#gmmtv 2020

[gunsatthaphan]

#rebellious.

#only friends #only friends series #only friends the series #only friends ep4 #ofts #firstkhao #sanray #sand x ray #first kanaphan #khaotung thanawat #gmmtv #thai bl #bl drama #LMAOOOO #he really said yall want shy and flustered sand? not today bitches #the sass i just---- #khao looks so done lmao #this reminds me so much of 2019/2020 first bc he was acting like that all the time kjfdhv #my pookie 🥺

[khathastrophe]

the things we lost in GMMTV sacrificing plot relevant relationships so that OffGun can be the only gay ship Gun has

#corporate greed did #toddblack #and #GramBlack #tragedy of 2020 #also all of #midnight museum #not me the series #gmmtv #offgun #I do fully believe the reason we didn't get any of these ship is because gmmtv has some sort of rule that Off is Gun's only man pairing #cause they are avoiding it like plague

[thaimedia]

THE WARP EFFECT (2022) Chaleeda Gilbert as Kim and Phuwin Tangsakyuen as Ice

#the warp effect #chaleeda gilbert #phuwin tangsakyuen #drama #2020s #gif #thaimediatag #gmmtv #the one enterprise #hard feeling film #viu #pinya chookamsri #tichakorn phukhaotong #interesting how their dialogues were paralleling each other here #thaidramaedit

[offtay]

jealous gun is so rare it's a sight to behold 🤭💚

#offgun #off jumpol #gun atthaphan #thai actors #gmmtv #byofftay #2019 #2020 #2021 #2022 #2023 #looool the fact that I was at the event from the last clip makes this tiktok even funnier 🤭😆 #it's not often gun is jealous so I enjoy it 😆😆😆

[guzhufuren]

mix sahaphap's thighs. you agree

#mix sahaphap #moonlight chicken #mine #he is the finest man in all of gmmtv #in love with him since the pilot trailer of atots in 2020

[itwoodbeprefect]

deeply fucking unhinged shows that are completely aware of being deeply fucking unhinged...... i love you

#i thought gmmtv dirty laundry might be the pinnacle of this but now i think i was wrong #i am watching. the shipper (2020). and every episode has me yelling nooOOO at the screen more #but only in the sense that i'm having the time of my life. wtf dude. literally wtf #this is vaguely like if you took the general vibes of s&h dandruff and transplanted them on a cw high school show #maybe crossed with the good place. and the folgers coffee commercial #and it's a body swap comedy. and a satire. and half the people in the youtube comments don't seem to be interpreting it that way #AND ALSO you get jennie panhan which. literally everything i've seen her in just made me wish she had more screentime #hitting post on this in the full knowledge i'm veering ever more wildly left (in the tags) of what anyone follows me for. love you all #* #the shipper

[bl-bam-beyond-extra-blbambeyond]

NARAVIT LERTRATKOSUM

[Nickname: POND]

@pose4photoml

#STILL PHOTO #NARAVIT LERTRATKOSUM #POND #ACTOR #SINGER #UNIVERSITY STUDENT #FISH UPON THE SKY (SUTTHAYA/MORK) #NEVER LET ME GO (PALM) #WE ARE: THE SERIES (PHUM) #DIRTY LAUNDRY (JUDO) #LONELINESS SOCIETY (ALAN) #OUR SKYY 2 (PALM) #THE GIFTED GRADUATION (NON) #OOPS! MR. SUPERSTAR HIT ON ME (ACTOR) #WINNER OF GO ON GIRL & GUY STAR SEARCH BY CLEAN AND CLEAR (2020) #GMMTV ARTIST #AND ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS

[juneviews]

no song will ever hit like offgun's too cute to handle does & I love that for them 😌💚

#axelle rants #offgun #like it's THAT bitch it eats so hard!!! #also I love that gmmtv just gave offgun a random song... sigh that was the last time they ever cared for offgun #and even then the marketing for this song was atrocious hahahaha so they didn't even try that hard #but yeah 2020 was the last year gmmtv cared for offgun :( #ANYWAYS didn't mean to turn this into a sad post TOO CUTE TO HANDLE SLAPS & THE MV IS A MASTERPIECE #lowkey wish they'd get a second song on top of their ost's tbh... it'd be so cute

