4 Ways Korean BL Can Be Better

‘I am waiting, I have been waiting for you Woo TaeGyeong, Are you going to keep me waiting’ - Noh ShinWoo in "Light On Me"

Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers about various BL dramas.

Many BL fans can relate to this statement because for a very long time, we have been asking the K-Drama gods to give us a proper BL drama, one that will make our hearts yearn and beat faster with anticipation, our eyes grow bigger with excitement, and joy.

Our prayers were answered when the short but interesting, charming, and superbly acted series "Where Your Eyes Linger" was released back in 2019, creating shock waves in the industry and ringing in a new crop of eyes and interest in the K-Drama world.

Yes, there has been quite a number of LGBT Dramas and movies such as "Night Flight", "Method", and "Two weddings and a Funeral", all of which were released prior to "Where Your Eyes Linger", but they never gave us the proper ending we all craved and got from “regular” K-Dramas, it was always subtle, hinted at, or worse ending in tragedy, sort of painting a very weird and sad like view of the LGBT community. It never really painted the full picture. We needed the happy gleeful moment, one where the main leads realize their deep affection for each other, that butterfly fluttering moment when they kiss and go on to live happily ever after, and with "Where Your Eyes Linger" we were able to finally get what we had always wanted.

The success of the series leads to many production houses finally realizing that this genre could not just be impactful but also profitable as it got