Lyson

Holy crap, the contrast in the episodes of the high FEELS for Qin Xiao and Qi Lu versus the ouch FEELS for Liu and Tan Yin, it was like a sensual stroke followed by a painful jab wtaffffff, another stroke and another jab. OOUCH. I love it. Don't get me wrong, I am absolutely not complaining. Hurts so Good, hits so GOOD.
I mean The FLIRTING between QX and QL!
And That HUG @ 19.47 🫶
And That LOOK QX gives QL @ 20.45 🫠

----in fact ALL of Qin Xiao's looks at Qi Lu are like 'Boo, I'm always on the verge of trying to kiss you' -ᴰᵒ ᴵ ᵂᵃⁿⁿᵃ ᴷⁿᵒʷ ᵇʸ ᴬʳᵗⁱᶜ ᴹᵒⁿᵏᵉʸ'ˢ ᵖˡᵃʸⁱⁿᵍ ⁱⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᵇᵃᶜᵏ ᵒᶠ ᵐʸ ᵐⁱⁿᵈ- cause the VIIIIBBBESSS between them are so charged and smooth and sexy but sweet and that 3 am date was so excellent. And Qi Lu is not fucking around with staring at his bae like he can't help himself and I ain't even playing when I say that at the same time as Qi Lu was saying 'Oh my, no wonder you have no shortage of girlfriends.' @ 9.22 I was thinking 'Qin Xiao wasn't kidding, bro knows how to run that GAME.' 🔥 🔥 🔥

This is just getting better with every episode, and real talk, people be worried about them being separated but I'm thinking we might see these two stand up to be together despite whatever might try to pull them apart, or at least that's what I WANT to see. Everything about Qi Lu's temper hints at him telling his dad to fuck off if he feels like something might interfere with him 'loving the one he loves' especially since he was only focused on that last sentence 🤣 Qi Lu is a GEM, bb is so honest!

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH SATISFACTION.

While it is correct that LGBTQ+ series and BL are not the same, this is a BL. It is very well acted, directed and filmed and definitely is raising the bar, but it is a BL, made obvious by its specific traits and tropes. Here are a few I can think of off the top of my head, in no particular order and including but not limited to:
1. One 'privileged' ML / One 'working class' ML
2. Slow motion dream like scenes and long stares to highlight 'moments'
3. A specific second gay couple (in case viewers don't like the leads)
4. Whump (hurt/comfort for those unfamiliar with the term) both necessary or exaggerated, where the MLs need to treat each others wounds/illness.
5. A female character in love with one ML to create some drama

There are probably more, but honestly, all of them are quite subtle in this show and I'm loving it, I think it's great. Other BLs could take some notes from this on how to execute tropes in a non-obvious/obnoxious way.
Still, it's a BL, just a very well done one.

🤣🤣

I don't know for certain, but what I assume about those particular cancelled censored BLs, is that it was because:
a) they are all adapted from famous/popular Danmei novels
b) they all had high budgets
c) they all have casts of well known Chinese actors with relatively large followings/fandoms
-and due to these reasons, they were more strictly locked down, possibly/probably having threatened the careers of everyone involved (as the Cn gov tends to do to major celebs who offend their delicate sensibilities) and so they can't be broadcast/released, ever. Unless of course, the Cn gov lifts the ban. The Cn gov doesn't seem to care too much about smaller or unknown actors, and that's why The Spirealm, In Your Heart and Blue Canvas did little to no major advertising before release and kept asking people not to blow the series up on social media. The point is to not draw the gov's attention.

So, as for international releases, I don't see those particular pre-filmed censored BLs getting released unless the ban is lifted, and in the case of Immortality, since the license has expired, it would need to be relicensed too. Additionally, since the Danmei's are SO famous, I also don't see the writers selling their IP rights outside of China. Their government may be homophobic, but the creators of those stories are still proudly Chinese, still proud of their culture and so they may want their works made within their country. If the rights get sold, those shows will have to be recast and remade and I assume that the original writers don't want that.

