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10 Favorite Moments of Snark in BL
This one came is as an ask from the lovely @solitaryandwandering and there are tons of options so I just picked some of mine and labeled them top 10. I reserve the right to change my mind if a remember better.
Quite a few of these came from truly terrible BLs, I wonder if that has to do with me remembering them. Like they stood out as moments of delightful charm in a sea of sewage?
1. Just talk!
Ae getting annoyed with TinCan in A Chance At Love.
Of course it’s MAME first, but the idea of her using one of her most popular characters (whom she fucked over) to criticize miscommunication as a narrative driver (which is her fucking calling card) was just the ironic poop version of a chef’s kiss. (Sorry, I don’t know how else to put it.)
2. Saucing out of jealousy
Let’s just get MAME out of the way, shall we? Type (in TharnType) is an absolute banger at the pithy quip in a very agro way and I love a lot of his lines. I mean calling your lover “crybaby” when you finally tell him you love him? Epic snark. Also the “you can finally stop complaining about us” to Techno is so good.
But my personal favorite, hands sown, is the throwing a sauce bottle. Talk about product placement. (Although said senior’s snarky, “It’s fun to see a big baby agitated” about Type, was also pretty darn great.)
3. I’m so gay
In Rainbow Prince, the fact that Art’s focused pursuit is patently obvious and his subordinates are still careful about it was just really funny to me. It reminded me of my youth when friends got surprised when I came out. Don’t get me wrong, my coming out was perfectly serviceable at the time, but also the ones who were surprised I was like...
4. Ate the phonebook
Bright in SOTUS (played by Off) is a wonderfully snarky character. I love the way he is self deprecating about being a bad student, even in front of his juniors, and the time he leads them in prayer? So funny.
But my favorite is his one shot “Did he eat the national register” when Kong is showing off his memory for names in one of the hazing sequences.
Shout out to the one I do have a screen cap of, this from SOTUS S:
Like serious moment of scripted brilliance.
Ah me, back in the days when most Thai BLs had really good scripts....
5. Goodnight, you fucker
Kao’s fandi-way in the Kiss series.
This is a linguistic one. It’s just I already had grocked the notion of fandi na as being a cute thing couples use with each other (kind of like “sweet dreams, please?”) to see Kao make this super rude when Pete is begging him for it, is so much THEM, their dynamic, it’s particularly snarky and on character.
Also, you know me, i had to pick a linguistic one.
6. Rome getting his own back
Rome in Puppy Honey is such a sweet soft character but also so much owning his own identity, and so steady about it. It was just really fun to see him get one up on Pick.
Even if they both know it’s actually a compliment.
Also should out to Porsche’s moment of quip, “I enjoy this scene a little too much” when he catches his bestie rolling around in paint with cute boy.
7. Invitation?
Tian actually has quite a few moments of snark in Tale of a Thousand Stars. (”You know how to sweet talk now?’). But honestly this is a phrase I use constantly IRL so I was just happy to see it show up in a Thai BL.
8. Just alpha bitch bitching it up
Look is this level of confrontation actually considered snark? I don’t know but Miriam’s defense of Chon in Tonhon Chonlatee is epic. Top level. It’s a real pleasure to watch a female bestie take out an evil femme fatale machine-gun style.
Yes there are others, the bffs (best female friends) in Together With Me and Dark Blue Kiss spring to mind.
9. Calling out the industry moments
There are quite a few of these, and a BL that is already bad and full of tropes has to be careful because they are reviewing themselves badly. And yet they do it anyway. This example comes from one of this year’s worst, My Secret Love:
Our Days has
“Can I love you, my tsundere”
“This year so many Y series came out”
“I think the script writers are at fault”
“Your acting skills suck”
all of which come off as more rich and inappropriate than snark in such a terrible show.
It’s not always bad show tho.
Cherry Blossoms After Winter scene card calling out the “only one bed” trope.
And in on of the Taiwanese BLs there is a moment where a side character tells on of the leads that “tsundere is so out of fashion” but I can’t remember which show.
10. Seme subscription service
Best of the best (IMHO) comes from Korea, who generally specializes in earnest, not snark. But...
Semantic Error is one of my favorite BL’s because the two leads are nearly entirely comprised of snark. SangWoo’s “if my heart wasn’t beating I’d be dead” was perfection, since it also takes a common trope to account.
And when JaeYoung is grouchy and says "No lettuce, eat perilla leaves instead” I bark laughed. Also the “oops my hand slipped” after he shot that dart at the drunk asshole in the pub. Both of these also involve physical comedy moments, so they aren’t strictly just snark they're visual gags but still? *kiss kiss kiss*
But I had to pick seme subscription service as my favorite moment of snark from this series. Because it is both of them, snipping back and forth.
And that’s it. That’s my top 10.
Other good ones?
KinnPorsche Pete has a few the time at the table with the minor family and the time in chains when he’s reading a book.
Most of Team’s responses to Win in Until We Meet Again. from “You’re so picky” to “Don’t even think about it.”
Half of what Pond says in Love By Chance.
All of what Pure says in My Gear and Your Gown.
I don’t love Theory of Love but Third’s internal dialogue (when he’s not whining and pining) and his occasionally take downs are pretty darn great.
Adachi’s internal reactions to Kurosawa’s thoughts in Cherry Magic, especially after they are dating. “Everything is so mushy.”
Akoi’s internal dialogue and self criticism snark in My Love Mix Up.
TangYi’s “too soft” in H3: Trapped.
Noh’s “Fine, yes” at the end of Love Sick. Not a snarky character in general, just a wise and sweet one, but at the end, yes, snark.
NamGoong in Light On Me, the sweetest side character of snark.
Pretty much all of Mob’s thoughts and dialogue in Absolute BL.
This post dated mid 2022, not responsible for snark that came after.
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