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What to watch after Pit Babe? Thai BL Actor Guide

So you loved Pit Babe and you wanna see your favorite BL boy in his old series? But should you?

Here's a guide...

Babe AKA Pavel - 2 Moons 2

Pavel is one of my favorite actors in BL (he's this blog's icon for a reason) and actually 2 Moons 2 is pretty good, primarily because of his character, Forth. Who has an actual character evolution and growth arc... in a BL!

Amazing.

Don't be fooled 2 Moons 2 is a reboot and extension of 2 Moons, not a spin off. So you don't have to have watched the first iteration, in fact I recommend against it.

Anygay, the main couple of 2M2 is naff, but Forth is great and Pavel is great as that character. He has good chemistry with his pairing, and as a BL fan it's not a bad idea to know your 2 Moon's roots. 2 Moons is one of the most popular Y-novels ever written, one of the most popular shows of it's time, and the perpetuator of many Thai BL tropes.

Pavel's second BL, Coffee Melody, is not worth watching.

If Babe was your favorite character, and Babe & Charlie a pairing you enjoy, I would suggest Big Dragon as your next BL. Same vibes, high heat, chaotic. Another possibility is the slightly lower heat but stil unhinged Laws of Attraction.

You also might like some stuff out of Taiwan. They tend to have the angst + high heat + sappy softness that characterized Charlie + Babe.

Way AKA Nut - Oxygen

Nut is way different in his previous rolls, as the lead in both Oxygen, and Something in My Room. Same gorgeous voice and soulful eyes and Nut tends to play sensitive torn characters but the similarities end there.

In Oxygen, his acting is stiff. In fact, Oxygen as a whole is pretty stiff. I like it very much and it is a big comfort watch for me because of it's smooth peaceful softness, but it's flawed, slow and awkward. I did an episode by episode thing for that show (my first watch along).

In his second BL, Something in My Room, Nut demonstrates improved acting and chemistry, but I don't recommend it. It's a touch of horror, built on the "my ghost boyfriend" trope, and it's quite sad.

So try Oxygen but if what you're after is more BL with a Way-like main character then I would recommend Moonlight Chicken or The Eclipse chewy BL with sensitive boys and some grey morality.

Jeff AKA Pon - Starhunter Talent

Pon was with Starhunter before this and so has appearances in several of their BLs. He's demonstrated great natural acting talent, charisma, and good chemistry with all his pairs but because he often appeared in chaotic ensemble pieces has been easily forgotten (including by me). Starhunter chronically underused him but also utterly miss-applied him.

Gen Y 2 is actually a master class in flawed casting. They put Pon into a triangle, where he plays a fated mate pining uke against a very stiff lead pair - but they expected us not to want him to be end game. Big mistake. Watch this mess if you just want to see how a good actor can eat up all the air of a bad pair, winning hearts and influencing fans.

Otherwise the Gen Y series is a bloated mess, and I can't recommend them. I trashed watched so you don't have too. While Pon demonstrates skills against a backdrop of ranging tallent, oddball story, and chaotic outcomes I wouldn't have bothered if not for the dumpster fire.

Pon's first BL is The Moment, and he's good in it, but it's a terrible show. Boring and plotless.

He's fantastic in Make A Wish but only a side part (despite what is said in MDL) and his arc is VERY sad. Still it's a GREAT under appreciated BL, I recommend it as the one to watch if you have to see Pon in something else. It's nothing like Pit Babe though.

Yeah our pathway for Pon ends here, so lets look, instead, at

Alan & Jeff - Bed Friend

This was Sailub's first BL role, and I speak for all of us when I say... more please.

So instead of a watching a pathway for him, I'm gonna give you a few BL suggestions based on the assumption that this side couple was your favorite from this series (as it was mine).

What we had with this pairing was

older sensitive sweetheart sunshine seme + tortured dark scared tsundere uke.

FUN dynamic! Here are some options where this style took center stage:

Bed Friend

Between Us

Love By Chance (AePete only)

Triage

Tokyo in April is

I Became the Main Role of a BL

Pete & Kenta - Word of Honor

Ah you like your boys troubled with money, questionable morals, and the slight inclination to pick at their fingernails with a knife?

