#i have so many FEELINGS abt media 😩

[figgyblossom]

okayokayokayokay but actually!!!!!!! but also it all feels so different? Like I stopped watching DW towards the end of Matt Smith and had had rly mixed feelings abt a lot of the changes and the way the story was going/being written (I could have drafted a 10pg essay on my issues with Moffat becoming head writer, and I lost steam rly quickly after that), and I want so so so do badly to return to Who, I feel like there have been good things I've missed and that this next season is going to be so fun esp with Davies coming back, but fuuuuuuuuck I put so many years and so many feelings into that show and and like .. idk ... returning to a show that I loved (and love) so deeply is super scary? And emotionally overwhelming???

OKAY AND LIKE ALSO @ "want to watch them 20+ yrs old" I want to badly to watch some of the new star wars shit that's come out, but I've become so exhausted by the sequel after sequel after two part sequel of every fucking thing that had ever existed while also the quality of those same movies have just gone down hill and the people making everything happen are overworked and underpaid and everything feels like a cash grab rather than a passion project addition to a beloved series?????????????????

honestly it's been too long since i got overly invested in some weird old scifi show. i miss it.

[jeonscatalyst]

Hi there

Sorry for any grammar or spelling issues English is not my first language. I was never a fan of bts I have heard about them bt was never really interested. So about a year ago or I think in the beginning of this year I saw a reel on YouTube abt TH and JK at the airport where TH was trying to hold JK hand and I didn't understand ppl where commenting abt how they were finally coming out and JK was shy or scared and all I could think abt was that JK body language was "the hell you trying to hold my hand for" that's what I got. Remember now I didn't know them didn't even know their names bt that reel was just cringe for me,and I didn't even know there was shipping going on in bts😩... Bt about 6or7 weeks ago a saw a funny video of them on insta and rm caught my attention so I searched their songs on YouTube became a instant fan bt then I got obsessed with jimin. Well suddenly all these tkk reels started coming on my tml and I was curious at first because there were so many tkk stuff and ppl always commenting under posts tkk is real I looked Into that first and I got to say I don't know how ppl can say they a couple bc I didn't even know abt jkk and those tkk stuff got me messed up coz when a saw a vmin reel I was like yeah they can maybe be a couple bt Def not tkk so I started searching jimin Omg that man is heaven Send... And low and behold jkk stuff popped up on my time line, my god when I tell you about the butterflies I felt when a saw that reel about 2018 where it looks like JK wanted to devour jm I knew a was at the right place.. Now I still don't know very much abt jkk I'm still looking into it bt for me who didn't even know bts or abt tkk, vmin, and jkk and learning about tkk before even knowing abt the other 2 bt saw at first glance that no a big hell No are the a couple, now for me that says alot because I would vmin a chance of being real before tkk. And can you maybe tell where and what I can watch to know more abt bts and jkk... I really love all 7 so much.

Hi anon.

No don’t worry, your English is fine and welcome to the world of BTS and shipping even though it’s crazy out here so buckle up lol.

I guess some people see something in taekook while others don’t and you happen to be one of those who doesn’t. For me, it’s always been clear that taekook are just friends not just because I couldn’t see anything beyond friendship but because all the evidence and common sense points to them being just friends but I guess not everyone sees things the same way and that’s why we still have tons of taekookers out there.

As for Jikook, they’ve always been the most likely pair to be real to me not just because of what I see or feel about them but because there’s been alot of that has strongly pointed to the possibility of them being more than friends over the years. I cannot swear that we are right about them being a couple because we never know but I know for a fact that they have and have always had an incredibly deep bond. Also, I am positive that taekook are nothing more than friends, no matter what taekookers would like to say about them and the solo era.

