#SamYU

[absolutebl]

Hi!!! Your posts are always amazing and I have so many bookmarked because you create the best little collections. Anyway, I am in a big BL rut right now and I can't seem to get into anything. Any fast-paced, recs that can bring me out of my slump? Thanks so so much :)

Oooo, fast paced is pretty subjective lemme think...

Imma got with the narrative sense of the word pacing (rather than just an in-your-face fast-moving plot, although that too,) so: good tension, craft, and narrative. Here's my pulls - I went broad and into the well, in case you had seen some recent stuff.

10 Fast-Paced BLs to Pull You Out of a Slump

(I'm assuming you have seen KinnPorsche)

I did a quick pitch for each cause I'm drunk so maybe they're funny, all spelling errors are my own and the result of growing up in 3 different English speaking nations and 2 non-English ones.

Someone wanted more elevator pitches a while ago, here ya go!

Our Dating Sim - nerds in love, reunion, deadlines, gaming, teasing, pining tiny idiots, ADORABLE

2. Semantic Error - you cannot be a BL fan and not have watched this, the ultimate enemies to lovers, also the prettiest

3. To My Star - neurotic actor (actual puppy), grumpy chef, sparks, cooking lessons, LOVE!

4. We Best Love - defines fast paced in romance, literally when asked why his character fell in love so fast Yu said, "well I only had one 20 minute episode." Yet... we BELIEVED IT.

5. HIStory 2: Crossing the Line - it's a perfect sports romance, don't bother me with trifles

6. Not Me - also how do you say antidisestablishmentarianism in Thai? + hot boys kissing who probably shouldn't be and convoluted soap opera identical twins plot... someone at GMMTV thought it made sense, we just here for the tattoos and the the Pride scene

7. The Eighth Sense - who let Korea be this angsty? SO MUCH TENSION.

8. Unintentional Love Story - omg the plot, forced into a totally understandable betrayal, falling in love despite himself, put into a corner he can't get out of, the AGONY, the eyes EMOTING at us in PAIN

9. HIStory 3: Trapped - hot cop falls in love with hotter mafia boss he is chasing for MURDER (bonus weirdly domesticated switch-blade wielding hit-man obsessed with geeky police tech support - COME ON)

10. Long Time No See - assassins, cat fishing, either side of a turf war, HOT sex scenes then even hotter beating the shit out of each other and kissing while COVERED IN BLOOD (this came from KOREA?)

There.

All kinds of flavors.

One of them just HAS to work!

If not, you could go for shorts. Try Strongberry:

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[sanriographics]

[mellowmoonballoon]

friends, romans, countrymen it's been a long week i need someone to rec me their favorite sexy fics. just characters being fully feral for each other 100%. i'll take any ship any bl, rpf or not, idc just feed me please

[anyafroing]

YU for FAST (November 2022)

Photographer: Hisanori Suzuki

Hair and makeup: MIZUHO (Vitamins)

Stylist: Ryosuke Saito

[wblfics]

WBL HALLOWEEN 500 words

Intro

Spooky season is finally almost here, so trick or treat, but make it with very few words 🎃

Very little trick for this event, write anything you want, anything, as long as it's under or at 500 words maximum. Yes, you read that right, 500 words at most 😈

All media, pairings and ratings welcome.

Hope some of you will be interested 👻

The event

The only rule is to keep your story under or at 500 words maximum.

Fics should be one-shots as well, but can be from the same story, or world/universe.

Posting day is on October 31 (Thursday).

Any ship, any media and any rating is welcome, just be sure to tag your work accordingly

Remember to use the #wbl500words to help us track and share your work

For additional inquiries, please feel free to contact us via our Twitter account (@WBLfics), our Tumblr account (WBLfics), or email us

Wbl500words collection on AO3

Wbl500words collection on Tumblr

How to post your works into our AO3 collection

Simply maneuver to the ‘Association’ section when you’re posting your work. Enter wbl500words into the ‘Post to Collections / Challenges’ part and voilá, your work will be included in our collection.

