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Was there or will there be a "special" or "0" episode preceding the actual series? GMMTV usually (albeit not always) produces and releases "specials" meant to introduce a new series, its characters, cast and crew. I don't recall seeing anything like that for "Boys in Love" and got a bit confused about the series' release date: either the proper show will start airing on 20.04.2025 and there was nor will there be a "special" OR there will be a special on 20.04.2025 with the proper series airing a week later. Which one is it?

Something tells me I'm gonna enjoy the side couples (Podd and Papang in particular) more than the main ones.

Problem is people don't seem to share that opinion. Restraint is entirely absent - and the option to rate/set score of the entire show before it airs in its entirety (or simply once ep. 1 aired) doesn't help that. Same for reviews - so far 17 reviews of the show as a whole were published, which is simply ludicrous (compare that to mere 3 "reactions" to ep. 1).

Same with "we need to keep a 5 m distance".

BL units of measurement:
"ThamePo" - 5 cm distance
"Last Twilight" - one palm distance
"My Golden Blood" - arm's distance

They started filming "Mu-Te-Luv: 9 Temples?" today: https://x.com/MUTELUVSeries/status/1902267717031194924

I'd say that explains why the OhmLeng split and recasting had to be announced now. I was pondering the question "why now?" and assumed it was either due to something that happened recently or due to something that was about to happen - like filming "Only Friends 2" or "9 Temples?" about to begin. Looks like GMMTV had a "now or never" moment.

Unpopular opinion, but it's what bothered me too - not enough BL stuff in this BL. In case of some episodes the BL content felt like an addition to the boy band/idol content. I guess they had to compromise - having an actual boy band as their cast. I'd say "Only Boo!" used the idol-related content better - in service to the main plot, which was a classic BL one, and not rivaling or replacing it.

In ep. 2 Thame explains the situation between ONER and MARS to Po, which is shown through flashbacks. In the first one Pemika shows Thame that MARS' first album didn't sell well and generated a loss for the company amounting to 38.831.500 THB (with total costs of 60.004.500 THB). This is also the start of Thame's "rabbit hole": ONER produces his first solo single (Pemika tells Thame that this will help MARS' popularity), later signs a solo contract with him (again, Pemika asks Thame to do this for the sake of the band) and even later plans to sell him to Korea. Even if Pemika's explanations for those decisions may seem false and self-serving, the fact that MARS was unprofitable is never disputed nor questioned.

That's a good question. I kept checking whether a MV for that song pops up on GMMTV Records (like it did for all the remaining songs used in "ThamePo") or Riser Music, but so far - nothing.

Within 2 years he portrayed the father of two different characters named "Joke" in two separate BL series directed and produced by the same people:
1. in 2023 in GMMTV's "Hidden Agenda" - his character's son was portrayed by the handsome "Joong" Archen Aydin,
2. in 2024 in YWPB's "Jack&Joker" - his character's son was portrayed by none other than the remarkable "War" Wanarat Ratsameerat.

Kongthup Production should create MDL profiles/pages (no idea what the correct term is) for at least those cast members who have been revealed so far. Top Sumethee Mettaworakun and Arm Chaiyapat Jampasin don’t have those and can’t be added as cast members of "Doctor's Mine".

The number 13 is often considered cursed or connected with bad luck. Despite of that I have a feeling that the number of episodes of "ThamePo" - which is 13 - will be a lucky one, connected with a happy and satisfying conclusion of the show.

Both posts on IG and X begin with the line เซอร์ไพรส์ครั้งใหม่ ลุ้นตอนจบที่ไม่เหมือนใคร, which in English (according to google translate) means "new surprises, exciting endings like no other". Foreshadowing much?

Special to air on 01.03.2025 on IQIYI at 10am (GMT +7) - this according to J&J IG account.

01.03.2025 on IQIYI 10am (GMT +7)

Not a fan of his ventures into "comedy", I do enjoy when he's calmer, more serious and collected. The park scene in ep. 18 of "Perfect 10 Liners" was a good example of that kind of performance. I also think he'd be good as a troubled, moody, even slightly dark or haunted character.

I don't know when the special was produced nor whether it was planned from the very start or was conceived after the series aired, so I can't disprove nor confirm your claim, that the show's visibility (I assume you meant mainly international visibility) had anything to do with the special becoming possible. I did read - in a post by an interfan who was upset by the special not being streamed - that the special was shot at the same time as the series itself, but I assume it was just speculation.
I think that with no information on how the special came to be and what YWPB plans regarding the special were/are it's risky to make assumptions about the importance of interfans. Until this is cleared one or the other way one could just as easily claim that interfans were never a part of YWPB plan for the special, that it was always meant for the domestic market only - hence limiting the release to cinema screenings in Bangkok and lack of information regarding streaming, hence the only sponsor is Unif fresh, a drink brand of Uni-President Ltd., a Thai company. I'm not saying I believe this was the case, but such a claim is as valid as what you wrote - until we know more.

I don't know enough about the special nor YWPB intentions to give an answer to that.

Just a random thought: killing off a major character (like one of the two main characters) shuts down any discussions on continuing the show. May seem cruel, but it can be a way to stop the fandom from demanding a 2nd season.