I would advise that you try to find and watch as much original content as possible. You can find some on Youtube, daily motion, weverse etc. Try to avoid youtube, instagram or tiktok edited videos because those tend to take out alot of context which makes you misunderstand alot of their interactions or moments. You can also check out @stormblessed95 blog. She has done an incredible job in explaining their dynamics and breaking things down. She is also the best person to go to if you need to find a specific content. To know more about the other members you can follow member focused accounts on any social media platform but make sure you are not following toxic or delusional shippers or solos because they could influence you to start hating on or being shady towards other members. Find content like run bts, In the soop, Bon Voyage to really get to know them. You can also watch their Vlives from weverse. Those are good places to start and you can always send in asks if you have questions about anything. Hope you have a great time catching up with content anon💜

[delicrieux]

whaaaaa twny is ending 🥲🥲

i love your series so much!! 😩👏🏼 girl i was looking at your mlist and you’ve written so much for so many different fandoms!! 👀 that is awesome and impressive, im curious to read more of your work but dunno where to start so if you could recommend some of your favs that YOU’VE written that would be amazing? 🥹🫶🏻

do you think you’re gonna write any more for jjk?

anywho, thanks for blessing me with your delicious writing , jjk or not I’ll still read it bc that’s just how much i love your writing lol

-aly 💕

two chapters left my dear aly 🥹

oof, tbh i’ve written too much, i don’t even know where to start with a rec 😭 i guess the ones i really like and come to mind instantly are:

1. amortentia (its for hp, not sure if you’re into it, but it’s very dark and still in the process of being rewritten in parts)

2. time to pretend (also for hp, but it’s more of a comedy and a SLOW work in progress)

3. myso (soc media au, the written parts remind me of twny tbh. it’s crack & the mc is a chrollo stan so...)

i feel like these 3 show wildly different writing styles and themes, so ur bound to like something. honestly, if u see anything ur curious abt in the mlist or a fandom ur apart of, check it out!

i also have another gojo story in the works 😈 a yuta one, too. i’ll probably start working on them when i finish twny. at some point down the line i'll defo write a higuruma fic and a sukuna one too, but i wouldn't count on seeing them any time soon

anyway... ily!!!

[abnormalpsychology]

Hear me out. Brad and Janet, and Tom and Shiv— two failmarriages who may have more in common than you’d think:

inversion / parody of gender roles hetero romance

they are trying SOOOOOOO hard to be a normal married couple and it is just Not Working Out

very very hot sex symbol girlboss woman obsessed with another more powerful guy (Logan, Frank) and extremely unreliable but sometimes present sense of self-awareness and craves independence

dorky asshole malewife bottom trying desperately not to be a malewife as hard as he can for the entire media but yet the malewife genes overcome his efforts valiantly again and again and aGAIN

they cheat on each other a bunch of times (but they don't mean it guyssss 😩)

YES. they cheat on each other. BUT it's made known to the audience that they feel really bad abt it Imao

a premature WEIRD proposal done in a close-proximity-to-death situation yet they’re still like “okay 😊!” like would you rather I propose to you in the hospital while your dad is in intensive care from his brain hemorrhage OR in a graveyard after another person’s wedding while a funeral goes on right next to us featuring a suspiciously child-sized casket? romance central am I right

dedicated loving relationship struggling to survive in a crazy environment that is directly corrosive to dedicated loving relationships

horrible communication where the lack of communication in their marriage is kind of essential to the plot in and of itself

a threesome kinda happens in canon (more an orgy. this is abt rhps obviously) vs they almost had a threesome and then didnt... basically a threesome could've fixed all of them

"yes I cheated on you. Yes I still love you and would protect you as best I can in a traumatizing situation where a key extremely complex and kinda shitty person we both kinda love dies in front of us. We exist."

protection motif is a huge thing for both of them and in the end it's pretty clear that delusion is really what's actually been protecting them

most importantly: getting into marriage and being like "wow bitch!!! you are not who I thought you were"

they both end up in this really subjective completely destroyed irrevocably changed and entirely mortifyingly known position in their relationship like "who knows if we even love each other anymore"

"lol we both betrayed the other's trust beyond repair. does the love matter anymore lol Imao"

way too many people rightfully think there's no way to work their issues out but I am so delusional I don't give a shit <3

married couple that gets pitted against each other and have all these reasons to hate each other but you can tell that all of the love can’t be gone and like the evolution somehow emphasizes the love that was there before = PEAK ROMANCE. TO ME

