I'm fine with the politics, but I don't get the demand for "exposition" when the acting clearly tells you what…
But your first paragraph is exactly what puts me off "bromances." They are inherently homophobic. The message is "we want to profit off your desire to see BL but real, actual gay love in the form of words, deeds and touches is too disgusting to be shown onscreen so you'll have to make do with the little tidbits we throw your way as we go."
And so a certain segment of the viewership, many of whom also find open gay love to be shameful, search each episode for hints and clues and meaningful glances, which are to be put together in the viewer's mind to form something they're not comfortable with onscreen.
This thing we call "Bromance," or "censored BL" is a really weird concept, and one which would never be tolerated in the telling of straight love stories. We forget how strange the Bromance concept is because we've been conditioned to accept it in place of unabashed gay love storytelling.
It's not even close to being a BL. So far it's a Bromance with cheek kisses, fake jealousy and airport hugs, and weird, repetitive scenes of WB and SY's family eating dinner over and over.
the minuted u called the untamed ridiculous.. you lost me entirely.. bye
Figures. Pretty boys in waist-long hair and lovely silk robes flying around in the air with swords and exchanging longing glances. The Untamed is the perfect show for people who think they're BL fans but are uncomfortable with actual, real gay love. Plus all the fox-tail and spirit-world stuff is mind-numbing.
I'm fine with the politics, but I don't get the demand for "exposition" when the acting clearly tells you what…
The acting clearly tells me nothing because the actors are restricted from doing or saying anything meaningful. WHY were the leads having that odd fight on the floor, over the headphones? What was said that led to the fight? You're cool with just being expected to make that up in your head?
Boring satire of a real BL. It defies logic to watch a romance with all the romance cut out of it and still call it a romance. It's weird, is what it is.
One meaningless filler scene after another with two teaser cheek-kisses. And zero exposition about those kisses and what the characters thought about that.
This is the first Chinese censored BL I've tried to watch since the ridiculous The Untamed. It will be the last, unless there's a revolution that overthrows the Chinese government and its bigoted philosophies.
now the bl fans when they enter here and read the tags they will definitely refuse to watch this series until…
The only thing this show is is a boring satire of a real BL. It defies logic to watch a romance with all the romance cut out of it and still call it a romance.
now the bl fans when they enter here and read the tags they will definitely refuse to watch this series until…
The only thing this show is is a boring satire of a real BL. It defies logic to watch a romance with all the romance cut out of it and still call it a romance.
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And so a certain segment of the viewership, many of whom also find open gay love to be shameful, search each episode for hints and clues and meaningful glances, which are to be put together in the viewer's mind to form something they're not comfortable with onscreen.
This thing we call "Bromance," or "censored BL" is a really weird concept, and one which would never be tolerated in the telling of straight love stories. We forget how strange the Bromance concept is because we've been conditioned to accept it in place of unabashed gay love storytelling.
Nice kissing.
One meaningless filler scene after another with two teaser cheek-kisses. And zero exposition about those kisses and what the characters thought about that.
This is the first Chinese censored BL I've tried to watch since the ridiculous The Untamed. It will be the last, unless there's a revolution that overthrows the Chinese government and its bigoted philosophies.
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