Hi.....if you don't mind me asking, who are your favorite romantic relationship's couples in books/ manga/ anime/movies/tv series (can be can be canon or non-canon)? And why do you love them? Sorry if you've answered this question before......Thanks....
I never have, this is a BL blog tho, so I'm sticking to my POV.
Top 10 Favorite Romantic Leads in BL
(in no particular order, I love them all.)
Togawa & Nosue - Old Fashion Cupcake
Ae & Pete - Love By Chance
JaeYoung & SangWoo - Semantic Error
ShinWoo & TaeKyung - Light On Me
Pat & Pran - Bad Buddy
X & Q - 21 Days Theory
Solo & Gui - Oxygen
Sato & BoChen - See You After Quarantine?
Le & Amber - DNA Says Love You
Guang & Qizhang - About Youth
I mostly picked ones who don’t have a ton of angst and willful miscommunication. Also I like couples where we actually see them together in a relationship. I like an on screen dynamic that has a physical component too. In other words i want to see good, caring boyfriends who actually want each other and are shown that way (and not just at the end, sorry Utsukushii Kare.)
Side Couple Favorites
Pick & Rome - Puppy Honey
Ram & King - My Engineer
Mark & OuWen - Love is Science
Khun & Kaow - Brothers
Pitch & Bank - Golden Blood
Touch & Daisy - SCOY
Copy & Nampu - Top Secret Together
Champ & Doc - TharnType 2
San & Aei - You're My Sky
Jack & Zhao - H3: Trapped
I picked specifically couples where I find their actual relationship as a couple both romantic and admirable. For example leads from some of my top BLs aren't on my list because they are often slightly annoying, as a couple, in some way or another that was used to drive the story.
(this post as of Oct 2022, not responsible for couples that come after)
because even I can’t find my own damn content on this damned website.
*All fics mentioned are directly on Tumblr unless specified otherwise
The Untamed
Gifsets: Wwx and rooftops /Wangxian and jc being done part 1, part2, part3 / Yiling laozu /At Nevernight I wasn't by your side / I broke my promise /Bunny lanterns 🐇 / Lwj understanding the golden core thing
Fanart: Wwx flower boy mini comic / The red undergarnment / Song Lan / It snows / Yanqing and books
Memes: Is this... 🫱🦋🐦?/ Stabbing yourself in the heart /Picture u can hear /Y'all deserved better / Alignment chart / Tag urself (the untamed characters as people in my classroom ft. Stickmen) / The Untamed character generator
A lot of Textposts-y memes:
Wwx introducing himself and lwj / wwx translating lwj microexpressions / he'd marry you if you asked brother / wwx chugging a whole jar of ??? / Wwx no / there is no cure / Jiang fengmian loves his sons equally / lqr at wangxian wedding / wangji this is not allowed / I'm cold / get the hoe / I wasn't drunk / wen Ning is precious / shut UP / good morning :D
The juniors shenanigans: Jin Ling adulting / *sneaking out*/da headbands very precious yes / fairy climbs a tree
Fics
Xicheng Trying to hold on to you (1.6k, hurt/comfort), you confused me with a fucking dog (1.6k, College AU), They were roommates (10k, college AU)
Wangxian: Night of shooting stars (1.3k,Star!Lwj), Those who bleed (600 words, angst)
More detailed Cql-fic masterpost (with summaries) INCOMPLETE. Or read them in the AO3 collection (username Namariae).
Talks and other stuff
Yanqing 😍
The Untamed rewatch
2019 top 10 favourite posts / 2019 top 10 most popular posts
Cql OST / Beyond Control (LXC Character song)
Ask game
Cultivator conferences = disaster
Mriad
Posts: Chuyao being gay / Chuyao still being gay / list of things Lu Yao stole from Chusheng / Seriously so gay / go make me coffee
Fics: Empty space(filled with flowers) / All that glitters (ao3)
The Devil Judge
Beyond Evil vs The Devil Judge
Textposts: Get the fuck outta my house / Noo don't check me out ahaha / the Gaon Judas imagery
Gifs: *homoerotically pushes you against wall*I heard you live alone / the Kang Mansion / undresses you to tend to ur wounds
Fic: Rightful Place part 1 (Gahan)/ Rightful Place Masterpost
Love is Science
What the fuck is Love is Science?
