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Should I frame this?

Shut up.

One thing I feel like is already going well, is the balance between all the characters. There's 6 main characters, and not necessarily a massive amount of time to give them each the attention they need to develop. But the show did visual story telling, a lot of showing to give you an idea of their personalities and motivations. It doesn't spend overly long on any single person giving each character a proper introduction and directions on where their journeys will head. This story is a bit unique among BLs, generally a lot of actions of the characters might give the whole "this is sweet, butterflies are in my stomach" when the characters flirt, etc. But, us as viewers, have an idea that nothing we're seeing right now, can exactly be taken at face value. Secrets, conflicts, and maybe betrayals await. As I mentioned to @Drew Espinosa elsewhere, I can't drop my guard at any point with this series.

Give me Ohm, Force, and Earth.

Big bro, there’s no negotiations, this is the series where 5 of the 6 leads happened to end up in my herd, and Drew’s been pissed about it as soon as he realized. When he keeps saying “give me Neo and Mark” they’re in this.

Well if MDL is correct there’s only 10 episodes. A LOT has to happen in 10 episodes, and the series doesn’t seem to be wasting any time. So much stuff is going on right away, and it seems like they balanced the time between the characters really well.

Babe, do you remember why I was willing to trade Fourth for First to begin with? I know he's hot in that leather jacket. Just like his whole bad boy biker vibe from Not Me was the deciding factor for the trade.

Well I'm back... So, was it worth it to be there for the live premiere of Only Friends? Totally. Already loving the series, it has a very different feel from other BLs. The characters flaws are readily apparent, and they've all got flaws I must say. In many ways, watching the action gives a very different vibe. When something would normally be cute or flirty in a BL, it might not necessarily be so. Sometimes I get a sense of dread because , just from watching the trailer all I can thinks is, no good can come from this.

Hope everyone is have a great Saturday/weekend. I'm super stoked, the premiere of Only Friends is in about 15 minutes. I feel like a kid again, making sure I'm up early to watch something, only this time it'll be a little different than the Saturday morning cartoons. Anyway, I'll let you all know if it was worth it.

You're so mean to me...

I guess that must be like when they show phone numbers oh tv shows and movies, those numbers actually exist. So they belong to the studio/production team/whatever. Sometimes they will actually have some kind of recording or tie in of some type related to the media, in the off chance that anyone will actually try to call the number.

I'd basically been saying this to Drew since about episode 3, if the series remained as solid as it started that would be the case, and for sure now it's in my top 10. I loved every episode. The acting was so well done, the writing, the character development. The pairing of Krist and Gawin worked amazingly well. It wasn't the most obvious pairing, and not even the first choice originally, but they came together and made magic. I keep repeating that I would love to see them in another series. Not sure if Krist will want to do another BL again, but he and Gawin do so well together it would be a shame not to. I share the sentiment as you can probably tell from my above statement. I was actually surprised to learn a week or two ago (from an interview Krist gave last year) that BMF was originally intended to be a revival of Krist acting alongside Singto, but scheduling and Singto's status as a freelance actor conflicted and ultimately it didn't work out. Gawin being the third choice for the second lead of BMF seems almost accidental, and yet I wouldn't have wanted anyone else for Krist's new pairing. I've yet to watch SOTUS. That might sound weird since it's kinda what started the whole BL wave, but the plot didn't particularly interest me, and there's better school BLs that have been release since. So I never actually saw Krist in anything else, but I'd heard a lot of comments about his acting. I was going to watch BMF cause I was drawn in by the trailer. When I saw the first episode, and Krist being basically nothing like anyone said, convinced me the guy was a pretty talented actor, and I pretty much became an instant fan.

So is it solidly in the realm of BL and not a "bromance" like people kept saying?

Cause you know you love me.

They’re not up for trading. You tried it with the Koreans, didn’t work that time, why would have worked for any other group?

Sorry Nong, after today’s latest promotion video for Only Friends I’m even more undeterred in my course. I rightly made my claim for Neo & Mark, signed by you in our treaty. That’s ironclad. Final answer…