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Censorship is so dumb. Bc you can blatantly compare two guys to a hetero couple. You can make a love song the OP. You can have one of them warp time and space for the other. But their lips touching is where we draw the line.
My guy kissing will be the least romantic they’ve done.
#anime#manga#link click#donghua#heaven official's blessing#china#chinese censorship#I’m tired#homophobia#the grip is insane#makes zero sense#tumblr#gay people#lgbt
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Due to the backlash from Chinese fans seeing unmasked crowds in Qatar, Chinese TV is now replacing live crowds shots during games and instead cutting to close-ups of players and coaches.
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Every Chinese Censorship Gaming Regulation Mihoyo Ignores!
China's game censorship board tightened regulations back in 2021. It led to 4 character skins being altered. But nothing else has come from the new regulations even though genshin breaks multiple other rules in this memo. Join Terry in discussing those broken rules and the reason Mihoyo can ignore the "recommendations" of the ccp.
While trying to research topics for a possible winter holiday video I fell down the censorship rabbit hole. I hope you found this interesting! Chinese censorship is complex and changing all the time.
But it is important to know that Genshin is Not at risk of actually being banned. Mihoyo would just have to make more changes to line up with new rules.
For example in the last 12 hours NPPA announced new regulations that might take away 90 wish pities. They want to lessen gambling and spending on gatchas. They also want to extend the monthly spending limits to adults. We'll see if these regulations actually go into effect. But if they do it would greatly change how wishing works in genshin.
#genshin impact#genshin#censorship#venti#loot boxes#genshin lore#china#chinese censorship#ccp#youtube#dougligaming#douglitheories
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Is anybody watching, or knowledgeable about
It’s tagged as “gay” & “romance” on GagaOOLala, but it’s Chinese!
How “gay” can it be, what with Chinese censorship?
Before I start watching, and even though it was written by the same writer of “ADDICTED,” I just want to know whether it will be worth it, or not.
The same with THIS one:
Same. Chinese, makers of ADDICTED! “Gay,” “romance”??? Is that even possible?
They’re both tagged HONG KONG, but since Hong Kong is under Chinese rule (and law, I assume), don’t the censorship laws apply?
I don’t know if I want to invest the time, especially in a 24-episode, “Bromance.”
With no rights, no acceptance, homosexuality outlawed in China—I don’t want to watch their censorship of lgbtqia series, while they make money off the genre!
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So, after that rant about China, suppression, censorship, et al—then….
PS I’m up to ep. 20 of Stay with Me, and although it’s a bromance, (mostly one-sided, thus far) I am enjoying this series. It’s based on the previous Chinese series, Addicted (Heroine), which came out before the censorship rules, so was never aired in its entirety, but is very different—more focused on the family relationships, with a bit of a mystery conspiracy thrown in for good measure.
I like it. The characters, actors, writing, directing, are all good!
There were a few pecks on the cheek.
We’re being promised an uncut version to be released soon, but I am not watching 24 eps. over again for a kiss!
Also, I was VERY angry about the ambiguous ending, then read there is a season 2 to come.
Yay!
#One in a Hundred#stay with me#chinese bl#hong kong#gagaoolala#bl series#gay romance#bromance#addicted#chinese censorship#lgbtqia rights are human rights
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Old Xian rly said “fuck the police”
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Hey, same anon that talked about BOC distancing themselves from the LGBTQ+ community. My post wasn't meant to dampen the excitement of them doing new projects with a broader audience. Just saying BOC is shitty for what they're doing. They drop the LGBTQ+ community once they want the eyes & money of homophobes. I hope MileApo's Chinese project is amazing af because they deserve it (& if BL related, it's censored as little as possible).
Thanks for clarifying! Yes, I'm just... tired of BOC right now. To me, I'm happy to throw them away with any other company that practices rainbow capitalism until it's time to stir up my ire again. My main anguish was the impression that BOC had a tight stranglehold on MileApo's potential future success by creating this ceiling with their own incompetence and we're finally free of that concern.
