#Wbl: fighting mr. Second

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We Best Love: Fighting Mr. 2nd | S02E02

Taiwanese Drama - 2021, 6 episodes

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[lurkingshan]

Oh that was messy messy. Leave it to Taiwan to give us something we want but in a complicated way we can’t entirely enjoy. That scene between Chen Yi and Ai Di felt reminiscent of WBL: Fighting Mr. Second with some of the visuals mirrored almost exactly.

[absolutebl]

Hey ABL. Just sent my doctorate for examination and for the first time since 2019 I have WAY too much time on hands. Can you suggest some binge watches? Got into bl last Feb so stuff before that would be great. Warmly, M

CONGRATZ!!!

10 Older BLs Worthy of a Binge Watch!

(in no particular order, prior to 2022)

1 Seven Days: Monday-Thursday & Seven Days: Friday-Sunday

Japan 2015 (grey)

Never doubt my ability to recommend this show. One of the best live action yaois ever made, with perfectly structured angst, fantastic characters and acting, and no problematic tropes (rare in Japanese BL). The leads have excellent chemistry although it’s low heat there’s still some really cute mutual kisses.

2 To My Star

Korea 2021 (Viki)

In the mood for something more grown up? TMS is a touch quirky to get into, but utterly charming once it hits its stride. This is the ultimate grumpy/sunshine pairing plus the most appealing light-filled kitchen of our dreams.

I don't like season 2 but others do. It is very clever.

3 We Best Love: No. 1 For You & Fighting Mr. 2nd

Taiwan 2021 (WeTV)

How about a uni + office BL? Brilliant acting saved this show from a messy (pretty classically manga) narrative with a lot of angst. You have to buy in to a yaoi aesthetic with this one, accept that things move fast and occasionally confuse, but that everything will be okay. It’s the ultimate pining seme meets the ultimate tsundere uke. WBL successfully manages to combine the best elements of Korean, Thai, and Japanese BL as it exists right now. Couple that to the insane chemistry from the leads, and we have one of the greatest BLs of all time, cooking higher heat to a recipe I doubt anyone else will ever be able to replicate since only Taiwan is this flexible.

4 He's Coming to Me

Thailand 2019 (YouTube)

With only 8 8 eps and from GMMTV this is short, high quality and bingable for Thailand. Boy and ghost boy fall in love, must solve ghost’s murder. Peak pining but also pretty tame, features my favorite sweet but important coming out sequence in all BL. The third in my precious triumvirate of unbeatable Thai BLs, that are only nominally BL because the story, acting, and production values are so good.

(Together with Until We Meet Again & A Tale of Thousand Stars - those 2 are longer so I don't consider them as bingable, but if you want something to get really stuck into? Go to town.).

5 Color Rush

Korea 2021 (Viki)

A unique paranormal twist elevates this classic high school drama into a pitch-perfect allegory for the queer coming out experience and one of the best BLs of all time (I will fight you on this). Here's my battle essay.

Original trigger.

(Don't bother with season 2.)

6 HIStory 2: Crossing the Line

Taiwan 2018 (Viki)

Lin Pei Yu directs this sports romance (volleyball) with a good boy/bad boy pairing, and my hands-down favorite of the HIStory franchise. There is no clear seme/uke. Ostensibly it's high school set but Taiwan doesn't care about age appropriate actors. It's a very soft sweet romance with some ridiculously easily overcome conflict. There's great kisses but it's medium heat. The side dishes are the stepbrother trope but they’re very tame, and there’s no other triggers. It's not just my favorite of the franchise, it’s one of my favorite BLs with a perfect happy ending.

(The second H2 is also pretty good.)

7 Cherry Magic

30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii AKA Cheri Maho

Japan 2020 (indie subs)

The sweetest fluffiest magical realism BL, packaged as a pinning office romance, very low heat (practically chaste) but the cutest. It’s truly great.

8 Light On Me

Korea 2021 (Viki)

Korea does an elegant pastiche of traditional live action yaoi but all tropes are cleverly deployed to bolster one of the most riveting love triangles ever put on screen… and I don’t like love triangles. LoM strategically tailors classic BL tropes to 2 different semes resulting in pristine pacing, plot, and character development, explicitly serving narrative (not just to tick boxes). LoM is a master class in trope drops. (If you write fanfic or romance you should study this show.) Full review.

