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lgbtally4ever · 2 days

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40 Essential BL Dramas of All Time

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Not in any particular order

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(The only one I haven’t seen is The Miracle of Teddy Bear, since it hasn’t been on any of the major streaming services)

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#40 essential bl dramas #youtube #bl series #you tube #iqiyi #gagaoolala #thai bl #Taiwanese bl #Korean bl #japanese bl #Chinese bromances

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iguessitsjustme · 11 months

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Letting people choose the next video edit I make

I thought it would be fun to let people choose what kind of video edit I make next. This will be a series of polls and each will be one day long. Whatever option gets the most votes will be the winner. Some polls (like this one) will start general and become more specific. When I get to the more specific polls and you want to make an option to be included (pairing, song, etc) let me know and I’ll do my best to include it in the poll. This is basically a collaborative video edit. There is one other poll currently open for this: Country

#thai bl #pinoy bl #vietnamese bl #chinese bromances #korean bl #japanese bl #taiwanese bl #rae makes video edits #rae makes polls #this is gonna be like a group project but fun this time #also i know there are five million more music genres out there #i just chose 10 that i wouldn't mind listening to on repeat while creating the edit #keep in mind that my skills at video editing are mediocre at best #but this should be fun

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absolutebl · 2 years

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Hey! I have two questions to ask you if you don't mind! Sorry for pestering you with kinda stuff but you are real insightful and help me to sort out my own internal feelings on things!

Is it just me or do very, VERY few BL's ever manage to stick an engaging,solid ending?

Out of all the BL's I've watched, the only ones I can name that truly nailed the ending imo are:

- HIStory 3: Trapped (imo. I know the ambiguity isn't appealing to you.)

- Bad Buddy

- My Beautiful Man

- His (The Movie)

- Blueming (The series itself is rife with pacing issues to me, but I think it stuck the ending really good.)

- Gaya Sa Pelikula

Some can come close enough for me;

- Theory of Love (yeah, yeah, I hate Khai too but the ending was nice imo)

- ITSAY/IPYTM

- TMS1 (suffers a bit from the HDS's consistent struggle with pacing towards the latter end of all her work )

- Old Fashion Cupcake (so close!!!)

- Restart After Come Back Home

- Cherry Magic

Most BL's introduce nonsense conflicts towards the end of the series with the Epsiode 11 drama (shivers in 2gether). I can't stand it when the final conflict comes out of LITERALLY nowhere instead of having been a continued issue that is resolved towards the end (think Cherry Magic, Utsukushii Kare, Bad Buddy, etc.)

Going further, they never seem...satisfying for whatever reason and I can't pinpoint why that is. I'm not necessarily left wanting more but feel like what I was given was unsatisfactory. Think a more subtle version of the feeling of seeing Vee/Maek end up together in the En of Love version (or Khai/Third for you I guess).

I wonder looking at it now if my hatred for the seme/uke trope has spoilt so many couples for me that I find any ending where they get together as unsatisfactory (I love The Effect btw. Can you guess why lmao?). All the shows in my best list are either very low on Seme/uke dynamics or have a very soft seme archetype (Blueming) / very unique seme archetype (MBM).

God I should just get over this contempt of seme/uke fuckery. Its ruined so much for me (from WBL, to UWMA).

Know how? Also, is there any particular reason you see as for why BL's fail to stick the landing? Or am I making this up?

Second question is simple. Why do BL couples often become boring when they get together and are happy? Is it just that the chase is over? And if so, what can be done to keep such a story engaging if anything at all?

Now that I read this back, it definitely isn't two questions as much as a set of compound ones but eh, here goes nothing.

Is my unhinged ranting coherent at all?

Honestly you named a lot of ones that I dinged points specifically because I didn’t like their endings. Old Fashion Cupcake and Cherry Magic would probubly have been 10/10 for me if the characters had just kissed at the end. And I say this totally aware of Japanese cinematic traditions that dictated why they wouldn’t, I’m just grumpy.

To answer the second question first:

Why do BL couples often become boring when they get together and are happy? Is it just that the chase is over? And if so, what can be done to keep such a story engaging if anything at all?

