#history 2: ctl

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This Week in BL - Gangsters Win

Organized, in each category, by ones I'm enjoying most at the top. Delayed October reviews included this week! (Still traveling but now in home territory and familiar hotels.)

Nov 2023 Wk 2

Ongoing Series - Thai

My Dear Gangster Oppa (Thurs iQIYI) 2 of 8 - GIVING ME LIFE. How dare they be this… this... Just. How dare!

Twins the series (Fri GaGa) ep 1 of 10 - I have been waiting for another truly sports centered BL since HIStory 2: CTL. This is nowhere near as good, but I don’t care. It’s great pulp and Sprite is a fab central character. I've realized that I love the pulps most when they’re ridiculously soapy (identical twins identity trope for sport’s fuck’s sake) but ERNEST about it (not campy). This one is taking itself seriously and it's so cute that it's trying so hard. Good little pulp. Dee mar.

Dangerous Romance (Fri YT) ep 12fin - was it me or did this show kinda flag on you too?

Poor, struggling Sailom is forced to tutor his bully, Kang, and they fall for each other despite circumstances. I loved it for the first 4 eps, liked it for the middle 4, and then kinda lost interest. I think it's because the focus shifted from Sailom to Kang, and I just find a disenfranchised character more interesting than the poor little rich kid archetype. Ultimately the script waffled and failed these actors - the leads and sides were solid, and support cast on point. 8/10 pretty standard 2023 GMMTV fair

Absolute Zero (Thai Weds iQIYI) ep 6 of 12 - It’s sort of a paradox of emotions not just time. It remains sad and I remain wary. 

My Universe (Sun iQIYI) The Camp Fire ep 11 of 24 - Launched with an argument over rude pronouns and mistaken identity. Highlights the joy of camping. Ugh. I don't think this one is for me despite the pair.

Venus in the Sky (Tues iQIYI) ep 10fin - NO SINGING. I can't believe they brought in rando SIDEs just to sing! WHHHHYYYYY? Sigh.

An indifferent pulp with indifferent acting and poor chemistry (despite high heat) based on the reunion romance trope that was just... so... slow... It wasn’t entirely a waste of time but I can’t in good faith recommend it. unless you have a very high tolerance for Thai pulps and ultra tsundere characters. 5/10 ONLY WATCH IF YOU'VE NOTHING BETTER TO DO

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

Kiseki: Dear to Me (Taiwan Tues Viki & iQIYI) ep 12 of 13 - I don’t mean to be rude because you know I love the main couple in the show, but they are simply being out acted by the sides. They are so damn good. Ai Di and his dumb oversized sweaters and flappy flappy sleeves is EVERYTHING.

Bump Up Business (Korea Gaga) 5-6 of 8 - More language negotiation, so of course I like it. I also like that they openly let Eden admit to a crush on a boy. I like this whole thing way more than I should. Save me from myself?

You Are Mine (Taiwan Fri Viki) eps 9 of 10 - I don’t understand why baby boy is trying to escape so badly. (Except for plot reasons.) Running of the gays! Look at you Taiwan stealing Japan’s favorite trope. This show is fun but it’s a bag of tropes held together with some very thin fraying mesh plot. 

If It’s With You AKA Even If I Fall In Love With You AKA Kimi to nara Koi wo Shite Mite mo’ (Japan Gaga) ep 5fin - The leads are so painfully cute portraying a softly simple story of teen first love. This was a nice little piece with an early yaoi feel that come off as brief, as if it were meant to be a short story that had been extended into a series. Sweet but ultimately rather forgettable. 7/10  

Mr Cinderella 2 (Vietnam Sat YT) ep 6-7 of ? - yeah I forgot to watch again, I may be dnfing this by accident.

It's Airing But...

I Cannot Reach You AKA I Can't Reach You AKA Kimi ni wa Todokanai (Japan Tues Netflix-Japan & ????) - in classic JBL fashion, I Cannot Reach You could not be reached. It looks good though so I mgiht put some effort into finding it grey.

