#korean ql

[dekaydk]

LGBTQ CONTENT ALERT

Support the folks who make the content we crave

Producer of QL and BL content, Korea's Strongberry is small but scrappy and brought the world a lot more content than you might expect. The CEO had a live session a little while ago, and it was reposted with English subtitles yesterday. Among the takeaways: they have a lot more interest from actors than they used to. Also, some of the content they have distributed was produced by others but needed a distribution outlet, so they are clearly a part of the ecosystem that might not otherwise exist.

It's nice and short, and he says there will be a live session with the actors during March (date TBD). Watch this and drive up the stats! Make their investors realize they have a great audience! 😀

Above all, check out their other content on Gagaoolala and YouTube.

#reblog please - likes are nice but don't spread the word #spread the ql word #in strongberry we trust #korean ql #korean bl #lgbt film #lgbtq films #strongberry #ql series #ql drama #ql short feature #bl series #bl drama #choco milk shake #happy ending the series #Youtube

[guzhufuren]

South Korea 🇰🇷 A Guide to Some of the Best Queer Asian Shows

Full list here.

1. Love for Love's Sake inside of a video game; high school setting; healing

At the age of 29 Tae Myungha finds himself transported into a fictional video game, and now 19 years old, he meets Cha Yeowoon, who is in the darkest moment of his life. And a translucent window appears where he receives a mission — to make Cha Yeowoon happy.

iQIYI (better subtitles) or GagaOOLala

2. Semantic Error enemies to lovers; university setting

A serious programmer and a rebellious artist clash over a school project. Their animosity keeps escalating to new extremes, defined by petty pranks and feisty arguments.

Viki

3. Love Tractor farm setting; farmer/city musician

Sunyeol, a city man with zero ability to survive in the countryside, comes to his grandfather's rural home. In front of him appears Yechan, a passionate and kind young farmer. While learning about rural life and assisting with farming tasks, Sunyeol gradually finds himself drawn to Yechan's warm and straightforward nature, while Yechan helplessly falls for Sunyeol.

iQIYI

4. Our Dating Sim high school friends to lovers; office setting

After 7 years, Lee Wan meets his first love, Shin Kitae, in a gaming company. When they were best friends in high school, Lee Wan was in love with Kitae. But he ran away and disappeared after confessing his feelings to Kitae after graduation. When the two of them begin working on a new dating simulation game and get more immersed in the project, old feelings are rekindled.

Viki or GagaOOLala

5. She Makes My Heart Flutter wlw; bar setting; niece and aunt dynamic

The extroverted Gang Seol is hired by her aunt Jung at her only-women bar. Even though they are both lesbians, they seem to be worlds apart and have very different love stories.

YouTube

6. The New Employee office setting; boss/intern

Excited to be interning at a successful advertising company, Seunghyun’s enthusiasm is curbed almost immediately when he meets his incredibly handsome, yet unbelievably cold boss on the first day of work. 

Viki

7. Light On Me love triangle; high school setting

One day Tae Kyung, a high school loner, starts questioning his own judgment about human relationships and gets advise from a teacher to join the school's student council. He meets the Vice President of the council, Shin Woo, who is somewhat cold toward him. However, he also meets the super-attractive President of the council: Da On, who appears to take an instant shine to him. The beginnings of a romance appear to be in the cards for Da On and Tae Kyung, but Shin Woo does not seem to approve.

Viki

8. The Eighth Sense university setting; trauma; surfing

Ji Hyun, a new student from a peaceful rural town, struggles to adjust to the bustling city life of Seoul. He meets a senior student Jae Won, who has just completed military service. Ji Hyun joins Jae Won’s surfing club and they begin to develop feelings for each other.

