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blmpff · 2 months

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FILM JIRAYU 17.03.24

#film jirayu #thai actors #lover merman the series #love stage the series #cast #bl tattoos #for the love of tank tops #god someone forgot to iron his clothes #suits #blmpff

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respectthepetty · 4 months

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I went to go grab a screenshot from Love Stage!! because I SWEAR in 7 Days Before Valentine that Rain's best friend, Meen, who sings

is the singing instructor in Love Stage!!

And now I'm four episodes deep into an unplanned rewatch and Fort's here!

Kaownah better be back on The Sign soon because if I only had him for one episode when he can play unhinged so well, I'm gonna be salty.

But let me continue this rewatch!

#love stage #love stage the series #7 days before valentine #I KNOW it's her #MDL is lying #but I was surprised to see Fort #and I'm sticking around for Kaownah

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thefreeblog · 1 year

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The first kiss! Ah!

My faves from 2022 BLs

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absolutebl · 2 years

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I'm in quarantine rn and my credit card isn't here yet so I can't get gaga/viki. What are your favorite bls on YouTube that came out like this year or near the end of last year. Or in general a favorites by platform would be interesting too if you don't have one already 👀

Gotcha covered. Not sure on your particular taste so I popped the mini reviews in too.

Best 2022 BLs Available to watch for Free (with ads)

Gonna do just 2022 because I have that post in progress, and I can just pull from it. And also SO MANY happening this year. Gonna suggest completed series ONLY, so as of mid May 2022.

Semantic Error - (Korea Feb Viki*) 10/10

Main Tropes: opposites attract, enemies to lovers, bully romance, sunshine/tsundere, teasing & pranks

This is my favorite BL of 2022. Korea hits it entirely out of both Parks (pun on the actors’ last names intended) by doing a university set BL with everything we might expect done exactly right, their signature quality executed perfectly, and added bonus good story, great pacing, yaoi style filming, and fantastic chemistry. You cannot ask for more from a BL, let alone a KBL. Full review here.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

* (I believe it is now free with adds to many countries, some of my other favorites might also be free on Viki but I don’t check which ones are free, because i have a sub. In general, I suggest Korean BL on Viki and watching whatever you can.)

Bad Buddy - (Thailand, Nov-Jan on YouTube) 9/10

Main Tropes: secret lovers, Romeo & Romeo, sunshine/tsundere, enemies-to-friends-to-lovers, GL side plot

GMMTV’s flagship BL started 2022 on a BANG (okay no actual banging but you know what I mean), starring heavy hitters Ohm & Nanon in a pitch perfect university Romeo & Juliet masterpiece that will give you domesticity meets pain whiplash throughout and jet lag at the end. Great production values, killer acting, and some conscious effort to correct for half a decade of Thai BL’s anti-queer mistakes. GMMTV, we forgive you. More. Live blog of this one is here. Full review here.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Not Me - (Thailand Jan-March YouTube) 9/10

Main Tropes: enemies to lovers, secret identity, identical twins, goodboy/bad boy

GMMTV gave us a dark disestablishment narrative (in a time of civil unrest) with established queer award-winning director Anucha and starring OffGun. THIS IS AN AMAZING THING to get to experience in the BL world - nerve racking but remarkable. But was it ACTUALLY BL? Not Me had a lot of BL elements, but in the end that’s not what the show was about, or even what it was genuinely trying to be. Still an amazing piece of Thai cinema certainly worth your time. Don’t worry, it all ends happily. Full review here. OffGun Eulogy here.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Cutie Pie (Thailand Feb-May on YouTube) 8/10

Main Tropes: arranged marriage, age gap, secret identity, cohabitation, rich kid problems, he’s in engineering

Very high production and a lot of visual references to live action yaoi gave this show a whiff of Japan but ultimately it stayed firmly in Thailand’s BL camp veering from absurd to appealing to annoying and then back to absurd again. If you can roll with the arranged marriage conceit and very lifestyle D/s relationships, the chemistry is spot on even if the plot is naff and sappy and driven by miscommunication. Watch this one for the pretty, give it a pass on depth. Full review here.

