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Every week, Kate & Matthew talk about BL and bara. They dive into the tropes, what works, what doesn't, and why we're all so in love with reading messy, chaotic romances. From manga to manhwa and more, they go through it all.
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Why are we like this? Heartstopper - Creator(s): Alice Oseman - Chapters: CH 1-7 - Where to read it: Webtoon https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/heartstopper/list?title_no=329660 https://aliceoseman.com/heartstopper/ Charlie, a highly-strung, openly gay over-thinker, and Nick, a cheerful, soft-hearted rugby player, meet at a British all-boys grammar school. Friendship blooms quickly, but could there be something more...? *** Now available as physical books! Contains discussions about mental health, eating disorders, self-harm and sexual references – for more information on content warnings, visit aliceoseman.com. Where to Find us: Matthew - Bluesky: @matthewglenn.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/matthewglenn.bsky.social - Website: DigitalDaydream.gay Kate - Bluesky: @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - Instagram: @ohmymithrandir - https://www.instagram.com/ohmymithrandir/ Music by Joshua Altman - Bluesky: @crooknook.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/crooknook.bsky.social Visit https://butwhytho.net/support to subscribe and get access to our bonus tier list segment
Well that went to a place Liebling! - Creator(s): Kim Nuruk - Chapters: 61-138 & Epilogue - Where to read it: Gotta find it for yourself One day, Taehoon was bound by a powerful curse... If he wants to break free, he'll have to sleep with the old knight! Where to Find us: Matthew - Bluesky: @matthewglenn.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/matthewglenn.bsky.social - Website: DigitalDaydream.gay Kate - Bluesky: @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - Instagram: @ohmymithrandir - https://www.instagram.com/ohmymithrandir/ Music by Joshua Altman - Bluesky: @crooknook.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/crooknook.bsky.social Visit https://butwhytho.net/support to subscribe and get access to our bonus tier list segment
Grabbed by the bussy Hook, Line, and Sinker - Creator(s): Sita - Chapters: 1-61 (Complete Series) - Where to read it: Lezhin https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/hook_line_sinker Yang Kyesoo and Yoon Myeongtae are meant to be. Or at least, that’s what Kyesoo had always thought. With Myeongtae following him around and practically begging for his attention since elementary school, how could he ever get the wrong idea? So when the burly boy babbles off a list of qualities for his ideal boyfriend, Kyesoo is left shocked and stunned - because not one of them applies to him! In order to become the man of Myeongtae’s dreams, Kyesoo enlists the help of the campus’s captain of charm, the sexily seductive Kang Shinjoo. With Shinjoo’s guidance, Kyesoo will do his best to learn the tricks of the trade and reel Myeongtae in hook, line, and sinker! Where to Find us: Matthew - Bluesky: @matthewglenn.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/matthewglenn.bsky.social - Website: DigitalDaydream.gay Kate - Bluesky: @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - Instagram: @ohmymithrandir - https://www.instagram.com/ohmymithrandir/ Music by Joshua Altman - Bluesky: @crooknook.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/crooknook.bsky.social Visit https://butwhytho.net/support to subscribe and get access to our bonus tier list segment
God is a twink! Priapus - Creator(s): Mentaiko - Chapters: Chapters 1-6 plus Gachinko Battle! Full of Meat - Where to read it: Irodori Sakura, FAKKU, Renta, Coolmic WEBSITE_URL Zeus has had enough of man's inhumanity to man and decided that humanity has had a good run, but it’s time to end things. Of course, it’d be downright hypocritical to deliver his divine wrath by the same violent means he despises the human race for. He has something more humane in mind: Prevent them from reproducing by turning all the men of the species gay! And there’s no better man for the job than Priapus, the fertility god with a package that’ll make anyone a believer! Where to Find us: Matthew - Bluesky: @matthewglenn.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/matthewglenn.bsky.social - Website: DigitalDaydream.gay Kate - Bluesky: @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - Instagram: @ohmymithrandir - https://www.instagram.com/ohmymithrandir/ Music by Joshua Altman - Bluesky: @crooknook.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/crooknook.bsky.social Visit https://butwhytho.net/support to subscribe and get access to our bonus tier list segment
