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absolutebl · 2 days

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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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bl-bracket · 1 day

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Most Unhinged Round 2: Hira (Utsukushii Kare) vs Kiyoi (Utsukushii Kare)

[Submitted Reasons Under Cut]

Hira: "Idolship at first sight. This man completly skipped the love phase and went straight into obsession. While very much attracted to and in love with Kiyoi, he is also intensly devoted to their inequal power dynamic, to the extent that he often ignores (or as some might put it kindly, is oblivious to) Kiyoi's feelings to preserve his ability to worship Kiyoi. To him Kiyoi is like a star or a god, and Kiyoi really just wants Hira to acknowledge that Kiyoi has feelings too and isn't some unfeeling piece of plasma floating in space. Kiyoi also frequently refers to Hira as his stalker, which Hira seems to like?"

Kiyoi: "He hides it better, but he's just as unhinged as Hira"

#bl bracket #bl drama #bl shows #hira #hira kazunari #kiyoi #kiyoi sou #utsukushii kare #my beautiful man #unhinged #round 2

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rayandgay · 10 months

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Don't you ever have thoughts like that? (subs by @DE4RKAZU)

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dreamingsnowflake2013 · 10 months

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I will stay with Kiyoi forever. He is the ultimate King... No, actually, he is my, only my, beautiful man.

#utsukushii kare #yagi yusei #hagiwara riku #my beautiful man #jdrama

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agapintheskin · 10 months

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『劇場版美しい彼～eternal～』 (My Beautiful Man ETERNAL)

#my beautiful man #utsukushii kare #leoのcontent #my beautiful man spoilers

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lemonfreshlysqueezed · 4 months

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The blush on this man!!

Gif by @guangchuan

#my beautiful man #my beautiful man the series #bl drama #utsukushii kare #hira x kiyoi #yagi yusei #japanese series #japanese bl

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wanderlust-in-my-soul · 11 months

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Delicious adjective, /dɪˈlɪʃ.əs/- used to describe a situation or activity that gives you great pleasure (Part 1/?)

Utsukushii Kare

Old Fashion Cupcake

Bad Buddy

War Of Y

Bed Friend

Love At The End Of The World

History 5

Summerdaze

Part of my favorite bl-tropes collection, as always in no particular order.

#multi bl #multibl.edit #bl tropes #finger in mouth #utsukushii kare #my beautiful man #old fashion cupcake #bad buddy #war of y #bed friend #love at the end of the world #history 5 #summerdaze #bl drama #bl series #myedit #asianlgbtqdrama #fingerlick

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gulongming · 5 months

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Yagi Yusei as Kiyoi Sou

美しい彼エターナル My Beautiful Man: Eternal (2023)

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zhaolusi · 8 months

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MY BEAUTIFUL MAN: ETERNAL (2023)

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yakdee · 27 days

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#ear (+ sometimes neck) kisses my beloved

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amethyst-fiend · 1 year

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Utsukushii Kare + textposts

#my beautiful man #utsukushii kare #my beautiful man 2 #utsukushii kare 2 #hira x kiyoi #mine #i adore these two way too much #ive only gotten one episode of s2 #and im already destroyed #jdramaedit #mbm meme

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cosmicclownboy · 1 year

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The journey of Hira's hoodie aka now Kiyoi's hoodie

#utsukushii kare #my beautiful man #Kiyoi treasuring the hoodie because it was the first thing he borrowed from Hira

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bl-bracket · 2 days

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Most Unhinged Round 1: Hira (Utsukushii Kare) vs Prom (Playboyy)

[Submitted Reasons Under Cut]

Hira: "Idolship at first sight. This man completly skipped the love phase and went straight into obsession. While very much attracted to and in love with Kiyoi, he is also intensly devoted to their inequal power dynamic, to the extent that he often ignores (or as some might put it kindly, is oblivious to) Kiyoi's feelings to preserve his ability to worship Kiyoi. To him Kiyoi is like a star or a god, and Kiyoi really just wants Hira to acknowledge that Kiyoi has feelings too and isn't some unfeeling piece of plasma floating in space. Kiyoi also frequently refers to Hira as his stalker, which Hira seems to like?"

Prom: none submitted

#bl bracket #bl drama #bl shows #hira #hira kazunari #utsukushii kare #my beautiful man #prom #prom playboyy #playboyy #playboyy the series #unhinged #round 1

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rayandgay · 10 months

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