#let free the curse of taekwondoe

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MY TOP 10 BL COUPLES OF 2024

Once again, I am a little late, but better late than never! A few reminders:

-I'll be posting these from least favorite to favorite.

-No shows that finished in 2024 (even early 2024) will be included on this list, they will likely be on the 2025 list.

-If any of these wonderful gif makers want me to remove their gifs I will, just ask me! But credit is linked on/below the gifs. Here's to 2025 being just as amazing!

2023 List:

I will not be writing anything about the pairings in this small collage, but I did really enjoy their chemistry and plots and they were close to making the top 10, but not quite.

These next pairs were SO close to making the top ten but just missed out. I loved the chemistry between all these couples but I did feel like the storylines here were a tad bit lacking in some cases (My Stand in was toxic AF for example lol!). They didn't enthrall me as much as the top 10 but I still appreciated them.

Honorary Mentions:

Ming & Joe | My Stand In

This was a pretty interesting series, though, I admit I did skim through a lot of it. I mainly watched it for the chemistry between the main two. Like I said before, it was EXTREMELY toxic, but it was fun to watch regardless.

Dae Young & Jung Ha | Seoul Blues

This company made quite a few mini series this year and they all had sort of the same vibe to me, but I thought these two had the best chemistry of all of the pairs. They just seemed the most comfortable acting together. It would be great to see them get a longer BL series together.

Tai & Kram | Two Worlds

MaxNat are just so damn good together. Their kisses are definitely top tier. While this series wasn't my absolute favorite from this year, I really enjoyed seeing these two on screen again and love that they got the focus. They just work together.

Great & Tyme | 4 Minutes

This was a really good series that I need to rewatch and pay more attention to, because I do admit, it lost me a bit near the ending. But the chemistry between these two was so good! It was refreshing to see a series with some somewhat older actors in a more mature role/setting. Also the love scenes were A+.

Jack & Joke | Jack and Joker

YinWar is one of my all time favorite pairs and I did love that they got this role and that they had such a say in the creation of it. I personally didn't love the series as much as I have enjoyed some of their previous work, but I do love the couple and their progression through the series. They were close to making the top 10 for me but some others just slightly edged them out.

Sprite & First | Twins the Series

I was surprised to love this series as much as I did, I actually really enjoyed it and found it really fun, in all aspects, not just the main duo. But these two had crazy good chemistry together and I just loved watching the build up week by week and seeing their story progress.

Top 10!

#10. Methas & JJ | This Love Doesn't Have Long Beans

These two were so damn fun to watch. The main pairing was great too but I preferred the side pair. Hate to Love is one of my favorite tropes and these two didn't disappoint.

#09. Ryu & Zen | Rebound the Series

Another fun sports BL that I enjoyed mostly every storyline of. These two are one of those BL pairs that just gets better with each series they do together. They have such a sweet chemistry together and I liked the back story of their characters in this series.

#08. Babe & Charlie | Pit Babe

Definitely one of my favorite BL's of the year, if not all time. It was just such a fun and different sort of series and I think the actors did such a fantastic job in their roles. They really made you feel the connection between Charlie and Babe. Their dynamic was so sexy and fun to watch play out too.

#07. Prom & Nont | Playboyy the Series

This show was such a hot mess but it was so racey and fun to watch. So many different plots and storylines were happening but these two were 100% my favorite. I loved their storyline, loved their chemistry, I was just so invested in what was going to happen each week. I wish they had even more focus, but I was okay with what we got. Hope we get to see the two in a different series.

#06. Kohei & Taichi | I Hear the Sunspot

SIGH. THESE TWO. OMG they were just so beautiful. This series was so well done, but I mostly just loved the relationship between the main two. From the start, the storyline was intriguing and I just wanted to keep watching more eps. Cant wait to binge the ENTIRE series at one time in the future sometime. These two were just sweet!

#05. Myungha & Yeowoon | Love for Love's Sake

Super duper adorable drama, I always love Korean series and this was one of the best this season. Even though there were certainly serious plots going on, parts of it felt very light and I really enjoyed all the other characters and plots in the show as well.

