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absolutebl · 10 months

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This Week In BL - I’m pleased with what’s airing, but conflicted about what’s ended & getting started

Aug 2023 Wk 1

Being a highly subjective assessment of one tiny corner of the interwebs. Organized by which ones (in each category) I’m enjoying most.

Ongoing Series - Thai

Laws of Attraction (Sat iQIYI) 4 of 8 - Omg the way the bodyguard (handler?) looks at the rich kid. Gah. I see why @heretherebedork loves these 2. But I really hate him (not the handler, the kid). Fun fight scene. I love lawyer babygirl SO MUCH. HE WILL BE MY 2023 FAV CHARACTER. I’M CALLING IT. This ep, Srs? You’re killing me. Suits! Pussycat bows! And then... The Public Claiming!!!!! One of my favorite tropes! And openly flirting? Boys. I’m getting spoiled. Wait… is that…? NO SINGING. Ah well, Thai BL giveth and Thai BL taketh away.

Hidden Agenda that isn’t hidden (Sun GMMTV YouTube) ep 4 of 10 - I like the script for this. It feels like the conversations they have are very honest to a uni experience. It’s comfortable and breezy. I did not expect the kiss. Bit early in the arc. There is either going to be a lot of backend drama, or a long domestic honeymoon period. (Bet you can guess which one I vote for.)

Low Frequency (Sat iQIYI) ep 5 of 8 - It’s moving along in a Ghost Host kinda way (minus the killer chemistry). I’m not mad about it, I don’t think I'll remember it tho.

Be Mine Super Star (Mon Viki) ep 5 of 12 - My ambivalent relationship with this drama continues. Cohabitation trope. Punn is basically a huge puppy trying to spoil/cuddle/fuck his pretty kitty prince. It is what it is. Meanwhile, I just want more of Big Daddy & the Hot Doc. (Also the name of my burlesque show.) Why does Kevin have more chemistry with Ashi in a 1 min long scene than Punn has had… ever? Is this nascent bad boy effect or nascent 2nd lead syndrome I’m feeling? (Meanwhile Ben! Hi! Long time no see!)

Be My Favorite (Fri YouTube) ep 11 of 12 - Whatever. Trash(ish) watch here.

Dinosaur Love (Sun iQIYI) ep 6 of 8 eps - Aw pretty baby is unhappy his bf got injured. But also very blushing maiden. This is profoundly NOT GOOD.

Wedding Plan (Weds YT & iQIYI) ep 3 of 7 - I have decided that Lom’s theme song is BigBang’s Monster. Listen. You’ll see what I mean. Also BigBang = also very problematic but banging. What I’m saying is, I wanna punch Lom so bad, I went slightly bonkers. Water sports are addressed. A trash watch is happening!

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

Jun & Jun (Korea Thurs Viki) 3 of 8 - How DARE they make me love this show so much? I feel personally attacked. The smell thing! Gah. The way they automatically go informal in private. The flirting. The language. The suits, the EVERYTHING. It’s embarrassing how much I rewatch the final bits of each ep.

Stay By My Side (Taiwan Fri Gaga) 6 of 10 eps - I adore this ridiculous show. (I just realized that the actor playing Jiang Chi played Ray’s evil 2-timing bf in About Youth). Baby boy is quite clueless. Sweet dreams tho. I love them both so much. The washing his jersey scene was so fucking cute. Couple’s numbers, couple’s keychains, bridal towel, kisses. Thank you Taiwan for NOT activating blushing maiden. However, confident gay/confused bisexual is a go. And we got us some justifiable angst. Sigh. I’m so happy.

Sing My Crush AKA Follow The Wind (Korea Weds iQIYI) 1-2 of 8 eps - supposed to have released in the first half of 2022 this is a adaption of Myung’s webtoon, from the director of My Sweet Dear, and Love Tractor’s production house, basically Korea does About Youth. It’s sweet (the singing bits are easy to skip) and very much a story of young first love but less stiff than KBL’s usual high school fare (kinda Taiwan feeling). I like it but that very imprecision in production makes me concerned for an HEA, especially with such a low MDL rating.

Tokyo in April is... AKA Shigatsu no Tokyo wa (Japan Fri Gaga) ep 8fin - Rough final episode, but it does end happily. Fortunately, I had some warning for my personal triggers, but this is Japan and they did go dark. Full review below.

