#i think i would be an okay screenwriter idk

[injecticns]

i love the places screenwriting takes me because why else would i be searching for what the desert sounds like at night in the winter so i can put it into words

[phanyu]

In the tags you said you had a different idea for phil projects you'd like to see that aren't film, what are you thinking of? I lways thought he should go back to making short films like the early days of his channel

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i mean id LOVE to see a phil film solo project!!! im gonna go on a bit of a ramble here actually sorry about how i sort of see their potential solo endeavours to elaborate.

okay i think the thing that tugs at my brain with dnp that is simultaneously frustrating but also makes me respect them is how they both seem to sort of fight at what comes easy to them. take for example their respective senses of style, dan objectively looks better in colour and phil is stunning in blacks and shades. but it doesnt match their personality so they do as they like. i think content creation sort of leans the same way with them. dan is THE most natural host ever, his strengths lie with improv, charisma, and on-the-fly charm and comedy. he's made himself as a public figure almost into an artistic endeavour of sorts.... like "dan howell" has become a hugely meaningful narrative, to himself, to his fans, and to the public. but he has very strict ideas on what would make him feel "successful" in his chosen field and none of those line up with the level of "seriousness" he craves, so he makes his goal comedy writing. he tries with dinok, he does wad. the parts that shine of wad are the parts that embrace that and his narrative art, and the parts that drag are the parts where hes actively fighting against his strengths. and the sad this about it all is...... i actually think phil could be a really gifted comedy writer 😭

dans strengths lie when he uses himself and his life and his opinions and experiences as a narrative at the front of a project, but i think phil would actually excel at being the creative driving force behind a project. phil's early stuff supports that, but also where so much of dan's humour lands because of the delivery and the energy, phil's is so... distinct. hes so clever. like the way he just TYPES is so charming and distinctive to me akjnktjn like idk how to describe it HE HAS THE SAUCE and thats why even to a casual viewer might find dan the more outright funny one, whatever tf goes on in phil's head is actually the spark behind it all usually. so i want phil on PAPERRRRR i want him screenwriting, or writing a novel, or making a game, i dont want a phil narrative piece like i think dan has to embrace (through the dnp brand or outside), i want something that anyone off the street can look at and pick up and find something in, regardless of ever having heard the name phil lester. bc i think that thats the realm of art phil would have found himself in anyway if the dan and phil duo hadnt taken off the way it did, when it did. also because unlike dan, who unfortunately seems to be stuck in that hell where he craves mainstream validation that he cant attain, yet somehow continues to pull in these MASSIVE niche crowds for whatever he does, phil i genuinely think could break mainstream if he doesn’t even try to sell it by his face/fanbase.

[mzannthropy]

I saw a Daisybilly tweet on Pinterest, and there was a comment saying they were finnick and Annie in another universe, and idk why but I just had to share that bc what? Daisybilly could never be Odesta.

Let me guess, one of Reese Witherspoon book club alumni? 🤣🤣🤣

Okay, I know it's mega deranged--my first reaction was: oh Christ Almighty *headdesk*--but when you look at it from the POV of Realm of Bad Takes on Sam Claflin, it's actually pretty standard. Your ask isn't about Sam, but I hope it's okay that I'm going to make it about Sam, bc he's the reason that person even made the comparison in the first place (as you no doubt deduced yourself, bc he plays both male halves of the ships) and why you had to see it. The biggest downside of being a Sam Claflin fan is other people's comments and opinions and their ignorance of Sam's filmography. This person probably only knows Sam for being Finnick in Hunger Games and now they saw them in DJATS (which would otherwise be fine, not everyone has to watch everything, I've not seen many actors' films either) and unfortunately has no imagination and/or very narrowminded view and so has to look for a connection between those two characters, instead of thinking of them as two different roles that happen to be played by the same actor. (Look, I know I might sound presumptuous, but what the hell am I supposed to think of someone who says a thing like that?) They also sound like someone who only looks at fiction through the lens of shipping only. It's a disservice to Sam and all four of the named characters (and quite an insult to Annie comparing her with Daisy).

I find a lot of parallels in unlikely places, I like parallels. I have a #parallels tag. I understand someone might see patterns where I can't see any, bc I see patterns in things no one else sees. But come on...

Yet there are comparisons you can make between Billy and Daisy and another pairing from Sam's filmography--not one, in fact, but two, Book of Love and Their Finest. In both we have Sam working with a woman in a creative field (novel writing and screenwriting respectively) and them falling in love. I don't lump DJATS in this bc it's a slightly different type of story and, most of all, I fucking hate the d/b ship, as you know, and I like the other two. Also, in neither of these is Sam married or in a relationship with another woman. It's the female half that has a douchy ex-partner/partner; in fact, if in DJATS Billy was unattached and Daisy was involved with guys like Nicky or those creeps from music industry, that would make it a strong parallel. But that was not the DJATS story.

So yeah, that's just what it is like with people and their takes on Sam online. Welcome to Samlandia! *pulls out a chair... actually, are you sure you want to stay, lol?

[windowsandfeelings]

20 Questions Game for fic writers

tagged by @terrainofheartfelt and @slumped-in-the-arms-of-fiction (<3 <3 <3!)

1. How many works do you have on ao3? 25! (But I've written a lot more that are scattered across ffn and livejournal. I've been at this a while.)

2. What’s your total ao3 word count? 153,671

3. What fandoms do you write for? Eternally Gilmore Girls, lately also Nancy Drew, and not for a while, but perhaps most notably Gossip Girl. (I've written for other fandoms, too, but not recently.)

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos? All the Lights that Light the Way are Blinding (Gossip Girl) November 24, 2016 (Gilmore Girls) Met You at the Right Time (Gilmore Girls) The River in Egypt (Gossip Girl) The Boyfriend Tour of North America (Gilmore Girls)

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not? I try to, but I'm definitely behind on it at the moment. I so appreciate every comment I get (okay, every nice comment I get), and I want to acknowledge them.

6. What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? Hmm...I don't really do angsty endings. Maybe I Am Sorry to Tell You? But that's mostly because Lost hadn't actually ended yet when I wrote it so I didn't have a way to get Rory and Jess off the island. But it wasn't really presented as angsty. (I have occasionally considered writing a sequel.)

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? All of them? IDK, maybe MYatRT? Just because it takes such a long time to get to it, but I think it's earned.

8. Do you get hate on fics? Occasionally, yes, mostly on All the Lights..., or people commenting on other fics and shitting on All the Lights... in the process.

