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manogirl · 9 months

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Thanks for the tag, @waitmyturtles!

My list is nearly DEVOID of GMMTV tunes, not because I don't love them, but because when I started watching BL, I realized that my streaming service (Tidal) just didn't have most of the GMMTV songs. So when I built my BL playlist, it by necessity didn't have any GMM songs. So the songs I grew to love and know by heart are not the big hitters. (I now have a YouTube playlist that I'll listen to occasionally, but I still mostly listen to non-GMMTV songs!)

Rules of the Game:

🎶When you get this, list 5 songs from the Asian QL shows that you actually listen to.🎶

🎶They do not have to be custom-made for the series. 🎶Non-western tracks only. Let's support Asian music and languages! 🎶Feel free to tag anyone who may be interested in participating.

🎶Add #5qls tag to your post for others to find the new favorites!🎶

Let’s do this:

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I LOVE THIS SONG. Amp writes so many of the big BL songs these days, to be sung by others--I think she wrote Our Song!--but this version is so delicate and lovely.

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Have you watched Gaya Sa Pelikula? You really should. Is it a BL? We can quibble about it, but regardless, it remains one of my favorite shows I've watched since I started watching BL. It's so good. And this song! I love this song so much that I did a deep dive into Ben & Ben and ended up going to see them live when they toured the US...whenever that was. THEY WERE INCREDIBLE. They are incredible.

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'Be Your Sunshine' is from About Youth, a WONDERFUL little Taiwanese coming-of-age BL. (I truly loved it.) I love this song. It's just so lovely.

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Hell yeah, I LOVE THIS SONG. I have complicated feelings about the BL it's from (The Eighth Sense) for like, five million reasons, and yet I also have to say that I fucking love the show too. Anyway, this song grabbed me IMMEDIATELY. I adore it. Such fun to sing along to.

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Eleventy million songs from MSP could have gone in this spot; I love so so so so so many. But this one remains my favorite to turn waaaaay up, put the car windows down all the way, and scream sing as I'm driving really fast on the expressway. If you hear Fourth singing real loud from a car near you, it's probably me. The only way to listen to music in the car is so loud every other car around you can hear it.

This was SO FUN. Thanks for the tag, and uh, I'm almost positive that everyone I'm mutuals with has done it. If you haven't, please do! I've had a lot of fun reading all your posts!

#five QL songs #ben&ben #amp achariya #wetter #boon hui lu #fourth nattawat #my school president #the eighth sense #cutie pie #gaya sa pelikula #about youth #thai bl #taiwanese bl #filipino bl #korean bl #Youtube

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that-bl-bitch · 4 months

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My Top 20 QLs of 2023

Hey! I'm finally done with my top QLs of the year list, I usually do a top 10 And i try to keep there but there were to many shows that I would have felt bad not mentioning so I bumped it up to 20, but first lets do some stats shall we

Thai QLs- 31

Korean QLs- 14

Japanese QLs- 12

Taiwanese QLs- 5

Vietnamese QLs- 4

Filipino QLs- 1

Total number of QLs of 2024-✨67!✨

(6 less than last year :( I'm slacking lol)

Now for what you all been waiting for.....I don't usually tend to put my list in a particular order but this time I did so, it goes from least to best but don't get it twisted I still love the higher numbered QLs with all my heart

I only did a quick little write up thing for the top 3 cause I was to lazy to do it for all 20 :)

(Also here's my honorable mention list)

#20- Be Mine SuperStar

#19- Tokyo In April is...

#18- I Will Knock You!

