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Cutie Pie Review - It’s All About the Chemistry

quick pitch 

Cutie Pie 

(Thailand, Feb-May on YouTube) 

8/10

Main Tropes: arranged marriage, age gap, secret identity, cohabitation, rich kid problems, he’s in engineering

It was a real pleasure to see Zee again (Why R U?) and his new love interest is very well cast. MaxNat turned in their usual consummate side dish action, (origin Why R U? also Y-Destiny & Close Friend) and it’s always fun to see Perth (My Engineer) and the other guest cameos. 

With very high production values at at first I thought they were gunning for Korea, but I’m got a real Japanese feel from this one, Thai style of course but there is definitely a lot of visual referencing live action yaoi. Also the music and sound were pretty darn good.

It took me a few episodes to accept the absurd conceit of this show and its quirky characters and motivation as ALSO EXTREMELY traditionally yaoi and very lifestyle D/s. After that I just rolled with it. I realized that if this had come from Japan I would have given it a pass immediately. Why be tough on it just because it comes from Thailand?  So, about half way through I liked it A LOT more. 

The chronic miscommunication: 

Really tested my patience at the end tho. 

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Why Ai'Hia was so funny in Cutie Pie 

A Mini Essay on My Love of LianKuea in Cutie Pie (and ZeeNunew's performances)

Honestly I just love LianKuea's dynamic, it's so D/s but also so classic yaoi seme/uke. The way Lian smiles when his Nu does something cute is so damn sweet. He’s practically the definition of a caring Dom. Killing Kuea (and us) with stern softness. Zee did a fantastic job with this character. That said NuNew also managed to give us an appealing uke with gumption and a crush and a failure to understand self actualization who we liked.

But let's be honest here, the actors chemistry is REALLY good.

(After Semantic Error, I'm beginning to develop theories about same-sex actor age gaps and the chemistry development quality that results. But I need to gather more data first.)

Look, there is something about the way Zee looks as his acting partners. His eyes are very doting, no mater the line delivery or any other aspects of the scene. He's been given these fierce stern roles to play in Fighter and Lian but he always seems to manage to temper his characters with fondness.

I like doting affection on screen.

I also like to see a seme actually sexually intersted in his uke, otherwise the archetype comes off as more inclined to ownership and less about desire. To be frank, Zee is also good at transmitting the "I want to bone" thing.

Since a seme character is aggressive and obsessive and intrusive he has to be tempered by some sort of softness to appeal to a modern audience. Add in authentic feeling sexual interest and the seme character MUST be gentled by the actor's performance, or we end up with a H4 situation. And Zee manages to transmit all that with just eye work. It's great to watch.

But NuNew did a wonderful job too. Kuea was clearly interested and willing and game. There’s no sign of the Blushing Maiden with this uke. Thank fuck, could we PLEASE kill that archetype?

As much as I love a Daddy who wants his boy, a boy who needs his Daddy is about a billion times better. And genuine sexual interest from the uke character is still far too rare in BL.

In this regard, Cutie Pie was a breath of fresh air.

What can I say?

They love each other, they just idiots

is a favorite of mine.

But...

They WANT each other, they just idiots?

Yeah. That one is gonna get me EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

The other pairs were good too! 

MaxNat serve us high heat while smiling the whole time. Which was kinda charming and basically their signature. These two just seem to have fun together. It’s nice. 

Language note on Yi’s confession: Diao’s nickname khondiao means “only” or a”lone” in Thai? So when Yi confesses, he’s using world play when he says “I love you only”. More here.  

However, I gotta say my favorite kiss of this show (and it was VERY kissy), was actually Syn and Nuea. Adorable. I wish we had gotten more of these two. 

Cutie Pie ended very navel gaze maudlin and sappy for my taste. The absurd proposal back-and-forth thing was kinda par for the course with Lian and Kuea  and their miscommunication antics, but I was bored by it. 

This show went from absurd to appealing to annoying and then back to absurd again - but always sappy and nicely high heat for what ultimate seemed to be an equal marriage propaganda piece. Which I’m fine with, but Taiwan’s Faded did it better in 20 minutes back in 2017. 

Nevertheless, on the strength of the chemistry of all three couples, the odd but very old fashioned romance tropes, and clear high rewatchability this one is getting a 8/10. Watch this one for the pretty, give it a pass on depth.

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And if I said I loved him???

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[ravenpureforever]

Sooo… I started watching the Eclipse and just oh my god,,,,

And it’s weird because I usually hate darker school dramas and click out by the second episode but I’m actually really intrigued and invested and I was trying to place why and then I realized-

It’s because of how genuine they are about being a teenager, particularly a queer teenager at that.

It’s because none of the students truly have any power. They’re doing these things, but it’s made clear time and time again that the adults are the ones truly hurting them. There is no all powerful student council running the show here, the enemies are genuinely just regular adults with authority over them who don’t understand them. 

Akk and Kan are prefects, but they’re actually very limited in what they’re able to do, he’s taking orders and trying to do what he thinks is right within those orders. Ayan is investigating and wants to expose corruption, but his mom his absent and he’s all alone and grieving and there are no mentions of any of his old friends, he’s being target by the teachers, he’s not suddenly popular and causing a transformation over night, he’s isolated and angry and trying to achieve his sense of justice. Thua clearly doesn’t feel safe at home, but he has no power, he has no protective friends willing to fight the world for him (Kan is scared himself, and this is simply a fact not a fault or criticism) and is simply trying to find a relative safety within the hidden corners. Wat loves something that no one else, not even his friends, can appreciate, and is being shoved towards a future he does not want because it is stable, because it is safe It’s funny and I love the chemistry and it’s such a fascinating plot and I’m having a blast watching it and yet there are times where I feel like I’m being cut into, like my soul is being bared to the world as I remember being that scared, angry queer teenager.

