp. At least it ends next week? Groan, no 3 more eps.
A Boss and a Babe (Fri YouTube) ep 10 of 12 - one thing I realize I like about this main couple’s dynamic is that the seme/uke seems earned, where it didn’t in Echante. I don’t have much else to say except it’s crazy when a narrative betrays its characters like this and why to poor ForceBook keep having to deal with it?
The Promise (Thai Weds YT & WeTV) ep 7 of 10 - Honestly, who wears an all white outfit to play around with coffee beans in the countryside? I LOVE the faen fatal, he’s so good, courageous, honest, and morally sound. He even gives his rival fair warning. Nan should totally go out with him. I made awwww noises over the faen fatal! I NEVER do that. I guess Phu was right all along? Nan won’t date a friend. Ultimate friend zone. Well shit. This show. Ouch.
House of Stars (Thai Mon iQIYI) ep 1 of ?? - There seems a slight horror element which I do not like and it’s also confusingly like Melrose Place or something. Everyone is sleeping with, or wants to be sleeping with everyone else. It’s kinda hilarious to watch something where all the actors are supposed to be good actors but it’s a pulp so they just really aren’t. So far my main issue is I can’t keep them all straight in my head (pun intended).
Tin Tam Jai (Tues Gaga) ep 10fin - There is very little I enjoyed about this show. The entirely forgotten side dishes gave us 5 min of excellent high heat and then vanished, but otherwise this show sucked in the wrong way. It’s forgettable and I intend to do just that. 5/10
Ongoing Series - Not Thai
Our Dining Table AKA Bokura no Shokutaku (Japan Thurs Gaga) ep 5 of 10 - The way these two are very quietly yet thoroughly falling in love with each other is executed with such grace and subtlety that only Japan could have handed this out. It’s not even “falling” it’s more like sliding gradually into love.
Love Mate (Korea Thurs Viki) eps 1-2 of 8 - Launched very much openly gay so that’s fun. Also very much bubble too, so no one around them cares. So: Seo is a player jaded older uke (fun character type we don’t see often) and his seme is a romantic if arrogant weirdo. Can you see my hands clapping? Combative trope activation! Absurdity. How fun. Also workplace harassment but hayho that’s BL for ya. (Also a nonBL Kdrama specialty.) ALSO whole office in on seme-stalker’s side? All in all, it’s odd and questionable, but I’m into it. Why am I like this?
Happy Merry Ending (Korea Thurs Gaga) eps 3-4 of 8 - OK I’m not super into the main couple but I love all of the surrounding characters. The overly protective best friend with a crush is giving bad advice but it’s understandable and he’s super hot so I forgive him. And the idol character is a wonderful addition, he is my baby. Also, evil ex is v evil.
Vian the series (Vietnam YT ) - I thought this was gonna be Tiktok only but apparently it’s showing up on YT too. It’s cute! My cat boyfriend (which is more common that it should be) and this seems to be Vietnam’s installment (we got Thailand’s last year). The boy playing the cat is the prettiest human being on the planet. Fight me. No fight him, get scratched. Serious tho. Holy hairballs. Look I don’t really like vertical content but I am watching this for him. Meow, indeed.
The Day I Loved You (Vietnam YouTube) eps 2-3 of ? - BL Express’s first impressions mirror mine. Niks is so flipping cute. Rich kid is so into him, so is bestie. So much gay macho posturing. So much bi fear and het shame. But also it’s killer to get a femme main characters who isn’t being mocked. Dancing trope continues (better than singing together). It is kinda Heartstopper goes Pinoy BL. Honestly, I prefer kids a little drawings to terrible sound effects. This is better than it or we have any right to expect.
Naked Dinner AKA Zenra Meshi (Japan Fri Gaga) ep 4 of 12 - There is a lot I like about this drama, except the weird central conceit of the naked dining. But the romance part is cute, if a tad simplistic.
My Story (Pinoy Sat YouTube) ep 4 of 10 - chukchuk went missing and so did my interest in this show. I’m DNFing this one.
Dancing together, the baby sub-trope of 2023. (The Day I Love You)
It’s Airing But ...
Love Syndrome (Thai Sat WeTV) stopped at ep 2 of 12 - I’m just not into any aspect of it (except Lee Long Shi) - saving to binge if the end is solid.
