#Jin Nong

[gunsatthaphan]

~ Monthly BL Breakdown: January 2024 ~ 

✨ Happy February!!! 🎭

Disclaimer: ALL shows can be streamed here or here, as well as on Youtube and other platforms. For more info on where to watch what, check out this post! 

New breakdowns are coming at the end of every month - feel free to add stuff! -> previous breakdowns

What came out this month? (green = seen/currently watching)

🌟 BL Drama no Shuen ni Narimashita: Crank In Hen - January 2nd (Japan) 

🌟 Ossan's Love Returns - January 5th (Japan) 

🌟 Refund Love - January 7th (Thailand) 

🌟 Time The Series - January 9th (Thailand) 

🌟 Intern in My Heart (BL side couple) - January 10th (Thailand) 

🌟 Sukiyanen Kedo Do Yaro ka (Although I Love You, and You) - January 11th (Japan) 

🌟 Beside You (mini series) - January 11th (Thailand) 

🌟 I Wish You Love - January 21st (Thailand) 

🌟 Happy Ending - January 23rd (South Korea)

🌟 Love for Love's Sake - January 24th (South Korea)

Monthly likes/dislikes

👎🏻 I've been catching up on some KBLs from last year this month and sadly most of them were very disappointing. I put a few on my watchlist that generally had good reviews but yeah let's just say I'm glad I didn't miss anything in the last 2 years lol. The only one I liked was Love Mate, the rest was pretty much pointless. Hopefully the upcoming ones will be better 🤞🏻

New series & movie announcements

🎥 Beating Again (dance-themed, starring Kaownah K., Earth K. and others) - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 Unknown - Date TBA (Taiwan)

🎥 The Book Store - Date TBA (South Korea)

🎥 Term Begins - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 Mafia Prince and the Bookworm - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 Black Forest - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 Go Alone With Me - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 Can I Love You? - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 The Shining Star - Date TBA (Vietnam)

🎥 At My Fingertips (Unintentional Love Story spinoff) - Coming May 2024 (South Korea)

🎥 Connecting To You - Date TBA (Taiwan)

🎥 The Star (movie) - Coming March 2024 (Thailand)

🎥 What's the Nong? - Date TBA (Thailand)

Other news from the BL world

❗️ Actors Mike Chinnarat, Fluke Pusit, White Nawat, Pluem Purim and Lee Thanat have left GMMTV.

❗️ After Korean actor Choo Youngwoo won an award for "Best Rookie Actor" at the recent KBS Drama Awards, he came under fire for not mentioning his participation in the BL You Make Me Dance which launched his career and earned him the award.

❗️ Actors Jin Hoeun (All Of Us are Dead), Kwon Hyuk (The New Employee), Byun Junseo (Perfect Marriage Revenge) and Nam Yoonsu (Extracurricular) have been confirmed to star in the upcoming BL Love In The Big City, which portrays the life and love of an HIV-positive gay writer.

❗️ ZeeNunew and GeminiFourth won an award respectively for "Best Thai Artists" at this year's Seoul Music Awards.

❗️ The Chinese BL Stay with Me is getting an audiobook. The series furthermore recently confirmed its second season, further details are unknown.

❗️ Over a year after its initial premiere, the Thai BL To Sir, With Love won "Popular Foreign Drama” at this years's Vietnam Face Of The Year Awards.

❗️ The Thai BL Playboyy will no longer air on youtube after the suspension of the channel due to explicit sexual content. The show will continue to exclusively air on Gagaoolala, as well as RakutenTV.

❗️ Actors EarthMix had a cameo appearance in Ossan's Love Returns; they will star in the Thai adaption of the same name later this year. Details about the production are still unknown.

❗️ MileApo (KinnPorsche) were announced to star in the upcoming series Shine. The show is an extension/spinoff of Man Suang and focuses on Khem and Chatra's story in more detail.

Upcoming series & movies for February

👉🏻 Anti Reset - February 2nd (Taiwan)

👉🏻 Perfect Proposal - February 2nd (Japan)

👉🏻 City of Stars - February 2nd (Thailand)

👉🏻 Love Syndrome: The Beginning - February 8th (Thailand)

👉🏻 Baka Pwede pa? - February 9th (Philippines)

👉🏻 1000 Years Old - February 14th (Thailand)

👉🏻 My Strawberry Film - February 16th (Japan)

👉🏻 A Secret Love - February 17th (Thailand)

👉🏻 Unknown - February 24th (Taiwan)

👉🏻 Wedding Impossible - February 26th (South Korea)

👉🏻 Kiseki Chapter 1 & Chapter 2 - February TBA (Thailand)

[lost-my-sanity1]

something about be on cloud's story telling got me hooked. the way they show their stories and shapes the narrative in such a way that it leaves space and time for audience to question and think about what they're watching. it's not just placed infront of our eyes to just take and digest. it's placed in such a way that we get to pick it up and dissect our way inside it and take elements apart and make our own decision. and later when we are after all doing all these and there's a little bit confusion but mostly satisfaction and the want to know what actually happened, they give us that.

the fact that the show started with all of them going in that house to spend some fun time. but gets roped into something gruesome, and they try and try and that's when we are shown the flashback about why and what they fear, and then we get another flashback of how phee and non (pls I'll never stop talking about their names. like phi??? nong??? help😭😭) came together. I love what they're doing with the story

ALSO. the way the characters in the story are so human. except keng of course he's a fucking asshole and he should die (jin could have not recorded it :(()

[shookethdev]