The Eclipse is something so deeply personal to me with the experiences of being a queer teen.

It just feels so genuine and honest with its characters and the acting and portrayals are done so well-

It’s the fear and the anger and the mutual I don’t want to be silenced but I am absolutely petrified of what could happen if I am seen so I keep my head down for me

I want to burn the world to the ground and never stop screaming. I want to bury myself in my bed and blankets and never emerge. I joke and laugh and everyone thinks I’m straight and cis and my soul is suffocating but I’m too scared to ever let anyone suspect anything about me. I know what I am and I can not hide but I will bury it so deep so I can pretend it is not there. Anger is going to eat me alive if fear doesn’t suffocate me first. I want to be brave, but what is courage when it threatens my own survival, when it means risking everything and everyone I love? It’s seeing other queer kids, loud and proud and open and being utterly terrified of them, being utterly terrified for them because I could never do that, how can they do that, how can they be so sure of their own existence, so unafraid in a world that wants them dead?

I’m watching different aspects of my own queer experience interact as actual complex characters and oh my god I want to cry

The tension between Ayan and Akk kills me every time, I adore Ayan, of course I do, he’s a mouthy chaotic gremlin brat and I very much have a type Ayan is consumed by his grief and rage and he is so blinded by vengeance he’s only going to end up burning himself in the end and Akk experiencing gay panic every five minutes gives me life Akk being torn between the different parts of himself, his heart’s desire and the heavy weight of expectations threatening to break him

The yearning with Kan and Thua stabs at me, the two cowards trying to survive even as it’s slowly crushing the-

Kinnporsche was a cinematic masterpiece and complete and utter game changer for me, it will be forever the greatest show of all time for me. Ingredients was something simple and sweet. My Engineer was…something that had a magical, compelling romance amidst chaos. Cutie Pie was fun and sweet and dramatic and heartfelt and a marriage equality and very fun and enjoyable to watch. But there’s something so achingly vulnerable about The Eclipse.

It’s funny and I love the chemistry and it’s such a fascinating plot and I’m having a blast watching it and yet there are times where I feel like I’m being cut into, like my soul is being bared to the world as I remember being that scared, angry queer teenager.

I just wanted to watch a fun Thai BL not like actual feelings cutting me down to the fiber making up my very being as I watch a surprisingly intense and psychological drama that’s making me reflect on my own past,,,, yeah

Can’t wait to see where it goes!

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[tobeornottotc]

Okay I will write something for tumblr because I’m in such a bl mode 😭😭

Let me try: Three Frigay BLS out today I’m so sad Candy Color wasn’t part of it because it also be doing something that may get better 🤧 But we got three Fridays and honestly your girl is very happy with it,

Cutie Pie 2 U is making my heart soar, after LITA I’ve not felt like a show is making me once again look deep below the surface and think about context and yes I’m biased because I am biased of DMD but… I loved it, I can already discuss this episode in detail?? I know what? I can blag so much for DMD but it fits and it works and I enjoy the show much more and it makes sense and follows through, I’m very happy to see the growth in Cutie Pie all my faves are all showing so much growth and we’re still tackling the basis of the whole point of Cutie Pie, but we’re even more complex, dramatic ironic, and romantic, it’s so good how does this show manage to be so cute and fluffy on the surface but have so much heart and depth below it? It’s been fun to discuss about it again 🤧 Imma keep being happy in my delusional land about DMD shows and as people have discussed yes to the sex positivity we needed it I’m happy it’s back

My School President: Guess what I’m also biased about this because one I’m in love with Gemini don’t judge me he is my next bias I don’t play since Off Jumpol never felt such love for someone 🤧 Okay back to review, this episode was amazing whole shows like CP is harder to pull out the subtext and context and analysis, MSP is littered with it, it’s obvious in its thoughtful characterisations, its writing is structured, thought out and wholesome and nostalgic and realistic, and it has heart and warmth and comfort from its comedy, its ode to music (this is the team that’s great to odes see Bad buddy Romeo and Juliet, theory of love film theory and romance, and a tale of a thousand stars country side and drama) they be doing odes in detail and it be making my heart flutter because it’s effort from the directing, the music choices, the writing team, the acting we all have planned and made sure this show matters and is good and that’s why I love my team 😭😭 Au I am so proud of your directing debut you managing the team so we’ll and Backaof is helping in the background as always. I dunno I just love this team if I see them in BL together Imma scream from happiness for GMMTV only when they’re together cause when they’re seperated we get … but yes to MSP being one of the best GMMTV shows to come out in 2022 and defeating so many of its shows in just 5 episode with acting, story telling, depth, romance and more. It’s been worth every moment and this show has 5 more episodes to become my fave but with the way this team owns me I dunno I’m not goanna be shocked if it does.

