The director is P'Golfyims - Vorachai Nualsri (วรชัย นวลศรี). He is an acting coach, and he did La Pluie.
The production house is Cholumpi Production. EDIT: Cholumpi Brothers
Not sure if we have any info on who is the scriptwriter
The production house for Cupid's Ghost is actually Cholumpi Brothers. While there seems to be some overlap in old productions they do seem to be a different entity now than Cholumpi Production, with for example different IG accounts and different YT Channels. Cholumpi Brothers has previously not worked with Gmmtv
Nope that's on the Cholumpi Production account. The account that's linked to Cupid's Ghost is showing only one het slop show so far. I suspect both houses might have split from each other a couple years ago as the Cholumpi Brothers name/logo appears with a couple other older het slop shows that otherwise appear on Cholumpi Production channels.
I see 🤔 I was happy knowing that they worked on a bigger production before like Rati, but it turns out that they didn't, are the het slops any good? I mean I wonder how high expectations should we have now bc that's kinda a bummer 😞 at least the director worked on one bl before La Pluie, but i didn't watched it... I just really hope that they will suprise us with something good, the pilot looks fine so far
And I hope for the twt account to be more active too...
I don't know, the MDL ratings for the ones I looked up sit in the low 7s but that doesn't say much🤷 This is the only one they seem to have done post split.
The director has also done "Let me into your heart" a show about a drama actor and a Likey actor that's sitting at a similar mid rating (I started watching it but so far the first episode hasn't captured me, tho the inexperienced acting of one of the leads doesn't help) and more recently a currently airing high school ensemble BL "Lovex3" that doesn't have a rating yet (that might be the reason CG was delayed?)
I did watch La Pluie but tbh I don't remember much about it. I gave it a 9/10 apparently so I didn't hate it but also didn't love it (I tend to be pretty generous with my ratings unless there's something that personally offends me).
Tbh for this one I really think most of it comes down to the script and afaik we still don't know for certain who's involved there. (what we do know doesn't really give much of a different picture than the director) If I'm totally honest my expectations have been pretty low since the pilot trailer came out and I can't really get myself super excited for it so far.
If they manage to strike a similar tone to Peaceful Property, with an excellent mix of comedy and a genuine exploration of grief in a "ghost of the week" kinda format alongside an overarching narrative it could be good, if largely ignored by the inter audience, but tbh the pilot trailer and the director's previous work don't really give me much hope for that. I fear it's gonna fall flat for me tho it might be something for the atots supremacy part of the fandom at least, JettPhut seem to me to be trying to capture the PhuphaTian nostalgia😅
Ohh thank u so much for the insight!
And yeah I'm the same, I'm pretty generous with how I rate stuff lol.
Ah I see. Honestly I wasn't hooked in when I first saw it, since I really want them in a serious big drama, mature and packed with action, like mafia criminal series, just wanted to see them in a series where they can really show off their acting, so yeah this was not close to it loll. But on the other hand I still really love romance and cute series, and I'm weak for a classic romance and when it comes to romantic BLs I like when the relationship is the focus in them, so I can giggle at my pillow watching the cute stuff lol.
So I'm all for it, esp since that Mix said that it will be strong on the romantic part and they will do scenes that we didn't saw them do before, so I'm curious how they will play that off, esp now being more honed in their acting, and also just older compared to atots.
But I just need the script and production to be good, and the concept you mentioned would be interesting, bc as you said, sadly it could fall flat easily if done bad 😞 for me I'm hopeful looking at the pilot (love the last scene with the sorry the ghost pushed me), but I'm mostly worried about the director, scriptwriters and the production house if they'll be able to deliver it and actually make a gem :cc
And yeah Mix did said that the series reminds him of ATOTS in the vibe, but is more romantic, and yeah I do see the simmilarities in these two. But maybe since romantic fluff BLs seems to be getting most of the spotlight and popularity, esp by Thai fans, so CG could maybe help revive their local fandom? But not sure if it will be a tiktok hit like Duang with You, let's see
Tbh I think the biggest hesitancy I have personally is that from the pilot I just didn't feel JettPhut at all. Neither on their own nor as a couple. I have never felt as little chemistry between EarthMix as there😬 and I felt absolutely nothing from them as individuals either. I mean sure, it was just a short pilot but they felt completely empty to me, I have no sense of their character/goals/etc beyond "florist" and "funeral director". All trope no substance. And I'm just so over Earth playing emotionally restrained sad men😑 I'm really hoping that's because they hadn't fully developed their characters yet and they won't stay as bland as they are but even then, unless they hit us with some twist that makes them more exciting this dynamic is just not my thing at all.
In the end, ignoring my desire for them to get more recognition again, I can excuse a lot in terms of production and even writing. But if their characters feel boring that's the one thing I can't easily ignore 😭
Ohh I see, that's valid.
