#pondphuwin neolouis

[chicademartinica]

Some episodes ( Never let me go, The eclipse and ATOTS by Jojo, Golf and Aof respectively) of Our skyy 2 were really interesting to me because the actors, the directors and the writing teams really seemed like they were free creatively. Well a bit more than in the original projects. By saying goodbye to their characters things went EXTREMELY META.

PondPhuwin helped writing the Palmnueng letters themselves and the show reflected on the toxic gender roles/ classism in the classic lakorns NLMG was inspired by. Like we love you forefathers but you were kinda trash.

The eclipse was the queer meta fest it always was AND a love letter to cinema. (Brokeback mountain fam ??!!)

Earthmix and Aof doing a lil catharsis from the Moonlight Chicken shoot/divorce era in Our skyy x Lemonade.

[lostarcher17]

Hear me out!! Safe House Season 5 with PondPhuwin, GeminiFourth, JoongDunk, NeoLouis, WinnySatang, MarkFord, and ForceBook, please🥹🥹

[sadtrash-masculine]

as never let me go has been airing i have actually become increasingly more obsessed with fish upon the sky

like ive almost reached the point where i rewatch the show, despite the fact that i just objectively think its not a great show (not bad, just not great).

just. pond and phuwin. and neo and louis.

[talkingbl]

ZeeNunew = MewGulf

Now that I've gotten your attention, let's talk about shipping and people who talk about shipping. This is a long post so, if you don't want to read the whole thing, skip down to the TLDR instead of reading it anyway then complaining about the length.

The problem with BL pairing shippers

Many critiques about shippers are extremely valid. Shippers can get out of hand and do things like bring Gulf porn of him and Mew to his solo event or follow Joong around calling him "baby~~~" b/c that's what he allegedly calls Dunk despite that he clearly doesn't want them to. I've seen shippers beg actors to physically touch, to kiss, to perform unwanted sexual acts on each other, etc. Straight up gross behavior.

Like, when did it become okay to essentially bribe people into fulfilling your fantasies, unprovoked? I could see if they were okay with this (see below), but most of the time stans are doing these things out of nowhere while the actors either refuse or look clearly uncomfortable. At best, it's cringey when shippers cross the line like this, at worst it's criminal.

That said, I personally believe that not all shippers are inherently bad. There are lots of normal shippers who simply like the moments, eat it up, and play along with the actors when it's clear that the actors are okay with it. So, I'm sorry to the non-shippers out there but I just don't care about the normal shippers, I don't think it's wrong, and I'm not gonna call the these types of shippers delulu (but I will bully tf out of the group mentioned above). It's not really my cup of tea to get invested in ships to that level but to each their own.

With that, I think it's a good time to turn to the problem that no one EVER addresses. And that is the problem with non-shippers.

The problem with non-shippers

We all know the non-shipper greatest hits. BL shippers are harmful because:

no ships are real/it's all fanservice and I won't believe otherwise until I see a marriage certificate (unless both actors are conveniently feminine-coded)

all BL actors are straight until proven otherwise, so shipping = bad

all BL actors have girlfriends until proven otherwise!!

shippers are delulu straight women who don't care about gay rights

also, it's none of our business

Also, we need to protect actors from the ~harm to their image!!!

Did I cover everything? Probably not but there's a point here. Not only are every single one of these critiques not necessarily true or coming from a genuine place, but some of them are incredibly harmful??

Like...all BL actors are straight when over 10% of the population under 30 identifies as something other than non-het? And being straight always means you're in a long-term committed relationship with a member of the opposite sex? Are y'all out here seriously saying that only straight women consume BLs and ship actors? In 2022, the year of our lord? Come on now...

The funny point about the het allegations and the whole 'y'all don't care about gay rights' sentiment is that a lot of the time it's coming from actual straight women who don't wanna believe their favorite BL guy might actually like boys. Actually, I have a theory about this...have y'all ever noticed that the more feminine-coded or not conventionally attractive the actor is, the more folx are willing to concede he may be queer? But the more masculine-coded or conventionally attractive the actor is, the more staunch non-shippers are that he's straight? Yeah, I'ma need y'all to unpack that...