Venus in the Sky (Sat YouTube) pilot/tester?) 0 of 10 - not entirely sure what’s up with this one distribution-wise, but the pilot was classic university-set pulp. I hope it happens because the leads are cute with good chemsitry and I thought it was fun. However, this pilot holds together as its own little short too.
Stormy Honeymoon (Vietnam) - meh
In Case You Missed It
Actors Bas Suradej (2 Moons etc...) and Copter Panuwat (so much BL) have left Starhunter. So Copter and Kimmon will part ways as an on-screen pair (RIP KimCop). Their upcoming show Boy Never Smiles will still air, but will likely be their last together. (source)
Restart After Come Back Home (highly recommended), Athlete, Capture Lover, Tkumi-kun, His the movie (recommended) and also a bunch of the dark stuff like Forbidden Love and Shortest Distance are all leaving Gagaoolala soon. So watch ‘em while you can. A few are also on Viki, but many will be difficult to get hold of without Gaga.
I finally finished the second season of The Reason Why He Fell in Love with Me (Japan Gaga) and gave it a 4/10. I just don’t like or recommend any of the installments of this franchise, but if I had to pick, it’s season one.
Make a Wish finished at 6 eps. Stars Fluke Natouch (OhmFluke UWMA etc...) & Judo (The Miracle Of Teddy Bear) in medical-fantasy about a doctor who sees ghosts and a deity who resides in a Bodhi tree that earns merits whenever he fulfills a wish. Based on a y-novel by Sammon (Manner of Death, Triage). I will watch it if I get hold of it, but for now... who knows how it went?
Here’s a really interesting podcast ep from 99% Invisible on captions and captioning.
Next Week Looks Like This:
Coming in May 2023:
5/18 - Starstruck (Korea ????) - A boy has had a crush on his childhood friend for a long time. Stars Zuho (Kpop SF9 - noted good egg) opposite rookie actor Kim In Sung (the one with the crush).
5/27 The Luminous Solution (Thai ????) 10 eps - Thana is having trouble at work and in his relationship. He can't seem to catch a break. So he makes a wish to change everything. The wish has a price.
5/27 Takumi-kun Series 6: Nagai Nagai Monogatari no Hajimari no Asa (Japan) - NO ONE ASKED FOR THIS (but that has never stopped Japan before) and no, I have no idea where to get it, why would I ????? (Say it with me everyone: Oh Japan, must you?)
2023 forthcoming BL master post (see comments, some are inaccurate, NOT KEPT UPDATED)
Defining Gut Wrenching from The Promise
Honestly you gotta be so careful who you case as the faen fatal, sometimes he steals everyone’s hearts. I caught a BAD case of second lead syndrome.
THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENTS
Future reviewing itself for us.
Tiny king of the GMMTV cameo. (Our Skyy et al)
Frankly if this weren’t such a bad story, Cher might be one of my favorite BL characters. (Boss & Babe)
(last week)
Current Kpop earworm? BTOB's - Wind & Wish (I don’t consider myself Melody but I make no case for that statement)
#this week in BL#bl news#BL gossip#upcoming BL#new BL#best BL#BL reviews#korean bl#thai bl movie#Japanese BL#live action yaoi#Rakutan Viki#gagaoolala#GMMTV#pinoy bl#BTOB#Vietnamese bl#Starhunter#KimCop#Step By Step#La Pluie#The Eclipse#Future the series#Tin Tam Jai#A Boss and a Babe#Bokura no Shokutaku#Love Mate#Happy Merry Ending#Vian the series#Copter Panuwat
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These 2 should give lessons about "How to Kiss your acting partner for a BL series" to a certain pair of actors from GMM...
I really can't understand why GMM is pushing them so hard as on screen couple...I mean they are GOOD actors and when you watch their scenes you can feel the "bromace", they can interact very well as friends and their interactions flow naturally BUT the romantic scene and esp the kissing scenes 🙈🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ those kisses with tight lips 🙈🤦♀️🤦♀️really "dead fish kiss style" are unbereable...you can feel that esp 1 of them is so uncomfortable in playing those kind of moments and it's ok! Not everybody CAN play a role in BLs BUT you shouldn't do it if it's killin' you inside!! And not camera angle or your partner's efforts can mitigate what the audience can clearly see...The first kiss scene you can think "Oh ok, he is not sure what is goin' on, it's not sure about the other feelings so it can fit that uncertainity kinda of kiss...but in the romantic scene during last ep he did the same...and in NLMG scene with Phuwin was the same tasteless style kiss...It's not about watchin' for the intimate scenes (I liked the plot in the first place when the trailer was dropped) but if romantic moments are shown we, as audience, have the right to say what we think about it (always in a polite way obv) I really hope they won't force him to keep having roles in BL because is really sad to watch...the fact that he himself admitted he said yes to this role because of his co-star...let's see what will happen in the future or in another series with him as part of a main couple...