Look at Japan dropping all the tropes in on scene: rooftop, kabedon, hand hold.

SHADOW (Thai Gaga) 1-7 of 14 - this is a horror BL with ghosts & paranormal elements in a boarding school setting. I'm not wild about Thai horror (or horror at all). It features Singto (who did paranormal BL He's Coming to Me) opposite Fluke N (who's done a couple horror's before). Also Fiat. Dan suffers from sleep paralysis, and in his dreams he sees a shadow that suffocates him. It gets worse when he transfers schools. I'm holding off on this one and if told it's good I'll binge watch.

What Did You Eat Yesterday Season 2 AKA Kinou Nani Tabeta? Season 2 (Japan Gaga) ep 1 of 10 - I find this series more fun to binge, so I'm waiting until it completes its run.

One Room Angel (Japan Gaga) - adaptation of Harada’s manga of the same name (which I did not like) about a convenience store clerk who's stabbed, nearly dies, and returns home to find an angel waiting for him. With only 5 eps and a good chance this won’t end happy, I'm gonna wait and let you tell me how it goes.

Can I Buy Your Love From A Vending Machine? AKA Sono Koi, Jihanki de Kaemasu ka? (Japan cinema release in-country only) - This one is a movie from Japan so in customary fashion who tf knows when (or if) it will get international distribution. Salaryman Ayumu Koiwai just can't tear his eyes away from the strong, muscular man as he checks on the stocks of the vending machine in his office. I did some hunting but only found the manga, so I'm marking it cnf and moving on with life. This will be its last appearance on the weekly update.

I Finished It!

Love in Translation (iQIYI) ep 8 - solid ending, man these two are a great pairing.

A sweet little pulp about a Thai boy with a crush on a Chinese influencer who ends up in a business relationship with her ex-bf. This show had truly great chemistry between the leads, cute found family with good rep, and an exciting (if silly) ending that almost, but didn't quite, make up for how incredibly annoying the main character was in the first half. Gotta say the make-out scene in the convenience store is one of the greatest in Thai BL, tho. 6/10 DEF WORTH WATCHING BUT FLAWED

I Feel You Linger in the Air (grey) ep 8 of 12 - so that was A THING. I did a seriously extensive deep dive analysis, historical & linguistic extras, and review here.

I truly loved this time travel romance. IFYLITA is an exquisite BL, from filming techniques to narrative framework (much like Until We Meet Again). Steeped in history and family drama it edges into lakorn (but no as much as To Sir With Love and with way less scenery chewing). This is an elegant and classy BL… from Thailand which normally doesn't even try for classy. The main couple (both as a pair and individuals) were excellent, particularly Bright (Yai) whose eye-work acting style is a personal favorite of mine. Pity about the ending. Oh it wasn’t that sad but it wasn’t good either. This show should easily have earned a 10 from me except that it fumbled the… erm… balls. Argh. Whatever. 9/10

Only Friends (YT) ep 11-12 - What can I say, this wasn't my thing, it was never gonna be, and I didn't like it. Basically Thailand did the L-Word but with branded BL pairs and the only agenda seemed to be slut shaming and making sure those pairs stayed healthy and sponsor ready. Consequently, the pairs were all executing well and to the best of their ability (of course) but all other characters got shafted, both in the good and the worst possible ways. Unrated but if falls somewhere between 5 (hot mess) and 3 (what am I doing with my life?)

Next Week Looks Like This

11/10 Middleman’s Love (Thai Fri Mandee's YT & iQIYI 1 of 8? - TutorYim (brand pair origin = Cutie Pie) with side couple KingUea (Bed Friends) from Domundi trailer here. This used to be a JimmyTommy vehicle before the pair split (also prev title Middle Love). Adapted from a Y-novel. Jade works as a graphic designer and has always been stuck in the middle - average. His heart is hardened after a life spent being overlooked because he is not as charming or good looking as the rest of his family or friends. When his office gets a hot new intern, Mai, Jade assumes Mai couldn’t possibly be intersted in him. Mai, of course, has other ideas. Warning this is a Cheewin comedy so tonally it could be very OFF, but the cast is solid, and I have liked his stuff on occasion.

