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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.

YAY! There's a date finally!

It's got a happy for now ending, as opposed to happily ever after, it's totally watchable.

Finally watched it, because I got into Stay with Me, the new adaptation and wanted the context. Addicted is watchable even though it was cut short due to censorship. There's a perfectly OK happy for now ending. Gu Hai even basically gave Bai Luo Yin a dowry in the last 15th episode, the watch, the jewelry and the car. The intimate scenes mostly look non-consensual, or there's dubious consent. It's the tired old trope of one person saying no and the other lustfully continuing until they supposedly get consent. It's not okay, but I'm an adult and can see it for what it is, so it was watchable for me.

LOL people are getting these shows mixed up all over the place, you're not alone. I like them both.

and here is a list of upcoming BLs.
https://kisskh.at/list/4YWERXzL

I don't think any Korean ones are airing. Here's a list of currently airing BLs. There are a few Japanese and Taiwanese and Thai that are worth watching.
https://kisskh.at/list/LAlnxZ51

As you can see the place of origin for this show is Taiwan. Taiwan has been its own entity since 1945. Chinese policy is not Taiwanese policy. Taiwan is the 8th most democratic country in the entire world, while China is one of the least democratic at 149th out of 165. The number 1 is Norway, the US is number 25 and North Korea is dead last at number 165.

Episode 1 eng sub, part 1/4
https://youtu.be/mjTj780WAnM

I suspect the issue with Jiang Chi is that he knows he is not straight. There's something in the aware way he reacts to Bu Xia. The potato chip eating looked like an erotic experience to Jiang Chi.

Hidden Agenda special/behind the scenes. It's got 4parts.

[ENG SUB] วาระพิเศษ HIDDEN AGENDA [1/4]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0__G-WwfM-w

I'm getting all fidgety, I wan't to see this so much. The mains have a sweet chemistry, I'm hoping the screenplay does them justice. I'm not expecting anything ground breaking, I just want a script that really lives up to the ❣Romance❣ tag. Also, please have enough plot for all the episodes, no fillers please. Crossing my fingers and toes hoping it's better than Star in My Mind😊

We agree about the history of BL. The disagreement was only regarding censorship, which was what the original subject was. You wanted to talk about BL as a genre 😀, which is fear enough. Like you said, it's about catering not censorship, although, sometimes it feels like self-censorship by the producers for fear of losing profits.

Okay! I pointed out that your comment, despite containing factual information, was beside the point. I pointed out that censorship is done by countries/governments. Governments censor LGBTQ content because they don't like it. BL/Yaoi having originally been made for straight women didn't cause the censorship. It's a cause for unrealistic story lines yes, censorship no.

Love Tractor just finished airing. It's a Korean BL with a rating of 8.0 on mydramalist. I've only watched one episode but it looks interesting.

BL comes from the Yaoi manga tradition, which is by women for women and is not realistic LGBTQ content. It's a separate issue from the censorship that countries impose on LGBTQ content.

Sometimes we use BL and LGBTQ/queer as interchangeable descriptions but they aren't the same. At times they do merge in a confusing manner. Luckily the worst aspects of Yaoi don't really show up in the live action BL series. Although, you can see the inspiration from time to time. The source material by the likes of MAME and JittiRain can be weird, especially when it comes to sex. I'm still scarred from reading 2gether by JittiRain. Be My favorite is also based on JittiRain's writing, but the screenplay looks a lot different from the book. I can't believe I caved and read the thing after the disaster that was 2gether the novel.