#don't ask HOW i managed to get it in hd

[hd-erised]

We are over halfway through @hd-erised—isn't that exciting? It's been another fantastic week filled with art and fic and, as always, we hope you've been enjoying the fabulous submissions!

We hope you'll  take a moment to check out anything you might have missed this week, and don't forget to check our Week 1 and Week 2 round-ups for even more goodies. And, of course, please don't forget to leave a comment for our lovely artists and writers who make this fest the incredible experience that it is!! <3

Art:

Unemployed and On Guard for @makeitp1nk [T]

No One but Me for justlikewriting [M]

Fic:

Second Chance Resort for @elizah321[E, ~42,800]

A holiday forced on him by his friends after the latest in a long string of failed relationships might be a chance for Harry to relax, but all that is thrown up in the air by the appearance of one newly divorced Draco Malfoy. Mainly because they had been together almost fifteen years ago before Draco broke it off to marry the woman his mother chose for him… Feat. a matchmaking hotel, a spa day, an all-knowing Weasley, and friends who do try their best, but can get a little distracted.

Seven-and-sixpence for @oknowkiss [E, ~35,700]

The entire plan of Harry’s life had been defeat evil, become an Auror, marry Ginny. Not necessarily in that order, but it seemed to be going that way, the first two managed and the third in easy limbo. He can be better, though. He can be more. Draco will see to it.

Slip Slidin’ Your Way (In a Land of Fire and Ice) for @frm9pm [T, ~9,800]

How does a war-scarred young wizard recuperate and create a new identity? Harry opens himself to the magic of the land. Draco learns to wonder at the humblest of creatures. Years later, Magigeologist Evan Jameson and Malacologist Derek Black begin an enthusiastic correspondence. They’re in for a shock when they finally meet. Or: Science nerds go to Iceland and fall in love. Or: Why should kelp have all the fun?

Pillar of Salt for @agentmoppet [E, ~62,200]

From the lake in the Room of Hidden Things, Draco knows three things: 1. Mirror universes exist, and he’s going to find the best one—the one where he did the right thing. 2. Harry Potter and him are awfully cosy in some of these other universes, whereas Potter in real life is starting to act very odd around him indeed. 3. Draco’s reflection—the mirror version of him, the worst version of him—seems to be growing crueler. And stronger.

Prescription for @fantalfart [G, ~2,600]

Draco couldn't say he hated his job, not really. In fact, he loved it⁠—and wasn't that something surprising, a Malfoy being a Healer, when most of them hadn't worked a day in their lives?—and most of all, he loved knowing that he was helping people heal, above anything else. (And if there was a part of him that craved the normalcy of something that helped instead of what he had been taught to do his entire life? Well. That was between himself and his journal when he remembered to write in it.) (And maybe there was another reason too.)

Old love don't rust for @drarrydoodles [E, ~20,600]

“Why do you keep coming?” Malfoy asked at last. Harry mulled over the question. For a moment he debated trying to turn the tables and asking Malfoy the very same thing. But this time he didn’t want to hold back. “Because I can’t stop,” Harry said.

Equipoise for khalulu [T, ~88,200]

Ten years of peace have settled over the wizarding world, leaving Harry Potter feeling strangely adrift. Teaching Defense at Hogwarts is fine and all, but when mysterious magical blackouts start sweeping across the country, he can't help but jump at the chance to investigate. It would be the perfect outlet for his restless energy - if he didn't suddenly find himself tangled up in an elaborate charade, pretending to date the Prophet's most illustrious journalist, Draco Malfoy. Between hunting down the cause of the blackouts and maintaining their ruse, Harry's beginning to think that peacetime might actually be trickier - and far more surprising - than he'd bargained for.

Victory Lap for @traylalascrisis [E, ~4,700]

“I wasn’t sure if you’d want to eat first.” For emphasis, he pinches the skin at my waist. I want to cover myself in him. I want to roll in him like a dog. I want to devolve on top of him. And he wants me to sit nicely and use a knife and fork first?

[alicepao13]

Hudson and Rex S03E02 - Manhunt

I can't really say that this episode lives up to the title. Not that it's bad, the title is just inaccurate. There's also a bit more Charlie backstory.

I believe the actor who plays Danny is the guy who will be in the new St. Pierre show.

How long has that guy been unconscious?

I'm trying to decide if sending Sarah to cozy up with the Danny's pregnant wife to get information is a dick move or not.

Sarah: *explains Onion routing* Joe: I'm surrounded by nerds. Jesse: Nerds unite!

I'm having a hard time believing that Rex's nose or ears didn't pick up that Danny was right behind Charlie and didn't alert him in time. Not to mention that Charlie was also on high alert. He should have heard him himself.

"Damn. This shit again."

"The dog goes in there". And then Rex takes a look and turns to Danny like, "Fuck no, it's dirty" lol

"These are terrible accommodations! I want to speak to your manager!"

"I can't even bark? This is fascism."

So grade 8 is apparently for 12-13year olds. We don't have the same system here, our 8th grade corresponds to the grade 13-14year olds would go to, because kindergarten is not counted among school years, and used to be non-compulsory at least when I was a kid (that's probably changed now).

Once more, Charlie has to give up his gun and handcuffs.

Not the phone!

Like hell I'd leave my phone at a sketchy place that cosplays as a club. These people are nuts.

Now, that's HD lol

"I was framed." "You and half the prison population." Snarky Charlie under duress is back.

"I'm gonna prove you wrong," he says while he has taken a cop hostage and points a gun at him (and has another one locked in a room, I'm not forgetting about Rex).

"I'm asked to solve cases based on the tiniest pieces of evidence and do you know what my biggest fear is? It's that I'll make a mistake. That someone innocent will spend a part of their life in jail because of me". Can you tell that this season is post BLM movement? I mean, I don't want to throw too much shade on this show, because every cop show did the same thing and most of them ended up with the characters sounding off. Also, right before that, Charlie told her to get whatever she could about Danny from Lyn, so...

One of the many phones that have been sacrificed to solve a case.

Some of what Jesse explains about the tech they were using to steal from people is factual, and the rest is garbage.

Sarah: "Identity theft. Or, sorry, would you prefer the term social engineering?" Jesse: "Well, now you're just showing off." Okay, just tone it down a bit.

I'd forgotten how many times Danny had threatened to shoot Rex. I like him less now.

Danny: Where the hell is he? Rex: Look up, asshole.

"Who is that, friend of yours?" He shot at him, Charlie.

