#Korean flag

[introdcungkculture]

What is the Korean flag, Taegeukgi?

What is the Korean flag, Taegeukgi?

What is the Korean flag, Taegeukgi? The Korean flag is known as Taegeukgi (太極旗). Taegeukgi is the national flag of Korea and is used as the national flag of the Republic of Korea. This flag consists of distinctive shapes and colors. Taegeukgi, the national flag of Korea, is composed of the Taegeuk symbol in the center and the four geongongamri (乾坤坎離) four trigrams on a white background. The…

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[gunsatthaphan]

~ Monthly BL Breakdown: April 2024 ~ 

🌷 Happy May!!! ☀️

Disclaimer: ALL shows can be streamed here or here, as well as on Youtube and other platforms. For more info on where to watch what, check out this post! 

New breakdowns are coming at the end of every month - feel free to add stuff! -> previous breakdowns

What came out this month? (green = seen/currently watching)

🌟 Love is Like a Cat - April 1st (South Korea / Thailand) 

🌟 We Are - April 3rd (Thailand) ✅

🌟 Memory in the Letter - April 6th (Thailand) 

🌟 Living With Him - April 11th (Japan) 

🌟 Gray Shelter - April 11th (South Korea) 

🌟 Beating Again - April 13th (Thailand)

🌟 Blue Boys - April 15th (South Korea)

🌟 At 25:00 in Alasaka - April 18th (Japan)

🌟 GMMTV2024 Part 2 (lineup event) - April 23rd (Thailand) ✅

🌟 Boys Be Brave - April 25th (South Korea) 

🌟 CHANGE2561 2024 lineup event - April 25th (Thailand) ✅

🌟 My Stand-In - April 26th (Thailand) ✅

🌟 City Boy Log Vol. 3 - April 30th (South Korea)

New series & movie announcements

🎥 The Fridge - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 Flavor of Us (starring Benjamin B., Dome W. & others) - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 Children's Day - Date TBA (Taiwan)

🎥 Blue Time - Date TBA (China, possibly censored)

🎥 Bad Guy My Boss - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 Oriental Magician In The Ent. Circle - Date TBA (Taiwan)

🎥 Under the Oak Tree - Date TBA (Vietnam)

🎥 Invitation - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 The Love Matter - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 I Saw You in My Dream - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 I Wish You the Best - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 Impression of Youth - Date TBA (Taiwan)

🎥 Meet You at the Blossom - Date TBA (Taiwan)

Other news from the BL world

❗️ The production company Studio WabiSabi announced that their actors Boun N., Prem W., Santa P., Sammy C., Yacht P. and Stamp P. have terminated their contracts and will no longer be artists under the company on April 15th. Shortly after, GMMTV announced the 6 of them as newly signed artists, along with the disclosure that BounPrem's upcoming BL Vampire Project is now being produced under GMMTV, who now also own all broadcasting rights; WabiSabi will function as a co-producer. New S. stated on Twitter that the decisions had been long in the making, as well as the fact that WabiSabi no longer functions as a management agency for actors and is now a mere production company. He also denied the rumors that the company is shutting down. Shortly after the transfer of the Wabi Sabi actors, actor Fluke Jeeratch (formerly Pongsakorn) joined GMMTV as well.

❗️ The Filipino BL Gameboys is getting a third season. An air date has not been confirmed.

❗️ P Ekkapop and Pan Jirachot, the lead actors from Kiseki Chapter 2, have announced a new project together. Details are unknown.

❗️ Actor Barcode Tinnasit has announced his departure from his agency Be On Cloud.

❗️ After some confusion, the Korean production company Studio X+U announced that their upcoming series Fragile - which was initially advertized as a Korean SKAM remake - is in fact not connected to the Norwegian web series and is instead a standalone series, which focuses on the life of a group of teenagers. According to ZUM News, there was supposed to be a Korean SKAM remake based on the Norwegian original, which was however cancelled due to unknown reasons. Fragile was created as a substitution.

