It's a combination of societal homophobia and producers' fear of backlashThe "barely there" gay content could've…
I haven't watched that yet, but unfortunately that's not surprising to hear. There is a small subset of BL viewers that are homophobic in real life. I don't understand it, as I'm bisexual myself, so I'll happily consume all kinds of content. I'll follow and support actors I like, but not in a toxic way, so it baffles me when "fans" are like that. I will however stop following and supporting actors I find out are homophobic though, for example. Well, there's one Thai guy who is known for being like that, but also stars in BLs, weirdly... But, after I watched She Was Pretty, I went to follow the second male lead, who is in Super Junior, and went to follow them, as I like K-Pop too; but then I found out he's homophobic, despite his orevious "fan service" stuff within the group, so I just can't bring myself to follow and support them. Like, they're an older group, that's still around, and quite famous and popular, and it seems a lot of other idols have respect for them, but I just can't support them when one member is like that; it kinda baffles me their fanbase doesn't appear to have an issue with his outspoken opinions, but it is what it is I guess. I guess it would be like walking away from the Harry Potter franchise, which I have done, and it sucks the author is like that, but there's other better people out there to follow and support. I'm glad Zuho spoke out though, most toxic "fans" get away with so much, and more idols and their companies need to step up, and speak up, and say what they're doing is not okay; then more idols and comoanies will follow suit, and the toxicity and their dangerous actions will start being reduced properly. I knew it was bad before, but the consequences of bad actions being hardly anything really hit home after watching one boy group get mobbed at an airport. There was one saesang following and in their faces and a security guard told her repeatedly to move and distance herself (and her big camera), but she didn't listen, so he pushed her aside, and she fell but got straight back up again and kept following taking pictures. The video went viral, but most of the versions ended before she got back up. That same day they got pushed and landed against barriers, and they looked really scared, as one had tried being hugged, and he was a minor. People were really angry at the security guard, who done his job protecting these idols, and wanting justice for the "fan". The company put out a statement, because of the loud toxic justice seekers, apologising about the security guard and saying he wouldn't be on the groups security team any more, and he was being moved to a different department. Like, seriously! Lots of people responded asking if they could have them go to the company of their idols, that they were fans of, as they needed good security like him, as he had done a great job. Like, literally his job description is to guard, which he done, and he was the one that got punished. The "fan" afterwards did say she was fine and wasn't injured and would be more careful in the future, but she suffered no consequences. That kind of thing really needs to change.
I don't think I've come across any BL fans, besides very new ones, that don't know that South Korean BL's are far from explicit. Most BL fans describe South Korean BL's as tame, compared to BL's that come out of different countries. What ever kinda of comments are they leaving for them to come to that conclusion?
its been almost a month and #those BL creatures still can’t move on
Was it really necessary to be so rude, referring to people as "creatures", as if we're another species. This may have started airing a while ago, but it's still featured as the very first listing in Upcoming, which is why people are still coming here.
for me, I don't really need the series to be defined as a "gay relationship" when you can clearly see that they…
Well, I'm glad you enjoyed the censored version and are happy with the outcome. Others, including myself, dislike when adaptions get censored like this though. It's bad enough it's a frequent thing with Chinese media; for other countries to do it as well, when there's no need for it at all, just feels like lost progress.
It's a combination of societal homophobia and producers' fear of backlashThe "barely there" gay content could've…
It just seems like an odd choice for South Korea, especially since they've started making more BL's than before, and even airing on Netflix. It's not like their BL's are even on the wilder side; they're mostly very tame and have very little skinship even.
they changed a story, so it made sense, the BL in the webtoon was barely there and it was kinda problematic, censored…
"Censored" is the correct word to use though, as it's literally been censored. That's why the "Censored-same-sex-adaption etc" tag exists and is used, for occurrences like this.
The person who initially responded to you gave a much better reply though, to be honest.
Why is it censored!?! Jeez, we need to go back with making progress in the industry. Thought it was Chinese for a second, so I scrolled back up to check...
Guess he wasn't Korean, but was it said "Korean" on one of the magazine covers/posters, so I got confused. His…
I took a break, but I'm notlw trying to quickly finish it, before it's removed from Netflix. lol. Yeah, I figured he maybe wasn't a real idol, but I want to know the actor who plays him, so I can look for him in other stuff. I've even Googled, trying to figure out who he is, but I've not gotten any where, unfortunately.
So, I watched up to some of episode 8. Honestly, I really liked Jun-Su and Gong Shim together. The other ML, I just found to be an annoying idiot mostly, and FL's sister was even more annoying, along with her parents. How Jun-Su's family treated him, well, that was annoying too. And, so I ended up reading ahead, because I was worried, and rightly so, as I saw that Gong Shim ends up with the Rooftop Idiot; so I dropped it. I'm off to look for something else to watch, that the actor who plays Jun-Su is in; I'd just get too frustrated and angry watching him not getting the girl in this.
The person who initially responded to you gave a much better reply though, to be honest.
Edit: Nevermind. lol