#Thail BL

[absolutebl]

Hi ABL! After watching episode 1 of Between Us, I was impressed with the level of "thirst" between Boun and Prem's characters in the last couple of scenes. Are there shows or scenes of shows, regardless of actual heat level, that you think did "thirst" well, regardless of how that's resolved at the time? Subjective, I know, but would love to get your take on this!

20 BLs with the BEST Thirst!

Thirst wants to slide a hand under his waistband right tf now and grind. Horny wants to rip his clothes off, and probably pop buttons and laugh about it. Yearning wants to run both hands up his back while they kiss deeply. Hunger wants to lift him by the ass and slam him against the wall.

Raise your glasses please, to THIRST.

I Cannot Reach You - Japan 2023

It's fresh in my mind, so first on this list.

Secret Crush on You - Thailand 2022

This scene in particular sprang next to mind, just because for me it kinda defined thirst in Thai BL. (Also see my #1 pick for sides at the end.)

Jun & Jun - Korea 2023

We Best Love: Fighting Mr 2nd - Taiwan 2021

2 Moons: Ambassador (AKA 2 Moons 3) - Thailand 2022

Eternal Yesterday - Japan 2022

Why R U? - Korea 2023

HIStory 3 - the BL that shall not be named - Taiwan 2019

Bed Friend - Thailand 2023

They sleeping together but King still thirsty af

Big Dragon - Thailand 2022

My Beautiful Man - Japan 2021

Between Us - Thailand 2022-23

Minato's Laundromat - Japan 2022

Ghost Host Ghost House - Thailand 2022

the infamous leg scene alone qualifies them, but they very mutually thirsty in general

My Personal Weatherman - Japan 2023

It's the point.

I Feel You Linger in the Air - Thailand 2023

The oil scene is a stroke of genius.

Well, several strokes.

Old Fashion Cupcake - Japan 2022

I Told Sunset About You - Thailand 2020

Love in Translation - Thailand 2023

Just because of that damn convenience store make-out scene.

Nitiman - Thailand 2021

I find thirst is often (although not always) the provenance of the seme character.

Mutual thirst is really rare.

Side dish gravy

Shorts, side couples, and so forth.

Oh My Sunshine Night - Thailand 2022

Noh appears 2x on this list. He's GREAT at thirst. Possibly the only Thai actor to give Japan real competition. GIVE HIM ANOTHER LEAD!

HIStory 4: Close To You - Taiwan 2021

Gen Y 2 - Thailand 2022

@heretherebedork and I call them PokeTongue for a reason.

Y-Destiny - Thailand 2021

kiss x kiss x kiss: Perfect Scandal - Japan 2022

No shocker that Japan is the only one to field a micro on this list. Usually thirst takes more build up.

Defining THIRST

I make a distinction between thirst and other types of physical desire. This is just me and language.

Thirst usually leaps off the screen and has an edge of danger to it. Like they gonna get caught, or go out of control just from wanting to touch. They gonna die without physical contact. It's pure survival need. Japan kinda specializes in this.

There's no humor to thirst, but horny can get kinda cheeky. It's more fun and mutual (ee.g. KinnPorsche). More want than need. So it's more Thailand and Taiwan.

There's also yearning (e.g. The 8th Sense), which has a more emotional soul tether to it. Korea in particular, but also like GMMTV and lower heat prestige stuff, high school things for example (My School President).

And finally hunger, which I tend to think of as desire but with a nourishment component. It's I want what's MINE. Like Taejung in Cherry Blossoms After Winter.

These aren't mutually exclusive, mind you.

I dithered but they didn't quite make the list

Irresistible Love - China 2016

Second Chance - Thailand 2021

Takara & Amagi - Japan 2022

Love Area - Thailand 2022

Takumi-kun - Japan 2007

Moonlight Chicken - Thailand 2023

My Engineer (RamKing) - Thailand 2020

It's why we're all still mad we never got full RamKing

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This posted dated end of 2023. Not responsible for thirsty BL that happens after. Check the comments for additions and other's thoughts on the matter.

