#tonhon chonlatee ep 7

[aliceisathome]

Man, if YinWar didn’t have such excellent chemistry I’d be having Second Lead Syndrome right now.

I’ve also realised that Mark and Chonlatee have very similar reactions to their boys kissing an ex girlfriend:

No excuses, no messing about - you are dead to me. It’s over. Stop begging and making excuses.

My sweet little devastated tough boys.

#Love Mechanics Ep 7 #VeeMark #NueaMark #YinWar #I only just realised Ploy is Zon’s sis from Why RU? #Ploy #WhyRU? #ThaiBL #Tonhon Chonlatee #angry eyes #love mechanics

[absolutebl]

BL Coming in August

Here’s what’s starting this month. Which ones are you excited about? My top picks for me as The Eclipse and About Youth, let’s see how wrong I am. 

THAILAND 

War of Y

From COPY A BANGKOK (trailer)

20 eps (holy fucktard, 20 episodes of Cheewin’s nonsense), starts Aug 2 on AisPlay premium 

On Cloud Nine

Country setting, atmospheric LTR flavored BL with themes of self acceptance from MindTrio (trailer).

6 eps, starts Aug 6 on Mind Trio’s YT channel

21 Days Theory

Friends to lovers, self acceptance, secret crush, high school set from Rookie Thailand (trailer). Looks high angst, messy, cheating, secret crush stars Bever (En of Love: TOSSARA, En of Love: Love Mechanics, The Best Story and Love Mechanics) and Tee Khunakorn (The Cupid Coach).

8 eps, starts Aug 7 on Rookie Thailand’s YT channel (I think) 

The Eclipse

An enemies to lovers high school set, paladin bab boy pairing from GMMTV. This is right in their wheelhouse and was my most anticipated from GMMTV’s 2022 line up. Tropes include: sinister boarding school, haze the one you love, suspense & horror elements looks great, dark (but in a way Thailand can handle), kind of Blacklist-ish meets Great Men Academy. GMMTV excels at this kind of content. Stars First (The Shipper, Not Me) & Khaotung (Tonhon Chonlatee) side dish pair from FUTS NeoLouis. I actually really like this lead pair and I think they can handle the content. trailer

12 eps, starts Aug 12 on GMMTV’s Youtube channel  

* I’m gonna point out an important thing. I find it notable that Khaotung as the aggressor/bad boy (for a change) in this GMMTV offering has his natural skin tone (aka darker) as opposed to when he’s playing a super uke role (see Tonhon Chonlatee). Now there could be mitigating factors (like the makeup people got better at matching base tones, or they were shooting outside a lot), but still Thailand’s propensity for associating negative/evil/poor/crazy characters with darker skin tones is so painful and so insidious I want everyone to notice this, especially when we see it being carried out on THE SAME actor by THE SAME production team. 

And yes, Korea does this too.

My Only 12%

Friends to lovers, high school set, high angst, sunshine/sunshine pairing from Studio Wabi Sabi for iQIyI. (trailer) Neighbors and childhood friends, Cake & Seeiw, who have totally opposite personalities slowly growing apart. This one has the chemistry and the script so fingers crossed it’s not sad. Y-novel adaptation (author Afterday - Bad Buddy) starring SantaEarth (7 Project).

Do we trust Studio Wabi Sabi or director New anymore? Even with SantaEarth (especially with SantaEarth). That is the question.

Aug 12, 15 eps on iQIYI

180 Degree Longitude Passes Through Us

Coming to Gaga (trailer). Doesn’t look like BL: “Can a mother be more understanding of her son’s sensuality? Even if she does, will it be easy for her to accept his relationship with a man twice his age?”

? eps, starts Aug 15 on GaGa 

Love in the Air 

Enemies to Lovers, high school set from Me Mindy (trailer). Mame’s upcoming adaptation of her novels Love Storm and Love Sky, focuses on 2 couples and their individual storylines. 

10 eps, starts Aug 18 on ?