But I'm just answering this question based on what I've read and watched and observed over the years since the ban, I don't know anything for 100% certain. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Well, it depends on how you perceive the ending since it can be interpreted differently. Mostly, it's bitter-sweet, but some people find it to be happy enough and others find it a bit sad. Mixed opinions.

What about:
Qin Xiao: "Come here."
Qi Lu: "ᴵ'ᵐ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵍᵒⁱⁿᵍ."
Qing Xiao: "Ｃｏｍｅ."

This kind of angst feeds me.

Original work. No novel.

This whole episode was soooooooo damn good, I mean, the layers of emotion and meaningfulness and dept of the conversations continue to hit so hard, and the expression of said emotions in the acting, the looks they give each other, the intensity they bring to every scene, and the feeling of the indecision and desire in each main character but holy shit, if that moment between Qi Lu and Qin Xiao was not THE BEST 'CONFESSION' SCENE IN A BL IN 2024, everything can fuck right off.
It's going on my profile under 'scenes that live rent free in my head' because it killed me, I died.

Thank you kindly.

What is HEA?

I've just started on ep 1, decided I should try it myself to decide. I'll be honest, ep 1 didn't grab me so far. Lots of pauses and dramatic looks and nice cgi, good budget too, but so far no character or plot draws for me. But I'm gonna keep going and see if it improves.

I think they must be finding loopholes to bypass excessive scrutiny in order to get their shows broadcast. Some very short format Chinese BLs end up on YT too, and even on Biliblili, going unnoticed by the censors (unless some twat reports it on BB), then it'll get taken down.

The Spirealm as well, they first 'snuck' it past censorship. That's why The Spirealm also aired on iQiyi first before it was pulled within 2 hours. In the actual censorship process, I read somewhere that The Spirealm slipped by censors with it's short ep release format, no intro or outro, no frills, no hype, no advertising, managing to find some minor loopholes that at first made the censors not scrutinize it so much and so it got licensed. I'm not sure what Blue Canvas did, maybe they found some other loophole, but in the end it still got pulled. I think iQiyi will accept anything with a license, then take it out when they're told to, like a puppet, does as directed. Air, don't air.

But honestly, there are no clear deets about how Blue Canvas made it's way to iQiyi that I could find. I'm just glad it made it's way out of China.

I appreciate the encouragement, but I already dropped it last week, at ep 5 😅 it's for the best though, since I'm not interested in the other couples anyway.

The first time Lanzhu makes that promise should be ep20, at around 26.30.

In the 10th door, are you talking about the chocolate scene? That scene is in ep 33, at around 22 min in.

They didn't comply with censorship, probably refused to remove anything, hence it was pulled from iQiyi, so the license to broadcast in China is not valid. When they released it outside of China, they don't have to remove cut anything.

Yeah, I dropped MYatB. I ain't about that rapey stuff. Some Cn BL writers seem to think two males + forceful sex = not rape. Yeah. No. Still rape.

This series was taken down in China, it's now rebroadcasting internationally and not allowed to be aired in China.

Welp, I liked this whole ass episode, from start to finish. That is all.

You should try not to get offended about something you clearly misunderstand, it says a bit too much about your questionable mental state. I never said anything was wrong with the technical acting, I am simply not interested in watching Santa act in that kind of role, as that kind of ditzy character, hence I won't be reading the novel either, since I don't like the character. If that is not something you can understand, you cannot be helped. Do try to maintain some control over your butthurt though, for your own sake of not sounding like a pressed dumbass.

I think we don't know enough about Tan Yin's deafness yet to judge. I suspect his deafness might have come from the abuse he faced in the institution, in which case, he wouldn't have too much trouble learning how to speak again. If not, and it's that he's been deaf most of his life or summat, then it's a writer flaw. We just have to wait and see.