Gifs: Ouwen's oh shit moments / Mark panicking bc gay / Shen Ying imitating a Sloth / that kiss in the gym / Ouwen pretty ✨ / Lee Mark's outfits are bisexualcore / love is in the little things
Memes/Other: Savage Ouwen / u're reasonable but ur friends are dumbasses /
Fic: The Mark/Ouwen sickfick no one asked for (domestic)
Recommendation lists
Top 5 BL shows I like
I have nothing to watch (yes u do)
Other:
Pile of Goop Aoki (Kieta Hatsukoi) / Rainless love in a Godless land / To my Star cooking (To my Star) / The 6 stages of Tumblr / Hanahaki disease prompts(?)
>📺(more or less) Current Watchlist
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Other interests
Lotr
Viggo Mortensen has chaotic neutral energy
Continued list of things Viggo did
I've only had Frodo for a Day and a half
What do we do When we are sad
Aragorn you go king
(Discussion)Why does Gandalf love hobbits so much?
Rimon "What They Called Me" from BLEUNUIT on Vimeo.
'What They Called Me' is the visual counterpart to RIMONs sophomore EP 'I Shine, U Shine'. Her debut short film tells the story of RIMON on a journey of self-discovery, struggling with finding and accepting her own path in life. Navigating through tumultuous relationships, consistently losing herself by adapting in the most extreme ways - battling unspoken childhood traumas in the process. A masterclass in self-acceptance; showcasing the value of claiming your own identity.
production BLEUNUIT
directors MAKY MARGARIDIS and LOUIS LEKIEN
writers YANNICK DE KEIJZER, RIMON
co-writers LOUIS LEKIEN and MAKY MARGARIDIS
creative direction RIMON, BLEUNUIT
starring RIMON, SHAY LATUKOLAN, MVFASA, SARAH PINTO, JOANNA DONNAU
poetry DINA BOUADI, RIMON
translation Eritrean v/o: NATNAEL YOSEF
director of photography EDOUARD LE GRELLE
line producer TIPHAINE LAROSSA
1st assistant director ROBIN KNUDSEN
choreographer SHAY LATUKOLAN
stylist KATE HOUSH
hair and make-up SOPHIA SINOT
hair and make-up assistant ANAIS BAIVIER
hair and make-up assistant MATHILDE WALLEZ
1st camera assistant JULES KOECHLIN
1st camera assistant day 3 SYLVESTRE VANNOORENBERGHE
2nd Camera assistant ELLEN GUBBELS
steadycam CHARLY VANDEDRINCK
location manager AGATHE CORNILLON
location manager assistant ROMANE DUCHEMIN
gaffer BENOIT DERICKE
bestboy RAYAN IMOULA
best boy day 3 MAEL FERUNG
key grip THIBAULT SELLIER
grip ANTOINE PICCARELLE
production designer SOPHIE BOURY
production designer ASSISTANT EVA CASSOL
editing LOUIS LEKIEN & MAKY MARGARIDIS
color grade JOSEPH BICKNELL @company3
original compositions SAMUEL KAREEM BAPTIST
sound recordist MORGAN LE GRELLE
sound recordist SATCHEL HART
additional vocal recordist SAMUEL KAREEM BAPTIST
music & sound design IXYXI
soundtrack coordinator SIMEON VIOT
mix & master original compositions Alain ‘Lunaman’ Croisy
production assistants LUCA DE TAEYE, HUGO DEPIN, JULIEN MERCIER
stylist assistant GUUSJE ERENS
stylist assistant SOPHIE NAPEN
stylist assistant MARINE FERAIN
stylist assistant LAURYN VANHAVERBEKE
stylist assistant AMANDA ADEYEMI
stylist assistant LAURYN VANHAVERBEKE
photographer KWABENA APPIAH-NTI
Special thanks to
XAVIER BOURGEOIS, STIXN ENT, YOUNES, ANA, BRASSERIE ATLAS, REMI CALMONT, Mia Pichon, Beatriz de Sousa, Clémence Iryimanivuze, Line-Teta Blemont, Lune Jusseau, Elisabeth Vincent, Tanja Mala Ngombe, Alexia Lobo, Neeharika, Sadhukhan, Stefani Konstantinesku, Mélyssandre Manem, Marie Merci Nkizamacumu, Zineb Selouane, Marie Callet, Roger Makadi, Medy Kaba, Kénor Ospina, Kriticos, HunterIsBlue, Thirteen, Jérémie Lequime, Raphaël Lallemand,
Sandrine Wilmotte, Sophie Lisart, Alejandra Lopez Vasquez, Jean-François Mathy , Alain Montoisy, Pascal Hutsebaut, Didier Ficks, Jean-Luc Vangansen, Rodrigue Levesque, Issa Rghioui, Issa Rghioui, Tanguy Kamp, Seraphin Maroy, Aki Mateta, Andy Ouwens, Omid Farzami, Darrell Cole, Nina Mounah, Twenty second vintage Hasselt, Riot Antwerpen
@absolutebl And it was exactly what we expected and even better and absolutely darling and Taiwan just over here knocking down entire series with a better sideplot than they could ever do in a full series.
