#lita ep 1

[yakdee]

Payu's "P-shaped buns" (feat. Rain) — for @negrowhat 💌

bonus Apparently "B-shaped buns" are also a thing

#a little gift for the holidays ❤️ #love in the air #love in the air the series #love in the air special episode #payu x rain #payurain #boss chaikamon #noeul nuttarat #raemakes #s:lita #lita ep 1 #lita ep 2 #lita ep 6 #lita special ep

[hughungrybear]

I do hope this boy has some redeeming qualities in the next episodes because, as of this moment, he is the embodiment of everything I hate in a romance trope: a whiny, clingy, panicky, damsel-(or in this case, dude)-in-distressed. 😑 It's not cute when used in hetero-romance. More so in BLs.

#love in the air #lita ep 1 #payurain #swear I would start skipping #if this boy does not get his act together

[peachandpinwheel]

Payu: now you'll see what kind of bad man I am (makes his boyfriend breakfast, helps him with his homework, teaches him personal responsibility, is nice to his mother,)

#we finally got to the second half but reliving ep 1 bite kiss is so funny in retrospect #love in the air #lita

[negrowhat]

The word ‘Bi’ being used in my BL? A canon bi character? In my BL? More likely than you think.

#we love bi biker boys #but........ #sir #you can't just go taking advantage of strangers #ep 1 #lita liveblogging

[liyazaki]

the inherent romance of tire repair in the rain

bed friend ep. 9 x lita ep. 1

#bed friend #bed friend the series #lita #love in the air #payurain #netjames #bossnoeul #kinguea #bl parallels #tonanons #userlotad #userpharawee #usernuria #userbillkin #mjtag #asiandramanet #asiandramasource #asianlgbtqdramas #mor gifs lita #mor gifs bed friend

[prapaiwife]

the parallels btwn wandee goodday stay with me bed scene and lita prapaisky bed scene where sky is so sleepy....... 🤭

Hi anon! Omg yessss now I haven't seen stay with me! But obviously lita lol and pls now I'm in my feelings about this I have to analyze so here I go lol. So with wandee gooday the whole focal point of it was vulnerability. And yak saw Dee's in this episode, I would say he did in ep 1 too. But I feel like he had saw what triggered Dee's vulnerability. Like after sneaking in and seeing what dee is going through at work with his coworker he didn't even bring it to Dee's attention, *given he doesn't really know the whole situation with the scholarship just yet!*. And Dee's relationship with dr ter and how that completely made dee feel like as if he's the problem as to why ter doesnt return the same feelings as him. (When we all know he's not at all the problem) but in that moment at the doctor's yak just wanted to hold his hand just to show he's here for him. And also through the episode he was being reminded what his friend told him about ppl who are vulnerable.

"Nobody can be strong all the time everyone has vulnerableites that can trigger them" so when he saves dee from the those guys at the bar and he sees how emotional dee was and his little whines when he sensed that yak was gonna leave him. He immediately reached for him and huddled himself in yak😭😭😭. Dee is tired and or so used to being alone. He wants someone to want him, and after being rejected and seeing ter for truly who he is its alot, and he's still reflecting on ter and his comments they are still affecting him. And so as we see he drinks goes to the bar maybe to meet someone as well. And when he does this he becomes this bravely drunk but also very vulnerable and emotional. But yak being there for him and just holding him through the night and giving him that comfort he wanted to earlier in the day but now it was what dee needed and what yak wants to be and give to dee.

So with pai and sky, prapai has noticed as episode 9 that something was wrong with sky. And I looked how he always kept that in the forefront of his mind cause it made him approach sky from then on with this softer gentler approach. Cause though he doesn't know what sky been through he can it was something that altered to how he views ppl and trust and seeing himself as less than he didn't value himself he questioned himself countlessly if he even deserved prapai!?. And so prapai seeing sky for who he is vulnerableites and all it made him want to protect sky even more, just by making sure he's eating his meals and buying him even, and helping him with work for school so he doesnt have to stay up so late. And laying with him at night when he sees sky waking up so abruptly from a nightmare to ease him and let him know he's here with him he doesnt have to go through this alone. And sky leans into that as in the last episode when he goes through another nightmare, he calls prapai instantly cause he now has someone who's more than willing to drop everything for him. And doesn't see him as a burden at all, prapai wants sky to call him if he wants he wants sky to be comfortable with him.

Just a little rant on this cause wow anon u were right though I don't think u meant to cause me to go on and on sorry lol😭.

#wandee goodday #love in the air #yakdee #deeyak #yak x dee #prapai x sky #sky x prapai #prapaisky #skypai

[having-conniptions]

My reactions to the LITA main characters:

Rain: baby. 10 minutes into ep 1 I was ready to adopt him. Bratty baby but still baby.

