#1000 years old

[absolutebl]

This Week in BL - Lesbians WIN & I'm excited about a Thai BL again!

Organized, in each category, with ones I'm enjoying most at the top.

April 2024 Wk 4

Ongoing Series - Thai

My Stand-In (Thai Fri iQIYI) ep 1 of 12 eps - Adaptation of Chinese novel Professional Body Double by Shui Qiang Cheng. Stars Up (Lovely Writer) and Poom (Bake Me Please) directed by the same team as KP (not a recommendation IMHO - my biggest criticism of KP was the clashing directing styles). The MDL description made it sound complicated af but actually it's not so bad. In fact it's GOOD.

Stuntman Joe dies on the job and wakes up in the body of another Joe who has an entirely different life. But our Joe just gets his new body right back into his old existence, full of friends, enemies, and one troublesome ex. Poom is absolutely killing it in the lead. Mek is perfectly cast as the Actor du Jerk. I’m not sold on Up’s bratty brokenhearted rich kid... yet. The show though, I like it. I like a one (two) night stand starting things off and I like a lot of morally gray characters. Fun fun!

Deep Night (Thurs iQiyi) ep 8fin - The lesbian moms are the cutest thing in the world and my favorite thing this week. Bar none.

Summation:

It's about a host club and all the gay boys in it and some stuff that's not important because... PEOPLE OF EARTH WE HAVE A HONEST REP OF POLY IN A BL. Stand up and raise your hands in prayer to the Thai BL gods because sure as shit no one else was ever going to give this to us. For that alone this show gets 8/10 from me. Bonus Lesbian moms and great kisses.

Two Worlds (Thurs iQIYI) ep 7 of 10 - Say what you want about MaxNat all these years that they've been paired makes them great onscreen boyfriends. And you know me, I'm a total sucker for linguistic negotiation. Makes my heart go all mushy. That said, now that the leads are together, I’m really uninterested in all the drama around the ex-boyfriend/triangle. I'm glad this is only 10 eps.

1000 Years Old (Thurs iQIYI) ep 11 of 12 - They gave me the tiniest teaser for the kinky vampire BL that I have wanted my whole life. And now I'm just fucking annoyed with the rest of the show. 

We Are (Weds iQIYI) ep 3-4 of 16 - Q & Toey are the only interesting thing going on. I actually didn’t like this pair in My School President, but I’m enjoying them here. The others are all fine but these two have my heart. I have questions like: did Phum ever get his shopping bags back? And why is Phum driving a different colored car half way through the ep?

Only Boo! (Sun YouTube) ep 3 of 12 - The quality is good (it’s GMMTV) but the acting is... not. Still I loved that Moo just made the confession for both of them. Very in character. Does this plot remind anyone else of Footloose? Just me? Side couple was cute but now a bit too stalker for me. 

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

Unknown (Taiwan Tues YouTube & Viki) ep 10 of 12 - It’s fantastic. Such a great show. We are so lucky. This is basically Taiwan’s The Eights Sense. I didn’t know they had it in them, but I’m really glad that they did.

Living With Him AKA Kare no Iru Seikatsu (Japan Thurs Gaga) ep 3 of 10 - As JBL’s go this is way more my speed (than Alaska). It’s just so sweet and awkward but charming about it. The confession was so earnest. 

Blue Boys (Korea YouTube) 2 of ? No MDL link - It’s very sexy this one. Not sure what Korea thinks it's doing, but I’m not mad about it. 

Gray Shelter (Korea Thurs iQIYI) ep 5fin - summation: About a slacker nursing a crush on the (brief) older stepbrother who abandoned him. Upon finding him again he moves in with him, upends the mans lost suffering life. A dark gritty piece with confusing subs making it too chewy to really grok. It's trying to do too much for its length. The tension is real and the acting is good, it's just everything else stymied clean execution of the core concept. Frankly I spent this show expecting (and wanting them) to just fall into bed together - in a kind of desperate fight sex. It didn’t happen, and I’m disappointed by the non-ending we got. (Whether it’s going to have more in the series or not.) 7/10 I'm open to changing the rank if a part two fixes this one's flaws.

Boys Be Brave AKA Roommates (Korea Thurs Viki) ep 1-2 of 8 - Oh dear. Terrible hair. Jock nerd pairing. OCD baby cakes. Cohabitation trope. Killer side couple. Def unhinged. 

At 25:00 in Alaska AKA 25 Ji Akasaka de (Japan Thurs Gaga) ep 2 of 10 - I’m still genuinely not sure about this one. It’s just a little too awkward for me in the wrong way. I expect all Japanese BL to have a certain aura of awkwardness so I don’t know what it is about this one turnign me off. I do enjoy that we’re getting both stories, the one between the actors, and a little bit of the roles that they’re playing on screen but... yeah

Love is like a Cat (Korea Mon Viki) eps 7-8 of 12 - The leads finally had a moment but there is negative chemistry. Why am I watching this? 