Ghost Host, Ghost House is supposed to be coming too. 

TAIWAN

Papa & Daddy 2 AKA Papa and Daddy Season 2

Gaga bringing us the second season (trailer). Starring Melvin Sia (Damian) and Chiu Mu Han (new actor as Jerry). Looks messy. 

6 eps, starts Aug 8 (Taiwan's Father's Day) on GaGa 

About Youth AKA I Secretly Fell in Love with Student Council President

Enemies to lovers, high school set for CHOCO TV to air on Bilibili (no trailer) from the producers of HIStory 2&3, and Tsai Mi Chieh the director of H1: Stay Away From Me; H2: Crossing the Line; H3: MODC; Love Is Science (we like her). Adapted from the novel Secretly by Huang Si Mi about high school boys with different backgrounds, personalities, and values who compete for student president, but have more attraction than animosity. The drama focuses on two storylines: egocentric elite student Ye Guang who fights in the council elections with a quiet guitarist Xu Qi Zhang, and his friend Ray who after a recent breakup up with his boyfriend meets A Jian.

10 eps, starts Aug 29 on Bilibili 

JAPAN

Takara and Amagi AKA Takara-kun and Amagi-kun AKA Takara-kun to Amagi-kun

Opposites attract, secret love high school popular/geek pairing from MBS (no trailer). Same studio as Mr Unlucky and Senpai, so expect that style. A popular guy and an outcast boy start dating in secret. Stars Jpop Idols Arata Sato (IMPACTors) as Takara and Nao Oriyama (Shonen Ninja) as Amagi. 

8 eps, starts Aug 18 on ? 

Interesting that there isn’t anything from Korea and nothing new for Viki this month. Although give them a chance, they drop suddenly and later sometimes. 

I don’t always know where to find these and remember your territory and accessibility may be different than mine. But drop a comment if you have more info. 

#japanese bl #jpop #Shonen Ninja #Nao Oriyama #IMPACTors #Arata Sato #Mr Unlucky Can Only Kiss! #Mr Unlucky Has No Choice But To Kiss! #Senpai Danjite Koidewa! #Senpai This Can’t be Love! #Takara-kun to Amagi-kun #adapted from a manga #live action yaoi #Takara-kun and Amagi-kun #Takara and Amagi #taiwanese bl #taiwan drama #About Youth #I Secretly Fell in Love with Student Council President #Tsai Mi Chieh #Huang Si Mi #GaGaOOLaLa #Papa and Daddy Season 2 #Papa & Daddy 2 #Thai BL #180 Degree Longitude Passes Through Us #Ghost Host Ghost House #The Cupid Coach #The Best Story #Love Mechanics

[iamdarthbader]

My Official QL Drama Rankings

On a scale of -5 to 5. Will be updated when I finish watching a new show. Any explanations will be done in separate posts.

MyDramaList

5/5- History 3: Trapped, He’s Coming to Me, Gaya Sa Pelikula, Manner of Death, A Tale of 1000 Stars, Bad Buddy, Not Me, Triage, The Eclipse, The Warp Effect, My School President, Be My Favorite, Laws of Attraction, Last Twilight

4/5- Great Men Academy, Theory of Love, History3: Make Our Days Count, Cherry Magic, To Sir With Love, Never Let Me Go, Moonlight Chicken, Cherry magic Thailand,

3/5- Because of You, Still2gether, You Make Me Dance, Peach of Time, Dear Doctor I’m Coming For Soul, Only Friends, One Room Angel, Love for Love’s Sake

2/5- SOTUS (both seasons + OurSkyy ep), PickRome (Ourskyy ep), Until We Meet Again, 2gether, My Engineer, Marry My Dead Body, The Sign