I will Knock You; I mean how adorable is Noey as an idiot?? I just can’t help but to love the boy. I will Knock you is my happy pill I genuinely switch my mind off and just smile through it, it’s incredibly charming it’s romantic moments are actually really soft and heartwarming and it’s addicting. I like the development of its characters but I like how they’re not perfect either it’s like a mess if i have to think deeply about it but like it fits in my brain just seeing it as a plain romance that’s just funny, stupid and cute. And this episode was precious I love Noey and Thi, I love how they affect each other I love how they make each other smile, I love the symbolism in this show the connection to the basis of the show the soulmate trope I adore every aspect of it from Noey’s traditional stance on destiny and soulmates and romance to This version and his prejudice and insecurity blinding him to seeing he’s the leading love interest as Noey repeatedly nicknames him, I love their D/s components and I love their deep moments too. I adore the fact Thi eats Noey’s food so easily and is the only one able to stomach it just like he’s able to stomach Noey surface exterior and see beneath it to see someone romantic and warm. Anyways I love I will knock you not my fave but I’m obsessed with it every Friday literally makes me cheese and smile and normally I’m too busy noticing flaws for shows to enjoy but this just destroys that and makes me focus on the charm. Good for you I will knock you.

That’s Frigays observations and comments, no but I’m very happy it’s been awhile since I’ve been in a bl mode and this day was it. I remembered what I enjoy about this genre that I kept feeling was being lost in other things it’s been good to feel pleased at everything. I’m very happy with this, hope it stays this way. Hope Candy color also comes back next week cause where was episode 4??

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[gunsatthaphan]

I needed a few days to let the finale of cutie pie to leave a taste in my mouth but.

I like this series (ᗒᗩᗕ)

And i have complaints and i wish it had a bit more domestic fluff and not just explicit stuff but the chemistry between them exists and they didn't developed psychic mind reading powers to understand eachother but they talked.

The proposal scene was sweet, also more appropriate than one that is infront of whoever distant family and business partners birthday party. (I can only imagine how awkward the dad felt for that).

When Lian said "i have indulged myself too much" i was like "FINALLY" cause like, "i never asked you to be my boyfriend" and then 3 days later you propose while you have made your fiance cry once again, because of the same problem.

"i have a fiancé that is too afraid of me to confess to me his real interests and thus there's this emotional rift between us and is also insecure about our bond because i talk to his parents about him and our future more than him, what should i do?"

"I sHaLl MaKe A sUrPrIsE pRoPoSaL!! WhAt CaN gO wRoNg?"

It's not in my top 5 but it's nice and cute ,i like it that it didn't use some cheap drama to have an "obstacle" to the relationship. The annoying woman who is trying to get my man trope was kept for only 5 minutes and that was to emphasize the problem that Kuea doesn't feel like Lian acknowledges his feelings. And the relationship problem was an actual problem, poor communication, alot of people say the conclusion wasn't satisfactory in execution and i understand that.

But i liked it 7/10

hi anon!

thank you for sharing your thoughts!

for some reason the finale already feels ages away for me and idk if that’s a good thing or not dkjhhfg

but anyway I agree!

In regards to the domestic stuff, I think we already got a great deal of that. Sometimes certain scenes turned into something more but I personally don’t think it was too much. We got 2 scenes that were a little more intense and the rest was just fooling around and I thought it was all very sweet and not at all oversexualized. 

I don’t think we have to even talk about the ZNN chemistry because boy, I have no words lmao. Outstanding. However - and I said that about Bad Buddy too - there’s only so much you can rely on that chemistry when it comes to plot; you have to work with something that makes sense lol. So yes, I do wish they had talked more too, amongst other things, butttttt I’m happy with how the finale went down. The scene where they talked and made up could’ve been a bit more extensive but I’m glad it happened to begin with lol. So I’m okay. Yidiao on the other hand were very frustrating and the only way I could forgive them was if they got their spinoff lol but that remains to be seen. I could go into this more but for now, let’s leave it at that. 

There’s no denying that the proposal at the birthday party was dumb as hell lmao but I already talked about that. The second one was clearly better. And them both making plans to propose to the other was actually something that I was hoping for from day 1 lmao and I teared up when it happened jkdhg I loved that so much 🥺 The scene where Kuea flipped the tables and proposed in the same way that Lian did previously was so sweet and while I still would’ve liked it better if they had been alone, it was still a very sweet moment! 💜 

I don’t know if the show is in my top 5 but definitely in my top 10. There were moments where it was more of a love-hate relationship lmao but all in all I did love and cherish it and I’m happy with how it all turned out, even though it wasn’t perfect. But what series is. When you say their relationship problem is an actual problem, you’re 100% right. Miscommunication is very much a thing and not only in romantic relationships. It’s easy for us to yell “just talk to each other!?!” at the screen but it’s not always that simple. Which is not me brushing over their poor communication (especially yidiao) - but it’s something to keep in mind for sure. 

But anyway looking back on it a week later - without glossing over anything - I have mostly good things to say about the show; it was adorable, funny and overall a very nice romcom-bl, which was very well produced. They went all out in every aspect and they got the attention they deserved. 

For me it’s an 8.5/10. 

xxx

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[maychild]

cutie pie ep.12 (finale)

poor little meow meow was so distraught but if only he and kuea talked, maybe they'd be on the same page??? i dunno.

i know this is just entertainment and fantasy in that respect but i actually love that there isn't any homophobia. (except for y'know, pesky things like laws, and that one random dude in ep 11 who looked so confused when lian's dad introduced kuea as his son-in-law. same, dude, same.) all the parents are super great about lian and kuea being in love, and that makes me love the parents too. is it realistic?? no. do i care? also no.

