#Sofs BL Challenge 2024

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Day 13 - 15 Days BL Challenge

Day 13: Give 5 good boys a gold star

This was easy peasy lemon squeezy!!!!!

Li Ming from Moonlight Chicken⭐

Rain from Love In The Air ⭐

Sun Bo Xian from HIStory3: Make Our Days Count ⭐

God from Monster Next Door ⭐

King from Bed Friend ⭐

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Day 14 - 15 Days BL Challenge

Day 14: Top 5 most sad boys

These all deserve the biggest hugs so please imagine me giving them all massive hug while reading this!

And then we'll send them off to therapy because they all need it.

Ren from Tokyo in April is...

Fiat from Don't Say No

Jae Won from The Eighth Sense

Yu Hsi-Ku from HIStory3: Make Our Days Count

Sky from Love In the Air

The original challenge is here and part two here.

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Day 12 - 15 Days BL Challenge

Day 12: Wedding you wish you had an invite to

I mean it has to be my darlings, Sky and Prapai from Love In The Air.

I just love them a lot and seeing Sky getting loved and worshipped by Prapai for a couple of hours at their wedding would be an actual treat for me.

The original challenge is here and part two here.

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Day 11 - 15 Days BL Challenge

Day 11: Breakup that should have stayed broken up

I mean ... I love them but Mark and Vee from Love Mechanics.

It all goes back to the cheating because I just don't think any relationship that comes out of cheating is very healthy and their getting together is a hot. mess.

So maybe they should have just stayed apart ...

Though, who am I kidding, it's hard to not root for them when they look so pretty when they cry.

The original challenge is here and part two here.

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Day 16 - 15 Days BL Challenge (part 2)

I'll keep counting even if it's technically a new challenge, hence why this is day 16 and not day 1.

Day 16: What show has taken you by surprise this year?

The On1y One came out of left field for me this year which isn't super surprising since I feel like most Taiwanese BLs I don't really hear about them until right before they start airing. It however didn't take long for this show to become a favorite of mine.

The production quality was great, the OST hit just the right spot, the acting was amazing and just made for the most delicious slow burn. This show is simply just a piece of art!

I'm still over here with my clown make up on because I'm convinced that we'll get a second season. It's clear that the makers of the show want to make a second season so I bet that it's all down to whether the production company will fund a second season.

The original challenge is here and part two here.

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Day 10 - 15 Days BL Challenge

Day 10: Most emotionally pleasing sex scene

Sky and Prapai's second NC scene Love in the Air.

Just Sky throwing himself at Prapai to then be rejected because Prapai doesn't just want to have sex with Sky and then Prapai struggling to hold his ground when Sky is very willing right in front of him!

So delicious in the most emotionally satisfying way!!

For your viewing pleasure, here is the full scene (courtesy of @alwayspining)

Tokyo in April is... was also a strong contender for this prompt because of the line that I already mentioned on day 6 of this challenge.

The original challenge is here and part two here.

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Day 18 - 15 Days BL Challenge (part 2)

Day 18: What show are you waiting most (im)patiently for?

There are a bunch of shows I'm looking forward to but the one I'm the most impatient for is...

Your Dear Daddy!

All the promo content has me so ready to watch this but we don't know anything about when it'll come out.

The pilot trailer gave us buckets and buckets of chemistry and I'm a sucker for a younger cheeky confident femme.

Another show I can't wait for is surprisingly Thame Po. It's the only GMMTV show where I don't really know any of the actors all that well but the pilot trailer just felt so complete, if that makes sense. Like it was as if the production wasn't just the usual GMMTV setup but was made to fit the story.

For this one, however, it sounds like we'll get it soon-ish so I'm less impatient.

The original challenge is here and part two here.

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Day 15 - 15 Days BL Challenge

Day 15: 5 bestest besties

I am a sucker for good friendships in BL! In gives depth and texture and makes shows feel more 'whole'.

1. Sun Bo and Hao Ting from HIStory3: Make Our Days Count

These two share one brain cell and half of the time they're using it to be absolute simps for their boyfriends. Perfect examples of boys who are dumb of ass and bi of sexual!

This show is a perfect example of a show that is better because of the friendships and other non-romantic relationships in it.

If I knew how to GIF I'd have straight up made a GIF for them for this post.

2. The Secret Crush On You gang

These besties are the best, and are half of what makes this a good show.

3. Type and Techno from Tharntype

Fighting is their love language and I respect them for that.

4. Sky and Rain from Love in the Air

I am here for Sky and Rain shenanigans and I am very much a platonic D/s Sky and Rain believer. They fit each other perfectly that way.

5. Tiew and Tin from My School President

They have each other's backs and Tiew is a great wingman during the show.

The original challenge is here and part two here.

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Day 20 - 15 Days BL Challenge (part 2)

Day 20: Which series do you wish had more episodes than it did or you wish had another season?

The On1y One!

As I mentioned in my previous post I'm still donning my clown makeup with the assumption that this show gets a second season.

This show was obviously created with the hope that they'd get the chance to create a second season so I'm just waiting for someone to give them enough money to make that a reality.

The original challenge is here and part two here.

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Day 19 - 15 Days BL Challenge (part 2)

Day 19: If you could turn any Non-BL show into a BL, which would you choose?

I'm gonna ignore that the prompt is BL specific and go GL instead and say...

Jeong Nyeon: The Star is Born.

