#maybe I will rewatch it someday and I'll finish the show

[destiel-wings]

260. damon salvatore | THE VAMPIRE DIARIES

[pagesofkenna]

I think I may have already posted about this, but I went through all my digital files a while back to see what I could find of my old NaNoWriMo projects, and theres two books completely missing and one I can only find half of

and I know that this isn't how the human brain works but it feels like all of the projects I have full files of, I can remember. If not all the details then at least the main gist of how those stories went. but the files that are missing digitally feel like they're also missing from my brain. I remember writing them but I do not remember what happens in them

[duhragonball]

Next Steps

I finished watching all the Evangelion stuff that I had planned, but I find myself still trying to figure things out about the show. I planned to be done with NGE in April, but it's becoming clear that it's not done with me.

Yesterday, I was talking about this Folding Ideas video from 2013. That was back when Dan Olson was still doing the puppets, but I had seen the video before and purposely avoided it, because it was about Evangelion and I didn't want to get spoiled. The video offered some insightful commentary on EoE, but it also pushed the "Anno's Revenge" theory of the movie, and from what I've read on fan wikis, it seems to have been mostly discredited? I think? It could just be that the wiki editors have an agenda, but I suspect that agendas were what led to the "revenge" theory in the first place. Having two endings to the same story will invariably split the fandom. Each side prefers one ending over another, and they're naturally going to push theories to explain why the other ending exists.

Also, the fan wikis aren't always aligned with themselves. That's Lilith up at the top of this post, and I've read two different versions of what that thing is on her face.

It's a mask that was placed on her face when she was strapped to that cross by SEELE. That's why it bears the SEELE coat of arms: seven eyes over a triangle.

It's Lilith's face, or if it's a mask, it's her mask, originally. SEELE's coat of arms was inspired by Lilith's appearance.

This would just be an interesting bit of trivia, except there's two contradictory explanations here, and that leads me to wonder if both of them are bullshit someone made up on the fly. When I first saw the character, I assumed those craters on the "mask" were meant to resemble the moon, but one of the wiki articles I read suggested that it was just wear and tear on the surface, which sounds kind of cheap.

I could probably get to the bottom of a lot of these things, but it would take time that I don't have. I'm starting a re-read of Jojolion next week. The more I think about it, Neon Genesis Evangelion demands a deeper dive, and I'll have to do my homework and rewatch the whole thing now that I know how it ends.

This is probably just as well, since I did want to go through the Rebuild movies. There's four of them and I own the third on Blu-ray, so I might as well see it through. Mostly, I kept wondering when Asuka would get her eyepatch in the original series, and it never happened. Turns out that's a Rebuild thing. So there's still pop culture landmarks that I've yet to see.

The more I think about it, the more I begin to see that the true appeal to this thing is trying to make sense of it. People have called End of Evangelion the greatest animated film of all time, but that's crap. It's not even the best film with a Toei logo and characters who strangle each other.

I mean, it's no shame losing to the best, but let's be real here.

So the fascination clearly lies with the analysis. Watching the show was just the first step into a larger world. I wasn't prepared for that, but I can't just turn back either.

What I'm saying is that I'll return to this someday. I need to bone up on some of these commentaries, and try to sort fact from guesswork, and then see how far I've come. Then again, it's 2024 and I'm still touting Transformers the Movie as a cinematic masterpiece, so maybe I've been standing in place for four decades in a row. Well, I didn't need to look up why Grimlock is awesome, so not everything has to be so damn enigmatic...

[zyrafowe-sny]

writing ask game: 16 and 19!

from this ask game

16. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever used as a bookmark?

Umm... It has been A While since I've regularly read physical books (mostly read on Libby/other phone apps these days), but I've done the usual random scraps of paper in the past.

When I was a kid obsessed with Narnia in elementary school, I made special friendship bracelet bookmarks for my set that matched the colors of the covers. Some might still exist at my mom's.

I also remember buying bookmarks that looked like castle tapestries.

19. Tell me a story about your writing journey. When did you start? Why did you start? Were there bumps along the way? Where are you now and where are you going?

When I was a kid, I loved stories and reading and daydreaming and playing pretend (mostly on my own, as others aged out of it). I enjoyed my elementary school creative writing assignments, and started writing poems and stories in my free time too. That continued through high school, and around high school I also got into fanfic (mostly as a reader, but I wrote fan poems, short snippets, and a ficlet/one shot or two that I never shared with anyone else).

In early college, I finally posted a tiny bit of fanfic (on website that thankfully no longer exists), but I had an unfinished WIP that hung over my head for years and years. (It wasn't even that long a story! It just became an impossible task.)

And then there was over a decade of basically nothing. I wrote for college/grad school and for work, but papers, memos, PowerPoints, emails, etc. are not exactly creative writing.

The Owl House rewired my brain, as they say. It started out as a show I started watching mid 2022 while folding laundry, but in October 2022 I started bingeing in earnest. I was still finishing Season 2B when Thanks to Them dropped, but once I caught up... oooph. Immediate rewatch. I read some fanfic, but for the first time in over a decade, I was itching to write. I started with one drabble — 100 words seemed like a realistic goal — which turned into a drabble sequence. Then I posted a one shot a few days later, then another one shot, and... After having an AO3 account with zero posted words of my own from August 2013 to mid October 2022, I now have over 50k up and more in drafts.

These days, I consider myself a fanfic writer in it for the long haul. I know that life responsibilities/health/etc may interfere with writing from time to time, but I've found my way back before and I am confident that I can do it again. I am a little anxious about having multiple multi-chapter WIPs up on AO3 — there was a reason I initially intended to stick to one shots/one shots in series — but fanfic writeblr helps immensely. When in doubt, I write drabbles.

I am in zero rush to focus on writing original fiction, but I have decades of life yet. Who knows — maybe I'll write a short story collection or a novel someday for fun, but I'm not nearly as passionate or dedicated (or talented!) as my friends/acquaintances who are writing/making art professionally. That's where I am with music too — I love being part of a community choir and I hope music will always be a part of my life, but it's a hobby. And as much as I desperately wish we supported full-time artists better, I also wish more people could just "dabble" in creative/artistic endeavors (time and money being big gatekeepers for hobbies too).

[sticks-and-souls]

20 Questions for Writers

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

Only 5. Some of y'all write so fucking fast.

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

19,583

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Basically just star wars, and within that, just The Clone Wars (but in my defense, that is a highly diverse universe). But I daydream around whatever media I'm consuming so if something sticks, I may write it (like Loki).

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Lmao, all five that I've written! But Battle Scars (star wars) and Moribund (loki) are basically tied in first place with each other.

5. Do you respond to comments?

Listen, I get really in my head about it. Like the answer is "yes" but also if it's been too long....then I feel like it's too late (RIP all comments for the 2nd chapter of Battle Scars). But comments are the BEST and I always appreciate it when an author responds to comments that I leave for them.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Ha! Moribund.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Off Duty?