1/5- Puppy Honey 1, Tonhon Chonlatee,

0/5- Why R U?, Vice Versa, cooking crush

-1/5- Puppy Honey 2

-2/5- Fish Upon The Sky

-3/5- Love by Chance

-4/5- 7 Project, Kiseki Dear to Me

-5/5- Tharntype, Meet My Angel, KinnPorsche

#bl drama #triage the series #dear doctor i'm coming for soul #not me the series #bad buddy the series #gaya sa pelikula #2gether the series #manner of death #atots #Cherry Magic #theory of love #great men academy #because of you 2020 #until we meet again #sotus the series #he’s coming to me #history 3: trapped #history 3: modc

[youdontloveme-yet]

#i'm soft #what is this #thct #thct na #tonhon chonlatee #tonhon chonlatee spoilers #tonhon chonlatee ep 7 #thct spoilers #vertigox's gifs

[7-starboi]

#mike x toptap #mike chinnarat #toptap jirakit #nhai x ai #tonhon chonlatee #ep 7 #thai bl #thai drama #bl dramas #bl series #gmmtv #boy love

[dollopheadsandclotpoles]

GMMTV be flexing about how many views 2Gether has huh

#thaibl #tcts #tonhon chonlatee #look I’m gonna be real #I really enjoyed the first 7 eps of this show #but these past two eps are killing my brain cells with the garbage writing #live blogging

[murderousthighs]

Christmas day has blessed me with the best gay shenanigans from Thailand

#tonhon chonlatee #thonhon chonlathee #ep 7 #murderousthighs watches dramas and has thoughts #chefs kiss #thai bl

[mejomonster]

The closer I get to finishing things the more impossible it is for me to continue

#rant #this is basic I know ;-; #I marathoned tonhon chonlatee and the first day I watched 7 eps #the next day a FULL DAY ONLY watching the show I watched 2... episodes #I just kept pausing and procrastinating #something in my brain will be like “’it’s almost over!!’ then tell me I must avoid letting it end #with cdramas it gets bad cause I almost always stop with 10 eps left for 1-2 months #like tlt3 right now.... literally like 10 eps left... :c #and 2 books I’m reading rn I’m in the last 100 pages so my brain is like #start a NEW BOOK ignore finishing those #then I end up reading 7 books and finishing none help me

[heesulovebot]

bl/gl tag game

i was tagged by the lovely @gunsatthaphan​ thank u!!!! even tho this was the hardest thing ever lol i loved it 💕

your all time favourite bl character and why.

i’m just going to ignore the lack of plurals in that question and go with my top 5 faves (i’m a libra i can’t choose just one sobs). in no particular order:

tine teepakorn - i have never related to a bisexual character more. also he is sO dumb it hurts how much i love him dsknfkjdnf

kurosawa yuichi - he is the softest man, the biggest dork, and those smile whiskers literally cured my depression. idk man i just think he’s neat :(💕

kang seojun - there’s something inherently sad about seojun but the fact that he smiles through everything.... *head in fucking hands*

cha siwon - queen dasuel really knows how to write sympathetic-pathetic charas so well lmfao like, the secondhand embarrassment i got from him and the fact that i still adored him through it all. iconic, truly. another insecure character i relate to on a deeply personal level 🤪🤙

aoki sota - insecure bisexual.... holy shit i’m sensing a pattern here. he is pure of heart, dumb of ass, and i would kill a man for him and hashimoto

what’s your one character from a bl you wanted to punt into the stratosphere (you only get one so choose wisely).

aj i love you but i wanted to punt non so bad in dbk lmfaoooo

the best music moment from a bl.

wait idk what music moment means so uhm if we’re talking theme songs i still bump to gen y’s ost to this day an absolute banger. if we’re talking music in a scene... hands down scrubbs!!! still remember how the fandom lost it @ the headphone sharing concert scene in ep. 4 and it was all JA TUM TOOK TOOK YAANG 🗣️ ever since 

what’s a popular heterosexual text that you would like to see adapted into a bl/gl?

i’ll take any 90s rom-com but make it ✨queer✨ also: any jane austen!!  

a scene from a bl that always makes you laugh.

