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I’m not going anywhere.

LOVE FOR LOVE’S SAKE (2024)

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tay & the gay otters (requested by @wjmild)

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Are you going to update your Guide to Thai BL Actor Pairs for New Watchers? Or maybe just the 6 kings since they have been busy recently?

Naw, there's too many to keep track of these days and the pairs keep changing, I'd need to do an entirely new post and I'm kinda over the whole pair branding shenanigans

#asked and answered

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GMMTV'S BL Line Up - Part 2

Presented in order of trailers I find most appealing:

The Heart Killers

FirstKhao & JoongDunk

Jojo directing an action romcom about assassin brothers (Khao & Joong) meet a tattoo artist ex-booster (First) and a mechanic (Dunk). I'm highly amused that Joong plays the older brother to Khao, and that we have a at take on Taming of the Shrew for that pair. I like that everyone is morally gray. This has all GMMTV's best chemistry in one BL and some fresh concepts that I've only really seen tackled in m/m romance (check out Amy Lane's Racing for the Sun, thank me later). I'm excited my only quibble is Jojo, I like his style but his characters can get unreliably messy so...

I genuinely dithered over whether this one should be first. Still it was the only trailer I grinned the whole way through, and had to watch 2x, so it takes top spot for me, but closely followed by a surprise silver medal...

Thame-Po (Heart that Skips a Beat)

EstWilliam

A boy band member and his documentarian start a forbidden relationship. I LOVE Est and am delighted to see him at GMMTV but I've been getting a fatigued by celebrity BL of late. However, after watching the trailer I'm 100% in on this show. I've been waiting for a Blinding Lights style idol romance and this looks like it might be it (Korea, Japan, and Thailand have systemically disappointed me over the past 2 years). Bring it, boys.

Revamp the Undead Story

BounPrem

GMMTV have taken on this IP about a vampire prince and the human who awakens him that was with WabiSabi. Interesting that GMMTV are bring out two vampire BLs as a result. This one involves a coven (hello, who called it way back in 2019? Me. I DID.) Anygay, coven includes Santa (no lies spotter with that one).

(Previously: Vampire Project from Wabi Sabi - trailer now removed, also previously My Broccoli)

Wonder if they will tank that JossGawin one? There'd likely be rioting in the streets if they did. But they might just let it fade away.

Sweet Tooth Good Dentist

MarkOhm

Finally Mark is leading out a BL! This one based on a Jittirain novel about a weird sunshine student dentist and his sugar-addicted patient, described as a romcom meets romantic therapy. Also, Jimmy is there, primarily to give me second lead syndrome. It looks silly but kinda earnest, I'm intrigued.

Perfect 10 Liners

ForceBook, PerthChimon, JuniorMark

New directing yet another university BL with engineers + their mentees. Based on a Jittirain novel. Massive cast. ForceBook playing the same old characters. Enemies to lovers tsunder/sunshine jock/nerd thing. PerthChimon are doing the cohabitation cool guy/dork trope. JuniorMark are doing popular sunshine meets lonely sad boy (the only interesting pair IMHO).

Not sure if these will be interwoven (My Engineer style) or shorter stand alones (Y-Destiny style).

The Ex-Morning

SingtoKrist

This is an original script written just for the OG, direct by Lit (SOTUS) about a news reporter plagued by scandal must work with his ex-boyfriend to rebuild his reputation. A reunion romance that's hitting pretty close to the IRL pair branded mark.

I've never claimed these two had any kind of chemistry and that would appear to still be the case. I think this one will bore me silly. I'm contemplating a trash watch but feel that's best reserved for...

Ossan‘s Love Thailand

EarthMix

WHY MUST THIS BE?!! I really don't like this IP but I still HAVE OPINIONS (of course I do) Look, I doubt even legendary EarthMix can save Ossan for me.

Shall I explain? Too much, let me sum up:

It's a terrible script based entirely on an unsympathetic love triangle, the viability of the whole show actually hinges on the boss character so he MUST be likable, because the lead is an unsympathetic looser (and user of people), and the roommate/love interest has no personality. Looks like this version is doing the same. ALSO Earth is grossly miss-cast. (On the other hand, maybe I'll like it more because of that, I would rather my H were toned down a bit.) Finally... where tf are my ladies? The female characters were the best thing about the original.