Mama Wang was like, my baby is crying?? my baby is heartbroken??? NOT ON MY WATCH. and all i can say is i love u, mama wang.

i do love that both lian and kuea want to be the one to propose, so they made it a competition. HA! if i was lian tho, i would never think of proposing again after that debacle.

were both of their proposals cheesy af?? sure, but i do like cheesiness on occasion, and I LOVED that both groups of friends are now friends themselves--i love jay and i love that he's now interacting with kuea's university friends, and THEY are interacting with kon-diao/hia yi/and lian.

he was just sooo pretty here ok and i loved the lighting even tho i could've done without the serenading/double proposal:

this was a cryfest more than anything, but i did like it. 10 out of 10, really.

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BL Fight Club: Because if I can’t ship ‘em, I want ‘em to fight

Let’s let our red flags fly with this battle.

Lian Kilen Wang (Cutie Pie) vs Nine (Check Out)

Kilen: 27 year old CEO

Nine: 20 something year old Photographer

Look, both of these rich boys had no shame in their manipulation game, so it is only fitting we set them up to fight each other. They both went to great lengths to play mind games to win the hearts of their significant others, but can they fight? I don’t know, I kinda don’t care, but I sure as hell would want to watch. No shirts of course.

Winner: Us. This is a draw and we will just look at the hot bodies.

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This Week in BL - I’m Bored & Conflicted

Dec 2022 Wk 2

Being a highly subjective assessment of one tiny corner of the interwebs. Organized by which ones (in each category) I’m enjoying the most.

Ongoing Series - Thai

My School President (Fri YT) 3 of 10 - Honestly Tinn acts and talks like the voice inside of Sarawat’s head (from 2gether), I’ve never seen a bigger simp. The private tutoring was a good idea (Tiew is another one up for best wingman of the year). The way Tinn keeps getting accidentally defeated in his attempts at flirting is fun, and I love how they keep teasing us with tropes and then flipping or subverting them. GMMTV is being clever with audience expectations around the history of Thai BL and I love that. Also finally Gun is starting to feel something back... we enter phase two of a HSBL - moot pining but they both idiots. YES! 

Never Let Me Go (Tues YT) 1 of 12 - GMMTV’s answer to KinnPorsche this is (mafia lite?) spoiled prince + attack dog (whipping boy + bodyguard) suspense BL that’s actually a lot more like Golden Blood. It’s a pleasure to see PondPhuwin in something that’s not FUTS. Jojo (3 Will Be Free) is directing and daddy got himself a bouncing baby drone! We got a very dramatic opening with Paa shot on 18th bday. Puwin’s English is v good. Who knew? And Pond is v good at portraying insta-crush on poor little rich boy and I am not mad about any of it. IT’S GREAT. 

Between Us (Sun iQIYI) 6 of 12 - I still like WinTeam but I’m beginning to get annoyed by how many couples there are (5!) and how many of them were (DeanPharm) or are (BeePrince) in an entirely different show tonally. I understand they needed to pad-out this story, but they shouldn’t have, they should have just given us a shorter show. WATCH ALONG HERE.

609 Bedtime Story (Fri WeTV) 4 of 11 - We are finally getting Dew’s side of the story! And… its kinda dull. 

Remember Me (Sun Gaga) 10 of 12 - So Name is talking now? And they put Ja in a wig too? Did UWMA teach us nothing? Now I’m just annoyed with this show. Some more marriage equality schilling, because Thai BL has an axe to grind these days. Good luck boys! 

I Will Knock You (Fri Gaga) 5 of 12 - Honestly, the costumes in this show are insane and I also kind of like them in an odd way. There’s a Grease thing going on, and thus I keep expecting them to break into song (and being grateful that they don’t). The wardrobe is like the plot and the acting: loud and obvious and not very good but weirdly entertaining. Do I like it? Not really. Am I still watching it? Apparently. 

Ai Long Nhai (Mon iQIYI) 12fin - Yes, Ai did use particles to claim Nhai again. Jealous boy. Honestly, this was kind of an epically boring final ep. 

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

My Tooth Your Love (Taiwan Fri Viki) 11 of 12 - They are so stinking cute together. They also now have all the matching jewelry (not taken by MarkKit). This was a quintessentially them episode 11 of doom, in that they were parted because of communication issues and a maturing relationship occupied by immature characters. Still the leads were apart for most of the episode and that made it a lot less interesting as an episode.

Oh! My Assistant (Korea Thurs Viki) 5-6 of 8 - Kisses and separation! As drama llama episodes go, the reasoning is typically flawed and manufactured, but after watching Why R U? anything goes in an ep 11 (or its equivalent). So I’m still enjoying this show a lot. I don’t need my panicking gay boys and confused bisexuals to behave logically, certainly not in a KBL.

Candy Color Paradox AKA Ameiro Paradox (Japan Fri Gaga) 1 of 8 - A stakeout throws reporter Onoe together with photographer Kaburagi. Kaburagi's haphazard work style and player personality go against Onoe’s ethics. Yet, in joint pursuit of a scandal, these opposites attract move from enemies to lovers. Adapted from manga Ameiro Paradox by Natsume Isaku. Oh no! Our reporter is an unbelievably adorable pouty baby. Also big-ish cast and high production values in a BL, even for Japan. Even though it’s only been a little while since the last JBL, it’s such a pleasure to have one on my watchlist again! And the love interest is a big time flirty player. Very cliché (I still hold that the actor playing him looks like First of JaFirst). This is a lot more serious and a lot less slapstick than I was expecting, and I’m enjoying it because of that. But because it is serious, and this is Japan, we now cannot expect it to end happily. If you or someone who can wait, or likes to binge, and is very invested in an HEA you might want to consider holding off on this one. 