#bl with thirst #thirsty bl #gay thirst #I Cannot Reach You #japanese bl #Secret Crush on You #SCOY #Thail Bl #Jun & Jun #Korean BL #Although not much of it #We Best Love: Fighting Mr 2nd #2 Moons: ambassador #2 moons 3 #Eternal Yesterday #why r u korea #Bed Frined #Big Dragon #Between Us #my beautiful man #utsukushii kare #minato's laundromat #ghost host ghost house #My Personal Weatherman #i feel you linger in the air #Old Fashion Cupcake #i told sunset about you #Love in Translation

[elnotwoods]

…and that’s mlm-wlw solidarity ✨🌈

#let’s ends this toxic bloodline one queer sibling at a time #and that’s mlm wlw solidarity #love this song #give me all gay siblings #gap the series #kinnporsche #thai gl #thail bl #gap the series meme #gap the meme #sammon

[prapais]

sky not being god’s strongest soldier when prapai flirts with him

#lakornet #asiandramanet #asianlgbtqdramas #love in the air #prapaisky #thail bl #mygifs #the way i LOVE HIM!!!! his faces are the highlights of every episode i swear #also being unwillingly smitten by pai? me and sky both!!

[fanfictionroxs]

It's amazing how Todd putting Black in a coma or Vegas electrocuting Pete's balls enraged me less than Ray calling Sand a whore or taunting him about his financial situation. Like by the end of Not Me and KinnPorsche, I was a strict toddblack and vegaspete shipper, but by the end of Only Friends, I wanted Sand 2 countries away from Ray. Because see, Black and Pete are more insane than the men who hurt them and there's an equality in their relationships. Black put Todd in a coma timeout and Pete is.. well Pete, like no Theerapanyakul could handle this guy if he truly went batshit. And so there's an equality in the delicious toxicity of toddblack and vegaspete which is nowhere to be found between RaySand where Ray holds the upper hand and Sand does the emotional labour and gets punished for it by Ray. And in my eyes, that makes them worse than the coma couple or the mafia torture bitches probably because they, Sand and Ray, hit so close to home. Because while men like Todd and Vegas might not exist in real life with their insanity yet true love and fucked up devotion and friendship, men like Ray do who use and abuse and return with tears and apologies only for the cycle to repeat again.

#toddblack #vegaspete #raysand #sandray #only friends the series #not me the series #kinnporche the series #sand only friends #ray only friends #not me todd #not me black #vegas theerapanyakul #pete phongsakorn saengtham #character analysis #meta #fanfictionroxs writes #toxic ships #thail bl #thai drama #asianlgbtqdramas

[5racha]

Every SandRay Scene (10 ¦ ??)

"It's actually not bad. But you might need more time." "Yeah. People of good taste like you wouldn't like what I like." "Come here."

#asianlgbtqdramas #usersandrayy #tusersilence #tuserrowan #only friends #only friends sand #only friends ray #sandray #ofts #only friends the series #only friends series #gifs #sandraygifs #thail bl #thai drama #firstkhao #firstkhaotung

[sparklyeyedhimbo]

big dragon episode 7 - the chopstick fight scene 1/?

#big dragon #big dragon the series #big dragon the romcom #mygifs #thail bl #big dragon crack #bggifs #i shoudl have started earlier with this #will do the rest tomorrow #coloring this scene is a pain #thedumplingfightnvsm

[kess-in-the-perthchimzone]

This trailer was very charming and Tay is perfect and beautiful in every way but GMMTV can we please stop glamorizing this??

Balloons released to the wild are mistaken for jellyfish and seabirds eat them. Their strings strangle turtles and other wildlife. This is not romantic!!!

#cherry magic #thail bl #this is freaking FUTS all over again

[thatgirl4815]

Of course the GMMTV staff took into account that SandRay has a happy ending, otherwise they wouldn't dare wait to confirm an FK series for 2024, right?

