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inventedfangirling · 4 months

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BEST of BL's in 2023 [Thai edition]

(more accurately my favourites from 2023, so that i have something to show for the 100s of hours i spent watching them lmao)

I Feel You Linger In The Air - Head & Shoulders above (almost) every single piece of queer media i've ever watched. Khun Yai and Jom will be forever icons. That drunk poem confession will NEVER be topped. Also LESBIANS AHHHHHH also the way the show explored intimacy AHHH just end meeee

2. Moonlight Chicken - Aof strikes again. Gave me Uncle Jim, Heart, Li Ming and my baby boy Gaipa- the music, the cinematography, the writing, the found fckin family - i will recommend it to EVERY one on the planet if i could.

3. Be My Favourite- I did not expect to enjoy this show as much as i did. I loved what they were tryna say. I LOVED the queer undertones in EVERYTHING. if not for the asexual erasure and Not being an absolute asshole this would have been quite the perfect show. And man is Gawin so darn sculpted perfection, LOOK AT THAT FACE, how to not admire!? Also Pearmai my beloved. AND THAT POEM in episode 11 ARGHHH

4. Bed Friend - I know this was a polarizing series in a lot of ways and I agree to some of the complaints raised BUTTTTTT NET MY FRENZ NET! How am i supposed to not melt into a complete puddle watching King pretend to not be absolutely in love with Uea, and treating him like the babygirl he is, when he looks like THAT. I'm but a mere mortal.

5. La Pluie - I kinda liked the show and disliked it in equal amounts. Saengtai annoyed me quite a LOT towards the end BUT his brother Sangtien - Suar Kritsanaphong had me in the palm of his hand. Him and his kiss with Lomfon is etched firmly in my brain. It HAD to be on this list.

6. Only Friends - Gawd. The Promise. The Promise of it all. Thats what maddens me THE MOST. There was just SO MUCH that they could have done. Even if they stuck with a lot of their similar choices i would have still put it higher up on the list if they hadn't undone all the good work they did in the final episode. I couldnt even bring myself to rewatch anything from this one cos of how disappointingly it ended. That being said - FirstKhao KILLED it as usual, i CANNOT wait for their next one, BOSTON deserved better and my MVP- Mark Pakin AHHH i NEED him on EVERY SHOW EVER but also in ways concerning to me GAWD WHAT A TALENT AND WHAT A FACE.

7. Laws of Attraction - Charn you guys. Charn and his utterly deranged expressions and his even more deranged ex. And ofc everything else the show offered. The drama. The mystery. The family. The romance. THE LESBIANS!!!!? Few things not to love. Especially the finale with all the domestic husbanding going on. Precious af.

8. Hidden Agenda - Far too much nonsensical plotlessness going on here for this to claim this position BUT i'm just a girl watching Joong swoon over his man and losing it in the corridor and proceeding to do that myself cos man he's so damn good in these kinda scenes. I think he'd be good in more serious ones too but I would much prefer it if it was with somebody who could offer more than Dunk (no shade he very cute himself)

POTENTIAL FAVS

The following is a list of shows i loved/liked it a LOT but still watching/running so I can't fully judge

(in no particular order except the first one cos who am i to put an aof show not at the top of any list)

Last Twilight [BEST THING EVER I AM WHOLLY AND IRRETRIEVABLY IN LOVE IM GONNA REWATCH IT LIKE ITS MY JOB PLS I NEED IT TO STICK THE LANDING SO BAD]

Love in Translation - episode 4 what a beauty, one of my fav episodes of any BL in 2023 ever- just LOVED the whole fake date thing - it was EVERYTHING

Wedding Plan - Leads are cute. Lesbians are cuter. Made me laugh. Also CUTENESS hello

Night Dream - Who doesn't love a long unrequited but actually totally requited love story?

The Sign - nothing i can ever say is gonna be enough to encompass just how mind-blowing this series is from concept to execution to CGI to costumes to the gorgeous leads with fckin electric chemistry AND the PINING and the will they won't they arhhhh- TOP TIER STUFF

Cooking Crush - i went into this with minimal expectations, the trailer didnt do much for me BUT oh my gawd i had SO MUCH FUN with each episode, i laughed SO much and i am very much looking forward to the rest of it

Cherry Magic - TayNew back again together. Karan and his gorgeous existence. Loved the og. The trope where one believes they are hard to love & someone who loves them like it’s breathing- its literally made for this show and i am SUPER excited where it goes. PLS PLS PLS let them keep the aroace character aroace PLEASE!?!?!?

#2023 bl wrapped #thai bl wrapped #i feel you linger in the air #moonlight chicken #be my favorite #bed friend #la pluie #laws of attraction #hidden agenda #only friends #last twilight #love in translation #cooking crush #the sign #cherry magic thai #night dream #wedding plan #if i missed any i'd be devastated okay byeee #thai bl

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khaotunq · 5 months

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@raypakorn tagged me!! ♥♥♥!!!