11/10 Last Twilight (Thai Fri YouTube) - JimmySea are bakc and maybe it's good this time? I dont' know, GMMTV isn't doing great right now. Burdened with heavy debt, Mork, a mechanic, is forced to take a high paying job as a caretaker for Day, a rich heir who suffers from partial blindness after an accident. Day recruits Mork as he realizes the latter does not see him as a disabled person, but rather as co-equals. As they spend time together, the two begin developing feelings for the other. However with Day just having 180 days until he becomes permanently blind, how will the two weather the trials ahead?Upcoming November BL

11/11 Beyond The Star (Weds iQIYI) qp 1 of 8 - Looks like House of Stars meets Boyband. I am not excited.

Upcoming in November

11/16 PLAYBOYY (Thurs ????) ?? eps - trailer here, high heat and it's helmed by Cheewin (shudder) with screenplay by Den (Only Friends) under Copy A Bangkok. It's gonna be a shizz show people. It's predicting Thai style "dark" (War of Y) one of my least favorites. Apparently there is a "plot" but when has Cheewin ever bothered with plot? A university kid who was involved with escorts, sex-trade, porn, online hook-ups, drugs, prostitution, blackmail, revenge, and so forth goes missing. His twin (sigh) and two friends look for him.

11/17 Pit Babe (Fri iQIYI) ep 1 of 14 - high heat teaser here, based on alittlebixth's omegaverse novel #พิษเบ๊บ’ set in the world of car racing (author says show will not be omegaverse). Charlie (fresh face), a young hot nerd, approaches his driver idol (Pavel "my love" 2 Moons 2) to borrow a racing car and win one for the team. Production house is new to BL but behind the Club Friday stuff. Show stars many known actors: Nut (Oxygen), Pop (Ram in La Cuisine), Pon (Phai in Gen Y, we LOVE him), Benz (twins in En of Love: This Is Love Story).

11/19 Bake Me Please (Sun Gaga) ep 1 of 6 - trailer here, stars Ohm (of OhmFluke) opposite Guide (bestie from IFYLITA) and possibly also Poom (well known, but not for BL). This looks like an actually gay version of Antique Bakery (play it again, BL). Still, I'm intrigued, it looks HELLA pretty.

11/22 7 Days Before Valentine (Weds ????) ep 1 of 10 - trailer here, horror-esk. Adapted from y-novel of the same name, directed by Tu (180 Degree) stars Jet (Why You… Y Me?). When you want your old love again, but fate sends you a reaper instead. All he can do for you is kill people. I'll likely give this a pass and wait to binge later. I'm planning to try SHADOW and I can only handle one Thai horror at a time.

11/25 The Sign (Sat ????) ep 1 of 10 - trailer here, horror-esk, but with a suspense and adult characters. Special investigators who loved each other in previous lives reunite with their new bodies, stars Billy Patchanon (BillySeng) & Babe Tanatat (new). Includes other SCOY favorites as a special investigation team. I may give this a try because I like the non-horror bits.

11/26 The Whisperer (Sun ????) 1 of 10 - trailer here. Thai horror BL that ALSO involves cheating (what joy is mine). He has dimples (My Ride) but I don't think even that gives me the will. Maybe a binge for me.

11/26 Cooking Crush (Sun YT) 1 of 12 - OffGun are back, trailer here. Adapted from the novel “Love Course! เสื้อกาวน์รุกเสื้อกุ๊กรับ” by iJune4S this is about Prem who runs a not-so-popular restaurant with 2 friends. About to go on a cooking competition with a huge reward, Prem gets involved with Ten, a stressed-out med student who wants Prem to teach him to cook.

11/30 For Him (Thurs ????) ep 1 of 10 - high heat trailer, I suspect iQIYI will scoop this one up. From the people who brought us Unforgotten Night (please no) based on a y-novel, man nursing a heartbreak has a one-night stand, but the other boy didn't want it to end. It looks terribly trashy so I'm in! Maybe I'll do a trash watch?

