I've been answering this slowly over the course of the day because I want to think hard...
I'm not ranking them, because the reasons they are on this list are varied. I tried to alphabetize by character or actor ship name, IDK, I did what I could do lol
These two adorable bastards.
Dean and his uncle.
This CirPhu- Phukan putting his hand on the wall so Cirrus doesn't hit his head, Cirrus' heaving bosom creeping out of his top, and Phukan kissing him so hard that I don't think Cir could even breathe through his nose.
This specific carry kiss from JoongDunk in Hidden Agenda
MutRak refusing to let each other breathe in the shower.
Rain unhinging his jaw to fit Payu's tongue in his mouth.
TaiKram's "Okay but is someone paying attention to the soup on the burner?" kiss from Two Worlds (and yes, Kram went and turned off the soup before Round 2)
Team and Win VIBRATING before kissing in Between Us.
PrapaiSky's cute little kiss during their frantic table sex, with Prapai looking like half his soul is still in Sky's body.
YiDiao's SECOND kiss in Cutie Pie- where Yi is trying to soothe Diao's uncertainty and pain after he ran off following their first kiss.
Bonus because that's 10 but I wanted to include it:
Paytai's 2nd favorite kind of morning (2nd favorite because, tragically, clothes are still on)
Because when one has watched over 800 BLs one must be forgiven ones natural excess, here are the leads in Thai BLs where I loved both characters (and actors) in the main roles.
1 AePete in Love By Chance. The first pair I though of, OF COURSE. My babies forever. t
2 PeteKao from the Kiss series and Dark Blue Kiss. I dithered because I also adore TayNew's characters in Cherry Magic Thailand, but I simply had to go OG. I just ADORE PeteKao's dynamic and always will.
3 Speaking of OG. I mean come on. How could I not? I know they are kinda cliché not but nothing beats out DeanPharm in Until We Meet Again for pure unadulterated ultra-romantic soulmates. NOTHING.
4 Speaking of soulmates. I had to. The acting, the drama, the earnestness of them both. Everything was just spot on with I Feel You Linger in the Air. One of the only BLs I would pay good money to see a second season.
5 A marker of how much I love them that My School President knocked OG Love Sick and Make it Right out of contention. I mean Tee could pine for gold (you know I love a pining seme) but there was just something so trendy about G4 when they launched. They brought Thai high school BL into the modern age without losing the charm of the originals (while constantly referencing them).
6 Representing for the pulps, I had to pick My Ride. Look sunshine/sunshine is a rare dynamic, as is other-side-of-the-tracks, AND then they gave us strangers-to-friends-to-lovers growth that was so honest I can't even begin to describe what a delightful journey this BL was. Finally, they are just both so nice and decent and they try so hard. I LOVE THEM, OKAY? Must protect.
7 Speaking of sunshine/sunshine. YakDee just had so much fun with each other. And I love a friends with benefits to lovers dynamic. Talk about a modern BL, for me Wandee Goodday defines Thailand's current style.
8 Speaking of Thailand's modern style and earnest try-hard boys... I loved these two. I loved everything about them from characters to portrayal to dynamic, ThamePo gave me the idol drama I always wanted (but have yet to get) from Korea.
9 Just such an unexpected dynamic and one we never get from Thailand, which doesn't dabble as much as China and Taiwan in the gangster side of yaoi. Look, I don't like the source material pair, but make it gay in Thailand and suddenly Kiss Me Fadel is my jam. Slutty (affectionate) crop-top sporting conman meets stone-faced hitman? YES PLEASE AND THANK YOU Heart Killers.
10 We Are is a comfort watch for me and I just love these boys. The lonely puppy and the beloved artistic cat. It's a lovely dynamic in an easy gentle show that reminded me of my own university years and was quite nostalgic as a result.
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Part I (Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese BL) here.