❗️ GMMTV held their 2024 part 2 event on April 23rd. The following BL projects were announced:

The Heart Killers (starring FirstKhao & JoongDunk)

Perfect10 Liners (starring ForceBook, PerthChimon, JuniorMark)

Heart That Skips a Beat (starring EstWilliam)

Revamp (starring BounPrem, formerly known as Vampire Project)

Sweet Tooth, Good Dentist (starring MarkOhm)

The Ex-Morning (starring KristSingto)

❗️ The production company CHANGE2561 held their 2024 lineup event on April 25th. The following BL projects were announced:

This Love Doesn't Have Long Beans (starring SailubPon)

Goddess Bless You From Death (starring PavelPooh)

I’m The Most Beautiful Count (starring PingSupanut)

Pit Babe Season 2

Upcoming series & movies for May

👉🏻 You Made My Day (starring Tar A. and Bom T. from I Will Knock You) - May 3rd (Thailand)

👉🏻 Inverse Identity / Upside Down - Mary 3rd (China)

👉🏻 Wandee Goodday - May 4th (Thailand)

👉🏻 A Balloon's Landing - May 10th (Taiwan)

👉🏻 City of Stars: Special Episode - May 10th (Thailand, cinema release)

👉🏻 The Time of Fever (Unintentional Love Story spinoff) - May 15th (South Korea)

👉🏻 Blossom Campus - May 16th (South Korea)

👉🏻 OMG! Vampire - May 19th (Thailand)

👉🏻 Manji Reverse - May 24th (Japan)

👉🏻 My Biker 2 - May 28th (Thailand)

[theamoristwriter]

“I can even travel halfway around the world for you”

( Im Sol was so real for this)

🎥 : Lovely Runner (2024)

[outergodly]

𓏵 K-Pop System｡ 

A flag for systems who enjoy or feel connected to k-pop.

Requested By : Anon．

[jaekyungsrustyattitude]

“If he was a red flag he wouldn’t help someone from suicide” 😐 yeah and if he was a green flag he wouldn’t have non-con’d said person moments after the ocean scene! He wouldn’t have non-con’d someone who was clearly in a very vulnerable state/situation….he’s a red flag!

[cupidwithaknife]

i'm worried tbh. sir needs therapy asap T^T i was simply a simp before but now im genuinely scared for both of them :(((((

[clovdyuki]

the way he could just tell what he wanted to when it was Solhee who's in front of him,

I love them ( ᵒ̴̶̷᷄꒳ᵒ̴̶̷᷅ )

[respectthepetty]

Hey :)

You are absolutly right about King being a walking green flag!

Can I ask you if you remember any other green flag - guys in bl? I tried to think about it but I almost only came up with Tinn and maaaybe Pat

Thank youu! :)

Anon, as I was compiling this list, I realized that most Green Flags are Blue Boys. Lesson to be learned here is get you a Blue Boy. I also noticed that BLs are doing a much better job of presenting non-toxic personalities when it comes to our queer boys, so there are A LOT of Green Flags roaming these global BL streets.

Since you already mentioned two of Greenest Flags, King and Tinn, I excluded them. I'm also not including the heteros like Takara-kun to Amagi-kun's best wingman Katori, To My Star's best CEO Kim Pil Hyun, To Sir With Love's best brother Yang, or Light on Me's bestest best friend Namgoong.

Honestly, I think this list is less about Green Flags and more about me appreciating my Best Boys:

Confident Green Flags

Chopper - Never Let Me Go

My Lamb Chop could do no wrong. For the first half of the series, I didn't even believe he could be so good, but he proved until the VERY END by not killing his dad that he was a good guy through and through.

Wat - The Eclipse

His friend group was doing the MOST every damn day, yet he stood by them and their boyfriends. He pushed them to examine their true feelings, was the easiest going of the cult prefects, and even gave his friends an alibi at the end when all hell broke loose. *He's with Namo in the upcoming book

Jin Xun An - My Tooth Your Love

He knows a good therapist. He knows boundaries. He knows what he likes. He knows he ain't got time for this bullshit. He knows things.

Korn - Cupid's Last Wish

This man deserves a damn medal for putting up with Win's bullshit. Oh, and then Win's MOTHER was the reason for their separation, yet Korn didn't want to divide Win's family, so he kept it a secret. People forget just how effed up Win's mom was. Korn not only had to deal with all of that, but when Win got his period, Korn did not hesitate to buy every single pad and tampon in the store, secured chocolate, and used a warm water bottle to help with Win's cramps WHILE HE HELD HIM IN BED. He is the best BL dad yet has no kids.

Cake - My Only 12%

This man was NOT a green flag until he figured out how he truly felt about Eiw, then he was a green flags parade. He told Eiw that if Eiw was gay, then he was gayer. He wanted to be out in the open to everyone immediately. He supported Eiw through his loss and constantly assured Eiw he wasn't going anywhere.

