#dare to death

[nthngtoseehere-blog]

15 Day BL Challenge part 2

Original post

#18: What show are you waiting most (im)patiently for?

Give me more crime and/or action and/or supernatural BL!

Goddess Bless You From Death

I still haven't finished Pit Babe, but I am intrigued by the visuals of Pavel/Pooh (or Pooh/Pavel?), plus this looks right up my alley. I will have to cross my fingers that none of the good guys will actually die though (im a little worried for Topten after the teaser).

Gifs by @spicyvampire

Dare You to Death

Crime! Cops! Joong being a sassy bamf! Dunk playing dress up in a suit! Guns! Crime!! Joong looking like that! Yep, can't wait.

Gifs by @earthfluuke & @singto-prachaya

[luvvwins]

gmmtv 2025: trailer reviews (only the ones I felt strongly about) pt.2

Dare to Death: This genre is JoongDunk is everything. I love the dark, masc, grimy JoongDunk. It actually allows them to show the talent they have as actors. Additionally, the side characters/story??? I'm so intrigued. Drake, forever playing a student despite being older than them all 🤣 I love a good crime mystery.

WU: I've literally been waiting for SkyNani forever. The chemistry between them is so good even when they're not in BL. RED STRING STORYLINE. HECK YEAH.

[theflagscene]

GMMTV 2025 initial reactions 🏳️‍🌈

Dare To Death - Initial rating: 5/10 - Likelihood of watching it: mid - I was surprised by the blatant murder from GMMTV, normally they play it a little more safe. Looking forward to this one playing out, I’ll enjoy a bunch of idiot kids getting killed off. It admittedly didn’t come out the gate looking very strong, JoongDunk are decent but the push and pull is a tried trope and I don’t know if I believe either of them as a cop, but ya know, what can you do?

Head 2 Head - Initial rating: 3/10 - Likelihood of watching it: low - I feel like this is three series that I’ve already seen slapped together into one mess. It doesn’t know if it wants to repeat Bad Buddy’s childhood neighbours with a pointless grudge, the prophetic dreams of I Saw You In My Dreams as well as every rival uni student QL ever made. It looks like it’s going to be a mess in a less than fun way, also I’m not that interested in SeaKeen as a pairing.

Burnout Syndrome - Initial rating: 9/10 - Likelihood of watching it: very high - I am intrigued af, it’s been so long since we’ve seen Gun kiss another guy (on screen, he kisses dudes besides Off all the time). Last time that happened was in 2022 I think, in Club Sapan Fine season 2. This looks very messy and dark, plus there was so much naked Off in this pilot trailer! Artistic drawing of his dick even, I’m shooketh. It looks really mature and broody, which is exactly what I want for an OffGun piece, let them grow up please and thank you!

I Love “A Lot Of” You - Initial rating: 5/10 - Likelihood of watching it: mid - I’d ask if this was the only straight up (heh) hetero romance on the docket, but when I saw Junior show up I had a feeling that he might play a queer coworker so we shall see. Nanon looks amazing in this, he always looks amazing but that’s beside the point. This is a really interesting concept, although the idea of ‘curing’ DID that was mentioned a couple times didn’t sit well with me. That’s not exactly something you can fix, just control. I do love the visual of the alters talking to one another, having their own spaces. It kind of feels like how When Rabbit Howls was written, there’s a very clear and easy to understand spot for each alter and their unique personality. I’m tentatively looking forward to this one. Also Louis!! I will always watch something for him.

Whale Store xoxo - Initial rating: 4/10 - Likelihood of watching it: low-mid - I had a feeling MilkLove would get another headlining gig, it looks like a typical cute by the numbers basic QL that’s hitting a bunch of classic tropes. I could take it or leave it and not feel like I missed out on much, although I am disappointed that it seems like ViewJune is not going to become an official pairing.

