Anyone looking for Chinese Bromance should check out Along with Me (released Jan 2023), it is brilliant!
Seriously, the two ML love and care about each other so much that they are like lovers without 'love' but many scenes they might well just hug and kiss! Don't quote me but it is the gayest bromance I have seen with two ML taking many photos together like a couple! It has also one of the happiest ending so try to watch it without fear of BE!
But, but, don't watch it for BL content, or you will think it is gaybait!
The last two episodes pack so much emotion and tear, I hope the cute shorter ML will be recognised one day cos his tears were heart felt!
I put off watching this until I could binge, but after 14 episodes, someone just told me, "you're going to hate…
You know what, you can watch all the way to episode 22 and stop there. Up to that or even episode 23 where their love for each other confirmed and family issues resolved.
The producer made a dumb decision to have episode 23 and 24 to introduce new developments to spark interests for season 2 when they could have use the sneak preview technique used in some US dramas to keep viewers interested.
I can only give you my impression....there is no outward obvious confession or words of love. It's all in their…
Wu Bi said much earlier that suyi is mine although not directly. His action is much louder than words and he is not good at saying it out, remember when suyi said i would spend every holiday with you... He just could not help to tear up but pretend to go cooking.
When they are in dining table with the whole family, wubi said based on our relationship, I could give you better than money, suyi felt embarrassed, it was all subtly displayed, we know they aren't just room mates.
Kudos to the show creators hinting at the BL relationship with posters in the boys' apartment. Gay artist David…
Someone said there is also poster of Torch Song Trilogy which is also an indie gay film classic, I didn't notice any of them, I concentrate too much on actors' face 😂
I know that both MLs are traumatized by their parent's past marriage…but I feel so bad for Su Ya’s mother.…
Perhaps you have not observed some of the clues why both boys hated the mom. For suyi, she left him in search of better life and in many years, she just visited him half a dozen time and only brought up money matter. For wu bi he thought the stepmom was rumoured to be home wrecker.
Admittedly both of them could be less rude to her but they did tell the aforementioned points.
Peeps, this is not, I repeat is NOT a BL. Please don't let anyone tell you this is a BL and please don't lower…
We don't need you to tell us it is a standard BL or not. In recent Japanese BL, there is almost no mention of love or proper kiss until finale or none at all but people would consider as BL.
Stay with Me, Stay By My Side and Stay Still from different sides of the straits show us varying styles of BL cinema.
As mandarin and cantonese are as much as the first language for me as English, my viewing experience may be different from those who need to read subtitles.
SWM is not perfect but the acting and subtlety is so much better than the fluffy and clichés SBMS; one has zero fall- and - almost kiss scene, the other has ways too many for god's sake!
I have always watched English and Hong Kong movies/dramas before 2016, even I studied and spoke mandarin in our vernacular school in Malaysia. Mainland cinema was considered old fashioned and uncool previously. Yes, the first time I actually started watching mainland chinese series was after Addicted which I loved it!
Anyway, back to what I find about Hong Kong BL dramas/series is that they are always depressing, showing poor people living in closet size apartment. Hong Kong has higher GDP than most Western countries, why can they show us average people who don't live in public housing for a start! I know some people like the indie feels of HKG LGBT cinema but it is like forever the same since the famous Bishonen which was viral in Asia gay cinema 30 years ago!
If Stay Still follows the norm of HKG gay cinema, the ending will be tragic or depressing as usual.
In a way, the BL censorship in china may help SWM to stay clear of accidental slow mo fall and hug as well as two persons staring endlessly in slow mo at each other (a thai BL overdid it!). I also prefer mainlnd chinese accent than Taiwanese which is cute in real life but sound incredibly childlike when delivered by bad actors like the seme guy in SBMS!
this is why I love bromance more than actual BLs... the simplest touches and stares make me more emotional than…
I started watching gay themed films in the 90s which were mostly Western movies and some Indie Asian ones. In those early days of LGBT cinemas, the kiss or sex scene was so rare, the build up made them better than current trend in western LGBT cinema which could easily go into the sex scene and what come next are the often the messed up sex and drug that most BL fans would want to watch here.
gave me so much flashbacks from the addicted finale... in the addicted finale they had the same car as well..…
They had sex in the car too, this adaption is in a totally different tone; one was sensual, realistic (at least to me as gay man), the other one is emotional connection through subtle nuances.