Can we fix him? Jinx (Mingwa) - Creator(s): Mingwa - Chapters: CH 54-102 - Where to read it: Lezhin https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/jinx_en Physical therapist Kim Dan has been down on his luck for as long as he can remember. Between an ailing grandmother, menacing loansharks, and an old boss making it almost impossible for him to find work, Dan is truly running out of options. Naturally, it feels like a dream come true when he’s finally hired to treat top-paid MMA fighter Joo Jaekyung, especially when the man then calls him out for a treatment the night before a match with an oh-so-tantalizing offer of five thousand dollars. He claims to have a “jinx” in need of a particular type of “treatment," but it's one that Dan isn't quite prepared to offer… You see, Jaekyung may be a beast in the ring, but he’s even rougher in the bedroom, and Dan’s not sure he can survive Jaekyung at his most primal. Nevertheless, the promise of much-needed cash has Dan agreeing to this ill-fated deal... Could a night together be the thing to help Jaekyung break this jinx once and for all? Where to Find us: Matthew - Bluesky: @matthewglenn.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/matthewglenn.bsky.social - Website: DigitalDaydream.gay Kate - Bluesky: @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - Instagram: @ohmymithrandir - https://www.instagram.com/ohmymithrandir/ Music by Joshua Altman - Bluesky: @crooknook.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/crooknook.bsky.social Visit https://butwhytho.net/support to subscribe and get access to our bonus tier list segment
You can't stop this Twink! Matthew's Pick - Title: The Pawn's Revenge - Creator(s): Evy - Chapters - Season 4 (Chapters 95-118) - Where to read it: Lezhin https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/pawn As a male prostitute in the slums, Je-oh is at the bottom of the social hierarchy. A pawn among pawns. Sure, he's tried to break away, but each attempt has only left him with more wounds. Until one day, he gets rescued...by a serial killer who kidnaps him along with his pimp. The killer, Seong-rok, is on a mission for his lover, a former prostitute plotting to turn the tables. Why he rescued Je-oh is unclear, but a slick-talking manwhore was definitely not part of anyone's plan. Regardless, Je-oh is no ordinary pawn. Now that he has entered the game, he will use every trick up his sleeve—or in his pants—to get revenge. Where to Find us: Matthew - Bluesky - @matthewglenn.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/matthewglenn.bsky.social - DigitalDaydream.gay Kate - Bluesky - @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - Instagram - @ohmymithrandir Music by Joshua Altman - Bluesky - @crooknook.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/crooknook.bsky.social Give us a Rating on Podcast services!!! Visit https://butwhytho.net/support to subscribe and get access to our bonus tier list segment
Failure! The Vampire Lestat goes on tour while being haunted by "muses" from his past. As the band's popularity grows, so does Lestat's influence over vampires & humans alike, leaving others to contend with Lestat's power in the face of the Great Conversion. Where to Find us: Matthew - Bluesky: @matthewglenn.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/matthewglenn.bsky.social - Website: DigitalDaydream.gay Kate - Bluesky: @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - Instagram: @ohmymithrandir - https://www.instagram.com/ohmymithrandir/ Music by Joshua Altman - Bluesky: @crooknook.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/crooknook.bsky.social Visit https://butwhytho.net/support to subscribe and get access to our bonus tier list segment
This loneliness is killing me... The Vampire Lestat goes on tour while being haunted by "muses" from his past. As the band's popularity grows, so does Lestat's influence over vampires & humans alike, leaving others to contend with Lestat's power in the face of the Great Conversion. 00:00 Introduction to the Vampire Lestat 00:00 Exploring the Themes of Season Three 08:35 Character Dynamics and Development 18:13 The Role of Memory and Trauma 28:10 The Impact of Music and Pop Culture 38:01 Conclusion and Future Speculations Where to Find us: Matthew - Bluesky: @matthewglenn.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/matthewglenn.bsky.social - Website: DigitalDaydream.gay Kate - Bluesky: @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - Instagram: @ohmymithrandir - https://www.instagram.com/ohmymithrandir/ Music by Joshua Altman - Bluesky: @crooknook.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/crooknook.bsky.social Visit https://butwhytho.net/support to subscribe and get access to our bonus tier list segment