Only Friends: Dream On - Initial rating: 7/10 - Likelihood of watching it: high - This one came completely out of left field for me, I was not expecting it whatsoever. Jojo is a hecka messy queer that I adore with all my heart, his stuff is always so much fun. I feel like I’ll probably like this one better than season one, because I seriously disliked so many of those characters and it just was kind of disappointing in a lot of ways, I mostly stuck around for FirstKhao. It’s nice to see EarthMix being messy and adult, OhmLeng are setting the groundwork to be a popular high heat couple and I have to admit, I was surprised JossGawin are sticking around for another series. I wasn’t sure if GMMTV was gonna keep them together, considering Gawin is kind of like Neo, in the fact that he has no issues being without a branded pairing. Speaking of Neo, having Boston show up to make things even more messy is fantastic. Jojo is chronically online, so I have no doubt he’s aware of the boy kissing spreadsheet that we have going, seems like he’s gonna get Neo into that number one spot for sure!

That Summer - Initial rating: 5/10 - Likelihood of watching it: mid-high - WinnySatang finally getting the headline chance the deserve, also seems like Mond is entering his era of boy kissing as well, after Only Friends it’s nice to see him still working in the QL sphere. Also more Neo, always a pleasure. The story admittedly seems very weak, but also extremely trope-y, which could be a good thing or a bad thing. But I will most likely end up enjoying it simply for the reasons stated above.

My Romance Scammer - Initial rating: 3/10 - Likelihood of watching it: low - I love seeing Ohm on my screen again, although him being partnered with a new Fluke just seems extremely on the nose lol. We see what you did there GMMTV. It’s nice to see not only a QL about marriage but also about divorce, especially now that it’s all legal in Thailand. That being said, this ain’t it for me. I don’t think this OhmFluke (😭) is gonna be very interesting, and I’ll just say it, I am so tired of JuniorMark. There, I said it! They were cute in Cherry Magic, but didn’t have enough of on screen chemistry to become a branded pairing, or at least I thought so. But what do I know? Either way, that’ll be a no from me dawg.

Melody Of Secrets - Initial rating: 5/10 - Likelihood of watching it: mid-high - I’m so over ForceBook! Yes, I said what I said. Get your pitchforks and come get me, it’s fine, I don’t mind. Not all pairings work for every viewer, and they’re one that just doesn’t work for me. I know they’ve known each other for like 25 years or something, which is why I’m always surprised at how dull they seem together. They’re clearly great friends, but their on screen romance is weak tit. That being said, this plot grabbed me right away. It’s again surprisingly gory looking for a GMMTV series, the story seems really interesting and dark. I am intrigued and will most likely watch it, ForceBook be damned, because I wanna know what’s happening.

Love You Teacher - Initial rating: 1/10 - Likelihood of watching it: nonexistent - Stop, no, just stop it right now. It went from what I thought was going to be a very cute concept, a couple that will be at odds because one wants kids and the other doesn’t, so he tries to figure out why his partner is so great with kids by becoming a preschool teacher at the say school at his partner. So cute, right!? But then the weird creepy swerve!? You cannot cut from them about to have teacher/student role play sex to one of them having a TBI that causes severe age regression! That is weird! Stop it right now GMMTV! Do not make a show about a couple where one has the mental capacity of a seven year old and tell me that’s romantic, what is wrong with you!? I get it, okay, taking care of his partner will teach him how he is capable of being not only a good teacher but also a good parent, and his partner will no doubt get an eleventh hour miracle cure that makes him no longer have the mind of a child. But everything up until that (hopefully inevitable ending) is just creepy and weird and PerthSanta deserve better than that!

MU-TE-LUV - Initial rating: 5/10 - Likelihood of watching it: mid - Anthology type series never really grab me, typically I only end up watching the episode about characters or actors I’m interested in and skipping the rest. Looks like a hot mess, which I may or may not enjoy. But I nearly died when Neo showed up as part of a the fabulous four queers, I am all here for that. Yatch is so pretty, he needs winged eyeliner all the time. Fluke has always been gorgeous, and I legit had no idea that was Lego at first, he’s prettier than half of the girls on the series. Neo is the only one who looks like a party city drag queen and for that I love him, tbh, they’re probably the only ones I give a damn about. Also if the man Fluke’s character gets isn’t played by Thor I am going to be very disappointed.