Neither Garfield nor Ping have done other BLs but here are my picks for BLs that feature this kind of character and dynamic, and we are leaving Thailand for these (since it's darker territory than Thailand usually handles... well).

HIStory 3: Trapped 

Long Time No See 

Irresistible Love

Word of Honor

Where Your Eyes Linger

Other familiar faces

NORTH AKA Michael

North played by Michael was our big comedy insert for this show.

But all his roles prior to this were very serious. Till the World Ends and Call It What You Want are practically depressing, even his role in Oxygen is pretty dark. He actually has been in BL a very long time, he was one of Noh's friends in Love Sick at just 18. Frankly, that'd waht you should watch if you are gonna watch any of his back catelogue, but it's NOTHING like Pit Babe or his role in it, still it's the beginning of Thai BL and Noh is a little sunshine of chaos, and it's great so...

Where was I?

If you really want a comedic himbo lead character there are are quite a few out there, and it's a crazy playing field because Japan is in it to win it.

Leaving aside high school stuff, here are some options:

Cherry Magic (Japan)

Ossan’s Love 

Mr Unlucky Can Only Kiss

Love Tractor

Bad Buddy

Love Stage!!

My Day

History 4: Close to You

KIM AKA Benz

Benz who played Kim has also done BL before, En of Love: This Is Love Story, but it is not good and not worth watching.

While I want the queer Falling Into Your Smile or Love O2O or Appledog more than anything, that doesn't exist. We have yet to have a true gaymer BL. (I mean come on, nerdy queer is practically a stereotype at this point, where is it?)

All of which is to say if Kim was your favorite... I don't know. Our Dating Sim maybe Semantic Error?

WINNER AKA Pop

Pop has lead out a BL, it's a very slow, very queer, very unwatched piece called La Cuisine.

@heretherebedork and I loved it, but it's hard to imagine anyone else enjoying it. You have to be a hard BL stan to tolerate the pace and pulp quality of that one. He's a completely different character but if you really like the actor try him in La Cuisine, I think he was better cast for that than Pit Babe.

I just enjoyed the show in general, what's next?

In general, if you really enjoyed Pit Babe itself as a series (and it's multiple couples and chaotic noise and erratic concept) you're in the KinnPorsche camp of Thai BL. I actually made a "watch next" pathways and rating guide for that show, which might work for you.

Specifically I would say Manner of Death. It's a little more focused in character and plot but still a wild ride. And MaxTul are the Kings for a reason.

You might also try Not Me, Never Let Me Go, and 3 Will Be Free although all of these, coming from GMMTV, are lower heat levels than Pit Babe.

Finally, seriously, try The Sign. I know it was airing "in competition" but there is room in your heart for both shows. I promise. They have the same wild sexy energy, and are loads of fun.

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2 moons 2 (2019) 1x12

[gabrielokun]

[negrowhat]

👬 and 💋 for the bl ask game :)

👬 favorite side couple

I'm really going to have to go with MorkSun from Dark Blue Kiss. I think about them frequently even tho it's been like 5 yrs since it came out. Mork is such a sweet gangster boy and Sun is his Daddy whose just trying to keep his punch-happy boy from being incarcerated. But also, ForthBeam from 2moons2, TharaFrong from My Engineer, ThatSorn from MoD, and SaenAii from You're My Sky.

💋 favorite kiss

These days I have to say...PalmNueng's kiss before they had their first time. Idk it was just so passionate, honestly all of their kisses were extremely passionate.

BL ASK GAME

[tiistirtipii]

Only Friends cast as 2moons characters

Why? Because there’s six of them and because it works.

First as Phana

Don’t tell me this edit of him in a Dr coat by @acharraa on twitter doesn’t look amazing. Plus he’s tall and is excellent at playing a simp.

Khaotung as Wayo

nasty bitchy Gaga? More like our beloved bitchy but sweet engineer who is ready to drink nom yen and sing his heart out at the moon competition

Neo as Ming

Admit it we all want more Khao and Neo bff roles since TonhonChonlatee and I know Neo would absolutely kill it as this confident but heartfelt campus moon. (and if you're thinking, hey that guy looks familiar? yes it's Joong)

Mark as Kit

I’ve seen Mark in MSP, I know he can make faces and give side-eyes worthy of the role of Kit. I happily entrust my favourite 2moons character to him.