P.S. For all the people saying "ohhhh! I don't know your definition of bromance but I certainly don't look that way my friends" well I can say that I certainly don't Kiss THAT way a person I am attracted to/in Love with 😉
P.P.S. Series title of the clip: kissxkissxkiss perfect scandal: idol kiss
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Perhaps Never Let Me Go will take a left turn and become My School President 2.0
#never let me go#never let me go the series#nlmg ep 1#gillianthecat liveblogs bl#my school president#gtc on nlmg
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We Are - Ep 1-3
What I liked:
it's such a classic 🤡 Engineering faculty, their clothes, college vibe, engineering students v. art students - classic and nostalgia in one
lots of classic tropes
the characters as students and young people are very natural, the conversations are casual, it is shown how they study, party, work, have a deadlines, have close friendships, their own groups of friends. Actually, I enjoyed scenes from their ordinary lives, not related to romance, just... slice of life. For example, Peem and Q's relationship is 👌
Tan is absolutely DELIGHTFUL. I have never been a big fan of this actor, but as is often the case, all he needed was the right role in which he had a chance to shine. Aou as Tan dominates every scene and is naturally funny. His "oooooiiiiiiiiiiii" makes me smile every time 😁
not only Aou was better in this series, I also like Winny more here than in MSP
I really like Pond and Phuwin, so I'm glad to see them again
What I don't like:
*siiiigh* being someone's "slave" as a motive for revenge… *massages temples*, it's such a stupid, old, tiring and cringe trope and it doesn't fit this series at all, besides, really, it's 2024, let it die already
I really like Pond and Phuwin, and having said that, it drives me crazy for them to have ANOTHER series where AGAIN one of them plays a toxic asshole. And I mean a real asshole, not a charming bad boy. In FUTS Pond played a dick, in NLMG Phuwin played such a character, and now Pond is a dick again. It's true that his Phum apologized at the end of episode 3, so maybe there is a chance for improvement, but I don't know, there is some kind of curse hanging over this pairing. I wholeheartedly wish them a good series and a good script in which both of them are kind, equal and neither of them exploits, gaslights, or even abuses the other and all this under the guise of "love" 😬
(unfavorable hairstyle Pond, come on, neither the color nor the style suits him, and he is such a pretty boy!!)
Anyway, I liked the first 3 episodes, Tan is the best, and I'm very happy to see Phuwin again, whose character I can fully enjoy again, like in FUTS 😚
When he's like this 😍
And when he's pissed 😍
No, seriously, I think he's one of the prettiest and most charismatic actors from BL series :)
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i am gifting you this necklace to put an unbearable weight of responsibility and expectations on your tiny 18 year old shoulders
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one thing that i love about never let me go is... FINALLY a character that plays an instrument other than the guitar
and i also adore that he likes listening to classical music too
#that's something i appreciate about bbs too: pat playing the xylophon!!!! i'm so happy they added that#(and playing the drums which is also not in fact the guitar thank the heavens)#(no offense to my boy pran but i'm just a little bored of this specific instrument in bl)#speaking of pran i mean it IS implied that he listens to classical music too which i love!!!!#unfortunately only that's only in ep 1 though they just seem to drop it after that#soooo i'm really hoping nueng listening to classical music will be a thing throughout the entire series#as someone who grew up listening to the classical music radio station as a kid (and actually enjoying it) i just always really like it#when characters (esp young characters) enjoy classical music too#and with nueng playing the piano it DOES make sense that he enjoys listening to classical music#since it's very likely he would be learning classical pieces on the piano#looking at what kind of family he comes from i highly doubt he'd be learning the piano to play some chords and some pop songs#no that boy is DEFINITELY playing classical pieces on the piano#and so it just makes sense that he'd enjoy listening to classical music in his free time too#airenyah plappert#nlmg#adrm
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23.5 Eps 9 - 12 Live Blogging
well... I started watching an on-air show after a long time (February 2023 Never Let Me Go, I'm not counting Our Skyy 2) and I really just binged the first 8 episodes and fell off lol. Interestingly, I also had to binge the last 4 eps of NLMG because I stopped keeping up weekly after ep 8 (though I did watch eps 4 - 8 on a weekly basis before that).
