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respectthepetty · 6 months

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So, I saw your post about the JoongDunk, PondPhuwin, ForceBook ultimate gym bros bl. And I had a very important question.

If, hypothetically, gmmtv were to actually make this a thing. What would you want their color coding to be like? Even, how would you want their color coding to change as the fall in love?

Feel free to be as specific or generic as you like! I'm just very curious about the idea 👀

I have eighty million things to do, Anon, yet here I am, excited to answer this question, immediately! *pushes all my responsibilities to the side* There are no pictures because I'm being wild today and doing this from my WORK COMPUTER!

First, the premise of my Gym Bros BL, tentatively called

Flex Appeal

*I'm using the actors' names, but this is about their characters, not them. Force owns a gym. He has trainers Dunk, Joong, and Pond. Book and Phuwin work together at a food marketing company, so they eat a lot of snacks throughout the day. Phuwin wants to start working out and drags Book along. Dunk and Joong are super competitive, but it's all really them flirting with each other. Pond instantly likes Phuwin, but Phuwin thinks he is nothing but a meathead until he realizes Pond is super smart and kind. Book likes Force and starts bringing him tasty treats from the office during the workout sessions since he notices Force never leaves to eat properly. We could have cameos from other people who workout or companies trying to market their food. We could have Force trying to keep his business open, and Book helping him with marketing. WE COULD HAVE GYM QUEERS!

Now for the colors:

Dunk and Joong - Red Rascal and Green Guy. Dunk has the Red Rascal look aka beautiful. His character would always be up to some tomfoolery, and Joong as the chill Green Guy would always be down to join in on the shenanigans. I call them my troublesome tykes for a reason, and I think their natural personalities would easily lead to characters who are the matchmakers of the group too. Like constantly setting up situations for the other pairs to fall in love while unknowingly falling in love themselves.

Pond and Phuwin - Pond is a Blue Boy in this imagined series. He falls quickly for Phuwin and is devoted to winning him over. He is good with his hands and very intelligent when it comes to building, like say for props for an ad that Phuwin needs help with. Phuwin on the other hand is a Yellow/Orange Oddity. He is creative and works in the visuals area of the marketing department. He likes to talk and Pond likes to listen even if Pond doesn't understand it all. He wears glasses.

Force and Book - Give them the dark versus light dynamic. Force is a Brooding Boy, in black most of the time because his life has been rough, which is easy since it'll be black tanks, black shorts, black car. Yum. Then, Book is the Happy Human in his cream and white cardigans with khaki pants or some basic boy attire. Force will teach Book to take risks, and Book will open Force's heart!

Cameos:

Mix works at the company with Book and Phuwin, but he is a higher-up who we see three times. He mentions his boyfriend goes to this gym nearby, which gives the boys the idea to try it out.

Earth is the boyfriend who shows up occasionally at the gym. He never speaks. I just need to see his back tattoos.

Fourth and Gemini can play baby interns at the company who just randomly pop in with the wrong orders of coffee and the wrong mail for people.

Neo is an asshole from another rival gym who is a meathead and Phuwin's ex (see what I did there people who have been around since Neo x Phuwin?).

Louis works in the IT department, and we see him exactly once when Phuwin has to go ask for help with his work computer, and Louis notices an old picture of Phuwin with Neo on it.

Papang is the guy constantly getting hit on at the gym. It's a running joke throughout the show, but in the second-to-last episode, his HUSBAND shows up to drop off his phone since he left it at home, and it's revealed to be Mark, who appeared earlier in the season as an up-and-coming baker who the company is trying to woo, which is why Papang works out all the time since he loves his man's baked goods. Neither wears the ring because rings should not be worn when working out or baking.

Book convinces Mark to come out with a line of healthy after-workout snacks, Force is used as the model, and his gym sees a rise in customers since his gym is the only place to get these snacks, and EVERYONE WINS!

I have spent a lot of time thinking about my gym bros bl. I need it like I need air. These men are too built to let it go to waste. Film them in a gym. Just let the camera roll and half of the footage would be just them bs-ing with each other. It's a win-win for everyone involved including the audience.

