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Synopsis Noh wakes up with a rash. Apparently, the soap the boys used to wash the bike gave him some kind of reaction.  He goes downstairs to say goodbye to his mom and his house servants before he leaves for school. Note that the servants are much darker than Noh’s mom or Noh. Colorism isContinue reading “Lovesick Season 1 Episode 4”

I found myself scratching my head the very first time I watched a Thai BL. I struggled understanding certain customs, phrases and traditions. Also, when visiting websites or reading about Thai BL, I found many unfamiliar terms. Here, I will try to define the most common terms used to talk about BL and also giveContinue reading “A beginners guide to Thai BL”

Phun-Noh Noh is spending the night with Phun, so he will need a clean shirt to wear the next day to school. Phun is coming back to the bedroom. He has the shirt he is giving Noh to wear. These shirts have the student number embraided in it, so that can be an issue becauseContinue reading “Lovesick Season 1 Episode 3”

Noh-Phun Plot Summary Noh is in what appears to be the student’s lounge area (Friday College kids have money, so of course they have a student lounge with computers and video games). Noh is still shocked at Phun’s proposal.  Look at who is sitting next to Noh in the lounge room? Best Kan! I thinkContinue reading “Love sick Season 1 Episode 2”

Synopsis and notes Oh, the infamous first episode of Love Sick! I remember when I first watched this episode I almost dropped the show. Rumor has it that the feedback from this first episode was so bad that the producers changed the script for the second episode but alas that is untrue. The reality isContinue reading “Love sick Season 1 Episode 1”

Often called “The Mother of all BL shows”, Lovesick was the first true BL series ever aired in Thailand and the first show of its kind aired anywhere in the world. To this date, five years after the end of its original run, Lovesick remains a unique show with only a handful of shows whichContinue reading “Lovesick: The series (Synopsis)”

Too often, I hear people say that Brokeback Mountain is a good BL. There are of course, too many things wrong with that statement, but here I will only focus on one. Brokeback Mountain is a [terrible] LGBQT movie, not a BL. But what is the difference? Simply put, BL is a utopia while LGBQTContinue reading “BL vs LGBQT: Is it the same thing?”

Love Sick and the rise of Thai BL In 2013, a teen soap opera (lakorn) called Hormones became hugely popular in Thailand. In its first season, Hormones featured a BL side story. Surprisingly, the BL side story was popular and perhaps provided the template for an idea that would proof to be successful, the mergingContinue reading “A brief history of Thai BL”