#Team dae

[thornpixie]

I’m sorry but Minyeong Choi has NO BUSINESS looking this good???

Kitty girl what are you doing? Grab him and hold on tight!

[shadowandbones]

If you think about being Team Dae is actually pretty chill right now. While the other two ships fight each other.

I’m team Dae in generally. Dae with Kitty. Dae with Eunice. Dae actually getting a cared for storyline that is seen through.

Sucker for that first love finding their way back to each other as they grow up.

Basically Team Dae aka Team Dae’s happiness and care.

*also me being not being able to get over the age difference between Gia, Sangheon and Anna

**legal adults yes. Acting yes.

[dae-stuff]

Bumbleby Week

Day 7: AU Day

Moana AU, where Yang is a demigod of earth and fire and helps Blake, the princess of Menagerie, to end the Grimms plague restoring the heart of Salem.

Concept of demigod Yang. She was abandoned by her mother after birth. The gods give her a magic arm, she can transform both arms in animal ones.

Thank you @bumblebyweek-blog for hosting this!

[shima-draws]

Finished season 2…

[candygalaxyyy]

I didn’t know how much I needed XO Kitty until today! I was already anticipating it as an avid rom-com watcher and fan of To All the Boys (especially the first movie). Plus I’m always down for cross-cultural media, given that’s what i study. I just love this show so much, I’m about to rewatch it again after this post. The LGBTQIA+ representation in this show definitely holds a place in my heart. I know its not the most groundbreaking or revolutionary queer media and I’m sure there are critiques to be made, but I’m too happy about it rn to see it in a more critical lense.

I’m just glad that we are getting bi/pan female lead representation and more queer Asian representation in mainstream media. Like yuri being lesbian is everything to me, i love her and I love juiliana as well (I hope we get more of her in s2 cause yay to black queerness). Also, kitty’s story hits so close to home and its comforting to see it being portrayed on a mainstream platform. I just don’t know if I’m team minho or team yuri as of now. I love the tension between kitty and yuri and they have this really comforting vibe when they are around each other, its very cute and cozy. For minho and kitty, the banter and chemistry is so explosive, their jokes just bounce of of each other and its fun to see. AND BOTH STORYLINES ARE ENEMIES TO FRIENDS TO LOVERS CODED!!! Like how am I supposed to choose Netflix?? How??! I’m just glad she broke up with dae, it was the best for the both of them. Now season 2 needs to be about her exploring her sexuality, and i need it to be either minho or yuri, I can’t handle another love interest.

[kokamobi]

"Hi, guys," the boy waved a hand at them. "Namgyu," he greeted, little smile as he nodded his head at him.

He left as quickly as he came, walking down the corridor. They all followed him with their gazes, different levels of surprise on their faces.

"Who's that," Thanos asked after a long silence.

"What was that," Semi questioned at the same time.

"That's Daeho," Minsu replied, brows furrowed. "Daeho?" he repeated, as he couldn't believe what he had just said.

"Daeho?"

"He's in our class," Semi provided, rolling her eyes as Thanos still looked clueless.

"Ah!" Thanos exclaimed, clapping his hands. "The puppy one!"

Namgyu giggled. The puppy one indeed.

"Is he your friend?" Thanos asked, curious.

"Is he your friend?" Semi repeated, skeptical.

The way Namgyu ended being friends with these losers was particular. He wasn't even sure they were real friends, but he knew exchanging a few words with him couldn't qualify as friendship.

"No," he answered. "I didn't even know his name until now."

Daeho. What was up with him?

"He seems like he wants to, though," Thanos said, head tilted to the side.

Minsu made a little noise, and Namgyu glared at him. He knew, too. This Daeho guy was closer to a golden boy where he and his mismatched friends were closer to shady weirdos. Why Daeho would want to be friends with him? That made zero sense.

"Maybe he's just being nice...?" Minsu suggested, unsure.

"That's probably it," Semi agreed.

Thanos shrugged his shoulders.

Namgyu tucked his hair behind his ears, looking at the corridor Daeho had disappeared a while ago now.

ㅡa daegyu highschool au (pt. 2)

[therandomme]

Here me out!

I was rooting for Dae when XO Kitty S1 released, coz I loved them in To All the Boys I've loved before

But man, now I am team Minho all the way. In S1 I loved their frenemy banter, but in S2 Their chemistry is chemistry-ing

It's enemies to lovers for me!!

