What the BL: an Offshoot of Check It/Round Table

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses Perth Nakhun's Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXk6_T81JRN7VRGsJKnvYtA as she was looking for ways to learn Thai for her upcoming trip to Thailand and where her ESL work could take her.  Onna considers how Perth has some great basic Thai videos and how she knew him from the My Engineer Thai BL series, where he played Ram...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses the YouTube channel, Max and Yos, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3etNCkz-M3hEBnwEsZYCxA and how she came across them because of their video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K3nvxMalT8, and how she really appreciates the way Yoz thinks linear-ally, how she appreciates how they handle the negative comments, how Yoz and Max support one anothe...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses Lucas and Kibo, a YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaycGxaoGRDeBbkfAZ4mqGQ, which helps to refer her faith in humanity/relationships similar to the Farina Jo Youtube Channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0XmN6bmxltMFnvAr_kL8CQ because of the care, humor, and funny yet not unkind pranking of one another.  It's all here. &nbsp...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses how she came across the brilliant actor, Fluke Natouch and his channel after watching Until We Meet Again (the only series Onna recommends every person on the planet should watch because it shows healthy relationships in action and care), and Bromance the film (another favorite of Onna's).  Onna considers how Fluke is one of the few peopl...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses the Boy SomPob YouTube Channel, https://www.youtube.com/user/boyzmusictv.  Onna considers how Boy SomPob is mainly known for musical scores for Thai BL series and his Boy from Mars covers that are like a beautiful mild version of Jpop/Kpop that have positive messages and are able to be listened to by all ages.  It's all here.  I...

In this episode of What the BL Onna considers her recent and first impulse buy, her bike named Ae--because it looks like the bike Ae has in Love by Chance--only way cuter (and if you have not read the Old Woman Who Named Things by Cynthia Rylant, you really should, https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313&_nkw=the+woman+who+named+things&_sacat=0.  Onna...

In this episode of What the BL Onna discusses The Perks of Being a Wallflower and why this is one of the few American films and/or not for kids shows that is still reviewed on this podcast because it was an instrumental film for the character of Two and his partner and how is connected them in the Thai BL drama, The Theory of Love.   Onna appreciated this film because it dealt with diffi...

In this episode of What the BL, Onna discusses why she likes 2 Wish, the Thai BL series, that follows the life of Two and Wish from the unfortunate escapades of cookery and the workaholism. It's all here. It's all real. Here is a link to the series, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpYVLpdhdTlIpegOQsbHnIyQwcERmb_Yf

In this episode of What the BL, Onna discusses Five Alarm's song, made popular through the Love--Life on the Line Japanese BL Series/Movie,  "Love is Coming Home" and why this makes a great "formal speed walking" in the words of Megamind song and why it also has a good point--that the things that you need and are good for you in life, come home to you, you don't have to go looking for them. &...