And let's talk about the reality of ships. I personally don't believe that any actors are currently dating IRL outside of the confirmed ones. I mean believe what you want to believe (that's what I do) but like...don't be weird about it. What kills me is the lengths the girls* go to to prove their faves are straight/can't be dating. It's just strange to me.

For the 'it's none of our business crew', I agree a bit but like speculating about a celebrity's dating life in a fandom space is something inherent in fan culture. This is a tough topic for me that deserves its own post, but suffice it to say, I think that to some extent, gossip about who is dating who is relatively normal. But it can get out of hand and I don't condone that.

Finally, the biggest problem I see with non-shippers is the absolute cock-gobbling that goes on amongst them. When it comes to these BL actors, all of a sudden the girlies* are ready for war and will "do anything to protect [their faves'] image." Like...this is not only homophobic on so many levels but also he's a grown ass man??? If the shippers are not crossing the line, why do you care?

*girls/girlies is gender neutral here.

Off, Tay, Mew, Zee, Tul, Mile, Max K., are all 30+. New, Gun, Seoham, Singto, Earth P., Earth K., Boun, Fluke N., Apo, etc. are all 25+. Most of the industry is 21+. Gentlemen*, these are GROWN men. They DO NOT need your protection. You don't, on these men's behalf, need to bully people for liking their fanservice or for the mere thought that one of them could be dating a costar. Stop trying to "protect their image" in other ways too. If he's 27 and made rape jokes, that man is GUILTY!!! Get him and your dumb ass justification of his behavior off my timeline!!!

*Gentlemen is gender neutral here.

The only actors y'all need to worry about ~protecting are like... *checks big ass Tumblr post w/all the actors ages* the The Tuxedo boys. That's it. The rest of these hoes* are grown and can take care of themselves.

*hoes is a term of endearment here.

Let's be clear here. I totally get it if shippers are crossing the line (pushing their fantasy in the actor's faces). I don't, however, get it when shippers are just acting in line with what the actors encourage. But this gets into another problem around shipping and that is...

The problem with BL pairings and their agencies

BL pairings go to extreme lengths to promote their ships and encourage delulu behavior. Why? Idk, money bouquets maybe? Luxury clothes? Expensive electronics? Food support? These actors fully understand that part of their job is to sell their ship. They go into these situations knowing what makes money, and most of them don't complain nor do they seem uncomfortable with all the adoration for their ship.

In fact, more often than not, I feel like they weirdly egg it on when they do things like concerts/tours/photoshoots where they sing love songs to each other, pretend to get married, pretend to be trying for a baby (??? wtf mew lmao), and use suggestive language that would lead a logical person to conclude they're dating.

And some don't stop there. Some actors will even do these things outside of clear fanservice contexts, which makes it seem even more plausible. You cannot possibly tell me that if 2 straight people did these sorts of things, people wouldn't rationally conclude that the two are dating... It's just not realistic.

There's also the very real fact that actors who are confirmed to be dating do sometimes use their relationship for financial gain. And I'm not even saying this in a nefarious way. Like Both and Newyear had an entire YouTube channel then turned around and acted in a BL opposite each other. You can't tell me they didn't want to commodify their relationship. Of course, that's not saying that shippers should be able to cross the line. That shit is never acceptable, warranted, or excused. But merely thinking they look cute together or discussing their moments online does not make a person an evil fujo (notice it's never a fudan accusation though 😉, but y'all not ready for that convo).

TLDR

My entire point with this post is that shipping can be bad and should not be tolerated when it is. When it's not bad, non-shippers can stfu w/the annoying ass holier-than-thou bs that often comes from a place of wanting to fuck the actors in question. Plus, of-age actors themselves need to tone it down if they don't want people thinking they're dating. But they also don't deserve to put up with the bullshit from obsessed shippers who probably should be criminally prosecuted for non-consensually bribing them into uncomfortable situations. Everyone just be normal lmao.

[summi171]

My lil prediction for gmmtv 2023?? 👀

• JoongDunk New Series with NeoLouis as side pairing (this is not a prediction at all at this point but would really happen.)

