A study on #GameboysTheSeries and the significance of well-written COMPLEX characters and why it's necessary to have CAPABLE actors to tell their story
i hope one day, when you feel like running away from all of this, when you've already ran away and found nothing but dead ends, i hope you would come back home to what matters. i pray that life surprises you out of nowhere. when that day comes, i hope courage makes you say yes —
if ever life robs you empty and you feel like you've lost appetite for everything, i wish you'll find someone who would make you remember how delicious it is to hunger and have faith in dreams again. i hope you take a big bite out of the world and eat to your heart's content.
the world will disappoint you a lot. you are going to be tired of people not being there for you when you needed them most. but i hope you'll never stop reaching out for help. please call when you are ready to talk. please always give people a chance to listen to your story.
The Beauty of Complex Characters, the Power of Excellent Actors 🎬 and how #GameboysTheSeries taught us that it's about time BLs should normalize having both:
A Character-Study and Acting Appreciation Thread —
Much has already been discussed about how DIFFICULT it was to film Gameboys remotely. But did we ever acknowledge how CLOSE UPS are so important in films and how 90% of Gameboys...was the actors DIRECTLY STARING at the camera?
Golden Globes Best Actor winner Michael Caine says:
Of course, technology has evolved along with MORE advanced WAYS of filmmaking. But one thing remains the same: An actor should be able to look at the camera and tell a story with as much HONESTY as possible.
GAMEBOYS gave us that — during one of the darkest years in history.
Of Ruin and Revolution: How #GameBoysTheSeries entered the chat and r̶e̶d̶e̶f̶i̶n̶e̶d̶ CREATED its own BL Landscape 🎮
AN ANALYSIS THREAD —
We usually remember films, series and stories like this: the good, the terrible, the mediocre, the excellent, and those that stay with us for life.
Gameboys is the kind of BL series that carves a BEFORE and AFTER benchmark in the mind: WE KNOW WE'LL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN.
In 2020 BLs have no doubt peaked in terms of infiltrating mainstream popularity and that's fantastic news not just for BL fans but the LGBTQ+ community first and foremost.
So many people are being introduced to the vibrance and fun of BLs and becoming more open and accepting.
Breathtakingly Brilliant CONFRONTATION scenes in BL dramas: a thread
(Or why we should normalize STELLAR ACTING in the BL genre)
🚩DISCLAIMER: You don't have to read this. I wrote this FOR MYSELF. I'm an irrelevant noob so don't expect any expertise. I write threads because I love archiving my passion for love stories and film and documenting how I feel about them.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ THIS.
Here's a tip if you don't see your favorite series/ship in this thread: START A THREAD OF YOUR OWN. It's 2020, dragging people for having time and skills to appreciate good content is OVERRATED.
Normalize intelligent discussions about BLs and what could improve it as a genre.
A confession: I can actually make a thread compiling SO MANY problematic things on SO MANY popular BLs, and I was so close to doing that earlier this year when TharnType got so much hate.
But I didn't. Why? Because that's what I learned about TharnType: TO NEVER FOCUS ON HATRED.
I learned this from Tharntype too: THAT NO BL SERIES CAN EVER BE PERFECT.
That's reality. Every content, every work of art, is bound to have a FLAW.
TharnType is all about that: how IMPERFECT we all are as humans and how we still PERSIST to love despite all our sad realities.
The Importance of Good Dialogue: TharnType and the art of Foreshadowing, Parallels and Character Development
A REFLECTION THREAD ✍️
🔔 DISCLAIMER: This thread will be:
✓Purely subjective.
✓ Will only be according to English translations and will not be able to capture nuances of Thai language.
✓ Too damn LONG. Because my feelings are all over the place and this is the last thread I'll write for TTTS1.
When we think of DIALOGUE in BL series, what instantly comes to mind are cheesy pick up lines, iconic love confessions and dramatic one liners. Which is FINE.
But what is GOOD DIALOGUE, really? When can we truly say that a dialogue is well written and EFFECTIVE?