What a perfect proposal, what two beautiful and darling men in love and their amazing and support system and the people who love them and just... everything. I will miss this show so, so much.
The Taiwanese BL industry casually flexing Taiwan’s marriage equality muscles.
Taiwan is the only country in Asia where same sex marriage is legal.
Taiwanese BL would like you to know about it. And so would I, frankly. So here’s a chronicling of them flexing these well deserved (and hard earned) muscles.
History 2: Right or Wrong (2017) flexed first. At the time the courts had just put into effect that same sex marriages would be legal in two years, so the main characters plan to marry in two years. Then there is a flash forward scene of the two of them wearing wedding rings. This is the first example of two gay characters being legally married in an Asian BL drama.
Predictive flexing.
HIStory 3: Make Our Days Count (2019) the bridge proposal.
Craving You (2020) is half about a gay wedding and that wedding is depicted in the last episode.
We Best Love (2021) Flexes in season one and two, including an engagement.
History 4: Close to You (2021) has two couples flex in sequence and depicted the couple who got engaged in HIStory 3 getting married.
Papa & Daddy (2021) is much less BL and tunnels into being gay in Taiwan (rose tinted spectacles, of course). It showcases Pride* but also how the power of legalization and positive coverage by the mainstream media can broaden minds and guide culture from tolerance to acceptance. Legalization isn’t just so people have the same basic human rights and social protections, it’s so that non-queers realize that marriage equality is humane, decent, and good.
Be Loved In House: I Do (2021) a pretty near pitch perfect ultra soft BL that had the side dishes get engaged and it was so cute.
Love Is Science? (2021) ground breaking het romance where the main couple ends up sort of engaged but it’s the BL side couple who get the ultra romantic proposal in the end. Brilliant! Mark & OuWen will live on forever as my favorite disaster bi + confident gay pairing.
Plus and Minus (2022) from the same people who brought us BLIHID another soft sweet romance, this time divorce lawyer friends-to-lovers who end up getting married in the final episode. Also shows the wedding night (special ep 13) and a gay couple suing for divorce.
Meanwhile, in Vietnam...
Mr Cinderella (2022)
Thailand
Actually I believe that this (in 2016′s Grey Rainbow) in the first depiction of a gay marriage in a BL - if you think of this show as BL.
2020′s TharnType 2
And Japan
Cherry Magic movie, 2022
ALSO Korea 2022 gave us, I think, their first depiction of gay marriage in any Kdrama at all in Cherry Blossoms After Winter.
*** Quick note about Papa & Daddy’s Taipei Pride footage because I think it’s super important:
Taipei 2020 - March for the World
in 2020 Taiwan’s Pride in Taipei was called March for the World. Why? Because initially Taiwan managed to control C19 better than any other country, they were the only place able to hold pride safely, so they did it for all of us.
I don’t feel like they got enough recognition for this.
Thank you @technitango the tag, for, like every author, I do love a good opportunity to ramble on about my fics!
rules: give us the links to your fic with the most hits, second most kudos, third most comments, fourth most bookmarks, fifth most words, and fic with the least words.
Fic with the most hits: Early mornings and late nights, 13,603 hits
First fic I ever wrote, that launched my long and prolific fanfic writing career why of course (hem). It's a Xicheng High school AU, which in retrospect I think it got as much traction as it did because I was so hyped about it and promoted it on here relentlessly & the people following me at the time were all in this specific fandom. Bc looking at it now, I do cringe at my writing... I still like it, but I guess it means I've improved ╮(. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)╭
Second most kudos: Rightful place (it's yours), 466 kudos
Third part in a the devil judge fic series, that happens during the show. My favorite parts in this series are the first and second fics, as well as the last part (New Beginnings). The last part is v good.
Third most comments: All that glitters, 43 comments
I didn't actually know this fic had so many comments! This is from the My Roommate is a detective Universe, Chusheng and Lu Yao go to a party, and ofc alcohol is drunk and things are being blurted out. I had some very dedicated commenters at that time and it was truly a blessing and enabled me to finish the fic?