Cat For Cash - Initial rating: 7/10 - Likelihood of watching it: very high - Considering FirstKhao are the literal kitties of GMMTV 🐈‍⬛🐈 I think this was a stroke of marketing genius, adorably cute guys with equally cute cats? Sign me up! It seems like a very cut and dry romantic comedy, with a bit of family drama and some magic sprinkled in for fun. First being able to speak to cats is really cute, and making Khao cry in the pilot is unfair, they know we cannot withstand his tears! Also, side note, Cat For Cash would be a great name for a lesbian OnlyFans, just saying 😉

Girl Rules - Initial rating: 8/10 - Likelihood of watching it: very high - I did not have a messy lesbian ensemble QL on my bingo card and I have to say, I feel very stupid for not having it because damn if this looks like everything I want and more. MilkLove and NamtanFilm playing messy adult lesbians instead of cutesy lil school girls? Yes, sign me up! Again, disappointed the View is not working with June anymore, but her new acting partner looks like they’ll have some decent chemistry together. I also love that they blatantly said ‘lesbian’ and ‘I’m not straight’ in the pilot, like there’s no mistaking here, these gals are in it for the girls and the girls only. Bring on the bitchy cat fighting! Let’s got lesbians!!

Boys In Love - Initial rating: 6/10 - Likelihood of watching it: high mid - No idea who any of these boys are, they’re all adorable though and I wanna keep them all in my pocket! Even if they weren’t cute and the plot didn’t seem like a fun fluffy trope fest, I would still tune in for Papang and Podd. Please, for the love of God, let this be the thing that gets Papang out of second lead purgatory!! That man is too fine and too talented to constantly be riding the sidelines… so make him ride Podd instead. I know, I know, I’m terrible! But the joke was right there, I couldn’t not take it! 

My Magic Prophecy - Initial rating: 7/10 - Likelihood of watching it: high - So much magic in 2025! So many fortune tellers and tarot card readers. As someone who studied tarot for over a decade and can read tarot cards, I am going to be an absolute annoyance about the layouts and readings in all of these shows, just an FYI. JimmySea is always a pleasure to have on screen, even though Jimmy is so fucking overworked, the dude wants to spend time overseas getting some specialization training for his MD but I doubt that’s gonna happen in the new year with this series in the works. It’s nice to see the doctor playing an actual doctor, like he had the knowledge, use it. It’s like when they had Mix play a vet in Vice Versa, it’s a little bit of fourth wall breaking and I appreciate it.

A Dog and A Plane - Initial rating: 4/10 - Likelihood of watching: mid - Uh, wow, what can I say about this? I love TayNew and I love MarcPoon, so I’ll probably watch it. Although I’ve never been a huge fan of the series with exaggerated comedic reactions that is so popular in Thai and Japanese series, it’s just something I’ve come to accept over the years lol. Also tend to hate infidelity storylines, not my cup of tea. But that being said, I will probably at least skim it or binge it once it’s all aired, just for TayNew and MarcPoon.

Me and Thee - Initial rating: 3/10 - Likelihood of watching it: low - I love PondPhuwin together, they’re funny and adorable and Pond is the only person that Phuwin seems to be able to kiss without being super awkward about it. Also more PerthSanta, GMMTV is really pushing for them huh? They haven’t even had a complete series together yet, Perfect 10 Liners is still focusing on ForceBook and MarcPoon. Yet the company seems to be putting all their eggs in the PerthSanta basket, which, aright I guess. I want Perth to flourish, he deserves success. Anyway, that being said, this just seems… cringe. Like it gave me the ick and I can’t even explain why, the acting wasn’t bad, the comedy wasn’t too over the top, it even made me laugh a couple times. There’s just something off and I can’t quite put my finger on it, hopefully it’ll be better than I feel like it will be.

WU - Initial rating: 8/10 - Likelihood of watching it: very high - So are SkyNani finally gonna kiss? Cause it feels like they’ve really should’ve kissed by now, I mean in HSF it seems like they did and we all somehow missed it? Anyway, this one drew me in right away. Colour me intrigued as hell! More tarot, more magic, a red string of fate, seeing the future. Kicking ass a taking names? Fuck yeah, this looks really really interesting! Now kiss please!

