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iguessitsjustme · 21 days

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This is off the top of my head of shows that should have had some sort of poly but instead were cowards. (im kidding i love these shows pls don’t shoot me)

#light on me #my mate match #laws of attraction #choco milk shake #not me the series #only friends the series #y destiny #putting these in the tags buuuuut as this was a problem in the past i need to say it here #do not put any type of negativity on my polls please #you don’t have to agree with what’s winning but please don’t tell people its wrong #there are no wrong answers #also i love all of these shows if you havent seen one of them please go watch and come talk to me about it #alsooooo i dont want to hear rae you forgot this one! i know i didnt include all #this is just what my brain supplied so its all we get

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absolutebl · 2 years

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I love your country by country BL breakdowns and your trope discussions! Are there any tropes that are specific to Thailand, Korea or Japan or that show up extra often from a particular country?

Oooo, very good question.

Country Specific BL Tropes!

Visual tropes that specific countries seem to like more than others. Which is not to say everyone doesn’t do them, or Thailand doesn’t do the most (because they do the most BL). It’s a matter of in-country statistical re-occurrence.

Taiwan’s Beloved Tropes

Crash into me, AKA proximity alert and the pratfall kiss (I actually call them out for this one) I don’t think I have ever seen a Taiwanese Bl that hasn’t had this trope

Head in lap (also China & Japan)

Boyfriend sunshade

OTHERS

Weak seme uke dynamics

Masc presenting physicality

Friends to lovers

Casual physical affection and domesticity (heads in laps are popular)

Childhood crush & long term pining (also China)

Stepbrother trope (and other taboo power dynamics like teacher/student, age gap)

Kidnapping for love (also China) - old and rare

Korea’s Beloved Tropes

Korea is really strategic about their tropes and seems to be aware of the entire scope available but only deploy them as required to move along the narrative. As such they don’t really have ones that reoccur all the time or that they lean into (aside from the usual romance beats like first kiss, jealousy, etc...)

Beach frolic - this seems to be used (like Thailand) by the tourist board to remind people that they have beaches too.

Back hugs - yeah I didn’t realize this either

Wound tending, a variation on this one does seem to get into all their BL, it is a very useful plot device and excuse for physical contact (like messy eater, with is pretty rare in KBL - they don't like messy)

Extreme height difference (Japan & Thailand do this too, but no one pushes it as hard in BL as Korea)

OTHERS

Food (kitchen) or small business settings, and eating

Love triangles

Hyung AKA age gap (also Taiwan)

High production values, yoai framing, careful wardrobe and lighting

Japan’s Beloved Tropes

The wall loom/bang AKA Kabedon

The rooftop assignation

The water bottle drinking seme

OTHERS

Blushing maiden

The crisp blue school uniform (also Korea)

Whipping boy

Office settings

The running of the gays (one boy has his romantic epiphany at the moment of nearly losing the other guy and then absolutely must run, usually through city streets, to find to him)

Out of control seme (repressed desire spurts out)

Vietnam’s Beloved Tropes

Lap sitting

Household domesticity & gay families (also Taiwan)

Thailand’s Beloved Tropes

Thailand, because it dominates BL, dominates a lot of tropes, but here are some that specially BELONG to them, started with them, or are so very ubiquitous that we think of them as Thai.

Sing Your Feelings

Pillow Clutch

Shared Earbuds (dead trope)

Sharing his closet

OTHERS

University & high school settings

Sleep facing,

Mosquitos leave hickeys,

Forehead kissing, (others do it but Thailand LOVES it)

Hand kiss (Taiwan will do this too),

Car kissing,

pink milk,

pealing shrimp,

he’s in engineering,

post-it love note,

pinky swear (also Korea),

clear umbrella,

white wet towel sponge bath,

punishment language,

More on Thai BL & Romance Tropes

I don’t talk Chinese BL much (because for me, censorship goes both ways), but boy are they BIG fans of the fated mates AKA soulmates trope.

