Many forms of love exist. We support this. Many sorts of holes also exist. And that, goes without saying. All's fair in love and war.
Travel with us to the cold, Napoleon-proof land of Western Russia where we dissect a dysfunctional couple and someone also almost literally gets dissected. It's like decently okay in the end though, kind of. This is Russia, you know.
TW: toxic manipulation, graphic violence, drugging, non-consent. Please do not listen if you're not 18+.
And so the chair creaks, and the sirens sing their song. Sorry. We don't know how to edit audio.
Also, Shrek? Shrooms? No. Just danmei. 🤷♀️ Join your hosts Mimi and Kiki for a deep dive and many tangents into the thriving world of Chinese BL media. The hype is growing, but why? How's it different from the rest? What's the big deal? Find several of your answers here at most.
Trigger warnings as usual for sensitive, NSFW content, some of which involves problematic relationship dynamics. Please watch your step.
How many times does Kiki mention inappropriate cigarette disposal practices in this episode? Certainly not enough to indicate any subliminal interests...
Welcome to our third BL review, where we explore one of the genre's most iconic horror comics. From gaslighting galore to twisted notions of self-motivation, everyone in this story is a terrible human being and we are here for it.
TW: toxic manipulation, dubious consent at best, graphic scenes, and lots and lots of death. Please do not listen if you're not 18+.
What do cartels, the laws of thermodynamics, and BL have in common? You guessed it: fanfiction. Join Kiki and Mimi, neither of whom has yet confirmed who is who but it's anyone's guess at this point, for a 2-hour deep dive into the good old tropes and familiar icks pervading the literature we all call home.
Our three years MIA do not count. (It's called method acting.)
Note: Our mics broke and we're literally having tea in this episode, so please excuse the crap audio quality and random blips this time around. Listen on headphones if you can.
Regular TWs for explicit content apply.
Why is Wolfgang one of the funniest names of all time? Why is he such a chad, sugar daddy, and himbo all at the same time? Will Shin Soo-hyuk ever overcome his insecurities and embrace the sl*t he truly is? Why is Lord Sys actually GOATED? And the most pressing question of all: what episode are we on? Check out our embarrassingly brief, chaotic review of Haga's and Kang Ji-young's popular BL manhwa King's Maker. Learn how real-world racial and geopolitical disparities are mirrored in the Goldenleonard Kingdom, why the 2010 A:TLA live action is ass, and why pasta is made of chickpeas nowadays. Do stick around to discover the dogsh*t origin story of Rotten Apples, witness a sizzling hot take on NBC's Hannibal, and endure various microaggressions and slurs.
Make sure to check out King's Maker on TappyToon. TW for pedophilia, insinuated incest, sexual content, and coercion.
No discussion of BL (boys' love) or yaoi is complete without an uncomfortable foray into A/B/O dynamics. No one knows how it works, least of all the content creators. Flip your browsers to incognito boys, because the Omegaverse is back. Stay for unsolicited insight into your hosts’ questionable kinks.
The omegaverse isn't without its own set of real-world controversies. TW for references to non-consent and rampant, systemic misogyny.
Why are Lee Yoo-han and Yoon Jay so f*cking dumb when they're together but badasses when they're apart? Why is Yoo-han so inexplicably attractive when the story goes out of its way to stress that he's not? Why is there a manager with a permanent UwU face, and why is Song Myeong-shin such a bitch? Join Kiki and Mimi for the second episode of Rotten Apples and our first-ever installment of our BL review series, where we try and fail to answer all of your burning questions. Make sure to check out the English translation on Lezhin.
Toxic, content is toxic, as is the BL genre generally. TW for depictions of non-consent.
BL, yaoi, shōnen-ai, MLM, bara—various Western abbreviations and Japanese terminologies exist to blanket a niche subset of homosexual media. Join us to learn what led two young, otherwise innocent individuals to descend into a spiral of uncontrollable lust that continues to shadow our daily lives. (And to NOT learn who between us is Kiki and Mimi. We forgot to introduce ourselves. Good luck figuring that out.)
**This episode is 27 minutes long, and we mention 30+ minutes in the recording. We can't edit it out without sounding even more like actual n00bs than we already are.
