BL Drama Lovers Club

I need to get back into BL lately The Starry Love has been occupying my head. Only have attention for that and I’ve piled up bl series I need to catch up on ?. Anyways I’ll do it soon. 

 Kapalini:

Kinnporsche had that "fantasy" (im saying fantasy because i doubt any of us BL watchers actually experience mafia LGBT love) apporoach and kept it intimate and believable with hilarious and loving MLs

This had me cracking up.  The Mafia LGBT situation is definitely low on my probability meter, that's for sure.  But yeah, I totally agree with you.  They could do so many things that might all under that "fantasy" umbrella but still make the love aspect believable.  And especially in KinnPorsche (it's such a good example of how to do things right) they showed real attraction and lust between the characters which can be risky because people generally don't like to acknowledge that kind of intimacy, thinking there has to be love there first.

All this "love at first sight" is really "desire at first sight" because, really, how can one fall in love with someone when they don't even know what kind of person they are?  But that's a whole other tangent.. 

 dodoubleg1785:

This had me cracking up.  The Mafia LGBT situation is definitely low on my probability meter, that's for sure.  But yeah, I totally agree with you.  They could do so many things that might all under that "fantasy" umbrella but still make the love aspect believable.  And especially in KinnPorsche (it's such a good example of how to do things right) they showed real attraction and lust between the characters which can be risky because people generally don't like to acknowledge that kind of intimacy, thinking there has to be love there first.

All this "love at first sight" is really "desire at first sight" because, really, how can one fall in love with someone when they don't even know what kind of person they are?  But that's a whole other tangent.. 

thank you. they could totally do so much. like making Xianxia dramas that are BL but it doesn't have to be made in china. like i am desperate to have a 40-60 episode drama of a BL relationship. these other bls are like 6 episode and are 15 minute episodes each. its super annoying.

 Kapalini:

I agree with you. Earlier last year i enjoyed the school aspect of BLs but i am not in that environment at the moment. so the appeal and want to have that kind of love is gone. perhaps when i get into that University environment i may feel differently. but right now. i don't have that interest in school/university dramas. Kinnporsche had that "fantasy" (im saying fantasy because i doubt any of us BL watchers actually experience mafia LGBT love) apporoach and kept it intimate and believable with hilarious and loving MLs when alot of these Uni dramas like Tharntype and SOTUS keep homophobia or SA as a building block for their relationships. whereas in the real world those relationships would never last the way they did and the fact as they tried to let those be justified was ultimately dispicable. thats not to say the actors did a bad job. it was the bad writing and plot points. 

Nothing about Kinnporsche was believable for me ;) romance was part cheesy part smutty, plot left the chart after episode 7, the ending was something out of a melodrama, and the "mafia" do not make me laugh

The best part? how outrageously absurd it was. they showed us a huge middle finger and said f yeah! the extravaganza in an amusing malefic setup with it's outlandish executions of the old age tropes really appealed to a lot of viewers. and its weird because i actually love shows that go all out like this, i guess i wasn't in the mood for it when i watched it or i felt severely let down by a show that I'd waited for so long. it just got boring for me after a while.

will re-watch someday but i totally understand people loving this show as much as they do (Kinn, Porsche, Jeff Satur, Bible and Build being bare chested as often as they were sure helped :) i get why you'd label it as "fantasy" Alas, how many of us long to be blown of our feet by a Mafia leader and zero people will actually experience it *crying emoji*

 Kapalini:

OMG SAMEE i finished it this morning. the ending was ok but the series as a whole was amazing. Yetan's acting was amazing 

Top favorite next to Alchemy of Souls. Such a wonderful series. I love it so much. 

 Chun Mo Rionnag:

I must say that March 2023 is giving me all the joy with:

• All the Liquors: adult characters, decent acting, and high than usual production standards. Added bonus, end-of-episode scenes.
• Our Dating Sim: fast-paced with no extraneous scenes, cute story, good acting, workplace setting and the cutest end-of-episode scenes ever!
• Jack o' Frost: a slick take on the amnesia trope, giving me nostalgia for "To My Star Season 2: Our Untold Stories" again featuring working adults but with exceptional acting for a J-BL drama and, surprisingly, more skinship than most but still tastefully done.
• A Shoulder to Cry On: a faithful adaptation of a manhwa I previously enjoyed wherein a psychological battle ensues. Again, the acting and production values are high.
  
•  Unintentional Love Story: again working adults, good acting, high production values, and the bonus of a second couple.

Can't wait to see them but I need Italian sub :P ....

I know about the discord servers. I am posting something here to join this club.