Indie Art Girl:
A Japanese Love Sea??? I'm dying of curiosity.

First LITA in Japanese now this?

 p43425:

Ah, you've now given me a good reason to watch "Moon and Dust". He is a top-tier cutie patootie!

Yes sir, he sure is!!

 dora:
i looked at your recommended BL list. You have a lot that I love but didn’t include because I was trying to keep it to my favorites. But there are so many good ones to choose from! You also have quite a few I haven’t seen so I will be sure to add those to my watchlist.

Yeah I have a LOT of FAVS!!  There's no rule on how many r too many so go for it!


 dora:
hope you’re doing ok. Your phone photo stories are funny! I know you can’t help it but you don’t need to be embarrassed. For all you know you made someone’s day with that Felix photo.

Overall I'm doing well, thank you for asking. UR so sweet! I'm at my sister's. She gifted me a new stuffie. The cutest little squishmallow fennec fox. Would you believe stuffie fox likes K-pop?!  Says so on it's tag. And SKZ's youngest member, I.N's animal is a fennec fox, so I was really excited about it. 

Show-n-Tell:


Well, that's a good way to look at it, lol. If anyone seeing Felix's pic reacts like I do then I'm spreading the happiness right? 


 dora:
now i really want to watch more of the HIStory series.

I've read the HIStory series convo here and I'm also fan of these dramas. There's a few I didn't like, but I put all my favs on my BL list of course, haha


 RXinw:
Your phone is working against you lol

I think it's cursed.


 RXinw:
Do what I do and lock them away in private a folder.

Oooh okay. I'll have to see if my phone can make private folders. If not maybe I need to DL them to my Mac before going out in public. I imagine you would need a lock for your photos!! 👀 👀 🫢


 BL4life:

So yall telling me this people who made this song where part of a bl series?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW9ROtcRGxA&list=RDuW9ROtcRGxA&start_radio=1

I think My Stubborn? The series these actors are from. Wild song. I think it's about watermelon, which makes me think of Watermelon Sugar High, lol.



Stay by My Side After the Rain  aka   Ameagari no Bokura ni Tsuite. Another story where the MLs meet again after years go by.  **sigh** 

So typically J-drama-ish. But I'm an optimistic girl and willing to give it a go anyways! 😆

 BL4life:

First LITA in Japanese now this?

We'll have to check it out when it's time, haha

 Indie Art Girl:
I imagine you would need a lock for your photos!! 👀 👀 🫢

What type of photos do you think I have lol I am curious to know.

 Indie Art Girl:
I think My Stubborn? The series these actors are from. Wild song. I think it's about watermelon, which makes me think of Watermelon Sugar High, lol.

I haven't watch my stubborn but wow they can sing . Yeah the song title is translated to "Watermelon Smoothie" and now I want aguda de  sandia(watermelon water)

 Indie Art Girl:

We'll have to check it out when it's time, haha

Yup

 Frandisia:
Among "the elders" I recommend Seven days: monday-thursday which has the sequel Seven days: friday-sunday (Japan, 2015, both movies). I myself am on a mission to rediscover older Bls!

I'm likewise missing quite a few of the older BLs from my BL cultural literacy - although to be honest, I tend to be more interested in early works by certain actors than in early BL in the abstract. For example, I was fascinated to see my most dearly beloved Fluke Natouch in "My Bromance" (2014), which I thought was good despite the painful ending. (The attempt to retcon the ending through the sequel was, however, atrocious.) I'm currently watching "Water Boyy" (2017, i.e. the GMMTV series rather than the movie), and although the story is quite a mess, it's so much fun to see all the familiar actors back then (and lots of cutie patooties in swimsuits!).

As to "Seven Days" (both movies), it's a fundamentally good story (originality, emotions, progression, love story), but it's very Japanese, with a lot of Japanese-style miscommunication and misunderstanding. It feels a bit dated (despite only being from 2015), and I didn't like the leads at first, but they grew on me, and it turned out quite nice as a love story (very PG).  I blasted through both movies, so I guess that means I liked it.

 Indie Art Girl:
Stay by My Side After the Rain  aka   Ameagari no Bokura ni Tsuite. Another story where the MLs meet again after years go by.  **sigh**

So typically J-drama-ish. But I'm an optimistic girl and willing to give it a go anyways!

I watched the first two episodes (newly posted on Gaga). Hmmm. I've been craving JBLs following the recent drought and am thrilled that we're now getting five at around the same time, but this one (so far) seems rather lackluster. But that's OK: although it's not particularly original or brilliant, it has some of the stereotypical ingredients of JBLs that I enjoy, so I'll definitely watch it anyways.

 RXinw:

What type of photos do you think I have lol I am curious to know.

Oh yk, like the borderline triple X pics/gifs on your pfp, not to mention the pics you post here. UR so infamous haha 💀


 p43425:
although it's not particularly original or brilliant, it has some of the stereotypical ingredients of JBLs that I enjoy, so I'll definitely watch it anyways.

Keep us posted!

 Indie Art Girl:
Keep us posted!

I will. Of the three currently airing JBLs ("Depth of Field", "I Became Lead in BL Drama S2", and "Stay By My Side After The Rain"), none is top tier, but so far I like "Depth of Field" the best.

On Saturday, "10 Things I Want To Do Before I Turn 40" begins airing, which at the very least sounds quite original. 

The fifth JBL of this wave,  "The Proper Way to Write Love" ("Renai Ruby no Tadashii Furikata” - not yet showing on MDL), is supposed to start airing on July 14 ( la fête nationale française, or as we crassly say elsewhere "Bastille Day". Vive la France!). I'm especially looking forward to this one, but to be honest, that's only because of the cuties. (I have no idea what the story is about.)

 Indie Art Girl:
Oh yk, like the borderline triple X pics/gifs on your pfp, not to mention the pics you post here.

Sure 🤭

I love your innocence 😂😂😂

 RXinw:

Sure 🤭

I love your innocence 😂😂😂

Thx? I think? lol



I hope to finish Boys in Love real soon, then start Revenged Love. I want to catch up with everyone. I haven't read any of the spoilers posted. 

To answer to p43425: Thank you for the advice, I will add those two to my watchlist! As per Seven Days I have to agree, it reminded me of old bl mangas as well and I can see the things you pointed out being especially true nowadays. The industry certainly grew a lot in the last decade. I also can't deny that, to some extent, I still feel weak about those kinds of stories and characters, my younger self reading Junjo Romantica is summoned from the depths every time xD It's crazy how things have changed in the meantime! 

 Frandisia:
I still feel weak about those kinds of stories and characters

Yeah, I still have a major soft spot for some of my first BLs such as "Love By Chance". I'd probably judge them more rigorously by today's standards.