#bl awards

[sunspotmangafan]

KING TAICHI!!!!!!!!!!

He’s nominated in the BL awards for the King of Uke award!!

TAICHI FOR KING!!!

[absolutebl]

Hey boo! Dipping my toe back into BL after being ferociously busy in 2023. What did I miss? Your incredible 2023 round up posts. That’s what I missed! Search function in this sad but addictive little spot of the world is terrible- can you please repost the 2023 BL roundup? Pretty please with Pavels on top? Merci mon doux petit grincheux

Hi babes!

Ugh, sorry about a busy 2023. WELCOME BACK!

NP here ya go:

Best 23 of BL 2023 - Quirky Awards

All my year-end round ups:

TOP 10 BL Trends of 2023

Top 10 BL Secondary Pairs of 2023

2023 BLs Best Trope Execution Awards! TOP 10

All the BLs Announced for 2023 that didn't happen

BL 2023's Best:

Back Hugs Thailand & Elsewhere

Cute Bits of Domesticity

Boys Feeding Boys

BOOP!

Best Cuddles

Heads in Laps

Touching Head Touches

Thailand Put His Head on Your Shoulder

Put Your Head on My Shoulder (not Thailand)

BEST KISSES (not Thailand)

BEST KISSES FROM THAILAND

[forkaround]

BL Awards - Hiding into my pillow, kicking feet in air

Love in the Air:

Rain knew exactly what he was doing here. You won't convince me otherwise.

This was just absolutely, ridiculously, insanely, cute and cringe. You will pry this moment out of my cold dead hands.

Cringe-fail. He's lucky he's pretty.

This was a really embarrassing show to watch. It was insane. I got a new high every week. I would think something so shameless won't be made much less aired and I'd be so fucking wrong.

Between US: Pharm: I want to possess him

idk something about watching UWMA side by side is his running away and shying away seems so much different in this context. He is teeny-tiny and literally everyone on the face of the earth loves him and I can't blame them.

GAP: Mon's fantasies

Girl, get help. She imagined kissing Sam three times before even meeting the woman. Gotta respect dedication.

This Move:

I C O N I C She had every man and woman (not child coz children shouldn't be watching this) in her grip in that moment. The way she turned from taciturn to woma-woma-womanizer INSANE.

and the king of them all:

Kinnporsche:

Ep 8, VegasPete ending, Kimchay Kiss, The bodyguard commentary and Korn being tired of the bullshit

The horniness hasn't been matched. The softness hasn't been matched. They are so fucking happy. And I am happy that they are happy.

It's just so soft. It's so small. And Chay is so happy. Kim is feeling things he never thought he could and massively regretting it. And Chay's confession was so honest and brave and fumbling and teenager-y. You expect me to move on?!

I'm happy that they are happy. Funny how the most fucked up dynamic ended up the happiest. Really goes to show how you should embrace your demons and fuck the villain.

Korn just has to be so tired at this point. The woman-in-attic and political scheming must have felt so nice to have.

[cocotome]

Oh?!? Hirarin was the host of the BL Awards?!

[mysterygrl20]

𝑮𝑨𝑮𝑨𝑶𝑶𝑳𝑨𝑳𝑨 𝑨𝑾𝑨𝑹𝑫𝑺!🏆

2023 has been a year of the good, the bad, the sexy, and the adorable BL, GL, and queer series and movies! Some of them made us laugh, some made us cry, some made us angry... but one thing's for sure: we loved seeing boys kiss boys and girls kiss girls, lbr.

Vote for your faves here: google form link (Voting ends Dec17 5PM GMT+8)

Here are the categories and nominees for 𝙂𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙊𝙊𝙇𝙖𝙡𝙖 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑:

🌟BEST BL SERIES (Thailand)

Playboyy, I Feel You Linger in the Air, Step by Step, Bed Friend, and Bake Me Please

🌟BEST BL SERIES (Japan)

My Personal Weatherman, My Beautiful Man 2, End of the World with You, Jack O’ Frost, Our Dining Table

🌟BEST BL SERIES (Korea)

Jun & Jun, A Shoulder to Cry On, Our Dating Sim, Love Mate, Love Class 2

🌟BEST BL SERIES (Taiwan)

