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15 Day BL Challenge 2K24
FULL CHALLENGE HERE
Day 10: Most Emotionally Pleasing Love Scene
Hira and Kiyoi's Bathtub Scene in Utsukushii Kare: Eternal. You could practically FEEL Kiyoi mentally begging Hira to have his way with him. And of course, Hira is clueless and just content to share a hot bath with his most worshipped and treasured person. And then we basically get Kiyoi gently mentioning that he wants to be ravaged more, and though Hira didn't really manhandle Kiyoi the way he requested he did ravage the actor and made him stare at his pretty face during the ravaging. I just loved seeing a softer...hornier side of Kiyoi and I could truly feel his longing and frustration to be held and touched by his own boyfriend. It shows that in some aspects, Kiyoi is at Hira's mercy.
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YaiJom's Goodbye Love Scene in I Feel You Linger in the Air. OH MY GAWD THIS SCENE FILLED ME WITH SO MANY FEELS. The passion and the sadness. Yai was so tender as he worshipped Jom's body. He was so fucking sweet and through tears he made gentle love to Jom. The way they cried and held onto each other. Oh my gawd! OH MY GAWD! Also the way they edited them breathing together over their flashback montage??? Heartbreaking. A beautiful, but torturing moment for them both I'm sure.
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Kevin and Pluem's Final Love Scene in Ghost Host Ghost House. The way I was highkey WAITING for it. They hadn't seen each other in THREE YEARS, but when they finally reunited it was like no time had passed. But Pluem and Kevin were different people and it showed in the way they acted. Pluem seemed more at ease and more confident and sure of the love they had and Kevin seemed more relieved and happy that Pluem was still the perfect guy he fell for. You could just tell that they had been waiting for this reunification. Also if you look hard enough you can see Kevin's can tab bracelet in some of the shots before Pluem noticed it later.
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Honorable mentions to CaiReels first time in Gameboys the Movie and JengPat getting it on in Jeng's restaurant in Step By Step.
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loveisactivated · 6 months
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Rest your head against me.
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absolutebl · 2 months
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Best & Worst BLs of 2023
My Top 15 BLs of 2023 are (in order)
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1 Our Dating Sim
Korea Viki
Nerds in love, deadlines, gaming, teasing, pining tiny idiots, casual affection, linguistic oops, ADORABLE. If you haven't watched this, it's a must. A perfect short form KBL, an office set reunion romance featuring geeks that really suits 8 eps with no fluff and no chaff. Just comforting and yummy.
I adored every aspect from the casting to the pristinely simple premise to the quietly smooth execution. Sure it’s low stakes, but that makes it high domesticity and extremely warm and gentle. This is a fuzzy blanket of a story - a cozy BL. It lives in my rewatch pile and you know what’s best about it? Every single episode is in that pile. There’s no skipping with this one, it might be good natured and calmly sweet but it’s tight and the pacing is excellent.
Also recieves my 2023 award for best giggle.
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2 I Cannot Reach You
AKA I Can't Reach You AKA Kimi ni wa Todokanai
Japan Netflix
This classic friends-to-lovers BL is everything Japan does best. Angsty. Emo. Aching. Driven by real thirst. Yamato is deeply in love with his childhood bestie, Kakeru, and has been for ages, unable to hide his ungainly damaging high school need. He wants Kakeru in every way possible and it oozes off of the screen.
Kakeru is silly and a little simple, but not frenetic or overly camp about it. He is earnest, and genuinely wants to keep Yamato in his life which means giving a romance (and gayness) a fair chance. We watch him realize his affection and what form it can take in a truly authentic way.
This show was impossibly kind to both of its lead characters and I felt almost honored that I got to watch something so lovely and rare play out on my screen.
Also wins the best thirst award.
These were the 2 BLs that got 10/10 from me in 2023. The rest of these got 9/10 from me.
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3 My School President
Thailand YouTube
GMMTV gave us a classic high school set Thai BL with tropes like messy boys singing their feelings that made this one Love Sick for the modern age with all the gentle sweetness and pining ache, but none of the dated damaging tropes or issues. Who let my BL be this wholesome and funny? My favourite GMMTV BL offering to date. And yes, I've watched them ALL.
Received the Namgoong award for best wingman 2023.
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4 I Feel You Linger in the Air
Thailand grey
IFYLITA is an exquisite BL, from filming techniques to narrative framework. Steeped in history and family drama this is an elegant and classy BL. 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. It's a marker of how great it was that it's so high on my list despite the ending which was very much not what I wanted.
Additional accolade, sexiest moment of 2023 - (the oil scene).
You could try to fight me, but you'll have no grip.
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5 Kiseki: Dear to Me
Taiwan Gaga & Viki
The plot is totally ridiculous and slightly unhinged. There’s a gum-ball machine of cameos, elder gay rep, great chemistry from all pairs (everyone is queer), and a KILLER side couple. It involves all the tropes under a very offhand framework of gay mafia gangs + food = love. As a result Kiseki is a poster child for Taiwanese BL, and I happen to love Taiwanese BL. Bonus? They also managed to END IT WELL, which we cannot expect from Taiwan.
