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BL as a genre caters primarily to an audience like me these days - so we see less and less shows like this and that will only continue to be more true in the future.

I wanted to watch all the episodes before I commented here - I agree with you regarding episode 6 but I'm not sure the other instance is actually SA. If it is the time with the aphrodisiac that you are referring to - had that exact thing happened to me, I wouldn't consider it that way. I mean he was chasing him and then at the first real opportunity threw himself at "her" to "help detoxify" and only realized his mistake after he had both hands on his chest - tho that was funny, that itself was a bit problematic. At that point he had acknowledged the seriousness of the situation and established his willingness to be the solution. How could he come back from that and it was all of his own doing.

This is pretty much what I was going to say. If this wasn't a costume drama I'm not sure I'd watch it. I did learn that from this show - if you have limited money and meh plot, make a costume drama wuxia

That one young prince was dubbed pretty badly 😅

Ok, I completely understand your point of view and I largely agree with everything your saying - I just don't kno if Addicted is the best example of a "limited" SA novel. Addicted is, depending on the day, my favorite BL - its one of my favorite pieces of media in general but I understand why its problematic for people as is. In the novel there is a very violent SA that the show hadn't arrived at yet - it was quite pivotal to the plot. In some respects, I'm glad the show stopped where it did.

Nirvana in Fire 1 & 2

At this point I welcome the further censorship. I've seen now that they have limited the number of episodes, and well, this would be a paragraph itself.

I don't believe Chinese People are that different from American People. Americans will only tolerate such shit for so long - Chinese People do appear to have more patience but they are still people.

Such paternalism can only have one result in the end. It is only a matter of time.

Haha, that is exactly what this is.

Meh - supposed to say *such statements - but it still works

This is actually not very mature at all. It is you who should have ignored the comment - this is literally the place to make suck statements and everyone is entitled to be able to state their opinion.

Quality does exist also - ignoring everything wrong with something and appreciating the qualities it does have, does not make something "good" - blind support will not help Pinoy BLs improve and only by making quality content, for a long time, will they be able to move past all the reputation they have set for creating the opposite.

I've really enjoyed several Pinoy productions - Like in the Movies is one my favorite BLs in general. The Philippines has a really unique history as both a colony of Spain and the US and you can see it everywhere. Plus there are like 6,000+ islands in the Philippines - its paradise. The Pinoy BL industry isn't playing to any of their strengths.

I'll watch quality actors sit around on a beach shot on iPhone if its done well enough. They don't ever do just that. In my opinion they are bad at casting couples also - I've thought that many times, they just don't kno what we want.

Of course - they could never kno what I want if I never tell them and instead just ignore them and write them off forever as "not my cup of tea" - this is actually a much better thing to do if you actually care about the future of these Directors and Actors

They made a 4 episode version of this prior to this one - its not the same and I don't recommend it.

Well, after watching Eternal Brotherhood - I wish they had left her character secondary. They made her a central part of the show despite everything you pointed out and it went very badly. I will have a hard time seeing her on screen again tbh

Princess Ning has ruined this show for me. It is ridiculous how bad she is. As a character she is just incredibly annoying and as far a plot is concerned literally everything that has to do with her is wildly unbelievable. At one point our MC get stationed in the sticks - far away from everything, its like a posting that end careers, he says his goodbyes to the princess (who cannot leave her house, she hasn't really at all) and then after he gets out to the middle of nowhere - the princess shows up two different times. Rn, I've stopped watching the show at a scene where she has like a servant getup on and I don't even care to find out why. I was fast forwarding her scenes - then I was just skipping them altogether and now I've dropped the show.

I missed your comment - I would have replied earlier.

In many respects this is just my making a big deal about nothing - I was clearly in a mood when I commented. I have over the years ran into a number of rather close minded native English speaking people that seem to think there is some sort of "ownership" over the language that yields them some entitlements. I feel very strongly that nobody can claim ownership of the English language any longer - not even the English.

I have never considered the imperialistic notions of what I was suggesting - not a single time but its rather obvious when you point it out. I am going to give that quite a bit of thought.

Regarding the subs - I completely agree. If you intend to reach a wider audience by providing English subs, its a little silly to not prioritize them, especially considering how many people watch global content.

I do understand now - I too thought it was very well articulated. I completely misinterpreted and due to my reaction I didn't realize that until I saw your reply. I do apologize and I appreciate that you didn't lash out at me - you definitely could have.

Unfortunately, its not always the best iteration of myself posting things on the internet - this is one of those times 😅

You are 100% correct - I absolutely had a triggered reaction, I can't explain it any other way. I didn't even realize what you said was appreciative. I apologize.

There are far too many stupid people in my life that frequently criticize the way I talk bc it isn't dumb enough I guess - I took that out on you.

Episode 4 isn't on the unofficial sites. If it were there, as you pay for Gaga, I'd say you could watch it guilt free. This is one of the reasons I am glad unofficial sites do exist - especially considering the content, the unofficial site prevent us from losing access. I mean that in an economic sense also.

I see a lot of people say things like they can't afford a service and would love to watch something that would make them happier but they are too ashamed or afraid to simply go to a website that exists and select the show and hit play - its silly to deprive yourself of digital content bc of money.

True fans of content will naturally pay for it when they have money - they will bc they want to support. Fans without income can still financially support while even unofficially watching content - they could find an older show on Youtube from the same company and endlessly stream it for example.

Tbh, I don't all the shade ppl throw the unofficial sites - the content I Iike is often blocked, who is to say I will always have official access. I don't want those sites to go anywhere.

Haha, pineapple on pizza is good ;)

Well said.

This kinda stuff is why I filter in stuff like, "like, kinda, tbh, prolly, fr, tho, atm, stuff, thangs, etc." - the world isn't made for smart people, if you are too smart you can't even talk to people without this

The worse part of this comment is that I'm left trying to figure out what language used was so omg - impervious & marred are the only words in that entire paragraph that I wouldn't expect everyone who claims to speak English to get.