Mueang Laplae (2024)

- Matriarchies (few men due to sickness in Ooku, no men due to law in Laplae)
- Important plot point related to pregnancy
- Royalty FL (Shogun in Ooku, Queen's daughter in Laplae)
- Reluctant, free-spirit and kind MLs
- Gender role reversal themes

Laplae is lighter, more romance focused and more fantastical than Ooku.

- Matriarchies (One contemporary (RSL), one historical (LtHT)). In LtHT, it's a women-only town but there are plenty men in the outside world while in RSL the vast majority of men died out.)
- Women trying to win the men's affection
- Female competition (in RSL to win a husband and in LtHT to be able to hunt one, lol)
- Misandry
- Proactive women, passive men
- Secondary couple have the aloof woman / smitten man
- Shady rulers and conspiracy
- LGBTQ+ representation
- Both are Thai dramas from the same year (seriously, what are the odds??)

The tone, setting and plot are quite different tho. RSL is a romcom set in a dystopia while LtHT is basically amazons if they were a cult and less fighting-oriented.

- Matriarchy setting (all-women setting in LtHT)
- FL is from a matriarchy, ML is from a patriarchy
- Rushed marriage between the leads
- Princess FL
- Girlboss SFL
- Sismance
- Viscous queen mothers
- Discrimination (Misandry in both + Classism in LtHT)
- Slight gender role reversal vibes
- FL chases ML first

The Romance of Tiger and Rose is a parody with social commentary while Laplae the Hidden Town is a serious melodrama.

- Secret town where most people cannot enter
- Town protected by a supernatural force
- Cults worshipping a god
- Supernatural happenings
- Monsters sent to 'punish' the townsfolks
- Restricted diets for the townsfolk due to religion
- Mystery, thriller vibes
- Military involvement
- Important familiar dynamics
- Historical setting (LtHT is more recent)

LtHT is more melodramatic while TM is more action/thriller.