The Director Who Buys Me Dinner (Korea Thurs iQIYI) 1-2 of 10 - A new employee whose director claims to have lived 300 years and insists that they have to date (eat, hug & kiss) if baby doesn't want to die. Office, fated mates, and that’s kinda my jam. I’m always annoyed when I really like a show that’s on iQIYI or WeTV. Sigh. But I really like this show, it has a lot of Japanese elements to it not the least of which is the office setting, but also the personality of the uke character. Hilarious to watch Korea deal with a plot that requires physical contact. It’s weird, but I like it, it’s also extremely short. Like shorter than most KBLs even. Each app is so padded there ultimately less than 10 minutes long (which is why is is 10 esp rather than the usually KBL 8, it’s gonna end up the same length in the end).

Choco Milk Shake (Korea Strongberry Tues YT) 11fin - airs Dec 20th

Happy Ending Romance (Korea Thurs Gaga & Viki) 7-8fin - I actually LOVED the ending, very hinting at poly, and mature. But this show ended up not really being a BL, no tropes and not really a romance either. 

It’s Airing But I’m Not Watching It

War of Y (Thai Gaga) 20 eps - it’s just all too much for me.

2 Moons 3 (Thai) 10 eps - Possibly a future binge watch. Rumor is it’s banal.

Love Bill  (Vietnam Sat YT) - Bah Vinh is back but I’m too distracted. Also there’s a lot of fund raising stuff going on. I’ll wait and binge.

The Star Always Follow You (Vietnam YT) - same Team RL peeps we have seen before (Sunshine, Stupid)

Till the World Ends (Thai YT) 10 eps - ?

Why You... Y Me? (Thai Weds YT) 10 eps - It's not primarily a BL, but another meta show about BL shipping, with side BLs. @heretherebedork is watching it, ask them about it.

Ended This Week

Happy Ending Romance 

In this series, all the gay boys romantically behave like lesbians and professionally like straight dudes. It’s... odd. As a BL it kinda isn’t (sorry to say), there’s no tropes dropped and no real romance beats. This is about ego and dishonesty and pride and there is an elegance to the plot. Which is essentially the idea that possession is not love, and therefore, both men who love the Writer have to prove their love by letting him go. Honestly, I’m not sure how to rate this show. This is a blog about BL and this wasn’t it. 8/10 RECOMMENDED (but not if BL is what you’re after). Full review.

Ai Long Nhai 

Look this show was just a typical Thai BL university pulp about a confident gay and a clueless manic pixie dream boy. It had potential, chemistry, and earnestness going for it, but no plot and not enough side dishes. In the end, it was boring and you know I always rate boring lower than hot messes (because at least the hot mess TRIED). Still, Ai Long Nhai is better than your average Thai BL pulp, nothing happens but at least the nothing mostly shirtless, the gay dads are the BEST, which is about all I can say for it. 6/10 WORTH WATCHING BUT FLAWED

In Case You Missed It

With the help of @isisanna-blog, here’s a cobbled together a Domundi line up (peeps behind Cutie Pie) for 2023 Thai BL. Lots of established pairs and it looks good if they can actually make them all, includes beautiful historicals, paranormal, other high concepts, and a royalty bodyguard romance (knight/prince) with ZeeNew! 

Next Week Looks Like This:

Still coming:

Dec 21 - The New Employee AKA The New Recruit AKA Shinib Sawo from Korea, (prob Gaga or Viki) - From WATCHA (Semantic Error) virginal Seung Hyun scores the office internship of his dreams but on his first day at work he gets into it with his cool reserved boss. As you do. Stars Moon Ji Yong (Once Again). Based on Moscareto's web novel of the same name, directed by openly gay & queer activist Kim Jho Gwang Soo (Just Friends?). 

Dec 28 - H5: Love in the Future from Taiwan (prob Gaga or Viki) - A cheerful and energetic student from 2000 travels to the future (2022), works as a deliveryman, and meets his first customer, an heir with a domineering personality. Directed by Nancy Chen (HIStory 4, Papa & Daddy).

I’m working on my end of year wrap ups, trends lists, and BL stats reported. Let me know in a comment if there is any specifically you want to know of have deep feels about. 

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENTS

Beautiful pining work you’re doing there, Palm. Yearn, baby, yearn. (Never Let Me Go)

Fated mates, always a favorite of mine. (The Director who Buys Me Dinner)

GMMTV got itself a drone. Not sure how I feel about this. 

Games is my spirit animal (609 Bedtime Story) 

(last week)

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[songtaegguk]

I binged Cutie pie yesterday. And my impresson is..... It was actually quite good. I think watching Cutie Pie right after watching Kinnporsche made it a little less exciting but honestly, if i watched it before it would've been my holy grail.

I like the concept, like it's unique but the delivery was what we expect(ed) from thai bl dramas. I honestly didn't want to watch it at first because i thought i wasn't gonna enjoy it at all. But i was pleasntly surprised.

At first i thought it didn't have any love scenes because i went in completely blind. I only read the official summary. Didn't even watch the trailer. So i was actually surprised by the love scenes. And those were acted out very fluidly. Didn't feel choppy. I think the love scenes were acted out better than even some of the emotional scenes.