Force as Forth

Force as an engineering bad boy who makes his intentions clear once he sets his heart on someone? Yes please. (Also he gets to take his shirt off, I know that’s important to him)

Book as Beam

Like Mew, Beam is probably the calmest member of the friend group, I think Book would fit the role perfectly! Let's see how long he can resist a ONS that wants to be so much more.

It all fits too well! A note on MingKit: as one of my favourite ships of all time, I think very highly of NeoMark to say they could pull off that pairing, but I have faith in their amazing acting and I look forward to seeing them more in Only Friends!

So we have First, Mark and Book as the Wild Doctors Gang. Neo and Khao as besties Ming and Yo. and Force as Fourth!

Bonus: Title as Park

From Be My Favourite and Hidden Agenda I can tell that Title is an excellent actor who is great at making characters very creepy and hateable, which is exactly what Park is!

Lookjun as Pring

Campus Star, and in my version of 2moons she’d be a lesbian and dating Cake.

[geekygirl24]

BL PROMPTS - THAILAND - CHAPTER 17 - GEEKYGIRL24

Prompt from Iamglassfandom88 - 1. Country—Thai Fandoms—Together with me and 2moons Pairings— Knock and Korn, Forth and Beam with background canon pairings for their friends! Idea— Forth gets beaten up seriously due to mistaken identity and is taken to hospital where his friends and Beam try to see him but due to not being family they aren't allowed in. Then they see a few unknown people run in (Forth's close friends recognise them but not Beam or his friends) and they see them get let into the room. Eventually find out that Korn is Forth's older half-brother and Knock his brother-in-law, (feel free to pick the parent they share!) after Kit makes some rude and uncalled for assumptions about them. Can end with some cuteness between Forth and Beam and some brotherly love between Korn and Forth!!! I'd prefer if the reason Forth hasn't said anything about his brother to Beam or their friends before isn't an overly sad thing or anything bad between the brothers! Maybe their parents separate but also because they just have quite a close but private bond.

[omarandjohnny]

@negrowhat @plaidcladjuno

and I’ll be on the way in the middle of the night it’s something in the way you’ve been running my mind if you want me to stay for the rest of my life you got me

[forthbeaming]

in spite of the uneven odds

• malex

• canon divergence, single father michael, getting together

[pourquoiyyy]

whoops

avoided watching pit babe for months bc i thought the omegaverse would be too cringy (which isn't too much surprisingly, the cringe award goes to the papa/mama trope)

then i discovered two days ago that pavel was one of the main actors

and man i only needed a few minutes to remember how much i used to love him

[stormyoceans]

What is the first bl you ever watched? :))

my very first BL was SOTUS way back in 2017!!!!

my girlfriend of the time was really into it so she convinced me to watch both that and then later that same year the original 2moons as well. even if our relationship ended badly and im fully aware of the problematic aspects of the show, im still very fond of SOTUS, especially because i feel like it treated its female characters way better than some of more recent BLs even do

i was never active in the fandom back in the days tho and after i broke up with my ex-girlfriend i stepped away from the BL world until 2021, when by complete accident i saw someone i followed on tumblr reblog a gifset of history 3: trapped and i got really really curious about it until i decided to watch it, got completely obsessed by it and decided to make this sideblog (which very quickly became my main one ;;;;;)

so yeah, technically my very first BL was SOTUS, but history 3: trapped was what actually made me want to explore the genre and interact with the fandom!!!

[just-another-boyslove-blog]

Thank You.

THE 2 MOONS TRILOGY

1. 2 Moons (2017)

Featured: GOD (as Phana) BAS (as Wayo) KIMMON (as Ming) COPTER (as Kit) TAE (as Forth) & TEE (as Beam)

2. 2 Moons 2 (2019)

Featured: BEN (as Phana) EARTH (as Wayo) JOONG (as Ming) NINE (as Kit) PAVEL (as Forth) & DOME (as Beam)

3. 2 Moons: The Ambassador or 2 Moons 3 (2022)

Featured: HUE (as Phana) PARK (as Wayo) EIFFEL (as Ming) TOEY (as KIT) PRAME (as Forth) & PAYU (as BEAM)