[bl-bam-beyond]

NARAVIT LERTRATKOSUM

[Nickname: POND]

@pose4photoml

#POST: BAM (BEAUTIFUL ASIAN MEN) #THAI ACTOR #THAI MODEL #THAI SINGER #THAI HOST #FACULTY OF ENGINEERING #2020-PRESENT #GMMTV EXCLUSIVE #WON GO ON GIRL & GUY STAR SEARCH BY CLEAN & CLEAR 2020 #THE GIFTED GRADUATION (GUEST ROLE: NON) #FISH UPON THE SKY (MAIN ROLE: SUTTHAYA/MORK) #OOPS! MR. SUPERSTAR HIT ON ME (GUEST ROLE: ACTOR) #NEVER LET ME GO (MAIN ROLE: PANNAKORN JANNALOY/PALM) #DIRTY LAUNDRY (SUPPORT ROLE: JUDO) #OUR SKYY 2: (MAIN ROLE: PALM/PANNAKORN JANNALOY) #LONELINESS SOCIETY (SUPPORT ROLE: ALAN SUNTHORNPODJANARUJ) #SOURCE: TWITTER #MYGIFSET #My GIFS #MY-GIF-EDIT

[superwholockian93]

Decided to watch FUTS finally because I like neolouis in the Eclipse and they're there too. Already made a post in the difference between the two neolouis ships/storyline. If they made a cut of just the Duean Meen scenes I would watch every now and then I don't really repeat things If it wasn't for Neo, Duean's character would have easily become an obnoxious ass character. He was still a bit of a jackass but he made him loveable. Neo definitely knows how to switch between comedy and seriousness.

(Louis was also very good at playing the adorable oblivious(?) Cute guy)

FUTS was definitely a show on crack.

(Now gonna go write some fics)

#Neo has been my GMMTV/Thai celebrity crush since 2020 despite never having watched anything of his willingly #I suppose I do like chatty funny but ultimately nice guys while hating chatty people #anyway go watch his and Louis's part if not the whole show #futs #the eclipse #eclipse the series #neolouis #neo trai #Louis thanawin #kanthua #fish upon the sky the series #fish upon the sky #duean x meen #dueanmeen

[gunsatthaphan]

thinking about Fong (2020) today 🥺 

#khaotung thanawat #2gether #2gether the series #fong #gmmtv #thai bl #bl drama #i had the biggest fattest crush on him in 2020 it wasnt even funny #dsjkghkjdf #baby 😩 #he snapped in that role #cant believe its been 3 years already 😭 #but anyway its another perfect day to appreciate the loml #jkdhgfd #sorry for the random set but i felt like it #byeee

[marshmallord]

i don’t think 2gether would’ve gotten nearly as popular if it hadn’t aired when it had

#like i still think it would’ve gotten crazy popular #but it’s considered one of the most popular thai bls of ALL TIME #and it’s really because it aired in the first half of 2020 #when everyone needed a cheesy goofy romcom the most #we were all stuck at home and this show was a little ray of sunshine #no hate i love 2gether #but i do think it’s definitely overrated/overhyped for what it is #2gether #2gether the series #thai bl #gmmtv

[thaimedia]

Ploy's Yearbook (2024)

#jitaraphol potiwihok #vichuda pindum #sutatta udomsilp #ploy's yearbook #drama #gif #2020s #thaimediatag #gmmtv #viu #gmm 25 #the one enterprise #snap25 production #thaidramaedit

[airenyah]

just numbered all my examples and i have 18 different examples in total

#taken from 9 different gmmtv series in the time from 2020-2023 #6 of them being bls fkdjdjjdd #(though you can only really tell it's gay with just one‚ likely even two out of the 6) #airenyah vs her ba thesis #airenyah plappert

[doorajar]

Thanks to @heretherebedork l am a few eps into Tonhon Chonlatee (GMMTV / AIS Play, 2020) and loving it. In addition to Suphakorn, Thanawit and Jirawit, the always delightful Chinnarat Siriphongchawalit (Mike), who debuted in Our Skyy four years ago, spends every onscreen moment here mugging for the camera. It’s both endearing and ridiculous—but I assume it’s what director Trakulkasemsuk was looking for, and Mike delivers unrestrainedly !