8. Do you get hate on fics?

No, thank god. I don't know what I'd do.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Not....yet........

10. Do you write crossovers?

No but I have read some especially good ones.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I'm aware of?

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Not that I'm aware of? Seems unlikely.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

No, but I think it would be rad. If @mithrandirl ever wanders back to star wars I feel like we could create something great.

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

Spuffy. The older I get the less I believe in "there's only one perfect person for you" and I'm much less rigid about who I ship characters with. But Spuffy hit me before that time and even in rewatches of the series there is something so deeply intimate in the way Buffy and Spike understand each other, validate their strengths and weaknesses, and complement one another in the best way possible for the lives that they're living.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I don't have time for your naysaying! I will finish them all if I have to live to be 200 to do it!

16. What are your writing strengths?

Having my characters feel very true to character, I think? And dialogue maybe?

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Dude, I am so fucking slow at writing. My quality/speed relationship is a steep negative line.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

Does it strengthen the writing, the story, or the characters?

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Before I realized that formulating entire stories in your head, and revisiting them over and over again until they're memorized, even if you never actually write it down still counts as writing (to me), Artemis Fowl.

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

That's been posted? Battle Scars, but let the record show that Wa(te)r Born holds a very special place in my heart. I am deeply proud of the writing that I did there despite it being only 500 words.

But ultimately, my unpublished foxiyo fic is where my heart lies. Hopefully someday soon I'll start posting.

This is my extreeeeemely late response to @mithrandirl 's tag. I'm sitting at home sick so I'm not up for writing (is my excuse and I'm sticking with it) but I AM up for talking about writing. Tagging @ladysongmaster, @ninjigma, @captainlaurence, and @grave-cupcake, but if you write things consider this an open tag <3

[withingerly]

dramas I watched in 2023

I'm more of a reblogger/lurker here and I don't really post much (at all), but I was looking at my spreadsheet of dramas last month and realized I was about to hit an insane, personal record number of dramas watched in a calendar year. So I decided to write up a recap post, mostly for my own sake because I have a terrible memory.

I am closing out 2023 having watched 92 dramas. What the actual fuck. I thought watching 67 dramas in 2021 was a cry for help, but I really have no excuse for what happened this year. (To be fair, 43 of the dramas I watched in 2021 were c-dramas, whereas this year, 65 of the dramas I watched were BL, so by total hours watched [which is not actually a metric I keep], I did probably watch more in 2021.)

So, if you care to read about which of the 92 dramas I enjoyed the most this year, along with other random categories like favorite lead characters, favorite ships, and favorite drama with X trope, read on.

Favorite C-Drama: Mysterious Lotus Casebook

Okay, this was the year I finally got what all the fuss was about with Cheng Yi. He's honestly a little weird looking to me, but damn the dude is charismatic and magnetic and I could watch him spit up fake blood all day long. (Maybe someday I'll finish Immortal Samsara, but also I'm finally beginning to make my peace with the fact that xianxia just isn't really my thing, so maybe not.) Although Cheng Yi played a huge part in my love for Mysterious Lotus Casebook, it wouldn't be my number one c-drama of the year if everything else about it wasn't excellent too. This show gave us unhinged queen Jiao Li Qiao, Qiao Wan Miao finally cutting down Xiao Zi Jun as he deserved, actually interesting cases to solve, the best shiniang and the most pathetic shixiong. And oh yeah, a truly fantastic polyship. Pretty much every single thing about this drama was perfect to me, which is a rarity. This one is definitely going up there in my top 5 c-dramas of all time.

Runner Up: Love and Redemption

They really don't make dramas like they used to anymore – literally. I would love to rewatch this one, but I don't currently have the bandwidth to make it through all 59 episodes again. And the way they genderbent Xuan Ji in the final arc but still kept her love line with Si Feng as a central plot point regardless? Currently airing c-dramas wish they could (but no seriously, fuck censorship so hard). This one might also deserve all-time top 5 status, but I blazed through my first watch so fast and furious that I think I'd have to do a more reasonably paced rewatch to confirm. In any case, this was the drama I couldn't binge watch fast enough (only a Neo from the Matrix moment, where I literally upload the drama into my brain in an instant, would have sufficed), which is a testament to how thoroughly I enjoyed this one.

Favorite K-Drama: Revenant

It seems like every year there's a k-drama that makes me go against my own taste, and this year it was Revenant. I am pretty firmly anti-horror, but the gifs of Kim Tae Ri in this show got me so intrigued and she was an absolute beast. Her performance alone would have carried this to favorite status, but then my pathetic little man Hong Kyung showed up and I don't even know why I shipped them so hard but I really really did. 

Runner Up: Alchemy of Souls

I'm cheating and putting both seasons here because even though I've probably rewatched more bits from Light & Shadow, the second season wouldn't have any of the emotional weight it does without the first season, so I'm not picking between them and you can't make me. At first, I was so disappointed that Jung So Min had been recast, but I ended up loving the second season anyway. Actress switch aside, Light & Shadow feels like a very different show, but I loved the way they handled the repercussions of the first season in a way that felt both consistent and earned. 

Favorite K-BL: The Eighth Sense

Absolutely no question here. The Eighth Sense ate my brain while it was airing. It was the strong Shelter vibes at first, but then Seo Jae Won and Kim Ji Hyun totally won me over on their own merits. By the end of episode 9, my heart was in throat. 

Runner Up: Cherry Blossoms After Winter

When I started writing this out, I was not expecting Cherry Blossoms After Winter to be here at all, but it really snuck up on me. As soon as I finished the drama, I binge-read the webtoon, and then I ended up rewatching the series more than a couple times, so yeah, I enjoyed the hell out of this one, with all its old-school vibes.

Bonus Shout Out: Our Dating Sim

If Our Dating Sim had been a little angstier, it might have given the above two a run for their money, but regardless, I have to give it a shout out because "Have you been well, without me?" is a line that just lives in my brain rent-free from now on.

Favorite Tw-Drama: Oh No! Here Comes Trouble

This could just be the recency effect, but I might go so far as to say Oh No! Here Comes Trouble is my favorite Taiwanese drama of all time. The mysteries were engaging, it's funny, it's emotional – don't get me started on how many tears I shed. The acting and writing were just top notch, and if they bless us with a second season, I will be first in line to watch. 

Runner Up: About Youth

I don't think I hear many people talk about About Youth on here, so I feel pretty justified in calling it an underrated gem. It was basically, for me, a perfect drama all the way through. The main couple and the side couple were all wholesome babies and I wanted to protect them. Ye Guang's struggle in particular really resonated with me. I often think I'm getting too old for high school and college dramas, but when they hit that nostalgia factor just right, I am sold.

