#ep 16 is a curse

[charmac]

Pet Cemetery is the same episode where Frank and Charlie are eating cake at Old Lady House & Watching Frank on TV = Frank vs. Russia??

So the cemetery episode ISN'T Gang Gets Cursed as one might assume based on the name and the situation. Am I walking myself in circles? I think I'm lost.

[absolutely-not-my-main-blog]

Most people have probably already talked about it but no one is explicitly saying cats in walls that I’ve seen but like okay the cat literally ran by Dennis as in the cat’s out of the wall, or its spirit is, and the cat’s name was Maureen and Dennis was still holding onto her via her ashes, holding onto that cat in the wall, but now he’s put her to rest. The cat’s halfway out of the wall, the urn is out of the bar. Dennis as the bar, filled with the remains of all these dead things no one wants to deal with, affected by mold, haunted by the past he’s held onto for so long, no one cleaning it up, just letting it rot till it becomes overwhelming and dangerous, and he’s seeing cats because the cat’s gotta come out. And *enter Pepe Silvia gif here*

[charmac]

I feel like I never saw this photo from set. The mystery of the beach episode continues to drive me insane.

omg…. beach ep

[absolutebl]

This Week in BL - Scandals, Face Offs & Disappointments, Oh my!

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

Oct 2024 Week 3

Ongoing Series - Thai

Jack & Joker (Thai Mon IQIYI) ep 6 of 12 - 3 tiny girls ragging on Jack was possibly the greatest opening sequence ever. Poor Jack. He is so not single anymore - so far as everyone around him is concerned. 

Love Sick 2024 (Thai Sun iQIYI) ep 5 of 15 - Sports day continues. We get a little backstory on the respective crushes on Noh. The jealousy between Phun & Earn is way more extreme in this version. I'm not mad about it. I love a claiming. Although it is so unfair of Phun to claim Noh when they agreed not to go there, AND he’s dating someone else. The byplay with Pete’s ex was fun. I wonder if we’re supposed to suss that Noh knows he’s gay in this version? 

I'm doing a face-off style watch along of this new version versus the original 2014-2015 version. Where I decide with each new ep which one wins. I will render a final judgement at the end. Frankly, I'm warming to this show way more than I thought I would give my extreme affection for the original.

Kidnap (Fri YT) ep 7 of 12 - Oh it’s so cute that he just wants to officially move in. And the necklace claiming thing was darling. Mini boyfriend era. Min being a kept baby girl was kinda fun. The family thing was too sweet. Oh noes my man has been strangled! Oh good he’s okay. Stupid breakup “for the plot” moment, they could have easily been separated by baddies, we didn’t need to go through this. 

Fourever You (Thai Thurs YT) ep 3 of 16 - I don’t care how cute he is or how longing those beautiful eyes, ghosting is a pretty big offense. Especially high school first love. I’m glad Ter is being difficult about it. Still the backstory is getting frustratingly confusing. It seems increasingly convoluted (full of girls) and I’m not sure what happened. So I’m not sure if I should be on Hill’s side or Ter’s. I’m beginning to feel manipulated and I don’t like it. I still like the show, but not as much as I did last week. I’m on a roller coaster here. 

Battle of the Writers (Sun YT) ep 11 of 12 - It remains odd, disjointed, but still modestly entertaining. Ozone using a well placed Phi for manipulation purposes made me happy. Random het wedding is random. 2 drunk horny sunshine babygurls was cute tho. 

Every You Every Me (Thai Mon Gaga) ep 2 of 10 - AKA Just one meet cute after another. Nice queer rep this time. It’s lovely, just not my style BL. 

Addicted Heroin (Thai Tues WeTV) ep 10 fin - Okay so last week half the ep was eng subbed and this week only 3/4. Whatever. Please note my extreme annoyance with everything about this show will color my rating. As it should. Ready for a mini rant?

Conclusion

What to say about this damn show? It wasn’t what I wanted and I didn’t like it. I’m disappointed in myself for having expectations and in it for not living up to them. It starred August for fucks sake! How could they fuck it up so bad? I wanted it to be a Thai reinterpretation of the brilliance that was Addicted giving us the ending that we never got to have but the narrative deserved. I got a resounding nope. The side couple was messed with, rearranged, and then entirely dropped and forgotten. The main romance was weirdly obsessive without any physical payout or emotional resolution, as if this remake were the censored Chinese version. All characters acted irrationally most of the time, and from what I could tell there was no logic to the ending, which seemed to be to minors escaping to a beach, abandoning their schooling, families, and respective futures. It was a hot mess. Without being hot. 4/10 fatally flawed, do not bother

Bad Guy My Boss (Thai Sun Gaga) ep 5 of 10 - it's bad. I don't like it.

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

Let Free the Curse of Taekwondo (Korea Thurs Gaga) eps 1-2 of 8 - High school student Do Hoe lives with his violent and brutal father who runs a Taekwondo gym in a rural area. Then cheerful Ju Young arrives who dreams of going to college for Taekwondo. Joy begins to fill Do Hoe's dark life. An unexpected incident forces them apart, they reunite over a decade years later.