#they would know we'd need something happy to distract us from the pain of SandRay broken up...right??? #this is what I choose to believe until further notice #and PLEASE DO NOT GIVE ME NOVEL SPOILERS ISTG #only friends the series #only friends #ofts #sandray #raysand #raysan #sanray #firstkhaotung #firstkhao #first kanaphan #khaotung thanawat #gmmtv 2024 #gmmtv #gmmtv bl #thail bl #khaofirst

[derylaintshit]

Ok, but can we appreciate Win for a second? Poor thing puts up with sooo much.

First of all, he has to sit through his friend being all strict and uptight all the time.

He randomly gets lost in this other random dudes eyes FROM ACROSS THE POOL AREA INTO THE SITTING ROOM.

Then scolds Win and his crush while they're eating treats after swimming, despite himself eating two.

He breaks his 6-month no-status, no post streak FOR A BOY HE HAS YET TK TALK TO.

He for sure lost his academic work but had it magically returned.

He uses Wins future boyfriend as some sort of delivery service for OJ.

Win then goes to buy water at the supermarket and this motherfucker somehow, within seconds, disappears into the pulses aisle and then boom, he has a crying boy in his arms. Like wtf??? And then he had the gall, the absolute audacity to yell at Win for interrupting it, like caressing the face of a boy you've never met is a normal thing that people do? And As if he doesn't know who Pharm is and will never see him again, instead of just asking Team like a logical person.

Point is, Win is the King of Patience.

#Umwa #until we meet again #deanpharm #winteam #bounprem #thail bl #between us the series

[auseyre]

A Tale of Two Cities- UWMA/Between Us

Dean and Pharm breathe the same air 

So, a Spring wedding?

Team and Win have sex multiple times soon after they meet, form a Daddy/boy relationship and basically move in together. 

Boyfriends? Whoa! Whoa! Simmer down now with that wacky talk.

#until we meet again the series #between us the series #deanxpharm #winxteam #thail bl #every side character is the hero of their own story

[wanderlust-in-my-soul]

I love Daonuea so much

#star in my mind #star and sky: star in my mind #kluennuea #kluendao #kluen x daonuea #finally!!! #they talked and listened #my heart is so soft for them #i wish them all the happiness #thail bl #bl drama #bl series #myedit #SIMMEP7

[absolutebl]

Hello. I was wondering if you have a master list of all the shows that got released this year? I've looked through the 2023 upcoming list and there are some missing and some that never premiered.

I wanted to see what I may have missed.

Thanks.💜 my-rose-tinted-glasses

Sure thing, hon! Here ya go!

All BL 2023 releases

So far, that I have on the spreadsheet. Not sure how you want it organized so I did it by country and then alphabetically.

Japan

Blue Sky Complex

Can I Buy Your Love From A Vending Machine AKA Sono Koi, Jihanki de Kaemasu ka?

Candy Color Paradox AKA Ameiro Paradox

Egoist

I Cannot Reach You AKA Kimi ni wa Todokanai

If It’s With You AKA Even If I Fall In Love With You AKA Kimi to nara Koi wo Shite Mite mo’

Jack o'Frost

Let's Eat Together Aki and Haru AKA Aki wa Haru to Gohan wo Tabetai

Minato's Laundromat Season 2 AKA Minato Shouji Coin Laundry Season 2

My Beautiful Man 2 AKA Utsukushii Kare Season 2

My Beautiful Man: Eternal AKA Utsukushii Kare Eternal

My Personal Weatherman AKA Taikan Yoho

Naked Dinner AKA Zenra Meshi

One Room Angel

Our Dining Table AKA Bokura no Shokutaku

The End Of The World, With You AKA Bokura no Micro na Shuumatsu

Tokyo in April is AKA Shigatsu no Tokyo wa

What Did You Eat Yesterday Season 2 AKA Kinou Nani Tabeta? Season 2

Korea

A Breeze of Love

A Shoulder to Cry On

All the Liquors

Bump Up Business

Happy Merry Ending

Individual Circumstances

Jun and Jun

Love Class 2

Love Mate

Love Tractor

Our Dating Sim

Our Winter

Sing My Crush

Star Struck

The Director Who Buys Me Dinner

The Eighth Sense

The New Employee

Unintentional Love Story

Why R U?