Favorite J-Drama: Utsukushii Kare: Eternal

Cheating a bit here because Eternal was a movie, but it was the final installment to the Utsukushii Kare series and it was perfect. We finally got the character growth I wanted, that made me believe these two crazy kids would actually make it. 

Runner Up: Tokyo in April Is…

My best friend pointed out recently that j-dramas are great with obsession, and yeah, I do love my j-dramas a little fucked up. Not only does this one feature obsession, but it also has another of my favorite tropes: second chances. Ren had my whole freaking heart, and the way he finally got his happy ending left me on the floor. That chase scene was one of my favorites.

Favorite Thai BL: A Tale of Thousand Stars

(Fun fact! Prior to this year, the only Thai BL that I had watched was Kinnporsche. RIP to me.)

This was definitely my hardest category, because it was my most-watched category (33 dramas), but I gotta give it to A Tale of Thousand Stars. Solid execution of some of my favorite tropes and it just ticked all the boxes: good pacing, good acting, good plot, good chemistry. And lucky me, we got Our Skyy 2 this year. I'm usually not that bothered by proposal scenes, but this one got me hard. It was exactly the kind of epilogue to Tian and Phupha's story that I didn't realize I needed.

Runner Up: Lovely Writer

On the complete other end of the spectrum, upending all our favorite tropes, is Lovely Writer. I rewatched this after watching a dozen more Thai BLs, and I have to say I enjoyed it even more. During my first watch, I hated the first half, only stuck with it because I liked Gene so much, and loved the second half. Upon rewatch, the first half was not nearly as unbearable, and I think it was because I could see that Sib was intentionally playing into a BL archetype. But still, the second half has all of my favorite moments. Once their shared history is revealed, Sib stops being a cardboard cutout and becomes more human, and the entire storyline picks up and I am much more invested in his and Gene's relationship. That dinner where they come out to their families is excruciatingly awkward and I love it (and the episode that follows) so much – those scenes alone elevate it to favorite status.

Favorite First Half of a Drama: Destined

I love both Bai Jing Ting and Song Yi, so my expectations for this drama were very high, and the first half of Destined absolutely delivered. Just sheer perfection, no wrong steps, everything I didn't even know I wanted. Unfortunately, that kind of means the show peaked when they found themselves in the wilderness, trying to get the other to survive out of sheer willpower purely because they believed in the other's goodness. THE BLOOD FEEDING!!! Ahem. So yeah, the second half was okay, it had its moments but was generally a little boring and predictable, but dear god that first half was incredible. 

Runner Up: The Blood of Youth

It may seem strange to have The Blood of Youth in this category, since I ended up giving it a 5/5 rating, but I just loved the Xiao Se x Wu Xin x Lei Wu Jie dynamic so much and as the show veered away from that, I couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

Favorite Drama That I Wouldn't Actually Recommend to Other People: Love in the Air

I know some people loathe everything MAME touches, but Love in the Air worked for me on every level. Well, I wish the acting for the couple in the second half had been a little better (ducks and runs), but I loved the first half and still quite enjoyed the second half. I really wouldn't recommend it to anyone, but it speaks to my little lizard brain. 

Runner Up: History 4: Close to You

I absolutely get why this show is controversial and why people hate it. I also don't care. This show had some delicious angst, and I was emotionally invested in both couples. Just a thoroughly enjoyable watch, but yeah, unless you're familiar with certain BL tropes and know you like them, I wouldn't actually recommend this one.

Favorite ML: Li Lianhua / Li Xiangyi (Mysterious Lotus Casebook)

Look, was it really going to be anyone other than this broken and silly man that feels the weight of the world on his shoulders and thinks his own life is worth less than everyone else's? It's been 4 months since I finished this drama, and I am still so emotional about Li Lianhua.

Runner Up: Xie Wei / Xue Ding Fei (Story of Kunning Palace)

I love an unhinged bastard, okay? When you realize that he loved her all along, her suicide in the first timeline hits that much harder. But I do love that he (albeit unknowingly) gets a second chance, and the man just goes for it. Never ever over the scene where he stabs his own hand, through the table no less, despite his obsession with playing the qin, to protect her. Romance storyline aside, I also love a good hidden identity trope (yes, there's a theme to this category). Xie Wei's revenge quest was delicious, and I freaking loved his scenes with Yan Mu and Yan Lin, all the meaningful looks and things unsaid until Yan Lin finally knelt in front of his cousin and acknowledged him.

BL Shout Out: Ai Di (Kiseki: Dear to Me)

It's hard to compare MLs from shows that run for 40 episodes vs. 12, but I have to shout out my favorite feral gangster Ai Di. I love me some good pining, and not only has this man pined for nearly his entire life, but he makes it everyone's problem. 

Favorite FL: Xu Hongdou (Meet Yourself)

Xu Hongdou was just so cool and kind and gorgeous, and okay, yeah, I had a big crush on her. I've never seen Liu Yi Fei in anything before, I didn't even realize she played Mulan in that recent Disney live action production until my sister pointed it out much later, but she's one of those actresses that can make me cry just by tearing up. Xu Hongdou felt like a real person, kind but not a pushover, strong but still vulnerable, and I somehow want to grow up to be her even though I'm older than her.

Runner Up (tie): Shim Woo Joo (Call It Love) / Gu San Yeong (Revenant)

This one is a tie because I loved both Woo Joo and San Yeong for the exact same reasons: they were just so fucked up but trying so hard, and more than anything, I just wanted them to be happy. While the ships in both dramas were great, for me the real otps were the FL x happiness.

Favorite Supporting ML: Wu Xin (The Blood of Youth)

Every time Wu Xin was on screen, it was just a breath of fresh air. I get that he's totally overpowered, so for plot reasons it made sense to remove him, make him mind controlled, etc. But every time he wasn't on screen, I missed him. Even though the casting was a bit of an odd choice (they gave us a man in his early 30s playing a teenager), I can't imagine loving Wu Xin as much as I did if it hadn't been Liu Xue Yi. He doesn't really manage to look like a teenager, especially next to Li Hong Yi and Ao Rui Peng, but he really pulled off Wu Xin's innocence and naivete and childish humor. He also gave Wu Xin a certain gravitas and realism that I don't think a younger actor could have pulled off.

Runner Up: Jin Fan (My Journey to You)

Jin Fan, my beloved. His backstory was delicious and made his relationship with Gong Ziyu even better. Also, the fact that he actually secretly liked Gong Zishang back the entire time??? My man.

Favorite Supporting FL: Yang Ying (A Journey to Love)

A YING MY GIRL. Her journey from neglected, unloved princess to capable and powerful grown-ass woman who marries a dude she doesn't love to protect her people was quite possibly my favorite thing about this show. I would 100% watch a drama just about her, and I so wish we'd gotten an actual glimpse of her and Li Tong Guang in that little epilogue in the final episode. Their alliance/marriage is fascinating to me. He Lan Dou better be a FL in some dramas asap. She was equally convincing as both a meek, terrified princess, helpless to the whims of bigger political machinations around her, and an icy cold princess in enemy territory, actually playing the game instead of just being a game piece, determined to not only survive but to also protect everyone she loves.