Memoir of Rati - Initial rating: 7/10 - Likelihood of watching: mid - This one looks sad, GreatInn are fantastic on screen together so that has it going for it. Also AouBoom, although please GMMTV how much do I have to pay for you to take those two out of side couple hell!?!? I’m fucking begging you! Give them their own series, they can carry it, I know they can. It’s worth noting that Rati is the name of the Hindu goddess of sexual pleasure, lust and carnal desires. So I mean, take from that what you will 😉 Also, Inn speaking French just does something for me, damn. But again, I feel like this is gonna be sad and I don’t wanna be sad, so I’m unsure about if I’ll watch it or just skim it.

Ticket To Heaven - Initial rating: 10/10 - Likelihood of watching it: extremely high - I do not think I can even put into words how much this shook me to the core, 1996 in Thailand was not a safe place for queers, especially queer kids. Toss on top of that a colonizer religion known to spew hateful rhetoric, and you’ve got a boiling pot of drama. Whilst GeminiFourth are still stuck in the High School bubble, this is very much not what I was expecting for them. It looks amazing, they look fantastic and that short three minute trailer gave both of them so much space to shine that it was breathtaking. These two are so talented and I’m looking forward to them breaking my heart and hopefully mending it by the end.

And that’s it! Looking forward to what the other companies have to show up with their upcoming 2025 lineups, Idol Factory’s is coming up in January. Anyone know when DMD is showing their lineup?

Also, important side note: Fuck Foei! As much as I love Mark and Tay, I will not be tuning into The Feed, which is unfortunate because it looks like it might be interesting to hear the gossip around GMMTV’s talent. I would not trust a single queer person on that show with Foei, even with Tay and Mark there as buffers.

[singto-prachaya]

So I tend to do a roundup post with all BL/GL's announced and leave my comments about them. Considering the amount now I will make 2 posts. They are in order of announcements!

Dare To Death

The first show that got announced and we straight up started with JoongDunk? The way I screamed tho. I am so happy about this. Moved out of school BL's for good. 101% on my to watch list.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/FN8RA5hYImc?si=ipUvAXx5WEVzPu5g

Head 2 Head

Now I have not seen Only Boo so I have no opinion about SeaKeen but seeing this trailer it's not something I am really interested in.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/kgrmc_bBrYE?si=l3arueB2iuCITnJy

Burnout Syndrome

OffGun with P'Nuchy again??????????? Sign me up. To bad Dew is in this. I don't see him magicly becoming a way better actor all of sudden.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/6KS3zEehsyg?si=HlJ7NZBCfDje02Gb

Whale Store xoxo

Yeh not sure if I will watch this. While I am happy we got more GL the trailer looked kinda bland. Will wait for the official trailer once release is near for a final decision.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/Eia_Sh_ZTyQ?si=-IvkpT-3-VUuOf9Z

Only Friends: Dream On

ONLY FRIENDS 2S?????????? Hell yes. Not sure about Leng in this since I heard he's not that good. But everything else is good so on my watch list as well

Trailer: https://youtu.be/ukpp8r-oN2I?si=nEEjzGgGifmnQ1U_

That Summer

So I liked WinnySatang in MSP but I'm not feeling this. Story doesn't interest me enough. But maybe if nothing else is airing I want to see when this comes out nI might give it a try.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/-TYPNqkn9p4?si=czzjv4UUEAZxLmpA

My Romance Scammer

I don't mind the actors here but nothing about this interests me. Also my first impression with Ohm was OMSN and it wasn't a good one.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/VYa0KZocnro?si=WcDsCnU-drAHXSYc

Melody Of Secrets

I do like the horror genre it's just that this is ForceBook. And I didn't find them that great in Only Friends. So most likely a pass.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/Mk2zjtJSxp0?si=qNSyeCSkiNsE3IwX

Love You Teacher

Yeh just no. It's the whole plot that I don't even want to get near to. Sorry PerthSanta.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/Tedf997i3N4?si=RkxHjLaUZL5HxqUq

[official-time-loop-posts]

Thank you to @sleepnoises for making the original poll & for giving us the idea to to this :)

Sorry if we couldn’t get your favorite on here, we were limited to only 12 options (11 if you don’t include the “other” option).

[saltpepperbeard]

going fucking bonkers going bananas going INSANE [x]

[lunewolf13]

It has come to Bruce's attention that Kon-El might be romantically interested in his son. So of course, he decides to investigate (subtly). Starting with...

