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ineffable-opinions · 2 months

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Stan What Stan

in response to this post by @lurkingshan. It is always in vogue to enjoy the fruits of fan labor and to preach to "obsessed fans".

The show (I Became the Main Role of a BL Drama) kept saying that is Akafuji Yuichiro is Aoyanagi Hajime’s stan. He had the merch to show for it – so much so that he seemed to be living in a shrine dedicated to his idol. But he wasn’t there where it mattered. We didn’t see him having fan accounts on social media to support his idol. He did not post anything on social media in support of Aoyanagi for his role in a BL. His silence when Aoyanagi could find no support online (and was overwhelmed by wide-spread doubts about his fitness for that role) was particularly harrowing. This is the worst stan portrayal ever. It is worse considering Akafuji is an entertainment industry insider.

Moreover, other than knowing tit-bits about birthday and food he liked, Akafuji didn’t connect with his stan at all. Maybe this was because of the backstory about being otaku and the validation Aoyanagi offered. Akafuji did not stan Aoyanagi as the talent he is supposed to be. At the same time, he felt that his stan self was incongruent with loving Aoyanagi as a person. This makes no sense since Akafuji was drawn to Aoyanagi as a person and not as a talent in the first place. He only ever stanned that person (who happened to be a child actor) who made him comfortable with being an otaku.

This reminded me of the short yet satisfying fan X idol romance set in the entertainment industry: 《想鹿非非[娱乐圈]》 by 莫里. The fan in this danmei is very good at compartmentalizing. There is an excellent scene, after the pair got together, in this novella: the fan buys water for the rest of the fans on the idol’s behalf because he knows the pleasure of being acknowledged by one’s idol, which is very different from being acknowledged by the person who happens to be the idol. Those are two different sentiments.

I think I might not have had an issue with Akafuji if his stan persona was well done. Then I could treat his stanning of Aoyanagi the person, as opposed to the idol, as a character flaw that he should leave behind to fully embrace Aoyanagi as his lover. But the show made it look like Akafuji being stan is his flaw. This basically undid the otaku validation that was made out to be motivational in his younger days and was counter-productive in establishing that the pair is good for each other.

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This is neither to downplay failures of fans in employing critical thinking nor to dismiss affective response or painkili as Navaneetha Mokkil puts it, since both are equally precious.

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Some Sakura/Hyde (L'Arc〜en〜Ciel) to commemorate the stan roots of BL. Generations of BL (both doujin and commercial products) took inspiration from this and other fan service.

As always, all criticisms and corrections are welcome.

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ineffable-opinions · 4 months

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BL Drama no Shuen ni Narimashita: Crank Up Hen (2023)

Review: Didn’t work for me. Rating: 5/10

Summary: BL actors hesitantly fall in love while their managers bonk.

Pairing: gekokujou - younger actor (who is also an otaku & a stan) X older actor (struggling to move on from his child actor past) Side CP: talent manager (kuuru joousama S) X talent manager (tsukushi ) BL in BL CP: salaryman seme X ex-delinquent uke

What I liked:

# Managers

They were so good. The push and pull between them was solid. With the limited screen time they had as a CP, they did an excellent job. This CP was very well written and acted so much so that it had me thinking – what went wrong with the creation and execution of the main CP. Especially in the bar scene. That was perfect. I am not sure with how short the scene was but was it a short seme X tall uke pairing?

# Show CP

I have mixed feelings. An ex-yanki turn salary man being chased by a persevering co-worker: this premise is enough to raise my heartrate. Akutsu Nichika performed as Aoyanagi Hajime (acting as Mitsutani Haruhi) did a very good job dubbing that character. I didn’t like his acting, especially in any of the back-hug scenes. I wish he would turn to voice-acting cause I would love to listen to him. Abe Alan was good as Akafuji Yuichiro acting as Momoshiro in the show – especially the super stiff acting at the beginning and the dazzling performance at the end of shooting.

# Agokui that changed my allegiance

Akafuji pulled it off agokui with both his love interest and his love rival and I was partial to the latter so much so that I wanted Kuromiya X Akafuji CP.

# Wardrobe and setting

Wardrobe was pretty colorful. Moreover, it brought out the moods and personalities of the characters.

Seeing Tokyo Tower in the background many times was also very satisfying.

# Unknown Forces

Whether or not to include the kiss scene is decided by unknown forces whose whims changes. Not only did the show not deliver even the most obvious with cohabitation, only one bed and shared times, but also the kiss scene was like a figment of imagination. Fourth wall flaw in action.

It reminded me of watching Miguel (Duarte Gomes) and Paulo (Pedro Carvalho) kiss in Beijo do Escorpião and then watching Os Nossos Dias where the apparent kiss between Xavier (Sisley Dias) and David (Duarte Gomes) was not shown because Portuguese national broadcast channel RTP1 which aired the show censored the kiss. I was puzzled but that experience taught me that legal same-sex marriages and censorship of same-sex affection can go hand-in-hand. And that ultimately the unknown forces decide what gets published.

But then Os Nossos Dias was followed by Beijo do Escorpião and not the other way around.

What I didn’t like:

# Stan what stan

The show kept saying that is Akafuji Yuichiro is Aoyanagi Hajime’s stan. He had the merch to show for it – so much so that he seemed to be living in a shrine dedicated to his idol. But he wasn’t there where it mattered. We didn’t see him having fan accounts on social media. He did not post anything on social media in support of Aoyanagi Hajime especially in support for his role in a BL. His silence when Aoyanagi Hajime could find no support online was particularly harrowing. This is the worst stan portrayal ever.

Moreover, other than knowing tit-bits about birthday and food he liked, Akafuji didn’t connect with his stan at all. Maybe this was because of the backstory about being otaku and the validation Aoyanagi offered. Akafuji did not stan Aoyanagi as the talent he is supposed to be. Moreover, he felt that his stan self was incongruent with loving Aoyanagi as a person. This makes no sense since Akafuji was drawn to Aoyanagi as a person and not as a talent in the first place.

This reminded me of the short yet satisfying fan X idol romance set in the entertainment industry: 《想鹿非非[娱乐圈]》by 莫里. The fan in this danmei is very good at compartmentalizing. There is an excellent scene, after the pair got together, in this novella: the fan buys water for the rest of the fans on the idol’s behalf because he knows the pleasure of being acknowledged by one’s idol, which is very different from being acknowledged by the person who happens to be the idol.

I think I might not have had an issue with Akafuji if his stan persona was well done. Then I could treat Aoyanagi the person being the target of his stanning as a character flaw that he should leave behind to fully embrace Aoyanagi as his lover. But the show made it look like Akafuji being stan is his flaw. This basically undid the otaku validation that was made out to be motivational in his younger days and was counter-productive in establishing that the pair is good for each other.

# Boring main CP

They had an ex-yanki turn salary man uke bring pursued by a pushy co-worker CP in the BL they are shooting. The side CP was also pretty cool. However, the main CP didn’t work for me.

# Passing mention of “Baki the Grappler”

This is not the show’s fault. It is a personal hurt and that passing mention of Yujiro Hanma when was Akafuji giving Aoyanagi a piggy-back ride just tore into the wound. We might even get another installment of Zettai BL, yet no sign of Grappler Baki wa BL dewa nai ka to Kangaetsuzuketa Otome no Kirokutsutsu (2021) getting international release. So, I want to beg someone, anyone, please provide subtitles and take away this hurt.

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