#asia rambles

[camelots-daffodil]

Anti consumerism until it’s a piece of physical media. If my shelves aren’t full of creased, yellowed books and old dvds from the thrift and CDs that are never in the right case then why do you even bother

[blackstarz]

Idk about anyone else but I feel so uncomfortable publishing fanfic in the marauders fandom or even talking/discussing HCs and meta etc. like under every post here people are attacking/getting attacked for ships, characterisations, characters- and it always feels like you’re wrong? Im all for individual interpretation and I’ll never yuck anyone else’s yum I just won’t engage with it but apparently a bunch of you didn’t get the memo.

A lot of it seems to be ship wars (y’know what- sure. Ship wars exist in every fandom whatever I just wish people tagged more appropriately), fanon vs canon (which for me is a little blurry bc I gravitate towards canon characterisations but also I can’t pretend like I know much about the ho canon and honestly I don’t want to reread the books because I’m not interested in stuffing JKRs awful and blatant bigotry in my own face), and then there seems to be nearly a generational divide and the handheld superiority complex that goes along with it about what stages of the marauders fandom was the best and how it sucks now. I think this is an interesting one since my main fandom is >15 years old and this issue doesn’t seem to exist.

It makes me a little sad because i genuinely love fandoms and interacting with fandom and writers and artists but yeah i just find it so uncomfortable here. But at the same time i want to interact and see the art and fic and creation that comes out of it but ugh at what cost man.

[anthonybrxdgerton]

That moment when you realize you don't have beads with numbers and you can't make "and i was born in 1989" bracelet 😭😭

[welcometogrouchland]

Also I am. Constantly forgetting how fucking funny Hunter is. We never give him enough credit for how funny he is because his life is so fucked up but I swear 90% of his lines are just bit after bit after bit. He's not even trying either. Anytime he actively tries to make a joke it falls flat but if you just put him in a Scenario he'll find a way to be so over invested and yet out of touch/at odds with whatever's going on. He's so autistic

[secriden]

something i really appreciate about prapai is that even at the start he never pulls the asshole rich guy move of trying to buy/impress sky by throwing money or expensive gifts at him/his problems.

when sky makes it clear he's not interested, prapai almost immediately bounces back and decides to 'try again'.

rather than getting angry, in an unexpectedly sweet move, mr playboy "i love my freedom" goes for actually getting to know sky.

i mean yes, he's absolutely still just trying to get into sky's pants at this point, but at the same time this isn't a move from the rich asshole playbook at all.

when prapai shows up at sky's dorm unannounced again, it's clear he doesn't really have a plan other than 'try to be sexy around sky' and he fails terribly at this because prapai is NOT as smooth as he thinks he is.

he's so, so bad at flirting, but...it absolutely works in prapai's favour because it disarms some of sky's defences. look at sky's expressions here:

it's hard to see in screenshots, but we hear that sky suppresses a small laugh, and towards the end he's very clearly fighting not to smile. prapai's not living up to sky's expectations of finding a suave playboy type. he's ridiculous and sky is very reluctantly charmed by it.

and when they have breakfast, prapai doesn't try to show off by bringing sky to a fancy restaurant or try to make a big deal about paying for sky's meal. even though he also likely overpays for his meal.

sky leaves what looks like two 100 bhat notes while prapai leaves a single 500 bhat note. (my experiences in places like this in Bangkok says that sky left a reasonable amount/slightly more than he needed to, while prapai probably left a tip that was bigger than the cost of his meal.)

so if he wanted to, prapai could've made a big deal about this but he doesn't. this isn't for show because sky never even sees the amount prapai puts down.

look at prapai's emphasis: he queued up for it since 5am. he didn't try to pay extra to jump to the head of the line or order it to be delivered to him or send someone else to buy it for him. this was prapai's time, effort, energy and he didn't use his money to take any short cuts.

purely speculative, but assuming sky is heading directly to classes, his dorm is located within walking distance of the university, and the first class is at 8am, it's possibly around 7:30am at the earliest. which still gives a conservative estimate of prapai having a whole 2.5 hour window of queuing for the food and bringing it to sky right before his international flight and a slew of business meetings.

for a man with money, with power, with influence, this is so, so much effort.

even before prapai ends up taking care of sky when he's sick, he's already shown how real his commitment is. this is intentional, focused, dedicated pursuit. of sky. not just a warm body for sex, but very specifically: sky. because prapai is not a man who has to work this hard just to get sex.

and then there's this moment:

i think this was the moment when prapai realises that his approach was working on sky. before this point, prapai's entire strategy is 'throw stuff at wall, see what sticks,' but here he realises: sky has been moved. first, by the reassurance that prapai wasn't looking for sex anymore (at least not just sex), and second by the attention and forethought inherent in making sure sky still had food ready for him after prapai left. this is the kind of care you show when you genuinely want the best for someone, not just to make a good impression or to elevate their opinion of you, and it's working.

it's super telling that after this point in the show, about 85% of prapai's wooing strategy becomes 'send sky food', whether in person or via delivery. he's paying attention and when something works he doubles down on it with zero hesitation. and everything he does give sky either meets a basic need (food, medication, a safe space to rest) or involves directly helping sky with something he finds challenging (helping him with his assignments). primarily, prapai's focus is about spending time with sky.

and none of this, none of this, was the approach you would expect from a rich fuckboy. and i really, really love prapai for that.

[swiftlydnp]

the way they're still trying to get international dates fills my heart...thank god they're communicating properly with us🥺 I just hope something can be done i wanna see them so bad😭😭😭

[kuroananosanji]

I’ve mentioned on my priv twt that Zoro calls Sanji “廚子” (chu zi) in the Chinese translation and that somehow sounds… romantic? “Cook” or コック in English/Japanese sounds like just your average nickname among dudebros but 廚子 sounds like something you’d call your wife (if you’re some grumpy old man). Maybe it’s coz Chinese people have a habit of calling their spouses insulting nicknames (see: 臭婆娘、老婆子 which are just variations of “old hag”😭), so we can’t help but interpret zosan as some boomer “ol’ ball and chain” couple

[mysticalhiss]

What if Rani was a tiger. What then

[kaxtwenty]

Mobile Suit Gundam is a story about understanding.

[taruruchi]

Do any of y'all play genshin and/or hsr on Asia server......

[presumenothing]

team "sweating nervously over the KL show" anyone

[camelots-daffodil]

Idk about anyone else but making my characters laugh at a joke is so embarrassing to me. Like that joke wasn’t even funny but I can’t think of anything else so LAUGH! ITS FUNNY! *shaking jar* ITS FUNNY!! (It’s not funny in the slightest)

[nyaskitten]

It's so hard watching my favs get hit with the whiteification beam... hell I wouldn't even wish it on my least favs...

[netscapenavigator-official]

Watch This:

and then tell me (without reading the comments),

[tojisun]

“dont u need to be leaving for school” guys if u rlly are worried about me, then maybe give me less life-changing work experience

[sideblogdotjpeg]

fuck i thought about sol bufo too hard again. did anyone tell him he hibernates when its cold or did he have to learn it all by himself. makes me sick to my stomach because i KNOW its not a reading of his character that was intended but T_T growing up alone where theres nobody else like you, or at least nobody who knows more about you than you. you have a history but no one to tell it to you. does he know the bullywugs are a family oriented people with really nice teeth. this is so stupid but im crying forever and ever. this city frog can hold so much cultural displacement and estrangement in him