discussion Boys Love | BL King '24 Announced! (Pg. 930)

[Genius1111]

 

[Genius1111]

 

 

I like some of the comments, especially the ones dragging Mew.  

 

 

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Not really that big of a secret, but I believe that someone on here (or Twitter - it may even have been Professor Baudinette IIRC) once said that there was a director or writer who said that about half of the actors are actually gay/bi with the rest being straight. While we may not know the specifics, it does feel like the numbers make sense. You have a sizable amount of straight men that are in the industry solely to boost their career, and while gay/bi men also want the same, they're probably more driven to the roles because they resonate more with the characters they play.

I initially thought 70% of the actors straight, but some people are claiming it's only 50%. Considering how some of the guys are little too comfortable with kissing and being with other guys, I am inclined to believe in the 50-50 figure.

 

 

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Here is some tea. I know two BL actors are dating even though they haven't formally announced anything. My friend is a musician and played with them at a big event the musicians who do not usually play with them and wre doing this joint event were briefed. It went like "Look these two are daring you might see couple things like hand holding kissing etc. Back stage it's your job to continue to be professional and not judge or cause them problems."

My friend came to me and was like you are a BL Fan do you know blank and blank are dating? And I said no I didn't know 100% but it's been a pretty prominent theory.

Personally I hope they so make it public eventually cause I think people will take it well and I want to sing it from the roof tops. 🤣

 

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That’s what confuses the **** out of me. Why do people get into the industry, knowing that work is scarce, they might have to desensitize themselves, participate in casting couches, do things they’re not comfortable with, only to be broke, make a living off of the donations and contributions of fans, and keep their dating life secret for years?

It really confuses me, especially for the actors who happen to come from privileged backgrounds.

 

[dabunique]

49 minutes ago, Genius1111 said:

 

 

This is good news. Now hopefully they retcon the part about Korn and Wai being straight. 

But Drake wasn't available for 1000 stars lol

[Katamari]

When Jae said don’t you think we’re moving too fast

 

The way he always seems to have that on his mind

[Katamari]

2 hours ago, Genius1111 said:

 

 

I like some of the comments, especially the ones dragging Mew.  

 

 

I initially thought 70% of the actors straight, but some people are claiming it's only 50%. Considering how some of the guys are little too comfortable with kissing and being with other guys, I am inclined to believe in the 50-50 figure.

 

 

 

 

Inch resting tea  

 

ot: how come y’all don’t thirst over ms Gun aka ms green from 2bros. They have been serving body for a while now and are actually gay  

[Katamari]

Why isn’t Blueming on Viki tho

[Nebur]

33 minutes ago, Katamari said:

Why isn’t Blueming on Viki tho

 iqiyi

[DanyelP23]

3 hours ago, Genius1111 said:

 

 

I like some of the comments, especially the ones dragging Mew.  

 

 

I initially thought 70% of the actors straight, but some people are claiming it's only 50%. Considering how some of the guys are little too comfortable with kissing and being with other guys, I am inclined to believe in the 50-50 figure.

 

 

 

 

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Also, just a bit of scuttlebutt - take this with a grain of salt - but there was a thread on here about 2 or 3 weeks ago where a rumor popped up that there were a pair of BL actors that were doing "BL" stuff off-camera with one of them having a girlfriend who knew, and the other having recently broken up with theirs. According to the other BL reddit, apparently the actors that fit closely with this are TaeTee and if it is true, I have to say that I'm surprised because I would've NEVER imagined them being into guys.

I quoted some other post from the thread you pasted here. 

If that rumor about Tae Darvid and Tee Thanapon is actually true

I always believed Miss Tee could be a b0ttom but Tae has always struck me as str8.

[Da Vinci]

8 Sense EP 3 and 4

 

Am I the only one whose mind is getting BENT like it feels like some scenes are HALLUCINATIONS like wtf is going on???

I literally can't tell if some scenes really happened. Like in the library with Jihyun showing Jaewon his drawing from the distance like a maniac and then he gets blurry and Jaewon looks for him and suddenly Jihyun was sitting somewhere else instead. Or when they took a walk and held hands and smiled and stuff but then it cuts to them just walking normally without any feelings  Not to mention the train scene in the beginning of EP4 I was so confused  Jaewon was also blurry at first when he was stalking Jihyun at the station I-

 

I mean I don't haaate it but it's definitely mindbending. Now I'm wondering if the kiss on the beach was even real.

