BL Drama Lovers Club

dora:

You Want Some? (I watched this on Vigloo for free by watching ads.)

I thought this was among the better verticals I've seen.

dora:

Dangerously Sweet (Vigloo) yes, sweet, and worth all the ads I watched 8.0

Ditto. I loved this one!

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I likewise watched both of the above on Vigloo by watching ads. Useful tip for Vigloo: The free coins expire after a week, but the episodes you've bought with the coins don't expire - so one can accumulate episodes with the easiest-to-earn free coins, then do a binge-watch.

dora:

Give a Reward When It Can Do ‘Wait.’ (Gaga) not much story but another adorable CP, including the top from Dangerously Sweet. Mr. P, the other ML is your definition of a “cutie patootie.” Definitely worth it for you.

Yes, I've watched this one. Flimsy but cute and entertaining.

dora:

Listen to My Heartbeat (iQIYI) I couldn’t stop watching this one, but that might be because it has Dew Jiramate, who is especially lovely.

Oh, Dew Jiramate is indeed a cutie. I shall watch this one!

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@Dora, I've made notes for myself on the others. Your feedback is very helpful, thanks!

p43425:

Indie Art Girl:

Here's a new KBL title, Play Me starting on the 31st. I don't know where to watch though.

Supposedly iQiyi, but I don't see it showing yet among upcomings.

Now watching the newly posted first two episodes (iQiyi via VPN to USA).

So far I'm enjoying it: Somewhat flimsy and a bit choppy/rushed but reasonably cute and entertaining in the way of KBLs.

jazme:

a friend sent them to me via telegram but this might be helpful

Thank you so much 😘

I don't know what it's like in your countries, but in Poland during summer majority of people take a holiday and they either travel and rest or they renovate the house. This year we're renovating the kitchen, so I've been busy. I couldn't even find the time to visit MDL forum and I've been eating air fryer chicken and chips for the last four days. Fortunatelly, today is the last day and I can finally cook something else 😋

Not BL related, but Sound in Colours is driving me crazy. It'll be so close by, but I can't go 😭 Imagine, all these kpop artists in one place... and the accompanying events... I'm jealous of whoever is going 😅

Here's my most recent update:

The Edge of Horizon ep 6

"Mały, biały domek w mej pamięci tkwi. Mały, biały domek wciąż mi się śni."

Phob got so cocky over time, he's not afraid of the king at all. Poor Tin, he's still trying to do what's right, but all resistance is futile. He gave in. Phob took him to the little white house. They were cooking, planting trees and building castles in the air. They've got couple rings and everything. This betrayal will hurt like hell 💔

Knot ep 5

"Trzeba dbać o tę miłość."

Phatsa started to feel like it's his family, that's why he's trying to help the alpha brothers get closer and be the loving siblings again. At the same time he hates the fact his relationship with Nakhun was forced into existence because of their pheromones and not because of their feelings. That's what makes him insecure. I'm glad Nakhun is sensible and they talked things through in the end.

Have I not said the dad would totally want a pure omega son-in-law and he'd be excited at the prospect of enigma grandchildren?

I love the fact we've got different relationship combos explored: alpha+omega, alpha+beta, beta+omega... I love the variety 😄

I really hope we'd see some character development from Napitch. I'm also really curious about what happened that night at the bar 🤨

Nakin's mum and Ongsa's mum are friends? That's so cute. I hope it'll be helpful when their relationship becomes official (because if it happens before dad finds out Phatsa is a pure omega, he will not allow Nakin to be in any relationship).

P.S. Cigarettes seem to be in fashion, don't they?

Payback ep 7

"Czy to głód serca czy ciała?"

I love Jay's uncle and Sun's manager. They bring some humour and light to the otherwise gloomy and dark story.

We get to see the dark side of the entertainment industry yet again. I feel sorry for Two-o and others like him. The worst part of this all is the fact those things happen in real life and more often than we think. Call me cruel, but people like these businessmen, who use their power and position to abuse innocent young people, destroy their dreams and break their spirit, deserve to be castrated, maybe they'd learn something 🤬

We've learnt more about Jay and Sky. Jay is carrying on his own vendetta against Kongkiat. I just hope he'd sleep more. Tired mind is not working properly.

The toilet scene was so good, so much tension. Sunny is a man without scruples. He thought he's untouchable and oh-so-great, but then he saw Sun. I can't wait for karma to come back and bite off his...

