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[thebusylilbee]

what's even fucking crazier about the Mazan serial rapes case is that everybody is already so shocked by the basic facts of it (Dominique Pélicot drugs his wife for 10 years and gets her raped while unconscious by 73 men or more) that the medias literally often forget to mention that DNA testing suggest that the husband is actually a whole ass killer who killed and raped at least one woman in the 90's before getting married to Gisèle Pélicot

[blueberry-tenya]

"Tengo una idea, no me hables de ti Y mucho menos de tu pasado"

"Algo en tus labios color carmín Sugiere que vayamos al grano"

[sambuchito]

[slapthebass]

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[sibmakesart]

im looking through european candidates and i am in the sauce

what is this

once you remove far right parties, pro-israel n pro-russians parties, and those who have 0 respect for intellecual honesty

whos left ????

[bengiyo]

I can say with confidence that our collective favorite show, between you and me, is What Did You Eat Yesterday?, the GOAT BL, and an exemplary example of a slice of life drama. What are your other favorite slice of life dramas, BLs and non-BLs?

Thank you for this ask. I have been trying to stay out of a bunch of discussions about this, but it seems that people feel really strongly about how people talk about a mid-tier BL produced by the largest producer of BL content in the world, currently sold as a premium product exclusively on a Chinese streaming platform, and currently receiving almost universal acclaim from its viewership on this platform. So, since I am possibly the only person who has posted publicly how much this show doesn’t work for me, I will continue with my task and clear up some confusion I’m having with the discourse.

We Are…Struggling With Definitions

Thankfully, @lurkingshan provided a good framework to discuss what slice-of-life even means. While I am willing to accept that a strong episodic structure is not inherently required for a good slice-of-life drama, the bite-sized nature of an episode lends itself to enabling clear stories about the complexities of mundane human existence. It’s a very popular genre, especially in anime. As I said in an earlier post, this is a mature genre with a long tradition.

Most of my favorite approaches to slice-of-life are from Japan. When America does slice-of-life, you get it more as sitcoms than thoughtful dramas about everyday life. One of my favorites would probably be Midnight Diner. As Shan defined before, a good slice-of-life drama could go on forever, and in so many ways Midnight Diner has. 

I’m actually currently watching Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo because Machida Keita and Fujiwara Kisetsu are in it.

We Are…Already Familiar With Slice of Life QL

We’ve actually had a few QL projects cover the slice-of-life feeling before.

You and I are both big fans of What Did You Eat Yesterday?, a show I loved so much we had to do a whole podcast episode about it.

On the lesbian side of the equation, we have the lovely She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat.

We also had Naked Dining, which I had some mixed feelings about.

There's the gay dads drama from Taiwan in Papa & Daddy.

For people who seem to struggle with non-Thai productions, there’s also Ingredients with everyone’s favorite singer Jeff Satur.

Besides, I argue firmly that Tadaima, Okaeri is the only true slice-of-life BL airing right now. It’s the married gay dads show we’ve been asking forever to get, and it’s even in the omegaverse!

We Are…Possibly Suffering From Recency Bias

It’s surprising for me how hard everyone has fallen for this show, considering the long history of reactions to New Siwaj’s work. He’s been in the genre for over a decade.

I am intimately familiar with this man’s work, and have been a Make It Right Apologist for years. I’ve been with this man since I got into the genre. This isn’t even his first attempt at 16 episodes about boys in college.

Everyone else watched My Engineer at the time, but I watched EN of Love and was not surprised when Love Mechanics got its own full series afterwards. I’ve been with this man working through gay angst in Make it Right, examining intergenerational queer trauma in Until We Meet Again,  fumbling through Between Us, trying for something in Dear Doctor I’m Coming For Soul, hustling in Even Sun, still crying with him over Love of Siam (2007) in My Only 12%, and squandering everyone’s time in Absolute Zero. 

It’s kinda baffling to me that I’m catching strays over not liking New Siwaj works in 2024. It feels weird that the show I’m getting heat over not liking is the least-queer thing I think he’s ever made. I don’t know what that says about current BL tastes. I will say this plainly every time: Queer Truth is Non-Negotiable For Me In a Genre About Boys Kissing Each Other. If that statement bothers you, please swerve on.

We Are…Not the Only Examples of Queer Fun

While we’re here, I wanna talk about how there really is a whole gay world outside of BL. I feel very strongly that Western viewers are extremely rude and often racist when it comes to their disdain of BL. However, there is all kinds of fun to be had in queer cinema if you can handle projects made more than a few years ago. 

