Perfect 10 Liners

The Grinch's small heart grew three sizes that day

This was so soft. I needed that. Should’ve brought this sunshine into my life earlier.

Acting:

This cast did a damn good job with this silly little romcom with a dash of angst here and there. My first time seeing any of the main actors in the main couples and loved them. But, to my newly dear and beloved Book and Force, I send my heart and soul. YA’LL WERE TOO GOOD. So cute, kept a smile on my face every time I saw them on screen. Force got a smirk for every occasion and Book got a smile that could put an end to the polar night in Svalbard. Perth and Santa were also fantastic. Perth was a great soft-hearted/broken-hearted badboy type and Santa was such a good crier which I love to see. Loved my Force, Sea, and Aun in the supporting cast.

Writing:

Adorable and genuinely funny with enough realism to keep you from getting lost. I loved the stories in this. I want to read the novel for at least Arm and Arc too because I want to relive it.

Chemistry/Romance/Kissing:

They all had good chemistry together. I think Force and Book take the cake in the end for chemistry and best romcom, though. Things got a bit more hurt/comfort with Perth and Santa which I also enjoyed, solid romance there too and their chemistry was also good. Didn’t love the romance between Mark and Junior as much but that may be only because I binged this when I should have watched them a but more separately. I didn’t love Faifa or Wine as much as the other characters; they gave side pairing energy but not in a bad way, just in a there’s not enough flavor in their story/interactions in scenes to get me as involved if that makes sense. The kissing was cute and fitting for the show. Love to see a forehead kiss and a cheek peck regularly given and received. Very sweet.

Music/SFX:

Music was cute and fitting to the story. SFX were a 10/10 in this. They did silly goofy SO RIGHT in this show. BRAVO.

Production/Cinematography:

Didn’t expect such good work from a romcom. They did so well with how this was shot and edited throughout the whole show. Love to see it.

This was a TREAT. I ate this up. I just want more. Gimme a Arc and Arm proposal, engagement, marriage, and beyond and make it 24 more episodes. SO CUTE.

Now, for some highlights from my notes:

- The INTROOO cuuuuuuuute
- Book is so CUTEEEE
- I love a boyfailure
- “Chihuahua with no filter” lmaoo
- Arc got me gigglin teehee
- I thought my road rage was bad
- Arc so smooth with it eeee
- We got feisty x forward over here
- It’s gonna be really hard for ya’ll to get me to care about any other pairing than Arm and Arc as of this point bc I’m locked tf into their love story
- Holy shit baby took a bottle to the back of the head what the hellyyyy
- *Presses play on No Pressure by Justin Bieber*
- Baby is stresssssing
- SEEEEAAAA
- Boy is sulking
- I’m kinda sulking with boy
- Arc is so cuuuute too they are PRECIOUS
- Why do we keep putting the words “I think” in front of “he likes you”??? Whattaya mean you think???
- WHAT do you MEAN he hasn’t officially said yes yet??? Baby pleaseeeee what are we doinnggg
- YAYYY CUTE FINALLY
- Now gimme 50 more hours of them together
- I usually hate the innocent, oblivious, and sort of childish dumbass character type but they are stealing my heart a lil bit Arm and Gun are just SO CUTE I love a boyfailure
- Okay, you’re slowly getting me invested in this Gun and Yotha situation
- Is that my boy, Ford??? Ford in the house??
- Panic of the gay variety
- A DOUBLE DATE EEEEEEEEEE
- Supportive older brothers Arm and Arc have my heart and soul
- *Presses play on Dazed & Confused by Ruel*
- Is that mama Lookwa I seeeeeeeeeYEESSSAAA
- Yohta, brother… What are you doinggggg
- My poor baabbbyyy
- Big brother Arm is about to infect Yohta with his boyfailure, isn’t he
- Big brother Arrrrrmmmm my love
- *Now talk it out (now talk it out) Now talk it out (now talk it out) Now talk it out (now talk it out) Now talk it out (now talk it out) Now West side talk it out (now West side talk it out) Now South side talk it out (now South side talk it out) East side talk it out (East side talk it out) North side talk it out (North side talk it out)*
- BROTHER. Read a book. Watch a movie. Listen to a song. Go look at some art. Stop being ridiculous. My parents are divorced and my first relationship was with someone who full on did not love me but like you grow up and see what’s around you outside of your inner world to find what things like love are. Pissing me off fr.
- *Presses play on Do I Wanna Know by Arctic Monkeys*
- *Switches to the Hozier cover just for the added angst*
- Gun, you’re doing everything you can, sweetie
- Yohta is over here shedding tears over someone he’s “not sure” he loves…?
- So bro really did need a good beating up to get there
- Cuuute but I lowkey still miss my Arm and Arc shenanigans
- Marraige may not be the end game but boy would I love to see Arm and Arc at the altar
- Wine going through it fr
- Arm and Gun teaming up cute
- *I wanna know what love is. I want you to show me. I wanna feel what love is. I know you can show me*
- My boy Arc is looking sharp
- I LOVE ARC he is so bad at being normal
- Uh oh the Tor reveal
- The backstage crew keeping things moving
- Cute and all but this should’ve been the Arc and Arm almost-disaster proposal of my dreams but like I get it, baby wants to graduate first or whatever
- PRECIOUS