9. Do you write smut? If so what kind? I write v v v light smut.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve ever written? lol, I wrote a Barney Stinson/Buffy Summers ficlet once.

I would say I'm not a huge fan of crossovers, but I wrote a bunch of short ones back in my lj days because a couple of my friends had a crossover fic contest...really more like drabbles.

And then of course there's I Am Sorry to Tell You. Because I got really into Lost at one point and had to find a way to combine it with Gilmore Girls. And honestly I think it came out pretty well.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? I don't think so, but I've definitely seen stolen fics.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? Yeah! Someone translated All the Lights... into Russian!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? I can't remember. Maybe back in my ffn days? Nothing is springing to mind.

14. What’s your all-time favorite ship? LITERATI 4 LYFE

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will? I'd like to finish Saturn Return someday, but I don't really know where it will go. Which is why it's unfinished.

16. What are your writing strengths? Dialogue, probably? I wasn't comfortable writing dialogue for a long time, but especially since taking screenwriting classes a few years ago I feel much more confident in it.

17. What are your writing weaknesses? I struggle hard with plot. You want me to figure out what's going to actually happen in a story? Ugh!

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic? I would probably only do it in French or maybe very basic Spanish, because that's the extent of not English that I'm confident in.

19. First fandom you ever wrote for? I'm pretty sure the first fic I ever wrote was a continuation of someone else's post-season 1 Gilmore Girls fic that they hadn't finished, but I never published it. (I still have it. It's hand-written...and bad. Because I was 13.) The first one I ever published was a Harry Potter fic on ffn. Also bad. Very unfinished.

20. Favorite fic you’ve ever written? 100,000% Met You at the Right Time. I could not be more proud of that thing if I tried. It was a labor of love, but it also came out exactly the way I wanted to, which is just...nearly impossible to imagine. Like I could quibble with some of the writing, especially in the first couple of chapters, but at the end of the day...it's really good. Which is not a humble statement, but it's true.

tagging: @wonderlandleighleigh @oh-bonerline @strangenewgirls @stellaluna33 @georgianadarcies and anyone else who wants to do it

[namtanlovesfilm]

oohhh you're working on a p'jojo video? then this is the right time to finally ask you. What do you feel about Never Let Me Go and the fact that p’jojo was involved in this? idk how or what to ask exactly, but for me i didn't have the sense, the feel, that it was 'a p'jojo show'. I mean great scenery imagerie and sound and stuff but... it severely lacked something for me. for me it's the least best work from him. Maybe it's because he was just the director and not also a scriptwriter on the series, and maybe because it wasn't an ensemble cast, which I think is where he thrives the most. To be honest I think a lot of it comes from the "bound" (hm chemistry I think it's called?) between the 2 actors also, well 4 then, if we count the chemistry between the cousin and the friend who I think for this couple didn't have any. None of them sold me tbh. So maybe idk... I guess it's the entirety of nlmg that didn't work for me. Bc I see the picture, what's it trying to do but then again maybe I don't. Anyway sorry for the ramble and I'm patiently waiting for your input on this, as my opinion is an unpopular one i think.

okay, so first of all I need to say that I liked never let me go, though not as much as I antipicipated. I think it's a solid show even though it felt highly predictable bc of its similarities to another p'jojo show, 3 will be free. now though, I completely agree that apart from these similarities, never let me go lacks the p'jojo touch compared to his other ones, and from the beginning I've always chalked it up to him not being a writer for this show, which makes all the difference. in my opinion my issues with nlmg is not with the acting or chemistry, in fact I think they did a good job, or even the cinematography or the execution, but it's just that there's not much that stands out with this show. even though the plot sounds kinda crazy on paper, I never held my breath watching it or was shocked by the plot twists or anything. it was a nice show that I enjoyed watching, but tbh I've forgotten most of it already. even compared to the eclipse which I've given the same rating (8/10), I love the eclipse more & wanna rewatch it even though imo it's a more flawed show, whereas it's not the case for never let me go. as p'jojo's first bl show, I think it can feel a little lackluster. I hope we can get a bl show from him where he's both the screenwriter & director bc I believe it would be way more memorable!

xxx

[evyisaks]

Okay concept (how to add scenes and still make the movie be 2 hours)

The movie starts with the emails getting leaked and we get a news reporter talking about and also how this will be affect the election. We also get some of the letters being read out loud, and the scene ends with the "history, huh?" quote. THEN we cut to a scene which is "12 months before" or something, and we get Ellen bringing up a newspaper of cakegate. We also get a tiny flashback of the actual cakegate.

Then we could also get like a side by side of both Alex talking to Nora about how annoying Henry is, and then Henry talking to Bea about the same thing,

I think that this way it would like set the tone of how important these emails/texts are. Then I would actually cut the scene with them taking the photo and also the interview. I would instead want us to see a scene of Alex talking to Nora in which she reads tweets and articles about what the media is thinking about their interview.

So then idk..maybe keep the hospital and closet scene and Alex inviting Henry to the new years party.

After that I would just want to have a lot of emails back and forth, while we also see Alex working on campaign stuff. And instead of the scene between him and Zahra, I would have it be phone calls with Henry that can totally be voice overs during other scenes. Like Alex and Henry bonding time!! And this way we would like save screentime too.

Then we can keep the rest as it is, and if we need to save time then I would cut the Miguel storyline and have Alex being cut from the campaign when he tells his mom about Henry, and then have it be revealed later on that the leak came from the opposite team who hired someone to hack it.

And idk, I'm not a screenwriter or director or editor...and I don't know if I just made the movie be 4 hours but I think that we needed to see more of the emails/texts. We needed to see Alex also having something to lose. We also needed the "I want you-" "Then fucking have me" quote, and "You don't get to come here and call me a coward for it." Yup yup.

I also think that when the leak happened we should have first gotten Henry's scene and him standing up for himself and wanting to show the world the truth, and then cut to Alex's speech which again could have been a voice over during the election night...or something.

[winter-spark]

I know self-diagnosis is valid and that as you learn more you're okay to be like oh I was wrong it's actually maybe this and whatever but I'm a bit of a coward, or well I still don't want to insert myself in spaces that I don't might not belong in and I've always hated the idea of talking about things without 100% certainty/information but uh my possible {self-}diagnosis is sorta leaking into my writing. Or at least I'm doing things in my writing then later hearing about/being reminded of things and sorta going :o so I'm gonna write about that below. Somewhat a vent post I suppose.