Round 2 of the vampire fail marriage. Chaotic Bisexuals in Paris. Interview with The Vampire Season 2 from AMC The interview continues. In the year 2022, the vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac recounts his life story to journalist Daniel Molloy. Picking up from the bloody events in New Orleans in 1940 when Louis and teen fledgling Claudia conspired to kill the Vampire Lestat de Lioncourt, Louis tells of his adventures in Europe, a quest to discover Old World Vampires and the Theatre Des Vampires in Paris, with Claudia. It is in Paris that Louis first meets the Vampire Armand. Their courtship and love affair will prove to have devastating consequences both in the past and in the future, and Molloy will probe to get to the truths buried within the memories. Where to Find us: Matthew - Bluesky: @matthewglenn.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/matthewglenn.bsky.social - Website: DigitalDaydream.gay Kate - Bluesky: @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - Instagram: @ohmymithrandir - https://www.instagram.com/ohmymithrandir/ Music by Joshua Altman - Bluesky: @crooknook.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/crooknook.bsky.social Visit https://butwhytho.net/support to subscribe and get access to our bonus tier list segment
New Decade, Same sad, horny vampires Interview with The Vampire Season 1 from AMC In early 20th-century New Orleans, Louis de Pointe du Lac—haunted by guilt and the burdens of immortality—is transformed into a vampire by the mercurial Lestat. Their dark bond deepens with the introduction of the child vampire Claudia, forging a tense, eternal family that fractures beneath longing, obsession, and unending regret. Where to Find us: Matthew - Bluesky: @matthewglenn.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/matthewglenn.bsky.social - Website: DigitalDaydream.gay Kate - Bluesky: @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - Instagram: @ohmymithrandir - https://www.instagram.com/ohmymithrandir/ Music by Joshua Altman - Bluesky: @crooknook.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/crooknook.bsky.social Visit https://butwhytho.net/support to subscribe and get access to our bonus tier list segment
A vampire tells his epic life story: love, betrayal, loneliness, and hunger. Interview with the Vampire (1994) A vampire tells his epic life story: love, betrayal, loneliness, and hunger. Where to Find us: Matthew - Bluesky: @matthewglenn.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/matthewglenn.bsky.social - Website: DigitalDaydream.gay Kate - Bluesky: @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - Instagram: @ohmymithrandir - https://www.instagram.com/ohmymithrandir/ Music by Joshua Altman - Bluesky: @crooknook.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/crooknook.bsky.social Visit https://butwhytho.net/support to subscribe and get access to our bonus tier list segment
More Tagame The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame: Master of Gay Erotic Manga Volume 2 - Creator(s): Gengoroh Tagame - Chapters: Volume 2 - Where to read it: Fantagraphics & Book Stores https://www.tagame.org/enews/sample-page/english-books/the-passion-of-gengoroh-tagame-vol-2-eng/ The long-awaited second English language anthology from the master of “bara” manga. Kings, monks, cops, athletes: no manly man is safe from the deliciously depraved fantasies of gay manga master Gengoroh Tagame. In this unabashedly adult collection of BDSM comics, Tagame serves up what his fans love best: elaborate, sensational, beautifully rendered erotica. The long-awaited follow-up to Tagame’s breakthrough collection, The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame Vol. 2 features a treasure trove of long and short stories previously unpublished in English, accompanied by original essays and an exclusive new interview with the internationally renowned cartoonist. Featuring intense, explicit, over-the-top scenes of BDSM between hypermasculine men, The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame is a must-have for Tagame fans as well as fans of “Bara” manga (manga created primarily by gay men for a gay male audience) and bear cultures in general. Produced by veteran “Japanist” Anne Ishii and filmmaker Graham Kolbeins, with a jacket design by longtime Tagame fan and acclaimed graphic designer Chip Kidd. Where to Find us: Matthew - Bluesky: @matthewglenn.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/matthewglenn.bsky.social - Website: DigitalDaydream.gay Kate - Bluesky: @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - Instagram: @ohmymithrandir - https://www.instagram.com/ohmymithrandir/ Music by Joshua Altman - Bluesky: @crooknook.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/crooknook.bsky.social Visit https://butwhytho.net/support to subscribe and get access to our bonus tier list segment