Runner Up: Yoon San (The Eighth Sense)

Shout out to the only person who was actually Jae Won's friend in this show. Yoon San was a total scene stealer for me, don't even get me started on that bit when she was singing by the fire on the beach (swoon), and I found her friendship with Jae Won really sweet and believable. I think this actress is super talented, she nailed the funny moments, she nailed the heartfelt moments, and I would love to watch her in another drama.

Favorite Non-Canon Ship: Gong Shangjue x Gong Yuanzhi (My Journey to You)

I did not go into this drama expecting to be so into these cousins/sworn brothers, but Gong Shangjue and Gong Yuanzhi's relationship as it unfolded throughout the show became the one I was the most invested in. I fully admit I'm a sucker for a dynamic where one party is wholehearted devoted to the other and also wholeheartedly believes the other is not nearly as devoted, so as soon as we got their tragic backstory, I was solidly on board.

Runner Up: Na Na x Da Mai (Meet Yourself)

I know Chinese censorship blah blah blah, but Na Na and Da Mai should have been girlfriends, cowards. I guess at the very least, neither of them ended up with a real love line of their own, but still, they should have been girlfriends. It just makes sense.

Technicality Shout Out: Li Lianhua x Fang Xiaobao (Mysterious Lotus Casebook)

The only reason this pairing isn't at the top of the list is because I, personally, don't consider them non-canon. They read to me exactly the same as the pairings in The Untamed and Word of Honor, thus they are canon.

Favorite Friendship: Pu Yiyong x Chen Chuying x Cao Guangyan (Oh No! Here Comes Trouble)

Watch the last episode of Oh No! Here Comes Trouble, and tell me this friendship trio didn't make you cry buckets. You know each of them is wondering how they ended up with the other two as friends, but somehow they're also totally ride or die and I love them all so much. 

Runner Up: Lom x Yiwa (Wedding Plan)

I loved Lom and Yiwa's long history together, the sacrifices they made for each other, their deep love born out of a bond of shared family pressure and mutual understanding. Their friendship actually drove the plot, and even when I was hollering at Lom to just be honest, his actions (and inaction) felt realistic once we got to know how important Yiwa is to him and why and once we had the context to understand how he had lived his life up to that point.

Favorite Found Family: Liudaotang (A Journey to Love)

If you've seen this show, I feel like it needs no explanation. These spies and scouts and murdery people with big ass swords and spiked shields and automatic crossbows were too good for this world. And the way their little family just kept getting bigger and bigger (spoiler: UNTIL IT DIDN'T) was so much fun to watch (spoiler: UNTIL IT WASN'T).

Runner Up: Rainbow Premium Taxi Service (Taxi Driver, Season 2)

I loved the way they addressed the end of season 1, by showing that these people are all a little messed up and they belong together and they really need the revenge business just as much as their clients do. When Kim Do Gi got roofied and he had his little housewarming hallucination, where they all wore matching slippers with hearts (!!), it honestly made me wanna cry a little.

Favorite Drama Featuring Friends to Lovers: My Only 12%

I don't know if it's because I missed it when it was airing, but I don't think I see many people talk about this show and I don't get why. This is to me quintessential friends to lovers. Seeiw and Cake's friendship felt absolutely real and lived in and honest, and the episode when Cake's family moved away had me bawling. Seeiw's pining physically hurt me, and Cake's confession scene in English could have been cringe but it was actually so fucking romantic.

Runner Up: Fake It Till You Make It

I don't know if everyone else would classify this one as friends to lovers because from the moment these two meet, it feels like they're teetering on the cliff of a romance or at least an excellent one night stand. But I just loved the way they flirted openly and then talked honestly about why they needed to stay friends and nothing more. I'm not typically that into "will they won't they" romances, but here, their hesitation to get more involved made sense emotionally, but at the same time their chemistry was fire and their attraction to each other was palpable, so it all just worked for me. Also friendship rings instead of couple rings was so stupid and I loved it.

Favorite Drama Where Nice Guys Finish First: Light On Me

This is totally not to say that Shin Da On isn't also nice, I just have no idea what to call this trope, but it's one of my faves, where the lead character ends up with the person they didn't actually fall for first. I did not foresee Tae Kyung ending up with Shin Woo at all, which is some poor media literacy on my part because all the hints are there from the beginning, but that kind of made the ride even more fun. One of the reasons I enjoy this trope so much is the built-in pining, and Shin Woo had some excellent pining. "Yesterday, today, and probably tomorrow, I will continue thinking about you" was a freaking great line.

Runner Up: My Ride

You might think a drama about two actually decent guys would be boring and lack conflict, but this drama employed this trope perfectly by starting out with Tawan getting a shot at his first love, the seemingly wonderful Por. So instead we got some great pining, Tawan being an oblivious sweetheart, and Mork trying so hard to be a good friend and not overstep, even as he was dealing with his own sexuality crisis. Just delicious.

Favorite Drama About Soulmates: Until We Meet Again

Did I only watch two dramas with the soulmate trope? Maybe so, but it's my list, so I do what I want. Until We Meet Again was what I would call a pitch perfect show – it delivered on everything it set out to do. I thought I was doing okay with the whole tragic soulmate storyline, but then I got to the very last episode and cried pretty much from start to finish. From the start, that episode got me so good and did not let up for like the next half hour, and so I was basically just left leaking tears until it all wrapped. Damn you, Fluke.

Runner Up: La Pluie

God this show was interesting. Smarter people than me have written a lot more nuanced and thoughtful meta than I ever could, so all I'll say is that I thoroughly enjoyed that a drama based on the premise of soulmates was really actually about how love is work. It wasn't a perfect show, but it was so interesting and the cast was so great that it was definitely a stand out.