It's airing but...

Lady Boy Friends (Thai WeTV grey) 16 eps - reminds me a bit too much of Diary of Tootsies only high school. Not my thing. DNF unless it turns a corner and is truly amazing.

Memory in the Letter (Thai WeTV) - 6 eps, when it's done, tell me if I should bother?

In case you missed it

Kiseki Chapter 2 (Sun iQIYI) 6 eps - finished its run but I won't be finishing it. Stays dropped.

GMMTV announced the second half of their 2024 line up. I got excited and picked my favorites, details + trailers here. Basically my ranking is:

The Heart Killers

ThamePo

Revamp

Sweet Tooth

Perfect 10 Liners

The Ex-Morning

Ossan’s Love Thailand

Next Week Looks Like This:

What happened?

Knock-Knock Boys (Thai WeTV) - 4 college friends conspire to help their friend lose his virginity. Familiar faces like Seng (yes, Billy's previous pairing) and Best, news here. But will it actually air this month?

Upcoming BLs for 2024 are listed here. This list is not kept updated, so please leave a comment if you know something new or RP with additions.

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENT

I have adopted him. He is MINE. I love him, your honor. (The Stand In)

I love them SO MUCH. (Deep Night)

(Last week)

Streaming services are listed by how I (usually) watch, which is with a USA based IP, and often offset by a day because time zones are a pain.

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If ya wanna be tagged each week leave a comment and I will add you to the template. Easy peesy.

[heretherebedork]

Man, no SomchaiShin and no Yoh even pretending to fight for their relationship? Sigh. SIIIIGH. I'm so sad. I wanted Yoh to fight for their love.

[alienwlw]

1000 YEARS OLD | Pun + umbrellas

[pharawee]

"When did that happen? And... he means me? That's crazy."

[negrowhat]

OK! Its here! I did it! I made a 15 Day BL Challenge!

Anyone can do it! Please feel free to include any QL couple! It's not strict at all! I decided to use a poster instead of a template and I think it came out very pretty! Feel free to hit me up if any of these are unclear. I think I'll do mine on the 2nd half of this month!

EDIT: Let me add in a tag to use so I can keep track. Let's keep it simple and use #BLChallenge2k24 if you can!

[hirmienworld]

THERE WAS A GHOST WITH THEM THE WHOLE TIME?!

These are the 4 protagonists and throughout the episode we ONLY see THEM talking and interacting with each other:

So the other girl.. who is she? We only see her when the others are there too, never when only Yo and/or Pun are there. I'm betting everything on her being a ghost/she being invisible:

She was there, identical, even when they where younger:

But while she doesn't seem to age, she doesn't use an umbrella, so I doubt she's a vampire, unless she's a different type of vampire.

@sparklyeyedhimbo I think you might be interested in this 👀

[spicyvampire]

Me watching thai bl enter it's vampire era knowing that once you are in it you never really get out :

[supanuts]

so… what's next? cut my heart out?

[red-hibiscus]

This show is incredible. thank you

[respectthepetty]

I love that Yoh, who has consistently dressed colorfully, said this about Pun.

Pun, the vampire who has been consistently dressed darker, is the colorful one in Yoh's eyes.

This vampire, in his dark colors, is Yoh's color.

The dark vampire brings color to Yoh's life.

Which makes sense because Yoh sees Pun's light side.

Because he brings out Pun's light side.

All the time.

Makes perfect sense.

I love it.

[theflagscene]

Oh he’s not only a vampire, he’s a failpire! There’s nothing I love more than an absolutely pathetic excuse for a supernatural being. Pun hiding from thunder storms under his blanket with his cat is exactly how I want my vampires, thank you Thailand.

[absolutebl]

struggling to give thanks?

Thailand dropped teasers for 5 vampire BLs in 2024

My Golden Blood (GMMTV)

Vampire Project (Wabi Sabi)

OMG! Vampire (who tf knows)

1000 Years Old (Feel Good Bangkok)

The Hidden Moon (MGY)

[heretherebedork]

The greatest umbrella of all time and Pun under the bi flag part of it as well as the entire rainbow. @absolutebl I love the rainbow umbrella when he meets the dad.

Bonus: the umbrella came to dinner. The most @respectthepetty-related dinner guest ever, a literal color wheel.

[alienwlw]

Can you scrub my back? Harder Master Yoh, I don't feel a thing yet.

[pharawee]

—1000 YEARS OLD · Episode 1

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