But my standards are all over the place. You have to know. I was in a fandom without even acted out kiss scene for 3 years and then saw buttcracks and rimming on tv. So you know.... not a trustable source.

So my overall impression is, if you want a bl drama with mature yet lighthearted themes it's a good choice. Gives you an unique yet classic thai bl feel without any bad acting.

#cutie pie the series #cutie pie #drama review #thai bl

[ravenpureforever]

So my Thai BL rabbit hole continues with me watching Cutie Pie! Had a brief break after the dumpster fire of My Engineer because my brain melted a little and also the Fall Semester started. Once again I came here because of Perth. I came here solely for Perth and the most I knew about it was apparently it advocates for gay marriage we continue with Cutie Pie! Because of Perth. I came here solely for Perth and all I knew was that it advocated for gay marriage so once again I was flying in blind

 Yet I was hooked within the first 10 minutes and had such an incredible time

Cutie Pie walked so KinnPorsche could run

First of all,

This was unexpectedly spicy. Not like KinnPorsche ghost pepper levels, but it had a nice kick to it, a lovely jalapeño, I had no clue it was going to do that and was such a pleasant surprise when the content warning showed up

I could be biased because My Engineer had such a chaotic start and this actually like has real build up to plot and explained the characters and their situations and it was actually compelling but the first episode is so good and such a solid start.

Maybe I’m kind of projecting here, but I absolutely adore Kuea, like him trying to be soften all of his edges and smooth his roughness in the hopes his fiance will keep loving him, so that his parents will be proud of him, it just breaks me a little watching him be torn between his true self and the one he thinks the people he loves want to be. I think Kuea should get to go feral, as a treat. He deserves to go feral after trying to be sweet and obedient for the sake of others. Also he rides a motorcycle and wears a leather jacket and I’m weak to that

-I liked the pleasant surprise that my initial predictions were wrong. Originally I thought it was going to be Kuea breaks the engagement and fully embraces his true self and goes feral and then Lian would get to know the real him and fall in love and they’d get back together. But instead Lian was in love with Kuea the whole time, knew who the real Kuea was and wanted Kuea to stop acting and be honest with him, was genuinely so shocked when he found out Kuea thought he wasn’t in love with him (because Lian is kind of a dumbass) and how they’ve always loved each other, it’s just grown and changed over the years and the real plot was them finding their way back to each other and understanding the honesty they need if this was ever going to work. Took me by such a surprise and it was so sweet and fun to watch

- I really do love how Kuea is like “you don’t love me even though I love you? Fine! Let’s call this while engagement off then!” Like no begging, no pleading, just getting straight to the point immediately

-“I want to marry a human. I don’t want to marry a doll.” SHOTS HAVE BEEN FUCKING FIRED

-“I’m not in love with him.” “Why don’t you break it off then???” “Well you see I told  to his family about still loving Kuea like I did when I was a kid and decided to fulfill the grandpas dying wish of always taking Kuea after seeing Kuea breakdown at his funeral after he even didn’t know he was sick and will take care of him forever” BRO WHAT THE FUCK

- Emotionally repressed men ruining their love lives let’s go

Once again seeing Perth is always very exciting and I was so happy when he showed up on screen but this time I am loving the main characters

-Any time Perth speaks English I’m like yeah the director knows what they’re doing here

-*Kuea drunkenly arguing with his fiancé* “Jay come help me!”                             Jay clearly not wanting to get involved: Hahaha I am suddenly deaf

-Jay lying through his teeth about how he betrayed his bestie to his fiancé, I love him

- OH MY GOD DOES JAY ACTUALLY KNOW THE FIANCE

-Jay is a constant mood of woops I can’t read, whoops I can’t hear, whoops I don’t see anything

- Jay really being the only one here that’s gotten laid. He’s also the only one with the braincell. I see the correlation here

-He’s really like that’s nice disaster gays, anyway-

Everyone here is a lying liar who lies and there definitely are not going to be consequences to that, definitely not

- Have I ever lied to do you” BRO YOU GUYS HAVE LITERALLY SPENT 80% of THE TIME LYING TO EACH OTHER

- MY BROTHER IN CHRIST YOU LITERALLY TOLD HIM LIKE A WEEK AGO YOU DIDNT LOVE HIM DID YOU JUST FORGET THAT YOU DUMBASS MAN

- No one knows how to communicate in this show do they? Literally no one, you’re all so dumb

-Are you guys finally realizing communication is key?? Nope you take one step forward and three steps back!

Yi and Diao had such a fun dumpster fire of a relationship and watching them go all sweet and sappy and honest was such a treat because everything about them was a little bit of a trainwreck and I found it very fun

-Everything around them was shrouded in mystery of what the fuck is going on with you guys,,,is-is this like a sugar daddy relationship??? How do you know each other???

-”It doesn’t matter if I love Diao or not” Sir I guarantee you it does, I promise you it’s very important

- AMNESIA SUBPLOT????? SECRET AMNESIA SUBPLOT??????

-That’s not a band-aid for our communication issues, that’s a dog!