RECOMMENDED

Mr Cinderella (Vietnam Jan YouTube) - 8/10

Main Tropes: forced proximity, cohabitation, childhood sweethearts, opposites attract, good boy/bad boy, domesticity

Higher than normal production values plus experienced BL actors plus two charismatic smoldering leads with good kissing and comfortable body language make this Vietnam’s objectively best BL to date. Plus we got a fabulously (and quintessentially Vietnamese) domestic ending. Full review here.

RECOMMENDED

Love Stage (Thailand, Feb-March YouTube) 8/10

Main Tropes: childhood crush, sunshine/tsundere, unrequited love, secret identity

This BL surprised me with its charm. The acting was good, the leads were appealing, support cast on point, and the production values high. It followed the original manga story arc relatively closely: boy falls in love with girl as a child, grows up to discover girl is actually a very pretty boy. Although there are some quintessentially Thai changes that mellowed, softened, and extended the romance arc. One of the things I’ve always appreciated about this story is that the climax is about coming out as a celebrity couple as well as gay. I like the examination of the nature of celebrity versus privacy, and the contrasting kinds of closets. And I love that they depicted two couples with two different versions of this choice. A solid and enjoyable show. Full review here.

RECOMMENDED

Enchanté (Thailand, Jan-March YouTube) 7/10

Main Tropes: childhood sweethearts, sunshine/tsundere, secret admirer with a touch of Cyrano de Bergerac and dose of Boys Over Flowers.

Theo returns from France and starts a written flirtation inside a library book (!) at his new uni with the mysterious Enchante. When he and his best friend Akk hunt for Enchante’s real identity, 4 senior boys step forward - all intersted in dating Theo, all with ulterior motives. Can’t fault the chemistry or the classic old school Thai uni BL and Akk (Force) was particularly sympathetic. But the twist over Enchantie’s identity felt disingenuous, manipulative, and unnecessary and the whole narrative was flawed as a result, Theo became unlikeable and irredeemable. GMMTV seems to specialize in squandering great chemistry on shoddy scripts. Honestly it probubly should get an 8/10 by my rating system but I was so disappointed I’m gave it a 7/10 and did not bother to write a full review. Live blog ep-by-ep recap here.

RECOMMENDED WITH RESERVATIONS

Secret Crush on You (Thailand Feb-May YouTube) 7/10

Main Tropes: stalking, obsession, hottest guy on campus, multiple couples, queer affirming

Previously known as Stalker the series, and you can TELL. Co-produced by and featuring (but NOT staring) Saint and directed by Cheewin (sigh) with all fresh faces it was pure pulp and... I hated the plot. In fact I was ALL OVER THE PLACE with this show. SCOY drove me nuts and made me bush but had flashes of unparalleled genius. It had a ton of things I really did not like (e.g. the humor was crass and awkward, and the whole stalker thing was extremely CRINGE). It also had things that really worked: (e.g. representation of multiple different kinds of queerness, about which it very Taiwanese - in that there was no doubt that the characters really did want to bone). It was the opposite of sanitized gay. Honestly, if you can make it through the first half, and survive the never ending cringe-factor that IS this show, the second half is entirely unique - content we’ve never seen before in BL. Full review here.

RECOMMENDED WITH RESERVATIONS, but not the usual ones.

Rainbow Prince (The Philippines Jan-Feb-March YouTube) - 6/10

Main Tropes: disney princess, opposites attract, sunshine/tsundere

This long form MUSICAL BL is fucking LEGEND. Also it’s profoundly not good. The acting is absolutely terrible but that’s not the point, the point is that it’s a cheesy af fairy story. Possibly the gayest BL to ever BL and certainly the most camp and very Disney. Watch it of that’s your thing, otherwise hard pass. (Full review here.)

RECOMMENDED ONLY IF YOU ALSO LIKE DISNEY SHIT

I hope these help and let me know if you tray and like any of them!

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kinnporsche-is-life · 5 months

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Be me

After watching You are mine think to yourself that maybe

Maybe

Sweet and innocent bl aren’t THAT bad.

Decide to try this theory

Start Love stage

Cute. Thoughtless in a good way. Definitely innocent.

