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15 Day BL Challenge - Day 3
Day 3: Side Dish That Should've Been the Main Course
OBVIOUSLY RainPhayu (Oh! My Sunshine Night)
RamKing (My Engineer)
SkyPaitong (La Cuisine)
ForthBeam and MingKit (2 Moons 2)
JJMethas (This Love Doesn't Have Long Beans)
These aren't technically side dishes, but I still think my bestest boy ever DaOn (Light On Me)
and my craziest boy Way (Pit Babe) lookt at him, he's so pretty and pathetic, what a waste
should have had a better story and gotten the Main Boy (or any boy!) in the end, I said what I said 😤
#BLChallenge2k24#bl drama#oh! my sunshine night#rainphayu#my engineer#ramking#la cuisine#skypaitong#fothbeam#mingkit#2 moons 2#this love doesn't have long beans#jjmethas#light on me#pit babe the series#thai bl#korean bl
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Ranking Every Restaurant Based BL
As of August 2024. Shows not yet finished by that date are not on this list. Otherwise, features any BL set in the restaurant & beverage industry (that I've watched). I did not include the home cook domestic BLs on this list (like Our Dining Table).
1 To My Star
Korea 2021 Viki
10/10
Hwang Da Seul directing this show about a neurotic actor (actual puppy) who takes refuge with a grumpy chef resulting in sparks, cooking lessons, and LOVE! It’s 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 adore this show so much. Limited use of BL tropes makes this feel more of a sweet contemporary gay romance between an actor plagued by scandal and the grumpy chef who adopts him, but the gentleness will appeal to fans of the BL genre.
2 What Zabb Man!
Thai 2022 YouTube
8/10
Star Hunter's WZM was better than we had any right to expect, with decent pacing and a foodie theme threaded through the narrative as both love language and plot driver. Basically CEO falls in love with a street vendor’s food, recruits him to work in his hotel, falls in love with him, and that’s just the beginning. Class struggles! Kitchen drama! Papaya pounding (not a euphemism)! Chef poaching (not literally)! Spicy scenes (yes both kinds)! It’s all so delicious.
3 DNA Says Love You
Taiwan 2022 Gaga
8/10
Okay it's only in a cafe about 1/2 the time but it is the main setting if not the plot. DNA deserves extra marks for an upbeat approach to a queer story arc that other shows have systemically mishandled with sadness (in the guise of realism). There is a twist, which I found predictable, but knowing what would happen didn't spoil this show. The leads are luminous and engaging, and it’s full of queer found family representation and an unexpected amount of domesticity, plus it’s Taiwan, so the kisses are great. The first few eps are rough going but have patience, it's worth it I promise! The second half is really special and life/love affirming - and the end is big-grin charming.
4 The Tasty Florida
Korea 2021 Viki https://www.viki.com/tv/38119c-the-tasty-florida
8/10
Not really a love triangle featuring the prettiest men ever to be grouped together outside of K-pop, honestly the visuals are ridiculous, there’s a story, it has to do with food, whatever, they so pretty. I have a weakness for this BL and it's entirely Speed's fault.
5 My Day
Pinoy 2020 YouTube
8/10
The set up on this one is enemies (also boss/employee) and they don’t like each other to start. But that gets resolved pretty quickly. And then they are some of the cutest, hottest, and best boyfriends ever. This is an under-appreciated BL, IMHO. It's also more set in the office of a food creation company, but there is a lot about food.
6 My Tooth Your Love
Taiwan 2023 Viki
8/10
Earnest dentist hottie with sad eyes who worries too much is smitten by an adorable sunshine neurotic bar owner with serious anxiety issues. They fall madly in love while courting each other with food, plushies, and naps. Then, shocker, talk about their feelings and try to actually sort out their problems so they can have an adult relationship. Bonus crumbs = 18 year old poor little rich kid in mad crush with a much older man. I really enjoyed this show, it had a unique premise, killer dialogue, there was a solid lead pair with charmg chemistry, soft flirtation, delightful smiling kisses, and stinkingly cute domesticity. All that said, I wasn’t wild about some of the darker themes it explored, even though it did a good job with them. And while the sides were adorable, they were underused. In the land of May/December, baby boy kabedon is my kryptonite! Why so little of it? (Kabedon is My Krytonite = also the name of my indie band’s first single.)
