#bagan beginning

[blbeloved]

Bored and jaded with a constant flow of disappointing cookie-cutter BLs you have to watch at 2x speed?

For a great palate cleanser just check out My Sweet Brother in Law from a new Vietnamese BL studio. Episodes are released on YouTube every Friday.

Plenty of satisfying, well written, acted and directed BLs if you just go off the beaten track:

VIETNAM 🇻🇳

Hanh Phuc Xa Bay

Under The Oak Tree

Fight for Love

Mr Cinderella

CAMBODIA 🇰🇭

Boy Toy

The Memories

BURMA 🇲🇲 MYANMAR 🇲🇲

The Two Of Them

The Star 2

Bagan Beginning

Healing Thingyan

LAOS 🇱🇦

One Love The Series

Will You Be My Boyfriend

If you want bold, rebellious BL stories, with non-westernised, authentic local flavour, fresh takes on BL tropes and huge heart and soul then check out the BLs from Socialist countries that are censored from MDL and help de-center the BL series monopoly. Enjoy!

[heretherebedork]

Bagan Beginning is a Myanmar BL and I love it so much. This whole show was a wild ride and I cannot recommend it enough. It's a soap opera BL that only makes sense part of the time but it's glorious and the ending turns out sweet as pie and it's the only show where the person who seemed like a second lead turned out to be the main romance! @absolutebl Look, there's no budget and it only makes a bit of sense but it's got such a sweet ending and the whole thing is just a work of heart.

[lgbtally4ever]

BAGAN BEGINNING

A BL SERIES FROM MYANMAR

FUN!

No matter how you feel about it at the beginning, watch until the end!

It’s a slow burn.

Warning: It’s rated PG, but for violence! You’ve been warned! 😝

I’ve discovered I love a man in a longyi!

[twig-tea]

Healing Thingyan is a new BL from Myanmar, dropping all week (ep 1 today, ep2 tomorrow, ep3 March 21 (fin), special ep 22) on YouTube. It's already passed censorship so fingers crossed we get all of it with no further delays!

Episode 1 was setup of the love triangle (and this is a legit triangle) between three friends. The show, and their drama, is centered around their interactions during Thingyan (a festival similar to Songkran in Thailand) over multiple years. It's only 10 mins but has potential; give it a shot if you have a minute, to support them!

Other BL from Myanmar (in order of recommendation):

Bagan Beginning (2024) - better produced than the others below, but feels largely like a tourism advert. Some great visuals of the Burmese tourist spots. Good trans rep and interesting from a cultural perspective on trans vs gay acceptance. The plot takes a wild turn and someone does die but it also has a happy ending lol

The Love Ring (2022) - rough production and some old tropes I don't love but has a (partially obscured) kiss and a happy ending

The Star S1 and S2 (2022-2023) - S1 is rough going where the gay character is basically abused and hit by a car; S2 is all about making up for that by having him doted on by a rich new love interest

Endearment (2019; incomplete) -ngl I don't remember a ton about this one except it was cute and has potential but never got completed. Its the first one that I'm aware of, though, so I'm keeping it on the list!

[jjsanguine]

I'm watching « bagan beginning » and I did not expect this much plot when the first like, 4 episodes are basically a tourism advert

[heretherebedork]

Bagan Beginning

A wee little soap opera BL that goes off the rails for a bit but turns out very sweet. Also out of Myanmar! Absolutely recommended.

[heretherebedork]

It's second lead syndrome all the way down and I am dying I love them together so much, please, why is this not the main pairing? But also it's beautiful. It's haunting. Best friends, one in love with the other who has agreed to marry because his homophobic mother found out he's in love with said best friend and filial piety and it's just heartbreaking and beautiful and lovely beyond words.

[heretherebedork]

Fuck. They're so cute. Walar is adorable. I love them both so much. I adore them. Oh no, they're so cute. It feels illegal. It might actually be. But I am okay with that. Look at them! Mani and Walar are adorable and they have not done anything yet.

(And Walar has nightmares because of Drama and Mani's bag looks like a pharmacy and I love them so much.)

Cannot do screenshots of Walar freaking out that he's flirting with Mani because the subtitles are in Burmese and that... means I can't do screenshots that will help anyone.