VIP Only (Taiwan) - may be delayed/canceled

Wuju Bakery AKA Space Bakery (Korea) - this one may be DOA

A Breeze of Love (Korea) - I know less than nothing about this.

Nov 2023 line up with screen caps here. Not kept updated.

Original 2023 forthcoming BL master post (see comments, some are inaccurate, NOT KEPT UPDATED).

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENTS

Yang's little smile! Argh. (Love in Translation)

This is our mean and grumpy gagster character talking about playing in game support roles. It's fucking adorable. Such a nasty criminal. (My Dear Gangster Oppa)

(Last week)

[usertoxicyaoi]

What's your least favorite bl drama

hiii anon!!!! fjdkxos ive got LOADS. i'll just list some, most of these are quite old so idk how familiar u might be with them but yeah:

my dream. IYKYK. god. that was an AWFUL show. a COMPLETE WASTE of my time.

i also hated 2moons, despite watching 2moons2 JUST for forthbeam.

the entire takumi kun series APART from takumi kun 4. takumi kun 4 is MY BABY.

golden blood. THE ONLY saving grace was pitchbank, my darlings!!!!

color rush 2. hated it. HATED IT. the ONLY color rush that exists for me? is the 1st season of it. yeonwoo and yoohan are my darlings!!!!

apart from history 3: trapped and history 2: crossing the line, i honestly couldnt get into ANY of the other history shows. at all. trapped and CTL you will ALWAYS be famous!!

my tee (cause you're my boy). like. frankdrake were SO good but the whole show just fell SO FLAT.

dark blue and moonlight. jimmy and pinjun deserved SO MUCH BETTER.

my gear and your gown. oh my goddddd. purefolk were the only good thing about it.

sotus. i literally fell asleep. people find it groundbreaking. maybe it was at that time. but. i fell asleep.

[bisexualboysbroadcast]

I FIGURED OUT WHAT IT IS ABOUT TAIWANESE DRAMAS!!!!!

okay so if you are sort of familiar with my various spiels of nonsense you’ll likely know I have an obsession with taiwanese dramas that extends far beyond normal human comprehension and I have been trying to delve into why they make me feel so insane for the longest time

well, in the midst of me watching HIStory 2: crossing the line I have figured it out!

it’s the mannerisms and habits of the characters?!?!? no other drama style I’ve seen does it the way taiwan does it and it makes me insane.

they take the most human moments of every character and magnify it into that Characters Specific Image. and it works so goddamn well because habits and mannerisms are one of my favourite “holy fuck we’re all human and strange and wonderful and isn’t that insane??” feelings so when they deep dive right into that I go absolutely batshit every time

in conclusion: I fucking love them! and their uniqueness in this sense. BECAUSE of their uniqueness in this.

(also I’m loving H2:ctl)

[the4bestgame-blog]