For a true glimpse into my insanity this year, here is the full list of dramas I watched, including my ratings, in the order that I watched them:

Alchemy of Souls (4/5)

Alchemy of Souls: Light and Shadow (4/5)

Unchained Love (2/5)

Hi Venus (2/5)

The Blood of Youth (5/5)

Meet Yourself (5/5)

Silent (3/5)

Big Dragon (3/5)

Love in the Air (4/5)

My Tooth, Your Love (4/5)

Moonlight Chicken (4/5)

Utsukushii Kare: Season 2 (3/5)

A League of Nobleman (3/5)

Lovely Writer (4/5)

The New Employee (3/5)

Be Loved in House: I Do (2/5)

Not Me (3/5)

Tharntype (3/5)

Roommates of Poongduck 304 (3/5)

Theory of Love (3/5)

Tale of Thousand Stars (4/5)

Wish You: Your Melody from My Heart (2/5)

Our Dating Sim (4/5)

Cherry Blossoms After Winter (4/5)

Call It Love (3/5)

To My Star (3/5)

Bed Friend (3/5)

The Eighth Sense (5/5)

Taxi Driver: Season 2 (3/5)

Takara-kun & Amagi-kun (3/5)

A Shoulder to Cry On (4/5)

About Youth (5/5)

Light On Me (4/5)

Minato's Laundromat (4/5)

History 2: Crossing the Line (3/5)

History 1: Obsessed (2/5)

Dark Blue Kiss (3/5)

Together With Me (3/5)

Oh No! Here Comes Trouble (5/5)

My Engineer (3/5)

Never Let Me Go (4/5)

My Only 12% (4/5)

Black Knight (3/5)

Love Mate (3/5)

Until We Meet Again (4/5)

Love By Chance (4/5)

Bad Buddy (4/5)

Between Us (3/5)

Here We Meet Again (3/5)

Secret Crush on You (2/5)

Love Tractor (2/5)

My Ride (3/5)

Star in My Mind (2/5)

La Pluie (4/5)

2gether (3/5)

Destined (3/5)

Hidden Love (4/5)

Tokyo in April is… (4/5)

Revenant (5/5)

Mysterious Lotus Casebook (5/5)

Sing My Crush (3/5)

Bad Guys (3/5)

Love and Redemption (5/5)

Oh! Boarding House (3/5)

Stay By My Side (3/5)

Jun & Jun (3/5)

Fake It Till You Make It (3/5)

The Legend of Zhuohua (3/5)

My Lovely Liar (3/5)

My Journey to You (4/5)

Second Chance (3/5)

Lost in Translation (3/5)

My Personal Weatherman (3/5)

Wedding Plan (4/5)

Laws of Attraction (3/5)

Bon Appetit (3/5)

Oxygen (2/5)

Why R U? (Korea) (3/5)

Kiseki: Dear to Me (4/5)

Hidden Agenda (3/5)

Behind Cut (3/5)

History 4: Close to You (4/5)

Destined with You (3/5)

Dangerous Romance (3/5)

Story of Kunning Palace (4/5)

Perfect Marriage Revenge (3/5)

My Dear Gangster Oppa (2/5)

A Breeze of Love (2/5)

I Cannot Reach You (4/5)

Be Mine Superstar (3/5)

A Journey to Love (5/5)

Ai Long Nhai (3/5)

[singingrainbows]

Informally tagged by @saberwriter

Last song: Lille Du by Kim Larsen/Gasolin (Listened to on a CD on my old cd/kassette tape player combo "boom box"/"ghettoblaster", while doing the dishes. That machine is now over 20yrs old.)

Favourite colour: Pastel pink and pastel blue. They always tie, though on some days one slightly edges out the other lol.

Currently watching: various currently airing anime, plus a variety of older and newer anime on and off. Titles include Synduality Noir 2, Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu 2, Galactic Heroes, Gundam Victory, Shangri-La (old show I watched back in the day and am now rewatching), Free, and Chainsaw Man, just to name a few. As for live action: Constellation, plus various others on and off.

(Recently finished a Polish show called The Woods, and my god the second hand just ruined everything and the ending was the final nail. Wish I never watched it, but I suppose it did have some good performances and I ended up with some new Polish songs to check out.)

I'm also reading a webcomic called Your Eternal Lies which is really good so far.

Sweet, savoury, or spicy: Sweet or savory. Don't care much for overly spicy things.

Relationship status: perpetually single and currently fine with being so; but the dream of being in one, in the future, lies on the backburner to be picked up when the time is right. Short answer, maybe someday.

(The fact I've never been in a romantic relationship means I'm only vaguely aware of what I'm missing. Being single has its benefits anyhow. I have my cat and for now that's enough. :3 )

Last thing I googled: whether you can cook radishes (you can!), also braising, and the weather (which I do daily).

Current obsession: I don't really get obsessions like I used to, I mostly just hang around reading fic for the same old fandoms Naruto, Harry Potter, Digimon, Sailor Moon and Pokemon (I'll ocasionally read for other fandoms, but usually not bc I actively sought them out.) My interrests come and go. But yeah I don't hyperfocus on any one thing or fandom like I used to. In some ways it's kinda freeing, but sometimes I do miss the passion, lol.

I tag whoever wants to do this. :3

[novemberhope]

One again, the year comes to an end... let's have a look at 2023 and it's top five eras... 1. Pokeverse (Poketripper, Trian, Galar and Alola) Honestly, there's no way around it with four huge projects and the weekly (well... for the most part) trading of the pokebooks, the playlists and the poketumblr (and Legends Arceus which I still have to finish and Paldea with I'm still not a big fan of tbh). I'm always in my Pokeverse era because one way or the other, it's being worked on and/or talked about. TBH, I never thought I would enjoy writing the Alola characters so much, but oh boy, I did! Writing chaotic villians for a change really was something! ♥

2. TCC (and all of it's versions) I have to admit, I'm always in my TCC era, even when working on other stuff. There's always something to remind me of it and this year, I did too Sims4 retellings and learned a lot about posing... I also enjoyed writing the short stories so, so much. Pity that the horse came into the game AFTER the sims stuff was over and done lol. Oh well. Perhaps I'll do this again someday.

3. DOE It's always there in the background and usually, I get dragged into it again by other fans... what I didn't do this year was a rewatch though.

4. Animal Crossing Usually, TT/KTDA shows up on this list but sadly, I was barely in my TT era this year. I don't think I did anything new and I didn't rewatch it either. I even sold most of the dolls because with the pond gone, there's not much to do photography wise. Perhaps next year there's be a full-blown TT era again. This year, however, I started Animal Crossing. It's not the greatest era coz I started it, played for a bit and then stopped again but once the fun little pokecrossing idea was born, I picked it up again.

5. OPLA I'm sorry, but everyone and their mother is in their OPLA era right now. I didn't even know One Piece, never saw the show or read the manga but those 8 episodes of live action literally were it for me ♥ Can't wait for season two and I already have created four ocs for the OP universe, yay! If there's still anyone who hasn't watched OPLA yet, GIVE IT A TRY!! I also watched two of the original movies while waiting for season two...

Honorable Mention:

It was short-lived but it was there: Hogwarts was back! After several years of not really working on a Hogwarts project, I did re-read old stories and even created new characters, wrote new stuff and looked for interesting merchandise on etsy^^ Sadly, it didn't last long (Pokemon Alola was back being my hyperfixation and then OPLA came long, oh well), but hey, it was great while it lasted! Maybe another try next year?

What eras did you go through in 2023?

Anyway, I hope you will have a great 2024! ♥ HAPPY NEW YEAR

[amtrak12]

AO3 Wrapped for 2023!

I got tagged by @purlturtle for this, so thank you! :D Let's see how I did on fics in 2023.