• TayNew comeback series (likely to happen)

• Gun with another pairing (according to his IGs), rumors circling around saying it’s with Tor 🤔 but let’s wait and see.

• PerthChimon pairing (definitely)

• JimmySea another series directed by P’Aof 😱

• AouBoom pairing but not sure they will get main roles or as side pairings?? 🤔

• GL series or more gl pairings as side cps (Gmm recently bought a copyright of gl novel so) MilkLove series coming ?? 👀

• Big stars from another agency like Nune, PunPun, other senior actors joining Gmm this year so more intense series with great plots coming

• Nonkul joining this yr soo he’ll have a bl pair with someone from gmm or maybe another series like 46days ??

• Win’s new series with Baifern (this’s a definite) and another one with Prim??

• Tu not joining this yr but seems like Dew will have his own main series? 🤔

• Krist, Lee, Joss, Luke main roles series as usual.

• Bright will have a Thai-Indian movie with Bella and Indian stars but seems like it’ll be under another production team as we don’t find Bella in line-up list 🤔 and another series of him will be there for sure.

Addition : P’Nuchy will have a project working together with Jittirain 😱 and Hollywood director 😳 but not sure that project is under Gmm or not 😩

My desires : more gl series, BrightWin Comeback 😭FirstKhaothung, ForceBook, I still want PondPhuwin and EarthMix series but it’s a lil less likely to happen as even their series last yr aren’t on air yet ☹️

[bl-bam-beyond]

BL- BOYS' LOVE:

Series: FISH UPON THE SKY & NEVER LET ME GO

PONDPHUWIN were almost NOT A THING. Word is this ship was set sail by director of FUTS.

Apparently NARAVIT LERTRATKOSUM [Nickname: POND] & TRAI NIMTAWAT [Nickname: NEO] were all set to play their roles of Sutthaya (Mork) and Dollawee (Duean)

However probably to continue with their chemistry from CAUSE YOU'RE MY BOY, PHUWIN TANGSAKYUEN was cast as Mork's brother Meen and THANAWIN TEERAPHOSUKARN [Nickname: LOUIS] was cast as Pi.

However the director didn't like the chemistry so PHUWIN audition with POND and it was a hit. So LOUIS & PHUWIN switch roles with PHUWIN taking on the lead role of Pi and Louis taking the role of Meen.

LOUIS & NEO went on their next BL together (THE ECLIPSE)

And POND & PHUWIN are currently doing their second BL Together (NEVER LET ME GO)

[manogirl]

Not saying GMMTV has a formula when making couples, but GMMTV absolutely has a formula when making couples. Hear me out.

Angle boy + soft boy = BL couple extraordinaire.

See above: Joong (angle boy) + Dunk (soft boy), Gemini (soft boy) + Foruth (angle boy), Pond (angle boy) + Phuwin (soft boy)

Khaotung (angle boy) + First (soft boy)

Off (angle boy) + Gun (soft boy)

Tay (angle boy) + New (soft boy)

Earth (angle boy) + Mix (soft boy)

Krist (soft boy) + Singto (angle boy)

Neo (angle boy) + Louis (soft boy) [RIP to this ship, I loved it very much]

Satang (soft boy) + Winny (angle boy)

Controversial? Bright (soft boy) + Win (angle boy)

Do OhmNanon and JimmySea belong on this list? Jimmy is 100% an angle boy. But I don't know if Sea is a soft boy. And Ohm and Nanon I just can't decide. Are they both soft boys? Are they both angle boys? Is Ohm the soft boy and Nanon the angle boy? Or vice versa?

Neo and Mark are obviously OBVIOUSLY an angle boy and a soft boy. I think Au and Boom are an angle boy and a soft boy respectively.

I have spent zero minutes looking at Force and Book so someone tell me what they are.

[lagmmlala]

"You painted this town in colours and that is where I call HOME..!!!"

[aouboomseries]

hiii mint! for the ask game: futs and nlmg (for userpondphuwin) <3

hiii sufa, have some only mildly pondphuwin-centered answers from user pondphuwin

fish upon the sky:

Favourite character: MEEN!!!!! also bestie koh

Funniest character: duean and mork. why is pond literally a comedy actor

Best-looking character: ........ mork. alternatively: james <3 satang with painted nails you were the moment. alternatively alternatively: muang nan i love you green flag gay awakening mix.

