Rotten Apples

Many forms of love exist. We support this. Many sorts of holes also exist. And that, goes without saying. All's fair in love and war.Travel with us to the cold, Napoleon-proof land of Western Russia where we dissect a dysfunctional couple and someone also almost literally gets dissected. It's like decently okay in the end though, kind of. This is Russia, you know.TW: toxic manipulation, graphic violence, drugging, non-consent. Please do not listen if you're not 18+.

And so the chair creaks, and the sirens sing their song. Sorry. We don't know how to edit audio.Also, Shrek? Shrooms? No. Just danmei. 🤷‍♀️ Join your hosts Mimi and Kiki for a deep dive and many tangents into the thriving world of Chinese BL media. The hype is growing, but why? How's it different from the rest? What's the big deal? Find several of your answers here at most.Trigger warnings as usual for sensitive, NSFW content, some of which involves problematic relationship dynamics

How many times does Kiki mention inappropriate cigarette disposal practices in this episode? Certainly not enough to indicate any subliminal interests...Welcome to our third BL review, where we explore one of the genre's most iconic horror comics. From gaslighting galore to twisted notions of self-motivation, everyone in this story is a terrible human being and we are here for it.TW: toxic manipulation, dubious consent at best, graphic scenes, and lots and lots of death. Please do not listen if

What do cartels, the laws of thermodynamics, and BL have in common? You guessed it: fanfiction. Join Kiki and Mimi, neither of whom has yet confirmed who is who but it's anyone's guess at this point, for a 2-hour deep dive into the good old tropes and familiar icks pervading the literature we all call home.Our three years MIA do not count. (It's called method acting.)Note: Our mics broke and we're literally having tea in this episode, so please excuse the crap audio quality and

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

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

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

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