[strawberri-bomb-bomb]

I either love you so much that I'll push you away while I die

Or

You love me so much that you'll watch me whilst I die

[samyuparadise]

Missing them so bad, I had to make this compilation of all the their kisses. 🥹

[fotze-politics]

[absolutebl]

I love your pairing actors together lists and what if casting list, so on that note, which actor would you want to see under a specific director. For me it's Fluke Natouch in Aof series. I mean that would kill me probably, but I would love every second of that.

Can I steal your answer?

Maybe SamYu under Hwang Da Seul?

[chrispychanniem]

My Honest Opinion:

I kid you not when I say that I finished both the seasons of this series in a single sitting. I started watching from 10 pm and watched it until 5:15 am. But boy oh boy what an absolutely amazing series this was.

The story line is so easy to grasp and SamYu chemistry is enough to keep you hooked. Also kudos to Sam for portraying scenes to absolute perfection even when he was drunk (tipsy). To be honest, both the actors did a great job at expressing their emotions and I really want to see more of them together.

I also think that the side couple did a great job and that's why the entire series ended up being such a masterpiece. So make sure to watch it.

[castielsdwinchester]

THEY FCKING KISSED LIKE THERE WAS NO TOMORROW

you know when the actors do the intimacy workshops and they always have that one exercise they do where they have to eat something together until it gets so small they're basically kissing like...

...anyway...some on screen couples kiss like they're still trying to nibble something without touching each other...

[wblfics]

WBL Summer Play

Intro

Summer is slowly coming, so let’s have some fun 🌞 

This event is very simple, write anything you want, anything, as long as it's under or at 1k, so 1000 words maximum, can you do it? 😏

All media, pairings and ratings welcome.

Hope some of you will be interested 🥰

The event

If you want any ideas to play with, you can use this crossword puzzle, and try to guess some words that can count as prompts, but remember, no obligation. Yes, the website is in french, but don’t panic, all you have to do is click on the word you’re trying to guess, and type.

The only rule is to keep your story under or at 1k, so 1000 words maximum.

Fics should be one-shots as well, but can be from the same story, or world/universe.

Posting day begins on July 24 (Monday) and ends July 30 (Sunday).

Any ship, any media and any rating is welcome, just be sure to tag your work accordingly

Remember to use the #wblsummerplay to help us track and share your work

For additional inquiries, please feel free to contact us via our Twitter account (@WBLfics), our Tumblr account (WBLfics), or email us

Wblsummerplay collection on AO3

Wblsummerplay collection on Tumblr

How to post your works into our AO3 collection

Simply maneuver to the ‘Association’ section when you’re posting your work. Enter wblsummerplay into the ‘Post to Collections / Challenges’ part and voilá, your work will be included in our collection.

[strawberri-bomb-bomb]

What happened to you guys ??

I notice you don't talk anymore ??

[ao3feed-wbl]

SamYU酒宴之外

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/7nuQLvC by 杳杳几清秋 (Argenta) “怕什么，我又不会吃了你。”他笑了起来，掌心贴着青年柔软的脸颊轻轻摩挲，“说吧，送你过来的人想要什么？是钱？还是资源？” Words: 2541, Chapters: 1/1, Language: 中文-普通话 國語 Fandoms: 永遠的第一名 | We Best Love (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Lin Tzu-hung | Sam, Yang Yuteng | YU Relationships: Lin Tzu-hung | Sam/Yang Yuteng | YU Additional Tags: SamYu - Freeform read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/7nuQLvC

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10 BLs That Shook Me

@trribledelight asked for "BLs that made you think or learn smthg or shook you culturally? Eg the political considerations in Not Me..."

Let's get the rough ones out of the way first, shall we?

1 2gether

Green. One of the most egregious reps for punching down humor against femmes in BL (and there sure are a lot out there). Seriously GMMTV? Must you?

At the time we all watched this because there wasn't anything else to watch, and it's been a long time since I bothered with a rewatch, but Green is one of the reasons I just can't with this series.

I'm not knocking the actor, but the character and how the other characters behave around him, and the director with regard to this aspect of the plot and portrayal was rough going.

What shook me was how casually homophobic 2g was. It was just so odd to watch a gay romance gloss over and degrade queerness. I was like, wait, aren't they supposed to me on our side?