#flex appeal #gym bros bl #give it to me!#the plot writes itself #are you listening GMMTV?!#ya wanna be DisneyBL then lean into it #GIVE ME WHAT I WANT ALREADY!#Korea's Strongberry has been the only one to even get slightly close to this #why is this so difficult #this is the easiest plot #give it to jojo #I said what I said

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gunsatthaphan · 1 month

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the incident // the aftermath

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demiromanticmickey · 10 days

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I think long after The Ex Morning has finished airing, I still won't have wrapped my head around the fact that internationally beloved director and writer of queer media/romance, Aof Noppharnach, decided one day to sit down and write KristSingto RPF.

#aof noppharnach #gmmtv 2024 #anytime i stop to think about it for 2 seconds i fucking lose it 🤣#did not have this on my 2024 bingo card #listen... if he can do it why not you #why not me why not all of us #keep writing never give up or whatever #*#the ex morning

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mineonmain · 11 months

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OUR SKYY 2 X BAD BUDDY X A TALE OF THOUSAND STARS

So P'Aof really saw the release schedule for Our Skyy 2, saw that his ep(s) were airing during Pride Month, and said 'i'm going to give them a polycule of homoerotic shenanigans, as a treat. Happy Pride Month' and we got this:

REAL SHIPS

GHOST SHIPS

+BONUS

#bad buddy series #bad buddy #atots #a tale of thousand stars #1000 stars #our skyy 2 #listen. if i say it's homoerotic then it just is #you have to take my word for it #10/10 no notes #but i also saw someone else make the biggest brain post ever #which is about why they've been put into THESE specific ghostpairs #pran the guy who gets everything with tian the guy who gets nothing #pat the guy who compromises no matter what for his lover with phu the guy who doesn't know the dictionary meaning of compromise #chefs kiss #p'aof used his big pride brain and said they're going to heal each other #i've got a hot take that phu doesn't want to meet tian's parents bc he used to be his dad's employee and doesn't know how to NOT be that #gmmtv

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bl-bracket · 1 year

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to be frank, I'm just mad I forgot to nominate Dome from Midnight Museum for the most babygirl bracket. But actually it's okay, because this way I can continue knowing in my heart that he's the most babygirl of all 🥰

Technically according to the rules, he wouldn't have been able to compete since Midnight Museum is technically not a BL (I know, I know, it basically is, everything about it is, but it's not according to the definition of canonical explicitly stated mlm relationship between the main characters even though everyone with eyes knows it is. And I've got to keep to the definition because otherwise that opens the doors to so many more shows and I want to stay with this very specific set of shows for what I'm doing here, but you're so right anon. Almost every single round I have wished I could include Midnight Museum characters but alas I am bound by the chains I have wrought. My only addition is that I think both Khatha and The One could give Dome a run for his money in terms of babygirlness)

#anon ask #listen yall midnight musuem is my favorite show and it is at all levels a queer show except in the way that matters for this bracket #i have not stopped thinking about midnight museum since it aired and will probably never stop #if you havent watched it you should. a bunch of familiar faces from gmmtv make the most buckwild show imaginable #that it so queer in every way except in saying it which actually makes it even more queer if you think about it

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dramaism · 1 year

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me rewatching "just being friendly" mv by msp cast at 2am and wondering for 257463637 time where the heck gmmtv found this whole cast

#so I've been away from tumblr like for 3 days idk i was feeling really bad these day #but look i rewatched their mv and dance performance and it boosted my mood so much!!!#but seriously where did they found the #did they hide them for all this time on purpose??? just to release this masterpiece of the series???#also when i first watched that dance performance i screamed that LITERALLY EVERY ONE OF THEM CAN SING what the fuck gmmtv #my heart is full like full FULL #also who dressed gemini in that shirt when they were dancing? i want to personally thank you #my school president #jey talks #brb gonna listen to them on spotify 🥺❤️🥺❤️#can i say that fourth voice in this cover is like syzygwuzvsyswg I'M IN LOVE especially when he's singing the chorus and the beat changes

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tiistirtipii · 1 year

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I HAVE FIGURED OUT WHEN THE ECLIPSE OUR SKYY EPISODES ARE GOING TO AIR!

Listen up!! The Eclipse is listed as the 5th series on MDL under Our Skyy. If Our Skyy starts airing on the 19th, the 5th couple should get their episodes on the 17th of May.

