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

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses Love by Chance episode 12, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8UevsOY1sE and how this episode gets a 10.5 out of 10 for being absolutely awesome!  This episode is about Can going to visit Gonhin in England and trying to mend the breach between Gonhin and Tul, which he successfully does by the end of the episode and Can having trouble tellin...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses Love by Chance 2 episode 11, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeW6i3O5Oq4, where Can decides to defend Tin's honor against Tul and faces Tin's dad. This episode is one of Onna's favorites is it really shows what happened between Tin and his father and how they mend the break that has been in their relationship for years.  Also, in this epi...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses Love by Chance 2 Ep10: a Thai BL Drama and how this episode features Tin and Can and how they handle the onslaught of Tul and his attempt to deface and break up their relationship. Tul first tries to insult Can in every possible way he can. He then tells Can about all the others Tin has been with, ("the others" sounds soooo vague and dramatic)...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses Love by Chance 2, Episode 9 and how this episode features Tin and Can and their relationship as it progresses and also has a side note with Ae and as he reaches out to Pete.  Onna considers how Can though not particularly bright, at all, he does seem to mature intellectually as he spends more time with Tin.   Onna considers the...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses Love by Chance 2, Ep8, a Thai BL drama series in review and how though this is not a kid-friendly series, she still enjoys this series and this particular episode and though this does have some physical relationship issues discussed and portrayed, it is one of the few shows that Onna did not feel the need to skip/FF through any of this episode...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses Love by Chance 2, Ep 7 and why this is Onna's favorite episode so far because  Ae really shines in this episode and because of the issues brought to light and how Can deals with those issues.  This episode opens with Tin asking Can to go steady with him, and Can is not sure about this development and his honesty in not wanting to be...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses Love By Chance 2, Ep6 Thai BL Drama Series and how this episode revolved around Tin and Can as Tin has finally met a person who he can tell about his life and how it sucks in Can and how Can though not knowing  how to commiserate with him certainly gets an A for effort.  Onna considers how Can, though a not smart guy, has these momen...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna reviews Love By Chance 2, Ep5, and elaborates on how this is Onna's favorite episodes as Tin's idea of hitting on Can is bloody hilarious as Can drops the biscuit as he sees Tin is waiting to take him to school and this interaction is their relationship in a nutshell.  Onna considers how Tin's idea of getting Can's number is to break Can's phone an...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses Love by Chance 2, Ep4, and how this episode follows Tin horns-waggling Can and Lemon, and finding out how the siblings arrived at their nicknames, takes the two home, and steals a kiss from Can, which drives Can up a wall.  Can awakes the next day and rushes out of the house to find Can is waiting to take him to school which leads to an i...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses Love by Chance Ep3, Onna considers how Ae loses it, gets very drunk, is found by a girl friend at a bar and Ai Pond and a friend of Pete and Ae's also come and drag an angry and drunk Ae to a Soccer field to get him to realize life will go on in this episode.  Onna considers that there is always a third way to handling issues that arise b...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna reviews Love By Chance 2, Ep2 and how this episode dealt with Ae trying to handle the loss of Pete and the unconscionably of that loss, which Onna can relate to as she and her friends and family are going through a similar , unconscionable loss so she does understand Ae's feelings on a visceral level, though not the romantic facet, but the friendship fa...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna reviews Love by Chance 2, Ep1, and how this series includes some flashbacks from Love by Chance and mainly features Tin and Can as they develop their relationship along a timeline that is not the same as the one shown in Love by Chance and also features Ae as he deals with a break-up with Pete.  Onna considers that the reason Pete left might be val...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses Why R U the Thai BL series and how though an endeavor to finish as it is  the type of series that gives BL drama a bad name with sound effects and over-inflated acting  but it did lead Onna on some interesting rants concerning these issues of sound effects, poor acting, questioning why we need to add in any fan girls and mature conte...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna reviews the Thai BL series, Love by Chance that Onna puts up the caveat this is not a kid-friendly show but may be appropriate for 14-15+ (in Thailand it is rated for 17+) but why she is still reviewing this series is because, similarly to History 2:  Right or Wrong because it features very sweet and thoughtful characters who don't plan on ending u...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses the Korean BL drama series Mr. Heart in total.  Onna has done an episode by episode review of this series that you can see in previous recent podcasts.  Onna considers how Korean BL dramas are subpar compared to other countries' BL dramas because the projects' compatriots seem to not put their heart in the production--pun intended. &...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses Mr. Heart S1, E8, and how she liked this episode as Sang Ha has a crisis of goals as he realizes that winning the race did not improve his relationship with Jin Won though he was able to get rid of the loan sharks/related debt and he ends up leaving his condo, changing his door code, and continuing his job as a milk delivery person.  Onna...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table, Onna discusses Mr. Heart S1, Ep7 Onna discusses how Sang Wa won the race by his own mettle to prevent signing the pacemaker contract that would have put Jin Won and Sang Ha relationship on a different playing field.  Onna digresses that South Korean BL 's lack Mojo and Moxi as they seem to be making BL dramas just for the sake of making another BL dram...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses Mr. Heart S1, Ep6 and how Jin Won tries to pay Sang Ha to be his pacemaker and how Sang Ha will not accept the money as he won't be bought.  Onna considers how Jin Won has a conversation with a friend of his who asks him what is stopping Jin Won from being with Sang Ha, not necessarily so he can be with Sang Ha, but so he figures out what...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna reviews Mr. Heart S1, Ep5 which Onna considers overall a pretty uneventful with marathon training and Jin Won spilling milk all over Sang Ha's face.  It's all here.  It's all real.

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna reviews Mr. Heart S1, Ep4 and how this episode features an interesting truth that people are usually bothered because: A.  They are just bothered. B.  They are bothered about something because it has triggered an emotional response that is from past experiences and uncertainty and they don't know how to handle it and they are bothered by being...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses Mr. Heart S1, Ep3, Onna discusses how this episode is hilarious as it tells the story of Sang Ha and his liking of Jin Won and the hilarity of his attempts to show Jin Won he cares about him via a container of milk on Jin Won's locker.  Onna digresses with a diatribe on why on earth would Jin Won just took the milk as a matter of course f...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses Mr. Heart S1, Ep2 and how Jin Won enjoyed marathons and winning marathons in high school because he won by his own mettle rather than his status, etc.  but how Jin Won does not like winning marathons in college and has not since he started college because he fears being alone at the finish line in both marathons and in life.  Onna co...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna reviews Mr. Heart Ep1, of the Korean BL drama and how it follows the life of Jin Won and Sang Ha, two runners in college.  Onna considers how the episode opens with Jin Won not being able to sleep, running at night to get sleepy, drinking a carton of cheer up milk, and then going to Sang Ha's condo and flopping beside him to sleep, which is funny i...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses Bromance the Thai 2014 BL Drama, https://youtu.be/zywzVne5CDI, and why she watched this film because Natouch Siripongthon plays a lead role in this film.  Onna elaborates on the plot line in this film featuring the lives of Golf and Bank who are step-brothers as their parents abruptly get married and the two boys have to deal with the cha...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses Why R U Ep13  and how Tutor asks Why RU here to Fighter as he awakes at the beach condo he is at vacation at to find Fighter there.  Instead of answering Tutor's  question, Fighter asks why Tutor did not tell him about his "Dad Problem" and they resolve this misunderstanding and Fighter's dad apologizes to Tutor for his behavior...