#vietnamesebl

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Have you ever woken up to discover that the house you thought was haunted turned out to just have a cat... only for that cat to turn into a very, very handsome man who still acts like a cat but is, did I mention, very handsome?

... Welcome to Vian! Vietnamese BL doing what it does best... domesticity and family and being light and fluffy and cute and just a little weird. @absolutebl Thrilled. I don't even care that it's vertical. They're adorable.

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beef, cupcakes and him (2021)

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A lift him onto the counter and smile? I love it here so much.

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This is so perfectly wild and I love them so much. The cat who's been hiding he can talk and then only talks to get into a philosophical argument? The frustrations of being a human and wishing you were a cat? The awkwardness of communication making everything worse? The little 'boys don't wear flowers... but if it makes you happy' moment? I love them so much already. And the neighbor who only comes over at the most awkward moment? Everything. Everything. This is the single most accurate catboy BL yet.

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Vietnam just knows how to domesticity, okay? And what a sweet episode with a few very worrying moments for Nghia and his now certain heart condition. My love is mine was such a good line because so much of their issues were because of Thien's insecurities and the way they both reacted to their love being seen and having them reclaim their love for each other was darling. I just love this kind of sweet episode.

Oh, and Nghia's mom is definitely either dead or dying and I'm a bit worried because I believe next week in the final episode...

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Vietnam continues to rule the domestic side of BL with these two young men, their home and their love. They're just so sweet and loving and taking care of each other and flirting and I adore them on so many levels.

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Can you believe the year that just passed in BL?

When we went from seaweed snacks to masarati, from gay for him to marriage equality, from banal university to absolutely everywhere, from bubbles of acceptance to queerness, from singing to waltzing.

We've had gay arranged marriages and arranged marriage broken on account of gay, star crossed lovers get their happy ending and sweet boys discovering true love, messy boys that ache and consent at every turn, cheating messes and near-poly, reincarnated pets and hemp ropes that we build, beloved boys and needed boys and hurting boys and healing boys.

This year has been a year of BL everywhere and countries making more BL and BL growing and changing and becoming so much more and I am so, so happy to have shared this year with all of you.

Thank you for your asks and your comments and your debates and your gifs and your explanations and your agreements and your tags and your chats and every moment that reminded me that people are truly wonderful and that loving something, being passionate about something, matters no matter what that thing might be.

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The kiss. The way Nghia smiles after the kiss. They're so bright and so darling and I love them so much. Please give me the sweetest, softest ending to this show.

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They're so cute. Both couples are so cute. I love this show. Dang and Son are adorable with the fountain pen gift and I love how Vi is taking care of his boy and slowly breaking down those walls. Adorable.

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Learning sign language in a power outage and discovering a personal tragedy in the past and learning to connect with people differently and different than yourself...

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Kiss, kiss, love! Not good with words doesn't matter when you understand each other.

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I love that they both had the exact same idea in their fantasy about where Thien's hand should go.

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You know what, Nghia, you are right. I don't think best friends are affectionate like that. But did you really need to ask Thien about it?

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His dad called Thien! His dad brought Thien to him because he knew Nghia was letting himself die because of how much he loved him. His dad doesn’t just approve of them, his dad is out here trying to save the gays damnit. Deeply appreciated.

I mean, they still killed the gay, apparently. But at least he tried.

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Love Bill Episode 2

Forced proximity, landlord versus creditor, who's the one in charge and who's taking care of who and what, exactly, are they doing together? I love Thien and Nghia, honestly. But I especially love that Thien has two friends who are obviously gay, obviously together and obviously know he's gay and that makes me happy on so many levels it's almost a little absurd, honestly. Yay for gay characters in BL who just are gay and don't have to go on entire self-discovery narratives!

Anyway.

I love this little show already and I'm so glad to have been given a second couple, gay characters and more tropes! Til next week!

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Greatest cooking scene of all time. Far, far too accurate.