Overall Stats:

Works Published: 2 - because a Pushing Daisies snippet snuck in there lol

Word Count: 92,498

Kudos: 475

Hits: 14,729

Bookmarks: 161 (99 public and it's killing me ahaha I just want a nice round number again D:)

Subscriptions: 285

(All of those stats are heavily, heavily skewed towards one fic over the other as you'll see below :P)

Individual Stats:

Most Popular by Kudos: Can We Keep Her, my Lucifer S3 time travelling toddler rewrite at 471 kudos. (Out of my 475 total for the year LMAO. I told you the stats are skewed!)

Most hits: Can We Keep Her (Lucifer) again with 14,688 hits. Listen I really only wrote one fic this year. The Pushing Daisies one barely counts.

Longest: Can We Keep Her (Lucifer) at 92,307 words published as of today and still growing. Fun fact: This is also my longest fic ever published! So it would've won this category in any year.

Shortest: Three Lifetimes (Pushing Daisies) at 191 words. I did have other one shot ideas after my rewatch but I had to save my energy for the Lucifer WIP.

Most Comments: SHOCKINGLY (not), it's Can We Keep Her (Lucifer) with 186 comment threads/415 total comments. My greatest wish when this fic is all said and done is to hit 1000 total comments because I'll never be able to hit that in any other fandom I could ever be in for the rest of my life. And if it does turn out to be 30 chapters long (or more!), then I'm actually on pace to achieve it :')

(And this is where I go more into fic recs than talking about my own fics, because I did not write (or read tbh) enough to have proper answers for this section.)

Fics that made me cry:

Writing: The [redacted] scene for Can We Keep Her that I've played a million times in my head but haven't actually written yet cause I'm only halfway through the story. Maybe also the time travel reveal scene which gets posted in January, but that's lived in my head for so long, I can no longer tell what feelings it evokes.

Reading: never have I ever by jrrmint (Lucifer). S4 Chloe/Lucifer smut. It doesn't make me cry, but it does make me ache because it's Season 4, aka the angstiest season, and this fic makes it even messier than canon was which is just beautiful in the 'I have a history of loving soap operas' way. :D :D It also taught me cheating is a trope I will eat up with a goddamn spoon for this ship. Like HOLY SHIT! Eve, I love you, babe, but I need more Chloe/Lucifer S4 cheating fic pronto! O_O

(NOT S3 cheating fic. It does not work as well, because the Chloe/Pierce relationship was already a stupid decision -- by both the writers and the character -- so let's not add even more stupid decisions on top of it. However, everybody's already hitting rock bottom in S4 (and at different times too!) so that's why the cheating trope works so deliciously there.)

Fics that made me smile:

Writing: The opening scene to chapter 7 in Can We Keep Her still makes me laugh so much. Rory's manipulative little "My heart hurts :(" ploy absolutely kills me, plus all the other 'Day 2 of a baby angel' chaos that's happening. Also all of chapter 9 with the Deckerstar family domestics of putting Trixie and Rory to bed. A++ me. Makes me grin everytime.

Reading: If He's a Tramp (He's a Good One) by maybemalapert (laconicsims) -- Lucifer joins Chloe and Trixie on a trip to Disneyland, set (and written) in early S2. I'm absolutely loving reading the Lucifer fics in chronological order/reverse page order on AO3 since I came to the show after the entire thing aired. And this little one shot was wonderful <3

Group Activities:

Gifts: No gifts given or received this year.

Collaborations: I did do something here, though! I was a beta reader in the Bering and Wells Big Bang event. :) I helped with Dawn of the Dragonborn: Heart of a Hero, Heart of a Predator, Heart of Dovahkiin which was written by Rinari7. Not finished yet, but hopefully someday! Because the outline was really detailed and incredible. So, so, so fun AU even if you know very little about Skyrim (like me)!

Events: Also the Bering and Wells Big Bang. I still absolutely could never be a writer for such an event because I get too stressed and freeze whenever I try. But I really enjoyed being a beta reader! Less pressure lol

[becca4leafclover]

Hey! I just finished reading your AO3 story "would I run off the world someday" and I love it! I was wondering if you were going to make more to the story or if it is just over. Because I keep wondering what is going to happen next! (Sorry if you already answered this!)

Hihi!! I'm glad you liked the fic!!!!! :D

Currently, the story just stands as it is. I don't really have a way to write more of the Vault Hunters aspect since its- well its a different world, and Tubbo still can't leave the island yknow? Even if maybe he COULD physically, if there arent any protections on a Vault portal like there is Nether portals on QSMP, that he can't abandon Sunmy now!

I might eventually write more of my nature-dragon-Tubbo headcanon!! I actually made some Minecraft skin edits of a couple of his color changes I just haven't posted them yet cause I can't decide on a good way to show them off lmao. But more writing requires me to survive college finals first and foremost so it won't be in the be near future sadly :(

That being said, I WOULD want to write more of this if I ever found the inspiration!!! I'm currently playing Vault Hunters with some friends, and I'm gonna go and rewatch the Captain's vods on it for research purposes and maybe I'll find something there along the way that'll help me find another idea?

[gottabedramatic]

Coming back again with another list, which also happens to be an update.

Doctor slump: I left it around the 14th or 15th episode. Suddenly lost interest.

Queen of tears: My recent binge watch, loved it. I wish it was longer. I cried my eyes out at the last scene, but it was a good cry.

Recently finished:

Will love in spring – Definitely a good one. Got me thinking about my life and how I'm successfully wasting it... I think it portrayed problems like death, grief, and life with disability well. It's realistic. Emotions seem raw, true. Life isn't made only of flowers and sunshine and this drama shows that pretty well. I also loved how the main leads gradually became more caring for each other.

Fanta G Spot/Hit the spot – I felt seen?? This drama was somehow liberating. Unfortunately this drama is the only one of its kind so I'm really disappointed I couldn't find anything similar. It was refreshing, and the way they talked about nsfw topics (ironic, how they did that in their workplace haha) was actually really good. Reminded me a bit of K-movie Love and Leashes.

Also I hade a huge crush on all the main actors and actresses. They're all extremely gorgeous and I'm waiting for more of their works!!

The Legend of Sheng Li – this is what I mean when I ask for a well done happy ending in xianxia. Classic story between overpowered ML and strong (but not nearly as much as the guy) FL. Despite that, I still loved it, especially when ML started being a bit mischievous and cheeky. And shout-out to Havenly Emperor's grandson for his character development, he's done a great job. Also his sister was the whole mood when she knocked him out to take sneak peak into his memories of the main leads.

Story of Minglan – Is that how home feels? I can't believe I actually watched such long drama. There's so much to say about it... I'll probably never watch something with this vibes, feels and energy again. It was worthy of every second of my life. I'll probably rewatch it someday.

Blossoms in adversity – It was similar to: New life begins, Dream of Splendor and Destined... But kinda better. I don't know what made it better but I feel like this drama tops the aforementioned dramas. Maybe it's because I didn't see the main actors in other dramas that much so they seem more fresh.

