10 Things I Learned Watching Thai GLs
- Sometimes overemphasis on sexualization?
- Weird shipping? Fine line between IRL relationship and characters
- Constant IRL events, feels like it's similar to Kpop Culture
- Fandom can be very passionate and supportive but also toxic, perhaps they are young?
- Trends, hashtags, Instagram follows/likes are very important on X and IG
- Interestingly many of them are on X
- Chinese fans are a big chunk of them, also see Indonesians and Phillipinos
- Seems like actresses have a preference or show preference towards female co-stars (perhaps just more comfortable)
- Plots of these shows can be a bit too WattPad? Cultural shock for me as a primarily western media consumer. Some characters can be act 'young' even tho they're not lol
- The Secret of Us + Only You
- There is a femme resurgence in Thailand? Yes Or No was "the" hit drama then but now basically everyyyyyyy drama is femme even if one character is more 'masculine' it's not really butch or anything like that