Sky: also kinda baby but also sassy queen and also brat and also beautiful and strong and a boss ass bitch

Phayu: confident, warm, comforting. I get why Rain called him Daddy that one time. Also a cunning lil b

Prapai: cutie patootie but also a cocky little shit but also a hopeless romantic for Sky. Also WEAK for Sky (just like me)

#love in the air the series #lita the series #phayurain #payurain #prapaisky

[absolutebl]

This Week in BL

Nov 2022 Wk 2

Being a highly subjective assessment of one tiny corner of the interwebs. Organized by which ones (in each category) I’m enjoying the most.

Ongoing Series - Thai

Between Us (Sun iQIYI) 1 of 12 - It got hot and heavy way faster than expected. With DeanPharm the side couple, I just want more of them like I did with WinTeam in UWMA. But yeah, it’s VERY good, thank fuck. WATCH ALONG HERE. 

Big Dragon (Sat Gaga) 6 of 8 - How can this dumb little pulp be so good? Also P’Nine? I will heal your broken heart. The brother zone is rough, baby. The thing about this damn drama is all of the characters are honestly motivated and act in accordance with their personalities. I think that’s mostly why I can’t stop watching. Loved the scene with Yai and his ma-in-law-to-be. Also, nice stinger! That’s one way to come out. Look this was a REALLY engaging ep. 

My Only 12% (Fri iQIYI) 14fin - I really did not expect this show to end on this note. Ah Earth with the crying. I did expect the final episode to be family drama-llama, but this kind of drama didn’t work for me under the context of a BL. I do love the siblings. (There’s a part of me that wanted Prem’s character to be Team. This could work as Team’s back story.) All in all? I found it disappointing. Conclusion: This is a strong little BL romance (tailor made for SantaEarth) about holding onto first love and childhood, but it’s buried under waffling family drama and formless side characters so that it took a lot of digging to get to - still, RECOMMENDED. 8/10 

Ai Long Nhai (Mon iQIYI) 7 of 10 - Nothing continues to happen and exactly nothing will and yet I keep watching. Probably because the nothing keeps getting shirtless. 

Ghost Host, Ghost House (Weds YouTube) 6 of 8 - Cute bfs are cute but... NO SINGING. Adorbs but sad GL side plot AKA dead lesbians got a nod. 

Remember Me (Sun Gaga) 5 of 12 - JaFirst are just great on screen together, I am very invested in their couple but, yeah, no one else. The stuff with Name was really difficult to watch, but Title is a GREAT little actor. 

Love in the Air (Thurs iQIYI) 13fin - Ultimately? Sky needed a therapist not a stalker lover, but whatever Mame. DUMPSTER FIRE TRASH WATCH COMPLETED HERE. I gave it a very reluctant 7/10, recommended only if you know you like this kind of thing. Look you remember in high school drama class where they make you “envision a basket, and put all of your worry, bad mood, and anxiety into that basket, and leave it outside the door”? Well, in order to enjoy this show, you have to do that, only with your morals. Some people have bigger baskets than others. 

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

My Tooth Your Love (Taiwan Fri Viki) 6 of 12 - I do like a little jealousy from the dentist. Yet another installment in this week”s “please get that uke to a therapist” only this time (unlike LITA) our seme actually gives it an honest try. I might be completely and totally in love with the dentist. I adore how stern he gets, plus he has a very strong white knight tendencies. Also baby boi wanna-bartend with the big-ass crush is giving me life. 

Eternal Yesterday AKA Eien no Kino (Japan Thurs Gaga) 4 of 8 - Am I the only one who JUST realized the actor playing Koichi is Komiya Rio who played Tanaka in Takara & Amagi? I’m so slow. Look all Japanese BL (even the most fluffy nonsense like Kabe Koji) is a little bit emo and exists in a sideways state. It’s gonna go into uncomfortable and uncanny spaces. It’s what it does. This one, given its psychological horror elements, is even more uncanny, to the point of creepy. I’m not a big fan of creepy, and yet I like this show. Japanese zombie incubus? Yes please. Look, I’m utterly unable to back away from the pun, and so: I see seme stiffie can get a stiffie. Puns aside? This was a killer first-time sex scene for something relatively low heat. I’m reminded of Shin’s tongue. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, no one does thirst like Japan. Korea and Thailand can have a winsome yearn-off, and Taiwan is great a pining, but Japan? Japan brings the Thirst. 

Choco Milk Shake (Korea Strongberry Tues YT) 3-4 of 10 - I love this show so much. It made me tear up and then in the second part I was laughing my ass off, because the cat was trying to teach the dog how to stare properly. So funny. Then Pets being worried about their sick human, is so accurate. Is anything funnier than the idea of a cat in a service industry job? I really don’t want this to be sad. Please don’t be sad. In Strongberry we trust is my mantra!