9 Be Loved In House: I Do

Taiwan 2021 Viki

A cute classy office set BL with a few plot raised eyebrows, but no other concerns. ALL THE TROPES plus a general sweet softness that’s pretty rare from Taiwan, who usually prefer to go hard, but all their signature domesticity.

10 Lovely Writer

Thailand 2021 (YouTube)

Thailand criticizes itself and the BL industry while simultaneously giving us classic seme/uke with great chemistry in a one-two punch of “we love it, but are we supposed to? and must we think this hard, yet enjoy it SO MUCH?” This show won’t appeal or make sense to those who don’t already have at least some Thai BL watching experience. What Lovely Writer does, at heart, is reexamine Thai BL has done to queerness, but in a very gentle way that has more to do with Thai BL growing up than any actual queer authenticity. It’s not parody or pastiche, but it is self reflective and trying to correct for some chronic mistakes. Whether it is ultimately successful in this matter is going to depend on the watcher’s relationship to BL and queer identity. But that’s what makes this show beautiful, interesting, and thought provoking. And I, for one, applaud the effort even if I didn’t personally connect to the characters.

If you wanted 2022 included here's my top 10 from 2022:

[wblfics]

Hi, I’m the anon that asked about the deyi celebrity au etc. I’d love to have the links to the SamYu irl ones if that’s okay!

Hi again 🙏 There is a looooot of these haha I guess the easier way for you will be to check this google drive doc we made, it has every SamYU fic from AO3 with their links, summaries, and even personnal recommandations. If I had to choose my 10 favs SamYU finished IRL ones, it will be, not in order:

Exposure Therapy; Yang Yu Teng needs to learn self-love. Sam offers his help. Libido: Yu has a crush on Zihong and it doesn't make filming the WBL series any easier. Despite Zihong is straight, he seems to have no issues with the intimacy between them. But - Yu is the only one with a secret crush, right? Heaven Can't Help Me Now; But deep inside, YU already realized the real reason he doesn’t say no to Zihong. It’s not because he really can’t or that he doesn’t want Zihong to be disappointed. It is because his heart badly wants to fulfill his own selfish desires to be with the man, no matter the cost. He's Not Like That; Zi Hong devotes all his waking hours to excessive ruminations about Yu Teng's giggles and his pretty face. Sadly, he's "not like that", whatever it might mean, and so he does nothing about his unacknowledged attraction until WBL promotions come to an end and he succumbs to misery and longing. That Doesn't Count; Shu Yi loves Shi De to bits, so it’s only natural that Yu Teng comes to love him too. It’s just that there’s a lot of Zi Hong in Shi De and sometimes it gets confusing. We're not very compatible; Zihong is hurt that Yu thinks he's not good at kissing but he's nothing if not proactive about making up for his deficiencies. TWO; in the privacy of his shower, his bedroom, his house, Zihong’s hand can't help but stray down south whenever he thinks of YU and his pretty mouth Fighting Dirty; For those few moments in which he can calmly watch Zi Hong's sleeping face, the soft morning light giving his skin a beautiful glow, Yu is the happiest person alive. Then Zi Hong opens his eyes. At first, he doesn't seem to see much through them, but after blinking a few times, his gaze focuses on Yu. Yu expects confusion. He doesn't think Zi Hong drank so much that his memory would be impaired, but some of it may be unclear. But confusion is only there for a second. What Zi Hong gives him is a straight-up glare. Tear the heart out of this body; All the kisses and touches of the day mingle, even though there are breaks between the takes. Yu’s not sure what happened on which take, doesn’t know which kiss is which, how many there were. His mind is empty when Zi Hong kisses down his neck, his head going down Yu’s clothed chest. Will he stop going down at any point? Yu doesn’t know. Yu can only hold onto his Zi Hong’s arms and let it happen, the sound of Zi Hong’s panting filling the void of Yu’s mind. If it's all in my head tell me now; Lingering feelings and late-night confusion after filming a particularly intense scene in episode two of Fighting Mr 2nd. Hope it helps 🙈

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The Eclispe

FIRSTKHAO??? MY NEW FAVOURITE GMMTV SHIP (jk, it's still BrightWin/Sarawatine) but i liked their chemistry so much in this series. First is such a pretty crier wtf. okay the plot-twist was so good, i was absolutely ruined i tell you. i had for a second laughed off the idea that the principle and ayan's uncle were dating AND THEN IT BECAME A REALITY. ohmygod, i went from hating the guy to being like DAMN THEY WERE ENGAGED?????? ooft hit me right in the feels. the only thing i didn't like was thua's absolute character assassin, like i get what he did (i did not) but oh my god if i was kan, nah i could not get behind that. also they really threw me with namo, i was like damn what a little bitch, what a snake, what a dick and then all of sudden it's like BABY BOY, BABIEST OF BOYS GIVE HIM THE WORLD I LOVE YOU NAMO <3333

