I watched Ep. 5, gliding along like one of those Kites... charmed AF... and WHAM!
in EP 5 3/4
Tian: "Would you like to play a kite with me tomorrow?" Chief: "Play a kite?" ....... Tian: "I mean I'm teaching the kid to make a kite" ....... ....... Chief (devil's smile): "Do it together??"
(In Thai, "Play a kite" can be a sexual innuendo which means "masturbation'" ) ha ha
I believe it's because some of the characters are speaking the Northern Thai dialect and that Central and Southern…
They speak in Northern dialect. In Thailand, we have Northern dialect, North Eastern (E-san) dialect, Southern dialect, Provincial-Central accent, Eastern accent, Central/Bangkok accent. I'm Native-Bangkok, I can understand other accents around 60-95% (depend on the dialect/accent). The southern dialect is the most Greek to me.
That's why I have to read subtitles in this series.
I have many friends in Chiang Mai, They all can understand Central Thai.
-Did you know?-
The northern of Thailand was once a separate kingdom called "Lan Na". Chiang Mai was the heart of the Lan Na kingdom
Bangkok and Chiang Mai is like Madrid and Barcelona (Siam - Lan Na, Spain - Catalonia ), but without any tension).
There have been a lot of questions about Yaoi, BL, Thai BL.
BL (Y in Thai) is sub-part of LGBTQ+ genre. Boys’ love or BL originated in Japan, spreading to Thailand in 90's and then became a widely popular subculture. In Thailand, BL or Y industry involves Y-novel, Y-writers, Y-publishing house, Y-cartoons, Y-SHIP, Y-Girls (Fujoshi), Y-shippers, fanservice, fandoms, fanfiction, reactors, concerts, event promotion, advertisements, product presenter and so on as seen in "Lovely Writers" ... (Y come from Yaoi in Japanese)
PS. Dr Thomas Baudinette is a cultural anthropologist whose work has explored consumption of popular culture among queer communities in Japan, Mainland China, Thailand and the Philippines. He has a particular interest in the transnational spread of Japanese queer popular culture and its impacts on conceptualisations of gender and sexuality. He also investigates K-pop fandom in Japan and Australia.
Ha ha ha Not surprised!. It's so Thai. I do agree with you about the anime sound effects. Fun Facts : "Lovely…
Your understanding is correct, A "Lakorn" is usually a melodrama that usually focuses on the romance between a man and a woman, full of drama, revenge, cheating, clichés, rich and poor and so on. "Dynasty" (US TV series) comes into my mind when I'm thinking of "Lakorn".
BL is sub-part of LGBTQ+ genre. Boys’ love or BL originated in Japan, spreading to Thailand in 90's and then became a widely popular subculture. It involves Y-novel, Y-publishers, Y-cartoons, Y-SHIP, Y-Girls (Fujoshi), Y-shippers, fandoms, fanfiction, concerts, event promotion, advertisements, product presenter and so on ... (Y come from Yaoi in Japanese)
Dr Thomas Baudinette is a cultural anthropologist whose work has explored consumption of popular culture among queer communities in Japan, Mainland China, Thailand and the Philippines. He has a particular interest in the transnational spread of Japanese queer popular culture and its impacts on conceptualisations of gender and sexuality. He also investigates K-pop fandom in Japan and Australia.
I don't know if this series is going to work for me. The anime sound effects make me grind my teeth and a lot…
Ha ha ha Not surprised!. It's so Thai. I do agree with you about the anime sound effects.
Fun Facts : "Lovely Writer" aired on "mainstream" national network (far bigger than GMMTV). CH3 is the second largest tv-network in Thailand which typically air "Lakorn" (TV Drama) in primetime.
In Thailand, it's common to see an official pilot trailer or pilot teaser before actual filming. (especially from…
AFAIK, smaller studios or independent studios do that. Sometime the director or the writers use their own money to shoot the trailer in order to gauge interest in a show from social media.