When it was good it was very very good, when it was bad they were dying.

Taiwan

HIStory5: Love In The Future

Kiseki: Dear to Me

My Tooth Your Love

Stay By My Side

VIP Only

You Are Mine

Thailand

609 Bedtime Story

7 Days Before Valentine

A Boss and a Babe

Absolute Zero

Bake Me Please

Be Mine Super Star Superstar

Be My Favorite

Bed Friend

Between Us

Beyond the Star

Boyband the series

Cafe In Love

Chains of Heart

Cooking Crush

Crazy Handsome Rich

Cutie Pie 2 You special

Dangerous Romance

Destiny Seeker

Dinosaur Love

For Him the series

Friend. Boy Friend

Future the series

Hidden Agenda

Hit Bite Love

House of Stars

I Feel You Linger in the Air

I Will Knock You

La Pluie

Laws of Attraction

Love in Translation

Love Syndrome III

Low Frequency

Make a Wish

Man Suang

Middleman’s Love

Moments Of Love

Moonlight Chicken

My Biker

My Blessing

My Dear Gangster Oppa

My School President

My Universe

Naughty Babe

Never Let Me Go

Only Friends

Our Skyy 2: A Boss and a Babe

Our Skyy 2: A Tale of Thousand Stars

Our Skyy 2: Bad Buddy

Our Skyy 2: My School President

Our Skyy 2: Never Let Me Go

Our Skyy 2: Star in My Mind

Our Skyy 2: The Eclipse

Our Skyy 2: Vice Versa

Pastsenger

Pit Babe

Playboyy

Remember Me

Senior Love Me

SHADOW

Step By Step

The Luminous Solution

The Promise

The Sign

The Whisperer

Till the World Ends

Tin Tem Jai

Tin Tem Jai special

Twins

Venus in the Sky

Wedding Plan

The Philippines

Ever After

My Story

Our Story

Stay

The Day I Loved You

Tie The Not

(underreported, I don't keep track of Pinoy stuff anymore)

Singapore

Pure Vanilla

Hong Kong

Stay Still

Myanmar

The Love Ring

China

Stay With Me (Addicted + moar censorship)

I bolded anything I rated over a 7/10. Although some of these I opted not to watch and others are still airing (and thus as yet unrated). So don't take an unbold as necessarily a negative.

I haven't assessed how many are releasing in December

(I probably should deal with the "The" but I lazy.)

#all the bl in 2023 #so far #that I tracked #asked and answered #Japanese BL #Korean BL #Taiwanese BL #Thail BL #Pinoy BL #Singapore BL #Hong Kong BL #Myanmar BL

[ppeonppeonhan]

So...La Pluie is about a world where the rain makes certain people temporarily deaf -- and each one of those people has a soulmate that they can telepathically talk to. And relationships with people who don't have this "disease" is impossible because the temporary deaf person can't hear them.

So...is texting and/or sign language not an option? What are we doing?

#la pluie #bl drama #thail bl

[cornyonmains]

Petition to give thick stripper mommy who caught the grenade a larger role in KP season 2.

#kinnporsche #thail bl #I want her to be besties with Yok and Tankhun

[nerdyrobotsjewelry]

I made some stuff for Theory of Love because I loved this series.

#theory of love #thail bl #offgun #khaithird #nerdy robots #jewelry #boy love

[themundanedumpling]

CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE GETTING OUR POOKIES BACK

#thai bl #pit babe the series #pit babe series #charliebabe #thail bl drama #asiandramanet #asian lgbtq dramas #asianlgbtqdramas