7 All the Liquors
Korea 2023 Viki & Gaga
8/10
A pretty classic foodie set KBL that managed to distinguish itself from others in this category by having a particularly satisfying final episode centered around found family. Sunshine sweetie soju rep gets involved with a shy introvert chef who doesn’t drink. This has a somewhat uneven plot and ridiculous central conceit (much in the way of Tasty Florida), but if you are looking for a restaurant BL with Korea’s signature softness, then this is a great option. FYI I may identify with our baby party boy hedonist more than any other BL lead ever presented.
8 Although I Love You and You - Sukiyanen Kedo Do Yaro ka
Japan 2024 Gaga
8/10
The promise of this show, younger cook courts older divorced office worker, should have been my catnip. I mean if someone pitched this to me in an elevator I would have downloaded it by the second storey. Unfortunately, it did not exactly fulfil that promise, not in the way I'd hoped. Did I still enjoy the ride? Yes, but I feel a little let down.
9 Ocean Likes Me
Korea 2022 Viki https://www.viki.com/tv/38367c-ocean-likes-me
8/10
Stars Kpop’s best known out gay singer, Holland & Han Gi Chan (Where Your Eyes Linger). Noodle shop! Broken dreams! This is a solid little KBL, with a good premise and cast. Manic pixie dream boy can get old fast but when contrasted with awkward grumpy chef? It’s a tasty combo that elevates both ingredients. Holland is a charming screen presence - baby boy is HYPNotiC. And while I wasn’t entirely sold on the chemistry, these two did give us some very good kisses and sweet domesticity. I grinned through most episodes and I didn’t even mind the standard KBL 1 year separation at the end because it felt so true to the characters. Is this Korea's first out gay actor in a BL? I think it might be.
10 My Sweet Dear
Korea 2021 Viki
8/10
I liked this one a lot better than most. Strict professional rivals (chefs) in a very enemies to lovers BL - to the point where we mistrust the sincerity of the seme because he’s so very in it to win. I kinda like that, because kitchens are hotbeds of drama, and I like a seme with some sinister edge. But be warned, it means the whole romance comes off as a little disingenuous.
11 You Are Ma Boy
Vietnam 2021 YouTube
7/10
The leads in this drama crackle on screen together and I kinda adore them. No one has seen this BL, and you should really give it a try. Is there angst? Nope even what could have been angst (a gay idol) doesn’t materialize, it’s just cuties in a cafe confusing each other with cat & mouse games. The side het couple is a touch disturbing, tho.
12 My Lascivious Boss
Vietnam 2021 YouTube
7/10
While it did have pacing issues and some questionable content at the beginning, MLB’s unabashed queerness carried it though and ultimately elevated it with camp. It never felt like mockery or punching down, it felt joyful, and very new wave BL. It’s as if Vietnam is starting a process of handing out HEAs to all the letters of LGBTQ+ in BL style - I love this look for them.
13 Pure Vanilla
Singapore 2023 microfilm Gaga
7/10
It’s very sweet. Bit awkward acting. I love seeing real tats. I wish Singapore would give us a full proper BL.
14 La Cuisine
Thai 2022 Gaga
7/10
A sweet and somewhat pure show, and like the Thai desserts it features, perhaps requires too much patience for a layperson. Because of the pacing and the focus on a bad girl character, I did dock it. But if you like stuff in the Oxygen vein, then this show is for you, and far better than most Thai BL pulps. That said, I suspect that I enjoyed it more than many would.
15 My Universe - Lucky Love
Thai 2023 iQIYI
7/10
A boy suffering heartbreak is asked to look after a friend's restaurant, and meets a young chef whose food brings on a relationship. I enjoyed this 2 part installment, it’s a bit of a sad sack recovery SAGA, but the acting is genuine, the couple believable, and the story felt particularly queer to me. It was really quite charming.