Viki

9. Sing My Crush best friends to lovers; musicians

Baram learned from the painful failure of his first love that he should be cautious with his feelings. During his high school days, he met Hantae in a disastrous first encounter. But then the two strike up an unlikely and close friendship in the aftermath. Baram becomes a part of a band, while Hantae is his manager. Years later, will Baram be able to keep his crush on Hantae a secret any longer?

iQIYI

10. Love Class 2 university setting; love class; TA/student; best friends to lovers

Love story of 3 couples: - Cheerful and optimistic Lee Hyun starts following cold and aloof tutor Kim An around like a puppy. - Joo Hyuk is an older student who has a thing for his university's teaching assistant Sung Min. - Student Min Woo is stuck in a confusing romantic situation: he has a secret crush on his best friend Ma Roo.

Viki or GagaOOLala

11. Bon Appetit neighbours; secret crush; food

Doohoon, a dedicated marketing manager, finds his life monotonous, filled with nothing but work. However, his new neighbor, chef Yoonsoo, seems dedicated to transforming Dohoon's lonely days around.

iQIYI

12. Unintentional Love Story rural setting; pottery; slow burn; secret agenda

Ceramic artist Yoon Taejoon disappears from society, while Ji Wonyoung is an employee who was dismissed from a large company. Ji Wonyoung is intent on winning over the heart of Yoon Taejoon in order to get his job back as Wonyoung is the company chairman's favorite artist.

iQIYI

13. Choco Milk Shake animals turned to humans; roommates

One day, two handsome strangers enter Jung Woo's house and claim they are Choco and Milk, the reincarnation of his childhood pets, a dog and a cat. The arrival of the two embarks on a new beginning and the quest to discover love.

YouTube

14. Tinted With You hinted at polyamorous trio; period drama; time travel

A high school student gets magically transported to the feudal period. Confused by his surroundings, he encounters a banished prince and his devoted bodyguard. The three characters live together and fall in love.

Viki

15. Blueming coming of age; university setting

Cha Siwon, a college freshman majoring in film studies, does a lot to maintain his image because of his past life of unpopularity. He meets Hyeong Dawoon, a classmate of his with perfect looks, good grades, and everything at his fingertips. Siwon’s feelings of wariness for his classmate soon change into something else.

iQIYI

16. All the Liquors chef/foodie; food

Han Jiyu is an employee on the marketing team of a liquor company. Park Kihoon is a skillful chef and an owner of a famous restaurant. When Jiyu is asked to contact Kihoon’s restaurant in search of potential collaboration, he runs up against a few walls—namely, Kihoon’s flat-out refusal to sell any alcoholic drinks in his restaurant. But Jiyu is not ready to just give up.

Viki or GagaOOLala

17. Mr. Heart sports; university setting

Jin Won is a university freshman who has a talent for running marathons. Sang Ha maintains a smile despite his difficult environment. A romance drama about the love and friendship between a rising marathon star and his new pacemaker.

Viki

18. Cherry Blossoms After Winter secret crush; high school setting

Ever since his parents passed away, Haebom has been living in Taesung’s house. And now, being a 12th grader, he enters the same class as Taesung, which makes the whole situation way more awkward. Living together 24/7, Taesung and Haebom's relationship is bound to change.

Viki

19. Jun & Jun office setting; childhood friends; boss/intern

Lee Jun becomes an intern at a cosmetics firm. Here he is reunited with his childhood best friend – a highly talented (but also highly flirtatious!) general manager named Choi Jun.

Viki

20. Kissable Lips vampire/human; university setting; unhappy ending

A campus romance between Jun Ho, a vampire who is walking the path of extinction, and Min Hyun, a human with pure blood.

Viki

21.  You Make Me Dance dancing; loan shark/debtee

The story of Song Shi On who is an aspiring contemporary dancer with a broken heart because he is not receiving love from his family and of Jin HongSeok, once a keen pianist, who has given up on his dreams to pursue a lucrative but unfulfilling career of a loan shark. But spending time with Shi On changes his perspective on life, and the duo forms a close bond.

Viki

22.  To My Star celebrity/chef

Actor Kang Seo Joon was once one of South Korea's biggest and most popular stars, but after he's rocked by a public scandal he goes into hiding. In his hideout, he gets acquainted with his new roommate, a young chef who leads a modest, unassuming life. Despite having wildly different personalities, the two begin on a relationship.

