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I'm afraid to watch it now, lol. It's next on my list - but I need a break after the frustration of Be Loved In House: I Don't.

Isn't it implausible to the point of ridiculousness that Zhao Gang said absolutely nothing to Shi Lei after the confrontation in the cafe? If they were both deaf mutes, they still would have talked about that. I'm sorry, but that's bad writing. I don't care if there are unrealistic plot elements, but people still have to act like people.

AND WHAT IS WITH ALL THE FOREHEAD KISSING. Really, really slow forehead kissing, I would be like "you messed up my hair for THAT?" More infantilization. Nobody does that but your mother. BL kisses take forever. If they're not in slomo, they do that silly triple-take. I'd like there to be a little passion between them - they almost interact like they're in a parent-child relationship, not a romantic one.

And what the f@#$ is Yu Zhen wearing to bed? Is this Taiwan or Siberia?

I like this show, but this is Ep 10. I'm starting to gfet frustrated. If the ending of this was a fake-out, I will scream.

I understand the point, but the reason why we're leaving it out is that it was well-written and acted, and depended on those qualities rather than being a checklist of tropes. It still had high school students and blue shirts, a "straight" guy with a girlfriend, enemies to lovers, and most of the other basic elements of a BL. Are we excluding it because it's not a BL, or is it because it makes it difficult to argue in favor of tropes? It's not that hard to make an ITSAY - just get a good script and actors. I think Golden Blood works because of Boat. Without him this is a nonsensical plot with mediocre acting, although to be fair, Gun is good at comedy.

I think everyone gets tired of the same thing over and over - and seeing it in person is quite different from on the screen, isn't it? I doubt even the most tolerant BL watcher can't help roll their eyes when a preview shows engineering students. It's not just the laziness of the writing - it's a reasonably accurate indicator that a series is just a passionless, cynical cash-grab. I think a lot of people are programmed to imagine chemistry when it's really just a trope. Is there chemistry between Boat & Gun? I would argue no. It's all one way. If Gun were replaced by a mannequin it would be the same. If Boat were replaced by someone with the level of looks and acting ability of Gun, I doubt it would work.

Boat & Gun have good comedic chemistry, but romantic? We'll see. Same with FUTS - comedic chemistry was there, but was the romantic chemistry two-way, or was it all Pond? If you think about ITSAY, why did it work? How did it manage without tropes or perfect abs? Writing and acting - and doing something different for once. Writing and acting are inexpensive - that's why it's hard for me to excuse the stupendous laziness, and why I'm so much more forgiving of technical faults, because all that is expensive in equipment and manpower.

The face-to-face too close & long stare bothers me when it's the reason why the boys become attracted to each other (usuall having been previously straight). That's not romantic, it's lazy. If it just happens for no apparent reason, I just sigh and roll my eyes but it doesn't bother me too much - it's a BL thing. If it's made fun of like they did here, that's the best.

I am also very bothered by "nobody can use a knife", closely related to "nobody can use a safety razor" and "nobody can play any sport whatsoever without injury" (and its recent offspring "drown within 15 seconds in 3 feet of water" - although both still makes me laugh and haven't gotten to the point where I want to throw my laptop against a wall yet) and the subset, "no uke can manage a staircase". Or sunlight touching them. Or rain.

The knife thing is the worst because it's stressful as well as tiresome.

Hmm. This was technically much better than most DYI series (although way too dark - it looks like they filmed it to actual candlelight), but I'm not sure what it is. A cooking show? Does the guy sweeping have cancer or some serious debilitating disease, or is his bf just really patronizing? Do you see the muscles on this guy? Do you think sweeping is going to exhaust him? Do you only love him for his "milky white skin"? I think starving to death is a more serious problem than getting a tan, but I guess we all have our priorities.

The tone is tragic, with COVID lurking in the usual slot of the evil landlord demanding the money they owe him, and the ominous discussion of getting a construction job, which I'm guessing will have a predicatable outcome.

The dialogue is strange, with one guy lamenting that he can't provide the life he promised the other, and not wanting him to work despite the only plot element being that they're running out of money for food. Unless this is the 19 c and the sweeping guy is a 12-year old girl, that just doesn't ring true. It's not romantic, it's domineering, and the reason "master" gave is racist.

There is a tendency in many of these Pinoy BLs to be very dialogue-heavy - I wonder if most creators are coming from a theatrical background and not understanding the potential - and requirements - of this genre. I'll watch the next episode if I can remember it exists - but that seems unlikely.

I guess that's fair. After ITSAY "good by BL standards" rose many, many notches. But you're right, this is better than most, if for no reason than Boat. And no engineers.

For a bodyguard series, Where Your Eyes Linger. It's hard to top. It's essentially a film, not a series, cut into several parts. There's a cop vs. crimelord series History3: Trapped which you might like.

I liked this ep. I think they should avoid being too serious because that's too much for Gun - there were a few cringe moments.

I don't like tropes - I think they're lazy writing, and beyond tiresome. I groaned when Sky and Sun fell so that their faces were close together - but then they made fun of the trope by making the staring at each other OTT long with gold lights flashing. I really laughed hard at that.

OK, so Boat with stubble. And a smile. Yikes.

Oh, I definitely like his facial stubble. I wrote this before I saw ep 4 - they didn't plaster over the stubble with makeup this ep and it did things to me. I also like his face and his eyes. Also his voice, the way he walks, all of his body language and facial expressions, and his parents. I'm not sure how great an actor he is, but he's at 100% for this role, and he's communicating a lot of emotion while being stoic.

I really appreciate your compliments - I think my sense of humor is dry and people sometimes take it too seriously. I can also be melodramatic and exaggerate.