Kiseki: Dear to Me, Stay by My Side, You Are Mine, VIP only

🎞BEST MOVIE

Pantasya, Grand Guignol, Sisid, May December January, Seventeen

🎞BEST SHORT FILM (GAY)

A First Love Story, Please Tell Me So, Pornographer - Continued Spring, Because Your Mine, Three Times

🎞BEST SHORT FILM (LESBIAN)

Burn, Even If, Fragment, Requiem, Gabber Lover

💋BEST KISS

Yai x Jom (I Feel You Linger in the Air), Mizuki x Yoh (My Personal Weatherman), Jun & Jun, Matsumi x Ritsu (End of the World with You), Jun x Haram (Love Mate)

🥵BEST NC SCENE

Yai x Jom (I Feel You Linger in the Air), SoongFirst (Playboyy), KingUea (Bed Friend), Matsumi x Ritsu (End of the World With You), Mizuki x Yoh (My Personal Weatherman)

👨‍🔬BEST CHEMISTRY

Jun & Jun, My Personal Weatherman, Bed Friend, Boys Like Boys (Gino x Guan-yu) and (Eri x Bobo)

[queerographies]

[Il tesoro di Takara][Minta Suzumaru]

Un Incontro a Tokyo: La Dolce Sfida di Taishin e Takara nel Mondo del Boys’ Love Titolo: Il tesoro di TakaraScritto da: Minta SuzumaruTitolo originale: タカラのびいどろEdito da: Star ComicsAnno: 2024Pagine: 260ISBN: 9788822649133 La sinossi di Il tesoro di Takara di Minta Suzumaru Dopo il diploma, il giovane Taishin decide di lasciare la sua città natale, Fukuoka, nel sud del Giappone, per continuare…

[filmyzillauniverse]

बॉलीवुड श्रेणी में सर्वश्रेष्ठ अभिनेता, अभिनेत्री, फिल्म और अन्य के लिए अभी वोट करें; नामांकन की जाँच करें filmyzillauniverse

BollywoodLife.com अवार्ड्स 2023 बस आने ही वाला है और अब बॉलीवुड श्रेणी में अपने पसंदीदा के लिए वोट करने और अपने सबसे पसंदीदा स्टार, निर्देशक, फिल्म और बहुत कुछ बनाने की बारी है। BollywoodLife.com एक बार फिर BollywoodLife.com अवार्ड्स 2023 के एक नए सीजन के साथ वापस आ गया है। मनोरंजन के शौकीनों ने पहले ही बॉलीवुड, टेलीविजन, दक्षिण सिनेमा, भोजपुरी सिनेमा, सोशल मीडिया और ओटीटी जैसी विभिन्न श्रेणियों…

[blmpff]

✨️ GAGAOOLALA AWARDS 2023 WINNERS ✨️

19.12.23

[gunsatthaphan]

[can you please forgive me? there is no one on this earth who's more caring and loving that you are. please understand me. being with me requires patience.]

[byemambo]

JES JESPIPAT AS TYME

4MINUTES (2024) | 1.07

Bonus: "When you're all better, let's go out for a meal together."

[darcyfirth]

when lanzhu says ‘for you i was born and for you i will disappear. i don’t have a future, i don’t even have a past’ i die a thousand times inside

[absolutebl]

[14th May, 2023.]

Hi!

Not sure how many BL fans takes BL Awards seriously,...but I certainly do, that's why this curiosity. And often times I'm left confused with not just the nomination, but the winners and the sponsors as well. It seems like only commercially successful BL, or actors with a huge fan-following tend to have a greater chance of bagging maximum awards. Whereas, BL series with terrific storyline and acting, often is overlooked, if it's either not talked about among the audience, or if the lead couple isn't that well-known or well liked.

That's why,...I'm intrigued about the fairness and inclusivity of the awards. Like for example, despite a certain BL gaining a massive popularity among the audience, neither the lead couple, nor the director or the author bags any award. Case in point: "Triage" (2022). While some random awards is being given to Bible & Build for "KinnPorsche (2022)", especially the announcement coming at the time when Build and Poi has apparently had a legal settlement.

