#this was their episode 11 curse

[iguessitsjustme]

Twins is really speedrunning Jack and Mike’s entire relationship

[absolutebl]

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The Death Stairs 

They haunt us. These same stairs constantly pop up in Thai BLs and we worry that someone is going to die on them (or fuck on them, or both).

BL origin = unknown, we only recently started tracking them (but the actual origin of the death stairs is 99 Home Studio117, RPC6+JM3 ซอย รามอินทรา 117 Min Buri, Bangkok 10510, Thailand. It appears to be a house rented out for filming. Honestly? They should AirBnB that level of fame. I’d rent it, buy a cactus and a chili plant, just for the photo op.)  

Rain Makes BL Boys Sick

For which the only solution is a sponge bath administered by another boy with a bowl of water and a damp white towel.

We don’t make the rules, the BL gods do. 

origin of the rain=fever = cultural

BL origin for the sponge bath = 2014′s Love Sick

The gayest bridge in Thailand

The Rama VII Bridge has appeared in so many Thai BLs - boys kiss on it and in front of it... A LOT. 

BL origin = SOTUS 2016  

Honor the Crumbs

Side dishes given very little screen time always end up being everyone’s favorites (especially in the pulps). Also falls under side dish syndrome. This is mostly a Thai BL thing, since they’re usually the BLs featuring more than one couple. (Taiwan is getting there, tho.)  

BL origin = @heretherebedork

The Engineering Department is Gay (also Pink Milk) 

The hot Thai boy in the engineering smock (red or blue) is either gay or a chaos bisexual. There are no exceptions. 

BL origin = SOTUS 2016 

Korea’s BL bubble 

A world where queer is simply accepted and a hostile society doesn’t exist. ​

Origin, probably Strongberry’s 2017-2018 shorts, but best known starters are 2020′s Mr Heart & Wish You

Namgoong award for best wingman 

Supportive straight(ish) besties! Appear throughout BL history, but really reached peak awesome with Namgoong, so a collection of us just started saying “thank you, Namgoong” whenever this archetype shows up. 

BL origin, Light on Me 

Korea’s BL formula 

(1 short Kpop idol + 1 tall actor / random separation in the last half of the final episode) x a small cast = KBL (usually 6-8 episodes totaling under 2 hrs)

BL origin, 2015′s The Lover 

Korean male beauty ideals here. 

Korea figured out boys can kiss 

To be fair Strongberry always knew this and Just Friends? gave it to us in 2005, it’s just they forgot for a while. A long while. 

origin = Korean 2022 BL

speaking of... 

Dead fish kisses

This tradition carried for years by Japan’s light BL, early Thai BL like Love Sick, & then Korea. It took Thailand’s 2016 BL (specifically elder gods KarnNut & MaxTul) to start breaking this curse. Could be argued that Ohm in 2016′s Make it Right also paved the way (while BoomPeak exemplify dead fish kissing). 

origin = early 2000s JBL when it was still known as Live Action Yaoi 

Taiwan = the kings of high heat 

Taiwan always serves up the most consistent and authentic chemistry, kisses, and higher heat. Thailand has it as well, but isn’t as consistent about it. 

BL origin = 2017 HIStory franchise and every Taiwanese BL since (although Eternal Summer probably started it in 2006) 

Taiwan’s marriage equality 

Taiwan was the first to feature sanctioned gay marriage in a BL, the first to depict queer engagements - and they regularly like to remind us that it’s legal there. As they should. 

BL origin = HIStory 2: Right or Wrong 2017 

Thailand’s food = love

Lovers cook, serve, feed, and/or eat together. Always. At least something along these lines in every Thai BL. 

origin, well just Thailand in general (and Asia to be fair), but probably SOTUS & Love Sick 

Vietnam’s domesticity

Vietnam always depicts at least some of their characters in a home environment, with family life, adopted kids, and more.

BL origin = Tein Bromance Extra

Cactus baby (and chili plant younger sibling) 

Hilariously a cactus plant was deployed as a courting gift, spy device, and blooming representation of sexual awakening in MaxTul vehicle Manner of Death. Tumblr adopted that cactus baby. 

BL origin = Manner of Death 2021

What China Did 

Massive wholesale censorship curtailed/abruptly cut short multiple shows in progress in 2016-2017. Also resulted in rewriting and reshooting of those in production, and more weird and invidious things. This also showed up as a purge (and likely persecution) of Chinese queer vloggers on YouTube, the imprisonment of several danmai authors, and eventually the censored bromances we now get today. 

BL origin victim = Addicted, Advance Bravely, etc...

