2023 Favorites
Come play favorites with me.
- Favorite Korean BL: The Eighth Sense. / Runner up: Our dating Sim
- Favorite Thai BL: Never let me go / Runner up: Moonlight Chicken
- Favorite Japanese BL: The end of the world with you / Runner up: My Beautiful man eternal (Show +Movie)
- Favorite Taiwanese BL: Kiseki Dear to me / Runner up: Stay by my side.
- Best director(s): Inu Baek & Werner du Plessis for The Eighth Sense (Korea and Germany) EX AEQUO with Jojo Tichakorn Phukhaothong (Thailand) for FIVE SHOWS (BL or not everything Jojo does is QUEER): Never let me go / Never let me go Our Skyy 2/ The Warp effect / Only Friends / Dirty Laundry. To be noted and congratulated: OG Thai BL director Tee Sintanaparadee with his best work to date: I feel you linger in the air.
- Best cinematography: Never let me go by Rat Rungruang (Thailand) / Runner Up: Moonlight Chicken ALSO by Rat Rungruang EX AEQUO Never let me go Our skyy 2 ALSO by Rat Rungruang.
- Best use of color theory : The eighth sense GREEN.
- Best score /musical moment (instrumental): âSave you from the Deathâ by Ruiqi Zhao. This song is so good it was used in two shows, airing at the same time, produced by the same man, on the same channel. We first hear it in Never let me go (episode 05) as Palm ravenously kisses Nueng (for a long long long long time) for the first time. AND THEN itâs back in Moonlight Chicken (episode 01) as Uncle Jim and Wen do everything but kiss under the moonlight. Aof and Jojo really said we both using it to be desperate and erotic and what of it. 10/10 no notes.
Runner up: âRefined enlightenmentâ by Howard Harper-Barnes in I feel you linger in the air (episode 07): The soaring strings that perfectly follows Jomâs arousal as he masturbates to the memory of the most erotic oil massage ever. Refined INDEED. // âBleeding Signsâ by Chris Shards in Never let me go (episode 05): Dark and moody indie rock rumbles as Nueng reels from his brutal outing, homophobia, and Benâs betrayal before collapsing in Palmâs arms in the yellow of Bangkok polluted twilight.
- Best score/ musical moment (with lyrics): âI canât lose it allâ by Ben Goldstein in The Eight Sense (episode 06) The singer belting âIâm losing my mind (âŚ) I canât lose it allâ are the only words we hear for the last minutes of a great, hazy fugue of an episode. (Last spoken line: âTo give you traumaâ before the lovers start kissing.) Jae Won and Ji Hyun make love and when the song stops, I was left with greys waves, panic, and a burning âJAE WON WERE YOU OR WERE YOU NOT HIGH OUT OF YOUR MIND FOR ALL OF THIS? Was that song a call back to âWhere is my mindâ of Fight Club fame just to play with our nerves? Good times. //Runner up: âMonsoonsâ by Johannes BornlĂśf and Le June in Never let me go. This song plays for two minutes straight as Palm sways drunkenly in his loverâs arms as he reels from his motherâs violent death. âMonsoon rain and chest painsâ, blurry lens and sloppy, tear-soaked kissing. Peak lakorn.
- Favorite couple: PalmNueng in Never let me go. // Runner up : KingUea in Bed Friend.
- Favorite chemistry: PondPhuwin as Palmnueng, GMMtv true hidden gem. Runner up: Nat Chen and Jiang Dian as Chen Yi and Ai Di in Kiseki Dear to me.
- Favorite individual performance: Film Thanapat in Laws of Attraction// Runner up: Mix Sahaphap in Moonlight Chicken.
- Most beloved actor this year: Mark Pakin.
- Favorite Ensemble: Moonlight Chicken // Runner up: The Warp Effect
- Favorite mother figure: Grandma in Laws of Attraction. Amazing actress, well written (Grieving!) character. // Runner up: Ji Hyunâs boss in The eighth sense.
- Favorite friendship: Pat and Chot in Step by Step! Patâs whole friend group! // Runner up: Alex and Army in The Warp Effect.
- Favorite siblings: The Gu siblings in Stay by my side. // Jeng and Jaab in Step by Step.
- My hatred for you knows no bounds: Ueaâs "mother" in Bed Friend. // Runner up: Phupha in The Promise EX AEQUO Tae Hyung in The eighth sense.
- Most beloved character: Palm! My sweet boy! // Runner up: King! MY King!
- Favorite âI love youâ: âI LOVE YOU UNCLE JIMâ Li Ming in Moonlight Chicken.
- Favorite proposal: Charn being a lawyer and a marriage equality advocate while Tinn is just trying to marry the nutjob in Laws of Attraction.
- Favorite wedding: TinnCharn and the babyâs doll on the chair (Tears!). Runner up: Palmnueng marrying by proxy while being guests at a gay wedding.
