#doing Universal for Tues and Wed that week

[absolutebl]

This Week in BL - Some Surprises

Organized, in each category, with ones I'm enjoying most at the top.

NOV 2024 Week 1

Ongoing Series - Thai

Fourever You (Thai Thurs YT) ep 5 of 16 - I love this show, but I absolutely hate the main couple's communication style. Or complete lack of communication style. I really hope the other couples are not gonna be this bad and it’s just because this one is leaning into the worst of BL archetypes. But I’m not confident. Poor Ter dating Hill put a big old target on his back. Earth being a dramatic stressed gay queen was peak comedy tho. Apparently the good kisses are only on WeTV (I am annoyed) so props to the giffers who keep me supplied. You're doing the BL gods work.

I suddenly realized, after the bullying sequence, that one of the reasons I’m liking this so much is it reminds me of early Japanese yaoi. There’s something about the dynamics of the characters and the way they're reacting to situations that’s not very Thai BL feeling. And if I think of this is more JBL, I forgive it. Or maybe that’s just why I’m liking it so much despite its flaws? Difficult to understand my own feels about this show.

Jack & Joker (Thai Mon IQIYI) ep 8 of 12 - I don’t like this new evil-bonkers rich kid character and whatever is going on with Jack and Rose and that whole story. It’s boring. And then my brain short circuited. No further thoughts... just War in a wife beater. 

Love Sick 2024 (Thai Sun iQIYI) ep 7 of 15 - Phun's bitch face really is epically wonderful. I kinda enjoy everybody ribbing the two of them because they have no idea what’s actually going on. I'm chronicling my experience with 2024 as compared to 2014 here.

Kidnap (Fri YT) ep 9 of 12 - Omg cutest boyfriends EVER. I don’t even mind how cheesy their bf era is. Does this lull jive with the rest of the story? Nope. But ya know that’s GMMTV’s thing these days, flailing during the final act.

Perfect 10 Liners (Thai Sun YouTube?) ep 1 of 24 - Pretty standard Thai BL university fair. I am hoping it’s better than ForceBook’s previous offering. Yet another sniff test. Is this the trope of the year? Meanwhile, they also deployed the crash into me trope in episode one. Who do they think they are? Taiwan?

New is directing this uni BL with a massive cast + massive run time. It's an endurance test ya'll - we will be watching this until APRIL of 2025! Su su na.

Every You Every Me (Thai Mon Gaga) ep 4 of 10 - I really like that they had the bandwidth to give us a little side couple with this installment. Fun crumbs. Meanwhile, the thing with the shirt in front of the mirror was extremely sexy. This installment was very sad though. And, of course, I’m not happy about it. To top it all off, next week is musical themed, so you know I’m disgruntled about it. 

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

See Your Love (Taiwan Weds Gaga) ep 3 of 13 - Aw spoiled neglected rich boy wants to be cared for and spoiled honestly. I do love them. Also tiny idiot syndrome is spreading. 

Teenager Judge (Vietnam Sat YT) ep 6 of ? - The side couple (teacher student, hyung romance but he’s using em) interesting. Not sure how I feel about them. The subs are so bad it’s largely incomprehensible but I’m still enjoying it for no defensible reason. 

My Damn Business (Korea Sat YT) eps 5 of 7 - I love that our uke can be such a little shit. I love it when a tsundere has some serious snark and attitude to back his petulance up. Also liquid courage. At least we got to the root of the tsundere. Also neck kisses and cuddles! 

Eccentric Romance (Korea Weds Viki) eps 7-8 of 12 - Oooo, cute kiss. Drunken but adorable. I do like it when they use older Korean actors in KBL, they actually know how to kiss. Has the kiss saved this show? Possibly. I’m shallow. 

Love is Like a Poison AKA Doku Koi: Doku mo Sugireba Koi to Naru (Japan Tues Netflix?) 7 of 10 eps - Our con man is such a good little homemaker. And it’s sexy yukata time! Love this trope. 

Love in the Air: Koi no Yokan (Japan Sat Gaga) ep 1 of 10 - Same plot as the Thai original, only from Japan. Very similar so far. I hope Rei is a bit more smart and Arashi is a bit less of a sleaze. I still get too much secondhand embarrassment and my mame alert is blaring.  I'm wary.

Blue Canvas of Youthful Days (China Sun iQIYI) eps 1-2 - Triggers for child abuse, alcoholism. Two artists, one an abused rich kid and the other a tough scrappy poor kid, in the same art prep school. I of course adore the side couple of the much younger kid and the older teacher. Oh, I do like it. But it's CBL, I'm very scared as to where it might go.

Bad to Bed (Taiwan Sat YouTube) ep 1 of 10 - Influencer Wan Xiong suffers from insomnia, it’s a physical and mental battle. As he tried to find a solution, he encounters five boys along the way. I'm putting this on the list because it's airing and I just found out about it but I didn't have time to watch it yet. I hear it's v weird.

It's airing but...

The Hidden Moon (Sat WeTV) 10 eps - Supernatural romance (my ghost boyfriend trope) by Violet Rain (I Feel You Linger). A man is hired to write an article about an old mansion. He sees the ghosts of people who died at the mansion, falls in love with one of them. Was substantially recast. I loved IFYLITA except the ending so I think I'll let this one run it's course you can tell me if it's work tracking down... if they managed to land it. I have my doubts.

Bad Guy My Boss (Thai Sun Gaga) 10 eps - I DNF'd at ep 7, I couldn't make it. I am weak. Life is hard enough right now, this show is making it harder. It’s not what I want from my entertainment.

Let Free the Curse of Taekwondo (Korea Thurs Gaga) eps 4 of 8 - I put this one on pause. It's too heavy for me right now. I'll wait to know if the ending is hard fought happy (and then watch) or not (and won't finish). Sorry all, rough times this side of the screen.

Random I watched it

Vending Machine Sabi Koi AKA Can I Buy Your Love From A Vending Machine AKA Sono Koi, Jihanki de Kaemasu ka? (Japan 2023) - This show is utterly adorable, impossibly awkward, and kinda old fashioned. About a cute nerdy little office worker (he's out!) who has a big'ol crush on the tall hulking vending machine guy. They fall in love. And that’s it. And it’s charming. There’s some first name eroticism, because Japan, and there's emphasis on communication, which is so not Japan, but turns this into an organically loving and talkative relationship. There’s a bit of an age gap, and our office cutie may or may not have a muscles fetish (the hot bod not the shellfish) because (if I’ve told you once I’ve told you 1 million times) Japan always goes kinky. And you know what, I loved it. 9/10

Next Week Looks Like This:

Upcoming BLs for 2024 are listed here. This list is not kept updated, so please leave a comment if you know something new or RP with additions.

November BL:

11/4 Our Youth AKA Miseinen: Mijukuna Oretachi wa Bukiyo ni Shinkochu (Japan Mon Gaga?) 11 eps - Minase was an exemplary high school student who hates Hirukawa, head bully and top delinquent. But then Minase uncovers Hirukawa’s secret and the two get intimate.

11/15 Caged Again (Thai Fri WeTV) 10 eps - Penguin escapes zoo by turning into a human. Gets trapped again and a panther falls in love with him.

11/17 Your Sky (Thai iQIYI) 12 eps - Due to an unforeseen situation, a naive freshman and the campus’s popular senior agree to pretend to be a couple - but their fake deal begins to generate real feelings.

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENTS

Honor the crumbs indeed. This pair is so much crumbs it's practically dust. (Love Sick 2014)

God he is so stupidly in love.