Other Country by Country stuff

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Nov 2023

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scarefox · 11 months

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Why is he always playing that kind of guy? 😅

Edit: wait, is he trying to sell him a pyramid cheme 😂😂

#he's always the dude who's crushing on / makes the main questioning but gets third wheeled or heartbroken to jumpstart the actual couple #except for My Mate Match ... still king of.... but that ended poly-ish with him included at least #step by step the series #ep6 #my mate match #big dragon #Big Thanakorn

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gabrielokun · 2 years

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#My Mate Match #โหวตให้หน่อยผมไม่ค่อยกล้าเลือก #asianLGBTQdramas #Ryu #Big Thanakorn Kuljarassombat #ThaiBL #Thai BL #Thai series #Thai Drama #BL series #mine edit #Gabriel makes stuff

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gravity-knight · 1 year

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So like do they hire Big to only get his heart broken?

Why is it that he’s always pushed to the side?

I’m gonna fight somebody

#big dragon the series #big thanakorn #my mate match #gen y the series #something in my room #CAN ANYBODY FIND HIM SOMEBODY TO LOVE (and love him in return)

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infogramika · 1 year

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My Mate Match (2021)

#my mate match #boys love #thai bl #thai drama #gay romance

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thankyoutothefandoms · 2 years

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2 minutes into big dragon and I'm already pining after the unfulfilled potential of all of jame and jet's previous character pairings... Someday, someday...

#jamejet #thai bl #bl drama #big dragon the series #my mate match #gen y #kohjack #jet and mix and ryu #so much potential but never quite payed off yet

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columboscreens · 5 months

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#columbo #season 2 #the most dangerous match #Only A Fool Would Play That sir #here we have a delicious Fool's Mate ripe for the picking #''blunder'' is a specific chess term which means columbo has been studying #fun fact peter falk was a chess fiend himself which bolsters my hc columbo as a chess fiend

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beta-adjacent · 19 days

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Hot take: bond marks (as commonly seen in the literature) are a little bogus. What do you mean bonding should be exclusively for mates? Why can’t I bond with my best friends instead? Does it really need to be romantic? What do you mean it’s a permanent scar??

Granted, I do love all those tropes a lot; they hit a really deep soft spot for me. And lots of new work nowadays are redefining how bonding works! I guess I just wanna keep that conversation open

#me: ‘I hate how exclusionary bonding is!’#also me: omfg my besties are getting matching bite tattoos they are MATES they are in LOVE FUCK wedding rings this is Where It’s At!!#tldr: can love and appreciate the traditional trope very very much But also it’s fuckin a/b/o don’t limit yourself #a/b/o #miscecanis #omegaverse #omegaverse worldbuilding #omegaverse hcs #omegaverse hc

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coquelicoq · 7 months

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actually natori has some kind of tracking talisman on matoba at all times. that's how he knew where to abduct matoba from for Operation: Kitty Cat City. matoba fully knows about it; it's why he wasn't at all surprised to find a paper doll in natsume's hair after the mask youkai debacle (matoba internally as he watched it fly away: classic mother hen shuuichi-san momence 🥰). because this is matoba "boundaries? what are those? can you eat them?" seiji we're talking about, he's not bothered by this "violation" of his "privacy"; rather, he finds it fittingly clingy (it is, after all, only right that natori should be keeping tabs on him obsessively). sometimes the talisman gets confused and sticks to yesterday's outfit, so he always checks to make sure he has it on the way out the door (his pocket patdown is "keys, lighter, wallet, exorcism supplies, shuuichi-san's cute lil tracker he thinks i don't know about <3"). i wouldn't be surprised if he's figured out how to uno reverse it and now uses it to track natori's location as well. this may not technically be canon but it is probably all 100% true in an important way that transcends canon, we just never hear about it because it isn't relevant to natsume's journey 😌

#matoba: a natori talisman. sure wish i had one of those 😇#<-knows that he has one on him at that very moment and also that natori doesn't know that he knows #convince me that he didn't say this on purpose to make natori sweat. you can't!#in response to him saying that natori side-eyes him and has a dot dot dot speech bubble (my favorite vol. 26 ellipsis btw)#which is exactly how he would react if he had secretly planted a talisman on matoba #and was trying to figure out if matoba knew and was alluding to it!!#check and mate. game set match. QED. i rest my case.#i've connected the dots i've connected them but also i feel like it wasn't that hard. the truth is out there you just have to believe #natsume's book of friends #natsume yuujinchou #horrible exorcists #matoba seiji #f #homura cats arc #my posts #btw i do not think the head of the matoba clan actually does anything so base as to carry keys on his person #he has people for that. he has a driver. he has servants who open the door when they see him coming. what possible need could he have #for such an object #he also may not need to carry a wallet (or equivalent) for similar reasons #but it was the best shorthand i could think of to make what i meant by 'pocket patdown' readily apparent #especially since 'cell phone' isn't an option either since this is set in the 80s #i figure he must have some kind of lighter or firestarter bc he uses smoke to find the source of the locked-room curse #he also seems to carry a brush & ink and various & sundry tools of the trade that i decided to call 'exorcism supplies'#matoba-san drop the 'what's in my purse' youtube video 👀

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iguessitsjustme · 2 years

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🧡 - What show did/do you have the most fun watching?

