Raining Sunshine:

Day 10

Favorite Western BL Movies and Series

HEARTSTOPPER

LOVE, VICTOR

LOVE, SIMON

SHADOW HUNTERS (NOT EXACTLY A BL, BUT GOD! I LOVE MALEC)

SKAM 

 Blkittykat:

HEARTSTOPPER

LOVE, VICTOR

LOVE, SIMON

SHADOW HUNTERS (NOT EXACTLY A BL, BUT GOD! I LOVE MALEC)

SKAM 

Malec is my OTP! I have spent a lot of time reading & watching Shadow Hunters content just for my fix of Malec.

 TheUntamedHeart:
SHADOW HUNTERS (NOT EXACTLY A BL, BUT GOD! I LOVE MALEC)

I have seen many Malec edits and wanted to check it out but I tried watching a couple episodes of the first season and couldn't get into. Is the show overall good or does it get better? 

 Saygo :

I have seen many Malec edits and wanted to check it out but I tried watching a couple episodes of the first season and couldn't get into. Is the show overall good or does it get better? 

Well, I didn't really like the further seasons, but the MALEC storyline definitely got better. In my opinion, they became the show's best couple by the end of the 3/4 seasons.

 TheUntamedHeart:

Malec is my OTP! I have spent a lot of time reading & watching Shadow Hunters content just for my fix of Malec.

Oh yaay!

I randomly came across the clip of the wedding from the first season, and then binged the entire series just to watch the MALEC scenes. Now I just skip ahead to watch their scenes because of how often I watch them, and I don't have the strength to binge everything, LoL.

Here are my favorite Western BL Shows/Movies :) 

TV SHOWS:
Queer As Folk (this show I think was one of the first shows featuring gay characters that I watched in my life… it was like an awakening to me)
Pose (love the gay representation in this one and the focus on ball culture)
Six Feet Under (HAS ONE OF THE BEST GAY COUPLES EVER ON TV!!!)
Shameless (IAN AND MICKEY WILL ALWAYS HOLD A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART)
Heartstopper (A NEW FAVORITE!!!)

MOVIES:
The Way He Looks (cute upon cute!!!)
Moonlight (my favorite out of this list… I have re-watched it many times now and the movie still hits me in my heart every single time)
God’s Own Country (it has that Brokeback Mountain feel but it has a better ending)
Shelter (this one is an underrated GEM!!!)
Being 17 (I found this one randomly and I LOVED IT!!!)
Beautiful Thing (one of the first gay films I watched so it’s a special one for me) 

 Saygo :

I have seen many Malec edits and wanted to check it out but I tried watching a couple episodes of the first season and couldn't get into. Is the show overall good or does it get better? 

The show is not great overall, but I had to watch it for the Malec storyline. That was the best part of the whole experience. Now I stick with Malec edits.

There is also a movie that was released before the show. It really messes up a lot of the story from the books so I think that is why they canceled future movies and later made the show. But the beginning of Malec is pretty great and the movie isn't terrible if you don't try to compare it to the book series.

 Blkittykat:

Oh yaay!

I randomly came across the clip of the wedding from the first season, and then binged the entire series just to watch the MALEC scenes. Now I just skip ahead to watch their scenes because of how often I watch them, and I don't have the strength to binge everything, LoL.

I definitely can't watch that whole series again. I only go back for Malec!

 Sunshine123:
Six Feet Under (HAS ONE OF THE BEST GAY COUPLES EVER ON TV!!!)
Shameless (IAN AND MICKEY WILL ALWAYS HOLD A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART)

Thank you for bringing the series titles here, i will definitely check out. Even wildbutterfly_32 (Thanks) mentioned about it.

Google never recommend these stuffs it will always throws only certain set of series.

 Blkittykat:
SHADOW HUNTERS (NOT EXACTLY A BL, BUT GOD! I LOVE MALEC)

Surely gonna look it out as there is quite number of talk. Thanks all.

 Raining Sunshine:

Day 10

Favorite Western BL Movies and Series

My absolute favorite Western LGBTQ+ films are:

Brokeback Mountain  (#1)

Before the Fall (remake of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice set in the American South: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4126434/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2)

Moonlight (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4975722/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0)

Blue is the Warmest Color (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2278871/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0)

Handsome Devil (set in a British school: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5016946/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0)

Milk (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1013753/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1)

Favorite series with prominent LGBTQ+ characters:

The Umbrella Academy (extra credit because multiple actors are themselves queer/transgender/bi)

Modern Family (!!) 

Schitt's Creek (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3526078/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0)

The Fosters (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2262532/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0)

Glee

My So-Called Life (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108872/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0)

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Empire

Queer Eye

Queer as Folk

(I know I'm missing some because I haven't been watching anything in English lately...!) :-)

Some articles with some other suggestions:

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-lists/lgbtq-tv-shows-watch-streaming-1012035/work-in-progress-hulu-amazon-1012058/

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/heartstopper-netflix-coming-out-drama

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/coming-of-age-movies-tv-shows#intcid=_gq-uk-bottom-recirc_f22fed6c-7419-4822-a189-97d2fda2398e_entity-topic-similarity-v2

https://www.out.com/entertainment/2018/7/31/20-high-school-films-every-queer-kid-must-see#media-gallery-media-1

 TheUntamedHeart:

Malec is my OTP! I have spent a lot of time reading & watching Shadow Hunters content just for my fix of Malec.

Yaa its a dope one!!!

 Popcxqueen:
Some articles with some other suggestions:

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-lists/lgbtq-tv-shows-watch-streaming-1012035/work-in-progress-hulu-amazon-1012058/

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/heartstopper-netflix-coming-out-drama

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/coming-of-age-movies-tv-shows#intcid=_gq-uk-bottom-recirc_f22fed6c-7419-4822-a189-97d2fda2398e_entity-topic-similarity-v2

https://www.out.com/entertainment/2018/7/31/20-high-school-films-every-queer-kid-must-see#media-gallery-media-1

Thank you for the suggestions, highly appreciated.

 Coming of age and high school  is my favorite genre. So definitely gonna check out every movies and series from 2 to 4 urls.

 Raining Sunshine:

Thank you for the suggestions, highly appreciated.

 Coming of age and high school  is my favorite genre. So definitely gonna check out every movies and series from 2 to 4 urls.

I'm currently binging Heartstopper and absolutely loving it. t's been a while since I was in high school, to be honest, but every once in a while I love a good high school love story.

Is it too late to join this club?