#17- Individual Circumstances

#16- Naked Dining

#15- Jack O' Frost

#14- Our Dining Table

#13- Our Dating Sim

#12- Wedding Plan

#11- Never Let Me Go

#10- Love Class 2

#9- Kiseki: Dear To Me

#8- Moonlight Chicken

#7- My Beautiful Man 2

#6- My Personal Weatherman

#5- Between Us

#4- Bed Friend

#3- Only Friends

This show feels much more subversive than other GMMTV QLs I loved the mixing and mingling of ships I wished more shows would do that, while I love my established pairings every once in while them kissing other people as a treat is cool, they did Boston dirty and I stand by that but other than that (and a couple of other things) what an AMAZING show

#2- Laws Of Attraction

If it weren't for my #1 this would probably go there cause I loved this show with a burning passion, last year I had To Sir With Love (I believe #1) and this year Laws Of Attraction I don't want to jinx it but can JamFilm miss? Truly I can't see my self disliking a JamFilm lead show

#1- The Eighth Sense

And finally we hit #1 and are we shocked I mean come on this was hands down the best BL I watched this year and probably top 5 of all time and DEFINITELY THE BEST KOREAN BL I EVER WATCHED EVER

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dummerjan · 4 months

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10 QL people I want carnally that make me feel gay

I was tagged by @lady-guts - thank you <333 No carnal desire here, maybe possible on the asexual spectrum?, and also not into men so I went with characters that made me go "Ohhh... definitely into women." Just without (what I understand to be) carnally wanting them. But I will do plenty of swooning and not get enough of looking at them and dreamily sigh every now and then or think of that "Excuse me? Sorry. Mommy? Sorry. Mommy? Sorry." meme. It's been close to a week but I just can't make a full list. I went through my MDL watchlist looking for hot women but I am watching the wrong shows for that and probably not remembering several characters with minor roles. Luna from Sleep With Me

Very dreamy sigh. Plus she speaks Tagalog/Filipino, makes her even more attractive.

Choi Yu Na from Semantic Error

She is omnipresent on these lists and rightfully so. She is really hot. Jean from Warp Effect

Tiffy from Lovely Writer

I never finished the show, she was the best part of it though. Very swoon-worthy. Waree (the mean teacher) from The Eclipse I can't find a gif of her but I know they are out there. I saw them on someone else's list. Akemi Haruko from Pornographer: Playback

No gifs of her either, there aren't that many for the series anyway.

And you know what? Jeff Satur has to be on this list. Jeff is sometimes very confusingly almost attractive in a way women are to me. As Kim or any other character? Not my type. But there is the warehouse outfit that could qualify (if I ignore that it's Kim). Of which I can't find a gif! But surely it is irrevocably burned into our minds.

tagging @scarefox @omegaphobe @hummingbooks @bellepark @bisexualbard @mvickym I don't know who hasn't done this yet. No pressure but if you want to, have fun. :)

#Sleep With Me is painfully underappreciated/unknown. It's so good! Go watch it if you haven't.#There was this fated day I reblogged the post collecting photos of Jeff in striped clothes that something in my cracked.#very fun very dramatic subsequent few hours afterwards #I said some thing I can't come back from.#playing tag #meins #i feel bad doing tags when tagged by people i havent replied to in ages ... in this case in like two months (which does not feel as long).#too tired to obsessively check for typos like i usually do #might keep me up tonight #and then tomorrow morning i will be horrified at which mistakes i didn't catch before

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wanderlust-in-my-soul · 9 months

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5 Songs Tag - QL Shows Edition

tagged by @pose4photoml @morkofday and @leonpob. Thank you so much for the tag! 🧡 I love tag games and music, so this is perfect 😊

When you get this, list 5 songs from the Asian QL media that you actually listen to.

🎶They do not have to be custom-made for the series. 🎶Non-western tracks only. Let's support Asian music and languages! 🎶Feel free to tag anyone who may be interested in participating. 🎶Add #5qls tag to your post for others to find the new favourites!

This is really hard for me! There are so many beautiful OSTs and all are different and special to me 😭 So I am going to go with five favorites from different countries.

I. Korea: Rainbow by Coldin | OST from Love Tractor

I love the series and this song just gives me such a good feeling. The music just fits the series so beautifully. It is light and on the other hand a little bit melancholic. It is about a new love and allowing to be loved and love again and to walk this life together. I love it so much! And yes, he is sang Romatic Devil from the Semantic Error OST 😊 Just another great song!