Make no mistake this one is dark. And Korea can go many directions when it leans dark. So I’m not entirely sure what to expect. All the triggers: child abuse, corporal punishment, alcoholism, gambling, and a few other things. But also a fantastically awkward kiss. Oh this is VERY good. I’m enjoying it. Tumblr is officially losing its tiny mind about it. What can I say? This hellhole loves it some gritty dark angst with high romance and deep meaning. All hail the return of Queen Hwang Da Seul. 

My Damn Business (Korea Sat YT) eps 3 of 7 - He kinda is the worst boss ever. Now he’s turned into a drinking buddy whether baby likes it or not. I really feel for this kid. I do want more backstory on both of them. Why are they the way they are? All that said….. phenomenal kiss. Thanks boys. 

Teenager Judge (Vietnam Sat YT) ep 4 of ? - I do like the brothers relationship. Even though we know it’s gonna become romantic, it’s nice to see them all teasing and friendly. Meanwhile I’m getting a little exhausted by the bullying and I’m very much ready for the revenge narrative to continue.

Although I understand we have more of a spiral first, could we get on to some actual kissing soon? 

I'm shallow I just wanna see BV kiss the next boy. It's the BL world's version of Pokemon.

Our Golden Times (Hong Kong YT) 6 fin - Okay so this was the last ep! 

Summary

This was an odd disjointed little piece, but the most BL BL we’ve ever seen out of Hong Kong. The optics are good and it’s enjoyable for what it is, which is a circumspect, badly subbed, and slightly odd yet earnest reunion romance. I liked it more for what it could be, and for what it represented, than for what it actually was, but I still liked it.

7/10 recommended with reservations

I would like to nominate Our Golden Times @bengiyo as a candidate for the next "Girl you tried." Because it really did try hard to be the best little BL it could be under the circumstances.

First Note Of Love (Taiwan Mon Gaga) ep 11 of 12 - I do like all the couples, and in classic Taiwan style we’re ending ultra sappy (when they don’t fuck it up, and I don’t think this one will). Mei is the secret power behind the throne - as we all knew - love this for her, and us. 

Love is Like a Poison AKA Doku Koi: Doku mo Sugireba Koi to Naru (Japan Tues Netflix?) 5 of 10 eps - I'm falling beind because my subber is, but sort-of trying to keep up. I don’t know. Just Japan messing with us, I guess.

Eccentric Romance (Korea Weds Viki) eps 3-4 of 12 - It’s oddly erotic with all the gym stuff but also awkward and weird with the jelly plus suspicion. (Hi GeonU, another Thai/Korea BL for you? Is it a thing for you now? Could you recruit Jimin to the cause? I mean you go him into a reality competition. BL is right there. Waiting. Pretty please with a shirtless hottie on top?) Anygay, I keep thinking that this show would actually be better if the Thai character were just a Korean character and this was just a regular KBL. Although, it probably still wouldn’t be very good.

It's airing but...

The Hidden Moon (Sat WeTV) 10 eps - This is a 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 in Chiang Mai being converted into a café. 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.

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.

Still Coming:

10/21 Love in the Big City (Korea Mon Viki) ep 1 of - Okay, this is both a movie (already out) and a series. Neither one is likely BL and I can't imagine it will end happily. Here's your synopsis:

Cynical fun loving student Young pinballs from home, to class, to on night stands. He and Jaehee, his female besie and roommate, frequent nearby bars where they push away their worries about life, love, and money with soju and hookups.

Apparently this is causing a homophobic ruckus in SK right now. As is wont to happen when one puts a really big name in the gay lead and your country is, well, pretty damn homophobic. Brokeback mukbang anyone? (Oh yes I am aware I'm a turd, but I'm too old for this crap. I guess that makes me a coprolite.)

10/23 See Your Love (Taiwan Weds Gaga Viki et al) 10 eps? - Zi Xiong, a third-generation heir, attempting to flee from taking over their family business, meets and falls in love with Shao Peng, who works as a hearing-impaired nurse. From the same production house as Kiseki Dear To Me in partnership with Shinehouse Theatre, funded by Taiwan’s BIGART + Japan's Rakuten (Viki). Show includes Lin Chia Yo (Be Loved in House: I Do). Director Chiang Ping Chen’s childhood experiences with his deaf uncle have inspired the drama.

10/27 Perfect 10 Liners (Thai Sun YouTube?) 24 eps! - New directing yet another university BL with engineers + their mentees. Based on a Jittirain novel. with a massive cast and massive run time. We will be watching this until APRIL of 2025!

ForceBook playing the same old characters = enemies to lovers tsunder/sunshine jock/nerd thing.

PerthChimonSanta are doing the cohabitation cool guy/dork trope.

JuniorMark are doing popular sunshine meets lonely sad boy (the only interesting pair IMHO).

Not sure if these will be interwoven (We Are style) or shorter stand alone runs-within-the-run of 8 eps each (Y-Destiny style).

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENTS

You just kissed his brains out, what do you think? (Eh, we all know the aniyo is coming. This uke is made of tsudere and 아니요 ) (Damn Business)

I know, it's not a good show, but just LOOK at his face.