3 favourite ships: dueanmeen, morkpi, kohjames (i'll join in on the satangwinny nation delusions, although i really did like the kohbam crumbs)

Least favourite character: all the seniors that bullied pi + the unnecessary shippers

Least favourite ship: morkbam, because it ruined bam's character and made her evil for no reason!!!

Reason why I watch it: the lols, baby pondphuwin chemistry, satangwinny origins, DUEANMEEN SWEETNESS!!

Why I started watching it: started it because my friend recommended it and for more neolouis after finishing the eclipse, dropped it, then decided to finish it for pondphuwin before nlmg started

never let me go:

Favourite character: palm since the beginning, chopper along the way

Funniest character: stealing mel's answer because kit truly served cartoon villain every episode

Best-looking character: ......... palm. do you know how many times i had to rewatch to know what was going on bc i would keep getting distracted by palm existing. too many times. alternatively: KHUN TANYA GIVE ME A CHANCE.

3 favourite ships: palmnueng <3, benchopper no regrets, palmchopper everyone go read jan's @sillsif fics

Least favourite character: chanon :)

Least favourite ship: bennueng

Reason why I watch it: the Drama, the tropes, pondphuwin chemistry, perthchimon chemistry, the cast's acting chops in general, pond shirtless

Why I started watching it: i loveee the bodyguard trope and fucked up power dynamics and the mock trailer was everything to me, i think i also started seriously stanning pond like right before the main trailer came out

[gunsatthaphan]

GMMTV 2023 - ARTIST LINEUP 

Actors:

JimmySea

FirstKhaotung

OffGun

TayNew

EarthMix

OhmNanon

GeminiFourth

BrightWin

NeoLouis

JoongDunk

PondPhuwin

AouBoom

ForceBook

PerthChimon

Fluke P.

Thor T.

Ford (?)

Prom T.

Junior K.

Victor C.

AJ C.

JJ C.

Tor T.

Marc P.

Pawin K.

Nonkul C.

Leo S.

Euro T.

Title K. 

Mike C.

Aun N.

Papang P.

Foei P.

Guy S.

Kay L.

Mark P.

Mark J.

Dew J.

Joss W.

Na T.

Java (?)

Indy T.

Ohm T.

Pentor J.

Lee T.

Luke P.

Pod S.

Sing H.

Nani H.

Krist P.

Drake L.

Great S.

Winny T.

Pepper P.

Arm W.

Dome J.

Joon (?)

Actresses: 

MilkLove

Prim C.

Pat C.

Mild L.

Bimbeam P.

Kapook P.

Mook W.

Lookjun B.

Jan P.

Aye S.

View B.

Punpun S.

Earn P.

Ployphach P.

June W.

Jamie J.

Jennie P.

Emma (?)

Namtan T.

Film R.

Prigkhing S.

Jaoying K.

Fah Y.

Neen S.

Piploy K.

Natcha (?)

Baifern P.

[petrichoraline]

pls you need to watch it even tho is cringe BUT IT's SO FUNNY

i dropped it on ep.1 a few months back 😭 okay i think im gonna give it a chance once nlmg is done airing, experience earlier pondphuwin firsthand 😂 neolouis and mix are also a pretty good reason to try again

[jojotichakorn]

(via @ddreamzee)

initially, when fish upon the sky was in the works, winny was supposed to play pi opposite pond's character mork. meanwhile, phuwin was supposed to be playing meen opposite neo trai's duean (as gmmtv was thinking of setting them up as a couple after the series "cause you're my boy", where they also starred together).

now, according to phuwin and pond, the chemistry between pond and winny wasn't really chemistrying, and then phuwin stepped in and was like "hey :) what if i try :)". and their chemistry ended up being so good that gmmtv literally reshuffled the whole cast to make pondphuwin a thing.

so phuwin singlehandedly changed the tragectory of half of gmmtv's ecosystem by giving us pondphuwin, removing the possibility of neophuwin and instead introducing neolouis, and - though winny was unfortunately demoted down to a simply secondary role back in futs - indirectly also made winnysatang a thing (and likely saved my school president as a series, where we were initially meant to have a tinn-gun-sound love triangle instead of tinngun and soundwin).