II. Phillipines: Ride Home by Ben&Ben | OST from Like in the Movies

I know, this song is in englisch, but by a Filipino Band. This song and the scene when it played in the series...just AAAHHHHHH!!!!! I love it so so much! It is so perfect! And when you want to hear more of this great folk-pop band, I can really recommend Leaves or Araw-Araw. They have some really good songs. And if you haven't watched Like in the movies (Gaya Sa Pelikula), you really missed something. Such a good show!

III. China: Wu Ji by Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo | OST from The Untamed

Bold of anyone to think I wouldn't list this song! I mean, it is from the OST of my favorite series ever, sung by the main actors and I just love it SO much! But, to be fair, I would have taken something from Stay With Me, but the OST isn't out yet and I haven't found the song I love so much on Spotify. But this song right here it transports so many emotions for me. Such an epic song! I remember I heard the song before I have watched the series and was just blown away. After that I started the series and yeah, the rest is history. I fell in love with them and the whole story. I have the novels, but not the time to read them yet. I guess I find some time during my upcoming vacation.

IV. Thailand: REDO (ย้อนเวลา) by Krist Perawat | OST from Be My Favorite

The series has taken over my heart and so had this song. And I like his voice, singing or talking. And this song just speaks to my heart. It has a light tone, but the meaning is quite deep, just as the series itself. And I am in love. I guess there are just a few people out there, who don't want to change something in the past, undo some mistakes, make a different choice. Of course it is not possible, but it can be a reminder to just live the best life you can, so you won't regret your choices in the future. Oh man, I am so in love with this series!

V. Japan: 遠い国 by 上野大樹 | OST from Our Dining Table

You know the feeling when you watch something and there is this song and you can't think about anything else until you found the song and you can finally breathe again and just listen to this wonderful music? Yeah, that happend to me with this song. I don't know why, but I really want to cry when I listen to it, because it is so beautiful.

Because my five are full, I give an honorable mention to Twins by Julia Peng. It is from the OST of the taiwanese mini-series Innocent.

Oh, there are so many more good songs from these shows which I love so much and couldn't fit in here 😭

I really don't know who already participated in this, I know it is quite popular right now, but I just tag some people 😊 As always no obligations, just a little Hi, I thought about you 🧡

@rocketturtle4 @gunsatthaphan @maxescheibechlinichacheli @jyuubin @negrowhat @pharawee @forcebook @lurkingshan

#5qls #music tag game #tag game #thank you so much for the tag! 🤍#I love OSTs #and music in general #there are so many great songs out there from all around the world and I really want to listen to every single one #but I don't have the time because a girl needs to earn money #stupid adulthood

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absolutebl · 1 year

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hi ABL!!! i hope you're doing good 💌 i was recently talking to a friend & giving them QL recs, when i realised that there haven't been many Pinoy QLs since 2020 😮 i couldn't find anything so i thought who better than you sksksk

There have been a few, but I've not been tracking them. Gameboys 2 for example (I DNFed it). The only one I watched was Rainbow Prince and that was... a journey.

Unfortunately MDL doesn't have a good system for filtering by the LBGTQ+ tag plus country of origin.

Here's a blog post I found on the subject....

#asked and answered #pinoy bl #bl 2022 #gameboys 2 #rainbow prince

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respectthepetty · 11 months

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I am currently hooked on Past-senger. I don't know how possibly may have a happy ending but I am enjoying its lightness and humor. Did you notice Bamee house is the house of Tonhon in TonhonChonlatee?

I have tried Love syndrome III because I like its protagonists but it's terrible. How can the acting be that bad? I know from other series they are not that bad.

How the Koreans manage to give us such a steady string of wonderful stories such as Unintentional love story and The eighth sense? They always leave me with a nice aftertaste I don't get anywhere else.