Above-average photography, delightful cast, bubbling energy, classic BL tropes—what’s not to like ?  Oh, and the most gay-supportive mom imaginable, too ! My only complaint so far: the seductive theme song is abbreviated tragically, except at the main episode breaks. No fair !

#tonhon chonlatee #Trakulkasemsuk #gmmtv #2020 #best gay-mom yet ! #ais play

[absolutebl]

BLs with Strong Historical Elements

Costume dramas, historical BLs, and BLs with time travel or flashbacks to historical locations & times.

These are in order of my personal preference, best at the top.

I Feel You Linger in the Air

2023 Thailand

IFYLITA is an exquisite BL, from filming techniques to narrative framework (much like Until We Meet Again). It's about a gay man from our time who falls into the past, becomes a servant to a noble house, and falls in love with the heir. It turns out this has all happened several times before. Steeped in history and family drama it edges into lakorn (but not as much as To Sir With Love and with way less scenery chewing). This is an elegant and classy soulmates BL... from Thailand which normally doesn't even try for classy. The main couple (both as a pair and as individuals) were excellent, particularly Bright (Yai) whose eye-work acting style is a personal favorite of mine. Pity about the ending. Oh it wasn’t that sad but it wasn’t good either. This show could easily have earned a 10/10 from me except that it fumbled the… erm… balls in the final quarter. Argh. Whatever.

Nobleman Ryu's Wedding

2021 Korea - WeTV

A boy cross-dresses to take his runaway sister's place as a bride to a shy scholar, turns out they like being married. A historical setting allowed this BL to use some seriously old fashioned romance tropes (arranged marriage, evil step-sisters, Cinderfella) but also modern BL stylings like fake relationship & secret identity (drag) plus some cute gay panic. It reminded me of 12th Night more than anything else which just happens to be my favorite Shakespeare play. For all these reasons, I adored it.

(the ghat kiss!)

Tinted With You

2022 Korea - Viki

Fun stylish time travel meets portal fantasy with a likable cast, historical setting, and two actual kisses that mitigate the rough plot and issues around anachronisms.

Word of Honor

2021 China (censored) - Viki/YouTube?

I don’t rec Chinese stuff often, because I believe in censoring the censors, but this show is one of my favorites of the post 2016 censored bromances. It’s two murder-gay assassins (pining sunshine/tsundere), and they are so insanely gay for two boys who will never be allowed to kiss. Tropes include: wuxia, soulmates, paranormal, historical, and fantasy elements.

To Sir, With Love AKA Khun Chai

2022 Thailand - YouTube?

This is a true lakorn (basically Thai tellenovella or soap opera) with scenery chewing performances, especially from the mother characters. Gone With the Wind + Days of Our Lives but gay. That said? I loved it: A glorious central brother relationship (the best, made me cry), het romances, class divide + gay *gasp* main romance - oh my word, the campy drama of it all! Arranged marriage, rebellion, cut sleeves, over-the-top death with curses and regrets, beautiful if inaccurate costumes, secrets unraveling, cover ups, sparkle murder, sex herbs, coils within coils including snakes and murderous green metallic sequins (is anything gayer on this earth?). It’s a WILD ride but it does end happy for our gay boys. A man cries when he finds DEATH GLITTER. Come on! You haffa watch it. That said, like Manner of Death I struggle to rate something on a BL scale when it patently isn’t a BL. So I ended up giving this exactly what I gave that show, 7/10 I enjoyed it a whole lot, but not as a BL.

The Untamed (Special BL Edition)

2020 China (censored) - YouTube

Censored wuxia bromance, amorphous ending. Probubly the best known BL of its kind out of China and responsible for bring many fans to the BL side.