If you want silly fun, you can always go to TLA Releasing. They funded an entire gay parody of the American Pie franchise. They’re great for the types who want to see pretty people smile at each other and have sexy times. 

If you’re in the mood for something a bit more serious and heartfelt, you can dip by Strand Releasing. They have one of the best coming-of-age queer films I’ve ever seen. They also picked up a really melancholy Japanese film called Egoist. 

My favorite studio, who shows up repeatedly on my BL Syllabus is Wolfe Releasing. They have my all-time favorite Big Eden (2000), and many others. 

My point is that there is a huge world of queer media out there well beyond the latest mid-tier BL from GMMTV designed to keep the boys working. We also don’t need to argue that some of their shows are more queer than they actually are, especially when Cooking Crush is right there.

Thanks for the ask!

[blogdabee]

nossos corpos celestes se unindo foi a coisa mais linda já vista.

[argumentl]

I didn't go to the EU tour, but I did get picked in the twitter/X campaign to win tour merch.

Retweet those posts ppl!!

[superiorkenshi]

Moi: Franchement ça fait genre 8 mois qu'on ce parle plus et je le vis super bien

Moi ce soir:

[ladyniniane]

Moi : Je souhaite mettre fin à botre accompagnement parce que certaines situations ou propos me mettent mal à l'aise et entrent en contradiction avec mes valeurs.

Psy : Je n'ai fait que te lire des passages d'un livre (oui mais ça veut dire que tu les approuve et en plus tu dis trouver rigolo une mère de famille sous charge mentale qui se force à coucher avec son mari pour avoir la paix.) Et si ça te choquait il fallait le dire tout de suite (bah je l'ai dis).

Merci de me confirmer que j'ai pris la bonne décision 😂😂😂😂😂!

[amar-gurada]

"ele não sabe receber uma missão tão grande e forte quanto a de abraçar o tsunami que você é."

— Todas As Coisas Que Eu Te Escrevia Se Pudesse.

[slapthebass]

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[norellenilia]

En fait quand on y pense, la disparition d'Eldarya a été provoquée par la potion de l'épisode 13 de The Origins !

On apprend dans l'épisode 18 de A New Era que c'est la commanderie de Papounet qui a trop déchiré l'espace-temps avec ses balades de la Terre à Eldarya, du coup le tissu entre les mondes tenait plus et le maana s'est engouffré dans les failles, faisant disparaître Eldarya à jamais.

Sauf que si on en est arrivés là, c'est parce que la commanderie a été réanimée par Papounet et son flouze ! Et s'il a trouvé la commanderie, c'est parce qu'il a trouvé des infos sur l'Ordre du Jardin des Anciens, en cherchant pourquoi personne à part lui ne se souvenait d'Erika ! Et s'il était le seul à se souvenir d'elle, c'était à cause de la potion d'oubli bue par Erika ! CQFD !! :D

(Je sais que plein d'autres trucs auraient pu provoquer la catastrophe, y'aurait pu y avoir un autre méchant, d'autres circonstances, etc, mais là avouez que c'est un lien plutôt direct mdr)

Ce qui signifie aussi que Leiftan, en suggérant cette potion à Miiko, a fini par atteindre le but que lui et Lance visaient en saison 1, à savoir la destruction d'Eldarya :') Avec 8 ans de retard et un retournement de veste, mais quand même !

P't'être que c'était ça, sa vraie utilité en saison 2, être l'instigateur plus ou moins involontaire de la fin du monde :')

[zsofiarosebud]

Onte paráronme dous guiris en Betanzos. Eu ía cargada cunha caixa de libros na cabeza, costa arriba e, polo tanto, derreada.

Dinme:

- Oye, la plaza? - Que plaza? -digo eu. - La de la iglesia.

Bótolle un ollo ao meu arredor: unha igrexa enorme á dereita. Debaixo dos meus pés, velaí a praza.

- Pues aquí hai unha plaza y una iglesa.

Rínse:

- No mujer, la grande, donde está el ayuntamiento.

Indiqueilles un camiño. Non son de Betanzos, así que nin me preocupei de que fose o correcto -non o era-.

Edit: hai mínimo 5 igrexas e 10 prazas no casco vello de Betanzos. Igrezas en prazas (ou prazas con igrexa), polo menos 4.

[randomnameless]

L'expérience Air France ft. Aéroports de Paris

"Si jamais vous avez besoin d'assistance au sujet de votre vol, contactez le comptoir Air France et nous serons ravis de vous aider !"

Le comptoir Air France, ce matin :

L'avion c'est devenu un transport en commun au même titre que le ferroviaire, il y a le même service de merde qui est assuré par "l'opérateur national"!