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Don't hesitate to add me as a friend if we vibed in a drama's comment section! I love to chat about ongoing series. I also write BL and post memes about it, so if you're into that we're gonna have a merry time.

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I've been reading and watching BL for a long time. And I mean a long time. I remember when we had nothing but badly fanlated yaoi mangas, a couple of sad-ending indie short films and the original Takumi-kun series. (ChatGPT, play that song that goes "started from the bottom now we here".)

This isn't something necessarily good or bad, it just means a couple of things:

• I am  extremely grateful for the quantity and quality we get now. 
• I'm ok with most classic BL tropes that are deemed unacceptable by younger and/or newer fans.
• I'm tired with most overused BL tropes that are deemed fresh by younger and/or newer fans.
• I've had time to see and read good shit—both BL and non-BL—so I have some standards.
• I understand that this is the internet, AKA not that deep.
• I'm still a petty little gremlin. (This one doesn't come from being an OG BL fan, it's just how I am.)

Over the years, I've noticed that I prefer series that are plot-driven, slow-burn, and with some aspect of comedy. Something that takes itself seriously but not completely. Think Silent Reading by Priest. I shy away from the campy, the overly melodramatic and the crass.

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If you're interested in my vitriol opinion, ranking of BL series by country and impression of each series can be found here.

Now, make place for my BL awards puppet show!

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CATEGORY: SERIES

Most boxes ticked:     HIStory 3: Trapped    humour + action + cops vs gangsters + balanced couple
Most bearable high school BL:     Love for Love’s Sake
Most liked-without-remembering-why:     21 Days Theory
Best attempt at mystery/thriller BL:    Manner of Death and Spare Me Your Mercy     they're so similar I'm bundling them up
Best attempt at paranormal BL:     Triage
Best attempt at horror BL:    Dead Friend Forever
Biggest unexpected masterpiece:     Old Fashion Cupcake
Biggest waste of plot potential:     Color Rush, First Love Again, The Eclipse, Be My Favorite, Kidnap
Biggest plot twist:     Zettai BL     somehow the crack turned into fluff??
Highest amount of second hand embarrassment:     Golden Blood, Tonhon Chonlatee, Secret Crush on You, Y-Destiny, Bed Friend, Cutie Pie, Don't Say No, My Engineer, Why R U?, Be Mine SuperStar
Worst squandered ending: 

• HIStory 3: MoDC     do I even need to explain
• A Shoulder to Cry On     all tension deflated by weird time skips, last two eps literally useless
• Cherry Magic     sudden OOC circus to artificially create drama
• Zenra Meshi     miscommunication, friend and ex-boyfriend jealousy AND a meddling girl? Seriously??

CATEGORY: SCENES

Ugliest sobbing:     The Rooftop™ scene (Bad Buddy), the burger patty scene (Hidamari ga Kikoeru)
Loudest "excuse me??" screamed:     that NC scene (Love in the Air)
Longest time without breathing:     Togawa's confession (Old Fashion Cupcake)
Abruptest cackle:     Tankhun wacking Vegas on the head with a platter (KinnPorsche), why is it getting bigger and bigger (Jun and Jun), busted from their curtain hideout (Why R U? Korean version)
Strongest gasp:     yaja time kiss (Semantic Error)
Most concerned  “girl no don’t do it”:     half of Only Friends scenes

CATEGORY: CHARACTERS

Highest heart break count:     Noh Shinwoo (Light On Me), Mark (Love Mechanics), Third (Theory of Love)
Softest voice, gaze, smile, everything:     Kongpob (SOTUS)
Feistiest / cutest wannabe tough guys:     Cha Shiwon (Blueming), Zhou Shu Yi (We Best Love)
Goodest dog-like character:     Han Taeyoung (Happy Ending Romance)
Sneakiest fox-like character:     Shin Gitae (Our Dating Sim)
Snobbiest cat-like character:     Kiyoi Sou (Utsukushii Kare)
Greyest character:     Charn (Laws of Attraction), three quarter of the cast (Dead Friend Forever)
Most related-looking brothers:     Techno and Technic (Tharntype)
Best dumb-dumber-dumbest friends: Arm, Sand and Pipo (Perfect 10 Liners)

CATEGORY: COUPLES

Most show-stealing second couples:

