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[sherrymagic]

At last, our dream is about to come true.

Poom Phuripan as JOE in Episode 12 MY STAND-IN (2024)

[absolutebl]

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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[scarefox]

Sick and twisted that comfort shows have a last episode and then just end.

[antirepurp]

i adore sonic music so much i love how each ost is distinct and unique and how many genres have been covered over the years, i love how sonic adventure embodies the vibes of the 90s while adventure 2 jumps immediately into butt rock and early 2000s glory with all its might just a few years later, i love shadow the hedgehog doing a 180 from the upbeat mood of heroes to embrace edge in all of its different forms, im obsessed with sonic 06's main theme mixing guitars and rock with symphony instruments and putting rap on the top and pulling it off flawlessly, i love unleashed embracing music from all over the world and weaving it both into cool jazz and high-energy tracks, and i adore frontiers dancing around the openworld ost trope of gentle subtle pianos and not being afraid to break the calmness with edm that feels like early 2010s monstercat and then breaking it further with the titan tracks to really give contrast and weight to their respective battles. im obsessed with the variety in this franchise and you should be too

[haveyouseenthisseries-poll]

Original title: Keolleoreoswi | 컬러 러쉬.

[gabrielokun]

[wanderlust-in-my-soul]

Most memorable, almost iconic, moments of bl (imo) (Part1/?)

KinnPorsche

Semantic Error

Color Rush

Cherry Blossoms After Winter

Old Fashion Cupcake

Never Let Me Go

To My Star

You Make Me Dance

More parallels and lists and multi bl edits you can find here 😊

[fandomfairyuniverse]

10 bl boys that I want carnally (except I’m ace so not literally but more like in theory lol) aka my “god that man is pretty” list

I was tagged by @negrowhat (hi Eboni! *waves*) so here we go

Vegas-I really, truly hope that this isn’t a surprise like we all saw this coming

Payu-I’m not explaining this one akshsk

Win-like. Look at him

Kaeng-yes he’s an idiot but he’s a very pretty idiot. Also I have a thing for people in glasses

Shu yi-i understand Shi de I really do like COME ON

Phaya-the newest addition and. Yeah

Mork-he’s just stunning need I say more

Sand-first kanaphan that’s it that’s the post

King-this one is particularly hilarious because I did not watch bed friend and yet-

Yoohan-hwall is gorgeous what more do y’all want from me

And there we go! I’m tagging whoever wants to do this. Here’s your tag. Have fun my loves!

[asiandramas-takeover]

As I rewatched the ending of Unintentional Love Story, it hit me real hard that I was part of history. I’ve been part of the growth of KBL’s. From “bromances”, to unhappy endings, to full fledge korean queer shows & my god did the realization feel amazing. I’m so happy for this representation & I can’t wait to see more.

I’m tagging 30 KBL’s because Tumblr doesn’t let me do more & the fact that there are more I can tag makes me emotional.

Ps. If you have yet to see “Long Time No See” I highly recommend it. It’s the first korean bl & it was released in 2017.

[itsanidiom]

15 DAY BL CHALLENGE - DAY 8

The Trope You Hate Except When It's This Series

I don't tend to like "Soulmates". For example, I wasn't a big fan of the trope as seen in La Pluie and Color Rush. Both definitely are better in that they deal with discussions around the darker side of the trope (ie. the color blind kidnapping their soul mates in Color Rush). But, at the end of the day, the main characters always overcome that and the fated love interests always still get together.

It's not because Soulmates is a bad trope, I think the idea of it just creeps me out. Like there is a person out there FOR YOU, and you are FOR THEM and neither of you could possibly connect with anyone else on the same level even if you had completely different politics/backgrounds/cultures/languages/etc. I actually have some plot bunnies written for a subversion of the trope where like: what if in a dystopian world the government forces soul mates together and there are like programs finding and forcing people together. But enough about my writing I'll get to the point. And the point is...

THE SIGN MADE ME ENJOY IT SO MUCH

I think it's mainly because, in The Sign, they are Karmic Soulmates, and it's not like they live in a universe where everyone has a soulmate. It just so happens that they have this intense connection from their past lives.

I think they also do a great job showing like: but that's not the ONLY reason these two like each other.

That moment Phaya discharges himself from the hospital after he realizes he and Tharn are karmic soulmates is *chef's kiss*.

