GigglySnickerDoodle

Someone sounds bitter that some BL fans have standards and won't stand for censorship

I thought you've "already moved on from this drama." Why won't you practice what you preach and move on? You liked the drama, great. You don't have to hang around to fight with people who have different opinions

"The disrespect people here have for the genre, while they support the drama which is based on bl novel is pretty amusing. Like it’s literally the same story with some parts deleted. Move on with your life, you’ll forget this existed in a week"

You're dropping facts

Someone call the fire department, your comments set the homophobes ablaze

"... just like how they interpret The devil judge, weak hero or even stranger from hell to deluded themselves"

If you squint hard, every drama is a BL/BL bait in disguise

Art is a kaleidoscope, one turn and you see something straight, another turn and you see something gay. The possibilities are endless

"Tbh, if it wasn't you BL fans who Keep shitting on every people in the early days, those people may not even talked about the genre issues"

BL fans are a menace, they're always causing trouble, like ... uh ... talking about straight media issues! 🤯

"... and mind you, this BL novel is just a novelization from the STRAIGHT movie to begin with"

If you're going to remove the gay parts from a gay novel inspired by a straight movie, remove the cheese, the sauce, and the toppings from a pizza inspired by flatbread. The flatbread was the original (pizza, in its earliest form, was flatbread), but it's the cheese, the sauce, and the toppings that make the pizza tasty. Removing them will leave you with a plain, boring bread, and removing the gay parts from a gay novel will leave me with a plain, boring story

"... dw about my life, I've already move on from this drama"

You've "moved on" so much that you're still in the comments section talking about the drama

People are slapping the "pedophilia" label on every age gap relationship. They don't understand what the word means

A 17-year-old isn't a newborn, innocent lamb wandering into the big, bad world for the first time. The boy Se Kyung fell for happened to have an adult's soul in a teenage body. It doesn't bother me. The physical age trumps the soul-related maturity

Not everyone would've liked it more with the gay plot, but some of us would have

The age gap doesn't bother me because I see the soul as a separate entity from the body. The soul isn't bound by physical limitations or rules, it's not an issue for me if the new Yi Heon, who is inhabited by an adult's soul, were to have a romantic relationship with Se Kyung, another high schooler

Block those users, you don't have to read their homophobic rhetoric

Gay stories should get more priority cause not everyone is into your Mentally Ill and Boring straight relationships

Yap yap yap, yap all you want you're a Hypocritical Re**tard

You're the type of person who would have no problem with gay stories or characters turning "straight," stfu hypocrite

We have a censored adaptation of a gay work, beating gay works in ratings, and that's "ICONIC?"

The drama is doing well in the numbers department at the cost of its integrity getting "no homo'd" for the homophobic masses. Giving a participation trophy to this last place runner isn't iconic. It finished the race, but it didn't cross the finish line in style

My experience with other BL fans has been different. The ones I've come across here have been rational, level-headed and respectful. Insults were thrown their way, and they chose to respond with civility. You can scroll down to see it yourself

I'm sorry to hear that your experience has been less positive

You did an amazing job explaining the issue

This is a relatively new phenomenon. The first Korean BL (Where Your Eyes Linger) was released in 2020, and it wasn't that long ago. The gay characters in "regular" dramas are given minor or negative roles

I'm grateful for BL's existence and continued production. I just mean there's room for improvement

I agree, the drama would've been more enjoyable and more powerful without censorship

The novel was an inspiring story that celebrated the resilience and strength of gay people. Wounded by the homophobia and prejudice of society, Yi Heon was in a vulnerable and fragile state at the beginning. Through his growing love and connection with Se Kyung, Yi Heon had the opportunity to heal and rebuild himself, piece by piece. We would've been able to witness this journey and censorship didn't let us

Yi Heon's soul returned and he learned to open himself up to the possibility of love and connection with Se Kyung. The representation would've been positive, powerful and inspiring. Yi Heon's journey from a place of fear and isolation to one of love and connection would've suggested that even in the face of insurmountable obstacles, love can find a way. Every instance of positive, affirming gay love (as small as it might be) is something to be celebrated and cherished

I'm waiting for other BLs now

Thank you for clarifying what you meant. I should've been more careful in my interpretation

"So what do people want to see exactly?"

The censorship isn't affecting the interactions between Gangster dude and Se Kyung. Their relationship wasn't intended to be romantic in the novel

The censorship removed Yi Heon's gay identity, the reason for his bullying and eventual suicide, and replaced it with a misrepresentation of him as a stalker that unfairly implies gay people are "dangerous" and "untrustworthy." People wanted to see the two boys acknowledging their feelings and pursuing a relationship after Yi Heon returns. This won't happen in a censored adaptation

"From a copyright perspective, the author/creator of the story allows for this change; without the creator's permission, it wouldn't have happened"

People have a valid reason to be upset or dislike the drama, though. After all, fans of straight stories express their dissatisfaction when changes are made to the stories. It's only fair for fans of gay stories to have the same opportunity to express their dissatisfaction

The drama fell short of expectations, but I'm glad you were able to pick up on the chemistry between the male leads

The BL element of the novel wasn't about a minor and an adult gangster. It was about two boys, Yi Heon and Se Kyung, who had feelings for each other before Yi Heon left his body. They explored their feelings upon Yi Heon's return

"To me the drama still works as a BL story"

You must be a creative genius to see a gay story where the creators have deliberately censored any suggestion of it ...

The audience being able to "decide" what kind of relationship two boys or two girls have would've been all well and good if the targeted audience didn't always interpret ambiguity as a "platonic" relationship. "They didn't kiss or confess, they were just good friends"

The purpose of storytelling is to, you know, tell a story. Leaving the relationship open to interpretation is a lazy, unsatisfying means of telling a story that could've explored the complexities of a non-traditional relationship

We're not supposed to be the ones filling in the blanks, that's the job of the creators