2 Moons was a novel written by Chiffon _Cake and was originally adapted by small production house Motive Village

3 Seasons 3 Casts 3 Directors

Season 1: Directed By KANCHANAPUN MEESUWAN

Season 2: Directed By: ANUSORN SOISA-NGIM

Season 3: Directed By: PANNAPAN SONGKHAM

Of these directors it was Season 2 Director (Nickname AAM) that broke his silence on the toxic workplace and the alleged sexual harassment of 2nd Wayo BTS by a higher up older male in the production company. Earth never filed any charges but left the company ahead of the 3rd Season. Money issues lead to the side lining of Pavel and Ben while Dome (he was under different management) was seemingly ok but he didn't work and Joong and Nine were sent to China for some type of survival series. Ultimately the 3rd Season was put on indefinite hold as all the actors were released from their contracts.

In 2021 words dropped of a final season and 2nd Recasting as no one from Season 1 or Season 2 appeared in Season 3. The final Season aired October 10, 2022 - December 26, 2022 written by BL Actor Teerapat Lohanan aka Fluke and his writing Partner Tanachot Prapasri. Fluke is known as an actor in SOTUS & MY BROMANCE among others. As a writer he is known for YYY, BOSS & ME, MY RIDE & LA PLUIE.

2 Moons and 2 Moons 2 are available to watch on YouTube I believe 2 Moons: The Ambassador is a well or on WeTV as VIP

Aside from some support characters the only 2 Moons The Ambassador cast that has resurfaced since their series tanked is PARK (he played the 3rd and Final Wayo) he is with HEADLINER THAILAND (WETV's management company) and he has been partnered with BIG (The Monster Next Door was their first project) They have another project coming out for WeTV this year)

Request by mutual @just-another-boyslove-blog that is what I know buddy about the 2 Moons Saga. I made another post about it awhile ago if you search my blog.

[absolutebl]

10 Thai BLs that would improve if leads swapped with sides

By this I mean if the actors playing the side characters actually got to play the main characters. 

1. Golden Blood would star: 

2. Destiny Seeker would star:

Some shows (more than I realized) the roles of the leads were too flawed so I wouldn't want to hand it to the side actors. 

I’d rather have just seen a whole show about that side couple as characters, with the main characters now relegated to sides, and these are: 

3. ForthBeam leading 2Moons2

4. Gen Y 2 would feature PokTongue (I forget their character names *insert clown emoji*)  

5. VegasPete would lead KinnPorsche VegasPete (nash) 

6. My Engineer would have been all RamKing all day:

7. Moonlight Chicken would have been these 2 (sorry EarthMix stans):

8. These would have had the main story in Secret Crush On You

(It probably would have become my favorite Bl of all time) 

9. These ones in Top Secret Together  

10. And, of course, my favorite sides OF ALL TIME RainPayu would lead Oh My Sunshine Night (sorry OhmFluke) 

Some of them I don’t want to give even the side characters to that franchise (anything Mame). 

Which is why no... 

On this list. 

Although if someone else would like to do something with these characters.... 

[blmpff]

2 moons 2 (2019) 1x12

[gabrielokun]

[consterions]

Day 1: First Show You Ever Watched

The very first BL I watched was 2Moons, the first ever 2Moons.

And I believe it was around 2017 which means not long after it was released. I remembered being immersed and liked this show a lot and demanded a new season exclusively for ForthBeam.

[geekygirl24]

BL Prompts - Chapter 22 Links

Seryou/Yuzuru Chapter

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46179736/chapters/122943427

Forth/Beam Chapter

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46207009/chapters/122752777

Prompt from Anonymous - A nsfw threesome between shigu, haoting and Boxiang where they have fun (i.e. playing games, drinking what comes to your mind) together that leads into something wild. ShiGu getting riled up by a dominant HaoTing and his bestfriend BoXiang.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46255276/chapters/122817778

Prompt from Ruoye: Unintentional Love Story was the best BL for me this year. so far. And not that it matters much, but since their NSFW moments were basically non existent, maybe you could add to that?! In a similar sweet way like here?!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46231810/chapters/122881393

Prompt from MmeTournai - Prompt for The Lost Tomb. Mentioned Mpreg. Zhang QiLing returns from behind the gate to discover a surprise.......a child......Wu Xie had his baby. I'll like to see him bonding with said child (you choose the gender to best fit your bonding activities)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46279000/chapters/123008464