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Every friend group should include...
A himbo,
A mean bisexual,
An even meaner lesbian,
She/theys and he/theys
A token straight that’s on thin ice,
An astrology bitch who has everyone’s birth chart memorized,
And a short king
Wait so if a Lan being drunk means they switch personalities (ie LXC going from calm to energetic and LWJ going from stick up the ass to shameless) does that mean LJY would be the most perfect Lan to ever Lan in the history of lan and LQR would be just a walking disaster?
LWJ isn’t being “shameles though more on “being a spoiled child” hahahaha ok wait actually his 3rd time being drunk might prove otherwise ashbdfhksla and well LJY being a poised drunk is one of the LJY headcanons I love lol LQR would rather yeet himself than suffer any indignation
Could someone draw Neil Josten in this T-shirt please? Or Andrew? Or any of the Foxes?
Because this is so him and I bet Allison or Andrew brought this top for him for fun.
Sarawat: I am literally the gayest bl protagonist.
Kurosawa: hi
Sarawat: I write songs for Tine
Kurosawa: I recite poetry for Adachi
Sarawat: oh well I pined for Tine for a whole year.
Kurosawa: :)
Sarawat: what?
Kurosawa: 7
Sarawat:
Kurosawa: 7 years.
Could someone draw Neil Josten in this T-shirt please? Or Andrew? Or any of the Foxes?
Because this is so him and I bet Allison or Andrew brought this top for him for fun.
Keith Kogane’s fingerless gloves.
I was wondering why he wears them so much. Is it just a fashion? Or something else.
I have an old injury in my right hand and it cause me to get arthritic like pain in the fingers and wrist. So I wear fingerless gloves or hand warmers to help with the pain. Maybe Keith has something similar. That he wears his gloves because of arthritis and the gloves support his hands and keeps them warm.
I know they’re not really designed for it but I just love the idea of him having old injuries that can affect him but he is able to over come them. Also Shiro being the only one who knows about it. So he brings Keith different types of gloves for him the change between.
Also sword fighting! I personally find it harder to do small things such as gripping a pen or pencil compared to gripping a handle as there’s different muscles involved. So the idea of Keith being able to grip a sword with his whole hand but struggling with a gun because of the trigger is so good. Him struggling with writing and typing but still able to slice enemies to death with his swords!!
Just think about it for a minute please.
10.31 祝你过个愉快的生日 (◕▿◕✿)
↳ @mdzsnet MDZS 5th Anniversary Day 1 Wei Wuxian: Unforgettable
↳ @fytheuntamed Untamed Fall Fest Day 31 Wei Wuxian
History 3: Make our days count. (Spoilers included)
I loved everything about this show apart from the last episode.
I mean yeah, Haoting bullying Shigu them trying to date him is a bit weird but i think it was well explained. He didn’t do most of the bullying, that was his friends being overprotective. Then when he stopped Shigu from attending his exam, he realised the severity of what he had done. Yeah, he could have done better but his character is immature and selfcentred. It fits well with his character. He then goes through a regret stage where he realised that his actions were wrong.
He is a immature teen boy whose never had to deal with responsibility. That shows. So yeah, he could have done better but these flaws make his character so real and interesting. Shigu learns through him to enjoy life and have fun. While Haoting learns from Shigu how to take things seriously. They both go through so much character development and I love it. It makes everything so real and potent. Like yeah, Haoting made Shigu moss and exam. But Shigu forgives him and doesn’t hold on to grudges. They both learn together, which is realistic and wonderful.
Then there’s Sun Bo and Chigang. Yeah the age gap is a bit weird. It took me a while to warm up to them because of that. But I’ve known people with larger ages gaps in their relationships. Sun Bo is seventeen, turning eighteen in the show so he becomes legally of age. Chigang does not pressure him at all, he actually refuses to start a relationship with him because of the age difference. He is not with Sun Bo because he’s younger. It’s not like that. In every one of their shows, History explores real romance. The age gap between Chigang and SunBo is smaller than the age gap in History2:Right or Wrong.
Both Chigang and Sun Bo love each other as a person, not because of sexuality. SunBo even mentions that Chigang is the first man he’s ever liked. And if it was just about sexuality on Chigang’s part, he would have turned Sun Bo down due to his age (which he technically did anyway).
In all, I think both relationships are human and realistic. Relationships, in any given form, are messy. If I was to hold a grudge against everyone whose ever been mean to me, I would have no friends. Haoting realises his mistakes. Shigu learns to live rather than just survive. Sun Bo learns how to love and fight for his love. And Chigang learns how to let himself be loved.
The only thing that I don’t like is the last episode and Shigu’s death. But death is tragic and sudden and unexplainable. Somethings accidents happen. Yes! Shigu shouldn’t have died and it was a shitty ending, but death doesn’t care about life. Tragedy happens all the time. The History company aim to show life like and realistic shows, and that means tragedy and shitty endings.
What I always love about History shows is that it feels real. Like these are actual stories. (Not including trapped or any history 1. That is all a fantasy. Amazing, but the most unrealistic of their shows despite the epicness of the dramas). It makes me connect with them more. The banter, the flaws, the character development. All of it is golden and poignant.
