I used the "Free VPN" extension to Chrome (from the Chrome Web Store), it has a Thailand option. It was super easy to install and use. I just clicked the extension icon, scrolled down to choose Thailand and then Connect. I could watch the episode without a hitch.
please i'm begging you, if you can perfectly access the official website please watch on there, use a vpn if necessary…
Thank you! I managed to watch it at that link by installing the Free VPN browser extension to Chrome, and turn it on for Thailand. It worked really well.
Okay I know how much we all hated LBC2 but I have an excuse for this one. I don't think I'll like it but I DO…
After watching the trailer, I think you're right. I guess his sister deleted the parts with him and Saifah, and it changed reality, so Zon has woken up to a world where it never happened -- but Zon still has all the memories and feelings... What a cruel twist of fate!
ETA: That does beg the question: What has happened with Fighter and Tutor? I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE RETCONNED
Looks like this is going to be another LBC 2 with a reboot of their story. Ugh! Why? Why Are You ... doing this?…
I don't think this is going to be an entire full-length series, just a special. I think it is because some of their scenes never got filmed because of covid, so their story was a bit rushed and incomplete in Why R U. ETA: I've watched the trailer now, and yeah, it's probably not just a special.
Agreed. I find it somewhat off-putting how some of these shows marketed themselves as BL when they're not really?…
Like @reefpicker , I tend to define BL as romance, and that's why I have an issue with dramas that are too painful or tragic, and above all don't have a happily-ever-after (or at least a happy-for-now). I know that BL is a young genre and it's still evolving, and different countries/cultures have different traditions, but I am drawn to the romance aspect of it. It can be lighthearted and silly, or deep, artistic, firmly grounded in LGBTQ+ realities -- as long as the focus is on the romance. If I could choose, which I can't, of course, but if, I'd wish that a HEA or a HFN would be a qualifier for the label BL, just as it is for the romance genre in general. Nobody watches a Hallmark movie or reads a romance novel with the expectation that the romantic couple will die tragically. I will argue that while there is definitely a need and a place for LGBTQ+-centric stories, that may or may not have romantic elements, and may or may not end on a happy note, I think it's also important (especially after the American Hays Code was in effect for so many years) that we can get a "safe" space where we're guaranteed a narrative with LGBTQ+ content AND a happy ending, and BL could (and IMO should) be that space.
I also think it's unfortunate that anyone making content that encompasses love between two young men can label it BL and still have this old, outdated tragic narrative. It feels as if the showrunners are trying to capitalise on the BL trend by slapping the label on their own work, even if it is in fact trying to do the opposite of what most of the BL genre is about.
Again, I'm not trying to gatekeep the genre or claim the right to define it -- just trying to discuss it in terms of what purpose it serves and why that is important, from my own point of view.
Sandee is horrible. But the mother is to blame. She could have stood by her son and not acted like his gayness…
I agree. When Sandee came to her with her veiled accusations, outing Ken, the mother could have said, "I understand that you are disappointed, and you know I love you, but I love my son and want him to be happy, so let's try to step back and be gracious about this, okay?" But she didn't. I can understand that she was initially in shock and overreacted, but she's not even remorseful six weeks later.
And really, if she wanted him to get off the phone while he was driving, she could have just reassured him and hung up.
I guess they're waiting to be sure that the Xiao Zhan antifans have subsided and won't rise up to kill the drama…
Yes -- he personally had done nothing, he just got caught in the crossfire. Here's a pretty thorough, in-depth run-through of the events: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/913689551
Even though this is not a BL, I’m still happy to see OffGun and KristSing bromance moments together. Unfortunately,…
Yes, I'm wondering if this is the intention, perhaps they are both tired of playing BL roles and this is a way to help them transition to other types of roles.
ETA: That does beg the question: What has happened with Fighter and Tutor? I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE RETCONNED
ETA: I've watched the trailer now, and yeah, it's probably not just a special.
I also think it's unfortunate that anyone making content that encompasses love between two young men can label it BL and still have this old, outdated tragic narrative. It feels as if the showrunners are trying to capitalise on the BL trend by slapping the label on their own work, even if it is in fact trying to do the opposite of what most of the BL genre is about.
Again, I'm not trying to gatekeep the genre or claim the right to define it -- just trying to discuss it in terms of what purpose it serves and why that is important, from my own point of view.
And really, if she wanted him to get off the phone while he was driving, she could have just reassured him and hung up.
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...Karleen and Alex end up together, and Pearl has ended up being the Ever Single Relationship Facilitatator once again! XD