binnie!!
where do I even start with this letter?? should I start where I left off? that might be best okay wait let's do that.
SO. GMMTV 2024 part 2 happened. I apologise if one of my deobi moonlight friends is deaf for the London show because I literally SCREAMED down the phone receiver at them. it happened. IT H A P P E N E D.
THE RESULTS...oh my god the results. okay so firstly, the first couple of trailers were already exciting as hell, EarthMix are getting their first series since 2022 this year (their last being Moonlight Chicken) Their new series looks good though!
they announced the moment everyone was waiting for like...3 trailers in? At first, it started off interesting, but then I realised what was happening and HOLY CRAP????
First. and Khao. with JoongDunk. in a romcom action series. WHAT?! Firstly, this is what FK have been asking for for yeaaaaaaars. BUT WITH JOONGDUNK??? god I was so aaaa! I couldn't stop shaking.
The story is about Bison and Fadel, two brothers who work at a restaurant but who are also assassins. Bison ends up having a ✨interesting standalone moment at night time✨ with a tattoo artist called Kant (dw even First knows how iffy the name sounds). Kant and Bison are worried about Fadel finding out about them, so they pick up Style, a mechanic who flirts with Fadel to keep him off Bison and Kant's back. Its dark, its grungy, its spicy- i genuinely can't wait. please prepare for ALL the screams when it airs.
So yeah, my FirstKhao got their series. finally. As for GeminiFourth? uh...well...about that-
So. Gemini debuted as a main in My School President, and has only really ever worked with Fourth as his acting partner, as a minor character in Bad Buddy, main for MSP, Our Skyy 2 MSP, side pairing for Moonlight Chicken, and are to set as the main lead again in My Love Mix-Up whenever that happens. Fourth debuted in a huge series called F4 Thailand: boys over flowers, which has names that were tiny back then but hugely recognised in the bl industry now, such as Fort (LITA), Bright and Win (2gether), Fourth (MSP, MCN), First (OF, The Eclipse, MCN), and so many other minor roles who turned out to be big names in the future. Anyways, Fourth has had a couple non-BL roles, but he mainly sticks with gem. UNTIL NOW !!
Gem has been saying for a while he wants to work with an actress called Prim, and wants to give a non BL setting a shot. So Gemini got cast in "The Dark Dice" which is your typical board game come to live gone wrong sorta series. While Fourth, not with a female partner, will be one of the main roles in the Thai adaptation of Scarlet Heart??? which will be so cool, since they're doing it in a traditional Thai style. I only watched parts of the Korean version (because of Baekhyun I won't even lie) but I'm curious to see the comparison. Either way, I'll be watching it for my boy Fourth.
next in the exciting news, Mr. side character in everything and even when he's a main hes pushed off to the side Mark Pakin HAS FINALLY GOT HIS FIRST LEAD ROLE!!!
I absolutely love Mark in whatever he's in, Saleng in Moonlight Chicken was so innocent and sweet, Tiw in My School President was hilarious and made the show even better than it was, Nick in Only Friends was a lost soul i could relate to in many ways, but all of his characters so far have been so enjoyable, and he's genuinely a great actor. so proud of him.
His new series Sweet Tooth, Good Doctor will be with his onscreen side partner from Last Twilight, Ohm. I'm excited to see how it turns out ^♡^
But yeah thats all the exciting news out the way. don't get me wrong, a lot got announced and I will watch a bit of it, im just certain atp I won't be too interested in the non BL series coming up.
although- series update...I watched TWO. not one. but TWO. non BLs this past week.
The first one is The Shipper, which i literally only watched for First Kanaphan. it was one of his first acting roles, so I gave it a shot. Its funny, its sad, it made me cry a LOT at the end, but overall it was pretty good. and weird. but good!
its about two girls, Pan and Soda, who write fanfiction about their classmates Way and Kim. Pan becomes close with Kim after admitting its her who writes them, but unfortunately they end up crashing on his bike, leaving them in a state between heaven and hell. They meet the angel of death, who tries to send them off to heaven, but Pan refuses, leading both of them being pushed back down to earth. Except when Pan wakes up, she is now in Kim's body.
Chaos ensues, there's a lot of jokes about her having to get used to living as a guy, and there's a lot of plot twists, but it was good! a nice ending(?) I think? that ties off everything and overall enjoyable acting. I gave it 8 stars ^-^ it lost two points for the weird parts :/
After that, I started Blacklist. This cast is already enough to entice any BL watchers but...this time...I don't think I would recommend it.