What’s so special about the 17th? The 17th of May marks exactly 200 days since The Eclipse finished airing (29th of October)!!

For it to be the 5th listed as well is too much of a coincidence and it would be too good of an opportunity for GMMTV to miss!!

I hope I’m right and we will get to see AkkAyan again on the 17th of May!!

#listen if I’m right you should all worship me. if if wrong ignore this. but I’m not wrong!!! I’m sure of it!!!#the eclipse #our skyy 2 #our skyy #akkayan #first kanaphan #khaotung thanawat #gmmtv #the eclipse the series #tiistirtipii

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paint-music-with-me · 7 months

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not "ur so pretty" by wasia project literally being top's song right now

not it literally playing in his head when he watches mew from afar, restless to fix something but knowing mew won't give him the time of day

not it literally breaking my heart

#all I did was listen to 'could cry just thinking abt you'#and I did cry #BUT THEN MY SHUFFLE HAPPENED AND IT PLAYED UR SO PRETTY #AND THEN I SAT THERE LIKE BELLA IN NEW MOON FUCKING DECEASED #EXCUSE ME #DONT TOUCH ME #just listen to the fucking song and tell me that u don't see top looking at mew #mew doing his own thing and top just watching from afar scared and nervous #ah fuck #blabber time #topmew #top x mew #only friends #only friends the series #gmmtv #excuse me while I write a fic abt it

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toddbl4ck · 1 year

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toddblack x my tears ricochet

#I FEEL INSANEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE #in case you didnt notice. user toddbl4ck is obsessed with toddblack #honestly? rewatching all the toddblack scenes after like 6 months gave me brain damage i want to scream #no bc the first time i listened to my tears ricoched i was like TODDBLACK???????!!!!!!?!?!?#if this flops i will cry #toddblack #not me #sing harit #gun atthaphan #gmmtv #web weaving #taylor swift #folklore #guns cw #scars cw #.mine

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gunsatthaphan · 1 year

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#smooth 🫡

#moonlight chicken #firstkhao #moonlight chicken ep8 #alangaipa #first kanaphan #khaotung thanawat #gmmtv #thai bl #bl drama #BRUH LISTEN #alan you casanova jkdfhgjfd #ive had the worst day but this turned my mood upside down #my babies 😩#alan really said yeah lets date uh i mean go on a date to......talk....finances.....business....yeah #how about we meet for another date you know just to be sure we got all the documents #im paying #;)

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if-i-was-a-cucumber · 9 months

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GMMTV Generations Theory || Outliers

Thinking further about the GMMTV generations theory, there are some definite outliers.

I personally believe that every generation has a certain vibe. You can kind of tell what kind of generation a show is based on its production qualities and a few basic tropes. As the generations pass, GMMTV gets more progressive and less traditional in its ideals about homosexuality, which is great. But that means you have to prepare for some questionable and confusing things in earlier shows; i.e. high school–aged Pob and Nick from Slam Dance (2017) being super kinky and having sex toys for no reason, Khai’s wishy-washy feelings and horrible actions being attributed and justified due to confusion from his “gay awakening” in Theory of Love (2019), Tonhon being an absolute homophobic dickhead for most of the series but having it justified the entire time with “he’s confused about his sexuality” in Tonhon Chonlatee (2020), etc.

However, there are some outliers that seem to have vibes reminiscent of earlier or later generations. I’ll list a couple here:

Fish Upon the Sky (2021) is technically a Gen-3 series, and stars a certainly Gen-3 pair of actors (PondPhuwin). However, its production reminds me a little of Gen-2, and it definitely lacks that progressive and self-aware nature that other Gen-3 shows have. In FUTS, Mork (Pond) is super irrational, he’s very pushy, he’s problematic, and he never accepts Pi (Phuwin)’s very direct rejections — however, it’s all romanticized. This is Gen-2 or even 1 stuff.

Dark Blue Kiss (2019) is a Gen-2 series with Gen-3 level acting, production, and even scriptwriting. The fight they have builds up over a few episodes and is completely valid and understandable from both sides. It isn’t even a misunderstanding trope. It’s way ahead of its time.

The Gifted (2018), a Gen-1 series, is one you could easily mistake for a Gen-2 series. In terms of plot and production, it was the first to call attention to Nanon’s ability to play an emo schoolboy, which Gen-2 ran with.