a o e i i er ai ei ao ou an en ang eng ong i ia iao ie iu ian in iang ing iong u ua uo uai ui uan un uang ueng ü üe üan ün a o e er ai ao ou an en ang eng yi ya yao ye you yan yin yang ying yong wu wa wo wai wei wan wen wang weng yu yue yuan yun b ba bo bai bei bao ban ben bang beng bi biao bie bian bin bing bu p pa po pai pei pao pou pan pen pang peng pi piao pie pian pin ping pu m ma mo me mai mei mao mou man men mang meng mi miao mie miu mian min ming mu f fa fo fei fou fan fen fang feng fu d da de dai dei dao dou dan den dang deng dong di diao die diu dian ding du duo dui duan dun t ta te tai tei tao tou tan tang teng tong ti tiao tie tian ting tu tuo tui tuan tun n na ne nai nei nao nou nan nen nang neng nong ni niao nie niu nian nin niang ning nu nuo nuan nü nüe l la le lai lei lao lou lan lang leng long li lia liao lie liu lian lin liang ling lu luo luan lun lü lüe g ga ge gai gei gao gou gan gen gang geng gong gu gua guo guai gui guan gun guang k ka ke kai kei kao kou kan ken kang keng kong ku kua kuo kuai kui kuan kun kuang h ha he hai hei hao hou han hen hang heng hong hu hua huo huai hui huan hun huang z za ze zi zai zei zao zou zan zen zang zeng zong zu zuo zui zuan zun c ca ce ci cai cao cou can cen cang ceng cong cu cuo cui cuan cun s sa se si sai sao sou san sen sang seng song su suo sui suan sun zh zha zhe zhi zhai zhei zhao zhou zhan zhen zhang zheng zhong zhu zhua zhuo zhuai zhui zhuan zhun zhuang ch cha che chi chai chao chou chan chen chang cheng chong chu chua chuo chuai chui chuan chun chuang sh sha she shi shai shei shao shou shan shen shang sheng shu shua shuo shuai shui shuan shun shuang r re ri rao rou ran ren rang reng rong ru rua ruo rui ruan run j ji jia jiao jie jiu jian jin jiang jing jiong ju jue juan jun q qi qia qiao qie qiu qian qin qiang qing qiong qu que quan qun x xi xia xiao xie xiu xian xin xiang xing xiong xu xue xuan xun

NAKU 🫵

[eyenaku]

Ji ji fu ji ji

a o e i i er ai ei ao ou an en ang eng ong i ia iao ie iu ian in iang ing iong u ua uo uai ui uan un uang ueng ü üe üan ün a o e er ai ao ou an en ang eng yi ya yao ye you yan yin yang ying yong wu wa wo wai wei wan wen wang weng yu yue yuan yun b ba bo bai bei bao ban ben bang beng bi biao bie bian bin bing bu p pa po pai pei pao pou pan pen pang peng pi piao pie pian pin ping pu m ma mo me mai mei mao mou man men mang meng mi miao mie miu mian min ming mu f fa fo fei fou fan fen fang feng fu d da de dai dei dao dou dan den dang deng dong di diao die diu dian ding du duo dui duan dun t ta te tai tei tao tou tan tang teng tong ti tiao tie tian ting tu tuo tui tuan tun n na ne nai nei nao nou nan nen nang neng nong ni niao nie niu nian nin niang ning nu nuo nuan nü nüe l la le lai lei lao lou lan lang leng long li lia liao lie liu lian lin liang ling lu luo luan lun lü lüe g ga ge gai gei gao gou gan gen gang geng gong gu gua guo guai gui guan gun guang k ka ke kai kei kao kou kan ken kang keng kong ku kua kuo kuai kui kuan kun kuang h ha he hai hei hao hou han hen hang heng hong hu hua huo huai hui huan hun huang z za ze zi zai zei zao zou zan zen zang zeng zong zu zuo zui zuan zun c ca ce ci cai cao cou can cen cang ceng cong cu cuo cui cuan cun s sa se si sai sao sou san sen sang seng song su suo sui suan sun zh zha zhe zhi zhai zhei zhao zhou zhan zhen zhang zheng zhong zhu zhua zhuo zhuai zhui zhuan zhun zhuang ch cha che chi chai chao chou chan chen chang cheng chong chu chua chuo chuai chui chuan chun chuang sh sha she shi shai shei shao shou shan shen shang sheng shu shua shuo shuai shui shuan shun shuang r re ri rao rou ran ren rang reng rong ru rua ruo rui ruan run j ji jia jiao jie jiu jian jin jiang jing jiong ju jue juan jun q qi qia qiao qie qiu qian qin qiang qing qiong qu que quan qun x xi xia xiao xie xiu xian xin xiang xing xiong xu xue xuan xun

[alittlebitofrainbyyourside]

🎁👀

"We should celebrate!" Mama says into his neck. "We'll video with your father and oh! You should invite that Phayu of yours over for dinner. I know how much he helped you these past few weeks, and more importantly I would love to see Nong Jin again."

[craftercat]

Do you think Tuoba Gui expected to go as far as he did against Later Yan?

Tuoba Gui had ambitions on Later Yan as early as 388. The biography of Tuoba Yi states that Tuoba Gui had plans against Murong Chui when he sent Tuoba Yi as an envoy that year, and that he sent Tuoba Yi to Later Yan to report on any internal weaknesses he could exploit. Tuoba Yi told him that Murong Chui was old, Murong Bao was weak and Murong De's talent would cause internal upheaval, and that Tuoba Gui could take advantage of Murong Chui's death to attack Later Yan. Tuoba Gui considered this correct.

In my opinion, I don't think that Tuoba Gui ever intended to be a loyal vassal to Murong Chui. That he was considering an attack on Later Yan as early as 388 suggests that Tuoba Gui had the intent to betray them probably as early as he accepted their alliance. Tuoba Gui was merely using the Murong clan to give him the power to eliminate the Tiefu Xiongnu and rival Xianbei tribes. With the defeat of the Helan tribe in 391, Tuoba Gui no longer needed Later Yan's help, while Murong Chui's sons realised that Tuoba Gui was too powerful, which led to the Tuoba Gu incident. However, because Murong Chui was still powerful, he entered an alliance with Western Yan, but this was much less intensive as the one with Later Yan.

As for how far Tuoba Gui expected to go with Later Yan, the campaign had many difficulties. The Helan, Hetulin and Hexi tribal alliance rebelled in Tuoba Gui's rear, the population resented him due to Canhe Slope, he faced supply issues, he had difficulties attacking all three cities of Zhongshan, Ye and Xindu, and to top it off, difficulties attacking the cities compounded with a major epidemic in the army meant that 50-60% of the army died in the campaign (I find the Weishu's 400,000 number exaggerated; Northern Wei at the time was too small to raise such a huge army. The Songshu's number of 100,000 is probably too small, I think the number would be around 200,000, between the values). The troubles were such that Tuoba Gui asked for a peace settlement with Murong Bao, but Murong Bao had refused. Zhongshan took seven months to fall, albeit with a period in the middle where Tuoba Gui had to withdraw due to supply issues, while Ye had not submitted after six months of siege.

Had it not been for lucky decisions from the defenders, Tuoba Gui may have been forced to retreat. The first is that Murong Bao withdrew into Zhongshan and did not send out his army to fight, the second is the political infighting between Murong Bao, Murong Lin, Murong Xiang and others, the third is Murong Bao's decision to retreat from Zhongshan, and the fourth is Murong Nong, who had previously been a meritorious general, making poor decisions that led to the fall of Bing province. The Murongs weakened themselves through infighting between clan members due to over-concentration of power within the clan.

