#just put them in a bl comedy together pls pls

[pharawee]

Favourite BL tropes: enemies to idiots lovers

[chaos0pikachu]

I just want to say I still appreciate you for being one of the few people I see and agree with re: Only Friends about Sand being everyone's babygirl and SandRay being everyone's ship. There's A LOT of meta, which I vary in liking, agreeing with, disliking, and not agreeing with, but no matter how many essays are written, I will go down believing a vast majority of the love Sand gets is cause of First and the overwhelming majority of love SandRay gets is cause of FirstKhao. It's the exact same thing that happened with Moonlight Chicken. I'm not even sure people realize they're doing it, but I see it. So, again, thank you for still talking about it cause sometimes I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. lol

firstly, thank you <3 <3 you're def not crazy or wildin out lol It's funny you mention this actually b/c I recently saw this tweet:

With a lot of replies and quotes from OhmNanon fans saying the tweet is spreading "misinformation" and to take it down. Also that it's "not true unless gmmtv makes an official statement".

but what's not true here? That Ohm and Nanon aren't going to do another BL together? Who cares? Or is this about "couple content" and "couple merch"? What's the issue here really?

GMMTV sells "couple merch" & does "couple fan meets, events" which shows to me they're not selling Bad Buddy, or Moonlight Chicken what have you, they're selling OhmNanon and EarthMix and FirstKhao and ForceBook. Contrast that with idk Riverdale, WB doesn't sell Cole/Lilli merch it sells Betty, Jughead merch. Or Squid Game, the merch is for the show itself, you might find Kang Sae-byeok, but you won't find HoYeon Jung (the actress) merch.

This all reminds me more of how kpop companies sell their idols; you buy merch for either the group or individual idol. You buy the BT21 items, or a Jimin blanket etc. And these companies bank on fans loving their idols so deeply they'll buy sixteen albums for the chance of getting such-an-such photocard of their bias member.

The way gmmtv promotes their "acting couples" is very similar to me - right down to the lightsticks even.

I can believe that some fans don't fall into these para-social relationships but it's pretty clear, to me from my observations of gmmtv fandom specifically, that a lot of fans do. The grow found of the actors, and the acting couple which influences how they'll feel about the characters they play to, at the least, a certain extent.

Like, I've seen people say their bias for Khao has influenced their feelings towards Ray. It can even be subconscious. B/c you don't just like Khao or FirstKhao you watch their "contents" of them together, see them being cute, want to support them as a couple, buy their merch or share things about them; that level of investment in them as people is going to effect how you view their work specifically the characters they play. Even more so b/c that's what gmmtv wants.

They knew what they were doing casting EarthMix in Moonlight Chicken even though Earth was a miscast - I stand by this, but someone like Peter Knight should've played Uncle Jim. Earth is to fucking young to play an 'Uncle' convincingly give the man some comedies pls he's so funny.

They knew what they were doing putting two of their most recognizable and popular acting couples (FirstKhao, ForceBook) in Only Friends to offset the "risk" of a high sexual series.

This got away from me but yeah, I don't think all fans feel that para-social connection to the actors, but gmmtv especially wants their audience too. And it absolutely starts to effect how fans engage with the media in question completely b/c they see the actors before they see the characters.

anyway that's my hot take

[konaizumi]

A Tale of a Thousand Stars ep 3 thoughts/reaction

I have been thinking about who i’d seen wearing the boy toy shirt before and then i finally remembered that it was techno (tharntype) lol

I hope tian and tul eventually do get to go on that road trip together, just picturing the two of them seeing a bunch of cool sights and having some freedom but also the potential comedy of two rich boys deciding to drive around in a shitty van for “authenticity” and staying in motels and not coping with this very well but at the end they come out as better rounded people

damn, tian’s parents are shitty rich people and like, eat the rich and all that, but they do at least genuinely love their son which i can appreciate that

lol Joma read him like a book

tian is so cute interacting with all the children throughout the episode

god phupha’s so in love already

after seeing tian and dr nam’s interaction i would like to renew my hope that the doctor will find out about tian’s condition (maybe he sees his pills or has to help in a medical emergency or smth) and they become friends and nam tries to help protect tian with his condition (although originally when i said this last week it was under the assumption that phupha wouldn’t see his scars until much later so i guess now phupha would also be in on the secret maybe?)

i absolutely love this montage of tian bonding with the villagers, him learning how to sew from the grandma is so pure

i know he’ll get more used to rural living, but it should be a requirement that tian has a least one ‘city boy’ incident every episode where he doesn’t know how to do something (like holding the chicken)

poor tian just wants to do good for the villagers, but my son, there are safer ways to do this, pls think about your heart (and my heart)

one of the things i really like about phutian’s dynamic is that tian is kinda a bitch, and i mean that affectionately, but when phupha criticizes or teases him he bites back and his motivation for proving himself is quite often “fuck you, watch me” and i like that (so does phupha), there’s not enough bitchy bl characters out there

they have so many tender moments in this episode

tian’s not quite in love with phupha yet but he’s getting there, especially since phupha was much nicer and more tender in this ep

“i just want to talk to you” i think is my favorite line of the episode, it just has so much impact, and then tian asks what he had for dinner back at him which is effectively saying ‘i also want to talk to you’

the finger touch(TM)

i don’t  know what he’s eating but the way he eats it makes it look so  appetizing

lol i thought phupha was gonna ask tian to hand feed him when he bent down

i will never get over phupha’s shit eating grin whenever he flirts with teases tian

phupha also strikes me as someone who can flirt easily but becomes extremely flustered when people flirt back so i hope later on we get to see tian flirt back explicitly and phupha blushes too hard to respond

okay but the way phupha was actually trying to help at first then decided to make him fall, these two are such children

the parallel between the expensive sweatshirt and the traditional shirt, showing that tian is choosing life in the village

Rang has such chaotic energy and i love him

how long has tian been in the village?

i’m so happy for tian, he’s finally been accepted and found the happiness he’s been looking for

dr nam calling phupha a kid, he knows what’s up

did phupha just confirm that he didn’t like torfun romantically? pls let it be true

how old is phupha?

also it almost sounds like phupha is proposing “take this place as your home and stay here together for a long time”

yeeeees, khaotung!! finally, he’s so cute, and tian needs a friend that’s not a forest ranger

i’m not a doctor, but if he’s not even allowed to eat spicy food he probably shouldn’t be getting that drunk right? pls be careful baby

also i love everyone out the table knowing phupha likes tian and teasing him about it

so i love this whole scene where phupha’s trying to put drunk tian to bed, but for what reason did he have to have vomit on his face the whole time, why couldn’t they have wiped it at the start of the scene

but drunk tian smushing phupha’s face and forcing him to smile

okay so i didn’t think the scar reveal would happen so soon and i was kinda looking forward to tian trying to avoid taking his shirt off in front of other people and then the dramatic reveal in front of phupha but i’m intrigued to see where this goes

where’s the fan art of big black dog phupha and pomeranian tian

we love an almost kiss and intimate moment that abruptly ends when one of the characters throws up

“last night when i took you home i saw...” who wants to bet he chickens out and doesn’t actually ask about the scars

anyways, very good ep, phutian have great chemistry and it’s only going to get better, i love this show so much and can’t for next week!