16 Cooking Crush
Thai 2024 YouTube
7/10
1/3 of this is a sweet romance about a student doctor falling in love with a student chef, and the rest of it is utter dross. Look the OffGun bits were GREAT. In fact, I think they’re better AS A PAIR in this show than in any of their other BLs. And I'm a hard sell on any OffGun being better here than PickRome. Saying that, how can I review a show where I could only tolerate 1/3 of it? Because I didn’t like any other aspect of this show, no other pairs and no other plots. That gives me: 9/10 for the OffGun bits, 5/10 for everything else. Frankly, it probably should be an 8 but I gotta go with my gut and it's UPSET about this so 7/10. Sorry boys. It’s GMMTV’s fault. Your heart was in this show, mine wasn’t.
17 Love in Translation
Thai 2023 iQIYI
6/10
A sweet little pulp about a Thai boy with a crush on a Chinese influencer who ends up in a business relationship with her ex-bf. This show had truly great chemistry between the leads, cute found family with good rep, and an exciting (if silly) ending that almost, but didn't quite, make up for how incredibly annoying the main character was in the first half. Gotta say the make-out scene in the convenience store is one of the greatest in Thai BL history, but I can't like a show where I dislike the main character to such a degree, sorry DouOffroad I intend to enjoy your next offering.
18 Please Tell Me So
Korea 2021 microfilm YouTube
Cute barista (played by Han Hyun Jun star of Love Class) has a crush on his customer, musters up the courage to ask him out.
19 Love Advisor
Thai 2021 microfilm YouTube
6/10
Set in a cafe but not about cafe workers, this is an actor’s piece, more like a one act stage performance about friends to lovers and miscommunication.
20 VIP Only
Taiwan 2024 Gaga
6/10
A sweet if aimless story about a writer and a chef finding love via noodles, fake dating, and family challenges. If it had a tighter script and a shorter run, more like a KBL this might’ve been quite special. But it didn’t and it lost me too many times.
21 609 Bedtime Story
Thai 2023 WeTV
6/10
Okay it's sometiems set in a club but that's not really part of the... plot. An interesting time slip concept and a great set up ultimately disappointed. It opened strong, on one of my favourite under appreciated Thai actors: Plustor (as Vee) in a side bartender romance with younger bisexual king, Games. Unfortunately, it went downhill from there. OhmFluke’s solid chemistry and romantically soft kisses were ill served by a reformed rake meets rich-kid cheater pairing. While it was nice to see Ohm play a part with more animated facial expressions, his was the only character that remained consistent. All in all, this was a confusing show about disloyalty and parallel worlds that never made sense or stayed true to its characters. A promising start, confusing middle, and disappointing end. I don’t say this lightly, but Oh My Sunshine Night is better, and OhmFuke deserve better than either.
22 Bake Me Please
Thai 2023 Gaga
6/10
A lackluster story about a group of bakers coping with (mostly) a shoddy script that could not be saved by either the beauty nor the talent of the actors involved. It suffered for lack of narrative backbone and so did I.
23 Bite Me
Thai 2021 Viki
6/10 (yeah I'mm surprise too, I thought I gave this a 5)
Thailand gave us Korean style slowly simmering ultra soft and sweet BL only at a Thai length so the pacing was… not good. Slower than molasses and full of insane subtext, long gazes, missing dialogue, abrupt mood swings, and one very pretty kiss. It curdled around episode 8, the sauce split, and there was no saving it. It did have some of the best food porn I’ve seen in my life, and I watch cooking shows regularly. It was beautiful, the leads were decent, it should have right up my alley, and yet… it left me with a feeling of disaffected ennui - bland and boring and unsatisfying. 11 courses of tasty tasty pacing issues.
24 One Last Order
Korea 2019 microfilm Gaga
5/10
Extremely hot cafe customer has to figure out which of the cutie baristas has a crush on him and sends hime poetry.
25 Craving You
Taiwan 2020 Viki
5/10
Honestly, I haven't rewatched this since it aired and I maybe might cut it more slack now. About a jerk of a cook with a crush on a musician and having to make a cake for a gay wedding.