Anon, Taiwanese BLs are my favorite, but I appreciate Thai QLs because so many are produced compared to the ZERO I've gotten from Taiwan in 2023. ZERO! The last BL Taiwan offered was HIStory 5: Love in the Future, which shared the time travel theme with Past-Senger, and as much as I love Taiwanese BLs and the HIStory franchise, I think Past-Senger did a better job with it.

Quantity does not equal quality, so Thailand having over fifty QLs a year doesn't necessarily equate to great stories or production value, but, much like Vietnamese and Filipino QLs, there is always a solid foundation with some heart at its core. Also, Thai series are easily available, for free. I haven't nor will I watch Love Syndrome III because I will hate it, and not in a fun hate-watch way, but some who watched it liked it because that's the beauty of variety; we have more to pick from based on what we like and there is something for everyone.

Past-Senger, with its Tonhon Chonlatee house, has its issues, and there are plenty including spotty sound, a clumsy final quarter, and odd pacing, but as you mentioned, it does humor well, and it takes the time-traveling aspect seriously compared to HIStory 5. When Kiew lands in the future, he is constantly reminded that he is out of place and not meant to be there, while HIStory 5 spent the first episode on that idea, then quickly moved along.

Korea tends to go back to the past (Tinted With You and Once Again) or for reincarnation (First Love Again and The Director Who Buys Me Dinner), but there is always in underlying melancholy to these since the narrative makes it clear these are "right person, wrong time" stories. Korea loves a time skip like Japan loves to make its guys run. But the issue most people as well as I have with Korean BLs is they are too short to properly develop the plot, the characters, and the resolution. For me, something is always rushed or lacking.

Yet Our Dating Sim has done the best "left him because I love him" plot out of all the QLs I've watched, and I think Star Struck might do well with it also. Both also demonstrate the Korean staple of "right person, wrong time" with time jumps that I just complained about, yet they are done well here.

As much as I stay rooting for Taiwan, I appreciate a range of queer media because every show is doing something different; therefore, each show has the possibility of doing it better.

Gameboys and Hello, Stranger, both Filipino offerings, gave us love stories about the pandemic DURING the pandemic, but unlike my Taiwanese See You After Quarantine?, I feel like some dismissed them simply because they were Filipino even though Gameboys was one of the biggest BLs of 2020 with its mask-off scene.

I have trash taste. I didn't like Bad Buddy overall and I have intentionally never watched a MAME series, so you don't have to trust one word I wrote here, but all of this is really to tell you that as great as Korean dramas are, I encourage you to continue dabbling in other countries' offerings every now and then. I'm a HIStory 4: Close to Me whore first, and a human second, but I loved being surprised by how Bed Friends handled healing from trauma through a sexual relationship, how Moonlight Chicken presented generational and economic differences through a queer lens, and how Kabe Koji and My Beautiful Man showed how distorted views of self-worth can drastically harm the people who love us.

Gems are everywhere. We just have to be willing to shuffle through some dirt to find them. Consider Love Syndrome III your dirt, but perhaps a Mame series will be your gem.

#I like my queer media anyway I get it!#I love the variety!#I love a good hate watch too!#history 5: love in the future #past senger #hello stranger #gameboys the series

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junietuesday · 4 years

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fuck it. i’m writing filipino!neville/hannah haranafic for my ql entry this round

#june speaks #the theme is diversity it's practically begging me to write a filipino fic

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dotzines · 5 years

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Artist spotlight: PlanetarianPwes!

✿ Ko-fi ✿ Instagram ✿ Tumblr ✿ Youtube

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Introduce yourself Heyo! I'm a 19 year old Filipino artist in the Philippines. Currently really into The Adventure Zone. When did you start drawing? Are you a digital or traditional artist? I've been interested in drawing since I was a kid. Most of my improvements started 5 years ago, and I started drawing digitally three years ago. Do you use any traditional mediums? If so, which are your favorites? I occasionally use watercolors- but most often I only traditionally sketch with technical pens or regular ballpens.