2023 BLs Wrapped: My MDL if anyone wants it/wants to add me/judge me

Number of BLs this year and hours: 30 completed, 5 in progress so 35 total. 319 individual episodes total. Assuming 40-minute episodes on average, that's 12,760 minutes, or 212.7 hours of my life this year. (277.3 hours if I include all the shows I watched) -- and this is just shows I watched for the first time. It's not including the at least dozen rewatches of The Eclipse, the three of My School President, one or two of Moonlight Chicken, Not Me and Bad Buddy...

You primarily watched BLs from Thailand. And a hell of a lot of it was GMMTV, but that's basically to be expected considering the rate they fire out shows.

You spent way too much time thinking about these characters: Ray (Only Friends), Alan (Moonlight Chicken), Heart (Moonlight Chicken), Ai Di (Kiseki: Dear to Me) and always, always Akk (The Eclipse)

Your favorite show was Only Friends (closely followed by Till the World Ends, Unintentional Love Story, Our Dating Sim, Moonlight Chicken, Manner of Death, He's Coming to Me, all of which I watched for the first time this year whether they aired this year or not)

Your overall BL mood was Irreverent - I don't control what I watch or when. I don't know who does. But I have a hard lean towards things that are a little silly.

You read the most fanfiction about: I didn't really read much, but probably SandRay - Only Friends, by virtue of the fact that's also what I wrote for. (I just looked at my AO3 bookmarks and it's literally Rowan and Sarah. Hi!)

Another of your favorites from this year was: Laws of Attraction - I'm still not entirely sure I know what the fuck that show even was, but it was fun and silly. Neither are finished yet, but I do anticipate Twins and Cooking Crush being overall favs too, unless either of them do something genuinely stupid in the next few episodes.

The soundtracks you listened to the most: I don't really listen to soundtracks, but probably MSP OST by virtue of it being what I cooked to for the early part of the year before I started using podcasts instead. I have a fair few plays of Let's Try and Over the Moon, too.

Your favorite acting pair was: I hope you're all sitting down. First Kanaphan and Khaotung Thanawat. I've very much enjoyed watching Fourth Nattawat and Gemini Norawit, too. They're sweethearts.

Tagging @mushiemadarame @first-kanaphan @khaotungsfirst @sparklyeyedhimbo @sollucets @dilfmas @firstkanaphans @itsallaboutbl @chinzhilla @chickenstrangers if you haven't already done it / if u want, no presh~ As always if anyone wants to do it, you can say I tagged ya <3

#2023 bl wrapped #got tagged!#so it is decreed #i couldn't be arsed figuring out what gifs to put in if any so #text only is how i'm rolling

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distant-screaming · 4 months

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✨2023: A Summary✨

Post your most popular and/or favourite edit/gifset/analysis for each month (it’s okay to skip months!)

Thank you for the tag @ranchthoughts! <3

With a grand total of 472 bl related posts (the most being in May), my first year of bl blogging has been a lot more extensive than I realized! It's also the first time I've been consistently active for this long so I'll probably be here for quite a while longer :D

January [total bl related posts: 10]

Most popular (and favorite): vegaspete hierarchy, based on @theoryofarson's post

February [total bl related posts: 39]

Most popular: palmnueng

Favorites: saifah + sailom and sun/moon akkayan with @akaane000

WOW that was a lot of posts!! It was so fun to go through them though, and see how my writing style changed a bit. Hopefully this year is just as filled with bl content <33

Tagging: anyone who wants to! Please tag me, I'd love to see :)

#wrote this between doing research so it's not as detailed as usual :')#anyway i love doing numbers #2023 bl wrapped #ranch beloved #distant screaming screams into the void

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dribs-and-drabbles · 4 months

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Most memorable items of clothing in bl series in 2023

In order of their airing/me watching them:

I'm thankful I've gotten into the habit of noting which shows I watch and when otherwise I wouldn’t be able to remember. As it is, first on my list is Bed Friend, which kind of sets the tone for this post since it features the best and the worst outfit choices for Uea. The waffle robes and cat ears vs the fake sleeves shirt.

Next is a quick shout out to Por in My School President, since the show started in 2022 but did finish in 2023, and basically all of his outfits. The man is a style icon. But this stripy polo shirt takes the biscuit for me. I need to have it.

On to Moonlight Chicken and this one is a combined effort between Heart and Li Ming. @telomeke prompted me to write a little about it, but essentially the two shirts together are saying 'you're my other half'. Urthe / Tomato sauce.

The Gloves! Need I say more? (Alright, for those of you who don't know - how could you not?! - they're from Chains of Heart).

And now not strictly an item of clothing but an accessory, the most straight ankle bracelet you'll ever see in a thai series. Totally platonic, not gay AT ALL. In Midnight Museum.