Blacklist is about Traffic (Nanon, Bad Buddy), a boy who is on the hunt for his missing sister Fah. He joins a team of undercover students who are looking to take down a gang situation within the school. Here, he meets Highlight (Ohm, The Shipper/Bad Buddy), Andrew (Chimon, Dangerous Romance), Bantard (Frank), Jim Bae (First, Only Friends/The Eclipse ect), and Title (Drake, Only Friends/every other series going in GMMTV tbh). They come together to try and find Traffics sister, while also along the way meeting various girls who help them with their missions. Melon (Prim), the main "veggie girl", gets involved with Traffic, and wants to help him. Orange (prigkhing) is interested in Highlight (which side note, is actually really cute to think this is probably how they got paired in The Shipper T^T). Carrot (View) gets saved by Jim Bae and eventually also starts to fall for him. While Title falls for a girl called Cupcake, who turns out to be the gang leader, Dark's (Toptap) sister. It gets messy, there's really dark and twisted themes and it was really good- until the end.
it was so rushed??? I was genuinely so mad at the end. It was like all this buildup, this woman is evil blah blah cool whatever- then in the last 5 minutes she's assumed to be arrested, the kids are all safe and happy, and to top it off? the last scene is literally just a Fanta advert. So...it was bittersweet. idk how to feel about it. I gave it 6/10.
That leads me to now. I started Tonhon Chonlatee last night and...I'm already a little reluctant to sit through the whole thing, but its Khaotung's first major role in a BL, so I'm sitting through it for him. It also has Neo in it, so I'll stick around for them...but...yeah. I'll let you know if I finish it and how it goes (tbh I'm probably just not 100% on it because its PoddKhao not FirstKhao. its a weird pairing).
BL talk over! onto this week's endeavours 🌸
So...I've spoken a bit before about my confidence, and how I HATE my face with a passion. I still very much do, and some of these...I still don't like. but.
I used to be friends with a girl called Katie (who now prefers kate so ill refer to her as kate). We met in year 7 in orchestra, since I played the violin and she played the clarinet. We clicked immediately, and before we knew it we were just two little emo kids in our own world quoting ASDF movie on the way to practice and laughing over British youtubers.
oh and smosh. always smosh ♡
Anyways we were besties all through school, but when we split for college, we lost track of each other. it was only in 2018 when something happened that she came to visit me in one of the scariest times in my life, and we started talking again. Since then, we both went off to do different things again. She focused on her life, and I focused on mine, so we barely had a chance to catch up. Until the other night.
Shes a photographer now, practicing photography on a personal rather than professional basis, and put on her ig story about wanting models for free photoshoots to build her portfolio. So...on a whim...I messaged her.
I've been really down about my appearance lately. I'm annoyed I can't gain weight on my body, while simultaneously hating the shape of my face and its features. I hate how crooked my nose is, how soft and round my chin/jaw area is, and how my eyes don't always fully open so I look bored or tired all the time. (which I am but thats besides the point-)
But yeah we met up at a lovely park, fortunately on a REALLY beautiful and sunny day, and we did a photoshoot :o
I was so worried I would hate all the photos, and while again some of them I'm not fond of...bin...she made me feel pretty. I don't like using that word often as it emphasises the feminine features I have but...anyone can be pretty right? so. with that in mind. I felt pretty :>
I did my makeup and hair for the shoot, and it was going so well- but the wind had other plans. BEHOLD, EXHIBIT A
LOOK AT THOSE CURLS !!! they took forever to do, and there was no point in the end because the wind blew them out even with the hairspray I used- BUT THEY WERE SO CURLY AND CUTE !!
So yeah, this was the vibe, and after an exhausting trip around primark to find a skirt THEY DIDNT HAVE- I found one that was good enough. the wrong colour, but good enough.
and so...I can't believe I'm showing these aaa
Here are some of my favourites from my very first photoshoot T^T
And so after a lovely day out reconnecting with my old best friend, having a good lunch together (rip to my biscuit which BLEW AWAY IN THE WIND) (and my fanta which also spilled everywhere 💔), overall it was a lovely experience and as long as I know I have a lift to and from the place, I would do it again in a heartbeat.
I wanted to write all this yesterday, but I was so tired I couldn't even draw. I need to remember my body needs more time to recover from things like days out. But its okay, I had fun and it was nice to get out and about ^-^
I'll finally leave you be for a bit, I know that was a lot to get through again, but I love giving these longer updates. I worry sometimes, having multiple special interests, that you think I'm losing interest in you, tbz, and kpop as a whole. Not in a million years, again, all of what I'm doing rn commission wise is to save for the London show. The Boyz are very much still on my mind all the time, I just hope that having other interests and telling you about them isn't disheartening...but maybe a relief that I'm finally talking about something other than you and your group JSKSJSKSJSDJ. But hey, I'm taking it as: if you have Beyonce outside of the boyz, I can have my thai bl boys too. and I will continue to update more as things happen, series come out, and opportunities come.
until next time, I hope you have the best day, get lots of rest, stay fed and hydrated, tell the people around you that you love and care for them (I really emphasise that part with things going on atm), and if you're really reading this far, thank you for giving me a space to be myself and be excited about the things I love.
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leaf 🌱
p.s. I posted the photoshoot on instagram and so many people have said so many nice things ;-; keopi (string art keopi!) said the shoot reminds them of your BYOK shoot T^T I shouldve bought a paper hat with me >.>
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