(lask week)

The tag BLigade: @doorajar @solitaryandwandering @my-rose-tinted-glasses @babymbbatinygirl @babymbbatinygirl @isisanna-blog @mmastertheone @pickletrip @aliceisathome @urikawa-miyuki @tokillamonger @sunflower-positiiivity @rocketturtle4 @blglplus @anythinggoesintheshire @everlightly @renafire @mestizashinrin @bl-bam-beyond @small-dark-and-delicious @saezurumurmurs

Sigh, Tumblr in its infinite wisdom doesn't like too many at-ings.

[lydiamartinappreciation]

Lydia Martin Appreciation Week

How to Participate

Simply create something about Lydia. Fic, art, gifsets, moodboards etc are all welcome. If you want your work reblogged, simply tag it #LydiaWeek2023 or tag @lydiamartinappreciation. If you write fic on ao3, you can add it to the Lydia Martin Week 2023 collection.

All works must be Lydia-centric and Lydia-positive. A further list of rules can be found here.

Prompts

NOTE: These are just a guide. You can produce visual work for the writing prompts and you can produce written work for the visual prompts. You can combine prompts. You can choose not to use the prompts. All of this is just for fun.

Writing prompts:

Mon 18th Sept: Lydia & power

Tell us about Lydia's banshee powers or about her relationship to someone in power or about a time she felt powerless or any other interpretation you might have of Lydia & power.

Tues 19th Sept: Lydia & pack

What does pack mean to her? This could be a deep introspection of her connections or just a fluffy work about pack-bonding. As always, anything goes!

Weds 20th Sept: What-If Wednesday

It's What-If Wednesday! Here for all your missing scene, fix-it and alternate universe needs.

Thurs 21st Sept: Outsider POV

How do other characters from the show/movie see Lydia?

Fri 22nd Sept: Lydia & death

In Season 3, Lydia loses Allison and Aiden. In Season 5, she loses Tracy after trying so hard to help her and we also see Lydia relive her grandmother's death. What does death mean to Lydia? How does she cope with having death-related powers?

Sat 23rd Sept: Lydia post-canon

What happens to Lydia after Teen Wolf ends? Feel free to use or ignore the movie as much as you wish for this prompt.

Sun 24th Sept: Free day!

Create whatever your heart desires!

Visual prompts:

Mon 18th Sept: Favourite outfits

Lydia is a style icon. What are your favourite looks that she wears throughout the show?

Tues 19th Sept: Favourite relationship/dynamic

This can be romantic, platonic, family etc.

Wed 20th Sept: What-If Wednesday

Join the writers on What-If Wednesday! Here for all your missing scene, fix-it and alternate universe needs.

Thurs 21st Sept: Lyrics/quotes

What words perfectly incapsculate Lydia to you? These can be quotes from the show, from tumblr, from poetry, from songs etc.

Fri 22nd Sept: Parallels

What parallels exist between Lydia and other characters on Teen Wolf? Between her and other characters from different shows or films? Between her and herself?

Sat 23rd Sept: Lydia & enemies

What are her relationships like with the "bad guys" of the show?

Sun 24th Sept: Free day!

Create whatever your heart desires!

Alternative prompts

1 - Lydia pre-canon: What did her life look like before the show?

2 - Lydia & parents: This is could be her own mum, Natalie, or someone else's parents. You could also include her grandparents in this prompt

3 - Lydia being a teenager: She might be a banshee fighting supernatural villains but she's also just a kid

4 - Lydia & lore: All supernatural shows thrive on lore. Use this prompt to explore banshee lore from the show/movie, banshee lore from outside sources, lore of other supernatural creatures in the show. Any interpretation you can think of works.

[tarnishedxknight]

{out of dalmasca} I'm alive, I promise, lol. Mons-Weds this week are the worst days for the start of my summer class. On Mon the course shell opened, so students can see everything, read the syllabus, but the assignments are locked. On Tues, the assignments opened up and they can start working, also it's the first official day of class so a lot of them show up then. And then Weds they have their first assignments due, so that's when a lot of problems/questions will start happening. After Weds it'll probably calm down a bit until the weekend, when they have their first forum assignment due. So that's why I decided to just take this whole week off to give myself a break and make it easier, heh. I hope to be on tomorrow night at least part of the time. I have so much muse for everything here and plenty to do, so I'm itching to chip away at things.

I've also been re-immersing myself in Silent Hill stuff to prepare to work on my fanfic again. I haven't touched that fic since 2016, so I'm slightly rusty on lore, locations, etc. The first movie, which is how I structured the fic because it simplifies things a lot for me, leaves Netflix after 5/31, and the second is on Tubi, so I may watch them back-to-back either Weds or Thurs. The second movie is... terrible, but I like the first movie a lot. I figure I may as well watch both since that's a lot faster than replaying games, and that'll help me get back into the world and mood to write my fic.

And now some blabbing about maybe having Silent Hill as a muse, heh, and about SH in general for anyone who is interested... below the cut.

I may do some posting over on my multi at some point, since the fic concerns a muse I have there, but I am considering? having Silent Hill as a muse. The whole town, heh. Not necessarily any characters in it other than creatures, and the evil or demon or whatever you wanna call it, only because that could get crazy, there's a lot of characters who live there. But the idea would be to let people put their muses in the town and then I throw things at them just like would happen in the games, and it's... designed to push your muse into some realization about themself or admitting something to themself that they're in denial about or that's difficult for them to come to terms with. That's... the very simple way of putting it.

It does... require me to know a LOT about your muse, that's the one catch. Because I have to know what the skeletons in their closet might be, what scares them, what the evil of the town might want to latch on to in order to try to capture their soul. So it has to be a canon character or OC that I know pretty well for this to work. But hey, even if no one's interested in it, it'd still be pretty fun to just write up the info post for it, haha. Yeah, I'm that level of rp dork. I don't know, I haven't decided yet, we'll see how it goes. It may be more work on my part than it's worth and that there's interest for from my writing partners. I am going to try to finish the fanfic sometime soon, though, at the very least.

If you're not familiar with the Silent Hill movies or games, watching the first movie will give you a nice nutshell version of it. It'll help you understand the "universe" better, how it functions, the main story behind it, and will introduce you to a number of the main characters, the creatures, and the locations from the games. And the music! Silent Hill has very iconic music. It's very atmospheric, a little creepy, edgy... and the person who does the majority of the vocals is actually really cool, heh. I met her at a con once and she was just the coolest chick. But, I digress. The first movie used a lot of the music from the games, and that really helps create the same kind of atmosphere as the games. So yeah, if you want the quickest path to understanding the SH universe quickly and simply, I recommend watching the first movie... BUT...

SAFETY DISCLAIMER BELOW!

...I do want to say... and when I post about it over on my multi I'll say the same thing... that if you do decide to watch the first movie, and you're going in cold knowing nothing about SH, please be careful! I don't want anyone to go in not knowing what to expect and being seriously triggered by it. If you have any triggers at all, assume they are in this movie. SH is a violent, heavy, emotional, and raw survival horror world. It's like the GoT of survival horror, heh. No punches pulled, nobody's safe, good doesn't necessarily win, everything terrible you can imagine, it's in there. The game and movie universes hinge on being fear factories for those trapped there. The evil in the town deliberately drives at your deepest fears and worst self-denials, that's the point. So that's why it's so intense. The origin story of how the demon/evil/"dark one" came to be in control of SH in the first place is pretty horrific and triggering too.

If you have any triggers you're concerned about and you want to check with me before you watch it, I'd be happy to let you know if it's in there. I'm only saying all of this because I would never forgive myself if I ended up triggering someone really badly because I didn't properly inform people ahead of time. So please do take care when watching or playing anything SH related if you aren't used to the survival horror genre, and to the level of gore and rough themes that are common in the SH world.