I don't mean to discredit any BL actor,...BUT,...I'd like to know,...what is the criteria used for selecting the winners, the diversity and representation of nominees and winners, and the potential impact of these awards on the popularity and success of a series or actor.

Because,...it is important to examine the processes and criteria involved in selecting winners, and whether they are transparent and free from biases. Additionally, considering the representation of diverse themes, characters, and creators in the nominations,...selecting the right winner is crucial to reflect the broad range of talent within the BL genre.

So,...my question to you are as follows:

What criteria should be used to judge the quality of BL series in award functions? Should it be based on the acting, storytelling, production values, or other factors?

How do you think the recognition and celebration of BL series through award functions contribute to the overall acceptance and visibility of LGBTQ+ representation in media?

Are there any notable trends or patterns in the winners and nominees of BL award functions? Do certain actors, series, or production companies tend to dominate the awards, and what factors do you think contribute to that?

In your opinion, are there any deserving BL series or actors that have been overlooked or underrepresented in past award functions? Who would you like to see recognized in future ceremonies?

How influential are BL award functions in shaping the industry and driving the production of new BL series? Do you think they have an impact on the types of stories and characters being portrayed in the genre?

Should there be separate award categories for different aspects of BL series, such as acting, writing, directing, or should the awards be more general to encompass the overall quality of the series as a whole?

How have BL award functions changed over time in terms of categories, nominees, and winners, and what do these changes reflect about the genre's growth and evolution?

xoxo

Arjuna

I honestly couldn't give a rats arse about awards. They are, generally speaking popularity contests of some kind or another (whether that is the popularity within industry, or popularity with fans). Occasionally, I'll report on them if I feel like BL broke ground with that particular win.

There is one component I do consider, especially with something like Asian art awards, which is countries like Thailand (in the weaker positional politically and film quality wise) will push for categories it can win (best kiss for example), because they can win it with their catalogue. Using the show that got the biggest reach in the zeitgeist (for a style Thailand is already known to dominate, BL) is an intentional choice and has nothing to do with how anyone feels about the quality of said show or it's representation, just its reputation.

Anygay... It's a bit like the Eurovision song contents. Taste and ability, production values and so forth, has very little to do with actual results.

(1) What criteria should be used to judge the quality of BL series in award functions? Should it be based on the acting, storytelling, production values, or other factors? I wouldn't. Whether there are criteria in place or not, pop culture is by its nature subjective. It depends on what your goal is from that media. What do you WANT your entertainment to do to you?

Should it tell an engaging story and exemplify fictional narration? (in which case basically all BL is out, sorry)

Should it be quality of filming and production? (in which case Japan and Korea will almost always win)

The skill of the actors? (hi Taiwan, but ALSO I would put much greater weight on comedy which is a lot harder to do properly and never wins awards) I think it's a lot hard to act funny than sad.

Should it be the emotions it makes you feel? Which emotions are better? (It's a lot harder for me to feel comforted and transported by a BL so I'd vote My Dating Sim over The 8th Sense ANY DAY of the week. But most would disagree with me.)

Or how entertained you were at the time (the immersive experience)?

Here on this blog I engage with moots all the time who feel entirely differently about any one BL from me. And we are all in BL fandom. Imagine if it opened up to a wider audience to judge.

Personally? I actually do feel like a piece of media impact on culture (global or regional or both) should be taken into account.

Example: I absolutely loathe the movie Titanic. But I still feel there is a good case to be made it should have won, because it was such a sensation and so popular with viewers at the time that is SHOULD have won. It represents a pop culture moment, it's existence and what it DID to cinema after counts for something in my book.

Frankly I'd be tempted to make a case for Twilight winning a major award. For the same reason. Because of the audience it reached and the sensation it was. For me a thing having IMPACT on culture is something I value highly and think should be recognized with awards.

To value-judge something means you need to consider what is important about that thing to you, the judge. And I think it's important for a piece of pop culture to have REACH. I am not the biggest 2gether fan or TharnType or KinnPorsche. But do I think they "should" have won something because of what they did to the BL genre at the time (for better or worse). So I am absolutely fine with the fact that they did win things.