Need to play my changeling character again, the campaign has been on pause because my group just wants to play D&D 5e so I'm just gunna ramble about her here. Her name is Rocksy Stone, because we have a long history of "X Stone" where the X is always a gemstone and Rocksy was designed as a parody of that. She was kidnapped by the fae around WW2 when she wandered off into the forest and was turned into a giant mountain and was literally and metaphysicly mined for all her emotions and traits, gemstones of "happiness" and "love" used to adorn fae jewellery or dresses. Eventually there was nothing left to take, and she was abandoned, believed to just be a drained mountain, the fact she was technically a person long forgotten. The thing with being in Arcadia, at least in our version of cannon, is it wants you to loose yourself to it, to embrace your role and become it in truth. After years in Arcadia, with everything took from her, that should have happened to Rocksy long, LONG ago. But when they took all the gems, all that was valuable they left behidn the stone, the rock, and her anger seeped into that rock until it flew like magma and became a volcano. That mountain walked out of arcadia with burning anger as liquid magma in her veins and she escaped. Of course, if you know anything about CTL 2E you know she didn't escape unchanged, the world she escaped to is modern day and she has no idea how to handle that and also all her fucking emotions other than pure rage are gone. She knows she /should/ feel them, but what is taken by the fae is no so easily given back. She has been constantly searching for these gems to recombine and become whole, so far she has fear, sadness, love and excitement. She got sadness after we did a short mini campaign playing as other characters and she got to witness her youngest sister, now old and feeble, get killed by the fae that took her in revenge for Rocksy escaping, learning in the proses that the entire fucking Stone bloodline is cursed. Love she brought from a hobgoblin in exchange for a bunch of leads on the story we needed at the time, and excitement was another hob that tried to pull the same shit, only for Rocksy to kick its ass because they weren't in the Goblin Market. Most hobs distrust her now, but she fucking got it. Fear was a fun one to get, like sadness it was given to her by a fae in return for her suffering something, specifically one of the other players is a spirit medium and was trying to negotiate with a ghost, the negotiations went badly and Rocksy, being the tank of the group, stepped in to defend. She lost her fucking arm in one attack. She still ended up defending Anna (The other PC) long enough for them to calm the spirit whilst the 2 other party members where across town dealing with vampires, but Rocksy had only one arm for like, 3 arcs whilst she studied to learn token making (magic item crafting) and crafted her own arm because she knew some rudimentary blacksmithing and wasn't going to accept anything that she didn't personally understand. Build wise shes very fun, not gunna go into all her Merits and Contracts but she has Giant merit, Spurious Stature from one of her Kiths and Transfigure the flesh as a contract, which each boost her size. All together with an average roll, I can become larger than a car. In addition I have Iron skin merit, obdurant skin from the other kith I have so far, and earth armour of the elements fury contract, meaning that once I grow that big I can add a bunch of armour to flat out negate damage even ontop of my massive health pool. Rocksy is a fucking tank compressed into a human-ish shaped form, if you piss her off you are going to be grappled by the giant hulking form and if you are lucky she will throw you out of the battlefield where you can run.

[earlyjust]

Ubuntu install freeplane 1.6

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I stopped it in the middle now, even when I try to repair the database by doing “refresh database” I still end up at wanting to install gnome. but I do not want to get my system broken, but this MPV is wanting to install gnome components. It asked to install: gnome-desktop-common, Ok I got to same issue as before and I did the same error as before (history is repeating ) as I clicked y to install that gnome environment. Warning: v4l-utils-1.22.1-1 is up to date – skipping here are the results of commands:v4l2-ctl -list-devices Anyway, I have installed it just for progressing to have a look if I may get some more concrete results. I see it is also under GPLv3 and I wish to have installed only sw that is responding to GPL v2.

Ubuntu install freeplane 1.6 download#

How to solve I am wondering If I could go around without installing MPV It is asking to download 4.3 GB, as if it is downloading a complete new environment… i sked only to install yt-dlp: for video sharing websites component, but suddenly it is just downloading a lot more…

Ubuntu install freeplane 1.6 how to#

Thnak you for having look at how to solve my case I have v4l-utils installed already. usb 2-2: Enable of device-initiated U2 failed. usb 2-2: Enable of device-initiated U1 failed. usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0547, idProduct=ab02, bcdDevice= 4.09 here is an output of the command you recommended: usb 2-2: new SuperSpeed Gen 1 USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd The think is I need to be able to process my images in computer and specially in application, and so I need to focus on communication via USB. first my my LCD did not notice, But after some time the screen came. I have tested the HDMI connection to LCD. Here is a result, but I cannot find in it what you wrote it should be there. |_ Port 10: Dev 5, If 1, Class=Wireless, Driver=btusb, 12M |_ Port 10: Dev 5, If 0, Class=Wireless, Driver=btusb, 12M |_ Port 7: Dev 4, If 1, Class=Video, Driver=uvcvideo, 480M |_ Port 7: Dev 4, If 0, Class=Video, Driver=uvcvideo, 480M |_ Port 6: Dev 8, If 1, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M ID 25a7:fa61 Areson Technology Corp Elecom Co., Ltd MR-K013 Multicard Reader |_ Port 6: Dev 8, If 0, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M |_ Port 4: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Vendor Specific Class, Driver=rtsx_usb, 480M ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub I have tried to plug it with USB and here is a result: lsusb -vt I understand this command works if I use USB plug on notebook, not when I have it pluged via HDMI. I am also assuming that any adaptation that I should be needed to have done on HW side is already implemented in the camera itself. In this case I am not running Manjaro on pBp and I do have HDMI connector directly on laptop.

