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15 Day BL Challenge (part 4)

59. What's a hill you're willing to die on when it comes to BL?

Omg, yes, someone asked me!!!!!

I will die on this hill, fite me.

*ahem*

Cupid’s Last Wish is a good series!

I know there is a shit ton of hate for this series and I have absolutely no idea why. It is a masterclass in physical acting, seriously, it is phenomenal! The story is very basic, because the focus of the series is the character’s journey and self discovery. Korn and Win already knows they’re in love, the story begins with them already knowing that they love one another, they just haven’t acted on those feelings nor have they admitted their feelings to one another. But never once does the narrative act like we the viewers are supposed to wonder if they love one another, that’s not the point of the plot. It’s how miscommunication and grief can blind someone so much that they lose themselves within those feelings.

In the case of the series, Win literally loses himself thanks to his anger. He nearly kills his body and damns his sister’s soul, so he must go on a pilgrimage with Korn to heal his own soul whilst his body is wavering between life and death which could very well take his sister’s soul with it. Korn, his best friend of 22 years and soulmate is the only person who can see him whilst trapped in his sister Lin’s body, because Korn always sees Win for who he really is. And of course we have the conniving mother, a well meaning family friend and a mysterious monk.

This is some of Mix’s best acting, not just as Win since Mix doesn’t usually play such a toxic character. But because for most of the runtime he is playing a male character trapped inside a female’s body, trying to trick everyone expect for three people that he is in fact a woman. Jan is fantastic in the role as well, because when she’s onscreen she must act as if she is a male stuck in an woman’s body with a male’s mind, trying to convince people she’s a woman.

It’s a complete mind fuck! Mix and Jan are fantastic as Win, the way they carry themselves, walk the same, stand the same, take up the same space, speak the same way. But don’t think Earth has it easy in this series either, because he had to make sure he held, touched and spoke to Mix and Jan exactly the same way. So when they edited the scenes to overlap, seeing Jan’s body instead of Mix’s, Earth is in the exact same position with both of them.

Seriously, if you dropped this series, try it again. Watch it just for the acting, because it’s phenomenal.

Also it has what might be the best onscreen reaction to menstruation from a male’s point of view without it being misogynistic, gross or rude. They make some jokes, like Korn not knowing what kind of pads to get for Win when he starts his period, and of course how Win feels having to care for and clean his sister’s body in a respectful manner. How he experiences her emotions, her hormonal shift, the pain of cramps, the way his whole body aches and how sick he feels. Korn is also so caring, trying to help Win through something he’d never experienced before without crossing a line with Lin’s body because whilst it’s Win, his best friend and love of his life, and when he looks at Lin he sees Win in his mind, it is still Lin’s body physically there. And as much as he loved Win, wanted Win, Lin was a baby sister to him and he could not, would not, touch Lin’s body in a sexual manner.

At the end of the series when he admits to Win and Lin’s mother that ‘something happened’ between him and Lin (it was Win, but in Lin’s body) all he meant was that Win had kissed him. Yes, he had kissed Win, shared a bed with Win, but he knew how that looked to people who didn’t know it was Win in Lin’s body. So to keep Lin from being shamed he agreed to marry her, instead of trying to explain to their mother that the assumption she was making about Korn taking Lin’s virginity was wrong.

There are fantastic villain characters in the form of the scheming aunt and uncle. Not to mention the family secret, Win and Lin’s mother facing her homophobia concerning her son, Lin being in love with someone else and of course Korn being forced into a mess that he did not want to be a part of but considering he had been friends with Win for 22 years and loved him more than life, how could he say no?

It’s a beautiful story, it’s funny, well acted and has Mix working with animals!

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15 Day BL Challenge

Day 7: Fave Villain

I love complicated villains. I love villains who can't just be killed because there are too many conflicting feelings involved. And as much as I love Chalothon from The Sign, I think Not Me did this one a little better, so it's Todd for me!

Sing did such a phenomenal job here, I hope I'll see him play a morally corrupted character again at some point.

Also, honorable mention for Mae from 3 Will Be Free. Was she a villain? Eh, maybe not if you look at it from her perspective. But she did function as one in the story for a while, so...

(Jennie also was fantastic in this but what else is new?)

15 Day BL Challenge: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

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my parents are drug addicts and his parents died early so we joined a gang and the person who raised us chose this day as our birthday and we made a deal that if we weren't dead around this time of year every year that we'd celebrate not being dead together but for the past three years now hes forgotten that deal bc he has a crush on our boss (who raised us) but im in love with him so its kinda breaking my heart lol

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15 Day BL Challenge (part 2)

Day 27: Top 3 BL Kisses?

