Nani & Sky, BL is your career in a chokehold!
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This is my first installment and I am kicking it off with a series I have been watching, called High School Frenemy. English speakers will need captions on for this Thai #bromancegoals series.I am curious whether any of you watch Asian content and if so have you been tuning in to this one?
Right now I am watching a trending series with an amazing bromance element! 😎🔥 If you love male friendship on screen, you’ll definitely enjoy this one! I won't talk about the storyline in this post, instead see this as an open letter to the actors on which I would love to hear your thoughts.
By the way, I find a spiritual message emerging, that is that often in your highest moments you might find that you are bombarded by other people's sudden interest and ideas about your ceiling; you know how far you can reach and what would be best for you. Watch out! Sometimes that pressure can be so insurmountable, that without some grit, you could fall prey to people's best for you and not your best for you. Have you ever had to deal with the weight of other people’s expectations? Are you having to navigate that now? Share with me in the comments below.
With that said, Cozy Up. Let’s Dive In.
I am not writing having done extensive research or because I have insider info into the background or trajectory of these two actors or their contracts. I’m just a regular member of their audience, appreciating their performance in High School Frenemy.
I understand that High School Frenemy is based on an older series School 2013 which I have never seen, so like some others I am coming to this series as something like a clean slate.
I love what GMMTV is doing with Nani Sky, Sky Nani (either way works for me), pushing the envelope of bromance thereby awakening the intrigue of many in the BL fandom. Way to capture a wider audience, bring more exposure to the actors and throw a spotlight on the brand! I have noticed the usual narrative of BL fans shipping the actors but the recent ‘play’ creating buzz around current BL actors shipping them as well is such a good timely move, ultimately driving up revenue.
The success of the strategic moves the public has observed has also been dependent on the skill, even physical appearance and energy both actors embody onscreen, the mix of their energies creating a palpable effervescent intoxicating chemistry and the general intentional ambiguity in the relationship and plot. With the cries for the Bromance stars (smile) to become a BL couple, I found myself thinking about what might be a suitable BL project for them. Maybe one showcasing the dark psychological musings mastered by many Japanese BLs, coupled with the passion and intensity that some Thai and Korean BLs can respectively bring. A light hearted air in their storyline would not cut it; nor would some weird awkward looking disappointing kisses or uncomfortable intimacy, it would need extreme intensity to match the depth of emotions currently ablaze for them in the community.
Of course, I haven’t seen all the BLs produced by GMMTV and based on the storylines I have seen and how many start strong and promising then fizzle out even with great and beloved actors, it feels as though there isn’t an existing BL container ready to handle the momentum created by the Nani and Sky, or #saintshin pairing and boy would trying to fit them in a small, unprepared, underdeveloped place be one of the biggest let downs and buzz kills.
Next Project then??
Stay with the heavy Bromance and continue to invite Bromance lovers to appreciate a wider range of expressed emotions and connection; which might even create some interest in the BL category, all the while allowing the blurred lines to continue its appeal to the BL fans; continuing to capture a wider audience appeal. Maybe be cautious enough to not push too far, to lose the bromance lovers yet be deliberate enough to engage the BL fans.
So continue to just straddle the fence.
Ok, let’s leave school stories behind for these two and maybe give a storyline that BL goes crazy over, the bad guy and good guy pairing, like the good ole’ mafia and policeman troupe but with the backstory of a deep brotherly love that causes a conundrum in their worlds. Let them find themselves having to blur the lines of their respective positions to protect each other but being willing to do so at all costs from the vibe uncontrolled love served up, and not some reason connected to guilt or fear.
Explore the drama and trauma that happens in their individual worlds as a result of their bond, all the while keeping their connection in focus for the audience (policeman having to break Mr. Mafia out of jail and Mafia searching for tMr. Policeman who has been abducted by a rival because they realize he is the mafia guys weakest link. You know many happenings can come alive within this troupe).
By the way, no matter what we need a happy ending for them even if it is complicated and not the two potential endings or sad endings the Chinese so love.
Also, please keep the women at a minimum unless they are being used strategically to play up the Bros connection, we won’t need them as distractions or detractors
Cinematography needs to be amazing. A 2 hour movie and/or 8 episodes should be good enough and while it should be deeply psychological and intense we need it to be action packed enough so we don’t get stranded in the muddiness of the characters deliberations.
BL would be a chokehold for Nani and Sky, not because there is anything wrong with the genre, but with as far reaching as their current onscreen performance in High School Frenemy has been, to be contained by BL or even to scale back on the bromance would be to water down their impact and disrupt the upward and expanded career trajectory that is now probable.
What are your thoughts?
If they were to become a BL couple what storyline could you imagine for them?
As a Bromance Lover would you watch them in a BL series?
Liz x
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