So... Uh I guess, besides explaining my potential diagnosis, there's currently gonna be three parts of this. My personal series Letting Go, my A3! writing, and my Buddyfight writing. And there's gonna be a lot of uncertainty here so I apologize if it at all wastes your time but here I go.

Me:

So... I might be autistic. This is something my sisters and I have been looking into for a minute tbh. Like a couple years at this point. We've taken a few different tests and started somewhat watching informational videos on autism and diagnoses and stuff, and like signs are pointing to yea probably. but like, idk. We were gonna put a pin in it until we could move but we unpinned because it wasn't helping to have it pinned. But yea, I might be autistic. Things I've looked into less that I might also have(?) ADHD, AFRID, mild dyslexia, but I've gotta do more research and it's not really about those but I thought I'd throw them out because idk some times holding things in for too long turns them to rot. But anyway, since I've been doing research on autism I was thinking maybe possibly whether I am or not my main character, Miles, is. He's from my series

Letting Go:

Now, Miles, I projected to some extent on when I wrote him but also he's very different from me but none the less there's few things that I had that could be signs of autism and I was wondering how to add more because I did want to sorta write him as an undiagnosed autistic. So in my writing before the research was my movie for my Screenwriting classes. Things about Miles, from the earlier drafts:

He is kinda sensitive to too many sounds, especially voices, at once (trait from me), (it increases when he's in a nervous/panicked state idk if that has to do with anything but I wanted to clarify that)

His, maybe, special interest is space, namely Pluto (and maybe baking)

(I had to sorta look back at this when editing/setting up for version like 4/5 which became a tv series but) he's not always great with picking up what others are putting down socially (version 1 he did not realize that another character was legitimately romantically into him, he didn't realize that, now one of his best friends, was worried about him,) like you do have to be a bit more direct with him (but not as much as Leilani but that's a different point completely)

So like, I was like maybe I should give him more traits? Like like this isn't in order and I can't remember everything but I was like okay, I, maybe, have a chewing stim, maybe I should give that to him too. (I need to double-check what his mannerisms are omg) And I say maybe have a chewing stim because I don't know if it has another name but I know that sometimes I just need to chew on something, but I've sorta conditioned myself out of it because my mom didn't appreciate me chewing on my pajama clothes and my personal stapler broke(yes I used to chew on staples). So like you know maybe that.

But also maybe I was thinking I would line his sorta panic attack with an autistic meltdown. See a big point in the story is when at a party he ends up sorta panicking and running away then he just sits by himself at like a bus stop which is where his grandma finds him, but like I wasn't sure how to do that because I was doing research and I wasn't sure how to quite make that so and if the things around it were right(I didn't do this research recently I'm sorry I'm super blanking). but I was watching this video earlier by I'm Autistic, Now What? called The 4 Types of Autistic Meltdowns, and one she mentioned was leaving/running away. Which as I mentioned he does. And I think maybe I was worried about build up/triggers but now I'm thinking more about that and maybe there is enough.

Ugh I don't want to "spoil" it but like, he's an introvert, he's a homebody(sorta), he's never had that many friends, so this was his first time going to a party with a group of friends, a group of friends that almost immediately split up, and he ends up stumbling back into one of them, but he's a little conscious about his crush flirting with someone else at the party, then his old bully is there and is harassing him and keeps mentioning Miles being a momma's boy and this is sorta more sensitive because his mom is in the hospital at the time(not a spoiler that's the (omg I'm a terrible film student what do you call the event that triggers the rest of the story, sets it in motion that's what that is)). He steps away for like to seconds to talk a breath but when he returns it is being revealed that his mom is in the hospital and [redacted because it was originally a surprise bit of info but now I just don't want to reveal this because it is still sorta a spoiler] which sends him over the edge where he borderline starts shouting and then just darts out.

And like maybe that works? I don't know. What I also don't know is if I should've even included my

A3! writing:

See, after one of the high points of my research on autism I was looking at a lot of Itaru content stuff and sorta was like is... is Itaru Autistic? Now I don't make it a point to write him as such but Itaru has become one of the characters I for some reason feel need to project onto. So when I write him I do give him me-adjacent traits and looking at some things I'm a bit like hmmm, am I maybe writing him autistic?

See-- oh shoot I should have mentioned this in the me category, okay so I might be demi-romantic, demisexual. I'm not 100% sure but with the research I've done I figure that's possibly why of the very few crushes I had it took a while for me to be like "oh! I have a crush on this person!" like literally one of them I didn't come to the conclusion until I was trying that wellness with Steven Universe/Rebecca Sugar thing and one of the days was just write what comes to your mind and as I was doing my best to do that(my mind goes very fast but I had to have complete thoughts) I got to a point where I was talking about one of my best friends and I was like "yea it'd be cool if we were still close in the future and maybe lived together and then we could go on runs together and cook together and cuddle on the couch watching movies together" literally visualizing this future together and then and I don't even remember if I considered a peck or not but I was like "oh shoot Do I have a crush on him?"

Now you're probably like, what's this gotta do with Itaru and autism? Well see in one of my CitoIta fics I gave him that trait of not quite catching on until he gets to a certain point "oh shoot, do I like him romantically, what?" so I figured I was just making him demi-romantic. (Which he still could be idk) but anyway. I saw this post a couple months back that said that not being able to quite tell if it's platonic or romantic can be a neurodivergent trait. So what if I gave it to him as like a subconscious neurodivergent, mayhaps autism, thing, idk if he's written as autistic in this story tho. I was actually initially thinking about in my Apartments au, where he basically starts scripting his interactions with his friendly neighbor (a sorta of "Okay, if we run into each other again I we have a conversation, I can ask this, and if he mentions this I can mention this" type thing. Oh tho he slightly does that in the first one I mentioned not to the same extent but he does prep how to say a line(wording and delivery) if asked what he's doing.

And speaking of characters I project onto let's hop over to

Future Card Buddyfight Fics:

So the closest I personally have ever been to "kin"-ing a character was Kiri Hyoryu, and I simply mean this in a "I related to him so hard" way like he was me foreal, okay, obviously lots of differences but point is I was able to see myself in him. Before they completely ruined him for me, that's an essay I've already written and will write again. but not this essay. So of course I wrote Buddyfight but mainly Team Disaster fanfiction(they aged with me in my writing lol). Some are actually posted too. but like in my most recent unfinished work, I was really feeling that need to project onto him. So I gave him a... something. It was similar to what I experienced but somewhat different. And as I continued writing, a character who happened to be there was like "I want to be able to help if it happens again, what sorta thing helps, can I ask if that a panic attack or an anxiety attack."(he was planning on doing additionally research on them as a whole) & I went ":0". And tried to research them and figure it out but like I couldn't. And going back to the video I was watching on the types of Autistic Meltdowns, I don't know but I kinda think that maybe he had an autistic meltdown?

