BL Drama Lovers Club

@RX or anyone interested in the loquat tree in revenged love

loquats are good but not among my favorite fruit. They have a good flavor but aren't juicy and I like juicy fruits like melon and nectarines and peaches and citrus fruits.

BL Challenge...Favourite OST

Wu Ji...The Untamed

 dora:

I’ve made Brazilian cheese bread before. Don’t know if the recipe was authentic but I thought it was delicious!

I'm so glad you liked it! I might be a bit biased though cause I'm totally obsessed with cheese 😂😋

 Ju Moon:

I'm so glad you liked it! I might be a bit biased though cause I'm totally obsessed with cheese 😂😋

Everything is better with cheese. Lol

I’ve watched ABO Desire, Khemjira, and Revamp today. I feel like I took a journey to 3 different supernatural universes, none of which I fully understand.

i did not expect Revamp to be funny. I don’t know if I like it so far. Plus Boun has clearly had cheek fillers, which I don’t like. Not enough to make me not watch it, it just annoys me. I still love BounPrem though and will watch this for them. Plus Barcode was great for the one minute he was onscreen. Can’t wait for more of him.

we need more Namping scenes in Khemjira, but, wow, Keng was looking gorgeous. Easy to believe everyone who looks him in the eyes falls in love.

do omegaverse pheromones act like a drug so you don’t know whom you‘ve slept with? Also, how do we feel about the non con behavior In Desire?  It was more extreme than I expected.  But if we let go of consent issues, it was still hot. especially the leg garters.

i need some other opinions to help process all of this.

ABO Desire - episode 9

Let me think on this, how am I going to make my comments 🤔

Before I get to the hot topic from this episode that has users in the MDL comment section and the BL community throwing fists at each other, let me talk about a little thing called "practicality".

 I am not sold on the happenings in this episode; they seemed far fetched and stupid. What I am not sold on is Mr Sheng not being able to recognise Hua Yong during the rape. I am assuming that the low lighting of the scene is supposed to give the idea that it was too dark for him to see. Even that for me is a poor explanation, given there are lights mounted on the wall which were on albeit dimmed; plus he was able to see enough to punch Hua Yong squarely in the face. He heard his voice and as far as I am concerned his voice did not sound different. Furthermore Hua Yong is not some associate, he lives with the man, literally sleeps in the same bed; he is in love with him. How on earth, given these circumstances does he not recognise him. The explanation that Hua Yong used his pheromones to subdue his senses does not hold much water because Mr Sheng was clearly defending himself and in close proximity to Hua Yong before he was subdued. In addition his memory remained intact the morning after. I simply cannot believe the events that took place here concerning the identity of Hua Yong remaining hidden; no sense of realism can be extended to this situation.

In the case of Gao  Tu and Sheng Wen Lang their situation is unrealistic as well. You mean you want me to believe that Sheng Wen Lang could not have possibly recognised Gao Tu during the course of their situation (it is hard to classify it as a rape legally speaking). I simply cannot give it no believability.

I am starting to see why out of the two Chinese BLs that were airing together (this and RL) this series fell behind in ratings and hype.

Now to the topic of contention; the rape that took place. Really I would have preferred to discuss this in a finale review because I have grown into the habit of saving it all for such reviews out of laziness lol. However I want to discuss it a little bit right now. Let me see if I can do so in quick bullet points:

• I see a lot of fans outraged about the rape and sexual assaults that took place. They have a right to feel however they want. Reading the comments though it became very clear to me that many do not really know Chinese works beyond the few series that get released and Bromances. Most of these series are adopted from novels and a lot of Chinese BL novels have rape between the leads as an element. Fans have been shielded from the reality of these stories through these series adaptations. I wonder how many know what really took place in Addicted Heroin? The series adaptations of Addicted Heroin, BL and Bromance, have truly protected fans from the truth. If you have read Chinese works then you should not be surprised about what took place. Why rape is such a popular element in Chinese works is another discussion. I must say that Meet You at the Blossom was bolder is sticking to the truth of the story concerning the rape that took place.
  
• Now, choosing to watch or read works that have this element is solely up to the viewer to decide and they have every right to make whatever choice and to have opinions. 
• In terms of the Omegaverse context justifying the rape, that is a another discussion that will drag in the classification of what took place between Gao Tu and Sheng Wen Lang. 

I have a lot more to say, but I would really prefer to reserve my comments for now until the finale review. With topics such as this I prefer to comprehensively flesh out a discussion and for me I do that best when I have all the facts at the end of a series. Plus, this topic is very sensitive as it plays on so many things such as culture, morality, fiction, etc. I will leave it here for now. That Finale Review is going to be very long, but hopefully not contentious 😭

BL Challenge
Day 18: Top 5 favourite songs

https://open.spotify.com/track/0YVh3SyU4dS7jOWIFQ1tTf?si=3d3f58ee5ee1492f
https://open.spotify.com/track/1PFV2kDhGOGCkp041QH8k2?si=51985f1c12cd4942
https://open.spotify.com/track/0szmDue1FCIpLC9SBs7fbU?si=2ea126d9ab2444c3
https://open.spotify.com/track/6tRneEcItwpSxBtqgem5Dr?si=dec311d16543430a
https://open.spotify.com/track/64T4mD8fNbHbqQpnThMcjW?si=068fc7e0727e482e

and many more but I listen to these on repeat lately.

 dora:

but i don’t think I really like the whole concept of the Omegaverse beyond men being able to get pregnant. Just as far as I want to imagine a different world, i don’t think I want to imagine one with massive gender hierarchies, just based on different gender markers than those that exist now. If we’re inventing new worlds I’d prefer seeing what I wish for rather than what I hate

Same except I don't like mpreg either. I dislike omegaverse due to reasons so I doubt I'll ever watch ABO Desire.