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Wow, I'm super impressed. Thank you for this!

I missed this somehow, but it really made me laugh. We will definitely need you for this project. You can make sure Tae is always in the freshest kicks. And preferably in nothing else.

If you still want to know, he ends up with a new character who is introduced around two thirds through, who is in most people's opinion cuter, more charming, and a better actor than Nite. I really liked it.

I think what happened is COVID messed everything up, and not all the actors were available when they resumed production. I loved the resolution, if that means anything.

The last ep is normal length and is really sweet.

I really liked Nite II. If they'd cast him from the beginning the show would have been really compelling.

Tae & Nite II. It's very sweet, but if you're stuck on Nite I (and I wouldn't blame you), he's not in it at all, except in flashbacks.

I loved it. It's not great, but it has a lot of great qualities. I'll write a detailed review for you today.

Wait, did Tak just rape a ghost to teach her a lesson? That's kind of awful. Even though she wanted to have sex with him, he thought he was raping her for crossing him. That's... wow.

I watched it. There is a LOT of bullying. But none of it is homophobic, which is a nice change,. In fact the lead bully seems to openly be the ex of the boy he's bullying, if the subtitles are correct, and the reason isn't about their relationship, it's about an unrelated legal matter.

Do they follow the couple around sqeaking annoyingly at a very loud volume and focus their efforts on shipping boys who are not gay or not in a couple, though? BL Fujoshis seem to exist only as "comic" relief. Rather than what we normally see I would love to see a fully realized fujoshi character, like in The Shipper or the sister in Nation's Brother (hey, maybe there's a correlation there as it's a Vietamese production!)

Hello again! The look Xavier gives at the end of Ep 5 when he says "it's for you" could melt 10' of solid steel. I thought Tony was a tad irregular, but the amount of love, longing, and insecurity he put into that look literally made me unable to breathe, and I think I was in shock for 10 minutes, because I did not see that coming. There's a strange fan war between this series and Gameboys that I don't understand - I'm not sure how people get so partisan over light entertainment. This is not a zero-sum game - both can be successful without hurting the other in any way. Quite the opposite - having 2 quality BLs as the Philippines entry into the BL world was good for all of BL

Just as a clarification, and your criticism is totaly valid since it was not clear and that's on the editing, Xavier asked the teacher for Mico between ep 1 & 2, so it was the accidental quiz night that sparked his interest. Also, Xavier was not at all a confident gay - I don't think he actually is gay, and he didn't really understand his feelings for MIko until close to the end of the series. I liked the show, but I did see a lot of the flaws you point out - they didn't seem any worse to me that all the other BLs, so I guess it didn't bother me as much.

I'm glad we're all on the same page.

Bing is slightly better:

Many people come across stories that make a difference in the life of 'Sky' (Shinthan Rojraveetanakul) A young man who just lost his father. The person who got him through the stories besides his mother was 'Paper' (Thanayut Thakurattaya), a close friend of Sky's children, and they helped each other all the time until one day the relationship they had for each other began to develop more. And it makes it happen to the day when 'Jano' (Kantheephob Sirorattanapanich), who was attacked by his loved ones. That's why he never believed in love again. Until he meets 'Chris' (Thanawin Duangnet), Chris tries to keep Jino open once more. It's all getting busier in high school. The event occurred. It failed the first time I tried to do it well, so people waited for the second moment to focus on what they wanted to accomplish.

I actually almost understand what that means. I don't, but I almost do.

That looks more like it was translated into Swahili, then Albanian, then Arabic, then back into Thai, and then English.

I have no idea what you're talking about - it's very simple to understand, but I'll explain it for you. Many people have come across a story that is devastating in the life of 'Sky', a young boy who recently lost his father. The person who made him go through various stories apart from him was 'Paper', a close friend of the sky's children. They both helped each other all the time. Until one day, the relationship they had with each other began to develop even more. And it made it up to the day to break 'Jeno' who was attacked by a loved one. Makes him not believe in love again Until he meets with 'Chris' Chris tries to make Jeno open up once more. The whole thing is getting chaotic in this high school. The incident Failed the first time trying to make it good So each person waited for the second time. In order to concentrate on accomplishing what he wants It is a rhythm that everyone will try to love again.

I think that's perfectly clear.

Is this actually good? I couldn't get through the first segment - it was like someone made a list of every tired and tiresome trope they could think of and raced to get them all checked off. When the two fall playing basket ball so their faces are too close together an the they stare at each other until they turn gay I'd had enough. Can we PLEASE retire this trope? They managed to combine this with the even worse screeching fujoshi trope.

Anyway, is it worthwhile to continue? Is there anything original or interesting that happens, or will it be more of the same? Can we send all the BL writers on a cruise - a really long, slow cruise - and let someone else write some BLs for a while with new ideas? ARGH!

Seriously, does it get better? The comments seem positive, but I'm afraid you're all being polite or something.

Gameboys was intended to have an LGBTQ+ sensibility, so I think you're assessment is 100% correct, I'm a bit of an outsider in that I didn't really care for it, which is apparently not allowed. I don't like stories where characters are constantly buffeted by external crises that drag them along partly because (nearly) inevitably characters have to behave out of character to fit the plot points, and to me a drama is way more compelling when it's driven by the characters and how they interact. It was also hugely stretched out to 14 eps from I believe what was originally intended to be 8, and no matter how good a writer is, if you have to take a plot and stretch it to twice its intended length, you're going to have serious problems with the continuity and flow of the character arcs.

I liked Gaya Sa Pelikula, which I thought was a nice balance which felt like a BL, but also had more realistic coming of age depiction than a "standard" BL - and there's tons of BL cuteness and fantasy elements. It was also visually stunning, and tightly written, with nothing extraneous or irrelevant. The opening scene seems unoriginal, but it's not just there - the way it integrates into the story is very powerful. The acting is really strong, too - even silly characters have much more depth and importance than one would expect. Hello Strangers is more BL, but it was also done during early COVID so it's largely a Zoom drama, which is not to everyone's taste. That feels more dated now than it did at the time.

I don't see how it's the same. In the normal BL formula it's usually a boy who identifies as straight who has never taken notice of the other boy until something happens like the falling and staring, or rape or assault. XS is not a minor, and he's responsible for himself and everything he does under the influence. Rohypnol is something you slip to someone without their knowledge - that is totally different from inviting someone (who is not a minor) to drink of their own free will.

There is no chance anyone would convict YJ of rape for this - if you meant consider it morally rape, obviously people are entitled to feel that way, but in that case everyone everywhere are constantly raping each other and we should prohibit alcohol and bars. If I were to take all the people I've had sex with and count the number of them I wouldn't have slept with if sober, then I've been raped by more people than not. Anyone who buys me a drink at a bar is making a premeditated attempt at getting consent that they would not likely get if I weren't under the influence. I can accept the drink or not. If I do and end up having sex, was I raped? Of course not. If I were 14, then of course yes.

XS cannot have been oblivious to his brother's feelings after the erotic sunscreen scene, and he chose to - by definition - give up some control and his inhibitions by drinking. Further, YJ made sure he was not insensate, kissed him chastely, and it was XS who attempted to kiss him on the lips. This situation is fucked up, but I really feel you're oversimplifying it. This show is explicitly rated R and labeled with a mature themes warning. It's a strange show because half of it is a manga-esque BL and the other is a gay drama, but it's not intended for young audiences.

If this were a female in XS's position, then I don't think that much changes. If you reverse the characters either way, then it totally changes because of the power relationship caused by the age difference.

I guess where I'm not connecting with you as I don't see this as rape, so I think it's an fairly complex incest story, not a rape fantasy.