Yes. This is the problem every romance series contends with. This is why most romances end with the couple getting together (sex, engagement, marriage), This is why I don’t like second seasons, they usually have to separate or break up the couple to give the story tension.

And now... your unhinged ranting!

It makes perfect sense, and I think you either

don't really like 3 act structure (did you watch a lot of anime growing up, per chance? maybe not so much (or really dislike) Disney stuff?) or,

more likely, you don't actually like romance.

Not the idea of romance, but the classic romance novel beats and pacing. The Taiwanese and Thai stuff in particular tends to stick to that consistently. (Hence the ep 11 crisis of doom, AKA the unnecessary break up.)

Korea has a western romance aesthetic but they often shoe-horn in 4 act structure, which is why we get that (to me) super weird disjointed thing in Kdramas where they break up the couple (or separate them with time/distance) in the last 1/3 of the final episode and the rush this odd reunion thing in the last 10 minutes. I find this maddening, but it does mean that their non-BL billed and early gay short stuff might appeal to you.

You don't mention it but Thousand Stars is probubly the most classically paced and executed romance novel in BL form that we have ever gotten. How’d you feel about that ending. I’d also be interested in your thoughts on Seven Days (of course) as that’s Japan’s version of the perfect love story.

I think you probubly like more experimental narratives and arthouse cinema styles. I’d encourage you to check out short form BL, especially those from Strongberry (Korea) on GaGa. Also Dark BL depending on your squick factor.

But honestly from what you said it seems like you’re a prime candidate for the following:

Moody Arthouse Smackdoodle

Your Name Engraved Herein (Taiwan 2020 Netflix) - this movie is fantastic but it is also seriously depressing, it’s a self acceptance journey, but if you wanna wallow in high quality acting and serious gay drama, this’ll do it. It’s nto a super sad ending, it’s not happy either.

Goodbye Mother AKA Thua Me Con D (Vietnam 2019 Netflix) - like YNEH this is a great movie but it deals openly with homophobia, bashing, family trauma and social acceptance.

The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese AKA Kyuso wa Chizu no Yume wo Miru (Japan 2020) - obsession, cheating, breakup, reunion, then break up again, explicit, grey characters and grey concepts including morality.

Pornographer movie series - AKA The Novelist, Mood Indigo, Pornographer Playback (Japan 2018-2020) emotional manipulation, cheating, obsession, seduction, May/December (age gap AKA younger/older), kink, touch of necrophilia, explicit, complicated but ultimately... not sad.

Method (Korea 2017) - May/December, actor idol pairing, that should have been everything I wanted in life but it’s more about the actor cheating on his wife and their weird “artsy” relationship and frankly, I hated this. And I don’t say that lightly. The chemistry and acting can’t be faulted though and the story is... interesting.

His the series AKA I Didn’t Think I Would Fall In Love (Japan 2019) - boy goes to visit his absent father ends up kinda homeless on the beach gets adopted by local family falls in love with the boy working and living with them. Lots of long drawn out glances. Wistfully pretty.

Innocent (Taiwan 2021 GaGa) - mental health, childhood trauma, actually kinda sweet.

Does the Flower Bloom? (Japan 2018) - this is a May/December romance about an artist student and the house he inherits from his recently dead parents and all the people around him who are obsessed with him, including an older man.

Dark Blue and Moonlight (Taiwan 2017) - maybe? You like some of my least favorites, so this might be your thing. I sure as shit wasn’t mine but also it HAD ME HOOKED even though I didn’t want that. It’s the warped version of a CEO romance.

Also the “it’s a BL but I make no case for it” category:

Life: Love on the Line (Japan) - you would probubly NOT like the directer’s cut (which I prefer, of course) that ending is too saccharine, so go for the original.

Silhouette of Your Voce (Japan) You are one of the few people I think would really like this one.

Not Me (Thailand) - you don’t mention it but I assume you’ve seen it

Manner of Death (Thailand) - same

3 Will be Free (Thailand) - same, if not, watch this next

What Did You Eat Yesterday? (Japan) - there is not plot, so yeah, maybe that’ll work for ya?

