#gen y the series

[blmpff]

went into Gen Y looking for tropes and got jumpscared by Jeff in the process

[zhaozi]

มากับเดอะแก๊งค์ครับ 🤣 // came with the gang 🤣

[lemonfreshlysqueezed]

Biting is a love language!

- Part 2

Here’s a link to Part 1 Because i was not done after that one. So here we go:

Old Fashion Cupcake

Nozue x Togawa

Gif by @wanderlust-in-my-soul

2moons2

Forth x Beam

Gifs by @nammminn

Gen y - Multiple times

Kit X Mark

Gif by @227moons

Gif by @longinglook

War of Y

Achi - Most

Gif by @wanderlust-in-my-soul

Gap The series

Mon x Sam

Gifs by @heretherebedork

Badbuddy

Pat x Pran

Gif by @thesoupofthetruck

Secret Crush on you

Nuea x Toh

Gif by @pharawee

[gabrielokun]

[colourme-feral]

There are 5 cable-stayed bridges that cross the Chao Phraya River: Rama VIII, Rama IX, Bhumibol 1 and 2, Kanchanaphisek Bridge.

Of the 5, only Rama VIII and Bhumibol 1 and 2 bridges have been featured in shows and are frequently confused.

*Bhumibol 1 and 2 are connected to each other and will be referred to in conjunction with the other.

Full credit to @virtualtadpole who told me that the way to identify the bridges is by looking at the shape of their pylons:

Rama VIII's is an upside down Y, Rama IX has straight columns, Bhumibol's are diamond shaped, and Kanchanaphisek's are As

Rama VIII Bridge KinnPorsche, My Ride, Cutie Pie, Boyband, Even Sun, Tonhon Chonlatee, Enchante, SOTUS, SOTUS S, Our Skyy x SOTUS (only 1 photo from Our Skyy x SOTUS), Absolute Zero and its trailer, I Promised You the Moon, Gen Y, 2 Moons 3: The Ambassador, Moments of Love

Rama IX Bridge

Bhumibol 1 and 2 Bridges KinnPorsche, A Boss and a Babe, Big Dragon, Not Me, Pit Babe, Cooking Crush, Love in the Air

Kanchanaphisek Bridge

References:

@absolutebl's BL Visual Trope Du Jour: Boys on bridges post

@virtualtadpole's The Rama VIII Bridge in Bangkok post

The less glamorous siblings of the cable stayed bridges

[iguessitsjustme]

Me wanting to fix the plot does not mean I do not like the show. Two things can be true at once. I like these shows so I want them to be better.

[rythyme]

copter panuwat just came out as nonbinary??? 😭❤️

they edited their bio too, they prefer they/them pronouns or just their name ❤️

[misreadinkblots]

[khunvegas]

i basically just stole this ask from @gunsatthaphan​, partially because i’ve been wanting to make a post about it and after almost 3 years watching bls, i might as well. right? right. anyways.

Compilation of Bad Kisses in BLs (Part 1)

mind you, this is only for the ones i’ve seen. if i put every single bad kiss out there, this post would go on forever.

i strongly believe a kiss, whether is good or bad, can make or break a show and in my personal opinion, a lot of them fell off simply because of the fishy kisses. they are truly hard to watch, so much so that you have to look away because they are ugly and this is something we CAN and SHOULD blame both the actors and the company. sometimes, workshops are not enough.

i also believe that these actors shouldn’t play dumb. like, they HAVE to know there’s gonna be a kiss at some point. put in the work, pls.

LET’S GET IT

1. My Engineer (MekBoss)

at the time, i didn’t think it was that bad. i just thought they needed some work, a little bit of help because clearly it wasn’t that good either. now, i just see two walls kissing and we might not see these walls kissing ever again.

2. YYY (NottPun)

imagine watching this mess of a show, they promise you a kiss, and once you’re sure you’re gonna get it, they literally bring the sun out, block the view and that’s how the season ends. but honestly? the little i can see it’s still awful.

3. YYY 2 (NottPun)

well... there it is. no words.

4. 2gether (SarawaTine)

maturing is accepting the fact that 2gether had two straight bros playing these characters and that’s how they kissed and then the high five. it was a bad kiss, bestie. we were all just blinded by the pandemic and though this was high cinema.

5. SOTUS (ArthitKongpop)

i’m not afraid of the girlies still caught up on this show. this was a bad first kiss and i’m ready to die on this hill. granted, this was 2016, the actors were still iffy on playing queer characters, they were calling each other wife and the obsession with pink milk was at its peak. gmmtv had $5 and a dream and you could tell.

6. ‘Cause you are my boy/My Tee (TeeMork)

this was frankdrake’s first roles and you could tell. you could also tell that they were in the trenches because everything was bad with this show and i truly think it was a cry for help. they did the best they could with what they had but there was no way in hell they could save this show and honestly, i’m not surprised that their first kiss was like this. it goes well with the quality of the show.