Even more gay boy bands!! Given - Creator(s): Kizu Natsuki - Chapters: Volume 6-9 and 10th Mix - Where to read it: https://www.sublimemanga.com/given Ritsuka Uenoyama is bored with it all - with school, with his basketball club, and even with his one true passion: playing guitar. That is until the day he finds his favorite hidden napping spot occupied by a strange boy cradling a broken-stringed guitar. At first, Uenoyama is nonplussed by Mafuyu Sato and his slightly odd behavior, but when, on a whim, he asks Mafuyu to sing, the power of that song pierces him to the core. Where to Find us: Matthew - Bluesky: @matthewglenn.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/matthewglenn.bsky.social - Website: DigitalDaydream.gay Kate - Bluesky: @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - Instagram: @ohmymithrandir - https://www.instagram.com/ohmymithrandir/ Music by Joshua Altman - Bluesky: @crooknook.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/crooknook.bsky.social Visit https://butwhytho.net/support to subscribe and get access to our bonus tier list segment
The boys in the band Given - Creator(s): Kizu Natsuki - Chapters: Volume 1-5 - Where to read it: https://www.sublimemanga.com/given Ritsuka Uenoyama is bored with it all - with school, with his basketball club, and even with his one true passion: playing guitar. That is until the day he finds his favorite hidden napping spot occupied by a strange boy cradling a broken-stringed guitar. At first, Uenoyama is nonplussed by Mafuyu Sato and his slightly odd behavior, but when, on a whim, he asks Mafuyu to sing, the power of that song pierces him to the core. Where to Find us: Matthew - Bluesky: @matthewglenn.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/matthewglenn.bsky.social - Website: DigitalDaydream.gay Kate - Bluesky: @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - Instagram: @ohmymithrandir - https://www.instagram.com/ohmymithrandir/ Music by Joshua Altman - Bluesky: @crooknook.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/crooknook.bsky.social Visit https://butwhytho.net/support to subscribe and get access to our bonus tier list segment
It's giving epic. Epic Smut. Bongchon Bride - Creator(s): SON Gaepi - Chapters: Chapters 1-89 & Byeoljubu Special SS: 3 Chapters - Where to read it: Lezhin & Manta https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/bongchonbride https://manta.net/en/series/bongchon-bride-full-ver?seriesId=2799 "He bought me for 50 sacks of rice." Soongap is nearly beaten to death by his master when friendly giant Bongchun buys him and saves his life. Bongchun's blind mother is delighted, believing her son has finally brought home a bride. And the more Bongchun treats Soongap like his darling bride, the more things get heated... Where to Find us: Matthew - Bluesky: @matthewglenn.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/matthewglenn.bsky.social - Website: DigitalDaydream.gay Kate - Bluesky: @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - Instagram: @ohmymithrandir - https://www.instagram.com/ohmymithrandir/ Music by Joshua Altman - Bluesky: @crooknook.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/crooknook.bsky.social Visit https://butwhytho.net/support to subscribe and get access to our bonus tier list segment
More smut than substance? To Each His Own - Creator(s): Mulkkachi - Chapters: 1 - 24 - Where to read it: Lezhin https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/each_his_own Sangnam lives by one unshakable dating philosophy: “before you commit to it, you must hit it.” If the chemistry isn’t right, he won’t even consider a relationship. The problem is, finding someone who actually meets his standards is harder than it sounds. That’s when he notices Daol, a potential hottie with a not-so-sexy body. Sangnam casually suggests that he might consider dating Daol if he can “fix” him to suit his tastes, and a nervous but determined Daol agrees. What Sangnam doesn’t know is that Daol has a secret preference of his own…and one he definitely hasn’t told anyone yet. Where to Find us: Matthew - Bluesky: @matthewglenn.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/matthewglenn.bsky.social - Website: DigitalDaydream.gay Kate - Bluesky: @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - Instagram: @ohmymithrandir - https://www.instagram.com/ohmymithrandir/ Music by Joshua Altman - Bluesky: @crooknook.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/crooknook.bsky.social Visit https://butwhytho.net/support to subscribe and get access to our bonus tier list segment