26 Coffee Melody
Thai 2022 Viki
5/10
Stars Pavel (my love) as a cafe owner (Forth in 2 Moons 2) and Benz as a composer (Call it What You Want). This should have been my kind of BL - on the fluffy end of the spectrum plus honestly queer. Unfortunately, the slow pacing, manufactured angst, odd secondary story arcs, and a selfishly immature unlikeable wet dishcloth main character, meant its flaws outweighed its charm. Jean (flame on snark fairy) is ME, I love him so much but in the end neither he nor Pavel in an apron could save this show for me. It’s not bad. It’s not good either. Ultimately so forgettable I’ve probably already forgotten it. There is also a Coffee Melody holiday special.
27 Evening Cafe
Thai 2021 YouTube
5/10
Cafe setting with no heat and no kisses (almost Chinese in this regard), but a decent lead pair. About a boy who works in a cafe and the new employee who has a crush on him. That’s it, whole story.
28 Love Area: Part 1
Thai 2021 Gaga
5/10
It ended on a cliffhanger and I'm still annoyed by it. But it is somewhat set at a restaurant.
29 Love Next Door 2
Thai 2014 Gaga
4/10
One of Thailand’s early very high heat pieces, it’s odd, but sexy I guess? Some unexpectedly decent queer rep at the cafe including femme characters getting screen time and HEAs. Part one from 2013 has the same high heat content and feature the same lead character (and actor) early on in his queer journey, discovering he is gay with the sex worker next door, but isn't as good nor is it relevant to this story. Which, unfortunately, also isn't very good.
30 The Promise
Thai 2023 WeTV
4/10
Although well acted this show dragged a too simple premise out into the ultimate manipulative miscommunication repeats of idiotic "why don’t you just TALK!?” Phu & Nan are childhood bffs through college (almost lovers) until Phu disappears. After looking/waiting for him, Nan gives up and self isolates, and the actual story takes place 10 years later. Phu’s “reason” and inability to say it out loud makes the whole show just frustrating, squandering good chemistry, and a stellar cast of multiple faen fatals (whose personalities would’ve made them better boyfriends). Seriously do not bother. What a damn waste of talent, time, and electronic bandwidth. Fatally flawed.
31 Love Area: Part 2
Thai 2022 Gaga
3/10
It wasn't as boring as Bite Me, but it wasn’t actually good, either. This started out as Thailand tackles love triangles pulp style, but in part 2 lockdown changed everything. Valen & Kaitoon dropped some great kisses but traded off crazy hair and makeup in a scene-by-scene whiplash that was clearly pickups done months after lockdown, and the second lead vanished. It was... surreal. Side dishes jumped up screen time but tackled mental health... badly. A fantastic new queer side character was randomly introduced, June, who was the best thing to happen to BL linguistics in 2022 but had nothing to do with the rest of the cast, show, or plot. What a mess. In the end, I didn’t know what I was watching, and neither did it.
32 Cafe In Love
Thai 2023 grey
3/10
A café setting featuring 3 couples with a great queer fam but held together by tropes and sexual-harassment, surrounded by dubious consent and statutory rape. Avoid.
33 I Am Your King 2
Thai 2019 grey
3/10
Early love triangle BL about a cafe boy caught between two brothers, mostly not good because the wrong brother wins. Has no connection to the original I Am Your King.
34 Senior Love Me
Thai 2023 YouTube
3/10
Pulp cafe, nothing happens, not even a BL
35 Jealousy is My Guest
Korea 2016 microfilm Gaga
2/10
Just very very odd and kinda deadly.
I also have 3 unrated DNFs in this sub genre:
Accomplishment of Fudanshi Bartender AKA Fudanshi Bartender no Tashinami - Japan 2022
My Story - Pinoy 2023
About Us but Not About Us 0 Pinoy 2022
Restaurant & beverage is my favourite possible setting for a BL. I'm extremely disappointed that the BL world hasn't produced more that I truly love. I'm not demanding 10/10 but I could use some 9/10s.
Side eyes Thailand and Japan.
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#restaurant BL#cafe bl#food prep bl#bar bl#restaurant and beverage#To My Star#korean bl#What Zabb Man!#thai bl#The Tasty Florida#Ocean Likes Me#My Tooth Your Love#My Sweet Dear#Taiwanese bl#My Day the series#pinoy bl#DNA Says Love You#Although I Love You and You#japanese bl#All the Liquors#Sukiyanen Kedo Do Yaro ka#You Are Ma Boy#My Lascivious Boss#La Cuisine#Cooking Crush#Love in Translation#Bake Me Please#Coffee Melody#Craving You
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Was scrolling through Micks tiktok when suddenly a familiar face!
