#Absolute 0

[absolutebl]

This Week in BL - just RELAX BL, you're stressing me out

Organized, in each category, by ones I'm enjoying most at the top. However, I've put quite a few on hold for travel reasons.

Oct 2023 Wk 3

Ongoing Series - Thai

Dangerous Romance (Fri YT) ep 10 of 12 - Boyfriends are cute boyfriends. Reconciliation with daddy and then major brother drama. How exciting. Gah but that closing scene, these two are such great actors! 

Naughty Babe (Sat YT) ep 8 fin - A perfectly serviceable final episode. I did love the red Chinese-style wedding to go with the “hia.” Also, just a little Thai 'poke poke poke' at China. 

Final thoughts?

This is a nice addendum to Cutie Pie, but it’s relatively incomprehensible even if you’ve watched that previous installment. I can’t imagine it will make any sense at all if you haven’t. Frankly, the most impressive thing about this show was the makeup team. MaxNat give excellent chemistry, all the high heat is well done, and the friendships are adorable, even if the story is nonsensical. It’s fine, I’m relieved it was only 8 eps. I enjoyed it for the pair but I will probably never rewatch. A weak 8/10

My Universe (Sun iQIYI) Lucky Love ep 9 of 24 -Heartbroken (drunk) gay boy meets (fights) sister’s new chef. I love the femme bestie. Adorbs. This one seems pretty good actually. I like all the shots of Bangkok’s actual traffic. POV is a bit of a sad sack tho. 

Absolute Zero (Thai Weds iQIYI) ep 4 of 12 - There is something clever about this narrative in the way that they are each each other’s first and second loves, but also age gap kinda creepy (Thailand maybe leave this one for Japan?)

Venus in the Sky (Tues iQIYI) 8 of 10 eps - So much whiny gay drama babies. However, it also manages to be painfully slow, through the simple act of having 90% of the show be boys sitting around staring at their phones. Then it suddenly got way higher heat than I expected. Honestly, this could’ve ended at 8 sps. I don’t see how extending the show is going to improve it in any way.

Only Friends (Sat YT) ep 11 of 12 (not a BL but I'm watching it anyway) - I don’t have faith in any couple. One of my favorite things about this show is watching how many boys Mark can kiss. I know everyone is focusing on Neo, but seriously baby boy got game. Meanwhile Boston’s dick must be made of self-lubing steal pipe; I remain entirely uninterested is TopMew; Mew’s fam demonstrate why a gay boy should never take advice from straight women; and the slut-shaming agenda continues. NO SINGING. No character in this show is happy when Boeing turns up, but the rest of us trash-loving muckrakers are thrilled.

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

If It’s With You AKA Even If I Fall In Love With You AKA Kimi to nara Koi wo Shite Mite mo’ (Japan Gaga) ep 3 of 5 - Oh it is so cute and so sweet and so aching. I really did not want the confession to happen, even though I knew it had to. There is an element of torture to this one that only Japan can execute with such precise softness.

You Are Mine (Taiwan Fri Viki) eps 7 of 10 - I remain charmed. But while the me of 2018 would have thought this one of the best BLs ever, the me of now is finding it a bit dated and nostalgic.

Bon Appetit (Korea Weds iQIYI) 7-8fin - Romance between an office worker and the man from his past next door who cooks well. It was a very sweet and cute tale of food as love in the All the Liquors family of KBL. I’m not wild about it, I did enjoy it, I was happy to have it show up on my dash, but ultimately it will simply become one of the KBL crowd. 8/10 

Kiseki: Dear to Me (Taiwan Tues Viki & iQIYI) ep 10 of 13(?) - another one where they are separated for most of the show. Although the sides are giving win. 

Bump Up Business (Korea Gaga) 1-2 of 8 - from Idol Romance staring OnlyOneOf's Nine & Mill, this released as a movie in July in SK but is now being recut/reissued as a series. Love story between a trainee who is about to debut and a celebrity plagued by scandal. After that OmegaX Shoulder bullshizz business I am very wary of this show, but this pair is already better cast.

