#how bl is changing

[pharawee]

Don't let obligation or fear keep you from doing the right thing. You're worth more than Daddy says. And you always have a choice. You still have the right to choose, Way.

#pit babe #pit babe the series #ping obrnithi #nut supanut #peteway #pitbabeedit #thai bl #thai drama #bl drama #bl series #my edits. #last one for today #i love how way uses his powers to take #but pete uses them to give #like yeah his power is mindreading #but his real power is kindness #i'm glad they changed his powers from the novel #it's more meaningful this way #the kindness though #that's universal

[khaopybara]

Don't judge a book by its cover. An essay by Mew Pt. 2

Mew in his revenge era went shopping and thought, "you know what screams I'm gonna fuck you up, maybe you'll like it, maybe you won't? Floral/patterned shirts," and proceeded to buy a bunch of those.

BOOK KASIDET as MEW WITSARUT ( ONLY FRIENDS EPS. 7-12 )

Correction: I missed one outfit in ep. 6 and instead of remaking that set, I'll just post it below because it's actually the hottest Mew has looked, so I'm not even upset.

#only friends the series #ofts #only friends #mew witsarut #book kasidet #thai drama #thai bl #gmmtv series #gmmtv bl #th: only friends #:: fashionbaby #:: onlyfriendsoutfits #.. bibs gifs. #man ep 8 is truly traumatizing when you rewatch raymew's scenes #and i mean this with love but ep 8 was something else #anyway i think it's obvious that mew's style is the one that changed the most throughout the show (at least until now let's see nick) #from cute colorful stripes to very busy and right in your face shirts that we usually associate with ray but i'll say after doing this mew' #new style doesn't feel like ray. it feels like he's trying to mimic him and it's not quite there bc it still is mew. idk how to phrase it #but it's much more like if I change my style and wear the busiest shirts #maybe people won't read me as plain and won't cheat on me for being considered boring #something something #mew trying to mimic ray and ray channeling sand in ep 9 will forever be my favorite piece of storytelling #btw this gifset looking way less chaotic than the others and more linear? totally by accident

[joseigamer]

Patalliro! is fascinating to me because of stuff like this. It's unapologetically gay - even within its anime which aired during primetime hours in 1982 - in a way that many later BL manga would never be, like the ones from the early 2000s which would never dare to call their characters actual homosexuals. Patalliro has actually aged quite well in this regard, there's something comforting about how campy it is.

#i still dont really understand how they got away with this kind of thing honestly #female VAs i get that - but first m/m kiss in an anime in episode THREE????? #theres also the maraich/thomas episode where they are *Both* voiced by women....advanced yuri #patalliro #i love how bancorans gender expression is pretty much explicitly to attract only bishounen #you blushed - so you must not be a girl #etc #i also love how joyful it all is #theres never anything sad or tragic about being gay - only that bancoran is forced to kill the bishounen spies/assassins/etc #when bancoran finds out that gay sex feels good after demian; in the manga he is elated. its basically a positive thing #he awakens to his true power...lol #also notable is that while bishounen youth is glorified maraich is 18 #this means it portrays being gay as an adult as normal; not a phase relegated to nostalgic adolescent periods of time #according to the NYT japan's psychiatric body called homosexuality a mental illness until 1995 #im NOT going to say patalliro changed that or anything lmao but its just significant to me that banmara get to live their lives happily #even raise children together in the manga....??? #especially contrasting that with kaze to ki no uta and other manga of the time (no shade intended) #yaoi #<- for tagging purposes #obviously it also got away with a lot by being a gag manga. but still! #months later edit: want to say im not intending to moralize BL manga from the 2000s either. like gen. no hate on them. #as a gay person i just appreciate when characters who act gay are considered gay textually #and its kind of disheartening how gay-as-identity was treated as something incredulous in those manga a lot of the time #even the mere suggestion of attraction to men as a whole and not just the other male lead...yknow #this post is meant to praise patalliro for being unique in its approach to gay content compared to other titles #ive enjoyed plenty of 2000s yaoi titles despite their shortcomings lol

[queersouthasian]