And I remembered Pop was main in a BL before! Mick and Pop were a ship! Oh well I guess now I have to watch that series too (it's about food so it wasn't on my list, but this changes everything)
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Again, they're all getting pushed. Just need to know who to push first.
#my ride#tonhon chonlatee#bed friend#together with me#work from heart#la cuisine#light on me#roommates of poongduck 304#dark blue kiss#Also#just to be clear#they are all already lined up at the cliff waiting to be pushed. They cannot harm anyone else while waiting their turn#the 'winners' of these polls will be ceremonially thrown into a lake
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#I forgot how cute they are 🥺#they are just the sweetest#La Cuisine#La Cuisine The series#Gabriel makes stuff#เมนูลับฉบับแก้มยุ้ย#The Secret Menu of Kaem Yui#Ramin Tarangkul#Pop Pattarapol#Lukchub#Mick Monthon#RamLukchub#RamChub#Ram x Lukchub#Jirachin#LukChin#Daisuke Tsukikawa#Kaew Apiradee#Chomjan#Thai series#Thai Drama#BL Drama#BL series
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#mick monthon#mickmonthon#thai actors#thai actor#thai guy#thai beauty#every you every me the series#every you every me series#every you every me#my universe the series#my universe series#my universe#la cuisine the series#la cuisine series#la cuisine#thai bl#thai drama#thai series#thai boys love#boys love#bl thai#bl drama#bl series#asian bl drama#asian bl series#handsome#handsome boy#handsome guy#aesthetic#cute aesthetic
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I want my partner to work with me.
—EVERY YOU, EVERY ME · ทุกๆ เธอที่รัก · Universe 02/08
#every you every me#every you every me the series#mick monthon#top piyawat#everyyoueverymeedit#thai bl#thai drama#bl drama#bl series#my edits.#bad guy my boss - wholesome version#but also some serious la cuisine flashbacks
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Victor-Gabriel Gilbert (French, 1847-1935) Femme à la cuisine, 1877
#Femme à la cuisine#victor gabriel gilbert#french art#french#france#Victor-Gabriel Gilbert#art#mediterranean#fine art#european art#classical art#europe#european#fine arts#oil painting#europa#cottage core#maid#peasant#beautiful art
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Maïté déguste un ortolan...
Hommage à Maïté (Marie-Thérèse Ordonez) ,icône de la gastronomie française à Ia télévision 🌹❤️🎈 R.I.P 🕊
La cuisine des Mousquetaires
👋 Bel après-midi
#hommage#rip#maïté#cuisine#ina culte#ortolan#gastronomie#la cuisine des mousquetaires#humour#funny video#gif animé#truculente#cuisinière#tv#bel après-midi#fidjie fidjie#Youtube
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Favorite Kiss Game
Rules: create a poll with five (<- lol I'm bad at math) of your all time favorite onscreen kisses, setting any standard for qualification you choose. Then tag more friends to join in!
Thank you @my-rose-tinted-glasses for tagging me! 💜
I have A LOT of favorite kisses, but I decided to choose these:
This time I'm not tagging anyone because the tags haven't been working for me lately 😩 Anyone who sees this post: please consider yourself invited to the game 😘 (Please tag me, I wanna vote for fav kisses!)
#tag game#i cannot reach you#love in translation#jun and jun#jun & jun#la cuisine the series#oh! my sunshine night#manner of death#secret crush on you#bl drama#thai bl#korean bl#japanese bl
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Phi, any recommendations on shows that invoke the same warm fuzziness as We Are? I need friendship and soft giggles in my life again.
Soft BLs Centered Around a Friendship Group
example: We Are
This is Thailand's bailiwick, so the ones that satisfy all your criteria are gonna be Thai.
There are in order of my personal preferences. Best at the top.