the white lion gang— particularly any line boss had (which you just know was a gunsmile adlib) but also the scene in s2g when the cake goes on fire and boss, the freak that he is, is like “cool!” whilst everyone else is freaking out around him jsdnfjdksn also i nearly died laughing when we walk into one of the scenes and boss is telling phukong “i knew your brother when he was this big [motions fist] and now he’s this big [slides hand down fist]” idkidk it’s just gunsmile’s expressions kill me. also: all of adachi’s spastic outbursts (esp when he’s with tsuge outside his apartment and then kurosawa’s ‘eh?’... omg also tsuge and adachi’s telepathic conversation in front of kurosawa dskjfnjfdnndksdjn) and green’s “what?!?!?!” lives rent-free in my head 24/7 

biggest disappointment.

tonhon chonlatee..... i don’t wanna talk about how bad that show was 😭😭😭 (and how i even managed to finish it,,, she’s a masochist, ur honour). RIP podd’s bl career 🙏 poddearth whEN

what two random bl/gl characters would make hilarious exes?

YIHWA AND FAI!!!! we_could_of_had_it_all.mp3 sobs

who would be the funniest person to watch a bl in its entirety and which one would you make them watch.

re-watching twm with @patspran​ was a hilarious ride 10/10 would do it again. as for making someone watch a bl, if i had to make anyone watch a bl i would probs make them watch light on me because it’s pretty much a hi-teen web drama and i feel like that’d be an easy way to ease someone into bls,,, slowly make our way up to thai bls lmfao 

best wardrobe moment/or character wardrobe from a bl.

miss yihwa was killing the game back in 2017 ur faves could never 😌 also everything nunew wears in that cutie pie show he is adorable. oh, also jang jaeyoung’s all-red tracksuit. simply iconic

tagging!🌈💕✨: @patspran @billlkin @itoldsunset @tehohaews @taeminie @mrdumpling @tontawantu @rashfcrd @earthfluuke @aquynh (only if you want to!!!)

#tag game #if you're wondering why ip*tm isn't on there for biggest disappointment..... we don't talk about her #also teh isn't on there because itsay is not a bl ty for coming to my ted talk

[vegaspetes]

Thanks to the lovely and beautiful Doreen @gunsatthaphan , for tagging me!! 💙💛💙💛

1. your all time favorite bl and why? -

A tale of thousand stars - I loved the setting and acting, it was so beautiful. And like the location was just so serene it was a beautiful escape. Also, earthmix are just *chefskiss* perfection.  (Ps. Bad Buddy will probably be tied in first place too but I'm letting it simmer since it ended like a day ago)

2. that one bl that scarred you for life -

I'm gonna put this as scarred me in a good way. Aka it will stay with me for a long long time.  Cherry Magic because Kurosawa has ruined my expectation of men. I know it's unrealistic but give me someone who cares and loves the way Kurosawa loved Adachi. 😭

3. is there any bl that made you feel very single? -

BAD BUDDY! I don't think I need to say more but I will. They had such a good healthy relationship, their support and love for each other was everything where do I get that?

4. if you could change one thing from a bl, which one would it be? -

The ending of Tonhon Chonlatee, cause like why and who allowed that? Or the writing team on cause you're my boy cause Drake was wasted on that show. Maybe even the editing for bite me, I was so sad I was let down by it. There are so many bls that could have been so much better if they fixed that one major weak point.

5. that one bl you detest (don’t hold back) -

I am very particular about the bls I watch so I don't really have any I detest.

6. your top five:

Atots

Cherry Magic

Bad Buddy

To my star

Until we meet again or Lovely writer (I cant decide :( between them)

7. that trashy bl that you lowkey like -

Together with me. I mean I don't even think it's all that trashy but the drama was lowkey ridiculous. Either way I still love it, and also gotta give it up for the kings MaxTul

8. your favorite korean bl (it’s important we know) -

To my star!

