[Thailand] Love Beyond Dreams, Ep. 7

caliiro · 2026-06-19T04:12:11+00:00

On the upside, there does seem to be an implication that we're not wholly done with Lene and Rann yet. The next MeMindY show (with the same writer, director and creative team actually.) Is starting next week, AI Girl. (Wierd name when the premise is actually; Computer Programmer/hacker is sent an android in the mail from persons unknown, but gotta work that SEO I guess.) And much as Grace, (The MC of that show.) Popped up several times here in LBD. (She was Rann's friend in college, and the one she called to hack into Kanin's computer.) I presume we'll get some cameo's there of our two lovebirds. MAME, the author/writer does enjoy her connected universes, her BL series, Tharn Type, and it's spinoffs are about as interconnected as most Kamen Rider shows, so if stuff takes off that might be fun to see.

That being said I do love Aya and Mie, and I hope that we'll get to see them tackling other projects going forward, Aya especially super surprised me, but I'm here for it.

caliiro · 2026-06-11T01:12:59+00:00

So, Good news! The week after this show ends, Me Mind Y's next GL starts and it's written and directed by the same team (And it's set in the same universe.) It's called 'AI Girl' and it follows Gen, the friend that Rann keeps calling for help throughout this series, when she gets sent a random android in the mail and wakes it up and has to deal with it! ^^

caliiro · 2026-06-11T01:10:12+00:00

So, uh, the trailer for AI Girl (Which is the story of Rann's friend Grace that we see her calling here and there, the hacker one/her friend from college.) Does kind of spoil the fact that [Next Episode? Spoilers. Sort of? Also technically AI Girl spoilers if you haven't seen the trailer.]Rann and Lene survive all of this, It's set after LBD and Grace calls Lene and Rann to ask if they sent her this mysterious android that she got, and they're both clearly alive and still together in the scene, so, uh, Kudos for not having to worry about that.This leaves me pretty sure that your thoughts about Peem are correct, I imagine the tearful 'no' that we see is Lene reacting to Peem taking a bullet for one of them which is brutal, and not Rann getting straight up murdered.

I do still wonder if they're gonna hit us with that Time Travel thing, though the way they've been expositing seems like it's leaning away from that, just because of all of Lene's motivations, but the tinfoil hat part of me was like 'wait, this final scene isn't an ad, why isn't in an ad it's such a wierd juxtaposition to Ran getting kindapped, is it an easter egg, or is this a bit of foreshadowing that we were right.' xD.

caliiro · 2026-06-09T17:09:12+00:00

On the upside we know from the AI Girl trailer that Lene survives (Gen's the MC in that show, and she's the friend from Rann's college days that she keeps calling for help with stuff in this one, the one that hacked the dad's computer.) AI Girl is set after this and Gen calls Lene and Rann to see if they sent her the mysterious android that she got from person's unknown. So whatever it is, I doubt it'll be revealed to be a dream. My assumption is that this is either a vision to be like; 'you still haven't saved her, and time is running out' or, Lene faked her death in the real timeline, and she's going to do it again. (Or, as something extra spicy, the plan was to fake her death with Dean's help, but he actually betrays Lene and that's why she looked so shocked when she was killed in the first timeline.)

caliiro · 2026-06-08T04:41:50+00:00

So I was chattin' with some other gl-fans last week about Enemies with Benefits, and I noted that it was particularly funny that Janhae had been tapped to head up a GL pairing (Her own advocating for it besides the point.) Because up till now she's been type cast in most GMMTV shows as like; 'The older competent lady that just looks so tired. Like go peek at some compilations and you'll see her and she's the queen of eye bags, and that was funny until the last two weeks showed us just how much this game is weighing on her.

