shitty gay dramas y'all straights need to stop hyping up
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1. Make It Right: The Series
Thai Drama - 2016, 12 episodes
normalises rape; disturbing sexualisation of teens
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2. Make It Right 2: The Series
Thai Drama - 2017, 14 episodes
haven't watched it but it's the spawn of the first season so i assume it's equally shitty
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3. SOTUS
Thai Drama - 2016, 15 episodes
the main relationship we're supposed to root for is kindaaa toxic. he fucking hazes the guy. I understand that the hazer was just following school protocol and hazing is very prominent in asian culture and in the show they at least try to make the "hazing program" more friendly, but it really should just be abolished in general. instead they just brushed it off as "oh well. education amirite? a necessary evil" and made the victim of hazing support the hazing program rather than letting asian viewers who have been through this relate to his struggles. also the homophobic "I'm not gay I just like him" trope... straight writers need to stop writing gay characters if they're this dense. at this point u could tell their relationship was written for the straight girl gaze. anyway, anyone that thinks hazing isn't fucked up, feel free to get physically and mentally tortured i guess.
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4. SOTUS S
Thai Drama - 2017, 13 episodes
spawn of the first one? check.
also kongpob deserves better than arthit. this "I can't live without you; love anyone but you" mentality is very much normalising toxic relationships that need to end.
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5. Azul Escuro e o Luar
Taiwanese Drama - 2017, 12 episodes
normalises and glorifies cheating. cheating should never be how a relationship starts. like he rlly went back and forth with those 2 guys and made himself look like a ~confused~ and ~helpless~ victim as if he didn't know exactly what he was doing. also made the guy he cheated on forgive him? and he actually still wanted him? like I understand that that happens irl and it's sad but here it's like they made it some small mistake he could forgive as if he wasn't manipulated into this "as long as he takes me back or he truly loves the other guyits fine" mindset. whoever wrote this should noooot be in a relationship everrr.
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6. HIStory2: Cruzando a Linha
Taiwanese Special - 2018, 8 episodes
see.. I woulda watched this for the relationship w the volleyball player from what I've seen in the synopsis cos it sounds cute but the other pair is literally....... incest. y'all are wild for defending this brainwashing as if the writers give a damn about mental health and not just using the straight girl gaze to profit off of gay boys/men's irl struggles.
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7. HIStory2: Certo ou Errado?
Taiwanese Special - 2018, 8 episodes
teacher/student relationships are predatory and just downright weird. iont care if this is college and not high school the age gap is weiirddd why tf would this dusty old man be hitting on a barely legal dude (I'm assuming from the phrase in the synopsis "young boy"). thank goddd the cast isn't the same age as their characters.
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8. HIStory: Meu Herói
Taiwanese Special - 2017, 4 episodes
tbh this one doesn't sound so bad so maybe it's just the pessimist in me. idk but the gender-switch trope is tiresome idc that they made it gay and no I haven't watched it but theres gon be some homophobia and transphobia going on in this mess. actually can someone watch it to confirm or prove me wrong
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9. HIStory: Fique Longe de Mim
Taiwanese Special - 2017, 4 episodes
LITERALLY INCEST. also @ everyone praising the character that pushed the brothers to date cos she fetishises gay men: your homophobia is showing straightie :)
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10. HIStory: Obcecado
Taiwanese Special - 2017, 4 episodes
I actually don't know what to say about this. the synopsis actually seems fine tbh. the whole "dying then reborn and sent back in time to not fall in love" trope I don't like but that's just my personal preference and it rlly isn't ~problematic~. but it IS from the same series of messy plots so I automatically don't trust it. someone go ahead prove me wrong if you have nothing better to do with your time though.
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11. Viciado
Chinese Drama - 2016, 15 episodes
where do I even begin..... normalises rape, kidnapping, stalking, unhealthy obsession, and overall manipulation and abuse within a relationship. it started off cute and innocent until the writers remembered they don't see gay boys as real people with real emotions and used them as objectified props ???? it's so disturbing that there are sooo many positive reviews from adults considering (the above, but also) the unnecessary depiction of explicit sex (and also sexual assault) between teenagers that are portrayed by adults. none of y'all should even be near children.