Wait

WAIT

So, I have a really good feeling about this one.

Also I HATE her

But a like penises more than I dislike her.

So we will see.

#love stage #love stage the series #Turbo Chanokchon #kaownah kittipat #ryou anda #thai bl

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gillianthecat · 1 year

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I only made it through like an episode and a half of Love Stage, but I just discovered that the side characters I was hoping would get together were in a secret relationship all along. That pleases me greatly. Should I go back and watch just for them?

#love stage #love stage the series #shows i dropped

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pranparakul-siridechawat · 2 years

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love me a freak obsessed with their partners scent

#this is about how unhinged pat napat and the absolute freak anthony bridgerton were when it came to their beloveds scents #now adding ryo to the collection #man full on stole a pillow case anda slept on #and from what i heard about the novel kinn is close to joining the collection and i for one cant wait #truly my favorite flavor of insane #bad buddy the series #bad buddy pat #pranpat #bridgerton #anthony bridgerton #anthony x kate #love stage the series #love stage ryo #ryo x anda #kinnporsche the series #kinn anakinn #kinnporsche

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7698 · 1 year

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#kaownah kittipat #thai actors #thai actor #thai bl #thai drama #thai series #thai guy #thai boys love #thai singer #love stage the series #love stage series #love stage #tharntype the series #tharntype #thailand #aesthetic #ocean aesthetic

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arc-angel-o · 2 years

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Naur that's just your gender dysphoria messing with you

#love stage #love stage the series #izumi sena #anda #trans anda #trans izumi sena #trans headcanons #trans headcanon

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kogglyuffs · 1 month

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campe diem!! 🫡

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blmpff · 3 months

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filmjirayu igs 11.02.24

#sure why not #film jirayu #thai actors #lover merman the series #love stage the series #cast #photos taken before the invention of shirts #bl tattoos #blmpff

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surreal-duck · 26 days

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now listen to me young man, i am talking directly into your ear now. i need you to do me a favor. you will do this for me. i need you to go to youtube, and i need you to watch every single one of VIVINOS' ALNST series of songs and music videos beginning from ROUND 1 through to ALIEN STAGE, ROUND 2, ROUND 3, ROUND 5, TOP 3, MIZISUA, All-in and ROUND 6. if you come back empty handed youll be in big trouble mister. you will never see the light of day.

#im joining the propaganda train i love this series too much #alien stage

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thefreeblog · 2 years

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I started watching the BLs in the right year. It's the year of himbos.

BL gods bless the himbos.

#i love me some himbos #love in the air #prapai #kinnporsche series #kinn #porsche #big dragon #both of them #secret crush on you the series #sky #love stage the series #tee #scoy the series #nuea

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absolutebl · 2 years

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I dont think it was only me that thought so but vegespete were kinda what I was expecting from kinporche. It felt like the main paring were too soft for a mafia romace. But do you think the exsistance of a vegespete storyline gives hope that Thailand does have it in them to go dark its just they havn't tried properly yet or do you think vegepete wasn't actually dark enough and only looked so because all the other characters were softer ?

Good question. Bit of both I think?

I mean they did their best. But yeah it was kinda funny to see Thailand mess with mafia and just, go all soft and floppy about it. Like aw, cutie babies, you tried, huh? Here's a gold star from the less discerning of tumblr

Oh I got salty.

Sorry KP lovers, I'm bitter over the state of my dash. It's getting boring with all the effervescent waffling about this show.

I recommend watching the two versions of Love Stage, Japan is SO Japan about it and Thailand is SO Thailand about it. It's kinda amusing to see the difference when extended to the same story.

Which I may way of saying, if we want GOOD mafia BL it will have to come from Japan.

#not tagged to protect the guilty #that's me #I'm guilty #love stage the series

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lokiusly · 3 months

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I love soft Lokius but sexual tension masked as sarcastic banter Lokius was iconic…

Mobius: *says something outta pocket and walks away*

Loki: I beg your pardon—

Mobius: *smirking and turns around slowly* I thought gods didn’t beg?

Loki: *face drops immediately*