And the uke drunken shenanigans was brilliant. Loved it. (Battle Writers)

I did LOVE the twist on Golf. (Love Sick 2024)

Joke coming for our hearts just like...... it's TOO MUCH. War is SO DAMN GOOD. (J&J)

Calling out the trope HDS?

Gah. So awkward.

(Both from LFTCOT)

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[gojoshooter]

Murderous, majestic, malevolent.

an. master 🙇

Thinking how aggressiveness and dominance comes naturally to sukuna.

Something about his sinister grin mocking and degrading special grade curses every little second they stop to plan their next move, he subverts everyone intentionally and unintentionally. His voice tugs at your heart—violently.

Something about him ordering the sorcerers to not move an inch before he says so because they know a falling meteor is lethal, but yet never as gruesome as Sukuna. His evil, evil chuckle when he says “Not yet”, enjoying their little horror and torment . He's truly the malevolent king of curses.

“Try harder” try harder to survive his hair-raising torture, before he's bored with playing around. Try harder to kill him, before he kills you. And that too, if he feels merciful—as he wouldn't have given someone a chance to look up.

He knows he is overpowered, and he takes pride in it. Proving you can only be safe if under his feet because submission is the only right option.

ps. he's messing with my lil brain since ep 16. *sniff*

tags. @anubisisthebomb @dianagracesworld @stellagrangerreads12 @momochina-sama @xxkay15xx @ruins-posts @whodoesthatanymore @robynnnhooddd

[u5an5]

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Masterlist

This is masterlist of summaries of things influencing how campaign goes (or at least should), which include trinkets, pacts, curses and sometimes clothes of and things already owned by characters (may or may not include what in-game time it is cause they are NOT keeping track)

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! Fair warning, this post can contain SPOILERS. If you don't want to be spoiled, STOP READING !

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Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 1 | Circus to Circus

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 2 | Requiem for a Clown

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 3 | Let Them Eat Cake

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 4 | Lose Your Illusion

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 5 | Big Top Bop

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 6 | Guys' Night

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 7 | Tainted Love

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 8 | At a Snail's Pace

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 9 | When the Wagon's a Rockin'

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 10 | Raucous Revelry

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 11 | The Pixie Dust Plot

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 12 | Tunnel of Terror

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 13 | An Elf for All

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 14 | Sashay Away

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 15 | Four Weddings and a Funreal

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 16 | Monarch for a Day

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 17 | When the Hares Go Marching In

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 18 | Snakes & Burrows

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 19 | Bump in the Night

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 20 | Hot Jones

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 21 | Running Up That Hill

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 22 | Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 23 | Stumped

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 24 | Slippery When Wet

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 25 | The One Where Fire Gets Purged

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 26 | Don't Lose Your Head

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 27 | Lord of the Flies

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 28 | A Comedy of Errors

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 29 | The Shopping Episode

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 30 | Phantom of the Hoppera

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 31 | Electrum Chef

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 32 | A Feast for Frogs

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 33 | Up the Wrong Tree

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 34 | A Change Of Heart

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 35 | Beware the Forest Mushrooms

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 36 | The Room Where It Happened

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 37 | Dread, Bath and Beyond

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 38 | Unclog the Bog

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 39 | Too Many Cooks

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Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 40 | Still Life

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 41 | Throwing Shade

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 42 | All Dolled Up

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 43 | Fungi's Night

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Extras:

Things important that would be far too long for main posts

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! Fair warning once again, this section contains SPOILERS. BIG spoiler. HUMONGOUS spoilers. If you don't want to be spoiled, STOP. READING !

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Of things extra: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 12 | Fear Visions

Of things extra: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 17.1 | Delight from a Gift

Of things extra: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 17.2 | Swamp Visions

Of things extra: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 18 | Mist Vision

Of things extra: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 19.1 | First Initiative

Of things extra: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 19.2 | Mask Visions & Dream Vision

Of things extra: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 22 | Hare Fight

Of things extra: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 23 | Fomorian Spit

Of things extra: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 25 | Firefighters

Of things extra: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 28 | Duel of the Honks

Of things extra: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 29 | Unicorn Vision

Of things extra: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 33 | When the Forest Fights Back

Of things extra: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 38 | Pest Control

Of things extra: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 41 | The Next Great Adventure

[asianwhumpgalore]

Chasing Love (与凤飞) | Cdrama | Whump List

Genre: Historical, Romance

Synopsis: To save the life of his wife, Nanisi, emperor Cang Hanyu, made a deal with the high priest to travel to new realities and break Nansi's short-lived curse. In one incarnation, they're the young master of an influential family and his deserted wife; in another life, they become a commoner and a deeply favored princess, who are still a couple. Whether they can remember each other, in face of the intrigues and plots in the influential family or the intricate situation of the court, Hanyu and Nansi still put each other first, support each other and protect each other in their way...

