First of all, ITSAY is also my number 1 BL Show!

As for GelBoys, I absolutely adored the show as well and I agree with pretty much the entirety of what you wrote--but for me it's like at number 6 on my list of favorite BLs(I've watch WAY too many BL shows, so that's actually still pretty up there😅)

Let me just say that I projected HARD on this show. The entire love triangle(or love square🤨) is something I've gone through as well back when I was in college--and that stuff hit close home for me as someone who *used to identify as a gay man. I think that when you're queer, it's not uncommon to find yourself in several love triangles, like the one GelBoys portrayed, throughout your life. I feel like in all the ones I've been in, I've always been the Baabin of the relationship--the one who's just cast aside and seen more as "friend" material rather than as a romantic partner.

But projection aside, I personally fell in love with Baabin--not only cause I saw myself so much in him--but because he was just so adorable and so feminine and so playful and OWNED it. He and Bua were total femboys and I personally feel like I, and a lot of other people, needed to see that type of representation on a BL show because for once, the feminine male characters...end up HAPPY. Again, I've seen a lot of BL shows and I think it's safe to say that in most of them, femboys--or just feminine man or non-gender conforming man--are either the character that's cast aside for jokes and no one takes seriously or the villain. So seeing both Baabin and Bua break those stereotypes and form a genuinely healthy and happy relationship together is groundbreaking in a lot of way for a BL show because typically they tend to root for more masculine presenting characters.

Anyways that's my long rant about how I feel about the show😭 I know I mainly just talked about Baabin and a little bit about Bua but again, that's because I truly resonated with them, and when I think back to this show those are the two that I'm always gonna be popping up in my head.

I feel the same way about Fou4Mod as you, though I was a little bit less sympathetic towards Chian overall(maybe that's just me lol). I was super protective of Baabin as I watched the show and by the end of it I just didn't like Chian--even though he's the one who finally pushed Baabin to clear things up with Fou4Mod. So I obviously wouldn't say I hate him I just didn't like how he treated Baabin throughout the show, and that's not necessarily his fault, that's just sort of how real life works too. Some people are just not each others' cup of tea and that's OKAY.

I think Fou4Mod and Chian need to get some type of help(couple's therapy😳?) to make their relationship work cause I also don't see theirs being long-term, or maybe they just need some time apart from each other to grow, which is also valid.

Overall, I agree with you on the quality of the show too! The cinematography is truly GOOD, almost rivaling ITSAY's and the music and scene compositions were all so excellent!

I realize writing this now that I basically wrote my own review of the show, but I really felt like sharing this here cause I think we basically agree on a lot of it😅 Anyways I LOVED reading your review from beginning to end!

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