ranking Ghost BLs by creepy factor
Sweet Curse is the creepiest half of the time (+ has some jump scares) but is a bit weird. The ghost / demon is haunting the guy but is also horny for him. (more erotic than BL, it's a Strongberry short film... but I would like a full drama in that style lol)
So far from all the ghost themed thai BLs I have seen, Something in My Room was the most spookiest (at some times). Actually creepy wandering souls that hunt other normal ghosts. And the occasional nightmare.
Ghost Host, Ghost House is pretty creepy at the beginning with the ghost hunting in lost places. But loses it later on unfortunately. Tho sometimes the ghosts can look creepy if they want to but look normal the rest of the time. (haven't finished that one yet)
Low Frequency (so far) has some small creepy parts in ep1 during a nightmare and some weird neighbor ghost / spirit. But since then it's pretty tame with the spookiness. Maybe in the next episodes it's getting darker again?
He's Coming To Me was not spooky at all as far as I remember. The ghosts are rather comical and buddy type. Still awesome story.
technically Dear Doctor I'm Coming For Soul also has ghosts / souls when people die. imo not creepy.... but they actually do look like they are dead sometimes.
He She It tbh I barely remember that one but it wasn't creepy imo.
That are the ones I watched so far 🤔
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My sister (@adrenilynn) has talked to me about BLS for YEARS! I always enjoyed the crazy drama that she'd talk to me about. (Me knowing NOTHING about any of these characters) I still would be so scandalized and intrigued.
One day, I popped in while she was watching Kinnporsche, and I watched Tankhun hit Vegas over the head with a pan. 🤣 Instantly hooked, lol. I finished that episode with her, and from that day on, I watched every week's episode of Kinnporsche. I only went back and watched the beginning of it once it was over. It was definitely a great first!
So now I have been on a BL journey 😂
Definitely already checked such great ones off the list! But man there are so many more to go haha. Some of them we watch together. Others she's already seen so I watch them on my own unless she really likes that one.
I've enjoyed all the ones I've seen, and this is probably my order of favorites so far.
1.) Kinnporsche (Definitely a hard one to beat)
2.) Semantic Error (Kind of stole my heart)
3.) Not Me (Sean is everything)
4.) Love In The Air (They are all little shits and I love them 😂)
5.) My Sweet Dear (I'm still traumatized by the ear biting)
6.) My Beautiful Man (I really wanted Hira to love Koyama when he popped up xD he's just so nice and kind... but then understanding Kiyoi's trauma I get it, I get it. XD He was just so mean and it took some time haha)
This is the list my sister and I have put together for me. Shows I've shown interest in. Others she knows I'll enjoy.
V=Viki
IQ=Iqiyi
YT= Youtube
N=Netflix
S= Watch with Sister
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Short, Sweet & Fluffy BLs for your viewing pleasure:
My Pistachio
a boy has a crush on an upper classman and finds a way to confess.
Watch on GagaOOLala
20 minute short film, South Korean, released in 2018
Nobleman Ryu's Wedding
a boy takes the place of his sister during her wedding after she runs away. Very comedic historical bl.
Watch on Viki
8 11 minute episodes, South Korean, released in 2021
Calculating Love
cute friends to lovers story. Note: low budget
Watch on YouTube or LineTV app
6 25 minute episodes, Thai, released in 2020
History2: Right or Wrong
a father/professor and a college student who nannies his daughter fall in love.
Watch on Viki
8 25 minute episodes, Taiwanese, released in 2018
En of Love Tossara
two university students woo each other and fall in love
Watch on Viki
4 45 minute episodes, Thai, released in 2020
Wish You: Your Melody in My Heart
2 musicians meet by chance, end up working together and fall in love.
Watch on Netflix or Viki
8 10 minute episodes (movie edit also exists), South Korean, released in 2020
Mr. Heart
two track runners are forced to train together and fall in love.
Watch on Viki
8 10 minute episodes, South Korean, released in 2020
GL Special Mention: Dear Uranus
A sweet high school love triangle between 3 girls.
Watch on Youtube
3 12 minute episodes, Taiwanese, released in 2021
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obviously the point of BL is relationships but I was wondering if you had any recs for BLs which have particularly strong found family vibes that go beyond the main pairing?
BLs With Strong Found Family Vibes!
This ask turned out to be a lot harder than I thought it would. Technically speaking, the narrative journey of a found family means that the main character should start out relatively isolated (a loner) and then either pull together a friendship group or get absorbed by a ready-made one.
