BL Drama Lovers Club

 OnyxTheHedgehog:

@RiqueXinw I actually started Playboyy a few weeks back and stopped after the first 10 mins but it’s still on my PTW list

After seeing ur rant maybe I should just not watch it at all?

Sorry for the late response. After checking out your profile I realise that I can give you my advice and personal watch maxim. I never not recommend a series to someone no matter how much I loathe the series. The only person I do not recommend a series to is a beginner; reason being I believe a person's first BL experiences are special and somewhat shapes them as a BL fan as well as shapes their preferences, so I always try to recommend to them popular series which are loved by the wide majority. Hence the reason I checked your profile was to get an idea of your watch history and you are no beginner in my opinion, so when you do have the time watch it because even though I did not like  it you may find something special in it because there are some  hated series which I love. Hence my maxim is, "Watch any and everything"; series wise of course. I feel like I was so disappointed with Playboyy that I only give one good aspect and ignored the points in the series that just need support but were not awful in my rant.  However if I had done that my post would have been a hell of a lot longer. Anyways, I am saying don't throw it out just yet.

 p43425:

So point #2: MDL ratings may be skewed by factors like moral disapproval or "triggers" that usually aren't relevant to me.

Thank you for posting this, my thoughts were jumbled but you gave me the perfect jump off point for my post. First let me say I agree with you about the ratings being skewed due individual moral compasses across the fandom. Personally morals or triggers play no role in my rating or whether or not I watch a series; not that I don't have a moral compass but I am good at separating the subjective from the objective, my personal beliefs aside, hence persons will say I rate generously but it is just that my rating is not based on how much I enjoyed the series only but also objectively good things about the series hence Playboyy got the rating it did and not a 2 (I am still pissed lol). 

Now for my original point:

I saw a post on social media that was relatable to me and others in the comments it said, "M/M book fans and BL fans will ignore almost anything except cheating and violence/abuse between the couple." This made me stop and think and I realised it was somewhat true of me not on the moral side but because it challenges my ideas of romance however if romance is not the focus then I don't have an issue. Maybe that is why my moral compass does not play into my watching and rating of series because the themes I love to read about such as Mafia is rife with the gore, violence and the morally grey in order for the story to progress, remain realistic and to allow for a happy ending and the fact that it all exist in the realm of fiction. Does anybody else relate to this?

Update:

Okay I promise I am done now :)

Let me go sit down somewhere I talk too damn much lol

@Magnoliee

I LOVE the idea of everyone on the club (by choice of course) watching the We Are eps together 

That would be really fun!

 American Fan:

APRIL BL DRAMA CHALLENGE

Day 2 - Fav BL drama

Taikan Yoho  and Semantic Error.

These are both 10+ for me and I can rewatch them multiple times (I'm not normally a big rewatcher of series).

 Magnoliee:

Yeah I love that. I am happy you enjoy it! :-)

Aww thx :) 

 axdxex:

I hope the rumor about Pavel and Pooh doing that ghost/crime thriller drama is true because I would so eat that up. I also need Nut to get a new drama as lead yesterday, now, asap.

YES. I NEED MORE NUT CONTENT

I DON’T EVEN CARE IF IT’S BL OR WHATEVER I JUST NEED TO SEE HIM AS A MAIN CHARACTER OMG

 OnyxTheHedgehog:

@Magnoliee

I LOVE the idea of everyone on the club (by choice of course) watching the We Are eps together 

That would be really fun!

I second this!