Having said this, if you're into horror imagery, horror symbolism, really fantastical creatures, life after death, and a lot of psychological commentary on human nature, hypocrisy, religion, and the definition of good and evil, then you may enjoy it. Here is the trailer, if you'd like to see, which doesn't have anything too bad in it, but just in case, trigger warnings for a car crash, fire, insects (roach-like), flashing images, and a bit of twisted-body creature imagery.

Also, if I do bring the town to my multi as a muse, of course I will not be venturing into offensive, triggering, or cringe content with threads. The goal would be more of a softened fantasy-horror experience, letting your character encounter creatures, placing them in stressful or puzzling situations, trying to test and frustrate them, giving them clues to things, etc. I wouldn't go into anything too bad, and I wouldn't do anything to your muse without asking you ahead of time. And like I said, I'm still deciding whether to take it on as a muse, or whether it's too over my head as far as amount of work. I've wanted to do it for a while, but I'm just not sure how go at it I'd be. *shrugs* We'll see.

So that's what's up with the lack of activity on here, I've just been working and revisiting Silent Hill stuff. If I'm not back here on Weds (5/29), I definitely will be on Thurs (5/30)! =)

[middleagerunblog]

XXIV.

Week 3 Recap

Exercise:

Sun Dec 24 - walked the dog for 35 min, then attempted the Jens Bangsbo Yo-Yo Endurance test, got to 7 and stopped because I didn't want to ruin my Christmas Eve, need to be in better shape before I take a serious crack at that, and now have way more respect for the condition of my younger 2 kids that play competitive soccer and have to do this test from time to time

Mon Dec 25 - 9:48a, outdoors near home, 3.5 mi, 35:54, 10:13 pace

Tue Dec 26 - swapped schedules with Wed, 7:05a, outdoors near home, 3 mi, 30:52, 10:15 pace

Wed Dec 27 - swapped schedules with Tue, 7:17a, outdoors near home, intervals 6 x 400m with easy pace before, between, and after

Thu Dec 28 - rest

Fri Dec 29 - rest

Sat Dec 30 - 7:30a, Clermont Riverfront parkrun, 3.1 mi, 24:26, 7:53 pace

Diet:

I don't really want to dwell on this week's eating performance too much, a week that included Christmas Eve and Christmas and the hangovers thereafter.

I followed up Week 1's B/B+ performance with a C+/B- in Week 2 then a just below C- in Week 3. This puts me at a 2.40 EGPA for Q1, somewhere between a C+ and a B-. I could sit here and analyze my eating results by day of the week, point out the surprises, break down the opportunities for improvement, but I already said I'm not going to dwell on it, and I am working on plans to get better next week.

Alcohol - 9 drinks in Week 3, 9! From 6 in Week 1 to 8 in Week 2 to 9. 9!! This can't be helping with my eating, though I can't really blame it. At the holidays, meals that are too big and too many sweets leads to alcohol more than the other way around. Allowing some New Year's Eve beers, then probably some red wine in January before teetotaling February.

Weigh-in:

Didn't weigh-in this week.

Music:

↳ Favorite new album of 2023 was probably 10,000 gecs by 100 gecs, favorite song from the album is probably, "Hollywood Baby":

So go pitch your fit, no one gives a shit Better off if you just get over it

Saw them live and it was even better hearing it in person.

If I had to pick my favorite 5 new albums of 2023, I'd probably round out the list with Mid Air by Romy, No Joy by Spanish Love Songs, Gigi's Recovery by The Murder Capital, and Honey by Samia.

↳ Favorite old album new to me in 2023 was probably Brave Faces Everyone (2020) by Spanish Love Songs, favorite song from the album might be, "Kick":

Just keep your head down and you'll be okay You're living up to what's expected

It is difficult to articulate how much I love this album. I have listened to it so many times since I first discovered it in September, listening to many of the songs nearly every day since then. Though if I was a broke, young Millennial, the lyrics might hit too hard.

If I had to pick my favorite 5 old albums new to me in 2023, I'd probably round out the list with 1,000 gecs (2019) by 100 gecs, Oncle Jazz (2019) by Men I Trust, Opus (2016) by Eric Prydz, and Computer World (1981) by Kraftwerk.

↳ Old favorite album I listened to for the first time in a long time this year was Hysteria (1987) by Def Leppard--and by long time I mean probably elementary school--song I listened to the most was the title track:

Can't stop this feelin' Can't stop this fire

Listening to this album transports me to another tim when I was living a different life in a different universe, younger than any of my kids are now.

Rereading:

Only reread chapters 11-13 of Kafka on the Shore this week. In another flashback, a truer story of the Rice Bowl Hill incident is revealed via a letter the school teacher writes 28 years later. Still doesn't explain everything. Back in the present, Kafka cleans himself up Sakura's then leaves. Oshima agrees helps him out by driving him out to his family's mountain cabin so he can lay low for a few days.

I happened to rewatch Interstellar this week, is everything about predestination? Still haven't reread In the Penal Colony but plan to this week.

[junbugsarchive]

🐞 JunBugs Newsletter #10 🦋

Yesterday's setlist (in order)

✧ TSUNAMI - Finana Ryūgū

✧ Moon River - Henry Mancini

✧ Set the Ray to Jerry - Smashing Pumpkins

✧ Helena (acoustic) - My Chemical Romance

✧ There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths

Also, you guys can post your own setlists and what you sang on stream as well .₊̣̇.ಇ/ᐠˬ ̫ ˬ ᐟ\∫.₊̣̇.

My voice was tired yesterday during karaoke, but I hope to do better today✨

These are some songs that I been practicing for karaoke (some upon request)

✧ Silent Lucidity - Queensrÿche - requested by Blue

✧ Tears of an Angel - Mike Oldfield - requested by Pardofelis

✧ Let Us Adore You - Steven Universe - requested by Pardofelis

✧ Netaminity Theatre [666] - ShinRa-Bansho

✧ High Free Spirits ("Haifuri OP") - Trysail

✧ Lemon - Yonezu Kenshi

Please let me know if there is a song request that you have for me, I really loved doing the "Simple and Clean" (Utada Hikaru) cover that was requested of me last week!

^        ^

=➖〰️➖=

Special thanks to the lovely co-hosts: Willow, Martyr ("Lucy"), and Pardofelis!

Here are all of the people featured in the new photo album:

✧ yuu willow ("Willow")

✧ sana

✧ Yae Hibiki

✧ trever

✧ Abby

✧ cameo/goldy

✧ snow tiger

✧ phoenix

✧ Dokkaebi

✧ Valrexy

✧ Pardofelis ("Pardo")

Please remind me if I forget your name, I try to remember to the best of my ability. If you would like a picture with us too, please do not feel shy about asking on stream, sometimes I don't include people because I either don't take good pictures of them or forget to while they are singing, so please let me know. I never want anyone to feel excluded!

