#my only 12 percent ep 5

[gillianthecat]

My Only 12% episode 5.

I was either crying or felt like crying for the majority of this episode. Ooof. Powerful stuff. I don't really have many coherent thoughts about it yet.

The opening voice over in the first episode had tricked me into thinking that See-eiw already knew he was gay and that he was in love with Cake. So re-evaluating the first four episodes knowing that he didn't know -- that makes everything feel so much sadder.

They were really taking Love of Siam to task for how much damage tragic endings to queer stories can do. That was very pointed, and it also felt very righteous, in the best sense of that word. Among everything, it also gives me hope that this story will have a happy ending for them. That scene is strong evidence for @bengiyo's hypothesis that this show is New's correction to Love of Siam.

I am so relieved that Hom turned out to be supportive and loving and affirming. Cake was so lost about why See-eiw was pulling away, and trying so hard to understand and to fix it. Even though that's heartbreaking, I think it is also a good thing that See-eiw is branching out and making a new friend in Sand. (Although there is still something mysterious about him, even though I do like him.)

I adore Hom. Which makes me nervous about this Peak storyline. (Also, Peak - you are not Toh, and this is not Secret Crush On You. Get those photos off your wall this instant.)

I don't really know where the genre borders are, but a lot of this episode felt more like a queer story than a BL. But this cliffhanger almost kiss feels very BL. It also seems like Se-eiw is starting to adjust to living with this new understanding of himself, which puts the emotions of the show back onto a more even keel.

It looks like no timeskip next week. We're heading closer to the halfway point of the 14 episode run, I wonder when that's going to happen. Not till episode 11 or 12?

[rafaelblackbird15]

Teen Wolf Fic Recs Part 1: Steter

These took me awhile to put together, so please enjoy them. And if there's a problem with any of the links, (as this is my first time making a fic rec) just comment and I'll fix it.

These are Steter, Stiles Stilinski/Peter Hale fanfictions. Just skim through them and give them a try at your own will, I really enjoyed these.

Read the tags on the actual fics for appropriate reading.

And check out my other Sterek fic recs [Part 3] and [Part 4] and my Steter fic recs [Part 2]

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heartbeat (hide your lies) by wolfscrow on Archive of Our Own

Words: 7323

Chapters: 2/?

Summary:

What he doesn’t expect, stupidly he should add, is the fucking werewolf that bit Scott.

Stiles runs into a clearing when a hush falls through the forest, spooking him into stopping just at the edge of it where the werewolf stands on the other side. He’s gigantic on two legs, feet twisted like an actual animal's are. And the arms hang on both sides brush the ground with their length, claws thick and black like Stiles remembers. His snout is long and formed into a loose snarl, eyes crimson bright and pupils narrowed into pinpricks.

Stiles stops breathing at the sight, goosebumps rattling up his skin and eyes catching on the blood that drips down the beast's fingers. He doesn’t see how this thing could be human at any time, so monstrous and terrifying as it is.

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don't tell me you wouldn't like this (watch this with me) by ladywinter on Archive of Our Own

Words: 845

Chapters: 1/1

Summary:

So Saucery was talking about Peter/Stiles in her tumblr and I'd mentioned wanting, in ep 11 or 12, for them to interact while Derek was watching and which caused her to mutter endearments to which I started to comment... and then it got out of hand.

I'm sorry, but I'm not sorry.

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Stumbled Into Faith by orphan_account on Archive of Our Own

Words: 2315

Chapters: 1/1

Summary:

The first time Peter Hale offered Stiles the bite, he declined.

The second time, he didn’t. But he didn’t exactly consent, either.

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a savage such as i by ahab2692 on Archive of Our Own

Words: 6645

Chapters: 1/1

Summary:

“So what, are you taking me out to the woods to whack me? Is this the part of the movie where Al Pacino stares at the baby in the church while all of the henchman go out to slaughter his enemies? Because I kinda don’t want to die, and I definitely don’t want to be in pain. I’m not really a pain person. Well, okay, there was that one website that- No. Never mind. Shutting up now.”