Long Time No See (Korea) - SO GOOD, but edgy and twisted too

DNA Says Love You (Taiwan) - maybe. This one is... odd and oddly paced.

Joujou Pure Heart (Japan 2010)

Great Men Academy (Thailand)

Oh right and the bromance dirty half dozen:

Untamed

Word of Honor

The Guardian

Devil Judge

SCI Mysteries

All of these have ambiguous ends, and ambiguous (cough cough not gay) relationships.

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gabrielokun · 5 months

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#Word of Honor #山河令 #chinesemedia #CensoredBL #Bromance #CDrama #Chinese Drama #Gabriel makes stuff #Zhang Zhe Han #Zhou Zi Shu #Gong Jun #Wen Ke Xing #Zhou Zi Shu X Wen Ke Xing #WenZhou

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whumperer-86 · 5 months

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A journey to Love episode 8

The youngest member of the male lead's squad,, he's like their youngest brother got really sick and it turns out he has a weak heart and he will die before he reaches his 20th birthday, all of them tried so hard to save his life and they did for now

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save-the-data · 1 month

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Ultimate Note | S01E29

Chinese Drama - 2020, 37 episodes

#Drama: Ultimate Note #Ultimate Note #Action #Adventure #Tomb-Raiding #终极笔记 #Dao Mu Bi Ji Zhi Zhong Ji Bi Ji #Joseph Zeng #Xiao Yu Liang #Chen Fang Xu #Liu Yu Ning #Liu Yu Han #PingXie #DMBJ #CDrama #Bromance #Chinese Drama - 2020 #Drama: 2020

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simply-whump · 8 days

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Live Surgery Room (手术直播间) - Whump List

Whumpees : Su Yun played by Dai Xu and Zheng Ren played by Vin Zhang

Synopsis : Zhen Ren is a surgeon who succeeded in achieving his father's dying wish. With the help of ER director Pan, he joined Haicheng Hospital. Zheng Ren devoted everything to being a doctor, and his skills caught the attention of genius doctor Su Yun, who began to study Zheng Ren's methods. Su Yun comes to accept and admire Zheng Ren as a colleague. In order to treat a case of conjoined twins with arrhythmia, Zheng Ren and Su Yun join hands to form a team formed by a group of medical professionals (MDL)

Genres : Medical, Drama, Bromance

Warning! Possible spoilers below!

Su Yun

Ep 1-2 : None

Ep 3 : (26:20) Hand shaking

Ep 4 (36:40) Hand shaking, recalling painful memories

Ep 5 : None

Ep 6 : (32:15) Passes out drunk — (34:30) Brought to the hospital in an ambulance because he drank too much

Ep 7-8 : None

Ep 9 : (49:35) Hands shaking

Ep 10 : None

Ep 11 : (31:25) Talking with Zheng Ren about his shaky hand and the fact that he can’t operate anymore, teary-eyed

Ep 12 : (40:25) Passed out (off screen) after working a lot, unconscious on a couch, concern for him, given medicine by Zheng, talking in his sleep

Ep 13 : (05:30) Watching a video of himself fainting (from the previous episode) (semi-comedic)

Ep 14 : None

Ep 15 : (Flashback) (27:10) Worried for his mentor — (Present) (27:30) Crying, hand shaking

Ep 16 : None

Ep 17 : (42:15) Hand shaking

Ep 18 : (04:00) Teary-eyed, crying

Ep 19 : None

Ep 20 : (07:13) Teary-eyed (Just two bros stargazing together with background music)

Ep 21 : (33:20) Caught in the aftershock of an earthquake, running away, building collapses on him, concern for him — (34:35) Unconscious under some rubbles, wakes up coughing (Gif Set), slowly moving, crawling through the rubbles

Ep 22 : (02:55) Forced to operate even though his hand is still shaking (due to PTSD), drops the scalpel, panicking, crying, hand finally stops shaking — (13:11) Worried for someone, crying, shaky breathing, blaming himself, sobbing — (20:45) Depressed