9. but also your top 3 for kbls

To my star

Light on me

The tasty Florida (I realized just now how few kbls I've seen lol)

9.5. (I'm adding this haha) top 3 japanese bls -

Cherry Magic

Kieta hatsukoi

My beautiful man (This show, I only saw the first few eps cause I wanted to binge when it all came out and have still been too busy to finish. But it still made my favourite list real fast haha)

10. season 2? which one? - 

From evidence season 2 is usually not a great idea. But with that said I really really wanna see more of History 3: Trapped! I wanna know what's gonna happen to them, and I feel like that would be one of the shows that could have a sufficient story to keep going and not be forced into relationship drama.

I would also like more of Be loved in house: I do. Because it was criminal of them to only get together in the last episode. I wanna see more of their relationship.

11. a bunch of dramas will air soon. which ones are you the most excited for? -

There are so many interesting new ones I might forget some but... TMS2, kinnporche, cutie pie, Moonlight chicken/ cupids last will (I count these as one cause Earthmix), the Eclipse, and never let me go.

12. tag them!

This was really fun so I am tagging whoever sees this post!

#if you do this tag me cause I wanna see your answers! #atots #to my star #cherry magic #bad buddy #kieta hatsukoi #lovely writer #history 3: trapped #blih: i do

[pvlovesbl]

I posted 121 times in 2021

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I added 32 tags in 2021

#bounprem - 4 posts

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#miketoptap - 3 posts

#jimmytommy - 3 posts

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#my 2021 tumblr year in review

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

“But you already know that I’ve always been yours.”

- TharnType The Series

13 notes • Posted 2021-07-23 16:11:49 GMT

#4

My TOP 14 Favourite BL Shipped Couples

MewGulf (Always Number One)

SaintZee (Always Number Two)

JimmyTommy (Always Number Three)

BrightWin (Always Number Four)

BounPrem (Always Number Five)

PerthLay (Always Number Six)

MarkGun, BoatGun (Always Number Seven)

KristSingto (Always Number Eight)

OffGun (Always Number Nine)

MikeToptap (Always Number Ten)

MaxTul (Always Number Eleven)

SamYu (Always Number Twelve)

CharlesAnson (Always Number Thirteen)

ToruFirst (Always Number Fourteen)

14 notes • Posted 2021-08-18 20:03:06 GMT

#3

My TOP 12 Favourite Thai BL Shipped Couples 🌈💞

MewGulf (Always Number One) - TharnType The Series Season 1 & 2

SaintZee (Always Number Two) - Why R U? The Series

JimmyTommy (Always Number Three) - Why R U? The Series & SaifahZon Story & Middle Love & Close Friend

BrightWin (Always Number Four) - 2gether The Series & Still2gether The Series & 2gether The Movie

BounPrem (Always Number Five) - Until We Meet Again & Between Us

PerthLay (Always Number Six) - My Engineer The Series Season 1 & 2 & Y Destiny The Series

MarkGun (Always Number Seven) - Love by Chance The Series & Love by Chance 2: A Chance to Love The Series

KristSingto (Always Number Eight) - SOTUS The Series & SOTUS S The Series & Our Skyy (Ep 5)

OffGun (Always Number Nine) - Puppy Honey The Series Season 1 & 2 & Theory of Love & Theory of Love: Stand by Me & Our Skyy (Ep 1) & Not Me

MikeToptap (Always Number Ten) - 2gether The Series & Still2gether The Series & Tonhon Chonlatee The Series & 2gether The Movie

MaxTul (Always Number Eleven) - Bad Romance & Together with Me & Together with Me: The Next Chapter & Manner of Death

SamYu (Always Number Twelve) - We Best Love: No. 1 for you & Fighting Mr 2nd

Disclaimer:

