#cookie crit

[cookie9sbiggestfan]

why?????

[undead-knick-knack]

Keyleth making Vax'ilorb cookies to cope 😔

[theraddestfemalive]

Y’know what? Fuck it. I’m going to say this

I don’t think any non-gc or tra lib gives a fuck about what im about to say, even considering that im going to tag the cr fandom.

I’m only adding one radfem tag because this post is centered around another topic.

i feel like ever since the trans population has tripled, it hasn’t been the same. Before any of you cucks think im talking about the idea of being trans, im also talking about the community behind it. Their ideas within the concept of it.

the concept of being ‘transgender’ was built on the foundation of sexist stereotypes; although the origins had a different purpose in ancient societies (varying ofcourse), it was ultimately used as a weapon to oppress women in the modern times, the goal was to make a person ‘feel’ like a male or female and now trillions of micro labels and gender identities are used to describe people who feel slightly above the normal and they’re treated as if they’re some kind of clothes that you put on instead of an identity.

Because of this, most people don’t even know what a woman or a lesbian is. They try to replace the definition of something that was exclusive to one sex to cater to the whims of men.

Ever since last year, most my friends that weren’t into that shit now identify as trans and I saw a dramatic shift in their personality. Most if not all of them were autistic women that did not conform of societal standards of what a ‘woman’ is. Some people may argue it’s because of how lightly a transgender identity is perceived. But on my end, I think it also has to do with the lack of representation of quirky female characters in media.

likely I would’ve fit into one of those micro labels or some shit like that but I was lucky enough to discover characters and things that I aligned with so I didn’t have to deal with shitty gender dysphoria (alongside with my very obvious mental issues and me being neurodivergent myself)

When I look at the older cookie run art (2016-2021), or even from eastern countries (eastern countries aren’t really politically correct) I could truly see the characters in the scene. There is passion behind it. The artists are either older or they know what they’re doing. And it doesn’t seem like an overload

when I see newer cookie run ‘fanart’ esp when there’s a lot of people within the western community, I don’t see a lot of what the characters truly are. All I see is their interpretation of what their character would look like if it was an unoriginal copy of a 14 year old gendie’s oc. Alongside with that, they add a thousand headcanons and sexualities, making the character unrecognizable. And if that wasn’t the cherry on top, they’re so obsessed with lgbtq and race stuff (no im not a bigot, don’t even try to fucking label me as one im a bisexual woc ) that’s all what they talk about besides stupid discourse topics. Oh, and also changing a dough color is ‘racist’ (they’re fucking COOKIES. Their dough color was based off of their ingredients and complimentary colors, even the devs had to explain and yet the western community still bitches about it like whiny 5 year olds. They come in all colors, not just fucking skintones.)

I think the characters and ships of the community would be much more likable for me if it wasn’t infiltrated by the discourse gang.

I think instead of giving drugs and cosmetic surgery to children, we should get deeper into the psychology of why there’s a lot of trans people on the rise. Don’t you think it’s weird that it has to be an ‘urgency’ to get surgery or children will kts? Maybe instead of thinking it as a life or death situation, think of how most of these people are mentally ill compared to the other lgbtq demographics.

I probably sound like a fucking dick here and im going to get a lot of hateful notes and messages, but honestly.. idgaf

Before you water this down to ‘trans people bad’ im just highlighting the problems of their community and its immense effect on teens my age (13-15 age range im not telling you) before dickriding the movement, I think *again* we should get deeper into the psychology of these people, thank you for reading.

maybe one or two people know who i am because of the image i will show below, who cares lol

i will block if I receive any threats :)))

[anne-the-historian-ish]

Idk about yall...but as much as i love the project i've kinda lost the passion i had with it. Seeing so much bad stuff happening and most people (as in players and in community) not even addressing it makes me really upset. Of course no one has an obligation to address anything, nut it does taste sour.

And quackity's response to this was so..shallow. as if one of his friends wasn't harassed until he had to expose parts of his life that he didn't even want to share.

I love this server (anyone that checks my blog and/or ao3 will see it) and i don't want this post to be read as hate towards quackity, or the players or the adimins , but i think i will need a break from it. At least from the main tags, all pf this made me not enjoy the server as much, and whats the point in following something you are not enjoying?

[preciousmetaltimeofnight]

Gonna make a longer post later when I've watched the vod about this. But my initial thoughts on the new egg tasks is that they don't add anything positive to the player experience. Holding the eggs lives hostage to make the players do essentially grinding busy work doesn't add anything.

