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👬 favorite side couple

I'm really going to have to go with MorkSun from Dark Blue Kiss. I think about them frequently even tho it's been like 5 yrs since it came out. Mork is such a sweet gangster boy and Sun is his Daddy whose just trying to keep his punch-happy boy from being incarcerated. But also, ForthBeam from 2moons2, TharaFrong from My Engineer, ThatSorn from MoD, and SaenAii from You're My Sky.

💋 favorite kiss

These days I have to say...PalmNueng's kiss before they had their first time. Idk it was just so passionate, honestly all of their kisses were extremely passionate.

younger seme/older uke pairings in BL AKA 

Age-Flipped BL Couples 

I love romances that mess with power dynamics and in BL having the younger boy pursue the older one is a classic take on this. 

Lovely Writer - SibGene

Oxygen - SoloGui  

SOTUS - KongArthit  

Gen Y - MarkKit 

2 Moons 2 - MingKit (side dishes) 

Brothers - KhunKaow (side dishes) 

Don’t Say No - LeonPob (side dishes) 

You’re My Sky - SaenAii (side dishes) 

HIStory 4: Close to You - Yong Jie & Xing Si (side dishes, trigger warning)

History 3: Make Our Days Count - Bo Xiang & Zhi Gang (side dishes) also HIStory 4: Close to You (guest) 

Cherry Magic - Tsuge & Minato side diehse

Old Fashion Cupcake - Togawa & Nozue 

In no particular order and not an exhaustive list. 

I have to say, putting this list together surprised me. There are fewer of these in BL than in origin yaoi. It was such a common trope back in the day, and it’s crazy we haven’t gotten any from Japan... yet. (And no, for a change, I don’t count Seven Days - I don’t think that show has a real seme/uke dynamic, although the manga does.) 

One of the things I love about an age-flipped dynamic is that the younger seme is often forced to tease, flirt, and be indirect in his pursuit - he can’t really wage a full frontal campaign (so to speak). He has to be a little subtle. 

Also this means that, for narrative reasons, these are often sunshine/tsundere pairings. (With some noted exceptions of course.) 

In Thailand in particular this also throws a wrench into the linguistics, since the language around age is codified unequal. So here’s a post where I talk about that: Thai Pronouns & Honorifics when Seme/Uke is Flipped 

Some other BLs that contain couples that are age flipped but for various reasons it’s not quiet the same:

Manner of Death

Oh! My Boarding House - the second lead of the love triangle 

He’s Coming To Me 

Blue of Winter 

China has never done this pairing, to my knowledge. And it’s really rare in Korean BL (but outside of a school setting, so is seme/uke). The hyung strictures are so strong there. I actually would LOVE a BL that confronted this dynamic head on from Korea, but I think maybe that would be a bit too much for them right now. Perhaps next year? 

In a similar vein, I also love noona romances, I have a list with some of my favorites here. 

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Post updated as of March 2022. This post now dated and discussion moved to here. 

BLs With Age Gaps - Hyung Romances