And the relationship itself is so vague, is Jaewon courting him? Are they just friends? the "two mice were just really great friends" feel like foreshadowing

 

And idk what Jaewon's annoying meddling friend's motive is, is that Eunjibitch paying him? I wanted Jihyun's boss to WHOOP her ass!

But it's definitely becoming more Skam-esque rather than Blueming tbh

I guess it's cause of the German director

 

Oh and Ae Ri definitely liked Jihyun but pretended that she didn't just to save face

 

But the leads' ACTING is the best part WHEW The rest of the cast is great too tbh wow

The way they served us two 30 min episodes in one day and I'm still STARVED  I didn't want that therapy session to end I wanted to know everything

[Da Vinci]

Whew thank god for the MDL girlies now the plot makes more sense

 

And I don't like some people making the excuse of "Oh it's indie they don't serve every plot point on a platter, you have to interpret it yourself"  especially when EP1 and 2 were perfect and logical

 

Yeah it's just the editing unfortunately, hopefully it gets better in the next 6 ( ) episodes

 

And the fact that Jihyun never even asked Jaewon about the ghosting added to the confusion  

[Da Vinci]

The racism jumped out

 

 

I mean 8 Sense is great but still not better than Hwang Da Seul's works (and I say that as someone who never cared for TMS2)

But I just hate Eurocentric takes like that comment, that's one reason why I became an obsessed Fartflopper hater (so overrated and generic!)

[Katamari]

1 hour ago, Nebur said:

 iqiyi

wait westerners can subscribe to that  

[Katamari]

since everyone has KBL fever i hope you guys are watching the K-BL MOVIES that come from king Leesong Hee Il   

 

Night Flight  and No Regret are so good

 

[Nebur]

33 minutes ago, Katamari said:

wait westerners can subscribe to that  

yes,  i see chain of heart for iq

https://www.iq.com/play/blueming-episodio-1-ot96biudt8?lang=es_mx

[Katamari]

35 minutes ago, Nebur said:

yes,  i see chain of heart for iq

https://www.iq.com/play/blueming-episodio-1-ot96biudt8?lang=es_mx

hmmm oh wow. i knew one of these sites had no Western sub model but i guess not them

[Da Vinci]

I just read spoilers from the 8 sense movie and  I'd rather see every character in the show drown tbh, I hate it ugh

I really doubt seeing how THAT plot point unfolds will make it better, it's such a turn off

 

Definitely not touching Blueming for me lmao I knew not to celebrate early

I guess I'll just enjoy everything else before THAT moment

[fais_2311]

BL power. Santa currently ranked first on Fantasy Boys

[pearlmercury]

11 minutes ago, fais_2311 said:

BL power. Santa currently ranked first on Fantasy Boys

meanwhile Yacht was embarrassing himself 

[Genius1111]

7 hours ago, dabunique said:

But Drake wasn't available for 1000 stars lol

Hmm, is it because of A Boss & A Babe or maybe he's busy with uni stuff?

 

In any case, it's a bit of a mess with all the Our Skyy 2 shows filming at the same time, considering quite a number of them appear in 2 of the shows and it's a logistical challenging scheduling them.  

[Genius1111]

Continuing from the Open Secrets post I made earlier...

 

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Casting calls in Thailand do not state this so far as I Have seen. I went to casting calls with friends for gmmtv and Me Mindy. They do state things about the characters. Such as casting 2 male characters one 175cm or taller one 168 cm or taller. Caster one female character. Needs is the short bubbly friend no one over 168cm. But so far I haven't seen needs to be straight or anything like that.

 

[Genius1111]

 

 

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I just realized I have a guess for the first one. It's probably Mew and Tul. They're publicly friends and Mew has gone to NY to visit Tul more than once, but they also spent Christmas or New Years together in secret. Tul was posting pics like he was in NY while Mew was posting pics at one of his family's resorts, but people saw Tul there and he was ~allegedly~ in the reflection in a window taking one of Mew's pictures during that time. I would scream if it was them because I know that would hurt some feelings online. lol

 

ETA - My guess for the popular younger one who could be not straight from earlier social media is First, if he counts as young. He allegedly had a post on insta from when he was a teen alluding or saying he was gay, but it's been removed now.