Dude!? That’s like asking me to choose which breath I’ve taken I like the most. I hate you 😂

💋 Phaya & Tharn / So like every kiss? For real, these two ate! No pun intended (for once) and I really can’t pick one kiss for them, they themselves are the top kiss for me����

💋 Oab & Plawan / Another couple that have all the best kisses, SailubPon just knows how to kiss in general. I had to restrain myself from choosing the AlanJeff face smushing kiss from Pit Babe because that scene is just 🫠 The kiss into the pressing of their faces against one another, it just gets me every time, easily my favourite SailubPon scene to date is that Alan and Jeff scene. But Oab and Plawan absolutely kissed like mad fools! 💋

💋 God & Diew / “Did you just grope me?” Yes, he absolutely did and the scene that followed was fabulous. Great kisses, with tongue, without being sloppy. This pairing came out of nowhere for me, and now all I want is to see Big and Park work together again sometime soon!💋

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Best of QL 2024 - Favorite Characters

(This post is part of a year end wrap-up I'm doing! There will be Five Favorites in several categories for shows that aired this year, with a few extra shout-outs for shows from years prior and for the non-QLs that I watched as well. I explained it all here if you want to find out more.)

And so, in no particular order, I present...

Five Favorite Characters of 2024:

Yai, The Sign

This man has the RANGE. He's hilarious. He's endlessly supportive. He looks pretty when he cries. He simps for his beautiful trans girlfriend. He leads an entire cheerleading squad for Tharn and Phaya, and practically throws them a parade for finally getting together. And he looks like THAT the entire time. Such a babe. 😊

Wei Qian, Unknown

(I noticed a trend this year, when I was putting this list together: three of my Five fall into a category I'm calling "That Man Be Suffering." 🤣 Here's the first!) Ohhhh, Wei Qian. He Be Suffering all right. His life is so hard and unforgiving, but he shows up for the people he loves every hour of every day. It was delicious watching him slowly realize he deserves to be loved and taken care of too, and get to finally rest. I adore this man so much.

Mudmee, My Love Mix-Up! Thailand

Oh, she's just so cute. She's a baby, she's got stage fright, she's a supportive bestie, she's barely keeping a lid on the rage monster inside of her, she's just a teenaged girl with a crush, and she's really bad at outdoor athleticism. I adored her and I'm so glad I got to meet her this year!

Tae Myungha, Love for Love's Sake

Here comes our next Man who Be Suffering. Tae Myungha... what a character. I do not want to go into too much detail because of spoilers, but he's so precious and deserving of love. Thinking about all the ways he got to grow will always make me emotional. 💜

Kim Donghee, Unintentional Love Story/The Time of Fever

Rounding out the trio! Kim Donghee is a little less obvious to anyone who only watched Unintentional Love Story, but The Time of Fever told so much more of his story, and He Be Suffering, indeed. I cannot fully explain why I adore him, but he is so pretty and tragic and I long to see him embrace the happiness he deserves. <3

+ Favorite Character from Yesteryear

Ai Di, Kiseki: Dear to Me (2023)

Here he is, my precious little feral ADHD murder kitten! He's so bad at feelings! He'll kill you for looking at him wrong! He does a whole ass noble sacrifice because he's too scared of being rejected! And I want to steal all his sweaters. Ai Di my beloved. 🥰

+ Favorite Character NOT from a QL

Woo Gwangho (Woo Youngwoo's father), Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022)

There's something about good parents that always gets me. The sacrifices this man made, and the way he dedicated himself to being the loving parent Youngwoo needed, no matter how difficult, lonely and thankless... He's fantastic, and he moved me to tears. Very happy to meet him this year!

+ a few Honorable Mentions

Honorable mentions fall into three categories: further additions to 'that man be suffering' (Attorney Jung, Extraordinary Attorney Woo; Jiang Tian, The On1y One), fantastic humans (Karan, Cherry Magic Thailand; Go Hotae’s mother, ULS/TToF; Aoba Tsumugi, Silent) and adorable disasters (Kakeru, I Cannot Reach You; Ongsa, 23.5).

And a huge thank you to the gifmakers!! I am delighted and enthralled by the effort you put in and the talent you possess - thank you for making my faves look so good all year. Gratitude and high fives to @troubled-mind @hantaebaram @chinchillion @dragonsareawesome123 @daouoffroads @agendratum @aylinaliens - y'all are the best!!! 💜

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15 Day BL Challenge

Day 6: Fave Line From Your Fave Series

Yai from The Sign: "We write our life with our own hands."

I love the whole scene, I love supportive Yai, and these words have become something I think of regularly to remind myself that I am responsible for my own life (and others are responsible for theirs).

15 Day BL Challenge: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

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15 Day BL Challenge part 2

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#24: What storyline/trope do you enjoy and wish to see more of?