Viki (S1) & Viki (S2)

23. A Breeze of Love high school friends to lovers; sports; insomnia; university setting

Do Hyun, the captain of the basketball team, is preparing for the championship. The team manager brings Dong Wook, Do Hyun's first love, to fill in for an injured teammate. Dong Wook has insomnia and can only sleep well when he is with Do Hyun.

iQIYI

24. Bump Up Business real idols as the show’s actors; idol romance; music

Eden is about to make his idol debut. His agency pairs him with an experienced idol Jihoon who used to have a scandalous past. Eden is told by the company that their music duo will be doing a Business Gay Performance – they will have a fake romance to attract fans. For the sake of his dream, Eden agrees. What kind of feelings will develop between the two of them? Featuring the members of a real kpop boyband OnlyOneOf.

GagaOOLala

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You can watch some shows for free on the streaming websites by setting VPN to South Korea. In other cases I recommend paying for subscriptions to show appreciation and support of content in order to get more of it in the future, but if you can’t, watch on KissKH (better quality), Dramacool or get files from MkvDrama. Enjoy!  🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

#mygifs #mine #tw flashing lights #korean ql

[heretherebedork]

Ahem.

In Strongberry We Trust!

They took us from Once Upon A Time to Happily Ever After.

This world doesn't always have a happy ending//Not before you two came along

#choco milk shake the series #choco milk shake #koreanbl #strongberry #in strongberry we trust #kbl #korean ql #kdrama #korean drama #kseries #korean series #korean bl #bl drama #bl series #uncle x milk #jungwoo x choco #choco x jungwoo #milk x uncle #asian lgbtq drama gif #asianlgbtqdramas gif #asianlgbtqdramas #asian lgbtq dramas #asian lgbtq drama #asianlgbtqdrama #asianlgbtqdrama gif #the babies #so happy

[squeakygeeky]

I love this giant himbo baby farmer who has apparently met a hot guy for the first time ever in his life.

#love tractor #korean bl #korean ql

[ltstrikesback]

Someone drop a spread sheet with all the shows coming out and air dates as they’re posted please!! I rely on the dash to tell me what’s good half to time, help meeeee

#Thai bl #gmmtv 2024 #change2561 #idol factory #domundi #Thai gl #kbl #censored Chinese dramas welcome too tbh #thai ql #korean ql #taiwanese ql

[i-darling-amaflower]

Something I see a lot in QL fandoms is the argument "It's so unrealistic for the whole friend group to be queer" and I always think it's so funny because as a queer person all the friends I've ever had have been queer... and all my siblings, and the majority of my cousins (I have a lot), and all my siblings' friends -- to put it simply, I barely know any straight people

So whenever I see a post like that I always think babes, that's the most realistic thing about this show

Idk.. other queer people, lemme know your view on this argument

#thai bl #japanese bl #korean bl #taiwanese bl #chinese bl #thai gl #japanese gl #korean gl #taiwanese gl #chinese gl #thai ql #japanese ql #korean ql #taiwanese ql #chinese ql #queer #gay #lesbian #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtq+

[pandasmagorica]

15 Day BL Challenge: Day 5: Biggest Flop

Here's the full list of challenges

I'll take this as being the show that I was greatly looking forward to and wound up being seriously disappointing. By this, I'm not talking about shows which flubbed the ending *cough Last Twilight cough* or shows which had a really cringe choice somewhere along the way *cough Fish Upon the Sky Episode 4 cough*.

That makes it tough to choose, because if something doesn't engage me throughout, I'm likely to drop it. Actually, if something doesn't engage me early, I'm likely to drop it. And it hardly seems fair for me to list something I abandoned by the first or second episode.

So, nothing immediately comes to mind. Let me take a look and my viewing history, and see if there's something that jumps out at me.