Anyway, I wasn't feeling a Need to come back to this show because I found the resolution to Ongsa-Earth underwhelming and the reaction I've seen to these last few episodes has also been middling, so hmm idk. I'm also just not in the mood for high school shows right now (I Will Knock You is also on-hold rip), so it feels a bit unfair to this show to watch it when I'm not in the mood but what can you do? I don't want to leave it hanging even after the show ends.
Ep 9: When The Earth Tilts (May 22/23)
9-1
aughhh I really don't know if I should make myself just watch this or not because they're being cute but I just... kinda don't care. I'm indeed in the mood for something more dramatic but I also think I'm just apathetic toward them the way I became toward Akk and Ayan as soon as The Eclipse finished airing and also to Palm and Nueng toward the end of the show (although I loveeee Palm and Nueng now after some time has passed, so maybe that'll be the case here too?)
the introduction of the exchange program
Oh, dad and Ongsa just moved to Bangkok and they're getting to live as a full family, so I guess Alpha and mom lived here before
Aw, Aylin interacting with them and forcing her mouth to do smiles to try to fit in/communicate with human family
I... watched 10 mins the whole day, rip
am I being unnecessarily harsh on this show or does the conversation not seem... natural between Onsga and Sun like it's just a bike riding scene and it should be fine but why am I just like... this isn't how people talk.
at first I was like nooo Ayling shouldn't need to put on makeup to fit in the way she was trying at lunch with Alpha and Ongsa but it's cute if she wants to do it herself before meeting with Luna heh
khun faen hehe
pls not the two pairs competing
9-2
aw, Teacher Nida and Bambam helping an insecure Alpha
9-3
chef Alpha omg
no more P'Ton flirting, we have progressed past the need for P'Ton flirting
Aylin basically pieing his face was so deserved, idc that Ton helped Ongsa and Sun or whatever, he's annoying
oh nooo my poor overwhelmed Aylin
9-4
1 year scholarship to America
and now the guilt of Alpha telling Sun to not leave Ongsa, oh no
is this their first I love you? I can't remember
ahhhh the towel scene + kisses
lol I know how the scene ends because of spoilers but I would've lost my damn mind while waiting if I didn't know lol
I wasn't really into it at the start of this ep but I liked it again by the end!
I didn't mind Luna asking Aylin to socialize more with her family because it's a fairly small step since she already spends time with them and I think it'd be good for Aylin to push herself a bit out of her comfort zone and realize the benefits of maintaining relationships but the stuff at the end was too much, like why must Aylin sit at the table for lunch with a bunch of Luna's friends when she already struggles with people? I hope Luna thinks it through more next ep and apologizes but I'm nervous that that won't be the case based on some fan reactions, though idk if that was to ep 9 or ep 10.
Ep 10: (May 23/24)
10-1
plss Alpha with the knife truly is so funny
ah, Sun's out to her parents + they know Ongsa's her gf but Ongsa didn't know they knew everything
...not keeping secrets
and vaguely hypothetically asking about distance and time
10-2
secrets plaguing Aylin and Sun
oh, Sun's telling Ongsa. and she hasn't even taken the test yet and doesn't know if they'll make it. honestly a pretty good time to get Ongsa, no misunderstandings or really much secrecy yet
10-3
Teacher Bambam and Nida lmfaooo Bambam reading all the tarot cards correctly but not picking up on them being about HER!!
I feel like we've been finally learning more about Sun these past 2 eps through this scholarship and her desire for it
DON'T GIVE UP SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCHANGE PROGRAM AND NEW EXCITING EXPERIENCE FOR THIS RANDOM HIGH SCHOOL RELATIONSHIP
not even TESTING for the scholarship?!?! girl pls
I went to bed and was supposed to watch the last part before going to sleep but I didn't feel like watching Sun out Ongsa (maybe? based on a bit of the Next Part teaser at the end) so I'm here the next morning
10-4
my Aylin !!! :(
but also like... is it that big of a reveal that Aylin was bullied? feels like More should've been said or explored here?