Rating: 8/10

We Best Love: No.1 For You

I love my main leads as feral gremlin disasters as much as possible and Zhou Shi Yi ticks off every box. This entire series was my perfect cup of tea - good looking leads, easy storyline, no dumb 'for the plot' jealousy plotlines and pure sadness at times *chefs kiss*, welcome to the podium wbl

Rating: 3rd on the podium for fishy's favourite bl series/10

We Best Love: Fighting Mr 2nd

Zhou Shi Yi only became worse in s 2 and ohmygod i'm so here for it. the slap oooh so good. that outfit of the white shirt with black grid oooohhh. this was basically the ma15+ version of s 1 and i'm not complaining in the slightest. BING WEI AND ZUEYU WERE SO CUTE LIKE THIS IS HOW YOU GIVE A COUPLE THIRTY SECONDS OF SCREEN TIME AND STILL GIVE THEM INSANE CHEMISTRY. also i know we are meant to hate him, BUT I LOVE SHI YI'S DAD, HE'S SO FUCKING FUNNY OMFG. but everytime they started talking in japanese ohmygod i crii. there were some plotlines that i'm annoyed never got explicitly filled out, like how did shouyi and zhenxuan suddenly become super chill with each other??? i know zhenxuan had that whole giving back the momentos moment but then when shouyi called him back in, did that mean he just decided he was fine with zhenxuan? am i too stupid to understand their storyline or what is going on. also the american girl, i get that she's probably brandon's daughter because i remember the mum said grace or smth and the baby was obviously oscar, the mum's baby but like why never address it?

Rating: 8/10

Rating BL's I've Watched Based on a Completely BS Criteria

Disclaimer, this is just for fun and a look back for me in my journey through BL! I am thankful and grateful to the hardwork that went into all the series I've watched. Please don't take the ratings or my thoughts seriously.

Also spoilers obviously

Long read ahead let's dive in woohoo!

Love Sick

This was my first BL and I do not remember anything about it other than Min (I forgot his character's name) and Om (I forgot the actor's name) because I literally only watched it for Min. All I know was how slow and unresolved everything was like I do not even remember if the main couple ended up together and I definitely know that Min and Om did not clear anything up shshshhs. I do remember Ssing and Oat's character had a storyline and I don't think that got resolved either. Remember Ssing, he will make an appearance in this post later.

Rating: 3/10 (respect for it bringing me into the BL world)

Make It Right

I remember even less about this one, other than Oat was in it lmao and he was a tiny character.

Rating: 1/10 (this is a rating for my memory rather than the series)

2gether

After Love Sick and Make It Right, I dipped for a few years before coming back because I saw a video on IG of that infamous 'keep looking at me like that, and i'll kiss you until you drop' and instantly I was like I gotta watch this. And not for a second did I regret it. It was amazing holy crap, I am such a sucker for easy ass romantic plotlines. Also the scene where Sarawat was telling his friends how he found the man he liked and he kept saying 'he's the one I like' and his entire emotions and behaviour is that scene was so urghghghghghhg, i can't explain it but if someone ever talked about me like that, i would husband them up so fast. also i liked the way they showed Tine's insecurities, I don't think shows often deal with male insecurity so it was incredibly interesting to see. ALSO TYPE KEPT GIVING ME THE BIGGEST FREAKING JUMPSCARES ALL THE TIME. When he showed up at the apartment and Sarawat opened the door, the way I screamed. I love him, he is my favourite character in the show lmao. Big up to the Chic Gang as well, I am glad I am not the only law student with no brain cells lmfao

Rating: 10/10 (probably shared No.1 position for my fave BL right now)

Tonhon Chonlatee

I watched this for Khaotung but the main couple was honestly very yikes lmao. Also they did my girl Miriam so dirty by the end. I'm so happy Na got a bf by the end, it's what he deserves but also he would have definitely made a better match with Chon. Also coming from 2gether where Gunsmile was adorable, to Tonhon where he was a disgusting man was too much. Pang was amazing, I'm such a sucker for characters who are literally just good fucking friends. AiNi <333