Why do you prefer traditional over digital? (or viceversa) Right now? I really enjoy digital over traditional. For one it saves material space- and just feels more convenient (usually) What do you think is the most challenging part about being a traditional/digital artist? The most challenging part about digital would be the state my laptop's in. It's pretty old and is really slow sometimes. As for traditional- I'd have to say doing the lines were always a problem. My hand's never steady enough for slow deliberate strokes, so it's a bit of a struggle getting things right.

What inspires your pieces? Things like colors, clothes, or text posts tend to inspire me.

image source: [X] Explain your "everyday" drawing process The best way to put it is that I never really pay attention to what I'm drawing. Drawing to me, means thinking less, and just drawing what I want. When I do have something in mind though, I make it a point of starting on things I know how to do. Do you have an artist you admire (or more than one)?

QL - https://www.instagram.com/qualari/ (lines/coloring/dynamic styles!!) Lem - https://twitter.com/lemonsqueazie (painty style/sketch lines/aesthetic af) Raustii - https://www.instagram.com/raustii/ (bold lines/fanart/solid feel) Japhers - http://japhers.tumblr.com (Eye for fashion and detail/anatomy) Meyoco - https://www.instagram.com/meyoco/ (soft colors/clean lines/flowers!!) Is there an artwork you are most proud of? Why? https://www.instagram.com/p/Br9WqIphp-S/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=ccnf3uc66xwx

My art of my StardewValley farmer! I like to think this marked the start of my kind or solid digital art style using my tablet- it isn't really anything dynamic to look at? But as far as how happy it makes me, it's up there.

Do you listen to music (or tv shows/films/anything else) when drawing? I listen to music usually- I don't specifically listen to certain artists half the time? It just goes with my mood. Other things I listen to would be youtube videos and podcasts(TAZ mainly and a bit of MBMBAM

image source: [X] What makes art interesting for you? Colors. Absolutely. Nothing captures me more than the way things are colored! Whether it's a monochromatic piece, has only two colors, or is a full on rainbow of vividness, I'm always enraptured by the way color works. What do you do when art block strikes? To be really honest I just take a break from drawing. Forcing myself to work on something that's making me frustrated never ends well. If i have to drop a project for a little while because of it, I'll do that. Maybe start up a new one when inspiration comes back to me. What’s the most valuable art advice you’ve ever received?

It's silly but uh, "Your eyes are too far apart, you should draw them closer" is one I received directly and instantly improved the way my faces looked 😂

#PlanetarianPwes #artist spotlight #red zone artists #red zone

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pandasmagorica · 3 months

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First watch: Sleep With Me

This is a short (under 3 hours) lesbian-themed series about a couple who meet cute then need to deal with their respective human flaws as they fall in love. Harry uses a wheelchair while Luna's night-owl constitution affects who she meets and whose needs she can meet.

The title refers to Harry's late night radio show where she helps her listeners get to sleep by talking to them or keeping them company if they can't sleep. Luna shows up to collect a prize for her convenience store parafriend and Luna and Harry fall for each other.

I found the series timing to be a bit slow, odd for 24-minute episodes, but very human. There were real people and real situations, aside from the next to last episode curse that is so common in the QL world. There is a male-male side couple, although given the short run time of the series they don't get a lot of screen time. Which is fine - our focus needs to be on the main couple and we get that.

Given the recent flap over the end of Last Twilight, I was pleased to see they did a fine job on disability rep, both for Harry's and Luna's respective disabilities. Nobody was a hero, nobody was woe is me, both worked within their disabilities to live the best life they could.

If you're okay with a slow-ish series, I recommend giving this one a try.

#yuri #filipino ql #filipino gl #pandasmagorica #disability #disability in media #sleep with me #sleep with me series

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dothisworkout · 6 years

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wazosky · 12 years

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Que me rei con esta wea csm! xD

#mapaches #video #filipino ql #cover #wea mala

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pandasmagorica · 11 months

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Intro/tracking post

Last updated April 25, 2024.