Out of the mouths of OnlyOneOf (!!!) babes...

As to the show? I don’t know. I mean I love the idea, am nervous about Korea (with that bubble) doing a meta critique of the BL industry, with K-pop idols, using an existing group. It just seems like there’s a lot of mines in this small field, and it could go horribly horribly wrong. I am enjoying it, but also anxious the whole time I’m watching it for culture/market reasons. That said, I did pretty much ask for this exact show. So I can't complain, now can I?  

Mr Cinderella 2 (Vietnam Sat YT) ep 5 of ? - I honestly don’t entirely understand what is going on. But it all seems to be the Psychotic Pretty Kitty’s fault. Oo caught in the act of drug-induced cheating - DRAMA. Dung should cut his losses and leave - cute doctor husband or not. Lovely kiss from the sides. I gotta say, this cast is hella pretty. I’m not mad that this team is kind of turning into GMMTV Vietnam.

It's Airing But...

I Feel You Linger in the Air (Fri grey) ep 8 of 12 - I will try to watch 8-12 and do a series review when I get back in November but... not sure I will be able to. Fingers crossed.

Love in Translation (Sat iQIYI) ep 8fin - completed, my final thoughts in Nov.

What Did You Eat Yesterday Season 2 AKA Kinou Nani Tabeta? Season 2 (Japan Fri Gaga) ep 1 of 10 - I find this series more fun to binge, so I'm waiting until it completes its run.

I Cannot Reach You AKA I Can't Reach You AKA Kimi ni wa Todokanai (Japan Tues Netflix-Japan & ????) - in classic JBL fashion, I Cannot Reach You could not be reached. 

Can I Buy Your Love From A Vending Machine? AKA Sono Koi, Jihanki de Kaemasu ka? (Japan cinema release in-country only) - This one is a movie from Japan so in customary fashion who tf knows when (or if) it will get international distribution. Salaryman Ayumu Koiwai just can't tear his eyes away from the strong, muscular man as he checks on the stocks of the vending machine in his office.

One Room Angel (Japan Gaga) - Yukinori, a convenience store clerk was accidentally stabbed by a thug and nearly died. He returns home to find an angel waiting for him. The drama is an adaptation based on Harada’s manga of the same name (which I did not like). With only five episodes and a good chance this won’t end happily, I am going to wait and let you tell me how it goes. Binge it when it is complete if it's safe.

In Case You Missed It

GMMTV posted their initial 2024 line up, here's my round up of the BLs. It includes 2 JBL adaptations, 2 KBL adaptations (that they aren't admitting to) and vampires. If you want to know how I did on the predictions that's here and the answer is: very badly indeed.

I am watching the Y Journey: Stay Like a Local series. But they are essentially tourist board long-form advertisements. I enjoy the promo aspect with regards to the food. And seeing some of my favorite pairs do interesting other things is kinda fun. But the whole thing feels disingenuous when gay marriage is still not legal and it’s essentially the Thai government (making these ads) who is stopping that from happening. I have a similar feeling to iQIYI as a content provider. It’s not queerbaiting in the original sense of the term, but it’s pretty gross to use gay for advertising with a nationalistic propaganda agenda, when being gay is still not legal in your country. Yes I struggle to reconcile myself with this on the regular, and it’s an ongoing hypocritical struggle for my tiny withered tired old heart.

All that said, this week's installment, He’s Not Happy, did make me want to rewatch Make a Wish. There’s no kissing in this series but JudoFluke kiss beautifully, so If you haven’t seen Make a Wish, it’s very good and I recommend tracking it down.

Next Week Looks Like This

Upcoming October BL

10/26 My Dear Gangster Oppa (Thai iQIYI) 8 eps - nerd retreats from the world into an online game and makes friends with a little group, they meat in real life, one of them is hot, they fall in love, hottie turns out to be a gangster. Trailer

10/31 SHADOW (Thai Gaga) - this is a horror BL featuring ghosts and other paranormal elements in a high school setting. I'm not wild about Thai horror (or horror at all). It features Singto (who did paranormal BL He's Coming to Me) opposite Fluke N (who's done a couple horror's before). Also Fiat. Dan suffers from sleep paralysis, and in his dreams he sees a shadow that suffocates him. It gets worse when he transfers schools.