Bigger the interest they get, bigger the chances of it getting the funding.
I'm new here. ATOATS is my favorite BL story. I'm not crazy that the first images we had 1 year ago are different…
In Thailand, it's common to see an official pilot trailer or pilot teaser before actual filming. (especially from GMMTV). What you saw is just a pilot trailer. Have you seen GMMTV 2021 trailers in YT ?. They are all pilot trailers.
Doi Pha Tang (Doi = Mountain) located in Wiang Kan city, Chiang Rai Province (Northernmost province of Thailand).https://goo.gl/maps/939DAN2gQwUq9c3n8PS.…
*** Q: Was it really packed with beautiful young men wearing those light three-quarter-length "engineering student jackets" we've got so used to? ***
- Ummmmm, I'd say that I could easily find the cute or handsome one in my faculty/university. Bear in mind that my faculty is not representative of engineering faculties in Thailand :).
As for the jacket, Yep! I had one but we only wear it when we have a workshop (once or twice a week).
If I could choose a series to describe my university life, I would pick "Sotus the series". It's so me! ha ha ha. (I miss my own P'Arthit so much).
Actually, one of my close friend was my "ship" (we studied at the same faculty). We even had our own "shippers" because we always had skinship publicly and privately :P
I wish I was born in this generation because "Y" is becoming mainstream now in Thailand. ha ha. (In Thai, we call any BL related matters as "Y" - วาย - (from Yaoi) such as Y-Series, Y-Cartoons, Y-Publishing House, Y-Novel, Y-Boys, Y-Girls, Y-Trends ...)
TBH, I think the guys from Faculty of Architecture were hottest and the guys from Faculty of Medicine/Dentistry/Commerce were cutest. I had many friends (with and without benefits :P) from those faculties.
*** Q: Do they really sport rings and pins and so on in the design of a gear? ***
- Yes. gear is everywhere, rings, pins, necklaces, notebooks, sculptures, name signs, building signs or even the name of the courtyard in my faculty ha ha ha. We even have "gear ceremony" (my faculty was found in 1913. So, there have been lot of myths, traditions and stories)
***Q: Are students called "Moons" really elected? ***
- As far as I can remember, There was no Moons election in my faculty (I could be wrong because "Moons" is not my thing). But If someone is a visual, smart and popular, we can call them "Moon" ("Duen" - "เดือน" in Thai). Moons (boys) and Stars (girls) election can be found in other faculties/universities but it's kinda old-fashioned things these days.
***Q: Are those sexy young trainee engineers really all turning gay by the droves and falling madly in love with each other?***
- Ha ha ha. Certainly not. It's just a "mano" or delulu of Y(Yaoi) novel writers (Delulu = Mano - Thai slang ). I'm curious that why Y-novel writers and Y-girls (Fujoshi) are obsessed with "Engineering" department. Probably the department is packed with boys (around 3,xxx-4,xxx students in my faculty) that can fulfill their imagination (Seme-Seme relationship) and make them "Fin" !!! (Fin is Thai slang come from the word "Finale" - It means very happy, very exciting or climax - think of nose bleeding)
I loved last episode overall as usual but was I the only one that was disturbed by that scene of them hidden watching…
As stated in the novel, it is part of the hill tribe’s tradition where the groom goes through a “cleansing” ceremony the night before the wedding. It involves a widow (called "Mida") from the tribe who is chosen to have sex with the groom (teaching “The groom 101” ?).
I used to join the rural area development camp in the northern of Thailand (hill tribe village) when I was in the university. I've heard the similar stories before (I was an engineering student like Tian. The scenes in the series is like deja vu of me.
But I don't think they still practicing this tradition these days.
PS. Of course, It's inappropriate that these guys did that. I don't like the scene too. I call it "GMM Cringe" :) (For me, Tonhon-Chonlatee is the best described as "GMM Cringe")
Tian: "Would you like to play a kite with me tomorrow?"