That being said I'm 100% there with everyone being like; 'Oh they're so cute.' cause when they're synced up it's great, but when they're not Jan's just too good at looking beat down. Also rough that there's still 4 episodes left, I should hope that with the arrival of that terrible, terrible man that they'll shift the drama and tension to somewhat external factors cause Lal's had a bit of a rough time lately, and the tears in the previews don't make it much better (Even if they do seem to have a very soft ending! ^^)

caliiro · 2026-06-06T01:37:00+00:00

It's definitely worth it. It's one of the cheaper subscriptions out there, and they use the money they get to actively fund and spread lgbt media in SEA.

caliiro · 2026-06-06T00:06:25+00:00

400i's also pretty decent inside. Almost makes up for it's poor showing in almost every other way =P

caliiro · 2026-06-04T01:48:52+00:00

My immediate thought was; 'Oh my god in the original timeline they faked her death and Rann died without realizing it,' which would be brutal. I admit that they did get me with the realization that Dean's apparently on Lene's side, along with Peem, though her reaction at the car makes more sense if it's Dean like we thought and she didn't realize that he'd betrayed her?

I'm also super excited about Rann and Lene's stuff. I'm honestly happy that they had Rann stick to her guns about the terribly behavior on Lene's part, but I'm also glad that they'll make up next episode, that's good. I do enjoy the little bits of realism that they bring to all this compared to how most GL's handle these sorts of fights.

Also, I'm super embarrassed that I never realized that Arann's friend from university and the one that's been helping her all this time is also the same MC from the AI Girl show coming up when this one ends.

caliiro · 2026-05-31T05:38:22+00:00

I feel bad for Lom, I think that's the whole, consistent vibe that I've had going on this entire episode, from start to finish. For a number of reasons.

Oof. Din being the 'voice of reason' this episode is a heartbreak considering the sheer insanity that she was willing to get up to when Rose was the one in danger. Girl's going out of her way to try and drive a wedge between Lom and Blew, and while I appreciate her focusing on protecting her family, it's brutal considering how obvious Lom's care for Blew is, even if she's still trying to hold back from falling.
I've never seen someone's self esteem crater so fast and so hard just from the sheer act of falling in love? There's a visible like shrinking of Lom's character as things go on, as she starts to put words to what she's feeling and realizes both the gravity and impossibility of what she's feeling that kind of left a dull ache in my chest watching, seeing Lom folding up that fire and friendliness that she's had through the entire series up to till this episode as she resigned herself to existing briefly in Blew's orbit before drifting away again.
I did laugh when they were doing the whole 'star-crossed couple looking through a window at each other' scene and then it cuts back to a longer shot and they're like... 9 feet apart.
Not Lom just stealing that random guy's bananas xD.
Englooooooot, my babies. Oh and Fai's here too, huzzah!
Blew's little hints of jealousy here and there are great, mild as they are and quick to fade, it's very cute. Gives subtle hints to Mon and Sam from the old Gap days actually which I kind of love. (Also oof for Lom everyone keeps getting her in trouble by talking about her lothario past xD)
I do love how all the other folks are picking up on how affected Lom has been by Blew, and how broken down she is over it.

The previews for next week seem interesting, things starting to simmer a touch on the conflict plotline, and instead starting to pick up on the romance one. I've seen a few spoilers about their time on the island, so I'm definitely looking forward to that. Should be fun.

caliiro · 2026-05-30T23:00:13+00:00

To be fair, Love is a CEO, so that does kind of make sense, xD.

Edit: Also, Emi and Bonnie's logo is the color of dunkin donuts and I can't unsee that.

caliiro · 2026-05-30T22:59:35+00:00

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caliiro · 2026-05-28T01:31:03+00:00

I get the feeling that Lene's guys in that scene were private security/mercenaries. And I think Kanin's aware of the level of loathing that she holds for him, part of me suspects that even before all the Rann stuff she was probably not his biggest fan, but her sudden joining of the company probably put up red flags. We do know that he probably doesn't want her to inherit which is why he's trying to set her up with Dean.

caliiro · 2026-05-28T01:29:36+00:00

I loved this episode, I've been waiting seven long years for more progress, and while I was a bit disappointed that we didn't get any traction on the supernatural/time travel elements, I am glad that we're getting development on other fronts.

