I feel like I'm always so boring in all the QL tag games because I'm like fav actor? Billkin. Fav ost? Skyline by Billkin from I Told Sunset About You. Fav character? Teh from I Told Sunset About You. Fav director? Boss Kuno who directed I Told Sunset About You. My favorite show? Well you'll never guess but it's actually I Told-
"The structure of society is divided according to human selfishness. Who do you think you are to solve the problem? This is the nature of society. We can only accept it and learn to gain benefits from it."
Laws of Attraction (2023)
เพียงนิทาน (Starlight) by Violette Wautier, ClaireBell (One31)
เกลียดเธอไม่ลง by Ton Thanasit, Game of Succession (CH3)
ยิ้มง่าย (Better Together) by Fellow Fellow, 9 Years Of You (One31)
เลิกกั๊กแล้วรักก่อน (RED FLAG) by New Chayak, Gelboys (One31) 👑
Best Costume
Gelboys (One31)
Khemjira (One31)
The Next Prince (One31)
Good Heavens! I'm a Goose Not a Swan (CH3) 👑
The Succesor (One31)
Best Editing
Clairebell (One31)
Khemjira (One31)
Gelboys (One31)
Mad Unicorn (Netflix) 👑
The Believers 2 (Netflix)
Best Cinematography
Shine (CH7)
Khemjira (One31)
Decalcomania (One31)
Mad Unicorn (Netflix) 👑
Goddess Bless You from Death (One31)
Best Art Direction
Shine (CH7)
Khemjira (One31)
Gelboys (One31)
Mad Unicorn (Netflix) 👑
Goddess Bless You from Death (One31)
Best Visual Effects (Computer Graphic)
Good Heavens! I'm a Goose Not a Swan (CH3)
Khemjira (One31)
Decalcomania (One31)
The Believers 2 (Netflix) 👑
Echoes of the Lost City (One31)
Long Form Series (13 and more episodes) Category
Best Drama
The Summer We Met (Thai PBS) 👑
Goddess Bless You from Death (One31)
The Successor (One31)
Echoes of the Lost City (One31)
My (Im)perfect Family (CH3)
Best Director
Peter Nopachai Jayanama, Goddess Bless You from Death (One31)
Paajaew Yuthana Lorphanpaibul, Good Heavens! I'm a Goose not a Swan (CH3) 👑
Kao Wirada Khuhavanta, How to Suffer 101 (Thai PBS)
Sant Srikaewlaw, The Successor (One31)
Nun Lakkate Wasikachart, Echoes of the Lost City (One31)
Best Leading Actress
Pimma Pimmada Chaisaksoen, The Summer We Met (Thai PBS)
Bow Maylada Susri, Good Heavens! I'm a Goose not a Swan (CH3) 👑
Chanya McClory, How to Suffer 101 (Thai PBS)
Jessie Natsiya Prommart, Eyes of Heaven (One31)
Best Leading Actor
Kongthap Peak, My (Im)perfect Family (CH3)
Nonkul Chanon Santinatornkul, Mouse (TrueID) 👑
Nont Sadanont Durongkavarojana, How to Suffer 101 (Thai PBS)
Toomtam Yuttana Puangklang, Echoes of the Lost City (One31)
Phai Phongsathon, In Search of the Missing Heart (One31)
Best Supporting Actress
Praew Chermawee Suwanpanuchoke, Reclaim (MONOMAX)
Emi Thasorn Klinnium, Mouse (TrueID)
Natty Natthamon Jantraviphart, How to Suffer 101 (Thai PBS)
Tai Penpak Sirikul, My (Im)perfect Family (CH3)
Nok Sinjai Plengpanich, The Successor (One31) 👑
Best Supporting Actor
Oak Keerati Sivakua, Reclaim (MONOMAX)
Nhing Nirut Sirijanya, The Next Prince (One31)
Mos Patipan Khoonangeun, How to Suffer 101 (Thai PBS)
Am Amarin Nitibhon, Game Of Succession (CH3) 👑
Duu Sanya Kunakorn, The Successor (One31)
Best Screenplay
The Summer We Met (Thai PBS) 👑
Goddess Bless You from Death (One31)
Good Heavens! I'm a Goose Not a Swan (CH3)
Echoes of the Lost City (One31)
My (Im)perfect Family (CH3)
A roundup of wins for QL and LGBTQIA+ series
Gelboys (iQIYI, One31) has 1 win (Best OST) out of its 6 nominations (Best Drama, Best Director, Best OST, Best Costume, Best Editing, and Best Art Direction).