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One of the most amazing story's that I've seen

To start it off can we just talk about how ForceBook's episodes the CHEMISTRY is just there. They have been acting together for a long time, and I personally think they did a very good job with this role all the bad reviews are mostly about them, but I think they did a foraminal job. I could talk about ForceBooks acting for ages, but I will save the reading and time for my thoughts. The next couple you see is PerthSanta and omg I could talk about them all dayyyy if I could, but I'll keep it as simple as possible. Their roles in this series were ok not my fav but OMG the word "Beagle" such a good word. PerthSanta were a good role for this part I will always stand by that I just love both of them so much!!! As we move on from PerthSanta we now meet Wine aka Marc. Absolutely love him I got introduced to JuniorMarc in this series and have absolutely fallen for both of their charms Who would have thought that my first impression of them would be in such a good show like this. I could go on and on about those to as well but I wont... I will stick to the show for now, I loved their roles and how they meet Perth (Yotha) introducing them not on purpose really made an impact it was love at first sight for Junior (Faifa). Each pairing had their own story line for about the same amount of episodes it was worth watching all 24 episodes honestly. Nothing can change my mind on that all of their acting was good. Also, can I just mention the whole bracelet thing that was supposed to bring Juniors and seniors together. I just love that thought and it really did bring them closer to get to know the others. Although we didn't get to see much of (JetPun) they will always be a great add to the show still love them.

Honorable Mention--- AouBoom
How do I even start with these 2. I love them so much and their acting I can never get enough of these two. Their acting in the show is just perfect (chough... chough... Perfect 10 liners... chough... chough...) I just loev them so much always will!!!

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chemistry. Chemistry. CHEMISTRY

Oh I am so sad this is over what a journey this drama was. I fell in love with this cast and the story and I am going to miss all the characters every Sunday lol.

This is my first drama with ForceBook and I literally was hooked from like the second episode and I remember saying out loud to myself "I am going to be so sad when its over." I loved their story and I LOVED the Arm-Sand-Po trio so much!! It brought a comedic element and their group dynamic was perfect. I was sad to move on from the ArcArm storyline, but I will now be watching all of ForceBook's series lol.

PerthSanta was the reason I started this show ngl, I have been in love with Perth and his works for years so I am always eager to watch anything he is in. I fell for their couple immediately, their chemistry is unmatched for their first drama together too. Their storyline made me so sad lol but also the most smiley and giggly, they had me kicking my feet and twirling my hair. I thought this pairing was perfect and even though Gun gave in too easily imo I love them sm. I also loved the dynamic of Gun and Faifa being besties with Fai and Yotha being brothers, there were a lot of good moments throughout that made me laugh.

I feel like the drama started to drag on towards the end, as much as I love Faifa and Wine I just felt like they didn't need as many episodes for their storyline... I loved Faifa's character and I'm glad that he got his part in the plot but I just was missing ArcArm and YothaGun too much by the end I wasn't fully in to FaifaWine's story as I was the others. However, the last episode I thought tied everything so perfectly, seeing the old trio, characters from the first episodes, the ending to KlaoWa's story (which I love AouBoom a lot too so I was happy to get glimpse's of them throughout). It was just a perfect sum up of the series.

I really loved this drama, I highly recommend. Like I said many times I am so sad to see it go and not getting to see these characters anymore but I am excited to watch all the actors in new and upcoming works!!