Bruce: Tim.

Tim: Bruce.

The following silence lasts for ten seconds.

Bruce: How would you describe your relationship with Superboy?

Tim: Uh, pretty good?

Bruce: Pretty good? Can you be more specific? How does he interact with you?

Tim: I mean, he keeps sending me selfies in the weirdest places. One time, Kon sent one with a thumbs up while the background was clearly during a mission and our teammates were chucking basketballs at these weird alien plant vines. I was there too, so it makes even less sense. Like, why would he send me a selfie of where he is when I was like fifteen feet away?

After taking a moment to...digest what just came out of his kid's mouth, Bruce decides to investigate their relationship some other time.

More pressingly, he needs to know the details of this mission and why this is the first he's hearing of it.

Tim: Actually, Dick was there too. He was wrestling with a vine. And not like fighting wrestling, but arm wrestling. With a vine.

Bruce can't stop himself from asking: Did he win?

Tim: He did! I'll send you the video and you can hear the vine grunting and hissing while everyone was cheering Nightwing on!

Bruce: They were cheering him on, while throwing basketballs at the other vines?

Tim: Yep.

Bruce: And what were you doing during this?

Tim points to the video on his phone: Capturing the moment and giving orders at the same time. Don't worry, I can multitask.

Bruce: So you ordered them to throw basketballs at the vines.

Tim nods: Strategic distraction while we lead the alien plant vines to a trap.

Bruce: And why was Nightwing arm wrestling one particular vine?

Tim: To boost morale. Also, Kon double-dog dared him.

Bruce: Tim.

Tim: What?

Bruce just sighs.

[taeminie]

Joong Archen and Dunk Natachai in Dare you to Death (2025-)

[linecrosser]

Febuwhump 2k25 - Day 9 - Necromancy

those years of fighting over a corpse were wild huh...

[nanihirunkits]

JOONG ARCHEN as JADE and DUNK NATACHAI as KAMIN in DARE YOU TO DEATH | GMMTV 2025

[bizarrelittlemew]

Stede facing the crew after finding out about their (attempted) murder of Ed

[edenfenixblogs]

If you’re not Jewish/Muslim/Israeli/Palestinian and you are talking publicly in any way about the i/p conflict you should probably do your research about dog whistles and take that info seriously. It shouldn’t be up to affected groups to educate you while actively being triggered and traumatized.

It’s not fun to constantly worry if your friends secretly hate you or if they are sliding into antisemitic spaces or are ok with genocide as long is against the right group of people.

You aren’t free of antisemitism or Islamophobia just because you don’t sit around thinking, “I hate Jews/Muslims/Arabs.” This shit is structural. I don’t care how many Jews or Muslims or Arabs you know. If you haven’t actively deconstructed your own bias against these groups, you’re probably still hateful whether you realize it or not.

[earthfluuke]

JOONG ARCHEN & DUNK NATACHAI in DARE YOU TO DEATH (2025)

[ganondoodle]

Empress and her Bodyguard.

(OCs, grey haired lady Zaphira she/her, demon Shargon he/they)

(also some details up close)

and this guy bc i find him funny

[hoshingi]

HOSHI, WOOZI, & SEUNGKWAN ‘𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐓𝐃𝐀𝐘’: DARE OR DEATH

[drenched-in-sunlight]

with Dark Souls official account quote rt the Elden Ring NightReign announcement talking about ancestral foes of a fire that once burned bright, and the game being a co-op action survival, im pretty sure that's honest-to-God Nameless King. not a reskin, not reusing assets to make a different character, it's literally him.

the concept of pulling bosses and characters from other worlds / timelines to an alternative Limgrave is fascinating to me, especially since it's something we already see a glimpse of in the base game via Rennala's boss fight (2nd phase). really makes me wonder if the power of the Night include opening gateways to other worlds.

it adds a new layer of conflict between the Greater Will & the Night Lord! GW (the Day, the Light) desires Order, but Night (Dark) could mess with fabrics between worlds & time like that, like it's Chaos ! they introduce a new gameplay direction, yet it ties in very well with the lore, im in awe.