[hatsune]

☆ ⸺ ; hey i'm cookie .ᐟ 29y, she/her, bi .ᐟ remade on 7|05|24 didn't unf or blk . i mostly post vocaloid & various aesthetics here but i also treat this as my personal, hope u enjoy your time on my blog . ♡

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↬ if our blogs seem completely unrelated & ur confused as to why i followed, it's bc of my side(s) lol hi

↬ general dni crit applies, minors will be blocked on sight

↬ mass liking/rbing/queueing from me or my sideblogs = ok if you follow .ᐟ

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[brittle-doughie]

I'm sure it's a long gone now, But is there any chance you could reply to the ask I made with the Beast Pure Vanilla skill I made up? Not because I need you to respond, But because I want to use it for writing and my dumb butt didn't think to save it before sending it.

I have it, hang on.

[Skill name]: Ever After’s Light

“Pure Vanilla Cookie holds his staff aloft and caresses the filled with haunting moonlight, giving all allies The Mourning Orcutt buff, gaining DEF up and CRIT DMG Down.

The orchids also feed off of debuffs, healing a portion of Pure Vanilla Cookie's attack and dispelling a random debuff every 10 seconds. Pure Vanilla Cookie also manifests his grief in the Sorrowful Thorns buff, giving DMG Down against all elements excluding light. If an ally with this buff is defeated,

The enemy will receive damage equal to pure vanilla cookies defense. Once per battle, an ally will be revived regardless of Pure Vanilla Cookie’s current status. gaining ATK Up, Cooldown Down, and ATK SPD Down Resist.

If Pure Vanilla Cookie is still on the field when the first ally is revived, Pure Vanilla Cookie grants the Dark Side Protector and the Curse Protection buffs to himself and the revived ally, absorbing part of the damage they take with DMG Focus and making them Immune to Debuffs."

[autism-alley]

alright sorry to be a bitch about casting, but i’m gonna bc i do think it’s important to illustrating the feel of a character (if you come to me to bitch and whine about black annabeth get the fuck off my lawn). myself and others have already talked at length about the writing of the series, so if you’re looking for more weighty criticism, just scroll thru the pjo crit tag, now is my time to be a stickler for details, and this is a live action show, a visual medium, the casting is important for reasons beyond an actor’s ability to deliver lines. embodying the character purely in an actor’s personality isn’t enough—they need to physically feel like they could be this person to really sell it (there’s also something to be said abt not having to cast someone who supposedly feels like the character they’re playing just as themself—it’s called acting for a reason, but i digress).

just. take in the official viria pjo art of sally jackson.

look at this woman. look at her!! that is MOTHER. that is the woman who worked herself to the bone to single handedly raise perseus jackson, flaws and all. that is the woman who rocked up to the battle of manhattan with a shotgun and A WILL. that is the woman poseidon himself called a queen amongst women and offered a palace to. with warm lighting only outshone by her reassuring smile and the candle of percy’s blue birthday cupcake—that’s sally jackson. the composition of it, her pose and welcoming smile, makes the viewer feel like we are percy jackson, and it’s our birthday we’re being beckoned to join in the celebration of, a special moment between mother and child.

now look at this woman.

i feel like i’ve had this english teacher before, asking me why my autistic ass was tweaking out in the middle of her lesson on iambic peranimeter. i’m sure she’s a nice lady in real life, it’s nothing against her as a person or her skills as an actress, to me she just lacks the warmth and gentleness crucial to sally jackson’s feel as a character. that is my own subjective take. she doesn’t make my shoulders relax at the sight of her. her smile doesn’t make the tightness in my chest go away. looking at this sally jackson, i feel everything her character ISN’T meant to embody. i start feeling stressed out. like everything is somehow a lesson and she has grand expectations of my answer. and the script does NOT do her any favors with lines like “you decide how ugly this gets” at VERY MINOR “outbursts” of percy’s. paired together, the script and the casting, we get what feels more like all the chastising teachers in percy’s life rather than his loving and patient MOTHER. and i don’t wanna hear another one of y’all defend this depiction as more accurate to parents of ND children or i’m gonna lose it.

now finally, look at this woman.

