Good point! I honestly enjoy the subtle BLs more than the explicit ones. I guess I value the other levels of intimacy…
As long as it doesn’t leave everything to subtext and make you doubt whether they are romantically into each other or not, I don’t care if there are no kissing or bed scenes. Subtle romances can be fantastic!
what's with GMMTV Bromance thingy? I don't know much about it can you please elaborate?
I don’t want to talk too much about it here as I said above, but to sum it up, this time they took it too far by having Wu air on gagaoolala, a platform meant for exclusively LGBT content, tagging it falsely as BL and Gay, even though it is not. This kind of misleading marketing is the literal definition of queerbaiting.
Are you also going to complain every time they make Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson just friends?
No, because Sherlock is not on gagaoolala, a platform exclusively for lgbt+ content, falsely tagged as BL and gay. This is what people take issue with.
For people who want to know what they can do to prevent queerbaiting becoming normalized and spreading even outside GMMTV:
1. Unsubscribe Gagaoolala and inform them of it with an email, clearly but politely explaining your stance and reasoning. You can also express your interest to resubscribe if Wu is removed from their lineup.
2.Watch the series on unofficial sites. Watching this way will not result in any profit for Gagaoolala or GMMTV. You can often find episodes on unofficial sites hours after they air officially (e.g. Dailymotion)This way fans can enjoy the series without worrying about contributing to harmful practises.
I’m glad people are finally calling out GMMTV. Honestly, I’m not surprised they gave yet another non queer…
At this point I’m just boycotting GMMTV as a whole until they get their shit together. This issue matters to me more than any entertainment I could potentially get. I’m not saying everyone else need to do as I do, but just putting it out here that if people really want to watch this show but don’t want to support this kind of marketing and framing, they could watch the show on unofficial sites. This is the kind of situation where piracy is good (because it does not give GMMTV money)
The only way this would not be blatant queerbaiting at this point is if the main characters actually are queer but their relationship is that of friends. If not, airing this on Gaga without any sort of rep is just😬(also they tagged this Gay and BL and included a rainbow in the announcement tweet😑)
What is the most crazy is that they could have put this on Netflix, iQIYI, WeTV—literally any other platform that is not exclusively for queer entertainment. It is just so wrong on so many levels if the series is bromance without the mains being queer in any way.
Never give up hope! Wuju Bakery is here after 3 long years, even after Jeff himself said that it was shelved indefinitely,…
Vamp could technically recast. I think it is shelved though as Mike has gone completely silent about it for like a year now. But yeah, so many projects, especially from small and newer companies end up with issues. What is so weird with Wuju bakery is that they were able to complete filming and that the project collapsed at such a late stage. Most projects that fade away do so during early development like Vamp😅
1. Unsubscribe Gagaoolala and inform them of it with an email, clearly but politely explaining your stance and reasoning. You can also express your interest to resubscribe if Wu is removed from their lineup.
2.Watch the series on unofficial sites. Watching this way will not result in any profit for Gagaoolala or GMMTV. You can often find episodes on unofficial sites hours after they air officially (e.g. Dailymotion)This way fans can enjoy the series without worrying about contributing to harmful practises.
What is the most crazy is that they could have put this on Netflix, iQIYI, WeTV—literally any other platform that is not exclusively for queer entertainment. It is just so wrong on so many levels if the series is bromance without the mains being queer in any way.
filming and that the project collapsed at such a late stage. Most projects that fade away do so during early development like Vamp😅