• Heart and Li Ming (Moonlight Chicken)
• Maroo and Minwoo  (Love Class season 2)
• Ben and Chopper (Never Let Me Go)
• Guy and Nawa (Dangerous Romance)
• JJ and Metas (This Love Doesn't Have Long Beans)

Most unexpected (but secretly hoped for) second couple:     Jack and Zhao Zi (HIStory 3: Trapped)     I went into Trapped without even watching the trailer and boy when I tell you my flabber was ghasted by those two suddenly kissing
Deadest chemistry (AKA it's giving besties/awkward strangers):    

• Sarawat and Tine (2gether)
• Itt and Pai (My Gear and Your Gown)
• Kang Insoo and Yoon Sangyi (Wish You)
• Tonhon and Chonlatee (Tonhon Chonlatee)
• Bohn and Duen (My Engineer)

Bombest chemistry (AKA them just looking at each other does it):

• Nozue and Togawa (Old Fashion Cupcake)
• Segasaki Mizuki and Tanada Yoh (Taikan Yoho)
• Seo Jae Won and Kim Ji Hyun (The Eighth Sense)
• Puth and Kaeng (Y-Destiny)
• Noeul and Boss (Love in the Air)

Nicest opposites attract:     Semantic Error, To My Star, Bad Buddy
Best enemies to lovers:     A Shoulder to Cry On
Best reluctant teamwork:     You Make Me Dance
Eye-candiest pairs:

• Seo Haewon and  Baek Eunkyu (The Tasty Florida)
• Jin Yu Zhen and Shi Lei (Be Loved in House: I Do)
• Min Yudam and Seol Dongbaek (The Director Who Buys Me Dinner)

CATEGORY: ACTORS

Most emotions conveyed only though eyes:     Perth and War Wanarat, in everything, always
Best smitten with love face:

• Ohm (Dean - Until We Meet Again)
• Machida Keita (Kurosawa - Cherry Magic)
• Kang Hui (Jo Taesung - Cherry Blossom After Winter)
• Kao (Nubsib - Lovely Writer)

Widest range:     Film (Laws of Attraction, To Sir With Love)      it's like it's another actor altogether??
Best hammed up acting:     Krist (Kawee - Be My Favourite) in the first couple of episodes, Chanya Amarit Duval (Love Sea)
ASMRest voice:     Higuchi Kouhei (Segasaki Mizuki - Taikan Yoho), Hama Shogo (Shiba Ryoma - Doku Koi)

Sadly got stuck with a poor acting partner: 

• Suar Kritsanaphong (You're My Sky)
• Bible Wichapas (KinnPorsche)
• Kim Junhyun (All the Liquors)
• Han Sejin (Mr. Heart)
• Pawin Thanik (My Gear and Your Gown)
• Pavel Baret (Pit Babe)
• ... Joong     Dunk baby, I'm sorry, I know you're trying, but Joong is a league above you.

CATEGORY: OTHER

Best lighting team:     You're My Sky and their army of green and orange spotlights, The Eighth Sense
Best hairstylist team:     Unintentional Love Story and Ji Wonyoung/Gongchan's perfectly curled bangs
Most advanced CGI effects:     To Sir With Love special mention goes to the snake
Most confusing editing:     

• Kissable Lips     what even happened at the end
• In Your Heart     what even happened the whole time
• The Eighth Sense     the suddenly blurry af beach episode

Longest, most natural one takes:     Our Dating Sim
Most avant-garde plot:     falling in love with your dead dog's spirit (Choco Milk Shake)

BL OF THE YEAR

MOST ANTICIPATED UPCOMING SERIES

• Killing Stalking     it's going to be a mess no matter which direction they take and I'm ready for it
• My Imaginary Boyfriend     hoping for some thriller or horror vibes with this one
• My Golden Blood     two tall, dark and handsome men as a couple? In my Thai BL?? and they were vampires...
• The Boy Next World     Boss and Noeul promised to upstage Fort and Peat in Love Sea, so...
• Connecting to You     The summary is driving me crazy already, praying it isn't cancelled
• I'm the Most Beautiful Count   Wacky harem BL let's gooo (what Enchanté should have been tbh)
•  Allure of the Siren     Rival cops who go undercover? Did they find my secret wishlist??
• Dare You to Death     Serious Dunk/Teasing Joong in a detective mystery, are you FUCK-
• A Dog and a Plane     I mean, it's TayNew
• The Next Prince     I just know this is going to make me laugh my ass into orbit