we can bash the pjo movies for all their inaccuracies and adaptation flaws, but if there’s one thing they nailed, it’s sally jackson. the kind eyes. the welcoming and reassuring gaze. a tired yet inherently trustworthy face. she’s so open. she feels so special, so giving, even if she herself has little. i can see myself laughing in her kitchen, making seven-layer dip or blue cookies. i can see her handing me an extra few jelly beans after a long shift at the candy store. i can see myself as percy jackson, able to put aside another school expulsion because that’s my mother and she’ll never let me doubt she loves me. i can see why poseidon, god of the sea, would fall in love with her in a way he hadn’t in thousands of years. i can see him offering her the world.

i don’t know if this casting impacted the official art, it did come first, maybe that’s a well-known fact and i just sound like a jackass—nor is official art is the end all be all (looking the og official pjo art dead in the eyes)—but this woman just deeply strikes me as the same sally jackson as the one in viria’s art and the pjo books. she’s sally jackson in ways show sally vehemently just… is not.

[charlottecbordeaux]

At the bus terminal atm so decided to make a post about Caramel Macchiato while I’m waiting

(Last pic by @flowery-draws !)

[Caramel Macchiato Cookie]

Gender: Female

Pronouns: She/Her

Age: 35

Pet: Mocha Kitten

Likes: Her pet, chocolate, “that women” stuff, working for her sleep deprived boss

Dislikes: Her past relationships (or bosses), “pretty privilege”, bugs (depends on the bug tho)

CRK type: Support/back rear

CRK skill name: “Precise Assist”

Speeds up teams skill cooldown by 5 seconds, increases crit, increases damage placed on enemy. Can be stacked (except cooldown).

CROB skill:

She picks up papers dropped on the floor while performing tasks accordingly by pressing the “task” button. After she collects the papers she passes them on to one of the coffee bean workers (or even sometimes Cappuccino Cookie. When he comes up she’ll give him the papers with a kiss to his cheek♥️)

{Description}

High heels, perfect posture, and her signature smile. There’s no assistance or secretary as perfect as Caramel Macchiato! She works and assists her tired sleep deprived boss making sure every court paper is as sharp as a knife while making sure he doesn’t faint due to all the work he’s doing. Rumor has it that she’s been an secretary for a couple of big companies! But why did she quit? No one will never know…

{Headcanons}

-She met Cappuccino at her day of job interview (it took place at Cappuccino’s favorite cafe because his office was a mess)

-She started to tease him after an accident that involved Cappuccino slipping on a cup and landing on Caramel. What she accidentally did when she tried to get up made Cappuccino fluster and something inside her click.

-She can’t swim (until Cappuccino taught her on one of their vacations together)

-All past jobs: front desk girl, secretary, assistant, any top job.

-After being with Cappuccino for a while she started to try and get him more healthy by giving him quick healthy foods to eat and water.

-She makes sure Cappuccino’s papers are PERFECT and that theirs no room for mistakes or things left out whatsoever.

-Recently also been self teaching herself about the law and sometimes asks Cappuccino to check her work or if she has a question

-Hate being treated like a pretty girl or having her work taken away from her because of her looks and gender.

-Current status with Cappuccino: Couple now taking turns living at each other’s house.

-Think of Miss Bellum from PPG. THATS HER.

{Lines}

“My name is Caramel Macchiato. How may I be of assistance?”

“Allow me to help you with that.”

“I do hope Mr. Prosecutor tries to cut off some of his cappuccino…”

ETC (still thinking of them)

(Yeah this is from @flowery-draws too AND it has her OC too!)

[queen-rainy-love]

Cookie of the Week: Caramel Arrow Cookie

This Cookie of the Week is...

Cookie name: Caramel Arrow Cookie

Pronouns: She/Her

Rarity: Epic

Position: Front

Type: Ranged

Lore: Caramel Arrow is the First Watcher of the Dark Cacao Kingdom, being the youngest one in history. However, before episode 13, she was briefly demoted and banished from the Black Citadel because of Affogato. During episode 13, she helped GingerBrave and his friends enter the Citadel to reach an audience with Dark Cacao. She did get her position as First Watcher back after helping defeat Affogato and giving the throne back to Dark Cacao in episode 14. She did make a brief appearance in the Cookies of Darkness story.

Personality: Caramel Arrow is determined, supremely loyal, and compassionate. She can let her strong emotions and unmovable beliefs decide her decision-making. She is known to never hold her tongue (and bow) when insulted.

