BLBL NEWSLETTER - OCTOBER 2022
Welcome all to the October 2022 edition of the Brilliant Library of Boys Love Newsletter! \(≧▽≦)/
The contents of this newsletter are as follows: (click on the titles to jump to that section!)
- Our BL Summer Anthology is complete!
- Artober at the BL Palace
- Newly completed BL novels on Scribble Hub (September 2022)
- BL author news
- The banner chibis
- OG BL novel recommendations
- General BL News
- Fun corner
- Housekeeping for BL Palace
- Acknowledgements
1. Our BL Summer Anthology is complete!
Hot sunny days perfect for some icecream; cool starry nights perfect to snuggle up with a loved one, and everything in between. Dress appropriately and come over for some golden gaytimes!
Cover drawn by @Killokii
2. Artober at the BL Palace
Carrying on the tradition of last year, the BL Palace is hosting our own artober and we encourage all artist to participate to practice their art skills!
To participate, join our BL Palace discord server. Inspiration pictures are posted daily in the #art-chat channel.
Feel free to post your drawings in #sharing-art-is-caring to share with us all! If it’s too spicy for young eyes… well, you know the drill (#papapavillion 😳)
All (SFW) works will be featured in a special chapter of the BLBL Newsletter. If you don't want to be included, please tell us!
Here are all the prompts for this month! On free days feel free to take a rest or draw whatever your heart desires~~~
1 - crescent
2 - fur
3 - flame
4 -scales
5 - branches
6 - (Free Day!)
7 - snow
8 - storm
9 - vines
10 - Book
11 - paw
12 - (Free Day!)
13 - knight
14 - gear
15 - bird
16 - ego
17 - uh-oh
18 -(Free Day!)
19 - Hug
20 - Grim
21 - Journey
22 - Strawberry
23 - Unholy
24 - (Free Day!)
25 - Abs and muscles
26 - Mycelium
27 - Empress
28 - Insect
29 - Hat
30 - Pet
31 - Moon
3. Newly completed BL novels on Scribble Hub (September 2022)
Here are the novels that were completed in September 2022!
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Diet Blues (Summoner MC) by doravg74k | 70 ch | Action, Adventure, Boys Love, Fantasy, Romance, Slice of Life, Supernatural Diets...well, Thomas must have gone through them all. He would lose some weight, then gain it back, plus about as much of the extra weight. As a receptionist at the Orestria adventurer's guild, he doesn't get the chance to exercise much. Not that he can, seeing as his endurance is low. Then, just as he stopped a new diet, he gets told that an S ranked vampire is offering seminars and couching on weight loss. With no other alternative and not wanting to gain all his two kilograms that he had lost with the last diet, Thomas decides to give it a chance. All Lucius asks for is one litter of blood every three days as payment. And, so, Thomas learns about the magical zone. And then he puts it to the test. Then, the other diet that he cooks up. After that, the next... No smut. This is a fat to fit journey with meal plans. I am currently on this diet, so the MC's progress will be the same as my own. You can easily follow the meal plans, if you need to. |
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(BL) Gray Hart by nrseventeen20.6k | 13 ch | Boys Love, Drama, Psychological, Romance, Slice of Life Hart is a car mechanic. Gray is a photographer. Hart drinks and never misses a fight. Gray can't recover from his loss. It seems they have nothing in common. And perhaps they would never have met, but by chance they became roommates.