Every time Pond and Winny have a scene together in this show, I get reminded that they were originally supposed be a pairing.

[lattexalmond]

~ Thai BL Favorites List ~

I was tagged by the bestie 💜 @gunsatthaphan

Favorite Thai BL: This is a very difficult question 🙃 I will tell you my top right now A Tale of A Thousand Stars, Be My Favorite(is coming for my beloved show) and Cutiepie

Favorite Pairing: Earthmix, OffGun, JimmySea, Forcebook, PondPhuwin, Zeenunew

Most underrated actor: I am going to say Gawin Caskey. He finally got his main role and he is crushing it!!

Favorite Character: This is such a difficult question as well 😬 I am going to throw a curveball and say Fah from Sky in Your Heart. I just identified with him so much.

Favorite Side Character: I am going to go with Longtae in 1000 Stars because well Khaotung.

Favorite scene in a BL:

There are two scenes I have watched the most and they are the following: end of Fish Upon the Sky with NeoLouis and PondPhuwin I have never laughed so hard in my life and the end of 1000 Stars where Tian makes Phupha act cute to get on the bed and then the house is shaking as Yod walks by.

If we are going to be cute then I would say Sound and Win talking after Sound plays the song for him on their trip. I just love WinnySatang

Favorite line in a BL: I don’t know if I can find a favorite line hmmm Wait!! I know. You’re so Sodium Radium Potassium 😍

Most Anticipated BL (& why): Only Friends because of the cast and the story. It just looks like it’s going to be so good. Also excited for Dangerous Romance and Cooking Crush because PerthChimon intrigue me. Also OffGun 🤷🏻‍♀️ Omggggg I almost forgot my beloved Last Twilight. Shame on me 😩

Healthiest relationship in a BL: I am going to go with GunCher in A Boss and A Babe. They communicated all the time and it just felt so healthy.

Most toxic relationship in a BL: The ones that comes to mind immediately are TharnType and NoKengla.

Guilty pleasure series: I have to go with Sotus because that was my first BL and it brought me into this world. I loved Kongpob Arthit so much. Also Secret Crush on You because it was such crack 😂😂

This was so difficult. I don’t know if anyone wants to do it. Go ahead. I won’t tag you lol.

[theflagscene]

BL ~ Drama Asks

I wasn’t tagged, I make my own fun ;P

( Totally nabbed from @absolutebl )

1) If you had to watch one drama forever what would it be?

My first instinct is to say one of the series I’ve watched a dozen times already, but they’re all pretty dramatic and emotional and I don’t know if I wanna live through that forever lol. So I’m gonna go with Cherry Blossom After Winter, I really adore this fluffy BL. It’s seriously my comfort series, it too sweet and I could easily watch it forever.

2) If you could change the ending of a drama which one would it be?

Anyone who doesn’t answer HIStory3: Make Our Days Count has either never seen it or has no heart, seriously, that is the top of the list of BL endings that needs to be changed! 😭 Kissable Lips is one I would change the ending of as well, still a better love story than Twilight tho.

3) Name your favorite drama and tell who your favorite character was.

I have two favourite BLs that take number one on my list, Until We Meet Again and Not Me. My favourite characters in UWMA are Dean, Korn and Win. My favourite characters in Not Me are White, Black, Sean, Yok and Gumpa. Yeah, there’s no such thing as one favourite character in my world lol.

4) Name a drama you dropped within the first few episodes ~ we all have at least one!

Check Out, I really really tried to like it but the characters were all just terrible people. Like I get that cheating happens, but when that’s the entire show, it gets a little dull.

5) Name a popular drama you've never watched and why?