Of course I'll still watch it. I'm trash.

My order based on descriptions (and biases) before watching trailers was:

The Heart Killers

Revamp

Sweet Tooth

Perfect 10 Liners

ThamePo

The Ex-Morning

Ossan’s Love Thailand

Now that we have finally gotten part 2 I have only one burning question left for GMMTV.

Why didn't my man Thor get to lead something, damn it?

I will also take this as an opertunity to remind you all that my predictions about my own taste are notorious terrible.

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#GMMTV line up #new bl #upcoming BL #forthcoming BL #2024 bl #GMMTV #Thai BL #The Heart Killers #ThamePo #Sweet Tooth #Revamp #Perfect 10 Liners #The Ex-Morning #Ossan’s Love Thailand #FirstKhao #JoongDunk #BounPrem #vampire bl #Youtube

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Tharn + his choking kink

#the sign #thai bl

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I was tagged by the lovely @pose4photoml thanks dahlink!

Things I collect meme?

I'm like the WORST person for this because I actually don't collect any objects since I'm pretty itinerant. I have a base of ops, but I can fit everything I own into the back of a pickup and I like it that way.

But I am a bit of a digital hoarder so here we go:

Things I Collect

BL screen shots

Tumblr friends

BL shows that I've rated 8/10 or higher + some other more obscure BLs that I like rewatching but aren't on streaming services (I have a portable backup drive that is actually just full of shows)

Currently, shit off Netflix (I'm about to close my account)

Deeply held opinions about inconsequential trashy media

Digital books, both fiction and non-fiction, that I never read

Travel size items, packing cubes and bags, the perfect small containers for exactly the right amount of everything

Similarly: Travel hacks

Podcasts about the most obscure shit ever, and also economics and data science

Failed romantic relationships

YouTube channels featuring cafes all over the world

YouTube shows about interior decorating, it's an alien world that interests me strangely. When I finally do settle down, my lighting and counter-top game will be epic

Fortunately for me: clients

Unfortunately for me: Apps on my phone (WHY SO MANY?)

#memes gonna meme #stuff i collect

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Baby, you’re so cute that I could die!

TO MY STAR 2: OUR UNTOLD STORIES (2022) dir. Hwang Da Seul

#to my star 2 #obsessed with his cheeks #me too #korean bl

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THAME-PO / HEART THAT SKIPS A BEAT (2024-ish)

#est my love #how exciting!

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It's my top pick too.

But honestly, least believable brothers ever?

The Heart Killers

JoongDunk and FirstKhaotung get to be gay and do crimes in this crime-based romcom and I need this the same way I need oxygen, thank you very much. (And Oxygen is one of my favorite BLs!) Cannot wait, am in love, please give this to me and let them be criminals the way they deserve to be. @absolutebl They gave us a gift!

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May I ask for a list of BLs you love that have both good story/characters and fluff+spice levels? <3

Good Story, Characters, Fluff & Spice

That's a tall order (fluff is usually deemed incompatible with at least one of the other 3 requirements - I don't make the rules). I listed a few posts for you. But I will call out a few recent BLs that haven't made these older lists:

Cherry Magic (Thailand)

Jun and Jun (Korea)

Stay By My Side (Taiwan)

Destiny Seeker (Thailand)

Make a Wish (Thailand)

The BL side plot in Love is Science? (Taiwan)

#asked and answered #bl recomentdations #a really difficult ask #Cherry Magic Thailand #thai bl #Jun and Jun #Kroean Bl #Stay By My Side #Taiwanese BL #Destiny Seeker #Make a Wish #Love is Science? #taiwanese drama

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Hi!