My School President
Cherry Magic (Thai remake)
Love By Chance (AePete cut)
Destiny Seeker
2 Moons 2
2 Moons Ambassador
2gether series
En of Love series
My Engineer
Nitiman
La Cuisine
Make it Right series
Gen Y series
Secret Crush on You
Tonhon Chonlatee
I will say that The Kiss series+ has my favorite friendship group but I can't in good conscious call Dark Blue Kiss soft. So it's not on this list. But I wanna give it a nod.
Much smaller friendships groups but they kinda there?
Oh! Boarding House
Love Class 2 (Korea) it not hard but also it's not really about the friendships until the end. But it's the closest Korea as come to this kind of BL.
The New Employee
All the Liquors
My Day
DNA Says Love You
Tie The Not
Papa and Daddy
Second Chance
My Lascivious Boss
Stupid Genius (most of the "stupid" series from Vietnam)
My Gear and Your Gown
21 Days Theory
Ai Long Nhai
My Secret Love
Good Friendships Groups but Harsher BLs
Bad Buddy
Until We Meet Again
The Sign
SOTUS
Theory of Love
Deep Night
Love Sick series
Oh! My Sunshine Night
Pit Babe
Usually I stop my pulls at 7/10 but in this instance I included some 6/10s. Just FYI. Some of the ones lower down in each category really aren't all that good.
Hope there are some here you haven't seen. My personal suggestion might actually be La Cuisine. I think it's giving the requisite softness.
#BLs like we are#soft bl#bl based aroudn friendship groups#university bl#thai bl#high school bl#My School President#Cherry Magic (Thai remake)#Love By Chance#Destiny Seeker#2 Moons 2#2 Moons Ambassador#2gether#En of Love#My Engineer#Nitiman#La Cuisine#Gen Y#Tonhon Chonlatee
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Ma mamie qui croit toujours qu'on vis à l'âge de pierre apparemment. La première fois qu'elle est venu manger chez nous elle à ramener des bouteilles d'eau, des couverts et des assiettes 🤦, elle a pas encore compris je crois. Elle pense toujours qu'on à pas de chauffage l'hiver et qu'on récupère l'eau de source pour boire..c'est devenu une blague dans la famille.
#j'ai droit à chaque fois à “mais comment vous faites pour vous laver ?” “comment on va faire pour cuisiner chez toi ?”#bah je sais pas avec la gazinière peut être ? 🤷#mamie j'ai même la clim et le lave vaisselle dans la caravane putain 😂
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I cannot stress enough that I could not fit everything in this poll. If your pick isn’t here, it’s because I can only put 10 shows, well 9 so you can go ahead and use the other option.
#my ride#until we meet again#between us#big dragon#cutie pie#secret crush on you#ghost host ghost house#la cuisine#lovely writer#thai bl#there were so many shows I wanted to put but couldn’t#i have a feeling I know which one will win though
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Shows that helped me get through this year
Best of 2022
La Cuisine
My Ride
Vice Versa
My Only 12%
About Youth
Secret Crush on You
Meow Ears Up
Choco Milk Shake
On Cloud Nine
#Best of 2022#La Cuisine#La Cuisine The series#The Secret Menu of Kaem Yui#เมนูลับฉบับแก้มยุ้ย#asianLGBTQdramas#mine edit#RamLukchub#RamChub#SkyPhai#TitanPangJi#Pop Pattarapol#Mick Monthon#Aarch Tachit#Boom Panathon#Ice Dechapat#Momo Pawarisa#Honda Akkrawut#Nont Naruedol#Daisuke Tsukikawa#Brownie Supassara#Ant Warinda#Thai BL#Thai series#Thai BL series#Thai Drama#BL Drama#BL series#Gabriel makes stuff
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Ma grand-mère de 89 ans, qui de façon générale s'en fou de la politique, a fait l'erreur de recracher l'expression "entre la peste et le choléra" en ma présence en parlant du RN et du NFP, parce que même en s'en fichant de la politique, elle a retenu ça.
S'ensuivit dix minutes d'exposé non planifié à 8h40 du matin, sur le merdier médiatique français, entrecoupé de définitions du conseil d'état sur ce qui défini réellement les extrêmes.
#bah quand j'ai fini elle a juste pris son déambulateur et est sortie de la cuisine#french politics#upthebaguette
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