Like before that: yes, they were in love. But after that it was like: NOT ONLY are they in love they KNOW they are KARMICALLY BOUND TO ONE ANOTHER. I loved that, and it didn't make me feel like they were forced together the whole time. It was definitely my favourite thing and made me rethink my general dislike of the Soulmates trope.

[todayisafridaynight]

hey i know that face

[absolutebl]

10 BLs That Are Not About Coming Out

Also... doesn’t really even have a coming out sequence. 

Ready? 

1. Kinky mafia dudes (KinnPorsche) 

2. Cinderfella crossdressing historical romance (Nobleman Ryu’s Wedding)

3. Grim reaper falls in love with a doctor (Dear Doctor I’m Coming For Your Soul) 

4. I’m not gonna explain, just watch Color Rush (Viki) 

5. Catfishing assassins on opposite sides of a turf war (Long Time No See Gaga) 

6. Time travel romance might be poly (Tinted With You Viki) 

7. Boys shack up with ghosts and each other (Ghost Host, Ghost House YouTube) 

8. Mafia + doctor team up to investigate MURDER, have lots of hot sex (Manner of Death) 

9. Gang of anarchists takes on corruption + identical twins (Not Me YouTube) 

10. Doctor vs time via seduction (Triage)

More but might not be quite BL or end happily: 

Smart boy in love with zombie incubus, keeps him alive with sex (Eternal Yesterday Gaga & Viki)

Man in poly relationship with reincarnated pets (Choco Milk Shake - YouTube)

Dystopian gay Dexter meets Judge Dread (Devil Judge Viki) 

Polycule murders bad guy goes on run from mafia assassins (3 Will Be Free YouTube)

Bodyswap goes on a road trip (Cupid’s Last Wish YouTube)

Bodyswap goes to boarding school (Great Men Academy)

Boys ARE ghosts, still kissing (Peach of Time Viki & Something In My Room YouTube) 

Very little Korean BL (because it exists in that alt-reality bubble) has coming out sequences. Most Thai BL, because it is set in high school and college and around friends/family does contain it. Here’s my:

BEST Coming Out Sequences in BL 

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[scarefox]

my peak hurt/comfort couples:

King x Uea - Bed Friend

Yeonwoo x Yoohan - Color Rush

Dongeun x Yeojung - The Glory

Charlie x Babe - Pit Babe

[thefreeblog]

Thai: A school boy meets another school boy

Japanese: See above or Colleagues fall in love.

Taiwanese: See above or Step brothers!

Mean while Korea: Vampire falls in love. A colourblind person finds his soulmate. An orphan finds his love. A actor and chef falls in love. A nobleman marries a cross dressing man. Roommates become boyfriends. An author with 2 life times of memories finds love. Assassins fall in love. A dancer and loan shark get together. A cat and dog, reincarnate as humans and find themselves boyfriends.

No one brings this kind of variety to the table other than Korea.

[spicyvampire]

If you are worried about Lomfon and Tien ending together let me reassure you real quick

So ep 1 of la pluie literally 4mins in, the VERY FIRST COUPLE we see while Tai is catching us up on the lore of the universe he lives in is someone with hearing loss and their partner who clearly doesn't have hearing loss

Like they have to communicate via text cuz it's raining outside and she has to order for him, yet they are being very affectionate and in love the whole time they are on screen in this scene

From the very beginning of this show, even before we learn about Tai's parents and the mom remarriage, this show was telling us your soulmate is whoever you choose, not someone you are connected to by hearing loss

And then they proceed to have Patts break up with his soulmate to date Tai before he knew Tai was actually his soulmate, like we were mocking him for this but it was a quick easy way to show he didn't care about the whole soulmate shit from the start because he just wants whoever he was attracted to (which at that moment was that cute guy he saw with a Cat and then at a coffee shop near his work who turns out to be his soulmate), it's one of the reasons why Nara and the whole problem of their relationship being her being insecure because she is not his soulmate is important, to show furthermore that Patts literally did not care about that, like Patts was so in love with her that literally months after she broke up with him he drunkenly kissed her

And then the show established that Lomfon didn't believe in soulmates, even before his hearing loss started, like be assured Lomfon and Tien are probably one of the most assured endgame couple in a bl going on rn simply because the show has been telling us this the whole time, remember this in the next few episodes when Tien learn that Lomfon is also Tai and Patts' soulmate and shit hit the fan