Ben, NiNi, Ginny and Shan look back at 2023 and ahead to 2024 in QL. Episode transcript available here. 00:00:00 Welcome 00:01:15 Introduction 00:03:24 Question: Holding back takes for the podcast 00:05:39 Question: Under-discussed topics in the discourse 00:12:44 Question: The draw of Japanese BL 00:20:45 Question: Stories about older characters 00:25:22 Question: Cross-country adaptations 00:31:21 Question: Biggest wins and losses of the bl industry in 2023 00:36:38 Question: The next big BL trope wave 00:40:30 Question: Welcome back, Kotter and go home, Roger 00:46:45 Question: To all the lurkers 00:49:31 2023 Headlines 00:53:31 Best Boy and Best Girl 00:56:17 2024 QL Resolutions 01:01:43 The BGP! 01:11:05 The Year Ahead (GIVE US LESBIANS!) 01:24:58 Outro