Hormones (2014) is a Gen-0 series that I’d argue could belong in Gen-2, which is crazy. It’s just very progressive, it’s all about dramatic high schoolers. It’s like the blueprint for Netflix’s Euphoria.

See my original post on the generations of GMMTV series here.

#gmmtv generations theory #theory #outliers in the theory #people don't talk enough about how gross mork was in futs #but the real gross thing is how i REWATCHED that show #i rarely rewatch anything ever #how is futs the one series #i was listening to loneliness by fluke nattanon while writing this #you all should too #gmmtv bl #fish upon the sky #the gifted #dark blue kiss #bl meta

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stormyoceans · 10 months

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I just think that a friends-with-benefits to lovers jimmysea series would eat so goodd! The one time hook up, mutual pushing away of feelings yet finding themselves being pulled towards each other always, then pining the tension, it would be a bangerr

this is where im sadly gonna have to admit that im not the biggest fan of the friends-with-benefits trope ;;;;;;;

i couldn’t really explain to you why that is because im not too sure about it myself tbh, i guess maybe it’s just a dynamic that doesn’t appeal to me or that has never been depicted in a way that i like. one gripe i do kinda have with how i’ve seen it being portrayed in shows is that the trope is called friends-with-benefits, but way too often the friends part is completely missing: it’s either more like two-characters-who-can-barely-stand-each-other-with-benefits or friends-who-are-already-clearly-in-love-with-each-other-with-benefits. i mean don’t get me wrong both of these are perfectly fine!!!! i probably just have way too specific expectations for this trope, and since it’s not one of my favorite to begin with, if it’s not done exactly right i can’t really enjoy it. or maybe i simply have boring tastes ;;;;;;;;;

but all that being said, would i completely DEVOUR a friends-with-benefits to lovers jimmysea series? Y’ALL CAN BET YOUR SWEET BIPPY I WOULD. do i also think they would fucking NAIL those roles and leave me for dead on the side of the road with their performance? DAMN RIGHT I DO

i often say that maybe they don’t have the kind of chemistry where you can see the sparks fly from across the room, but when it comes to any kind of emotion they absolutely thrive, so i think they would be incredible at portraying all those different ever changing feelings that are common for the trope: the initial fun of fooling around with your best friend and laughing together about it afterwards, the sudden confusion when you find yourself drawn to a deeper kind of intimacy, the slow realization of feeling something more, the fear of ruining the friendship, the hurt that comes whether you step away or not, the pining for a romantic relationship that you think you can have, the unjustified jealousy when you see your friend flirting with someone else, the anger towards yourself for feeling like that, the misunderstanding building from all that, the pure unadulterated love and joy at knowing your feelings are returned and finally being together………

SO ANYWAY IMMA ADD THIS TO THE NEVERENDING LIST OF JIMMYSEA BL SERIES IM GONNA NEED TO HAPPEN AND THAT ARE PROBABLY GONNA SEND ME INTO AN EARLY GRAVE JUST FROM THINKING ABOUT IT

#WE TRULY COULD KEEP THEM BOOKED AND BUSY FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS @ GMMTV LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE!!!!!!!#anyway thank you for sending this anon!!!!#and sorry for you know. the rambling #jimmysea #bl wishlist #m: ask #me sitting myself down to have a serious conversation: you need to talk less

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wenkexingdefenselawyer · 3 days

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if i had a penny for everytime gmmtv sabotaged a whole series by ruining a potential Gun pairing in order to keep up the capitalistic offgun agenda i would have 3 pennies which IS a lot and im afraid it'll keep increasing in the future

#the 3 pennies are for Gramblack toddblack and khathadome #like fuck yall i dont have an ounce of respect for you gmmtv #ruined the entire essence of not me and that clownshow traumatized me for YEARS #and when i got back i watched midnight museum because listen i cant help it Gun is a phenomenal actor #free my boy Gun from the shackles of the offgun pairing #gun attaphan

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ju-ji · 5 months

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The product placement got me 🫡🫡

#listen. between the built in commercials on every episode and the characters eating it on screen like at least 4 or 5 times what was I #supposed to do lmao #you win gmmtv!!! and I’m sure if I knew where to get that damn oishi fucking honey lemon I would have tried it by now too!