I'm gonna smack Ton
the teachers confession!! hehe
Ongsa's right to tell Sun to pursue her exchange program dreams
okay Sun's outing of Aylin was accidental and I'll give it a pass because she's a teenager who has grown up in a very accepting home and they're all out at school, so she didn't think before mentioning the 3rd wheeling thing
but she should realize that Ongsa's trying to steer the conversation away and back off
instead of confronting Ongsa and outing her in front of her parents and wtf is "so you're never gonna tell them about me?" why is 'never' coming up here? you've barely been dating bruh and haven't discussed anything. like she could've been upset at Ongsa for keeping her a secret without feeling the need to declare it in front of her parents when Ongsa doesn't want to come out
and then just Leaving and riding away on P'Sunny after doing all that?!?!?
I've seen that Ongsa's the one who has to apologize to Sun apparently and I don't want to watch that at all.
Ep 11: (May 24)
11-1
indeed you should've been mad at finding out Ongsa's Earth, would've made more sense than here.
NO MORE TON, ENOUGH
11-2
do I care about Tin and Mawin? I cared more earlier on in the show but now idk
why is there so much Ton, he and Charoen better not end up together like she literally does not like that man
I don't really get the 'you don't understand me at all' thing tbh
11-3
parental acceptance
another series mention of worrying about disappointing the parents
the thing is I just feel like coming out isn't only about "you worry too much about what others think" like that's not the same category as Ongsa not telling anybody about Sun and her dating because Sun's popular while she's not. It has more to do with possible pushback and violence from her own family where she didn't feel safe enough to come out. and i just don't like that coming out and being publicly with a girl is treated as the same thing as 'caring too much about other people'
and like make your home and environment a very explicitly queer-accepting space so that your daughter isn't so afraid of coming out to you and doesn't know what reaction to expect wtf
11-4
losing my entire mind at the Luna/Aylin scene, they're soooo cute, I'm soooo giddy hehehehehehe
Sun's parents at least telling her to not change for the one she loves
and Sun says sorry too
long-distance incoming, i'm guessing we'll get some time skip next ep
So close to the finale, finally
Ongsa sending Sun Hundreds of texts and going to her home at night is why. at least Sun called her out on the texts + acting unhinged publicly about the sun, but why have her go to Sun's house at night while Sun's explicitly ignoring her and knock and text and stuff. at least Alpha was taking her away but still. I'll overlook it (kinda how I still was so into PaiSky in Love In The Sky despite Pai's endless SIMs and calling) but it's been noted.
Ep 12: Promise Me... Sun (May 24)
It's a shame that my feeling is glad that I'm almost done rather than being sad about reaching the end.
12-1
Aylin, I freaking love youuuuuu, cutieeeeeee
12-2
terrible cook Ongsa, so true, same girl
12-3
the merch alien hat
at least we're not getting Ton with Cheroen
12-4
Grade 11... were they in grade 10 before?
the separation being in the literal last part is later than I expected
Aylin putting the Luna love note in her mouth hehehe
Nida/Bambam plssss lmfaoo
no! Ton and Charoen are not in love, leave her aloneeeeeeeeee
Aylin is such a trickster when it comes to getting kisses hehehehehehhe
no more glasses for Ongsa, I saw this on a Tumblr post and was like ?! >:(
reunited
Overall:
GMMTV's first GL and MilkLove's first full GL; I was super excited, especially after having watched MilkLove in Bad Buddy and the Magic of Zero special, which is why I started watching this on-air (thought I'd start it even earlier than ep 8 but didn't because of exams). So it's a shame that I feel so... nothing about the show, especially the main couple; I think Aylin/Luna is my fave ship in here. I think I also just wasn't much in the mood for a silly high school romance series right now, which isn't the show's fault but contributed to why I didn't feel the pull to continue watching the show. When I did watch it, it could get pretty cute though, I giggled/gushed a few times, especially about Luna and Aylin. The teachers' storyline was cute too, though barely there. Aylin was the MVP for sure.