-The “please don’t eat my dog” was one of the funniest things

-Watching them finally communicate and get spicy was lovely thank you very much, love that they finally get domestic bliss, they better be next in line for marriage

Overall though:

- I love how both Kuea & Diao are like yes, we’re totally just good sweet boys: *actually a motorcycle loving automotive engineer majoring singer and black belt in like taekwondo respectively that could probably easily kick their secretly very sensitive, worry wart love interest asses if they really wanted to and tried*

-Honestly Kuea & Diao’s friendship was the absolute best and was one of my favorite parts of the whole show

-The attempted exorcism was so fun, I adored Syn and thought his little romantic subplot was adorable

-Honestly the friend group was a treat, and I like how the brought to attention some of the more uncomfy jokes that are used and were like “hey man, that’s not really cool, please don’t do that” and Ton was apologetic and stopped when he realized he was hurting people

-Nuchy should’ve been a lesbian. It’s what she deserved

-Foei better be making bank, I adored and loved him so much, he was the audience insert wingman and you know he was rooting for them the entire time, such a great character

-Ding dong the sound of falling in love

-Ooooo marriage speech marriage speech!!! *Shows up every couple episodes*

-Y’all really making out in front of other people when you drink huh???

-RIP TO ALL OF THE FRIENDS PUTTING UP WITH THEIR RELATIONSHIP BS, JAY, UNIVERSITY BESTIES, LIAN’S BESTIES YOU ALL DESERVE A REWARD I WOULDVE FUCKING LEFT

-Genuine question: what was with the whole Annabelle thing??? Why was that a nickname specifically beyond just a doll?? Did we ever get an explanation for that I just missed it??? Is there some context I don’t know??? What was that whole nickname supposed to be doing???

-God I love watch people be in love and silly and sappy with it

-ooo angsty backstories

-God finally some good fucking communication and be truly honest with each other, only 12 episodes

-Final episode is making it all worth ngl

-I am here for the gay proposal shenanigans and I am here for Kuea living as his honest self and great fashion choices

-So many ups and downs and miscommunications and chaos and drama and we finally, finally getting them being fully open and honest with one another and they are finally on equal footing. No one is holding most of the cards anymore, there are no more secrets between them, their souls are finally fully bared and vulnerable, no more lying, they can truly be together and love each other as they are and live their truth

-Hahaha this ending is going to make me cry

In conclusion:

It was such a good series and I had such a genuinely fun time watch it. It had a lot of great tropes I adore: arranged marriage, childhood friend to lovers, mutually unrequited love because their dumb asses.

I really adored all of the couples and thought they were all fun and sweet and cute and I had so much fun with the friend groups and all the different character dynamics

I loved the overall message of love and acceptance and communication intertwined and the argument for marriage equality, I really, really enjoyed it!! 2022 is a great year for spicy Thai BL, huh?

Also between Kim and Kuea I’m really starting to wonder if I should invest in a silver chain necklace and a leather jacket because that’s like my ideal aesthetic

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[ecoamerica]

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[tobeornottotc]

I want people to also realise Kuea had regressed at the end of episode 10 and gone back to square one of episode 1 after he came back from England and chose to be with Lian. still he’s not blaming Lian but he is blaming himself he’s not fit to be with Liam not when he’s been doing so much for him and his family and he’s been on the other hand irresponsible and childish and ignorant of what’s going on, that’s what’s killing him, that all along he wanted to be perfect husband for Lian to lean on but he doesn’t know anything to help him and now the truth really has revealed he doesn’t know anything and he’s not mature enough to help him. He finds him self all of a sudden again unworthy (the first reason he became Annabelle) he’s back to that mindset that he can’t do anything and that’s why Lian can’t love him only now he knows Lian loves him but he’s angry and thinks he’s undeserving of that love hut worst he’s angry at Lian for never seeing him as more than a child how can he claim to say he lives Kuea with no debt in mind, when Kuea is so useless and unhelpful, for Kuea it’s not adding up, if he saw him as worth his husband he would have confided in him and told him the truth like an adult but he didn’t and that’s eating Kuea up Lian can’t rely on him and this he’s a nuisance and not worth loving (this is why he first changed when he came back to Thailand from England when he hid all those irresponsible parts of himself he viewed as irresponsible away from Lian that made Lian cold towards him) he’s basically back to step 1 except this time he can’t pretend to be Annabelle anymore he can’t hide these secrets he can only run and try and process and learn to be responsible without Lian. That’s what’s happening so much to talk about this episode but for now this is what I’ll say okay bye

#cutie pie #cutie pie the series #Liankuea #reviews #bl series #bl drama #Thai bl

[bitchesgetriches]

Hey bitches, could we possibly get a template for a resignation letter that professionally says:

“I said I was gonna work here for X amount of time, but I’m leaving now, because you’re not paying me enough to live off of”

When I signed back on with a place I’ve worked before, I initially committed to working there until the end of the year, but I crunched the numbers and realized I’m not getting enough hours to cover my expenses each month, and that was supposed to change like three weeks ago.

Oh hell yeah, cutie pie. You can go 2 routes:

Write a standard resignation letter. Deliver it in person, and if they ask "why are you leaving?" say something like "the compensation no longer meets my needs." This should prompt them to offer you more money, in which case, go into salary negotiation mode. If they don't offer more money, then you've at least given those cheapskates valuable feedback.

Write a resignation letter that among other things states "I've reviewed my compensation package and determined that it no longer meets my needs. For this reason, I find I must move on from the company."

Hope that helps! Also, make sure you check out our guide for quitting in general:

How to Quit a Job: Giving Notice with Dignity, Poise, and Tastefully Subtle Shade 

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[anpanman95]

God DO I have things to say about this one here…

CONTROVERSIAL REVIEW AHEAD

Last Twilight: why Day’s character is a major RED FLAG 🚩🚩🚩

DISCLAIMER: I do not have anything against him as an actor. He’s a beautiful sweet talented cutie pie that is doing such an amazing job it causes me to hate the motherfluffing guts of this character.