All these boys deserve the world. No matter what mistakes they make.
I thank History for all their dramas.
with how sqq looks at lbh here, how was sqq ever surprised that lbh fell in love with him ;-;
trying to write a comment on an awesome fic is really hard
me as a writer
In England, in a town called Uckfield, there is a skate, surf and snowboard shop on the high street. It’s called pipedreams. Which automatically reminds me of Andreil.
Maybe Neil owns a extreme sports shop in the uk and Andrew is travelling with Kevin and they go to get equipment.
(I sort of think that Neil would be a kickass skater/snowboarder. Maybe Andrew is a skier? Or he surfs?)
But they meet and get all competitive and the story goes on from there?
Someone one expand this idea please!
my favorite bl’s as weird ao3 tags (part one | part two)
trapped appreciation week || day 04 ↳ funniest scene
I’m dead. These are too accurate.
my favorite bl’s as weird ao3 tags (part one | part two)
Harsh 😂
mm whatcha say
Never has a quote been more relevant or accurate
Preach!!!!!!^
I JUST WANNA TALK ABOUT NIE HUAISANG FOR A HOT MINUTE.
Ok. The Untamed / Mo Dao Zu Shi has a lot of awesome characters. Wei Wuxian and Lan Zhan? Epic. Love ‘em. Wen Ning? Precious. And I would die for the Juniors.
One character I was absolutely sleeping on was Nie Huaisang.
Now, one of my favorite tropes is Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass, except Nie Huaisang isn’t any sort of secret kung-fu master. He’s legitimately bad in a fight, and would rather other people do it for him anyway. And he’s not a schemer, not really - he stays in his lane, minds his own business. He just wants to sit here and feed his birds.
Except he’s always paying attention. He’s absolutely an airhead, but he’s listening. And watching. And asking the questions that sound dumb but make another character realize something important.
This ambush predator’s strength is being underestimated by literally everyone.
And he could have so easily been evil. He and Jin Guangyao have this in common: they are polite, and subserviant, and people don’t think much of them. But while JGY seeks recognition, power, and retribution, Nie Huaisang be minding his own business.
Until he isn’t. (Aw now you fucked up!) Then he’s gonna end this man’s whole career - with minimal effort and personal risk, of course.
Just, wouldn’t it be a shame if the one guy with the power and motive to end you came back to life? And almost immediately met up with his soulmate “good friend” who would both kill and die for him? Wouldn’t it be a shame if the people who knew your darkest secrets were empowered and allowed to tell their story? Aw, nuts. Rough for you, man.
But my favorite part is how he absolutely wants no recognition. When JGY gets the chance, he monologues for two episodes. Nie Huaisang doesn’t say shit, and he would appreciate it if you’d stop bringing it up, actually.
I just - I might have to rewatch the show just for him, because during those last few episodes, every time he turned up just to say how he didn’t know anything about this or that, I almost died.
Dude took a nap face-first on a dirt floor for hours just to avoid confrontation. Fucking legend.
Wei Ying scaring the dog (and the dog scaring Wei Ying)
I get what this person is saying but I don’t agree.
I read Seven Days the manga and watched the films years before I read Date Me Bryson Keller, and while they are similar with the whole ‘date for a week thing’ it’s different. I can see how the author of the book drew inspiration or took Seven days as a writing prompt. But the character’s are completely different. The whole dating for a week is a dare and is well explained. In the manga it is passed off as the guy breaking it off with girls because they don’t click. In Bryson Keller, it’s a dare and a game.
So no. I wouldn’t say that it is plagiarising. He only copied the ‘date for a week’ concept which I have read in other books as well. It’s a pretty common prompt. The book is so much more than that. The plot is about having the confidence to be yourself and how the main character develops his courage and bravery. It’s also about him confronting his family and finding the will to fight for himself.
The book also explores what it means to me mixed race and LGBT. It puts to words the complexity with being mixed and growing up, while also dealing with the difficulties of coming out.
While I loved Seven days the manga, it was all about the romance.
I will repeat myself. The book is far more complex and deserves not to be judged by the manga. Just as the manga should not be judged by the book. Both deal with their own cultures and characters. The writing prompt maybe the same. But they are also so different.
Please give them both a try. They are amazing.
It’s 2020 and people are still out here westernizing non-Western works and selling it as their own I’m so tired. Please go read Tachibana Venio & Takarai Rihito’s Seven Days instead.
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จูบๆ 💋
This was so good. Highly recommend.
Review of Gameboys
I know I am late to the game, but I been a little busy. For starters, my aunt moved to another state just a couple of days ago, so I helped her pack stuffs and get everything set up. I was pretty much with her 24/7. Then I helped my cousin moved out too, and I was also busy with my own work. But, that didn’t stop me from watching some BL during my free time, and one that really got my attention and I think deserves all the hype is GAMEBOYS
Gameboys is the story of Cairo and Gav. Cairo is a gamer who streams his games, and Gav was one of his followers. After Gav wins a match againts Cairo, he sends him a friend request in a platform I feel its like facebook (lmao). Gav doesn’t waste time, and tells him that if he wins another match againts Cairo, he is going to start flirting with him. Gav wins the game and he starts flirting with Cairo.