[m1ckeyb3rry]

No because Aoyama is a really REALLY uh quirky? I won’t get into it much but iirc he’s half French or something so they really played into the “oui oui fromage” type stereotype with his personality SHEGSHS

Im crying the bro zone LMAOOO honestly the Karasu sibling dynamic felt soo natural to me so good job LMAO I get what you mean! Like sometimes the sibling dynamic feels a little off if it’s too like….lovey dovey for lack of a better term?? Esp compared to what most sibling dynamics are even stereotyped to be like LOL

Otoya a real one fr >>>> really an undercover wingman like bro did not even grab a shirt or pants just walked out like ok bro the rest is up to you

LMAOO omg Karasu change up?? I bet the theme would be FIRE honestly that’s me with like any wallpaper/background/pfp I switch relatively often because I get bored HAHA

LMAOOO everything comes back to Karasu he’s everywhere…it’s ok time to lock in!! No more Karasu from now on /j ok but WAITTT if you made a long series you KNOW I’ll read it the second it comes out!! I’m ngl I got second lead syndrome too reading hollyhock with Karasu HSHSKAHSKA I’m curious would it be a completely diff au/verse or a hollyhock branch?

Also pause…don’t be shy post the smaus LMAOO dw we share the same mind I can put together the context pieces

- Karasu anon

PLSSS the way i’m in france rn…maybe that’s what secretly influenced me DHDJSKSM in my mind bfb aoyama is a very square looking dude?? idk how to put it but in my mind he has a square face, short brown hair, probably not super tall but kinda wide in a muscly way 🤔 he’s def athletic but very much so gives background character energy 😔 like he INVENTED being an npc 😭😭😭 the closest i can think of for a character that resembles him is imagining what young kusakabe from jjk might look like?? idk

siblings in media either say bro and sis way too often for it to feel natural (my brother and i do call each other bro but it’s in a buddy way not a “brother please bring me my water” “okay sister” way ykwim), are way too openly affectionate, or are horribly toxic there is hardly ever any in between 😩 i wanted it to be obvious that yayoi teases tabito a ton and maybe sometimes too much but at the end of the day she’s got his back and does care abt him (and vice versa ofc!!)

okay idk if it’s funnier to think that he knew y/n was coming so he thought he should change into smth better before she got there so he could go out but she caught him at a bad time so he just to roll as he was OR if he knew she was coming and that he’d have to leave but he just thought to himself “nah wtvr this is my fit tn the world can live with it” honestly both are in character because he’s such a dumbass (affectionate)

EEK IT MAY HAVE TO HAPPEN there’s just not any panels or arts of him that scream header to me though especially not following my current theme’s layout…ig i would have to do smth similar to my nagi theme from the beginning of the summer if i did!! we will see hehe

KARASU IS INESCAPABLE FR he’s just so perfect 🥹 i think it would probably be a completely different verse!! the plot and ending i have planned for hollyhock is very dependent on y/n loving otoya specifically so now i just associate the whole sengoku period vibe with eita…also historical au’s are harder for me to put out because the writing time gets doubled due to the necessity of research!! hence why i can’t work on hollyhock on the plane 😵‍💫 i’m not quite sure what au i would go for…i’ll have to do a deep dive and listen to some audios/watch some edits to see what inspires me!!

LMAOAOAO okay be prepared for crack they’re so stupid but i’ll give a little context for the verse so yk what’s going on!! also the queen of miraverse ocs makes an appearance in them 🤩 i’ll only post the bllk ones i’ve made because those are the most recent/relevant to our convos but trust i have many

[krytus]

so um is the last kingdom something you recommend or do you just have brainrot over it because those gif sets look very yummy

short answer: yes i recommend it (with caveats) the characters are good, their arcs are interesting, the acting is great and the writing is solid.

caveat 1: it is incredibly dense. there r timeskips without much to Signal there was a timeskip/how much time passed and many characters have similar sounding names. caveat 2: it is a period piece about white people. dont expect much in the way of "representation" But its one of the few pieces of medieval media that ive seen that deals w the nuances of being a Woman in the time period.