Older queer white cis dude in California, pronoun he.

Love music.

Enjoy QL, mostly Thai, mostly series. Here to read and comment on posts.

If a series puts me off in the first episode, I will often abandon it, sometimes within the first few minutes. I'm less likely to abandon midway. If I'm considering abandoning a series I've otherwise liked up to that point, I'll often read the reviews on MDL or look up posts on the series, at risk of getting spoilers, to decide whether to go on with it (and it's gone both ways).

Not a fan of spoilers, but recognize it as a risk of engaging so I don't (usually) spoiler-shame. Please don't put them in comments to me, if you would be so kind.

Okay with sad endings if they're earned or otherwise inevitable.

Incomplete watchlist (which I will update from time to time):

Top Ten (in order as best I can, ask me on another day and stuff might move):

Not Me (best QL series ever for plot, acting, cinematography, and music, content warning for violence) (1 re-watch)

Bad Buddy (lots of fun, new discoveries on every re-watch) (3 re-watches)

He's Coming to Me (heartwarming, delightful coming-of-age work. I didn't care for the library raid part and skipped it once on rewatch and there seemed to me to be some inconsistencies with the ghost rules.) (3 re-watches)

Cherry Magic (Japanese version, delightful, looking forward to the Thai remake if they ever settle the rights issues)

To Sir With Love (could get me to try lakorns)

Semantic Error (enemies to lovers comedy that hits all the right notes)

A Tale of a Thousand Stars (fine series, not sure why I haven't rewatched it, need to rewatch after Our Skyy 2)

55:15 Never Too Late (not QL but has a QL subplot, notable for having an older semi-out gay character) (1 re-watch)

Gaya Sa Pelicula (Like in the Movies) (odd couple thrown together, fall in love, hit limits)

Eternal Yesterday (re-watch episode notes) (not usually into high school QL but the plot got me and it blew me away, achingly sad throughout) (1 re-watch)

Much as I love them, I don't automatically recommend every one of them to everyone. The right rec for the right person!

In progress

23.5

Cherry Magic (Thai) (on apparently long-term hold pending rights issues)

I Promised You the Moon (but not actively watching)

Considering

Okay, this is a really long list and I'm probably not going to watch all of them, but a fan's gotta dream, right?

Although I Love You, and You?

The Eighth Sense

Ex-Morning

The Heart Killers

Leap Day

Mama Gogo

Midnight Motel

My Strawberry Film

Old Fashioned Cupcake

Oh! Boarding House

1000 Years Old

The Player

Revamp

Shadow (although probably not)

Stay Still

The Spirealm (this ones an unlikely stretch - censored and 38 x 45 minutes equals over 28 hours)

ThamePo

Unknown (to binge)

First episode watched but not committed to

Our Dining Table

Also Completed:

A Cut Above (in alphabetical order):

Near misses for my top 10 - there can only be 10 - but bubbling under that line. Highly recommended.

Anti-Reset (episode notes) (speculative fiction on the future of AI, in a robot and a human who fall in love, quite emotional)

Formula 17 (campy and fun) (2 or 3 rewatches)

History 3: Trapped (very funny and enjoyable

I Became the Main Role of a BL Drama (feel-good comedy)

The Great Doctor (episode notes) (not QL) (medical/historical/time travel mashup, content warning for violence and gory medical stuff)

Kiseki: Dear to Me (watch notes) (top notch crime drama with a lot of humor - content warning for violence - includes an older gay couple) (1 rewatch)

Lovely Writer (very meta about the QL industry and quite funny)

Moonlight Chicken (touching and fun)

Once Again (touching time travel, sad throughout) (1 rewatch)

180 Degrees Longitude Passes Through Us (intelligent and a good watch, melancholy, feels very much like a stage play)

The Sign (deeply flawed but wild and enthralling deep dive into northeastern Thai mythology disguised as a cop series - content warning for violence - yeah, it's a mess but it's a glorious mess)

