2gether: The Series & My Fascination for Thai BL

Aside from K-Pop (and sadly the pandemic), 2020 was also a huge year for Thai Boys Love dramas or BL. Whether you prefer innocent and cute pairings or more mature and steamy romance stories, for sure there is a BL show that will match your taste.

BL is, until today, still a niche genre. While the number of people enjoying it has grown dramatically in the previous years, I do believe it still has yet to reach the same level of appreciation the majority of mainstream dramas are receiving. However, I also do admit that 2020 brought about a boom in the popularity of the genre with the biggest push coming from the release of the Thai BL 2gether: The Series.

2gether: The Series is a Thai BL television series adapted from the 2019 Thai novel by JittiRain. It told the story of Tine played by Win Metawin Opas-iamkajorn, a handsome student and cheerleader in college, who started a fake romantic relationship with Sarawat played by Bright Vachirawit Chiva-aree, one of the most popular guys on campus, as the former was being pursued by another guy whom he had no feelings for. The show premiered on GMM 25 and LINE TV on 21 February 2020 and had 13 episodes in total.

I debated on whether I should make a comprehensive review of this drama as I had already finished watching the series. But I opted not to last minute. To cut the story short, this series started off strong and extremely promising. I honestly would attribute it to the powerful visuals of the main couple. Sarawat is your usual cool and aloof guy while Tine is a ball of sunshine who's too pretty even in comparison to the girls in their school. I know the fake dating trope has already been used one too many times in romance dramas but seeing it again this time with two guys as the couple added a bit of charm to it.

It was a romantic comedy type of drama so the first few episodes were light and fluffy. It makes you feel giddy and wanted nothing more than for these two guys to get together as soon as possible. Tine’s sunny personality complements the coldness of Sarawat and it just makes the both of them perfect for each other.

But towards the end, the drama made a complete turn for the worse. The plot turned chaotic and left the viewers very, very frustrated with how the drama was unfolding as it nears its end. That is the extent of what I will be divulging as this is just my personal opinion. You should watch it and then decide for yourselves.

To end this post, I scoured the internet for 2gether: The Series gifs because I wanted to retain only good memories of this drama. Let's enjoy them 2gether. 😉

my favourite scene in this series

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