SOTUS… I know, I know! This is like the BL that launched Thai BLs into the international market. And to be fair to Singto, he is one hell of an actor, he just has amazing chemistry with whoever he works with. But I’ve heard/read some pretty not good things about Krist concerning homophobic things done during filming, and that kinda soured the show for me. I’m queer and have no issue with actors playing gay for pay, obviously. But when an actor is gay for pay but rude about it, then I have issues. I grew up doing theatre, working both in front of and behind the scenes, I’ve been trained as an actor and I know nothing makes a working environment hell like an acting partner that just does not wanna be there, it makes you have to work twice as hard. Which is why I think Singto’s acting stands out so damn much next to Krist, because he was working his ass off to sell that onscreen romance. Also LBC2: A Chance To Love, again, much like Krist, Mean has had some pretty damming rumours and stories come out about him being homophobic. Also I just really dislike TinCan as a couple lol.

6) Name a drama you regret watching.

TharnType, what even was the god damned mess!? And why in gods name did I watch TharnType 2!? Can we stop MAME from writing gay stories until she’s actually met gay people? Because from the storylines I’m thinking she’s never actually spoken to a gay man in her life 🙄

7) Name a drama you thought you’d never watch but did and did you end up liking it?

Fish Upon The Sky, it looked seriously stupid but I actually ended up liking MorkPi and DueanMeen as well as their actors, I’m actually looking forward to seeing PondPhuwin pair up again in Never Let Me Go and NeoLouis in The Eclipse.

8) Name a pairing you want to see?

I’ve mentioned before in passing about wanting to see Gun pair up with either Mond or Sing, so I’ll pick differently this time. I’d really like to see Saint work with First, I know First is already kinda branded with Toru, what with them being in War of Y together after their episodes of Y Destiny. But I think if Saint wants to stop being cast as the cute lil uke he needs to be paired with someone slighter than him but equally as pretty, which is where First comes in. I’d love to see Saint as a cold tsundere type, softened by a sweet lil character played by First. Plus I think they would both go pretty ham when it came to any romantic scenes, possibly farther than Saint went with Zee.

9) Name a pairing you didn’t think had chemistry?

TinCan, I’ve mentioned them before and I swear it’s not just because I’m not a fan of Mean’s work lol. Seriously, I never found TinCan to have much chemistry at all. Also, I know BrightWin are some of GMMtv’s golden boys buuuutttt SarawatTine were lukewarm at best 🤷

10) Name a pairing you have seen in another drama that you like?

I really liked Na and Ja as a pairing in UWMA, Sorn and Sin were the only couple that didn’t have any awkwardness in their physicality, they existed within each other’s space, orbited around one another as a real couple would. So often in BLs I find couples have trouble with their physicality, both platonic and romantic touching as well as simply inhabiting another’s personal space. You can almost see them acting and that’s one thing you do not want your audience to be able to do, if an audience can feel/see that you’re acting then you’re doing your job wrong. Wise words from a director I once had, harsh words but wise lol. I would love to see them work together again but now that JaFirst have branded together since Don’t Say No, I doubt highly we’ll ever see NaJa work together again, at least not as a couple.

[absolutebl]

HAPPY 2022!

Here’s My 10 Most Anticipated 2022 Thai BLs 

Between Us - delayed from 2020, adaptation of spin off novel (Hemp Rope; source The Red Thread --> Until We Meet Again), from Studio Wabi Sabi featuring one of their most popular (and commercially viable) pairs, this has plenty of funding and distribution (WeTV) with established (if inconsistent) BL director New (who did UWMA). Hemp Rope tells WinTeam’s romance from the start, so we might get some recon reboot action (like LBC2). I expect this to be slightly higher heat than what we get from GMMTV. 

Enchanté - delayed from 2021. Secret admirer romance with a touch of Cyrano de Bergerac and dose of Boys Over Flowers from GMMTV. Completed filming and will air in first quarter 2022, stars Book (Friend Forever) opposite new face, with side dishes Fluke Gawin (Mork in Dark Blue Kiss) and Fluke Pusit (Way in The Shipper). Theo returns from France and starts a written flirtation inside a library book (!) at his new uni with the mysterious Enchante. His best friend Ak hunts for Enchante’s real identity, and 4 senior boys step forward - all intersted in dating Theo. Ak might also be in the running. New framework for Thai BL (although not for yaoi) and I’m intrigued. 