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lurkingteapot · 1 year

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Free Thai language learning resources

I’ve been learning Thai for the past 20 months. This list is by no means complete or comprehensive, what works for me doesn’t have to work for you, etc etc. That said: I’ve used most of these and found them useful, I thought you might, too. Have fun!

Youtube channels with free video lessons:

There are tons of wonderful teachers on youtube; this is by no means an exhaustive list. The three channels listed here are comprehensive, long-running, and updated regularly; if you have other favourites, please reblog and append!

Comprehensible Thai is a channel that teaches Thai in Thai, from zero, via the comprehensible input method. They have videos from total beginner through upper intermediate/lower advanced levels available.

Learn Thai with Mod – Mod runs a language school that offers good, structured group classes; she and her co-teachers often upload short videos about specific aspects of Thai. The channel has been around for a long time and they cover a lot of topics, including grammar points.

Thai Lessons by New (Learn Thai one Word one Sentence) – lots of good vocabulary and situational phrases

Other channels I like:

Advanced Thai with Kruu Momm -- one of my favourites, Momm’s a star. Not included in the upper list only because this is definitely more of an intermediate-advanced resource.

Thai with Grace -- I knew of Grace via her polyglot channel and travel vlogs before I realised she also teaches Thai. Fun stuff.

Kat talks Thai -- I believe Kat is more active on instagram (@kattalksthai), but these are still really neat.

Perth Nakhun’s Basic Thai playlist

Honourable mentions because they’re interesting and can be nice supplements (yes, the video titles on these channels tend to be clickbaity, the content is useful, though):

Stu Jay Raj: Stu is a polyglot based in Thailand. His channel is a bit of a mixed bag, but he has a very interesting approach to languages and sometimes does foreign accent reduction / accent analysis sessions on his channel (with consent and participation of those whose speech he dissects).

Thai Talk with Paddy: Paddy is an Australian who learned Thai when he was a volunteer in Thailand, he’s kept it up. Fun things about language learning and culture

Listening comprehension

I’m assuming many folks on here who are interested in Thai already watch some Thai shows (yes I’m stereotyping but also this is tumblr), which means you’re spending time listening to Thai.

If you’re not:

Netflix, Youtube, WeTV, and Viki all have several Thai shows with English subtitles available. The Youtube channel of Thai broadcasting giant GMMTV has English subtitles on nearly all of their uploaded series, some series are also subtitled in languages other than English. one31 is another huge channel; they have English subtitles on some series and some series also have subtitles in Thai. There’s tons more – find a rec list and a Thai show that sounds like you’d enjoy it, chances are you’ll be able to watch it for free, legally, on youtube. You can use the youtube controls (or the ones on netflix) to turn the speed down to 75% —this can make it a lot easier to catch what’s being said. 50% gets so draggy that I personally find it almost harder to understand, but ymmv—give it a shot!

https://lingopolo.org/thai/ has real-life recordings for listening practice; sign-up is required but it’s literally just an e-mail-address, user name and password. Using the site is free.

https://www.activethai.com/ has a section dedicated to learning the tones (under “Overview of Thai Tones”) including a self-test for listening that I found very useful.

Learning to read

I will always, always, ALWAYS recommend learning to read the Thai script. All available romanisations for Thai have drawbacks, and besides, you learned to read English with its “though through thorough tough thought”, you can damn well learn to read Thai. I promise it will help you improve your pronunciation (yes, really) and overall understanding of how the language works.

Learn-to-Read-Thai resources that seem comprehensive and like they should do everything in one:

Anki decks “Read Thai PHASE 1 - The Consonants“, “Read Thai PHASE 2 - Thai Vowels“, “Read Thai PHASE 3 - Consonant Classes” and “Read Thai PHASE 4 - Tone Rules” by Khruu Gaan (ครูกานต์). Anki is probably the most powerful spaced repetition software I have ever used. It’s free on all desktops and android. These decks have sound.