About whether or not it'll be BL and Chinese censorship:
First of all, I'm going to say: I'm excited either way. I don't want their work to be confined to romance, which it sounds like Man Suang will not, and while it will be lovely that queer couples are treated the same way as straight couples (In that they just sort of appear in series as leads and the primary plot is the focus while them having a relationship is background/secondary like Mabel's second season personal plot line in Only Murders), I do understand that's not the media capacity in China.
Either way, we do know they played brothers for the lolz once and it was... um, uncomfortably sexually charged.
That being said, lol this insane drama is gonna come out in China supposedly:
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RIP to you if you watch, you might need brain bleach after. I'm not even sure how something like this going to pass censorship review but 😵 I guess we're see.
As far as I'm aware, I saw discussion within danmei fandom that there was potentially some loosening of the censorship rules because apparently capitalism rules all, but I can't seem to find anything about that lately so who knows. I actually saw that TGCF's drama supposedly passed censorship review last year, but it's been almost a year now and no updates.
Finally, a word about LGBTQ censorship by the CCP -- I know not everyone here lives in America or the west (thank God) but I often see comments on Tumblr and Twitter to the effect that people living under governments with human rights abuses share the same beliefs as the government. While there is definitely manipulation of public sentiment through propaganda, please remember that places with such restrictions on human rights hurt the people living in their country first and foremost. (And yes anon, I know that is not what you're saying! just my rant!!!)
The behavior of the government does not reflect the sentiment of individual citizens who live in China ( who don't get to choose their government at all lol )
Article from Feb 2022 about public outrage about the lesbian plotline in Friends being censored
A September–October 2016 survey by the Varkey Foundation found that 54% of 18–21-year-olds supported same-sex marriage in China.[124]
An online opinion poll from Phoenix Network in December 2019, which garnered close to 10 million votes, showed a 67% majority in favor of same-sex marriage in China.[46]
Again, I known anon this is not what you meant or said at all, but if I see anyone in fandom saying racist ass shit about Chinese people, I'm going to start publicly calling them out because fandom is my fun safe space and I don't need people to bring racism into my life 😊🔪
Finally, about what MileApo committed to: a full version can always air on iQiyi internationally while a sad cut version airs domestically (I think what happened with La Forte). Queer storytelling that circumvents censorship to tell the stories of queer people to a wider audience even if maybe not the full version isn't bowing to censorship - it's showing the resilience of LGBTQ people in spite of the attempts to quash out our light.
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Hi absolutebl, our most reliable source of all things BL ;). Such a big fan of your blog, and thank you so much for contributing to the fandom in such a healthy and positive way. Sorry for the long ask: but do you by chance have any thoughts on "bromance" as a genre? Like, do you watch it? Do you have recommendations? Are you a fan of it? I'm sorry if it's an inappropriate question (you are absolutebl after all, this might not be your cup of tea). It's just that sometimes I find myself drawn more to the chemistry of some current bromance series out there than the currently-airing BLs (but that's just my preference. Maybe I just prefer the low heat, old school types). I mean, I actually do like high heat BLs, but some bromance series really just blow me away with plot and chemistry that I don't mind the romance as subtext only (I just finished Japan's Kei x Yaku and Korea's Beyond Evil and both just BLEW ME AWAY. It was intense in the best way. And China's Untamed will always be a special favorite). Any thoughts? Thank you in advance!
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Hi and thank you, I'm flattered!
Ah I have watched some, but in general since we have so many more actual BL options now, I don't bother anymore. They mostly just piss me off either way.
I tend to intentionally ignore them - censoring the censors, so to speak.
I have a few posts tangential to this though:
Devil Judge & Korean Bromance Stuff
BL fandom picked up on Devil Judge, why?
devil judge, hallyu wave bromances, & non BL K-dramas
BL tropes deployed in The Devil Judge (2021)
Devil Judge... is it queerbaiting?