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you know what this road is paved with by darthjamtart on Archive of Our Own

Words: 902

Chapters: 1/1

Summary:

Peter's grip is bruise-tight around Stiles' wrist, reeling him in when he tries to jerk away.

[alternate scene from the season 1 finale]

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Little Monster by covarla on Archive of Our Own

Words: 13108

Chapters: 3/?

Summary:

“I hate to bother you with this,” Scott began hesitantly. Stiles felt his stomach drop. Those words never meant good things. “There’s been some murders.”

There was the crunch of gravel behind him and Stiles turned. “Hold that thought one sec,” Stiles said as the redcap he’d been tracking lunged at him.

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Drabbles & Ficlets series by asarcasticwitch on Archive of Our Own

Works: 5

Complete: No

Description:

A place for all of my fics with five hundred words or less.

All works are completely unrelated, and none will be continued or expanded upon.

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Too Many War Wounds, But Not Enough Wars by neglectedtuesday on Archive of Our Own

Words: 26077

Chapters: 1/1

Part 1 of the Irresistible series

Summary:

The Nematon is dying. The once bountiful tree is withering, a husk of it’s former glory. It’s skeletal, shrunken and wilted and no one knows how to fix it. It’s supposed to be the height of summer but you wouldn’t know it. The Nematon isn’t the only tree that’s falling apart. Peter folds his arms. His eyes narrow as Jennifer, the emissary from Kali’s pack, tries to communicate with the sentient tree. She’s waving her arms around and chanting but so far all she’s managed to do is look like a complete imbecile. She’s the sixth emissary in as many months and still the tree decays.

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Watch My Enemies Get Destroyed by fur_claws_and_eyeballs on Archive of Our Own

Words: 5216

Chapters: 1/1

Part 1 of the Watch My Enemies Get Destroyed series

Summary:

He looks exactly as Peter had seen him last. Except everything is all wrong, the clothes too baggy on his thin frame, face gaunt and drawn in grief. Unnaturally bright eyes rimmed in black glare against pale skin. There is a fiery determination there, but all warmth is gone from his expression. He holds himself with equal parts stiff exhaustion and predatory grace. Peter is enthralled...and filled with trepidation.

“Stiles?”

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What Goes Around by KouriArashi on Archive of Our Own

Words: 71451

Chapters: 16/16

Summary:

“Well,” Stiles says, “if they’re going to hunt werewolves, I’m going to hunt them.”

It’s a ridiculous statement from a ten-year-old, but he’s obviously one hundred percent sincere. For the first time since the fire, Peter feels life stir inside him, feels purpose. It’s kismet, clearly. He’ll never meet the child he would have had with Olivia. Instead he’s met this boy, this brilliant, determined, cynical child with a world of potential.

Peter kneels down in front of him so they’re at eye level. “How do you feel about doing that together?”

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(baby) maybe that matters more by lavenderlotion on Archive of Our Own

Words: 16610

Chapters: 4/10

Summary:

“Well, well, well,” drawls a familiar voice that Stiles hadn’t even considered he might ever hear again. “The token pack human, left all alone?”

This is my personal favourite, I think it's beautiful and I always thought about this scenario myself. So this is, just wonderful.

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[atinysecretanon]

So here are the statistics from the form you filled out when joining.

There were 76 people that joined, however some questions were optional so not all 76 filled them all out.

The first question was who is your bias, a very essential and necessary question. By now, with all my fangirling about him having dark hair once again, you should know I’m personally a Seonghwa bias.

For those who can not see the picture, and also since you can’t see all the percents. 

San is up in here stealing everyone’s hearts with 17.1% being the most popular member.

Seonghwa and Hongjoong are second most popular with 15.8% of the votes.

Mingi and Yunho, a fitting pair am I right, are the next with 13.2% of the votes.

Yeosang and Jongho are next, despite Jonho’s not showing the percentage he has the same as Yeosang, with 7.9% of the votes.

OT8 is second to last with 6.6% of the votes.

Wooyoung rounds out the list with only 2.6% of the votes.