Rating: 4/10

Not Me

Amazing, spectacular, brilliant. I love action much more than I love romance, so I do like how all the romance aspects wasn't at the forefront of the plot. The only thing I didn't like was that BlackGram wasn't a thing. I think it would have been a much more interesting dynamic, especially at the end where it seemed like Black was displaced from his own group by White and he didn't get a happy ending despite everything so having Gram in his corner would have been better. Also because it kind of makes both Eugene and Gram bad people for cheating on their boyfriend/bestfriend. Yok punching Dan was so satisfying holy shit. Also TADAH SSING IS BACK UWU, my 12 year old fangirl phase was coming back in full affect because damn he is still so fine. Also I love a good friendship storyline as well, so yeah the entire thing with Black and Tod, chef's kiss.

Rating: 9.5 (loses points because of GramBlack and because as a law student, I had war flashblacks everytime Gram was arguing with Nuch)

Don't Say No

I love this series. I love Leo's character especially, he is the thing of dreams. Rich, nice and incredibly loyal. I also really like that he is well-tempered and only resorted to violence about twice and both times were out of protective instinct because 1) that guy called his bf a whore and 2) this guy basically forced his bf to sleep with him, so well deserved in my opinion. I feel like a lot of other BL men are just violent for the sake of violence which is a no-no. Fiat's fashion choices are also my favourite, especially that red suit holy shit balls. I LOVE BOTH THEIR FRIEND GROUPS OMFG, BUT ESPECIALLY AMP AND AEK, they are so protective of everyone but also very level-headed so I get why Leo is friends which them. Contrastingly, Fiat's friends are dumbasses <333. I need a whole series about the twins and their shady little selves. I like how they did the sees someone flirting with their mans trope, and how Fiat could definitely see that it was a scheme, finally a man with braincells (I say like I didn't just insult him in the sentence prior), but I also understood how he even though he knew Leo wouldn't ever cheat on him, it still hurt to see your man kiss somone else. Everything about Leon and Fiat's dynamic was superb, I just want them to get locked in a room together and see how long before someone dies lmao. My only qualm is why the series is called Don't Say No, if it is based off their basketball team, they should have kept Super Penguins omfg. Justice for LeonPob when???

Rating: 10/10 (Tied no.1 with 2gether, would be 11/10 if the series was called Super Penguins)

TharnType (spoilers! spoilers!)

This was a lot haha, I'm glad I watched it because the S2 introduced me to DSN but I don't think I'll ever go back or rewatch it. Definitely a lot of issues with how blase they seemed about some of the stuff that was happening. The only thing I really have to say is Lhong omfg, I saw spoilers of everyone on reddit being like he is the most evil character and I was there thinking he just seems like a good, cute friend to Tharn???? I did think he liked Tharn when they told him he was dating Type and he dropped the glass but I didn't think that was alarming. He was actually my fave character in the series until I realised I shouldn't like him according to reddit huehuhe. That baby-face really had me fooled. Otherwise, I don't know what my thoughts are tbh, Type is really handsome though haha. Most of the points go to Techno, he is the moment, he is a star baby. Also I hope Cir and Phugun from S2 get their own series, they are adorable.

Rating: 4/10 S1, 6.5/10 S2 (mainly for LeoFiat and CirPhugun)

Kinnporsche

Still airing but omfg currently obsessed. Mafia and psychopaths??? As someone who is an avid crime show fan, this genre hits. Also the entire cast is so fucking hot. I love toxic, complex relationships and loose morals and murder sprees. The versatility of Free Fall as an OST is amazing, it's both badassery music, romantic music and clown music

Rating: 10/10 (1 million gazillion billion/10 for Free Fall by Slot Machine, deserves a Grammy or whatever the song award is)

My Engineer

Before I started watching I literally only knew about Ram and King (I also didn't know that Ram was Perth lmao, he looks so different with his hair up) so I thought they were the main couple. So when I started watching and I was introduced to Bohn and Duen I was like who tf are these two? But no, this series was actually very fun to watched and I enjoyed it. Frong hitting his head was probably the peak of comedy. Season 2 when?????