Word of Honor & Chinese Bromance Stuff
Word of Honor
Chinese mf censorship, fight me
Mainland China Censorship Be Like…
Some of the ones I guess I’d call bromances that I’ve watched:
Untamed (20 ep BL cut)
Word of Honor
S.C.I. Mysteries (actually one of my first BLs/bromances in general)
Find You In The Crowd
Love is Not Easy to Have
Swinging Blossom
The Fairy Fox
Beloved Enemy
His Cat
Till Death Tear Us Apart
Advance Bravely (this is more just censored BL)
Mr. CEO is Falling in Love with Him (same as above)
Legend of Long Yang
Customized Companion
Glass Heart
Past Youth
River Knows Fish Heart
Guardian
Mermaid's Jade
Broken Youth
Youth in the Breeze
Capture Lover
Precise Shot
Every Moment that I Think of You
My Esports Genius Brother
In Your Heart
There’s a bunch of early stuff out of China that is just barely censored, in that they don’t kiss (like the ghost boyfriend series), but it’s a lot more obviously gay than post 2016.)
I don’t keep track of the bromances from Korea (like At A Distance, Spring is Green) or Japan (with a few exceptions like Silhouette of Your Voice which is a yaoi adaptation) because they piss me off even more than China. It feels so cowardly. Or those wish side nods like Moment at Eighteen
It’s pretty simple...
if, if the characters were het and would have kissed in the drama under those circumstances, but they don’t because they are a same sex couple - I get really mad about it.
And I’m unable to get over that anger. Because the anger feels justified.
All that said, if you are someone who really doesn’t mind the great long con tease with no pay out these are the ones I liked despite myself:
Recommended Bromances (in order)
Word of Honor
The Devil Judge
The Guardian (super under appreciated but a TON of fun)
Untamed
S.C.I. Mysteries (if you like police procedurals)
Advance Bravely
Capture Lover
River Knows Fish Heart
Precise Shot
Beloved Enemy (IF you come out of yaoi and don’t mind some seriously triggering tropes)
Legend of Long Yang (this is kinda the precursor to Untamed & WOH)
I have not seen Japan's Kei x Yaku (I had spies reporting in on it and decided not to bother, since it was also difficult to get hold of). I have see Korea's Beyond Evil and I am afraid I didn’t get the bromance subtext as much as you, and others, have. I guess the actors didn’t work for me?
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#bromances#chinese bl#japanese bl#korean bl#make it gay you cowards#chinese censorship#bromance genre#asian bromances#Legend of Long Yang#Precise Shot#River Knows Fish Heart#Capture Lover#Advance Bravely#Beloved Enemy#S.C.I. Mysteries#Untamed#Guardian#Devil Judge#Word of Honor#the Devil Judge
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the ban for dangais/BL live actions has been silently lifted after some changes in the management. BL live adaptations can now air anytime after passing the review and obtaining its distribution license. But they cannot promote its CP and will have less promotion.
Dangais from different platforms will air one by one.
#manga adaptation#bl novel adaptation#chinese censorship#chinese drama#cdrama bl#same sex love original novel
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When China finally gets over the whole ‘censor the gays on tv’ thing, all the live action adaptations of BL books should get a do-over, I’m talking Guardian, The Untamed, Word of Honour, Immortality (it hasn’t even aired yet and I’m pressed) all of them. Get the OG casts back together, cut that shit down to way less than 40-60 episodes (please) and make it gay as hell.
#just late night thoughts#also annoyed that yet another good series is getting a censored live action made#like bruh#seriously!?#chinese censorship#let the gays have their gay shows!
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I just think it's interesting that male leads in two major chinese dramas with strong lgbtq+ roots got dragged into scandals that torpedoed their careers and ruined them in the eyes of their fanbase.