7. Love By Chance (TinCan)

and it doesn’t get better after this. i’m gonna be the devil’s advocate, mean actually tried to make these kisses better but there was no helping with this couple. a mess.

8. Oxygen (SoloGui)

as far as first kisses go... yeah. granted, oxygen wasn’t really that good either but they could have salvage this show with a decent kiss. nothing. nada. it was a let down.

9. Make it right (FuseTee)

make it right paved the way for angle kisses.

now listen, i’m pretty sure boom and peak were 17 or something when they filmed this and back in the day, this was already too much. like, cheewin was pushing it by directing this show. still, it has to be on this list (it’s not like it hasn’t changed anyways. boom and peak would never EVER kiss. this was the closest we could get).

10. Where your eyes linger

i mean, come on. COME ON. i know this was like the first kbl and you know, they paved the way. give credit where credit is due and all that but LOOK. it’s bad. it was a good show, for the plot that it had and the limited time, it was good. BUT THE KISS WAS... it was a letdown. 

11. Gen Y (MarkKit)

how are you gonna be a senior in the industry and still kiss like this? kimcop are one of those settled ships that are hard to break and to ship with someone else. with that in mind, you would think they would do wonders. gen y was a dumpster fire and so were the kisses.

12. WISH YOU: Your melody in my heart

this is where you start to understand that it’s not about the production or how short kbls are and that’s why the kisses are so bad. no, it’s because workshops apparently don’t exist in korea and they put these men to kiss without practicing first. this is the product. this is what you get.

13. Color Rush

i know some of you call it the best kbl out there because the plot was different, which is true, but like... their lips are not even touching... so yeah. next.

14. Nobleman Ryu’s wedding

i’m pretty sure this was supposed to be an angle kiss and they changed their mind at the last minute and we got... this. i mean, compared to others in this list is not that bad but is it good? far from it. this was also the first period kbl we got and it was kind of forgettable too. it was very low budget and you could see it with the kiss

15. What Zabb Man

BOTH COUPLES because both of them were such a let down. i was here mainly because of the toxics from gen y and with the crazy tension they had going on, i thought they would go off. not even that. don’t even get me started on the main couple. the manipulation that went down between them UGH but i can’t even get a good kiss out of this mess anyways.

[respectthepetty]

Hello. This might seem like a silly question but it's on my mind. What's the deal with the whole "we're talking on a mobile but let's show the characters in the same room" thing. The first time I saw I think it was Gen Y with Mark and Kit even before the whole separation thing. Then it appeared in MSP. And now in A Boss and a babe. And I'm sure I've seen it somewhere else but I can't recall now. To be honest I don't know if I like it or I hate it but for some reason it's nagging at me that it seemed like it came out if nowhere. Again sorry if it's a silly thing .

Also, love your blog, love the color commentary and I too think it's all on purpose and meaningful.

Hiya, Anon! Thanks for the appreciation! Also, I've written this before, but let me repeat it here - There are no silly questions on Tumblr! People created an entire fake movie, and somehow the BL folks convinced others that KinnPorsche was the Thai remake of it.

Now to your not-a-silly question! First, let me list the shows from the past few years that I can remember doing what you are writing about:

I don't file this in my mind's storage room, so if I miss any, someone shout it out.

See You After Quarantine? - Sato x Bo Chun

Hello, Stranger - Mico x Xavier

Gen Y - Mark x Kit

Fish Upon the Sky - Mork x Pi

GAP - Sam x Mon

HIStory 5: Love in the Future - Hai Yi x Johnny

My School President - Tinn x Gun

A Boss & A Babe - Gun x Cher

Bed Friend - King x Uea

I'm going to make an educated guess.

Looking at the timeline, this didn't come out of nowhere, but came out of necessity - a pandemic!

Gameboys - Gav x Cairo

There was a two-year+ period where many of the globe couldn't touch their loved one. The only way to "see" some family was through calls, so I think directors are making a conscious choice to show people in the same space after many years of that not being a realistic possibility.

I'm sure this technique has been used before 2019, but I think it's more of a sentimental choice to reinforce the narrative - people want to be around their loved ones. Technology is great, but it doesn't replace the feel of people sharing the same space and after having to deal with that for the past few years, we want to see people sharing the same space even if they aren't.

I, personally, like it. In HIStory 5: Love in the Future, Hai Yi was in mandatory quarantine when he spoke to Johnny on the phone, and they had several scenes on the phone where they would appear in the same room, yet when Johnny finally saw Hai Yi in person, he was left in awe.

Both were instantly attracted to each other, and it was believable because even though they were just talking on the phone, we saw them interacting.