Oh this is a tough one. I'm going to list a few because some shows are just fun.

Love is Science? - Specifically Mark and Ou Wen. Their story line was just the most fun. The rest of the show was fine and I did enjoy it, but those two were just a good time.

Triage - This was a fun show to watch and theorize on. It was also just a solid show overall and I hope it gets released on an international platform soon because this is one of those shows that everyone should watch.

What Zabb Man! - This show was much better than I was expecting it to be and again, it was mostly just fun. It's not the best BL in the world, but it is a fun watch.

Kieta Hatsukoi (aka My Love Mix Up) - Again, just a fun show with fun and wholesome characters. Aoki and Ida might be two of my favorite characters ever.

Something Crunchy Crunchy - Don't judge me, but I loved this. It has the perfect blend of unhinged chaos that I love. Would I recommend anyone else watch this? Absolutely not. But did I thoroughly enjoy it? Yes, yes I did.

My Mate Match - This show started chaotic and ended with a lot of heart. And I fully believe that the three of them end up together in the end. I will go down with this polyship thank you

The Devil Judge - Apparently I have fun being on the edge of my seat and also being in a state of near panic. This show is phenomenal, though not technically a BL. I really thoroughly enjoyed the plot twists and watching this game of intrigue and political chess. Eiljah is the best character.

#bl ask game #love is science?#triage the series #what zabb man #kieta hatsukoi #something crunchy crunchy #my mate match #also this isn't a bl so i didn't put it in my answer but i also thoroughly enjoyed vincenzo and again my life #they're similar to my devil judge but without the bromance

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absolutebl · 2 years

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I'm watching Blueming and it got me curious about BL shows that are about actors or set in the film/television industry. So far I've seen Blueming, War of Y, Lovely Writer, Vice Versa, I Promised You the Moon (& I Told Sunset About You, peripherally) and Utsukushii Kare/My Beautiful Man.

Do you have a list of these somewhere? Apologies if you've already posted one, I searched your blog and couldn't find anything.

Thanks!

I don't have a list of this, so I'll post here an hope others will add, I'm sure I'm missing some. And you basically started one for me.

BLs that Feature Actors/Film Sets/Crews

Blueming (Korea)

War of Y (Thailand)

Lovely Writer (Thailand)

Vice Versa (Thailand)

I Promised You the Moon (Thailand) - also sort of I Told Sunset About You

Utsukushii Kare AKA My Beautiful Man (Japan)

Theory of Love (Thailand)

21 Day Theory (Thailand)

Call It What You Want (Thailand)

To My Star 1 & 2 (Korea)

Love Stage!!! (Japan & Thailand)

Love With Benefits (Thailand)

Method (Korea) - don’t do it

Stage of Love (Vietnam)

Mr. CEO is Falling in Love with Him (China)

HIStory: Stay Away From Me (Taiwan)

My Pistachio (Korea) - Strongberry short

Sonnet 18 (Korea) - short

Love Lie Hide Fake (BL side, but an early meta take on the BL industry)

Idols/Singers Other

Close Friend (1 installment) & Close Friend 2

Coffee Melody (song writer, band)

The Miracle of Teddy Bear (screenwriter)

You Are Ma Boy (musician idol)

Wish You (music industry)

Our Days (tangential)

First Love Again (writer who’s being adapted)

Cutie Pie (singer)

DNA Says Love You (vlogger)

My Secret Love (vlogger)

My Mate Match (vlogger)

My Lascivious Boss (vlogger)

Given (band)

As if You Whisper (musician)

There are also quite a few play within a play (or film within a film), like Nitiman or My Love Mix Up or HIStory 2: Right or Wrong, but as the characters are usually dragged into this and don’t identify as actors I didn’t include them. I dithered over Love Sick, music club centered, and ended up leaving it off the lists.

This is opposed to actual idols who star in BLs, that list is here.

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