Dear Doctor - adapted from a y-novel by HUNGRYBIRD Dear Doctor, I'm Coming For Soul. Wabi Sabi picked up this defunked project and is apparently bringing it back for iQIYI starring Grey Rainbow couple Nut & Karn who are great together and certainly mature and capable leads. A romance between a doctor trying to save his patients and the Grim Reaper, who is both his enemy and lover. It looks like there is also a side couple at the hospital. The gay Doom at Your Service? I LOVE THIS PREMISE!!! 

Vise Versa - GMMTV’s adaptation of a JittiRain y-novel (2gether author), alt reality, bodyswap, soulmates AKA fated mates. Stars Jimmy (Wai from Bad Buddy) + a fresh face. Looks very good, a timeslip alt reality sort of thing. I’m super pleased to see Jimmy get a lead. Also I think one of the characters might be butch (intentionally or not). Which would be a first for GMMTV. 

KinnPorsche - delayed from 2021, book adaptation, mafia/bodyguard romance, lots of production issues (which is why it’s not higher on this list). The titular characters are played by actors new to BL - intentionally; sides include Jeff (of Ingredients) , Tong (TharnType & Second Chance), and Perth (My Engineer). It’s a BIG cast. Mafia kid, Kinn, is assaulted and flees into the arms of student Porsche. Porsche helps Kinn escape and Kinn blackmails him into becoming his bodyguard. Likely to be higher heat. 

The Eclipse - GMMTV bringing us tons of tropes: sinister boarding school, haze the one you love, good boy/bad boy, suspense & horror elements, self acceptance themes, a curse, AND enemies to lovers. Stars First from The Shipper and Khaotung from Tonhon Chonlatee, side dish pairing from FUTS NeoLouis, and Pawin from My Gear and Your Gown. To me this looks like Blacklist meets Great Men Academy but doomy. I really like this pairing and I think they can handle the content. 

Cutie Pie - arranged marriage, age gap, secret identity, cohabitation, rich kid problems, plus he’s in engineering. Stars Zee (Why R U?) as the seme and the uke actor is unknown but looks good, also has MaxNat (Why R U? & Y-Destiny & Close Friend). The sons of two companies are engaged to each other. One doesn’t want an arranged marriage while the other wants to win him over. I happen to adore an arranged marriage trope and I’ve yet to see it in gay romance let alone BL, so I’m intrigued. 

Never Let Me Go - mafia, attack dog (whipping boy + bodyguard), love triangle, obsession, suspense from GMMTV with Jojo of 3 Will Be Free directing, so we know the action parts should be good. I think this is GMMTV’s answer to KinnPorsche but it looks a lot more like Golden Blood. Either way I love a bodyguard romance and PondPhuwin (leads in Fish Upon the Sky) are a good pair I’d like to see get a better series. Also has Aun (Folk from My Gear) and Chimon (My Dear Loser). Feels a little classic yaoi with almost Japanese elements and I’m delighted by the cast. 

Coffee Melody - Cafe set BL starring Pavel (my love) as a barista (2moons2) and Benz as a singer (Call it What You Want) and they look good together but I am worried about the support cast and the plot. Still, it’s Pavel! 

My Only 12% - Studio Wabi Sabi’s y-novel adaptation (author Afterday who also wrote the novel behind Bad Buddy) starring SantaEarth (7 Project) The plot looks a little dull and sad which is why this is at the bottom of this list, but I ADORE Santa & Earth’s chemistry on screen and Wabi Sabi has knocked worse than this out of the park, so fingers crossed 

I don’t necessarily think these are going to be the ones I like the most but these are the ones, from Thailand, that I think are going to be the most interesting (or are staring some of my favorite actors, and I’m just happy to see them back). 

Which ones are you most excited about? 

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My Top 10 anticipated BLs/GLs of 2022:

1. Oh! My Sunshine Night (OhmFluke)

2. Never Let Me Go (PondPhuwin)

3. GAP (BeckyFreen)

4. The Eclipse (KhaotungFirst & NeoLouis)

5. Absolute Zero (MixTor)

6. Absolute BL Season 2

7. 609 Bedtime Story (TBA, rumored OhmFluke)

8. I Feel You Linger in the Air (TBA)

9. Cherry Magic Movie

10. Moonlight Chicken (EarthMix)