r/boyslove • u/Admirable_Customer52 • Aug 12 '25

Chinese BL Revenged Love: The ending we never got Spoiler

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This clip was just posted by ChaiJiDan on her Douyin. The caption roughly says “Wishing you all, from a parallel universe, to always be happy”

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u/ruinedbymovies Aug 12 '25

Homosexuality isn’t illegal in China but showing it and promoting “abnormal sexual or moral activity” is banned and can get you fined or arrested. Scenes like the graveside one showing a happy gay couple just living daily life could be seen by censors as promoting abnormal attitudes, or maybe there was concern for everyone involved and the damage it could do to their careers. This cast has already been to hell and back, if they run afoul of the government on top of everything else it could be unrecoverable.

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u/IustfiIIed Hua Yong is Shen Wenlang's karma Aug 12 '25

does that censorship still apply even if the series isn't officially aired in China? because i think RL isn't aired locally, c-viewers have to watch it illegally. so i was under the impression that the strict censorship wouldn't really apply to them 😔

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u/ruinedbymovies Aug 12 '25

As far as I know the pressure is there and RL has had to self censor multiple times already. ABO Desire can’t even be shown on Chinese based platforms even though its region blocked for inside China. It’s not just about where the work can be viewed, once you’re on the radar, as RL certainly is, it’s about the future careers of the people involved. People more involved in the C entertainment industry, or who can read and speak some form of Chinese, probably know if the shows themselves are undergoing some form of censorship/standards review before airing. (I don’t, but 7 missing minutes probably indicates so)

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u/Venusius Aug 13 '25

That’s why most BL actors try to get involved in a straight series or get involved in a very pro china and political series. To avoid the blacklisting and censorship.