Guys is this a sad ending or like an open ending aka possibility for a season 2? Cause if there'll be a season…
The producer or writer made a damn stupid mistake, the drama could end perfectly well in episode 22 or even 23 and it is already a happy ending. So there is no continuous issue if you finish at episode 22, if you don't believe me, see others' comment.
If they want to arouse interest for second season, they could use the technique used in some US drama by showing 'coming next season...the car crash .'
the producers of the thai remake have very BIG shoes to fill. they need to step up their game to avoid ridicule.…
Thai BL studios probably could get very handsome straight actors doing gay things. You could find many straight married men working in go go bars and gay massage parlours.
Their BL studios are so well heeled that they choose mostly fair ethnic chinese or eurasian actors, you may mistake many of their dramas made in North Asia, it is not thailand visitors are used to seeing in tourist spots.
Yes yes yes... I was like he seems familiar, I have seen him somewhere. Now I get it. He looks like Xiao Zhan...
Some chinese viewers also commented he looks like xiao zhan. If his hair is changed to nicer one, he should look more handsome. We saw how pretty he looked dressing up as a girlfriend
Seriously, the two ML love and care about each other so much that they are like lovers without 'love' but many scenes they might well just hug and kiss! Don't quote me but it is the gayest bromance I have seen with two ML taking many photos together like a couple! It has also one of the happiest ending so try to watch it without fear of BE!
But, but, don't watch it for BL content, or you will think it is gaybait!
The last two episodes pack so much emotion and tear, I hope the cute shorter ML will be recognised one day cos his tears were heart felt!
The producer made a dumb decision to have episode 23 and 24 to introduce new developments to spark interests for season 2 when they could have use the sneak preview technique used in some US dramas to keep viewers interested.
When they are in dining table with the whole family, wubi said based on our relationship, I could give you better than money, suyi felt embarrassed, it was all subtly displayed, we know they aren't just room mates.
Admittedly both of them could be less rude to her but they did tell the aforementioned points.
As mandarin and cantonese are as much as the first language for me as English, my viewing experience may be different from those who need to read subtitles.
SWM is not perfect but the acting and subtlety is so much better than the fluffy and clichés SBMS; one has zero fall- and - almost kiss scene, the other has ways too many for god's sake!
I have always watched English and Hong Kong movies/dramas before 2016, even I studied and spoke mandarin in our vernacular school in Malaysia. Mainland cinema was considered old fashioned and uncool previously. Yes, the first time I actually started watching mainland chinese series was after Addicted which I loved it!
Anyway, back to what I find about Hong Kong BL dramas/series is that they are always depressing, showing poor people living in closet size apartment. Hong Kong has higher GDP than most Western countries, why can they show us average people who don't live in public housing for a start! I know some people like the indie feels of HKG LGBT cinema but it is like forever the same since the famous Bishonen which was viral in Asia gay cinema 30 years ago!
If Stay Still follows the norm of HKG gay cinema, the ending will be tragic or depressing as usual.
In a way, the BL censorship in china may help SWM to stay clear of accidental slow mo fall and hug as well as two persons staring endlessly in slow mo at each other (a thai BL overdid it!). I also prefer mainlnd chinese accent than Taiwanese which is cute in real life but sound incredibly childlike when delivered by bad actors like the seme guy in SBMS!
If they want to arouse interest for second season, they could use the technique used in some US drama by showing 'coming next season...the car crash .'
Their BL studios are so well heeled that they choose mostly fair ethnic chinese or eurasian actors, you may mistake many of their dramas made in North Asia, it is not thailand visitors are used to seeing in tourist spots.