There is a part of me that says "yes, award them" because they introduced so many people to BL, and by default brought new watchers in so that they could discover the more obscure and interesting (to me) stuff.

(2) How do you think the recognition and celebration of BL series through award functions contribute to the overall acceptance and visibility of LGBTQ+ representation in media?

Hum. I am of the opinion that normalization is good. For me, the most important thing is to get the mundanes accustomed to the queers. Just let them see us kissing and holding hands and cheek snuffling and everything in between - all the time... everywhere. MewGulf crashing Thai Vogue's website is an important moment in BL history but also queer rights. Because it was so popular, because it was everywhere, because THEY were everywhere as a fantasy couple. They sold a lot of people a lot of product, but they also sold a lot of people on gayness, too.

Since in many cultures queer is fighting taboo, there is a disgust reflex that's engages in some bigoted, overly religious, and under-exposed individuals when seeing visual representations of queerness. IMHO exposure therapy is the only thing that really works to shift taboo (and even then it often takes generations). Still, just showing them queers in their media, on their billboards, and in their awards shows can really help move the needle of the general population towards acceptance, or at the very least tolerance and a sanguine/neutral reaction when encountering actual queer humans IRL.

(3) Are there any notable trends or patterns in the winners and nominees of BL award functions? Do certain actors, series, or production companies tend to dominate the awards, and what factors do you think contribute to that?

I don't know. I don't follow them closely enough.

(4) In your opinion, are there any deserving BL series or actors that have been overlooked or underrepresented in past award functions? Who would you like to see recognized in future ceremonies?

Taiwan in general. Politically this can't be done as any awards event where China is participating cannot recognize Taiwan. (Your Name Engraved Herein notwithstanding.)

I'd like to see KBL's start to get some in country recognition, for filming style if nothing else (I'm thinking about TMS 2, 8th Sense, and Semantic Error). But among other things it has its Japanese roots working against it as well as a shorter format and, of course, the gay.

I'd like to see Asian BL's in general get recognition outside of Asia but BL is fighting a loosing battle as romance almost never wins awards let alone non-English language romance, let alone queer romance.

(5) How influential are BL award functions in shaping the industry and driving the production of new BL series? Do you think they have an impact on the types of stories and characters being portrayed in the genre?

I think the biggest influence they have is more direct. For example, My Beautiful Man would not have got a 2nd season if it had not won awards (I don't think). And Old Fashion Cupcake probably would have had a season 2 if it had won something significant (which it should). (Japan is very awards motivated.)

As to whether it effects story I am not sure. I do think the success of something like TMS2 and even (to a certain extent) ITSAY has encouraged Korea (the most savvy of the BL producing industries) into pushing into darker and grittier stuff. Or at least broadening their scope and their formula. (I think the success of KP is prodding them into both higher heat and better chemistry, whether they like it or not. And they don't really like it.) As a result KBL is getting ever so slightly and consistently more flexible.

But also, as they (and Thailand and Japan) continue to produce more and more BL content this was always bound to happen (award recognition or not) because experimentation is a natural progression of exponential growth.

(6) Should there be separate award categories for different aspects of BL series, such as acting, writing, directing, or should the awards be more general to encompass the overall quality of the series as a whole?

Again I would challenge notions of quality and value, also significance and importance, as being something that can be awarded (or even recognized and judged fairly) given the basics of human nature. What I would award for, and what you would award for are, at base level, completely different.

On a simple scale, language alone makes something like quality of dialogue and script difficult to award. What is a clever and fun script in Thai is completely different in Japanese or Korean.

(7) How have BL award functions changed over time in terms of categories, nominees, and winners, and what do these changes reflect about the genre's growth and evolution?

Again I don't know this one either as I don't follow.

I mean what I have noticed that has changed is that BLs are being recognized at all, for anything, and that counts in my book. (Maybe i have too low a bar?)

But I am old enough to remember a time when we didn't have queer rep AT ALL that wasn't death or punching down, so this whole damn bubble of BL joy is a win for me.

That's why I do this blog.

And hand out my own awards...

[forkaround]

BL Awards: Catch Me Sobbing Category

Sad things are just as important as the not-sad things and thus...

Scene that has me sobbing for whatever reason.