Minato's Laundromat Season 2 AKA Minato Shouji Coin Laundry Season 2 (Japan Thu Gaga) 5 of 12 eps - Shin is so cute and proud and boldly out. I love him. Movement in the relationship with both couples, even if it’s movement into arguments and misunderstanding. I suppose we got 12 eps they need to do... something.

Stay Still (Hong Kong Tues YouTube) 1 of 5 eps - It’s confusing. And… not good? Some flashbacks some present day?

It’s airing but ...

Stay With Me ... NO I WILL NOT! And you can’t make me.

Review: Tokyo in April is... AKA Shigatsu no Tokyo wa

I had to chew on this for a while but here’s where I ended up.

Two young men with a shared tragic past reunite and fall in love all over again, but the past will not stop hunting them. Based on a manga, this office set reunion romance is GREAT… damn it. It’s Japan in full on soft focus which means it gets emo, abusive, and chewy. These two characters are giving parts of their souls away in a desperate attempt to shape themselves to the expectations they have of each other.

Japan gave us the Bed Friends that Thailand could never even imagine. But here’s the thing: I don’t enjoy my BL this heavy and cutting. I know that for The 8th Sense crowd this is peak BL and I can’t argue with the fact that the romantic devotion, domesticity, script, and acting IS all on point. It’s just not my personal preference for that point to be so damn sharp. I appreciate that this being 2023 I have the luxury of consistent quality (especially from Japan) and thus the ability to say…

I acknowledge that this SHOULD get a 9/10 but I can’t emotionally go higher than 8/10

RECOMMENDED BUT KNOW WHAT KIND OF BL THIS IS AND TRIGGER WARNINGS LIKE CRAZY

Japan = sticking to its lanes like their BL is on rails.

Next Week Looks Like This:

Starting:

8/11 Love Class Season 2 (Korea Fri Viki) 10 eps

8/12 My Personal Weatherman AKA Taikan Yoho (Japan Sat Gaga) 8 eps

Still Coming August 2023

8/19 Love in Translation (Thai Sat One31) ? eps - Two strangers start working in a cafe together.

8/19 I Feel You Linger in the Air (Thai Sat Gaga) 12 eps - The time travel historical romance many of us have been waiting for.

8/20 My Universe series (Thai Sun iQIYI) 24 episodes - This is sampler pack BL, 12 pairs, each pair gets 2 eps, not sure on the order they’ll drop. Known couples include EarthBank from Destiny Seeker and KaownahTurbo from Love Stage!!!, mostly fresh faces otherwise. Jane to direct several.

8/22 Kisseki: Dear to Me formerly known as Miracle (Taiwan Tues ????) 13 eps - From screenwriter Lin Pei Yu (We Best Love, H3: Trapped) features a student doctor forced to take care of a gangster. I love the premise and like the writer, Viki or Gaga will get this one.

8/24 Man Suang (Thailand movie, domestic cinema release) - historical drama about Thai burlesque with KP’s MileApo. Tong is in this one too?

8/? Why R U? (Korean remake) is supposed to be out this month, filming started in sept 22. I find everything about this hilarious. I mean if Korea remakes it, we lose all the sexy and then... would we have a story at all? No we would not. Not even for six short eps. It’d be like one of those mesh shopping bags.

Oh yeah, Only Friends is coming.

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

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENTS

Hidden Agenda. I love them.

Public claiming with the waist grab maneuver! A true hero.

But I think we can all agree that THIS is the hero all love triangles deserve. (both Laws)

(Last week)

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flattenedcat · 2 years

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The Eclipse Ep 11

Well that was sure an episode. I'm biased so of course I still liked it but the last half got me feeling confused lmao. Very cute and light, but somewhat out of place considering the sheer fucking heaviness I had to sit through at ass-crack.

Honestly surprised that the Dika x Chadok thing actually happened but narratively it makes sense, parallels and shit. What could have happened to Akk and Ayan, the road not taken.

However, I felt that it was resolved pretty quickly? Like everything after part 3 was resolved....without that much of a fuss. Cause how the fuck did we get from screaming at each other, betrayal, outing your friends (and boyfriend), to making a movie? This feels very Bad Buddy of them, where Pat got suddenly shot and Pran's friend is just as suddenly okay again after also very publicly outing them for no other reason than them hiding it. P'Aof, I fucking see you.