In July the different Thai production companies took stock of three versions of the same stripy linin shirt – the cream long-sleeved, the brown short-sleeved, and the charcoal short-sleeved - and proceeded to clad every actor they could in one of them within a three and a half month period (six shows*, eight different characters). We had couple-shirts with both Kawi and Pisaeng and Mew and Top wearing them, and Namneua in Wedding Plan wore all three. (*Step by Step, Be My Favourite, Hidden Agenda, Wedding Plan, Love in Translation, and Only Friends).

Staying in July for a while, and speaking of weddings, Kawi rocked on up to Pearmai and Not's wedding in Be My Favourite in this brown houndstooth shirt and black pants outfit - an almost exact replica of Ray's outfit in the original pilot trailer for Only Friends. I waited with baited breath to see if Ray would still wear the outfit in the actual series...and he did! Not only that, I then realised Uea had already worn it in Bed Friend earlier in the year.

In a surprising turn of events, Be My Favourite – and Krist – turned out to actually be Quite Good. Perhaps distracted by Krist's puppy eyes, we weren't entirely ready for the first appearance of the Dudes shirt – itself a wonderful comment on the narrative since Kawi was figuring out his feelings for Pisaeng – but it was a delight to see it again on Nick in Only Friends, and offering a different narrative comment.

This next one may only be notable for me, but when I was doing my dedicated scan through of oh so many shows to collect items for the communal wardrobe, I noticed this sand and grey sweater amongst the many other items of shared clothing which appeared in The Warp Effect and then very briefly on Pisaeng in Be My Favourite. Not long after, the trailer for Last Twilight dropped and I spotted it again immediately. I've also since noticed it in a speed scan of The Shipper. Not only do I think it's a pretty neat sweater, but I loved the effect it gave in Last Twilight, which I wrote about at the end of this post.

This is getting long but I'm going to keep going (this might be the only 2023 wrap up I do so I'ma make it count).

If you've been following me for a while (or since the BBS days), you’ll know how rabid I go when I see a pair of the yellow-soled Mustard brand shoes in a show. The most recent being in Hidden Agenda worn by Zo…but they're not the ones on this list. Oh no, it's Joke's blue-soled shoes which made me sit up and scream this time...meaning even their shoes were colour-coded in this show. Oh how I wish I could buy a pair of each.

There were many fabulous outfits in Laws of Attraction (especially Charn's) but Tanthai's green rope shirt wins out for me. Green seemed to be used in the show to represent the lies and secrets Tanthai was forced to keep because of his father, and he was metaphorically bound and trapped in these lies and his life. Ah perfection!

I've mentioned a lot of brilliant items but there have also been many awful ones, and the one I can't seem to stop thinking about (or horrifying over) is the Droopy Tits shirt (or Nipple Protector, whichever way you want to call it) which first appeared in Dangerous Romance and then The Jungle just three days later. I'm surprised we haven't seen it again to be honest, but I imagine if we get more spoiled rich kids we probably will.

These next two aren't specific items but more of a shout out to the whole wardrobe design of the shows.

First, Only Friends, with Mew and Ray's transformation to Ray and Sand's (respective) wardrobe choices, as well as the inversion of colours to highlight differences in relationships, and the use of colour-groupings to separate characters (<- a post i have yet to write). I wish I could write more about it…but life is just too busy to give it the time it needs.

The second is, of course, Ai Di and Chen Yi in Kiseki: Dear to Me with how they always share a colour in their different outfits. @respectthepetty details this perfectly here, so I don't need to. I am however still feral about these two and can't wait to do a full re-watch of the show.

And lastly, much like Baseball Mom in Bad Buddy two years ago (and to be honest many of Pat's other shirts), Aof recently gifted us another absolutely ridiculous but brilliantly poignant t-shirt slogan in Mhok's Fart Proudly shirt in Last Twilight, which I went into detail about here. Just A+

Thanks for sticking with me through all that! Any others that stood out for you or that I missed?

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ranchthoughts · 4 months

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✨2023: A Summary✨

Post your most popular and/or favourite edit/gifset/analysis for each month (it’s okay to skip months!)

Tagged by @lurkingshan (here) and @wen-kexing-apologist (here). Thanks for the tags!

In 2023, I made 175 original posts, including 45 metas about 12 different shows and two large scale projects (the GMMTV Multiverse and the GMMTV Kissing charts). It was interesting to see what meta (and how much) I had written in which months. It's also fun looking back as I approach my one year anniversary of watching and writing about BL - I'm so grateful for all the wonderful people I've met and gotten to chat with over these past months!

January and February [0 metas]

I wasn’t on BL Tumblr yet! Any and all meta came in the form of thoughts, texts, and powerpoint presentations.

March [6 metas]

My BL Tumblr debut! I started this blog with the intention of 1) more easily gathering and archiving posts for future reference, and 2) collecting my thoughts somewhere other than text threads and my notes app, so I began posting meta the day I got here.