2023 forthcoming BL master post (see comments, some are inaccurate, NOT KEPT UPDATED).

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENTS

We stan consent and talking about sex during sex. Thank you Venus in the Sky.

I guess Ray's getting his 3some? Only Friends

Dangerous Romance hitting up some old school tropes.

Naughty Babe giving us our beloved domesticity and tiny gay families. @heretherebedork you happy?

(Last week)

#this week in bl #Naughty Babe series review #thai bl #only friends #Venus in the Sky #Absolute 0 #OnlyOneOf #Kpop #Korean BL #Bump Up Business #i'm worried #Bon Appetit series review #Y Journey: Stay Like a Local #gmmtv 2024 #bl updates #bl reviews #currently airing bl #new bl #2023 bl #Taiwanese bl #japanese bl

[deathtulips]

river taking some pics before he went out (it did not end well for him)

#brother has no rizz #absolute 0 #pathetic loser my favourite genre #oc: river #screenies #my sim<3

[weepingwitheredwillows]

#curious how the absolutely massive dissertations in my notes ab supporting artists dont even bother to like a single drawing. curious #tired of this post getting 100+ notes a day while my art gets 0. shut the fuck up

[vannahrt]

Something interesting I just realized

Every time we see Charlie in the past, she is wearing a dress.

Her style at first seems like a mix of both her mother and her father, though I would say it leans more toward Lilith. And in every photo Charlie is faced toward Lilith as opposed to Lucifer.

Every time we see Charlie in the present day, she is wearing a suit.

And I would say, resembles her father much more than her mother. I’m not sure what to take from this, it was just an observation.

But then I thought about it, and she does wear a dress during the present day, one time.

And it was this frame of the show I realized how much Charlie really does look like Lilith and Lucifer, and how her feminine style as an adult really captures both of them perfectly.

Her battle outfit is like a representation of the leaders of Hell, how sick is that.

#hazbin hotel theory #charlie morningstar #her battle dress is so iconic #I love that everyone in the hotel came to slay bc there was absolutely 0 armour #hazbin hotel #lucifer morningstar #lilith

[gg-is-a-loser]

HUGE shoutout to these two

#this kinda made my day tbh #splatoon #splatoon 3 #turf war #inkling #edit: happy 10k to this post i put absolutely 0 effort into #15k

[demi-pixellated]

But I'm not so strong,

...And they're not gone

#Five Nighs at Freddy's #fnaf #fnaf 4 #fnaf crying child #fredbear #fnaf foxy #fnaf bonnie #fnaf chica #fnaf nightmare #fnaf freddy #plushtrap #MSPaint Draw #fanart #in a turn absolutely NO ONE saw coming: Five Nights at Freddy's #and it's not even bc of the movie #but bc ytube decided to put the Living Tombstone songs from 9yrs ago into my recs with absolutely zero prompting #and they're FIRE of course so now I'm in Deep #just the speed at which me n juls went 0 to 80 on it is entirely ridiculous #personally upsetting

[k-chips]

Diamond Dogs video chat because not even the Ted Lasso finale can separate these dorks.

No I won’t finish the backgrounds

#I have absolutely 0 ideas on how you draw Roy #or Leslie… #help #ted lasso #ted lasso season 3 #ted lasso spoilers #ted lasso finale #diamond dogs #coach beard #roy kent #trent crimm #leslie higgins #nate shelley #nathan shelley #my art

[autiwara]

Siri play Majima no majirock for THE HUNDRETH TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#art #sketch #majima goro #goro majima #okita sōji #okita souji #yakuza fanart #yakuza majima #rgg #ryu ga gotoku #fanart #yakuza 3 #yakuza 0 #majima fanart #majima #kurohyou #I’m almost done with y5 and actually loving it idk why people hate on it so much #I really disliked y4 tbh but I dont like Saejima at all so his sections in 4 and 5 were kinda painful #5 Saejima section was more bearable (pun absolutely intended) but I still don’t like him 🥲 #I really wish Majima’s and Saejima’s quote unquote importance factors were reversed bc majima is the MOST interesting character #in the series and then they just….. weed him out of the games??????? WHY??????? #rant over #kinda looks like shit because I turn faceblind when I try to draw people for too long

