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We can use more messy! Gimme mess.

/is waiting very very impatiently for Only Friends, and it shows

I'd dig it.

Honestly I have never been a fan of people putting themselves in cold storage while their LI gets it together. Let Pisaeng explore this new side of himself while Kawi is busy pining for someone else.

I'd be happier if this were airing the same time as one of the ones I expect to be extremely angsty/messy, like Only Friends or Dangerous Romance. Something to break up the inevitable heartbreak in the other two, ha.

Nothing wrong with fluff. And SIMM itself was cute, if not revolutionary.

I think I liked the mock trailer better. *ducks*

This looks very low angst which I'm not necessarily complaining about, I just think I expected different from the mock trailer. That's why you can't trust those things! Betrayed!

I'll at least give it a few eps before I make up my mind.

Wait what is July packed with? I feel like nothing is coming out (but then again it could just be that the ones I want most I won't see until August at the earliest, ha).

I know I am! We probably have months before this show even airs and here I am, nearly vibrating out of my chair at every little piece of news.

Yeah I saw people freaking out on tumblr earlier. It's like, just chill for now, guys. They haven't even finished filming and we have no idea how long it will or will not be.

I think we're all just going a little stir crazy while we wait for a release date and get all this info in dribs and drabs. :)

Maybe wait until we get actual confirmation about an episode count before worrying? Unless it came from someone directly involved in a way that can be confirmed is legit I wouldn't freak too much just yet.

Okay have to say the BB/ATOTS crossover was an unexpected delight. As someone who never did manage to get into BB I found the whole thing really charming (even if I found myself cheering for Pat/Phupha and Pran/Tian to manifest. Or maybe Pat/Tian/Pran that would have been good too). I did find Phupha extremely frustrating but I did in the original series too, so not much of a change. Really enjoyed whatever his thing with Pat was though. They should have kissed. Tian was great but I just think that Mix has something about him that makes him utterly watchable, even when he's playing a frustrating character (not that I think Tian was particularly frustrating - I felt the core of his issue with Phupha very understandable. Whatever the dude said, never meeting his boyfriend's parents was just kinda rude, especially years into a relationship. DEFINITELY when he was planning on proposing at some point).

Adored the brief glimpses of Ink and Pa, too.

Didn't watch enough eps to really give it a review, but I have to say out of the ones that I did watch it went Eclipse > BB/ATOTS crossover > NLMG. I wasn't what I would call disappointed by any of them though - they all had their good points and I had a good time with each one. Eclipse in particular just put me in a chokehold and made me super excited for Only Friends. If I had to split the crossover up though it'd probably go

1. The Eclipse/ATOTS
2. NLMG
3. Bad Buddy (sorry I just don't care about them much, what did it for me here was how they worked with the ATOTS guys)

Overall though I really did enjoy all four of the paired eps I watched. I liked that the theme seemed to be "what happens after the get together" and dealt with navigating actual problems that can crop up in a relationship, such as physical separation, differing communication styles, etc. I'm not always in the mood for that kind of thing, but I do think that it's important to show it on occasion - relationships take work, it's a choice you make every damn day, and I like that these eps all showcased that in their own ways.

I am so impatient for this.

That's my thought too. I'm even more excited for this. Their chemistry *and* mess? I'm ready.

Oh I just adored The Eclipse episodes. Literally all I wanted was Akk and Aye being ridiculous about and because of each other and I got it. *shrugs* These two have more than earned some mundane relationship drama.

This was the only set of eps that I was really looking forward to and I was pleased with it. I might tune in for Tale of A Thousand Stars, if I remember.

Not gonna read the comments here though because I know how that goes. I never agree with other MDL commenters, especially when it comes to Thai dramas. 🤣

I agree that Dunk's acting isn't the best, but also a lot of MDL commenters are just never happy. I'm sorry but it's everywhere, especially the Thai shows. For some shows it's so relentless that I just quit visiting the pages, and it makes me wonder why people even bother watching when they always hate them so much. Is it a completionist thing - you started so you have to finish? The best thing I ever did for myself was stop doing that, honestly. It's okay to DNF shows, or with something like this, to only bother with the eps for shows you care about. I watched SIMM and it was fine, not the best but not a total chore to watch either. I'd file it under mostly fluffy but forgettable. I probably will not watch these eps because I just don't care that much. I won't be watching the eps of the shows I didn't finish either. It's okay to do that.

Well, full disclosure I didn't like MSP and wound up not finishing it. Maybe one day, but something about it just didn't work for me at the time.

I am watching that! It wasn't even on my radar but youtube recced and I was in the mood to go 'why not' so I did. I haven't seen episode two yet but I really liked the first ep. I agree that it's not doing anything revolutionary, but I sympathize so hard with Pat. I'm hoping it'll be what A Boss and A Babe wound up not being for me. I wound up quitting that one, too.

I hope that this trend of having BL shows in the workplace setting or just the adult world keeps on. Sometimes I feel like Thailand is way more willing to play with the tried and true formula and that can be very hit or miss. I did read somewhere that one of the directors (or maybe it was a producer?) said that they want to move away from the normal type of BL plot and just start having stories where the characters happen to be gay (like MC), and I hope that is something that we start to see more of, too, mixed in with the more traditional BL.

Actually my favorite thing out of Thailand so far this year isn't a BL, it was Midnight Museum. I loved that show so much it pretty much ate my life for weeks.

I haven't started The Eighth Sense yet but I keep hearing good things.

Thank you for doing this! I'm making myself wait to watch the whole thing in one go but I'll definitely save the link.

Seconding Moonlight Chicken! I really didn't expect it to be that great but it surprised me. It's less your typical BL though and a little more slice of life where the leads happen to be gay. it's definitely more adult and I just adore it. I do generally enjoy Thai BLs but yeah, you kind of have to turn parts of your brain off sometimes. With MC I didn't have to do that, and it was so refreshing.

The one I am most looking forward to is The Eclipse and I am determined to be pleased. i genuinely do not care, I will watch Akk and Aye do just about anything and I trust that the banter will remain intact even if nothing else does. Those two deserve some smiling honestly.

But I know that making sure I come in with as good an attitude as possible means not speculating on what's going to happen and not expecting anything, so I haven't even watched the trailer. I will just low key vibrate for the entire week while trying not to think about why. :D

Honestly I'll take it over more tears. I think they both cried enough in The Eclipse.

Yeah. It's sad but it's also kind of expected, though, since the show is over and people don't know if there will be a 2nd season. People move on fast!

Awesome! TY.