BL Drama Lovers Club

 Raining Sunshine:

Day 23

First Thai BL and Last Watched Thai BL 

First Thai BL - SOTUS

Last watched Thai BL - CUTIE PIE

On the topic of Cutie Pie, what did you guys think? I was really excited for it, but I was dissapointed :(

I think the moment I enjoyed the most was when Mii2 showed up at the end of the last episode.

 Katie:

I just finished watching pornographer today. I think overall it's definitely worth the watch and would definitely recommend it! It offered a unique storyline that I had yet to see.

But yeah, it's definitely R-rated for sure... It can be hit and miss depending on whether you feel comfortable with the erotic and explicit content 

If you choose to watch pornographer and enjoy It I would also recommend watching mood indigo after (the prequel to pornographer). Personally, I preferred the prequel

also word of caution if you get invested in the series... The sequel (the pronographer movie: playback) is almost impossible to find online with and english translation :(

Yes i preferred Mood Indigo as well but I also just think its a great title and if i ever had a band that would so be the name of it!

 Blkittykat:

First Thai BL - SOTUS

Last watched Thai BL - CUTIE PIE

On the topic of Cutie Pie, what did you guys think? I was really excited for it, but I was dissapointed :(

I think the moment I enjoyed the most was when Mii2 showed up at the end of the last episode.

Overall I enjoyed it but I do think they missed the opportunity to make it a truly great BL.  

Cons

• They dragged out the secret life plot waaaaay to long. Like they already knew about each other for several episodes and they knew that they knew so why keep holding on to it. This was the biggest issue I had with it. 
• I thought the relationship between Diao and Hia Yi was never fully explored or explained. I think they could have taken some of the time from the secret lives to flesh this out more.
  

Pros

• I love the acting. I thought I wouldnt like Zee and Nue because I really liked Zee and Saint and i think Nue looks a lot like Saint but I actually liked them together and thought the chemistry was good
• I loved the message  of marriage equality, and overall positive LGBT messages in the show. 
• The way they shot the NC scenes. I though some of the cinematography was beautiful on these and I thought the chemistry was good as well. Some times the physical scenes can really lose the chemistry and it looks awkward but I felt that didnt happen here.

Rainbow on screen - Papa and Daddy

Cross Dressing - Nobleman Ryu's Wedding

I wasn't gay until I met him - SOTUS

Coming Out - He's Coming To Me

Web Drama so short, it forgot to include a plot - Blue of Winter

Allies!!! - Light On Me

And they were all gay - My Engineer

Most of the characters are students - Bad Buddy

Homophobic parents - Together With Me : The Next Chapter

Queer element is subtext only - Guardian

Lavender relationship - (Had to Google it, and here we go) Badhai Do

A butch who actually has short hair - Yes or No

A trans character - 3 Will Be Free

An ace and/or aro character - Cherry Magic

Character's queerness is a spoiler - Move To Heaven

So what if they're LGBTQ+, I still love them - Kinn Porsche

Consent? What's that? - Love by Chance

Cheating Bi - Club Friday 8

Tragic End - Make Our Days Count

Heavy on the Taboo theme - Right or Wrong

Has a political element to it - Not Me

A Bi character who doesn't cheat - Fish Upon The Sky

Looks up something queer online or at the library - Heartstopper

Plot centers around family - Cupid's Last Wish

 Blkittykat:

@Loubug1012, yeah I was really glad to see the support and positive portrayal of LGBTQ characters, but god, the rest of the plot involving anyone who wasn't Syn and Nuer bored me!

Like, I get that they needed to have a base plot, but this was not what I expected when I started watching. I would have preferred if the secret life was revealed earlier, and then followed them as they fell in love knowing everything about each other. 

I don't know, I was just disappointed because I was looking forward to it after I watched the trailer. Maybe a rewatch later would change my mind :)

No I get why people are feeling like that. I think it helped i missed a lot of the hype for this show before it came out so I didnt have a lot of expectations for it. But yes Syn and Nuer were super cute.

 Raining Sunshine:

Off Main Challenge question 

Beautifully crafted scenes/ favorite scenes in Thai dramas.

I've only seen UWMA, Kiss Me Again cuts, and I'm halfway into DBK so I don't have much to go off of yet but here's my favorite scenes from those dramas

Basically every Korn and Intouch scene lol as far as I'm concerned they never actually died because I'm in denial :)

First: 2gether

Latest: Fathers (movie)