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Ooo, hum the plural in "leads" is throwing me off. Does that
the funniest part about between us is learning about the very different university experiences pharm and team are having. like pharm is out there fighting for his life with all the visions from the past in until we meet again while team is in his (somewhat unintentional) slut era hooking up with his club vice president all over campus
my absolute favourite bl is Until We Meet Again, and this is my non-extensive but very long-winded list of reasons for that (there will be major spoilers, fyi) :
- the acting just gets me every. single. time. the actors really were working their asses off. like the amount of crying pharm does? mad props to fluke. i feel so bad for him bc he literally sobs every episode. and he does it SO well. he cries in a way that just makes you want to reach through the screen and give him a hug. and ohm's acting is also just so good. you see the progression of their relationship from strangers to lovers so clearly in his acting. it feels like you are truly in the story with them. i also love how the "inevitability" of their relationship is woven throughout the story, with the red thread and everything. i am a romantic at heart and it gets me everytime i watch.
- sammy is in it! sammy is my absolute favourite bl actor/actress and i love her acting so much! she seems like such a ball of joy and like she would be so fun to hang out with. literally as soon as i see that she is in a show it goes on my to watch list bc she makes me so happy. (also as a woman with a very large personality she makes me feel so seen. i also feel this way about lee young ji bc she also has such a large personality but is so confident w it.)
- the entire storyline is so heartbreaking and heartwarming all at the same time. you see the juxtaposition of how unaccepting their families are when they are Korn and Intouch, AND you see how accepting their families are as Dean and Pharm. the scene where dean brings dessert pharm made to his grandma makes me so emotional because it is as though she gets her intouch back in a small way. 😭 and how you see the grandpa (i do not remember who he's related to, but he's the like...mafia one? gonna be honest, i've watched the show so many times and i still mix up who is related to who.) regret his past decisions and you see him relive the worst day of his life when they are back in the apartment with a gun. its the kind of story that just takes you by the throat and squeezes. every single time i watch it again i cry. and i am an emotional person but still, it just pulls at all the right heart strings. it was all so preventable the first time around, and it is proven the second time around when dean is able to convince pharm to put the gun down. which makes it that much more heartbreaking that they had to both die to get the love they already had! it was all preventable! and yet all so inevitable!
- i love the friendships too! you see pharm and how close he is with his 2 best friends (i don't remember their names in the show but the actors are sammy and prem). and also dean is not jealous of his friends! it always bothers me when shows make one half of the couple super jealous for absolutely no reason (sometimes there's a valid reason but there so often isn't and it drives me nuts lol. one of my biggest pet peeves). but like, dean is so glad that pharm has them, and it's been a few months since i've watched it so i can't remember exactly, but i'm 90% sure there is a scene where dean thanks them for taking care of pharm or he asks them to take care of pharm for him. regardless, it is so nice to see a character who has a fully fleshed out life with so many friends AND a boyfriend who loves him very much. their friendship also helps keep the show feeling lighter bc the romance is so emotional and heavy haha
like - friends of all time right here:
- bounprem's storyline also helps keep the show lighter, and their characters have such a fun push and pull dynamic. the spinoff show (Between Us) that focuses on their relationship is also really good, but i do prefer UWMA bc of the emotional...heaviness? lol ig i like a tortured love story
- the acting of Kao and Cooheart is also so good in their roles of Korn and Intouch, their storyline is so realistic (unfortunately) and they manage to make a heartbreaking story kind of cute (y'know, until they die 😒). Again, you can see their relationship develop over the flashback scenes in a way that seems organic (at least to me). Korn finds him annoying at first, but then by the end is so in love, which is why he makes the decision he does at the end because he cannot see any other way (he was wrong but it doesn't change the fact that from his perspective it was the only way to be free)
when i watched the show for the first time i had no idea what it was about and was so suprised when it was so heartbreaking a lot of the time lol. i thought it was a simple strangers to lovers dealio and it is not haha
i will also say that the first few times i watched the show i was so confused about who was related to who 😂 it took me until the 3rd watch (at least) to fully know what was going on throughout the whole show.
anyways...that's my very long-winded love for UWMA...brb gonna rewatch it rn.
so i started watching Between Us and like no one fucking told me that if i wanna know what the fuck is going on with cutie patootie pharm and large and in charge dean i gotta watch a whole ass other show!!! like the fuck?!?
