You can complain whatever you want but the gmm tv are doing their job and getting that money...like they have created a whole cultura of shipping and not even hollywood has seen its potential
Instead of doing a roundup (which I still might do) I just decided to do my own Best of 2023 for the handful of BLs I watched this year.
Series I Finished for the Couple- A Boss and A Babe. The plot had way too much going on and a lot of the pieces didn't flow well and a lot of things really pissed me off. Also the only side characters I liked were Porsche and Jack. But I LOVED Boss Daddy Gun and his Cher Bear. They filled me with joy and warm fuzzies and I loved how dependent they were on each other. Gun got was able to let his guard down and Cher found someone he could be vulnerable with.
Love Scene the Made Me HOLLER- Love in Translation. YangPhumjai fucking nasty across their freshly opened convenience store. They fucked in front of the security cameras and with the way they were slamming each other into the shelves I'm surprised more merchandise wasn't all over the floor. 10/10 love scene. Also I adore YangPhumjai.
Messiest Plot-Moonlight Chicken. Between the cheating, crying, screaming, and fighting I was thoroughly entertained. They had my emotions all over the place. I loved the series in it's entirety. (No I haven't watched OF or that would've won lol)
Dilf of the Year- Jeng from Step By Step. Everything about that man screamed 'Daddy'. He was sweet but stern. A very gentle Dom. He ran multiple businesses. He wore dad jeans on his off days. He had a beautiful smile and a BANGING body. And all he wanted to do was cook and take care of Pat...maybe teach him a few thangs. Sigh yeaaaa He was Pat's daddy idc.
Most Likely to Get Jumped- Saengtai from La Pluie. Don't you dare lie and say you didn't want to fight him at SOME point in this series. Tai was just very selfish and did not know how to apologize. He blamed everyone else for everything and he acted like a spoiled brat through most of the series. And I for one wanted to beat him up a couple of times. He's so cute tho.
Best Dressed-Chen Yi x Ai Di from Kiseki: Dear to Me. One favored collars, sweaters, and bright colors and the other had more of a biker-streetwear-combat style and somehow they ended up matching 79% of the time. They looked good together. The stylists popped off.
Most Goodest Boy- Woo Seung Hyun from the New Employee. Just a sweet 28 yr old man eager to work and be his very best. His bubbly personality is easy to love and I just want to squish his face, kiss his forehead, and hug him for hours. I see why Jong Chan fell in love immediately.
Most Sad Boy-Seo Jae Won from The Eighth Sense. He shut himself off to the people around him and allowed terrible people into his life because he didn't care enough to show them who he was in real life, he covered everything with a mask and acted the way people would expect so they wouldn't seem him crumbling inside. He blamed himself for his brother's passing and also for Ji Hyun's accident. He felt like he deserved every bad thing that happened to him and every bad person in his life. Ji Hyun brought light into his life after being shrouded in darkness for so long.
Hottest Couple-KingUea from Bed Friend. The love scenes always delivered. That kitty play scene?????? There was consent everywhere which was also sexy. King was such a green flag and they were hot together. Uea wasn't afraid to be sexy and King was a bonafide bisexual himbo who refused to be shy about sex and all it entails. They were grown and sexy type of hot.
Hottest Scene-The oil rubbing scene from I Feel You Linger in the Air. Not explicit, but extremely sensual. You can feel the desire and tension in that rub down Jom gave Yai. And then Jom going into his room to rub himself down and relive the moment that just passed??? HOT AF. Personally, I think IFYLITA was the most sensual series I watched all year. The series focused a lot on intimacy and physical touch.
Most Potential-Step By Step. This series had all the makings of a perfect plot but then everything just sort of got away from them. The office part of the office romance sort of stepped on the romance part. There was too much business involved and it made the conflict between the two mains unnecessary and annoying. Also they completely neglected the side couple and made their storyline almost non-existent. The eps were long af and yet the time wasn't placed in the right parts of the storylines and some scenes felt like a waste...even some eps. It was a bummer because I liked all the characters and first leg of the series. JengPat are top notch and I wanted more from JaabJane.
Fave Side Dish-YiwaMarine from Wedding Plan. Ooops slipped some girls in! Gawd I LOVED THEM! Yiwa was such a sweet talker! She was def a smooth operator. That line about her liking being short so she could kiss Marine better????? SWOON! I could totally see why Marine could never stay mad at her and was always blushing. They were just the perfect pair of girlfriends turned wives and I'm sad we didn't get invited to their wedding.
i don’t think i’m exaggerating when i say msp is my new favorite thai drama and i’ve seen over 80 of them, so (alskdf). and i can’t get over how i had 0 expectations for it at all bc usually i feel like i can spot a good series a mile away??? but it just casually showed up and crept into my heart and blew everything else out of the water, like wtf...
and it’s largely due to fourthgem and their acting skills and their top-tier chemi ofc but also the fact that there are more osts than episodes and they’re all so good (and i like their covers even better than the original artists’ versions like omg,,,)... i wish more series had more (and better) osts, goddamn. and the way i liked every single character and the parent/child relationships and friendships were just as good as the romantic ones... the balance between romance and drama and comedy... and the fact that they didn’t pull a cherry magic at the end (which i was rly starting to worry about after 0 kisses 1 ep left lmao--sorry cm i still love u <3). that was just the cherry (no pun intended) on top.
anyway i love you msp you will always be famous i can’t wait for our skyy 2 😭💓
Gmmtv is about to announce their series lineup for next year, what's your ultimate wishlist?
Oh man, it is so tempting to just answer with all my faves in new shows (and obviously I want that very much), but I'll try to be more specific.
Okay, starting with my big Pie In The Sky wishiest wish: Bad Buddy Season 2, Pat and Pran working on a project together in Uncle Tong's village, they have a proposal-off, and then start planning their wedding-- Pa and Ink sweep in and "help". I would be happy with another OhmNanon show, but if we're dreaming big, it's this.
Continuing to dream big: We deserve a GL from them. They've had side stories, and should-have-beens, and they've proven themselves with Zero Photography, it's past time they used their massive cast of talent and their budget and influence to give us a GL as well plotted and produced as their other content.
I'd love to see First and Khao in something else together, they are both incredibly talented, and their chemistry is great. I'd love to see Off and Gun in something again, now that they're together the added chemistry might actually kill us all, and Neo and Louis have shown they can carry serious roles, so more from them would be excellent, but this all kind of goes without saying, i think? Like, we'll probably get BrightWin and JoongDunk and EarthMix, and I'll be excited to see them in things, because they're great!
But I would really love to see some of the actors that usually get relegated to side characters like Pawin, Drake, and AJ get more screentime. And more screentime for their actresses in general.
Also-- and this is like, just me being straught up delusional -- since (if i'm not mistaken?) Perth just joined GMM, Love By Chance 3, wherein we get AePete back together and get to tell their story and I cry a lot would probably render me speechless for several hours if announced. (There were rumors that Saint purchased the tv rights to the novel? And he's independent/has his own production company now, so like *shrug emoji* But I would fully just scream and cry about it for several days.)
Also also, I want Golf to direct like, everything ever. (She has a few projects coming up-- like 609 Bedtime Story with OhmFluke -- and I am ready to be destroyed)
P.S. I'd really love more explicitly queer narratives, but I'm not holding my breath for it. Though they have definitely shown that they are more than capable of pulling that off beautifully.
What do you guys want to see from GMM in 2023? Please share with me!