Chief: "Play a kite?"
.......
Tian: "I mean I'm teaching the kid to make a kite"
.......
.......
Chief (devil's smile): "Do it together??"
(In Thai, "Play a kite" can be a sexual innuendo which means "masturbation'" ) ha ha
I'm done with “I’m not gay, I only like you” ้ !!!!!
ha ha ha.
That's why I have to read subtitles in this series.
I have many friends in Chiang Mai, They all can understand Central Thai.
-Did you know?-
The northern of Thailand was once a separate kingdom called "Lan Na". Chiang Mai was the heart of the Lan Na kingdom
Bangkok and Chiang Mai is like Madrid and Barcelona (Siam - Lan Na, Spain - Catalonia ), but without any tension).
Joey BKK :)
BL (Y in Thai) is sub-part of LGBTQ+ genre. Boys’ love or BL originated in Japan, spreading to Thailand in 90's and then became a widely popular subculture. In Thailand, BL or Y industry involves Y-novel, Y-writers, Y-publishing house, Y-cartoons, Y-SHIP, Y-Girls (Fujoshi), Y-shippers, fanservice, fandoms, fanfiction, reactors, concerts, event promotion, advertisements, product presenter and so on as seen in "Lovely Writers" ... (Y come from Yaoi in Japanese)
Refer to this article for a better understanding of Thai BL (Y) culture
https://www.academia.edu/36113842/Between_Thailand_Japan_and_the_Philippines_Transnationalising_Boys_Love_media
For further reading:
https://www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/d00607/
https://www.timeout.com/bangkok/lgbtq/thai-boys-love-culture
http://www.plarideljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019-02-Prasannam.pdf
Useful blogs about BL in Thailand and Asia (recommended)
https://thomasbaudinette.wordpress.com/blog/
For LGBTQ+ series, I would recommend
"Grey Rainbow". (LGBT series). aired on TV network but also available on YT with Eng/CN subtitle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibkR7YMjGCU&list=PLN_S-FG2PTZeJFIy0WpKbvFi6YszYnQBF
"GAYOK BANGKOK" (2 seasons available on YT with Eng sub)
https://www.youtube.com/user/TestBKK/playlists
PS. Dr Thomas Baudinette is a cultural anthropologist whose work has explored consumption of popular culture among queer communities in Japan, Mainland China, Thailand and the Philippines. He has a particular interest in the transnational spread of Japanese queer popular culture and its impacts on conceptualisations of gender and sexuality. He also investigates K-pop fandom in Japan and Australia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibkR7YMjGCU&list=PLN_S-FG2PTZeJFIy0WpKbvFi6YszYnQBF
BL is sub-part of LGBTQ+ genre. Boys’ love or BL originated in Japan, spreading to Thailand in 90's and then became a widely popular subculture. It involves Y-novel, Y-publishers, Y-cartoons, Y-SHIP, Y-Girls (Fujoshi), Y-shippers, fandoms, fanfiction, concerts, event promotion, advertisements, product presenter and so on ... (Y come from Yaoi in Japanese)
For LGBTQ+ series, I would recommend "GAYOK BANGKOK" (2 seasons available on YT with Eng sub)
https://youtu.be/6Pg_0QA6vZk
https://www.youtube.com/user/TestBKK/playlists
Refer to this article for a better understanding of Thai BL (Y) culture
https://www.academia.edu/36113842/Between_Thailand_Japan_and_the_Philippines_Transnationalising_Boys_Love_media
Useful blogs about BL in Asia
https://thomasbaudinette.wordpress.com/blog/
Dr Thomas Baudinette is a cultural anthropologist whose work has explored consumption of popular culture among queer communities in Japan, Mainland China, Thailand and the Philippines. He has a particular interest in the transnational spread of Japanese queer popular culture and its impacts on conceptualisations of gender and sexuality. He also investigates K-pop fandom in Japan and Australia.