However, although this is all cute and all, what got my attention was not just their love story, but where and how their friendship ( and later relationship) starts, but how the director and crew incorporated what some of us are living during the pandemic. For instance:
1. Lockdown
The majority of our countries, states, and cities, are in lockdown. Although some of our countries are moving faster than other in reopening again everything, we are still limited in the number of times we can go out, or we have curfews. The majority of us are trying to keep ourselves busy, trying to forget a little than we are living in the middle of a pandemic and that doctor, nurses, and essential workers are putting their lives on risks for us. We see can Gav and Cairo talk about how they are trying to live their lives in lockdown, and how their whole lives changed. Moreover, every time we see how they get into social media there are posts about how essential workers are doing, what their government is doing right or wrong. I think in a way, the director is making a wake up call to some governments that are not helping or protecting their people. For instance, I do not know if I mentioned this but I was not born in the United States, I was born in El Salvador, and although the president of El Salvador did an amazing job to try and stop the spreading of the virus before it hit our country, a lot of other countries did not, like Mexico, Peru, Brazil, and Ecuador. I am not saying that other politicians did not do what they could to protect their people, but right now, as far as I know, are hot spots in South America. Even here, Texas right now is worse than what New York was when the pandemic started, our governor Cuomo, is trying to stop people from Texas coming to NY, because we barely got out of the worse.
2. Essential workers
Through the whole series we see how Cairo and Gav supporting essential workers, whether it is by reposting a status, or by preparing meals. More than once Gav was preparing healthy meals for the essential workers. I think this dynamic is helping us to appreciate what these people are doing for us. THEY ARE HEROES, and Gav and Cairo are helping us see that what we can do is staying home. In the later episode we see different doctors and nurses helping people, covering themselves with masks that look like those in scary movies. It is just a wake up call for us too.
3. Families fighting the virus
If you watched the show you know that Cairo’s dad has the virus. All through the series we see how Cairo seems sad because of it, and I am not giving spoilers but we know now why. If you guys had families, friends, or people you just knew around your neighborhood that had the virus, you know how hard it is for their families. My mother was exposed to the virus, to the point that myself and my father experience the symptoms. I lost some pounds because I was not eating properly due that you literally do not have taste or smell. However, I am thankful to God that our condition was not too bad to go to the hospital. My mother and father did not experience fevers at all, but I did. I had fever for two weeks and I was in the middle of finals at my College too. Either way, when I watched how Cairo’s life was put upside down because of his father having the virus, and how much he cared for him, I really felt for him.
4. Friends and Love
I think this is a story that has everything in it. I do not have words to explain enough how Gav and Pearl helped Cairo to be happier in his little and small world where he felt so alone. It is just so magical to see their friendship blossom, as well as the love between Gav and Cairo.
5. Acceptance
I cannot explain either this theme in the story, but I can say the words that Cairo’s mom said to him “Don’t apologize for being who you are.”
I hope you give this BL a try. In this lockdown, Gameboys is literally something I look forward every Friday. I CAN’T WAIT FOR EP 9
Side note:
I been having some ideas about a fanfic involving the 4 pillars of GMM, each one having their little story, but they have been friends since high school. I have like an idea, but I do not if you guys would like it. Each couple will face little obstacles like
Kris and Singto would like to adopt a child
Bright and Win having a hard time with their coworkers to accept
Off and Gun trying to marry
Tay and New trying to come out to their parents.
And I have like little guest in each episode like Mew and Gulf, and other people from different BLs… I have like the whole plot of the story of Krist and Singto, but just let me know guys if you want to read something like that
All love,
Lullaby
The dedication inside The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky is hilarious. And probably a mood.
Here's a love poem I put together using only lines from gay books because they are THAT lyrical
In order of appearance:
●Sappho (the title)
●The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
●Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
●Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
●Tin Man by Sarah Winman
●Ash by Malinda Lo
●Prince's Gambit by C. S. Pacat
●A Gathering of Shadows by V. E. Schwab
●The Portrait of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
●Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
●The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
●This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
●Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
●The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
●The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
●Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by B. A. Sáenz
●The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Me, watching MDZS the anime: “Jin Guangyao is a sneaky little shit. I can’t wait for him to be revealed”.
Me, watching The Untamed: “oh no, this poor baby. Someone save him before he kills anyone else”.
The untamed gave me feelings. If only Meng Yao had been given a better life, he may not have been so evil.
Apropos of nothing let me say that while I absolutely agree that Joe and Nicky’s “Depends on the century/We fight for what we think is right” answer to Nile’s question about whether they’re the good guys is partially a reference to their murder-related meet-cute situation, when it comes to who might be feeling guilty about the decisions that led them there…one (1) person in that relationship signed up to travel to a foreign land and conquer a city full of people (which, famously, ended in a massacre) on the grounds of My Religion Says We Should Be In Charge Here, and his name is not Yusuf ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Kaysani.