Kabe Koji (Japan Mon Viki) 6 of 10 - I like it more and more as it goes on, but I still don’t think I actually, ya know, like it. 

It’s Airing But I’m Not Watching It

War of Y (Thai Gaga) 20 eps - it’s just all too much for me.

My Roommate (Thai YT) 32 eps of 2 minutes each + terrible production values? - I’m not bothering.

Fahlanruk (Thai Sun GaGa) 12 eps - I cut my losses at ep 5. DNF

To Sir With Love AKA Khun Chai 28 eps - dito

2 Moons 3 (Thai Mon ??) 10 eps - Possibly a future binge watch. Rumor is it’s banal.

SELF (Thai Thurs YT) - DNF

Love Bill  (Vietnam Sat YT) - Bah Vinh is back but I’m too distracted. Also there’s a lot of fund raising and stuff going on. I’ll wait and binge.

In Case You Missed It

Korean GL She Makes My Heart Flutter finished it’s run on YouTube. RECOMMENDED. Full review (not by me) here. Extremely cute, about a lesbian bar run by an aunt and her niece.  

I have no idea if any of these still work, but the spies reported in on ways to watch the Cherry Magic movie (2022) with Eng Subs: BiliBili | Website I liked it, not as much as the original, solid 8/10 from me. Again no kissing, these actors must be expensive. Still with Thailand bringing the high heat with such consummate casualness these days (licking ass and taking names) there really isn’t much of an excuse anymore for no kisses. Even Korea has buckled. 

Gossip

Kpop boy group OnlyOneOf has collectively signed up to be in idol-based BL, Bump Up Business (based on a webtoon of the same name). They’ve been auditioning for this since Libido IMHO. You can watch me chronicle their BL MV series in this post. It’s from Idol Romance who will do sad and can do good kisses (Wish You, Nobleman Ryu, Once Again, Kissable Lips, Poongduck 304, Tasty Florida, Tinted With You). More info here. 

HIStory 5 is coming! Office BL + time travel. “A cheerful and energetic senior student from 2000 travels to the future (2022), works as a deliveryman, and meets his first customer, an heir with a domineering personality.” Nancy Chen to direct (HIStory 4, Papa & Daddy).

Next Week Looks Like This:

Starting up: 

Nov 18: I Will Knock You (Thai Fri Gaga) A college kid & tutor confronts the leader of a gang who then turns out to be his next student. Bad boy/good boy + sunshine/grumpy, + younger seme pairing, bully romance. Adapted from korean_rabbit's y-novel of the same name, directed by Champ (2gether).

Nov 19: GAP the series (Thai Sat YT) - 12 ep office set GL. WATCH IT! GL and this studio need our support. 

Nov 2022 still to come?

Nov 24: Happy Ending Romance (Korea Thurs Gaga) stars Karam (The Boss), Ha Jong Woo, and Leo (VIXX). Formerly Happy Ending Outside the Fence - thank fuck they changed the damn title.  

Nov 26: 609 Bedtime Story (Thai Sat WeTV) - another OhmFluke vehicle that’s rumored to be a good story. A one night stand leads to a series of mysterious premonitions and a possible parallel universe.

Nov ??: My School President (?? GMMTV YT) tester trailer here - it’s Love Sick + Korea & Japan's influence.

This Week’s Return of the Shirt of Shame 

Work From Heart wasn’t enough? You had to put it on the prettiest boy in the world? (Ghost Host, Ghost House) 

This week’s best moments?

Oops indeed. 

This weeks earworm: MCND #mood

(last week)

Note: I’m off to France and then Australia, as ya do, so posting may be odd and sporadic and strangely timed. Don’t get excited, it’s work, I mostly get to see the insides of hotels. 

#this week in BL #BL news #BL gossip #upcoming BL #best BL #new BL #BL reviews #Thai BL #Korean BL #Taiwanese BL #Japanese BL #live action yaoi #Rakutan Viki #gagaoolala #GMMTV #Remember Me #Ai Long Nhai #Big Dragon #Between Us #My Only 12% #Ghost Host Ghost House #My Tooth Your Love #Eternal Yesterday #Choco Milk Shake #Strongberry #Kabe Koji #Korean GL #She Makes My Heart Flutter #Cherry Magic movie #HIStory 5

[yakdee]

You see how happy Rain is to see Payu aka "P' Big Bike"? That is why I just CANNOT deal with how genuinely disappointed and hurt he is as a result of Payu pretending not to remember him—look at how his expression falls ;;

And what kills me is that at some point, Payu could've probably still gotten Rain WITHOUT manipulating, mansplaining, and manwhoring his way into a meet-cute (using this very loosely; my guy was out here committing crimes lol) because Rain was gone from the moment he laid eyes on Payu I just—

You know what, Payu? *readjusts rings* meet me outside

#i always wanna throw hands w/ ep1 payu #absolutely diabolical #love in the air #love in the air the series #payu x rain #payurain #phayu x rain #phayurain #boss chaikamon #noeul nuttarat #bossnoeul #user25shades #raemakes #s:lita #lita ep 1 #t:meta #lita rewatch

[hughungrybear]

I started watching Love in the Air and barely half the episode in, Rain is beginning to irritate me.😅😅😅 The boy is acting like a creepy incel shoved very deep inside a dingy closet.

