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The On1y One

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2024

The On1y One (2024, Taiwan)

Director: Liu Kuang Hui

Writers: Wang Yu Chen & Liu Kuang Hui (based on the novel by Mu Su Li)

Mini-review:

Okay, why did nobody tell me the director of Your Name Engraved Herein had made a whole-ass gay drama? Just from that fact, I already knew I would love this. It certainly has more of a BL vibe compared to the movie, probably due to the source material, but it still manages to avoid basically all the toxic tropes and stereotypes. I really appreciate when these type of dramas take as much time as necessary to properly flesh out the characters and their bond, which is what you get here. People looking for constant romance will be disappointed, but the leads have fantastic chemistry, and seeing their development is exactly what makes it special. But truly, the characters are so relatable; the show uses them to make some beautiful reflections on life and youth. My biggest complaint is that the pace does get a bit too slow from time to time. Still, The On1y One is a gorgeously made drama and I definitely hope that second season happens.

[thecasualfkfan]

A little but interesting fact many of you who haven't read the Books of The on1y one-A certain someone-wouldn't know is that the first book is called 'Mint'.And the series starts with Mint-Shen wang's mother making him the mint and lemon drink-and it also ends with the mint and lemon drink on the last frame with the promise from Shen wang that he'll come back.

The on1y one Ep12

[oncasette]

song prompt blurbs

using this playlist, send in one song plus a character(s) below for a blurb/drabble :) — open until jan. 21

characters: zayne lads, sylus lads, rafayel lads, xavier lads, caleb lads, astarion ancunin, gale dekarios, peter parker, theseus scamander, eric northman, jj maybank

feel free to send in au’s and/or ideas with the songs if that suits your fancy!

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Tag your whumper

Because after my last drabble I'm curious. Tag your OCs, tag your whumper.

More info and here.

[comicsiswild]

Ant-Man (2022) #4

[starsrfun]

17, 34, 58, 63, 92

17: 20 Missed Calls by Braden Bales

34: Hold Me Like a Grudge by Fall Out Boy

58: Call Me Never by Hoodie Allen

63: Fake Names by Priscilla Block

92: Sign by Jeremy Renner and Eric Zayne

Thank you for playing!!

[theside-b]

There a few things people need to know before criticizing The On1y One:

It's based on a chinese novel, not taiwanese. It may seem like a small detail, but it isn't.

This was supposed to be adapted in mainland China, but due censorship production went to Taiwan to avoid interference.

Liu Dong (Eric Zayn) casting did come under fire prior to release due his age, he is 30. Him being on the show was actually a demand from one of the financial backers.

Liu most likely would've been casted if the show remained in mainland China, where he resides. And because he lives there he cannot promote the show with his partner. So you probably won't see him beside Jiang any time soon.

He is actually at risk of suffering retaliation from chinese government by staying there and working on this show.

From the get go director Liu Kuang Hui made it clear that show and book would be different from one another. Want what you get in the novel? Stick to it, because the show won't be a word by word adaptation.

Again, since production started on mainland China what we get probably was adapted to avoid problems with their government, so you can put that on their never ending homophobic tab.

So there you have it, hopefully this helps clear a few things up.

[sinnabarmoth]

So I've recently got into Love and Deepspace and I've only now been dipping my toes into the fandom. But since it is Halloween I got the idea of what kind of costumes the guys would wear with MC.

(A lot of this is just based off of initial vibes and what I so far know about their characters so take these with a grain of salt if you don't think they fit.) And maybe comment what couples costumes you'd think they'd dress in.

I also separated them into cute, sexy, and family categories. (Bonus Tara ideas cause I love her.)