Comparing the conquest of Hebei with the conquest of Henan, which shared several similarities with the Hebei expedition (plague, three key city targets, and long sieges), the defenders at Zhongshan were less active than the ones at Hulao. Murong Bao withdrew into Zhongshan and didn't leave the city to attack, but Mao Dezu led his army out of the city multiple times until Daxi Jin inflicted a major defeat on him and he was forced to retreat into Hulao and defend his walls. Huatai was less difficult than Tuoba Si believed (the Tuobas were still new to siege warfare, and Tuoba Si was impatient for the cities to fall) and Luoyang fell quickly as well. Taking Xindu and Ye was probably more difficult than taking Huatai and Luoyang. This could be because Murong Bao was another Xianbei while the defenders of Henan were Han from the south and more experienced in siege warfare, but the Henan siege tactics were more sophisticated than the Hebei ones. Of course, even if the challenges were bigger, Hebei was a much larger area of land, so there would be more difficulties naturally.

So what was Tuoba Gui's intention with Later Yan? I think he always intended to betray it, but the scope of land of Hebei he wanted was unclear. Tuoba Gui later had ambitions on Henan and made attacks on Liaoning, but he never actually conquered either region, so he may well have had ambitions for all of Hebei from 388. But it's really impossible to tell the full extent of his ambition in Hebei prior to Canhe Slope. Perhaps during the campaign he thought of stopping and later renewing attacks, but after peace fell through between him and Murong Bao, he had his mind set on conquering Zhongshan, as can be seen by his cold response to the plague.

[visualpoett]

Plum Blossoms, dated 1757

Artist: Jin Nong

[silkscroll]

静夜思 (Thoughts on a Quiet Night)

床前明月光，疑是地上霜。 舉頭望明月，低頭思故鄉。

The moon shines bright before my bed; I think it frost upon the ground instead. Looking up, I gaze upon the moon; Then long for home with downcast head.

Li Bai 李白 (701-762, Tang dynasty)

Jin Nong 金农, "Painting of Moonlight" (Qing)

[visualtaehyun]

Back by popular demand lol ✨

@italianpersonwithashippersheart - New's response

ใครจะไปสนใจเหี้ยห่าไรนั้นวะ /khrai ja bpai sohn jai hia haa rai nan wa/ = Who the fuck cares about that shit?

I wouldn't say he doesn't care about Non because he did start all of this for Non and specifically designed his revenge plan so that the guys had to go through Non's revenge-fantasy script. It's just that, along the way, he lost his entire family and with them his will to live. I think that became obvious when he was tripping on his own concoction, hallucinating Non, all caught up in his guilt, and then, when Phee came to his aid, said:

He's not just obsessed anymore, he is desperate. These boys caused his entire family to die so now New is gonna take them all down with him, no holds barred. And isn't this exactly what revenge always ends up being in a tragedy?

กูไม่เหลือเหี้ยไรแล้ว /guu mai leuua hia rai laaeo/ = I've got nothing fucking left!

When he takes out that cigarette at the end, it reads like taking cyanide to me.

Pronoun breakdown for @shannankle @poetry-protest-pornography @ladyrauxel

1) Phee and New

At the beginning:

New - พี่ /phi/ (lit. older sibling, used as a 1st pers. pronoun) -> Phee (using his name instead of a pronoun)

Phee - ผม /pom/ (polite, formal, respectful male 1st pers. pronoun) -> พี่(นิว) /phi (New)/ (lit. older sibling, used as a 2nd pers. pronoun)

- Phee: พี่นิวได้อ่านบทที่ผมส่งมาให้พี่แล้วใช่ปะ /phi New dai aan boht thee pom song maa hai phi laaeo chai bpa/ - New: บทของนนท์ที่พีส่งมาให้พี่อ่าน /boht khaawng Non thee Phee saawng maa hai phi aan.../

ห้ามเรียกพี่ว่าพี่นิวอีก /haam riiak phi waa phi New eek/ His new name Tan, by the way- แทน /thaaen/ means 'replace, substitute, represent, instead', it's really quite on the nose lol

From then on, New/Tan adopts the group's pronoun choice of กู /guu/ + มึง /meung/ since they're all supposed to be the same age. He uses them with Phee even when it's just the two of them. Phee however largely omits any pronouns throughout ep. 9 when talking to New one-on-one. He starts calling himself กู /guu/ with New in this one conversation, even though we see in the flashback in ep. 11 that it's not always that way:

- กูไม่ได้นอกใจเว้ย /guu mai dai naawk jai woei/ - ผมจะลากพวกมันมารับผิดให้หมด /pom ja laak phuuak man maa rap phit hai moht/ = I'm gonna drag* them all to owning up to their mistakes**. *ลาก /laak/ = to drag, pull, haul **รับผิด /rap phit/ = accept blame, admit one's wrong-doing, be liable

Then, when he helps a hallucinating New, he seems used to calling him Tan and มึง /meung/:

- นี่มึงเล่นยาอีกแล้วออ /nee meung len yaa eek laaeo aaw/

Phee switches back right after Jin concludes that Tan is Non's older brother New:

- ถ้ากูรู้ว่าไอ้แทนมันตั้งใจจะ ฆ่าพวกมึง /thaa guu ruu waa ai Tan man dtang jai ja- khaa phuuak meung/ - พี่นิวเขากลับมาจากอังกฤษ /phi New khao glap maa jaak ang grit/ -> significant here is the change from impolite ไอ้... /ai/ and มัน /man/ back to respectful polite พี่ /phi/ and เขา /khao/

It emphasizes the reveal of New's true identity to the group:

ผมบอกความจริงทั้งหมดแล้วพี่นิว /pom baawk khwaam jing thang moht laaeo, phi New/ แม่งเป็นพี่ชายไอ้นนท์ /maaeng bpen phi chaai ai Non/ = [He] is Non's fucking older brother./The fucker is Non's older brother.

Once they're fighting in front of the others, Phee is fully back to using ผม /pom/ -> พี่(นิว) /phi (New)/. New never switches back but it's slightly less significant with him because he's the older one and thus not obligated to speak respectfully or politely to his juniors.