Our Skyy 2: Never Let Me Go

2023 Thailand - YouTube

I was nervous to watch this PondPhuwin vehicle but I liked it a lot! Doomed soulmates + paranormal time travel to fix the past. I’m happy for the outfits and the dancing (if not the singing). It’s not a bad premise and it’s nice to see GMMTV lean into its high production values for a change. I'd adore a full historical starring these two and this was definitely the best of the second series of Our Skyy. I don't think you have to have watched the original Never Let Me Go to enjoy this.

Legend of Long Yang: Rebirth

2017 China

Gaga

Whipping boy trope... literally, servant character takes the strap for the prince, who then makes him his bodyguard and lover when he becomes king. Low budget historical, comes off as kind of cosplay wuxia version of Irresistible Love, but we get (in the credits) an actual kiss, and they both live. So yay for small mercies.

The Director Who Buys Me Dinner

2023 Korea (historical flash backs)

iQIYI

A new employee at a film company encounters a director who claims to have lived 300 years and insists that they have to date (eat, hug & kiss) if baby doesn't want to die. It has a lot of Japanese elements, not the least of which are: an office setting, the fact that every character in this show is unhinged, and a killing of the gays. Featuring a gorgeous & stellar cast, TDWBMD should have utilized them less for melodrama and more for chemistry. This BL surprised me by going there with a lipstick mark AND an actually gay idol. But (you knew there was a but) while it's a unique twist on an office romance it is NOT a unique twist on the doomed red thread trope, resulting in it feeling less than the sum of its parts and ultimately unsatisfying. This might have also had to do with the fact that this was one of those KBLs where I felt how very short it was the whole time I was watching, like I was missing something constantly, in every episode. Worth watching for some but seriously flawed.

First Love Again

2022 Korea (historical flash backs) - Viki

A popular novelist who remembers his past lives meets his soulmate for the third time, only to find she has been reincarnated into the body of a man. This one started out a touch mean-spirited, but we eventually got a good kiss. The confession/rejection scene was justified and the reconciliation and ending was... fine. All in all, the pacing felt rushed and the romantic arc was underdeveloped. They go from like to love to boyfriends in a red hot minute. But that’s par for the course with Korea’s short form. If you don’t mind a heavy does of melodrama in your BL this one has a solid story with a strong concept that’s well acted and produced, making it a classic KBL with better than average chemistry but ultimately a touch forgettable.

Love in Spring AKA Spring of Crush

2022 Korea

This show was all over the place with uneven acting, narrative, and focus (sometimes it wanted to be a slapstick comedy, sometimes a depressing melodrama) which meant no one, actors or viewers, took anyone or anything seriously.... AND it’s a bromance. I was left wondering if SalHyung is now code for “they were roommates” in Kdrama historicals but otherwise largely apathetic and unimpressed. Korea, I now know you can do better. Do better.

Mermaid's Jade

2019 China (censored-esk) - Gaga

Kills the gay.

The Male Queen: Han Zi Gao

2016 China - Gaga

Kills the gay. Schrodinger's BL, both a BL and entirely not one at the same time.

Diary of Heong Yeong Dang

2014 Korea

Kills the Gay

I was gonna do a top 10 list, but there aren't enough by my metrics, so many end sadly.

This post at the behest of @verymuchof thank you for the idea!

Dated April 2023, includes only BLs that had finished their run by that date. Not responsible for cool costume flix that come after that. But you should check the comments to see if any have been added by others!

I might have missed a few that only have time historical elements since I don't always track those.

Also I would like to point out a decided lack of Japan on this list. My ninja yaoi consuming tiny past self is VERY upset about this void.

WHERE ARE MY GAY NINJAS??!!!

(source)

#historical bls #time travel bls #bls with historical elements #korean bl #chinese bl #thai bl #I Feel You Linger in the Air #Nobleman Ryu's Wedding #Scholar Ryu's Wedding #Tinted With You #Word of Honor #Khun Chai #to sir with love #The Untamed #Never let me go #Legend of Long Yang #The Director Who Buys Me Dinner #First Love Again #Love in Spring #Spring of Crush