These couples & dramas they were acted in are my favourite 🌈💕

17 notes • Posted 2021-04-10 21:34:30 GMT

#2

My TOP 13 Favourite BL Shipped Couples 🌈💞

MewGulf (Always Number One) - TharnType The Series Season 1 & 2 SaintZee (Always Number Two) - Why R U? The Series JimmyTommy (Always Number Three) - Why R U? The Series & SaifahZon Story & Middle Love & Close Friend BrightWin (Always Number Four) - 2gether The Series & Still2gether The Series & 2gether The Movie BounPrem (Always Number Five) - Until We Meet Again & Between Us PerthLay (Always Number Six) - My Engineer The Series Season 1 & 2 & Y Destiny The Series MarkGun (Always Number Seven) - Love by Chance The Series & Love by Chance 2: A Chance to Love The Series KristSingto (Always Number Eight) - SOTUS The Series & SOTUS S The Series & Our Skyy (Ep 5) OffGun (Always Number Nine) - Puppy Honey The Series Season 1 & 2 & Theory of Love & Theory of Love: Stand by Me & Our Skyy (Ep 1) & Not Me MikeToptap (Always Number Ten) - 2gether The Series & Still2gether The Series & Tonhon Chonlatee The Series & 2gether The Movie MaxTul (Always Number Eleven) - Bad Romance & Together with Me & Together with Me: The Next Chapter & Manner of Death SamYu (Always Number Twelve) - We Best Love: No. 1 for you & Fighting Mr 2nd CharlesAnson (Always Number Thirteen) - History 4 Close to you

Acted - Red

Soon/Middle in act - Blue

Disclaimer: These couples & dramas they were acted/soon act in new drama in are my favourite 🌈💕

18 notes • Posted 2021-05-06 23:09:35 GMT

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[weilongfu]

Na is underappreciated good boy of Tonhon Chonlatee.

And in another world where Ton probably never gets his head out of his ass (I’m only on ep 7), I’d totally say Chon should get with Na. He’ll treat the soft boy right.

#wei watches

[absolutebl]

This Week in BL

April 2021 Part 1

Being a highly subjective assessment of one tiny corner of the interwebs.

Ongoing Series - Thai

Second Chance Ep 1 - living up to its name since it looks to be a series of redemption arcs. Launched with a college confession and a broken friendship, then a flash back to them as seniors in high school. Pairings include friends to lovers, nerd/jock, and maybe cafe boss/employee. There’s a lot going on, but it’s still... quiet and sweet. The script is pretty pat but it’s still WAY more watchable than Cupid Coach or Brothers and most of the acting is solid. Ep 1 tropes included: he’s in engineering, wound tending, fast & bicurious. This could turn into what I wanted My Gear & Your Gown to be. Fingers crossed. 

Love Poison 2 Ep 1 & 2 turns out I did watch and report on season 1 (8 eps), season 2 seems equally unmemorable. Thai countryside setting, strong dialect, incomprehensible plot, camp side characters, and ghastly singing. 

Y-Destiny Ep 1 (eng subs?) - opened with the sports romance enemies to lovers (they aren’t going in the teaser order). When the couple got over fighting, the flirting was v cute, but the flipping SPONGE BATH trope had to rear its ugly head. Still, this series is shaping up to be less coy and more frank than most BL, better than expected. It feels, I don’t know, gay-er or something?  *** Sources were correct that each couple is getting (at least) 2 eps, and MDL has been updated to say this is a 15 episode series (not 7). 

Cupid Coach 12 fin - The new Nite was great and should have been a main all along. It felt like we got a tiny nugget of what could have been in about 10 minutes worth of this last ep. It was way too slow with terrible editing and a criminally bad script, but at least it ended happy. Mostly, like Friend Forever, I’m just disappointed that these two actors were done dirty by the series. Bad Cupid Coach, no screen caps for you. 

Lovely Writer Ep 6 - breaking news, there’s a het couple I like: toppy bi femme + soft boi = such a good pairing! I know, but this NEVER happens. Meanwhile, Sib’s secret is out, Gene is a bit of a drama queen, and the plot thickens. We half way through.  