Skills: Caramel Arrow's Skill is called Arrow of Resolution. This skill has Caramel Arrow perform a ranged attack and this leaves an Arrow Mark on the enemy. After the ranged attack, the Arrow Mark explodes when Caramel Arrow rushes toward the enemy and deals DMG proportional to the enemy’s Max HP. She does receive a buff that makes her immune to debuffs as well as becoming resistant to interrupting effects. With her Magic Candy, her skill becomes Finality of Resolution. Her skill now targets up to six enemies and deals an area damage. When Consuming Darkness is applied, her DMG Resist, ATK, and CRIT% increase.

Costumes: Caramel Arrow has no costumes.

Cookie Decor: Caramel Arrow does have a Cookie Decor called Caramel Watchtower. It does showcase how she takes her duties seriously.

Thoughts: She is a goddamn beast in gameplay. And I would love to see more of her.

[astral-disastral-catastral]

I NEED to talk about cookies again they're all I can think abt and I need to yap abt the current meta [i think] simply because I want to!!!!

Cuz like recently reached grandmaster for the 2nd time ever without falling out immediately [ILYSM SMILK TY MY BELOVED] therefore I am now in like top 500 or 300 or 400 and can confirm the most used teams contain: Dark Cacao [awakened, ofc], SMILK!!!!!, burning spice, snapdragon and golden Cheese [also awakened, aswell, ofc]

Uh the toppings for all of them look like the above if youre curious... if you cba to look or figure it out then there IS a tl;dr at the bottom!!!!!! There are also alternative teams but smilk gc dc bs smilk sd are the most meta one rn!!

BS: full atk with some dmg resist and dmg res bypass so he can do a buncha dmg but it's fine if there's not a lot of dmg resist bypass [he still might need some dmg res so he doesnt die quickly, even if he's tanky cuz of being a charge cookie] you could also give him some cooldown via not full atk toppings If need be..

DC: Full cooldown [recommended like 35%/36%+ so he has a really short skill start so he can silence the enemy team more especially at the start so that your team can use their skills first and not absolutely murder you in the start] + some dmg resist and dmg res bypass if possible

SMILK!!!!!: It probably seems like a not bad idea to give him full atk but PREASE give him full cooldown!!!! if you give him enough like maybe around 26%-28% he has a 1 second start WHICH MEANSSS that he will OBLITERATE gc after shackling her on the opponent team [if she's even on the team] and force her to use her extra built-in revive at the start so it's harder for the opponent to win [also he doesnt really need full atk in arena cuz even with full cooldown he does A TON of damage — probably the most on the whole team, often surpassing the damage done by bs] + FULL dmg res bypass on his beascuit if possible since like it could total to around 100% dmg res bypass since he has some extra from his skill and he'll do LOADS of dmg!!

GC: Preferably full atk with dmg res + dmg resist bypass [MAYBE around 11% cooldown for 3 second start but its not obligatory, its optional!!!!] IF YOU ARE FACING AN OPPONENT WITH SMILK ON THEIR TEAM EXPECT HER TO DIE NEAR OR AT THE BEGINNING!!!!!! Do not be surprised..

Snapdragon: probably just give them lots of cooldown, as much as you can!!! No need to worry abt dmg res [or anything else, really] because theyre a safeguard so they cant die or take damage or be silenced/shackled!! I think in crk the amount of healing done by heals and supports scales off of their atk [unlike a game like genshin where most characters that do healing have it scale off of their hp with some exceptions..] but EVEN SO we still give them full cooldown cuz they will use their skill and do more healing or give more buffs/debuffs more often [or both]. If desired to, you CAN give snapdragon more atk, maybe a little crit% aswell?, to try make them do a little more healing but it isn't recommended if it makes their cooldown really low... probably don't give them full atk or anynatk toppings UNLESS you can get their cooldown to still be really high!!!

Why not wind archer? You CAN still use him, he isnt bad all of a sudden but people start switching him out for smilk [and dc replacing mystic flour] cuz smilk is painfully op in every way thinkable namely the fact he revives himself, he does A TON of damage in 1 atk, he shackles enemies and once they're shackled they are NOT escaping [whereas for archie you can un-stun cookies by using a simple treasure or just stunning him first], he heals himself to full hp after revived and doesn't immediately die, probably does even MORE dmg after he revives, gives himself a hp shield everytime he uses hid skill after the revive, etc.. even though archie is still GREAT generally he's slowly falling out of the meta in arena [still definetly useable there but.. yk]

