#joong chen

[jojotichakorn]

the mental image of joong archen aydin seeing someone make a slightly inaccurate aesthetic board for his character and that character's love interest, promptly sit down to quote-tweet that board with his own board that he presumably already had on hand or had to spend time compiling, and then go "wait a moment, just so y'all don't make the same fucking mistake with the other characters, here is an accurate aesthetic board for them as well". i love him.

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joong archen icons

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[swywbes]

EVERYONE, LIFE UPDATE RIGHT HERE.

my mom started to follow PAVEL and we watched all of the boys journey eps🙏🏼

but she only watched the 10th and 13th episodes of pit babe, idk how to tell her pb has a mpreg breeding stuff and the 'papa mama' thing lol 😂

every fckn time I call her mama CHARLIE COMES TO MY MIND. PLS SEND HELP

and... she... knows... what... is... the... omegaverse... but... idk... how... to... tell... her... 😖

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[airenyah]

HELP????????? i can't even remember if i've ever typed out joong's full twitter handle but apparently i must have bc how the fuck does my phone come up with this suggestion?????????

[koko-na-d]

Everytime - Descendants of the sun - 태양의 후에 -

EXO's Chen (첸) & Punch

[dilebe06]

My Top Male Characters of 2023

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[yannig]

Favorite kiss tag game

Rules: create a poll with five of your all time favorite onscreen kisses, setting any standard for qualification you choose. Then tag more friends to join in!

Tagged by @negrowhat, thanks a lot, I always love to play!

I love these games because they force me to have opinions. I did not have favorite kisses starting these. Now I do. Took me a while and a whole evening of re-watching scenes but here we are. I'm probably a bit too ace for this one but I had fun scratching my brain.

Vegas & Pete (KinnPorsche)

This one? Yes, for a few reasons. Because I'm a sucker for a happy ending, for one. Because it's the first time they kiss as equals, also. And because I love this scene as a whole, the way it ties so many things together.

Also hands. I'm a sucker for kisses with hands on faces and napes, and we absolutely get that here.

And bonus Macau, because his inclusion is half of why I love this scene. You cannot have Vegas without Macau and Pete knows and understand that. And because I love this shot so fucking much but couldn't find a gif of the kiss that included it.

Nicky & Joe (The Old Guard)

Is The Old Guard a QL? Nope. But Nicky and Joe were the first that came to my mind when trying to come up with favorite kisses of mine, and it's still queer so.

It's a great kiss punctuating what I consider to be one of the greatest love declarations of cinema as a whole, and also maybe the scene that convinced me to watch the movie. I love it, I love them, and I much as I love that movie as a whole, this is still my favorite scene.

No hands this time because, well, they're handcuffed.

Zo & Joke (Hidden Agenda)

I did not finish Hidden Agenda. I was either bored or cringing, and decided that Joong's smile and the promises of a good kiss were not enough reasons to inflict this show on myself.

But this is the kiss that made me want to watch the show in the first place, so I thought it deserved its place here.

Also: that hand. Perfect.

Sky & Prapai (Love In The Air)

This is the "when you're ready i'll propose to you" kiss. I love it, it's so soft and tender, the lightning is perfect.

Prapai and Sky had quite a few heated kisses, but this one is my favorite for how settled it is. There is no rush, no stress, no urgency; just love and tenderness. They're progressively getting settled into their relationship, getting more secure in their love for each other, and I think this kiss reflects that perfectly.

LITA was also my first Thai BL and the show that actively got me into QLs. I have a lot of affection for these two.

And I love the way Sky is holding Pai's face.

Ai Di & Chen Yi (Kiseki: Dear To Me)

Choosing my favorite kiss for these two was a conundrum. They have so many significant moments! I ended up going for the moment they actually get together.

In part because I love narrative parallels, and the whole scene leading up to this is a replica of interactions they've already had, but going differently, for Chen Yi to show that he's changed, that he sees Ai Di now.

In part because these fucking lights. This show loves vibrant artificial lights for this couple and this is certainly a moment.

In part because once again, I appreciate the dept, the slowness, the time to savor finally getting what you've been waiting for for years.

I just love this kiss.

I don't know who to tag, who hasn't done it already. No pressure tags: @bengiyo, @befuddledcinnamonroll, @heretherebedork, @absolutebl, @bl-bracket

If you haven't been tagged and want to play, take this as a free tag!

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'chen foundation' all I heard was joong archen (I am clinically insane)

[jojotichakorn]

✨️.

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[easeitbabe]

Meanwhile,

WHAT DOES CHEN THINK HE’S DOING??!

I’m ngl I wasn’t very attracted to the idea of a lot of bl actors for a lot of reasons, I need a tangible thing for me to feel anything towards any of them, I like the ships but as people, it becomes difficult to understand them as a solo artist which is why I never understood or was interested in a lot of them as solos but then I saw Chen at the Chato Studio event in July and Dunk was a bit late so there was no me seeing them as a pair but I did see Joong, as an artist. A solo one and not because he’s part of a BL ship and it was kinda drawing me in. Although the spell broke when Dunk joined and I was all fangirling over them as a BL ship.