Memrise course “Read Thai: A Complete Guide to Reading Thai“

Other resources I used (In hindsight, I feel like I should’ve picked one resource to learn to read from and stuck with it; I think I was rushing and made things more complicated than need be for myself with my hodgepodge mix-and-match approach. But hey, I can read now.)

https://www.activethai.com/ – the site I started with. Teaches the consonants separated by class and with sound. The only reason this is no longer my top recommendation is that I ended up using this alongside a resource that helped me memorise what the words used to represent the letters actually mean because the site itself didn’t tell me, and I wanted that easy way to have 44 vocabulary words ready as soon as you’re done learning your consonants, and it gives you access to neat mnemonics such as ไก่จิกเด็กตาย(เฎ็กฏาย)บนปากโอ่ง.

The chart on Wikipedia’s English article on the Thai Script

the reference section of Thai-Language.com

In order to better learn to read Thai written in different fonts (modern and handwriting fonts can be tough at first), the Thai Script typographical styles overview on Thai-language.com was a huge help, as was throwing simple phrases things into gdocs and messing around to see how different fonts made them look. This chart from sanukmaak.com also helped.

Speaking and pronunciation

The hardest one for any new language for most folks. For me personally, finding someone who speaks the language and is willing to correct me was an absolute necessity, but I know that’s not always an option. If you’re going it on your own, make sure you check out the resources above for learning to hear the tones and those sounds and sound clusters not present in your own language correctly first.

Things to try on your own:

shadowing: Whenever someone on a show utters a sentence you think might be useful, or provide a useful pattern, or something just sounds cool, rewind and try to speak along as they say it, trying to make it sound as close to their pronunciation as you can.

try to record yourself and listen back -- yes, it’s cringe af but it will HELP.

memorising short sentences and phrases: tying back to the section above, there's a ton of youtube videos that is "phrases to use in [situation]" that are great for targeted learning if you're up for it

self talk (cautiously! don't want to cement bad pronunciation habits)

if you’re linguistically inclined: looking up descriptions on how to make a sound correctly sometimes helps, as does watching videos of folks who’ve successfully learned the language.

once you’ve learned to read: find sentences to read somewhere (twitter, a textbook, whatever) and read them into your phone’s dictation engine. See if the software understands you correctly. Adjust as needed until it does.

Websites and apps to find language partners or (paid) tutors

Like any other app where you ‘meet people’, please exercise caution on these.

italki (mainly for finding tutors and teachers, but you can find language partners on the forums)

Preply (web/app) (for finding tutors/teachers)

hellotalk (app only, iOS/android) for finding language partners -- free to use basic features like messaging, voice rooms, etc; has annoying ads

tandem (app only, iOS/android) for finding language partners -- free to use basic features, has ads

any other app or website that’ll let you meet people, like local facebook groups (yes really), instagram, etc

(note: Neither hellotalk nor tandem allow users to sign up without selecting a binary gender. it sucks. I’ve seen people who managed to circumvent this on Hellotalk by signing up via apple ID (? I think), but it’s hearsay and I have not managed to do so myself.)

Books (a book) that are (is) worth spending money on imo

Higbie & Thinsan: Thai Reference Grammar. The Structure of Spoken Thai. Orchid Press: Bangkok, 2002. Yes, it’s ancient in textbook terms. It’s not perfect, but it’s still the best reference grammar for Thai I’ve come across so far, and I use it frequently.

Random bits and bobs

Stu Jay Raj has two videos in particular that I, as a phonetics-and-phonology-loving person, loved and found extremely useful and wished I’d watched before I started to try and learn the script: Thai Vowels for Dummies in 5 Min v2 - A System Impossible to Forget and Thai Bites Extended Edition - Transliterating Thai using IPA. I realise these may be overwhelming and less helpful for people with no prior phonetics or phonology training, but they helped me so much it’d feel amiss not to include them.

Resources I recommend AGAINST using when starting out

drops/hello words -- seems like their Thai courses have been created using machine translation that wasn’t sufficiently proofread. They will assign you nouns in places of the corresponding verb or false cognates, and that’s within the first 10 or so lessons. Might be useful once the level where a learner can tell “ah, yeah, that’s … not right” has been reached? idk.

transcription as generated by google translate: BURN IT WITH FIRE. it’s a transliteration, i.e. 1-to-1 representation of 1 Thai letter = 1 Latin letter (extended), it’s not phonemic, it’s not going to help ANYONE (and those who can make sense of it presumably already read Thai and would be better off with just Thai script). Just. Stop.