Twitter Album 1 https://twitter.com/junithys/status/1643848175600689152?s=21

Twitter Album 2 https://twitter.com/junithys/status/1643848835096268800?s=21

Twitter Album 3 https://twitter.com/junithys/status/1643849366309081094?s=21

Twitter Album 4 https://twitter.com/junithys/status/1643849864361684992?s=21

Twitter Album 5 https://twitter.com/junithys/status/1643850389123661826?s=21

Twitter Album 6 https://twitter.com/junithys/status/1643851040935264256?s=21

Twitter Album 7 https://twitter.com/junithys/status/1643852358135455746?s=21

Twitter Album 8 https://twitter.com/junithys/status/1643852800227692544?s=21

Twitter Album 9 https://twitter.com/junithys/status/1643853250276503552?s=21

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Morning Anime Stream ☯️ 6:30am MST︱5:30am PST︱8:30am EST︱1:30pm BST︱12:30pm GMT︱10:30pm AEST︱9:30pm JST

Afternoon Karaoke (Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri) ☯️ 3:30pm MST︱2:30pm PST︱5:30pm EST︱10:30pm BST︱9:30pm GMT︱7:30am AEST︱6:30am JST

Afternoon Karaoke (Sat, Sun) ☯️ 12:30pm MST︱11:30am PST︱2:30pm EST︱7:30pm BST︱6:30pm GMT︱4:30am AEST︱3:30am JST

[jen-in-cleveland]

Planning some Disney bounding outfits for when we’re at Disney in a couple weeks. These just came in today and was trying them on quickly 😅

Buzz Lightyear for when we’re at Hollywood Studios on Friday, and Simba for Animal Kingdom on Thursday.

I also have a red and white polka dot crop top that I can do for Minnie when we do Magic Kingdom on Monday. But I also have a Powerline tank that I want to wear. Decisions….

[upsidedownknight]

i need a fucking break

[getwhelmed]

i hate wednesdays!

[absolutebl]

This Week in BL - I Still On1y Care About...

Organized, in each category, with ones I'm enjoying most at the top.

Sept 2024 Week 1

Ongoing Series - Thai

Monster Next Door (Thai Thurs Gaga ) eps 7 of 12 - Deeeelightful. They are so damn cute + a nice kiss! The rise of the green flag semes continues. I like it when Diew flirts and shows that he does have some experience in a relationship, and he can/will flex his power. Props to God for being a man who remembers to TAKE HIS DRINK with him. 

Addicted Heroin (Thai Tues WeTV) ep 4 of 10 - Yep I still like it and all its toxicity. It’s fun to see how closely it follows the original. Now I really can’t wait to see how this one ends. Since this time around we get an actual ending.

Battle of the Writers (Sun YT) ep 6 of 12 - How did they know that what I wanted more than anything was a side couple = spoiled prince + demon lord? How clever they are to give them to me. Meanwhile, in a shocking twist, the leads have known each other since childhood. Because why be original? 

I Saw You in My Dream (Weds Gaga) ep 8 of 12 - Oh it’s very cute. I love Ing. I love that Ai was honest with his bestie. Best friend's older brother trope is a go! Also good kisses all round. 

Kidnap (Fri YT) ep 1 of 12 - Ohm has his shirt off less than 5 min in. I guess GMMTV is learning what we want. My boy Title is the creep character again. I’m assuming that’s why GMMTV brought him on board at this juncture. Sigh. New boy, Q, looks like Mek’s younger brother. Ultimately? I'm not convinced on this one. It is doing what it says on the tin, but nothing more than that. I’m not wild about it, but I will keep watching.

The Trainee (Sun YT) ep 10 of 12 - The more OffGun BLs, the more time they spend communicating as characters in those BLs. It’s kind of charming. They've become the pair that advocates for communication in relationships. I like it as evolution for their brand. Flirting via the printer was very fun. Especially as the Thai script is so beautiful.

Live in Love (Sun Gaga) ep 1 of 5 - I guess this is a lockdown narrative? Odd choice. A lot of familiar faces but from more minor rolls. Is this from the Destiny Seeker people? It feels like that. It’s a bigger cast than I was expecting, and a sort of classic university BL of the kind star Hunter produces. Or the end of love people. Pretty classic Thai pulp stuff. I’m mildly enjoying it. Hali is too hot to be the dorky second lead. Nice to see Boat back on my screen. However, it is… what’s the word I am looking for? Oh yes. Boring. Plus singing. 

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

The On1y One (Taiwan Thurs Gaga) eps 5-6 of 12 - I entirely lost my mind over this show this week. Fuck me it's so good. The delicacy sends me. I keep expecting it to be clumsy and then is just isn't - it's so subtle and it demands we pay such close attention. I feel like I'm holding my breath the whole time I'm watching.

Cliff's notes on these 2 eps as follows:

The pure unadulterated tsundere of it all.

The awesome angst, it aches.

The series of repercussions after the fight was pacing genius.

The brilliant juxtaposition of "the kid who self isolates too easily" versus "the one who has been forced into isolation" meets both of them being smart enough to know why they react out of hurt, but neither can stop doing it.

Baby’s reaction to learning he’s going to be left behind = to instantly make plans to do the leaving in the future hurts my heart in the best possible way.

"Maybe what we call eternity is just persistence."

Maybe one boy simply deciding to be another boy's rock is romance. 

Production better nail the second half of this show! It better be the world against them from here on out or the audience is gonna riot.

And by "audience" I mean me.

Sugar Dog Life (Japan Sun grey) ep 5 of 10 - Oh noes! Poor baby boy!!! My heart hurts. But also gah so cute and next week they shack up together! Hooray! 

I Hear the Sunspot AKA Hidamari ga Kikoeru (Japan Weds Gaga) ep 11 - too much time spent on the girl again. I don’t need excuses for why she’s a bitch. So can we talk about Taichi instead? It’s such a good characterization, this boy who understands everything about other people but doesn’t notice anything about himself, including his own abilities of observation. The person who is special never realizes how special they are, I guess. The soundscapes are so good with this show. The moments where prod decided to be silent are so vital and so pivotal and used with such delicacy and strategy, it’s truly audio magic manipulation.  

First Note Of Love (Taiwan Mon Gaga) eps 7-8 of 12 - I loved how Orca just jumped on the stage. What a great side couple. CHARMED I TELL YOU. Orca was all… singing? Naw. I came back to fuck the manager's brains out. Anything less than that is unacceptable. 

Takara's Treasure AKA Takara No Vidro (Japan Mon Gaga) ep 10 fin - Essentially this was a growth story for Takara and an exercise in patience while the two of them learned each other’s quirks and languages. It was also an exercise in patience for me... who doesn’t like the power differential of a weaker younger character having to do all the pursuing while constantly feeling like he is inferior to the older popular hot character. I know this was a BL that was definitely for some people, since plenty liked it way more than I did, but I didn’t like it very much even though there’s nothing objectively wrong with it. It simply wasn’t to my personal taste. 7/10 

Seoul Blues (Korea Fri? YouTube) ep 5-6 of 8 - Enter an ex or something? Well he certainly has a type. Bah. This whole series seems to be mainly about cheating. It’s very annoying because they are all so pretty. 

Happy of the End (Japan Tues Gaga) - Based on a manga, longer than usual run time. A boy is disowned for being gay, dumped by his boyfriend, and ends up in a dysfunctional co-dependant relationship with his would-be kidnapper. We were due for another messy JBL. Messy gay pain here we go.

Oh it’s exactly what I expected. Do I like it? No I do not. And ya know what? There is plenty airing. I have a bad feeling about this one. DNF 

It's airing but...

4 Minutes (Sat Gaga) eps 1-6 of 8 - Gaga picked this one up so we can watch it there. I'm waiting until the end, it seems angsty and confusing and full of awful people being awful. But also... high heat and I'm shallow. So we shall see which devil wins (and how it ends).

The Hidden Moon (Sat ????) ep 1 of 10 - This is a supernatural romance (my ghost boyfriend trope) ‘เดือนพราง’ by Violet Rain (I Feel You Linger)... A Bangkok writer is hired to write an article about an old mansion in Chiang Mai which is being converted into a café. He gets into an accident and nearly dies on his way there. After that, he sees the ghosts of people who died at the mansion, one boy catches his attention. Was substantially recast. Couldn't find it. Didn't really look.