But like here's the thing, how am I doing that? I not once considered Kiri as autistic. Just like a character that was as me as I was gonna get. He had a hard time making lasting friendships partly because he moved a lot, and latched onto his person(s) and just wanted to know he'd be remembered by those he cared about. Sure he was a bit whiny, I got why people thought he was annoying but it made him more like me, because I got why. I felt his pain. Even if none of it was real.

And I never really thought me and Itaru were all that alike but I feel the need to project onto him at times, and just like adjacently, like that long post about CitoIta playing Kingdom Hearts, I promise you a lot of Itaru's faves are different from my but also close enough, like Itaru being a Kingdom Hearts fan is because I'm a Kingdom Hearts fan, and he's a twewy fan too because I'm a twewy fan, like he's a gamer how can I not? But also he's nothing like me even in those regards. Like I know he's a freaking Shoka fan in terms of Neo and that he played the og twewy back when it first came out. And he's legit a gamer, I'm hardly one.

And of course my own oc, who doesn't project at least a little on their ocs. I don't have a point here on him tho. All in all I'm just like yeesh. What am I supposed to do with this?

I was gonna say I might have to accept that I really am probably autistic but I'm still nervous about trampling on other's space, interjecting myself where I don't be long that I realized something. Accidents do happen, yada yada if it's three times it's a pattern I've written lots of characters and stories so it'd have to be more than three four times... Five, more than five times, shoot I forgot Retsu's also a scripter(still Bfight character). But like yea, I'll probably start rereading my works to see if there's anything more in there that suggests that I maybe give autistic traits to characters I write and I know the less I project onto a character the less I can count it maybe? Idk, but like I just think that maybe I've over reacting idk. Time will tell I guess. I just don't want to be wrong you know?

This I know is nothing solid, I've been writing this for nearly three hours(I'm at work but it is a slow-ish day) without looking at any really research and just vaguely using my memory to make points so I might even more so be wrong idk, idk, idk.

[rayatii]

Tagged by @notyouraveragejulie, here we gooooooo

1. Are you named after anyone?

Nope.

2. When was the last time you cried?

During a therapy session, nearly a month ago or so iirc. I was going through a relapse of my anxiety issues caused mostly by specific stuff I'd much rather not think about, and I was expressing how tired I was of all these relapses and feelings of anxiety and worrying every evening about whether I would be able to sleep, and my therapist encouraged me to cry my feelings out, which I did; by which I mean, I SCREAM-CRIED my feelings out to the point where half of myself was beyond my control (which she encouraged). Needless to say, it felt really good afterwards. (idk if I expected this to be that serious, but okay ig)

3. Do you have kids?

Nope. Still debating whether I do want to have one in the future tho. Otherwise, I'm a chorister/assistant in a kids choir, so I obviously work with the kids there.

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?

I love using humor as much as I can, so I sometimes use sarcasm when the situation calls for it.

5. What sports do you play/have you played?

Currently, I just do gym training stuff. Otherwise, the sports I have majorly played in my life are skiing, gymnastics, dance (ballet, and later Zumba), and tennis.

6. What’s the first thing you notice about other people?

Honestly, I don't know. It really REALLY depends on the person and situation. Maybe hair???

7. What’s your eye color?

Honey-brown.

8. Scary movies or happy endings?

What kind of question is this?? It looks like a HUGE stretch. Anyway, happy endings.

9. Any special talents?

As a documented thing, perfect pitch. Otherwise, I seem to be pretty proficient at things such as language learning and some other creative and intellectual stuff (yeah, sorry for stealing your answer, Savannah, I didn't know how to answer this without seeming arrogant 😅)

10. Where were you born?

Beirut, Lebanon.

11. What are your hobbies?

Writing, singing, playing music (usually piano nowadays; I haven't touched my violin in months), reading, learning, watching movies/TV shows, playing video games, wasting time of social media and/or YouTube...

12. Do you have any pets?

We have a dog, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named Otis. An absolutely lovable dumbass 🥰🥰

13. How tall are you?

About 1.69 meters (~5'5"??)

14. Favorite subject?

Theater, or anything language/literature related.

15. Dream job?

While I know the THINGS I want to do in life, I wouldn't say I have a dream JOB (maybe screenwriter, or anything film-related?)

*SIGH* Savannah, you have already tagged most of my mutuals, so I probably won't be even close to 15... ANYWAY, @jamietheunsuspiciousmelodicaman @blackseaxtc @revedebeatrice @todesboten anyone who wants to!!

[kurokoros]

Do you really think Steve will die? I want to stay positive, but you all make me physically sick with those posts. Death wouldn't be a satisfying end to his arc even if he dies a hero. Plus the whole Dustin grieving storyline could prevent Steve from dying because it's just too much and Dustin would do anything to protect him, so full circle moment. Idk I just don't want to see him dead and still hold on to the positives :/

Okay, so I'm going to start off by saying I in no way want Steve Harrington to die, and I'll be very disappointed if the writers go that route. That being said, I do think there's a distinct chance that if any characters are killed off in S5, it'll be Steve. S5 isn't even filming yet, so it's way too early to seriously speculate on who might die. No one can see death flags until the season is airing. Now, as a writer myself, and someone that's taken screenwriting classes, there are a few reasons that I think it would make more sense for Steve to die than other characters, namely: Steve is the perfect blend of fan favorite character and combatant/protector. This doesn't mean I actually think he'll die, it's all just speculation and meta.

Steve is very well loved by the fandom. A lot of the characters in Stranger Things are very well loved, but not all character deaths are created equal. I believe that, of the main characters, Steve's death would have the most potential to make the audience and the other characters grieve. I could do a bunch of analysis here, but I won't, all we need to know if that Steve's death would be extremely upsetting to fans of the show and would at the very least would devastate characters like Robin, Dustin, Nancy, and probably Max, Lucas, and Erica as well. Being a fan favorite automatically has setup for killing a character for an emotional moment, but it's also the final season of the series, so the Duffers wouldn't have anything to lose or risk by killing off Steve. Personally, I think Eddie's death had more emotional weight than it deserved to, and the scene would have made more sense if it was Dustin and Steve instead. To me, it seemed like they wanted to kill Steve in S4, but chickened out do to the potential of backlash. Same with the writers choosing to not kill Max.