King - Hit Bite Love

Much like his fellow green flag, Wat, King's friend group had no chill. They even tried to murder someone, but our babyboy was giving nothing but hugs and love. He supported his friend when he came out, his mom taught him to practice safe sex, and he was willing to cover up for the murder. Oh, and he has a resume for love like another Best Boy, but not a confident Green Flag, Cherry Magic's Kurosawa.

Togawa - Old Fashion Cupcake

I was on the fence about him because he kissed Nozue on the cheek while he was asleep, but my hamster was just bursting with love for his longtime crush. Even when he was pouting with his bitter chocolate ass self, he was still trying to help Nozue, and that's what makes him a green flag. Even in his pain, he tried to help instead of harm.

Pluem - Ghost Host, Ghost House

Copy and repeat - Even in his pain, he tried to help instead of harm. He had reasons for being upset at Kevin's family and the way his life had turned out, but he took that anger, sat in it, then released it. He made his man food often. He also knows how to have sex of the homosexual variety, and was quick to let Kevin know. He is what Eat, Pray, Love wished it had been.

Mork - My Ride

He loves his gay uncles. He loves his gay boyfriend. He loves his nephew. He loves the food his uncles and boyfriend make him. He loves his life. Even when Mork had every right to be angry at life, he was never pressed. Instead, he took his guy to a local fair and was willing to take a bullet for him. What a guy!

Tangmo - Great Men Academy

I'm not getting into the mud about Great Men Academy's plot and if it's a BL therefore if Tangmo is a BL green flag because HE IS. Period. Baby was a prankster from the start, but once he saw how it affected Love, he gladly volunteered to be his mentor, was a good friend to Vier, took the competition seriously, but not to a toxic level like some..VIER...and told Love that he liked Love regardless of Love's gender. Period.

Thun - He's Coming to Me

If Korn is the best BL dad, then Thun is the best BL baby. He spent his entire life making friends with ghosts and helped solve one's death. He gave this ghost the life he didn't have a chance to live, and when his entire life was turned upside down, he still did the right thing. He also brought his (ghost) boyfriend to meet his mom, which 80% of the alive boyfriends don't even get in these BLs. Damn! He got his man in life AND the afterlife.

Mico - Hello Stranger

Mico isn't a green flag; he's a walking pride flag.

Homie was simply trying to pass his class in a pandemic and ended up getting stuck with the rude lazy jock. He was doing the Lord's work with Xavier all while trying to get both of them to pass the final presentation. Yet he was never mean to Xavier. He spoke to everyone with kindness, openly cried, and kept the heart light and plushie in the background of every Zoom call with NO SHAME!

Kim Jong Chan x Woo Seung Hyun - The New Employee

LOOK AT THEM! No words. Just feels. Lots of gay feels.

Amber x Pu Le Chien - DNA Says Love You

Like most Taiwanese pairs involving younger folks, they go well together with minimal toxic traits (see also About Youth), but what makes these two green flags was the understanding that went into their relationship. They both accepted not only who each other had become, but who they had always been, mostly to each other.

Ai & Nhai - Ai Long Nhai

Before you say "WTF?!" let me state that they are green flags FOR EACH OTHER and literally no one else. Nhai is a brat, but Ai needed that. Ai's mom is ridiculous, and we've seen many BL boyfriends run away after meeting such an opponent, but Nhai truly said "I'm not dumping your son, but I am gonna bully you, bitch!" and they lived happily ever after. I need more brats being green flags for the men who love them because someone has to tell the waiter the food ain't right and the parents to fuck off!

Bas - I Told Sunset About You

He deserved better!

I'm gonna leave it at that.

[gacha-incels]

And here’s the Korean dipshit incels’ charming little image for Mihoyo’s (Genshin Impact) other game, Honkai Star Rail. I guess from what I’ve seen they’re also mad at this game for being related to Genshin (see previous post on this), having male characters they think look “gay”, being from China and appealing to women. The last time I saw these idiots complaining it was literally because the free 5-star character being given out was a male (first strike) who was, to their shock and horror, showing skin in his outfit. Get the fainting couch NOW‼️‼️‼️

[runwayrunway]

No. 14 - Korean Air

Korean Air (formerly Korean Air Lines and still frequently called KAL) is the flag carrier of South Korea and one of the largest airlines in the world. A founding SkyTeam member, it is ranked a 5-star airline by Skytrax, and is perhaps best known for the Nut Rage Incident, being one of the world’s most dangerous major airlines in the 90s, being so badly regarded that the President of South Korea chose to fly Asiana instead, and having a BLACKPINK themed plane. 

fun fact: I learned this plane existed when she landed at my local airport. image: Korean Air Facebook

But they haven’t lost a passenger in 20 years, haven’t lost a plane in over six months, and probably have good cabin service, I don't know, I've never flown with them, though first class passengers will have to suffer the humiliation of macadamia nuts in plastic packaging rather than a bowl, and none of that is what we’re here to discuss!

