Kind of late to the Genre, but I ran out of other stuff to watch, & I was getting annoyed with mostly heterosexual relationship dynamics...so here I am after a friend recommended it to me.

Mostly here for the BL content since the Western variety is rather limited in scope.

My motto for sad bittersweet plots: Always have cool damp tissues on hand.

Why?

Cool Damp tissues are easier on your eyes and nose, and help reduce puffiness beforehand.

I prefer subtitles to dubs, partly because I actually tend to start picking up the languages I hear rather quickly, not like speaking level pickup, or really advance comprehension, but I'm good at language, so I pick up on the intention of what's being said more easily than most, even if there is a language barrier. I have limited comprehension of Japanese, Chinese, Korean, & now Thai, because of this, I already can handle almost all European languages to a degree as a listener...but when it comes to full comprehension... I'm going to need to actually live in these places for a bit. ? Same goes for speaking any of the above languages with any degree of fluency.

That aside, I'm Gay, & single, so watching BL is kind of masochistic.? All of these lovely romances, & here I am completely unromanced, living a life devoid of any romantic relationships.

I like the happy ending stories though, I'm not a fan of tragedies. My life has enough of that in its own way.

I'll watch a series over watching a movie when it's an option, I like long plots & enjoy the ways different people dress up core themes when given more time.

My ratings are based on the chances that I am willing to rewatch the series.so, basically unless it's a 10, I'm not likely to rewatch on my own, things over an 8 have a chance on getting a rewatch if I am with someone who wants to watch it. I won't rate anything lower than an 8 unless it was absolutely horrible, & then my ratings will express my level of distaste for what I was watching.

The way I watch BL is more on a Details & Dynamics Assessment Basis... essentially the Details are what make the worst of them watchable, and the Dynamics Assessment is essentially my way of analyzing the way the Role matches up with the Actor's Actual Reality, the closer a Role is to their Reality, the more fluid their delivery of the Portrayal. I pay especially close attention to the interpersonal dynamics because the ones that display the least amount of conscious modulation, are the easiest to view, & also hurt more when the plot heads for that sort of emotional hit. I cannot ever claim 100% in my analysis of how close an on-screen pairing is to reality, but my confidence levels increase in proportion to the extent of my knowledge of the people involved... because In my own life, I actually am a defacto relationship advisor... simply because I am the kind of person who is actually good at taking in a ton of information and figuring out how it goes together without any real comprehension of how I do it... though I have improved my knowledge of how I do that, so I actually am even more effective at giving good relationship advice, and assessing what is wrong... because communication is only the beginning of how much is actually involved in any relationship dynamic. You also need to understand what kinds of communication work best, & how to use each kind whenever the situation calls for it...and in watching BL...I expand my repitoir of patterns, and I also increase my range of knowledge of possible actions a person may take given certain conditions, each additional detail increases my ability to refine my assessments and comprehend another person's perspective...and in doing so, I can learn ways of preventing undesirable situations with appropriate actions prior to a potential incident...I can also completely rewrite a person's behavioral patterns if given enough incentive to do so...good luck though, since I hate manipulating people to that degree...I generally just like doing enough to help them resolve their problems so they don't become a negative influence on my life.They have to arrive at their own answers to their problems, because if I tried to  solve it the way I percieve it, then I actually haven't solved it, I have only delayed it. To completely solve another person's problems, you have to help them reach for the solution themselves, because only they truly comprehend what the problem's scope is, and by helping them reach for their own solution, I don't have to take responsibility if it doesn't work out... though generally speaking, If I helped you get a solution, And I didn't have any reservations about it, it's generally speaking going to succeed as expected...I am that good at this stuff.

That Aside.

I may sound like I'm boasting or exaggerating, but I am simply stating facts...I live a Charmed life with very little conflict of note between myself and others these days...even my little sister who used to go out of her way to irritate me has been behaving better...and like my mom... she's a major reason why I have these skills... it's impossible to communicate with her or my mom without being able to actually actively control the whole conversation from both ends. They both have their own cognitive issues that distort what they hear, and that distortion is hard to counter without my skills...and as a result I ended up fascinated by relationship dynamics because they're actually pretty easy for me to dissect when I am not involved at least...the IRONY Doesn't Escape from my notice in that department...

One thing that has become rather apparent to me, is that I am almost embarrassingly forgiving of those who act in BL Pairings...Probably because my focus isn't precisely on their delivery of the plot points, so much as the way they interact with each other as a whole... The plot is fun, but I'm looking true actual people playing the roles, to see what they actually feel about the whole thing...there's a reason why I Don't have any favorites...I have too much to think about to get super tied up in THE plot...the plot matters, but not as much as the actors themselves, and their own reactions to the content...basically, I just find the people entertaining to watch anyways... Which actually fits in with everything I do anyways... I'm not actually embarrassed about this mind you...I just think it's probably one of those things that people would say I should find embarrassing... However, I don't actually get embarrassed by much, and this isn't one of them...

Anyways, that's probably more than anyone wanted to read, and if you read it all, kudos to you...but I am sorry to say, but we haven't even begun to scratch the surface of who I am with this monologue.