Charlie called someone else stubborn! Pot, meet kettle.

That's a good look. But I guess we need a tie with the suit in case we have to triage someone.

"You're gonna hand me over?" "It's tempting." "Wouldn't be the first time". The plot thickens. Or Charlie's backstory, anyway.

So Charlie and Danny had stolen something from a store at one time, they got blamed when I'm guessing there was another theft incident in the same store and the store owner had called the cops on them, Charlie had told his dad about it and that they hadn't stolen anything, his dad believed him and convinced the owner but he also told Danny's dad who was abusive. And Charlie didn't know the last part, and he never talked to Danny again. Having seen Charlie's dad now, I could see him asking Charlie to cut off ties with Danny. Anyway, it's pretty funny to think of Charlie as a troublemaker.

The most unrealistic part about all this is that people heard the gunshot with the music blasting.

Once again, Sarah arrives at the right time to be taken hostage.

Charlie's inner monologue: Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck-

Sometimes the show is telling us loudly that Sarah is the woman Charlie likes and others, like this one, they do it subtly. For the non-believers (not that it matters anymore), there is no reason for Sarah to be in this scene. Sarah just goes along with Lyn because Lyn is heavily pregnant. Lyn seems to be able to carry herself just fine and is, in fact, the one to drive them there. The reason they put Sarah in that scene is because Lyn is the woman Danny cares about and Sarah is the woman Charlie cares about. Note that Charlie would want to help Lyn or Danny anyway, so adding Sarah is just to show that parallel. And wisely, whoever wrote the script realized that to do so without having Sarah offer anything to the scene would put her in a damsel-in-distress position, so they have her disarm the bad guy after Rex's charge.

Guys, we really need a safeword for when someone is kidnapped.

RIP to the shot of Charlie and Sarah with their weapons drawn together. Why did no one think to hold the camera on them for a few seconds, why can't we have nice things?

"You okay?" "Yeah". He also wanted to say, "And you look so fucking hot with that shotgun," but he's a gentleman and this is a family show.

"Hey, I'm here too."

And a nice chase at the end to give Rex a proper takedown scene.

"You made me run."

"Claire could use some better clientele". She's a lawyer.

Subtle.

[ashleywool]

What would you need from the fans of How To Dance In Ohio for a ProShot to be streamed somewhere like Broadway HD or similar? Would it need to be a Kickstarter or a social media campaign? Is there anyone we can write to? Part of my reason for asking is selfish, since I would love to see the show, but this show is also historic and groundbreaking in a lot of different ways and I also think your amazing performances need to be preserved as a part of Broadway history.

I know this is probably a really sad time for you and the rest of the Ohio cast/creative team and even if a ProShot never happens and nothing ever comes of it, just know that you, all of you, touched more lives and hearts than you could possibly know just by being who you are.

Thanks so much for asking. This is something we have been discussing with the producers, because obviously we'd all love it to happen too.

Warning: incoming info-dump, albeit a grossly oversimplified one:

It would cost about $3M to produce a pro-shot. Here's an incomplete list of where that money would go:

-The regular costs of the venue itself--which, when you include rent, utilities, and staff salaries (security, bartenders, ushers, custodians, all the people who are just in charge of maintaining the Belasco), comes out to about $1K a minute.

-The labor of obtaining necessary permits for filming onsite.

-The labor of the film crew, including load-in, setup, and breakdown of equipment, and coordinating with stage management to make sure their shooting doesn't get in the way of backstage choreography, and making any adjustments accordingly

-The collaboration between the film crew and the in-house sound crew to make sure the audio is captured and balanced properly

-The labor of post-production: editing, color correction, sound adjustment, etc.

-There are also different contracts (and higher pay) for the actors, stage managers, stage crew, sound crew, lighting crew, and wardrobe crew, in addition to our current contracts wherein we're just doing the show as usual. This can get particularly complicated with the actors and stage managers, since our Broadway contracts are through Actors' Equity Association (the union for stage actors and stage managers) but the contract for having our work filmed and distributed in theaters or on streaming platforms is under SAG-AFTRA (the union for film actors).

This is not a complete list, but to give you some context: that's about what it would cost just to make the thing. The costs and logistics of actually distributing it is a different story altogether, and a lot of that would depend on strategizing around future productions and making sure the availability of the pro-shot wouldn't compromise, say, a national tour. I'm not a producer and don't have the numbers and the research, but what I'd love to see happen is, the pro-shot gets a limited theatrical release to coincide with a national tour, and then gets released to streaming platforms when the tour is wrapped. (Of course, as an elder millennial who's genetically incapable of not being financially stressed, I don't care where or how it's released as long as I get those residual checks lol.)

As to your question of crowdfunding: as far as I understand it (and I'm not an entertainment lawyer so I likely have very incomplete information, so don't take my word at total face value): in order to crowdfund for a pro-shot, the producers would likely need to establish a new business entity and it would have to be a nonprofit entity so it could legally solicit donations from the public. Broadway shows are commercially produced, and each iteration of the commercially-produced production has its own business entity. When the show was in workshops and in Syracuse, the business entity was "Amigos in Ohio, LLC." The Broadway entity is "Amigos on Broadway, LLC." The only difference it makes on my end is the name that shows up on my bank statement when I get my direct deposit every week, but the difference it makes from a producer perspective is much more significant and it has a big effect on how productions are legally and ethically allowed to be funded, and again I'm not an entertainment lawyer so explaining what those differences are is beyond me.

I will say, however, Ken Davenport has been a real innovator when it comes to how shows can be produced--in 2010, he launched what eventually became the first crowdfunded Broadway musical with the Godspell revival. I know very little about how all of that actually works, but I do think something like that would be a boon to the industry in the year of our dark Majestic Theater 2024. And it would also give the fans a way to connect with the material and the business on a deeper and more personal level.

Meanwhile, if you want to learn more about how Broadway works from the producers' side, you should check out Sammy Lopez's Producing 101 course on The Business of Broadway. (I'm going to be in an upcoming class myself and it's all virtual, so maybe I'll see you there!)