On top of that, Steve is one of the characters that put themselves in harms way on a regular basis. Steve, Hopper, El, and Nancy are the series combatant characters. Of those four, I can't see the writers killing Nancy, and Hopper and El have already received fake out deaths. I could see El maybe dying in the final confrontation with Vecna (or whoever the final boss ends up being) because narratively the Upside Down and everything supernatural has to disappear for the series to have a neat ending, but I also think killing El off would be extremely cruel, so she'll probably just lose her powers again, if anything. ANYWAY. Steve is the melee fighter that's injured every season, with those injuries increasing in severity. S1 he's in a fistfight that he's able to walk away from. S2 he's in a brawl that leaves him unconscious. S3 he's tortured by Russian soldiers. S4 he's mauled by monsters. The only way to take things up a notch would by outright killing Steve or mutilating him in a way that can't be healed or just forgotten about in the next episode.

I also think that narratively the Duffers have no where for Steve to go, purely by their own writing faults. The Duffers aren't very good at fleshing out characters beyond their debut, so a lot of characters are just there with nothing to do. Steve doesn't really have a plot of his own, and the writers don't know what to do with him aside from romantic plotlines and continually rehashing the fact that he was an asshole in high school. This could be a reason to kill him off, but it wouldn't be very good from a writing sense. You don't kill off a character unless it provides an important beat in the story, or the character has had an otherwise complete and satisfying character arc.

Steve's death wouldn't be closure to his arc. The narrative has repeatedly punished him enough for being a jock and an asshole. And, as you said, it would be like rehashing Eddie's death in terms of how it would affect Dustin. Personally, that would deter me from killing off Steve, but I haven't been happy with the Duffers' writing since like mid-S2, so I keep my expectations low.

TLDR: I don't know if Steve will die. It depends on if the Duffers want to kill any main characters in the final season. If that's the route they choose to go, I think Steve could be a contender for character deaths just based on the fact that he's one of the series primary fighters. And if Steve does die, you'll be getting plenty of fix-it fics in your future.

[vapaus-ystavyys-tasaarvo]

....... the vibes, idk

Okay, I could probably explain it if I thought about it properly and watched everything again, but I think the big one is Valjean's characterisation

I mean there were definitely aspects of it in earlier English language adaptation too, but I think 1998 really solidified that edgy 90s antihero Valjean thing

I'm not saying Depardieu!Valjean is the same as Neeson!Valjean but he definitely resembles Neeson!Valjean more than he resembles say Ventura!Valjean who you'd think would be a bigger inspiration for French screenwriters

He doesn't resemble the classic Gabin or Baur either, the other obvious French influences (not mentioning 1972 because it's not a prominent adaptation and it's an oddity even among the French adaptations but Géret fits the general trend of French Valjeans too)

All the French Valjeans before Depardieu are very quiet, even laconic and they don't show much (if any) anger after the Petit-Gervais incident, Depardieu on the other hand has a temper and loves to debate people, which is an Anglo!Valjean trait

And which Anglophone adaptation came out two years before the Depardieu version?

Oh yeah and he also has the same sort of controlling father thing going on with Cosette, he goes into a rage when he finds out Cosette is in love etc.

I don't remember if that was something that happened in any adaptations before 1998 but I definitely remember it in 1998, it was a pretty prominent scene (and again, I think both the writers of 2000 and Andrew Davies are much more likely to have seen 1998 than something like 1952 which is the other one that kinda does this (also 52 is not nearly as openly angry with Cosette, he's only hostile to Marius) or something like 1948 (also I don't remember 1948 very well so I can't comment on it as much)

Does this make sense? idk, I could probably find more evidence but that would mean rewatching all of these and I don't want to xD

I was just watching the 1972 version of Les mis and it made me wonder if non-musical adaptations have been influenced by the popularity of the musical, especially when it comes to what the adaptation generally focuses on, what characters are cut and how certain key scenes play out. Because there, so many scenes are almost word for word the same as in the book but then you have things like the BBC adaptation which is. not very good. So it made me wonder if that may be some of the reason behind this. Does anyone who has watched more adaptations know if there is such an influence?

[inkstainedfanfics]

The proper ending for Dean Winchester would have Dean and Sam drinking beer while leaning on the hood of the car, recalling their hunts and how much has changed since Dean showed up and dragged Sam back into hunting. Dean admits he couldn’t be certain Sam would join, then breaks up the seriousness of the moment by making a corny joke. Sam rolls his eyes and finishes his beer then pats Dean on the back. Dean finishes his beer then hands Sam the empty bottle. Wishes him well with life and the coming kid. Another bad joke, but then Dean heads to the driver’s side. He watches Sam walk up to the house, wave on the porch, then head inside.

Dean gets in the Impala. Cas is in the passenger seat. Asks Dean if he’s really ready to leave. Dean starts the Impala. Puts his sunglasses on and cranks the radio. Says something cheesy about how they’ve got another monster to hunt and it’s not going to wait for them.

Cut outside the car. The tire kicks dirt and gravel. From the porch, Sam and his wife wave. The Impala spits a dust cloud in the air, revving, then shoots forward. It hits the highway with a squeal, then there’s nothing before it except the rising sun and open road. The end guitar solo and verse of Don’t Fear the Reaper or Carry on Wayward Son blares from the speakers and echoes through the countryside. We watch as the Impala fades into the distance, camera lingering on it until the iconic license plate is no longer distinct.

Fade to black. Credits. Etc.

Just...Dean and someone he cares about and the Impala and the open road. That’s how the story began. That’s how the story should’ve ended.

[aella-targaryen]

okay. so. how the fuck does Daemon move on and FUCK Rhaenyra on the beach. THE FUCK. I just. Idk how to feel, man. Help me understand how I can possibly not feel disgusting watching him kissing or loving Rhaenyra after he fucking is loving / doting on a pregnant, then dead Laena. Help me. I love this couple daemyra is my fucking jam. but man idk... I don't want to feel ick

Something bigger than Love.

Hi dear anon ! 👋

Well, I think it was the same situation as with Rhaenyra and Crispin, right?