For further reading:
https://www.timeout.com/bangkok/lgbtq/thai-boys-love-culture
http://www.plarideljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019-02-Prasannam.pdf
https://www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/d00607/
Fun Facts : "Lovely Writer" aired on "mainstream" national network (far bigger than GMMTV). CH3 is the second largest tv-network in Thailand which typically air "Lakorn" (TV Drama) in primetime.
PS. That’s why Thai fans call this series “Nitan-Pun-Pea” (A Tale of Thousand Years) LOL
Bigger the interest they get, bigger the chances of it getting the funding.
One example is "My Ride" the series
https://youtu.be/Sp-N50cIJd0
/Me ... turning up the volume (Pitbull)
https://youtu.be/0S3foICf5uI
- Ummmmm, I'd say that I could easily find the cute or handsome one in my faculty/university. Bear in mind that my faculty is not representative of engineering faculties in Thailand :).
https://youtu.be/yQBXuJdcjJ0
https://youtube.com/channel/UCfbusqIKq52fPRftP_7G1dA
As for the jacket, Yep! I had one but we only wear it when we have a workshop (once or twice a week).
If I could choose a series to describe my university life, I would pick "Sotus the series". It's so me! ha ha ha. (I miss my own P'Arthit so much).
Actually, one of my close friend was my "ship" (we studied at the same faculty). We even had our own "shippers" because we always had skinship publicly and privately :P
I wish I was born in this generation because "Y" is becoming mainstream now in Thailand. ha ha. (In Thai, we call any BL related matters as "Y" - วาย - (from Yaoi) such as Y-Series, Y-Cartoons, Y-Publishing House, Y-Novel, Y-Boys, Y-Girls, Y-Trends ...)
TBH, I think the guys from Faculty of Architecture were hottest and the guys from Faculty of Medicine/Dentistry/Commerce were cutest. I had many friends (with and without benefits :P) from those faculties.
*** Q: Do they really sport rings and pins and so on in the design of a gear? ***
- Yes. gear is everywhere, rings, pins, necklaces, notebooks, sculptures, name signs, building signs or even the name of the courtyard in my faculty ha ha ha. We even have "gear ceremony" (my faculty was found in 1913. So, there have been lot of myths, traditions and stories)
***Q: Are students called "Moons" really elected? ***
- As far as I can remember, There was no Moons election in my faculty (I could be wrong because "Moons" is not my thing). But If someone is a visual, smart and popular, we can call them "Moon" ("Duen" - "เดือน" in Thai). Moons (boys) and Stars (girls) election can be found in other faculties/universities but it's kinda old-fashioned things these days.
***Q: Are those sexy young trainee engineers really all turning gay by the droves and falling madly in love with each other?***
- Ha ha ha. Certainly not. It's just a "mano" or delulu of Y(Yaoi) novel writers (Delulu = Mano - Thai slang ). I'm curious that why Y-novel writers and Y-girls (Fujoshi) are obsessed with "Engineering" department. Probably the department is packed with boys (around 3,xxx-4,xxx students in my faculty) that can fulfill their imagination (Seme-Seme relationship) and make them "Fin" !!! (Fin is Thai slang come from the word "Finale" - It means very happy, very exciting or climax - think of nose bleeding)
... and I love it :P ha ha ha ...
It involves a widow (called "Mida") from the tribe who is chosen to have sex with the groom (teaching “The groom 101” ?).
I used to join the rural area development camp in the northern of Thailand (hill tribe village) when I was in the university. I've heard the similar stories before (I was an engineering student like Tian. The scenes in the series is like deja vu of me.
But I don't think they still practicing this tradition these days.
PS. Of course, It's inappropriate that these guys did that. I don't like the scene too. I call it "GMM Cringe" :) (For me, Tonhon-Chonlatee is the best described as "GMM Cringe")