Still, the writing, relationships and everything in between was great. Definite rewatch in the future.

Back from the brink – 39/40 ep, not sure why I'm putting the last episode on hold. I spoiled the ending for myself so I kinda know what happens. I love the chemistry, the story and just admiring the ML's beauty would be enough for me, but still I don't feel the urge to finish it.

Unknown – Great watch. The tone of the mains relationship gradually changing was done beautifully.

There are a few other dramas I started but put on hold or dropped for some reason, but let's ignore them.

Dramas I want to watch soon:

Lovely runner – only a bit over two weeks until I know if it's safe to watch it and none of the main leads dies at the end. The actor that plays ML is known for his passion for the characters that die. Apparently, because he doesn't believe in happy endings or something like that. I'm scared that I'll get attached to the characters and then the ending will be like *whoops he's/she's dead*

The Midnight Romance in Hagwon – Noona romance? SIGN ME UP AAAAA

I already watched the first episode, it has vibe of Something in the rain and One spring night, which is not that surprising when you know that the director for this drama is the same as the one for sitr and osn. Also I loved sitr and osn so I'll probably love tmrih too. AND IT'S FIRST WI HA JOON'S MALE LEAD ROLE IN ROMANCE DRAMA. I mean how this gorgeous man did not get casted for ML in romance dramas earlier??? His smile is melting me... 🫠

I think this is it. I found cdrama Fall in Love about republican era in China and the actress that played FL in the Blossoms in adversity is FL in this drama too, so I have feeling it'll be a good watch.

lots of love till the next update ❤️ 💕

Dramas I'm currently watching:

A Journey to Love – 25/40 ep

My Demon – 6/16

Didn't finish yet and not sure if I ever do:

Strong girl Nam Soon – 10/12 (on hold)

18 again – probably 4/16 (and on hold)

Only for love – around 25th episode?

Want to watch, just waiting for more episodes:

Welcome to Samdalri

The Story of Park's Marriage Contract

The Last Immortal

A Good Day to be a Dog

Moon in the Day

so yeah, no tags cuz it's just for me as a reminder (for a drama slump) that in fact I have dramas I want to watch hahsha

[druidicdemon]

Aight so I did the remaking of a tumblr about a year ago but now I am really gonna start trying to use it. Can't edit my actual blog until I get a pc again so that's fun but here's a little bit about me!

1: I do art sometimes lol, this picture here is of my online persona. Right now my art is on pause due to not having a working computer, unless I get motivation to try traditional again.

2: I have many pets! And you will probably see many pictures of them! They are a dog, 3 cats, and 3 rats uwu

3: I am a gay transmasculine demiboy, most likely also asexual?? Idk the urge to get dicked down and being repulsed by the thought fluctuates a LOT lmao.

4: Not really about me but I think I'm gonna make sideblogs for things. Like make a grimoire on one, a recipe blog on another...those might be the only 2 I keep more or less separate from my main blog. Just so I can have different custom styles for them without having to scroll through miles of code to add more to each one, yknow? Unless I find another way to do it idk we shall see when I get a computer to try it on again lol

5: Uhh...I am a part of many fandoms. Some I still have to admittedly catch up on (i.e. Supernatural, Doctor Who, and Sherlock. Also Homestuck I guess cause I haven't read Homestuck2 in a while lmao). Right now though I am rewatching the first season of The Owl House cause I saw Disney+has the second season. Then I will be watching the new stuff for Inside Job and The Cuphead Show.

6: I play videogames! Mostly on my ps4 rn cause I, again, don't haveba working computer. But I play some GTAV Online, Overwatch 2, and wanna get back to playing Cyberpunk 2077. When I have my computer I also play Wizard101 since I am now an adult with money and can go to the areas I couldn't as a kid without money. I have too many games I haven't finished yet cause my interests can change constantly, but maybe someday I will finish them who knows? Not me!

7: I want to make this to 10 points so...music? I like music. I have yet to find a song I absolutely HATE but back to interests changing a lot it's the same for music. I have to be in a particular mood for certain songs which is just...amazing when I'm in control of the music in social situations.

8: I'm into the paranormal, divination, and other witchy things. I haven't started participating in witchcraft as much as I would've liked to but...that is going to change now that I'm in a place I feel comfortable and safe in.

9: Sometimes I'm funny 🤷‍♂️

10: I made it to 10! I really can't think of anything else to add so...I just want to say my blog is a safespace for everyone and anyone. I'll try my best to tag things with potential triggers but if I miss any just let me know and I will fix it asap!

[woolcityweavingco]

travel is one of the few things i look forward to anymore.

I love to travel. When I was a kid I always wanted to travel to new places. I remember being excited as a kid watching tv shows on the travel channel, telling my parents about different cities and being dismissed because travel was something only rich people did, too expensive for us. I get excited thinking about traveling to the south of France or Aotearoa or Iceland, someday but for now I'm traveling close to home.

Cost has always been something that's made travel feel out of reach, but I've felt like I've watched enough travel hacks that I can make it work.

i don't think only people with a lot of money should be the only ones to travel

I'd never been to the west coast but I had wanted to go Los Angeles pre-pandemic as a graduation gift for finishing my bootcamp. but then my mom ended up leaving the country, and I kept making excuses like not having a job after my boot camp until it was too late and the entire world was shut down.

After things started relaxing I was still scared to go

The first thing I remember thinking about LAX was geez it stinks.

I went to one of the gift shops because I didn't have change and bought a W Magazine with Dolly on the cover and then took a bus to the hostel.

I remember there was a couple on the bus who were speaking in a foreign language wondering if they were also going to the hostel. It was dark, and I knew things would look different in the daylight but I couldn't help craning my head around to see everything we passed by.

When we got to Santa Monica I noticed that all the trees were decorated with little ornaments even though it was October.

One of the nice things about hostels is that they're usually in really nice spots. The hostel I had stayed at in Chicago was literally right next to an L station. The hostel in Santa Monica was a short walk to the beach.

I had just seen the 4k restoration of Possession but that was on a big screen at the Ayrsley. In some ways I, like most millennial people who had been socialized as women, could relate to Isablle Adjani's character. I didn't really recognize anything in this character.

Should I be watching a movie I need a college degree to dissect? Maybe I've gotten too comfortable with my level of intellect and no longer feel any urgency to pretend like it's higher than it really is.

I will say it is a fucked up movie though, maybe I'll rewatch it for Halloween.

it's escapism, you're literally wanting to escape

the nice thing about travel is that you can imagine yourself in a brand new life.

have you ever wanted to just take off and leave and never come back?

I told my mom i was going to a work thing so she wouldn't worry. it was the first time i had left home since the pandemic started, so I'm sure she had reason to worry

Santa Monica beach is just a walk from the hostel. I woke up early before the sun rose and walked out to the beach

I loved visiting the musuems

I really loved the Little Tokyo Galleria.

