BL Drama Lovers Club

 axdxex:

I'm such a crier when it comes to emotional dramas ;; I'm scared

Don't be overly scared. "Moonlight Chicken" has some heavy moments, but it's basically satisfying and uplifting.

 axdxex:

I always put off dramas I know are going to make me cry, but I end up liking them a lot when I do watch them. IDK I think it just makes me anxious to know the characters will suffer, if that makes any sense ???

I know exactly what you mean.   :-)   

I almost always need to know if the ending is positive or happy before I can start a sad drama. If I know ahead then I'm usually less anxious.  I go through the comments section of a drama page looking for spoilers, haha. If it's a bad or sad end then I'm not at all likely to watch it. 

Total wimp, but it works for me! 

 American Fan:

If it's a bad or sad end then I'm not at all likely to watch it. 

I've been thinking about what you wrote. Yeah, you and I both like fluffy feel-good stuff, and I like to say, "One of the things I like about BLs is that they tend to come with a Happy Ending Guarantee". 

But on reflection, there are (on an exceptional basis) some BLs with sad or bittersweet endings that I liked or even loved and have absolutely no regrets about watching. Three winners that jump to mind are "The Best Story" and "Choco Milk Shake" (ambiguously sad endings) as well as "My Bromance" (unambiguously really sad and tragic ending). In fact, my main criticism of "My Bromance" is the poor attempt to resurrect from the sad ending with the "Five Years Later" sequel; it was so inadequate that I would have preferred to be left with the horribly sad ending.

So anyways, yeah. Fluff is good, but one does not live on fluff alone.

P.S. Three more memorable, mention-worthy, high-quality BLs with sad or bittersweet endings that I liked, even if I didn't necessarily love them: "Eien no Kinou", "Once Again", and "Kissable Lips".

Haven't been able to finish One Room Angel in the past 2 days since I wanted to catch up to 23.5. Even so, my plan to watch list is huge and I kind of hate it now. There's no way I can complete these many shows, especially if they're straight series and especially if they're K-dramas.

Does anyone know an effective way to decide on what I should watch next? I mean, I have so many series in my currently watching and on-hold lists so maybe I should start with those? But I feel no pull towards most of them. :( My ptw list is basically a lot of BL and GL titles, along with a bunch of thrillers and straight series, Chinese bromances and that's about it.

If not for "an effective way to watch series", then do you have any recs for me? That are in my currently watching, on-hold or ptw lists, in this order. I'm trying to clear them up as much as possible but completing one title makes me place 5 more in my ptw. :/ Like, what should I watch first? Except for One Room Angel, 23.5 and Nana movie, I have no priority to my lists and it bothers me.

 p43425:

But on reflection, there are (on an exceptional basis) some BLs with sad or bittersweet endings that I liked or even loved and have absolutely no regrets about watching.

I agree! There have been exceptions for me, not knowing from the start but the endings were either open or sad/bittersweet. It doesn't make me like them any less. Choco Milk Shake is one for me too  :-) There are others, but I'll have to wait for another time. 

Actually I don't need only fluff. As I mentioned I also don't mind some angst & struggles, but yeah, happy endings rule for me!! haha

Going out into the world now. I'm sure I will have time to check in here over the next week, even if I can't enjoy any BLs for now. 

 p43425:

But I don't know your tastes and preferences, or what you're in the mood for right now, so it's hard for me to give specific recommendations.

Thank you for your recs, I will start with these. I am more into JBLs right now so I think I will go with these and then Stay With Me (China) because I heard so many good things about it. Then go for the ITSAY sequel. That one has been on my ptw for a long time so I should watch it sooner rather than later.

That method of working with my ptw list is interesting. I will make sure to use the Priority feature of my ptw more often. Technically what I know is that BL and GL take priority over straight series and that right now I prefer Japanese > Thai > Chinese > Korean, in this order. A lot of the series on my ptw are low priority, but I also like to use random.org and input the number of entries I have on my ptw. Then go to the entry with the number I get and watch that, if it piques my interest momentarily. That's what I did with One Room Angel and Nana and I don't regret it.

Thank you for taking the time to write such a thorough reply. ^^

 Newbie2023:

I bet none of you have heard of or seen this Korean movie called A FROZEN FLOWER from 2008. It is about a king who is bisexual but mainly gay who had his general? as his lover. When he needed to produce an heir he asked his lover to sleep with the queen but then the lover and queen fell in love and he went crazy with jealousy. The movie is very explicit and very steamy.  Here's the link A Dangerous Love Triangle Begins to Form | ft. Song Ji-Hyo, Jo In-sung | A Frozen Flower (youtube.com) 

I watched this in high school lmao

 Emma:

the series is trash.

(re "Minato") To say this solely because of the age difference is not only judgemental about something you haven't even watched, but also offensive to me personally: First of all, absolutely nothing happens until Shin is over 18 and finished school, even though this is far above the legal age in Japan. They took care to handle this issue sensitively. Secondly, the age difference in years isn't even that much - and in fact, less than the age difference with my real life spouse. So long as it's legal, it's not really for anyone else to judge our relationship, any more than do other people have a right to judge same-sex or mixed-race relationships or whatever else. You can choose for yourself, but it's not for you to decide who others are allowed to love or not love.