Xavier

~Cute: Barbie and Ken

~Sexy: Zombie Cheerleader and Football Star

~Family: Wizard of Oz

Zayne

~Cute: Victor and Emily (Corpse Bride)

~Sexy: Angel and Devil

~Family: Nightmare Before Christmas

Rafayel

~Cute: Ariel and Eric (The Little Mermaid)

~Sexy: Pirates

~Family: Bluey

Sylus

~Cute: Han Solo and Princess Leia

~Sexy: Little Red Riding Hood and Wolf

~Family: Addams Family

Tara

~Cute: Skeleton onesies

~Sexy: Witches

~Family: Scooby Doo

[zot3-flopped]

****

1. Sir Paul McCartney

2. David Bowie

3. Freddie Mercury

4. Elton John

5. George Michael

6. Robbie Williams

7. Phil Collins

8. Mick Jagger

9. Eric Clapton

10. Ed Sheeran

11. Sam Smith

12. Harry Styles

13. Liam Gallagher

14. Sting

15. Rod Stewart

16. Tom Jones

17. Chris Martin

18. Mark Ronson

19. Boy George

20. John Lennon

****

Harry up there with the legends. Niall, Louis, Liam and Zayn nowhere in sight.

[eleni-cherie]

list of artists (actors & musicians) I like/stan who are openly and vocally pro-palestine:

marina, coldplay, penelope cruz, javier bardem, calum hood & ashton irwin (5sos) angelina jolie, alexandra savior, matt helders (arctic monkeys), zayn, eric andre, john cusack, mark ruffalo, dan howell & phil lester, serj tankian (system of a down), rage against the machine, hozier, the weeknd, richard gere, macklemore..

hopefully even more of my faves will use their platform to be vocal & spread awareness.

remember, don't base your morals solely on what your faves tell you or don't tell you - but it's important to urge celebrities to use their platform to spread awareness about important topics + it's good to show support to those who do so there's no reason for them to "be afraid of losing their career if they do" and this way more and more will feel confident enough to join.

also donate to grassroot organizations like CareForGaza and GazaDirectHelp who are in the inside and help directly.

and I also wanted to add this here, a joint fundraiser for Palestine + Sudan!!

[brokenfuturerpg]

PBS MASCULINOS POR EDAD

Hola personitas. Venimos con un aporte que nos ha costado un tiempito reunir. Es posible que algunos PB tengan 1 añito más de lo que pone, porque igual cumplieron recién. Esperamos les guste ^^

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[feldmanshome]

You asked what kind of AU is it? Make yourself comfortable, my friends!

(.❛ ᴗ ❛.)

In 1995, under cover of the noize of Birakujî, Eric King launched the Caelus for the first time. He discovered a huge underground temple in the foothills of the Zagros. But his research didn't get any support (financial, I mean), so Eric managed everything by himself (what a man). He brought Clarice Stokes as a sience-sister, and Rachel as a guard-squad-leader. Nick, Merwin and Joey are the members of Rachel's team, so they all protect Eric and Clarice in the war zone. What about Jason? He's also in the guard, second in command. Despite of dr*g addiction, because he didn't tell his mates about it. But in the underground temple, the group discovered not only the remains of the former culture, but also a fairly lively current one.

The temple people use the Muslim calendar and speak very outdated Arabic. But there's something more important. They stay underground for centuries to hold back the monsters escaping from the bowels of the temple. The temple people are few, most of them are meek, but the're really good warrios. Salim is their hakim - elected leader. It was he who first stumbled upon the Americans, while he was chasing the monster that broke through the defenses of the temple. Because of the contact with new human race the research continued for some weeks. While Eric and Clarice are exploring a new culture, Joey and Mervin are busy with each other, and Rachel and Nick are busy with Eric (they're three for the price of one, guys, they're family), Jason is the only one who wants to leave the temple as soon as possible, afraid of his withdrawal (of course he doesn't have enough dr*gs to be there for such a long time). Salim, who has no idea what dr*gs are, nevertheless intends to help him deal with not only this problem.

A couple of details:

Salim speaks English. How? Because of another group of researchers. His parents once met scientists who also descended into the temple (Dr. Randolph Hodgson's team, yep). These scientists left all of their records, dictaphones and cassettes in the temple to protect an underground village from invasion.

Salim hides Jason in his house and tells everyone that Jason was poisoned by the luminescent paint that tample community use to paint their faces (maybe I'll tell you more about this cultural tradition later) so Jason will not be fired or sent to jail. You can see the part of this on my art.