[peppermintys]

squid game art!! also minor spoilers mention

hyun ju and dae ho!! my bbgs

GI HUN’S TEAM!!! i want to call them team victory. can we start doing that please………………… team victory ftw i love them i hope none of them end up dying at the end of season 2 /sarc

[daenerystargaryen06]

Can you talk about Dany's and khal drogo's relationship? Apparently, her falling in "love" with khal drogo (who is a barbaric rapist and slaver) is a sign that she will go mad.

Dany and Khal Drogo's relationship is a very complicated matter, but her falling in love with Drogo does not make her 'mad'.

Dany, when first wed to Drogo, was his bridal slave. She recognizes this herself within her chapters. She is 13, being sold by her own brother to a man much older than she is and more frightening, and she is obviously afraid of the marriage and Drogo as she is now considered his property and he is allowed to do whatever he wishes to her. She is powerless against him.

"The old woman washed her long, silver-pale hair and gently combed out the snags, all in silence. The girl scrubbed her back and her feet and told her how lucky she was. "Drogo is so rich that even his slaves wear golden collars. A hundred thousand men ride in his khalasar, and his palace in Vaes Dothrak has two hundred rooms and doors of solid silver." There was more like that, so much more, what a handsome man the khal was, so tall and fierce, fearless in battle, the best rider ever to mount a horse, a demon archer. Daenerys said nothing. She had always assumed that she would wed Viserys when she came of age. For centuries the Targaryens had married brother to sister, since Aegon the Conqueror had taken his sisters to bride. The line must be kept pure, Viserys had told her a thousand times; theirs was the kingsblood, the golden blood of old Valyria, the blood of the dragon. Dragons did not mate with the beasts of the field, and Targaryens did not mingle their blood with that of lesser men. Yet now Viserys schemed to sell her to a stranger, a barbarian... When she was clean, the slaves helped her from the water and toweled her dry. The girl brushed her hair until it shone like molten silver, while the old woman anointed her with the spiceflower perfume of the Dothraki plains, a dab on each wrist, behind her ears, on the tips of her breasts, and one last one, cool on her lips, down there between her legs. They dressed her in the wisps that Magister Illyrio had sent up, and then the gown, a deep plum silk to bring out the violet in her eyes. The girl slid the gilded sandals onto her feet, while the old woman fixed the tiara in her hair, and slid golden bracelets crusted with amethysts around her wrists. Last of all came the collar, a heavy golden torc emblazoned with ancient Valyrian glyphs." -A Game of Thrones - Daenerys I

"Dany looked at Khal Drogo. His face was hard and cruel, his eyes as cold and dark as onyx. Her brother hurt her sometimes, when she woke the dragon, but he did not frighten her the way this man frightened her. "I don't want to be his queen," she heard herself say in a small, thin voice. "Please, please, Viserys, I don't want to, I want to go home." -A Game of Thrones - Daenerys I

Now there is the difference between the show and the books for their wedding night. In the books, Dany had said yes to Drogo when he first coerces her into sex with him. However, in the show, she obviously did not consent and was crying as he pushed her down. I feel the show had a better handle of that scene; as it was clearly very much r*pe, even if Dany did say yes within the books- she was still a child of 13 and Drogo was much older than her and had more power over her as well.

After that, Drogo continues to r*pe Dany in the books until she wishes to end her own life, and only her dragon dreams provide her the strength to keep going. Still, Dany is powerless against Drogo, and only lessens her pain when she learns how to "please" him through Doreah. She is still considered his property.

Dany only begins to really "fall" for Drogo when she becomes pregnant with his child. This is only after Drogo begins to treat her gently and value her more. Still, she remains powerless to him. After Viserys had died and she considers herself the last living heir for her family, Drogo refuses to fight to get her the Iron Throne or even sail to Westeros. He only agrees to do this after the wine merchant tries to poison Dany and Rhaego, and this is only because Drogo saw this as someone trying to harm what he considers his property/wife and son.

When Drogo raids the Lhazareen, Dany is appalled by the violence. She tries to harden her heart to it, but in the end she can't turn away from it, and saves as many women she can by taking them as 'hers'. This was a daring move that even Dany acknowledges. When she speaks to Drogo, she wonders if she stepped too far out of line with him for her actions.