Google translate as a dictionary: still shitty but not AS bad as the transcription function. Still, for the love of all that you hold dear, please, save yourself the pain and confusion and just use thai2english or thai-language.com instead.

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And that’s that from me, friends. Yeeting this into the void before I second-guess myself more. Please append additional resources!

Edited to fix a couple of typos and errors on 2023-06-15

#thai language #learning thai #ภาษาไทย #เรียนภาษาไทย #Thai from English #language learning #language resource #language learning resource #idk what the hell else to tag this #free education #don't get me started on 'creative' 'free-form' 'by-ear' romanisations; we'll be here all day #my nonsense

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absolutebl · 9 months

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This Week In BL - I’m pleased with what’s airing, but conflicted about what’s ended & getting started

Aug 2023 Wk 1

Being a highly subjective assessment of one tiny corner of the interwebs. Organized by which ones (in each category) I’m enjoying most.

Ongoing Series - Thai

Laws of Attraction (Sat iQIYI) 4 of 8 - Omg the way the bodyguard (handler?) looks at the rich kid. Gah. I see why @heretherebedork loves these 2. But I really hate him (not the handler, the kid). Fun fight scene. I love lawyer babygirl SO MUCH. HE WILL BE MY 2023 FAV CHARACTER. I’M CALLING IT. This ep, Srs? You’re killing me. Suits! Pussycat bows! And then... The Public Claiming!!!!! One of my favorite tropes! And openly flirting? Boys. I’m getting spoiled. Wait… is that…? NO SINGING. Ah well, Thai BL giveth and Thai BL taketh away.

Hidden Agenda that isn’t hidden (Sun GMMTV YouTube) ep 4 of 10 - I like the script for this. It feels like the conversations they have are very honest to a uni experience. It’s comfortable and breezy. I did not expect the kiss. Bit early in the arc. There is either going to be a lot of backend drama, or a long domestic honeymoon period. (Bet you can guess which one I vote for.)

Low Frequency (Sat iQIYI) ep 5 of 8 - It’s moving along in a Ghost Host kinda way (minus the killer chemistry). I’m not mad about it, I don’t think I'll remember it tho.

Be Mine Super Star (Mon Viki) ep 5 of 12 - My ambivalent relationship with this drama continues. Cohabitation trope. Punn is basically a huge puppy trying to spoil/cuddle/fuck his pretty kitty prince. It is what it is. Meanwhile, I just want more of Big Daddy & the Hot Doc. (Also the name of my burlesque show.) Why does Kevin have more chemistry with Ashi in a 1 min long scene than Punn has had… ever? Is this nascent bad boy effect or nascent 2nd lead syndrome I’m feeling? (Meanwhile Ben! Hi! Long time no see!)

Be My Favorite (Fri YouTube) ep 11 of 12 - Whatever. Trash(ish) watch here.

Dinosaur Love (Sun iQIYI) ep 6 of 8 eps - Aw pretty baby is unhappy his bf got injured. But also very blushing maiden. This is profoundly NOT GOOD.

Wedding Plan (Weds YT & iQIYI) ep 3 of 7 - I have decided that Lom’s theme song is BigBang’s Monster. Listen. You’ll see what I mean. Also BigBang = also very problematic but banging. What I’m saying is, I wanna punch Lom so bad, I went slightly bonkers. Water sports are addressed. A trash watch is happening!

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

Jun & Jun (Korea Thurs Viki) 3 of 8 - How DARE they make me love this show so much? I feel personally attacked. The smell thing! Gah. The way they automatically go informal in private. The flirting. The language. The suits, the EVERYTHING. It’s embarrassing how much I rewatch the final bits of each ep.

Stay By My Side (Taiwan Fri Gaga) 6 of 10 eps - I adore this ridiculous show. (I just realized that the actor playing Jiang Chi played Ray’s evil 2-timing bf in About Youth). Baby boy is quite clueless. Sweet dreams tho. I love them both so much. The washing his jersey scene was so fucking cute. Couple’s numbers, couple’s keychains, bridal towel, kisses. Thank you Taiwan for NOT activating blushing maiden. However, confident gay/confused bisexual is a go. And we got us some justifiable angst. Sigh. I’m so happy.