Rating: 8/10 (10/10 for Talay's hair, what I would give to run my hands through it)

Cutie Pie (spoilers, spoilers)

No one understands how hard I cried in the first episode wtf. ALSO THE HIAS ARE SO HOT WTF. Hia Yi is so scrumptious. I love them rich, cowardly, emotionally unavailable besties. My favourite scene in the entire series is when Hia Lian called Yi 'My dear' and then Yi immediately shudders and tells him 'you give me the creeps'. They are two hot besties. I also think Nuer/Syn has one of the best kiss scenes I've ever seen in a BL, also Nuer is so goddamn good looking okay I promise I will stop focusing on their looks. The OSTs for this series are the best OSTs in my opinion, when will they release that song Nu Kuea sang in Ep 11. The secretaries need their own series as well. The scene of Hia Lian turning around with tears in his eyes after Nu Kuea rejected his marriage proposal was one of the most devastating scenes that has ever happened, and my ass at 2:30am when the episode premiered could not take it. 'I love that doll the most' is such a hard hitting line, I bawled like a bitch okay T-T

Rating: 9/10 (loses one point because of that cursed dog YiDiao are now the unfortunate owners of, 1000/10 for the Hias)

Secret Crush on You

Okay I saw a lot of people saying how the series gets so good near the end and you just have to deal with the first half of it. And I completely understand all of these people. The beginning is a lot and it's so cringey and horrific lmao. But by the end, the way this series deals with incredibly serious topics is amazing. Some of the characters in here are the biggest green flags to exist. By the time I finished the series, I was definitely thinking that it was so worth it. I highly recommend this series. I want to talk about two of my favourite characters - Inntouch and Som. Som, she is the best of friends. She is amazing, she is so helpful and caring and the fact she knows her friends so well and gets emotional when they are suffering is beautiful. I love her so much. Inntouch is just as amazing as well, the way he is incredibly respectful of Daisy and loves Daisy no matter what they identify as is such a green flag. Also the subtletly of his affection for Daisy is so good, like the way he instantly smiles just that bit brighter when Daisy talks is TOO GOOD. And that smile is freaking gorgeous, urgh love him. Everytime Saint appeared, I died a little, that man does things to me holy crap.

Rating: starts off like a 6/10, ends up a 9/10

Colour Rush S2/Tinted with You

I watched this for Hyuk and Junhee. I couldn't watched the entire series (at least not legally) so I am probably missing somethings plotwise, but hey, let's be honest, I wasn't here for the plot.

Rating: 7/10 (gotta support the homies, stan VIXX and stan ACE)

YYY/Y-Destiny/Why R U

Couldn't finish these, just watched YYY and Y-Destiny for Talay T-T

Something about Why R U was not doing it for me :(((

Rating: 0/10 (but I'm sure they are series people can appreciate, I am just not one of them and that's on me)

will gradually add to this when i watch more bls heheh, also if you guys have any recommendations you think i would like based off my rankings and thoughts please let me know!

[spicyvampire]

Sirs??? This is a McDonald’s drive-through???

We Best Love : Fighting Mr. 2nd

[that-bl-bitch]

Ok so I decided to do a favorite bl dramas of 2021 even though no ones asked lol, although looking back at everything I watched this year I really didn’t watch that many at least compared to 2020, like I really slacked on my bl watching this year like at one point I was watching 12 or 14 at one time (this included like older completed ones too as well as airing shows) now if I’m watching 5 or 6 I feel overwhelmed which is so frustrating so if I was setting a bl related resolution it would be to get back to that 12-14 territory, anyways I've watched around 20 something dramas give or take some short films and movies but just to focus on the dramas of it all for this list, although I didn’t watch that many this year I still feel like I watched some very good ones and I very very happy with every single show on this list that being said let’s get into it.

**DISCLAIMER** these are not in any specific order like best to least or anything like that cause it would absolutely break my brain and my heart to rank them

**P.S** spoilers for some of the shows I’m gonna talk about if you haven’t got to them yet

#1) WE BEST LOVE: NO. 1 FOR YOU

Ok not much to say about this one just really solid and I really enjoyed it and the fact that it’s only 6 episodes but felt like a full long series is really something, great story, great acting, great chemistry a full chefs kiss

#2) WE BEST LOVE: FIGHTING MR.2ND

Same thing like the first one I really enjoyed it and the angst in this one is next level like just the right amount for me personally, so so good chefs kiss again

#3) I PROMISED YOU THE MOON

Really very good for obvious reasons I liked this one a lot cause we got to see Oh and Teh actually in their relationship and all the struggle that comes with transitioning from dating in high school to dating in college and honestly didn’t really expect them to get back together at the end so that was very nice cause I love a happy ending

