#bit of salt today

[scarefox]

once again heard some wild imaginary horror stories about the BL industry and NC scenes out there...

I know there were some bad apples in the industry (as in every entertainment industry) but generalizing that over all is unfair and wrong.

Thailand isn't a lawless country that only harbors predators...

It REALLY would benefit fans to watch interviews of the actors they love so much (maybe even from some they don't care about), if that topic is so big and scary for them. Also behind the scenes videos show some of the process too. Maybe listen to actors when they describe their experiences of shooting NC scenes and how they managed to do all that. Nobody gets forced to act roles they really don't want to, or play scenes they don't consent to (unless the company is basically criminal). No actor gets in a role without being informed about kiss scenes, NC scenes, level of nudity. That's usually mandatory by law because it requires consent.

I started to collect clips and pics about QL NC scenes, because of the fearmongering in the fandom.

Here is my collection tag: making of nc scenes (there is a lot of MYATB in there, scroll further there are also other actors like from Pit Babe, every you every me, Jack and Joker, Playboyy, The Heart Killers, Unknown, My Engineer, Kinnporsche, Kiseki, etc)

also this exists too: intimacy_coordinator_thailand they have a video in their reels of a workshop (ZeeNunew are there)

+ Bonus content: QL history & education for more QL actor, director and industry insight in general

[tainebot01]

Proving to myself I can still make traditional animatics.

Bonus - A higher quality version of the final sketch:

[Image Description: A pencil on paper drawing of Kay, Miles and Eustace from Ace Attorney. Kay is holding up a set of adoption papers and grinning at the other two. Miles is resting his arms behind his back and proudly proclaiming “you did good, kid” to Eustace, who is bending his conductor’s baton and faintly smiling. End Description.]

[miraculouslbcnreactions]

“it could mean that they didn't think further than season five and we're about to get a lot of awkward writing.”

Genuinely, I’m pretty sure this exact problem is about to rear it’s ugly head into the plot so hard. Once it becomes obvious enough next season, I think this is about to become the biggest gripe people have with the show.

I don’t subscribe to the “Chloé was rewritten by TA out of spite” theories—however—it is almost **impossible** that season 5 didn’t, at the very least, have the bones of the plot laid out *when it was still intended as the final season,* and then those bones were **heavily** rearranged when contracts were signed for Miraculous Ladybug to continue production beyond that point.

This is quickly having a domino effect on the plot, where storylines are being re-sculpted left and right to somehow tie-up the arc of the previous 5 seasons, whilst still maintaining pre-reveal status quo for the seasons still to come. The most glaring problem with this is, of course, that they had to royally shoot Marinette in the foot to make that work.

I don’t want to put my tin-foil hat on too much, but Adrinette getting together sans reveal is just a symptom of the show continuing past it’s original intended “end of life”. We were likely supposed to get exactly what is holding Adrinette back from being interesting right now—the reveal—in the original midseason finale of season 5 instead of Kwami’s Choice.

What’s an even more cynical thought—if season 5 was the end of the show like intended at one point, there is ZERO chance that Marinette would have even NEEDED to lie to Adrien about his father. *THAT’S* what frustrates me most about the season 5 finale. Not that it’s shocking, not that it subverts expectations, that it’s so glaringly obvious the main character is making a decision simply because the plot for future seasons implodes on itself if she thinks logically for 1.2 seconds. It’s not interesting. It’s only there because they wrote themselves into a corner they never intended to be in 5 years ago.

And as the seasons tick on and on, the cycle is just going to continue to chase itself in circles under the guise of “drama” and “plot”, but in reality the episodic nature of the show means that none of the plot lines will ever conclude in a satisfying way

(Post that inspired this ask)

it is almost **impossible** that season 5 didn’t, at the very least, have the bones of the plot laid out *when it was still intended as the final season,* and then those bones were **heavily** rearranged when contracts were signed for Miraculous Ladybug to continue production beyond that point.