Why not mystic flour? Ofc, same as archie, mf is NOT bad in the SLIGHEST: her Sheild is dummy thick, literally one of the best healers in the game, heals even after she dies, increases cooldown of opposing team in arena by like 1 second everytime she uses her skill, AMAZING healing etc... butttt she is not very tanky and dies pretty easy from any amount of damage even with a buncha dmg resist, at the back row so can't really protect your team and take dmg for them and is just a Healer so maybe less specific buffs compared to creampuff or star coral or cream ferret [supports] and she can be swapped out for others who safeguard like snapdragon or icicle yeti or someone actually tanky like dc who's a charge and is in the front [even before people started using snapdragon more and more for the new meta, she already practically got replaced by icicle yeti and dc got replaced by cream ferret, i believe?]

They both had a good run, rip archie and misty as arena meta....2024-2025..

TL;DR!!!!

Bs: atk

Dc: cooldown

Smilk: cooldown

Gc: atk

Snapdragon: cooldown

Other teams!!!!! They're barely any different but yk I wanted to yap..

Icicle yeti absorbs 30% of non-periodic damage done [.e.g. damage done by wind archer would get absorbed by icicle yeti but not dmg done someone else like prune juice or affogato who do periodic damage since theyre poison type or damage done by bs' burning] by opponents in their yeti form which is really good [+safeguard, front liner AND goof healing too] hence they were in the meta arena team[s] for a while, replacing mf.

Cream ferret has mad good buffs like big dmg res, atk, crit [etc...] buffs and really good healing [.e.g. restoring a cookie's full hp when they reach 50% hp or lower] and isn't exactly a safeguard [they can become invincible until the whole team dies or wheh they're in their ferret form after they use their skill] so they can die and get affected by silence, shackles, stun, etc... PLUS they're a support so they aren't tanky and can't take a lot of damage before dying inevitably.

Also have these 2 things i made with Google slides because I'm boring so I find it perpetually fun sometimes also moonlight's in the corner of every page of it cuz i love her

[thermoskind]

love that your big checkmate here is a screenshot from 5 years ago that in no way proves people drawing stede as a skinny hairless twink are correct. i see a dude with a thick neck supporting broad shoulders, relaxed but visible biceps that do appear to be a bit smaller than they are nowadays, a hairy barrel chest and very little stomach definition. this is not a featureless mannequin or a willowy youth, and it's offputting to see him drawn that way, especially if blackbeard is conversely being drawn as broader and more muscular than he actually is. no one here is singling out a specific artist to bully, just venting about an obnoxious trend.

I am no longer asking. the next person to draw stede with visible ribs and stick arms is getting stabbed on the right

[inkbillyfernado]

Decided to make some info on my CRK/CROB OC

Btw, I can make one for others if wanted to

Geode Cake Cookie

Super Epic/Front/Charge

Best Toppings: Searing raspberry and Solid Almond

Weapon: Crystal Sword

Description: In a far away castle not known by many, Geode Cake Cookie rules over all, not worrying about the consequences of his actions. The glimmering crystals baked into this cookie’s dough have made him incredibly envious of any cookie who he deems has more than him. Oh well, it’ll be his in no time! To prevent angering the king, cookies frequently give up their valuable belongings when in his presence, sadly, it’s not enough sometimes.

Soul stone: This soulstone holds a piece of Geode Cake Cookie’s soul. It makes you feel envious of everything you don’t own that’s around you.

Skill: KING’S CRADEL Geode Cake Cookie creates a Crystal Maiden straight from the crust below from behind enemies before swinging two attacks with his sword, forcing all enemies into the crystal Maiden. All Enemies will be trapped inside for 5 seconds, unable to use their abilities. During the 5 seconds, all enemies DEF will be dropped and Allies will gain a CRIT boost. Once the ability is over, all Enemies will be released from the Crystal Maiden but will receive all damage from previous attacks In one blow.