Most popular: what started as me thinking about Win’s rock t-shirt from ep 11 and then grew from there… - reading a lot into a random Thai ql shirt choice? Me?

Favourite(s): Thoughts on Tinn, his mother, and coming out (part 1, part 2); Thoughts on Tinn, his mother, and music - My first meta ever posted! I keep returning to Tinn and his mother's relationship in My School President...

April [1 meta]

By default, the most popular (and favourite): Gun's feelings are realistic - I love when MSP subverts our expectations

May [13 metas]

Oh damn! This was a big meta month for me. Some of my favourite metas I've ever written were posted this month.

Most popular: The Eighth Sense and Missing Pieces - I am really proud of this one. It also made me laugh that I apologized for the length at the beginning when I would go on to post much, MUCH longer metas.

Favourite(s): Thoughts on genre, tropes, Bad Buddy, and My School President (aka my Bad Buddy and MSP thesis, which began life as a powerpoint presentation... now here's one of those much, MUCH longer metas in question); Wai as a faen fatale (which also began life as part of that same powerpoint presentation and I think perfectly encapsulates my analytical style); Conversations in ITSAY that are about more than they seem (I am really proud of the analysis I did here and the writing style I used to present it). This was also the month in which I started my deeply self-indulgent GMMTV Multiverse project, which later inspired my mission to record all GMMTV kisses.

June [11 metas]

Oh nooo another bunch of my favourites. This is cruel to make me choose.

Most popular: Thinking about Pran's "Pat, you've got to stop doing this to me" (I love this one! and this was the first of several times I've gotten to collaborate with the wonderful @dudeyuri)

Favourite(s): An analysis of the baseball mom shirt, Bad Buddy ep. 5 (my entry into the venerable field of Bad Buddy/ql shirt analysis and also encapsulates pretty much everything I try to do in my metas); An impassioned defense of the Bad Buddy ep. 5 rooftop kiss (combines many of my favourite things: reading deeply into the minute details of Bad Buddy, an analytical framework that just clicks itself together as I write, and literature reviews); and Thinking about Snow White as the engineering play, part 1 (shout out to the two other people going ham on Snow White as an allegory during the Our Skyy 2 madness - @chickenstrangers (here) and @letgomaggie (here))

July [3 metas]

Most popular (and favourite): Thinking about Pat, Pran, and pursuit (I think this was my first time articulating the idea of Pat and Pran's commitment to the bit, a concept which continues to circle in my head. This was also another collaboration with the wonderful @dudeyuri!)

August [7 metas]

Here comes Only Friends... and the GMMTV Kissing Multiverse project.

Most popular: GMMTV Kissing Multiverse updates 1, 2 and 3 (this is so much fun to track and analyze, and I've been really touched by everyone else's excitement for the project too); Various thoughts and musings on Only Friends and ephemerality (the Ephemerality Squad assembles!)

Favourite: Thinking about Boston: a study of episode 3 - I find Boston's mind a fascinating place to explore

September [8 metas]

Oh look! It's more Only Friends!

Most popular: Mansplain, Manipulate, Manwhore: Ray confronting Boston - once again, I love getting into Boston's head. This post was inspired by @wen-kexing-apologist's scene breakdowns, especially their Fight Night one

Favourite(s): The above, and also The Mundanity of Meanness

October [5 metas]

Most popular (and favourite): The first fist bump in Bad Buddy - oof. I've gotta come back to this idea sometime.

November [3 metas]

Most popular: The Latest Update to the Kissing Multiverse - the hotly anticipated post-Only Friends update to the kissing charts

Favourite: the kissing charts, and Thinking about Pat, Pran, and competition - again, I love to think about Pat and Pran. I consider this one to be part of an ongoing series, along with my earlier metas on pursuit and the rooftop.

December [1 meta]

Most popular (and favourite): Not Me and earrings - technically an addition on @chickenstrangers' post, but was a relief to get my months old "Not Me is about ears and earrings!" thoughts out.

some no pressure tags: @chickenstrangers, @distant-screaming, @dudeyuri, @neuroticbookworm, @slayerkitty, @telomeke, @twig-tea, @waitmyturtles

#bl wrapped #ranch thoughts #honestly all laid out this doesn't seem like a lot. I'm surprised by how much more I wrote in May and June!#fascinating how you - Shan and WKA - also didn't start your meta journeys until a couple of months into 2023

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loveable-sea-lemon · 5 months

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BL WRAPPED 2023

(for @loveable-sea-lemon)

you watched 12 bls this year. that's about 94 hours!

you primarily watched bls from thailand.

you spent way too much time thinking about these characters: pete saengtham, ray pakorn, sand (ofts), and vegas theerapanyakul.

your favorite show was my school president. you kept thinking about it all year.

