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There is something feral in the air. (Part 1/?)
Revenged Love
Reset
Top Form
The Wicked Game
KinnPorsche
Fourever You
My Golden Blood
Thundercloud Rainstorm
Secret Crush On You
Revenged Love
Part of my favorite bl-tropes collection in no particular order.
I really appreciate Japan's love of the 'popular guy falls in love with unpopular guy who is totally oblivious to it' trope. Their dedication has only made my life better. I hope for a million more variations.
Official steps of a BL relationship
Has someone caught your attention recently? Do you find yourself wanting to pursue a romantic relationship with them but are unsure how to proceed? Fear not—below is a clear, step-by-step guide to a successful BL relationship.
1. The fall
Before you can fall in love, you must first fall in his arms. This is how all great love stories start.
2. The indirect compliment
Test his interest: look at something together. If he suddenly exclaims that it’s beautiful/cute, but he’s looking at you rather than the thing you’re looking at? Congratulations: that man is head over heels in love and he’s ready to court you.
3. The piggyback ride
You are now ready to start dating. To signal your romantic interest, request a piggyback ride.
4. The sponge bath
Ready to deepen your relationship? This is the natural next step. What reason would you have to give them a sponge bath, you ask? Literally anything. Get to it.
5. The shrimp
Are you looking for a way to say, “I’m all in”? Baby, get peeling. That shrimp might as well be a ring, because you are now engaged.
6. The promise (“Ku sayya”)
Listen to me. These words are extremely important. The second you hear them, know that you are listening to your wedding vows. “Ku sayya”? That’s BL for “I do.”
Now you know everything. Go get ‘em, champ.
**EDITED to add two new trends that had 3 occurrences so far in 2026, making them honest to god tropes in my book!**
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I’ve got a running list of random things that happened in two different series in 2026. Hoping a few happen a third time so I can call them tropes, but so far I’m only seeing notable pairs of things.
Last year I noted handjobs/masturbation as an emerging trend but now I think that’s become common. I see more jerking off than cheek kisses or head pats these days, lol
Anyway, I don’t have clever terms for them yet but these are the pairs I’ve noticed. Lmk if you think of other occurrences (or other notable things I should be tracking).
Falling in love with mascots (Payback, Be My Player Two)
Record players (Deep In, The Lie We Lived In)
Being the cause and solution to overwhelming arousal (Blue Lips, Knot)
Teasing their moaner BFs by wanting to get it on somewhere they’d have to keep it down (Prosecutor's Proposal, Bittersweet Love)
Lollipop sneak attack (Payback, Never Forget Your Enemy)
Overly tired tops (Your Dear Daddy, Payback, A Dog and a Plane)
Long-time top, first-time bottom (To My Shore, Unexpectedly Naughty Fukami, Payback)
How I think we're supposed to react when they pull out a guitar and start singing in a BL...
How I actually react...
Can we just not and say we did?
Trope Time (Bl Edition): Noses
We LOVE this trope! We have been kicking and screaming over all the cute moments we are getting lately! There is something so intimate about noses. Sometimes it's an act of cuteness aggression. Other times, a precious expression of love. It can be a gentle reassurance. Or it can be a question... a first point of contact before proceeding to even more intimacy. We really don't care if it's touching, rubbing or kissing... it's so sweet and we can't get enough!!!
Duang With You inspired our last Trope Time post (Sleeping Kisses) and is back again with these precious Duang and Qin moments:
But before we could post this, we were gifted with adorable noses again by Tim and Pai in My Romance Scammer!
AND more with Arthit and Daotok!!!
SO MANY NOSES!!!!! So let's celebrate these delightful moments!
ear play
i'd like to nominate
"tongue licking kiss"
for @outofthemouthsof's 2026 tropes*
GIF by froma2zee
*3 occurrences = official trope