From whatever I have heard of the novel, I have realised that novel Babe was portrayed as a dickhead who lacks braincells whereas Charlie comes off as dry, so, their romance doesn't get to me the way show CHARLIEBABE DID, it's the way babe's trauma and his trauma response is so well presented, it's the way he is not just some kind of asshole rather someone who puts up an image to protect himself and how he got out of that shell he got himself in through Charlie and how Charlie is not just a naive kind character but another character with his own trauma and how it shapes his kindness and makes him a natural caregiver and how his love for babe makes so much sense and how his love feels so genuine, his intentions feel so genuine and how in love he is...their relationship is so much better in the show where the emotional scenes deliver because it's so well balanced and how they gave each other a new life, how they love each other. Babe forgiving charlie in ep 7 made so much sense than in the novel 'cause how he understood charlie's intentions, how he is not portrayed as some stupid asshole but someone who was being manipulated by his so called best friend and how he learns everytime how much charlie loves him, it's the way charlie's intentions were so clear (like if you go to watch ep1-ep6 y'all will realise how charlie was never even trying to be evil and how he was actually keeping an eye on tony not babe), abd how inspite of being left with no choices he still apologises and offers more than just a sorry and it comes off as so genuine. This show focused so much on babecharlie through the emotional spectrum making their relationship so grounded so beautiful and so so good, like serving gay Shakespeare indeed.

#lgbtq #bl drama #pit babe the series #charlie x babe #I am so glad they changed things from the novel #so glad they focused more on the intrution #rather than just the omegaverse #i love how pavelpooh #portrayed the characters #feels so genuine #and heartfelt #oof

[gunsatthaphan]

~ Monthly BL Breakdown: January 2024 ~ 

✨ Happy February!!! 🎭

Disclaimer: ALL shows can be streamed here or here, as well as on Youtube and other platforms. For more info on where to watch what, check out this post! 

New breakdowns are coming at the end of every month - feel free to add stuff! -> previous breakdowns

What came out this month? (green = seen/currently watching)

🌟 BL Drama no Shuen ni Narimashita: Crank In Hen - January 2nd (Japan) 

🌟 Ossan's Love Returns - January 5th (Japan) 

🌟 Refund Love - January 7th (Thailand) 

🌟 Time The Series - January 9th (Thailand) 

🌟 Intern in My Heart (BL side couple) - January 10th (Thailand) 

🌟 Sukiyanen Kedo Do Yaro ka (Although I Love You, and You) - January 11th (Japan) 

🌟 Beside You (mini series) - January 11th (Thailand) 

🌟 I Wish You Love - January 21st (Thailand) 

🌟 Happy Ending - January 23rd (South Korea)

🌟 Love for Love's Sake - January 24th (South Korea)

Monthly likes/dislikes

👎🏻 I've been catching up on some KBLs from last year this month and sadly most of them were very disappointing. I put a few on my watchlist that generally had good reviews but yeah let's just say I'm glad I didn't miss anything in the last 2 years lol. The only one I liked was Love Mate, the rest was pretty much pointless. Hopefully the upcoming ones will be better 🤞🏻

New series & movie announcements

🎥 Beating Again (dance-themed, starring Kaownah K., Earth K. and others) - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 Unknown - Date TBA (Taiwan)

🎥 The Book Store - Date TBA (South Korea)

🎥 Term Begins - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 Mafia Prince and the Bookworm - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 Black Forest - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 Go Alone With Me - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 Can I Love You? - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 The Shining Star - Date TBA (Vietnam)

🎥 At My Fingertips (Unintentional Love Story spinoff) - Coming May 2024 (South Korea)

🎥 Connecting To You - Date TBA (Taiwan)

🎥 The Star (movie) - Coming March 2024 (Thailand)

🎥 What's the Nong? - Date TBA (Thailand)

Other news from the BL world

❗️ Actors Mike Chinnarat, Fluke Pusit, White Nawat, Pluem Purim and Lee Thanat have left GMMTV.

❗️ After Korean actor Choo Youngwoo won an award for "Best Rookie Actor" at the recent KBS Drama Awards, he came under fire for not mentioning his participation in the BL You Make Me Dance which launched his career and earned him the award.

❗️ Actors Jin Hoeun (All Of Us are Dead), Kwon Hyuk (The New Employee), Byun Junseo (Perfect Marriage Revenge) and Nam Yoonsu (Extracurricular) have been confirmed to star in the upcoming BL Love In The Big City, which portrays the life and love of an HIV-positive gay writer.