2) Tee and White

In the present, they use:

Tee: พี่ /phi/ -> White

White: White (using his own name like a 1st pers. pronoun, it's familiar and a bit cute) -> พี่(ตี๋) /phi (Tee)/

Though I do recall at least one time where Tee calls him น้องไวท์ /nong White/:

น้องไวท์อย่าซนสิครับ /nong White yaa sohn si khrap/ -> น้อง /nong/ = lit. younger sibling, used for anyone younger, น้อง[+name] has an affectionate ring to it

When they first meet, Tee uses hardly any pronouns but White calls him พี่ /phi/ and himself ผม /pom/:

ผมมาที่นี่ทุกวันก็เพราะพี่นะ /pom maa thee nee thook wan gaaw phraw phi na/

เราเจอคนรู้จักก็ซวยแล้ว /rao juuhr khohn ruu jak gaaw suay laaeo/ -> I'm not entirely sure if Tee means to say เรา /rao/ as in 'we' or if he's calling White เรา /rao/! It would certainly fit with how protective Tee is of him because you'd usually call someone significantly younger or a child เรา /rao/.

Tee is so bad at flirting, he literally goes 📉📈 in the span of like 30 seconds lol:

- ไอ้เวรมึงขิงกูออ /ai waehn, meung khing guu aaw/ -> fun fact: ขิง /khing/ means ginger and is slang for boasting, bragging, flaunting - ถ้าว่างก็มาช่วยติวให้พี่หน่อยดิ /thaa waang gaaw ma chuuay dtiu hai phi naawy di/ -> And finally he's calling himself พี่ /phi/!

Disclaimer: not a native Thai speaker, still learning 🙏

Tee's conscience vs. Non's fury

While Tee suddenly humanizes Non starts calling Non by his actual name, Non switches from his usual เรา /rao/ (= I; informal) + แก /gae/ (= you; familiar):

แกทำแบบนี้กับเราทำไมวะ /gae tham baaep nee gap rao tham mai wa/

...to กู /guu/ + มึง /meung/ (= I + you; both impolite):

ทำไมอะ กูต้องเป็นคนชดใช้ที่��ริงกูไม่ได้ก่อ /tham mai a? guu dtaawng bpen khohn choht chai thee jing guu mai dai gaaw/

...and curses as he gets progressively more upset:

กูแม่งมีแต่ เหี้ยๆๆ ตลอดอ่ะ /guu maaeng mee dtaae hia hia hia dta laawt a/

Haunting the narrative

เราจะได้ออกจากที่นี่แน่ เราไม่ใช่ไอ้ขี้แพ้ /rao ja dai aawk jaak thee nee naae. rao mai chai ai khee phaae/ = I will get out of here. I'm not a loser.

I don't believe for a second that a character as headstrong as Non perished just like that. The uncle or one of his underlings for sure did him in. And I'm still wondering how or when the uncle himself died, as the newspaper clipping said that White found early on, and if it's even relevant anymore at this point - judging by the ep. 12 preview, next week is gonna be a hallucination-driven waking nightmare.

News, yet again

Police release footage confirming that teacher deceived schoolboy into running away with him

Family of MP Ekkachai discloses: son innocent, not involved in shady mule accounts

This didn't make the cut but if anyone wants to know anyway, hit me up:

pronoun changes between Tee & White and Phee & New

Tee's textbooks - I already started looking at the titles before I unpaused and White suddenly talks about engineering 🥴

Jin's call history - there's some overlap with Non's from ep. 8 so I don't think there's much significance in either of them

[feuqueerfire]

My Secret Love Live Blogging

Need to watch some regular old uni BL after the intensity of To Sir, With Love. Also, I’m invested in that random side couple that’s been dating for 7 years despite only having seen a few tiktoks of them.

Playlist

Ep 1 (Dec 26)

1-1

bro so many people were introduced I’m dead

Say No to SOTUS project and school hard workers: Kim, Lee, Bomb

Thunderous Sky channel: Mek, Park, Bare 

I think the ships are Kim-Mek, Lee-Park (the 7 years established couple?), Bomb-Bare? 

Absolute Tim channel: Tim, the friend. I think these two are a pair also.

Kim’s sister Q who was watching a BL

1-2

Linguistics: oh Thunderous Sky people are older than Kim and his friends and use Phi/Nong and Pom

heh Park being reasonable, wonder if he’s aware that Kim and Bare are Lee’s friends. it’d be hilarious if the 7 years pair isn’t Lee-Park and I just mixed people up lol

haha just kidding they are indeed a couple and Lee seems to love pinching Park lol

Linguistics: Park using ‘ter’ with Lee and also using -krab (i don’t yet know if it’s an indulgent thing for now or if it’s regular). can’t tell what I/you pronouns Lee’s using tho

ofc Mek and Kim are probably neighbours lol

tf Mek’s sister also loves BL content but why do both Q and Mek’s nong want their own brothers to have BL moments like that’s your broooooo

1-3

naurrrr Mek’s gonna mess with Kim’s work on the Say No SOTUS project to embarrass him in front of the chancellor?

i don’t get this ‘fake first year activity prank’ lol I think it’s supposed to get at Kim but i don’t get how

oof, Bomb got a moment with Bare but also fainted fr

1-4

I guess Mek replaced the plant with a whole new, blooming one after breaking the pot of the one that looked dead

Mek’s sister’s name is Dao. Dao and Q are meeting each other, can already see their antics to get their brothers to get together or smth. I wish they were a side GL couple but I probably would’ve heard about it if that happened

k i knew about Mek’s prank going wrong, so him and his group having to work with Kim to fix it via another video (though I thought it was a BL series instead of music video)

chef Kim so true I wish my sibling also loved to cook

Ep 2 (Dec 26)

2-1

dance practice and Kim injured his leg, causing Mek to give him a motorcycle ride back home

2-2

please Park ripping his shirt during the dance, Lee taking off his own shirt in the bathroom to give it to Park, but Park not realizing and going “are you going to do it here?”

ayy bathroom funny scene where Lee and Park are taking off shirts

lmfao i’ve also seen talks about this fall kiss

2-3

the music and dance is killing me

not a BTS “smooth like butter” reference

Park and Lee getting the ad drink lol

Linguistics: Lee also calls Park ‘ter’ and I think the -krab Park was using before was just for exaggeration. now I gotta figure out what pronouns they use for first person.

Sniff kisses all over Lee’s face so cuteee

how are Q and Dao so excited about their brothers kissing people plsssss

I heard the term ‘ku-jin’ or whatever = imaginary couple

not the chancellor threatening them all with removal of position or failure to graduate to make Mek and a BL couple goddamn

2-4

Is his name Bear or Bare?

nutsuda57 released the kiss clip

Bear has a nose piercing

lmfao pls the chancellor’s name is Nutsuda and they’re wondering who released the clip?