Length: 24 eps

Whump meter: ▲▲◭△△ 

✨ I have been waiting to see some whump with this ML and it honestly delivered quite a bit (definitely the most in the beginning) ✨

⚠️Trigger Content: Usual historical cdrama CWs ⚠️⚠️Some SPOILERS will be found, proceed with caution⚠️⚠️

Whumpee: Cang Hanyu portrayed by Yan Zi Xian

Ep 1 | (in past) fought, stabbed with a sword | (present) Wakes up suddenly, calling out for loved one, panting, panic, tearing up | Concern for loved one, crying as wife dies in his arms, calling out for loved one, screaming, sobbing | Grabs blade with his hand, bleeding | Startled, sudden headache

Ep 2 | (continuation from previous ep) Sudden headache, in pain, falls onto bed, clutching head, ringing in his ears, groaning, labored breathing, headache intensifies when he sits up, rests head on hand, groaning, flashbacks, still in pain | Slapped, bitten on the hand, teary eyed, struck on the side of the neck with a hairpin.

Ep 3 | (continuation from previous ep) slashed on the side of the neck, bleeding, in shock, teary eyed, concern for him | Punched (semi-comedic) | Bruised eye, winces when touching it, hand pressed to the side of his head | Concern for him.

Ep 4 | None.

Ep 5 | Repeatedly flogged as punishment, groaning, scolded, teary eyed, blood staining white clothes, flogging stopped, panting, struggling to talk, flogging resumed.

Ep 6 | Wound touched to hurt him x2, yelps | Having a nightmare, distressed, dreams of his wife dying again, wakes up in panic, calling out for his wife.

Ep 7 | Crying.

Ep 8 | Elbowed in the chest, falls back, gasping, clutching chest, in pain.

Ep 9-10 | None.

Ep 11 | Concerned for loved one, labored breathing | Watching wife die, crying.

Ep 12 | None.

Ep 13 | Tied up.

Ep 14 | Sword held to his neck, threatened.

Ep 15 | None.

Ep 16 | Bruises on the sides of his hand from practicing with a bow, winces upon touching them.

Ep 17 | None.

Ep 18 | Attacked, saved.

Ep 19 | None.

Ep 20 | Wrongfully accused | Restrained by either arm, escorted away, knife held to his throat, hit in the stomach with the back of a knife, stumbles back, restrained.

Ep 21 | 'Stabbed' in the stomach, falls to his knees then onto the ground.

Ep 22 | None.

Ep 23 | (in past) grabs knife blade with his hand and slides it across, bleeding.

Ep 24 | Loved one threatened, made to kneel, humiliated, kicked in the chest, falls back | Crying.

[kazumist]

EPISODE 16 ★ ALMOST

FAKE IT TILL WE MAKE IT — A SCARAMOUCHE SMAU

masterpost / prev ep / next ep / timestamps don't matter

everything that happened after that… exchange with scaramouche (or kunikuzushi? you did agree to start calling him by his first name now) was a bit of a blur. it was surprising that none of your friends caught you and him during that close proximity (which, mind you, ended as soon as it started).

yet how come now you’re alone with him again? this is ludicrous!

“how did we end up here again?”

“we both wanted to get out of the event; everyone is far too busy with their own business inside anyway,” he answers, leaning more onto the railings of the balcony before the both of you. who knew that an event’s venue would have a balcony? 

right. you both wanted to get out for a while. 

but does it really have to be this awkward?

“about earlier…” he starts.

“it was nothing; we were just dancing. don’t worry about it too much.” it was anything but nothing, but even you didn’t know what it was.

awkward silence once again. but this somewhat helped kunikuzushi to think about some things in his life.

lately, he has gotten along with you more than you knew. it’s pretty ironic, honestly; back then, you’d disagree on most things. but how come now you have your own inside jokes? no one except him knew why you’d laugh at the sight of clownfish or how you’d soften up every time you saw the korilakkuma plush on your bed (though he doesn’t really need to know that). hell, even simple notes would remind him of you.

before either of you could even realize it, you both had your own influences on each other.

how ironic of him to feel comfortable around his rival, indeed.

now that you think of it, you didn’t really thank him properly for that plushie, right? (if your small mumble of “thank you” didn’t count for him, that is.)

everyone dies at some point, so it wouldn’t hurt to just give him a quick peck on the cheek, right?

right? 

kunikuzushi was still busy zoning out on the railings, so he didn’t really see your face coming closer by the second (you had your eyes shut too, so neither of you could really see each other).

but what did catch his attention was the sound of the approaching footsteps, which indicated where you were. he turned his head, and speechless was an understatement for his reaction.

it all happens so fast; the girl he's supposedly (fake) dating is suddenly coming up for a kiss, and someone is most likely going to open the door any second now. if he hadn’t turned his head, then maybe your lips would just land on his cheek, just like you planned. but now it was aiming for his lips as well—kunikuzushi doesn’t believe in god, but this is one of the rare moments where he’d actually ask for help from him.

hearing the click of the door, both of you retracted your actions immediately and turned your heads the opposite way, acting as if nothing had happened just now.

“oh! there you two are. we’ve been looking everywhere for y—wait, was i interrupting something?” childe’s voice was heard.

“you weren’t interrupting anything. why were you looking for us?” you asked him back, turning around and facing him. “nothing much, really. we just wanted to know where the two of you were since you suddenly disappeared after the whole dance.”

“oh. i think i’ve gotten my fair share of fresh air tonight, so i’m heading back in. kuni?”

kuni? where did that came from? all three of you thought. you were wondering how you even said that in the first place and mentally cursing yourself for it. kunikuzushi himself wondered where you got such a nickname, and childe wondered since when did you get on a first name basis.

