BL Drama Lovers Club

 American Fan:

I really enjoyed both

Got it! I'll start them. I want some stuff to watch at the start of the week, since most of the shows I'm watching air during the weekend. 

 American Fan:

I really enjoyed both, but Addicted Heroin received a bad reception, which is why the rating is low. The series doesn't deserve it.

Boys Be Brave is fairly short and fluffy but also meaningful.

I also really enjoyed both. "Boys Be Brave" is a cute and amusing watch, and I personally thought "Addicted Heroin" was really good on its own merits, i.e. so long as one doesn't try to compare it with "Stay With Me", which seems to be one of two reasons for most negative ratings - and it's really very different, so I found it easy not to compare. The other reason for many negative ratings seems to be moral disapproval because of the age difference between the lead actors (August and Mac), which I personally find not only irrelevant but also disrespectful to actors as professionals. For goodness sake, this isn't a porno! Anyways, August and Mac are really good and well matched, and the secondary couple (Newyear/Jur) are really cute and funny and generally a delight to watch. So yeah, I can also recommend both.

DAY 2 - Cuteness Overload Award  Given how serious the show was, the bright light and cutie pie was Sin Ju Yeong.

 p43425:

The other reason for many negative ratings seems to be moral disapproval because of the age difference between the lead actors (August and Mac), which I personally find not only irrelevant but also disrespectful to actors as professionals.

Exactly. Here's what I find so funny. Mac, who is 17, prob has one of the longest list of acting work to his credit more than most BL actors. He's not some fresh kid off the street working his first gig.

 p43425:

But on the whole, I still think it's a fairly direct and compressed remake of a good original that didn't need remaking - and so far, it subtracts a lot and doesn't add much.

LITA-J - I'm pretty close to the same opinion. I'm enjoying it for what it is and of course it won't get the same rating as LITA from me.  At the same time, I'm not going to punish this series by giving it a lowball rating, like what happened with Addicted Heroin, just cuz it doesn't measure up to the original. 

 angeliviki2022:

Given how serious the show was, the bright light and cutie pie was Sin Ju Yeong.

Omg, yes!! So glad you chose him. <3

 axdxex:

2024 Year End BL Drama Awards

Day 2 : Cuteness Overload Award

Oh-- I think I'm going to give this one to Toey from 'We Are'. See attached proof.

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I completely agree

Getting ready for 2025 with some organizing, lol. At least, trying to!

I've been going through my PTW list, one title at a time, to delete what I will prob never watch or change some dramas to HP so I can watch them soon. I even found a few that I already watched but wasn't on the right list. 

Anyways, I'm on the "M"s and found this series, Marahuyo Project, and wondered if anyone has seen it or even heard of it? I'm undecided about whether to keep it on my list or not.

How many of you all have watched The Trainee? Did anyone else struggle with watching like I have? If you did, how the hell did you get through this series?? I don't think I have ever heard the Windows XP error sound more in my life than in just the first 4 episodes that I have watched of this series so far. It's spammed so much that it's like I'm being put through some kind of torture technique with one single comedic sound effect. I have also just about fallen asleep during every episode, and I have also walked away from it so many times to go do other stuff while it was playing. Did anyone else find they were struggling to not get bored and hold your interest?

Edit: Meant to include asking — Does it pick up at all or get better after a certain episode like some series can be?