Poor Ple.

#love in the air #lita ep 1 #payurain

[coffeelovesdramasalatte]

LITA Ep. 4 Rewatch Thoughts Pt. 6 (final)

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

We're almost at the finish line!!

One more thing I really love about this scene is how close Phayu and Rain are together. Their entire fronts are pressed together the whole time and even when Phayu pulls back to move downward it still looks like he's maximizing contact with Rain's legs. Rain also refuses to let go of Phayu's neck. And when they actually come together, their arms are completely around each other and you can see them coming undone. It's beautiful to watch.

Speaking of necks, Rain tosses his side-to-side at least 10 times throughout this sequence. If I was a writer I'd say the slope of his neck is elegant. We get it bff, you're having A Good Time (and we're happy for you!)

And then we come face-to-face with a condom. Rain does look a bit apprehensive here, but I think Phayu's body language goes a long way to reassure him that he'll be taken care of. Again with the skin contact - as soon as Phayu grabs the condom, he immediately drops down to blanket Rain with his body once more. We don't get to see it but I'm sure Phayu spent time making sure Rain was completely relaxed before he entered.

Everyone ready for lip-bite 2? I feel like Phayu's voice dropped even lower when he realized Rain's never had use for a condom before, and that he'd be the first. He somehow looks even more intense than before.

This is just so beautiful

I love that we can see Phayu coming apart as much as Rain - these are not controlled motions at all. It's hard to capture via screenshot but it looks to me like Phayu is desperate to hold onto every part of Rain he can reach. Rain understandably looks positively overwhelmed, but he's still pushing into Phayu's ministrations.

When they get close to the end, Phayu is also so overwhelmed by pleasure that he has to stop kissing Rain. He still looks down though, to make sure Rain is still enjoying himself. What a good hubby!

They are breathing so hard rn

But my favorite part has to be what comes after. Instead of pulling away, Phayu continues to hold Rain close and place little kisses along Rain's neck and chin. It's a good way to bring Rain back into himself after such an intense experience (it also looks like Rain is trembling just a little bit). Phayu then slides a hand under Rain's neck to ground him even more and encourage eye contact (another sweet gesture).

Phayu's face right here is so tender, so in love, and it has to be my favorite look on him. The way that Rain strokes his face and they make eye contact as Rain tells Phayu that he belongs to him now is precious. I feel lucky that I got to see a love like theirs come to fruition before me.

The only thing I wish is that they extended this scene a little further. It felt like they cut to the end credits too soon and it was a little jarring after we just witnessed a soft, calm-after-the-storm moment. It's a bit like how Phayu was breathing on Rain's neck in episode two and Rain got yanked out of that headspace all of a sudden. In fact, I'm pretty sure collapsed-by-the-bathroom-sink-Rain is live footage of all of us after that episode.

And of course here is our post credits scene! Just another bit of sweetness to tide us over until the next episode. I wonder if Rain comes over for sleepovers often?

Rain is apparently a king of unintentional seduction

And then we end the extra scene with the sweetest "Do your best, I'm waiting for you." P' Phayu I am SWOONING

I hope everyone made it to the end intact! See you for the next episode <3

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

#love in the air #lita the series #lita rewatch thoughts #bossnoeul #phayurain

[jeffsatursdayss]

I finally watched ep 1 of Pitbabe last night-

What in the ever loving fuck? I knew it was ABO, but for some reason I wasn't actually expecting it to be?

Like I've managed to so far avoid most spoilers on here and apparently decided that everyone was lying about it being omegaverse?

The second they called Pit an Alpha, I genuinely had to close my phone down and just stare into the abyss for like 5 minutes cause it was so unexpected somehow.

However I enjoyed it, it reminded me vaguely of LITA with the racing and shit and also of Big Dragon, cause I'm fairly certain that was originally supposed to be mpreg? I might be wrong but have been told that, so who knows. Regardless I won't be sleeping tonight watched the next however many episodeds are out so far

#pit babe the series #thai bl #i dont know any of the actors #but im enjoying it #so ill fogure that out later

[sunf10wer8]

Getting to know your BL mutuals - 2022 Edition

Simple, answer the questions. @ some people. Include the tag 'g2ky BL mutuals 2022' on your post so we can find everyone's answers!

Thank you to the lovely @sunflower-lychee for tagging me! I never get @ in these so I’m very happy 🥰

(Truthfully this year I have been kinda slow with watching new shows BUT I will do my best!) 