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I mean, Mew said he and Tul are just friends after that, and said he was dating someone else, but who knows. Tul had him take those pics of him in his underwear to intentionally rile people up, lol. And I would totally buy First being not straight. It's his business, but it is totally cute how he gets a crush on his co-stars like he does. That doesn't mean he's actually dating any of them, but he does get starry eyed pretty easily, lol.

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Very true!! I do hate that he felt like he had to delete the post but... if he was trying to get started in his career, he has to do what he can to protect himself. I hope one day, if he is actually gay(and he wants to), he can be in a position to "come out" officially and be open. Honestly, the stigma is a little weird to me; I believe it exists, but it's so goofy for it to negatively affect someone's career if they're gay... while they're literally doing BL. xD Just what?

Honestly, somehow this makes me more protective of this giant child. ;;-;; Ahhh... First, sweet beanie...

That said, oh yeah, there is very little chance that any of the actual acting CPs are dating. I don't know if I was in this kind of industry, I'd want to date my acting partner. That said, you're right; there's probably a lot of dating outside of their CPs.

 

 

I mean, I totally expect First Kanaphan to not be straight. Wasn't he made fun of during Safe House 4? 

[Genius1111]

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You're quite right/ u/OtterlyLost that statistically we should expect AT LEAST as many LGBTQ+ actors as we have in the general population. The last big survey I'm aware of showed 8%, or 1-in-12 Thais self-identifying as gay. Applied to an adult (15-64) population of (2021) 50 million results in a minimum gay/queer population of 4 million.

Factoring in studies showing the prevalence in the performing and other creative arts to be at least double the general trend, as well as the known Thai tolerance for trans or 'kathoey' people, (kudos to Jennie Panhan, Nuchy Anucha, and Golf Tanwarin) we can reasonably estimate that of the 500 or so current or recent male BL Thai actors 80 or more are likely gay or queer.

As you say, we'll never know exactly as long as this is seen as a stigma on an actor's casting chances and brand value in such a fiercely fickle and competitive market. It's a real credit to themselves and their management that 'out and proud' gay actors like Fluke Natouch and Earth Cooheart and Copter Panuwat seem to still find all the work they could want (7 new series among them just in the past year).

Let's also not forget the substantial numbers likely drawn to the industry in creative, crew, staff, or support capacities, where sexual identity is less of an issue than talent, experience, and hard work. Consider prominent industry pros like Aof Noppharnach celebrating his 11th anniversary with fiance Patt Paan in April : https://www.reddit.com/r/boyslove/comments/11rubq5/comment/jcelfbw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3; or prominent Director JoJo Tichakorn ('Never Let Me Go') ; or Actor Manager Jack Jao (Pond & Phuwin), who are open about their boyfriends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZi237-sCC4
 without apparent harm to their careers.

Whatever First's (or anyone else's) gender identity, we can only hope that audiences will look only at the quality of their work, and the production houses will give them equal opportunity at BL or het roles.

 

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It has been said (in thai side) that Billkin and PP dated for a while before ITSAY and that the reason they broke up was because of the series, so they could focus on their professional career and cause they were going to work together.

and recently the theories resurfaced due to the content of PP fanmeeting and BK's new single..

Honestly, they both have a very interesting story because they have been friends for years and there is a lot of content from the time before they became famous, also the way they talk about each other (and I already know about fan service and so on) but there is something super intimate and personal in their relationship, I mean they cry (literally sobbing) every time they talk about the other. I don't usually fall into shipping but these two confused me many times

 

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I think BilkinPP are one of the healthiest relationships in fandom. They don't claim to be a couple and while PP definitely gives of a gay vibe ( obviously he is queer) Bilkin has a broader pop appeal. They are always unashamedly there for each other. I think even though Bilkin seeks to appeal to a wider audience (that incidentally includes LGBTQI) he has the integrity to always give his support to his good mate PP regardless of what conclusions people may draw. There are very healthy relationships between men that are not based on a sexual relationship. SO for me its not important if they have a sexual relationship. What is important is their solidarity.

 

Edited April 7, 2023 by Genius1111

[Genius1111]

 

 

 

 

 

Net Siraphop

Edited April 7, 2023 by Genius1111

[Nebur]

Unintentional Love Story ep 7  this 40 min for ep i love it 
we need this to be the norm 
the main couple is so soft and comforting

 

however that ending .... THE DRAMA has arrived

[Nebur]

This episode was so cute and 8 already looks sad

Edited April 7, 2023 by Nebur