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I should really be asleep right now, and I need to work on some assignments if I am going to be awake, but seeing this made me think about it. So I'm posting this before bed!
TOP SERIES: Utsukushii Kare, Be My Favorite, Not Me
TOP COUPLES: HiraKiyo, KhaiThird, KongArt/PisaengKawi
Utsukushii Kare and HiraKiyo are perfect to me. Like, that is the romance to be created for me. My favorite BL couple (they will be very hard to dethrone) and the ones that got me into watching live-action BL in the first place. The writing, the OST, the relationship development from season to season culminating in that beautiful movie, and most importantly, the characters. Hira and Kiyoi truly connected with me on a level that none of the other characters I've seen in any BL have! So, yeah, first place on both podiums.
I love Be My Favorite. I think you can tell from how I talk about it, and my blog in general. It really was so beautifully directed, it has my favorite trope (let's go time travel romance!) and GawinKrist's acting is stellar. Kawi as a character is a stand-out to me, as is how the show handles its themes. Not Me is close behind as one of those shows that really had a strong hold on me. I love the messages behind the show, and it really made me fall for OffGun. I think about SeanWhite (more quietly than I do about these other guys) a lot.
Now, okay, KhaiThird is here. Look, do I think Theory of Love, as a show, has some massive problems? Well, yeah. That's why it isn't on the series list. I think it's a weaker show than the ones on my podium, at least for me. Is KhaiThird not one of my favorite pairs? Well. See, I like them. I love them. You can ask me more but, well. I'll keep it at that here!
And then the tie between the different Krist BL series pairs! Look, how am I to choose? I love both of the dynamics! Kawi and Arthit are both very, very dear to me! And so are their boyfriends! So, okay, maybe I'm too indecisive to live. Watch KristSingto's new BL come out and ask me again. Maybe by then I'll have to actually make a decision.
SERIES VS. COUPLE
Do your favorite BL couples match your favorite BL series?
I feel like this must be a phenomenon, so I want to see what other people's lists look like. \:D/
These are mine. I'm very proud.
Voila:
TOP 3 SERIES: Be My Favorite, SOTUS, Until We Meet Again TOP 3 COUPLES: WinTeam, KongArt, KawiPi
Because, like, we judge series and character based on different criteria, right?
Be My Favorite shot to the top of my list by episode eight last year because the writing was immaculate (Waa took extra time to really hone the script, and it shows!), the directing is phenomenal (the behind-the-scenes footage and interviews show how much influence Waa had in bringing out the best in everyone), the premise is right up my alley (subjective, but y'know, favorites lists are subjective by nature), etc. etc. etc. It's just all-around an incredibly well-crafted show, so it's sitting pretty cozy up there at the top.
But!
When I think about couples, WinTeam and KongArt are firmly first and second.
WinTeam have been my favorite BL couple from Day ONE, and no one's even remotely challenged them since even though Between Us is somewhere around #5 or #6 on my list (depending on how much of the series I choose to selectively forget).
And KongArt? We saw them grow from age 19/20 to, like, 26/27? (I haven't math'd the years in a while, but the Our Skyy episode is definitely set during their late twenties.) Experiencing that much development for a BL couple is rare, and their relationship is portayed so beautifully.
So, y'know, both lists are completely subjective and don't always have anything to do with quality or whatever. WinTeam are my favorite couple because Win's my favorite character archetype and Team is a sassy traumatized gremlin, and Be My Favorite is my favorite series because holy shit I love gay time travel and it's the only series I've seen that's treated leitmotifs seriously.
SO TELL ME YOURS. \:D/
I thought you saw me as your friend already.
Thai BL Series I have seen
A Tale of Thousand Stars (100000/10)
Cupid's Last Wish (1000/10)
Cutie Pie
Cutie Pie 2
Naughty Baby
TharnType
Star in your Mind
Sky in your Heart (8/10 reminded me a lot of A Tale of a Thousand Stars)
Bed Friend (💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖)
Middleman's Love
Eclipse
Not Me (🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩/10)
Theory of Love (9.5/10)
Be My Favorite
Love by Chance
Fish Upon the Sky
Work from Home
Love in the Air (🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷)
Secret Crush on You
2gether
Still 2gether
Unforgotten Night (🐯🐯🐯🐯🐯🐯🐯)
A Boss & a Babe
Vice Versa
Step by Step
(* I genuinely enjoyed all of these series. The ones with the emojis are the ones I remember the best. No tea. No shade. KinnPorshce is already on my list)
Please recommend more!
This episode was about queerness through and through
Queer rights
Queer wrongs
....jk
Queer wrongs
Invasion of privacy
Loss and yearning
Joy
Community
Resolve
But most importantly, that one queer tote bag that has everything
I'm obsessed with how Be My Favourite queers the straight narrative so beautifully. The show literally starts off with a straight romance cliché (lead doesn't get the girl, regrets it for the rest of his life until he goes back in time to fix things) and if you hadn't read the tags or the synopsis you could be 100% forgiven for thinking it was just another straight time travel romance. Heck, even Kawi, the literal main lead, and Pisaeng, his actual love interest, think they're in a straight time travel romance for 7 and 1/2 episodes.
You can literally see the two opposing narratives fighting with one another, the "tradional" romance narrative fighting against its queering and maintain the status quo and then slowly coming undone as it becomes clear that the queerness was always there it had just never had a chance to flourish.
Be My Favourite is making a very pointed statement about queer narratives and queer visibility in media and I love love love love it.
Be My Favourite the series spoilers up to episode 4
Ok so episode 4 has a literal love triangle! XD
Like Kawi likes Pear, who likes Pisaeng, who in turn likes Kawi.
Its come full circle! I honestly don't even know why I like the trope of "love triangle" that I am so familiar with being subverted in such a way. I just found it really fun and it adds a bit more to the drama and makes the whole situation funnier. XD
All in all, I'm finding this series really fun and although I usually don't go for time travelling novels or shows (and can only really take the time travel trope seriously in fanfiction) I am really enjoying what the writers and director did with this story.
Also the relationship between Pisaeng and Kawi has made me laugh so many times xD.