"It pleases me to hold them safe," Dany said, wondering if she had dared too much. "If your warriors would mount these women, let them take them gently and keep them for wives. Give them places in the khalasar and let them bear you sons." -A Game of Thrones - Daenerys VII

When Drogo dies and Mirri Maz Duur's blood magic and ritual take place, Dany is still powerless. She can only give commands to Drogo's men by threatening that Drogo would hear of them defying her. Even still, Drogo's men did not respect her, threatened her, and nearly killed her. Drogo was the one who gave Daenerys a position of power within the Khalasar, but even still it was very little and she still was powerless if Drogo did not agree with what she wanted; everything was up to Drogo and his decisions. Dany relied on him for protection and safety as he was the only man who could provide her such things when she was wed to him. And as it was shown, once Drogo began his downward spiral leading to his death, that safety and protection was immediately gone. Dany feared for him dying because he was the only one she knew that "loved" her and protected her.

Dany's "love" for Drogo was her adapting to her situation and doing all she could to keep herself alive and safe. It was a matter of Stockholm Syndrome. It was either Drogo or death for her. She was his bridal slave, his property, and he was the only powerful figure during that time that could provide for her and keep her safe. In her mind, it was love, but it was twisted and only came about because of her circumstances. Dany herself acknowledges the fact that she was Drogo's slave within the show when she liberates the people of Yunkai.

Dany's "love" for Drogo does not mean at all she will go mad. She was 13 in the books and 16/17 in the show when she was wed to him. She was a frightened child forced into a marriage to a man many viewed as a "barbarian" and "savage". It was either conform to her situation and endear to Drogo, or die. She would not have made it as far as she did if she hadn't adapted. To her, it might've been love, but Drogo was the man she was forcefully wed to and stuck with for the rest of her life as far as she knew. For her it was either make the best of it and continue on or lose her life. It was all about her survival from there on out, and Drogo was the only man she saw as being her protector for that.

Many Dany antis love to pick apart her situation with Drogo and turn it into a false narrative for their hate. The situation with Drogo and Mirri Maz Duur is always used to vilify her and make an excuse for her apparently being "mad" or terrible. They ignore the situation Dany was in and the logistics of it. She had no power, she was a child, and she was Drogo's property. Yet they love to say she did have power, when her only power came from Drogo and even then she was afraid of stepping too far with him. This was a matter of life or death for Dany. It's not 'madness' that she, a child, was conforming to her circumstances as best she could to keep herself alive.

Thanks for the ask! :)

[greeneyedlovergirl]

okay so I finished XO Kitty s2 today and I fear I’m OBSESSED. Like I have so many thoughts but I can’t put any of them into words other than I miss the show and I barely finished it this morning.

[larissa-the-scribe]

I don't think they're going to be friends....

Artfight attack on @chrystallink of her OC, DeathScreen! Another interaction inspired by OC Tournament Crossover Shenanigans

[shadowandbones]

I think Kitty and Dae’s ending in season 1 is literally perfect. Because when you think about it they’ve known each other for 4 years but they’ve never been together. They weren’t truly together but wanted to be, they were each others first love but with an ocean and many time zones away they never got to know each other fully.

Kitty even said she’s never liked anyone besides Dae so this was a blessing because she’s young—they both are, they deserve to love many people and have their own story. Anyway I loved them.

If we get a season two please writers tone down the plots they were trying to do so much within 10 eps and honestly I blame Netflix because you know how they are with their shows. So they were trying to do everything just in case. But I liked how they left an opening for season 2.

[dae-stuff]

Bumbleby Week

Day 3: Soulmates/Reincarnation

I struggled with this one. I had some ideas but none of them turned out well, so I had to settle for something easier.

Thank you @bumblebyweek-blog for hosting this!

[shinyturtlelady]

the way i went into xo, kitty expecting straight stuff with really good cinematography and colour grading only to find the gay nonsense of longing with really good cinematography and colour grading.

[moviepolaroids]

XO Kitty Series HD Sticker Set / T Shirt

[therandomme]

Dae had feelings for Kitty, Kitty had feelings for Yuri, Yuri had feelings for Juliana, Juliana has feelings for Praveena,Praveena had feelings for Kitty, Kitty and Q share platonic feelings, Q has feelings for Jin,Jin has no feelings for Eunice ,Eunice has feelings for Dae, Dae has no feelings for Stella, Stella had feelings for (atleast a bit) for Minho, Minho had/has feelings ( a little bit or a lot) for Kitty, Kitty has feelings for Minho ( a little bit or a lot).