#04. Gyu Ho & Yeong | Love in the Big City

Definitely one of the best BL's in the history of Bl's... if we can even call it that. It felt like a movie, and it kind of was. I watched it pretty quickly and too quickly to completely soak it in, but it was just so well done and so beautiful. The ending was a bit bittersweet, but I had hope for these two.

#03. Qian & Yuan | Unknown the Series

THIS SERIES SDFDSFDSDSF. SO good. One of my all time favorite Taiwan series. I remember staying up so late waiting for episodes so I could read what happened next before getting to watch, then eventually paying for a subscription lol. I was so dang invested in them. And their entire plot and story and build up was just SO damn good.

#02. Dohoe & Juyeong | Let Free the Curse of Taekwondo

OMG this series BROKE ME! It was deep and so sad and I got so invested in the storyline and the main pairing. I preferred the young versions and start of the story vs the ending but it was still really interesting and well done. I really adored the chemistry so much between the two and the thing that put this one over the top for me was just how emotional it made me and how much I cared about what was going to happen. One of my all time favorite series and pairs!

#01. Phaya & Tharn | The Sign

IMO this is one of Thailands best Bl series ever, and BillyBabe are just so good together. When this first came out, goodness, I WAS SO INVESTED. I watched so many behind the scenes clips, stayed up all night watching and rewatching episodes, I was just so into it and also into billybabe. I still love them and really look forward to more series from them or maybe even a season 2. Their plot and dynamic was so damn fun to watch play out!

THANK YOU again to all these wonderful humans for making the most amazing gifs that I used in this post! (All the other arts were made by me and my shitty program lol)

Links to the gifs made should be underneath the gifs! :) Sadly I couldn't list them all again below because of the image limit.

[wanderlust-in-my-soul]

Then | Now

[jimmysea]

Let's just talk about the present.

LET FREE THE CURSE OF TAEKWONDO (2024) - Episode 6

[khaopybara]

it's funny because it's the same director, hwang daseul.

KIM NURIM as LEE DOHOE and LEE SEON as SIN JUYEONG episode 2 of LET FREE THE CURSE OF TAEKWONDO

SON WOOHYUN as KANG SEOJOON and KIM KANGMIN as HAN JIWOO episode 4 of TO MY STAR SEASON 2

[dingyuxi]

LET FREE THE CURSE OF TAEKWONDO 태권도의 저주를 풀어줘 (2024) dir. Hwang Da Seul

[divineandmajesticinone]

LET FREE THE CURSE OF TAEKWONDO (2024) I EP. 2 "That winter... was filled with enigmas."

[aousboom]

If things had gotten better, if things had gotten easier, if I'd gotten into my dream university... I'd have looked for you with a smile on my face. But you came to me first in the end. But... I think I unconsciously knew. If I go to where Shin Juyeong is, I can go back to the moment I stopped living. I think that's why I had to go there... to meet you.

LET FREE THE CURSE OF TAEKWONDO (2024)

[itsza]

LET FREE THE CURSE OF TAEKWONDO 1.07

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Ju Yeong & Do Hoe | Episode 8 | Let Free The Curse of Taekwondo

[heretherebedork]

The kiss! The sweetness and then Dohoe pulling away when Juyeong tried again and isn't that just heartbreaking and a sign of everything else that keeps happening and how they relate to each other and the pain and the fear and the love that keeps hurting because neither of them really knows how to love.

[namtan]

LET FREE THE CURSE OF TAEKWONDO | EP 8

[chicademartinica]

The Hwang Da Seul megaverse

[wanderlust-in-my-soul]

This first perfect, awkward kiss

[jimmysea]

To create a romantic mood, I lit candles and made pasta, but you're still so dense.

LET FREE THE CURSE OF TAEKWONDO (2024) - Episode 8

[dingyuxi]

LET FREE THE CURSE OF TAEKWONDO 태권도의 저주를 풀어줘 (2024) dir. Hwang Da Seul

[divineandmajesticinone]

LET FREE THE CURSE OF TAEKWONDO I EP. 04 Are you okay? No, I'm not.