Reporting in from the Gmmtv lineup part two (BL and GL only)

Project Y Find - to find new plots to be made into novels and series which the Gmmtv actors will star in - looks like they’ve run out of existing novels to adapt and want to create new plots

Ossan’s Love Thailand - Earth/Mix and Chakrit- with Earth playing the guy that both the older boss and Mix’s character are pursuing (sorry, don’t know the plot of the original) - looks like they’re leaning into the Japanese style comedy for this one! Fantastic to see Earth being pursued! Out at the end of the year

The Heart killers - First/Khao and Joong/Dunk, director JoJo - assassin brothers Khao and Joong meet tattoo artist First and mechanic Dunk - described as a romantic comedy with lots of action sequences

Perfect 10 Liners - Force/Book, Perth/Chimon and Junior/Mark, director New - university setting with engineers and their mentees. Based on a Jittirain novel. Marc/Poon and Aou/Boom seem to be in this as well! Plus a load of other Gmmtv actors

Us - Emi/Bonnie, Sing - girl falls in love with her brother’s girlfriend

ThamePo (Heart that Skips a Beat) - William/Est and Lykn - Idol / documentary maker start a forbidden relationship

Revamp, the Undead Story - Boun/Prem - Gmmtv have taken over this vampire/human love story from WabiSabi and made a new trailer

Sweet Tooth, Good Dentist - Mark/Ohm - dentist/patient, described as romantic comedy meets romantic therapy, with Jimmy playing the love rival. Based on a Jittirain novel

The Ex-Morning - Krist/Singto - disgraced news reporter has to work with a PR guy to rebuild his reputation, and it’s his ex-boyfriend! Reunion, work place romance. Directed by Lit, who directed Sotus! It’s an original script written just for them

Well well well.

Looks interesting, I'll do a proper ranking and my thoughts once I've seen the trailers but from your descriptions:

The Heart Killers - assassin brothers, YES PLEASE

Revamp, the Undead Story - Boun/Prem, sure

Sweet Tooth, Good Dentist - Jittirain novel is hit or miss for me (but I ADORE Est, so...)

Perfect 10 Liners- dito

ThamePo (Heart that Skips a Beat) - I'm getting tired of celebrity romances

The Ex-Morning - I'm one of those who is meh over SingtoKrist reunion

Ossan’s Love Thailand - NO

Only #1 truly excites me and I'm very dubious from Perfect 10 on down. Ossan's may require a trash watch from me. Because ugh.

#thoughts on the new GMMTV line up #having not yet seen the trailers #much less excites me with this batch

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Hello, do you mind if I ask your top 24 fav BL media (tv series, manga, manhwa, books, etc)? Thanks.....

Although I consume a lot of yaoi and gay romances I would say my top BLs still beat all those out. It's my favorite way to consumes this kind of content, and why I have this blog.

Right now I only have 9 10/10 rated BLs. So I just picked a few 9s I'm feeling the jive of right now (to augment and get to 24).

My Top 24 BLs Right NOW

(top 9 = my absolute favorites, otherwise in no particular order)

Seven Days

I Cannot Reach You

Color Rush

Light On Me

To My Star

Semantic Error

Our Dating Sim

We Best Love 1 & 2

Until We Meet Again

My Beautiful Man

Old Fashion Cupcake

Takara & Amagi

A First Love Story (short)

Cherry Blossoms After Winter

Jun and Jun

The Eighth Sense

Unintentional Love Story

Love For Love's Sake

HIStory 2: Crossing the Line

Be Loved In House: I Do

A Tale of Thousand Stars

I Feel You Linger in the Air

My School President

The Sign

#top 24 bls right now #i'm a fickle creature #the usual 9 malcontents at the top. #Seven Days #I Cannot Reach You #Color Rush #Light On Me #To My Star #Semantic Error #Our Dating Sim #We Best Love #Until We Meet Again #My Beautiful Man #Old Fashion Cupcake #Takara & Amagi #A First Love Story #thai bl #korean bl #japanese bl #taiwanese bl

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#pit babe the series #thai bl

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For @mikuni14💜 | Happy Xmas

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who eats cereal in the morning

insanity

#it's 9pm and time for cinnamon toast crunch #you know you wanna

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#maxnat #two worlds #two worlds the series #bl actors #thai actors #it made me laugh #comedic fan service is my fav

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Because I don't wanna say goodbye.

Gray Shelter (2024) Episode 4

#gray shelter #korean bl