As Rings of Power season 2 begins, I am just gonna say one thing before we get into the chaos.
I will NOT have people being racist or misogynistic about this show on my blog. The first season was bad for many reasons, but the diverse cast members were not any of those. If I hear "woke" or "Guyladriel" one more time I'm actually gonna go all Bullroarer Took on y'all and invent a worse version of golf.
You can dislike the plot, that's okay. You can dislike the hair and costumes, that's okay. You can dislike the characters and how they are written, that's okay. You can dislike the writing, the direction, the pacing, the scenery, the disloyalty to the lore. That's all okay. God knows I've complained endlessly about this show and how good it genuinely could have been.
What isn't okay is being racist and misogynistic about it. I don't care if "Tolkien made them all white and would hate the woke bullshit" because that isn't true. From what we know of Tolkien and his evolution through the years, he was very progressive for his time, growing more so during his years. I believe that he probably would have hated the butchery of his lore and world, but he would have accepted and encouraged the diversity.
So that being said, I'm going to continue watching the show and being wary and I'm gonna keep posting my criticisms and wants for it. But if I see ANY of you being racist about it, be prepared for a tall hobbit with a golf visor and polo shirt.
So I watched this roundtable discussion by GMMTV and am already bemoaning that it's unsubbed (as of yet) because it means no one on this site is talking about it djshdhsjs
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"Where do Y & sapphic series stand in the LGBTQIA+ community?"
It's hosted by Pompam Niti and features:
- director and producer X Nuttapong
- writer/novelist Best Kittisak aka Ninepinta
- screenwriter Bee Pongsate
- and several GMMTV artists, i.e. Golf Kittipat, Love Pattranite, Milk Pansa, Joss Wayar, and Mark Pakin
I find the choices fascinating cause Mark has played opposite people of every gender and starred in countless QLs; Joss played bi and poly 'Neo' in 3 Will Be Free; MilkLove are the only koojin present and representing GL, with Love also being the youngest there; while P'Golf has been in the industry the longest, plus she's the only one who's trans at the table.
As for the behind the scenes side, Khun X has worked on almost every GMMTV QL ever lol and ever since I translated that Twitter Space snippet where he talked about the marriage equality lines in Cherry Magic, I find his point of view really interesting; Khun Best is the only original author and thus has experience in the publishing world; and Khun Bee has written for lots of well-known BLs since 2019.
Hope it gets subbed at some point 🙏
I'm not catching some of the details, unfortunately, because P'Pompam's using too many new words for me djsjhds i was like reverse-engineering his long-ass questions based on the answers everyone gives lmao
EDIT: Here's a clip translated by Iris OG that covers the first talking point, as well as a few more translated parts by several translators on twt ✨
stobin looove a funky sport. frisbee golf. laser tag. mini golf. omg gokarting… they are unfortunately banned from the local bowling league but they maintain that they were falsely accused
Volkswagen Golf Rallye A59, 1993. I have posted about it before but one of VW's more interesting concepts at this year's SEMA is also the oldest. The Mk 3 Golf Rallye (code named A59) was a prototype for a proposed WRC entry that rules at the time required 2,500 homologation specials of the participating rallycar. Two prototypes were built (only one is drivable) by Cadolzburg-based Schmidt Motorsport (SMS) but VW decided not to go forward with the WRC entry and the project was shelved. It was powered by a turbocharged 2.0-litre 4-cylinder all-aluminium engine producing 271hp and driving all 4 wheels through a 6-speed manual gearbox and a motorsport-grade AWD system