It was probably the first time in Thai entertainment history that two boys with homosexual inclinations were featured in the lead. Narratives revolving around two boys in a romantic relationship were pretty much secondary subplots before the 2014 series Love Sick, which was a significant turning point for the subgenre. The presence of Boys Love series, a unique drama genre that depicts homoerotic relationships between male characters, has increased significantly in recent years. 2gether: The Series became the global phenomenon no one expected. ![]() The series was so popular that its lead actors, fresh-faced Vachirawit “Bright” Cheva-aree and Metawin “Win” Opas-iamkajorn, garnered more than a million Instagram followers from all over the world in just a few weeks. ![]() Throughout the 13 weeks of its airing, the #2gethertheSeries hashtag topped global trends on Twitter-the most favored social media of Boys Love fans-and triggered millions of virtual conversations about the series in various languages, from Thai to Chinese to English. ![]() ![]() But for millions of Boys Love (“Y” in Thai) fans around Asia, it was one night to fix their eyes on the screen to watch the latest episode of 2gether: The Series, unarguably Thailand’s most popular Boys Love drama. For many of us, Friday nights during the lockdown meant binge-watching new programs on Netflix.
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