❗️ ZeeNunew and GeminiFourth won an award respectively for "Best Thai Artists" at this year's Seoul Music Awards.

❗️ The Chinese BL Stay with Me is getting an audiobook. The series furthermore recently confirmed its second season, further details are unknown.

❗️ Over a year after its initial premiere, the Thai BL To Sir, With Love won "Popular Foreign Drama” at this years's Vietnam Face Of The Year Awards.

❗️ The Thai BL Playboyy will no longer air on youtube after the suspension of the channel due to explicit sexual content. The show will continue to exclusively air on Gagaoolala, as well as RakutenTV.

❗️ Actors EarthMix had a cameo appearance in Ossan's Love Returns; they will star in the Thai adaption of the same name later this year. Details about the production are still unknown.

❗️ MileApo (KinnPorsche) were announced to star in the upcoming series Shine. The show is an extension/spinoff of Man Suang and focuses on Khem and Chatra's story in more detail.

Upcoming series & movies for February

👉🏻 Anti Reset - February 2nd (Taiwan)

👉🏻 Perfect Proposal - February 2nd (Japan)

👉🏻 City of Stars - February 2nd (Thailand)

👉🏻 Love Syndrome: The Beginning - February 8th (Thailand)

👉🏻 Baka Pwede pa? - February 9th (Philippines)

👉🏻 1000 Years Old - February 14th (Thailand)

👉🏻 My Strawberry Film - February 16th (Japan)

👉🏻 A Secret Love - February 17th (Thailand)

👉🏻 Unknown - February 24th (Taiwan)

👉🏻 Wedding Impossible - February 26th (South Korea)

👉🏻 Kiseki Chapter 1 & Chapter 2 - February TBA (Thailand)

#doreens monthly bl breakdown #thai bl #bl drama #upcoming bl #update #bl news #im so upset about everyone leaving gmm like wtf #idc that they added a bunch of new ones i want the old ones back #i have separation anxiety djkhkdfj 😭 #how dare you change old patterns #bold of u to assume i have no mental illnesses lmao

[maxescheibechlinichacheli]

#playboyy the series #playboyy #teena x zouey #thai bl #bl series #bl drama #maxine gifs #I looove how in the first gif Teena changes from almost black / white to colours #them and their affection for each other #am not calling it love yet #lets wait and see

[bellepark]

BOKURA NO SHOKUTAKU (2023) —episode 1

#bokura no shokutaku #our dining table #inukai atsuhiro #iijima hiroki #jdrama #bl drama #jdramasource #asiandramasource #asianlgbtqdramas #boyslovesource #japanese bl #lextag #connorjesup #userstorge #usermare #uservid #love how theyre smiling to each other at the end...my heart... #can't wait to see how minoru is going to change yutaka's life around #belleparkgif

[atsukunaritai]

「つうか、みっちゃんが一番好きだ。」

「俺が死ぬまで一番。」

— Actually, you're number one for me, Micchan.

— You're number one until the day I die.

永遠の昨日　第３・８話　　　　　　　|　　　　　　　Eternal Yesterday ep. 3&8

#yeah. so. i decided to torture myself by rewatching this show. lost count of how many times i cried. way worse than the first time #knowing everything and still watching it was painful in a whole different way it was a brand new show even though i still remembered it all #eien no kinou #eternal yesterday #jdrama #watching this while it was airing and having zero clue how it was going to end was like a rollercoaster #cus i kept going oh... that looks bad. to oh wait maybe? to oh crap that sounds foreboding. to ohh maybe with this?? to oh shit oh god #and this time around it was all just... the knowing. not the knowing that it's a tragedy but the knowing how mitsuru will be in the future #knowing that koichi changed everything for him and even though he gave him the ability to connect with other people for the first time #he also took a huge chunk of that ability with him when he left #and we don't know if mitsuru will ever regain it #mine #bl drama #bl series #ANYWAY i just had to put my emotions into something so i made these to let it outttt #they're not exactly what i originally planned but i still liked making them and CRYING

[absolutebl]

I cannot believe we have 3 BL’s airing AT THE SAME TIME from GMMTV. 