Rating: 6/10
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so nlmg episode one rant
why is his mom SO GORGEOUS? SO CONFIDENT? INTIMIDATING? yet she's so sweet. mrs tanya ily
my boy palm finally making an appearance
making the dynamics pretty clear here
CLASSICAL MUSIC (Ily neung)
my poor baby
mr class president seems like he likes him...hmmm
even his reaction to this was sus
but he's kind and sweet im interested to see if he'll actually be a character of importance or not
the way he's uncomfortable with formalities
urghh the 10 pic limit
im already freaking out on ep 1 jwhaka
#nlmg#never let me go the series#never let me go#nuengdiao kiattrakulmethee#nueng#palm#palm never let me go
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Oh. Oh, dear.
So I'm actually looking in on We Are, and I think I'm just going to have to file this under "not my bag."
I am. Oh. Oh, I'm literally only watching for the Winny and Satang bits, already. Their characters are genuinely the only couple thing I'm actually enjoying? Mn, I'm kind of OK with Ciize's Obligatory Female Side Character, but we only see her for 1.36 minutes per ep, so it certainly would not be enough to keep me watching.
I can see why they went ahead and gave me a scene of Toey making cow eyes at Q while Q guides Toey's hand through shading three minutes into the first ep, because the promise of more of that is, tbqh, the only thing that got me through that interminable, excruciating drinking/drunk sequence that then took up a good third of Ep 1.
I can see why they dangled the drunken lap nap in front of me during the preview for Ep 2 - because it is, again tbqh, the only thing that made me start watching Ep 2 - and I can then see why they saved it for the last six minutes of the ep, to string me along on the promise of finally seeing that scene. (I do appreciate them hitting me with the "Nong" as a reward.)
And I can see why they hit me with the clay tussle in the preview for Ep 3, because quite frankly, it's the only reason I'm getting ready to hit "play" on this ep. Particularly given the way they made it look like Toey is going to be a tiny bit more assertive. Not that I'm not living for watching Satang doing ... what is the Thai equivalent of saijiao, because I'm not entirely sure it's reached the actual level of bratting? Yet? Or maybe it has?
Anyway, I'm not going to get my hopes up that they'll do something with a little bit of depth, character-wise, as we move into an artistic medium that we haven't seen Q work in so far, and where we therefore have the potential to see some leveling of ground, if it's a medium that Toey has more of an affinity for - even if I wish that would happen. I've seen precisely 47 seconds of this show so far that make me think it has any more depth than a puddle after a 30-second rainstorm (YES, Peem, simplicity can be good!), and I frankly have little hope of seeing anything further on that front.
So, here's where I'm at: I have no pre-existing emotional investment in a PondPhuwin pairing because I got irritated at NLMG about one-third of the way in and then fast-forwarded through the rest to watch the Chopper cut. I'm tired of GMMTV trying to hand me (Engineering) bullies and creeps who the narrative wants me to think are a-OK! no, really! - tired enough that I don't even care to spend enough time with the PhumPeem storyline to find out whether Peem full-on Penelopes that painting and has to re-paint it every night or if he just finishes fixing it and then lies about it, saying it's not done, in order to spend more time as Phum's "slave." I'm a tiny bit sad about all that, because I'm finding Peem 1.75x more interesting than what I've seen Phuwin do up until now, but I have zero hope that Peem's going to make Phum actually pay for being the asshole he is. I'm absolutely not the audience for the super-broadly comedic, practically cartoonish, bit they appear to be doing with Aou. And who's this kid .... Pun? - I need him to be at least one-half as stupid as he appears to be if they're going to drag him out in his pajamas, get him shit-faced drunk, and harass him while filming him for posterity - or I need all that to be an actual issue, which I do not trust will happen.
Also, the writing is ... not good. Particularly the supposed banter during friend-group scenes. Maybe it's actually translation's fault, how try-hard it all sounds, but with everything else going on, I'm not going to count on that.
I probably need to wait for a QToey supercut and just watch that, but I can't guarantee that will happen, so I guess I'm going to fast-forward through 8 more eps and hope the bits and pieces of Phum's smug, punchable face that I actually see don't make me throw the remote control at my screen.
#qtoey#winny thanawin#satang kittiphop#we are the series#caveat lector: bring your marshmallows#this post is 95% me flaming the show#we are the series critical
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