[crying-over-gay-dramas]

For anyone who struggles to decide what you’re in the mood to watch, or if you’re a newbie in the BL world and can’t decide where to begin. (Titles are below)

1: Where your eyes linger 

2: Together with me 

3: HIStory2 Crossing the line 

4: Project S The series: Spike! 

5: Waterboyy The Series 

6: HIStory2: Right or Wrong

7: Love by chance 

8: My Engineer

9: 2Gether The series 

10: 2moons2 

11: Theory of love 

12: HIStory3: Make our days count 

13: why r u

14: Sotus the series

15: Dark Blue Kiss (It’s a sequel to Kiss Me Again tho so watch that first)

16: He’s coming to me

17: TharnType the series

18: The Untamed (Censored romance)

19: HIStory3: Trapped

20: My Tee/Cause you’re my boy

21: Love Sick

22: Until We meet Again

[geekygirl24]

Day 22: Favourite scene from your #1 Drama

I looked back at my Top 11 list of favourites and chose a scene from each of them :)

11. Sarawat touches the chest (2gether the series)

I think this is the first time we see Sarawat truely vulnerable. After being beaten up though, head leaning on Tine’s shoulder (SQUEE!), he seizes his opportunity to have a quick grab of Tine’s chest. I laughed when i saw this, but it was also a sweet scene :)

10. Tutor taking control (Why R U)

I know i said that i preferred Saifah/Zon in this series... but i love me a bit of role rehearsal, and to see Fighter so willing as Tutor took control, i loved it!

9. Seryou says he likes Yuzuru’s blunt nature

After being dumped so many times for being too blunt and not ‘gentle’ as his handsome face would suggest, i think this is the moment when Yuzuru truely felt like he was falling in love with Seryou. Someone who didn’t care that he spoke his mind. It was sort of a confession on Seryou’s side, and yet, sort of not.

8. Ram/King Greenhouse/Garden scene

“The person who understands me... is you.”

I could watch this over and over again. The way King puts the flower behind Ram’s ear, the way they look at each, how soft Ram’s voice is! It is just perfect!

7. Ae and Pete’s first meeting - Love by Chance

Wish this love could be forever, and now our love will be forver!

Seriously, this is one of the cutest first meetings in BL history and i will stand by that

6. Akira stands up for himself and his sister - Love on the Line

I really felt for Akira throughout the show. Even though it was clear that he was in love with Yuuki, he let his mother’s talk of being ‘normal’ get into his head, prompting him to live a lie for a long time, even getting married to a woman. When he finally questioned her on what was normal anymore, it was such a relief.

5. History2: CTL: Kiss through the net

This was such a cute scene, and whilst it didn’t go according to Yu Hao’s plan, it is still an adorable moment.

4. Ming and Kit get together - 2moons2

I honestly thought this scene was never going to happen, but i’m glad that it did, and despite Kit’s family, it was a really sweet scene. Going back to that Moon/Earth reference, the way Kit leans against Ming’s chest... it was just amazing!

3. Intouch and Korn are at peace - UWMA

Yes, i cried buckets of tears.... yes, i would watch it all again. The moment where Intouch turns to smile at Pharm, to thank him, I honestly had to pause the video because i was crying so hard. But they were happy tears, because the pair deserved to their peace after what they went through.

(A/N: I’m actually crying thinking about it!)

2. Kurosawa’s panic - Cherry Magic

Honestly, I loved every scene in Cherry Magic, but that first scene in the elevator, when it’s revealed that the handsome, charming Kurosawa likes Adachi will always be a favourite. Kurosawa went through a lot of ‘OMG ADACHI!’ mental moments in this show, but this was cute... especially as Adachi had no clue.