Rhaenyra felt abandoned by the man she had always loved. To get rid of her loneliness she decided to sleep with Crispin despite the fact that just a moment ago Daemon had abandoned her. In addition, she developed a sincere fondness and affection for Crispin as a close friend.

Sometimes when we face the abandonment of someone we love, we accept the love of another person who wants to be by our side and in return we give them our gratitude, affection and why not? sometimes also our love. I think that happened to Daemon in those 10 years with Laena.

I think Daemon didn't abandon Rhaenyra. He just let her go. He let her make her own decisions, even though none of them included him.

I think when Rhaenyra left him he felt so empty that he married the first person who was willing to be with him.

I think he never stopped loving her, no matter how much love he felt towards Laena for having accompanied him all those years and for having given him two daughters. In the back of his mind , he always knew that he would have preferred to be with Rhaenyra, but circumstances never allowed it. .

Now the circumstances allow it because this time Rhaenyra wants be by his side no matter what . I think that in those 10 years Daemon regretted letting Rhaenyra go so easily and he doesn't plan to make the same mistake again. This time he is going to take all the moments he can with her without caring about his pain or his regret anymore. I think that's what we'll see in that scene.

I feel like what the screenwriters are trying to tell us with the beach scene is the following:

Daemon will always love Laena as his wife and as the mother of his children.

But I think that for Daemon, Rhaenyra is much more than a woman who can be his wife and future mother of his children.

Their bond goes beyond romantic love.

She is the woman he has loved all his life first as his niece then as a woman, she is the favorite child of his beloved brother, she is his legitimate future queen by respect of his brother's last will , she is the blood of the dragon, she is a reflection of himself but improved, she is the only one who shares his same desires, she is the perfect person to accompany him on his mission to defend and glorify his house,she is his accomplice and his defender, she is the person he would never betray .

[waynedunlaptheorgandonor]

oh thank god i didn’t have to wait until 8p

okay, here’s your 11b season premiere review. heavy spoilers under the cut, obviously, and as always, it is a stream of consciousness mess of unedited thoughts that is up to you to untangle. have fun:

i already know i’m going to get scenes out of order but i can only be the person that i am, sorry in advance

but anyway, our story starts off with our special effects crew having way too much fun in the CGI room making walkers explode. it’s like a rly rly rly grim fourth of july fireworks display

oh, and maggie is being chased by a reaper whose name i have already forgotten

carter? does that sound right?

who knows, but basically she gets away, she and negan meet back up, and go and hide, and negan, as he has literally since the start of this mission, is like “can we please, for the love of christ, go tf home?”

and maggie is like “nope, still got Mission(tm) left to complete!” 

TITLES!

pop over to alexandria real fast where judith and gracie are having the world’s worst pool party, and lydia, rosita, and that one chick who still wears the stupid kingdom outfit finally notice that they’re missing, but they’re busy trying to keep a horde of walkers from messing up the upstairs, so everyone’s in a bit of a bind

jump cut to daryl fighting some dude in what appears to be a classroom of some sort. they tussle, as boys do, and then daryl stabs him in the gut, and the guy looks SO offended. like “what?? how could you??” like. bruh. that was the whole point here

while daryl is busy suffocating the offended guy to death, leah knocks on the door and is like “[name i’ve also forgotten], are you in there?” (cue daryl strangling the dude a little faster)

daryl bounces just as leah breaks in and sees her dead buddy on the ground. she kneels at his side and says sorrowfully, “no more”

she is not correct

moving on!

i thiiiink it was gabriel’s scene next?

i don’t know for sure, but also i want to talk about it so i don’t care, let’s get into it

gabriel bursts into a room where that creeply reaper priest happens to be (convenient, mb it was god’s divine intervention and/or the screenwriters)

creepy reaper priest is like, “aww, bud, you aren’t gonna kill me. god told me!” to which gabriel is very hilariously like, “um exCUSE ME? god talks to YOU? you’re not even cute, why would god want to talk to a basic bitch like YOU?”

or something, i may be paraphrasing, but you get the gist

anyway, creepy reaper priest tells gabriel that he’s doing god’s mission, and he thinks the reapers are all swell dudes, and he knows for a fact that gabriel won’t kill him or anyone else, bc The Lord won’t allow it”

this is when gabriel and i had a little side conversation

now, gabe and i have not always gotten along. i HATED that motherfucker for at least a solid three seasons, and then fell into a moderate indifference, with vague disgust that the writers thought he deserved someone as hot and badass as rosita

but i told gabe. i told him, “if you just kill this fucker right now, i will let you keep having sex with rosita and only be slightly disgusted by it”

and for a second there

just one fleeting moment

there was doubt

and then yeah, he just fucking stabbed the creepy reaper priest in the gut and was like “GUESS GOD’S PHONE LINE JUST OPENED UP, HOE!”

again, paraphrasing 

jump back over to alexandria, or maybe this was before gabriel’s scene, who cares, time is a lie, but a-a-ron, carol, connnie, kelly, jerry, and i think magna are in the barn trying to figure out how to make the windmill stop being on fire so the entire town doesn’t get irreparably destroyed, when a-a-ron hears gracie’s Panic Whistle and kicks into Dad Mode and rushes off to the rescue, telling the others to, “idk man, figure it out!”

back at the world’s worst pool party, gracie and judith are not doing great, but a-a-ron jumps in and saves them both by hoisting them up and out the window, like the mfing boss that he is

but that leaves no one to hoist a-a-ron, so suddenly he’s the only girl left at the party, whuh oh

not for long tho! bc soon a shitton of walkers join him!

it was actually very stressful and much better cinematography than the CGI trigger happy dudes at the beginning

i definitely got my scenes mixed up bc this happened in jump cuts, but to finish it out, a-a-ron climbs to the ceiling and clings to it, and then lydia shows up and is like “dude wtf??” and helps him out

huzzah! a-a-ron lives to be a wholesome badass another day

also ig the windmill stopped being on fire? idk i wasn’t paying close enough attention

back in reaperville, maggie, negan, and elijah are fighting maybe-carter in a hallway. it’s a close fight, but they get the upper hand bc negan found a giant bell and knocked the dude out with it

sure

maggie’s about to kill the dude, but daryl shows up and is like “no wait!” and they’re all like “no, this dude’s trash, why would we save him??” and daryl’s like ‘hostage time!”

so they rendezvous with leah, mb-carter all tied up, and daryl has yet another fruitless attempt at telling a rly angry woman to let bygones be bygones and mb no one else has to die

leah isn’t having it

she has a sniper try and take them out, except...wait a minute...that’s not a reaper at the sniper...is that...?