What has been the BL that took you by surprise this year?

Love In The Air!

I remember watching the pilot trailer when it aired but truthfully I forgot about this show until everyone started talking about it again 😅 Anyways... I fell in love so fast it’s not even funny. My mental health has been meh at best the past few months and I needed a show like LITA to just watch without having to really think :) Also the cast? Like?! In love with all four of them (especially Noeul).

The Eclipse!

I watched ep 1 when it first came out but never continued the show because I wasn’t feeling it (little did I know 🤡). Everyone was hyping this show up so I made myself sit down and watch it... ended up binging all 6 (aired) episodes and safe to say I was hooked... I mean if anyone on here saw my blog you were probably fed up of me talking about this show (very sorry). So yeah... It’s now one of my favourite BLs. We won’t talk about the cast because I will never stop, lets just say I am now a Neo and khaotung fanpage!  

This technically doesn’t count but I finally watched Bad Buddy this year and I’m mad at myself for waiting so long.

What has been the BL that you felt a bit disappointed with this year?

Cutie Pie- I didn’t dislike it but I found myself getting bored and skipping a lot, especially towards the end... shout out to Perth in that black shirt tho😏 Also loved the side couples

Even Sun- Listen I will do anything for BounPrem but lord I was struggling with this one. Why was the intro so long?! also who wrote the script because ooft. Skipped everything apart from the BounPrem scenes. 

What has been your favourite BL this year?

KinnPorsche- Lets all act surprised! This show was my entire personality all summer and the reason I came back to tumblr lol. Met so many lovely and amazing people because of this show and it will always have a special place in my heart. It also gave us the masterpiece that is Why Don’t You Stay aka my most played song of 2022. Again the cast is everything to me! 

Semantic Error- No explanation needed for this one really. I swear Seoham has been in the military for years! Why is it going so slowly?! 

Between Us- Are we only 4 episodes in? Yes. Do I care? NOPE! After waiting almost 3 years they could just stand in that locker room arguing for 12 episodes and I would still watch every second! As much as i tried not to, I did and still do have high expectations for this show BUT so far everything is perfect- I don’t really care about Team’s friends as characters or the relationship between Bee and Prince? but I also don’t hate it.

Favourite BL couples (not just of 2022)?

This is so hard to narrow down 😭 (I will refrain from going into detail otherwise we will be here all day)

WinTeam (I mean ^) 

RamKing (My Engineer) 

Sangwoo and Jaeyoung (Semantic Error)

PatPran (Bad Buddy)

VegasPete (KinnPorsche)

RainPayu and SkyPrapai (Payu and Pai are THE perfect boyfriends) 

AkkAyan (I truly can’t tell if it’s because I love the characters or if I am just down so bad for First and Khao 🥲)

There’s definitely more couples who should be on this list but my brain isn’t working rn

If you had to suggest a BL for someone what would it be?

Not Me- Everyone needs to watch it at least once in their live

Young Royals- It was actually my friend who doesn’t watch BLs that recommended it to me 

We Best Love- Maybe It’s just me but I adore that show

Also Where Your Eyes Linger so there is someone else who can suffer with me about how short it was! 

What's your non-BL favourite for this year?

This spot is strictly for Alice In Borderland 2 (when it airs) 

BUT

Until then... Business Proposal and Bridgerton.

This was so much harder than i thought it would be omg... anyways my aks are always open and I love talking about anything with anyone so feel free to say hi :) 

Tagging: @ahdriking @kurtstiel and @aleng-neng (and anyone else who wants to join in)

(If any of you already did this and I missed it, I am sorry 😅)

#g2ky bl mutuals 2022 #kinnporsche #kinnporsche the series #love in the air #LITA #the eclipse #cutie pie the series #Not Me the series #my engineer #we best love #Between us #winteam #akkayan #vegaspete #semantic error #phayu x rain #prapai x sky #young royals #i give up with tags

[negrowhat]

Also...now that I know Payu has been crushing on Rain since the dawn of time...WHY DO I FEEL LIKE HE WAS FOLLOWING RAIN WHEN HE COINCIDENTALLY HAPPENED TO SHOW UP WHEN RAIN CAUGHT A FLAT IN THE RAIN???

#lita rewatch #ep 1

[gillianthecat]

Reverse Engineering the Best Kiss 💋 Bracket Seeding

I am very impressed by how accurate the BL brackets organizer's seeding has been so far! I reverse engineered the two seeded brackets ('cause i'm a procrastinating dork), and in both the first seed won, the semifinals was between 1 and 2, and the bottom 16 lost in the first round. Otherwise it wasn't perfect (because that would be no fun) but it was pretty close!

I was inspired by their answer to this ask about how they did the seeding, and extrapolated the order from these brackets.