“i’ll stay a bit longer. you go on ahead.”

maybe this was the sick feeling you had all along.

extra notes.

oh uhm. haha heyyyyy i suck at writing narrations so this is kinda hard to understand or imagine but ngl i had that one ohshc scene in mind while writing this LOL also shitty reason as to why you wld kiss someone's cheek haha sorry couldnt think of anything else rlly (its implied to be a thank you for everything rlly but. yeah)

CRYING PROM ARC IS FINALLY OVER i can move on to the next part !!!! war is over and yes this is the end

will they finally kiss? who knows (i have the right to remain silent)

synopsis.

what happens when scaramouche, your rival since the first year of highschool, had some annoying admirers on his back? easy—he (fake) dates you to shoo them off. nothing can possibly go wrong with faking a relationship with the guy you hate, right?

spoiler: apparently, a lot can go wrong.

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[icy-watch]

So. Belos's identity is known now. And we got some backstory.

Belos has been cloning his brother as Grimwalkers and making them the Golden Guard for... over a hundred years or so, if my math's right.

Hunter is the 1 who looks most like his brother, so I'm expecting some parallels between the 2 to be revealed thru the rest of this season and the next.

I'm still sorting thru the portraits to kinda piece together everything that happened between Belos and his brother, but it seems like Belos found that absorbing the magic of the Palismen could make him stronger. He just wasn't sure of the end result.

And the form of the Palismen in his brain. It kind of reminded me of the thing that King's dad was fighting in that wall painting thing. I don't think it was the Palismen fighting King's dad, I think it was someone like Belos who absorbed the Palismen and transformed to look like that. And that's where Belos got the idea.

Birds. There's a lot of birds in this series. They're most strongly connected to Belos's family and the Clawthornes. The Clawthornes, who are noted to be very powerful. The Clawthornes whose daughters are cursed to keep their magic at bay. There's some connection between them and Belos that I haven't figured out yet, but it's there.

I'm starting to think that Luz is never going to make a portal home. She's going to have to use the 1 that Belos has been making. Well, other people have been making.

That's going to be a tough pill to swallow.

Hunter is finally out of the castle, but he's going to have to go thru a lot first. Maybe he has his scroll and he can message the Entrails? Let them know he's ok?

Alright, tomorrow's going to be an interesting day. I have something in the afternoon when I'm normally responding to comments and reblogs. I do plan on watching episode 17 tomorrow, but I'm thinking I'll save responding to ep 16 and ep 17 for the day after. I'm not sure what time I'll be back, so I'm not sure what time I'll have to liveblog. So, that'll most likely be what I end up doing.

So, until then!

[poomphuripan]

Given that we're halfway through the series, how well do you think msi is doing ?

hi nonnie

because i'm an overthinker and msi is on my mind 24/7 so i have interpreted this question into three different ways and i'll be answer all three below.

1. how well do you think msi is doing (in terms of portraying the characters and the plot of the original novel, speaking on a personal capacity)?

this series leaves me on the edge of my seat every damn week. everything is WORKING FOR ME. i love the character designs, the adaptational changes, the pacing... my only grievance? occasionally i absolutely detest their hairstyles (whoever hairstyled sol and joe for sol's mv should get fired, real). i also dislike the fact that they usually layer ming's outfits, when i think they should just let him wear one layer of shirt for example in this behind the scene still for that confrontation scene he's just wearing a black shirt but it looks soooo goood, this picture most likely taken when they're rehearsing.

but let's go through bit by bit

character designs: i think like other novel readers, i was a bit wary of the toning down/softening of novel!yanmingxiu, but i think it worked in favor of the series as a visual medium, coupled with them also making joe seemingly more naive than novel!zhouxiang. it balances well to have a not as cruel ming with a puppy-like/happy go luck joe 1.0. i really like in a recent reaction video where up, poom and porsche were reacting to ep.7, poom says he's happy to see so many people curse ming because it meant that he's doing well playing a scum male lead and praised up for playing such a compelling "bad" character because he thinks if it weren't for a such scum ml, his character 'joe' wouldn't come off as pitiful.

adaptational changes: i understand that translating a novel to series is a huge challenge, especially since thai series does not have a tendency to insert inner thoughts as much as japanese series does or the way audiodrama can do so but my stand in is doing so well utilising the flashbacks or blocking/cinematography to showcase the emotions of these characters so i've been loving most changes so far. they're also making changes that i love to see (novel!yan ming xiu throwing a tv remote at zhou xiang when he said something that upset him, reading that i was like bruh was that necessary?!?!!?!?).

pacing: it's really good, with my only grievance being they should make the eps longer in length. contrary to the complaints i'm seeing about how they're making audience wait to long until the huge reveal, i think it's fair and i'd actually like to see ming grovel a bit more before finding out that joe 2.0 is joe 1.0 because or else it wouldn't make sense to me why he would be so invested in getting invovlved with joe 2.0 if he wasn. most eps so far have been condensed from 10 chapters, with the biggest exception being ep 7 being adapted from 16 chapters (chapter 60-75) but i like that they simplified that plot with tharn/novel!tanyin without completely eliminating it. perhaps the only thing i regret being left out is ming crying out to joe's name after having sex with joe 2.0 but since the series went with ming not having sex with joe 2.0 in ep 7 yet so we didn't get it. anyway, ready for more ming/blind master shenanigans this week.