I'm so glad Sun and Sky talked out their misunderstanding. I enjoy the found family trope and I'm so happy for Sun that he found people he cares about. He's slowly starting to heal. Sky on the other hand... I don't think this kind of trauma is just going to magically heal itself and I'd prefer they really took him to see a therapist, but oh well...

Payback ep 8

"Znam Twoje ciało i mam Ciebie."

This drama just gets better and better. We keep learning more about the past. I hope there's an extra hot cauldron in hell for people like this greasy hair old man 👿

The bus ride was so fun. I'd be gaping at them too. I ride a bus almost everyday, why are my rides never this exciting?

I like Pakin. He's cool and he knows his job. He's not overstepping his authority and he treats his models with respect. By the way, does anyone know where to find Sun's nude picture? It really looked like a piece of art.

I'm amazed how well Jay can read Sun and see what's hidden under his cold demeanor. Sun keeps blaming himself for what happened and not only does he deny himself the right to be happy, he also denies himself the right to mourn. He must've thought it would be better to just die. He must've thought about dying, but there's a part of him that desperately clung to life. That's why he knew how to play jumping off the building scene, even if he had never taken this step.

When Jay sent him that text message 'Come to me. I'll make you cry.' I knew things were about to go down. Sun has been dead inside for far too long. He's finally opening up, some cracks show on his internal prison walls. And that NC scene. This was... intense. It took me 30 min to watch a 10-minute scene. My reaction:

Be My Player Two ep 3

May contain spoilers!

Okay so it's pretty hard to talk about this specific ep, without spoilers, but as a general observation the romance part is moving A LOT faster than I expected based on the trailer. The episode was bit chaotic at start, but the end was very sweet.

Now about the specifics, the boys are falling very fast and dang Zo is opening up quickly to Thi. The whole post-it thing after Thi had come to help Zo with his flu, was so sweet and adorable. I am though questioning as to in what way Zo meant the "I love you" at the end of the episode. I get it that he was ecstatic about they game match victory and he has become attached to Thi very quickly, but for me the confession seemed more like expressing admiration mixed with joy, rather than deep romantic love.

That being said it is obvious both of them have huge crushes on each other and we are just passed ep 3 so yes the train is moving quickly. I do like the aspect that instead of Thi being a typical top, that is always initiating flirting, Zo is in his own way also showing Thi that is as interested in him. Kind of expecting Thi to have a big crash out in upcoming episodes when he actually has internalized he had indeed fallen for the "derpy kid" as he keeps calling Zo.

ZhouYanRan:

"Mały, biały domek w mej pamięci tkwi. Mały, biały domek wciąż mi się śni."

You've probably annoyed everyone else with the Polish quotes, but I appreciate the challenge. Dzięki!

I could read them all but had to look up four words to be sure. (Should've actually been three, but I didn't recognise that ciało is just telo /tyelo / tyilo in neighbouring Slavic languages, grrr. Polish would be so much easier without Polish spelling and Polish pronunciation!)

To make this post BL-relevant, here's Namping being a cutie-patootie:

Don't be too emotional ep 6

Guys for those of you watched the lastest ep questions:

• How did we feel about the placement of the NC scene in relation to what else happened before and after?

• About the end of the episode in general?

My thoughts: overall this was a rollacoaster of emotions in one episode. I was very suprised this was the situation where they put the second NC scene, I think it's clear no one was in sane head space but in a very twisted way it did fit the plot line perfectly.

About the end, I am also surprised we got the "break up" point so early. It is obvious considering the amount of eps left, that they will be back together. I knew this would come, just seeing how much in pain emotionally Jane was seeing the life Big Jane had and the risks that come with it. However I was thinking like with many BLs that this would happen later or just before the final episode. I am having my doubts about the letter Big Jane left. It could be that he genuinely meant it, or it is just another way to manipulate Jane knowing that after sleeping together and being left to wake up alone, he would be vulnerable mentally.

One concern I have now and it is related to recycling plot lines. We have now seen quite many times Jane going from "I don't want to be with him" to "I can't live without him." I hope that whatever will follow in next eps, this won't be repeated too many times any more during the show. Even if you would argue that it is a psychological aspect of Big Jane being able to manipulate Jane, there is only so many times this can be repeated, until it becomes repetitive for the viewer.

Tiffany:

My watching schedule for August

You are amazingly organised. 👍 (Sadly, I am not.🙁)

Tiffany:

My watching schedule for August

i have pretty much the same plan in my head but im not as organized you. Now that i see it written down it is quite a lot😲