In case you missed it

Meet You at the Blossom (China) - I'm eating crow, binging the fucker, and live blogging. It's just taking me some time. This isn't really a bingable show, not for me anyway. It's A LOT to take all at once. No new one this week.

Next Week Looks Like This:

Plus:

9/9 Jack & Joker (Thai Mon IQIYI) 12 eps? - Be gay YinWar, do crimes. Dehup gives us Yin, War, Mark and a few other familiar faces in a Leverage sitch, only queerer.

9/14 Love Sick 2024 (Thai Sat ????) ?? eps - Remake of the original. I'm scared too.

9/15 Bad Guy My Boss (Thai Sun Gaga) 10 eps - Assistant to a player boss who is in love with that boss decides to quit to save himself. The boss then makes a move. (A gay What's up with Secretary Kim?)

Upcoming BLs for 2024 are listed here. This list is not kept updated, so please leave a comment if you know something new or RP with additions.

Coming SEPTEMBER 2024:

9/17 Love is Like a Poison AKA Doku Koi: Doku mo Sugireba Koi to Naru (Japan Tues Netflix?) 10 eps - Lawyer and a con artist meet at a bar, pair up, fall in love.

9/28 Teenager Judge (Vietnam Sat YouTube) ?? eps - oh I don't know just Ba Vinh doing his thing with pretty boys again.

9/? The Time of Fever (Korea iQIYI) 6 eps - HoTae & DongHee are back! Side couple from Unintentional Love Story, same actors, same character names I an WILD for this.

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENTS

Not sure what this is from but I capped it for a reason so, shrug.

The scent trope AND the childhood crush trope? I see you suckering me into one trope because I like the other. Clever, Battle. Very clever.

(Last week)

Streaming services are listed by how I (usually) watch, which is with a USA based IP, and often offset by a day because time zones are a pain.

The tag BLigade: @doorajar @solitaryandwandering @my-rose-tinted-glasses @babymbbatinygirl @babymbbatinygirl @isisanna-blog @mmastertheone @pickletrip @aliceisathome @urikawa-miyuki @tokillamonger @sunflower-positiiivity @rocketturtle4 @blglplus @anythinggoesintheshire @everlightly @renafire @mestizashinrin @bl-bam-beyond @small-dark-and-delicious @saezurumurmurs

Sigh, Tumblr in its infinite wisdom doesn't like too many at-ings.

[lydiamartinappreciation]

1 Week til Lydia Week

How to Participate

Simply create something about Lydia. Fic, art, gifsets, moodboards etc are all welcome. If you want your work reblogged, simply tag it #LydiaWeek2023 or tag @lydiamartinappreciation. If you write fic on ao3, you can add it to the Lydia Martin Week 2023 collection.

All works must be Lydia-centric and Lydia-positive. A further list of rules can be found here.

Prompts

NOTE: These are just a guide. You can produce visual work for the writing prompts and you can produce written work for the visual prompts. You can combine prompts. You can choose not to use the prompts. All of this is just for fun.

Writing Prompts

Mon 18th Sept: Lydia & power

Tell us about Lydia's banshee powers or about her relationship to someone in power or about a time she felt powerless or any other interpretation you might have of Lydia & power.

Tues 19th Sept: Lydia & pack

What does pack mean to her? This could be a deep introspection of her connections or just a fluffy work about pack-bonding. As always, anything goes!

Weds 20th Sept: What-If Wednesday

It's What-If Wednesday! Here for all your missing scene, fix-it and alternate universe needs.

Thurs 21st Sept: Outsider POV

How do other characters from the show/movie see Lydia?

Fri 22nd Sept: Lydia & death

In Season 3, Lydia loses Allison and Aiden. In Season 5, she loses Tracy after trying so hard to help her and we also see Lydia relive her grandmother's death. What does death mean to Lydia? How does she cope with having death-related powers?

Sat 23rd Sept: Lydia post-canon

What happens to Lydia after Teen Wolf ends? Feel free to use or ignore the movie as much as you wish for this prompt.

Sun 24th Sept: Free day!

Create whatever your heart desires!

Visual Prompts

Mon 18th Sept: Favourite outfits

Lydia is a style icon. What are your favourite looks that she wears throughout the show?

Tues 19th Sept: Favourite relationship/dynamic

This can be romantic, platonic, family etc.

Wed 20th Sept: What-If Wednesday

Join the writers on What-If Wednesday! Here for all your missing scene, fix-it and alternate universe needs.

Thurs 21st Sept: Lyrics/quotes

What words perfectly incapsculate Lydia to you? These can be quotes from the show, from tumblr, from poetry, from songs etc.

Fri 22nd Sept: Parallels

What parallels exist between Lydia and other characters on Teen Wolf? Between her and other characters from different shows or films? Between her and herself?

Sat 23rd Sept: Lydia & enemies

What are her relationships like with the "bad guys" of the show?

Sun 24th Sept: Free day!

Create whatever your heart desires!

Alternative Prompts

1 - Lydia pre-canon: What did her life look like before the show?

2 - Lydia & parents: This is could be her own mum, Natalie, or someone else's parents. You could also include her grandparents in this prompt

3 - Lydia being a teenager: She might be a banshee fighting supernatural villains but she's also just a kid

4 - Lydia & lore: All supernatural shows thrive on lore. Use this prompt to explore banshee lore from the show/movie, banshee lore from outside sources, lore of other supernatural creatures in the show. Any interpretation you can think of works.

[zoe-oneesama]

I know you said you're not doing time travel-related episodes in the SLau, but I was wondering where they'd fit into the timeline? Like, which seasons/which episode numbers they'd be using your organisation? Purely out of curiosity, since you're not doing the rabbit miraculous/time travel, and there's no pressure for an answer, just wondering where you'd place them in the timeline

Alright, you asked for it. This is an alternate universe where the Pandemic didn't happen btw, for my own sanity:

September 2019:

Origins part 1: Mon, Sept 2 (First Day of School)

Origins part 2: Tues, Sept 3

Stormy Weather: Sat, Sept 14

Bubbler: Mon, Sept 16 (SL Adrien's Bday!) and Tues, Sept 17

Lady Wifi: Thurs, Sept 26-Sat, Sept 28 (all 3 days)

October 2019:

Copycat: Wed, Oct 2 and Thursday, Oct 3

Mr. Pigeon: Mon, Oct 7

The Pharaoh: Fri, Oct 16

Horrificator: Sat, Oct 26 and Sun, Oct 27 (over "Fall Break")

November 2019:

Rogercop: Fri, Nov 4 (after "Fall Break" ends)

Darkblade: Tues, Nov 11 and Wed, Nov 12 (biggest inaccuracy since this isn't when mayoral elections would take place)

Gamer: Thurs, Nov 14 and Fri, Nov 15

Reflekta: Mon, Nov 25

December 2019 (Where I start keeping a physical planner because my digital one kept deleting notes):

Timebreaker: Sat, Dec 7 (SL Alix's Bday!)