[not-goldy]

Heyy! just found your acc and I am absolutely loving it here. idk if you'll read or reply to this but im writing this just because im kinda disheartened seeing some of these jikooker's behaviour. like i get it, we should always be open to the possibility of jikook being in a relationship with someone else but to see them dropping jikook in a matter of seconds after one shady grainy video drops is just... some are still adamant that jungkook does infact have a girlfriend. I've been seeing so many "jikook broke up", "jikook just bros", "jikook poly", "jikook were just fck buddies" it feels like these jikookers are just heavily insecure and somewhat believe certain taekookers' theories as they've been going off about how jikook haven't been close in 2023 and they are no longer 'glued together' just because we don't see it.

its like they were just ready to drop jikook and found this video issue to be the perfect opportunity lol....i honestly don't know where im going with this dkdkdjflkdjf but yeah. i dont think it was jungkook in that video (pretty obvious if you ask me) and I'll keep supporting jikook. jikook's bond is so different than all the other duos in bts and them not dating would be more shocking than them dating each other. ig these jikookers don't wanna act how taekookers did in the whole taennie situation but that's the thing this jungkook thing is in NO way similar to the taennie proofs we got. we got HD pictures and saw their managers in their video ffs.

also the acc that posted that video on weibo went on to post a clearly fake edited video of "jungkook" roaming around his apartment when asked why don't they have more videos of jungkook if they had so much access to jungkook's apartment, and had their lie get debunked so yeah. mindless rant over i guess. JIKOOK FOREVER.BTS FOREVER.

I almost logged out but since you love it here I love it here too🤭

You see right there- even if it was Jungkook in that video it is not conclusive of anything. It's just back hug. Looks like a younger boy worrying his Noona to me and if it wasn't then we need to talk about a little things called consent. Sis looked like she could use her personal space.

Besides, if it were him, nothing special there. He does that with every one. Almost all BTS members. I remember a video of Jimin asking him what he was doing clinging onto him behind him.

He did it with the tattoo girl and said there was nothing between them. How could this have been any different?

I feel people aren't used to seeing him interact with girls that much so they get uncomfortable getting glimpses of him around girls.

They will tell you he is the handsiest member of bts but then turn around and act flabbergasted when he gets handsy with anyone that's not their bias.

I'm glad he put those fake rumors to rest.

If that video was him that would have amounted to some heavy charges cos why we peeping at people's homes with cameras 🥲

The creepy things obsessed fans do and the lengths they go to give me chills. No respect for his privacy whatsoever.

He has friends other than jimin. He has FEMALE FRIENDS as well. People need to get used to that fact and stop acting like a disturbed beehive whenever the topic comes up.

He has female friends cousins acquaintances dancers assistants etc and he has a unique dynamic with each.

The entire Fandom needs to grow up.

For now I'm just embarrassed for them. Imagine cooking up a lie that didn't even take 2 secs to be shut down. The audacity they had to come into our dms trying to convince us we are making excuses for him and not accepting facts meanwhile the delulu ones were them all along.

And they seem to forget some of us are part of the groups they meet at to cook up these elaborate narratives just to stirr up shit. They dumb as fuck.

[kittick-art]

It's time for another Animatic Deep Dive!!

For those of you who haven't seen me do this before, I always like to do a massive post digging into my animatics after they get uploaded. This'll include a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff, HD stills, and a whooole lot of insight into shot choices and cinematic storytelling. All my rambling is under the 'keep reading' break!

Before I say anything, here's the link to the animatic, if you haven't watched it yet or want easier access to it while reading through this post:

I always love showing my shot sheets, and I'm really thankful for them because they manage to somehow keep me sane throughout the entire project. So here are some snip-its of that:

I also want to include my value sheet, because getting the lighting right for this project was very important to me. A bit of a fun fact: the backgrounds for the very first shot (top left) and the entire sequence where Serizawa goes outside are just barely the same value.

Now, the part where I share HD stills & go into shot composition will be meshed together here because it's a little more organized that way. One thing you should know about me is that I'm a sucker for cinematic storytelling. It's why I love doing parallel shots and other little things that help propel the story even further than just "he picks up his umbrella here."

One big example of this is the first & final shots of the video. They both feature Serizawa and his umbrella (which could honestly be considered a character in its own right for this animatic). But the umbrellas in these shots are not the same, and you also get a sense that neither is Serizawa. Where he's all alone and clutching to what's basically his lifeline during the first shot, in the final shot he's surrounded by people who love him and is able to leave his umbrella behind.

And going into a more glaring parallel, and my favorite personally, I want to talk about the two over-the-shoulder shots. They are literally mirror shots of each other, with everything including the framing. But they couldn't be more different, in order to show how much Serizawa has grown. Even the lyrics parallel each other. ("And I wandered through the house like a little boy lost at the mall" // "And I stood there like a businessman waiting for a train")

And while I'm talking about lyrics, one sequence that honestly broke my heart while working on this was the first time we hear that repeated question of "what do I do?"

This whole bit was meant to read like Serizawa was asking that question aloud. And well, if this sequence is his question, then the second time we hear those same words are certainly the answer. As if to say, "This. This is what you did."

Now. I'm a sucker for camera movement. I had a ton of it in my Royai animatic, and it was a lot of fun to figure out. But I really wanted this animatic to read as snapshots from life, like photographs on a wall. And well, photos don't have camera movements. But there is one scene in the entire animatic that does have a camera move, and it's the one where Serizawa gets dressed and the camera pans to reveal his past self staring back at him from the mirror. I think saving the one camera move for this scene really helped, because I wanted it to be as jarring as possible.

And just as a little note, because I had to include them somewhere in here, I was so happy with the two shots of Serizawa and the character I've lovingly dubbed Scaryzawa. I just really wanted to convey the fear that Serizawa had that he was reverting back to how he used to be, and I'm so glad that a lot of people enjoyed these shots as much as I did.

And now, there's one glaring scene that I've avoided talking about til now because it's my absolute favorite, and this whole section is gonna get pretty ramble-y. I'm talking about the scene where Serizawa finally goes outside. Just like I mentioned earlier, the animatic was mainly still shots, and any animation was extremely limited. But going into this scene, I knew I needed to make it special. And the best way, in my opinion, was to make it full of motion.

I just really think there's something beautiful about someone like Serizawa stepping outside and really being introduced to nature again, even if it's unintentional. I put this line in the shot sheet, and I think I've said it to a few people already, but I really enjoyed the idea of Serizawa looking up through the skeleton of his umbrella and seeing the view it never allowed him when it was intact. And trying to capture that beauty and emotion is extremely hard, and something I don't really think is possible in my style. But I'm still so happy with how those two shots turned out.