2. how well do you think msi is doing (with chinese fans/novel fans)?

so just recently, the weibo supertopic of my stand in hit 23,000 followers and the douban score for my stand in hit 8.8 (it debuted with a 6.8 score in the first ep btw). while douban scores for bl/foreign dramas tend to bit higher than the average scores for cdramas, this is still a huge feat considering how it's being adapted from a popular danmei novel and how bad the initial reception to the casting announcement was. it is HUGE!

after last week's episode the scores really skyrocketed due to the two scenes, the hotel verbal fight scene and the back reveal. it's also a relief to see how both scenes are well received because they're very different from how they were executed in the novel, so i think this is a good sign of how novel fans have warmed up to the adaptation changes (if anyone is interested, feel free to read chap 73 for that confrontation and chap 74+75 for the back reveal).

also cfans seem to really be into up poompat's portrayal of yan ming xiu these days, most are ready to forgive him while simultaneously still want to watch him suffer for the rest of the series. everyone and their mother loves poom as joe/zhou xiang but they have been loving and praising poom since ep 1 so that's not really new.

3. how well do you think msi is doing (in terms of trending, general viewership and popularity)

i think my stand in is doing crazy well considering its genre (dogblood drama featuring a scum male lead). regarding trending, the number of tweets is increasing weekly and it's stable at 4th/5th place like every week and considering is up against TWO QL series of two popular established branded pairings (EngLot with Love Bully, GemFourth with My Love Mix Up TH) and the hottest lakorn series of the year (Dhevaprom), I think it's already achieving the best possible results in terms of trending (cfans are also wishing that my stand in would be more popular considering how dramatically dogblood and lakorn-coded MSI is ಥ_ಥ)

But I think it's more important for iQIYI that it's ranking #1 worldwide iQIYI consecutively for the last seven weeks since its their "first" Thai original (i actually thought My Dear Gangster Oppa is their first, turns out not 😅). Being up against all those beautiful costume/historical cdramas and still ranking #1??????

also i can't speak on behalf of other fans but the sole fact that the main topic on my twitter timeline every weekend is how pitiful joe is/how terrible ming is/how up and poom are DELIVERING the breakthrough performances of their careers? i think regardless of the end result of this series, it's definitely a remarkable BL series of 2024 and i'd honestly call it the dark horse among the 2024 BL releases considering how lowkey and underwhelmed the initial hype it had.

i hope some of this answers your question 😭😭😭😭 if i had misunderstood your question though, feel free to send another ask. I LOVEEEEE talking about my stand in.

[handkinkbis]

My desperate attempt to slow down these gifs enough so we can see what's actually happening in them.

Episode 13-16 speculation after the cut.

Hongjo sees flashbacks of herself as Aengcho trapped in a well with spells securing her prison. It's nighttime and Mujin has come to her aid. Did Na Jungbeom's (Creepy Gardener's) past self trap her in there after attacking her? He practices black magic/the darker side of shamanism, so he would have the skill and probably the motive (to stop his love interest (?) from escaping). Has he cursed Aengcho with something?

Aengcho exits a cabin wearing the same outfit with the same wounds on her face, presumably the next morning. She looks devastated/in pain. Is Mujin in the cabin? Did Aengcho run away from Mujin? Or did they agree to meet later? Is she holding something (other than her injuries)?

Eunwol: "You already know. Before your life ends, nothing ends." Either her own curse or a spell she has cast will not end before she dies.

Mujin follows with a look of resolve and a new wound on his face that wasn't there in the well scene. He looks like he's been crying for some time, or like he's stayed up all night.

Mujin catches up to Aengcho. We know he kills her soon after and "the karma" from this murder will curse his family line.

Things we know about Aengcho:

Aengcho was a reincarnation without a name until Mujin named her after the flower, primrose.

Presumably Aengcho has been reborn at least once before, as has Eunwol.

Aengcho could see the future of others, but not her own.

She was carried to an elderly shaman woman's house as a child, the shaman possibly being present day Eunwol. Perhaps Aengcho's parents were killed by the same illness that made her sick?

Aengcho was a lower level shaman who developed a "new skill" in adulthood. Hong Jo in present day has been using spells from Aengcho's spell book successfully (love spell, fair skin spell, disease curing spell, others?), so she retains her shaman skills.

Things we know about Mujin:

Mujin was their town's governor's son, so from a wealthy upper class family.

He may have taken the state exam to become a (legal?) scholar out of his father's wish/command, although he talked about joining the military and was told (or lied to) by Aengcho that he would "work his way up" there. Mujin took the military service exam and served the king according to Shin Yu. (ep 7).

Was Mujin betrothed to someone else in the past, like present day Shin Yu was?

Mujin was either the person to bury Aengcho's spell books underneath the shrine at Mount Onju, or Aengcho told him where they were buried. After killing Aengcho he requested in a note or a will that his family preserve the shrine for generations (so that Hong Jo could find the spell books in the future).