your overall bl mood was sweet and fluffy.

you read the most fanfiction about vegaspete. like way too much.

another of your favorites from this year was bed friend. they captivated your gay little heart.

the soundtracks you listened to the most were i told sunset about you and my school president. it made you feel really normal.

your favorite acting pair was first & khaotung. there was just something so mesmerizing about them...

here's to another year!!

invite others to share theirs:

@futureexmrsmalcolm @fiddlepickdouglas @guzhu-furen @saturnskyline @fluidsoul31 @toxicrevolver @thisautistic @glamgoblin @thegirlyouknow @soundwin @thepopesbastard @ac-wellansol @27vampyresinhermind @jdotsodomite @force-book @itsza

[copy and paste version here]

#bl wrapped #bl wrapped 2023 #bls 2023 #bl brainworms #jupe being normal #kpts #kinnporsche #vegaspete #bed friend the series #my school president #gmmtv #og posting #tag game

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keepthetension · 5 months

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hey, fandom aros and aces and aroaces! wanna do lists of the characters we most want to eat garlic bread and cake with?

of course i understand that saying you desire someone carnally is internet hyperbole at least i think it is, at least some of the time?

but i'm in the mood to do some wrap up lists, and that one doesn't make my brain whir the way i want. but i'm finding there are characters i want to, like, make a nice cup of tea for

or like. bonk on the head with a cardboard tube. stick a fruit sticker on. go thrift store shopping with. do my nails with. you know?

EDIT: prompt list here! if you see this post and want to try it out, consider yourself tagged

#thai bl #bl series #2023 wrap up #hey also fandom aces and aros and aroaces: did you know you're awesome and cool #idk why cardboard tube and fruit sticker were the first things to come to mind but #curious what other people would suggest!#i'm going to do this later so if anyone has ideas it'd be great to see them #asexuality #aromantic #aroace #rude of tumblr not to put the pretty colors on the aroace tag :(

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celestial-sapphicss · 5 months

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BL WRAPPED 2023 🎇

template by @loveable-sea-lemon (love it!!!)

for krishna @i-got-the-feels & vish @morkofday & mel @justafriend-ql thank you for tagging me friends!!!! this was so much fun 💖

you watched 24 bls this year. that's about idk but less than i expected hours!

you primarily watched bls from Thailand (GMMTV lol)

you spent way too much time thInking about these characters: AlanWen, TinnGun, HeartLiMing and now MhokDay.

honorable mentions - JengPat, BostonNick, YaiJom, UeangphuengMei, TinCharn and TinTol. also PatPran & PuenTalay+Jigsaw from Our Skyy 2!

your favorite show was My School President, Moonlight Chicken, and Triage. you kept thinking about it all year. (and of course Last Twilight but that's still airing)

your overall bl mood was as chaotic as Nawin in Laws of Attraction

you read the most fanfiction about TinnGun. like way too much. they are my emotional support wholesome high school romance 💒

another of your favorites from this year was IFYLITA, Laws of Attraction, and My Only 12%. they captivated and made your gay little heart cry.

the soundtracks you listened to the most were (at the risk of sounding repetitive) MSP OST + Concert Set List and Moonlight Chicken OST. it made you feel really normal. also Tilly Bird.

your favorite acting pair was FirstMix. there was just something so mesmerizing about them... it was so refreshing in a 'i want to go cry in a ditch' kinda way.

here's to another year!! 🎉

tagging: @grapejuicegay @casualavocados @dribs-and-drabbles @solana-ceae @chickenstrangers @tenprem @itsallaboutbl @dimpledpran @benkaaoi @quodekash @cornflowershade @dragonsareawesome123 any anyone else who's interested (no pressure ofcourse!)

special mention to my most beloved GLs and stuff that doesn't really fit the BL genre but still is very very queer.

#tag game #bl wrapped 2023 #i love this because my 2023 watchlist tag and mdl came in handy and i feel proud of my oRgAniSaTiOn sKiLlS #its the little things skskskskksskksks #2023 watched!

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dragonsareawesome123 · 5 months

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BL Wrapped 2023

template by @loveable-sea-lemon

Tagged by @celestial-sapphicss. Thanks for tagging me!

you watched 9 bls this year but only finished 3. that's about yeah idk what happened this year since i was on a bl roll last year hours! (i think this was more of a kdrama year for me)

Never Let Me Go - finished

Moonlight Chicken - didn't finish

Our Skyy 2 - didn't finish

History1: Obsessed - didn't finish

The Luminous Solution - didn't finish

Dangerous Romance - finished

I Feel You Linger in the Air - finished

Last Twilight - still airing and won't finish airing until next year

Night Dream - still airing and won't finish airing until next year

you primarily watched bls from GMMTV.

you spent way too much time thinking about these characters: Palm, Nuengdiao, Yai, and Jom.

your favorite show was I Feel You Linger in the Air. you kept thinking about it all year.

