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Last updated July 5, 2026.

Older queer white cis dude in California, pronoun he.

Love music.

Enjoy QL, mostly Thai, mostly series. To be honest, as you'll be able to tell by my show list, almost entirely BL with only the rare GL. (But if they start getting as good as ClaireBell was, I'll likely be watching more.) Also watch the occasional KDrama.

Here to read and comment on posts. Lack of posting does not represent non-engagment with a series. Reblogging represents engagement, not (necessarily) agreement with a post. Non-reblogging may (or may not) reflect an accessibility issue with the original post or that there is some other reason I don't want it on my blog (even if I like or agree with it).

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. Not a fan of unearned endings, happy or sad.

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

In progress - active

Binge watch: TBA

Week by week watch: The Edge of Horizon

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

Until We Meet Again and everything I like better than Until We Meet Again. Expands as needed.

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

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

Knock Knock, Boys (episode 1 notes with mature content) (episode 3-6 notes without) (sex positive romantic comedy)

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 rewatches)

Laws of Attraction (review to come someday, maybe)

The Lie We Lived In (tag link) (hitman botches job when he gets the feels for a cop that shows up mid-job) (content warning for violence)

Cherry Magic (Japanese version, delightful, looking forward to the Thai remake if they ever settle the rights issues) (1 re-watch)

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, bittersweet ending) (1 rewatch)

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

Eternal Yesterday (rewatch episode notes) (not usually into high school QL but the plot got me and it blew me away, achingly sad throughout) (2 re-watches)

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) (2 or 3 rewatches)

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 - on hold

The Eighth Sense (I might get to this eventually, but probably not)

Cherry Magic (Thai) (on long-term hold pending resolution of rights issues - not holding out much hope, though)

Considering

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

Although I Love You, and You?

Awaiting Dawn

Blueming

Boys Be Brave

Burnout Syndrome (iQIYI binge)

Dare You To Death (Netflix binge)

The Day I Loved You

Deep Night

The Eclipse

For the Boys

Goddess Bless You From Death (iQIYI binge)

Got My Eyes on You

Happenstance

Khemjira (iQIYI binge)

Living With Him

Love in Moonlight

Mama Gogo

Midnight Motel

My Stand-In (iQIYI binge)

My Strawberry Film

Old Fashioned Cupcake

Oh! Boarding House

1000 Years Old

Our Youth

The Player

Pluto

Reset (iQIYI binge)

Revamp (iQIYI binge)

See Your Love

Shadow (although probably not)

Stay Still

Stuck on You

Stupid Boys Stupid Love

That Summer

Therapy Game

Tokyo in April Is...

Vian

Wu (iQIYI binge)

Also Completed:

A Cut Above (in alphabetical order):

befuddledcinnamonroll

It is funny when you realize that Thailand's entire future depends on one man being able to put down his horny goggles long enough to have a serious conversation with the man he loves.

absolutebl

it's funny that there are so many Thai shows this applies to airing rn I have no idea which you are talking about

pointlesscandies

Most of the time in historical series like Edge of Horizon, we see weeks, months, or even years of characters doing everything they can to protect their relationship and keep their secret.

Tin and Phob, meanwhile, love to keep everything in public places as much as possible.

They got caught by multiple people on day one of their relationship, had 11 years to learn from their mistakes, and then immediately got caught by multiple people again within a few hours of getting their second chance.

They're simply too far gone to even attempt subtlety, and honestly? At this point, I have no choice but to respect the dedication to getting caught.

miss0atae

Jan wouldn't let a man hurt a woman, especially if he is playing with his heart.

I hope she understood quickly that it was about Siri and Thin. Siri is a good friend to Thin because she doesn't really betray his "secret". She is just lost on what she should do. She is as much prisoner of her title as Thin is. Her father wouldn't let her stop this marriage. It's like there is no solution and she desperately needs someone to help her.

Thankfully, Jan had really good advice to give her. It's great that Siri now has someone who can help her and be on her side. If only the series would let them be together. That would be amazing.

befuddledcinnamonroll

It is funny when you realize that Thailand's entire future depends on one man being able to put down his horny goggles long enough to have a serious conversation with the man he loves.

iww-gnv

Trans people, and all queer people, are forever welcome with the Industrial Workers of the World. Happy Pride to our queer members, and to everyone else!

pointlesscandies

Today marks the second anniversary of my blog, Pointlesscandies, which honestly doesn't feel real. I can't believe it's already been two years.