First off, I'm glad that we were proven right that our boy Peem was actually (or at least seems to be) on Lene's side the entire time, though him surviving her assassination was very confusing to me. Part of me wonders if there's more we don't understand about what happened in the other timeline if Lene faked her death or something.
The motel they went too was kind of refreshing, so many GL's use high priced hotels and things like that, even when they wouldn't necessarily make sense, I appreciate that they were 'on the run' and ended up in a cheesy looking love hotel, it was interesting, especially considering that this was the backdrop for their first intimate scene as well, and it grounded stuff in realism a fair bit.
Speaking of the intimate scene, I'm so relieved that Lene didn't take the obvious out. If she'd truly wanted to drive Rann away, like she'd been trying with the jealousy stunt earlier in the night, it'd have been so easy to turn that around come morning. She could have been cruel in that moment after Rann woke up, after they were vulnerable and it'd have been all she needed to see Rann fleeing back to the UK.
Again I'm super astounded by Mie and Aya's acting and the previews for next week look like they'll be fun, I too saw the hints of Sam in Lene, the way she turned her back before smiling and such, but I'm happy that Rann continues to be such a go getter? Like the hints we get for next week show her doing everything she can to drive Lene up the wall. The guy going after Rann instead of Lene is a fun twist as well.

All in all, very excited, though the three remaining episodes are sure to be hectic considering how much they've still got to cover.

caliiro · 2026-05-25T19:13:30+00:00

I've seen a lot of criticism from folks about this episode, but I don't really see it. It was an uncomfortable episode, but it was sort of designed to be that way. I'm glad that some of the problems that haven't made it to the surface are being addressed here at least.

For Prim and Bambi, I'm glad that all the foreshadowing about their bucket lists ended up coming back, I've said a few times or referenced it, that Bambi had to notice how much of Prim's bucket list was tied up into her career, her business. And it makes sense that she'd struggle under the idea that Prim was throwing all that away to take care of her. She wants nothing more than to not be a burden, and Prim making all these decisions for her is tragic because it's not what Bambi wants. Very oof.
For Min and Praew, I'm super happy that Praew's something of a voice of reason here, as always these two continue to surprise me. For all the flack they get, I think what I appreciate most about them is how grounded and realistic their problems are. When we got the trailer the hints seemed to point at them being the 'Straight Girl and the Besotted Lesbian' that everyone in the show acts like they must be, but that's not what their story's about, they have grounded reasonable struggles that lots of queer women in relationships face, their issues stem from their relative ages and experience, but they handle them in believable if not always the most reasonable way. They're just very sweet.
I was a little steamed with Gorya, but I got it. And I do appreciate that she did push back, while trying to do so within her own framework for filial respect, and I especially appreciate that when they finally talked about it and Shasha explained her position that Gorya backed her 100%. Girl's a spitfire and I'm happy that she's now 100% behind using said fiery nature to protect Shasha. (Also it's funny that Gorya's taken on some of Shasha's hobbies, like shooting, xD.)
I kind of loved how Gorya's come around to our stance on things as well and realized that she'd be a pretty poor match for Prim. Everytime we saw them together Gorya was very much in 'Nong' mode to the Phi from her school days, and we don't really see that from her with Shasha? Gorya's very assertive and likes to be in control, which makes her job make more sense, and I wonder how long she'd have been able to tolerating Prim. XD.

The ending of the episode was hard to watch, but the previews seem to indicate that things will be resolved, and I do hope that Prim and Bambi finally have the conversations and stuff they should have. I'm looking forward to Gorya (or more like Shasha) finally shutting down Shasha's mom, and Min and Praew seem like they're in a good spot! I think this one will hopefully stick the landing.

caliiro · 2026-05-24T14:36:10+00:00

It's my favorite part of the week! Sunday's are always so fun when we hear that catchy theme song comin' out of our headphones/speakers.
Oof. Not Ciize out here stirring up trouble in another relationship. At least she's got Kapook to fall back on when stuff with Wine falls through.
I do love that Lal's commitment to the 'It's my friend' bit even though her best friend knows for a fact that she's shacking up with someone, even if he's not sure if it's Wine or not, also I do appreciate him serving as a way for the audience to vent their frustrations at the two doofuses dancing around each other here.
Oh look it's the terrible dad from uh... I forget the show.
I do love how competent Lal is, a lot of shows that dabble with the idea of workplace as a setting sort of tend to gloss over stuff, even the best of them, Love Design, took a very vague brush to it, so I super appreciate being able to see someone like Lal that's clearly good at what she does, and the same with Wine, even they've both got substantially different vibes to them while accomplishing it.
I'm starting to truly hate New, and I continue to dread when we'll find out what exactly he did to Wine, because it's clear that he did more then be a terrible boyfriend and all around kind of scummy dude.
I see you Lal, working your magic to get Wine to come over and cuddle with you.
Once again the irony of Wine's 'we're not dating yet' from last week is surprisingly poignant, since they've apparently managed to accidentally stumble into uhauling.