Simon Says: Sun, Dec 8 and the next Sun, Dec 15

Volpina: Wed, Dec 18

Collector: Wed, Dec 18, Thurs, Dec 19, and Fri, Dec 20

Befana: Fri, Dec 20 and Tues, Dec 24 (SL Marinette's Bday!) (During "Christmas Winter Break")

January 2020:

Kung Food: Fri, Jan 3 (End "Christmas Winter Break")

Evillustrator: Mon, Jan 6 (SL Nathaniel's Bday!), Tues, Jan 7

Vanisher: Mon, Jan 13 - Wed, Jan 15 (all 3 days)

Riposte: Fri, Jan 17 and Mon, Jan 20

Captain Hardrock: Sat, Jan 25

February 2020:

Syren: Sat, Feb 1

Dark Cupid: Fri, Feb 14

Interlude 1: Mon, Feb 17

Animan: Fri, Feb 21, and Sat, Feb 22

Puppeteer: Mon, Feb 24, and Tues, Feb 25 (during "Winter Break")

March 2020:

Pixelator: Fri, March 13

Guitar Villain: Sat, March 14-Mon, March 16 (all 3 days)

Princess Fragrance: Fri, March 27

Despair Bear: Mon, March 30

April 2020 (Things get weird here thanks to reordering some episodes):

Sapotis: Fri, April 3 and Sat, April 4

Anansi: Mon, April 20 (during "Spring Break")

Troublemaker: Sat, April 25-Mon, April 27 (technically "spring break" should still be going but we'll pretend it's done)

[Silencer Montague Sequence starts from Fri, April 17, since the contest is for the bands to make something in 2 weeks]

May 2020:

Silencer (the main episode): Fri, May 1 and Sat, May 2

Desperada: Sun, May 3

Ikari Gozen: Fri, May 15 and Sat, May 16

Crocoduel: Thrus, May 21 and Sat, May 23 (SL Luka and Juleka's Bday!)

Robostus: Mon, May 25

Prime Queen: Fri, May 29

June 2020:

Zombizou: Tues, June 2 (SL Caline's Bday!), and Wed, June 3

The Mime: Fri, June 5

Gorizilla: Sat, June 6

Sandboy: Mon, June 8

Reverser: Tues, June 9 - Fri, June 12 (all 4 days)

Party Crasher (all dates after this point are loose guesses): Sat, June 13

Frozer: Between Mon, June 15-Friday, June 19

Frightningale: Sat, June 20

Malediktator: Fri, June 26

Style Queen: Sat, June 27

Queen Wasp: Sat, June 27 and Sun, June 28

July 2020:

Catalyst/Mayura: Fri, July 3 (Last Day of School)

[alishinweek]

✰ ALISHIN WEEK 2021! ✰

I'm so happy to announce a ship week dedicated to Alice Yabusame and Shin Tsukimi from the series Your Turn to Die/Kimi ga Shine. This is my first time hosting an event like this, but I'm hoping a couple people can have fun with it!

All fanmade content is welcome! From art, fanfiction, edits, headcanons, etc! As long as you are the person to make it!

Alishin Week starts on September 26th and ends on October 2nd!

Day 1 (09/26) Sun Dots and Stripes / Island Life (Your Time to Shine)

Day 2 (09/27) Mon No Death Game / Alternate Universe

Day 3 (09/28) Tues Pregame / Postgame

Day 4 (09/29) Wed Family / Double Dates

Day 5 (09/30) Thur Logic Route / Emotion Route Day 6 (10/01) Fri Confessions / Parallels

Day 7 (10/02) Sat Free Day!

Be sure to tag all posts as (#alishinweek) or as (#alishinweek2021)!

Please do not post until the designated dates, but late submissions are more than welcome! :D

[spellsthename]

~Spring Quarantine Study Challenge~

Well... I don’t know about you guys, but I’m still doing university from my childhood bedroom.  So to keep myself and you guys accountable I have created another challenge!  This challenge is going to be 110 days long!  Feel free to do prompts you like, all of them, some of them, or just follow the tag for the adventure!  I can’t wait to read what you have all posted!

Alright, now that I have everybody up to date on how this is going to pan out let’s get to the nitty gritty of what exactly we are going to be doing! There is going to be new prompts each weekday and similar reflective posts on Saturday and Sunday!

Tags for this challenge are going to be #SpringQuarantineStudyChallenge #SQSC #heyspell-studies and anything you’d like to add!  Feel free to @spell-studies and tag me with #heyspell-studies