your overall bl mood was soulmates and yearning.

you read the most fanfiction about Palmnueng. like way too much.

another of your favorites from this year was Never Let Me Go. they captivated your gay little heart.

the soundtracks you listened to the most were I Feel You Linger in the Air. it made you feel really normal.

your favorite acting pair was Brightnonkul. there was just something so mesmerizing about them…

Also, shout out to the GLs I watched/am still watching:

GAP the Series (tv show): finished

Lucky Fish (short film): finished

Love Senior (tv show): still airing and won't finish airing until next year

I'm In Love with the Villainess (tv show): finished

Green Night (film): finished

And the non BL GMMTV shows I watched this year:

Home School (tv show): didn't finish

Enigma (tv show): finished

Taggging: @benkaaoi, @fiddlepickdouglas, @iamdarthbader, @tenprem, @callipigio, @yourstormthlaylirahh, @laowen, @theheightofdishonor, @williamrikers

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inventedfangirling · 4 months

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BEST of BL's in 2023 [Korean BL's edition]

Aka my absolute favourites from this year. We had some REALLY great ones. Great acting, great story, great chemistry, great visuals and great bgms too. There were some that showed great potential but then didn't reach where it could have - Why R U & Jun & Jun - i'm looking at you. The rest barring a few exceptions was pretty damn wonderful.

The Eighth Sense

2. A Breeze of Love

3. Love Class 2 - (ESPECIALLY THESE TWO)

4. Sing My Crush

5. A Shoulder To Cry On

6. Love Tractor

7. Our Dating Sim

8. Bon Appetite

9. Unintentional Love Story

#2023 bl wrapped #korean bl #the eighth sense #a breeze of love #love class 2 #sing my crush #a shoulder to cry on #bon appetit #love tractor #our dating sim #unintentional love story

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nongnaos · 4 months

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QL WRAPPED 2023

Tagged by @morkofday thank you ❤️

(I absolutely meant to save this as a draft and accidentally posted instead so if everyone could pretend that didn't happen and we all had normal notifications, it would be nice, thank you 😐)

You watched 22 qls this year (and 11 from other years) that's about 130 hours! (Of content from 2023 only!)

(He's talking about my attempts at maths)

You primarily watched bls from Thailand (50%)

You spent way too much time thinking about these characters: Kiyoi Sou, Li Ming, and Mork. (My emo kings!! They're all a lil angsty and clearly my tastes have not developed since 2005. Am I moooore than you bargained for yet?)

(Obsessed, obsessed, chewing, biting, crying)

Your favorite show was Utsukushii Kare. You kept thinking about it all year. (This was THE hyperfixation for the first half of my year, but the fandom was so so small. I truly am so so in love with them and I wish more people watched them and understood them. Like I do. They're mine.)

Your overall bl mood was dramatic.

You read the most fanfiction about Utsukushii Kare. Like way too much. (According to my ao3, apparently. Good fic about them is so hard to find. Most fanfic I read this year has actually been about shows from 2021/2022)

Another of your favorites from this year was JokeZo. they captivated your gay little heart. (This show is a certified mess, but brought me a truly unexpected amount of comfort. Their chemistry was so so good and I loved Zo's storyline in particular. Love and communication and healing, what more could a 90's gay ask for?)

The soundtracks you listened to the most were [the entire About Youth soundtrack is in my spotify top tracks. But that drama is not from this year] Your World, My World (Our Skyy 2) and Better Days (Last Twilight). It made you feel really normal.

Your favorite acting pair was JimmySea. There was just something so mesmerizing about them... (breathing heavily in Last Twilight feelings)

Bonus shoutout to: ✨️her✨️

(Yes)

Here's to another year!!

Invite friends to share theirs: @airenyah , @icouldhyperfixatehim , and @justafriend-ql

#bl wrapped 2023 #ql wrapped #no pressure to do it but also if anyone else wants to do it pls cknsider yourself tagged and message me a link to the finished one #i want to know all of your brains and hearts thank u #liomsa

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cornflowershade · 5 months

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BL WRAPPED 2023

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for @celestial-sapphicss & distant-screaming ty for the tag! :D

you watched 13 bls this year. that's about 800+ hours! (which is a lot to me but feels like less when I see other people's answers lol)

you primarily watched bls from Thailand (gmmtv).

you spent way too much time thinking about these characters: Ray (ofts), Sand (ofts), and most of the MSP boys.

your favorite show was My School President / Never Let Me Go / Only Friends / Last Twilight (still airing). you kept thinking about it all year.

your overall bl mood was catching up on shows you've heard about.

you read the most fanfiction about TinnGun. (not that much though)

another of your favorites from this year was SoundWin. they captivated your gay little heart.

the soundtracks you listened to the most were Never Let Me Go and MSP and Only Friends. it made you feel really normal.

your favorite acting pair was FirstKhao. there was just something so mesmerizing about them...

here's to another year!!

invite friends to share theirs: @soundwin @distant-screaming @lamonnaie

#tag game #this was a fun one!#bl wrapped 2023

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dribs-and-drabbles · 4 months

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✨2023: A Summary✨

Post your most popular and/or favourite edit/gifset/analysis for each month (it’s okay to skip months!)