Most BL actually gives their characters pretty solid friendship groups to start with. Director Cheewin has been a big fan of this since his Make It Right days and still doing it, see SCOY. These narratives will often end with group trips to the beach and lots of imagery of a friends frolicking together. But while they contain found family (queer friendship groups) that’s not part of the journey of the story.
Found family narratives require a larger cast. Which makes me think we would probably would get more from places like Korea and Taiwan, if they ever budgeted for large cast BLs. Semantic Error, for example, could have done this with J’s little designer cadre absorbing S into it’s artistic fold. And I think it’s implied that this happens after they start dating but not depicted.
So this is a long way of saying that in the end, I had to look for shorter threads and representations of found family, rather than narratives that were built entirely on this trope.
Found Family In BL
(Below I’ve I picked photos of the ones I think qualify the most)
Takumi-kun - believe it or not, could make the case that it qualifies
Love Next Door 2 - it’s hot and ultra early Thai not-yet-BL but it’s also not good but he sorta gets adopted by the fab weirdos at the cafe.
Grey Rainbow - but also DON’T WATCH IT
We Are Gamily - not really BL
YYY - it’s absurd nonsensical camp, but there I guess?
My Dear Loser: Edge of 17 - is about found family and a makeover but the BL is a sub-plot
His the movie - again it’s not a main driver but it is important to the plot that the whole village support them
HIStory 3 the BL that shall not be named - the seme’s friendship group eventually adopts the uke
Friend Forever - actually really could have leaned into this but they don’t execute well
Maybe Gameboys? I mean it’s a small group but he does get one by the end
My Day - it’s actual blood family but Sky’s amazing loving fam absolutely systematically sets out to adopt Ace, it’s an adorable campaign, similarly the chefs adopt Sky
Wish You - I think it qualifies, but it is Korea and stiff about it
Evening Cafe - not good, my memory could be flawed
Love Area - again, they try, and it would have been better if they had focused on the restaurant fam (I’m sensing a theme)
Top Secret Together - should have gone there with the Gay Advice Dads’ cafe but didn’t quite manage
Kieta Hatsukoi AKA My Love Mix Up - this one basically yes, I mean the scene where they all get protective over Aoki having to face up to his teacher’s homophobia, be still my heart! CLASSIC found family friendship group. SO GOOD.
Word of Honor - I mean then they kill all the found family at the end, but that’s Chinese censored BL for ya
Given - another one that had the foundation (band romance) but not the bandwidth (PUN! See what I did there?)
Be Loved In House I Do - they try but the new boss is very resistant, was is ultimately successful, like Semantic Error I think we can assume yes but it’s not depicted
Love is Science? - BL side couple result = ACTUAL family
Golden Blood - actually I think this one works as found family (for Sun) or at least it tries
My Sweet Dear - again the kitchen should really be used for this, but all too often they don’t get there
The Tasty Florida - almost made it, see above, probubly qualifies the most of its ilk
To My Star - another one that was *just* there but we never really say it happen in the end
Light on Me - you know what, I think this qualifies, I mean T sets out specifically to find friends, so he’s intentionally trying to build himself fam, and he does
Tinted With You - it’s a tiny family but I think it is one, and again the ending make’s it clear
Not Me - sure, why not?
Oh! Boarding House - I think this one is definitely found family (by forced proximity) but the ending makes it clear
CURRENTLY AIRING
What’s Zabb Man - dabbled with this in the kitchen
KinnPorsche - it’s set up to be, I mean literally the bodyguards all living together and stuff
Honestly what I’ve learned from this list is Thai & Korean BL should capitalize on their wave of restaurant set BL to activate found family narratives more intentionally. IMHO
But also I think, outside of Japan and het Kdramas, Asian countries don’t often do found family because pre-existing family/friends groups are so very very important and so often a part of the narrative already.
This trope requires a starting situation where one of the characters (preferably the main one) is already a loner and isolated, and even the most tsundere characters in BL usually have friends who put up with them. I mean, think about Dean in UWMA. Talk about a character who should, by rights, have no friends. And yet there’s Win, putting up with him. Or Lian and Yi in Cutie Pie, they have each other. I mean Japan, of course, does isolated emo-boy all the time, but Japan would prefer a creepy weirdo (affectionate) just finds himself another weirdo so they can mutually obsess over each other...
Isolated loaners looking to be saved by the warmth of a group are actually pretty rare archetypes in BL. Huh. Interesting.
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