Appearance:

[bakersstreetirregulars]

CRK 4/24 Update Preview - Heaven-Splitting Lightning

Images from CRK’s Discord

New Legendary Cookie: ⛈️ Stormbringer Cookie

Charge ✊ - Front - “Lightning Blitzstorm”

Guaranteed through daily gifts after update launch

Sublime Cake Towers - possible retexturing of Tower of Sweet Chaos as an event - Decadent Choco Cake Tower in Part 1

Adding Electricity ⚡️ element for ⚡️🔫 Twizzly Gummy Cookie, 📖 Blueberry Pie Cookie, 🍋🎸 Black Lemonade Cookie, 🎤✨ Shining Glitter Cookie, 🪼 Frilled Jellyfish Cookie, and 🫒 Olive Cookie

⛈️ Stormbringer Cookie will most likely have this element by default

🌩️ Dark Cacao Cookie and ✨ Wizard Cookie were shown to have gotten this element in the preview video on YouTube (link here) but are not in this image

New Epic Treasures: Grim-Looking Electrifying Scythe - increases CRIT% for ⚡️ Electricity-type Cookies, described above - Scythe variant

Thunder God’s Paper Charm - deals ⚡️ Electric damage to and removes all buffs from the closest enemy - Paper Charm variant

—————————— ⬇️ Potentially Part 2 ⬇️

Legendary Costume for ⛈️ Stormbringer Cookie

Sublime Cake Tower - Endless Strawberry Cake Tower

Magic Candies for ⚡️🔫 Twizzly Gummy Cookie AND 📖 Blueberry Pie Cookie

[absolutebl]

This Week In BL - Everyone is back with a will

July 2023 Wk 1

Being a highly subjective assessment of one tiny corner of the interwebs. Organized by which ones (in each category) I’m enjoying most.

Ongoing Series - Thai

Step By Step (Tues WeTV & Gaga) ep 11 of 12 -This was a proper ep 11 with everything coming to a head (pun intended). All the high risk reality of coming out in a conservative job environment. I like that they brought it back around to Up’s actor character. Still not sure how I feel about the side couple. Although it was meant to be heart wrenching, only the wig made me cry... Seriously just take all wigs away from Thailand on grounds of chronic abuse and misuse. 

La Pluie (Sat iQIYI) ep 11 of 12 - This got a bit messy and heavy for me (you know I prefer my BL frivolous). Not sure how I feel about the “hearing soulmate thing” being violated as an established rule of the universe (via Lom) No, I do know. It feels disingenuous. Am I supposed to doubt my belief in everything including the show now? Is that the point? The character’s doubt true love, thus I doubt the narrative? I have to say that I think this show is betraying the courage of its convictions but also that it must do that to stay a BL. (Just imagine what this story would’ve been like in the hands of Japan. Soul destroying.) Ultimately La Pluie is going to end happily, but that doesn’t feel right (to ME who LOVES HEA). Bah. I don’t know where my head (or my heart) is at with this. Only next week will tell, I suppose. 

Low Frequency (Sat YouTube?) ep 1 of 8 - Mon can see ghosts and he’s not happy about it. This was more horror to start than I expected (I’m not going to go into the long tradition of “gayness as monstrosity” you can read the flim crit on the subject if you’re interested) instead I’ll just say I tend to cast a jaundice eye on “my ghost boyfriend” as a trope for more reasons than “new meaning to kill the gay” trope. I mean there is a reason China loves both much, they do adore a dead homosexual... but this is Thailand and a pulp so... here we go! NO SINGING. Boy after my own heart, doesn’t date actors. Smart cookie. Although not smart enough to sniff a set-up a mile away. Lube huh? We never see that. It’s a very chaotic cut together first ep and I’m a bit confused but the relationship development, but it is more pulp than horror so I’m game...

Dinosaur Love (Sun iQIYI) ep 2 of 8? eps - Rak stood up for himself, good for him. Also I like how queer his friendship group is. This reminds me the most of My Engineer, but I like this lead couple better.

Be Mine SuperStar (Mon Viki) ep 1 of 12 - You know me, I don’t like stalker-fan types, wigs me out. BUT It’s nice to see First in a serious non-tsundere roll (although I didn’t get much off of him, his character is reading a bit flat). AND It is nice to watch Ja take the lead in a drama, he has a very likable screen presence and I know he can carry it. You know what else I likey? Bosston and the gorgeous 1 night yummy doctor he’s paired with. I suppose it’s a JaFirst piece but I didn’t expect high heat this fast and certainly not from Bosston. All in all? I’m not mad that this is now my Monday.

Be My Favorite (Fri YouTube) ep 7 of 12 - NO SINGING. Trash watch here. 

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

Tokyo in April is... AKA Shigatsu no Tokyo wa (Japan Thurs Gaga) ep 4 of 8 - This is one of those shows where I feel like I should save it for Friday, so I can watch it with more frivolous things, because it is so heavy - weighted by symbolism, emo yearning, and an odd kind of compassion. Ren’s backstory is SO SAD. How will they recover from that? Oh, it’s also great. Must you, Japan? Seriously? 