Sing My Crush AKA Follow The Wind (Korea Weds iQIYI) 1-2 of 8 eps - supposed to have released in the first half of 2022 this is a adaption of Myung’s webtoon, from the director of My Sweet Dear, and Love Tractor’s production house, basically Korea does About Youth. It’s sweet (the singing bits are easy to skip) and very much a story of young first love but less stiff than KBL’s usual high school fare (kinda Taiwan feeling). I like it but that very imprecision in production makes me concerned for an HEA, especially with such a low MDL rating.

Tokyo in April is... AKA Shigatsu no Tokyo wa (Japan Fri Gaga) ep 8fin - Rough final episode, but it does end happily. Fortunately, I had some warning for my personal triggers, but this is Japan and they did go dark. Full review below.

Minato's Laundromat Season 2 AKA Minato Shouji Coin Laundry Season 2 (Japan Thu Gaga) 5 of 12 eps - Shin is so cute and proud and boldly out. I love him. Movement in the relationship with both couples, even if it’s movement into arguments and misunderstanding. I suppose we got 12 eps they need to do... something.

Stay Still (Hong Kong Tues YouTube) 1 of 5 eps - It’s confusing. And… not good? Some flashbacks some present day?

It’s airing but ...

Stay With Me ... NO I WILL NOT! And you can’t make me.

Review: Tokyo in April is... AKA Shigatsu no Tokyo wa

I had to chew on this for a while but here’s where I ended up.

Two young men with a shared tragic past reunite and fall in love all over again, but the past will not stop hunting them. Based on a manga, this office set reunion romance is GREAT… damn it. It’s Japan in full on soft focus which means it gets emo, abusive, and chewy. These two characters are giving parts of their souls away in a desperate attempt to shape themselves to the expectations they have of each other.

Japan gave us the Bed Friends that Thailand could never even imagine. But here’s the thing: I don’t enjoy my BL this heavy and cutting. I know that for The 8th Sense crowd this is peak BL and I can’t argue with the fact that the romantic devotion, domesticity, script, and acting IS all on point. It’s just not my personal preference for that point to be so damn sharp. I appreciate that this being 2023 I have the luxury of consistent quality (especially from Japan) and thus the ability to say…

I acknowledge that this SHOULD get a 9/10 but I can’t emotionally go higher than 8/10

RECOMMENDED BUT KNOW WHAT KIND OF BL THIS IS AND TRIGGER WARNINGS LIKE CRAZY

Japan = sticking to its lanes like their BL is on rails.

Next Week Looks Like This:

Starting:

8/11 Love Class Season 2 (Korea Fri Viki) 10 eps

8/12 My Personal Weatherman AKA Taikan Yoho (Japan Sat Gaga) 8 eps

Still Coming August 2023

8/19 Love in Translation (Thai Sat One31) ? eps - Two strangers start working in a cafe together.

8/19 I Feel You Linger in the Air (Thai Sat Gaga) 12 eps - The time travel historical romance many of us have been waiting for.

8/20 My Universe series (Thai Sun iQIYI) 24 episodes - This is sampler pack BL, 12 pairs, each pair gets 2 eps, not sure on the order they’ll drop. Known couples include EarthBank from Destiny Seeker and KaownahTurbo from Love Stage!!!, mostly fresh faces otherwise. Jane to direct several.

8/22 Kisseki: Dear to Me formerly known as Miracle (Taiwan Tues ????) 13 eps - From screenwriter Lin Pei Yu (We Best Love, H3: Trapped) features a student doctor forced to take care of a gangster. I love the premise and like the writer, Viki or Gaga will get this one.

8/24 Man Suang (Thailand movie, domestic cinema release) - historical drama about Thai burlesque with KP’s MileApo. Tong is in this one too?

8/? Why R U? (Korean remake) is supposed to be out this month, filming started in sept 22. I find everything about this hilarious. I mean if Korea remakes it, we lose all the sexy and then... would we have a story at all? No we would not. Not even for six short eps. It’d be like one of those mesh shopping bags.

Oh yeah, Only Friends is coming.

2023 forthcoming BL master post (see comments, some are inaccurate, NOT KEPT UPDATED)

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENTS

Hidden Agenda. I love them.

Public claiming with the waist grab maneuver! A true hero.

But I think we can all agree that THIS is the hero all love triangles deserve. (both Laws)

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