Sapphicace

Really,it got removed?

Thanks for explaining🙏

To me it is very clear from the trailer that this is not a bromance but a semi-tragic love story. That being said, I understand the worry of some people because bromance used to be so common and has recently been pushed again elsewhere. That kind of stuff creates trust issues, which is why it is so harmful. As we can see now, people who have been baited before are expecting to get baited again even though all evidence points against it😅It is sad that actual queer series ends up being doubted due to broader industry practises and tendencies😔

I looked it up and it’s apparently made by Rise Up Production in collaboration with Aplan International,Rakuten TV,Kidari Studio and Copus Japan.

As far as I know this is not a BOC drama

Like it was so random. Hockey is not a big sport in Japan or Korea😂

My conspiracy theory is that this was delayed because they added the hockey part due to heated rivalry influence😂

As long as it doesn’t leave everything to subtext and make you doubt whether they are romantically into each other or not, I don’t care if there are no kissing or bed scenes. Subtle romances can be fantastic!

Gagaoolala removed the BL and gay tags .Now that they admitted they lied all that is left is to put the show on iQIYI or something instead.

I don’t want to talk too much about it here as I said above, but to sum it up, this time they took it too far by having Wu air on gagaoolala, a platform meant for exclusively LGBT content, tagging it falsely as BL and Gay, even though it is not. This kind of misleading marketing is the literal definition of queerbaiting.

No, because Sherlock is not on gagaoolala, a platform exclusively for lgbt+ content, falsely tagged as BL and gay. This is what people take issue with.

https://x.com/EnchantedCut/status/2047940882226180587

For people who want to know what they can do to prevent queerbaiting becoming normalized and spreading even outside GMMTV:

1. Unsubscribe Gagaoolala and inform them of it with an email, clearly but politely explaining your stance and reasoning. You can also express your interest to resubscribe if Wu is removed from their lineup.

2.Watch the series on unofficial sites. Watching this way will not result in any profit for Gagaoolala or GMMTV. You can often find episodes on unofficial sites hours after they air officially (e.g. Dailymotion)This way fans can enjoy the series without worrying about contributing to harmful practises.

This will probably air on Gagaoolala

I don’t want to talk too much about it here since this is Soul Mate’s page, but you can check out the WU page on mdl to learn more.

Let’s support this extra hard so that Netflix does not get onboard GMMTV’s bromance wave

Gmmtv is definetly testing how far they can push this bromance stuff. If they find there is no ceiling it might end up undoing a decade of progress.

At this point I’m just boycotting GMMTV as a whole until they get their shit together. This issue matters to me more than any entertainment I could potentially get. I’m not saying everyone else need to do as I do, but just putting it out here that if people really want to watch this show but don’t want to support this kind of marketing and framing, they could watch the show on unofficial sites. This is the kind of situation where piracy is good (because it does not give GMMTV money)

The only way this would not be blatant queerbaiting at this point is if the main characters actually are queer but their relationship is that of friends. If not, airing this on Gaga without any sort of rep is just😬(also they tagged this Gay and BL and included a rainbow in the announcement tweet😑)

What is the most crazy is that they could have put this on Netflix, iQIYI, WeTV—literally any other platform that is not exclusively for queer entertainment. It is just so wrong on so many levels if the series is bromance without the mains being queer in any way.

There are so many puritans across different fandoms nowadays😅