To make this easier I’ve broken down this to five points.

Day’s personality sucks: first of all, he is a rich, spoiled child (I hope all of us agree on this one) who’s clearly full of himself, and only cares about himself. This is demonstrated in several ways, but the most blatant one is in how he believes that his tragedy is the worst possible scenario anyone could be in, and fails to have a single ounce of empathy for anyone around him unless, of course, it has to do something with him. Yes. What happened to him was horrific, and traumatizing, but he is not the only human being in the world who has problems. Which brings me to my next point.

Having a disability does not give you the right to be an asshole. “Oh but every person deals with their own stuff differently” Honey, no. The whole point is that having a disability does not make you any less than any other human being. Question: Doesn’t Day want for people to stop feeling pity for him? to not treat him differently?. Well guess what darling: that implies you also still have to be and function like a decent person. Yes, again, I’m very sorry about what he has to go through, which is a horrible and unexpected experience, and I could never imagine what that’s like, but literally no one in his life wished this upon him. He acts as if everyone around him is to be blamed for what happened.

Spoiled part 2: He has a roof over his head. A fancy one might I add. He lives comfortably. He has healthy, unlimited food, done by a professional chef, might I add AGAIN, and he does not appreciate his family and what they do for him, not even once. Does he not understand that his life could be much, much worse? I’m not saying he can’t be angry or depressed or deal with his trauma however he needs to be able to heal, but there’s a difference that he doesn’t seem to understand: being angry at a situation that is out of anyone’s control, and being angry or directing that anger to people who just want to help. Which brings me to my last two points:

Day’s crappy behavior towards his family: Lets start with the mother. She is, of course somewhat at fault for what Day has to go through. But only because she is being unreasonably overprotective, something that could have been solved anyway without Day being an absolute prick about it. (Also pick one of your children to give all your love and attention to and abandon the other? what is wrong with you). Now to his brother Night. Oh God. I don’t think you understand how angry I was when Day said “I forgive you for everything”. Bitch what the f? Forgive Night? for treating him like absolute garbage, as if he had never been your own brother? Like he planned the whole fiasco? He gets mad after the accident because his brother TRIES TO CHANGE for the BETTER. And accuses him from TRYING TO STEAL THE GOOD SON TITLE FROM HIM??! Be for real bitch. This circles back to point one: He only cares about himself. Night has been traumatized almost as much as Day because of the accident. It is obvious he blames himself and probably will never forgive himself fully for what happened. On top of that he gets an awful mother and brother? Nah. Count me out. I would have resigned from that family and go live with beautiful sweet Porjai to a small village and never be contacted by those people again.

Mhok: Oh dear. Oh dear. He is literally the greenest of green flags out there. Sure. He’s a little volatile. Sure, he has done violent things. But he would have NEVER hurt Day or any of their friends/family. My boy was just trying to do his job, cause, mind you, HE HAS NO MONEY OR FAMILY TO SUPPORT HIM LIKE YOU DO, DAY. The money and family you disrespect every single day. And what the f with telling him what to do with his life? Who the f do you think you are? Mr. Righteous? Mr. Perfect? More like Mr. Red Flag 101. Day basically broke Mhok’s heart because Mhok didn’t want to be away from him. So, first of all, I don’t believe for a second Mhok’s intentions were out of pity. Maybe they came from a place of WORRY and a little bit out of infatuation because he liked him so much and didn’t want to be away from him. But never pity. EVEN SO. IF Mhok felt “pity” for Day, the correct thing to do, as two fluffing functioning adults, is to TALK. Why did you have to go and tell him all this horrible things just so he’d leave? Why not tell him you’re proud of him, and ENCOURAGE HIM to take the job, ENSURE that it’ll work out between you? But nooooo, Mr. Red Flag had to go and break his heart cause he lacks basic decency and human empathy, only for Mhok, bless his heart, to come back after three years AND FOR SOME REASON, still manage to be in love with this awful person. And he tells him no? Break his heart all over again only for Mhok to have enough emotional intelligence for the both of them to actually come back after YOU GAVE UP ON SEARCHING FOR HIM AT THE AIRPORT LIKE A WEAK MEDIOCRE BI— ugh. If I were Mhok I’d gone and kicked his sorry ass and married a handsome Hawaiian.

Okay.

Also Day only coming to his senses after his mother tells him THE MOST OBVIOUS THING THERE IS.

“Oh Mother what was that? Loving means taking risks? It’s all about trust? and communication? Oh my, that would have never crossed my mind because I am such an idiot. Thank you mom I’ll go look for the love of my life now because you told me so”

like seriously what is up with these boys and their mommy issues? I swear the exact same thing happened in Hidden Agenda. Bro.

I love P’Aof, and his work. Loved Bad Buddy, loved Moonlight Chicken. I had super high expectations of this and, overall, the show is good. But I simply did not enjoy it as much as I thought I would, and it’s all because I couldn’t sympathize with one of the main characters.

In conclusion:

Fluff you Day, you do not deserve Mhok. sorry p’Aof I love you and will continue to support you until the very end.

oof. I needed to rant this out. don’t yell at me please I cry easily.

peace out!

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[raging-himboifcation13]

shoutout to that letterboxd review of Hellraiser 3 that called pinhead a cutie pie. god you're based

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