1. Kenji just wants to talk about who he loves - Kinou Nani Tabeta

Now, this happens in the very first episode. Shirou is still in the closet in his work life, and doesn’t want anyone to ever find out. So, when he finds out that Kenji has been talking about them to his clients, he is really not happy.... but neither is Kenji.

Everyone else talks about their families, why can’t he?

Now, this is a lot less emotional than the moment in Episode 9 where Kenji breaks down about his past, but I think this one made me think more. I can see both sides of the argument, and can’t help but feel sorry for them both.

[pranpat]

Smitten

[jimkookinie]

THIS MAN YALL!!!

[tynblackthorn]

We need to talk about “History 2: Crossing the Line”

If you call yourself a BL’s lover and you haven’t watched this drama, you need to stop everything that you are doing like- imediatly.

I’m a fan of taiwanese and chinese BL’s storys, specifically the “HIStory” saga, and Crossing the Line” is probably the first overall Bl’s I’ve watched in my life, and I’m going to tell you some reasons, among the several ones existent, of why you need to watch it...

1. Xia Yu Hao

This boy... Well, this boy is one of the best things that happened to me. The way that he’s portrayed is unique. You can really feel the pureness and the truth on his feeling about Qiu Zi Xuan’s character. Honestly, the way he looks Zach’s character is so beautiful that I cried everytime I’ve watched this. Fandy’s acting skills really show up on this. You can really enjoy his path into self-discovery, not only about his sexuality — which there’s no problem at all into the whole drama —, but also about his feelings for ZiXuan. Also the way that the bad boy turns into the cutess lovely and passionate baby... It just gives me joy

2. Qiu Zi Xuan

I’ve loved Qiu Zi Xuan at first sight. Not only because he is very (i mean VERY) good looking, but also because his closed personality just gave me vibes that he would be a very misterious and hard-to-read character, which I personally like a lot. He cares about Xia Yu Hao since the first eye contact (information given by the own director but, once you’ve rewatched this, you can see how this is actually pretty accurate), and the way that he celebrates every single Xia Yu Hao’s accomplishments really shows how he cares, even though he doesn’t really know why.

3. Side couples

I feel controversial about these two, honestly. I mean, they’re siblings (non-related by blood), but I feel a little weird about it. I’m not gonna say they’re problematic, I just tried to watch it ignoring the previous relationship involved. Honestly, if you feel the same way, this plot doesn’t affect much in XYH and QZX plot, so you can really just don’t watch those scenes. But I have to admit that they’re very cute together and I wish that they had a kiss scene.

4. Self-discovery

There’s a lot of interesting moments in this show, specifically into XYH’s POV that shows the self discovery and self awarness journey of XYH about his feelings. Some of they are very relatable, some of them are just good to see. The way he looks at QZX almost with like an idolization of his figure is purely cute and awesome. And then the way that he tries to make sure that QZX is okay 100% of the time and trying to know him more and spend more time with him is just a pure way to treat M/M relationship without the whole “I’m in love with a boy” drama.

5. Watch it like a straight drama

As I said previously, there’s no real drama of “being in love with a guy” thing. So, honestly, is just a story about two pearsons loving each other in high school with relatable, and simple problems. And that’s why I needed it so much. You see, XYH is aware that M/M is a tabu, obviously, but he doesnt care that he is disciverying that he loves one. He even ask QZX if this would be a problem to him. We see a lot of prejudice and homphobic attitudes into BL dramas, a lot of them portrayed by the main character itself, and I get that this is part of thw plot and life, but this just don’t gives us the feeling that everything is going to end up tragically.

6. Pureness

XYH and QZX relationship is pure. There’s no other word to describe. There’s a good exploration of sexuality, and the desire but without having to appeal to bed and intimous scenes. I’m not against it (and honestly I would love to see them getting their private moments) but the acting and the scripting is so good that they don’t need those moments so you can tell that they are in love with each other and that they desire each other. It’s more clear into XYH perspective, but it’s also notable into QZX’s POV.