Best side couple 2023!
(thank goodness Taiwan made this list!)
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6 Jun and Jun
Korea Viki
A delightful office romance about an ex-idol who joins cubical life only to find his new boss is his first love. With a snappy (sometimes even raunchy) script, enjoyable sides, a pretty as peaches cast, and descent chemistry this show made up for in style what it lacked in substance. I like fluff. I loved this. I smiled every moment I was watching.
Best flirting 2023.
AKA "the tongue knows" award
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7 The Eighth Sense
Korea Viki
This one is a bit chewy and sticky and less perfect than most KBLs. It’s got a bit of an age gap, country boy/city boy, stellar acting, complex characters, and leads with great chemistry and tension. This isn’t in the KBL bubble, there’s sharp edges and lots of triggers. For a BL the darkness of the content left me feeling unsettled (which is the only reason it didn't get a perfect score) but it has a glorious ending and that counts for a lot.
2023's most likely to appeal to non-BL watchers.
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8 Unintentional Love Story
Korea iQIYI
The lead, Gongchan (maknae of B1A4) is a fucking GIFT, who carried this show. He was luminous with extraordinarily expressive eyes, which he used to carry a killer plot and challenging role. Forced into a totally understandable betrayal, falling in love despite himself, put into a corner he can't get out of, the AGONY, the eyes EMOTING at us in PAIN. Driven by external conflict, social tension and pressure this story seems simple but it's actually refined and quite complex. I loved this show.
Best story structure 2023.
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9 My Personal Weatherman
AKA Taikan Yoho
Japan Gaga
This is classic yaoi of the kind that really only works from Japan. Basically: boys who fell in love in college end up living together but both are so repressed they actually don't realize they're in love. It's high heat is well done, but it leaned into the "why don't they just talk for fuck's sake?" which is exacerbated by the fact that they're already fucking. Sure is sexy tho.
Best use of props 2023 for the shower of sheets.
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10 Our Dining Table
AKA Bokura no Shokutaku
Japan Gaga
Lonely salaryman and talented cook gets accidentally adopted by a college kid and his little brother. It’s a quiet & cozy little parable of found family alleviating loneliness. It's lovely & sweet with the romance beats used to build a family relationship, not just couple intimacy. Special.
First prize for domesticity.
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11 Laws of Attraction
Thailand iQIYI
This is a great gay suspense thriller with several solid couples, fun plot, killer characters, queer rep, and a happy ending. It’s tons of fun and I had an absolute blast watching it.
Charn wins my favorite character of 2023.
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12 La Pluie
Thailand Viki
This BL takes to task the fated mates trope and what it means to have love chained intimately to predestination. It’s about how faith in destiny before choice diminishes the authenticity of emotion, relationships, and connection. This is a high concept to examine through the lens of a BL. With good chemistry and decent acting all around, plus some excellent high heat and representation of consent and a few other rare tropes, this one has to (like it’s sibling show My Ride) earn high marks.
Most interesting concept 2023.
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13 The New Employee
Korea Viki
So good, SO QUEER, so soft, a near pitch perfect office BL with conflict derived from that setting. Also found family and a lesbian bestie. This is what I wanted from this new crop of office set KBLs ALL ALONG. Rainbow rice cakes forever!
Best overall queer rep from Korea.
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14 Step By Step
Thailand Gaga & YouTube & Viki
This was Thailand’s answer to The New Employee, and everything I loved about that show I loved about this one. This was an office romance between stern boss and sweet subordinate that felt more authentic to an office environment than previous Thai BLs of this ilk which added tension to the narrative and character development.
Chot wins best queer character 2023.
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15 Love Tractor
Korea iQIYI
Most of this country-set BL had me feral for the beautiful broken city boy and his hot young farmer. Hyung romance, puppy/cat pairing, open frankness meets jaded reserve, language play, water hose frolicking, only one bed = all my favorite silly tropes.
Biggest "he so pretty" gasp of the year award.
10 Worst BLs of 2023 (that I watched)
My Blessing
My Universe: Casanova Begins
Boyband the series
Cafe In Love
Chains of Heart
Hit Bite Love
Only Friends
Senior Love Me
The Luminous Solution
The Promise
Yes, you read that right. I know I'm against the flow but I really did not like Only Friends. Everyone's taste is different.
However I DNFed faster and more BL's this year than ever before, so that means my 10 worst probably aren't quite reflective...
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10 Probably Actually Worst BLs (I dropped 'em)
My Story
The Day I Loved You
Beyond the Star
Crazy Handsome Rich
Dinosaur Love
House of Stars
Mr Cinderella 2
Love Bill
Stormy Honeymoon
The Star Always Follow You
Codicils in General
I only carefully track/watch Thailand, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan. Other countries are not fully represented.
My Numbers
So my spreadsheet chronicled 138 BLs that finish airing in 2023.