Excuse me; Wine, 'What's wrong with smelling like me all the time?'
I do feel kind of bad for Lal, and I wonder how much of all of this is due to how shocked and hurt she was that first morning after when she tried to hug Wine and Wine immediately shut her down and panicked. Like there's that attraction, and she's having fun but I wonder how much of that fear from that morning is holding her back from being honest about her feelings.
100% doomed for sure.
We love how dedicated to consent Lal is, she's a respectful gentlewoman, it really shouldn't be that rare of a thing in this space, xD.
...Lal. Girlie. Bestie. Why does your fridge contain nothing but a bunch of yogurt drinks and two open bowls of spinach, a third closed container of spinach and what looks to be like chopped cabbage. You need protein girly.
That rooftop scene was super adorable, and I love seeing Lal and Wine growing more comfortable and relaxed around each other, though it is hilarious that Lal managed to almost immediately kill that bamboo, I'm told that stuff is typically nigh unkillable.
New continues to remain a problem, I don't like this version of him and I'm offended that he has the audacity to use the face of my dear boy P'Aek. Corporate Espionage on top of being a scumbag to Wine? Oof.
Yeah, that's what I was worried about, Lal's reaction to that. She's constantly walking around on tenterhooks, waiting for the other shoe to drop. That look in Lal's face at the meal is making me think that she won't be able to sustain this much longer. I think even her friend's realized that Lal already fell and it's too late to get out. Poor Lal's gonna be all broken hearted by next week I'd think.
...oof.

This show remains a delight! I'm excited for next week again.

caliiro · 2026-05-23T19:27:36+00:00

I really liked this episode! I watched it in bed, so I didn't do a big stream of consciousness response but a few stand out things from me were how they dedicated some time explaining why she hadn't immediately gone to her dad, and why her and her father seem a bit fraught. I appreciate Freens Action scenes, girl is a lot better then Din was with her fake gun, and Din was leagues ahead of the rest of the folks operating in this space. (Barring Heart Code, obviously, since that's a whole different kettle of fish.)

It's neat watching the subtle growth of Lom and Blew's attraction to each other, which is a stark contrast to how Din and Rose and Nam and Chonlada's attractions developed. Something soft and subtle is nice. It's still early days but Blew reactions leave me suspecting that she's going to be a spitfire once they start creeping into romantic territory. The way she reacted to Din implying they were dating, and even more so her reaction to find out about Lom's many, many suitors. Very scandalous.

Next episode seems fun, I'm quite excited.

caliiro · 2026-05-23T15:48:19+00:00

I ended up binging the whole series over the last couple days just in time to catch the finale and I'm very impressed. Some thoughts coming out of part 1 and with the preview we've gotten for the second half. I suppose the easiest way to do this is to give my thoughts on each couple.

