August Challenge Day 19~
How did you discover BL & LGBTQ+ dramas? Do you usually watch dramas alone or with others?
I discovered BL anime in my late teens, when I had a very bad cold and just flicking through an anime streaming sight, just clicking on things and I clicked on Gravitation. I've known I was bisexual since puberty but had little experience with gay media up until then. Some years later, I got into reading webcomics but struggled as it's always just one page a week and I have little patience for it LOL I would end up getting bored eventually.
A thousand years later, in 2022 once again, I was ill in bed again, and clicking through streaming sites. I was so delusional at the time I can't even remember how I found it or where I watched it but I happened upon 'Don't say No' and found myself enjoying it. I tried TharnType 2 after that because I was more interested in the DSN couple followed by the 1st TharnType which I dropped like like volcanic ash. Then came KinnPorsche. I dont think I need to link that one. I found it when only the first two eps had dropped so I unfortunately got caught up in a lot of the hype around it. The art piece trailer to it was so beautiful I got my hopes up for a deeply emotional and artistic masterpiece LOL I also had a slight kinship with Apo Nattawin but the whole thing turned into a major mess that I've already mentioned several times before lol I joined this site just to have somewhere to rant about it lol
I decided to ignore LGBT media after Kinnporshe because of reasons mentioned in my earlier TedTalk. It all just felt like glamourized porn and I was just that angry at the time.
2023 was spent between kpop and netflix asian shows.
Fast forward to February this year, when my Grandmother passed away, and I chose to give Untamed a try because I felt nothing and was doing nothing.
The Untamed changed my mind about BLs. I had already been enjoying the asian offerings on netflix and decided to return to this site to see what else there was. At the minute, Untamed still holds the Top spot of my favourite BL's but I'm open to it being usurped. A rewatch for me means it's a favourite and so far, Until We Meet Again and Between Us have been the only ones but I would still choose Untamed as my favourite so far.
I watch BL's alone. To be fair, I watch all my shows by myself because my tastes have always been very different to those around me and the main reason I became more active on this site was to share my thoughts with literally anyone and find others I could talk to about the shows I've watched.