#but yeah HAHA

[sunshinechay]

15 Day BL Challenge! Part 2!

Day 30: Top 3 shows to introduce people to BL?

Part 1 Part 2

Picking just 3 BLs to use to introduce people to BL is tricky because the more time goes on, the more there is and trickier it becomes to narrow it down to just 3 however I am going to do my best. I will say that my taste heavily skews towards Thai BL and since I’ve only been watching since 2022 there is likely a recency bias as well but I did my best to come up with 3 good ones. Jury is still out on whether or not it is haha

So without further ado, in no particular order:

The New Employee (Korea, 2022)

(GIF by @wanderlust-in-my-soul)

So my first BL on this list is actually Korean but I really liked The New Employee, it’s short, cute and to the point. The relationship between the two mains is good and the friendship with the ML and his lesbian bestie will always be a highlight for me. Overall it’s surprisingly uncomplicated and I think that would be a good starter if one wants a lighter non Thai BL

Love By Chance (Thailand, 2018)

Mame is perhaps not where most would start and I do agree with that a point but I do make an exception for Love By Chance. It’s a more classic old school BL that I think holds up well enough again newer shows that are coming out. It’s a more foundational BL that I think is good to watch if you want to know the roots of the genre (and the roots of Mame :P). Plus baby Saint and baby Perth are adorable and are still recognizable names to this day.

Manner of Death (Thailand, 2020-2021)

Okay hear me out. I followed an oddly specific procedural to BL pipeline (it was the gay firefighters okay?) and if others are anything like me, Manner of Death would be a good introductory BL. The show managed to strike a somewhat good balance between the romance and crime storylines while also never underestimating the audience’s intelligence. The show knows when to put the romance on the back burner in order to move the plot forward and I think that would be good for people who are a little weary of diving headfirst into BLs especially if romance as a genre wasn’t something they spent a lot of time in before. Plus it’s MaxTul at their finest and who wouldn’t watch to watch them ;)

Bonus:

Until We Meet Again (Thailand, 2019-2020)

While I think it’s possiblity (definitely) the best BL ever made, I think it would be one of those shows you have to work up too. Not for a long time but it would likely be good to get a small introduction to the genre before watching as this show is steeped in classic BL tropes that you might need more familiarity with in order to understand exactly how well the show does them and why that matters.

[oleander-comic]

Chapter Seven

TW: Homophobia, Internalized homophobia

[oddinary4bts]

Hi everyone!!! I finally have wifi at my new condo🥳🥳 I’ll be able to resume being online more and I’ve got something for you guys to read really soon🫣 love you lots✨✨

[happy10thousandyears]

happy easter

[starteas]

You know, it’s kind of funny to think about but with the few asks I’ve gotten about it, it surprised me a lot that people actually missed and liked reading Lumi when it was a webcomic. I ended up developing a complicated relationship with it because I felt really embarrassed about it, but to see a few people want it to be reuploaded or continue definitely tugs at my heartstrings a little. 🥲

[ghost-proofbaby]

ARE YOU TELLING ME I COULD HAVE MET YOU AND NOT KNOWN IT WAS YOU? FUCK RIGHT OFF NO WAY

maybe!!! idk i stuck to my little group very vehemently lol i'm genuinely just a very nervous and anxious babe

[ssreeder]

for the ask game caught and eyes and uncle

Caught:

Suspicion started to rise, and Sokka did his best not to get caught.

Eyes:

Zuko’s eyes narrowed, and he balled his fist when his hands started to shake.

Uncle:

Zuko smelled like a tea shop… He probably smelled like his uncle.

[charbeloved]

Okay so i kinda always put Charbeloved on Tumblr in the nane slot so the first question got me-

NPT: @theobs3ssivepuppeteer @rantapes @ive-fallendown

YOU STOLE MY TAGS G-

Have you ever wondered whether or not you’d be canonically queer if your life was a story? Look no further. This quiz will tell you your canon queer status. 

[ra3kiv]

[peanutseagle]

Yeah. so. episode three

[ineffable-doll]

Breaking news! Fic author starts writing a fic thinking it will be short and it turns out to be long! It is not the first time nor will it be the last!

[swiggity-swexual-i-am-asexual]

We all know the semi-canonical ‘all the Robins know to hide/duck inside of Batman’s cape, even as adults’ thing.

We also know that Danny ‘is LITERALLY a ghost’ Fenton sucks at remembering his own intangibility while ALSO forgetting to look ahead of him.

All I’m saying is, Danny Fenton (or Phantom, if you’d really like) would absolutely SLAM into Batman on accident while running on roof tops and Bruce ‘Brooding Instinct’ Wayne doesn’t even think twice about letting the kid hide and scanning around for danger before there’s a record scratch of ‘wait who tf is this?’ kicks in.

[martwy-basen]

[soranker]

98 lovemail doodles >_<

[unsung-idiot]

something something what goes around comes around

(i rewatched take back the falls and uh yeah... my hand slipped lol)

[turtleblogatlast]

Leo learns something about himself 🏳️‍⚧️

Based roughly on this old post.

Bonus:

[Leo is taking the fact that he was born biologically female simultaneously very well and also not so well but overall he’s mostly coping with the fact that it was Draxum that just essentially gave him the turtle equivalent of ‘The Talk’.]