#bl reaction

[dramaxlandia]

Did you ever think to yourself, I wish someone would break down the cinematography and imagery in 4Minutes for almost an hour? Wow, how convenient I made this video…

[themoopoint]

[itsallaboutbl]

I have strong feelings... That I need to tell you about. Dai, I'm in love with you.

[divineandmajesticinone]

4 MINUTES (2024) I 1.01 "I'm sorry. My dad wants me to go home now. For dinner."

[veemark]

YinWar's reactions to people complaining about the series not showing how Jack and Joke feel about each other and lacking romance because they haven't had any "sweet moments" yet:

Bonus: Yin clapping back at people hating on him for Jack's choices last week.

[rayandgay]

🍳🤡

[petrichoraline]

Since you like me...then... WE ARE EP.11

[dropthedemiurge]

Love for Love's Sake | Things you didn't notice (probably)

Finally, I am watching a good K-BL and can enjoy multi-layered meanings within language, culture and translated subs altogether (unlike with Thai series where I need to learn a new language again xD)

So I'll be pointing out some fun things that I noticed for fellow foreign viewers =) Beware of a long post!

Disclaimer: I'm not fluent in Korean, but I've been learning and using it for years + lived and studied in Korea for a while so I'm offering my perspective and knowledge but it might not be the Ultimate Truth

Episode 1

«I prefer lonely supporting characters instead of happy protagonists. Cha Yeowoon is still unhappy. ... - Where are you going? - To see my main (최애). I mean, Cha Yeowoon.»

The word Tae Myungha used to described Cha Yeowoon, as I heard, was actually 최애 (choe-ae). It's a slang that can be translated as "my favourite" and typically is used for K-pop group members, meaning "my bias" (think One True Pairing but One True Person instead). Then, as his fellow classmate gets confused, hearing such word referring to a popular student in their school, Tae Myungha changes to "I mean, Cha Yeowoon", and it works because the word and the name sound similar.

Myungha uses this word because in the intro he stated that Yeowoon is his favourite character in the book out of all. So basically, his first reaction was "- Where are you going? - I'm gonna run to find my blorbo<3", which is so admirable. I'd also get obsessed with making happy my fav side character that was treated unfairly by creators :D

«Kids like chocolate, right? ... (Yeowoon grabs an icecream, Myungha grabs the same, adding with surprise:) Didn't see that coming. Bi-Bi-Big (비비빅)? You eat like an old man.»

What surprised Myungha there? That Yeowoon chose this icecream->

It's a traditional icecream that is made out of red beans. This taste is usually associated with older people (because typically kids like sweet things and older people like less sweet/bland tastes), also red beans or read bean paste is used in many traditional desserts in Korea. Yeah, who would've thought that a high schooler would choose this icecream out of all options?

Later, Myungha gets the message "You can compare Bi-Bi-Big to big Ba-Bum-Bar (another icecream with "old man taste" from chestnuts), why the hell would you eat it?" and gets confused as the message seems missent. I am confused as well, because Myungha wasn't the one choosing this icecream and Yeowoon wasn't typing in his phone. Considering that the phone number is unknown, I can guess that it might be a commentary from the book's author who's watching Myungha playing his story game? Let's figure it out in the next episodes!

«- You eat like an old man. - Do you play sports? - No. - Weird. You're a whiner like I've always heard. - Kids these days have no manners.»

My quick translation->

«- You eat like an old man. - Sunbae, do you play sports? - No. - Strange. You sound like one of those older jerks (꼰대). - Kids these days have no manners.»

More on the differences between Tae Myungha and Cha Yeowoon:

Myungha tried to poke Yeowoon about his "old man tastes", and Yeowoon called him out for his conservative/stereotypical thinking.

Yeowoon keeps calling Myungha sunbae (because he knows MH's a senior in their school so he must be polite), and Myungha REALLY TALKS LIKE AN OLD MAN to him ("Kids these days" in the subs does translate this style of speech correctly! I'm glad). We all know he's much older before he was thrown into high school times (~25-30yo?), but his words and intonations really make you feel like he's 50-60yo or something xD

Yeowoon doesn't like this at all, though, so he calls Myungha a sort of derogatory term 꼰대 (kkondae), which is used to described old conservative people who are set in their ways and keep nagging and scolding young people for not behaving properly. And, as a runner, he implies that there are senior sportsmen that are hazing or nagging younger sportsmen like this as well, that's who Myungha reminds him of. No wonder the affection stats fell down in the minus zone so hard!

There you go, guys, these are my comments on the first episode of Love for Love's sake! It is filmed so well, I like the idea, and I really enjoyed it (if this one gets really popular just like Semantic Error, we might get more BLs about gamers or gamedevs and I WILL LOVE IT I am so here for it, hehe)

Stay tuned for more as I watch next episodes :]

[heretherebedork]

This was just such a great moment. Poor JJ. He is caught in like fifteen kinds of drama at all times and he is just trying his best to hold everything together

[dramaxlandia]

4MINUTES Episode Reactions, Recaps, & Deep Dives

Think you missed something in 4MINUTES the series? Wish someone would break it down for you in a video format you can play in the background while you're busy? Wow, good thing I did!

[themoopoint]

[neuroticbookworm]

Mr. 'So done with these hoes' Sand is my spirit animal

Some of his hits from episode 1:

"Bump into the real deal and he might not get to wake up again"

"I'm gonna charge you more than an airport taxi"

"How did you manage to live this long?"

"I'd rather help a dog than help you"

And my personal favorite: The irony of this shirt

Immediately followed by this:

He's so done with this gang's bullshit and he has only interacted with one of them. I love one (1) sassy bitch and his name is Sand

[itsallaboutbl]

You need to pay all of that.

+ live reactions

[lurkingshan]

Love in the Air: Koi no Yokan is entirely on point.

✅ Casting

✅ Chemistry

✅ Character dynamics

And they only have about half as much screen time, so we are likely to get a more concentrated version of the core story, with less filler material. It’s everything I hoped for an adaptation of this show.

[pharawee]

Shoot me so everything ends.

[gunsatthaphan]

ep5 // ep8