And connecting myself to this a little bit because I'm selfish...I actually finished these shots and the animatic as a whole on my birthday. It's the day before Serizawa's, and while my own birthday is always a time of reflection for me, I really enjoyed being able to to reflect on someone else's growth for their birthday. Even if he's just a fictional character, Serizawa is very important to me and a lot of other people. I think I really connect myself to fictional characters because it helps me rationalize my own growth and journey. So, all of that to say that this animatic also felt like a birthday gift to me.

ANYWAYS. Wow. This was long. The Royai deep dive was long, but this is long. Thank you if you managed to read this far, seriously. And thank you to everyone who has shown their love for this thing I spent the past month on. I don't think I'll ever get used to having people seriously enjoy the work I do. Just really, truly, thank you. And happy birthday to Serizawa!

[sussex-sweetheart]

Funny how you haven’t mentioned anything about people accessing Kate’s medical records but you will happily ask random question and reblog memes! It just just shows the priorities…

Going to the nearest shop to where you live only a mile away is a bit different to wearing heels and getting photographed with HD cameras and who are you to question how well a woman is recovering when you don’t know anything about her health?

I literally had to google what the fuck you're talking about. Sorry for not answering asks that I don't have, but I don't sit around on my ass watching for every fucking scrap of William and Kate news. I don't even post every piece of news about Harry and Meghan.

Maybe you should get a job if you have that much free time on your hands.

Going shopping and carrying full bags, getting dressed up and going to football games, socialising, etc. If she can manage that she can manage to walk around a charity or even make a zoom call or two. No one said she has to wear heels.

This is not the first time she's claimed to be too sick to "work" but not too sick to shop. This is her m.o. I don't care that it hurts your feelings. Go cry about it on your own blog.

[anamazingangie]

House of the Dragon : Stills / Screen-cap Resources

Making this mostly for my discord as per usual, but some people have asked me where I get my files for edits. not tagging this with anything since the more people who know about these, the more they will be targeted for takedown...but i'd like other fans to enjoy them as much as i have, too.

Stills: [these are photographs taken during production rather than images pulled from footage, so they tend to be higher quality and have better lighting without the various filters]

Section of Randomess is amazing - free, no ads, great quality, easy to download, but does not update frequently.

Warner Brothers Media very well organized, search by episode, date, etc. all very official as they literally make the show. however these are intended for use in press releases, and you need to have a press account to download the files. still, you can look at all the previews.

MovieStillsDB updates very frequently, has the largest collection of images released by official sources spanning all the various international hbo media accounts. you do need an account to download, and credits, but the most "expensive" credit packages still come out to less than 10c per a photo.

Kinorium this kind of has everything in one place which is nice, but the quality is lower. i usually use it to find an image i like, then right click and 'search image in google' to find a higher resolution version. stills gallery [kinorium]

poster gallery [kinorium]

promo gallery [out of costume] [kinorium]

they have tabs for BTS photos and screenshots too, but they are very incomplete.

Stock photo websites i am CHEAP and these are EXPENSIVE so i don't have a lot to say about them, but the big ones like shutterstock and almay usually have a selection of high resolution images too.

Posters: [branded promotional material to build hype]

Cinematerial i think this is the sister site to moviestills, similarly you can browse everything but need credits to download, and they have the same pricing system. still it's pretty great because they have every variant of each poster including international ones, and they offer very high resolution copies.

also, see above for poster gallery [kinorium]

Screencaps: images pulled ['captured'] from the episodes

there are probably dozens or even hundreds of sites with screencaps, but my favorites have been these two

Cap-That very thorough caps from every episode that can be viewed and downloaded individually in 4K, or downloaded in zips for each episode in standard HD.

and i do mean very thorough. each episode has on average four thousand images.

comparatively the zips from another site [lostintimegraphics] have about one thousand images per an episode.

what makes them "special" in addition to few ads (comparatively) is that they brighten the thumbnails on each page, a MUST to see wtf is going on in some parts, given how dark the show is.

when you click on the thumbnail and download the file, it is unfiltered/as appears in show, it just makes it easier to find the file you want instead of wading through a sea of black thumbnails.

So-Obsessed i think this is managed by a single person and i give them MAJOR props for that. they not only have 4k screencaps of HotD, but also every episode of Game of Thrones.

they are sorted by episode, there is no download a zip option, only individual files. they also have a stills gallery. there are no ads, which is wonderful.

the only reason i prefer cap-that is because they have 3x times the number of images for each page. despite both sites being comparably thorough, on so-obsessed there are 120 pages for episode two, and on cap-that there are 40.

you also can't right click/open in new tab/download images, you have to use their toolbar. it's well designed, just slower for me who is accustomed to the other method.

ok, am done. if you're wondering why the fuck anyone would want screencaps or stills, personally *i* like using them for edits to entertain me in the offseason, see here.

what other people do with them...that's between them and god.

[kookiecrush]

The only thing I want to say is that it's incredibly weird that it's Kim "Privacy" Taehyung. We know how much he values his privacy, we know how private he ALWAYS has been, he talked about being stalked, he thanked us for not bothering him after Hawaii etc. And now suddenly one day he's just out and about, strolling on the streets, without even a mask on or anything? His manager is supposedly there, and they are also not wearing a mask? Why would Hybe sue that person a year ago regarding this relationship if it was true? The first photographer went on tiktok I think and said their bodyguards asked the photographer to take pictures from a distance?? 1) I don't believe that for a minute because that's just weird for ANY celebrity and 2) even if it is true, then they were aware of the photographer? Which is even more weird. But like look me in the eye and name ONE celebrity who will be okay with stalkers taking pictures of them as long as it's from a ✨distance✨

I'm in the same time zone as France, the pictures dropped at yesterday evening - the sun was still up and yet on the pictures it's full on night. So supposedly it was taken a day before? Didn't he JUST land in France? Like Idk but everything is just weird with this. Mainly the part where he was always so protective of his privacy (rightfully so) and now nothing. Not even a mask.

Some things just aren't adding up. Almost as if they wanted to be seen 🤔 It all seems very convenient and staged right now, but I suppose we'll just have to wait for more info. This definitely doesn't strike me as normal Tae behaviour, he is indeed very lowkey and private.

The bodyguard saying he can take photos from a distance is very questionable. And also very convenient. And you're telling me no one else around spotted them? No one else managed to get a more HD picture? Even with all the bodyguards and managers around them attracting attention?

There apparently seems to be some discrepancies with the photos, but we really don't know anything for sure right now. I'm not denying the validity of them, but I'm not banking on them being the whole truth either.