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Better than I expected

I originally started this for faifawine because of all the edits I saw and lowk got fomo, then I found out that it was an anthology with three couples. Faifawine’s story happened to be in the last few episodes so it was inevitable for me to watch from the start (I can’t start a show without starting from the beginning). I found myself laughing from episode one and I love humor, I love things that make me laugh so this was a huge factor for why I’m rating it what I’m rating it. I loved JJ’s character. I’m not the biggest fan of angst so Perthsanta’s story was not my favourite but I’m not going to completely dismiss it because they were really cute imo. But I also couldn't really forget when Yotha kissed P'Wa, it just didn't sit right with me. Personally, Arcarm’s story is not talked about enough!!! I found them really cute, this was one of the first shows I watched with Forcebook and I didn’t really have high expectations because I saw people diss them all the time. I was so wrong, I love Arc and Arm. Arc’s character (imo) was so yearner coded, I loved it. Their acting was better than I expected too. I’m still pretty new to BL and I’ve only started watching BL September 25’ so I didn’t really know much about all the cp’s in P10L. I judged Forcebook too quickly and thought they weren’t going to be good. (Shouldn’t really trust what people say online, sorry Forcebook!) And, I gotta give credits to Junior’s acting. His acting was so seamless I genuinely forgot he was acting, made me feel like I was just watching a weird kid from school, not an actor doing their job. I’m pretty sure everyone’s said this, I loved Faifa. With the people pleaser in me, he was so relatable. And he was such a green flag!!!

I saw someone say that there wasn’t really a plot and that’s why they didn’t really like it. I’d have to agree on that, there wasn’t really a solid plot which did kinda make me question why I even bothered watching it. But then also, I’m not the type to critique on stuff like that so I just ended up not caring. Like I said, I started this to see Faifawine, so it didn’t really affect my rating.
Also when I saw that it was 24 episodes and not the normal 10/12 you’d see other shows have, it just completely threw me off. I’m not a big fan of long shows, and I also didn’t really know the main cp’s that well to want to continue watching so I did end up stopping after ep 9 where Arcarm’s story was basically complete. It was also the beginning that had me so confused because in ep 1, Arc and Arm were already together and so were Yotha and Gun so I was like, what??? I did end up stopping a few times because I just didn’t get it. And now looking back I don’t know why I thought to even continue it because I’m not a big fan of complicated storylines or shows where the centre of the story is based on a flashback from the past (if that makes sense???) I’m not sure how to word it but I thought that was how it was gonna be so I got kinda disinterested. I’m glad I continued it, though!

Again, opinion-based, I loved it but that doesn't mean everyone else will.

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A Dictionary of Thai BLs

I have compiled a handy guide to (most) Thai BLs, which I hope will prove useful to both seasoned viewers and newcomers alike. I believe it contains everything you need to know about this show. For more on my ratings, and my verdict on the show itself, see below.

A: Accidents.
Come in many kinds, but the commonest is the fall-catch-kiss. Don’t try it at home, or you’ll end up in the A&E. Also used to kill off mothers in flashbacks.

B: Bisexuals.
Which every man is. And no woman is.

C: Couples.
Three is the standard. Two unusual. One rare. Go for four if you truly want to torture people. Quality of writing usually declines with, and for, each additional couple.
See Also: Love Triangles.

D: Drinking. Drunkenness.
A drop of alcohol is sufficient for the bottom to lose all inhibition, a glass of beer for the top. Both known to cause irreversible amnesia, particularly after professions of love or a sleeping-beauty kiss.

E: Engineering. Engineers. Engineering Faculty.
The most acceptable setting for a Thai BL.
See also: Medical School.

F: Fake boyfriends.
Because, if there’s anything that’s going to get you out of a tough spot in this virulently homophobic world, it is pretending to have a gay lover.

G: Guitars.
Pathognomonic of bad BLs. The harbinger of all things abysmal. When you hear that first strum, run fast, run far.

H: Homophobia.
Generally absent, unless it can be (cynically) mined to manufacture a last-minute conflict. Where present, it's usually the father. It might be argued, however, that it is the BL genre itself that's ultimately homophobic, even Thai BL.
See also: “Don’t say Gay”, 11th Episode Curse.

I: Illness or indisposition.
Usually fever. Sometimes fainting. Often from a drop of rain or a glass of wine. Great occasion for piggy-back riding and sensual towel baths.