#4) HISTORY4: CLOSE TO YOU

Great show love a HIStory so this was a no brainer great acting great chemistry sometimes the story got a little ehhhhh?? But honestly I could look past that

#5) TO MY STAR

Hands down probably my favorite Korean bl or at least top three, I’m SOOOO EXCITED for season 2, can't wait

#6) BE LOVED IN HOUSE: I DO

A very cutesy show perfect balance of enemies-ish to lovers it was just very cute and I really liked that the big bad turned out to not really be a big bad

#7) MANNER OF DEATH

Now technically this one came out in 2020 but I finished it in 2021 so I’m including it

Great show! at first I did not want to watch this show at all like when it was announced I immediately wrote it off cause it just didn’t seem like a show that I would be interested in, I love maxtul and that almost got me but....it was around 4 episodes in that I decided to binge them to get caught up cause I saw some gif that caught my attention and as soon as I started it i was so sad I wasn’t watching it from the beginning it was literally so good. I’m very excited for whatever maxtul next thing is cause they are do something together right? It’s something not sure of the details, fingers crossed for a sequel tho

Ok now for the next two I felt kinda weird about putting ongoing series on this list cause part of brain thinks well yeah it’s good right now but it could get bad or have an ending that completely ruins the whole show for me, which doesn’t happen often but happens (*cough cough* modc) but honestly these two are just so so so good that there is no way that I couldn’t put them on this list

#8) PAINT WITH LOVE

Paint with love honestly really took me for a shock cause I was not expecting to like it SO much like it's got some sort of Je ne sais quoi like I have no idea why I like it so much like I love the story, it’s so funny, I love all the characters, got my girl Yiwha from together with me you couldn't ask for anything more perfect, the chemistry I love it it’s all so cute, it blows my mind that some people don't like this show

#9) BAD BUDDY

Do we really even got to talk about tho one like if you’re watching bad buddy right now and not enjoying it enthusiastically then babe something is wrong with you, I could name so many fucking reasons why this is the best fucking show ever but then this post would be even longer than it already is, if ykyk

#10) MY BEAUTIFUL MAN

Now this bitch probably the most shocking to me that I even enjoyed this a little bit let alone put this on my overall 2021 list like huh? I absolutely hate the whipping boy trope it’s makes me sad and angry and makes me feel bad for everyone involved but this shit right here was in-fucking-credible now I didn’t get obsessive over this one until episode 4 cause the first three episodes were all iffy but not enough for me to call it quits so I kept going and bitch let me tell you episode 4 made up for all the shit in episodes 1-3 like episodes 4-6 oh my lord I was literally so close to not even starting this show and I’m very very very glad that I just randomly had some free time and wanted to watch something cause, and not to be to dramatic or anything but if I would have left this earth without having experienced this show what a disappointing waste of living fucking fire, like watch it if you havent cause you won't regret it

Ok there you have it long as hell and probably the most energy, preparation, and effort I ever put into a tumblr post in a long time but worth it cause while I didn’t watch that many bls/gls this year I watched some really good ones and I’m very happy with what I did watch, im looking forward to all the new ones to come honestly a little stressed about it low key cause there are so many shows to check out but very excited nonetheless

[noona96n]

a very necessary™ gifset of Zhou Shu Yi prowling ✨

[theheightofdishonor]

Unforgotten night - The trashiest of trash watches. Has an early 2000s vibes to me for some reason. You need to disengage your brain but if you do, it's funny. 2/10

The untamed - Watching this after woh was a mistake. It was fine, it was pretty, I just didn't personally enjoy it while watching. You're still going to see tons of it on my blog because the fandom's great. 5/10 for wei wuxian's evil era.

until we meet again - The plot is so well paced, great side couple, and I love InKorn. Oh and the soundtrack during Pharm's breakdown slaps. Unforunately, i don't like deanpharm or pharm as a character which made this an excruciating watch at parts. 8/10 though for ep 17 and for because i loved the plot so much

Vice versa - it's the only bl i've followed along as it airs and is a good example to why i probably should never do that again. A week inbetween episodes is a lot of time to pick apart and analyze a show and man does vice versa have gaping plot holes to pick into. I'm a fantasy girl at heart so i adored the concept and it was going really well for the first couple eps and then it became clear that my expectations for this show were far above anything it wanted to deliver. Ugh. Ruined JimmySea for me. What's the point of giving them a cool concept if you're not going to do anything with it. 3/10, one each for Talay, Ohm, and Nanon.