~I’m going to do a read more so I don’t overwhelm your scrolling lol~

1. Mon. Jan. 25: Welcome back to another challenge! What are your goals?

2. Tue. Jan 26: What classes are you taking this semester?

3. Wed. Jan 27: what are you most excited for this semester/challenge?

4. Thur. Jan 28: Wanna post a work space pic?

5. Fri. Jan 29: TGIF what’s today’s ~vibe~?

6. Sat. Jan 30: How did this week go for you?

7. Sun. Jan 31: What’s the plan for next week?

8. Mon. Feb. 1: Favorite studyblr tip/quote?

9. Tue. Feb. 2: Shelfie!

10. Wed. Feb. 3: What are you doing as a study break today? Post a pic!

11. Thur. Feb. 4: Why did you join studyblr?

12. Fri. Feb. 5: Currently reading?

13. Sat. Feb. 6: How did this week go for you?

14. Sun. Feb. 7: What’s the plan for next week?

15. Mon. Feb. 8: Did you have a nice weekend? Did you take a good rest?

16. Tue. Feb. 9: Small goals this week?

17. Wed. Feb. 10: guilty pleasure show!

18. Thur. Feb. 11: How do you manage your time?

19. Fri. Feb. 12: Give yourself three compliments!

20. Sat. Feb. 13: How did this week go for you?

21. Sun. Feb. 14:  What’s the plan for next week? (also can I be ur Valentine!?)

22. Mon. Feb. 15: Currently listening to!

23. Tue. Feb. 16: Favorite study app? (or any app it’s your blog!)

24. Wed. Feb. 17: Cozy corner, what makes you feel cozy?

25. Thur. Feb. 18: Do you exercise? Do you have a favorite type?

26. Fri. Feb. 19: Tag some friends and write them a little note!

27. Sat. Feb. 20: How did this week go for you?

28. Sun. Feb. 21:  What’s the plan for next week?

29. Mon. Feb. 22: What is your study style?

30. Tue. Feb. 23: Do you study in your pajamas?

31. Wed. Feb. 24: What is your favorite doodle? Show us!

32. Thur. Feb. 25: Cursive or print?

33. Fri. Feb. 26: Handwritten or typed notes?

34. Sat. Feb. 27: How did this week go for you?

35. Sun. Feb. 28:  What’s the plan for next week?

36. Mon. March 1: How do you prep for class?

37. Tue. March 2: Blue or black ink?

38. Wed. March 3: Favorite type of self care?

39. Thur. March 4: How do you stay motivated for school?

40. Fri. March 5: What is your favorite vice?

41. Sat. March 6: How did this week go for you?

42. Sun. March 7: What’s the plan for next week?

43. Mon. March 8: Planner, bullet journal or?

44. Tue. March 9: To- do list!

45. Wed. March 10: Hydration station, how are you hydrating today?

46. Thur. March 11: have you ever tried a study tracker?

47. Fri. March 12: When was the last time you really treated yourself?

48. Sat. March 13: How did this week go for you?

49. Sun. March 14: What’s the plan for next week?

50. Mon. March 15: Halfway! Goal check in how are you doing?

51. Tue. March 16:  Share your to read list!

52. Wed. March 17: Share what you have read!

53. Thur. March 18: Shameless self promo! Drop your handles!

54. Fri. March 19: Any new goals?

55. Sat. March 20: How did this week go for you?

56. Sun. March 21: What’s the plan for next week?

57. Mon. March 22: What are you grateful for today?

58. Tue. March 23: What are you proud of yourself for?

59. Wed. March 24: Favorite sweet?

60. Thur. March 25: What makes you happy?

61. Fri. March 26: What are your strengths?

62. Sat. March 27: How did this week go for you?

63. Sun. March 28: What’s the plan for next week?

64. Mon. March 29: What is your weakness?

65. Tue. March 30: Can’t pour from an empty cup! How do you refill your cup?

66. Wed. March 31: What was the last compliment you got?

67. Thur. April 1: When do you feel most at peace?

68. Fri. April 2: Who do you admire?

69. Sat. April 3: How did this week go for you?

70. Sun. April 4: What’s the plan for next week?

71. Mon. April 5: What does your ideal work day look like?

72. Tue. April 6: What does your ideal off day look like?

73. Wed. April 7: Where do you see yourself in six months?

74. Thur. April 8: How would somebody else describe you?

75. Fri. April 9: What does your best life look like?

76. Sat. April 10: How did this week go for you?

77. Sun. April 11: What’s the plan for next week?

78. Mon. April 12: City or country living?

79. Tue. April 13: Paper books or e-readers?

80. Wed. April 14: Favorite study beverage?

81. Thur. April 15: What are your hobbies?

82. Fri. April 16: Favorite smell?

83. Sat. April 17: How did this week go for you?

84. Sun. April 18: What’s the plan for next week?

85. Mon. April 19: What language are you (or do you want to) learn?

86. Tue. April 20: Do you play any instruments?

87. Wed. April 21: When are you most comfortable?

88. Thur. April 22: Are you extroverted or introverted?

89. Fri. April 23: How do you handle life requirements outside of school?

90. Sat. April 24: How did this week go for you?

91. Sun. April 25: What’s the plan for next week?

92. Mon. April 26: Where would you study abroad if you could go anywhere?

93. Tue. April 27: Warm bubble bath or stress relieving shower after studying?

94. Wed. April 28: Favorite study snack? 

95. Thur. April 29: Do you best in the morning or the evening?

96. Fri. April 30: Would you consider yourself a romantic?

97. Sat. May 1: How did this week go for you?

98. Sun. May 2: What’s the plan for next week?

99. Mon. May 3: Favorite book?

100! Tue. May 4: View from your window!

101. Wed. May 5: Give some advice to younger studyblrs!

102. Thur. May 6: What time does your alarm go off?

103. Fri. May 7: Do you like to write?

104. Sat. May 8:How did this week go for you?

105. Sun. May 9: What’s the plan for next week?

106. Mon. May 10: Almost done! Take a peek at your goals how’d you do?

107. Tue. May 11: Game plan for final exams? 

108. Wed. May 12: How are you managing finals?

109. Thur. May 13: Hopeful! What’s your plan for break?

110! Fri. May 14: All done! Pat yourself on the back! What have you learned and/or what are you proud of!

[whentherewerebicycles]

oh my god yesterday was a VERY emotional day for me!! it was my favorite player’s 1000th game and there were so many emotional Testimonials from all his friends and rivals so I spent most of the day experiencing strong FEELINGS about sports and leadership and hard work. listennnnn being a fan of this person is very Inspiring to me and makes me want to work hard to achieve my dreams ok!!!!

anyway I think I might try to ride that emotional wave a little further today and sit down to do some future planning/writing. yesterday I was very successful at not lying in bed all day and moderately successful at being active (I walked 50 min instead of my target 60). I also did okay on night four (?) without ambien. it took me a really long time to fall asleep but I think that had a lot to do with how emotionally hyped up I was about hockey lol.

here are some things I’d like to do today, in no particular order:

up at 7:30 & take dogs out

coffee, lounge, read in bed until 10ish

reinstall Freedom app so I can block tumblr/twitter after 11pm

make breakfast

35 min walk with Ruthie

spend time doing reflective writing about the future (topics: values check-in, daily/weekly practices, followthrough, longer-term projects, possible timelines). this could also be a project for tomorrow but I’d like to at least generate some notes

add 1k to fic draft—maybe more if I’m in the mood to write

if I’m not in the mood to write fic today I could work on those examples of reverse outlining one of my anons asked for

skate for 45 min in the early afternoon & listen to YCDT episode

spend time troubleshooting my broken Thunderbolt display. I think I need to try resetting the port, updating the firmware, and resetting the SMC. if it’s really broken I need to order a new monitor (sigh) and webcam (bigger sigh), which I’ve been putting off for weeks

wash some clothes in the sink

do dishes by hand sigh

the university extended our closure to Mon-Tues but said we could hold optional meetings if students wanted to. I reached out to my kids but so far no one’s asked for a meeting, so I think I will probably have the next two days off too—and then Wed/Thurs are already research and admin days for me (no meetings) so I may very well end up with another week of very few work obligations. if that’s the case I think I am going to try to use the week to jumpstart my own research again.

[absolutebl]

This Week in BL - Taiwan has one show, but that's all they need

Organized, in each category, with ones I'm enjoying most at the top.

April 2024 Wk 1

Ongoing Series - Thai

Two Worlds (Thurs IQIYI) ep 4 of 10 - I don’t say this often but I LOVE this love triangle. The longing gazes = chef's kiss. I like that we are finally getting flashbacks to Tai’s side of the love affaire. This show remains highly engaging. So pleased for MaxNat.  

Deep Night (Thurs iQiyi) ep 5 of 8 - More lesbians! Yay! Meanwhile, when our leads make up they make out! (Yes I’m proud of myself.) I think this might be BLs first rooftop sex scene. We’ve reached new heights, BLabies. (Yes I’m proud of that too.) Anygay, basically a soap opera at this point, I'm not thrilled but I don’t mind.

"Do you apologize for being straight?"

City of Stars (Fri iQIYI) ep 10 of 12 - It was lovely. Very well done celebrity leaving the closet ep. Nice ensemble work too. Next week is doom! As expected. 

Only Boo! (Sun YouTube) ep 1 of 12 - New main couple for GMMTV in an idol romance about a boy who dances good and a food stand vendor. It’s fine but overly very pulp feeling for something from GMMTV. I'm a little concerned.

1000 Years Old (Thurs iQIYI) ep 8 of 12 - meh.

To Be Continued (Sat C3 Thailand grey) ep 7 of 8 - Never turned up on my usual sites. So will have to wait until next week. 

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

Unknown (Taiwan Tues YouTube & Viki) ep 7 of 11 - Qian was, indeed, the one who couldn’t let go. This show is fucking fantastic. It's the best thing I'm watching right now by a mile.

Jazz for Two (Korea Gaga/grey) eps 3-8fin - The bully and the blue-haired drummer side pairing were great. I hated the father. Hated him so much. Our main tsundere seme was a bit too tsundere for me. I was v annoyed by the time he finally softened. I'm amused by all the ways they finagled boys kissin-but-not-kissing in the first half of this show. 2024's "pan around the back of the head" has now become a "dipping of the brolly." We did, however, eventually get an okay kiss.

Honestly?

This was basically what I wanted from Given and didn’t get. So I’m pleased. The music still wasn't great, but you can skip those bits. A solid enemies to lovers BL, where the sins of brothers' past haunts the present. Great optics, decent chemistry, and a tidy script even if tsundere characterization went a bit extreme in some cases. 8/10 RECOMMENDED trigger for suicide

Love is Better the Second Time Around AKA Koi wo Suru nara Nidome ga Joto (Japan Weds Gaga) ep 5 of 6 - We got the past betrayal in detail and it was decently bad. Bitterness understood. Too soon to live together! The BL U-Haul strikes again. I do like their weird curry passive aggressive argument. This is an interesting show. Do I LOVE it? No. But I think I like it.

On a not-really-related note: adoption, including adult adoption, is actually pretty common in Japan (comparatively). It's often tied to business scionism.

My Strawberry Film (Japan Thurs Gaga) ep 8fin - It all turned out to be a tragic GL in the end. Not BL = not my problem. No rating. I will forget its existence right about… now. 

Love is like a Cat (Korea Mon Viki) eps 1-2 of 12 - Okay, weirdly kinky with the head scratching. Not much has happened and I’m not wild about what has. 