Final considerations (like i’m writing and article or something)

I really love these two, in a way that I can’t really describe. Everyone should watch this, because it’s pure, light and beautiful. I’ve never felt this way about any TV show before (western or eastern) in my life. It’s just beautiful to see and follow XYH and QZX relationships whith theirselves and with each other.

I really wish there would be a sequel, and I’ve seen some things about it on tumblr, but I honestly gave up about it (but I would love if it was true). The thing is, I really think that the ideal would be more screen time in the original season, to show more of them, not a sequel with new plots and problems. I would like to see what happens after the last scene, and they having happy times together, secured with their feelings, and the relationship between the two main couples.

But I honestly i would be sattisfied with just Zach Lu and Fandy Fan acting together even if it’s a hate relationship because I need just more of them together.

So in conclusion, thanks HIStory 2 Crossing The Line for ruinning my life I loved it please do more!!!!!

I also made a FMV of this TV show so, if you are interesses, pls check it out and make sure to leave your opinion!

[boysloves-stuff]

     wallpaper History: crossing the line! 🐥

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[zhaozi]

i know i crossed the line, but this isn’t a competition. qiu zixuan, i like you...

[king-layney]

it’s been awhile love, how are you?💕✨

[moonlights-wolf]

My Top 5 BL Kisses 💋

I got tagged by @acequinz 🌈 thanks!

1. Sarawat x Tine from 2gether the series

Obviously I have to mention them first.

This may be a one-sided kiss but the whole build up was so emotional. Sarawat almost crying and being so desperate to get his feelings across. His voice breaking when saying " You are reserved." . I teared up because this was so heartbreaking to watch.

Can't wait for their first real kiss. ❤️

2. Zi Xuan x Yu Hao from History 2: Crossing the Line

Again a one-sided kiss. I just love their relationship. Zi Xuan was talking so passionatly about his dreams and Yu Hao fell even more in love right there and then. He just had to kiss him. The smile afterwards and confession was adorable.

Also kissing through a net: revolutionary! ❤️

3. Saifah x Zon from Why R U? The Series

I mean what do I even have to say here? I am pretty sure everyone would kill for these two dorks. Their relationship is so soft and clumsy and just all out domestic at times. And their first real kiss?? Oh my god I have never seen any kiss so full of love in any show I watched. The forehead kiss then holding each other, nose kisses and eskimo kisses and then FINALLY a real deep loving kiss?! Plus the background music!! I am a goner for those two and this scene was amazing 😍✨

4. Sun x Mork from Dark Blue Kiss

These two... Their whole story was my favourite. The whole build up to this scene alone. The trip to get coffee beans. The fights. Mork singing beautifully and then taking a deep breath and asking Sun if he likes men. Sun leaning in but still giving Mork enough time to back out. The first kiss and Mork closing his eyes. Sun immediately leaning back in and Mork responding now. They are so cute together and just a beautiful couple. I loved this scene ✨🎶

5. Jack x Zhao Zi from History 3: Trapped

Another dorky, adorable couple. Zhao Zis antics always got to me. He was so adorable but such a weirdo. And Jack being absolutly whipped and domestic with him. Honestly they remind me of Saifah and Zon... But this final kiss. Zhao Zi smiling and then leaning in. Them finally being together. It made me so happy.

And that's it!! Honestly I had to rewrite this and I am not as happy with this one but Tumblr deleted my first post... So here we go~

I am gonna tag :

@gaylittlepieceofsh1t @kindaanartblog

Hopefully you haven't done these yet ❤️

[crying-over-gay-dramas]

What your fave BL drama says about you Part 2 (Part 1)

[geekygirl24]

Day 21: BL Drama you don’t get tired of watching.

There’s so many!

Kinou Nani Tabeta

Seven Days

Cherry Magic (A new one, i admit)

Love by chance

My Engineer

History2: Crossing the Line

Until we Meet Again

The list could go on forever!