Tagged by @daymork - Thanks for wanting to see how my analyses 'popped off and what my personal favs are!' 💖

January

most popular — Bad Buddy/My School President parallel - not an analysis but people do love a good parallel!

favourite(s) — Never Let Me Go discussion - I love when something I write inspires others and it sets off a long thread where people keep adding to it. | Another Bad Buddy/My School President parallel - not technically my post but I love the additions I brought together on this.

February

most popular/favourite(s) — The colour-coding of Bed Friend - another long thread where others joined in.

March

most popular/favourite(s) — A ramble about Moonlight Chicken - which includes a little analysis of the show as it ended.

April

most popular — "What exactly does being blue/red/yellow/etc. coded mean?" - I don't get asks often but I was humbled that someone came to me to understand what colour-coding meant.

favourite(s) — Chains of Heart colours series - I was late to the series, and it ended disappointingly, but the colours were brilliant. | Colour-coded folks in UMG - not a bl but they also colour-coded the leads.

May - n/a - I didn't really write any big posts/analysis this month.

June

most popular — "It's the right moment to kiss!" Our Skyy 2 x BBS x ATOTS - Aof calling himself out as well as us bl fans.

favourite(s) — Colours in Our Skyy 2 BBS x ATOTS - I couldn't resist writing about it since it stayed consistent to how they used colours in the original series.

July

most popular — The casting of Be My Favourite - the realisation that the 'odd pairing' of Krist and Gawin was integral to the story being told.

favourite(s) — Be My Favourite ep 9 - the ep that got me thinking about the characters even more. | Kawi and his sense of Self - where I dip my toe into philosophy, theories of The Self, and how memory plays a part in that.

August

most popular/favourite(s) — Laws of Attraction ep 5 - I loved everything about this series but this was the one that got the most attention - maybe because it featured Silvy a lot? 😂

September

most popular — Friends don't let friends go - which pairs with Only friends stay (posted in Oct), and which say a lot about the group and Boston.

favourite(s) — Clowned correctly Laws of Attraction - I just love when something flippant I say is (sort of) right in the end!

October

most popular — The Rainbow Best sweater - not an analysis, nor any created art...but the sweater itself is art, as is that so many characters and actors have worn it.

favourite(s) — Getting emotional over Kiseki: Dear to Me - this was the ep that hit me in the feels. | The Thai Communal Wardrobe items #6 and #3 - again not analysis or art but the start of the communal wardrobe list!

November

most popular — Mhok's Fart Proudly t-shirt - this had me going back to my Bad Buddy days of analysing t-shirts.

favourite(s) — Horney Hockey part 1 and part 2 - more t-shirts, more fantastic additions. | A thought on Night and Day - I'm still so curious about Day and Night's relationship and I can't wait to find out what their deal is. | Band aids on Rung's car and the goldfish slippers the symbolism of Mhok and day's 'damage' and the healing that they're doing. | "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly" | The t-shirts are definitely t-shirting - these last two are essentially reflecting on the same thing - the sentiments in The Little Prince story that Mhok reads out in ep 1 of Last Twilight.

December

most popular — Mhok is Day's eyes - a brilliant use of colour in Last Twilight.

favourite(s) — Couple bracelets - just me excited over possibilities. | Most memorable items of clothing in bl series in 2023 - looking back through the year. | The Thai Communal Wardrobe bl advent - this was a fun series to do...and it only encompassed about a third of the items on the list, so I'll be posting them in dribs and drabs throughout the year.

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Tagging people who also tend to write analysis or meta posts, I'd love to see which were a hit with the masses and also which were your favourites: @wen-kexing-apologist @grapejuicegay @lurkingshan @btwinlines @twig-tea @rocketturtle4 @waitmyturtles @telomeke and @respectthepetty

#tag meme #tag game #bl wrapped 2023 #thanks again jessi!#userjjessi

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morkofday · 5 months

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BL WRAPPED 2023

(for vishie ✨)

tagged by krish @i-got-the-feels ♥ i have zero clue if am doing this right but here i am :'D thank you!

original template here by @loveable-sea-lemon ♥

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you watched 14 BLs (+ 4 currently airing) this year. that's about 117 (+ 13) hours! (if my math is mathing correctly)