Stay By My Side (Taiwan Fri Gaga) 1-2 of 10 eps - The premise is a little bit like Mr. Unlucky (a take on fated mates), but it’s very Taiwanese with all the trope’s: they’re roommates, enemies to lovers, baby is a clumsy bunny,  paranormal (it even starts with crash into me = Taiwan’s favorite trope). Familiar faces too. Fun fun. (I like that the credit sequence is basically a micro boyfriends episode.) I like it, it feels almost 2015 or something. Weeeee.....

Stupid Genius (Vietnam Fri YouTube) ep 5 of 6 - They cute. It’s very sweet and very high school but low angst for all that. Also the reason the nerd has a crush on the jock is so charming. That is it, they’re charming! I am charmed.

Minato's Laundromat Season 2 AKA Minato Shouji Coin Laundry Season 2 (Japan Thu ????) 1 of 12 eps - Less of a time jump than previously reported just 3 months. But I’m still annoyed no one has changed or evolved - same territory as ever. I do not like second seasons. I do not like blushing maiden tropes. I do not like manufactured drama. I am annoyed yet I LOVED season one so I am gritting my teeth. say it with me everybody... oh Japan, must you?

Tie The Not (Pinoy YouTube) ep 4 of 8 - The brothers are cute and it’s a little wistful and sad. 

Vian the series (Vietnam YouTube ) ep 10 of 12 - Boys argue. Boy gets hurt. Boy cooks apologies. Boys gaze yearningly at each other.

It’s airing but ...

House of Stars (Thai Mon iQIYI) 12 eps - I bounced at ep 3. Will binge if told it is worth it at end.

Stay (Pinoy YouTube) 7 eps - It’s mostly English & set in LA (shudder) so I’m not bothering.

Ever After (Pinoy YouTube) 12 eps - Spies reported that it's a real mess and not a hot one.

Stay With Me ... NO I WILL NOT! And you can’t make me.

Next Week Looks Like This:

Starting:  

7/9 Hidden Agenda (Thai Sun GMMTV YouTube) 12 eps - JoonDunk are back. Zo, a college freshman whose never been in love, decides to change it by making the college’s star Nita as his gf. He approaches Joke, Nita’s ex, for dating advice. What he fails to realize is that Joke has had his eyes on him for a long time and uses this opportunity to approach Zo. We have all seen this a million times before, but Thailand never executed a successful formula it didn’t want to repeat a million times over. Welcome to Thai BL. 

7/15 Laws of Attraction (Thai Sat ????)  Stars the pair from To Sir With Love and with the same production team - cryptic description, but it seems to be Manner of Death esk. Up to and including being impossible to get hold of. 

Still coming in July: 

7/19 Wedding Plan (Thai Wed YouTube & iQIYI)  - It's Mame and she's coming for our GL. She's such a misogynist IMAGINE what we will get with a GL? It's going to be absolute carnage. To crane your neck as you drive by the car wreck or not... that is the question. Me? I'm wallowing in the guts.

7/20 Jun & Jun (Korea Thu Viki) - From 2022 (TutorYim rumored to cameo) this office romance features 2, yes 2! Bls. Seme looks aggressive, we in classic yaoi territory. There is an idol involved. Past failed flirts. I am very excited about this one.

2023 forthcoming BL master post (see comments, some are inaccurate, NOT KEPT UPDATED)

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENTS

Ouch.

More ouch. (both Step By Step) 

Love the suspenders, hate the tie. (La Pluie) 

What? They are reposting My Ride to YT and I just found myself doing a rewatch. 

(Last week.)

[kingofthe7sins]

Aw he sounds amazing and I love that his birthday is on Valentine’s Day, also his reference being an obscure tiger yokai is fascinating!

Oh also I think Rina made him some of her homemade cookies~

Yes, Rina did make him some cookies as a welcome gift... it didn't go well. But he adores her nonetheless.

Also, his elemental attribute is Ether ✨️. He is an "Attack Class" ⚔️. S Rank. His Banner would be tittled: "All of Love." His focused stats would be attack and Crit Damage. His W-Engine is called "The Unbound" which has his lashers wrapped around it, but the animation has the lasher unwrap themselves, revealing the W-Engine that looks like him. Once his W-Engine is equipped, whenever he performs a special move, his white hairs and sunglasses glow pink.

And his Character story would be called "Eros and the Game called Love"