Mujin asked Aengcho to run away with him at the fireworks bridge, so that they could be together.

One other person was supposed to remember the past along with Eunwol, Shin Yu and Hong Jo. Presumably that's Na Jungbeom, the modern day gardener. Na Jungbeom left a love destruction spell (the doll) by the Mount Onju shrine in present day. He was seeking to destroy his love for Hong Jo (her stolen pyjamas) and to curse Shin Yu for dating her. In an earlier episode he claims to have drunk Hong Jo's love spell water, so he might be under Hong Jo's spell. He cursed Shin Yu again with the help of Nayeon who delivered a plant with a spell into Shin Yu's office. After that Shin Yu could feel Aengcho's hand again and Shin Yu collapsed in the elevator.

Eunwol mentioned in episode 8 that there was an honest and strong man by Hong Jo's side who was a reincarnation of a eunuch. Past life Hong Jo had tried falling in love with the eunuch after she couldn't be together with the king (again, class differences). The eunuch could be a reference to Jaekyung, who doesn't seem to remember his past lifes.

Will the two shamans face off in a future episode? What was Aengcho's new skill? Possession?

What's clear is that everything up until now has been kismet, including Hong Jo's transferral to the park department allowing her to meet Shin Yu, and Shin Yu favoring his left hand due to his curse leading him to drinking Hong Jo's love potion. It's been unavoidable. They cannot go against their destiny together.

[simply-whump]

Destined with You (이 연애는 불가항력) - Whump List

Whumpee : Jang Shin Yu played by Rowoon

Synopsis : Lee Hong Jo is the lowest grade civil servant. One day, she happens to become the owner of an old wooden chest and the key to lift a curse from Jang Shin Yu. Jang Shin Yu is a competent lawyer who is smart and good-looking. He is usually in the spotlight wherever he goes, but he suffers from an unexplained disease. His condition gets progressively worse. He is desperate to lift the curse that has run through his family for generations. (MDL)

Genres : Comedy, Romance, Fantasy

Warning! Possible spoilers below!

Ep 1 : Seems to be cursed by some sort of ghost hand, uncomfortable, cursed hand touching his face — Disturbed by the cursed hand once again, stumbling, shaky breathing, struggling to stay up, seems to be in pain — Hand shaking — At the doctor, told he has a vascular problem in his brain, told he might lose sense in his hands and feet

Ep 2 : Hand shaking — Uncomfortable while driving, in pain, shaking, cursed hand comes out, almost crashes the car, small car accident, shaky breathing

Ep 3 : Taking some medication, grabbing his chest — Feeling a bit unwell, heart beating fast — Leaning on his car

Ep 4 : None

Ep 5 : Drunk, nauseous 

Ep 6 : Slapped

Ep 7-8 : None

Ep 9 : In a hospital bed, unconscious, concern for him — Has been unconscious for 2 days, concern for him — Wakes up, concern for him

Ep 10 : Cursed hand appears, unwell, flinching

Ep 11 : (Repeat of previous scene) Cursed hand appears, unwell, flinching, concern for him

Ep 12 : Worried for someone — Cursed hand appears, collapses, in pain — Found unconscious, concern for him (Gif Set), brought to the hospital

Ep 13 : Drunk — Found bleeding out on the ground

Ep 14 : Stabbed, knife thrusted deeper, collapses, found in a puddle of his own blood with the knife still in him, concern for him, speaking weakly (Gif Set), brought to the hospital on a stretcher, ambu bag, bleeding out, in cardiac arrest, shocked multiple times — (Past life) Shot with an arrow, falls from his horse, pulls out the arrow, fighting while injured, cut multiple times — (Present) In cardiac arrest, shocked, heart starts beating again, brought to the operation room — Unconscious in a hospital bed, wakes up, weak

Ep 15 : Scar shown

Ep 16 : Worried for someone, crying, sobbing, collapses on his knees

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[solitudeandseclusion]

ever since I got into kdramas (3 years ago), i noticed the pattern in a lot of shows where the writers just do not know how to end the show. this is mostly found in shows with 16 eps and they usually go off track from ep 12. i call it the "kdrama curse". whenever i recommend a show to one of my friends or my brother, i let them know if it is afflicted by the curse.

do any of you have another term for it? i'm curious.

[twstgameplay]

Guest Room Cleaning Drop Rate

Welcome to another too-many-numbers post with Mod Jeido.

If you're interested in some of the other posts, there's this one on Gauntlet drop rates, this one on ATK UP/DMG UP differences, and this one on Curse and Evasion activation rates.

We spent the last 6 months collecting gifts and adding to a spreadsheet in order to figure out approximate drop rates. These aren't absolute, but they're probably the closest we'll get without asking ANIPLEX directly.

I'll go more in-depth under the cut, but generally, these were the drop rates we saw for each category:

Stickers: 37.8%

Honey: 27.2%

Notepads: 12.3%

Textbooks: 8.5%

Gifts: 7.4%

Shards: 4.3%

Grimoires: 2.6%

We collected both from JP and EN and combined it for the percentages above, since it should be the same rate regardless. The analysis under the cut will delve into a little more detail. Please take each number as an "approximate" value, as some may be rounded.