It’s insane.

I remember when it was exciting because we had 3 BLs airing at the same time.

#thai bl #gmmtv #how times have changed #Moonlight Chicken #My School President #Never Let Me Go

[pharawee]

"If you can win his heart, you can win the whole team's heart."

#twins the series #twins bl #frame ritchanon #ryan panya #firstsprite #twinsbledit #thai bl #thai drama #bl drama #bl series #my edits. #that went well #sprite's terrible horrible no good very bad day #also the way that this whole stupid idea wasn't even sprite's idea #it was their mum's idea #and what even for lmao #zee will have to change his name and move to singapore once he finds out about this #the cringe is just too much lmao #also the most important question is: #how did zee endure the coach's snoring?

[mooninagust]

i love this new trend in bls, queer dramas where they are much more conscious of the lgbtq+ community, where they show the struggles of coming to terms with who you are, the journey of self-discovery, the reality of being queer in this not so progressive world. 

but also the supportive families, the ones that don’t judge. i love friends who are there no matter what and don’t look at someone differently just because they love someone. i love the slightly more hopeful approach, because as someone from the community, it gives me so much joy and reassurance. 

i love the trend of showing not only teens but also adults with jobs and careers, the ones who are way past their puppy love stages. the ones who look for serous commitment and expect different things from their partners. i love how it shows the adulthood of queer couples in the world, which tries to tell us that this kind of love won’t last.

i know there’s a lot that could be said about how harmful this industry is, but it can not be denied that above all it brings so much comfort to those who are a part of the lgbtq+ community. to see the journey so many of us know so well.  to see queer love on screen, presented so beautifully. to see that there is a beautiful future waiting for us. to see that not every scenario of our lives has to be pessimistic, that there is hope for a happy ending. that you have equal chances for that happy ever after no matter who you love. 

#idk just thoughts i had #i went full in deep mode bc i realized how life changing discovering bls was for me #moonlight chicken #be my favorite the series #gmmtv #gap the series #cherry magic thailand #step by step the series #my school president #thai dramas #kdramas #asianlgbtqdramas #lgbtq+ #lgbtq+ dramas #an rambles

[miss0atae]

About Wandee Goodday episode 1:

There are already so many good reviews on Wandee Goodday, so here is my small participation. I read the book, so my take will be on the difference between the Book and the Series.

First of all, you must know, I don't think there is a superior medium to convey a story. It depends on the story itself and each medium has their strengths. Usually, books are considered a good medium to go deep on the description of the characters and the world where they interact. You get to know what the inner monologue of the characters and you can visualize the story through your imagination. TV series or films, are more visual. I believe they also depend a lot on the director and the actors because you can have a brilliant screenplay and terrible results. That being said, I really like to see how a story in a book can become a series screenplay. If you already read Thai BL books, you'll notice smut takes a large part in it. I don't mind smut. I believe we need to have a large range of book types for every taste. Wandee Goodday, the book, is filled with smut and if it's easy to write it on a book, it doesn't really transpose well on a series where smut isn't the primarily plot. It's why, I think, it's interesting to see what the series adds to the storytelling of the book.

Note, there are going to have some spoilers from the book in this post. So, if you want to avoid this because you want to read it later, you should not continue reading this.

The first episode is perfect to set the tone of the series and to present the characters. The series start with the end of the episode so you'll know what you get and then we get the flashback that will allow us to know how did Dee ended up in this situation.

"No more Mr. Good Guy!" -- Chap 1.

▪️ In the book, Wandee or Dee is a doctor who did his best to be the perfect boyfriend, a “good person” for his crush Ter because he heard him said once his ideal type is a “good person”. So Dee made conscious effort to be the ideal type of Ter: he doesn’t drink, doesn’t flirt, doesn’t smoke, works a lot and he was the one who tried to be at the same job as Ter. In this version of the story, Dee is really doing all the work and Ter isn’t really an active participant. You must know the book is told in the first person through Wandee’s eyes. However, Wandee isn’t totally an unreliable storyteller. He just has a lot of imagination.

