10 BLs That Shook Me
@trribledelight asked for "BLs that made you think or learn smthg or shook you culturally? Eg the political considerations in Not Me..."
Let's get the rough ones out of the way first, shall we?
1 2gether
Green. One of the most egregious reps for punching down humor against femmes in BL (and there sure are a lot out there). Seriously GMMTV? Must you?
At the time we all watched this because there wasn't anything else to watch, and it's been a long time since I bothered with a rewatch, but Green is one of the reasons I just can't with this series.
I'm not knocking the actor, but the character and how the other characters behave around him, and the director with regard to this aspect of the plot and portrayal was rough going.
What shook me was how casually homophobic 2g was. It was just so odd to watch a gay romance gloss over and degrade queerness. I was like, wait, aren't they supposed to me on our side?
(Ah, the before times.)
2 Fish Upon the Sky
Shall we address the head wrap in the room? This BL has some of the most shockingly racist content I've seen in a long time. Also punching down humor. I fast forwarded through it and I still don't want to think about it. GMMTV should be throughly ashamed of themselves... Again. I was shook, but in a bad way.
Okay, now for the ones that shook me in a good way.
3 Until We Meet Again
I watched this early in my Thai BL journey (while it was airing) and I had no idea what to expect. Frankly, you could watch it now and still not know. It's just very unusual for a Thai BL.
The plot twist about how they each ended up reborn. Just so brilliant. I still can't get over it. So simple. SO CLEVER. So punishing for the families.
Fantastic!
4 Secret Crush On You
This one kinda shook me all along but that Daisy & Touch scene. It lives on in my head rent free forever. Just because it was so beautifully sweet and genuine and kindly towards a femme character.
I still don't like this BL.
But I love that scene in it.
5 My Beautiful Man
I went on a JOURNEY with this show. Mostly because I didn't think Japan had it in them to land something this complex. But they managed it beautifully by not shying away from the beautiful messy ugliness of it all.
Possibly the greatest final episode in all BL.
And from Japan.
I remain gobsmacked.
6 Unknown
I shouldn't have been shooketh by this one but I really was.
The style of it while staying so down home and gritty.
How old school Chinese BL it felt yet it still managed to be very modern BL about it.
The execution and quality of the acting.
How it was aired (available in YouTube?! we NEVER get that from Taiwan!)
Also the pair branding, which has continued. We haven't gotten this level of pair brand from the leads in a Taiwanese BL since SamYu.
I'm was absolutely riveted by everything about this show and its production.
I loved seeing it. I hope we get more BLs like this from Taiwan as a result.
But I ALSO hope they realize that a big factor in the popularity and the success of this show was in distribution.
It's what's for dinner.
Along with the stepbrother trope.
KOREA'S SUPRISES
I watch a lot of Kdramas as well as BL, and have done for a really long time. I'm riveted by Hallyu, from an entertainment industry perspective (would I wouldn't do to get hands on some of their proprietary data). I also listen to a ton of Kpop.
Therefore Korea dominates the P'ABL gets shooketh list because I had (and have) more expectations firmly in place around Korea's media product than anyone elses. Even before they started to make a big play into the BL scene.
My favorite BLs from Korea, like Semantic Error and Light on Me are EXACTLY what I expect from them, manufactured perfection. But I was also shook more times by Korea than other BL nations because I had such rigid expectations.
7 Color Rush
Yeah yeah. But it starred an idol, it started out pretty and stiff and everything I was expecting, and then the concept hit me up side the head and I never recovered from the CLEVER of this show. I'm not used to my Kdramas or my BL being this high concept and CLEVER about their sanitized perfection.
8 Blueming
What with the 8th Sense and others since, Blueming seems to have been somewhat forgotten about. But at the time I was shook by the down home grit of this show. By the actual pain from the characters. By the higher heat concept. By Korea actually going THERE.
And then these babies came along...
