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You can try "Addicted" or "Stay With Me" which are by the same writer as "Revenged Love".
Two works basically tell the same story: "Addicted" has great chemistry, but is objectively questionable (if you think Chi Cheng is a red flag, wait till you meet Gu Hai 🙄), "Stay With Me" is more wholesome, but got "bromancified".

If you're looking for enemies to lovers Taiwanese BL, I will second Froehlein and recommend "We Best Love" (with that difference that I only liked first season, though second one had one of the most impressive scenes in any BL I've watched acting-wise...).

"History 3: Trapped" has enemies to lovers plus action plus a rather rich story. It's generally considered somewhat iconic among BL fans, so maybe you'd enjoy it.

Wow, I made some impression I see 😋😎

When it comes to The On1y One I'm same old me: have no hope.
Especially after the whole crowd-funding debacle or whatever that even was.

Re: Edit 2: I have no knowledge of Eternal Faith, but it's not uncommon for Chinese dramas to be shelved for long periods of time. Though 4 years is a long time... On the other hand, dramas like Spirealm, Justice in the Dark etc. eventually aired in other countries after being pulled initially 🤷‍♀️

I wouldn't necessarily look at them as any indicator of what might happen to Revenged Love, though. Revenged Love being released *solely* on international platforms from the beginning.

I don't think we'll have The On1y One situation happening again (ugh, I hate remembering how much I wanted the second season...)

In RL's case, everything is already filmed after all... I mean, even Addicted aired in its entirety outside of China (the entirety = the parts they filmed).

But I guess there is a possibility we will be getting a highly edited version of RL (?).

It's not airing in China, but VPN and pirating exist 😋

The scene is literally posted on their own YouTube channel as today's highlight, so I guess you don't need to worry that talking about it will cause it any damage now ;) You can go enjoy it stress-less ;)

Well, your intuition is spot-on. Advance Bravely, this and Addicted are all from the same author.

My mind glitched for a few seconds on that Schroedinger's sexuality remark 😋

lol I think what they meant was that once the guy gets "bended" (into not being straight), he doesn't go back 😋

And yeah...I am so used to bi erasure, not just by BL dramas based on stories from a decade ago... but virtually everywhere, I don't even care 😋

Oh no~~~keep breathing, it's gonna be ok! 😉 Your mind takes you on some riveting roller coaster rides though, sounds exciting 😋

Personally I think they're real snakes, plus props in scenes like that dramatic moment in ep 8, but I don't think there's much CGI - aside from that fighting scene in ep 1. Otherwise, it'd look extremely amazing for a low-budget series. But again, it's just my observation, I don't have any actual knowledge.

So... you guys are telling me that you *didn't* like the office scene??? I thought it was beautifully made and you could clearly see the passion behind those kisses.

On the other hand, I feel like the show is back to its editing issues, similar to the first few episodes. It felt choppy again.
Episodes 4-8 felt more refined in that respect and just "flew" better. Now I felt like we were jumping all over the place from one scene to another 😋 Admittedly, some of these scenes were very cute (like Chi Cheng confession aftr WSW admitted to pretending to be sophisticated) and satisfying (the conversation with Yue Yue), but overall feel was not that... fluent I guess is the best word that I'd use.

I mean, the shift happened in the previous episode already when he saw Chi Cheng being genuinely concerned about him when he got hurt and Xiaocubao was in danger. Even more so when it turned out that Chi Cheng knew about WSW's plans regarding Xiaocubao and trusted him, didnt really blame him for anything beside endangering himself. You could see WSW was genuinely touched by the entire conversation and sooo happy to be cuddled by Chi Cheng.

Oh, no worries, I didn't didnt find it particularly rude, just interesting ;)
Well, they might be putting zero effort, but they still need to put out money to buy IP rights 😋

Not a fan of Thai BLs, but I don't think there's any harm in people imagining a remake? If anything, it's additional promotion for the original, isn't it? 😋 Plus, it's not like fans doing edits will result in an actual remake... And if that did happen and was bad... that still doesn't affect the quality of the original show, does it?

This is not the first time I see Gel Boys mentioned as this really good Thai BL. I was sceptical, but having watched a trailer just now, I might give it a try. Idk, it's giving me European indie cinema vibes from the trailer. Plus the acting looks fairly natural.

I wanted to recommend The On1y One as a really good Taiwanese BL, but I took the liberty of checking your watchlist for it and you apparently dropped it so I guess no convincing you Taiwanese BLs are still alive 😋

Hmmm... "apparently" doesn't sound that convincing to be honest 😋 Normally I'd ignore such revelations completely, just like all these news about the drama being banned etc. However, it does make one feel a bit weird when combined with the lack of episode 10 preview...🤔

Oh well, I guess we'll see one way or the other eventually. If we get no more kissing scenes, we'd know for sure something did happen 😋

Is this another one of countless rumours circulating about the show or it's actually confirmed/verifiable? (about the deleted kiss, that is).

If they deleted it in the first place, why would they even talk about it afterwards, unless they wanted to release it as some uncut paid VIP footage or sth. The novel apparently had no kissing in this part of the story...

The sensitive day (7th of July) is (or for China already was) today, not tomorrow.

Japanese BLs are still number one for me. Korea comes in second. I have a soft spot for Taiwanese BLs, but the stuff they've been putting out recently has been rather underwhelming, to put it nicely. I usually don't watch Thai, not my cup of tea. Tried a few, skipped-watched or dropped most. I am looking forward to Shine though, cause the trailer looks hella good.
I don't even know where to put Chinese BLs on this list tbh, but Revenged Love would probably go into my all-time favourites if it maintains its current quality/entertainment level.

I don't know if I necessarily agree with that opinion, but they are definitely the best in creating electrifying tension. And those fake "bromances" also often have plenty of it - so yeah, y'all definitely check those censored BLs (aka "bromances") and while you're at it don't miss out on Killer and Healer (you can thank me later).

Don't open that wound... 😭

Yes to your first sentence. Not only because it is a Chinese BL, but generally, as far as I know, Thailand is the only country that has this CP-model that turns two actors into some sort of a unit to have multiple joint productions. It usually doesn't happen in other countries (the exception I can think of is these two Korean BL dramas with the same pairing, but I don't remember the titles - one show was roommates-to-lovers trope and the other one had one of them being a vampire). Actors play their parts, they do promotions together and they go their separate ways professionally, unless there is a second season. Just how it usually goes for actors.

However, I am not so sure what you're talking about pertaining to The On1y One actors not being allowed to meet? I've never heard of that. And generally, how do people even know those things? It's not like we are privy to the internal decisions of their agencies 😋 Dong Qin was not part of the promotions in Taiwan, but he was filming in Mainland China at that point. Him and Benjamin had a live together on Weibo as part of promotions with their co-actress and later on two of them had an actual physical fan meet in Macau.

Also... Wang Yi Bo and Xiao Zhan thing... Are they really not allowed to interact in public or do they strategically avoid being potentially seen next to one another due to the unhinged fans and anti-fans reactions every.single.time whenever these two are even mentioned in some proximity to each other or there's a possibility of them attending the same event? 🤔