In this episode of check It/Round Table Onna discusses My Engineer Ep13: a Thai BL Drama Series in Review, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT147-GDvYQ&list=PLrUEXgucMM08MZbRhOvzcbWuH1A4gONIX&index=49 and why she gives this series and 8 out of 10 score. Onna elaborates on each couple from Beone and Duene to Ram and King to Mek and Boss. Onna considers how the next season will be affected by...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses My Engineer episode 12 of the Thai BL drama series, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqStJ5SlGq0&list=PLrUEXgucMM08MZbRhOvzcbWuH1A4gONIX&index=45. Onna considers how this episode opens with a double date with Bohn and Deune and Deun's cousin and Bohn's Arch Enemy. This episode also features Ram and King trying to corral King's nephews i...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses My Engineer episode 11 of the Thai BL drama series, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlpQQFpKcBU&list=PLrUEXgucMM08MZbRhOvzcbWuH1A4gONIX&index=41,  and how this episode features Mek and Boss and how their relationship develops.  Boss goes to a talent audition and is blindsided by his girlfriend, Fawn's agent, who tells him tha...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses My Engineer episode 10 of the Thai BL drama series, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWtGE--xHE4&list=PLrUEXgucMM08MZbRhOvzcbWuH1A4gONIX&index=37, and how Bohn and Deun come to the conclusion that they will not ruminate but they will communicate. Also, Ram ends up coming over to King's house with his friends and he and King have a momen...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses My Engineer episode 9 of the Thai BL drama series, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGJyQJq67sI&list=PLrUEXgucMM08MZbRhOvzcbWuH1A4gONIX&index=33,  and how this episode mainly involved Bohn and Deun nagging one another because they are not talking to one another about the issues they are concerned about and letting their friends neg...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses My Engineer episode 8 of the Thai BL drama series, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbyxbN65CE4&list=PLrUEXgucMM08MZbRhOvzcbWuH1A4gONIX&index=29, where Deun goes to his friends thinking that they will be happy to hear that Bohn is now his boyfriend, but instead they devise a series of tests to determine if Bohn is worthy of Deun and Ram...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses My Engineer episode 7 of the Thai BL drama series, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcVLEqoPyLI&list=PLrUEXgucMM08MZbRhOvzcbWuH1A4gONIX&index=25, which is about how you handle life when things go wrong, as they often can.  During a kerfluffle over Bohn not realizing he is being flirted with by a girl at the floating market and Duen...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses My Engineer episode 6 of the Thai BL drama series, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Oa4oSSMRGY&list=PLrUEXgucMM08MZbRhOvzcbWuH1A4gONIX&index=21, and how this episode features some hilarious moments with Ram and King and a hilarious almost 1st date with Bohn and Deun and how Bohn is convinced someone will try to steal away.  Onna c...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses My Engineer, Season 1, Episode 5 Onna considers how this episode features Duen choosing to use the book Bohn got him to study with for a test rather than the book Mr. Smiley got him and how Ram suggests Duen should not go camping as Duen was hospitalized last camping trip.  Onna considers this episode really features some fun scenes with...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses My Engineer S1, Ep3, Onna considers how this episode was really enjoyable because of the interplay between Ram and King and considers how in healthy relationships the starting point is often a healthy curiosity about that person and develops from there.  King is interested in Ram after Ram defended Duen in the last episode and tries to st...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses My Engineer S1, Ep3, Onna considers how this episode was really enjoyable because of the interplay between Ram and King and considers how in healthy relationships the starting point is often a healthy curiosity about that person and develops from there.  King is interested in Ram after Ram defended Duen in the last episode and tries to st...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses My Engineer, season 1, episode 2, and how in this episode of the series Bohn is starting to like Duen and Duen and him become quite uncomfortable in their relation to one another.  In this epsiode Bohn reluctantly attends a birthday party of a woman who he is casually dating that goes awry starting with her attempt to flirt with Duen at t...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses how she was looking for something a bit light-hearted and funny to have with her barbecued beef Kale pizza last night and My Engineer, season 1, episode 1, fit the bill. This episode starts with Bohn who is named Prom King and is getting his pictures taken along with the second runner-up in the contest, who are surrounded by some fan girls, wh...

In this epsiode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses BL drama and the three obvious camps with their flags flying and why some of them may want to reevaluate their flags.  There is the camp of fan girls who tend to fantasize on the guy actors in the drams, which seems rather bizarre to Onna as in the dramas the guys featured don't end up with any girls, let alone a fan girl.  There is...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna provides an in-depth synopsis of the Thai BL drama series Love by Chance 2, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw-vCQhZWww.  Onna reviews the long-distance relationship issues of Ae and Pete, the rocky start of Tin and Can's life together, and covers the side characters of Tum and Tar, Tul and Hin, and Technic and Kla.  It's all here.  It's...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table, Onna discusses the conclusion/finally episode of Love by Chance 2, episode 13, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YlEsBMsJNw, and she considers how this episode in a nutshell is not about everything working out perfectly, but about everything working out. It's all here. It's all real.