I just wanted to say thank you to this community—for all the hilarious posts, comments, and tags along the way, and for all the lovely people I've met over the past two years.

It has genuinely been such a pleasure to be here, and that's pretty rare when it comes to fandoms, so I think that really says something.

Thank you all for making this little corner of the internet such a joy to be part of for the last two years. 💙💜

pandasmagorica

Wait, you've been on Tumblr less than me? Anyway, happy anniversary.

scribefindegil

I'm still thinking about the guy who saw me realize my wheelchair wouldn't fit in the elevator because he (also a wheelchair user) was already inside it and immediately quipped, "This elevator ain't accessible enough for the both of us."

The Edge of Horizon, episode 4

Taking these notes so I don't have to log in until the episode is done. I have a feeling this episode is going to be all over my timeline. I continue to love this series, even with the dubcon.

Neither Phob nor Tinn are good at hiding their feelings, are they? But somehow, Phob can't see it in Tinn, even though photographer Jan can see through both of them.

Still, when Phob's mom - who can also see right through Phob - says "The sky is high and the ground is low," Phob says "It doesn't always have to be like that." And it works on two levels, Phob's interrupted relationship with Tinn and the potentially dangerous work Phob is doing toward a more just society. Love this series! (At least Phob's mom is now trying to be kind and no longer yelling at him.)

Content warning for some noncon and dubcon kissing and marking during the episode.

So many coincidental sightings and discoveries in this series. Yes, I know this is a lakorn. I can deal with it.

Ooh, Siri and Jan using "ha" with each other instead of "kaa"! (And pleased I've learned enough about Thai particles to recognize this, thanks to @absolutebl.)

And love how Siri uses the old Asking for a friend ruse. Listen, Siri, you know you and Tinn can use each other as beards so you can pursue the relationship you really want to pursue (although Siri might still need to have some kids to get your father to shut up). Very bold on Siri's part to effectively out yourself to your father.

Dad to Tinn: Did Phob say anything suspicious. Tinn to dad: We didn't talk much. (How true, I'm roaring with laughter at that one.)

Soldiers openly talking to royals about the tribulations of the common people. Things are tense! Thank you to @absoluteBL for referring us to the historical record. Wild to see it dramatized as a love story.

#pandasmagorica #yaoi #thai ql #thai bl #the edge of horizon

azspot

“And yet, strangely, Americans are probably reading more words than ever before. What has changed is what they read, and how. People are bombarded with emails, text messages, X posts, Reddit threads, Instagram captions. This explosion of textual fragments has come at the expense of devoting sustained attention to longer written works that convey rich and complicated information. Maryanne Wolf, a cognitive neuroscientist at UCLA, argues that people are losing the ability to think deeply about writing. That doesn’t mean they are forgetting how to decode individual words. Rather, they are losing the higher-order abilities of comprehension and synthesis. America, in other words, isn’t illiterate. It’s postliterate.”

— The End of Reading Is Here

sanguinifex

You gotta read and watch some old books and films that aren’t 100% modern politically correct. I’m not saying you should agree with everything in them but you need to learn where genres came from to understand what those genres are doing today and where media deconstructing old tropes is coming from.

Also, more often than you might think, they’re not actually promoting bigotry so much as “didn’t consider all the implications of something” or just used words that were polite then but considered offensive now.

Kill the censor in your head.

ashintheairlikesnow

When we choose to avoid history because it's Problematic or Says Bad Things, we are choosing to divorce ourselves from understanding how we came from that time to this one, which makes it even more likely for the cycle to repeat, with no one but a few people with shelves of old books aware that it's happened before.

swimmingblue

and this shit's important. Media from the past tells us how people from the past acted and thought and behaved.

Plus, a lot of these media pieces were socially acceptable and/or progressive for their time. For example, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, while it contains a lot of words and ideas that are offensive now, was very progressive for its time. The book is a statement piece for how a young man who's grown up in a racist environment, with no words to explain himself other than racist and bigoted ones, decides that the whole system is shit and he's not going to follow those rules any more. So not reading or engaging with it because it uses the n-word a lot really misses the point.

2026 Mid-year QL Check-in

Tagged by @hyeoni-comb (hyeoni-comb's check-in). hoo-boy, I actually have to do some work for this one as I don't track when I watched something, so have to dig thru my posts. But it's an interesting ask so I'm going to go ahead with it. And glad to see someone with numbers in the same range as me so I don't feel quite as intimidated. Salute to all of us who can only watch so many QLs and get so far behind on what is out there.

