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Most actors who play in BLs are not out LGBTQ. It's a job. Zi Yu auditioned for this role twice in order to get it, so it's not like he was forced to do it. It was his own choice.

Yeah the look on Wang Shuo's face when they did that was kind of ugly. He obviously didn't like it.

Yes, ITSAY was in the ocean, though I think all the others were in swimming pools. And it makes sense that SKAM got its inspiration from somewhere, but I think it was the first BL to do it, and I kind of see all the subsequent ones as tributes to SKAM (although some of them may just have jumped on a trend without knowing about SKAM at all).

Oh, yes, I saw that clip somewhere! I think it was from a livestream? It was fansubbed though so I don't know how accurate it was, I'm learning Mandarin but I'm nowhere near the level that I can understand what people are saying in normal conversation haha

Please tell me about these "recent comments", asking for a friend

There have been underwater kiss scenes in a number of other BLs since SKAM. Notably Why R U, Dark Blue Kiss, I Told Sunset About You, We Best Love, Oxygen, KinnPorsche, The Eclipse, Two Worlds. (Yes, I've kept a list, lol). There may be others that I haven't watched.

Interestingly, I haven't seen it spread the same way in het dramas. My theory is that underwater kissing symbolises love that cannot be out in the open, and can only be fully expressed out of the public eye. So being underwater kind of symbolises that "taboo" nature of same-sex love.

Haha me too 😂 I just wrote somewhere that there will be a remake of a 2016 movie, except I wrote "2026 movie" and people went, "Huh? Remake of a movie that isn't even out yet???" 🤣

Yeah, it's a double-edged sword 😢 At least they are getting the hype and revenue they deserve, but the sasaeng behaviour and the malicious rumours are heartbreaking.

I'd like to add Semantic Error to that, and also History 3:Trapped. For KBL there's also Love For Love's Sake.

Please consider watching this show on the official platforms in order to support the actors and the creators. The membership on the official RevengedLove YouTube channel is not expensive at all. Watching it on pirate sites is disrespectful to the people who made this gem.

He is Chi Cheng's ex who cheated on him with Guo Chengyu, which caused the rift between them (they were close since childhood before that). This is the reason why CC keeps going after anyone who GCY shows an interest in, for pure revenge.

Thank you! I was trying to pause and Google translate that, but only got parts of it, and couldn't really make sense of it at all!

Smh. It's okay to feel differently about things, but personally, if I don't enjoy something I simply don't rate it at all. I would only rate something so low if it was truly an irredeemably offensive piece of garbage, in every respect. But for something simply not being my cup of tea, I will just drop it and walk away. This whole attitude that there's some kind of war between BL of different countries feels so silly and immature to me.

This is the difference between real life and fiction 😂 I would also go crazy and need my personal space and alone time, but in romance I like this kind of obsession for some reason. Maybe it's because there's absolutely no doubt about how he feels or what he wants, and the (theoretical) idea of someone wanting you that much is very flattering and confidence-boosting?

Stop reading my mind 😂
IRL it would be super creepy, but here it's somehow endearing, lol

He's really showing his green side now 💚

I really think this is Chai Jidan rewriting the story according to how she would have done it today. It's like she's kept all the good parts of the original story and eliminated or improved the bad parts (or the parts she's not happy with anymore).

I still watch other shows (and enjoy them), but I really understand how OP feels. It's like when you fall in love with someone and everyone else pales in comprison. It's not that there's anything wrong with everyone else, it's just that there's someone who shines more brightly in your eyes. We all have our favourites, it's not about disrespecting other shows, just about a personal preference. Not everyone has the same preferences, and that's not just okay, it's a good thing. That means more diversity.

If op had started bashing on other specific shows, or other countries' shows, then I would have agreed with you, but they didn't.

She's very probably influenced by Chai Jidan in her writing, yeah.

I'm a proud member, but only lurking so far 😁