J: Jest. Jokes. Jocularity.
Slapstick, often scatological. Growls of hunger mandatory. Throw in a few jokes at the expense of your effeminate (i.e., actually “gay”) and trans characters to show people how truly progressive you are.
See also: Homophobia, Transphobia

K: Kisses.
At least nominally present, unlike in KBL. Vary in range from fish-eye non-kisses to full on snog-fest. First kiss nearly always accidental. Common trends include underwater kissing & rooftop kisses.

L: Like. Love.
Used in such phrases as, “I am not gay. I just like you.”

M: Miscommunication and Misunderstanding.
The commonest and laziest way to manufacture a conflict. Usually involves accidentally hearing a half truth, and wilfully interpreting it against the other party.
See also: Forced Separation, Trips Abroad

N: Noble Idiot.
One of three acceptable ways to separate a couple. The idiot will run away from his love, in order to spare and save him, by making him, and us, suffer.
See also: Miscommunication & Misunderstanding, Homophobia.

O: Orphanhood.
A sure-fire way to coax sympathy. Achieved by death or abandonment. Mothers always die. Usually by accident or cancer. Fathers run away. Usually with another woman.
See also: Flashbacks.

P: Product placement.
An indispensable ingredient of East Asian BLs. Look out for rose milk, a make-up kit, or a carbonated drink.
See also: Subtlety (Lack of).

Q: Q-tips.
Essential to treat the whisper of a scrape, no more than the size of an ant, without which the submissive shall die of sepsis.

R: Reincarnation.
A way to bury your gays and have them too. Trades on cultural norms for acceptability. A premise that’s never put to good use.

S: Sexual Roles and Positions.
The difference between the dominant ("the top", "the seme") and the submissive ("the bottom", "the uke") must be maintained at all costs. The dominant shall be more aggressive, more violent, and the pursuer. The submissive shall be a shy maiden, who cannot be trusted to climb the stairs without falling down. The dynamic may be reinforced in many ways.
See also: Age Difference, Height Difference.

T: Towels. Towel baths. Hand Towels.
The occasion to reveal the perfectly sculpted and dehydrated body. Or to wipe out a food crumb from your lover’s mouth, possibly due to chronic shortage of napkins in Bangkok, or because our submissive has joined Riverdance and cannot use his arms.

U: Uniforms.
A bleached white shirt and a pair of blue or grey trousers. If at school, make the trousers short. If at university, add a grey jacket.

V: Varsities.
Basketball is unexpectedly the most popular. Followed by singing, since it always involves a national competition. Football & volleyball — sports that are actually popular in Thailand — are occasionally allowed.

W: Women.
Disposable. Usually limited to fujoshis and evil ex-girlfriends.
See also: Misogyny.

X: X-Rated (or NC) scenes.
More wishful thinking than reality. Usually involves one actor planking over another with minimal body contact. But, starved as we are, we’ll take it.

Y: Yikes!
Reserved for tropes that ought to be retired by now. You know what they are.
See also: A Therapist.

Z: Zzzzz… I’ve run out of ideas, okay? Much like Thai BLs.


Ratings:
— Story: Thai BLs have basically become an IKEA factory. We all know that. So, I wrote out this dictionary for fun, and thought to myself that, the more a show borrows from it, the less marks I'd give it for storytelling. (Of course, tropes themselves are fine, and when done well, fun. Tropes can also be subverted and made original. But left to itself, a trope becomes a failing organ and threatens the unity of the whole organism.)
— Casting: 5 for heat, 5 for acting.
— Music: If there's a guitar anywhere on the horizon, the rating instantly goes to 1. Otherwise, I tend to tune out most BL music. If it really stands out, I'll give it 5 minimum.
— Rewatch Value: Less than 5, don't bother. 5 to 7.5, yes, with generous skipping and skimming. Above 7.5, worth it.
— Needless to say, this is all meant to be for good fun. Not to be taken seriously.

Initial Observations:
— First of all: 24 episodes? Jesus Christ!
— Engineering jackets!
— This is going to suck, I can tell.
— GMMTV needs a hostile takeover.
— 4 stars for cast, just for Perth. I'll add another star, because some of them can act.
— Lastly, I wrote out this dictionary as fun, and it is mainly intended to make people laugh. But even I couldn't have predicted what a formulaic trope-fest this would be. And I'm just on Ep. 2! The fact that this is the third time in as many months that I have used this dictionary, with no small predictable power, tells you how bad, scientifically, Thai BLs are at the moment. (Though ThamePo isn't half bad, and Gelboys gives me hope.)