9 The 8th Sense
I just didn't think Korea had it in them. Yes, I realize now that it was a bit navel gazey, and we were weighted heavily towards the seme and his pain. I would have liked a better balance between the leads, but that's in retrospect.
At the time I couldn't believe it. A KBL dealing with mental health?
And can we talk about those sex scenes? How insanely comfortable the actors were with each other? How easy in each other's personal space? I've not seen anything else quite like that from Korea. It's super rare. I had assumed they, culturally, just didn't do casual intimacy, or if they did, it wasn't allowed on screen.
10 Love for Love's Sake
Okay lots to unpack with this one. A genuine isakai BL, in the original sense of the term. The death twist didn't shake me up, but the execution, acting, open gayness, and a couple other things did. Enough to make me still think on this show with fond surprise and affection, despite its undercurrent of darkness.
I like to be shooketh.
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This will not leave my brain so now you have to deal with it :)
Abe Sapien x Fem!reader
Falling Books
Warnings: SMUT, minors DNI, spelling mistakes, p in v sex,
The bookcase groaned with another hard thrust, Abes thighs smacking against your own.
You moan, broken and loud against his shoulder, arms wrapped around his neck, clawing at his scales for purchase. Your legs bouncing, hooked around his hips.
His hands each grab an ass cheek, holding you up like you weight nothing, keeping you at the perfect height for him to thrust.
Dress yanked up your hips, underwear pulled to the side, his tight swim shorts pooling at his ankles.
The wood of the bookcase shelves press into your shoulder blades and lower back, but you can't find a reason to care when he's pounding you so thoroughly.
Sharp, powerful, thrusts, bouncing you against the wall, knocking the air from your lungs.
Sweat drips from your face, down your neck, and disappearing down your cleavage.
Abe pushes you back into the shelf, kissing your neck, licking and sucking bruises into your skin.
"Abe," You pant, rolling your hips against him. Pulling your legs tighter against him, locking your ankles together to keep him close.
With a deep inhale, he presses his forehead to yours, not stopping his thrusts.
"Yes, my love?" He moans, big eyes searching yours.
Your voice catches in your throat, his eyes so full of love and admiration, looking at you like you were the most precious thing in this world.
Splaying your hands on his bare shoulders, you repeat the phrase over and over in your head.
Harder, please.
He nods, fingers gripping into the meat of your ass, pulling out to his tip. He waits a beat, then slams forward.
Bending and snapping his hips, he reaches a spot inside you that makes stars explode behind your eyes.
The shelves groan with your weight, books falling and clattering to the floor.
Some song is playing out from the speakers, you're not sure what it is. It could have been playing on repeat for all you knew. But it did its purpose so you couldn't complain.
Concealing your moans, groans, grunts and now the sound of the shelves banging against the wall and books thumping to the floor.
Pleasure rushed up your spine, making your chest and neck flush, a band building in your lower stomach.
With one strong hand, he holds you up, but the other snakes down to rub at your clit.
You moan and buck, cupping his face and kissing him hard, teeth clashing together.
"Don't stop, don't stop," You chant, eyes rolling into the back of your head. His name falls from your lips like a prayer.
The band builds and builds, Abes hips thrusting erratically, tumbling both of you toward you release.
"Abe!" You scream, body gushing around him, fluttering, clenching and gripping him like a vise.
He moans, pressing his lips to your neck, panting into the skin. He shouts your name, thrusting as far as he could, unloading himself in your welcoming body.
His hand leaves your clit, reaching past your body and hitting the shelves by your side.
His legs shake, thighs and hips twitching.
The shelf under his hand snaps, the wood cracking and sending a berage of books to the floor.
But Abe doesn't move, the books piling at his feet.
"That's gonna be tough to explain," You pant with a soft laugh.
"It's my library," He kisses your neck. "What is anyone going to say?" You both laugh.
He pulls back, sweaty, hot, and shaking with you in his arms. He kisses you, firm and loving and happy.
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