Below the cut is the seeding for Best Kiss, so you can see what it looks like! (Assuming I ordered them correctly!) The Gender Envy seeding (as reverse engineered by me) is in this post.

(@bl-bracket I can delete these posts if they ruin the magic of it all.)

Of the 64 candidates, 10 did better than expected and 10 did worse, so 69% of candidates performed exactly as predicted by their position, and in 84% of match-ups the higher seed won.

The final 4 were the top 4 seeds, the semifinalists the top 2, the winner, 1st seed. The top 16 seeds almost exactly matched the final 16; Hojoon & Jaeyoon (Roommates) snuck up in there from 18th seed, and 15th seed Sky & Prapai (LITA) fell in the 2nd round instead of the 3rd. The bottom 16 all went out in the first round. The biggest shakeup was because of 7 of the candidates in the 2nd quartile who in the 1st round defeated 7 slightly higher seeded candidates in the 3rd quartile. The biggest upset was 48th seed Shi De & Shu Yi’s drunk kiss (We Best Love 2) winning over 17th seed Seojoon & Jiwoo kiss on the dirt road (To My Star 2), overcoming a difference of 31 positions.

purple = lost in 1st round. blue = lost in 2nd round. green = lost in 3rd round. orange = lost in 4th round. red = lost in semi-finals. pink= lost in finals. 👑=winner. 🔼= beat a higher seeded opponent. 🔽=lost to a lower seeded opponent. (No candidates made it more than 1 round against a higher seed.) * = my submissions.

Best Kiss Bracket Seed Order

1. 👑Pat & Pran - 1st kiss (Bad Buddy) * 👑 2. Kinn & Porsche - goodbye kiss (Kinnporsche)

🟥🟥🟥 semifinals loss predicted 🟥🟥🟥

3. Jaeyoung & Sangwoo – ep 7 (bar) kiss (Semantic Error) * 4. Nozue & Togawa - 1st kiss (Old Fashion Cupcake) *

🟧🟧🟧 4th round loss predicted 🟧🟧🟧

5. Sean & White - 1st kiss (Not Me) * 6. Akk & Ayan - dream kiss (The Eclipse) 7. 🔽Gao Shi De & Zhou Shu Yi - bridge kiss (We Best Love 1) * 8. 🔽Akk & Ayan - underwater kiss (The Eclipse) *

🟩🟩🟩 3rd round loss predicted 🟩🟩🟩

9. 🔼Vegas & Pete - hospital kiss (Kinnporsche) 10. 🔼Vegas & Pete - 1st kiss (Kinnporsche) * 11. Neo & Shin & Mew - beach kiss (3 Will Be Free) 12. Hira & Kiyoi - final kiss (My Beautiful Man 2) 13. Kinn & Porsche - 1st kiss (Kinnporsche) 14. Tan & Bun - couch kiss (Manner of Death) 15. 🔽Sky & Prapai - final kiss (Love In The Air) 16. Tinn & Gunn - 1st kiss (My School President)

🟦🟦🟦 2nd round loss predicted 🟦🟦🟦

17. 🔽Seojoon & Jiwoo ep 4 kiss (in the dirt) (To My Star 2) * 18. 🔼Hojoon & Jaeyoon final kiss (Roommates of Poongduck 304) 19. 🔽Milk & Uncle - final kiss (Choco Milk Shake) * 20. Pat & Pran - ep 7 kiss (Bad Buddy) 21. Teh & Oh Aew - underwater kiss (I Told Sunset About You) 22. 🔽Lian & Kuea - Siam Paragon kiss (Cutie Pie) 23. Payu & Rain - victory kiss (Love In The Air) 24. 🔽Kan & Thua - asleep kiss (The Eclipse) 25. 🔽Daun & Siwon - 1st kiss (Blueming) * 26. Vee & Mark - ep 3 rain kiss (Love Mechanics) 27. Tinn & Gun - park kiss (My School President) 28. Sound & Win - 1st kiss (My School President) 29. Palm & Nueng - ep 9 kiss (Never Let Me Go) 30. 🔽Seojoon & Jiwoo final kiss (To My Star 2) 31. 🔽Nuea & Toh - ep 7 kiss (Secret Crush On You) 32. Jaewon & Jihyun - ep 9 kiss (The Eighth Sense)