Verdict:
I couldn't get past the third episode. So, I quit, and have marked this as such. However, a friend is making a Perth/Santa cut for me, so I might check that out, and update this review afterwards.

Reader's Digest:
DO SAY: 4 x 6 = 24.
DON'T SAY: Four Horse-couples of the Apocalypse.

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A series I can watch all day and night

I have read the novel and I love it, no need to doubt Jittirain's writing skills. Personally, I think this series is adapted and modified well. They changed some details from the novel, but that makes me love it even more. The comedy, the friendship, even the love story, everything just makes a harmonious plot. It's my current comfort series, I am willing to watch it all day and night if I have nothing to do. I really can't wait to watch the new episode every week, so if you haven't started it yet, I hope you can start it now. Don't binge-watch it, you'll miss the euphoria!

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Entertaining

I love the main couple, I've seen them in other BL and i didnt lnow they will be the main couple here, but the show was so talked about that i put it on.
Main friend group is entertaining, 3 of them are so dumb its funny.
2nd couple was so unnecessary and i didn't care about them at all.

Its a cute watch but the main couple gets a bit annoying with all the back and forth. They kiss and exchange couples bracelet and everyone knows they like each other but for some reason they're still not together because Arm is shy? Like you kissed 5 times already, he gave you the bracelet and wore a jersey with your name, posted a picture confirming you're together... what more donyou want? I got a bit frustrated with this.

Also, its called perfect 10 liners after this college group but its never really explained what its about. They're all hot? The hole show is named after this and they barely even show this group interacting and it has no significance for the plot.

All in all its entertaining and funny show to watch and im looking forward to seeing the main actors in somwthing else

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Perfect 10 Liners.

This series is separated into 3 different stories that As of episode 9 seemingly have little to no connection so I'll review it as 3 mini dramas.

Arm/Arc 6.0

Cute boy dumb goes to college catches they eye of handsome older peer, they fight, they tease each other they fall in love. It had some pretty hilarious moments, mostly cute and fluffy nothing exciting nothing new. It's Force/Book doing the exact same as always. As dumb as it was I still enjoyed it so I'll be generous and rate it a 6.

GMMTV please give us the character dynamics they had in Enchante' with an actually watchable plot, it can't be that hard.

Yotha/Gun 7.0

Casting Junior as Perth's younger brother was a choice...It would've been more beleivable the other way around, just saying.

At first I was like "Oh is this a Between us situation?" and then it was more of the same, dumb cutie and tough cool guy blah blah blah Yotha might be just a tad more of a hot head than Arc was and I didn't think it was possible but gun is even dumber and more childish than Arm.More of the same, I'm kinda over it but then I guess I'm not 'cause I'm still clicking next and OMG, he does look like a Beagle puppy so adorable, cute, helpless and dumber than a bag of hammers please God protect this child from all evil! I'm loving it and smiling the whole time.

Notice how I didn't mention the second couple on the Arm/Arc story? We'll that's because I didn't really care for them and found them unnecessary; The second couple this time does feel like part of the plot but man they're so toxic I hated Klao so much and I hated that Warit kept taking him back, I hope that by the end the break up they're not a good couple at all.

There's not enough Po in this series, please more Po, He cracks me up every single time.

Faifa/wine 7.0

Easily the best couple, I love how their relationship developed and that there's no whiny childish boy to uptight mean character in this pairing instead we got the sweetest most adorable duo. Faifa is so nice way too kind for his own good and wine is there to make him come to his senses, it's ok to say no sometimes.

The whole ordeal with Faifa's mother really didn't do it for me and made me take breaks between episodes because I kept losing focus.

The last episode wasn't good at all for me, the worst couple the one that I was rooting against got engaged??!! what why!!! ???? I hated that.

Luckily I got Po to make me laugh otherwise I think I would've skipped the whole episode.

Funny enough the couple that I was more excited to watch was the most underwhelming. Faifa and wine were the best and I would love to see them in their own series sometime soon.

At the end of the day Perfect 10 liners is an Ok drama nothing new or exciting but still sweet enough to make you smile the whole way through.

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