~🐬

STICKERS

Stickers were the most common drop at 38% of ALL drops. There are five types of stickers: Stylish, Basic, Elegant, Pop (Cute), and Unique. These are the respective stickers for each theme.

We had a total of 649 stickers (198 from JP, 450 from EN).

We found that each sticker type had an equal chance of appearing (20%) given that a sticker was dropped.

Overall, any single sticker type has a 7.4% chance of appearing based on all possible drops.

HONEY

Honey made up 27% of ALL drops. There are three types of honey: Phial (S), Jar (M), and Jug (L) of Blooming Honey.

We had a total of 466 honey drops (149 from JP, 317 from EN). We found the following to be the approximate drop rate of each type of Honey:

Honey S: 65% of all honey drops. Approximately 17% of all possible drops.

Honey M: 25% of all honey drops. Approximately 7% of all possible drops.

Honey L: 10% of all honey drops. Approximately 3% of all possible drops.

NOTEPADS

Notepads made up 12% of ALL drops. There are four types of Notepads: Red, Blue, Green, and White. These are for Fire, Water, Flora, and Cosmic magic, respectively.

We had a total of 211 notepads (76 from JP, 135 from EN).

We found that each notepad type had an equal chance of appearing (25%) given that a notepad was dropped.

Overall, any single notepad type has a 3% chance of appearing based on all possible drops.

TEXTBOOKS

Textbooks made up 9% of ALL drops. There are four types of Textbooks: Red, Blue, Green, and White. These are for Fire, Water, Flora, and Cosmic magic, respectively.

We had a total of 145 textbooks (52 from JP, 93 from EN).

We found that each textbook type had an equal chance of appearing (25%) given that a textbook was dropped.

Overall, any single textbook type has a 2% chance of appearing based on all possible drops.

GIFTS

Gifts made up 7% of ALL drops. There are 23 types of gifts, which are unique to each NRC student.

We had a total of 127 gifts (45 from JP, 81 from EN).

We found that each gift type had an equal chance of appearing (4.3%) given that a gift was dropped.

Overall, any single gift type has an 0.4% chance of appearing based on all possible drops.

SHARDS

Shards made up 4% of ALL drops. There are three types of shards: Starshards, Sunshards, and Moonshards. These give refills for AP/LP, RP/GP, and BP/EP respectively.

We had a total of 73 shards (23 from JP, 50 from EN).

We found that each shard type had an equal chance of appearing (33%) given that shards were dropped.

Overall, any single shard type has an 1.5% chance of appearing based on all possible drops.

GRIMOIRES

Grimoires made up 3% of ALL drops. There are four types of Grimoires: Red, Blue, Green, and White. These are for Fire, Water, Flora, and Cosmic magic, respectively.

We had a total of 44 grimoires (16 from JP, 28 from EN).

We found that each grimoire type had an equal chance of appearing (25%) given that a grimoire was dropped.

Overall, any single grimoire type has an 0.7% chance of appearing based on all possible drops.

[bloodyshadow1]

so the bad kids leveled up since it's after a combat

Gorgug is at 6 barbarian berserker/ 6 artificer battlesmith- I do wonder if Gorgug was already leveled up before doing their downtime rolls or not. Because if he didn't he'd have a +8 instead of a +4 since he would get expertise in tinkerers tools at 6 artificer. (I might have made a mistake with this one, I thought I saw his card with 6 barbarian 6 artificier, but the wiki says he didn't level up and it might have been my imagination. his card might not have shown up since I assume he leveled up with his friends but he did all his downtime stuff last ep so it might not have appeared this ep)

Fabian is also a 6/6 with his multiclass being a 6 battlemaster fighter/ 6 sword bard. The level he took in bard doesn't give him much unfortunately as he already had multiattack as a fighter, but he does have an extra 3rd level spell slot to boost his damage with Fandrangore.

Fig took her first 2 levels in paladin using one of her warlock levels becoming an 1 warlock/9 bard/ 2 paladin. It's a bold move, since she no longer has access to her eldritch invocations, but to be honest, outside of hexblade's curse and hex warrior I don't think she's really used her warlock class that much it mgiht have been for the best. the big thing 2 levels in paladin gives her access to paladin spells and the ability to smite which she has a lot of bard spells to let her keep smiting.

Kristen, Adaine, and Riz all kept chugging along in their main classes. It wasn't the most exciting level up, not much new stuff, but they all got a new ability score upgrade/new feat. Kristen boosted her wisdom I believe, Adaine boosted her intelligence giving them both a full 20, the highest their scores can go without items or augments. I think Riz boosted his int too, but I can't tell since he was already pretty smart, but I think he only had a 16 before this level up, can't recall since I don't remember his card this session or the last, but his dex was already 20 and I'm not sure if he already had the alert feat or not.

Not the most exciting level ups to be honest, but sometimes that's how leveling up is in dnd. Sometimes all you do is go up in classes and ability scores instead of getting new features.

[theethoslab]

Apparently Etho’s mouse sometimes scrolls when he left clicks?? How does his setup continue to get more cursed

(From False’s ep @ 16:25)