Brothers Ep 9 - Kaow had a serious moment of advice giving that was truly lovely. Lots of family dama made this a superior episode to... well... any of the others in this series. Which isn’t saying much. 

1000 Stars Ep 10 fin - at the start this series didn’t grab me the way GMMTV’s last BL, Tonhon Chonlatee, did. But boy did it end 1000x better. Might have given us 2021′s best forehead kiss. I enjoyed the ultra romantic cliff-top reunion kiss, and I LOVED the stinger flirting scene. That was an absolute gift we had no right to expect. This drama is a poster child for finishing on a high note (always focus on that dessert course). Final thoughts? This was FAR more a classic romance than it was BL. There were some BL tropes used but not many and most of them originated in the romance genre not yaoi. A picture perfect ending bumped 1000 Stars much higher up my best-of list than expected. Not sure how often I’ll rewatch it as a whole, but this last episode? I’m probably rewatching it right now. 

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

Dear Uranus (Taiwan GL) Ep 3 fin - I guess that’s it? Okaaaaay  

HIStory 4: Close To You (Taiwan) Ep 3 (AKA Ep 5-6) - we got actual legit gay culture not just BL (always appreciated) from XingSi. I’m starting to find LiCheng’s “show them we fucking” hijinks hilarious rather than annoying (not sure why, maybe I just love a rubber chicken, or maybe it was the STUFFED CORN WITH THE TASSEL that did it). 

-- H4 Moment of RANT --

Tropes included beach trip, there’s only one bed, cook for him, baby is a floppy drunk, carry baby to bed, and.... drunk non-con. Whoopdedoo. Here we go again. Did TharnType teach us NOTHING? (Apparently it taught us if the chemistry is good enough, I have no morals at all.) At least H4 seems to be taking us out of cheese into serious when it comes to assault. Or is it? 

I take back what I said last week about XingSi & YongJie being codependency + salvation trope, that only works if YongJie is the uke. He’s NOT. So we got us an obsessive predatory villain with a possible redemption arc. That’s more common in crime dramas, mafia romance, and epic fantasy than BL. It’s real hard to redeem a sexual predator in a reality-grounded universe like contemporary romance (See Kla in LBC1&2). 

Next week is gonna be a test of the whole damn franchise. Imma remind both me a you that this was ep 3 of 10 so we got a ways to go yet... but ooof, what have we wrought, BL? (I ended up doing a whole post about the stepbrother trope because of this sub plot.) Taiwan is killing me.

-- RANT ended --

Word of Honor (China) Ep 19-21 - over half way point so we got ALL the back story (in a classic 4 act story structure midway reveal). Now we know who WKX really is and his lineage. We also got some cute hugs and hand holds. Moving along at a nice clip despite being 36 eps total. Still gayest thing to come out of we-not-gay China since Advance Bravely. 

Most Peaceful Place (Vietnam) Ep 2 - takes them a while to get eng subs together and ep 2 didn’t drop until late. So I’m putting this in a Thurs time slot going forward. Miscommunication already cleared up and a 2nd couple has been introduced. The pacing on these Vietnamese BLs is always a bit... off. But it’s still better than most of its ilk, enjoyable. I’m thinking it’s a 6 ep arc. 

We Best Love 2 (Taiwan) Ep 5 - after the initial drama DRAMA of ep 2, the current external crisis at work is much quieter, giving this whole season a top heavy feel. Taken along side the first season, I think it’s fitting nicely into a 4 act structure, but that might be my bias. I hope I’m not wrong, we’ll find out next week. Shi De puttering about being domestic with Shu Yi on his back was the best execution of the piggyback trope EVER. Meanwhile, our little D/s side couple of codependency, salvation trope + mental illness is becoming weirdly appealing. I don’t know. H4 done mess with my head. 