10 Years Ticket (episode notes) (crime drama about two warring families, bittersweet ending - not QL, but there's a QL subplot)

3 Will Be Free (review link) (wild ride with great twists, content warning for violence, yeah I'd call it QL)

Until We Meet Again (fine contrast between the ghosts of the past and the world of today, deep story, but has a few problematic scenes that I cringe at, theme music got repetitive; content warning for suicide) (1 or 2 re-watches)

The Warp Effect (not QL, but some queer characters)

and a fanfic:

What's in Your Head (Bad Buddy zombie fic) (content warning for violence, requires AO3 login)

Others I enjoyed (in alpha order):

I enjoyed these enough to be happy I watched them, but not enough to consider them classics and in no danger of breaching my top 10.

Be My Favorite (fun time-travel fantasy with a strong political viewpoint and good twists, one of the mains is a bit hard to take)

Bed Friend (not sure enjoyed is the right word, has some triggers, but worth seeing, loved the cat role-play)

The Boy Foretold By the Stars (fun, sweet comedy)

Choco Milkshake (fun, touching pet fantasy)

Cupid's Last Wish (fun body-swap plot, insane amount of food and landscape porn, rural settings, content warning for gross cow veterinary scene)

Dark Blue Kiss (pretty good, creepy interloper)

Dear Tenant (enjoyed isn't the right word, and had to pause and walk away from it partway for a major cry, but an excellent film)

DNA Says I Love You (review link) (sweet, sad, interesting gender minority rep)

The End of the World With You (mix of SF and fantasy, good story and relationships)

Eternal Summer (Taiwanese film about youth discovering their identity - bisexual love triangle - well done if a bit melancholy)

Ghost Host, Ghost House (nice supernatural treatment)

Gift Shop for People You Hate (not QL but has two minor gay characters making guest appearances, one evil and one harmless) (horror, with a very dark sense of humor) (this one doesn't show an English title on YouTube, but if you search YouTube under that name you'll find it) (1 rewatch)

Jack O'Frost (melancholy and sweet)

The Man Who Defies the World of BL (very funny after watching several series and becoming aware of the tropes)

The Man Who Defies the World of BL season 2 (okay, maybe a joke can go on long enough)

Me, My Husband and My Husband's Boyfriend (bittersweet poly-ish story)

Midnight Museum (not QL but has a major bromance that could go full QL if there's ever a sequel) (a mess, but a glorious mess)

Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Kiss (quite enjoyable)

My Ride (enjoyable comedy with dramatic moments - includes an older gay couple)

Naked Dining (good fun, lots of misunderstandings and food porn)

Neverland (web series from India, well done and too brief)

Our Dating Sim (fun series about the courage to correct your mistakes from the past, set in the video game workplace - a few cringe moments, but generally a very kind series)

Rainbow Prince (campy and fun, not enough songs for something that's supposed to be a musical, you have to be okay with cheesy)

Rak Diao (funny, very silly, although the harassment jokes got old fast and didn't stop)

Sleep With Me (review link) (sweet lesbian romance, kinda slow for such short episodes, great disability rep)

Something in My Room (the abridged-episode version) (good, not great, ghost story)

Stay By My Side (review link) (fun ghost story version of Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Kiss)

Tale of the Lost Boys (movie) (friendship story between a visiting straight Filipino and a gay Taiwanese aboriginal in Taiwan, heartwarming story)

Tinted with You (a way too short, fun time travel fantasy involving a painting and a mystical art lover that bring an art student together with an ancient deposed prince)

Twilight Kiss aka Suk Suk (fine, bittersweet Hong Kong film about an affair between two heterosexually married men who are actually closeted gay men)

Twins (Thai pulp, fun, not too deep)

Your Name Engraved Herein (not sure enjoyed is the right word but it's fine work)

Zero Photography (from Magic of Zero) (most entertaining product promotion vehicle I've seen in QL, even better than Pran & Pat's product placements in Bad Buddy)

Torn about:

These all had some kind of major issue that prevents me from recommending them.