- The category is âBoohoo snot bubble Iâm dazed and cryingâ: The eighth Sense. Runner up: Moonlight Chicken.
- The category is âIâve watched this scene without breathing.â: Ji Hyunâs reaching for Jae Wonâs hand in The eighth sense ep 09 // Runner up: Ki Tae confronting Lee Wan in episode 04 of Our dating Sim.
- The category is âMy cheeks are hurting Iâm smiling so muchâ: Our dating Sim // Runner up: Love tractor.
- Punchline: âHave you been well? Without me?â Â Ki Tae to Lee Wan Our dating Sim / âI miss you so much. I miss you so muchâ Fan Ze Rui to Bai Zong Yi Kiseki Dear to me.
- Funny punchline: âYou only love me when you do me.â Cher to Boss in A boss and a babe. // Runner up: âWe can continue as a throupleâ Rando in Laws of attraction.
- Erotic honorific: âCall me Hia Win. Hia Win.â In Between Us. // âCan you tell Nong Cher what your present is Phi Gunâ or âPhi Jengâ for âThe kinkification of Phiâ in A boss and a Babe and Step by Step.
- The category is âWhat is this?!! A 90âs Yaoi Manga ?!!â: Kim Jong Chanâs (Korean actor Kwon Hyuk) Yaoi hands holding his loverâs whole head in his palm as they kiss in The New employee. // Runner up: Cho Junâs ( Ki Hyun Woo) in a an all-black suit in Jun & Jun.
- The category is "Whew why was this so hot ?" : Charn obscenely rubbing Tinn's arm up and down while Tinn is trying to punch him in Laws of Attraction// Runner up : Jae Won manhandling Baby Mouse by the straps of his backpack in The eighth sense.
- Best smile: First Kanaphan as Sand in Only Friends // Nat Chen and his dimple as Chen Yi in Kiseki Dear to me.
- Unfathomable eyes: Pond Naravit and his under-eye mole in Never let me go EX AEQUO Net Siraphop in Bed Friend.
- Favorite dream sequence: Baby Ye Chanâs first erotic dream in Love Tractor.
- Favorite kiss (on the lips): Palmnueng last kiss on the beach in episode 12 of NLMG. Itâs soft and super erotic, thereâs a bit of tongue, a bit of teeth and they are both shivering like crazy. Pondphuwin killed it and the magnificent Thai scenery finished it// Runner up: Bostonnick against the wall at the back of the store. Surprisingly Nick was the aggressor but was still moaning loud as hell. Neomark punched me in the face with their chemistry and hunger. Give them a good show and let them kiss. A lot.
- Favorite kiss (not on the lips). Nueng burying his face between Palmâs shoulder blades to kiss his tattoo in the finale of NLMG. // Ze Rui rubbing and kissing Zong Yiâs beauty mark every chance he gets in Kiseki dear to me.
- Favorite sniff kiss (special Thailand): Uncle Jim inhaling Wenâs face in Moonlight Chicken. Possibly the most erotic sniff kiss I have ever seen, shout out to Earth. // Runner up: Winteam having a HEAVY ratio of sniff kisses in their make-outs in Between Us.
- Favorite neck kiss: Bed Friendâs King is the BL best neck kisser, licker, biter ever. Net being shorter than James made this even more enjoyable. // Ray being obsessed with Sandâs neck in Only Friends.
- Favorite make out: JengPat car make out in Step by Step. Whew. // Runner up: WinTeam locker room make out. Whew.
- Favorite erotic moment: Win seducing Team and making sure he is sober, single, and horny while fogging up the room in Between Us. // Runner up: I feel you linger in the air oil massage than orgasm to the memories of said oil massage.
- Favorite O scene: Songkhram and Ai making love in Destiny Seeker. Who knew 69ing could be so cute? // Runner up: Ritsu and Masumi, I quote âgoing at it like monkeysâ in The end of the world with you. Ritsu was a fuckboy from space but also like, a Japanese sex God.
- Favorite cuddles: Winteam. In bed. Every single scene in Between Us // King clinging to Uea, dead asleep in the crook of his neck in Bed Friend.
- Favorite hug: Li Ming hugging a sobbing Heart in Moonlight Chicken.
- Favorite tears: WinTeam devastating sobs after Win saves his boo from drowning.
- Favorite lift off: Ai Di spending one third of the show being carried by Chen Yi. // Runner up: Joke carrying Zo like he is not also 6ft1 in Hidden Agenda.
- Favorite food : Love Mate's orgasmic post sex burgers and fries in episode 04.
That's my too long list of 2023 favorites. Hope you enjoy. @absolutebl and all of you booes are welcome to use the categories you like, please tag me in your lists. To a very bisexual (AND VAMPIRIC) 2024 together.
Chica.