Another educated guess is these shows are telling us that meeting and talking through the use of technology doesn't dilute the connection between the two people, but makes it stronger. The physical aspect is pushed aside and the emotional connection is front-and-center. King in Bed Friend is showing Uea that he doesn't just want his body, but he wants his presence. Mork in Fish Upon the Sky wanted Pi to know that he had always valued him as a person regardless of how Pi felt about himself. In Hello Stranger, Xavier and Mico would have NEVER gotten to know each other the way they did without the help of technology. Who knows how @dribs-and-drabbles and I would interact in real life, but in these tags, I'm trying my damndest to get in an ethical non-monogamous situationship, and know that my mama didn't raise no quitter.

TLDR: Technology brings people together, and putting them in the same room reinforces that.

[my-boys-love-boys]

[zhaozi]

[allovelyhappily]

[gabrielokun]

[weilongfu]

MarkKitYu - Yu feeling left out because everyone knows that MarkKit are dating. He needs some comfort & cuddles.

Mark and Kit shared a glance as Yu stalked off for his room the minute they returned from classes.

"I didn't do it," Mark said with his hands up defensively. "I've been throwing myself at him all day."

"You throw yourself at everyone," Kit said before tossing his satchel at Mark. "I'll go see what's wrong."

"Love you both!" Mark yelled. "Su su na!"

Kit only sighed before knocking on Yu's door. "N'Yu? Is everything okay?"

"M'fine," Yu called out, but from the muffled sound, it was clear he was wrapping himself in blankets.

"I'm coming in."

"I said I'm- Phiiiii!" Yu whined as Kit walked in anyway. "What's the point of letting me have my own room here if you and Mark barge in whenever you like anyway?"

"We're your boyfriends, Yu. We're not trying to barge in to disrupt your privacy. We want to make sure you're okay," Kit said as he sat down next to Yu.

"My boyfriends, huh?" Yu huffed and rolled over to face the other way. "Who thinks that?"

"We think that," Kit said in an even tone. "And we know it's been a lot for you to adjust to-"

"But no one else thinks it."

Kit paused. "Yu... Are you-"

"I'm more mad that it's my fault," Yu said, curling up on himself. "I'm mad that I'm scared to actually sit between you two and let you act like my boyfriends and everyone else just keeps talking about how sweet you and Ai Mark are together and how it's weird that I keep walking around as your third wheel and-"

"Enough of that," Kit said as he finally lay down next to Yu and pulled him close, blankets and all. "You can't rush that sort of thing."

"But I want it..." Yu said softly. "I want to be able to look people in the eye... Say I gave up on Thanu and Pha... Found myself two amazing people who actually love me..."

"So say it," Mark said as he jumped on top of both Yu and Kit, causing both to yell. "My two boyfriends are so perfect, I'd love to tell everyone they're both mine."

"You'd love to tell everyone because your brain is addled on having too much sex every night," Kit yelled as he shoved Mark to the other side of Yu.

"No, I'd love to say it because you both deserve it, to have everyone know there's enough love in my heart for you both, equally." Mark punctuated his sentence by hugging Yu and rubbing his cheek against Yu's protests. "So fucking hold our hands tomorrow at uni, you dumbass."

"Mark!" Kit smacked Mark's arm, but Mark just laughed.

"It's the only way to get through to Yu's little head," Mark said as he bumped foreheads with Yu. "Just gotta be blunt with my bestie boyfie."

"Blech." Yu mimed throwing up but retracted his tongue before Mark could do anything to it. "That's disgusting. Don't call me that again."

"Bestie boyfieeeeeeee," Mark teased as he kissed Yu's lips. "And Kit is my kitkat boyfie!"

"I second N'Yu, don't call me that."

"Boyfieeeesssssss!" Mark resumed his position on top of the pile to rain kisses down on both Yu and Kit. "Equal opportunity love!"

"Forget it," Yu exclaimed as he struggled to free himself from his blankets and Mark's hold. "I don't want to be your boyfriend anymore. I'm just going to run away with P'Kit!"

Despite his own lack of enjoyment of Mark's current enthusiasm, Kit tightened his grip on Yu. "As much as I'd enjoy that, I'm afraid you're stuck with both of us for now." Kit planted his own gentle kiss on Yu's forehead. "We're happy to go at your pace. Just let us know what you want us to do and when. We'll be with you."

"Thank you," Yu said after Mark had finished his kiss attacks and settled down next to him again. "I want to try... And I'm glad you'll try with me."

"Always," Kit and Mark said at the same time.

[iguessitsjustme]

Pretend Gen Y 2 didn’t happen for the purposes of this poll. (Also I know technically they exist in the ambassador but we’re also not including them here since they weren’t one of the main couples though I did love them there)

Feel free to tell me why you chose what you chose. I am genuinely very, very curious about everyone’s thoughts here.