*** dead air ***

Okay, the series that I was most looking forward to, was disappointed in but stuck with till the end, and was ultimately least satisfied by is a toss-up between Color Rush and Vice Versa. Interesting that they're both science fantasy, a genre I love. Maybe because I have a higher bar for that genre I'm more judging about how well series do in it.

I can't say I get the love for Color Rush that seems to be pretty widespread. The series felt flat to me. It wasn't bad, it's just there wasn't much there there. The probe never seemed to be in danger, which took away a lot of the tension that I would have expected to be there. It would have been so much better if the mono Yeon Woo had been this close to killing his probe Yoo Han and somehow they worked it out. Or maybe that is what happened and the series was so flat I've forgotten.

Vice Versa, on the other hand, spent so much time in product placement that it was constantly a distraction. The usual complaint I hear about the series is that they spent so much time on the screenplay subplot and not enough on the difference between the two universes. Actually, that choice made sense: the mains had no idea whether they would ever get back to their own universe or whether the portkey idea was even true. What choice did they have but to make their way in the new place? The universe differences seemed random - a tide that goes out (or was it comes in) only once a month? - but that's also true of the film Yesterday, and I loved Yesterday. But every time they spent several minutes on a product placement, my interest flagged. And after Bad Buddy, there's no way GMMTV can't claim to know good product placement. The show got me caring enough about Talay and Puen to stick with it to the end, but it sure was a disappointment.

Do I go with Color Rush because I remember so little about how it ended? Or do I go with Vice Versa because I had so much invested in it only for it to just barely deliver?

I have to pick one, don't I?

*** open ending ***

#pandasmagoricaBLChallenge2k24 #pandasmagorica #BLChallenge2k24 #yaoi #thai ql #thai bl #korean ql #korean bl #color rush #vice versa series #vice versa meta

[imogenegomi]

#tumblr polls #polls #bl drama #thai bl drama #bl shows #bl series #japanese bl #taiwanese bl #korean bl #thai bl #thai ql #korean ql #taiwanese ql #japanese ql

[becauseimanicequeen]

For the Love of Safe Sex (pt. 11)

Jun & Jun.

#everyone needs a friend like kim yeong #for the love of safe sex #jun & jun #korean ql #korean bl #korean series #my shit

[gumpasgarage]

I’ve heard lots of things about these series/movies and what they seem to have in common that a lot of people were really moved by the content

so now that I’m approaching a school break I need to choose what’s going to possibly give me brain rot for the several months following

#I really have been meaning to get to these individually #ready for anything now #journey to the shore #blueming #the eighth sense #love for love's sake #korean ql #korean bl series

[dekaydk]

Gray Shelter/Gray Currents Ep 4

(no serious spoilers because you should just be watching this show, trust me)

This show's writing, acting and direction continue to be excellent.

After Ep. 3 ended on a different view of Yoondae's attitude towards Soohyuk, the tone shifted briefly to some mild comedy while Yoondae collects on some debts. But the parents can't leave their offspring alone and the pressure—on Yoondae, especially—builds. And builds.

This is an interesting way of saying "I'm gonna be mad when I find out what you did, aren't I?"

Separately, Soohyuk's boss has observed that Soohyuk's seemingly endless supply of emotional compartmentalization is cracking.

A collision is ahead.

#gray currents #gray shelter #lee jaebin #jang wooyoung #kdrama #korean ql

[stuffnonsenseandotherthings]

At some point for Love In The Big City I want to try and write a brief info post about the author, the English translator (and the translation collective he's part of), and the English publishing house that picked it up because it just is such a queer undertaking and I am a huge fan of everyone involved.

#love in the big city #korean ql #this is an accountability post #please bug me until I do this

[heretherebedork]

Bisexual realization S-tier!

@absolutebl followed by him instantly dreaming of his brand new crush rejecting him for being bi. I feel like this is the most accurate depiction.

