Come....Fall in Love....
If you thought you are immune to fluff and cuteness, think again, Gameboys will bring out that school girl in you, without fail. What is even more surprising is that with all that fluff and rainbow hues, it doesn't shy away from addressing serious issues that queer people face. This is a wholesome, adorably melting, and blissfully romantic story with a strong message.
BL-needle Score:9. Very High BL-ness
The dimply-charm of Gav, the awkward, self-doubting adorableness of Cai, and the darling shipper Pearl...the protagonists of this story will completely make you fall in love with them. Given the backdrop of the pandemic, it has very little action beyond through screens, but that does nothing to deter the appeal of this story, and neither you rooting for their puppy love, with a very satisfying ending, even though the impending separation between Gav and Cai looms ahead. With how adorable they are, they will make you want to live in this moment.
But I must mention that beyond the appeal of a all-through fluffy love story are deeper issues of the queer life - Cai's fear of judgment, inability to come to terms with being gay, Gav's endless strings of smart-sweet endearments and love-punchlines hiding the insecurities and the fear deep down of people leaving him the moment he is not able to please them, the intense and often irrational jealousy they both feel, part being teenagers and part since it comes with being queer and having a lot of self-loathing and inability to see themselves are worthy, and in turn, always afraid of being abandoned or rejected....the script weaves in all of these nuances of a queer life, albeit avoiding the pitfall of making it darker than is needed for a story like this. I would they did a great job of that - including serious issue and yet keeping it light and fluffy enough for everyone to watch it without feeling too heavy.
I am late to the Gameboys party, but boy am I hooked!!! Followed this up with the second season, and loved it even more.
As someone who grew up on 90s Bollywood, Gav's love punchlines so reminds me of SRK as a cocky lover boi in his early movies, and I want to use that famous catchline from one his most popular rom-coms to describe Gameboys -
Come... Fall in Love <3
BL-needle Score:9. Very High BL-ness
The dimply-charm of Gav, the awkward, self-doubting adorableness of Cai, and the darling shipper Pearl...the protagonists of this story will completely make you fall in love with them. Given the backdrop of the pandemic, it has very little action beyond through screens, but that does nothing to deter the appeal of this story, and neither you rooting for their puppy love, with a very satisfying ending, even though the impending separation between Gav and Cai looms ahead. With how adorable they are, they will make you want to live in this moment.
But I must mention that beyond the appeal of a all-through fluffy love story are deeper issues of the queer life - Cai's fear of judgment, inability to come to terms with being gay, Gav's endless strings of smart-sweet endearments and love-punchlines hiding the insecurities and the fear deep down of people leaving him the moment he is not able to please them, the intense and often irrational jealousy they both feel, part being teenagers and part since it comes with being queer and having a lot of self-loathing and inability to see themselves are worthy, and in turn, always afraid of being abandoned or rejected....the script weaves in all of these nuances of a queer life, albeit avoiding the pitfall of making it darker than is needed for a story like this. I would they did a great job of that - including serious issue and yet keeping it light and fluffy enough for everyone to watch it without feeling too heavy.
I am late to the Gameboys party, but boy am I hooked!!! Followed this up with the second season, and loved it even more.
As someone who grew up on 90s Bollywood, Gav's love punchlines so reminds me of SRK as a cocky lover boi in his early movies, and I want to use that famous catchline from one his most popular rom-coms to describe Gameboys -
Come... Fall in Love <3
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