BL Drama Lovers Club

My very first experience with BL (though I had no idea at the time that is what it was) was when my Netflix had The Untamed listed and I still don't know why I did it but I decided to watch an episode.  The closest thing I watched to that was so many years ago with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.  So totally out of character for me but I absolutely was overtaken by the story and eventually clued in that it was absolutely a love story between men. I'm a bit slow on the uptake apparently.  That started me watching Chinese dramas by the dozen, then Korean but none of them were BL until last month when I fell down the rabbit hole and now I can't watch anything else!!  Needless to say I am gobbling them up as fast as I can.  I don't actually even fully understand why they are so meaningful to me but certainly it's far more than eye candy to me.

The Untamed remains my first love simply because it brought me into such a beautiful world that I didn't know existed.  But so far my actual favourite BL story is Cutie Pie, those two(especially Lian Kilen Wang...my god his eyes!!!) really touched my heart....but please know I'm just beginning my journey through them so I may need to update that somewhere down the road.

I haven't watched or read an 18+ drama or novel but would happily accept recommendations!

 Plushpriestess:

I haven't watched or read an 18+ drama or novel but would happily accept recommendations!

Have you read the novel of The Untamed (Mo Dao Zu Shi/Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation)? It's more explicit than the drama was allowed to be. 

Drama recommendations: 

• Word of Honor (it's similar to The Untamed and more daring in skin ship) 
• 30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii (aka Cherry Magic; not 18+ but a really sweet couple and lovely story)
• A Tale of Thousand Stars (great chemistry as main actors are real life friends for 8 years, interesting story) 
• Manner of Death (quite steamy scenes and great chemistry of main leads) 

Day 29

• Dramas in your plan-to-watch list

I completed many from my watchlist in the past 2 weeks. Here are the ones still pending:

• A tale of a thousand stars
• To My Stars
• DNA Says Love You
• SOTUS
• Manner of death
• Close Friend

 moonchild:

30 Day BL Drama Challenge

Day 1

My first BL Drama was Guardian (2018) and I still hold it dear for many reasons. 

Day 2

I have more than one favorite BL drama is so I'll divide by country: 

China: The Untamed 

Thailand: A Tale of Thousand Stars 

Japan: Cherry Magic

South Korea: You Make Me Dance

Phillipines: Boys Lockdown

You all have got me into Untamed now! Started watching :)

 adicto_princessa:

You all have got me into Untamed now! Started watching :)

Hope you enjoy it~

 adicto_princessa:

You all have got me into Untamed now! Started watching :)

Have fun! Hope you enjoy it. :)

Ok after some of you said that it isn't that bad i watched Golden Blood XD

I don't know. Am I the only one who feels like watching an accident? it's terrible but you can't look away..

I watched it because i loved Gun so much as Techno in Love by Chance.

But really... after research i found out that's the same Director as for The Tuxedo.. this explains a lot XD

 Blkittykat:

I felt the exact same way! I will say the leads had chemistry, but my God, I just couldn't with some of the stuff. 

I also watched it when it was first released, week by week, episode by episode, so maybe that contributed to why I liked it as much as I did, because I've noticed that some dramas that I watched weekly, I would never be able to binge.

 Blkittykat:

I felt the exact same way! I will say the leads had chemistry, but my God, I just couldn't with some of the stuff. 

I also watched it when it was first released, week by week, episode by episode, so maybe that contributed to why I liked it as much as I did, because I've noticed that some dramas that I watched weekly, I would never be able to binge.

Star in my mind is like that