It's done, ready to binge, but I suck

What Did You Eat Yesterday Season 2 AKA Kinou Nani Tabeta? Season 2 (Japan Gaga) 10 eps

It's airing but...

We Are (Weds GMMTV iQIYI) ep 1 of 16 - University ensemble BL featuring PondPhuwin, WinnySatang, AouBoom, MarcPawinPoon - basically the good kind of messy gay friendship group (so more My Engineer and less Only Friends). Looks a bit like the Kiss series but everyone is queer. I'm IN but I need my other computer and I'm traveling as usual. So I'll get caught up next week and probably won't regularly be able to watch this one.

Graduation Countdown (Taiwan YouTube) - It's too much for me to keep up with 2 minute verticals, I don't have that kind of TikTok endurance training.

A Secretly Love (Thai Sat WeTV grey) 10 eps - Completed. Worth watching?

Lady Boy Friends (Thai WeTV grey) 16 eps - reminds me a bit too much of Diary of Tootsies only high school. Not my thing. DNF unless it turns a corner and is truly amazing.

Kiseki Chapter 2 (Sun iQIYI) 6 eps - It’s so boring DNFed at 2.

Close Friend Season 3: Soju Bomb! (Weds iQIYI) 6 - The problem with situational comedy BL is it must be situational, comedic and a BL. This show gets 1 of 3 claims correct. 33% is not a passing grade. Dropped at 3.

In the news

Takumi-kun Series 6: Nagai Nagai Monogatari is getting the undeserved honor of Furritsubs. Follow them for details. Tip 'em if you like 'em. (Will I watch it? Oh, probably. Damn it.)

Then Next Prince turned out to be a trailer only. Word on the webs is we will be lucky if we get it this year. It’s BL Princess Diaries. Jimmy has a new pairing (that boy from Night Dream) which is... interesting. All in all, this show does not look good. Pretty but not good.

Next Week Looks Like This:

4/11 Gray Shelter AKA Gray Currents (Korea ????) 4 eps - SooHyuk is only just surviving and reunites with YoonDae, an old friend. They end up living together. One of the leads is played by Choco of Choco Milk Shake.

4/12 Living With Him AKA Kare no Iru Seikatsu (Japan Gaga) 10 eps - Kindly Ryota goes off to uni only to find his new roommate is his childhood bestie, Kazuhito. Kazuhito doesn’t have a girlfriend and Ryota tries to help him figure out why, they fall in love along the way. Same director as Old Fashion Cupcake.

Still to Come in April

4/18 At 25:00, in Alaska AKA 25 Ji, Akasaka de (Japan Gaga) 10 eps - Yuki lands his first starring role in a BL drama alongside superstar Asami (previously his senior at uni). Said superstar suggests they form a sham relationship until filming concludes. As they actually begin to fall in love, the spotlight begins to burn. I think I've seen this before (joke) and also the trailer doesn't inspire confidence.

4/26 My Stand-In (Thai iQIYI) 12 eps - adaptation of Chinese novel "Professional Body Double" by Shui Qiang Cheng. Stars Up (Lovely Writer) and Poom (Bake Me Please) directed by the same team as KP (not a recommendation IMHO - my biggest criticism of that show was the clashing directing styles). This one looks well complicated, lemme try: Joe is a stuntman for famous actor Tong. Joe falls in love with Ming but Ming sees Joe as nothing more than a Tong-replacement. After learning this horrible truth, Joe dies. Joe then wakes up in the body of another man also named Joe. He manages to rebuild the same life as before—with the same people eventually re-meeting Ming. Ming wants Joe back but Joe doesn't understand why. But Ming seems to know what's going on and wants to give him some kind of explanation.

I'm exhausted just trying to describe the plot.

Knock-Knock Boys (Thai WeTV) - 4 college friends conspire to help their friend lose his virginity. Familiar faces like Seng (yes, Billy's previous partner) and Best, news here.

Upcoming BLs for 2024 are listed here. This list is not kept updated, so please leave a comment if you know something new or RP with additions.

NOTE: It looks like one of my personal favorites of last year Unintentional Love Story is getting a spin off!

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENTS

See City of Stars & Unknown.

(Last week)

Streaming services are listed by how I (usually) watch, which is with a USA based IP, and often offset by a day because time zones are too much work.

The tag BLigade: @doorajar @solitaryandwandering @my-rose-tinted-glasses @babymbbatinygirl @babymbbatinygirl @isisanna-blog @mmastertheone @pickletrip @aliceisathome @urikawa-miyuki @tokillamonger @rocketturtle4 @blglplus @anythinggoesintheshire

If ya wanna be tagged each week leave a comment and I will add you to the template. Easy peesy.

[lydiamartinappreciation]

2 Weeks til Lydia Week

How to Participate

Simply create something about Lydia. Fic, art, gifsets, moodboards etc are all welcome. If you want your work reblogged, simply tag it #LydiaWeek2023 or tag @lydiamartinappreciation. If you write fic on ao3, you can add it to the Lydia Martin Week 2023 collection.

All works must be Lydia-centric and Lydia-positive. A further list of rules can be found here.

Prompts

NOTE: These are just a guide. You can produce visual work for the writing prompts and you can produce written work for the visual prompts. You can combine prompts. You can choose not to use the prompts. All of this is just for fun.

Writing Prompts

Mon 18th Sept: Lydia & power

Tell us about Lydia's banshee powers or about her relationship to someone in power or about a time she felt powerless or any other interpretation you might have of Lydia & power.

Tues 19th Sept: Lydia & pack

What does pack mean to her? This could be a deep introspection of her connections or just a fluffy work about pack-bonding. As always, anything goes!

Weds 20th Sept: What-If Wednesday

It's What-If Wednesday! Here for all your missing scene, fix-it and alternate universe needs.

Thurs 21st Sept: Outsider POV

How do other characters from the show/movie see Lydia?

Fri 22nd Sept: Lydia & death

In Season 3, Lydia loses Allison and Aiden. In Season 5, she loses Tracy after trying so hard to help her and we also see Lydia relive her grandmother's death. What does death mean to Lydia? How does she cope with having death-related powers?

Sat 23rd Sept: Lydia post-canon

What happens to Lydia after Teen Wolf ends? Feel free to use or ignore the movie as much as you wish for this prompt.

Sun 24th Sept: Free day!

Create whatever your heart desires!

Visual Prompts

Mon 18th Sept: Favourite outfits

Lydia is a style icon. What are your favourite looks that she wears throughout the show?

Tues 19th Sept: Favourite relationship/dynamic

This can be romantic, platonic, family etc.

Wed 20th Sept: What-If Wednesday

Join the writers on What-If Wednesday! Here for all your missing scene, fix-it and alternate universe needs.

Thurs 21st Sept: Lyrics/quotes

What words perfectly incapsculate Lydia to you? These can be quotes from the show, from tumblr, from poetry, from songs etc.

Fri 22nd Sept: Parallels

What parallels exist between Lydia and other characters on Teen Wolf? Between her and other characters from different shows or films? Between her and herself?

Sat 23rd Sept: Lydia & enemies

What are her relationships like with the "bad guys" of the show?

Sun 24th Sept: Free day!

Create whatever your heart desires!

Alternative Prompts

1 - Lydia pre-canon: What did her life look like before the show?

2 - Lydia & parents: This is could be her own mum, Natalie, or someone else's parents. You could also include her grandparents in this prompt

3 - Lydia being a teenager: She might be a banshee fighting supernatural villains but she's also just a kid

4 - Lydia & lore: All supernatural shows thrive on lore. Use this prompt to explore banshee lore from the show/movie, banshee lore from outside sources, lore of other supernatural creatures in the show. Any interpretation you can think of works.