#grey rainbow

[absolutebl]

BL Actor Pairs - Meta Guide

A lot of these posts are dated, because pairs have broken up and things move fast the the entertainment industry. But since were were talking TayNew and Cherry Magic recently.... 

Basics of Actor Pairs, Cobranding, and BL Couples 

A Guide to Thai BL Actor Pairs for New Watchers (old af) 

Thai BL Actor Pairs... REDUX! (late 2021) 

GMMTV and Co-Branded BL Couples - pairs and marketing tactics (early 2022) 

How to get over Thai BL Pair Branding (mid 2022)  

GMMTV’S BL Pairs, Ranked (late 2022) 

Rankings, recs, & fantasy casting 

BL’s Top 10 Most Deserving Unresolved 

10 BL Pairs That Should be Reunited in New Rolls! 

Crazy BL Actor Pairing I'd Love to See

TOP 10 BL PAIRS + What They Should Play Next

Your Favorite Thai BL Couples = What to Watch Next? 

As of end of 2022 the oldest still active pairs are... 

KarnNat (origin Grey Rainbow, latest Dear Doctor) - they cobrand only when they have a show and don’t feed shippers, CURRENT MONARCHS*

BoomPeak (origin Make It Right, latest 7 Project) - they don’t actively cobrand and never feed shippers

MaxTul (origin Bad Romance, latest Manner of Death) - champions (and origin) of Thai BL IRL ships

OffGun (origin Puppy Honey, latest Not Me) - announced Cooking Crush for 2023

TayNew (origin Kiss, latest Dark Blue Kiss) - announced Cherry Magic for 2023

All these pairs started in 2016, some of them as side couples. I consider the oldest established pair to have completed a recent BL the reigning Kings, as of typing in Dec 2022 that’s KarnNat. 

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[doorajar]

"Grey Rainbow" (2016) starts oddly, for a BL. During the opening credits we see mostly straight couples; the opening dialog presents gay marriage as a lecture-room topic, and then we meet our couple, reunited after being parted by circumstance for a couple of months (the time span is unclear).

They bicker like lovers who are getting a little tired of each other, until it develops that they are just roommates--or so it seems.

See what I mean ? Stay tuned. The fact that in the signature shot used at the front of the episodes Nuer has a bandage on his temple--and the somber hues of that same image--should maybe alert the viewer to the ultimately tragic nature of this story ...?

(An irony, considering l'm watching this series while KinnPorsche is front and center of each week, is that Nuer's opposite is called ... Porsche.)

"Do you know what I really wanna do most ?" "I want to travel alone with you, to somewhere far away ... far enough that no one knows us ... holding hands, and hooking arms over neck ... without having to care about what others think." "When will I be able to do that ?"

"Have you ever loved me at all ?"

A lot happens after the middle of Episode 2: Nuer's Jane breaks up with him, declaring him to be (not in these words) bisexual--whereupon he goes a little berserk and slugs her new boyfriend. Thus, the bandage on the temple--is this the first BL nursing carried out on the curb in the dark ?

By the end of the episode the two have become one. "You can't break up like this. I'll tell Jane she was wrong." Nuer: "What if she was right ?" They kiss. Porsche's soliloquy, above: Nuer wasn't asleep after all, and heard all of it ...

By the end of Episode 3 (of four hour-and-a-quarter eps) both sets of parents have gotten the news: their only sons are in love. Nuer's maa takes it hard at first, but comes around; Porsche's paw passes out at the table (nice timing, P ?) and wakes in a hospital bed only to start cussing out his wife. Bad scene, Bix ! After more fatherly histrionics, Nuer tells Porsche that he can't take it and is ready to quit the relationship. Aw, geez ...!

Yes, I know this story doesn't turn out rosy--I was told that, going in. But isn't there a pall hanging over this tale, more or less throughout ? From the title, to the dark signature image, the somber music often heard, and the curiously affectless Porsche, there's a downbeat atmosphere created and maintained, that the sunny smile that flashes periodically across Nuer's funny face can't really overcome.

So it's come to this: l'm taking bets with myself on who gets bumped off before this is over. (Call it a defense ploy against the angst of impending tragedy ?) Right now, Porsche is unreasonably insisting that Nuer remain in Jane drag for their visit to the temple to pray for Jane's recovery--thus he deserves to die, sez I.

But of course that's just a misinformed guess. The death when it comes, though sudden, is surrealistically announced just before it happens. And the aftermath is dreamlike--or it would be if not for some more of the clumsiness that mars this production at certain moments. Most jarringly, who is the girl we've never seen before but who Porsche seems to know: which little girl now a teen (?) is she supposed to be ?

Not a satisfying ending, l'm afraid, though there's an effort made to get us past it. There were a few sweet moments throughout the story; I won't say it was a waste of time. For 2016 perhaps it's as much as we could expect ?

The final lines, spoken by Porsche: "Being gay, unlike being a drug addict, isn't a choice; it's natural." (I paraphrase). There were other and longer lessons for the audience, about acceptance and forgiveness, sprinkled throughout. The actors and the acting were fine. The latter half of the drama was set in rural Chiang Mai, with domesticated elephants filling out the cast of characters. About five hours running time in total.

I'm sorry this four-part miniseries didn't inspire a more spirited or informative review from me. Maybe next time ...?

[blmpff]

Today on: They Look Alike

Kiak Wattikorn from The Promise

Nut Nutchapon from Dear Doctor I'm Coming For Soul and Grey Rainbow

[catcloud24]

Karn and Nut from Grey rainbow (2016) are the lead in dear doctor, I'm coming for soul which will probably have a sad ending so on brand for them🚶‍♀️

[baexywth]

[chaey2k]

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[bixels]

Quick doodle while writing stuff for the AU's New York City story. The main six would get split into pairs with their own little story.

Flutterdash's logline: Dash and Félicie navigate NYC's transit system to go to a Wonderbolts ball game, all while battling intense feelings of homesickness for Nebraska.

[heartnosekid]

conorhegyi on ig

[spoiky]

A few doodles I immediately made in lightning speed right after finishing reading For the Forgotten Ones yesterday.

killer sans by rahafwabas

color sans by superyoumna

core frisk by dokudoki

(big spoiler under the cut)

I've punched tables waiting for Color to appear and then he did. And then I wanted him to interact with Killer. And then he did. And then he fucking went—

[rhythmantics]

bugsnax is aight

[deniz-mehtap]

"dante gibi ortasındayız ömrün..."

[talos-stims]

computer fans

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[collection-bundle]

Grey collection of things I’ve found that people have left behind (rainbow collection photos 11/?)

[fisheito]

Sometimes you just.........

[numberonebestratedstimboard]

“There is someone inside my house.”

A stimboard of Jim from Jim’s computer for anon with kidcore and webcore themes!

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[yuqi-luv]

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