This is extremely typical BL so far but it’s engaging nonetheless

Fave Scene: Park and Lee exchanging shirts and Bare coming in screaming Park’s name lol it was funny in the tiktok I saw and it’s funny here too

Ep 3 (Dec 26)

3-1

lol all of Park-Kim’s cutesy BL moments turning into them teasing and fighting

oh Tim saving Kim? love triangle?

3-2

to get the complex women in To Sir, With Love only to come back to this where the only purpose of girls is to fangirl over guys or BL couples goddamn

Linguistics: the chancellor also uses ‘ter’ for the students

kinda funny that Lee reminds me of Pawin and even Kim reminds me of Saint from extremely specific angles

3-3

lol “how’d you come up with this? seems like someone who’s in a relationship” Park-Lee glancing at e/o and quickly away

Q and Dao are cute with how they wanna be captains of the ship and want Park-Kim to be popular but only wish they weren’t shipping their brotherssss wtf

lmfao Bear-Bomb giving a very small dose of celeb/fan trope

loll the car scene with Park-Lee and Bear-Bomb where Park and Lee try to hide Lee’s stuff in Park’s car

3-4

aww Park-Lee date <333 they’re so cuteeee, reminiscing about their past and teasing each other

damn, not the old classmate Fluke going “seems like ever since you started dating, all of Lee’s talents have transferred to Park” bc Lee dropped out of Comm Arts (which Park is still in) 2 years in and joined Liberal Arts

lol Mek being delighted by the shipping and researching shippers

frrr Kim being like “Why are you obsessed with this shipping thing? Even when it has to do with your own brother!”

Kim delighted to read the fans’ comments too

actually this meta thing is fun where they talk about fans and shippers’ comments and such

Mek-Kim are kinda cute now, since Mek have started helping Kim by driving him home and buying ingredients and Kim making extra egg for eh and saving food from the sale for him

I’ve been watching this at 1.5x speed at it’s 45-50 min eps, so I’ve been like why am I already in ep 3 so quickly? Girl, watching 3 eps of this takes 100 mins (1h40) max where as 3 eps of To Sir, With Love at 1.25x with 70-75 mins took  168 mins minimum (2h48). that’s over an hour longer lol

Ep 4 (Dec 27)

4-1

Mek-Kim talking about their future plans and different planning styles

“his mood swings are even worse than crypto currency” sooo true Bear

oh yeah I heard smth about a horoscope fucking up Lee-Park’s relationship. also i just realized they’re in their 7th year and apparently there’s a 7-year curse in Thailand for relationship that BE Podcast mentioned for Tharntype 2: 7 years of love (not to confuse with the 7-year curse in kpop lol) 

oof, Bear saying he has a crush on the fan who comments about him all the time but he doesn’t know how they are and Bomb not realizing that that’s himm

4-2

agh Q telling people that Mek-Kim are “sailing off-screen” as well like privacyyyy

i like how Mek-Kim are soo acts of service and food as love language for each other

4-3

oof Mek ignoring Bear and their Thunderous Sky live Q&A to do ship Q&A with Kim

pls not Park convinced that Lee’s cheating

4-4

bro huh Tim’s asking Kim to be like BL imaginary ship partner?

Ep 5 (Dec 27)

5-1

Dang, interesting. we see how Mai confessed to Tim and then it not going anywhere. wonder if Tim also liked him back then but didn’t wanna change

fans reaction to ships and changing ships and such are fun

so the Bear-Bomb thing where Bear finds out Bomb’s the commenter didn’t happen? 

oh jk it did

5-2

damn the Thundourous Sky is really going through it cuz Mek gives so little fucks about it 

oof, soft-hearted Bear

5-3

goddamn, not Park thinking Lee’s convo with another dude is about them cheating T.T and running in shoving them T.T naurrrr (but it did sound kinda suspicious if you overheard the convo with cheating in mind)

Bomb and Bear are kinda endearing

Mek is so... he switched the chocolate or smth with some other thing that smells horrific but also I feel like since they mentioned Tim’s allergic to a bunch of stuff, he’s gonna be allergic to this too agh

5-4

oof i mean Kim was harsh to call Mek rubbish but Mek was doing rubbish things so

Ep 6 (Dec 27)

6-1

Aww pls I know everybody gets kisses in ep 6, so hopefully Lee-Park will make up pls

6-2

oof, Mek-Kim both saying sorry at the same time

6-3

lmfao Mek-Kim having a heart-to-heart and Q and Dao taking one of the bikes away in the background, leaving only bike for Mek-Kim lmfao

T.T flashback to how Park-Lee met, which they’d talked about a bit before

aoo ofc it was Lee’s surprise for Park and it was for their 7th year anniversary :00

ooohhhhhh Bear-Bomb cute peck, they’re pretty cute honestly

6-4

tryna figure out if Mek’s mom is just supportive of her son and interested in his life vs super fucking weirdly into his kujin like why are you shipping your son seek help

actually, we get approval from them in general and also marriage equality so it’s better than the Lovely Writer stuff ig  

aww Park-Lee making up a bit by minimal talking and more so physically but I hope they still talk about what happened next ep

damn, Tim-Mai confrontation and even a kiss but it’s all angsty :<

Mek-Kim confessions and kiss as well - hope their families don’t see them. oh, they’re gonna sleep together inch resting. lol silhouette in the tent

Fave Scene: all of part 4 tbh

the ships were all juggled pretty well and got progression of some sort

Ep 7 (Dec 28)

7-1

Mek-Kim morning after is cute

okay Mek apologized to Tim via text but is too prideful to do it in person yet hmmm maybe he’ll do it later

oof Park explaining to Lee why he acted the way he did (rip horoscrope)

bro Park-Lee’s high school stories are wild. what do you mean Lee taught Park photography and then Park beat Lee at the competition and got a scholarship alskdfj and then Park overhearing Lee being sad to his mom that he’s jealous of Park ahhh insanity

insane relationship dynamics where Lee feels so jealous of Park’s successes and talents over his own and doesn’t want people to compare them (thus hiding the relationship) and trying to not resent Park and even feeling inadequate to be in a relationship with Park

no like we’ve seen enemies to lover where the couple would be jealous and competitive before dating and maybe remain competitive after dating but they’d always be head-to-head number 1 and 2 of the class etc but this is a new sort of relationship dynamic

omg the girls screaming and squealing over an f/f couples! lesbianism ftw ig

heh Bomb telling his friends he’s dating Bear

oh Lee also coming clean about him and Park. “Since when did you like him?” “7 years ago” “you have a crush on him for 7 years? “we’ve been together for 7 years”

7-2

please the Bear and Mek overdramatic making up and apologizing

Bear and Bomb are so cute too even though so many of their scenes are just Taco Bell ad

7-3

naurr Mai coming back and telling Tim it’s all okay and to forget what happened

damn, don’t Mai and Tim know that Mek was the one who ‘pranked’ them? or is Mai still taking it out on Kim cuz he wanted Kim to maybe check it before having Tim eat the cake or smth

oof Tim’s jealousy starting - I saw a clip in ep 10 where he punches some guy who was boutta kiss drunk Mai

T: I think he was flirting with you. M: and if he was? What would you do about it?