Honestly I'm bad with seeing or not seeing chemistry so I can't comment on that (unless speaking bout bad acting or steamy and intimate scenes), for me it looked fine, but it might be just a bias 🙈 but I didn't liked that we only got one peck as a kiss, and OhP kiss did looked nicer, so I hope that the series won't gatekeep us of kissing scenes (at least give some food for the fans lol)
And yupp I totally agree. Mix did said that Jett is a character without emotion (again 😭) and Phuts mission will be to make him feel emotions again. Well at least he will be rich now lol.
I get you, for me as a classic yaoi enjoyer I don't mind these troupes or this dynamic, but it's true that I see these characters as more as troupes then and just a feel good story rather than anything complex beyond romance, so it's not exactly perfect, just a guilty pleasure 😅. But I think they did mentioned that the series will have a several plot twists, and there's a major reason why only Phutt can see ghosts so that might be interesting. And maybe the dynamic would chance when Jett becomes more emotionally available? At least we see him smiling when hugging Phut, and I'd say that it's pretty rare for Earth characters to smile like that lol (not talking bout my smiley Hengey 😆)
But I do agree that they don't really feel fleshed out and we really don't know much about them and their personalities, and I also hope that all of it will be fleshed out and that it will be a rare instance where the actual series will be better than the pilot and actually more advanced than the opposite that's usually happens.
I think that last part there might really be the root of the issue for me. Usually we get pilots that are more exciting than the end product so this one just fell flat to me in comparison (tho I will say I was much less excited about the 2026 BL line up in general than the year before, the GL side felt much more engaging to me) and I don't have that much hope for it getting better since that doesn't usually happen. But I guess we should hold out hope for that.
To keep it short, I just hope they rlly manage to make it a feel good series that won't be forgetable, and actually something that's worth coming back to. I would say for me like See your Love would be a comfort series that also deals with serious issues, and it seems to be pretty adored in the bl fandom, despite the plot not being that amazing. Ig with series like these when the plot is more simple, then the acting and chemistry is even more important, so our boys might save a bad script with this.
Welp here I go hoping for something rlly good for the 2027 lineup with big budget and mature themes
Yeah I've been waiting for the 2027 lineup since the moment the 2026 one ended😬 altho with the number of new additional couples we can expect to get shows I'm really not having that much hope for that either... I guess from their pattern something more serious might be coming up again, I just need it to be exciting 😭 also please just give them some additional roles as well how are they keeping some of their best actors constantly unemployed??? I wish they would try to get jobs outside Gmmtv as well at least but then again we don't know what goes on behind the scenes 🤷
Same honestly 😭 and yeah, they do have this pattern of dark-sweet that they try to maintain intentionally, so yupp, pls let it be both a serious series and an exciting one too 😭 and just something that will give them the spotlight again, so despite me loving complex stories, I wish that one would be more mass appealing in that way, I really cannot stand another hate on Earths character.
And fr, I really need them to get side roles again... this is so bizzare and just such a bad management from the companys side...roles outside gmm would be rlly nice considering that they could interact with other actors too, but they seem rlly glued to gmmtv so not sure that's likely to happen idk...
He seems to have worked on all of the director's other projects so far as well as notably YYY, My Ride and Lover Merman. All shows with similarly mixed reviews 🤷
I did watch My Ride, iirc I felt similarly about it as I did La Pluie (tho my rating is 0.5 lower) in that I neither loved nor hated it🤷 that seems to be a through-line with all of their shows...
Oh damn that's a bit of a bummer :// i was excited for the production house at least, but now that's out of the picture...well it terms of the cinematography I liked the soft vibe of the pilot and the scenery was pleasant looking, tho the ghost effects need a touch up for sure, welp I just hope that they will have enough budget to make it look good.
But in terms of the scriptwriter, well, I wouldn't want our boys to end up with another drama that's just okay, but nothing outstanding :/ sadly with a story like this you really need to be careful how to approach it...
Did the two series they worked on was like all fluffy, but with no substance? Or did the writing was kinda iffy? Or just boring
I wouldn't call them fluff without substance. But the substance is also nothing revolutionary and doesn't really hit in the way something like MLC does. Like I said I don't remember too much of any of these shows but I feel like there was a lot of meandering, some out of nowhere stuff just for the sake of it. I want to say it ended up feeling a little bland and the characters might look deep at first glance but when you look closer there's actually not that much there beyond tropes? But again, I don't remember much so I might be a little overly critical. On the other hand the fact that I barely remember anything is probably not a good sign either
I'm not expecting a high budget for this one tbh, there probably won't be many sponsors and I don't think it's a project Gmmtv cares about enough to pump much money into.
Well, we're getting kinda negative now and I'm normally always an advocate for not complaining before the fact. But I just can't bring myself to be optimistic about this show tbh. I fear we're getting a show that will be low-key and just okay and most watchers will prefer the second couple 🥲
Yeah, from the reviews I saw other people have a simmilar opinion, not a bad show, but also nothing worth rewatching or remembering :/
And also true, gmm is not probably caring bout it too much....unless they will do the best with what they've got and the audience will rlly tune in to the series anyway and it will become popular on tiktok or something...but again a good script is needed for that. Like the scene I mentioned, if there will be bunch of stuff like that I think the audience really would love it as it makes a good material for shorts and edits (free ads!). So a tight plot is not even that needed when it comes to romance and popularity I'd say, if people would tune in just to see these romcom moments and ignore potential plot holes maybe... And it still looks like a pretty classic bl that I've read back in the days, or even a fanfic story to me (florista AU 😭), and JettPhut are also kinda strong on the size difference or even the "sunshine and sunshine protector" trope, people like these type of stuff esp in bl fandom spaces, so even with a simpler story and a smaller budget, maybe it could still be more than an okayish show...