Action and/or crime, bonus if the supernatural is involved

I am a huge nerd for action and crime dramas. Add a little (or big!) splash of the supernatural and I'll be giggling and kicking my feet.

Gifs by @spicyvampire @namtan @gabrielokun & @namtanlovesfilm

Even better, sometimes we get BATTLE HUSBANDS.

Gifs by @yourstype @kinnporscherewatch & @ireneae

What we've gotten so far has been largely fantastic, so they need to give us MORE.

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15 Day QL Challenge! Part 2!

Day 25: Which QL actor do you want to see more of?

Okay, I'm not doing the challenge but when I saw this what immediately popped into my head was...

Jennie!

She totally rocked her role in 3 Will Be Free and made it clear she could handle a lead role.

She was totally wasted by Only Friends.

Lead role for Jennie!

2nd choice would be Mark Pakin.

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Messaging people for the first time is so hard. What am I supposed to say? Like, "You seem really odd and your blog intrigues me. Do you want to have philosophical conversations or perhaps talk about fictional characters?" What! Whatever. I will just follow you back and stare at your blog with my big beautiful brown eyes.

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Anil remains of the perspective that Pin's "choice" was made with the intention to hurt her instead of protect her. Their status within their own relationship forced very different reactionary measures that Anil fails to understand from her place of privilege. Anil was ready and willing to sacrifice everything in order to be with Pin, while Pin was willing to sacrifice her own happiness to prevent Anil from being disgraced. Anil has been taught by experience that should she want something, she has the power to make it happen. Pin has lived to serve the royal family and to take responsibility for any wrongdoing that may cause them potential harm.

It was lovely to see Lady Uangfah sympathizing with Pin, especially when it's compared to Princess Patt's harsher approach. Uangfah is in the best position to understand wanting something you simply cannot have... and, thus, succumbing to her own marital fate within society.

สไบ (pronounced 'sa-bai') is a shawl breast cloth that is typically worn for any culturally significant traditions... like a wedding ceremony. Often hand-embroidered, Sbai are made from long pieces of silk that can be draped diagonally around the chest by covering one shoulder and hanging behind the wearer's back. The quality (and color) of its silk and threads were determined by one's status in society. Vibrant and more expensive silks were worn by royalty, with embroideries of gold or silver threads.

Reputational hearsay is disallowed in royal society, as both involved parties typically tend to suffer as a result. Making an accusation against a person of rank requires evidentiary support, otherwise it could look like the intentional spreading of a false rumor. As Pin, Patt, and Anan all point out, should they publicly reveal the truth about Kuea without any proof, his denial could endanger the reputation of the Savettavarit name... which is what this whole insisted-upon marriage is supposed to protect in the first place.

The idea of karmic penance is nothing new in this series (or in Thai Buddhist tradition)... and it is something that has been ingrained into Pin from Patt's influence (re: episode 12). Pin, herself, has described her actions as sinful: that she would "force" Anil to step below her revered standing is considered to be 'immoral'. It can be said that Pin sees herself as a stain against Anil's otherwise pure character. In order to repent for her actions, she must make amends... no matter how much suffering she might endure as a result. And while she may not understand it, Anil can only wish that Pin can endure and find some form of happiness in her pursuit of redemption.

There are several key steps involved in a traditional Thai wedding ceremony...

ข���นหมาก (pronounced 'khan maak') is a procession where the groom and his relatives march to the bride's home. The parade will often feature drummers and traditional folk dancers in a lively celebration that announces the groom's arrival. Relatives are often seen carrying monetary gifts to be used as part of the bride's dowry and offerings that represent important aspects of the marriage... such as health, prosperity, fertility and longevity.

พิธีกั้นประตู (pronounced 'phi-thi gan pra-tuu') is the symbolic barring of the groom from approaching the bride. The groom must successfully pass through a number of obstacles that are put in the groom’s way by the bride’s family. These symbolic "doors" can only be entered once the groom has proven his worth to the keepers of the "locks". Gold and silver gates are represented by gold or silver belts, which are held by two female members of the bride’s family and friends. The groom's passage through to the next door will only be granted once a "toll" has been negotiated with the keeper of the lock. The entire process is symbolic of the challenges the groom must overcome in order to be worthy of his bride's love and her family's approval. Upon completion, the dowry (สินสอด or 'sin sod') is then formally presented to the bride's family.

พิธีหลั่งน้ำพระพุทธมนต์ (pronounced 'phi-thi lang naam phra-phuut-ta-mon') is known as the water pouring ceremony. The water pouring is the most important part of a Thai wedding ceremony as it is when a couple can officially be seen as husband and wife.