[protagonist-art]

ancient wizards prophesied that i would draw this <3

#shocking absolutely 0 people that follow me #camp camp #inside job #brett hand #reagan ridley #gwen #david #cc #david camp camp #gwen camp camp #camp camp gwen #camp camp david #jasper #jasper camp camp #fanart #art #crossover #inside job netflix

[farceurcole]

@0-g-i *spspspspspspspsp* i have post art of ur werewoof au heheheheehe

Had fun drawing fluffy skrunklys ✨

#naptime attendant #daycare attendent #moon #sun #0-g-i’s werewolf au #others au #silly lil skrunkly bois #biiiiiirb time #absolutely love ur fluffy bois #hehe!

[jangmo-othewarrior]

Nemona would be such a good influence on Kieran it isn't even funny.

Because suddenly, here's this person who is well known across the Paldea region for her battle prowess, so much so that I wouldn't be surprised if she had been offered a scholarship to attend Blueberry. She's enthusiastic, curious, and absolutely battle-crazy. She's strong, so strong in fact that hardly anyone wants to battle her anymore. And the one person who does, it the protagonist.

She's everything Kieran wanted be and more.

But she doesn't pursue victory, like he once did. When she loses to the MC, she's not upset with her own strength. No, she's ecstatic because she had an amazing battle, because she's having fun. She didn't become as strong as she is for strength, she did it for fun.

And Kieran really needs somebody like that after the Indigo Disk, I think.

#LET THEM BE FREINDS GAMEFREAK #PLEASE #also I have not seen any mochi mayhem content plz no spoilers #honestly I just want the OG Area 0 squad to be buddies with Carmine and Kieran #They would be an absolute UNIT of a friend group #unova road trip when gamefreak #pokemon #pokemon scarlet and violet #pkmn #pokemon kieran #rival kieran #pokemon nemona #rival nemona #nemona

[illuteridae]

bertie wooster, poet laureate

#love when jooster fics stick w bertie having absolutely 0 romantic game #jeeves and wooster #jooster #reginald jeeves #bertie wooster

[daftpatience]

old man divorced yuri

#bigtop burger #zombtop #cesare x steve #this is stupid but i know yall are here for it #i find myself most swayed by absolutely sickeningly fluffy stupid cliche scenarios moreso than straight up romance idk. let me have this #touchig hands ... oug #also cesare has 0 ASS #absolutely flat back there

[deancasforcutie]

*talks myself down from the The Horrors by remembering that Cas Fucking Helped* I am centered I am at peace I create my own path and walk in it fearlessly

#love and light to deniers but as a narrative reconciling queerness and faith this slaps? absolute power move. writers 1 censorship 0 #supernatural #spn #dean winchester #castiel #destiel #spn crack #15.20 #spn finale mess #mine #anniversary posting

[suprecorp]

GET TO KNOW ME ☆ [1/10] Favorite TV Shows YELLOWJACKETS (2021 - )

You tell me, does a hunt that has no violence feed anyone?

#yellowjackets #yjedit #yellowjacketsedit #96yellowjackets #yellowjacketssource #yellowjacketscentral #antlerqueer #tusermiles #tusercj #userbru #tvgifs #tvedit #gtkm #gtkm meme #gtkm** #** #i'm sure this comes as a surprise to absolutely 0 ppl that this is the first show on my list #i love u cannibal hs soccer team

[liar-or-lawyer]

Strike Force?

Season 1: Episode 1

"Pilot"

#i just found this show and i am absolutely loving it! #is this fandom still alive ? #steve mcgarrett #danny williams #danno williams #stanno #steve and danny #mcdanno #hawaii five 0 #hawaii 5 0 #the bromance #hawaii five 0 edits #season 1 episode 1 #h5o #h50edit #h50