Japan’s lanes 

Japan’s propensity to lean in favor of either

sweet, campy, and very low heat live action yaoi shot in a manga style with HEA, or 

dark, gritty high heat queer cinema and pinks shot in an atmospheric style with tragic endings 

BL origin, Boys Love 2006 & Takumi-kun 2007 

History of Japanese BL here and the weeds of Japanese BL here. 

#In Strongberry We Trust 

Small, queer, Korean production house Strongberry had been producing short form pro-queer KBL successfully for years, long before larger studios picked BL up. But when they transitioned to long form in 2022, we were a little scared they wouldn’t stick the landing. #InStrongberryWeTrust became our mantra.

BL origin = Choco Milk Shake 2022 

Faen Fatal(e) 

A side character, usually an ex-girlfriend but occasionally an ex-boyfriend, whose sole purpose is as a plot device to drive a wedge between the leads, or cause jealousy. 

BL origin = Love Sick

The Thai BL Pulps

Very low budget BL with terrible sound, crazy soapy plots, and earnest acting.

BL origin = Make It Right 2016 (term coined by @heretherebedork​ & self) 

The Mame effect 

AKA #oh mame must you? 

The mameverse features great characters, killer actor chemistry, and higher heat combined with terrible damaging tropes and non-sensical plot devices.

BL origin = TharnType (although technically started in Love By Chance) 

The 2 Moons Curse 

When a popular BL franchise struggles to survive over one season and keeps having to recast the leads. 

BL origin = 2Moons original 2017 

Dread Episode 11 

AKA Doom of Ep 11

Explained here. 

Golden Rules of BL 

Never trust: 

a Thai trailer, 

a Viki Category, 

a Vietnamese sub, 

an MDL description, 

a Taiwanese title, 

Japan, 

or a BL made before 2014.

Origin = me over the years 

BLoundary Test: has the seme ever respected a single boundary?

BLechdel Test. 2 ukes discuss something that is not their seme(s). Also uke indicates actual interest in sex in a relationship.

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okay what did I forget? 

[chicademartinica]

Oh Hiii episode 11, did you bring our dear “devastating break up”, “leaving the country”and “years long time jump” tropes with you ? We were expecting you, take a seat next to me !!!

[jaejoontrashpanda]

When you realise that today is episode 11 of your beloved Thai BL show -

[syn4k]

if you put this guy and zedaphplays behind the same mic i wouldn't be able to tell who was talking

[coconut530]

100

[miss0atae]

You can never escape that damn episode 11 curse. Last Twilight is no exception 😭

[thesisterwife]

Unable to come to terms with the fact that in two weeks time Last Twilight will be over, we'll have no more episodes to look forward to and/or dread and worst of all, it will still be January

[theflagscene]

Wait, this is only what? Episode ten of Pit Babe, right? So if they kill off a main character in ten, what the ever loving fluck is going to happen in episode eleven!?!? 🫨🫨🫨🫨

[howtodrawyourdragon]

Hiccup tricking Norbert into telling him about the Vegetable-That-No-One-Dares-Name by pretending to be a flat-earther. The world can only be round if the potato exists, proving that America exists.

Which pisses Norbert off, who declares Hiccup must be killed.

No, wait.

Educated and then killed!

[iguessitsjustme]

The fuck was that? I mean it's a gmmtv episode 11 so I expect nothing good but that was the most...nothing episode 11 of all time. It literally just prolonged the drama from episode 10 for no reason, used flashbacks to pad the timing, and gave us no development for any characters. I'm not saying things need to be resolved but the characters are all the same even after a year? Moo makes sense. Kang makes sense. Shone? Shone makes no sense? Why doesn't he move on from Kang actually? What was that?

[technitango]

i'm going into the trenches about to watch my stand in episode 11 see you all on the other side

[pc-98s]

i am cursed with the ability to identify any iphone (and many samsung phones) on sight so rewatching all of recent doctor who has me now able to tell you exactly what phones the companions have in each episode.

[cursed-princess-club]

pshh this panel. prez's freaky bug eyes. you gotta love it

[randomjreader]

The episode 9 preview of hidden agenda has me STRESSING OUT, we finally getting somewhere with the hidden agenda plot after all the relationship buildup (and of course it had to happen after they slept together for the first time just make it hit harder why don't you), and pok IS FINALLY SPEAKING UP FOR HIMSELF THANK GOD I WAS WAITING FOR HIM TO SNAP

[respectthepetty]

*sits straight up in bed panicking*

Wait, hold on, what the hell was this all about?

Too much time was dedicated on establishing Team was taking that guitar to the beach.

And he took it.

But he didn't play it in this episode.

We had that pilot last year that showed Team singing a declaration of love to Win.

Is this going to happen in episode 11? Are they really going to make Team sing his feelings?

Oh, Lord Jesus and his amazing mother, no. No. No. NO!

I see I was now concerned about the wrong thing because there is a real possibility that this is going to happen.

no