The Summer We Met (Thai PBS), which features a canonically sapphic protagonist, has 2 wins (Best Drama and Best Screenplay) out of its 3 nominations (Best Drama, Best Screenplay and Best Actress [for the sapphic protagonist]).
Some Superlatives
Most wins goes to Mad Unicorn (Netflix), winning ALL 9 award categories it was nominated in, out of the 10 nominations it received (Dr Palang and Ek Thaneth were both competing in Best Supporting Actor).
The 17th Nataraja Awards had a lot of first time winners in the acting categories. Notable first acting wins are:
Bow Maylada Susri (Good Heavens! I'm a Goose not a Swan) for Best Leading Actress. This is her first Nataraja nomination.
Nonkul Chanon Santinatornkul (Mouse) for Best Leading Actor. This is his 3rd Nataraja nomination.
Nok Sinjai Plengpanich (The Successor) for Best Supporting Actress. This is her 3rd Nataraja nomination.
Am Amarin Nitibhon (Game Of Succession) for Best Supporting Actor. This is his first Nataraja nomination.
Janeyeh Jiranorraphat (Mad Unicorn) for Best Leading Actress. This is her second Nataraja nomination.
Donut Manatsanun Panlertwongskul (The Believers 2) for Best Supporting Actress. This is her 3rd Nataraja nomination.
Ek Thaneth Warakulnukroh (Mad Unicorn) for Best Supporting Actor. This is his first Nataraja nomination. He was also nominated (and competing with himself) in the same category for his performance in Decalcomania.
This would mean that 7 out of 8 acting awards this year went to first time Nataraja winners, 3 of which are also first time nominations.
personal miscellaneous thoughts under the cut ↓
I noted then that competition was TIGHT after Nataraja Awards axed two categories - 7PM evening lakorns and online categories in my previous post on the 17th Nataraja Nominations. I felt like my instinct was validated when the results of the 17th Nataraja Awards came out. For me, it seems inevitable that future BL/GL series (which tend to be under 12 eps and less) and short-form 'premium' series from One31 (OneD originals) are/will be predominantly competing with Netflix Thai originals for voters' consideration. Meanwhile, 7PM evening lakorns (which have always had lower budget, more repetitive predictable plot) are also directly competing with primetime dramas or any dramas longer than 12 eps (see: Goddess Bless You To Death and The Next Prince).
I've read somewhere that this was done for better organization and more tightened award criteria and I guess it makes sense because last few year for the Online category you have 8-12-episode dramas competing with 16-20 episode dramas and then there's the issue of some shows airing on platform first but TV later (MONOMAX series airing on MONO29 usually a few months after online release). The point on the "number of episodes" is kinda moot now that a seven-episode series — Mad Unicorn, has swept Nataraja in this short-form category.
What does feel relevant to me is a somewhat emerging Nataraja voting/winning pattern for works that have strong social themes and issues, or at the very least a clear conveying message. If not to say that for me, it seems like romantic-centric works are not what Nataraja voters tend to go for. In other words, there seems to be a voting preference for works that use romantic subplots as plot device to advance the story or deliver clear messages on social issues than works that use social issues to advance the romantic main plot. Although I doubt this will have any major effects on how series are produced, I do believe that this continuing trend will be crucial to the strategic marketing and positioning of QL and LGBTQ+ series on the market.
Kept sending those tickets to that bitch Mala but she never came. How delightful! In the end, my curse at you two really came true. Not only can't you dance with her anymore, that bitch Mala won't even come to watch you dance anymore.
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— 2026, dir. Sant Srikaewlaw
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