Lys

The director posted something saying, "This is my first Y," before deleting it immediately. That made people wonder what he meant, and since then he's supposedly "cleared it up," but no one who has mentioned it has been able to link me to him clearing it up, so I'm getting conflicting info. Some people are saying he said there are m/m elements, some people are saying there's not. No one was entirely sure why he deleted it. Obviously it isn't BL in the traditional sense, but myself and others were hoping this would be like a lot of action shows where it's mostly about the plot, but there's a bit of romance between the leads or something, only this time it's gay. So many things have straight romance when they don't need to, and I thought it'd be cool to get a little touch of gay in there.

Since we can't be sure why he said that, we're left to guess on our own. There are obviously butthurt people who insist there won't be anything m/m. Those of us who aren't frothing at the mouth over something potentially being gay have guessed a few things, like maybe they wanted to promote it as a general show and see how slipping in some gay goes after people are already hooked. There's a chance the m/m is between someone in a background story for one of the cursed objects, rather than Dome and Tor, or it may have m/m elements but no focus on romance, and they wanted to avoid angering the more ridiculous/immature of the BL fandom. For me, I'm a little bit worried that there's something involving a female lover having taken over Dome's body, making it pseudo-BL, which would be why they didn't want it advertised as such. I'd honestly rather find out they're brothers or something who are just... a little weirdly close, lol.

Anyway, because people are stupid on both ends, there was some infighting, though most of the aggression was coming from the part of people who hate BL fans, insisting nothing gay will happen despite what the director said. I honestly have no idea what to expect, and I'd rather it just remain ambiguous like this than something annoying happen. A less mature part of me will definitely laugh at the salty folks who kept shrieking that it's not gay if it does, in fact, have gay elements. But if they're right and it's just gen, that's no skin off my teeth. I'm just forced to wonder why this show is so... the way it is. XD But I'll like it regardless, as long as it doesn't let the quality dip.

Exactly! I love platonic affection between men, but this is absolutely romantic. I'm honestly not sure what they're doing here, because I've seen slashy and I've seen bromance, but the weirdness surrounding the show before it came out, and now this coded-romantic interaction is just a little bizarre. I have a theory that would be kind of annoying if it's true, but we'll have to see.

Oh duh, I should have checked there. Thanks!

I saw something suggesting it started on March 16th instead. Anyone know anything about that?

Seriously! XD

You're right, it doesn't, which is why I'm not referring to general affection. XD If Dome were a girl, there'd be no doubt. But either way, I was being lighthearted.

This show is such cheesy fun. It's ridiculous sometimes (the freaking frog moment, oh my god) but I'm enjoying it while laughing. I'm super excited for all of the objects' backstories. This is similar in concept to a pilot I wrote in college, but this is more fun because I don't have to do any work. XD

You're trying to tell me this ISN'T gay?

Friend Zone, The Warp Effect, and, obviously, Bad Buddy are the only three GL couples I know of from GMMTV, but I could be forgetting something. This was announced as their first GL though, because it's the first time the GL couple is the main focus.

To answer your question, the GL storylines and BL storylines get as much time as the M/F storylines in The Warp Effect.

It's listed as their first GL because this is the first one that has the GL couple as the mains. :) It was announced as "GMMTV's first GL." But yes, they've had at least three other shows with GL couples. It's nice for one to get the spotlight this time.

That's because it was supposed to come out in 2022. It's the only BL project from that line up that still hasn't come out. But hopefully they'll find a space for it soon. It seems filming is getting close to completion.

All of the people popping up was amusing. Literally every actor they have on roster is apparently in this. XD

So I guess we're about to watch a bunch of our beloved actors die brutal deaths. XD

I think there's a chance Neo and Mark won't end up together, just because of the toxic nature of their relationship, and the fact that Neo is basically the bad guy, lol. I'd like for them to all end up happy and friends again, and all of the pairs to work out, but I'm bracing myself for that not being the case. Someone said there were parallels to Friend Zone, where not all of the couples end up together. But it's really hard to say! Hopefully whatever happens, we're happy and satisfied with it.

If they moved The Eclipse two down, that would be my order for least excited to most excited, haha.

They said that they're end game in an interview, but I suppose that could change since they haven't started filming yet.

They start filming next month.

Oh it DEFINITELY is, but you don't see people in the comments viciously insulting those people and telling them to shut up and that they're gross when the romance they want is straight. I actually think the 45 comments asking if things are BL are super annoying (like check the other posts first, people), but the way some people respond, it's clear they're not just annoyed by people who can't read but people who like BL in general. Like it drove me nuts how many people were trying to make two platonic friends in The Gifted boyfriend and girlfriend, and they even talked about it like it was canon, even though it wasn't. But I didn't go to the comments and say, "Shut up, you're so gross. Not everything has to be about romance, you freaks." You know?

I think the people who are frustrated that the side couple isn't also f/f have valid points, but those points can be expressed without being mean or putting down other groups. So those who think it should be more GL couples are right, and I don't think we need to fight about it (this goes for instigators on both sides). I have a slight preference for BL, but I completely agree that, with the lack of GL, there should be more than one GL pair.

At the same time, this is actually progress, because if early GL were like early BL, the secondary couple would be a guy and a girl. When BL was still taking off, it was often combined with one or more M/F couples. I mean, look at things like Kiss Me Again where it's like four toxic straight couples (all of that non-con and deception and crap), with one BL side pairing. If they'd had BL with GL side pairings more often in the past, that would have been wonderful, so I'm just grateful it's not more m/f.

GAP isn't the only GL, but yeah, it's kind of like the ratio of M/F to M/M, with there just being way, way more M/F. Right now, there's way more M/M than F/F, but slowly F/F is starting to become more common. Hopefully it grows as fast as the BL industry has. BL became a thing in 2014, and by 2020, it was heads above what it had started as. So fingers crossed that GL will get the same treatment.

At first, I was afraid of Cher getting on my nerves with how dumb and over-exaggerated he is, but those few moments where it was shown that he's dense but not naïve were great. The truth is, they're both sort of extreme characters, but they balance each other out. When they're together, they both become more tolerable, and I can already see the realistic way they'll influence one another. I don't want to get my hopes up because I know shows like this can easily start to go south, but I'm loving the pacing and the way that these characters are all being introduced without info-dumping. I really liked the first episode.