Stand Alones 

Absolute BL AKA Zettai BL ni Naru Sekai vs Zettai BL ni Naritakunai Otoko  (Japan) Ep 1-4 mini series. Found subs under A Man Who Defies The World of BL. IT’S HILARIOUS. It’s Japan making fun of us, but also itself for having started this whole BL nonsense - from yaoi roots to present day. It’s parody goddamn gold. Utterly cheeky unto the very last line. We are not worthy. 

Apparently the most powerful tropes of all time are: baby is a floppy drunk and the piggyback fo nobility. Oh and chocolate. {Full review here.} 

Honestly, this show may have been made with only @heretherebedork and I in mind. I don’t know if you’d even understand half of it if you don’t have a history with the manga source genre and an obsessive interest in underlying narrative devices. I haven’t seen much chatter in the blog’o’sphere on this one because, in the end, it’s not a romance at all, it’s social commentary. 

The ending line was a masterclass in lampooning a genre. I’m going to rewatch the whole thing just to catch all the digs I missed first time around. It is a thing of beauty and a joy forever. 

Thank you Japan. I forgive you all your hair-styling sins of the last decade. 

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Scholar Ryu’s Wedding Ceremony AKA Nobleman Ryu’s Wedding (Korean historical BL) April 15th 

Close Friend the series (Thai trailer) April 22. 

2gether the movie (Thai trailer) April 22 to Thai theaters.

Nitiman (Thai) May 7 on One31.

I Told Sunset About You 2 (Thai) May 27 on LineTV

Ossan’s Love (Hong Kong) June to Viu 

Gossip 

Bad Buddies released its first promo op via Arm Share, which means GMMTV is at least *thinking* about filming it. 

Fun behind the scenes gossip sesh with eng subs for Tell the World I Love You (that Perth Bas movie we are maybe getting someday but will likely be sad). 

New Thai BL Bite Me (adapted from novel Grab a Bite) dropped a teaser. It stars Mark Siwat (Kla in LBC) as uke character Ake, a delivery boy with special foodie powers, and chef Eua (seme played by Zung Kidakorn) who discovers him. It’s from the same author as Manner of Death so we might even get some actual plot. Since it’s an established BL actor who I happen LOVE, a known author, and a plot about FOOD, I could not me more excited for this one. 

Next Week Looks Like This:

Some shows may be listed a day later than actual air date for accessibility reasons. Some are dropping multiples at a time but just started so I’m not sure on numbering. 

Upcoming 2021 BL master post here.

Links to watch are provided when possible, ask in a comment if I missed something.

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[jojotichakorn]

tonhon chonlatee (ep 6, part 1/4): trigger warning for sexual assault, timestamps 

moments leading up to it: 3:55 - 5:06

the moment itself: 5:06 - 7:05

aftermath: 7:05 - 7:55

flashback: 13:29 - 14:10

noting that the abuser is painted in a bad light: he is punched in the face and everyone hates him for what he’s done, so no worries there.

for any qs, send me an ask or direct message

#pls reblog if you can so people would see #tonhon chonlatee

[youdontloveme-yet]

Okay, okay, okay, but! I keep thinking that Na is aro. Before you say he's not, hear me out.

He agreed to play along with this scheme, while actively pursuing Chon and said that he takes it as an opportunity to get Chon to like him. He said opportunity [a time or set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something] which means that he is going to be okay, even if Chon chooses Ton. He is aware that his chance is very low.. he literally calculates it. And still agrees to play along with this.

Which means, that he is not in love with him (I don't think he can anyway) he's just genuinely interested in Chon as a person and has grown to be fond of him.

I mean... he asked him if he's his friend now. Like, bro, YOU ARE SOUL SEEKING SOMETHING PLATONIC SO DESPERATELY. I think he confuses it with romantic attraction. And well, also because he's a flashy dude and being in a relationship with the cutest gay on campus is going to make him stand out even more.

This is my hot take, nobody asked about 🤷‍♀️

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#thct ep7 #thct #tonhon chonlatee spoilers #tonhon chonlatee #tonhon chonlatee ep 7

[7-starboi]

Cutie

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