7-4

okay very interesting. Mek called the server? owner? of the restaurant Hia and she was like “what do you mean by Hia? It’s Jie now” and that was that

wtf is this spicy challenge Mek and Tim are doing tf

lol Mai really said “it’s none of your business”

lmfao pls Mek getting self-conscious and Kim literally gulping at seeing Tim shirtless

Kim does look like Saint

pls Mek and Tim’s endless competitiveness

pls Mek is so lmfao his “Sorry, I’m not act like a child again.” had me going yeah sure how many times have you apologized for being a child again. then he goes on with “But if you ever want me to... I promise I’ll be a good boy for you.” like okayyy didn’t know you were into that

damn who’s Pam?

Ep 8 (Dec 28)

8-1

Kim roasting the guy in the BL that Q and Dao are watching that represents Mek

the OST is such by Jeff Satur! it’s good, added it on Spotify

lol Mai specifically making Tim jealous lol

please Thunderous Sky are so silly. Park saying he has a faen, Mek falling from the sky at that, Bear’s chill bc Park’s faen told Bear’s faen who told Bear

8-2

naurrr this Thunderous Sky compilation

This show is full of actors who remind me of other people. Lee = Pawin. Kim = Saint. Park’s smile = Tay Tawan’s smile

are we getting Mek taking care of sick Kim?

8-3

oof is the food Mek made gonna be bad or good

ohhh Mek’s ex-gf’s name is Pam. i thought the message was on Kim’s laptop oops

naurr Kim’s gonna misunderstand agh what with Mek telling him to go home + he gave her the bottle plant. i’m scared mans somehow saw them hug too lol but Kim doesn’t know that Mek told Pam that he likes Kim a lot

8-4

Tim and Mai’s relationship is sooo rancid right now ahh like Mai unbuttoning the top two buttons of Tim’s shirt because that’s more like him --> asking Tim to choose him an outfit for his date with Pete --> Tim basically asking a bunch of qs but then talking about how Mai told Tim to let him make his own decisions (even the way they frame this is alkfd) --> Tim looking at his own shirts to let Mai borrow

oh Mek, tell Kim you like him instead of telling Pam bc Kim’s out here “he never tells me he likes me once, he only said he’s possessive of me” 

so true Bomb and Lee telling Kim to confess first instead

not them giving Kim a heart attack and a horror scare as a birthday surprise tf

wtf why is Kim’s “I like you” being met with :< from Mek

Ep 9 (Dec 29)

9-1

why’d Mek not accept his confession? is he going through something after meeting his ex-gf and scared of new relationship? 

ah, uni acceptance letter? can’t he tell Kim? damn, he’s fr just avoiding Kim?

oof, university in Australia

oh stupid Tim being possessive and jealous of Mai’s new guy but refusing to admit in his feelings and make a move. agh i want more of them because their interactions are sooo rancid and passive aggressive rn 

oh yay more of Tim and Mai 

lmfao Mai for sure gonna think Tim just tryna sabotage his new thing that’s outside of Tim. oh Tim didn’t even mention it “hm. if you like him, that’s good.”

9-2

Bomb and Bear are just cute

lmfao Kim always taking his anger on Mek out on the plant Mek gave him is endearing 

dang first BTS reference, now Squid Game spoiler 

oof, I guess Mek probably won’t go to the uni in Australia but I kinda hope he does cuz like passing up academic opportunities at a young age for a relationship that hasn’t even begun

9-3

oh Mek misunderstand Tim and Kim talking

Kim Tim heart-to-heart

Park and Lee talking to Park’s mom ahh does she/will she know bout their relationship

alksdfjlak;sdfj they’re sooo cute and domestic but also like kissy kissy bang bang lmfao wtf is “I’m tired of the bed” and jumping onto Park. keeping it spicy 7 years into the relationship ig

9-4

o lol I got nervous for a sec that  

Ep 10 (Dec 30)

10-1

pls Bomb calling Bear to sit beside him instead of Kim so that Mek can sit beside him and then Park squishing Mek-Kim to one corner of the couch

10-2

first Mek last ep and now Mai seeing Tim and Kim’s convo lmfao

Mek deciding to not go abroad, who would’ve guessed

10-3

ik from that tiktok clip that Tim gonna come and punch Pete lol

Mek and Kim making up that easily? meh like at least make Mek explain about the abroad opportunity

Tim punching Pete and claiming that Mai’s his bf is so annoying like instead tell Pete off for tryna kiss Mai when mans is drunk out of his mind, that’d actually show you care about Mai instead of just wanting to posses him agh

why are the Mek-Kim makeup and Tim-Mai confession both so meh and anticlimactic 

10-4

lmfao Kim now being like ‘i don’t like you anymore, P’Mek’ because maybe he found out about the abroad thing? and wants Mek to pursue that?

the classic ‘i’ll break up with you so that you pursue your dreams but neither of us will actually communicate anything to each other’

Ep 11 (Dec 30)

11-1

pls I don’t wanna watch Kim work shitty job, like that’s so not my interest

so how many years is this time skip? 2 years? since i guess they were juniors before and now it’s their first day working? or acc just one year because they were at the end of junior year

11-2

dang, why’s Kim mean to his mom? Is he resentful that they left them all alone

ofc Kim just gets assigned to Mr. Mega who nobody knows but is somehow Mek 

Mek being a dickhead to workers reaching out to him with just an email that he doesn’t have to answer? unsurprising ew

11-3

Park-Lee are interesting but also give me a headache like oof now Lee thinks Park’s cheating. oh he has a ring

agh I’m so annoyed by Kim’s boss and also Mek being annoying as a client like idgaf 