#i just think it's interesting#conspiracy time i know#but it's weird that it happened twice#xiao zhan#zhang zhehan#cdrama#danmei#lgbtq+#chinese censorship#chinese homophobia#woh#the Untamed
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Spicy FANFIC leads to cancellation of actor and BANNING of AO3 in China
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I like this girl but she doesn't understand the first thing about fandom, fanfiction and AO3...
#the untamed#wang yibo#xiao zhan#rpf#ao3#chinese censorship#what were you doing at the devils sacrament#Youtube
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Youtube Q&A Stream Saturday the 27th at 9am!
So I decided to go ahead with the Q&A stream and just see how things go. It will be streamed to the youtube Saturday the 27th at 9am NA cst. So 13 hours from this post going up. I believe the notification will go to anyone that's subscribed on the youtube but feel free to turn on notifications just to be sure you're told when we go live! I'll also be making a post here on tumblr obviously.
So if you have questions about the genshin quests, chinese censorship, my sources, or even just the editing process stop on by! I might also do a chat poll about which topic I should focus on next after the lantern rite video. So if you'd like to support the channel and help decide what content we make next this stream is the place to be! But this is all an experiment, if it goes well I'll do more streams on the youtube in the future along with twitch where we currently do streams.
And if you haven't already please consider watching our most recent video about censorship in china and how Genshin works around it to tell interesting stories.
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I read this article and I had several thoughts:
First, it’s horrifying to think that a writer’s work can be so cavalierly erased without explanation or distorted beyond meaning in this day-and-age. I see people complain about various platforms, including this one, but this kind of censorship would make many minds explode in rage if it were to happen to their favorite author or their own works.
I also read the bit about how whistleblowers aka tattletales aka spiteful hatemongers aka (insert your own pejorative here) would get paid for their finger pointing and a shudder ran down my spine. I thought of the incident that lit the fuse that powered the wave of hate against Xiao Zhan that could have had much more devastating consequences (beyond putting him in financial and professional limbo for more than a year and isolating him from friends and family during that time) were he less emotionally resilient. And also I thought of MXTX potentially hiding and not writing (there were even wild rumors… truth?… that she was under official scrutiny) for fear of having her work seized, erased, censored. Would we/will we ever see that 4th book in the works, or more in this atmosphere?
I can only hope that she is still writing, as is everyone who explores whatever creative urges, whether they break barriers or test limits. Those of us who enjoy the comparatively uncensored life, I hope we appreciate it all the more and do what we can to foster it and creative tolerance.
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P'Abl... I know censored Chinese BL adaptations arent your favoritest, but have you heard of Love Is More Than A Word? From 2016, and from the danmei novel 识汝不识丁. I found it on YT with eng subs and Im gonna watch it.
I found it by image searching a screenshot from the show that was used in an article to discuss Emperor Ai and his lover Dong Xian. Its these two that the chinese term "cut sleeve" comes frok to refer to homosexuality between men.
My BL senses were tingling.
No I hadn't heard of it. MDL has it listed as a censored bromance.
Let me know if it's any good?
Love Is More Than A Word
#asked and answered#another wuxia bromance i didn't know about#chinese bl#but not#chinese censorship#CBL#Love Is More Than A Word#2016 BL#bromance#danmei
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Thanks, I hate Chinese Censorship Treehouse of Horror
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[...] This set of mixed policies allows politically innocuous LGBTQ-centred media and popular cultures to exist, and helps to promote a seemingly open-minded image to audiences both at home and abroad, while keeping more serious debates on human rights out of the public space. [*]
By managing ‘queer dreams’, the Party-state effectively neutralises the potential of these dreams to transform society while turning them into useful elements in China’s self-portrayal as a great modern nation on the global stage.
excerpt from an article i found on random, about Queer Dreams in china, by jamie j. zhao
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[*] James Griffiths, ‘Can you be gay online in China? Social media companies aren’t sure’, CNN Business, 17 April 2019, online at [link].
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