Sapphicace

👏👏still need to see it with my own eyes though😂

Queer misery is still better than queer erasure I guess😅

If it is actually romance then count me very (pleasantly) surprised. They don’t have to go full heated rivalry or anything, just acknowledgement that the characters are more than friends is enough for me.

I think I’m gonna wait and see whether this is actually gay or just a bromance before making a watching decision. It does say ”愛の物語”,which means love story, but the word/character 愛 is more ambiguous than for example 恋, which has more explicit romantic connotations. So the fact that they used a word for love that can be used for not only romantic love but also platonic and familial love makes me not very hopeful. If it has been made into a bromance this would serve as a very classic example of queerbaiting, as the series was originally announced and marketed as queer, not to mention that the setup is very classic romance.

Co-produced BLs with South Korea have historically not worked out well (Wuju Bakery, Soul Mate). I wonder if this one will break the pattern and actually air😅

I’m not speaking for any specific generation, just stating my own preference .I don’t mind if the actors are super famous as long as I myself have not seen them in more than let’s say 3 productions (maybe it’s because I’m more from the anime/manga and book side of fandom where a new character always equals a new face haha) I think I’m a minority though, as most people seem to get attached to the celebrities more than any characters they play

Btw just curious, which seasoned actors would you have casted for Heated rivalry if you had had the choice?

If the company can afford to make another drama I hope they keep up with the interesting and unique concepts. I don’t want more office or entertainment industry romance because those are already everywhere😬

These international collaborations with South Korea rarely seem to go well, at least not when there is queer series involved. Wuju Bakery too was filmed and never released😅

If yes it would probably release in 2035 lol

Gmmtv will never change their formula of quantity over quality as long as it keeps being so profitable. Why invest money in good quality when people will watch anything as long as it has their faves in it.

Why does this still have a page?

I’ve been thinking exactly the same. Original series can’t go far with screenwriters that are ”quite good”,they need to be exceptionally talented. All of the most beloved BLs have been based on existing source material.If they can’t find any good source material from Thailand they should look into the possibility of buying rights to danmei novels like Yesterday the series did recently (no idea if it will be good but it shows that rights can be bought) or any promising queer themed source material from whatever country. Alternatively, they could do queer reimaginings of source materials that are not queer per se (like some modern Western authors have done with Greek myths etc.) Like Sammon is good, but I think we have already seen her limits.

Also, source materials would significantly reduce the time between announcement and release, making everyone happier in the process.

It is really frustrating to be a fan of the POTENTIAL of BL and GL but dissatisfied with the actual current state of them haha

Taking 1,5 years on a script should only be acceptable if it’s a full length series 😅I was already disappointed with Shine this year ( the final product did not match the development time and marketing hype imo) so I’m kind of concerned for this one as well.

Also the fact that boc is now expanding into gen/straight content….if they only make one queer series per year they should at least try to make it proper length,go all-out on scale and make it so epic that it doesn’t fade from discussion in a few weeks or months because that is not sustainable for the company(only Kinnporsche has managed to maintain an active fandom long after the series ended)Large production conglomerates like GMMTV that churn out dozens of series per year don’t have to make their series memorable or care about longetivity but small production houses have to or at least should.

Also, tbh I don’t think 4 minutes needed a sequel, they should have gone with a new concept and new characters…..Idk maybe I’m being too harsh on Be On Cloud, but since Kinnporsche showed us what they are capable of it has been hard for me to accept all of these new mini series with kind of meh characters in comparison😬Now that Domundi has kind of emerged as a potential competitor with Khemjira (it capitalized on similar things that boc is known for :high production value and fusing traditional genres with BL) I wonder if it could spur boc on to step up their game🤔In 2022-2024 they were basically the only company making mature ”prestige BL” but that is changing now. Who knows though, maybe they are content with only having their one hit and do not even attempt to create anything comparable to KP ever again😅

Sorry for the rantXD

I agree that we need more seasoned actors in queer series and movies but for me personally it’s also bad if the actor is too known. If I have seen a face too many times it’s impossible to take their character seriously as the suspension of disbelief that I need to enjoy series has been shattered. This of course applies to non queer context too. When it comes to the West I’m kind of sick of seeing for example Timothee Chalamet everywhere (nothing against the guy, just think that he is too much everywhere)Ideally there would be seasoned actors that are still somewhat fresh in that they have not been in every major production for the past 5 years.

Idk but everything about this drama seems fishy to me😬

This always happens to the most groundbreaking series that try to explore new things. Kinnporsche has a rating of 8 and I feel like Clairebell will eventually join as now it’s down to 8,4 lol

I don’t really understand why they announced this project so early as long wait times and postponing just frustrate fans. Better to just announce a show once most of it has been filmed unless you need to make a pilot trailer to secure funding but obviously that is not something that applies to BOC.

January is here and nothing has been announced😅😕

Tbh I don’t even need them to be happy, I just want the romance to convince me

GMMTV would never invest this much in their queer series lol