11-4

please I hope both Park and Lee have rings and plan to propose. one of the best things about same-gender couples is sometimes accidentally proposing at the same time

pls Lee snooping through Park’s phone --> Park saying “Lee” --> Lee chucking the phone across the bed --> turn around to see Park kneeling with a ring

anyway yay them both proposing 

their hands with the ringsssss as they makeout

oh Bear-Bomb physically intimate scene too

often shows fall into extremely PG territory (possibly with a serving of being grossed out by the thought of sex without explanation) or it’s like an NC-17 show but this series has like sprinkling of nsfw scene or hints of the couples being physically intimate because that’s just how they are

ofc Mek and Kim get blackout drunk every time they drunk tf

okayyy Mek and Kim kiss and make up, I’m so tired of this. hope its’ not a dream of Kim’s

Ep 12 (Dec 30)

12-1

oh Mek orchestrated meeting Kim at his company

lol Kim’s mom walking in on them sleeping in bed

k it’s kinda interesting to see Kim go from student president with plans to someone who struggled to get a job and is working unrelated to his studied field

12-2

naurrr Bear forgot his and Bomb’s anniversary date

so Mek and Kim are bfs now

naurr Bomb and Bear were so cute throughout the whole thing but they’re making them sad and going through a rough patch in the last ep???

12-3

naurrr Bear and Bomb T.T

pls Mek and Kim asking Kim’s mom about moving in together

okayyyy one mention of work-life balance from Bear. it’s interesting to see these characters go through these things

12-4

damn history of Thunderous Sky

pls Park-Lee wedding T.T sooo domestic, esp watching this after I just reread the 2 novellas where Magnus/Alec adopted their children (The Land I Lost and Born to Endless Night). queer couples being domestic and being a family T.T

“look at Mek! He’s stealing the spotlight for himself right here at Park’s wedding” literallyyyyy why’d you pull out a ring rn? at least he didn’t propose very publicly with all the attention on them lol

mek-kim’s proposal makes no sense considering they’ve been dating for about 2 days but k

Overall: 

I wish the Mek-Kim storyline went differently and there were multiple times where out of the 4 couples, their story was #3 or #4 in terms of interest from me. Considering they’re the main characters, not too good. However, when they were cute, they were cute. I think there were just some poor choices especially with the separation and they could’ve written it better rip

Park-Lee my lovelies who call each other ‘ter’ and propose at the same time and are physically affectionate and have feelings like insecurity or jealousy. Really gave me the established relationship trope I always creave.

Bomb and Bear were so cute in the beginning but then became :< sad in the end but it didn’t feel super melodramatic because it felt like something that could happen with wonky work-life balance.

Tim and Mai were sooo rancid and passive aggressive in the middle, I was liking it but then the confession was anti-climactic and then they fizzled out (kinda reminds me of NetJames’ characters’ relationship moments disappearing from the show once they got together in Catch Me Baby).

This show had a lot of heart. Don’t think I’ll remember much except Park and Lee but it was a fun enough watch while it lasted. 

Rating: 6/10

Tiktoks:

Ep 2 Park and Lee in the washroom

Ep 2 Park kissing all around Lee’s face 

Ep 1 - 3 Park/Lee compilation

everybody from each group dating 

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Figure 1.  Jiang Biao’s fan calligraphy, UWM Special Collections (cs 000089).

Graduate Research: Chinese Scroll and Fan Work, Part 10

For the next two weeks, we will focus on the artistic dichotomy of Zheng (正, normative or orthodox) and Qi (奇, unusual or strange ) between five fin de siècle calligraphic fans in our Zhou Cezong Collection of Chinese scroll and fan work. and the work of calligrapher Fu Shan (1607-1684). Zheng is a conservative style, relying on established styles and techniques. Qi is an idea of originality, requiring artists to break from social and political conventions, and challenging recognized norms. According to art historians Dora Ching and Katharine Burnett, the first half of the seventeenth century witnessed Qi as one the primary markers of Chinese art history, which was represented by Fu Shan and a few others. Fu claimed that he would rather have his calligraphy be awkward, not skillful; ugly, not pleasing; deformed, not slick; spontaneous, not premeditated. However, after 1670, this revolutionary pursuit was held in thrall to the prescribed reiteration of Zheng until the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when Kang Youwei (1858-1927) made an emotional harangue against the latter’s stultifying nature.

(From left to right): Figure 2 (a): Detail from rom Figure 1; Figure 2 (b): Detail from the Stele of Mount Yi; Figure 2 (c): Detail from Fu Shan’s work. 

The fan in Figure 1 is a small seal script (first appeared in Qin Dynasty: 221-207 BCE) written by Jiang Biao (1860-1899), the educational commissioner who worked with Chen Sanli (see my previous blog) during Hunan Reform from 1897 to 1898. The format of his characters (Figure 2a) drew inspiration from the Stele of Mount Yi (Figure 2b), which contains a quintessential small seal script created around 219 BCE. Both of them emphasize a balanced, neat, and standardized form, symbolizing the main features of Zheng.

However, in Fu’s view, Zheng style was the degeneration of Chinese calligraphy, and only by deviating from this orthodoxy can one’s works attain vitality and the spirit of nature. One of his ways to achieve this vitality is to exaggerate parts of his composition. In Figure 2c, he first stylized the top half of the character to a wiry linearity; then he exaggerated the bottom half with a fluffy and ostentatious curvature. By these exaggerations, the character produces a strong visual contrast and awkward rawness, exhibiting a feeling of novelty and surprise. 

Figure 3. Jin Nong’s Guanyin (Bodhisattva). From Zhongguo meishu quanji, Huihua bian 11 中国美术全集， 绘画编, 第11卷 [The Collections of Chinese art: Painting Section, volume 11](Shanghai: Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe, 1988), 29.

Fu’s exaggerated presentation of Qi is also manifested by another iconoclastic artist Jin Nong (1687-1763) in the middle of Qing Dynasty. As a great literati-artist, Jin’s paintings retained a charismatic, somewhat whimsical flavor which derived in part from his amateurish exaggeration. In Figure 3, the head of Guanyin (Bodhisattva) is foreshortened to a restricted rectangular space, while his swirling and gargantuan drapery is expanded and elongated to a scope that strains credulity. The stark contrast of the proportion between his head and body is reminiscent of Fu’s audacious approach in Figure 2c.

Figure 4. Peng Yunzhang's fan calligraphy, UWM Special Collections (cs 000094).