In the series things are a bit different. I like it more because it gave more deep to why Dee could think Ter has a special relationship with him and they may get together. It implies Ter had a more active role as he was the one who helped Dee gets where he is. He found him a condo at the same place as him, for example. I think it works well because it reinforces the love Wandee has for him because Ter is doing so much, it could easily be mistaken for romantic attention. Here, Wandee seems less deluded and you can understand why he thought he would get the guy.

"By the way, what's your name?" "Yak" -- Chap. 2

▪️ Now, about Yak. In the book, Yak's personality is slightly different from his series counterpart. He is more or less a playboy who is used to having multiple one-night stand, but he is trying to stop because he is in love with Taemrak who doesn't like this. As Wandee, he has been waiting for a lot of years to be with this person who still refuses him. Also, he is younger than Dee. I felt Yak was more reserved in the book version.

In the series, Yok seems more like a confident man who knows his worth and he seems more talkative. We have no idea yet, if he has a playboy past. One thing I notice, is how it is implied Yok is bisexual. On the book, we never know if he is bisexual because the only two people we know he had feelings for were men. Since they changed Taemrak and made him a girl, we can only assume he is. However, in the book Wandee complains he never flirted with boy so I assumed he was the bisexual one in the relationship. In fact, he doesn't change anything to the story.

"Do me hard, Good Boy" -- Chap. 1

▪️ I believe their first time was better in the series. In the book, Dee is really drunk and since he is always having fantasies, he imagines himself as a heroine in a Thai period drama. In his fantasy, he is going to be ravished by the leader of gang. So when, he kisses Yak he is high in his fantasies. Of course, Dee doesn't tell him he is a virgin and Yak discover it, too late. He still tries to help him feel better and give him the lead. Then, they have a wild night with multiple intercourse. I think the writer wanted to show how Yak was very patient towards Dee, who was discovering his sexuality and preferences in bed.

"Are you going for more?" "Yeah, more now" -- Chap. 1

▪️ In the series, I liked how they took their time. Dee had a moment when he was unsure about if he really wanted it and Yak asked for his consent and when he didn't get it, he truly believed it’s a “no” from Dee. This series put lights on the importance of consent. The message is clear: if you want to do it with someone, this person must consent. When, Dee gets a cramp, they stopped and just got back to it when they both felt it’s the right time again. It’s a very healthy way that is absent in the book. Brownie points for the series!

"I turned you down. I was afraid that you'd be too distressed to sleep." Chap. 2

▪️ Ter in the book is a blank page. He is not bad, but he is not good either. He felt mostly flat. You have to ask yourself what Dee found in him. In the series, I feel like Ter isn't a nice person because he may have noticed than Dee was caring a lot and he wanted to use this in his own advantage. What makes me think this… it's when he asked Dee to give him the scholarship. I don't remember if they had to compete for a scholarship in the book, but I believe it's something that was added purposely in the series. We'll see which impact it's going to have in the series. I fear Ter may want to use Dee's crush to him to try to snatch the scholarship from him.

"We can't come back late. I need to be back early. I still have work to do." -- Chap 4.

▪️ Taemrak is also different from the book. In the book, it’s a man who is still studying in university. It’s nerd who spends his time in the library with books. He wears glasses and is scared of riding on Yak’s bike. Yak met him because he went to his faculty to do a physical fitness test. In the series, Taemrak is a woman who is tutoring students and seems to work a lot to get herself out of poverty. I wonder if it’s going to play a more important part in the story.

"They cannot seem to be separated for more than three days. Love is so good." -- Chap 2.

▪️ O-ye and Cher (called Cherry in the book) are more or less the same in both the book and the series. We didn't see them a lot, so things may be different. I like how they are still bickering, but very much in love. Cher is also considering Yak as his son in the book and they joke a lot on this nickname. I’m glad they kept this part.

"Dee, are you feeling worse?" Chap. 1

▪️ Plakao is my biggest surprised in the series! In the book, he has a minor role. He is just a friend of Dee who doesn’t work in the same job as him. In fact, he is more the provider of costumes for Dee and Yak, as they both have a clothing kink (not sure it is how you could describe it, in English). I’m so happy they changed his role in the series. I hope it will bring him more depth. He is asexual and I want to see what representation they will give us. I can’t remember if I ever watched a Thai BL, before, where one of the character said he was asexual, so I felt it was huge.