Zane was born later and his mother disappeared earlier. Where did she go? She fled to the upper world. She didn't want to waste her life on a living in a hornet's (vampire's, actually) nest. How old is Zayn? Seven months. Salim feeds him with a tissue (a medieval technique for raising a baby who has lost their mom: a soft tissue is dipped in milk and put it in the child's mouth). And yes, look at the background of my art. See the little bed in the niche with the curtain? Now you know whose it is.

The ecosystem in the underworld is really special. But it's too much words for the one post. I'll talk more about this later if you'd like me to.

Art has two versions just because of the lentern. Enjoy!

[thecasualfkfan]

Hold on then

The on1y one Ep06

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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃 𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐊 𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐔…

✷ my character themed spotify playlists

ELXR BLOODLUST. astarion ancunin $111.00

AVIATION GIN. bradley bradshaw $21.86

BAHAMA MAMA. sarah cameron $50.00

CAMPARI. jennifer check $17.00

DEVILCRAFT. patch cipriano $4.55

ELXR FIRE RESISTANCE. karlach cliffgate $63.13

VANILLA MILKSHAKE. charlie dalton $1.25

WHISKEY. jack daniels $16.99

ELXR ARCANE CULT. gale dekarios $4.11

AMERICANO. kevin dolenz $0.79

ELXR VICIOUSNESS. shadowheart hallowleaf $4.11

GRAPICO. steve harrington $0.79

FROZEN ESPRESSO. zayne li $8.54

DRINK ME POTION. alice liddell $0.00

VERITASERUM. narcissa malfoy $65.34

MELLOW YELLOW. eddie munson $0.25

O’HARREN’S SCOTCH. matt murdock $14.15

HANKY PANKY. andrew neiman $5.34

TRU: BLOOD. eric northman $9.80

COWBOY COFFEE. tyler owens $2.49

ROOT BEER FLOAT. peter parker $4.50

JOSE CUERVO. javier peña $19.86

SHASTA COLA. peter quill $4.99

DIAZEPAM. harley quinn $7.37

CHARDONNAY. rafayel qi $165.00

GIN FIZZ. sylus qin $1,500.00

ELXR RADIANT RESISTANCE. raphael $6.66

SAUVIGNON BLANC. xavier shen $934.98

MALT WHISKEY. harvey specter $1,324.00

PIG'S BLOOD. spike $17.00/gal

JAGER. phil wenneck $19.99

APPLE CIDER. caleb xia $12.30

LIQUID DEATH. everlark $12.74

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I would LOVE to see what would’ve happened if Nat had agreed to go back to his team but be a spy for Eric. I can just imagine it… Nat slipping away in the dead of night, going back into Eric’s compound. A bow would be customary, maybe a lick on Eric’s shoes in greeting… it would be awesome.

Hm, nice :)) In a scenario I've written Nat refuses. But who knows... after enough torture... or threats... and no rescue yet :3 maybe they'd finally give in.

Information would have to be reported on their knees, of course. Right in front of Eric's desk. Starting with a bow, a respectful greeting, before Eric would flick a hand, allowing them to continue speaking.

The stress alone would be too much to handle, add in the web of lies, the doubt from Jeff, the where-have-you-beens?, Nat getting shorter and snappier with their friends by the week... Not to mention that Eric would take advantage and would try to hurt Nat every chance he'd get. So, hiding injuries gets added to the pile.

Nat would scoff at first:

"You can't hurt me now."

Eric just smiles, chin resting on folded hands as he takes in the kneeling figure from behind his desk.

"Hm Nat... it's not like you to miscalculate like that."

He slides his chair back and slowly rounds his desk, one hand behind his back, and stops right in front of Nat, who by now doesn't dare breathe.

"Well, stress does that, I guess. Add some false bravado..." He sinks down to one knee, brushes his knuckles over Nat's cheekbone, and continues in a hushed but excited voice. "Your face is off-limits."

Slowly, he brings up the hand from behind his back, revealing a taser. He teases it over Nat's throat, rests it against the underside of their chin and tilts it up until wide, dark eyes fix on his. He flicks the taser on, letting the little bolt of lightning crackle in Nat's face to see them flinch, to see the confliction in those eyes.

"Not everything I do has to leave evidence. And there's plenty of injuries that can be hidden. Some with more effort than others..."