The second fan (Figure 4) is a clerical script by Peng Yunzhang (1792-1862), a high official in late Qing Dynasty. Derived from small seal writing, the structure of clerical style is undulating and flaring. For instance, the horizontal stroke will begin with a rounded head similar to a silkworm cocoon and end with a wavelike flourish resembling the tail of wild goose (see the last horizontal stroke in Figure 5). This style reached its zenith during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 CE); and it marks the conclusion of ancient pictographic script and heralds the beginning of the current system of writing.

                                      Figure 5. Detail from Figure 4.

Figure 4 is a faithful imitation of the Ode of XiXia Pathway, which is a cliff stele designed to commemorate governor Li Xi’s achievement to construct a pathway along the face of a precipitous cliff around 171 CE. Peng’s fan possesses the easygoing poise and smoothness of the original stele. However, the character in Peng’s writing is too elegant and orthodox (Zheng), bordering on banality and rigidity. On the contrary, Xixia’s character is imbued with improvised kinetic variations. 

Specifically, in terms of structure, Peng’s layout is properly arranged and equally spaced (Figure 6a), whereas in Xixia (Figure 6b), imbalance is the leitmotif---at first glance, the three parallel strokes on the top right give a vertiginous illusion and structural disharmony; nonetheless, they echo the three tilting horizontal strokes on the left. By following an invisible diagonal line, Xixia pushes a directional force that invites audiences to view the images from an oblique angle. This diagonal perspective does not run out of control; instead, it is perfectly buttressed by two prominent perpendicular strokes and two arch-like components in the character, thereby bringing a kinetic balance to the overall structure.

(From left to right)  Figure 6 (a): Detail from Figure 4;  Figure 6 (b): Detail from Ode of XiXia Pathway;  Figure 6 (c): Detail from Fu Shan’s work.

As an advocate of Qi, Fu viewed imbalance as a barometer of his pursuit of Qi. Xixia’s masterful control between imbalance (diagonal kinesthetics) and balance (perpendicular buttress) might serve as the epiphany for his experimentation. In Figure 6c, the three skewed strokes on the top and the two leftward cocoon-shaped dots on the left are joined to create an imbalanced diagonal. However, the central 口and its two supporting vertical lines act as a counterweight to stabilize that imbalanced balance. In this case, the unusualness of Qi does not transgress the boundaries of accepted conventions; rather, it just brings a precipitous visual contrast to animate the stereotypical practices.

Figure 7.  Eugen Kirchner’s November (from the MOMA collection).

The use of imbalanced balance in a diagonal composition can also be seen in Western paintings. In the aquatint November (Figure 7), Eugen Kirchner (1865-1938) adopts a similar arrow-like diagonal to push the silhouettes of people to their furthest depth (a compositional imbalance). The pronounced diagonal perspective amplifies the blusteriness of the weather (an environmental imbalance), and indicates a sense of dreariness and angst (a phycological imbalance) within the throng. However, the erection of the road sign in the middle right not only works as a supporting counterweight to the composition, but also attenuates the stress from the environmental and phycological imbalance. The road sign is unaffected by the wind and the people move freely to almost a same direction. Here, the imbalanced diagonal is balanced by a vertical sign in regards to the compositional, environmental, and phycological perspective.  

View more posts from the Zhou Cezong Collection of Chinese scroll and fan work.

– Jingwei Zeng, Special Collections graduate researcher.

[xiuxiueig]

Branques i flors

Jin Nong

[gabrielokun]

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Meow Ears Up ep. 4 mini review ✐∗  ˖࣪ ༻

rating 𓄷 8 - Another good episode full of nothing but cringe, and yet I can't get enough of it.

spotlight trope of the week 𓄷 put your head on my shoulder/lap (I'm a sucker for this one, and Faiyen just looked so small and warm) and also the forehead touch (*chef's kiss*)

spotlight actor(s) of the week: Po (Manni) - We didn't get to see much of her this episode, but by far, she stole the show. She's freaking adorable, and I'm already loving her and Jin's dynamic.

Review:

Ok so, not MEU's best episode, some things moved along pretty slowly, and some things were more or less interesting, but nonetheless, this was a good episode that's starting to move the plot along.

At least we got an explanation of why Evan has one facial expression, cause I was about to call him (Bodo) out for having no type of emotion, but I guess it's understandable..? It's very stupid, but this show is about a man and his catboy, so I pass stupidity for normality at this point.

However, Faiyen is the new highlight of my watch. There's just something about him that I can't get enough of, like my heart literally broke for him when Evan had to cancel their plans. I'm interested to see what Evan's reaction will be to finding out he's a cat, probably nothing since he can't show emotion..like literally, his face won't let him. (I can't remember why they can sometimes get rid of their ears, can someone explain that to me again? Cause I thought they said they can get rid of their ears if they're around someone they feel comfortable with, but it might just be vice-versa.)

Jin and Manni are coming around. Manni is just pure bubbles, and I like that Jin is the complete opposite. I got giddy with the accidental closeness trope happened (I'm sorry, it just happens). Manni is such a sweet person who means no harm but seems to catch herself in it every single second. I'm excited to watch Jin take down her walls and open up to Manni, so can't wait to see more of them (so glad this GL couple looks like they might have a decent run time).

God, Dermdem looks so much better with his hair like that now, no more uneven hair extensions. I think it was cute that Meow thought it was a tail, and Dermdem just went with it and patted him on the back as he cried.

I'm excited to see what happens with them both going on a trip together where they have to be in the same bed. Even with it only being the fourth episode, I can't help but love Dermdem and Meow's chemistry, and it was evident when they were both lying on the floor together. For a split second, I thought they were going to kiss, but this is pretty much PG, so I'm really not expecting a kiss until the finale.

Mark?? Mark is in this?? Actually very excited for next week's episode, super stoked to find out how he and Meow know each other. Finally, we'll get some realization about feelings and continue on down this path, hopefully, we'll even get a confession. I didn't realize this series only has 10 episodes, so I hope everything goes as planned and nothing is rushed or incomplete.

I never really noticed they were wearing wigs (Meow and Faiyen) until someone pointed it out. It's not so much a bothersome to me at least, and I caught it today when I was really paying attention to their hair, but it's nothing that is a constant bother. I don't really understand the need for the wigs, maybe to make the ears look more realistic, but I genuinely wonder why they don't just have their normal hair.

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Plum Blossoms, Qing Dynasty, 1757 

Jin Nong

[movielosophy]

Soul Snatcher | Do not interrupt people eating chicken.