(Ah, the before times.)

2 Fish Upon the Sky

Shall we address the head wrap in the room? This BL has some of the most shockingly racist content I've seen in a long time. Also punching down humor. I fast forwarded through it and I still don't want to think about it. GMMTV should be throughly ashamed of themselves... Again. I was shook, but in a bad way.

Okay, now for the ones that shook me in a good way.

3 Until We Meet Again

I watched this early in my Thai BL journey (while it was airing) and I had no idea what to expect. Frankly, you could watch it now and still not know. It's just very unusual for a Thai BL.

The plot twist about how they each ended up reborn. Just so brilliant. I still can't get over it. So simple. SO CLEVER. So punishing for the families.

Fantastic!

4 Secret Crush On You

This one kinda shook me all along but that Daisy & Touch scene. It lives on in my head rent free forever. Just because it was so beautifully sweet and genuine and kindly towards a femme character.

I still don't like this BL.

But I love that scene in it.

5 My Beautiful Man

I went on a JOURNEY with this show. Mostly because I didn't think Japan had it in them to land something this complex. But they managed it beautifully by not shying away from the delicious messy ugliness of it all.

Possibly the greatest final episode in all BL.

And from Japan. Usually so bad at endings.

I remain gobsmacked.

6 Unknown

I shouldn't have been shooketh by this one but I really was.

The style of it while staying so down home and gritty.

How old school Chinese BL it felt yet it still managed to be very modern BL about it.

The execution and quality of the acting.

How it was aired (available in YouTube?! we NEVER get that from Taiwan!)

Also the pair branding. We haven't gotten this level of pair brand from the leads in a Taiwanese BL since SamYu.

I'm was absolutely riveted by everything about this show and its production.

I loved seeing it. I hope we get more BLs like this from Taiwan as a result.

But I ALSO hope they realize that a big factor in the popularity and the success of this show was in distribution.

It's what's for dinner.

Along with the stepbrother trope.

KOREA'S SUPRISES

I watch a lot of Kdramas as well as BL, and have done for a really long time. I'm riveted by Hallyu, from an entertainment industry perspective (what I wouldn't do to get my hands on some of their proprietary data). I also listen to a ton of Kpop.

Therefore, Korea dominates the P'ABL gets shooketh list because I had (and have) more expectations firmly in place around Korea's media product sfyle than anyone elses. Even before they started to make a big play into the BL scene.

My favorite BLs from Korea, like Semantic Error and Light on Me are EXACTLY what I expect from them, manufactured perfection. But I was also shook more times by Korea than other BL nations because I had such rigid expectations.

7 Color Rush

Yeah yeah. But it starred an idol. It started out pretty and stiff and everything I was expecting and then the concept hit me up side the head and I never recovered from the CLEVER of this show. I'm not used to my Kdramas or my BL being this high concept and SMART about their sanitized perfection.

8 Blueming

What with the 8th Sense and others since, Blueming seems to have been somewhat forgotten about. But at the time, I was shook by the down home grit of this show. By the actual pain from the characters. By the higher heat concept. By Korea actually going THERE.

And then these babies came along...

9 The 8th Sense

I just didn't think Korea had it in them. Yes, I realize now that it was a bit navel gazey, and we were weighted heavily towards the seme and his pain. I would have liked a better balance between the leads, but that's in retrospect.

At the time I couldn't believe it. A KBL dealing with mental health?

And can we talk about those sex scenes? How insanely comfortable the actors were with each other? How easy in each other's personal space? I've not seen anything else quite like that from Korea. It's super rare. I had assumed they, culturally, just didn't do casual intimacy, or if they did, it wasn't allowed on screen.

Of course now I know the CAN do it, I want more.

10 Love for Love's Sake

Okay, lots to unpack with this one. A genuine isakai BL, in the original sense of the term. The death twist didn't shake me up, but the execution, acting, open gayness, and a couple other things did. Enough to make me still think on this show with fond surprise and affection, despite its undercurrent of darkness.

I like to be shooketh.

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「SamYU - 得意」Sam Taking Care of YU Moments (Eng sub)