We best love - Since i've been breaking up most of the other 2 part series, might as well do the same here. WBL delivers a simple concept with flawless execution, sizzling chemistry, and great acting. The ultimate proof that tropes aren't inherently bad. 10/10.

We best love: Fighting for Mr. Second- I love when a a trope is followed to its aftermath because it gets less predictable and is less often done so I actually like this one better than the first installment. Also, Sam Lin deserves an award for that couch scene if he hasn't gotten one. For this entire installment actually because acting is just that good. Like, could rival nanon for my favourite actor good- and if you know how partial i am to nanon you know how high a bar that is. 20/10 and I can't see it losing it's place as my second favourite bl anytime soon.

Where your eyes linger - For someone who doesn't like a 'rich kid/bodyguard trope', i watch too many of them. But the leads' dynamic in this show is so good and the tension between them is gorgeously built, gorgeously paced. The characters are also surprisingly fleshed out for how short the series is. Han Tae Joo might be one of my favourite bl characters ever. Like I want to rip him apart with my fingernails and watch him bleed, i want to crawl inside his head, i want to spin him around in vat of concrete, he's my character of all time, my scrunklo. There are a few nitpicks, like I would've preferred if there had been more time for the tension to build and explode before they got torn apart and the end was kinda mediocore but atleast there was a happy ending! 10/10.

Why R U? - This show is a personal attack against my face blindness. There were two many couples and i couldn't tell most of them apart so by ep 2/3 I ended up skipping everything that wasn't tutorfighter because it wasn't making sense to me when i can't tell the characters apart. Zee and Saint do have great chemistry though, enough to be compelling even when the plot and pacing gave up. 3/10

Wish you: your melody from my heart - Entirely run of the mill. Even considering the short runtime, there's no depth, the acting is mediocore, and the music isn't my style. 2/10

Word of honor-Listen, my attention span sucks and I still watched this show end to end twice, it's that good. There's found family, the lead pair is great and it's fun to analyze. 11/10.

You make me dance- I thought i'd like this based on the concept but I found it hella boring. 1/10

and that's everything i remembered watching so far. this list was actually pretty helpful, if only so i don't have to go back and rewatch if i forget what any of these are about

i can't pick which hyperfixation to focus on so imma pivot in the opposite direction and just comment on all the dramas i've watched in the last couple months, both queer and not

2gether- Tropewise this should've been a home run but sarawat and tine just didn't vibe with me as a couple. If i was ranking it, it'd be like a 4/10. Basic, boring, those peep marshmallows with no depth of flavour.

Still 2gether- No plot but they had better chemistry this time. 6/10

3 will be free- 9/10, delightfully queer, I liked the side plots, i liked the main plot, point off only because Shin getting insecure and running off got repetitive.

A man who defies the world of bl 1+2- It was funny, i loved the parody aspect of it, probably would've liked it more if i had more than a cursory familiarity with yaoi as a genre. Liked s1 better than s2. 7/10

About Youth- It was fine? I liked it well enough while watching but it didn't stick out. Nothing you haven't seen before, rich/poor, popular/outcast etc. It had more of a queer vibe to it but i wish it lingered more, like old fashioned cupcake or itsay does. The love interest's best friend though, I loved. 5/10 because it's more interesting than 2gether and the chemistry was pretty good.

Bad Buddy: someone said that starting with this show was a bad idea because it would set the standards too high and they were absolutely correct. This show might as well be perfectly catered to me, it's got great chemistry, is fun to analyze, it's queer, it introduced me to Nanon, what's not to love. 12354678/10. Incomparable.

Be loved in house: I do - Office enemies-to-lovers. Very cute. Basic's only a crime if i didn't enjoy it and I did so 6/10.

Blacklist- The expectations I had for this show. Prim, Love, Ohm, Nanon, Khaotung, basically all my favourite gmmtv actors were in it and it sucked ass. I could've dealt with the growing ridiculousness of the school plot if the romances weren't the flattest, most cliche shit known to mankind. As it is, I didn't finish the show nor will I ever. Also watching this after Gifted is a special kind of hell because Nanon's playing the same character except written worse. -3/10.

Blueming -nothing special, I liked how the lead's family dynamics were portrayed. Like most kbls, too short for my liking. 5/10.