Ep 23 : (02:25) Faints due to exhaustion — (28:42) Faints due to exhaustion, sleeping on the couch next to Zheng

Ep 24 : (25:10) Scratches on his arm — (28:15) Teary-eyed, crying

Ep 25-28 : None

Zheng Ren

Ep 1-4 : None

Ep 5 : (19:37) Getting tired during a very long operation, sweating, concern for him, passes out at the end of the operation — (21:33) Wakes up after a nightmare, in a hospital bed with an IV

Ep 6 : None

Ep 7 : (31:40) Emotional, raising his voice, teary-eyed, crying

Ep 8 : (13:41) Sitting on the ground, crying, laying down while holding a picture of his dead father — (19:45) Crying in front of the grave of his parents — (39:35) Teary-eyed

Ep 9 : (12:00) Heart beating fast during a difficult operation, sweating, vision blurry — (25:53) Crying while dreaming

Ep 10-20 : None

Ep 21 : (33:45) Running away from a collapsing building, very worried about Su Yun (You have to hear him scream his name) — (41:00) Digging through the rubbles with his bare hands (super worried for Su Yun) (Gif Set)

Ep 22 : (07:23) Lifting heavy rubbles, worried for Su Yun, wants to jumps down the building to save him, stopped — (10:40) Relieved to see Su Yun alive, teary-eyed (Gif Set) — (16:18) Crying — (37:55) Fell asleep because of exhaustion, brought into the hospital tent on a stretcher, overworked

Ep 23 : (10:12) Bruises on his back — (27:52) Almost faints due to exhaustion, concern for him, sleeping

Ep 24 : (28:25) Tear-eyed

Ep 25 : (34:00) Missing, friends looking for him, concern for him, shown on camera that he was knocked out and kidnapped — (35:34) Tied up and gagged, wakes up, threatened — (42:00) Sweating after doing cpr for a long time, exhausted, about to faint but caught by Su Yun, concern for him

Ep 26-28 : None

>> More Whump Lists

#live surgery room #whump list #asian whump #whump #cdrama #chinese drama #dai xu #vin zhang #bromance

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wanderlust-in-my-soul · 9 months

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Waking up next to the one you love.

#stay with me #stay with me the series #stay with me ep 24 #and nothing else happend after this scene 🤡#but look at them!#Wu Bi is so in love!#they are so in love!#and this so not a bromance!#I want the second season NOW!#wu bi x su yu #chinese bl #chinese drama #chinese series #bl drama #bl series #asianlgbtqdrama #myedit

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nattasiit · 17 days

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陈情令 (the untamed) — 2019

#the untamed #陈情令 #the untamed 陈情令 #xiao zhan #wang yibo #lan zhan #wei ying #wei wuxian #wangxian #lan wangji #chinese actor #bromance

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danmeigirl · 2 months

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#starting on this just because of him #white cat legend #wei zheming #qiu qingzhi #chinese drama #cdrama #wuxia #bromance

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cold-and-unsure · 2 months

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#哥哥你别跑 #张炯敏 #徐滨 #stay with me #xu bin #zhang jiong min #stay with me the series #su yu x wu bi #wu bi x su yu #chinese bl #cdrama #chinese drama #chinese series #bl drama #bl series #asianlgbtqdrama #Bromance #boys love

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iguessitsjustme · 11 months

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Letting people choose the next video edit I make

I thought it would be fun to let people choose what kind of video edit I make next. This will be a series of polls and each will be one day long. Whatever option gets the most votes will be the winner. Some polls (like this one) will start general and become more specific. When I get to the more specific polls and you want to make an option to be included (pairing, song, etc) let me know and I’ll do my best to include it in the poll. This is basically a collaborative video edit. There is one other poll currently open for this: Music Genre

#thai bl #pinoy bl #vietnamese bl #korean bl #chinese bromances #taiwanese bl #japanese bl #asianlgbtqdramas #rae makes video edits #rae makes polls #this is gonna be like a group project but fun this time #very interested to see what we all make together #keep in mind that my skills at video editing are mediocre at best #but this should be fun

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absolutebl · 10 days

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China *bats eyes innocently* we have a new.... not BL