#bagan beginning

For a great palate cleanser just check out My Sweet Brother in Law from a new Vietnamese BL studio. Episodes are released on YouTube every Friday.

Plenty of satisfying, well written, acted and directed BLs if you just go off the beaten track:

VIETNAM 🇻🇳

Hanh Phuc Xa Bay

Under The Oak Tree

Fight for Love

Mr Cinderella

CAMBODIA 🇰🇭

Boy Toy

The Memories

BURMA 🇲🇲 MYANMAR 🇲🇲

The Two Of Them

The Star 2

Bagan Beginning

Healing Thingyan

LAOS 🇱🇦

One Love The Series

Will You Be My Boyfriend

Bagan Beginning is a Myanmar BL and I love it so much. This whole show was a wild ride and I cannot recommend it enough. It's a soap opera BL that only makes sense part of the time but it's glorious and the ending turns out sweet as pie and it's the only show where the person who seemed like a second lead turned out to be the main romance! @absolutebl Look, there's no budget and it only makes a bit of sense but it's got such a sweet ending and the whole thing is just a work of heart.

A BL SERIES FROM MYANMAR

FUN!

No matter how you feel about it at the beginning, watch until the end!

It’s a slow burn.

Warning: It’s rated PG, but for violence! You’ve been warned! 😝

Episode 1 was setup of the love triangle (and this is a legit triangle) between three friends. The show, and their drama, is centered around their interactions during Thingyan (a festival similar to Songkran in Thailand) over multiple years. It's only 10 mins but has potential; give it a shot if you have a minute, to support them!

Other BL from Myanmar (in order of recommendation):

Bagan Beginning (2024) - better produced than the others below, but feels largely like a tourism advert. Some great visuals of the Burmese tourist spots. Good trans rep and interesting from a cultural perspective on trans vs gay acceptance. The plot takes a wild turn and someone does die but it also has a happy ending lol

The Love Ring (2022) - rough production and some old tropes I don't love but has a (partially obscured) kiss and a happy ending

The Star S1 and S2 (2022-2023) - S1 is rough going where the gay character is basically abused and hit by a car; S2 is all about making up for that by having him doted on by a rich new love interest

Bagan Beginning

Fuck. They're so cute. Walar is adorable. I love them both so much. I adore them. Oh no, they're so cute. It feels illegal. It might actually be. But I am okay with that. Look at them! Mani and Walar are adorable and they have not done anything yet.

(And Walar has nightmares because of Drama and Mani's bag looks like a pharmacy and I love them so much.)