In general, a zero-budget indie series has to be very offensive (like terrible rep of trans characters) or be so technically incompetent that a 5-year old with an iPhone could do better for me to criticize more than details. But I'm harsher on the larger productions because they're making money and if they're doing it off of bad rep of LGBTQ+ or misgyny, I think they deserve no mercy.

I do make fun of tropes because it's lazy writing. But this ep they made fun of fall/catch/stare by making it outrageously long with gold lights flashing, and I appreciated that.

Just because people make fun of something and recognize it's terrible doesn't mean they're not enjoying watching it. For example, So Much In Love may possibly be the worst BL ever made, but I watched every minute of it.

I'm not watching BL for the high art it represents, I'm watching it for light romance and cute boys as an escape from the cruelty and tedium of daily existence. Golden Blood is not good. The plot makes no sense, the pacing is strange, and the acting overall is mediocre to bad. But it's fun and sometimes Boat takes his shirt off, so I'm going to watch every minute of it. In fact, I'm going to watch Boat's shirtless scenes multiple times, and I'm not ashamed to say it.

That's why the only response to a statement like "If you don't like it then down watch it" is "F@$% off."

Are people hating on it? It looks like most people think its stupid but fun. I think it's pretty bad, but in the good way (unlike Nitiman), and I don't think I'll get tired of looking at Boat.

Your solution makes more sense given the story and dad's attitude - I'd probably put my money on that theory.

I'm glad you enjoyed it. I wasn't expecting the ending at all.

I believe that Allen & Ivo are capable of acting - you occassioanlly get a glimpse of ablity. But that's not what they're doing here - it's more like striking poses. They, as well as all the other characters, are one-note - the same affect 100% of the time, i.e. they are in the same mood and expressing it in exactly the same way.

An example of the problem: How do you know that Sef cares for Andrei at the end? It's because he put him to bed, not because of the expression on his face. To be fair, he may have been performing at Oscar-level ability in this scene - we don't know because at no point was his face shown. But didn't it cross you mind that he looked like he was going to smother Andrei with that pillow? That's because there was no emotion in that scene. We're only getting what's going on with the characters situationally, not through acting.

The other actors venture into "bad" territory - they're downright distracting. The technical aspects of the production aren't improving very fast. The sound was a little better, and there were a couple of shots that were attempts to be interesting, like Sef shutting the door at the end, but it was a poor choice - it would have been better to do it from the interior angle so that we could see Sef's worry, and would be better symbolically to represent his isolation.

Also, the ulcer they're saying Andrei has is almost entirely the result of advanved age and related issues, including habitual smoking and some sort of major health trauma - for it to cause someone to constantly collapse, he'd have to be nearly dead and probably having severe internal bleeding. They should really choose more realistic ailments. It's not related to diet or normal life stress. They could have just picked dehydration or exhaustion.

There is nothing about this series that's interesting or new, except that the school uniforms have enough layers to keep the kids warm through winter in Poland (so they should have had Andrei suffering from heat-stroke). Right now, it's wholly dependent on the looks of the actors - so it's a good thing they cast such beautiful guys.

Have you seen Cheat? It's not every day you have a sex-fight between a nun and a witch.

True, not the most handsome guy, but his body is hard to beat.

OTT is "over the top". Happenstance is wonderful - I loved it. The ending is really good.

Questionable consent, or no consent, is a common theme in BL, as well as step-brothers falling in love. Those two themes bother a lot of people.

CHEAT is fairly dark, but in a campy way, so it shouldn't be taken too seriously - just enjoy the ride. It's much different than the typical BL, which can be a tad formulaic.

OMG, Miss Becky talking to animals would have been classic. "What's that, Mr Bird? You say Chuchchuck s in danger? Oh no!"

If anyone doesn't like campiness, is BL the right genre for them? How many times can someone trip, fall, be caught by someone, and then stare at each other until they turn gay before you stop taking it too seriously?

I still feel like there's something wrong with me if it's just the two of us [EDIT: Just the THREE of us!] that feel this way. This series is dull and lacks any heart. And slow burn is fine, but not merely giving off an occassional puff of smoke while walking slowly in circles. Everything about it is polished - but too polished, including the acting.

I still don't have a feel for Tae's character - he's all over the place. His aggression at the end was past due, but totally out of character for him. Shin Woo is better, but here he just shoved the student body president for touching him but he has no reaction to being physically threatened, which is really not consistent with his behavior and apparent mood.

I keep forgetting it's on, and I have a hard time focusing on it when I'm watching because I just don't care about any of the characters. Except the redhead, who's entertaining. There isn't any character development to latch onto either, nor even explorations of who they are, e.g. we relearn exactly the same thing about Daon's relationship with his parents that we already knew - just stated slightly more directly. This ep would have been fine as Ep 2, but not Ep 5.

Maybe this is aimed at a young teen audience and that's why it does nothing for me.

I though the biggest failing of My Day was it wasn't campy enough. For example, Aki's clothing was a little OTT, but he's so good-looking he pulls it off - they needed to dial it up a notch. Or if you're going to have the maid played by a man, then why make him look like a normal (well, almost) middle-aged woman? Get a serious drag queen. The girlfriend was evil, but we needed Cruella DeVille. Especially since she kidnapped the dog.

But you're right, this totally doesn't need a sequel. They could have just done a different story and cast the same actors.

OK, I finished it. I have to be honest, it was terrible. But there was an underlying effort and heart that sort of saved the day, even if the execution wasn't up to the production's ambitions.

There are a few tropes that I don't think are acceptable anymore - fat-shaming for sure, and making jokes out of effeminate gay and trans characters also for sure. There was a decent trans character in this, which went some way towards righting the ship, but it didn't erase the bad taste in my mouth.

Anyway, I hope this crew continues to work on their skills and maybe give us something more successful in the future.