#oh! my assistant #oh my assistant #오! 나의 어시님 #koreanbl #korean bl #korean boys love #korean series #korean drama #kdrama #korean ql #kql #bisexuality realization #this was so good #and adorable #i love him

[pandasmagorica]

Eighth Sense Evil Ex Trope question

Started watching The Eighth Sense and have completed the first two episodes. It's starting to look like evil ex-girlfriend is going to be a major trope, one that I don't enjoy. Can anyone who's seen the whole series advise?

#yaoi #korean ql #korean bl #the eighth sense

[happypotato48]

This Is A Gay Asian Rant About BL Comments Made By Some Queer Westerners I See Sometimes.

So you know of those gays (usually white) that made dumb tiktok dancing to list of countries that legalized same sex marriage and list of countries that discriminate against LGBTQIA+ poeple as a way to say something racist. yeah i kinda got the same vibes from some comments regard how asian BL is homophobic just cause they don't live up to queer western standard. look, i'm not saying that some BLs and their creators don't deserve criticism regard how they capitalized/exploited queerness for an easy cash grab.

But people need to understand that Asian countries despite recent progress are still very much culturally conservatives. so when people says that thai bl is homophobic and all the characters looks like bunch of straight guys, which is true for some olders thai BLs i'm not gonna denied that. but after all this time and newer BLs generally being very queer and most of creators being out queer themself and poeple still making these comments, i'm annoyed.

And don't get me start on the actors. you don't know them! why are you making assumption and calling them queerbaiter just cause they acts in bl. like maybe they're straight, maybe they're not but what they're definitely doing is making queer content for you know, queer people here. so when you made halfass comments about their sexuality what do you think that made other queer people who still in the closet feels. and when you add the nationality to that, "these thai bl pair are this and that, this korean actor is so ungrateful for his bl past", etc. when our societies are still very much still in progress regard LGBTQIA+ acceptance. it make us living here feels fucking awful like somehow we're lesser queer than people in the west just cause we don't have citibank at pride or some shit.

And the shittiest in my humbled opinion are comments regard censored chinese bls. people do know like, that the creators making these bls are risking their livelihoods for this. that these shows getting make at all are miracles. yes it sucked that they're censored but they're still very much queer shows making by queer people who want to express thier queerness despite the chinese government being the chinese government. when people dimissing these shows as not belonging in queer media, you're also dimissing their creators and audiences as not belonging in the community.

Look what i want to say is that we're trying our best over here, and maybe our best are not up to your liking. the ways we talk and express our queerness maybe still can be perceived as problematic by western queer standard. but these media are our house and you're the guests. for people aren't shitty we appreciated that you're here engaging and loving our media, this is your home too and you're welcome in it. i can speak for myself that i very much love being here on tumblr and interacting with people from all over the world who love BL. but for people who are being shitty sometimes about asian bl.

YOU'RE THE GUESTS, BEHAVE!

#bl drama #thai bl #asian lgbtq dramas #personal rant #dumb boy rambled #japanese bl #taiwanese bl #korean bl #asian ql #asian bl series #asian bl dramas #ql dramas #bl fandom #ql meta #queer media #just fandom things #fandom #chinese bl

[becauseimanicequeen]

The Rainbow Colors in the QL World (pt. 3)

To the End of the World With You (Japan).

Semantic Error (Korea).

Love Class 2 (Korea).

History 4: Close to You (Taiwan).

City of Stars (Thailand).

Our Dating Sim (Korea).

History 3: Make Our Days Count (Taiwan).

Note: We all know the rainbow includes 7 colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. However, since it’s hard to find both indigo (blue-purple) and violet (red-purple) in QLs (since most of what I’ve seen are different values of purple), I usually replace them with purple and pink respectively. Orange is also not the easiest to find since it can often verge more towards yellow, but I’ll include it as orange as long as I can hint a small dab of red in it.

#rainbow colors in the ql world #iq color post #to the end of the world with you #semantic error #love class 2 #history 4: close to you #city of stars #our dating sim #history 3: make our days count #history 3: modc #japanese ql #japanese bl #japanese series #korean ql #korean bl #korean series #taiwanese ql #taiwanese bl #taiwanese series #thai ql #thai bl #thai series #my shit