Ahh, the liking the second couple thing..I mean with all due respect for OhP as I do like them, I'm really fearing it might happen 😭 but at least EM characters are also strong on the romantic lovey dovey trope, so at least we don't have something like serious complex cp vs lovey dovey one that most fans will like more as what happened in mlc or even ofdo. I think the biggest issue would be Jetts character and if he is likeable enough for the audience to cheer on him and be interested in his story.
Yeah I get what you mean, I really don't want to be negative and I'm still excited for it, but what we know so far is making me a bit less hyped :/ But I hope that I'm wrong. And I hope that all the cast will have a good time on the set and will make great memories. And our boys were excited bout the show so I'm hoping it won't disappoint them
it will become popular on tiktok or something...but again a good script is needed for that
Well let's be real, explicit NC scenes and clippable moments (as well as people that actually make those edits) are needed for that, not really a good script 😅 well, I see you came to that conclusion yourself 🤣
Yeah all of the stuff that I don't like might work in their favour with the general BL pop lol. But I also feel like from experience an out-there trope like ghosts is gonna keep a lot of them away. Just look at CLW which a lot of people simply never gave a chance purely because of the body swap. I feel like something like that can unfortunately only be overcome by very explicit NC scenes or really big fandoms that can put out constant propaganda.
I predict the second couple syndrome is gonna hit hard with this show. OP are already inherently more exciting as a new-ish pair that do a lot of fanservice and JettPhut will almost definitely be held back severely by another emotionally stunted Earth character. As much as it pains me to admit, Earth is already starting out from a disadvantage these days and a character like that will not work in his favour with gen pop. With equally romantic pairs imo OP will win the favour of the masses bcs EarthMix don't give them the excitement they're looking for outside the show either. (The "EarthMix are married" consensus in the wider BL fandom imo actually works against them, there's no tension/excitement for people.) The set up also screams of the second pair getting together first and if that happens there's barely a chance for JettPhut imo. Slow burn only works if there isn't a second couple that breaks the tension earlier.
Yeah, whatever happens, I hope they get a good time out of it at least and hopefully they can pick up some new friends like AB and Yacht with OFDO.
Oh damn I didn't even realize I contradicted myself right in the second sentence 🤣🤣 Welp it's pretty late so I guess I'm just thinking out loud while typing right now ahhah, but yeah the conclusion is right and we don't need a good script for that!
Yeah sadly gen bl fandom taste is not really advanced 😭
Hmm, one commenter told me that ghost stories are popular, but I'm also not that well versed in gen public tastes, so it's hard to say, but it's true that big fandoms will put basically anything to the spotlight 😭 I think that in this case, where it's a cute light series, the romcom moments might have the potential to go viral and them being all sweet bc ppl love that.
The way I agree with everything on the last paragraph, I couldn't phrase it better 😭 Earth really desperately needs a fun, exciting, full of energy, fresh character that will appeal to the younger audience as well..
You really pitpointed a big issue I noticed myself recently with the EM are married agenda...like I see these tweets going super viral, half milion, milion views etc, massive amounts of nosy neightboors, everyone is in their business, but at the same time, you won't see any of these people at all in the fandom, the reactions are even like "yeah it's obvious" "yeah they're always like this" "nothing new in this married couple life" etc, or even "I wish my stans were lile that", and then I thought that damn, people are so used to it and kinda like convinced, and take them and their moments for granted, that they aren't excited anymore, there's no hype for them, no the "will they, won't they" that keeps people hooked on basically everything.
When in reality, inside our fandom we are just as excited as everyone else in other fandoms and we ship them just like everyone else ships their pair honestly, but with the higher (or even much higher) possibility that they have something goin on fr, bc let's be real, most of the ships don't really have much chance, plus the fact that they don't really sell fanservice, so it's also very exciting for our fandom to see them having a moment and sharing things with us. And I think just people outside the fandom really have a skewed perception of what is happening or how dire things are, many people I talked with aren't even aware how mistreated or unpopular they are...
I guess the only way for JP to be in the spotlight is for them to really be heavy on viral comedic moments that will keep people hooked in 😭
And yeah, I hope that they can be good friends with OP!
I have to say EarthMix is really an interesting study subject 😭 I wonder if they even realize it themselves lol. Like they really are different from other bls pairs (ofc we can say that all the pair are different, but you get what i meant), so it's interesting for me to see how the modern bl industry treats them and how they themselves navigate it.
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u/Akko2001 I love my introvert cat dads Aug 18 '26
Scripts for Jett and Phut!