Now that is a theory I can get behind and will even admit to subscribing to. Season five absolutely feels like it was written to be the final season and we know that it was, originally, supposed to be the final season. It's not a conspiracy theory to say, "I think that they may have committed to elements of season five before they got a sixth season and that ended up making season five into a bit of a mess."

I'd be fascinated to know the behind-the-scenes timing of things and what was written before the season-six greenlight and what they were allowed to change after season six became a thing. Things like scripts, lore bibles, and plot lines get signed off on by a lot of people! It's entirely possible that the writers' hands were tied on certain elements of season five. If the leaked, season-five Bible is to be believed, it says that it was signed off by TF1 & Disney and has a date of 1/29/21, about three months before season six was officially announced, implying that major elements of season five may have been set in stone all the way back in early 2021:

[Image description: footer for the leaked Bible reading "Ladybug - Bible FINAL VERSION updated season 5 - approved by TF1 & Disney 1/29/21 - CONFIDENTIAL]

This may mean that the writers literally weren't allowed to make major changes to season five because they'd already gone through the approval process for the overall plot. It's also possible that they could have redone things, they just didn't have time based on production timelines or maybe they did have time and just couldn't think up a new version of season five in the time they had. There's no way to be sure with the limited information we have. Maybe season five is exactly what they wanted it to be!

It's hard to buy that, though, because a lot of the awkward writing makes so much more sense if there was supposed to be an identity reveal at the end of Kwami's Choice. Like why Adrien is worrying about how to tell Marinette that he's leaving, but he never once stops to think about Ladybug. If he knows they're the same person, that's suddenly perfectly understandable.

I also full agree that the lie at the end of season five feels like another stalling tactic and not a piece in a well-crafted narrative. It's really common for the writing to get stilted in TV shows and movie series that get renewed past their expiration dates because no plot can last forever. Even the best writers can't draw a concept out to the end of time and Miraculous doesn't seem have the best writers. Now that they've been greenlit for ten freaking seasons, I think we're in for a wild ride and I don't mean the fun kind. Serious identity shenanigans like the love square are not designed to last for 86+ hours. (The show has 26 20-minute episodes per season, so if you multiply that by 10, you get a little over 86 hours + specials and such.)

I just don't see how they're going to draw out the identity reveal for another five seasons without making the love square a toxic waste dump, but I also don't think that they're ever going to do an identity reveal in the mid game. They're saving that sucker for the end no matter how much it ruins the story. (Watch season six prove me wrong, lol. You never know.)

[shizunitis]

Hi! What's thrice married to salted fish about? And do you recommend it?

lin qingyu, who had been preparing for the imperial medical office examinations for ten years (he’s eighteen. this man has spent more than half his life working towards becoming an imperial physician), gets his dreams crushed when the emperor bestowed upon him the honour of marrying himself to the terminally ill lu wancheng (read: do it or your entire family dies teehee xoxo) as a male wife, in a setting where “being gay is in vogue”

he moves in, idiots (in-laws) fuck around and find out, he wreaks havoc on the family (excepting lu wancheng, who is too funny to stay mad at. i love him so much)

lu wancheng is. hmnnGGG. best way to explain him, and my opinion of him:

anyway! funny man lu wancheng proves to be a transmigrator. fun times are had, bickering (affectionate) ensues, and then lu wancheng dies, leaving lin qingyu with the knowledge that he might come back in another body in the future, and me, in tears. it’s fucking heartbreaking. maybe not erha levels just yet but like. it’s getting there anon. i’m in pain

also: it does feature somewhat difficult topics, and i recommend looking up a content warning list before reading (i have yet to finish it, so i’m sorry i can’t really write a comprehensive one myself) but so far it’s insanely good, and the dynamic between the cp is just. Perfect Soup. partners in crime: my favouritest dynamic in the world. nothing is better.