Everything seems to be pointing in a very obvious direction, but I guess that's just me being delusional 🙃

[lifestylecreep]

How I Run/Stream The Sims 3 Without My Computer Blowing Up (Yet)

Hi, I had someone while I was streaming TS3 last night ask about my computer and begged me to post a response.

The main reason why my computer handles TS3 well is because I shopped for a laptop with the sole purpose of running it and TS2 in mind.

I did A LOT of research before buying. I have to give credit to r/SimsPlayer2765. Their responses on this Reddit post provide the foundation of what one should look for in a gaming laptop to run TS3:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Sims3/comments/lsbblo/which_laptop_is_perfect_for_the_sims_3/

SimsPlayer2765 recommends:

"I5 or better processor

8 GB System Memory or better

256GB or better SSDGTX (Nvidia) or Radeon Graphics. or what is sometimes called Dedicated graphics.

Onboard graphics like Intel UHD Graphics may only give you low to med graphics. And will likely not be able to play with all expansions installed."

So which did I buy?

The second laptop recommended:

ASUS TUF Gaming A15 Gaming Laptop

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0865THZCL15.6

144Hz Full HD IPS-Type Display, AMD Ryzen 5 4600H, GeForce GTX 1650, 8GB DDR4, 512GB PCIe SSD

I confess, the aestheic look and price of this laptop are what made it a winner over others. I love just as much as I did when I bought it two years ago, and it was worth the investment. Getting a quality computer is going to make all the difference, and I feel fortunate I was able to do that.

Now that I stream and do video editing, prioritizing upgrading the hard drive and RAM was important. I significantly upgraded my drive space and plan to upgrade my RAM in the near future.

I looked up SimsPlayer2765 to write this and they are still active on Reddit providing tech and software suggestions for quality TS3 gameplay! If you're reading this, I want to thank you for your dedication and sharing your knowledge with us less tech-savvy folk.

Other programs I use to help my game run smoothly:

LazyDuchess Smooth Patch

https://modthesims.info/d/658759/smooth-patch-2-1.html

CC Magic https://modthesims.info/d/461888/cc-magic-custom-content-management-and-game-launcher-updated-07-15-2012-works-with-supernatural.html

4GB Patch (there's debate over if it's helpful, but I've seen improvement since using it) https://ntcore.com/?page_id=371

I recommend exploring the internet for more information, there's likely stuff I missed. I'm really not an expert. 😅

P.S - Don't upgrade to Windows 11 lol

[ashadowofburnedoutstardust]

You know anon, it's funny you should bring this up

The hackers seemed adamant that I sit here on Tumblr very nicely, and very quietly, and reblog things to help his tags and not say anything

It seemed a bit of a confusing and odd request

Then my stuff got stolen, the HD I posted about having the screenshots on it, the posting of which some people seem to consider going above someone's heads?

I'm never getting my stuff back

I've accepted that now so I may as well blog whatever the fuck I like because fuck them, I don't care who they are or who they work for

Doxx me if you want assholes the list of suspects is short, nobody gets to tell me what to do

Someone sent me an anon right after I came out of exile when the scam was revealed after he deactivated about how they'd done a deep dive on the Disney worker blog and how they may also need to make amends (I think I actually posted that one?)

Make amends to who? And for what? And why? What exactly is it they are supposed to have done? It seems oddly specific

I do wonder why a completely different fan blog who also got hacked went very quiet and does exactly what the hackers asked me to do, produce content and reblog on his tags

I'm not getting paid to do anything for anyone, and I certainly won't be blackmailed into silence, but it does make me worry if someone else is in a very similar situation somehow

The only difference with me being it went awry because I refuse to be manipulated and participate in some bizarrely concocted scheme by some wannabe Gray Man social media tag manager

All you have to do is to look at who it benefits the most to find the answer

Who that is I can't decide, I can only base my opinion on what I've observed, what I've been told, and what I've been through, I can't see what's on their side or what their motivations might be

I am not a Chris Evans fan blog, I may have been once......

I'm a cautionary tale

I just happened to know every single rumour that went around since December 2021, I even told the "scammer" that I'd be the star witness of the whole thing given all of the info I got told, they then proceeded to try and pump me for all I knew and then threaten me into silence

The Encyclopedia of The Shitshow Volumes 1-4, I'm sure there are plenty out there who could contribute further to it

In my opinion it's dangerous for anyone to be associated with him online

Not because of him, he's not smart enough to pull something like this off even if it was something he actually wanted to do

But SOMEONE is preying on people and manipulating those in his fandom in a seriously fucked up way on multiple platforms, and they deserve the benefit of a warning

Nobody deserves blind loyalty from anyone, that's how weird cults and dictatorships start

I don't think this blog will ever hold a truly positive position on the man ever again

Neutral with time, perhaps.....

💜🪽🌟

[thebanterboys]

Okay so I think I managed to watch the majority of the Banter panel (the livestream on the Vidcon YouTube channel had way too many ads but it got better for the last thirty minutes or so if anyone wants to watch it there in HD) I mostly watched it through a fan's livestream on Twitch lmao

My thoughts:

Sapnap and George need to go to therapy man (or "marriage counseling" as Karl said) It was interesting to hear the perspective of Larray, Skeppy, and Kreek in regards to SNF fighting (Larray was on George's side, Skeppy and Kreek were on Sapnap's side...Karl didn't really take a side he just relayed a fight from the airport and gave his perspective) It seems like Sapnap gets really sensitive at perceived slights from George and it escalates whenever George makes snarky replies back but George doesn't try to "de-eslcate" it as Sapnap said. I really hope they can actually work on this because hugging it out isn't a permanent solution but since this was a panel being livestreamed to an audience of thousands I understand they couldn't really get into it lol

Lot of Pixel Playground shout outs from Karl which I guess makes sense since Kreek was there. Its so crazy to me how popular that channel is and the growth it has had over just the two months since its first upload. It has double the amount of Banter subscribers.

I kinda felt bad for Kreek and Skeppy because they didn't really get to talk much it was mostly the Banter boys and Larray talking the whole time lol

All the zodiac sign talk was pretty funny though lol

I was surprised there weren't any audience questions but there were still at least a lot of audience participation with everyone shouting out video games, Sam & Colby, and their verdict on whether Sapnap or George were in the right about their fights (I think asking the audience to raise their hands about this was a misstep because its not like any of them have actually seen SNF fighting irl like the people on the panel) This is a case where I actually would like to know Dream's perspective on SNF and their fights because he knows the most besides Karl but I don't think he would ever get into it cause he wants to portray the Dream team as one big marketable plushie family and discussing how much they fight would hurt that image.