1) Number of QLs you've watched so far:

finished, not a rewatch: 13

dropped: 4

on hold: 2 (long-term, maybe forever)

currently watching: 1

rewatched from previous years: 3

rewatched from this year: if instant rewatches count, 1, otherwise 0

2) Best QL you've watched in 2026 so far:

The Lie We Lived In (Korea), so many twists and turns, never a dull moment, fine acting, over the top ending. Yeah, many plot holes but it was the series so far this year that has most engaged me. Content warning for violence.

Honorary mention to Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars. It could have been best but it rushed and failed to fully set up the ending. Content warning for queasy camera work in the episode 1 and 9 cold opens and brief violence.

3) QL that you want to watch but haven't gotten around to yet:

Goddess Bless You From Death but either it needs to show up on a streaming service I subscribe to or I have to believe China won't install spyware on my computer.

4) QL that was the biggest disappointment for you:

Ticket to Heaven. For a series where the acting was so good, it was glacially slow and didn't set up the psych ending well.

5) Most anticipated QL for the second half of the year:

That's a trick question, since we don't even know out of the dozens of shows GMMTV and Domundi trailered, which ones are actually going to be made. That's before we even get to whether they get released on a service they subscribe to. But I'd say Hug Hlee the Musical - it looks like so much fun ala Rainbow Prince.

6) Biggest surprise favorite new actor (debut or new to you):

Gosh, I can barely recognize most actors let alone pick a favorite. But I'll go with Tsao Lan who played Angela (Wan Zhe's mother) on Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars. She's a great comic actor and she delighted me. Wish she'd gotten a lot more screen time.

7) Newest fictional crush:

Li Wan Zhe (except the jerky never knew Xiang Yong version).

8) Favorite QL that made you happy:

Wooju Bakery was just so off the wall silly I was laughing from beginning to end.

9) Favorite QL that made you cry:

Sorry to say, I don't think any QLs this half year made me cry. Some QLs do make me cry but for some reason didn't work that particular magic on me recently. Maybe Our Dining Table? But I don't remember enough of it to be sure. This is coming from someone who can cry at the opening credits.

10) What QLs do you need to watch by the end of the year?

I feel so overwhelmed by the number of QLs out there now that I can't even anticipate. But among the ones I have access to, possibly The Therapy Game, Love Is Better the Second Time Around, and A Winter Sun OMG Such a Long Title. Oh, and I need to rewatch Eternal Yesterday and maybe, hmmm, Bad Buddy?

Bonus question:

11) Any classics?

Funny you should ask. Yes!

Love of Siam, movie, classic Thai QL.

East Palace West Palace, movie, underground Chinese QL that dates back all the way to 1996, hadn't seen it in a while, wasn't sure it was a QL, could have simply been queer, but after watching it, yes, definitely a QL, although it might be a spoiler to say so.

#pandasmagorica #yaoi #thai ql #thai bl #japanese bl #japanese ql #taiwan bl #taiwan ql #korean bl #korea ql #tag game #ql tag game #mid 2026 ql check in

hyeoni-comb

2026 Mid-year QL Check-in

tagged by @my-rose-tinted-glasses and @moutheyes 💜 thanks for tagging me! I love an opportunity to look back and reflect hehe.

1) Number of QLs you've watched so far:

finished: 11 dropped: 2 on hold: 1 currently watching: 3

2) Best QL you've watched in 2026 so far:

Duang with You. as soon as I finished this series, I knew it'd probably be the best of the year for me and so far that still holds true. while talking to @moutheyes about this series, I realized I probably have a big soft spot for neurodivergent-coded characters. plus the amount of communication and nuance in this show paired with Qinn seeming demi-coded? I could not ask for more lmao.

3) QL that you want to watch but haven't gotten around to yet:

Fake Fact Lips. (me to me:) I'm gonna start watching soon, I swear!!

4) QL that was the biggest disappointment for you:

Love You Teacher. I've seen how much people loved this series and I wish I could have loved it too. in the end, things just didn't align and it wasn't the story for me. my feelings of disappointment are solely personal/subjective; I was just really looking forward to this series so it was a huge bummer to find out it wasn't my cup of tea.

5) Most anticipated QL for the second half of the year:

Gelboys 2 and Weirdo 101 💜

6) Biggest surprise favorite new actor (debut or new to you):

Java. his acting in muteluv was so good! I wasn't expecting the emotional depth he brought to his character in 4 short episodes. I am ready to see more of him pls.

7) Newest fictional crush:

I don't think I have one. if I had to choose a fictional platonic crush then it might be Oh from muteluv: Love Me if You Swear.