(BL Awards: At the end of an amazing year of absolute chaos in the world of BL. I come to you with my favorite moments of the year divided into categories that would not make it into any respectable Award show. But this is Tumblr. You know what you signed up for.)

Parpai reading from Sky's journal (Love in the Air)

I don't want to discuss the ethics of this and mileage varies for every other person. But this had me sobbing to the point my mother yelled at me for crying over fictional characters. It's how both of them are hurting. It's about Sky not wanting to open up. It's about Pai being confused and hanging over Sky's words. Pai doesn't know what happened, to Sky in the past and to Sky now and he can't accept that Sky would say all those things. Fort and Peat were acting. Truly in their Oscars bag. I remember holding my breath as if I was underwater throughout this scene. Uff.

Sky not crying and Pai crying in his stead (Love in the Air)

(I can't find a gif for the specific line.)

Who knew that not crying was worse than crying? This scene knocked me off the face of the earth. They are both reeling and the emotional intelligence Prapai shows here, god, another writer, another actor could have made this so much worse than it was. But in Mame and FortPeat's hands this was beautiful. It's gentle, it's mature, it's taking care of Sky before Pai can go around smacking people/taking revenge. But that was not the goal of this story. Revenge tel lene gaya. (revenge goes to buy oil. kinda like revenge go to hell.) This is about grace, this is about healing. I have never seen a narrative like this dealt with such gentleness and keeping the characters 'not-broken'. idk how to explain this. Gun gets everything that is coming to him but in this moment it's not about him. It's about SKY.

GAP: Mon being confused by Sam and crying

Something less intense. I feel for both our girlies. Sam is constantly going hot and cold and that is so taxing for everyone around her especially Mon, who has loved her since she was a kid. tbf Sam doesn't know this. And Sam is herself so tragic. Never expressing who she is and what she wants leaving for those around her to interpret her intentions. As much as I feel for her though, I can't see her as a decent boss.

Triage: Tin goes into a coma and Tol is reading to him

I did not expect this to hurt me as much as it did. I can't quantify even now why I love this show so much. But after the POV switch something about this show just fit. I was going to be so mad if they ended up unhappy. I was barely starting to get comfortable with BLs and their happy endings. And then this hit. It didn't end unhappy but I sure thought it would. (Also the clock tower kiss is just something else)

The Eclipse: Every AkkAyan scene towards the end

There are so many gifs/scenes where this boy is crying. First must have had quite the month crying over and over each episode. He is so stuck in his circumstances, in his own head about what's right and wrong. Brittle things. And you see that with how he is caught in between Chadok and Ayan.

ChadokDika story

Dika didn't deserve it. That's it. (tbf Chadok didn't deserve it either.)

(There's many different ways to kill the one you love / slowest way is never loving them enough)

180 Degrees Longitude Passes Between Us

Literally everyone is hurting on this show and hurting everyone else. And it all just HURTS. I can't fully put a bad guy/good guy label on any of them. It's so complexly human. So simply human. So beautifully human and so pathetically human. Seeing my own family in this show didn't help. Mol can't move on from her past. Inn can't see the future. Waan can't live in the present. Them always being on a different wavelength keeps hurting and I think some part of them recognizes this. The ending doesn't help. It's realistic. It's hard. And it hurts. This show is just:

The surety that no matter how much it hurts it would end happy help enjoy the angst so much better. I didn't have to worry someone might end up dead or they might not end up together. (there are exceptions to this, as you can see)

[pigglepiephi]

Still not over the devastation on Tian’s face at the thought of them becoming actual brothers

Gosh, the face journey Tian took in that one moment was heartbreaking 💔

There’s a hundred different emotions being spoken by just his eyes in this scene 👌

[maybe-boys-do-love]

Ukes deserve to be thicccc.

Jiang Tian isn't sitting behind Sheng Wang in The On1y One for nothing...

It's not just Wen's complicated living situation that seduced Uncle Jim in Moonlight Chicken...

Karan didn't have a secret crush in Cherry Magic Thailand for eight years just because Achi was good with pens...

Ukes deserve to be thicc.

In fact, thicc ukes should also get to be thiccer in the future, and we should have more of them.

[gunsatthaphan]

in tears 😩😭