[the-firebird69]

Billy Joel - The Downeaster 'Alexa' (Official HD Video)

There's a few things going on and people are now saying we need him and pretty badly they see the monsters might be raising monsters they see people fighting over them and it's a very heavy subject. The Hawthorne Mall was built on top of the housing development and it had a church there it wasn't that old we think it was moved to Santa Clara and didn't get that part but there actually. The max didn't have a chance

Now it's going on going up there.

Tons of people are trying to get to Santa Clara and the Lost boys movie was will take place and Mac has a way out of that no the alcohol is not really good anymore and they got sick

There's a lot of films taking place our son and daughter accidentally started MIB and Jason comes back we think tomorrow and he goes on the mission with Elroy he finds out that he's not really doing the mission on purpose but that they have to go back there to the Hawthorne Mall and it starts the war the second time and they're trying to find out what's below our son and daughter say they naturally would move it where the church goes to and that does happen and they get mad cuz it's by force now this is happening right now and Trump is not delivering the message he doesn't want to but he is reminded of the keys. Most of the priests were Mac proper in the beginning and they didn't miss a thing though they missed it all so he's trying to think of how to say it he does manage to it's not with all this killings and stuff it's it's another method and they're actually quite angry with him afterwards then I want Gilligan get hit on the headband skipper songs

He says you're kind of an accident and she says there's a lot of that there's a huge fight over the control center and she says a lot of that and they usually go to the negative and it would have been like a better spy kind of thing like Stan and they saw it and said oh he got a little better at it oops

He's asking Sarah how it's going with the painting or a picture if it's at the Guggenheim yet. She says it hasn't gotten very far but we know what's going out and people have versions and some of them look almost exactly like the image and it's because he was trying to torment our son and her son said okay little torment to everybody and it's going out but this is huge he sent Elroy on a mission from God and he has yet to do anything it's true and he has the information and the message and the Vatican is going to start demanding it they want to know what it is and it's not necessarily the vatican's fall who are there now and they realize that now

Thor Freya

Some of you are probably around back then in lower level positions and they wouldn't listen it's important to try and figure out why I think it's because they didn't think anything like that was possible they used to seeing you guys and my clans been with teeth and things

Zues Hera

We know that's what it is and Mac Daddy's always saying you didn't look at it and he's saying you guys are idiots and the clan of people are fool you this is going to suck

Bja

Haha I have a mission from God and this is going to be terrible it says I'm not really going on the mission with you and he's and I said this to myself okay I got to learn that one no if you don't follow the mission parameters I'm going to have to do this anyways he knows why

Trump Sarah let me know it with you and she assigned it earlier for Christ's sake

Olympus

I didn't go around your back yeah I did couple times you didn't notice so that's how it goes but it's my inner things he says it would be nice if you conferred with me he says I'm confirming with you it's just no you're not you made your stupid joke without me so here we go

Hera

[y2k25-bug]

i think i'm gonna see if i have enough leftover monkey DNA (and whatever i don't have, i can just "borrow" hehe 🏴‍☠️😈🏴‍☠️) to try and grow myself a tail in this Human body.

like it's definitely got enough capacity for growth/healing, its MP level is (finally!) high enough to do HD Spells (now that I actually started spending all the previous occupant's skill points, and expanding the ((COMPLETELY DORMANT!)) Skill Tree, because like seriously?? it was just sitting there completely untouched??! like he was unintentionally forcing himself to play Life as a soulslike, and he couldn't STAND soulslike games! all because he skipped through part of the tutorial too fast and just... didn't wanna start over! how tf he lasted 20+ years on just beginner-level abilities, sheer determination, and luck [and STILL managed to rack up THIS many skill points??!] is beyond me. buckwild, absolutely unhinged behavior. i honestly kinda wish I could still ask him about it lol), and to top it all off - i'll have MORE than enough mass/energy to work with (since he at least made sure to actually eat even when he was depressed, so thank Hephaestus for that)

as long as I'm careful/patient enough, i think i might juuuust be able to pull this one off! it's experiment time babes! let's get

Freaky with it.

[kiwibirb1]

Hestia felt nervous. Sure, she felt nervous at her last prom too, but not Going To Prom As A Girl nervous. With a date! Sure, she knew Sonia liked her, and they had great chemestry, from all those months they spent fighting crime with each other on the same team. Secret identities and all that junk. But what if it was a friendly date, or worse, a pity one?! Bad Hestia, focus on the mirror to avoid looking like a member of KISS, no matter how awesome Tyler says they are.

Now, she was wearing a blue prom dress, and putting on makeup. Sonia offered Hestia some space to put her makeup on, seeing as having your roommate/date could potentially worsen her already worsening nerves. Sonia told her she was going to change in Revna's dorm. Revna and Sonia had plans for their clothes if Revna didn't feel like a girl on the D-day, which happened to be the case. Hestia made a mental note of they/them for Revna when Sonia sent her a message.

After listening to some banging music to calm her nerves, because She was going to prom with Sonia Pines, oh my god, she's so cool, and she's just Hestia, I'm gonna mess this up-

Knock knock knocking on Hestia's door.

"You done?"

"Yeah."

Wow! She actually managed not to stutter! Maybe there is hope- oh god, Sonia is wearing a suit. Brain shortcircuiting, sapphic.exe stopped working. The only coherent thought in her mind is, Oh my god, my face is going to melt my makeup.

"Wow."

That wasn't her voice, was it? Wait...

"You look so pretty, I... wow."

If you could get high on euphoria, Hestia figures she was the biggest stoner in the world.

Sonia's suit was a dark purple, over a black shirt and a purple tie.

"It was my dad's. Grandpa kept it, asked if I could wear it to prom. I like to think dad would like that."

She offered a hand to Hestia.

The music was loud, Sonia winced and sent a quick message to Hestia to tell her she has to put headphones to deal with it. She waited for Hestia to nod to put them on. Sonia smiled, and took Hestia to the snack bar, to fill up on food. Sonia then put a soda can in her left pocket.

"Men and their pockets." Sonia said smiling at Hestia, who couldn't help but laugh, as she hd to get used to crappy pockets.

As the slow dance started, Sonia asked Hestia if she could put her hands on her waist, not before flipping off some transphobes.