long answer:

the last kingdom is a very good show that does everything game of thrones WANTED to do but with much better writing and more interesting characters. the main character is uhtred, who was born saxon but raised dane. he is constantly torn between his loyalty to both worlds. it is one of the biggest sources of conflict and ultimately the whole theme of the story. does he have to choose one over the other?

in his journey he helps the king of the last standing saxon kingdom, king alfred. alfred is one of the best characters on the series and i hope david dawson got an award for his performance + got sucked silly because GOD.... and he might be the mvp but there are a good number of actors who nail their performance. from the scheming, pathetic athelwold to the noble and tragic odda to angry hurt always losing brida.... there are no shortage of storylines to Lose Your Fucking Mind To. and this series is really REALLY good at portraying women with nuance. (probably because one of the main writers is a woman). women of tlk are.... angry cunning smart dangerous apathetic tragic nurturing etc etc. they are fleshed out characters with desires and duties and flaws and depth. its one of my favorite things abt the show and a reason i will sit down and rewatch it often. and the men of this series are fun to watch. even the antagonists have Something abt them thats just 😩👌 they r not Simple. they are entertaining. i want to pick apart every single one of them.

but beyond characters. the world of this series is so. rich. its funny that i prefer this Version of medievality (thats not a word but you get it) over the GoT world. because this world has history and richness and you get to explore it WITH the characters in a way that feels organic. the other kingdoms, the differences between them the way they rise and fall... Mwah. i love it.

and final point. and this is a big one. the way this series portrays catholicism is so. GOD. one of the most interesting ways to use religion as a narrative tool i have EVER seen. because it. is unique to each character. but at the same time. its an abstraction. like to alfred, being god's king and being a good man are. not simple. they are something to work towards. and he stuggles with them and with relying on the enemy's sword to create his christian kingdom. and other characters too. religion isn't just a static thing. its a conversation. its a storytelling device. christians are not portrayed as automatically right. pagans are not portrayed as automatically wrong. people will use their gods as a shield. as an excuse. but they will also use it as a source of strength. its really. really. interesting. and it is used to build the themes, build the character choices, etc etc.

in conclusion. this show is good and gave me brainrot. gold standard for medieval stories. its final act is coming out on friday and there is a good chance it will make me Unwell. amen.

[sunflowersteves]

thank god i asked you for that eddie and his guitar thingy thing 😩 did someone ever tell you you're the best? cause i'm telling you right now: you. are. THE. BEST!

i feel like i always forget to express my love for your writing, specially when it comes to things i requested 😭 but please know that I love every bit of your work 🫶🏻 and that camping hc? perfect! I loved the robin one so much, she's just too cute i can't, my heart is too weak.

also i feel the need to discuss abt how problematic the st fandom is getting (at least the ppl from where i live) apparently everyone one is hating on eddie bc "there's characters that have been on the show longer than him and they deserve more". now it's forbidden to love a new character more than the old ones, apparently. tumblr is the only social medias that don't make me feel "uncomfortable" abt liking what I like 🤡

sometimes i can really hate people, iykwim

anyways, sending you lots of love and a good night <3 (at least it's nighttime for me)

- ❤️‍🔥

omg idk how i missed this ask!!! hi my love :) hahaha thank u!! I’m v glad I liked it and I have v much a fun time writing it ;) ily <3 how are you?? has your migraines gone away??

it’s no worries!!! ur always complementing me and my work and it always makes me so happy!!! i very much appreciate you, my love!! giving u hugs right this second!

omg seriously tho, I have a huge soft spot for robin. she’s just so cute <3

omg yes I’ve seen that, and those same people are the ones that hate Lucas even though he’s been there since the beginning!!! it doesn’t make sense to me other than being bothered by people for liking shit. and don’t even get me started on those that hate argyle. that shit pisses me off sm.