🟪🟪🟪 1st round loss predicted 🟪🟪🟪

33. Gavreel & Cairo - 1st kiss (Gameboys) 34. 🔼Tin & Tol - bed kiss (Triage) 35. 🔼Pluem & Kevin - 1st kiss (Ghost Host Ghost House) 36. Korn & Intouch - stolen kiss (Until We Meet Again) 37. Dean & Pharm - 1st kiss (Until We Meet Again) 38. Khai & Third - 1st kiss (Theory of Love) 39. Arthit & Kongpob - ep 14 kiss (SOTUS) 40. 🔼Phupa & Tian - forehead kiss (A Tale of 1000 Stars) 41. 🔼Sean & White - final kiss (Not Me) 42. Yi & Kon Diao - sofa kiss (Cutie Pie) 43. 🔼Win & Team - be brave kiss (Between Us) 44. Gu Hai & Bai Luo Yin drunk kiss (Addicted) 45. Ram & King tent kiss (My Engineer) 46. 🔼Payu & Rain ep 5 kiss (Love In The Air) 47. Zi Xuan & Yu Hao net kiss (History 2: Crossing the Line) 48. 🔼Gao Shi De & Zhou Shu Yi drunk kiss (We Best Love 2)

49. Hira & Kiyoi hand kiss (My Beautiful Man 1) 50. Da-un & Si-won dream kiss (Blueming) 51. Mark & Vee shower kiss (Love Mechanics) * 52. King & Uea morning kiss (Bed Friend) 53. Puen & Talay - forehead kiss (Vice Versa) 54. Sound & Win - forehead kiss (My School President) 55. Palm & Nueng - beach kiss (Never Let Me Go) 56. Wan & Gi Tae - first kiss (Our Dating Sim) 57. Tin & Tol - final kiss (Triage) 58. Cher & Gun - ep 10 kiss (A Boss And A Babe) 59. Seryou & Yuzuru - bedroom kiss (Seven Days) * 60. Guang Ye & Xu Qi Zhang - 1st kiss (About Youth) * 61. Ai & Nhai - cheek kiss (Ai Long Nhai) 62. Bai Lang & Jin Xuan - 1st kiss (My Tooth Your Love) 63. Tongfah & Paper - ep 3 kiss (Second Chance: the Series) 64. Koichi & Mitsuru - bed kiss (Eternal Yesterday) *

#expand for pretty colors 🌈 #best kiss bracket #in my data nerd era #bl brackets #reverse engineering the seeding #please correct my math (or anything else)​ if I got it wrong! #ql lists

[pharawee]

I’ve yet to gif this ep’s spicy scene but maybe I shouldn’t do that when I’ve had 2 cups of glühwein and it’s already past midnight - the perfect conditions for another Big Dragon episode review.

To save me some time screencapping I just recorded the ep while I was watching it so excuse the subs. Or maybe they’ll even come in handy, we’ll see. I cropped them out for my gifs but I’m too lazy to do it here (I say but I’ve cropped out the gagaoolala logo 🤡).

This ep starts exactly where we left off last week (actually, there’s some overlap again - why are you doing this, Star Hunter? There’s only 8 eps of this show!) - only now we see some of Mangkorn’s perspective. It’s still pretty sketchy. I mean, you could have just... not let that girl half undress you while you told her you’re not interested.

But okay. You already said it, you and Yai are both womanizers and apparently old habits die hard.

But it’s Mangkorn’s face when Yai in his fit of jealousy hits far too close to home that really gets to me:

He’s looking almost pained. But of course, Mangkorn being Mangkorn, he’d just rather lash out instead. And Yai, being understandably hurt, doesn’t see it for what it is. He probably thinks Mangkorn is feeling guilty.

Which leads to Yai pushing and Mangkorn pushing back (it seems to be his favoured approach when it comes to Yai acting out).

And then, “If you want me to delete those videos, you have to come home with me.” Which at this point is a very convenient excuse, I guess, because Yai gets to ask himself the following:

And the answer, predictably, is:

Because, honestly, this is probably a lot easier to deal with for them than having to think about their relationship as a whole.

Coincidentally, Mos has said that for him the love scenes were easier to do than scenes in which he had to cry etc, since he could just get into the moment and “be” his character. He would be embarrassed before and after the take since there’s crew around but let go completely when the camera was rolling.

Plus, the camera work is gorgeous - all shaky and raw and in and out of focus, interspersed with light and shadow and spots of red.

I can see why this is Bank’s favourite scene.

I can hear LITA’s Rain screaming in the distance. Phayu would never!

It’s the next morning and the audience is literally wearing rose-tinted glasses. And so are Mangkorn and Yai. This has got to be their honeymoon phase (and look, the yin/yang carpet from the trailer makes its first appearance!).

I love how Mangkorn’s house - where he lives alone since his parents live out of town and don’t visit very often - is all cosy and warm. Compared to Yai’s condo it feels really inviting and personal, like he’s got it all figured out (spoiler: he hasn’t).

The product placement was of course kind of on the nose but unbearably cute. Plus, I’m addicted to Tao Kae Noi so I’m not even mad.

And I love the way Yai immediately gave in when Mangkorn mentioned his mother. I really appreciate how the dialogue in this show isn’t just surface-level. There’s so many things going on, especially since both Mangkorn and Yai are characters who say so many things with so few, conflicting, often hurtful words.