Before the water pouring can take place, the couple is seated at a traditional water pouring table known as ตั่งรดน้ำ (pronounced 'dtang rot-naam')... with the bride to the left of the groom. They each receive a ceremonial headdress known as มงคล (pronounced 'mong-khol'). The headdress is made from one continuous piece of cotton that forms a circle around each of the bride's and groom's heads... to signify the joining of the two as a couple. Their foreheads are anointed with three dots of white powder to represent the shape of a pyramid, which is symbolic of enlightenment and harmony.

The รดน้ำสังข์ (pronounced 'roht naam sang') is performed by elders pouring blessed water over the couple's hands using a conch shell. The conch shell holds auspicious value through its connection to the Hindu god Vishnu. A trickle of water is poured from the base of the thumb to the fingertips, over first the groom’s and then the bride's, to symbolize the passing of blessings from one generation to the next.

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The reactions to my "Which BL Would You Rewatch with Fresh Eyes?" poll ranged from unhinged to sweet. Here's a few of my faves:

Pit Babe (18% - the winner)

@le-trash-prince sorry I never finished 4 Minutes. It got spoiled for me.

@alexanderlightwoodii - Same.

@feychild1225 - So. Many. Theories.

My Stand-In (11.2%)

@shinjiikar1 - I've never been more nervously excited for Frigay

@iguessitsjustme lol to your existential crisis

The Sign (9.5%)

@overthinksthings - I have flashbacks. In public.

We Are (8.3%)

@ohmybitna - Welcome back!

Last Twilight (6.7%)

@pothame - The fandom was truly obsessed.

Dead Friend Forever (5.5%)

@chenouttachen Oh my god same! It melted my brain.

Wandee Goodday (4%)

@caminadrummer - I wish it had ended better but I'll always remember them.

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15 Day BL Challenge

Day 5: Biggest Flop

Maybe I shouldn't do this one but I don't like to skip points in lists, so here we go anyway...

I don't have time to watch that much, so I try to make sure I only watch series I actually enjoy. I guess, if I would pick one where, looking back, I would recommend myself to watch something else instead, it would be Our Dating Sim. Not because it was bad but just because there was nothing in it that really hooked me. And with soooo many shows that I don't have the time to watch, I could have skipped this.

There are other shows I watched that were worse or that I didn't even finish, but I still don't regret watching those because they all had at least a few things I still think about.

15 Day BL Challenge: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

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the thing about the heart killers is sure i have a favorite character but i cant imagine having a least favorite or just not liking any of them because they all intrigue me for so many different reasons

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I think the story actually does so well in its juxtaposition of fadelstyle and kantbison going through essentially the same stages of their relationship simultaneously to highlight how majorly unfair this whole scenario is for Kant.

Kant likes Bison, there are these rare moments where he forgets what he's doing and what their relationship is like where first gets to bring out the full force of his signature kanawhipped style of romance

but these moments are not just rare they are short because he's never allowed to forget the mission

In many ways he's stuck in the same way that Fadel is stuck. Their handlers keep lying about how it's the last job for them and they have almost no reason to believe them and yet clinging onto this hope is also their only choice in ever seeing an end to this shitshow that is their lives

It's not until you see just how sad Kant looks versus Style's reaction:

that it starts becoming clear that Style has the luxury of feeling conflicted and being worried about Fadel while Kant just can't even go there. He can't bring himself to open up any part of himself to Bison whereas Style didn't know about Fadel and that allowed for some space for some genuine feelings to grow.

Everything we see from Kantbison that feels like at best a negotiation and at worst a threat we get to see Fadel and Style experience genuinely.

Kink and power negotiation? Fadel roleplays garage sex and gets his nipples teased while Bison is roofied and unintentionally dubcons Kant.

Staying over for the night? Fadelstyle buttgrabbing during bowling while Bison had pulled a gun on Kant 0.5s before asking (which he doesn't put away immediately).

Tell me about your past? Terse conversation where Bison is hiding a knife meanwhile FadelStyle gets a tenderhorny conversation about loss and grief.

And oh the tattoo kisses!!! I nearly cried.

Because Style gets to kiss Fadel's tattoo and experience him fighting the impulse to be vulnerable with him

But Kant?

He has a beautiful boy telling him he loves every part of his body and the sheer grief of it - any of it - not being real 😭 😭 😭

Save my beautiful car thief he is so doomed by the narrative; the same narrative he's driving I just want to *tears all my hair out*

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Looking forward to attending the wedding of Mr. "I Couldn't Bring Myself to Kill Him So I Guess We're Dating Now" and Mr. "I Know He's a Hitman But He's My Hitman"

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THE HEART KILLERS | 1.05

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my favourite ai di looks (21/?)