also ik there’s ppl in the fandom who hate the others cosplaying as eddie and that rlly makes me angry bc the ppl that think it’s “cringe” and “gross” have clearly a) never been to a convention before and b) have clearly never been a part of a huge fandom,,, like do they know how many ppl cosplay as Star Wars or marvel characters?? it isn’t that deep 😭😭 just let people be themselves. it’s not hurting them and murdering their mother for ppl to cosplay lmaooooo

yeah, I think when fandoms get this big and st is even bigger than it was before then people start to just explode or something idk

[parcai]

ok i am enjoying these rants very much actually 😌💕 i read the grisha trilogy when i was in middle school & loved it so this might be nostalgia blinding me lol but i remember finding out abt six of crows & hearing from so many people that it was soooo much better than tgt and i read it and was like. this feels kinda soulless compared to tgt ngl 😩 like the grisha trilogy is a little bit of a mess but it’s got a lot of heart!!

see i never read the grisha trilogy! everyone told me soc was better, and leigh herself said it's fine to just start there, and i ended up disliking it quite a bit. it's not so much hatred ig, but i didn't feel anything--soulless, like you said 💕

and the way you're exactly on point!! "problematic" media can be criticized for being problematic (lmao duh), but that doesn't mean it doesn't have a lot more literary and just pure entertainment merit than a perhaps more politically correct but less enjoyable book!!!

soc kind of turned me off the whole grishaverse in general, but maybe i will read tgt then during spring break 🥰 i trust your judgment mwah <3

[the-kaedageist]

hi there!! I hope it’s okay to ask you this, but: ive been following you for a little while and it seems the untamed has grown a pretty cool fandom, and i’d love to get into the show itself. The only problem is, i watched the first three episodes a while back and immediately nope-d out bc i found it so unbearably cringe-worthy. I guess i wanted to ask: as someone who isn’t a huge fan of cdramas and gets awful second-hand embarrassment from watching shows like these, does the cringeyness get better, or do you have to just keep powering through the show? Any tips or tricks or things to keep in mind to help a viewer ignore the terrible cgi and (imo at least) very stereotypical cdrama tropes? And if you don’t mind, what do you really like abt the story/characters that makes this show stand out to you? Sorry that this is such a long ask, and dw abt replying if you’re busy/there’s too many questions; i was just curious!

This is such a great ask, and absolutely do not feel like you have to apologize for this! I’m really flattered that you think my opinion on this is helpful and I’m going to do the best I can to answer this because I am deep in The Untamed feels right now, but I am also a person who is very thoughtful about my media. Also just FYI, I wrote an essay like double the size of this and then trimmed it down, but this is still LONG and I apologize! I am wordy. 😩

First of all - The Untamed is totally ridiculous in some ways, and it may be in a way that doesn’t jive with you. That’s totally 100% okay! There are some shows a lot of people love that I can’t watch because I get secondhand embarrassment from them (Schitt’s Creek is one of these - everyone has told me to watch it a billion times and I have tried it over and over again, but I just get so much secondhand embarrassment from it that I have to stop watching even though it looks delightful from gif sets). No matter how good people tell me these shows are, I just cannot get through them. If The Untamed is that show for you, that’s completely valid. Watching something should be fun, and if it’s not fun for you in at least some way, definitely don’t feel like you should force yourself. At the end of this monster post, I suggest some alternative ways to still interact with the fandom/content without watching the drama, if wanting to get involved is part of what’s driving you.

Now on to your specific questions!

With regards to the cringeyness getting better: I found the first couple episodes hard to connect with as well, and I do think The Untamed gets more watchable once you’re invested in the story and the characters. I don’t know if it’s worth powering through if it’s painful for you, but depending on what you’re looking to get out if it, it might be worth giving it another try. For me, personally, I was watching it for kicks until about episode 24/25, when I suddenly went oh my god I love this and never looked back. However, I also grew up consuming j-, k-, and c-dramas so I’m very comfortable with the format - your mileage may vary!