Fish Upon the Sky (appalled at the racism/punch-down humor in episode 4, otherwise loved its play with form)

Last Twilight (entrancing series, but the characters didn't grow, the ending was poorly set up - needed a few more episodes - and it ultimately fumbled on disability rep)

Mr. Cinderella (nearly abandoned this one because of a supporting toxic character, but kept with it after reading a post about the traditional Vietnamese story it was tracking)

Secret Crush on You (cringed for the first half, considered dropping it, read the defense by trans reviewers, watched the rest, and suddenly it got really good)

Together With Me (mix of great content and really problematic content)

Lukewarm:

I'm more glad than not that I watched these but in retrospect would have been okay if I had missed them:

Bagan Beginning (Not-bad early Myanmar QL, lots of food and antiquity porn, content warning for violence in the last episode)

Color Rush (interesting concept, okay)

Enchanté (not as bad as people say it is, but also just okay)

Gay OK Bangkok and Gay OK Bangkok 2 (definitely gay and, er, okay)

Nitiman (okay enough)

Only Friends (episode notes) (a sex farce with too much toxic behavior for my taste and a last episode choice that left a bad taste in my mouth)

Our Skyy 2 Bad Buddy x Thousand Stars (counting the four episodes as one series even though they have different names, didn't love this but didn't hate it either, very pale compared to the original two separate series)

Our Skyy 2 Vice Versa (was just okay with a really bad idea at the base of its plot)

Star & Sky: Star in My Mind (not great, not bad)

The Tasty Florida (cute enough, just so-so)

Vice Versa (brief notes) (good concept, product placements became way too intrusive for my full enjoyment)

Ones I wish I could watch:

I only watch legit sources, both so the creators get money for it and to reduce the hacking risks that watching gray presents.

Triage (I don't have a Thai phone number to log in to AISPlay, and even if I did not sure if it would have English subtitles)

Manner of Death (I need a WeTV subscription and will check that out) (thank you to @lurkingteapot for this info)

I Feel You Linger in the Air

Peach of Time (supernatural plot) (supposedly I can watch this on WeTV using VPN but I'm not yet ready to make the leap to VPN)

Series I abandoned:

Accomplishment of Fundoshi Bartender (episode 2 when he screamed offstage about not dating married men - I know this series isn't intended to be realistic but I still need the other characters to react to his behavior - this series has gotten entirely too silly for me)

Candy Colored Paradox (bored by episode 2 or 3)

Cooking Crush (a few minutes into episode 1 [2/4] as it is getting way too silly for me, plus we're going to have to put up with hazing/bullying as comedy - at least they had some new sound effects)

Cutie Pie (hated the infantilizing, left by episode 3 or 4)

I Told Sunset About You (left in episode 1, not loving the high school content)

Love by Chance (had someone fall on top of someone else in the first 30 seconds, left immediately)

Love Stage (apparently without most of the music - I'm guessing there's rights issues - but I abandoned it after 2 episodes because one of the lead's acting felt flat and I didn't enjoy the humor)

Lucky My Love (first segment didn't engage me)

Meow Ears Up (lost interest in the first episode with the fangirls in the store incident)

My Secret Love (first segment didn't engage me)

One Room Angel (dropped after episode 3 because it's so depressing; open to returning if it cheers up)

Playboyy (a new record - I got scared away by the content warning before the episode even started - however, based on various posts I might reconsider in for a binge watch once it's over)

SOTUS (not a fan of hazing)

Star & Sky: Sky in Your Heart (abandoned around the time of the outhouse incident)

Theory of Love (abandoned when nearly at the beginning Gun's character was crying in the shower)

VIP Only (failed to engage me in the first episode)

Un-favorite tropes:

Falling on someone

Heavy seme/uke dynamic

Northern rural Thai loan sharks

Evil ex

Boss/Employee

Stuff that I've written as opposed to reblogged I've tagged #pandasmagorica so I can find them easier.

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