GABRIEL CONTINUES TO BRING THE HEAT THIS EPISODE!

i was proud of him!

negan was also delighted 

leah has no choice but to relent and agree to daryl’s terms, which were that he’d let them all go as long as they never crossed paths again

they start to leave

except daryl made a crucial mistake, which is that maggie is a rly angry woman with a high kill count who is on a huge revenge streak rn, and honestly idk how daryl could forget this after spending two seasons chasing carol around begging her to stop torturing people in the basement and blowing up caves, but i digress

point is, maggie kills everyone but leah

she gets her in the shoulder, and daryl goes after her, but not for any romantic reason. she’s hiding and he’s basically like, “this was fucking stupid. go away or i’ll kill you,” and then he returns to the group

lol, i was just thinking “what happened after that,” but HOW COULD I FORGET??

maggie goes back to the church! to look for skyrim npc alden!

bad news tho!

skrym npc alden is now skryim dead-pc alden

maggie sobs while holding his dead walker corpse. presumably out of joy

also yada yada negan shows up while she’s burying alden and tells her “you murdered all those people out of revenge, and like, you don’t suuuper like me, so i’m not feeling like this is really such a safe place anymore for me to live my truth, so i’m gonna bounce”

so ig negan’s gone off on an adventure

here’s hoping we don’t have ANOTHER negan bottle episode 

mb he and leah will go shack up and he’ll give her the many venereal diseases i’m sure he contracted from alpha

ok recap is getting long, highlights:

gabe and daryl talk faith. it’s fine

daryl gets dog back. good!

carol and jerry are waiting at the tower at alexandria when they return, and they’re kind of like “yay, but also like...didn’t you guys leave with like fifty other people, why are there only four of you?”

daryl goes on a hug fest with the kiddos, carol, and connie

for those of you who are concerned for whatever reason, the hug was exactly what you would expect two good friends to share after one friend thought the other one died in a terrifying cave explosion

for ppl who want to do a little bit of analyzing that may be on the cusp of taking things too seriously, it is worth at least noting that they cut to carol’s expression right after the hug, and carol is explicitly in the frame when daryl is talking to connie

do with that what you will

OKAY MAGGIE BACKSTORY FUCKING OVER THANK GOD

TIME FOR THE FUN SHIT!!!

stormtroopers show up at alexandria, accompanied by eugene

eugene does a nice little introductory speech for lance, who steps up in his nice fancy suit and is like “good evening ladies and gentlemen, have i got a wonderful opportunity for you!”

then it literally cuts to carol, daryl and maggie standing there with identical :\ expressions. beautiful. exactly the dynamic i was hoping for

it then jump cuts to six months later, where we see maggie at hilltop facing off with Stormtrooper Daryl, which, as you know, is the daryl that lives rent free in my brain at all times now

this isn’t a permanent time jump, we’re going to see what happens in between obvi, but we got a fun li’l teaser

they also had the trailer for next episode, and BRUH. FINALLY. FUCKING. COMMONWEALTH. IS. THE. HOT. TOPIC.

that single teaser trailer gave me more serotonin than the entirety of the reaper arc

it also starts off with caryl talking, so yes, our babes are getting back together and are going to be exploring this strange new world together, and i hope that it is MISERABLE for them there

and what if they have scenes with princess??

am i...excited? 

am i...looking forward to a walking dead arc for more than just caryl?

see, that’s why i stan kang. if she can make commonwealth as good as she made the whisperers and have me be invested for more than just whether or not daryl and carol are fucking then i know she must know what she’s doing

not to say that my main focus isn’t daryl and carol fucking

which i hope they do

after they dismantle capitalism 

whew buddy, i am hype

i should probably be less hype, just in case it’s terrible, but at the very least i know i get to see princess again soon and carol in that hot flannel, and those two things alone are enough to sustain me for quite a while

last thing i’ll say is that in the little post-episode thing with kang, she literally didn’t even MENTION leah and daryl’s relationship

didn’t come up for a second

and she is clearly so much more interested in commonwealth. i genuinely think she’s over the reapers too, bc what they have set up for commonwealth is going to be fun as hell

at least here’s hoping

god this is so long, my laptop battery is almost dead and i need to go put shelter laundry in the dryer, what am i doing with my gd life

ok

sign-off time

stay hype, stan kang, and get daryl to go down on carol for five hours straight 2k22,

-diz

[scoobydoofenshmirtz]

#i think history is the only thing that makes sense bcuz if he had majored in ANY of those other options. we'd fuckin know about it#he'd be insufferable imagine pol sci or psych or GOD FORBID philosophy.... oh he'd be so fucking annoying about it#anyway history also makes sense as to how he knows so much random shit that you would not learn in any of those other subjects#(history) lore boy before law boy ya know#spn#i also feel the need to add i have no fucking idea what pre-law is supposed to mean#like. idk. you can just... take... law......#do y'all not have law majors/degrees in america? anyway

Okay you make very good points I have met philosophy majors lol.

But as to your question about what pre-law actually is, well, it's kind of nothing. There's (as far as im aware) literally no such thing in the US as a "pre-law" major. It's more what people say when they intend to go to law school after undergrad or sometimes schools will have pre-law advising or course suggestions but it's not a defined course of study or major. I don't know how it got into Hollywood as a major, maybe it was at some point? But yeah law schools here don't really require any specific major or classes, it's more about your grades and your skills. The majors I listed above (plus criminal justice which isn't available at Stanford) are the most common for law students but really you can major in pretty much anything. My friend who recently graduated from one of the top law schools in the nation with a tax law specialty studied psychology and Italian (how we met) in undergrad and she got a huge scholarship because she had excellent grades, recommendations, LSATs, etc. If you've ever seen Legally Blonde, they kind of make a joke about Elle studying fashion merchandising, but with her GPA and LSATs it would be totally be realistic for her to apply to top law schools. Really from what I understand, law school is just so completely different in what you learn and how you learn it to undergrad that your major doesn't really matter. Any lawyers can back up or refute that but that's at least what I've heard.

Now I'm curious how it works in other countries. My only point of reference is that Dan Howell was going to study law at university 😂 so I assume the UK has undergrad law courses but I don't know about any other countries.

Sorry to go off on such a long explanation but I am endlessly fascinated by the things movies and tv get wrong about college especially considering plenty of screenwriters went to college and also just how different my college experience at an urban public university was vs the idealized serene colleges in most movies.