Oh well, Thai BL giveth and Thai BL taketh away. I mean I love you The Eclipse, but pacing has always been an issue with GMMTV shows and I won't exactly fault you for that. I guess the ep 11 curse was pacing and plot that was solely reserved for like the first two parts. Everyone scared Akk was gonna do a Dika is now like welp. I think if they had one more episode it would've been resolved better.

I can't fucking believe that all of this was resolved with a fucking movie what the fuck lmao. They really got us in the first half with those high ass stakes and emotional reactions. But teenagers I guess. Still fucking hate you to bits Chadok, and Thua? You on fucking thin ice but I also understand his character.

This show is too fucking good at whiplash, and generally I like/don't mind it, but seriously we could've done with another episode between the later parts.

Fuck it, my complaint is solely at GMM TV because you couldn't have given us one more ep? Just ONE more ep?

#the eclipse #the eclipse the series #the eclipse series #the eclipse criticism #the eclipse ep 11 #criticism #critical #kan x thua #akk x ayan #my posts #ep 11 curse somewhat avoided but at what cost?#i say all of this but i bought the hoodie and plan to buy the other merch #and this will probably still be my favorite show #so who's the fool?

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absolutebl · 4 months

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I am sure I am not the only last Twilight fan frustrated by the ending but I wanna know how this happened??? I won't comment on Day getting his eyesight back in the last episode because I am not disabled so I can not be asking for characters to stay disabled just for the sake of my entertainment you know what I mean?? Like was it rushed? absolutely. Did it also feel a bit weird that we get a so-called happy ending when the disability is gone?? also yes but even putting that aside how did we skip so much time and also like just pick up where we stopped? like Mork and day did not talk out how Day just called the shots and Mork followed? how they both literally were ride and die and then what just 1 disagreement and they broke up. Or even go into the mom's psychic a bit? How she kept her son trapped and the other thinking he was just his brother's keeper? I would normally not have these expectations from a Thai bl to handle such a sensitive topic with care but it seemed to be going so well? The last 2 ep seemed like someone had to fill in the word limit of an essay or something. They did this with dangerous romance last time! I know we can have complex endings in gmtv with not the "happy ever after" like with bad buddy. they didn't exactly get what they wanted but it was still happy. I just don't get why the botch up such well written and beautiful series. I refuse to belive a show that gave us the sunset scene ended like this.

Thai BL giveth

and Thai BL taketh away.

Count your blessings.

Imagine what Japan would have done?

Or *shudder* Taiwan?

#It's BL #it could be worse.#It could be Make Our Days Count.#thai bl #last twilight #gmmtv owes us big time

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pharawee · 1 year

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🖇️BL WATCHLIST MAY

🎬House of Stars - For a house where love is supposedly forbidden there sure is a lot going on. I am intrigued.

🎬 Step by Step - Dee Hup House never disappoints. I really like this so far.

🎬 Be My Favorite - I was actually looking forward to this, and I like it way more than I thought I would.

🎬La Pluie - Title Tanatorn in the main role he deserves. Finally.

🎬The Luminous Solution - This only has six eps which is really unfair because I really like it so far. Plus, the two pairings seem to be completely unrelated. Oh well, at least the eps are 1h+ in length.

🖇️FINISHED

🎬Tin Tem Jai - BL giveth (PaoKhana) and BL taketh away. 😔

🎬A Boss and a Babe - I'm going to be honest. I'm only watching this for the cast. This show has completely lost me. But I'm kind of burned out on gmmtv BL so that's probably why (and the reason why I'm not watching Our Skyy 2 as it airs).

🎬Love Syndrome III - I'm a 1-person prayer circle for Mac. Night and Nick, my other faves, can totally hold their own.

🎬 The Promise (Part 2) - I gave this show a 10/10 on mdl and that's all you need to know about me.

🎬Past-senger - I'm not a biggest fan of the ending but Bamee and 90s!Kiew have my whole heart.

🖇️ON HOLD

🎬 Make a Wish - I'm not giving up on this. One day soon this will have subs, right? Right?

🎬Destiny Seeker - This show is now fully subbed but I'm so in love with the characters in this that I don't want it to end.

🎬 Boyband - MIA: this show.

🎬Bed Friend - I still need to catch up with the three last eps. I know, I know. I do it to myself.

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