it’s sad. it’s beautiful. it’s. hnng. i recommend it, so long as you’re okay with a rather… morally corrupt protagonist and an enabler as a ml. i personally think lin qingyu has never done anything wrong in his life, and i find it extremely attractive when he’s being evil, but. you know. different tastes and whatnot

i’ve yet to get my thoughts in order about the story but it’s shaping up to be one of my top 5’s so far, if that helps? god i need a nap. don’t hesitate to ask any follow ups but i do have to warn for my incoherence

[spop-romanticizes-abuse]

(i made this post in my other blog and i too lazy to find and repost it here, so if you ever come across a similar post, that's the explanation)

so this scene..

very satisfying, yes, and very deserved. but even this scene is slightly unsatisfactory to me because of catra's reaction.

"but catra feels sorry for what she did, she feels guilty and she tried to be better!! 🥺"

why is she so angry here then? if she felt guilty about everything she did, she would be willing to accept the consequences of her actions. she shouldn't be pissed off that people hate her.

again, i'll take zuko's redemption as a good example here. when he apologizes to the gaang in s3, katara splashes him with water. (i'm too lazy to look for the screenshot, but you know what i'm talking about)

it's a pretty similar scene to this one. but the difference is that zuko doesn't get angry. he doesn't question why he is treated this way, because he knows. he knows that he doesn't deserve immediate compassion and forgiveness. zuko is an example of a character who fully realized how wrong they were and redeemed themself, not for the sake of forgiveness, but because it was the right thing to do.

meanwhile, catgirl here is surprised and upset that people hate her for participating in war and destruction, trying to break time and space out of spite, and nearly murdering their only hope to stop the war. "aRe yOu sEriOuS" shut up, you deserved way more than that. be grateful you only got punched by a 11 year old.

[tj-crochets]

It’s time to make coasters from a bunch of HSTs from the box of scraps I got!

I’m aiming for 4” ish square, and I’m making A Bunch so I can give them to my endocrinologist’s entire staff because they have hugely improved my quality of life. Like. By leaps and bounds. I’d make them all full quilts if I knew how many people worked there but that’s maybe a little much so quilted coasters it is! And maybe some quilted mug cozies!

[should-david-be-there]

david tennant in the wild (garlic)

[genericpuff]

an epitaph

[one-bunny-a-day]

19/01/2023

[softandwildx]

This is an emergency PSA to put onions in your cooking!!!

Taco meat? Onions.

Burgers? Onions.

Steak and potatoes? Onions.

Breakfast scramble? Onions.

Sautéed veggies? Onions.

Pastas? Onions.

They enhance the flavor of whatever they're with and they add a nice texture layer. Everything is better with a lil onion in it I promise you can trust me

[ourceliumnetwork]

it's hard to have a good day like, mentally and emotionally but a bad day physically.

it's REALLY hard to do that twice in a row but we're going to try.

[akai-anna]

[jacksmusesdrv3]

Anyways anyone caught being weird about my theory posts from now on - in the tags, replies, whatever - will be blocked from this blog. You can't be interacting with and reblogging said theory posts from me and then go surprised-Pikachu face when I actually want to challenge the status quo of ''correct'' Kokichi and V3 takes and open up possibilities of interpretability. My posts are not for you, and you are exactly who I'm talking about when I say this fandom has a problem. If you don't want to reckon with that, that's your own lookout, but don't you dare make that my problem when I've done so much to meet halfway on the matter and correct my own mistakes. I'm done. Goodbye.

[exopelagic]

okay I severely misjudged spaghetti guy he’s actually just really cool

[spop-romanticizes-abuse]

the statements “catra was an extremely traumatized person who craved love and validation from her abusive mother and used unhealthy coping mechanisms because she wasn't taught how to deal with her own trauma” and “catra abused and tortured everyone around her and committed war crimes with no hesitation, and she did not deserve to be forgiven so easily” can and should coexist.

[elegyofthemoon]

SCREAMS