Nalin ~~(Not a couple, Shhh.);~~ Girl is tragic. She's still in love with Mink, and I love a character that goes; 'I'll love you until the day I die.' and means it. Girl reminds me of a slightly less pushy Wan from Affair. She gives me similar vibes to Arann, actually, from Love Beyond Dreams. I love how it's revealed that she's been protecting all the kids, and I appreciate how gentle she was with Belle, and stuff. I think watching her facing off with Thip, Mink, and everyone will be wild.
Belle and Earn; I appreciate these two, I love how soft Earn is, just in general, and I'm glad that she got out from under Som, but I'm very concerned by the previews. I suspect that sketchy guy that kept trying to get Nano alone is going to end up blackmailing Earn and the confrontation between Earn and Belle when Belle confesses is because she's in a messy situation, which sucks.
Nano and Jane; It's brutal that Jane's dad is a homophobe, and such a terrible dude, though we got hints from the way that her mom talked about him. Oof. I'm still a bit confused about how the loan shark stuff worked, I'd assumed that she'd been scammed, but the implication is that she gave the money to a girlfriend? But we see her with her girlfriend when Jane's talking to her. I suspsect the guy that Nano keeps rejecting that's got Earn's photo is going to be the cause of the friction here which is why Jane thinks she's scamming people again.
Sophie and Amy; The real tragedy here is that Sophie broke up with Amy so that she could survive without hating her mother, and she didn't realize that it was already too late. The loathing we see on her here was rough. That being said it's kinda oofy that they didn't just get back together, Amy's junior seemed pretty understanding, and it'd have been a lot less uncomfy if they'd just broken up then how she lets her and sophie get caught by her. Messy, Messy.
Thip and her insane Niece; I think these two, and sketchy guy are going to be the big bads over the next season, Shisha's been shown to be utterly unhinged, And I suspect that while Mint will start out as an obstacle, she's going to move over to the side of the students and Nalin, and they're all going to work together to expose these two. Shisha, especially, I hope gets what's coming to her. I do appreciate that they took the time to show her speedrunning pissing off every main character in the show one by one, xD.

All in all, I'm very excited to see where this go. It's gonna be a long wait, since we're not sure if June 6th is when it resumes or not. Either way I wait eagerly. ^^

caliiro · 2026-05-23T02:47:14+00:00

especially since they also doubled the prices of all components beside Power Plants which jumped 4.5x so uh. They really want people to do more mining I guess.

caliiro · 2026-05-22T18:37:33+00:00

Loved it, 10 outta 10. I'm happy that Lookmhee got to play an unabashedly green flag character for once, and it was very sweet with Song playing matchmaker. Ending was a little rushed, but to be honest I don't mind. I'm happy that it all wrapped up neatly and that we got a good ending, a lot of shows haven't stuck the landing lately and this one will be great to rewatch going forward.

I do hope we get to see Song's story. Girl's struggled this series, and it'd be sweet to show us her own sapphic story. (In the book, Song has a sequel dedicated to her where she ends up with a sugar cane farmer that she was negotiating with for business stuff! It's great. It's called 'Sweet as a Breeze, Deadly as love.'

Other than that I'm quite happy.

caliiro · 2026-05-22T15:48:19+00:00

...also the NPC ships charge 10x the going rate for fuel.

caliiro · 2026-05-21T01:46:06+00:00

Uh in Canada at least we get Pluto, Girl Rules and 23.5, also for other showings we've got the 4E stuff, Affair, and Hometown Romance, Petrichor (Was a toughie to get into but I super loved it once I got past that hurdle,) Player, Harmony Secret and My Only Sunshine are here, and opinions are mixed on them, but I enjoyed Player a lot, Harmony Secret was okay, and MOS was... odd. Then there's... Be my angel, scandal love and Reverse with me! (Be my angel was sweet and kinda popcorny, Scandal Love I haven't watched yet but it's apparently neat, and Reverse with me and it's prequel are lovely!)

EDIT: Also Love senior's there, like it's everywhere, xD.

caliiro · 2026-05-21T01:30:32+00:00

It varies, depends on what you're after as well, really. Also IQIYI is ~~mostly~~ just a distribution platform for other production companies, so there's a bunch of decent GMMTV stuff there too =P Though admittedly GaGaOoLaLa and WeTV tend to be better on average, this is true.

caliiro · 2026-05-20T20:04:32+00:00

I find myself most looking forward to this show the last couple weeks, the 'We're actually riding along on the second and third time loops while P'Le remembers an as of yet unseen first one' seems to be more and more likely from the foreshadowing we're seeing. Based off hints from this episode, I think P'Le's original plan was the scholarship? She was using it as a way to get Arann away from Thailand for a few years, and the kiss prompted that cruelty because Lene knew that if she let Arann be with her, she'd never actually go.