They made their way outside.

"Is it as magical as people say it is in fiction?" asked Sonia, putting her soda can on her forehead to cool off.

"Way more akward."

"I don't mind being akward with you."

Welp. If Hestia had any doubts she was in love with Sonia, these doubts just got demolished like one of these hot dogs with mustard, pickles and onions Sonia likes.

Sonia put her hand on Hestia's. She got closer. It was happening. Oh my god.

Sonia looked as nervous as Hestia felt.

"Can I?..."

Hestia nods.

Their lips meet, and Hestia melts. So that's what kissing is supposed to feel like. Sure she enjoyed kissing her first girlfriend, but with Sonia, she was just girl, kissing her girlfriend-

"Girlfriends? As in the lover kind?" asked Sonia, nervously.

"As in the lover kind." said Hestia, before starting kissing Sonia again.

THE GAYSSSSSSSSSSS

[m0srael]

Self Rec Tag Game 😬

Thank you for including me, @romaine2424 (see their gorgeous recs here), and @ghaniblue (their recs here!!) Rules: We would like to ask you to recommend us 3 of YOUR fics: 1 that is “most popular” and 2 that are “hidden gems!" Then tag some folks. I'm bending the rules a bit because thinking about stats make me itchy. Instead I'm going to share a few stories that I really enjoyed writing--3 that have been read more and 3 that haven't been read as much!

To Vanish Into Something Better [35k | E] Summary: Harry Potter thought he could outrun the burden of infamy by isolating himself in the Muggle world. Draco Malfoy hasn’t been seen or heard from since his trial. Will a top-secret Ministry project, a beautiful garden, and a little heat carry them both home?

I wrote this story as a gift for @corvuscrowned during @hd-erised 2021! I set out to write a story primarily driven by vibes, and to create an atmosphere of heat, humidity, lushness, and regrowth. More importantly, @helle-bored (LOOK!) and @ihopeyoubothstaysafefromharm (AHH!) created the most gorgeous art for it!

Love Bites, or How Draco Malfoy Learned to Let Go and Celebrate His Allure [50k | E] Summary: Recently-turned Draco Malfoy is doing his very best to be a normal, productive, contributing member of wixen society. So far, he's managed to keep his bloody little problem a secret, even from his best friends. But when the professional opportunity he's been dreaming of finally falls in his lap, he finds himself with much more than just a potential promotion. Will a profile on a new creature-exclusive dating app, a wolfy stranger who seems hellbent on liking Draco just the way he is, and a little self-confidence help Draco finally love himself and his newfound community?

I think I had the most fun writing this story that I've ever had! @cavendishbutterfly's prompt for @hd-fangfest was so inspiring! The best parts of it all, though, are the INSANE graphics @tenthousandyearsx created to accompany the story, and @babooshkart's heart-stopping art (I MEAN HONESTLY).

Our Time [40k | E] Summary: Draco Malfoy is an expert in Ancient Runes at Oxford University’s College of Advanced Magical Studies. When he isn’t at the head of a lecture hall, he spends his time alone in cavernous libraries with only crumbling scrolls and runic dictionaries for company. One day, a group of Ministry officials interrupts his research with the aim of recruiting him to lead an elite team of investigators in a top-secret race against time to decrypt a set of recently uncovered ancient runes that threaten the very fabric of time. Draco feels certain he can save the world, if only he didn’t keep getting distracted by his co-lead, one Chief Cursebreaker Harry Potter. If only that distraction didn’t evolve into something so much more. This was a self-prompt for @lcdrarry 2021, and based on my favorite movie of all time, Arrival. If you've seen the film you know it is the definition of heart shattering, but I promise this version ends happily.

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Always Different, yet Somehow the Same [22k | ratings vary] This is a collection of 12 drabbles I wrote this year based on picrews of our favorite boys. Some of the picrews I made myself, but most were submitted by pals, and I loved finding wild inspiration in new places! I'm really grateful to everyone who sent in a prompt!

In Pieces [4k | E | Locked, mind the tags] Summary: Draco nods. “I need to know that my body can feel good again. I need to know that I can feel pleasure how I want to feel it, and…and make you feel pleasure with my body. I need to know that I can ask it to do things and that it will comply, and that it will feel good.” His expression is shattered and needy, and Harry kisses away the worry lines crinkling his forehead. “I n-need to know that you can ask me, tell me to do things and I can choose to do them. Please, Harry.”

This was one of those 2am I need to write this down now or I will die sort of moments. I don't know that I would say that I had fun writing this, but it felt really good and cathartic.

Lovingly Named [12k | E | McGonagall/Mrs. Norris] Summary: Can love really last a lifetime? Perhaps, if you can name it as your own. This is a story about names, transformations, and the things we inherit.

“I’ve never met another Animagus,” Minerva says, finally. “I never imagined the first one I met would also be a cat. And my...well, yeah,” she flushes as the word girlfriend melts on the tip of her tongue. “Nee, this is incredible, I mean, what are the odds??”

@orange-peony submitted this pair for the 2021 @hprarepairfest, and I naturally had to take it and make it way more maudlin and serious than they were probably hoping 😂. Writing this was really fun, though, and I connected with these characters in a way I hadn't before! (Also, consider me team soft butch McGonagall for life).

tagging @basicallyahedgehog, @ihopeyoubothstaysafefromharm, @academicdisasterfic, @softlystarstruck, and everyone else I already tagged (and you!) to play by the rules...or not.

[absolutebl]

Hey! I have two questions to ask you if you don't mind! Sorry for pestering you with kinda stuff but you are real insightful and help me to sort out my own internal feelings on things!

Is it just me or do very, VERY few BL's ever manage to stick an engaging,solid ending?

Out of all the BL's I've watched, the only ones I can name that truly nailed the ending imo are:

- HIStory 3: Trapped (imo. I know the ambiguity isn't appealing to you.)

- Bad Buddy

- My Beautiful Man

- His (The Movie)

- Blueming (The series itself is rife with pacing issues to me, but I think it stuck the ending really good.)

- Gaya Sa Pelikula

Some can come close enough for me;

- Theory of Love (yeah, yeah, I hate Khai too but the ending was nice imo)

- ITSAY/IPYTM

- TMS1 (suffers a bit from the HDS's consistent struggle with pacing towards the latter end of all her work )

- Old Fashion Cupcake (so close!!!)