That’s it for this first episode. You must know the first episode is more or less the first chapter of the book. So we’ll see if the second episode is like the second chapter of the book. I believe the series, as for now (we’ll see if it continues to be this way), is bringing another layer to the book. It could bring a nice synergy.

#my reviews #thai series #thai bl #bl drama #bl series #gmmtv series #wandee goodday #book vs series #I like both versions #I appreciate the small changes #my longest review I believe #You have no idea how wild Dee and Yak are #It's great they give more depth to minor characters in the book #wandee wittaya #episode 1

[b1uivy]

i wasn’t ready to day goodbye to them today. the anticipation of waiting for a new episode could be agonising but i still thought we had two more weeks with them. i’m going to miss them so much, this drama was beautifully produced and directed. oh god the acting is some of the best i have ever seen. all of the tiny micro details in body language and facial expressions were done so naturally. this story really dealt with trauma in such a complex way and it really payed off. it wasn’t used as a sob story or a reason to make you feel bad for the characters, it was used to give context to the behaviour displayed by the characters. you get to see how the past trauma they endured still affects them daily. it was such a realistic display of how deeply trauma runs. i can’t believe it’s already but i am so happy i got to experience it. this is one of the best dramas i have ever seen and i don’t think it can be topped.

#unknown the series #qian x yuan #taiwanese bl #taiwan bl #bl drama #yuan x qian #unknown series #this show has forever changed me #i will miss them so much #i will miss waiting a week to see how the story continues #taiwan you can’t keep getting away with this #sobbing profusely #i apologise for the unfiltered yap session

[telomeke]

LAST TWILIGHT – DIRECTOR AOF'S CAMEO

I wasn't expecting Director Aof to put in a cameo in Last Twilight (for various reasons) but it is his trademark after all, so here he is in the finale . 😍

It's the briefest of his cameos so far (see this post linked here some others) but I think it's in keeping with the messaging of his earlier ones.

In Last Twilight, Khun Noppharnach pops up as a white-gloved porter at Ep.12 [1‌/4] 10.01 offering to help guide Day to wherever he needs to go. But sadly, he's supplanted and seen off by Mhok, and hotel porter Aof then meekly makes his exit by slipping off quietly and almost unseen.

As Khun Noppharnach is expected to take a hiatus from directing duties for a spell after Last Twilight (see this post linked here), this reads like a gentle little goodbye (even if it might only be a temporary leave of absence from the director's chair – or so I'm hoping, that is). And Director Aof's cameo here is a mini-parallel to his more telling one in Moonlight Chicken (see this link here).

Just as hotel porter Aof's guiding hand has been rebuffed in Last Twilight, it appears that in real life Khun Noppharnach's directorial hand (that has leaned toward messaging more about LGBTQ+ positivity than squee-inducing BL romance) will soon be replaced by others at GMMTV, and he's moving along with the change quietly and graciously.

But goodbyes don't have to be forever, and based on his track record it's my fervent hope that we get to see Khun Noppharnach Chaiyahwimhon writing and directing even more queer-focused works (perhaps with more freedom from studio strictures) in the future. 💖

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#last twilight #aof noppharnach chaiyahwimhon #gmmtv cameos #i know a lot of us aren't satisfied with the finale #but i think director aof is simply giving the gmmtv higher-ups what they want‚ and returning to a more formulaic bl format #sugary happy ending and all #i wonder how well it's going down in thailand #if the numbers are good then it's signaling a return to by-the-numbers bl and less exploring of queer themes (in my opinion) #but if gmmtv gets enough negative feedback we may yet see change

[gunsatthaphan]

“go home.”

#love in the air #love in the air ep2 #phayurain #skyprapai #Boss Chaikamon #Noeul Nuttarat #thai bl #bl drama #memindy #WELL #hhhhhhhh #not gonna lie i usually hate these kinds of plots #like the 'I'll make you fall for me' plots #but lets see how this develops #maybe they can change my mind lol

[iguessitsjustme]

I guess I’m feeling like cruel polls this week. Tune in tomorrow for whatever evil thoughts my brain cooks up next. Good luck.

#only friends #only friends the series #only friends bl #ofts #this is after only two episodes #I’ll probably make this poll again closer to the end and see how the answers change