BL Drama Lovers Club

 MeNotYou:

Bite your tongue...lol.

 axdxex:

I just wanted to share this because Mark is hilarious lol

Everybody needs to have a friend like Mark. *grin*

 Wrenix:

Thank you for such a detailed response <3

Honestly E's styling is probably the closest character wise but none of them have his face. LOL He's being very hard to pin down, which is very true to character, thank you brain for reminding me how annoying I am LOL Never imagined a dreamed up face to be so damn annoying LOL

I'm detail orientated too so when I looked at the pics you provided, I didn't look at them with personal preferences in mind per se (tho D was just purdy to look at...lol). Instead, I looked at them with your story and the characters details in mind, tho some overall aesthetics did play a part as well. That's why for me, like you, nothing really stood out for me as "Yes this is the one!", so I went with the ones that were the closest to what you described them as being, both in personality and appearance. Tbh, I much preferred the one you posted a while back that I said reminded me of a blonde Cha EunWoo or the Felix look-a-like one that was posted right after as a closer match to our boy. :-)

 OnyxTheHedgehog:

True, none of the pictures really look like Wen…

I'm interested to know how you imagine him?

 p43425:

I would give specific recommendations, but you have so many really great BLs on your PTW list that I hardly know where to start.

Although I virtually never "skip" when watching something for the first time (and also almost never drop unless something is truly unwatchable), I do make liberal use of 2X speed (if available on the app) when things are dragging, so I can get through faster without missing any story.

I forget that I can change it to 2x speed (ﾉ_-｡) maybe I’ll start doing that instead

 Wrenix:

haha. I see your point. Although I had posted not with the intent to dig for other people's opinions on my own characters LOL I just genuinely wanted to explore the whole shipping mentality and have now have a ton of ai men on my laptop so thought I'd experiment.

Apologies to anyone if they were offended by my post. Take it as more child like curiosity into something that has always fascinated me LOL

But yes. The korean one you mentioned, definitely has Wen's vibe, playful and sensual.

No offence taken here whatsoever and absolutely no need for apologies. I think it's fun doing stuff like this and I find your posts interesting. Makes it feel more like a home  with friends here than just a place you come to chat occasionally with people you don't know. ((Hugs)) Thanks for that.

Sorry I didn't understand the assignment...lol. I looked at those pics with your story in mind and not with a shipping mind, but that said, because I watch so many different types of BLs I don't have any one type of pairing that I prefer over another. For me, the pairing works if the actors they chose fit the character of the story. Period. 

That said, I am kinda getting a little tired of the constant big strong, masculine, muscular guy always being paired with the smaller, softer, physically weaker looking guy, and that clear cut definition of their sexual roles based strictly on those appearances. Give me a couple that you can't pin down that way and if you try to think of their roles, the best you can decide is them being verse...any day of the week. What can I say? It's the writer in me. I like a story 'shown' not 'told' to me. I have a very healthy imagination and I don't need the hand holding...LOL! Why walk on a designated path when you can run wild and freeeeeee! *GRIN*

@menotyou yeah that's pretty much how I see it. I just see the characters and that's down to the actor so just like life, they could be paired with anyone as long as they can act out their scenes together affectively lol I often wonder how casting directors decide on pairing. Like, what are they looking for/at when the create a pairing? 

I don't like overly masculine men in general lol out of the group, jay is the most masculine and I'm pretty sure my brain did that on purpose when I was journalling. Other than that no, I get intimated when I see overly manly characters. My sister loved Thor when it was all the rage and the look on her face when my reply was "eeek, no' lmao

 Wrenix:

I often wonder how casting directors decide on pairing. Like, what are they looking for/at when the create a pairing? 

I think sometimes it's just based on aesthetics because we all know the better looking the men are together and apart, the more popular they will become as a couple... but the smart ones also choose based on character portrayal, an actor's skills, and the chemistry between the two. That's the whole point of doing script readings together when auditioning (and table reads afterwards). Let's face it, for most serious viewers, in the end it doesn't matter how pretty they look if they can't act/play the role effectively, or if there's no chemistry between them. When that chemistry is smokin' good, you can sometimes forget everything else, or at least ignore it just a bit for a while...lol.