8) Favorite QL that made you happy:

Duang with You. the amount of squealing, laughing, and jumping around I did while watching this series ugh hahaha.

9) Favorite QL that made you cry:

Ticket to Heaven.

10) What QLs do you need to watch by the end of the year?

tentative aspirations to watch Fake Fact Lips, Your Name Engraved Herein, and Ossan no Pantsu ga Nan Datte Ii Janai ka! by eoy lol.

no pressure tags: @dramalove247 @merryfuture @pandasmagorica @byemambo + if you see this and want to play, consider yourself tagged 💜

pandasmagorica

Images are screenshots, presumably from the show in the immediately preceding question. The second image has a subtitle "I only care about people that I love." The third image shows Barth standing beside a sign "God sees you always" and staring at Tanrak.

Thank you for the tag! Working on my response and will tag you on it.

While Your Name Engraved Herein is an excellent film it will rip your heart out and hand it back to you neatly sliced and diced.

#pandasmagorica bookmarks

weirdly-specific-but-ok

yes, India made legal gender change impossible but the doctor down the street who gives me my T shots in a clinic so small that it's just two rooms was excited for me when she said my voice had dropped yes, India made legal gender change impossible but the receptionist who could see that I was a man didn't bat an eyelash when I asked to see the gynecologist and called me sir when he asked how I wanted to pay yes, India made legal gender change impossible but the barber cuts my hair exactly how I want it and never gave me strange looks for being in a men's salon not even back when I didn't pass as one

yes, India made legal gender change impossible but my friends have always gendered me correctly and stick to it even when it confuses other people and my friend's little sibling calls me older brother in Kannada yes, India made legal gender change impossible but my dog learned my new name quicker than the humans and she runs to give me a kiss when she's told to without being confused about who's being referred to

yes, India made legal gender change impossible but I can feel the Adam's apple growing in my throat and my muscles getting stronger, and my smile more real and I'm growing a beard, and I talk more freely

yes, India made legal gender change impossible but I'm here, and I'm alive, and so are you and there are good people, people who care and don't let them make you forget that-- you are not alone.

thesluts2004

jowls are normal double chin is normal stretch marks are normal armpit fat is normal. none of the things that tiktok and instagram are telling you to change are things you need to even consider changing. you can have a normal body, it will be okay

absolutebl

Re-read your quirkies of 2022 thru 2024. Did you do a 2025? Your tagging for these was inconsistent.

Positively impressed you could separate out your enjoyment from the quality when it came to Eternal Summer.

"Your tagging was inconsistant"

You're way too kind.

My tagging is like singing in a Thai drama, not even good when it works. But also... it never works.

Yeah, I did to a quirky for 2025, here they all are...

2022

2023

2024

2025

Eternal Summer... I think you mean Eternal Yesterday. I still think about that show. Still sad. Still gripping. My relationship with it remains very complicated. Also, that damn song lives in my head, heart, ears, and playlists rent free forever. So good. So so good.

(Eternal Summer is also worth watching, if you can get hold of it. A 20 year old Taiwanese BL from 2006.)

Here, have the earworm.

pandasmagorica

Thank you for the links!

Yes, I did mean Eternal Yesterday and not Eternal Summer.

Thank you for the reminder about Eternal Summer, yes, worth seeking out. I have seen some really old Chinese QL movies around the time they came out or perhaps the following year:

2006 Eternal Summer (Taiwan)

2004 Formula 17 (Taiwan)

2000 Fleeing By Night (Taiwan)

1996 East Palace West Palace (China)

#quirky awards #bl quirkies #the quirkies #ABL hands out very odd awards #most to shows that don't deserve awards #asked and answered #old ql movies #old bl movies

lupusbaby

Say it with me! Wheelchairs aren’t sad! Mobility aids aren’t sad! Mobility aids are instruments of freedom!

goth-princess-gwennie

Forgive me if this is inappropriate but

So are

colostomy bags

Diapers

insulin pumps

Oxygen systems

Braces

cuntpunkop-ed

catheters

rollators

hearing aids

compression garments

prosthetics

FREEDOM AIDS

seraph1c-mo0n

- canes

- service animals

- noise cancelling headphones/ear defenders

- wheelchair attachments

- fidgets

IT’S DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH YALL

BE UNAPOLOGETICALLY DISABLED AND TAKE UP ALL THE SPACE AND TIME YOU NEED!!!!!

telomeke

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muted red;

pale gold;

a very light gray (almost white);

light blue;

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