Which is why this honeymoon phase can’t last.

(Oh, and tbh I love how the blackmail video is more of a footnote in this ep. The less said, the better. But yay for showing us the cute MosBank sticker again 🥰 )

Mangkorn’s mum makes a really awkward 1-minute appearance just so she can embarrass her future son-in-law. And then, she just vanishes again because she’s a good mum and read the room (which will probably come up later, judging by next ep’s preview).

Next, Yai goes all overboard and decides to give the place a good dusting. Idk if it’s always this untidy or if he feels guilty for destroying at least two semesters worth of architecture homework. Park and Pong make a short appearance in all of their pink and blue glory but somehow it looks even more untidy when they leave.

But look at them in their little color-coded outfits. Cutest bodyguards ever!

And what is this?

Oh no, it’s the dreaded “maybe I’ll go abroad for a year” trope rearing its ugly head. Don’t do it, Star Hunter! There’s only 8 episodes!

I appreciate the continuous bj jokes, though (so this is what Mangkorn ordered for you?🥴).

No more rose-tinted glasses. Now there’s a heavy red plaid on the bed.

Negl I honestly half-expected Yai to find engagement announcements in the drawer but of course that would have taken away from their fight later.

I’ll get to Hong and Nadear in a bit, please bear with me. Let me just say they’re unbearably cute with their matching bracelets 🥰

Then there’s this - the complete opposite of their Tao Kae Noi-sponsored breakfast (more yin & yang, I guess). And while maybe Mangkorn is right to say that Yai doesn’t listen, it’s really unfair for him to expect Yai to read between the lines when - and Yai is right about that one, too! - Mangkorn is keeping a lot of secrets. He keeps all of his problems to himself and just kind of stoically accepts them. Which maybe works with his family, but it doesn’t work with Yai.

And tbh it really got to me when he accused Yai of being selfish when Yai has outright offered his help no less than three times (once in the last ep) because he sensed that there’s something that’s worrying Mangkorn. Is he maybe naive for offering that help? Sure. But at least he’s reaching out.

Mangkorn is throwing “selfish” around like it’s an insult, like it’s really supposed to hurt - when, yeah, someone like Yai probably needs to be a little bit selfish in order to figure out what he wants. That’s not a bad thing.

I really feel for both of them. I feel for Mangkorn because he’s so used to going it alone and keeping his problems to himself, and I feel for Yai because he won’t face his problems (case in point: he later runs off again rather than facing his dad and his dad’s new gf).

But I’m glad that this time the uno-reverse card backfired on Mangkorn big (lmao) time.

It’s really convenient that P’Nine has a rooftop bar.

And look, it’s Tung!! 🥰 And his character is having the worst day at the job ever, but somehow he knows the exact song that Yai is going to sing.

I don’t even mind the singing, though, because I was a fan of ISBANKY the singer before I was a fan of Bank the actor so this is like, a major stan moment for me.

If it isn’t the consequences of your own actions, Mangkorn...

And again he just rather keeps to himself instead of reaching out. Have you learned nothing (probably not, there’s still 3 eps to go)?

Oh, wait, is this supposed to be Yai, his sister and Nine in the photo?

It’s really tragic how Mangkorn triggered Yai’s bisexual awakening. He could have eloped with Nine years ago.

I would recognise this ikea blanket anywhere.

Okay, but I need a moment to just stare at Big Thanakorn because he’s literally perfect. We might not survive a show with him as the lead. He’s too powerful. 

I wanted to screencap Jet & Jame’s appearance but it’s too short and this review is already too long. Just know that I love them both very dearly.

Okay, parallel time!

In this ep we have three couples seated at a table, with Nine and Yai being almost an exact repeat of Hong & Nadear, at least in the beginning. Only, while Hong immediately understands and gives in to Nadear, Nine misunderstands and tries to fix it by being his charming self.

And while Nine and Yai seem more relaxed compared to Mangkorn and Yai, Yai’s conversation with Nine remains superficial (and a safe space) while his conversation(s) with Mangkorn are anything but.

That being said, Nine remains the MVP for treating this cute little caterpillar like the most precious thing it is. He even carries it outside 🥰

I need another moment. 🫠

Oh, how the turntables.

Nine & Yai look so good together.

So it turns out that Mangkorn was trying to fix things by bringing food. I guess acts of service are way easier than talking. Only, uhm, yeah...

I’m guessing Nine kissed Yai first and he just needed a moment to react. Because in the book Yai is quite clear about his feelings being platonic - even if he’s all kinds of dazzled by Nine (which is understandable. He’s perfect lmao).

#big dragon #big dragon the series #jane watches stuff #these are getting out of hand #i have a lot to say apparently lmao #the way i cropped out almost all of the subs #even though i said i wouldn't #bd meta