BL Drama Lovers Club

 Casper:

Do you know how far back that is?

(re "Sunspot") There were quite a few comments over the weeks, but the comments/discussion after the final episode (of me and others) were mainly around pages 1203-1205. 

Oh, I'm so excited: Domundi/Mandee are doing a new round of "DMD Friendship the Reality". This is for "Gen 4", and they're tagging it "It Takes Two". Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdIbQeJBApI

Last winter's "DMD Friendship the Reality" was great and got me really invested in the "Gen 3" artists, so I hope this doesn't disappoint.

 RXinw:

I gave the exact same rating. We are aligned on this one lol

Lol great minds think alike ;)

 RomanticRosebud_BL:

1. JimmySea

2. OffGun

3. EarthMix

4. GeminiFourth

5. KristSingto

6.  TayNew

7.  SeaKeen

9. JoongDunk

10. GreatInn

11. BoumPrem

12. FirstKhao

13.  PondPhuwin

14. ForceBook

15. MilkLove

and lets see how many more they add to the line up next year.

15 pairings already!!!! that's a lot. I maintain they need to cool it because this is way too many. Even with just ensemble shows I don't know if this can work. Guess we have to see. 

I'm with you...honestly, I don't believe it does any of them justice. It really makes it seem like at this point, none of them are serious about being actors. The one thing I've always respected about Ohm (currently leading Kidnap the series) is that he has not been tied down to one acting partner for a long time, no matter how hard management tries. I am glad that he and Nanon separated. I really wish fans would show some maturity and stop tying these actors to each other, as if they are real life couples. It's bad for their careers, and that's why you get week actors that many have pointed out in these pairings...someone is always pulling and doing all of the work in the drama and the other is resting. And then you get the same cliche' dramas that you've seen over and over coming out of GMMTV. 

So I agree with you...pairings like Boun x  Prem, definitely need to be broken up...they couldn't act good before joining GMMTV, and I doubt they'll show any improvement now that they are signed to GMMTV.  Pond x Phuwin, it's been past time for them to break up their pairing...did you see their last drama. The same goes for Joong x Dunk. I see they placed Dunk x Phuwin in a drama together to see if Dunk's acting improved (after much online criticism about his acting next to Joong). I've watched some of Summer Nights, he's decent but still has far to go. 

Anyways, I hope you understand me.

p43425

you said it better than I could. IA. I do feel like a lot of these pairings are together because they want to be. You can tell how close they are in real life: OG, JS, FB and EM for example. And I think these four have said that they only want to work together because they are extremely comfortable with each other. One thing I do agree is that the companies need to cool down the fanservice that's not beneficial for anyone in the end. I also feel like the ones I mentioned are the ships that do less fs. Their relationships seem more genuine. 

I see Nguyễn Bá Vinh is back with the drama he wrote, "Teenager Judge".

 American Fan:

I tend to pay closer attention to the actors as individuals whether they are in a ship or not. To me, the bottom line is whether the actor him/herself is happy with the direction his/her career is going.

I did have a thought...Does the Thai BL ship system also carry over to GL actors and straight actors? I don't watch either type of these Thai dramas so I wondered if this "couple" shipping is exclusive to BL? 

I'm questioning it since each acting couple, regardless of genre, would also want to attain a certain level of comfort together as p43425 mentions below.

Yeah, it carries over to GL too. The pairings usually do fanservice and more than one series together. As for hetero ships, I don't think so. For example, I never saw Earth and Namtam do any fanservice together when they were promoting Ploy's Yearbook. I think for them it's different and that model is only used for BL/GL

 Emrys:

They'll be fine, don't worry about it. They might drift apart but they won't be apart for long.

Maya is driving me crazy but it seems like she’s starting to mellow out so I’m happy they seem to be getting closer so quickly ^-^