Getting Started BL RecList

Back in 2022, when I first started watching BL – though it was far from my first foray into the genre* –, I went in guns blazing without much of an idea where to start and where it would lead me. Now, in 2024, I have almost 500 BL series and movies under my belt and I realise it might feel a little overwhelming to choose where to start for someone who dives into the current landscape for the first time. That’s why I thought I would compile a completely personal and biased rec list for beginners who might want a little guidance, completely based on my own experience and journey into this amazing and highly entertaining world. Links for where to watch are in an alternate version of this post because of the Tumblr link limit and if you have trouble finding any or specific versions of any of the shows, my askbox is at your disposal. Hope you enjoy!

*while I’ve been reading Yaoi Manga since I was about 11, excluding very few exceptions, it’s only recently that I’ve gotten into the genre on the screen. That is to say, I wasn’t entirely clueless to begin with.

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asexualboner:

one thing about tumblr at least here they’re just called “posts”. Saying “I saw this tweet/reel/tiktok/short” makes me feel like I’m ordering at a restaurant where they make you say Texas Tom’s Nut-Slappin Griddle-Chizzle instead of grilled cheese

summerfullofsnow:

some of my favourite looks from episode 3

MUTELUV-DIVADEVAMATA

rustandsky:

They took my life but it isn’t the end
They put me in the ground but I’m back from the dead

dragon-in-a-fez:

if you want to see how fast something can change from a “right” to a “privilege” in people’s minds, try suggesting it should be extended to children, immigrants, and prisoners

partlysmith:

Spin the wheel. This is now your highest stat.

How fucked are you?

This owns

Pretty good actually

I can make this work

Not thrilled…

This sucks

My life is over

drmelking:

The Pitt Season 2 Promo Pics

alex51324:

northshorewave:

Which of these are within walking distance of where you live?

Bank

Grocery Store

Bar/Pub

Doctor

Library

Park/nature reserve

2/6

3/6

4/6

5/6

all 6

None

Feel free to tag your location.

Are we talking “I could walk there if I had to” or “I actually do walk there”?

Because it’s either 3 or 6. (The bank is not my bank, and the grocery store is not one I like.)

jvlianbashir:

my friend’s discord server has a “proof of touch grass” channel where they post pics of them doing regular activities outdoors/in public. i think many online spaces could benefit from such a thing

sewnonpetals:

Bittersweet nightshade ˖ ࣪⊹

ɪɢ: 𝓢𝓮𝔀𝓷𝓸𝓷𝓹𝓮𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓼

tiger-in-the-flightdeck:

thechy-fychannel:

Some of my favorite plot points in BTVS that were so batshit insane that I forget they actually happened, in no particular order:

A group of students get possessed by demon hyenas and cannibalize their principal

Buffy spends an entire episode fucking her boyfriend with so much vigor that the haunted house they’re fucking in tries to kill everyone

Buffy fucks her arch nemesis so hard that the building collapses around them and she doesn’t notice until the next morning

Buffy chooses to work in fast food

Xander summons a musical demon bc he was bored. The musical demon tries to force a 15 yr old to marry him and then just says “nvm” and leaves when he realizes Xander is actually the one he’s supposed to marry

Sex robots

Giles fucks buffys mom on the hood of a cop car. Twice.

The scoobie gang adopts a pet vampire and they argue about who’s night it is to take care of their pet vampire

One character spends 6 seasons as a rat

There’s an evil puppet except he’s not actually evil he’s just fucking weird and perverted

A student is ignored so often that she actually turns invisible because of quantum physics or something

Dracula tries to seduce buffy and kinda almost succeeds (And he’s not even hot?)

Buffy’s boyfriend whores himself out to vampires for funsies

Kittens are the most common form of currency in demon-poker

The pet vampire befriends his mortal enemy’s mom, and frequently visits for tea and gossip about their favourite soap operas

Evil beings stay in on Halloween because they think it’s tacky

Despite being described as too small for a second Starbucks, Sunnydale has both a major university and an international airport

On more than one occasion, the day has been saved by someone snatching something dangerous then running away real fast