101 = watched & reviewed
2 = still in the docket (WDYEY2 & Love Syndrome III)
15 = CNF (could not find)
20 = DNF (which also accounts for how few very low scores I handed out in 2023 as opposed to previous years, I just stopped watching). Speaking of which...
Ratings spread
(# of stars. #of BLs given that rating)
0 (see the DNFs instead)
2 - IT'S DEPRESSING they killed the gay, save yourself
7 - I DON'T KNOW WHAT I AM WATCHING AND NEITHER DOES IT
7 - FATALLY FLAWED but still basically BL, however… do we want to support this kind of behavior?
9 - WATCH IF YOU HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO but don’t expect much, it’s a total hot mess
17 - WORTH WATCHING BUT FLAWED probably around the ending or in narrative structure/cohesion or censorship
14 - RECOMMENDED WITH RESERVATIONS i.e. isn’t quite BL, convoluted, not strictly HEA, too short/long, or chemistry issues
30 - RECOMMENDED some concerns around tropes (like dub con) or story structure but still satisfies as BL
13 - ABSOLUTELY RECOMMENDED probably a few pacing issues or one flaw
2 - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED faithful to tropes, happy ending, good chemistry, few flaws, high rewatch potential
(source)
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wanderlust-in-my-soul · 5 months
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Dispair [noun] /dɪˈspeər/ - the feeling that there is no hope and that you can do nothing to improve a difficult or worrying situation
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pharawee · 5 months
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—I FEEL YOU LINGER IN THE AIR 💮 Episode 12 (Finale)
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junghaesin · 5 months
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If feelings are what remind us we are still human, not feeling anything is like being dead. Just a body that can move. No life, no heart. My morale at that moment... had gone somewhere. I wish your heart will come back soon. And I wish you to pass through all the evils, through and through.
I FEEL YOU LINGER IN THE AIR (2023) Dir. Tee Bundit Sintanaparadee
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mickeysarmyguy · 5 months
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Khun Yai’s looks reserved for Jom
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tipsyjaehyun · 5 months
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I get that some people are confused by the ending of ep 12, so let me explain (novel spoilers ahead) -
The show heavily revolves around the theme of reincarnation and love that overcomes the test of time. So, we have 3 versions of Yai. One in 1920s, Khun Yai. One in 1700s (Seehasingkorn era), Commander Yai and then we have one in the present time, Yai Kanthorn.
The one we see in the post credit scene (and have been seeing glimpses of in ep 1 underwater as well as in ep 12) is Commander Yai, who was a celebrated warrior of the royal army.
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So, after Jom disappears from Khun Yai's timeline, he is transported back to 1700s where he meets Commander Yai. If (and please God, please) they come up with a season 2, it would follow their story. It was because of him and his pledge of everlasting love for Jom that Khun Yai felt that he had been waiting for Jom for a long time.
The one we see at the Palathip house is Yai Kanthorn. He is the son of the granddaughter of Khun Lek (Khun Yai's younger brother). He is the only version of Yai who has memories of his past lives.
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When Jom comes back to his timeline, he meets Yai Kanthorn, who had asked specifically for Jom to renovate their old house in Chiang Mai, hoping for Jom to remember their love. When Yai sees Jom waiting for him at the house, he asks, "Did you wait for long?"
To which Jom replies, "Not as long as you've been waiting for me".
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thatgothsamurai · 4 months
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I used to scent these flowers constantly💮💮
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hirmienworld · 5 months
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November 2023 BL'S lineup
Last update: 07/11/23
November 2023 looks packed with new BLs, seriously, it's like they all agreed to air around the same time. There will be a lot of competition.
Twins - November 3 - TRAILER
2. Middleman's Love - November 10 - TRAILER
3. Last Twilight - November 10 - TRAILER
4. A Breeze of Love - November 10 - TRAILER (region locked)
5. Beyond the Star - November 11 - TRAILER
6. Playboyy - November 16 - TRAILER
7. Pit Babe - November 17 - TRAILER
8. Bake me Please - November 19 - TRAILER
9. 7 Days before Valentine - November 22 - TRAILER
10. VIP Only - November 24 - TEASER
11. The Sign - November 25 - TEASER
12. Cooking Crush - November 26 - TRAILER
13. The Whisperer - November 26 - TRAILER
14. For Him - November 30 - PILOT
15. Sahara-sensei & Tori-kun - November 30 -
Ending in November:
If it's with you - November 1
I Feel You Linger In The Air - November 3
Dangerous Romance - November 3
Venus in the Sky - November 4
I Cannot Reach You - November 6
Kiseki: dear to me - November 7
You Are Mine - November 10
One Room Angel - November 30
Scheduled for November but without a date:
Night Dream - TEASER
Boyy of God - TEASER
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theside-b · 4 months
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2023 BL Dramas Watchlist
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loveisactivated · 3 months
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alienwlw · 5 months
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khun yai & jom kisses | requested by anonymous
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wanderlust-in-my-soul · 6 months
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I love you...
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pharawee · 6 months
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—Before, I thought it was just me who was jealous.
I FEEL YOU LINGER IN THE AIR 💮 Episode 7
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