KAL’s livery is, in my opinion, pretty darn alright! I don’t know why every airline out there wants a livery where the top half is blue and the bottom half is white or off-white, but they managed to pick a nice pastel shade that makes it a lot harder to confuse with KLM than it could be in an even worse timeline. I also like the smaller middle stripe of dark grey in the middle that facilitates a smooth transition. They clearly like it too, because it’s been the same since the early 80s. 

It does look a lot worse on planes with less sharp noses that don’t have a clear centerpoint to cut off at, though. 

To be honest, I like the KAL livery, despite how mean to them I've been in this post (I'm sorry. It's just really hard to know the Nut Rage Incident exists and not mention it constantly. They are just as safe as the average major carrier these days and I would not worry about flying with them). Anyway, the livery. I look at it and immediately feel like I dislike it, but then I look closer and I realize...actually, I think if you're going to go with something as simple as 'colorblock the plane in half longways' and a color as frequently used as blue, it's impossible to do better than KAL did. This livery is not only inoffensive but manages to be easy to recognize and not be ugly. Nice typeface, clear branding, better than many.

Could it be improved when it comes to little details? Sure, I think a little bit of the dark grey stripe on the top of the nacelles would be nice, and I'm sure there's a bit more they could add, but this is fine. I think I'm attached to it, in the sense that it's synonymous with the airline due to its longevity and in the sense that if KAL were to change it I would be afraid of that and would presume that the new version would be much much worse. There is so far to fall here relative to the average livery, despite how simple it is.

The BLACKPINK plane is fine. They just added BLACKPINK to a plane, meaning they can be in your area, provided you live somewhere KAL flies the 777 to. They picked a nice photo and placed it well, making it visible despite it not being an all-over design. It's a non-intrusive logojet, not sure there's much else to say on the subject.

And, indeed, not sure there's much else to say about KAL. Although it does feel like there's something chewing at the back of my head. Why do I feel like there's something I've left unsaid? Undone, even?

Wait, wait a second. Sorry. Wait. Is that...

It can’t be....

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Get in. 

Final grade: C+

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[akkivee]

ichiro’s new outfit is kinda cute!!!!! 🤭

[thedandelionthief]

flags ❤️❤️❤️

[tottallyana]

if you’re a kdrama fan plz read the boys of tommen series by chloe walsh

you’re welcome

[absolutebl]

Found your blog yesterday and absolutely love your takes on the series. I heard about the term 'power bottom' and would like to know if you encounter characters that could fit this term. I would also like to know if you've ever finished Love in the air and what are your thoughts about it.

What a question. Well high heat would be required for power bottoms so that puts 80% of BL out of the running (or more, I can't remember my last calculations).

I would say bottoms with agency (or at least active interest in sex) is more what we get, or in more common parlance active bottoms, even in high heat stuff. And, honestly? This should be the norm. Slut shaming the bottom by making them cringe all the time over sex is a carry over from slut shaming women for likeing sex, and we HATES IT precious. It's both homophobic and sexist! Yay, double down grose.

Where was I?

Here's a list of the top bottoms off the top of my head:

LITA (nash) - I would argue (if you include the special) that Rain, in particular, is actively being trained for this role.

TharnType (nash again)

Long Time No See

HIStory Obsessed

HIStory 3 the BL that shall not be named (sides)

HIStory 4: Close to You (sides)

Bed Friend

Big Dragon

Don't Say No (yes, subs can be powers)

Golden Blood (side)

Ghost Host Ghost House (a great and very under-watched example)

PokeTongue (sides) whenever they show up in Star Hunter's stuff (Gen Y 2, What's Zabb Man, et al)

KinnPorsche

Secret Crush On You

Y-Destiny (Puth & Kaeng)

Now, personality doesn't conflate to sex-act preferences. So while I'd be tempted by something like Love Mechanics, in my experience with brats, they can often be pillow princesses once you get them into bed so... yeah. I left quite a few off the list for this reason.

Maybe they qualify? Eventually?

Like Love

My Esports Genius Brother

Eternal Yesterday

My Lascivious Boss

I did finish LITA, the trash watch completion is here:

Just a reminder

there are 4 types of BL

I can fix it

I can make it worse

Japan

MAME