This dog loves to bone! Woof Wolf - Creator(s): Magoo - Chapters: Complete (Chapters 1-55 + 6 Chapter Side Story) - Where to read it: Tappytoon, Tapas, & Lezhin https://www.tappytoon.com/en/book/woof-wolf-m https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/woofwolf https://tapas.io/series/woof-wolf-mature/info Min-woo and Jae-min have been eyeing one another across the classroom for ages, but so far they’ve only gotten hot and steamy together in their imaginations. Just as the sexual tension reaches a boiling point, Jae-min makes a shocking discovery: Min-woo is a werewolf! And this only excites him more! Will Min-woo be a good pup and make Jae-min howl in bed? The fangs and claws will surely come out this semester! Where to Find us: Matthew - Bluesky: @matthewglenn.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/matthewglenn.bsky.social - Website: DigitalDaydream.gay Kate - Bluesky: @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - Instagram: @ohmymithrandir - https://www.instagram.com/ohmymithrandir/ Music by Joshua Altman - Bluesky: @crooknook.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/crooknook.bsky.social Visit https://butwhytho.net/support to subscribe and get access to our bonus tier list segment
Age is only a very important number 2020 - Creator(s): Ryuha - Chapters: Season 2 and Side Stories - Where to read it: Lezhin https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/2020 Forced to live as a high school student due to his stepfather’s gambling debt, Jeong Hui-jae flees to a remote island to live with his grandmother so he can escape the pursuit of loan sharks. But just when he thinks he’s safe, Hui-Jae runs into trouble in the form of the local gangster squad: Bowlcut, Hatchet, and Cha Beomjoon. But when Hui-jae becomes Beomjoon’s errand boy, the two find themselves stuck not only on the island, but in a complicated love affair that leaves them both stranded in love… Where to Find us: Matthew - Bluesky: @matthewglenn.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/matthewglenn.bsky.social - Website: DigitalDaydream.gay Kate - Bluesky: @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - Instagram: @ohmymithrandir - https://www.instagram.com/ohmymithrandir/ Music by Joshua Altman - Bluesky: @crooknook.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/crooknook.bsky.social Visit https://butwhytho.net/support to subscribe and get access to our bonus tier list segment
Hot Rods, Stick Shifts, and Drive Shafts, Oh My!! Shutline - Creator(s): Kyou - Chapters: Season 1 & 2 (1-77) - Where to read it: Lezhin https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/shutline_en Shin is barely making ends meet, hustling as a rogue mechanic on the mean city streets. Problem is, work never comes easy and the dough is nothing to shout about. But when Jake pulls up with car trouble one day, it’s obvious that there’s money to be made: he’s tall, blond and dressed like a million bucks. Jackpot. And after such a handsome payday, Shin is reluctant to let this sucker go. Little does he know that giving Jake his number may be the biggest mistake he’s ever made. And it isn’t long before Jake wants more than his car fixing… (Source: Lezhin) Where to Find us: Matthew - Bluesky: @matthewglenn.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/matthewglenn.bsky.social - Website: DigitalDaydream.gay Kate - Bluesky: @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - Instagram: @ohmymithrandir - https://www.instagram.com/ohmymithrandir/ Music by Joshua Altman - Bluesky: @crooknook.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/crooknook.bsky.social Visit https://butwhytho.net/support to subscribe and get access to our bonus tier list segment
We're revisting problematic fave BOSS BITCH BABY - Creator(s): Dacto - Chapters: Season 1 - 2 and all the side stories - Where to read it: Tappytoon https://www.tappytoon.com/en/book/boss-bxtch-baby-m Would you rather be the target of a ruthless gang of loan sharks or become the boy-toy of an unhinged corporate heir for a year? This is the predicament Hojin finds himself in when Yooseong, a former one-night stand, wrestles him into a deal that’ll solve all his money problems. He’ll have to pay a hefty price in return, but Hojin soon comes to learn that his cruel master for a year hides a rather lonely heart. Thus, the two begin to grow closer... Will they actually find comfort in each other or will this year crush Hojin for good? Where to Find us: Matthew - Bluesky: @matthewglenn.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/matthewglenn.bsky.social - Website: DigitalDaydream.gay Kate - Bluesky: @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - Instagram: @ohmymithrandir - https://www.instagram.com/ohmymithrandir/ Music by Joshua Altman - Bluesky: @crooknook.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/crooknook.bsky.social Visit https://butwhytho.net/support to subscribe and get access to our bonus tier list segment
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