(^ this is my honest reaction to the amount bc wow that's a lot of guys being dudes)

you primarily watched BLs from Thailand/GMMTV. (only 2 were from south korea and 2 from taiwan)

you spent way too much time thinking about these characters: Puen Pranon & Talay Rawi from Vice Versa/Our Skyy 2, Nuengdiao from Never Let Me Go/Our Skyy 2, and Heart & Li Ming from Moonlight Chicken. (from shows that aired this year)

your favorite show was Vice Versa. you kept thinking about it all year. (but also of course last twilight)

your overall bl mood was comfort or dramatic. (i watched a lot of shows with a ton of comfort or very dramatic settings)

you read the most fanfiction about WaiKorn and ChopperBen. like way too much. (i mostly read only waikorn fics if anything at all and that will not change i fear)

another of your favorites from this year was The Eighth Sense. they captivated your gay little heart. (made me cry way too much, i loved this show to bits)

the soundtracks you listened to the most were Your World, My World (The Eclipse x Our Skyy 2 OST) + Madly in Love (Vice Versa x Our Skyy 2 OST) and Let Me Tell You (My School President OST). it made you feel really normal. (madly in love was my number 6 most listened to song in my spotify wrapped)

your favorite acting pair was JimmySea. there was just something so mesmerizing about them... (shout out to first and khaotung too! plus gemini and fourth / force and book ♥)

here's to another year!!

tagging: @dimpledpran @leonpob @stormyoceans @daymork @celestial-sapphicss @jimmysea @gabrielokun @raypakorn @nongnaos @dengswei ♥

#tag game #i hope i did this right haha #thank you for tagging me ^^#this was fun and not too complicated thank god #bl wrapped 2023

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loveable-sea-lemon · 5 months

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BL WRAPPED 2023 SKELETON

BL WRAPPED 2023

(for XXXX)

you watched XXXX bls this year. that's about XXXX hours!

:readmore:

you primarily watched bls from XXXX.

you spent way too much time thInking about these characters: XXXX, XXXX, and XXXX.

your favorite show was XXXX. you kept thinking about it all year.

your overall bl mood was XXXX.

you read the most fanfiction about XXXX. like way too much.

another of your favorites from this year was XXXX. they captivated your gay little heart.

the soundtracks you listened to the most were XXXX and XXXX. it made you feel really normal.

your favorite acting pair was XXXX. there was just something so mesmerizing about them...

here's to another year!!

invite friends to share theirs: XXXX, XXXX, and XXXX

#tag game #bl wrapped #bl wrapped 2023 #og posting

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keepthetension · 5 months

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i have no carnal desire and i must meme

so! i was trying to think of things closer to my own love/lust/squish/affection/¯\_(ツ)_/¯ language than "i want this character carnally" and the prompts i have so far are:

character/s i want to eat [insert comfort food here] with or make [insert comfort food here] for/with

character/s i want to burrito up in a weighted blanket

character/s i want to [insert hobby/activity here] with

character/s i want to bonk with a cardboard tube

character/s i want stick a gold star/fruit sticker on

character/s i want a bear hug from when i'm down

character/s i want to get tipsy and watch my shows with

character/s whose special interest infodump i want to hear

character/s i want to [insert self-care activity here] with

character/s i want to go thrift store shopping with

character/s i want to have an incredibly unserious debate with

character/s i trust to remember my drink order or make it correctly

character/s i want to bite/scratch

character/s i want to go on a car ride with on a rainy night

and not exactly in the same vein but it's on my mind

character/s that altered my brain chemistry the most this year

most importantly: i encourage everyone to customize these prompts, or simply ignore all of these prompts entirely and use whatever forms their own own love/lust/squish/affection/¯\_(ツ)_/¯ take

tagging the people who interacted with my feeler post but OF COURSE participating is completely totally utterly optional

@regulusmasamune, @jeffsatyr, @chessasincheshire, @baby-droll, @ch3rrysunbl0ss0mx3, @yitewewoteli, @corettaroosa, @pickletrip, @greatpiraticalrumbustification, @libricolaphysicorum, @aro-in-space, @artisannerd, @lyxthenjan, @thisnightsrevels, @simplyafanofmanythings, @le-velo-pour-dru @befuddledcinnamonroll, @bimedusalover pick one, or some, or DIY your own, and have at it if you like! if not, hi, have a nice day! <3

if i didn't tag you and you see this and want to do it, consider yourself tagged and go ahead!

💝

#tag game #blorbo prompts #2023 wrap up #bl series #yes i AM AWARE that 'i desire them carnally' is internet hyperbole AND i'm aware some aces do have carnal desires #but it simply didn't make my brain fizz #plus i saw so many people doing the meme say they're asexual! and i like the idea of more bespoke prompts #not sure if the unserious debate one is clear but it's like the 'oh you think a hot dog isn't a sandwich? here's why you're wrong'#type deal #where neither person actually gives a fuck and it's purely to be annoying #i was thinking of my own aroaceness when i made this but i feel like my fellow neurodivergents might get a kick out of these too #anyway make your own blorbo prompts! have fun! i love you!

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