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The Family Business by doravg47k | 44 ch | Adult, Adventure, Boys Love, Comedy, Fantasy, Slice of Life, Supernatural "Johnny, don't leave me, you said you will love me forever!" Those words didn't stop Johnny Morrel from leaving the elf mafia boss Filarion Elathana, the head of the Elathana family. And, over what? Just because of the small family business that Filarion is running. He just supplies adventurer's guild drop-outs with weapons and potions. It is a lucrative business, by far. One that has spread all over the Roarin Empire. "You said you are no fool, that you are not a chump" Those words ended up with Johnny warding his house, and sending Filarion's things back via a delivery man. Maybe, if Filarion had not held a knife at Johnny's throat as he said them, things would have gone differently, but Filarion was an optimist. "I will have your heart on a platter!" These words were followed by a court order, a restraining order, and the emperor looking into Filarion's dealings. Now, the Elathana family is at risk of being exposed, and send to prison. So, Filarion sent Johnny one last letter, to express his fillings for the human adventurer, who moonlighted as a tank. "They will bust your knee caps!" A short note, but from the heart. One that made Johnny hire a necromancer to guard him, as much as Adam doesn't like the job. Or Johnny's paranoia. A crack novel, with a yandare male elf, who wants to get back together with his human lover, despite his tendency of putting his foot in his mouth. With adventuring and yes, redemption. For once, a happy ending for the yandare. |
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Anti-cake Dungeon Delving by doravg126.7k | 118 ch | Action, Adventure, Boys Love, Fantasy, Harem, Romance, Slice of Life, Supernatural Leander is a healer. But he is not like those healers who have it all: the fame, the money and the harems. Because he is chubby. Ranked only F, he struggles with life as a new recruit in the Adventurer's Guild. Until he sees a poster that changes his life and sends him on a journey to lose weight, get the fame, money and the harem. Except, his harem will be full of men. But, such is fate. This is a slow burn BL harem with dungeon delving. It follows the old adventurer's guild troupes with some twists and turns. A journey from zero to hero, one could say. |
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Inheriting the Influence #2 by MyLadyQueen39.8k | 32 ch | Boys Love, Drama, Mystery With the discovery of his son, Romeo is now bound to Halo. Thinking that he could patch things up with him was a mistake as life had its obstacles for the couple, especially with their past always coming and going. Halo struggles with coming to terms with his miscarriage and with Romeo in their lives. He feels he can shut down at any minute. Mason, who recovered from his near death, finds out that he had two possible fathers. One was his biological and the other, has a son who is more than interesting. Will the two boys become friends with future developments as they grow older, or do they become enemies as their fathers are? Struggling with love all his life, Niam finally lets go and lives for himself. Giving up the children he loved with all his heart and giving birth to another that might not be Justin’s or Anthony’s? What troubles, heart-warming moments and deception lie ahead for the characters of Under the Influence and who will Understand this Influence? |
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When you are dead, but not by doravg26.8k | 25 ch | Adult, Adventure, Boys Love, Comedy, Fantasy, Mature, Romance, Supernatural In this urban fantasy novella, you will follow Julius. He sells water filtering systems in Algeria. There is a slight hitch with that, the systems are knockoffs. So, one night, a vampire local comes to him, and attacks him in retribution. That sends Julius on a journey to find aristocratic vampires, who can show him the ropes. How come the vampire who turned him can't do it? A vampire turning another into a vampire is deadly for them. Follow Julius as he travels, and ends up in Hungary, where he meets Ferenc. The very picture of an aristocratic vampire. There is another problem in Julius's life, though. He is fat, and Ferenc is so out of his league, that it is not even funny. |
![[BL] Golden Gaytimes](https://cdn.scribblehub.com/images/26/bl-golden-gaytimes_537604_1667897988.jpg) |
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Golden Gaytimes by the BL Palace62.5k | 26 ch | Boys Love Hot sunny days perfect for some icecream; cool starry nights perfect to snuggle up with a loved one, and everything in between. Dress appropriately and come over for some golden gaytimes! |
4. BL author news
No author news this month 🥺🥺🥺
5. Who are the chibis?
Did you see the chibis on our heading banner? Do you know where they come from? Such a mystery~ 😏😏
In every BLBL Newsletter, we dedicate a corner to showcase our staff's incredible artistic talent and give a shout-out to a handful of beautiful BL couples from novels featured on our very own Scribblehub! σ(≧ε≦ｏ)
This month's chibis are courtesy of these lovely and hardworking artists: Killokii and tiaf!
Have you read enough BL novels to guess which books these cute and adorable chibis are from? There's no punishment for guessing wrong! But if you guessed correctly before the big reveal you might just receive a cookie! 🍪🍪🍪🍪
Now, drum-roll please! 🥁🥁🥁
Shafir and Eliqinor from Romance of a Cursed Knight by PumpkinEwe
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Jules and Bastien from Falling In Love In a Haunted House by RS_Vaesen
Did you like these chibis a lot? Would you also like to have chibis of your BL characters drawn? If you have a finished or regularly updating novel with over 20k words, you can fill out this form to have a chibi of your main couple drawn and included in the newsletter banner!