That slightest bit of intrigue that I developed in those 30 minutes of seeing just Joong on his own led me to join his channel and follow him on Instagram. Now, I don’t usually do that because there are just too many BL ships out there I like and if I end up following everyone of them I’d lose my shit. Besides, I don’t really have the mental bandwidth to do it.

So anyways, I followed him and I was constantly updated with his stories and posts and messages or pictures he sneaked into his channel and it kind of formed this whole new idea of Joong as a person on his own and past the whole being part of a ship I liked and lately… probably since I saw the post of “The Catcher in The Rye.” in his post or maybe way before that when he posted a photo of him in glasses. That picture, I’m still obsessed with btw. Here’s the picture:

And not long after that came

Mind you, I never thought I’d say this but I have a crush on Joong. Like a crush crush. Like I’m very selective over who I like, even in the industry. In general, I love everybody. But I see something here, in Chen, in his personality. I know it’s not all of him but, it’s there. Something that truly draws me in. Like I don’t really know how to say it. He seems like a real genuine person. Honest. Kind. Cute.

Now I’m just rambling, he’s like the perfect person but also not that perfect but he gives off that perfectly well balanced kind of my type person. Mind you, I don’t really know my type.

And then he- ugh I’m just sounding delusional now.

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Hana Yori Dango-Boys Over Flowers & Meteor Garden

2nd Male Lead

Admittedly this is one of my favorite stories. Yes, it's toxic af but I love every version listed here and every interpretation of the 2nd Male Lead. As I already did a post on the ML (Male Lead) & FL (Female Lead) Let's Meet all versions of the man that turned the head of the female lead before the Male Lead stole her heart. With out further ado the 2nd Male Lead

Number 1: Meet the very first live 2nd Male Lead Hanawaza Rui. The year was 1995. The country was Japan where the story originated. And it was a movie version. Unknown and not very popular I still respect it. Hanawaza Rui was played by NAOHITO FUJIKI

Number 2: Meet the very first series version 2nd Male Lead Hauze Lei. The year was 2001. The country was Taiwan. A name change to METEOR GARDEN. A very success series with 19 episodes and a sequel. Hauze Lei was played by VIC ZHOU.

Number 3: Meet the 1st Series Version from Japan. The Year was 2005. Hana Yori Dango (now called by its loose translation BOYS OVER FLOWERS) followed by Hana Yori Dango Returns and a movie finale. The 2nd Male Lead was back to Hanazawa Rui and he was played by OGURI SHUN

Number 4: Meet South Korea's version of the 2nd Male Lead. And he was a prettyboy. Absolutely gorgeous like the rest. Korea named it's version Yoon Ji Hoo. He came closer to the anime with his hair color. Giving the 2nd Male his own spin and it was successful as the others. Yoon Ji Hoo was played by KIM HYUN JOONG

Number 5: The year was 2018 and China remade Meteor Garden so our 2nd Male Lead went back to Hauze Lei. A remake of Taiwan's version. Again with the hair color choice he highly resembled the anime 2nd Male Lead like the Japan Series and South Korea. This gorgeous version of Hauze Lei was played by DARREN CHEN

Now everyone of these gorgeous guys played the 2nd Male Lead with charisma and charm. All brought their own version brilliantly. Choosing a favorite is virtually impossible because I love them all. Although the 1995 movie version is less known even he was good to me. Even though that version was more satire. I respect his portrayal.

To be honest I did not watch these in order, my interest in Asian entertainment came late as I am from the United States of America. But I've always strayed away from American TV not rejecting it but adding to it. My first introduction to this story was the South Korean one. I adored Lee Min-Ho and his F4 so I then watched his series THE INHERITORS on Netflix (HEIRS) but I later learned there were more versions of Boys Over Flowers so I watched Meteor Garden 2018. I loved Dylan Wang and Shancai and their version but it didn't take away from adoring Lee Min-Ho and the South Korean version. The I watched Hana Yori Dango (the anime) then I watched the 2005 version with Jun Matsumoto. Different from Lee Min-Ho and Dylan Wang but still excellent. One wasn't better than the other. They all shined in their individual interpretation. Then I finally saw Jerry Yan as Daoming Si. And yes Different than the others but just as powerful. I found my favorite in all of them. You gotta understand these were done in different times and eras. And in their time they each ruled as F4 and the poor girl that came and changed their lives. And they changed her. Later I did see the 1995 movie version and thought it was so far fetched but again it was a different time, so I loved it for being the 1st. It set the tone. Each adaptation brought something new. Stepping it up not being better but being exceptional as well in its time.

So, I can't choose a favorite. I LOVE ALL OF THESE ADAPTATIONS.

Hats off to all the Hanazawa Rui, Hauze Lei and Yoon Ji Hoo.

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