Exactly. While I applaud the bigger intention of ending homophobia, it did still encourage the trope of happy-ever-after…
And it's not like the suicide rates are negligible in the LGBTQIA+ community as it is. Some of the BL dramas we've seen may be very superficial and trite, or even full of harmful stereotypes, but we do still need stories that treat gay love as *romantic* instead of tragic, perhaps full of struggles, but in the end triumphant. I personally believe that normalising gay love will help a lot more in changing opinions and ending homophobia, while still giving hope to young people, and nice entertainment to the rest of us.
hahah for me it's 5:00 AM when converted from 8 PM jst
You're never going to make everybody happy, lol. That's the problem with a global fandom! Sometimes I get chills when I think about how we can sit in our own rooms all over the world and share an experience like this!
Yeah I am kind of upset that rating is stuck at 9.2 eventhough many people are rating it everyday so I don't know…
I'm new to BL since late summer this year, and I am a little freaked out by certain aspects of the fandom. Maybe it's a cultural thing, maybe it's an age thing.
Since I live in a country that doesn't produce any BL at all, I really don't get the toxic competitiveness. I'm just happy that we're getting more (and different flavours) of BL.
We are doing a Cherry Magic Marathon for Episode 1-7 onWednesday, one day before the new episode drops.Time: Nov…
So how does that work? Are you uploading the videos to that site or do we need to watch them separately on our own end? (I've never done anything like that and I don't know that site, sorry if it's a stupid question)
If there's an issue I'm uncomfortable about on this series, it's the power relations between the boss (Kian) and…
I must say that Kian's childishness and pettiness (in this ep) is getting on my nerves. And jealous tantrums isn't enough for me to feel any chemistry -- to me it still looks like bromance but with added possessiveness. And considering the preview, how can Kian justify his sulking at Aron buying foodstuffs from a neighbour (even if she was pretty), and then going to bring another person into the house? He obviously feels entitled to everything, including the house and dibs on his friend, but doesn't think any of it applies to himself. I don't find him cute at all. (Aron seems very likeable, though!)
They had only just started to figure out that they were in love when they were killed off. It was too soon. I get what the creators were trying to do, a heartwrenching message about how homophobia literally kills and destroys families. I'm just not happy that they had to kill the boys to do that. It feels to me like it was a drama for the homophobic parents, and not for the LGBTQIA+ community, and not for the BL fans. I would not recommend this series as a BL to anyone -- and certainly not to any young person struggling with their sexuality and the fears of what their friends and family are going to say or do if they dare to come out.
I also think the description is misleading, or even outright wrong. This is NOT "a tender story about innocence, friendship, the beauty of awakening desire, acceptance and how time heals all wounds." It's a story about how homophobia destroys lives.
After the train wreck of the first eps of Why Love Why, I clicked on this with a great deal of caution, and I was suprised by how good it was. Cautiously optimistic!
It's obvious that they're trying to copy Boys' Lockdown's ticket selling strategies as well as some elements (English…
Isn't that just how a lot of people actually speak in the Philippines? I've noticed it in the YouTube comments that a lot of the comments from Filipinos are in Taglish, Tagalog heavily interspersed with English.
It's a thing in Thailand for actors on the BL circuit to play on those things in their public appearances. Some are better friends than others and will be more comfortable playing around. It doesn't mean that they are a couple irl or even that they're gay or bi.
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Some of the BL dramas we've seen may be very superficial and trite, or even full of harmful stereotypes, but we do still need stories that treat gay love as *romantic* instead of tragic, perhaps full of struggles, but in the end triumphant. I personally believe that normalising gay love will help a lot more in changing opinions and ending homophobia, while still giving hope to young people, and nice entertainment to the rest of us.
Sometimes I get chills when I think about how we can sit in our own rooms all over the world and share an experience like this!
Since I live in a country that doesn't produce any BL at all, I really don't get the toxic competitiveness. I'm just happy that we're getting more (and different flavours) of BL.
I get what the creators were trying to do, a heartwrenching message about how homophobia literally kills and destroys families. I'm just not happy that they had to kill the boys to do that. It feels to me like it was a drama for the homophobic parents, and not for the LGBTQIA+ community, and not for the BL fans. I would not recommend this series as a BL to anyone -- and certainly not to any young person struggling with their sexuality and the fears of what their friends and family are going to say or do if they dare to come out.
I also think the description is misleading, or even outright wrong. This is NOT "a tender story about innocence, friendship, the beauty of awakening desire, acceptance and how time heals all wounds." It's a story about how homophobia destroys lives.