BL Drama Lovers Club

 American Fan:

Yay, a fellow watcher! What EP r u on? I got halfway through EP 8 and fell asleep. I'm awake enough to watch some more even though it's not morning yet for me.

I got so into it that I ended up watching it all day. I even had it on when I was working out. I had dubs but I was doing core work and couldn't see the screen so I had to turn them off because I couldn't stop LOL. I just finished and now I'm stuck again trying to figure out what to watch.

I'm saving The Untamed for my flight back from Portugal. Since it's mainland China, I know I won't have to worry about the person sitting next to me peeping anything too risque.

 p43425:

Actually, it's just random. I was trying to be mysterious and alluring.

I thought you named yourself after a protein. LOL

 RXinw:

All this talk about relationship has me considering it but then I remember that I would cheat......what! There is no way I can stick to just one type of cheesecake. 

LOL There are forms of relationships for that kind of interest, silly.

As an aside, anyone have thoughts on My Personal Weatherman? Or I Hear the Sunspot?

Wow, this group was very active while I was on vacation. It took a while to catch up but so fun!!

August Challenges:

1. Describe the place you call home. Anywhere my family (husband & two kids) is, I feel at home. The physical location is California, USA, in an unincorporated county. Even thought we're not far from a big city, it feels a bit like the boonies. There are no sidewalks, hardly any streetlamps. I hear owls hooting to one another every morning at 5am. When walking in the nearby county park, we often see jack rabbits, coyote, deer, snakes. Rattlers and bobcats have visited our driveway.
2. Anything you would like to share about your username and profile photo.  I started watching Asian drama in Dec-2021 and subscribed to Viki in 2022. Photo is the 2017 solar eclipse which is special; we gathered 80+ friends and family in Bend, Oregon to see it.
3. Share a quote. Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
4. Share your favorite drama tags.
   • Found family
   • Coming of age
   • Friends to lovers
   • LGBTQ+
   • Affectionate Mains' Relationship
   • Cross-dressing
   • Talented Female/Male Lead
   • Meet again
   • Hidden identity
   • Cohabitation
   • Sport
   • Action

• LEAST Favorite
  • Gore
  • Love triangle
  • Obsessive/Possessive Male Lead
  • Pretends To Be Gay 
  • SA
  • Amnesia

 segos:

As an aside, anyone have thoughts on My Personal Weatherman? Or I Hear the Sunspot?

Taikan Yoho is a divisive one on this discussion board lol 

Some people hate it, some love it.

Personally, I love it. It's easily one of my favorite BLs. I think the production managed to make the 'misunderstanding' trope (which I'm not usually fond of) engaging and entertaining. 

I Hear the Sunspot is currently airing, but I'm sure it'll make it into my favorite list too. (It is nothing like Taikan Yoho, just in case you watch that and decide it's not for you.) It's a sweet, emotional, love story, with two characters who are very wholesome.

In short-- I think both are worth the watch.

 segos:

As an aside, anyone have thoughts on My Personal Weatherman? Or I Hear the Sunspot?

I also love(d) both. And I especially love "Takara no Vidro" (Gaga: "Takara's Treasure"), still on your PTW list.

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I see that Netflix now has yesterday's "Reunion" of "The Boyfriend" with good subtitles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-vRG7M7Arg
It's odd that it's on Youtube but not (yet) on Netflix itself.

 angeliviki2022:

Wow, this group was very active while I was on vacation. It took a while to catch up but so fun!!

Welcome back!! Thanks for joining in on the challenge answers. 

 axdxex:

Taikan Yoho is a divisive one on this discussion board lol

Some people hate it, some love it.

I'm one of the haters, I'll admit it out loud.

 p43425:

And I especially love "Takara no Vidro" (Gaga: "Takara's Treasure"), still on your PTW list.

I'd like to take this opportunity to announce that today I officially dropped Takara no Vidro. And while I was at it I took out My Love Mix-up! too.  I'm in a mood rn.

Love Sea - Episode 9

I love FortPeat, oh God, I really love them, but my mind cannot ignore what came so blatantly clear this episode, so it pains me to say this, but I believe it is time FortPeat went on a break and act separately for some time. I do not mean to act with other people or in the romance genre because their chemistry is too good to lose or ignore; I mean they need to go develop themselves as actors outside of the box MAME has placed them in. What I saw today during the confrontation with Rak's father is apathy from Peat. Based on the context of the conflict his acting felt like a cold read of a script; no feeling to bring the character alive. Fort's acting was a little better in portraying his character. They both need some time apart to go and act in different genres outside of the romance genre to broaden their horizon; develop and learn new acting styles and grow outside of the moulds they are currently in. 

I think once they have done this then they can make a comeback as a couple and take on a script that is totally new from LITA and Love Sea, that is innovative, unique and challenging. The BL arena is so diversified now, we have paranormal, horror, Mafia, hell we have robots falling in love. With this type of diversification in the BL space there is room for bold scripts that would need actors like Fort and Peat with their chemistry.

It is time to put this story-line to rest; I feel this way and in my opinion FortPeat showed signs of feeling this way with this episode's performance. I hope they take a break after this series wraps up. The last thing we need is for them to burn out to the point where not even their chemistry can save a series, because make no mistake this series hanged on by the thread of their chemistry and if it had the traditional 12 episodes not even their chemistry could have held on. 

At this point I have no idea what I am going to rate it. I do not even need to watch the finale to know that this series crashed and burned. Not even if a special 10 scene came in the finale would I even consider giving it a 10. Yes, I would break my special 10 scene vow because there is just no saving this series now. 

These are my honest thoughts.