I walked PCH all the way to El Matador Beach (shout out to Flashpacking America for the idea). I walk alot normally so this was pretty easy, I was just really scared because it was a highway.

One reality I was prepared for and was really excited about was how many Latino people there are in Los Angeles, especially how many Salvadorans there are.

Los Angeles has the most Salvadorans in one place anywhere outside El Salvador itself.

I had heard that there was a Salvadoran Corridor in LA near Koreatown.

Sometimes when I speak spanish I wonder how much my accent comes out. I wonder if other spanish speakers recognize me as Salvadoran. In my experience it's a very relaxed way of speaking, colorful and particular. it's kind of like hearing a southern accent when you're from the south it puts you at ease.

Walking around the market I felt at home. I called my mom to tell here what I was seeing, the fruits, the clothing. I sat down to eat some pupusas and a family sat down in the table next to mine. There were like six people and they all spoke spanish. I wonder what it would've been like to have moved to Los Angeles instead of Charlotte, I'm proud of being a Salvadoran but there isn't a really a strong Salvadoran community in Charlotte the way there is in a city like DC or LA or hell even Long Island had Central American festivals every year as long as we lived there.

I think if I did move to LA it'd be for a reason like that, to be closer to my culture without having to leave the US.

I left the market and bought a box for my mom, and some candied coconut candy for me.

I actually was so sad to come back home. It happens every time. I'm not really sure why. Maybe it's because

I’m not really good at anything no matter how hard I try to be but when I travel somewhere new none of that really seems to matter

i'm a nobody. i'm a loser but being on the beach it doesn't hurt so bad.

[francesderwent]

Your Jeff/Annie fics over on ao3 are some of my favorite fics of all time. Do you think you'll ever start publishing fics again?

That is so kind of you to say!! I don't think I'm done with fic at all, even if I am giving more of my creative brain to original stuff these days. But I do tend to write fanfiction while I'm in the middle of watching or rewatching a show, or I lose track of all the voices and get stuck writing basic scenes because I can't figure out what the characters would say or do. There's a very good chance that I'll finish Intermediate Evasion and maybe write new Jeff/Annie fic someday, but it will probably have to wait until the next time I watch Community - which, to be perfectly frank, may be quite a long time? I watched Community for the first time in the early pandemic, then IMMEDIATELY turned around and rewatched all my favorite Jeff/Annie episodes...and then I watched the whole show start to finish with two of my brothers...and then I watched some of the episodes again with my youngest brother, while muting all the inappropriate jokes. So I watched the show like four times in as many months? Unhinged stuff. Dark days. But someday, when my near-memorization of my favorite bits has faded, I'll go back, and then I'll hopefully be able to write that dang epilogue!!!

[hardly-an-escape]

I haven't voted so I can't see the results and I am dyyyyying to know what it looks like hahaha!

to the babes in the notes telling me to watch Sandman: it is already a given that I will be rewatching Sandman a minimum of eight times <3

I probably should've included Doctor Who, not sure why I didn't, but I would like to get caught up (I never finished Thirteen and I'd like to go back and rewatch Twelve). I didn't include Good Omens S2 or ST:Picard because I already intend to watch them, and I didn't include any Star Wars shows because I'm pretty much caught up on everything.

this poll is mostly about the shows that I see people posting about and think huh maybe I'll watch that someday and wondering which one I should actually watch if "someday" comes. there are so many others I could have (should have?) included... Fleabag... Russian Doll... Derry Girls... Lucifer... Pushing Daisies... I never finished Mindhunter or Peaky Blinders... I could go on!

anyway pls vote and feel free to reblog to enable others to determine the future of an internet stranger. I will seriously consider all compelling arguments and I definitely WILL watch whatever wins, cross my heart!

so this summer I'm going to have something known, I believe, as... Free Time....

[imasucker-4-memories]

hihi!! i’m sorry for the late reply!! i surprised myself slept the whole day away!! i can’t believe i did that 😅 at least i had nothing going today!! 😂

that’s still a fairly good deal i would think!! as long as you had a blast, that’s what counts!! i’m happy you’ve been able to find things you enjoy to fill your weekends with!! oh man it’s been a while since i’ve gone to a play myself. i’ve seen quite a few but my favorites that i’ve seen were the lion king and aladdin!! they were both so amazing and i highly recommend going to see them if they’re still touring and come somewhere near you!! 🥰 i would love to see wicked someday as i heard it’s a really good play as well!

yes, i love the different animation styles as well!! talking about all these shows has made me want to rewatch them all!! if you try out sailor moon, you’ll have to lmk if you like it!! 🥰 princess mononoke is an AMAZING movie!! the artwork from that movie and really all of studio ghibli’s leaves me astounded!! it’s so amazing and breathtaking. and the messages from their movies i feel like is a lot more profound if that makes sense? it doesn’t feel shallow but very well intentioned and like it comes from the heart of the creators. 🥺💖

and awww!!! i’m happy you’re liking the show so far!! it’s so wholesome and cute fr!! i love zen and shirayuki’s relationship sm!!! they’re absolutely adorable!! 🥺 i finished the show now and i’m so sad!! i wish there’d be a season 3 but there probably won’t be. time to move on to something else!! 😭 and oh yeah!! i’m always down for movie nights so you let me know bc my schedule is pretty flexible 🥰

hmm any nickname is fine really!! just something that seems right to you 🥰

i hope you had a good day today and are getting some rest!! pls take care of yourself!! 💖

No worries!!! My reply is pretty late too😂 got out of work about an hour ago and doing some grocery shopping right now. At least now you're well rested!! Always good to have those times and just sleep☺️ I was hoping to do that this weekend but I might just go to a concert on Saturday😅

How has your day been?☺️💕

Definitely want to go again next year! Yeah have definitely taken advantage of going to places when I can since my breakup. Been spending time with a lot of friends too which is always good. Ooohhh I've never seen those!! I'd like to though hahaha I've only seen Pippen and Pretty Woman live. I wanted to see Network with Bryan Cranston but no one that I went with was interested in it😂 I would love to see Wicked too! My sister was part of the production that they did in elementary school hahaha pretty neat stuff.

Sailor Moon may definitely be the next one on my list hahaha but definitely need to dive more into studio ghibli movies. Maybe I'll do that Sunday☺️ if you'd like to join, you can! They definitely don't sugar coat on the message that's for sure, I got ya no worries😁 yeah I recognized Prince Raji's voice from other animes so that was pretty cool! I think I'm on episode 5 of the first season🤔 why won't they come out with season 3??????

I'll figure out a fitting nickname to give you the more we chat🥰

I hope you had a good day today too!! Definitely going to try to sleep earlier lol depends on how long cooking goes. Really helped last night😅 take care of yourself too!! Hope to hear back soon💖💖💖