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Try 'Where Your Eyes Linger' - it's been recommended to me as an excellent LGBT+ Kdrama by numerous people which is always a good sign. I have to say the main reason I won't be watching this is the LGBT+ baiting. I didn't like it much in Personal Taste where it was nothing more than a plot device and you knew that going in.

I have a pan daughter and a lesbian cousin, one of my daughter's best friends is trans so my support for the LGBT+ community is unwavering and total. I don't like seeing it being used just as plot twist or not even being real. It merely continues the stereotype belief by homophobes that being LGBT+ isn't real and can be 'changed' if the person just wants to be 'normal'. THAT is NOT helpful.

Sadly I can't see South Korea getting their act together any time soon, but at least they've not started 'cure camps' like China.

@Steph aa - I think you have to accept that South Korea is a long, Long, LONG way from having shows like Queer as Folk (even sans the gay sex and swearing); even it was as just a cute romcom/romdrama/coming of age LGBT+ love story, like Thailand's Love Sick. They are only marginally better than China for their reaction to LGBT+ and, considering China now has 'cure camps' for their LGBT+ nationals, that's not saying a lot.

I find I tend to stick to Thai and Taiwanese LGBT+ dramas (can we ever forget HIStory 1: Obsession and even the other series in the seasons? - all Taiwanese as well (take THAT China!) and of course Love Sick, SOTUS and so many others in Thailand).

Sad, VERY sad - but also very true. Case in point - Holland. Out and proud gay Korean idol - now spending 98% of his time in Europe and the West because he basically has little to nothing career-wise in Korea.....ONLY because he's proud of who he is, and who he is is gay.

Expecting a western or even Thai or Taiwanese style positive LGBT+story from South Korea is setting yourself up for disappointment, It's NOT going to happen - it's why so many of their idols and entertainment stars are so far in the closet they could find Narnia.

I'm more than happy to do that. I haven't been able to find a subbed version yet (and I think I should watch it dubbed as the subject is too important to just guess at what's going on). But when I do, I'm happy to come back and let you and others know if it got it right. :)

@Mojojojo - THIS I think would be worth it, though I've not found a way to see it yet in the UK. But I've heard good things. But Miss in Kiss ? NO, NEVER. :)

Sorry to hear that - we get netflix here in the UK for £8.99 ($11.30) a month and that opens all of Netflix UK to us. However we also have Amazon Prime at £79 ($99.35) a year and then we have to pay per episode of the other stuff that's popular (unless it's a Prime own project) of between £3-£5 ($3.77-$6.28) and even really old films are expensive, so I do sympathise.

No no!! MISS IN KISS -- Miss THAT!! THAT was appalling, bad, terrible, wish a time machine existed so I could go back and tell myself it's not worth the minutes of my life I will sacrifice.....But THIS I haven't seen yet!

I think Aum Athichart would be good too. :)

The interviews I saw with Vin he seemed friendly and chatty to the interviewer. It was after his role at KO in Love O2O. I would never have thought he was shy. What a lovely guy. :) He's probably just a great actor then, though I think it's sad he suffered depression during 'Pretty....', he was so good in it.

I saw Oh My General - Peter was okay in it,I didn't think it was a lead role, but it's been a while since I watched it. I think he was okay in it. He seems much better, and more comfortable, in second lead roles/support roles. Oh My General was okay, not the greatest though.

Yeah some time last year I think - I only know because it was an article in a Korean/Thai site I visit occasionally. I know that sometimes very popular actors take time off after they get married, but I hope he's back soon.

Vin Zhang is a very confident, friendly guy in real life - but Peter Sheng is painfully, cripplingly shy in real life and I think this was one of his first main roles with a lot of screen time; he'd always had support roles up until this period of time. I think he REALLY struggled.
I personally think he would've done better as the second lead and Vin Zhang would've absolutely owned the main lead role. But for some reason in every single drama Vin Zhang has been in with Dilraba Dilmurat he's never been able to be happy with her character - the writers ALWAYS have them as starcrossed lovers, etc.

Just thought I'd add I'm no longer a fan of Yamada Yuki any longer - if he's 'excited to play a pervert/hentai' in a f'ed up mess like this then I'm not going to be a fan anymore. Blech!

Thank you so, SO much! :)

Yup, I'm with you on that - I LOVE Ken. I stumbled across him in Bangkok Traffic Love Story and then stalked everything he's been in. I am not exaggerating when I say I haven't seen him in ANY role that I think he was wrong for....he's nailed every role.

I don't recall Chakrit, can you tell me what he's been in? My other favourite Thai actor is Push. :)

Where is Push? I know he got married, but I miss his acting....his cheeky roles like Perfect Match were the best - but he was pretty good in everything he did. I mean there was a time you couldn't move for him being in dramas, but now he's vanished. :(

I will, of course be bingeing on the BL dramas. But I also want to see Ok Keub Hak Ab Ruk Khun Samee, Richy Rich and Midnight Fantasy. I also like the look of Duang Jai Nai Montra and Hua Jai Sila.

Thanks so much for this article - I can keep an out now for these dramas ....as well as all the new BL ones that will have HAPPY endings because they're not Korean or Chinese! YAY!

I think they should've had Ken play the king - I love that guy and his acting steals every scene.

@RandamUsagi - I'm high risk due to long term health issues so I'm on 12 week lockdown (currently ending week 4) and can't leave my property (though I have a garden, so I'm pretty lucky) and I completely agree with you.

I never thought I'd be witnessing a pandemic rivalling the Russian Flu Pandemic of 1889 and rewriting our history as it goes. I think the world will be a very different place when the dust settles - and with far fewer people. It's amazing to think that we're reacting only slightly differently to both the Russian Flu and Spanish Flu of 1919 outbreaks - so much for being advanced.

I doubt the Chinese BL/Danmei community will be finding improvement in their lot until the current dictator is gone......I feel most bad for the Hong Kong protesters - theirvoices have been silenced by this pandemic just as much as the rest of us and they NEED their voice so much more than wedo.

Did it still work?

You ANGEL!! Thank you for that info....that's where I'm off to! :)

@Timbone - Ah, me too. For the same reason. I just find them too stress inducing because I know I'm going to end up sobbing. Same goes for Chinese LGBT+ dramas -they ALWAYS end tragically. Sometimes by ridiculous means and I alternate between rage and tears. Life's too short for such emotional upheaval and I've more than enough going on in Real Life right now. I will definitely give your recommendation a watch - thanks for that!:)

Aww, that's made me sad. I do love Shin Sung Rok and he really does need better roles where he's not always the bad guy or second lead.