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Why did he kill Dongbaek in the previous life? And was he a normal human or supernatural? It seemed like je had some special abilities (like reading thoughts).

Thank you! It's interesting but I understand why they made it simplier. I liked the series ending, as well.

What a pleasant surprise, right?

We don't know. Nothing is official. Many people believe that but sincerely, I don't. I think it's just a very good fanservice but I still enjoy them on screen.

And what was the webtoon ending, please?

You're right. Sometimes it turns into love later but I also believe it can't be called love from the beginning.

Love at first sight, you know? 🤷😂

Thank you!

You're right, they usually don't say it that directly but the "gay for you" trope Is still present. It is also true that BL series are usually aimed at straight women and the creators are most likely scared to show gay relationships and gay people realistically because they think conservative straight audience may not digest it. I hope that in the future, the audience in Asia will become more open-minded and will accept a more realistic depiction of such relationships. It's already good that they at least accept that two people of the same gender can fall in love, so hopefully it will gradually get better. Also, nowadays many gay people all around the world watch Asian BL dramas, so the creators should think about the audience, as well.

Hi, I was rather comparing it to the way they show it in most BL series. I know that compared to other Asian countries, it's still "quite good". In fact, even in western countries, the situation is not as good as in the fictional world of Asian BL series where almost nobody (with the exception of parents or jealous exes) is homophobic. Friends and classmates of the main characters usually accept it very quickly and also, when someone realizes he's attracted to a man, he often doesn't have any personal crisis based on that which Is not very realistic either. I would't agree that in many recent series, a main character is known for being gay. It's usually that one of them is bisexual (but he usually only says he doesn't care about gender) and the other one is not interested in the same gender but miracuously falls in love with the other main character (and then says "I'm not into men, I'm only into you"). I barely hear "I'm gay" in a BL series. They rather imply that everyone can fall in love with any gender which is not true (although sometimes it takes time to figure out your orientation, of course). Gays really can't be attracted to women and straight people can't be attracted to the same gender.

Next year, we should get Be My Baby and 23.5 (with MilkLove).

Me too 🤩

I haven't been there, I just heard about that (also from my friend from Sri Lanka who lived in Thailand for some time). It's better than in most Asian countries but still quite bad. It's definitely not like most BL series show. I hope that broadcasting of BL series can change the situation for better although the series are mostly unrealistic (not only that they usually show a society that is not homophobic but also in the way they portray gay people - the "gay for you" trope etc. and same-sex relationships - they look like a stereotypical male-female relationship where one of the partners is much weaker than the other one and the other one "takes care" of him). At least, hopefully, more people start to accept that people of the same sex can love each other and have a happy relationship.

He will have a new series with NuNew called The Next Prince!

Which is kinda sad and I'm already fed up with that. I know many people hate TharnType but at least the uke was a strong character there and not a child to be taken care of.

You are welcome!

The last one I liked was Call It What You Want. You can check my watchlist for more inspiration. Otherwise, I rather recommend Western LGBT+ series like Young Royals, Heartstoper or Skam, season 3 (it has more versions from different countries). Or movies like Call Me By Your Name, Brokeback Mountain, Carol, Hours or Portrait of a Lady on Fire. But the movies are usually quite depressive.

I understand 😔 I only watched it because I had no good BL drama to watch.

Actually, it's about two men being cute together.

Yes.