#netjames breakup

[kevin-the-bruyne]

what do you think about the Netjames break up? james left to pursue his artist career and released that highly criticized (and made fun of) song dance cover etc. do you think he lost fans a sizeable amount? and net has a new partner now and the series seem to be moving along

It was...relatively peaceful? Given that my bad BL breakups benchmark is Perth's manager spreading rumors that Saint is a prostitute, I would say it was an amazing breakup.

Do I think there's more to it than James wanted to pursue an artistic career? Of course I do. Genuinely, there must be. Love Upon a Time isn't a simple project to back out of. Period BLs are all the rage right now. At the time of trailer release it was the first/second period BL on the market. James gave up a lot for what seems a whimsical desire to sing and dance. He could sing after, he could sing during. And unlike the Mii2 breakup, James is fully active right now lol

Rather than what I think about their engagement, because they both must have taken a hit (I don't follow either solo) - I feel really bad for NetJames fans and I feel bad for Net and James; for whatever happened that lead to the breakup before project completion.

Net and James have been working towards this for a really long time and they came to DMD a pair with an established fanbase already having acted together in short series/films. How do you convince me that once upon a time James himself wasn't breaking his back to make this series happen?

To have worked for this for so long and be so close to a blockbuster to then retire the pair with only one full series as leads that is at best one or two notches above tonhon chonlatee aksdjshfk im incredibly sad about it! I respect their privacy and they've given back to their fans a lot so I don't hold them responsible for fan feelings either but also like come on how am i ever supposed to believe James gave this up just cause he wanted to sing more???

[absolutebl]

Hey. Ty very much for your posts. As a woman in my 30s I got hypnotised by the beauty of the novelists and was wondering if you had similar high heat intense recommendations (also watched the samurai one "taboo"), bi or mlm with older leads and non fluffy storylines.. Moody atmospheric and venomous is my weak spot

Moody, atmospheric & venomous BL

Like, the Novelist? really?

AKA Pornographer movie series AKA The Novelist, Mood Indigo, Pornographer Playback (Japan 2018-2020) - emotional manipulation, cheating, obsession, seduction, May/December, kink, touch of necrophilia, explicit.   

Okay I got one right off the bat: seek ye....

The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese

AKA Kyuso wa Chizu no Yume wo Miru (Japan 2020) - obsession, cheating, breakup, reunion, then break up again, explicit, mature characters. 

Now let me think about some more:

high heat

intense

non fluffy

older leads

The last one is a doozy, so I'm not gonna use it as a qualifier. BL is most, well, about "boys" not men.

Some others that might work for you but don't meet all your criteria:

Your Name Engraved Herein (Taiwan 2020 Netflix) - this movie is fantastic but it is also seriously depressing, it’s a self acceptance journey, but if you wanna wallow in high quality acting and serious gay drama, this’ll do it. 

Innocent (Taiwan 2021 GaGa) - mental health, childhood trauma, actually kinda sweet. 

The Eighth Sense (Korea 2023 Viki - This isn’t in the KBL bubble, there’s sharp edges and lots of triggers. For a KBL the darkness of the content left me feeling unsettled but it's really damn good.

My Personal Weatherman AKA Taikan Yoho (Japan 2023 Gaga) - 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. They're hot, young, in love, and total idiots.

I Feel You Linger in the Air (Thai 2023 grey or YT) - IFYLITA is an exquisite BL, elegant and classy… from Thailand which normally doesn't even try for classy. The main couple (both as a pair and individuals) were excellent, it gets hot more that explicit, but it does have sharp edges.

Tokyo in April is AKA Shigatsu no Tokyo wa (Japan 2023 Viki) - Two young men with a shared tragic past reunite and fall in love all over again, but the past will not stop hunting them. It’s Japan in full on soft focus which means it gets emo, abusive, and chewy. These two characters are giving parts of their souls away in a desperate attempt to shape themselves to the expectations they have of each other it's heavy and cutting.

Moonlight Chicken (Thai 2023) - I enjoyed this complicated little show, even though it’s spectacularly messy gay with lots of shrapnel and authentic pain. EarthMix turn in their most compelling performance to date.

Bed Friend (Thai 2023 IQIYI) - Office frienamies transition a flaming hot one night stand into a f-buddy relationship that is built on a puppy/cat dynamic (and kinks into it at one point). Our puppy is loyal, smitten, and protective with endlessly longing eyes, while our cat is snarky, prickly, and deeply damaged (ALL THE TRIGGERS). NetJames give lovely high-heat with excellent chemistry and tuned-in performances of surprising depth.

Big Dragon (Thai 2022 Gaga) - This is a decent execution of true enemies to lovers, these two spy on and bully each other, exploring darker themes and self worth issues. The way the leads transition between anger, resentment, titillation, and flirting (and the way, with kinksters, this can all be the same thing) is really well done. A pairing that proved itself to be a lot more sophisticated than I expected with excellent chemistry, but something went askew around plot, directing, and ending. Still if you're in it for the sexy, go to, they did.

My Beautiful Man AKA Utsukushii Kare (Japan 2021 Gaga - One of the most Japanese BLs to release in the last decade, as weird and as messed up as any 2000′s yaoi: emo af and hella warped, entirely true to itself with no attempt made to modify its POV for modern sensibilities or current BL fandom. It used seriously old school problematic and kinky tropes, like whipping boy, for a truly uncompromising piece that also manages to hit up themes of communication, consent, and self acceptance. It’s a wonderful BL but uniquely dirty and harsh, in the best possible way - Japanese cinema, uncompromising.

End of the World With You

Junjou: Pure Heart

The Egoist

No thoughts on those three, not my thing.

You also might consider some of the stuff on this list:

Hope that gives you some options!

[theworlds-stage]

Tbh I'm not happy with how they managed the breakup part in the show... and I know that I'm often very vocal about liking the novel more, but they had so much potential here that they had built themselves, and then they went and squished it. Why add the fact that King can notice when Uea is particularly upset and not use it after another sa attempt? Like yall, I was watching that scene, and I knew what was going to happen and not just because of the preview, but it felt like a good enough point to have them run into each other for comfort rather than have them fight.

Krit never touched Uea in the novel, so in that scene Uea wasn't as shaken up and they had repeatedly talked about Uea avoiding being alone with Krit and Uea insisting that he had to go to his office because he's the boss and Uea won't find another job easily. So it was, in fact, a breakup brought on King's worry and Uea's annoyance and Krit's pushing.

And in the show, it looks as though King thought Uea went to have a quicky with the boss just cause King went to the toilet and gave them the opportunity .-. Like bitch my boy was mad worried and rightfully so but you don't see that in the show (and I will never hold it against NetJames, this is all on p'Cheewin).