I read your whole essay and I can relate to some of your thoughts! BL but with an intense story is not something…
ahh im glad it's making you more expectant!! i'm confident you won't be disappointed hehe right lowkey that whc presscon was the best thing that could've happened to me
i've been YEARNING for a bl series that wasn't like... a bl? does that make sense? or i think it actually sounds kinda homophobic...
what i intend to say is, i just want a series with a kick-ass plot (such as this) where the main couple just happens to be gay. but the plot isn't them. it's more of a sub-plot than anything, really, and i think that's the appeal of this show, to me at least (especially since their romance DID feel more like a side-plot regardless. i'm still a bit befuddled as to how they fell that deeply into love since it took so long for pharan to get his shit together and for khem to stop being so awk but i guess the past lives thing was doing most of the heavy lifting. i don't actually care about the logistics im just glad they're together, but that was my feeling about their romance arc.)
for example, weak hero is my favorite bl even though it's not a bl. and why do you think c-bromances like the spirealm or word of honor or the untamed got so popular? hell, even high school frenemy is like a peak example... saintshin deadass have more chemi than some bl pairings, even being a bromance one.
i also love that logic is actually applied. normally, whenever i spot loopholes in words or whatever or something that i assume should logically happen/be said according to the storyline thus far, it doesn't happen and the scene normally succumbs to the special bl "plot furthering ignorant dumbassery." but i KNEW the midnight thing wasn't going to work, somehow. and i don't have specific examples, but their lines of thought actually felt realistic in this show.
but the MOST significant thing for me, by FAR, is the fact that they highlight their relationships with others, too. from our obvious couples, to the three musketeers, to grandma si, to the villagers and pharan, to thong and ake (those were my CHILDREN UGH ake saying he cant live without thong literally shattered me. if you were curious.), and even that small moment with jane and jet. it makes me so happy to see things like this, that they have a life outside of their partner. and i get that the point of a bl is to see the romance, but they seriously act like they're the only ones important to each other.
in a few short words, the people (me) yearn for PLOTLINES!! SMART PEOPLE!! MEANINGFUL NON-ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS!!!!
i even found some comfort in the familiarity of some of the spiritual aspects, even though i'm a Hindu. that intro song especially like the chanting and the bells like ooohhh so good so good
if you told little 2021 me who just watched Why R U for the first time that something like khemjira came from the same production company, i'd laugh in your face then rewatch all the mii2 scenes because that was literally the best i had. we've come so far. i'm so proud, i could shed a tear. best bl series of like... all time
how the helly did they even come up with this plot 😭😭 like were they in the drawing room one day just going “eureka! grandpa body swap yaoi!” hello taiwan. please. your plots are keeling me
right lowkey that whc presscon was the best thing that could've happened to me
what i intend to say is, i just want a series with a kick-ass plot (such as this) where the main couple just happens to be gay. but the plot isn't them. it's more of a sub-plot than anything, really, and i think that's the appeal of this show, to me at least (especially since their romance DID feel more like a side-plot regardless. i'm still a bit befuddled as to how they fell that deeply into love since it took so long for pharan to get his shit together and for khem to stop being so awk but i guess the past lives thing was doing most of the heavy lifting. i don't actually care about the logistics im just glad they're together, but that was my feeling about their romance arc.)
for example, weak hero is my favorite bl even though it's not a bl. and why do you think c-bromances like the spirealm or word of honor or the untamed got so popular? hell, even high school frenemy is like a peak example... saintshin deadass have more chemi than some bl pairings, even being a bromance one.
i also love that logic is actually applied. normally, whenever i spot loopholes in words or whatever or something that i assume should logically happen/be said according to the storyline thus far, it doesn't happen and the scene normally succumbs to the special bl "plot furthering ignorant dumbassery." but i KNEW the midnight thing wasn't going to work, somehow. and i don't have specific examples, but their lines of thought actually felt realistic in this show.
but the MOST significant thing for me, by FAR, is the fact that they highlight their relationships with others, too. from our obvious couples, to the three musketeers, to grandma si, to the villagers and pharan, to thong and ake (those were my CHILDREN UGH ake saying he cant live without thong literally shattered me. if you were curious.), and even that small moment with jane and jet. it makes me so happy to see things like this, that they have a life outside of their partner. and i get that the point of a bl is to see the romance, but they seriously act like they're the only ones important to each other.
in a few short words, the people (me) yearn for PLOTLINES!! SMART PEOPLE!! MEANINGFUL NON-ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS!!!!
i even found some comfort in the familiarity of some of the spiritual aspects, even though i'm a Hindu. that intro song especially like the chanting and the bells like ooohhh so good so good
if you told little 2021 me who just watched Why R U for the first time that something like khemjira came from the same production company, i'd laugh in your face then rewatch all the mii2 scenes because that was literally the best i had. we've come so far. i'm so proud, i could shed a tear. best bl series of like... all time