It's a South Korean historical drama about an entirely female theater troupe, that's currently airing.

It's based on a GL manhwa but the talk around town right from the beginning was that any romance story line had been removed, which sounds about right since apparently the character who's the main character's romantic interest has also been removed.

There are still tons of queer undertones in it but since it's still airing we don't know yet if any overt queer romance will happen.

So if I could I'd give it 12 more episodes and all the queer romance and gender fuckery of the manhwa I would do it in a heart beat.

Even with the knowledge that it's not likely to include a queer romance it's still a show that I'd highly recommend. It's funny, charming, heartwarming and has great acting and high production quality.

And it stars Kim Tae Ri as the main character (The Handmaiden anyone?? 👀)

The original challenge is here and part two here.

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Day 17 - 15 Days BL Challenge (part 2)

Day 17: What's your most returned-to / comfort BL show?

Every day, all day HIStory3: Make Our Days Count!!!

It's by far the one I've re-watched the most and I keep coming back to it. One of these days I'll get around to make a post on why it is that I love it so much and why more people should watch it.

This show is just so warm and hopeful while still not shying away from the truths about being queer in Taiwan. It's funny and charming and all the characters feels multidimensional and complicated in a way that feels real and makes for a satisfying watch.

I also just love all the relationships the show has: the friend group who might not be the brightest but they've got the spirit, the siblings who bicker in just the right sibling way but still have each others' back and the best friends who are the perfect example of "dumb of ass, bi of sexual". They're young, impulsive, and horny, but are also ready to fight for their best friend.

Both couples also have fire chemistry and both have so much casual physical intimacy, especially after they get together, which we rarely get in BLs. Like it's so clear that these characters love each other.

And finally the NC scenes are absolutely fantastic for both pairings! So it's fair to say that with all that combined you get a fantastic show which I'll return to again and again.

It frustrates me so much when people reduce the show to it's ending because the rest of the show is just such a gem.

The original challenge is here and part two here.

Also thank you, @0ffgun, for making so many beautiful GIFs for this show!

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Day 21 - 15 Days BL Challenge (part 2)

Day 21: If you could put any two actors in a BL pairing who would it be?

First Chalongrat and an older actor (Sorry, Ja!).

I love First and Ja but ever since I saw someone commenting about how Ja couldn't quite carry the Dom role in Don't Say No I can't un-see it and I just would love First in a pairing with someone who can handle the D/s dynamic. Can't think of anyone who'd play a Dom well and fit First. Maybe Mark Sorntast, Hymn Elisha, Nike Nitidon or maybe Joss, just someone who has chemistry with First and fits the role. 

In general I find it hard to name actors who I think should be in a pairing together since you never know whether they'll work well together or have chemistry until they're actually being promoted as a pairing. As such I could say Podd and Papang or James and Chalarm but I'm only able to mention those two pairings because they already seem to be in the works.

The original challenge is here and part two here.

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Day 9 - 15 Days BL Challenge

Day 9: Most visually pleasing sex scene

I had a couple of candidates for this like The Sign and Kiseki: Dear to Me, but in the end it had to go to the bathroom scene in Kinnporche. Like that scene is absolutely stunning with the lighting and the use of mirrors. That scene lived in my mind rent free for a long while after it aired.

The original challenge is here and part two here.

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Day 8 - 15 Days BL Challenge

Day 8: The Trope that you hate except for when it's this series

If there's one thing I never like in BLs, it's cheating!

Even more so when it's the specific trope of a main character cheating on their original partner with their romantic interest in the show. I just don't understand why someone would do it and on top of that I don't really believe that the new relationship that comes out of the cheating has the best odds at lasting long term.

HOWEVER... Love Mechanics is just a classics and War and Yin are just so good, so it makes it easy for me to ignore what I think of cheating in general. Like ... look at them

Also, I've made a new discovery from making this post, which is that searching "Love Mechanics" in the Tumblr GIF function will give you a ton of War making ceramics content.

The original challenge is here and part two here.

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Day 7 - 15 Days BL Challenge

Day 7: Fave Villain

This is probably going to be one of my most boring responses:

Korn Theerapanyakul from Kinnporsche

He's playing 5D chess with everyone. Just moving people around as if they are chess pieces and manipulating them to do exactly what he wants without them realizing.

Just look at him sitting there in his sweater west looking like a cosy loving dad!! He's got them all fooled!!!!!

Also when it comes to BL there doesn't seem to be a lot of villains outside of homophobic parents and, especially in early BL, mean girlfriends. Most of those parents are very much the same so not really worth considering for this prombt and the trope of having a girlfriend be the villain is one of the worst ideas within the BL genre and I'm very happy that we don't see many of those anymore.

The original challenge is here and part two here.

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Day 6 - 15 Day BL Challenge

Day 6: Fave line from your fave series

I was struggling to think of any specific lines with this prompt. Was thinking maybe something healing about food from Our Dining Table or the classic "Not me, not you, but everyone" from Not Me buuuut while searching for a good line I stumbled upon a previous post I'd made where I mentioned 'Tokyo in April is...' so I've chosen the line:

"If you don't want to be seen, I'll close my eyes... I'll cover my ears. Please don't hold back in front of me"

from Tokyo in April is...

Just the amount of love that sentence is said with... I go a little insane every time I watch this scene. I might have to go re-watch this show now.

The original challenge is here and part two here.