Sam college major-popular pre-law edition*

*note that pre-law is not actually a major pretty much anywhere (maybe at some school somewhere but ive never actually seen it as a major). These choices are all based on some of the most popular majors for law schools students and i only included options available at Stanford (so no criminal justice).

Also leave in the notes/comments your alternate ideas. I'd like to make another poll with some wildcard suggestions.

[beepboop358]

hii

okay im so definitely overthinking this but it's fun to overthink sometimes, just in case yknow

idk if someone overthought this thing before but, i was looking on netflixuk in instagram and saw this post of the 1st of October (I can't put pictures here but it was a calendar of what movie to watch each day of October from the 1st to the 31st)

And when I saw it I realised Fear Street Part one is on day 11

and it could literally be nothing at all, or just be because Fear Street and Stranger Things are kind of connected, what with one of the duffers being married to the director and part of the st cast being in fs. But, -and this is a stretch, a big one-, my first thought when I saw this was how Fear Street Part One is the only part that has the concept: two girls in love but one of them is in a heterosexual relationship because "I was scared of this, of us, of me", hidden in heteronormativity for a bit. And Eleven (I am absolutely not comparing Eleven to Peter in any way btw, I'm only compairing the concepts) just so happens to be the girl Mike's dating when possibly he's in love with another boy who's also in love with him.

Ik I'm overthinking, and they probably did it for either no reason or the first reason, but still a fun thought.

Hey anon!

I don't think you're overthinking this at all! You are 100% onto something!

Here'a pic of the chart you're referencing:

There's 2 ideas in this movie that would relate to this idea:

1. The movie begins with Deena begins by hating on her ex, Sam. Sam's gender/sex is never stated, but once we see Sam on screen, it's clear Sam is not a man, and Deena is not straight. The "Sam" Deena is talking about, is a girl.

They're basically being like, 'HA! you just assumed Sam was a man and Deena is straight because Sam could be a boy or girls name, but you just assumed Sam was a boy because Deena is a girl, gotcha!' (not an actual quote LOL) They're exposing the audience's heteronormativity - some people may say it was a twist, and others will actually realize they are calling out viewer's who just automatically assumed Sam was a man and Deena was straight, through that scene.

I had the opportunity to meet the screenwriter of Fear Street, who co-wrote with Director Leigh Janick (who is married to Ross Duffer) and he very briefly spoke about the idea of heteronormativity being exposed in the beginning of the movie, and how it was intentional.

Stranger Things does the same thing in a lot of ways. They have Mike and El, two people in heterosexual relationship that is littered with queer subtext, but because Mike and El are a boy and a girl, people refuse to believe Mike is gay. They're also exposing the audience's heteronormativity.

Putting Fear Street Part One on day 11 fits perfectly with this theme because it's the name of Mike's "girlfriend", Eleven. He's dating El when he's gay and in love with Will.

2. Fear Street and ST both have gay characters hiding in heterosexual relationships, when they are really gay. (Sam and Mike)

Mike dates El and in turn he gets a cover for his sexuality, because in a heterosexual relationship, no one would assume he is gay, and Sam dates a man as a cover for her sexuality as well, for the same reasons.

The quote you bring up is really poignant and describes this idea of hiding in heterosexual relationships perfectly! "I was scared of this, of us, of me" - and that's why Same dates a man, just like why Mike dates El.

This isn't the first time they've used the number 11 to hint to mike being gay (pic is not mine):

LOL

[heretherebedork]

Senpai show. I Adore this little thing. A lot stuff make no make sense. 2nd embarrassment was here yeap. I am sure if the screenwriter had worked harder on it or it it's not mbs show this drama would be love by mamy. such a missed opportunity. many things were great some trophs and most of all actors. Oh they are 👌chemistry between lead on and off screen 🔥I know that this is an average series (in something way) but the level of criticism /toxic in bl watcher community is.. disproportionate I suspect that one.od other reason of this is this Japan bl. If this was idk thai one people will be more open

We trend Demand. Japanese give US life change show only. Antything less is meh

I will be sad without it. This give me a lot Happiness and this is the most important. Also this show is first time i prefer show when most of people dislike it.

Next JBL is on October for me

I'm very glad you loved it so much. It was definitely cute and, even if it didn't work for me, I can see how it would work for other people.It's definitely meant to be lighter and more humorous.

Now, as we know, I am oblivious to chemistry so I have no idea and I definitely think that counting off-screen chemistry is a misstep for any show. I truly, truly believe that we need to stop talking about off-screen chemistry entirely because it's lead to so many toxic fans and toxic ways to talk about actors. Is it important? Maybe. But I find it deeply uncomfortable to talk about because I've seen how people talk about it.

I do not wander into tags or most fandom discussion so I have no idea about the toxic elements but... all shows will get criticism. And all shows should get criticism, no matter what some fans might say or think about certain shows. Shows will always have criticism, nothing is perfect for everyone, no matter how good. But there is also a huge, huge, huge difference between toxic and critical. Heck, the most toxic BL I know is toxic because no one can be critical without being attacked. So the idea of lumping toxic and critical fans is not one I like.

Am I a critical fan? Yes. I think the time skip at the end was very poorly handled and left me feeling like the characters had, if anything, become less mature over their time apart. But can I see how cute it could be? Sure. I write my own criticism because I think it's important to share thoughts, both good and bad, about shows.

But, also, yes. There's going to be a difference about how most people, including myself, view Japanese BL versus Thai BL. Just like there's going to be differences between viewing Korean BL and Thai BL or Taiwanese BL and Korean BL or Thai BL and Vietnamese BL! Every country has their own industry, their own style, their own expectations. And that does mean that shows are going to be judged differently.

Japan has a thriving and wealthy film industry in which BL is a niche. We get a few shows, they tend to be good to amazing, and thus a good show is going to get more criticism because we're holding them up to higher standards. Thailand makes so much BL most people can't keep up with their output. They range from abysmal to mediocre to good to amazing to trashy to high budget to low budget to no budget. Thailand has a different scale than Japan because they're different countries with different output and different styles and different expectations and that's important to keep in mind when talking about shows (@absolutebl has some awesome posts comparing the different country styles, from serious to humorous ((I love the one about dating them, okay? Shut up.)) and they've definitely talked about this.)

But I'll also be clear that I don't need Japanese shows to change my life. I just feel like Senpai struggled with tone and character. It was perfectly fine in the end, enjoyable, and I'm glad it brought you so much joy.