Welcome to Rotten Apples 🍎🍏🪱! We're your hosts, Kiki and Mimi, two somewhat-matured fujoshis (a.k.a., female fans of yaoi and boys' love) nearing their mid-t...
Ep. 4 | BL Review 02: King's Maker, by Haga and Kang Ji-young
Why is Wolfgang one of the funniest names of all time? Why is he such a chad, sugar daddy, and himbo all at the same time? Will Shin Soo-hyuk ever overcome his insecurities and embrace the sl*t he truly is? Why is Lord Sys actually GOATED? And the most pressing question of all: what episode are we on? Check out our embarrassingly brief, chaotic review of Haga's and Kang Ji-young's popular BL manhwa King's Maker. Learn how real-world racial and geopolitical disparities are mirrored in the Goldenleonard Kingdom, why the 2010 A:TLA live action is ass, and why pasta is made of chickpeas nowadays. Do stick around to discover the dogsh*t origin story of Rotten Apples, witness a sizzling hot take on NBC's Hannibal, and endure various microaggressions and slurs.
Make sure to check out King's Maker on TappyToon. TW for pedophilia, insinuated incest, sexual content, and coercion.
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Ep. 3 | We Pass AP Bio With Our Insane Knowledge of the Omegaverse and Bussy Culture
No discussion of BL (boys' love) or yaoi is complete without an uncomfortable foray into A/B/O dynamics. What is it and how does it work? Nobody knows, least of all the content creators. Flip your browsers to incognito boys, because the Omegaverse is back. Discover its suspiciously furry origins, the reasons the concept is so goddamn popular, the f*cking embarrassing amount of real-world time wasted on it in actual court, and best of all, how the elusive sigma male factors in. Stay for unasked insights on your hosts’ questionable kinks.
The omegaverse isn't without its own set of real-world controversies. TW for references to non-consent and rampant, systemic misogyny.
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Ep. 2 | BL Review 01: Payback, by SamK and FujoKing
Why are Lee Yoo-han and Yoon Jay so f*cking dumb when they're together but badasses when they're apart? Why is Yoo-han so inexplicably attractive when the story goes out of its way to stress that he's not? Why is there a manager with a permanent UwU face, and why is Song Myeong-shin such a bitch? Join Kiki and Mimi for the second episode of Rotten Apples and our first-ever installment of our BL review series, where we try and fail to answer all of your burning questions. Make sure to check out the English translation on Lezhin.
Toxic, content is toxic, as is the BL genre generally. TW for depictions of non-consent.
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Pilot | We Attempt to Justify the Gateway Dr*gs That Led Us into Yaoi Hell
BL, yaoi, shōnen-ai, MLM, bara—various Western abbreviations and Japanese terminologies exist to blanket a niche subset of homosexual media. Looking back on it now, we think it's niche for a reason, and we f*cked that up too. Join us to learn what led two young, otherwise innocent individuals to descend into a spiral of uncontrollable lust that continues to shadow our daily lives. (Join us to also NOT learn who between us is Kiki and Mimi. We forgot to introduce ourselves. Good luck figuring that out.)
**This episode is 27 minutes long, and we mention 30+ minutes in the recording. We can't edit it out without sounding even more like actual n00bs than we already are.
Welcome to Rotten Apples 🍎🍏🪱! We're your hosts, Kiki and Mimi, two somewhat-matured fujoshis (a.k.a., female fans of yaoi and boys' love) nearing their mid-twenties. Yes, we do need help. From the latest BL manhwa chapters, to NOTP's and fandom culture, to the complex, evolving relationship between homoerotic media and the real world, we promise our commentary captures it all. Chances are you're here because you're just like us. That must suck. Join us for extremely irregular updates on the days corporate America has released us from indentured servitude. Please be 18+, we're begging you.
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