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So, my answer is simplified and full of generalizations, but hopefully no massive mistakes 😄. In general BL is Asian LGBTQ content, but not the kind that realistically describes the lived experience of the LGBTQ community. Lately there's been some improvement on that front. Sometimes there are arguments because the content is not realistic and can be offensive to the LGBTQ community. BL is a term from Asia while in the West you might hear MM for example. Basically Yaoi (originally content made by women for women) is an older umbrella term for all subgenres like shonen-ai, but BL can be used as a synonym for Yaoi nowadays. Danmei is Chinese Yaoi/BL. So basically Yaoi, BL and Danmei are all the same thing, most people just say BL here. When individual people use all these terms they can mean slightly different things to everyone, so if you get confused, it's good to keep that in mind. Also, many fans don't know actual LGBTQ people or understand basic things about their lives, because they are young or uninformed for cultural reasons or whatever it might be. So yeah, the fandom can be fun, but sometimes it gets absurd and messy and there are even virtual brawls 😄.

If you are new to BL, you should know you will get this reaction if you ask about tops and bottoms or semes and ukes in Yaoi tradition. You will get this reaction by default wherever you bring this up that has any BL fans that are LGBTQ allies, because it is considered ignorant and unsupportive of the community. Many will think you are fetishizing the community and there will be conflict. People will take this question personally, so ask it at your own risk. If you are interested, you could do a google search on what BL and Yaoi are, so you don't get in too much trouble 🙂. There are plenty of articles, even academic ones on the subject, but you could start with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaoi

She goes on attack doesn't she, to get revenge, so it's not that far off, no?

Also, if you click on calendar on the top of this page, you see all the shows airing on a specific day and if you hover next to the time, a small i for info appears and it states the time zone Asia/Tokyo Asia/Bangkok etc.

There's a countdown clock under the introduction. It says 11h 44min until the episode starts airing. Have you really not noticed it's always on the page of every show that's currently airing?

The flashbacks were pretty clear to me. They provided insight in to the feelings of both male leads. You could see they were both interested in each other from the beginning and that the one with insomnia could fall asleep with his crush around, because being around his crush made him feel content and at peace, not that he was using the crush as a sleeping pill. The one thing you have to be able to do, as a viewer, is be observant enough to notice the clothing is different in high school, that's how you easily know when there's a flashback, even if it's not your culture and the difference is obvious already.

That's not new. Korean actors almost never speak comprehensible English. He is delicious though!

There's usually plenty of subtext in his facial expressions, but that one scene where he told Zo he likes him, that blank face he had while hugging Zo... I don't get it, was it on purpose or was it bad directing and acting?

This is an old school feast of clichés. It's an okay watch as long as you are aware of it.

Hello Korea!? Is the blood flow to my brain compromised? This Korean show is wildin talking about big hard D. 😂

This show is so tropey, it's giving me whiplash.

Chinese novel "Don’t You Like Me"

I wasn't implying the lack of quality should be excused.

I'm a sucker for the concept so I'm currently reading the novel this is based on. I'm weak LOL.

Episode 3 gave me 'lets use Bad Buddy as an inspiration'- vibes. The list of three things needed for a relationship was like Pa's list for Pat. Joke even said to Zo, "you are being weird", which was the last on the list i.e. you have a hard time acting normal. Just like Pat when he ran out of the music shop. The phone Karate was a lot like the chopstick fight etc.

I think it was said in the behind the scenes episode that it's a newbie director.

If you read the novel the series is based on, it's got a happy ending. The series has a happy for now ending. Both the boys have and ex-girlfriend that tries to come between them, but they both also say they are not interested in said girls. In the last episode of the show Bai Luo Yin's ex comes to visit him at school, it doesn't really mean anything. He's going to tell her to go away, we just won't see that story arc.

So, Wu Bi's cousin doesn't like girls, but has a girlfriend who he arranged to study abroad. She is not using him, it's an arrangement for their mutual benefit. Okay, so totally a beard then.

A simple google search will give you several results. Did you not try? Here's one https://haikushilan.wordpress.com/addicted/

It's called a lavender marriage: A lavender marriage is assumed to be a marriage of convenience to mask the sexual orientation of one or both partners.

So it looks like in this series neither the groom nor the bride is straight. They are planning a pretend marriage for the sake of their families who don't accept their children's sexual orientation.