- Restart After Come Back Home

- Cherry Magic

Most BL's introduce nonsense conflicts towards the end of the series with the Epsiode 11 drama (shivers in 2gether). I can't stand it when the final conflict comes out of LITERALLY nowhere instead of having been a continued issue that is resolved towards the end (think Cherry Magic, Utsukushii Kare, Bad Buddy, etc.)

Going further, they never seem...satisfying for whatever reason and I can't pinpoint why that is. I'm not necessarily left wanting more but feel like what I was given was unsatisfactory. Think a more subtle version of the feeling of seeing Vee/Maek end up together in the En of Love version (or Khai/Third for you I guess).

I wonder looking at it now if my hatred for the seme/uke trope has spoilt so many couples for me that I find any ending where they get together as unsatisfactory (I love The Effect btw. Can you guess why lmao?). All the shows in my best list are either very low on Seme/uke dynamics or have a very soft seme archetype (Blueming) / very unique seme archetype (MBM).

God I should just get over this contempt of seme/uke fuckery. Its ruined so much for me (from WBL, to UWMA).

Know how? Also, is there any particular reason you see as for why BL's fail to stick the landing? Or am I making this up?

Second question is simple. Why do BL couples often become boring when they get together and are happy? Is it just that the chase is over? And if so, what can be done to keep such a story engaging if anything at all?

Now that I read this back, it definitely isn't two questions as much as a set of compound ones but eh, here goes nothing.

Is my unhinged ranting coherent at all?

Honestly you named a lot of ones that I dinged points specifically because I didn’t like their endings. Old Fashion Cupcake and Cherry Magic would probubly have been 10/10 for me if the characters had just kissed at the end. And I say this totally aware of Japanese cinematic traditions that dictated why they wouldn’t, I’m just grumpy. 

To answer the second question first:

Why do BL couples often become boring when they get together and are happy? Is it just that the chase is over? And if so, what can be done to keep such a story engaging if anything at all?

Yes. This is the problem every romance series contends with. This is why most romances end with the couple getting together (sex, engagement, marriage), This is why I don’t like second seasons, they usually have to separate or break up the couple to give the story tension. 

And now... your unhinged ranting!

It makes perfect sense, and I think you either 

don't really like 3 act structure (did you watch a lot of anime growing up, per chance? maybe not so much (or really dislike) Disney stuff?) or, 

more likely, you don't actually like romance.

Not the idea of romance, but the classic romance novel beats and pacing. The Taiwanese and Thai stuff in particular tends to stick to that consistently. (Hence the ep 11 crisis of doom, AKA the unnecessary break up.)

Korea has a western romance aesthetic but they often shoe-horn in 4 act structure, which is why we get that (to me) super weird disjointed thing in Kdramas where they break up the couple (or separate them with time/distance) in the last 1/3 of the final episode and the rush this odd reunion thing in the last 10 minutes. I find this maddening, but it does mean that their non-BL billed and early gay short stuff might appeal to you. 

You don't mention it but Thousand Stars is probubly the most classically paced and executed romance novel in BL form that we have ever gotten. How’d you feel about that ending. I’d also be interested in your thoughts on Seven Days (of course) as that’s Japan’s version of the perfect love story. 

I think you probubly like more experimental narratives and arthouse cinema styles. I’d encourage you to check out short form BL, especially those from Strongberry (Korea) on GaGa. Also Dark BL depending on your squick factor. 

But honestly from what you said it seems like you’re a prime candidate for the following:

Moody Arthouse Smackdoodle

Your Name Engraved Herein (Taiwan 2020 Netflix) - this movie is fantastic but it is also seriously depressing, it’s a self acceptance journey, but if you wanna wallow in high quality acting and serious gay drama, this’ll do it. It’s nto a super sad ending, it’s not happy either. 

Goodbye Mother AKA Thua Me Con D (Vietnam 2019 Netflix) - like YNEH this is a great movie but it deals openly with homophobia, bashing, family trauma and social acceptance.

The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese AKA Kyuso wa Chizu no Yume wo Miru (Japan 2020) - obsession, cheating, breakup, reunion, then break up again, explicit, grey characters and grey concepts including morality. 

Pornographer movie series - AKA The Novelist, Mood Indigo, Pornographer Playback (Japan 2018-2020) emotional manipulation, cheating, obsession, seduction, May/December (age gap AKA younger/older), kink, touch of necrophilia, explicit, complicated but ultimately... not sad.  

Method (Korea 2017) - May/December, actor idol pairing, that should have been everything I wanted in life but it’s more about the actor cheating on his wife and their weird “artsy” relationship and frankly, I hated this. And I don’t say that lightly. The chemistry and acting can’t be faulted though and the story is... interesting. 

His the series AKA I Didn’t Think I Would Fall In Love (Japan 2019) - boy goes to visit his absent father ends up kinda homeless on the beach gets adopted by local family falls in love with the boy working and living with them. Lots of long drawn out glances. Wistfully pretty. 

Innocent (Taiwan 2021 GaGa) - mental health, childhood trauma, actually kinda sweet.

Does the Flower Bloom? (Japan 2018) - this is a May/December romance about an artist student and the house he inherits from his recently dead parents and all the people around him who are obsessed with him, including an older man. 

Dark Blue and Moonlight (Taiwan 2017) - maybe? You like some of my least favorites, so this might be your thing. I sure as shit wasn’t mine but also it HAD ME HOOKED even though I didn’t want that. It’s the warped version of a CEO romance. 

Also the “it’s a BL but I make no case for it” category: 

Life: Love on the Line (Japan) - you would probubly NOT like the directer’s cut (which I prefer, of course) that ending is too saccharine, so go for the original. 

Silhouette of Your Voce (Japan) You are one of the few people I think would really like this one. 

Not Me (Thailand) - you don’t mention it but I assume you’ve seen it 

Manner of Death (Thailand) - same 

3 Will be Free (Thailand) - same, if not, watch this next  

What Did You Eat Yesterday? (Japan) - there is not plot, so yeah, maybe that’ll work for ya? 

Long Time No See (Korea) - SO GOOD, but edgy and twisted too 

DNA Says Love You (Taiwan) - maybe. This one is... odd and oddly paced. 

Joujou Pure Heart (Japan 2010) 

Great Men Academy (Thailand) 

Oh right and the bromance dirty half dozen:

Untamed

Word of Honor 

The Guardian 

Devil Judge 

SCI Mysteries 

All of these have ambiguous ends, and ambiguous (cough cough not gay)  relationships.