F4 Boys over Flowers. Believe it or not, this is the first version of boys over flowers i've watched. It meandered at times but was overall entertaining. I like useless bickering in my romances and Tu is charming as Gorya. Bright was pretty good too, I liked him better here than I did in 2gether. Milk's characters should've been in love with Gorya instead of Thyme though and the fact that she wasn't when they had so much chemistry is a crime. 8/10.

Business Proposal - As seems to be the trend with het kdramas, the beginning and end are both boring af, but the middle portions were pretty good. Both the romances were cute and I liked the chemistry between all the leads well enough. Also, i love a good running gag and it was funny watching everyone misunderstand the ceo and bodyguard's relationship. 7/10 because it's the first kdrama i actually watched til the end which just made the last ep that much more dissatisfying.

[tipsyjaehyun]

Mr. Sam Lin! You dropped this -

Give the man his damn Oscar, you cowards!

[save-the-data]

We Best Love: Fighting Mr. 2nd | S02E03

Taiwanese Drama - 2021, 6 episodes

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[itoldheraboutyou]

idk if anyone else picked up on this but when shu yi says he has a girlfriend and goes on about how women are better, it was like he was taunting shi de. trying to hint at or allude to the fact that he “knows” he cheated without words. obviously shi de didn’t pick up on it because he didn’t cheat on shu yi, much less with a women, but i’m thinking shu yi didn’t want to make him jealous as much as he wanted to make him feel guilty. jealousy was just a bonus lol.

i also think the moment in the beginning where shi de brings him into his office the first time and apologizes, and shu yi responds with a softer more vulnerable “for what?” that he was expecting shi de to apologize for “cheating”. and when he didn’t he lashed out and that led to taunting him later at his house, he wants him to own up to it.

[rho]

from the second he picked me up, he’s the only one I could see in this world.

[smoshbummers21]

My thoughts on Fighting Mr.Second episode two and some others thoughts about the next episode.

I don’t really wanna get to deep into it because I didn’t agree with some things that happened this episode but I just have to get this off my chest so yeah 🤡.

First let’s start with the beginning that I think was pretty funny.

It felt like those coworkers were the WBL fandom screaming about the little details imao.

Then we have the angsty scene, that scene that made all of us cry, yeah that scene.

I have to say that I thought it was going to be worse so I am glad they didn’t show anything else but it is groping and I hope everyone can see that, there was only consent at the end because Shu Yi started to kiss him but that doesn’t change what happened before.

Then we have this scene that is even funnier and I still can’t get over and probably will never get over because I laughed so hard lol.

The way Shu Yi was like “you are such a clown”, personally I don’t think nothing else happened besides them kissing, I think Shi De stopped and threw up or something like that 🤡.

And to put the cherry on the top of the cake, this shit happened, I literally laugh so hard that my sister had to check up on me.

Like bro what a moment, when you realized that you hook up with your ex boyfriend that you left five years ago and now his dad is here and he is going to end you 💀.

Now, my thoughts about the next episode is that, they are going to clear the misunderstandings or at least some of them which is going to get Shu Yi pretty mad but they talk things over hopefully and will agree to confront his dad together.

Or things get even worst before they come together to confront his dad, I feel like something else is going to happened before they decide to get together again or they will together but something bad is going to happened before they confront Shu Yi’s dad, not really sure about that.

About the promise that Shi De has made to Shu Yi’s dad, I think it has something to do with him becoming more successful before having his permission to be with Shu Yi, I could be wrong but I think is something relate to that.

Anyways, this Friday has been pretty intense and I still haven’t watch the new episode of A tale of 100 starts , You make me dance and the new season of Love Alarm so wish me luck lol.

Hoping everyone has a nice frigay and please feel free to comment in this post or dm me, I am always happy to read other’s comments, theories and thoughts <3.

[abruti87887278]

Email addresses details~

Shu Yi's email address : abruti87887278

Abruti : "stupid" in french

87887278 in ASCII is "WXHN"

WXHN ： wǒ xǐhuān nǐ

wǒ xǐhuān nǐ ： i like you.

Abruti87887278 = Stupid, I like you.

Shi De's email address : Shab1002

SH from SHu yi

AB from ABruti

1002 is the day when he met shu yi for the first time! (in elementary school)

= SHAB1002

= Shu Yi's abruti since 1002??? Maybe???

ok but shi de remembered the day when they first met in elementary school im-🥺

[itagakimizuki]