6. OG BL novel recommendations
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The Reincarnated Villainous Young Master’s Guide to Happiness by ClowdIn progress | 35 ch | Boys Love, Fluff, Fantasy, Angst, Slice of Life, Historical, Rebirth Review by bafflinghaze: In Neo's first life, he was the villain in a European fantasy setting, plotting every day to kill his younger brother, only to die by his blade. In Neo's second life, he was a genius medical researcher in modern times. Now, in Neo's third life, he's back in his original world, with a chance to live life again and fix his mistakes. Sometimes, he makes mistakes while trying to fix mistakes. I'm not sure who the ML is, though my personal shippy feelings has it at Rainier, Neo's servant, and one of the people Neo had personally wronged. Of course, in this third life, Neo is able to slowly fix his relationship with Rainer and their feelings get better (hence the shippy vibes!). In fact, there are a *lot* of male characters of similar ages around, so there are a lot of potential ships!!! My favourite part of this is probably the magical~herbally~potions~theory, since Neo is a genius at alchemy and magic. This story has a lot of the same setting vibes as those reincarnated-as-a-villainess/villain-in-a-European-fantasy novels/manga, so I recommend this if you like those kinds of stories! Summary:
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In Neo’s past life, he was a wicked man who schemed wickedly against those he shouldn’t have. It is what led to his eventual demise at the hands of those people. After dying and reincarnating into the modern world, he became a successful medical researcher in order to pay back all his wicked deeds. He died again from working too hard and is sent back to the beginning, before his schemes and wicked deeds offended the wrong people. This second chance might be his salvation. He must try his best to fix all that he’s ruined! It is said that the oldest Young Master of the Odum Family has become strange as of late. Perhaps he is plotting something? Aish, that scummy troublemaker better not be thinking of plotting against his younger brother again. Everyone, duck and cover! Don’t want to be in the crossfire! Neo: Alright! My first order of business–repent for my sins! Neo’s Sin-Filled Reputation Meter: Beyond Negative One-Hundred. The Scummy Troublemaker. Bastard. Whoreson. Trash. Worse-than-Trash. Neo: ………… Cover by Chaotic. You can check out their other works on Instagram @sg_chaotics!
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7. General BL News
YaoiOtaku is a forum for BL lovers. They have a lot of links to Mangas / BLCDs / BL Shows. I usually get my CDs from here. The more general stuff can be a little dead but it still a good place to just look around to get recs or translated/raw stuff that's not everywhere. - hat tip to oofcat
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English cover reveal for The Husky and His White Cat Shizun - hat tip to bafflinghaze
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October BL Drama Releases, collated by Bear (reddit) - hat tip to bafflinghaze
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Veronica Purcell wrote an article about the future for online BL novels! - hat tip to bafflinghaze
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8. Fun corner
That writer urge, by C.G. Drews - hat tip to bafflinghaze
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Artists to check out:
akai (Does BL fanart of the game Arknights)
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牛奶 (NU Carnival fanartist)
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花扣扣 (BL fanartist for western fandoms such as DC. Also has chef's kiss art)
- hat tip to oofcat
9. Housekeeping for BL Palace
Please directly DM the account or message bafflinghaze in order to get something posted or retweeted on the BL Palace twitter account. This includes:
- promotions of any original BL novel, either yours or a recommendation
- fan or official artwork of any original BL novel, either yours or a recommendation
- Any tweets about more general BL news that you think should also be retweeted
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10. Acknowledgements
This Newsletter was brought to you by the following people: bafflinghaze and Killokii!
Please give another round of applause to the lovely artists who made this month's BLBL Newsletter chibi banner: Killokii and tiaf!!
And finally, thank you to all those who submitted items for the newsletter!
And with that, we are done! Hope to see you on the next chapter of the newsletter!
And as always—
bafflinghaze· Oct 20, 2022