Tips & tricks to keep in mind to ignore the terrible CGI and stereotypical cdrama tropes: I honestly think there’s an element where you have to just lean into these things and enjoy them for how ridiculous they are; at least that’s how I watch dramas. I find them delightful (unless they have a lot of sexist tropes or terrible het pairings, which a lot do, in which case I tend to drop them with great prejudice unless they have other redeeming factors). 

For me, a lot of the fun of watching shows like this is also because I LOVE getting a window into other cultures and places through their entertainment. It’s not just east Asian dramas - I love any foreign tv show I can get my hands on; I went through a seriously embarrassing love affair with a Norwegian drama about teens - and I delight in using shows as mediums to learn about cultures, places, and people I don’t know as much about.

Since we cannot go to every country in the world and live there for years absorbing everything about them (which is something I would LOVE to do, this is really something I’m incredibly nerdy about), learning about other places and people through television and media is another way to try to get a window into how other people think and live, an incredible gift that hasn’t been available through much of human history. (Oh god, this is turning into an essay.) MY POINT! is that sometimes reframing this as an immersion experience can help you appreciate things like c-dramas from a different angle.

What I like about the story/characters that make it stand out: I think the reason The Untamed grabbed me and didn’t let go despite its obvious faults (ESPECIALLY the way it treats female characters ���) was because of a couple factors. The first one is how much I love the characterization of the main character, Wei Wuxian. He may not seem like it in the first episodes, but he’s such a complex character filled with so much goodness and absolutely unwilling to sacrifice his principles for the sake of social pressure, which is something I admire SO much. When you look past the exterior, wwx is a deeply compelling character with absolutely layer upon layer of complexity. I also just love a story about a deeply good character losing control of an immense amount of power and having to come to terms with that. In addition, wwx is not the only complex character - the others, even the women who are given an EXTREMELY short end of the stick, are also far more complex than they seem at first glance. They’re all really fantastic, but a lot of the layers of them aren’t revealed until later in the show.

I also love this series because I think it showcases queer devotion in a way that I haven’t seen much on television. It’s somewhat ironic - I suspect the true beauty of the relationship between the main dudes that plays out in the show is partly BECAUSE the censors forced the writers to have to be subtle and slow with the romance, rather than relying on obvious tropes to tell the story for them. Because of it, as the series progresses, we get all these tender looks that just escalate and escalate, and dramatic moments in the rain, and acts of service, and all these small ways that the drama found to show how much they love each other without it pinging the censors. It ends up being an incredibly satisfying slow burn. The LOOKS, the touching, the YEARNING, on both sides! I just wish more media would represent this without needing homophobic censorship laws to do it.

I want to round this off by suggesting some alternative ways to interact with this fandom/medium without watching the drama if it hits your cringe buttons too hard but you still want to soak up that sweet, sweet content:

The Untamed is NOT the only version of the mdzs story, although it is the one that I have felt the most connection with. There is, of course, the original novel, and there’s a comic/manhua version and the animated/donghua version as well, although I believe both the donghua and the manhua aren’t complete yet. From what I can tell, having dipped my toe into the donghua and the novel, the relationship between the main characters is portrayed somewhat differently in dynamic - what I’ve read hasn’t been as much to my taste, but a lot of people like both or prefer those versions! Much of the fan content weaves together elements from all of these sources, so these can also be entry points to this story very easily if the drama isn’t your cup of tea. I don’t have links on hand to these sources but I believe I reblogged a post a few weeks ago with that, which you can probably find under my “resources” tag if you want them.

I also think you could easily familiarize yourself with the story and the characters and then dive into the fan content without watching the drama or consuming any of the alternative versions first. Honestly, there’s SO much content in this fandom that you could learn as you go, especially if you just dive into the fic, and getting emotionally invested in the characters and the story might even help with a future attempt to watch the drama again (at least with me, sometimes once I’ve got that sweet hyperfocus, it’s easier to interact with media that I’m initially turned off by).

Anyway, phew, this was enormous! I hope this huge content dump was helpful to you in figuring out where you want to go with this story. I’m really enjoying it and I hope you discover a way to enjoy it as well - but if it’s not for you, that’s okay too!