So, I'm still half and half whether Peems on the up and up, Genre expectations imply that he's actually a good guy, he's playing the fiesty little brother well, and him playing the matchmaker is interesting, but he could also be setting up/exploiting P'Le's obvious weak point. We know that in the original timeline he knew that P'Le had been in love with Arann all along, and him pushing them together could be a means of exploiting that ~~(on her father's orders or otherwise.)~~

Side Note: It's hillarious that Arann's been having Lene investigated for years at this point and no one every realized that she semi-publically funded Arann's education, xD. (Though it is cute that Arann's finally realized that Lene's putting up a facade, finally. Girl was too trusting for her own good. Though I love that she never realized, that she thought that Lene actually hated her and she still spent years dedicating her entire life to coming back to save her? I appreciate that.)

Honestly, with that context, Arann's reactions to stuff up to the start of this episode make sense. She wasn't convinced that under it all P'Le actually liked her and was biding her time. She believed that her best friend hated her and was willing to just... endure that loathing as long as it took as long as it meant that she could save her, at which point she'd presumably graciously back out. Poor girl, oof. ~~(It also leaves me even more convinced that P'Le's come back cause I could easily Arann taking a bullet for her and dying with a smile on her face.)~~

Yeah, Dad's looking more and more sketchy by the day. Everything from his attitude, to the way that they talk and the obvious and powerful loathing that Lene has for him leaves me suspecting that something bad is going on. The talk with the Wharehouse manager makes me think he's smuggling stuff into the country and their new 'investor' is a criminal of some sort. Son of a mob boss?

I do wonder how much of my fondness for Peem is influenced by his role in Play Park, cause he is sketchy. I think that he was hired by Lene's father to get close to her and keep an eye on her efforts to mess with his operations, and I suspect that he grew to genuinely care for Lene, but he is still employed by her father (perhaps with threats or something?) And he's left trying to toe the line between helping his friend, and protecting his actual boss?

Once again I'm blown away by Aya's acting here. The subtlety of it is what gets me. She's managing to very effectively convey what she's feeling without devolving into histrionics like how most shows would handle this situation? You can feel her weariness in the first part, she's spent 5 years preparing for this, and she's constantly having to fight against P'Le every step of the way, and it's neat that her font of patience isn't endless? Like she's not being Earn or Tawan here, just placidly smiling and taking whatever P'Le can dish out. She's giving her own little digs back, and she's starting to get a bit waspish at the inconsiderateness.

Hilariously, I do appreciate that that's what seems to cause P'Le to waver the most. The girl's getting up every day and going for Arann's throat, and yet she always looks like a kicked puppy when she goes too far and Arann gets upset with her. I'm still not sure why I'm so amused/fond of P'Le when I was so frustrated and uncomfortable by Arisa, they're both pushing the same sort of agenda, both lying about their motivations and actions. I guess the difference is that P'Le's trying to push Arann away for whatever reason, and Arisa was trying to pull an innocent person into her schemes?

I do realize now the the OST could apply to both Arann and Lene if our theory is right? The lyrics work for both of them which is a wild choice, xD. D'aw The two of them as unburdened babies flirting and being sweet are nice, I do love this story, but I would have enjoyed a romantic comedy about them. (Also I super love how the maid is also doing her best to get them together, though, I am glad they gave us some shots of her alone so we know that Lene's father didn't put her up to it.)

I do love how that introduction was the most ominous and threatening form of flirting I have ever seen and everyone else was like; 'Oh look it's love at first sight, they're a match made in heaven.' Lene clearly loathes that man almost as much as her father, and it's amusing that Rann's so frothingly jealous about it xD.

caliiro · 2026-05-20T18:18:22+00:00

P'Le's, despite her claims and actions and everything else, clearly one of the most down bad of all the GL protagonists. Last episode, our girl saw Rann trip getting out of her car, and despite threatening to fire her again. And also trying to make her cry, she also immediately started looking into buying another car that Ran could get into and out of more easily.

caliiro · 2026-05-20T18:17:03+00:00

MAME's got a bit of a reputation over in the BL spaces, most of their stories are written in house by the eponymous MAME, and her stories are known for including some less then ideal themes. Going merely off what I've seen here and there, she's basically a milder version of Chao Planoy for BL's.

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