Fourth most bookmarks: Not an exact Science, 39 bookmarks
OOOH this one I know EXACTLY why. It's for the show Love is Science, and it was on HIATUS when I wrote this fic, which was also, the first one in the fandom. So our fandom had literally nothing else to feed on (at the time) lmfao. Still grateful for this small community. What it's about? Ouwen (Stylish gay) gets sick, and Mark (bisexual dumbass disaster) takes care of him. A sickfic written during covid times. Oh well
Fifth most words: Just a trial Date, 5,779 words
ALSO Love is Science. This was a sweet continuation to a bittersweet and amazing fic which is this one: It was only a kiss, by autumnxxangel.
Fic with the least words: Those who bleed, 663 words
I KNEW it would be this one. Uh. Wangxian angst ( I tried). Here's the summary:
Lan Wangji fights until his entire body is bloody. His white clothes stain red, slashed to pieces by swords of his own clan. He fights for three days and three nights, until the last shreds of his spiritual power have been wrung out of him and his knees give out.
That's it for me! Too lazy to tag people but it's really fun and I recommend this game :D
@morathicain thank you so much for tagging me! I’m excited to do this! ❤
1. your all time favorite bl and why
Cherry Magic for sure! It’s so wholesome and heartwarming! And I love Kurosawa and Adachi so much, both separately and together. They are both so relatable, the quiet pining, the insecurities, the love... everything is amazing! And Fujisaki is awesome!
Honorable mention: Killer and Healer (bromance, so I’m not sure it counts, but it’s my fave fave fave)
2. that one bl that scarred you for life
not sure about this one
3. is there any bl that made you feel very single?
Cherry Magic and Killer and Healer (I love them so much, they’ll come up very often)
And... so many of them, actually! UWMA, HIStory 2: Crossing the Line, Love is Science (I know Mark and Ouwen are a side couple here, but they are everything and I love them so much!)
4. if you could change one thing from a bl, which one would it be?
In and Korn’s fate (uwma)
6. your top five:
ranking dramas is always super-hard, but here it is
1. Cherry Magic
2. HIStory 2: Crossing the Line
3. Long Time No See
4. To My Star
5. Seven Days
Honorable mentions: Killer and Healer, Till Death Tear Us Apart (cdrama) and Love is Science.
EDIT: I watched Kieta Hatsukoi and wow, definitely 1st or 2nd place!
7. that trashy bl that you lowkey like
Not sure about this one either... Does YYY count?
8. your favorite korean bl (it’s important we know)
This is hard to choose between Long Time No See, Where Your Eyes Linger and To My Star.
Probably, maybe, possibly... Long Time No See!
9. but also your top 3 for kbls
Oh ok, I can put my top three in here! It’s all good then! Then... Long Time No See, Where Your Eyes Linger and To My Star, in no particular order since it’s a perfect tie :)
10. season 2? which one?
I don’t trust season 2′s that much so... 😅
But if the question is about ranking already existing season 2′s, then... I have no idea what to answer XD
11. a bunch of dramas will air soon. which ones are you the most excited for?
I don’t know exactly which dramas are going to air soon, not all of them, at least. But the ones I know of and that I am excited about are You Are My Favorite, Cutie Pie, and Between Us.
12. tag them!
tagging @jazthespazz @ommited-miscellaneously @mishathewtf @randomlyobsessivefangirl @ahhhnorealnamesallowed and anyone who wants to do this 💜
I know Sass and Angela already did this, so I’m not tagging you two :)
Anyone else, sorry if you already did this and I didn’t notice!
Mark being so happy to introduce Ou Wen to his friends and being so disappointed to see Joanna!
Mark telling Ou Wen that he's the one he likes!
Ou Wen being a self-sacriificing idiot!
Ou Wen trying to do what he thinks is best but also is an idiot.
Mark finding out he's gonna be a dad!
Mark being hurt by Ou Wen making choices for both of them! (in this case, not showing up at the park either with Joanna or by himself, which was likely because he was insecure in their relationship and hiding and thank you @baymax-blog for confirming some of my suspicions on that!)
@absolutebl I love this show despite having no idea what they're saying yet. (Well, aside from a few hints from the comment section on youtube) and it's the only show I'm willing to watch without subtitles at this point.
Bonus: Next Episode... more happens! Poor Mark is trying so hard, honestly, the darling.