Personally these results shock me. San and Seonghwa, I expected, we are all hoes for San and Seonghwa and we know it. Hongjoong surprised me, especially seeing how in our Valentine’s day one of these he was third least popular. Yeosang is another that surprises me, he went from being the second most popular in the Valentine’s day one to the third least popular. Wooyoung surprises me the most, yet I feel like that’s just because I see so many Wooyoung biases that are vocal af on twitter, but like not really that many here on tumblr. What surprised you guys the most about this?

Next is the bias wrecker section, which allowed for multiple picks, and multiple picks were made.

Seonghwa the most popular with just over half of Atiny admitting he wrecks their bias list, getting 56.6%.

San the next, which isn’t surprising with 44.7% of the votes.

Wooyoung just barely takes third with 40.8% of the votes.

Yunho in fourth with 39.5% of the votes.

Hongjoong gets fifth with 38.2% of the votes.

Mingi takes sixth with 36.8% of votes.

Yeosang has seventh place with 30.3%.

Jongho is our eighth place with 27.6% of the votes.

I feel like this isn’t surprising, or really that different from our Valentine’s day one. Like Seonghwa has 56.9% last time, so half of Atiny really being bias wrecked by this man. 

We then have the question I added just because one of my mutuals said she wanted to fight Jongho, well more specifically she said she wanted Jongho to bust open her skull, which member of Ateez would you fight if you could. 

We as Atiny have just collectively decided to fight San, and I love it. He can’t stop all of us and he has 34.7% of the votes.

Wooyoung follows him with 16.7% percent of Atiny wanting to throw down with him.

Seonghwa rounds out the top three with 13.9%, yet with those rude looks and that unnecessarily sexy dance to Baby Shark, I can not blame you.

Hongjoong takes fourth place with 11.1% of the votes.

Mingi and Jongho have taken fifth place together with 8.3% of the votes, and I can’t decide whether this is a good idea or not, since Jongho could end you, unless you are into that kind of thing.

Yeosang took seventh place with 5.6% of the votes.

Yunho took eighth place with 1.4% of the votes, one single person wants to fight him.

Next up we have, who do you think is the most popular bias.

Well, 60% of you ain’t wrong, since it is San. 

Hongjoong has 13.3% of the votes, which like close but still no.

Seonghwa has 12% of the votes.

Mingi has 8%.

Wooyoung has 4% of the votes.

Yunho has 2.7% of the votes.

Jonho and Yeosang didn’t even get a vote, which I personally an offended by.

Next was least popular bias.

Which, well, 56.8% are wrong since apple boy is not the least popular, which like I know, shocked me too since I never see many vocal Jongho biases like anywhere.

Yunho, 18.9% yet once again, wrong.

Yeosang, 17.6%, yet once again, nope.

Mingi 2.7% also also nope.

Wooyoung, Seonghwa, and Hongjoong all are tied with 1.4%, which is one vote, so that means one person accurately guessed who the least popular bias was.

San didn’t even get a vote, like ya’ll knew there was no way he was not popular.

Then we had most popular bias wrecker.

Over half thought San would be most popular, but shockingly he was not.

Almost half thought Seonghwa was, which was right,.

Then we have Wooyoung, which was close but not right.

Then we have Hongjoong.

Mingi.

Yeosang.

Yunho.

Jongho.

Then we had least popular bias wrecker.

Jongho, right, but it hurts my dudes.

Yeosang.

Yunho.

Mingi.

Seonghwa and Hongjoong.

Wooyoung.

San.

Next we had favorite title track, which I had some people @/ing me asking why Hala Hala wasn’t listed, however I couldn’t find anything saying Hala Hala was an official title track, so I didn’t include it.

Say My Name, not surprising, 41.1%, since we all love gothic space cowboys.

Treasure, 21.9%, honestly this mv was just stunning, like this wasn’t the quality you expect from a debut.

Pirate King, 16.4%, we also love our pirates that dance in the middle of the desert. 

Wave, 13.7%, art, our first win, she deserves respect.

Illusion, 6.8%, you 5 that voted this are intellects since I was personally team Illusion when we were voting for which of the two.

Then we had the album questions, which is your favorite album?

Ep 2 our gothic space cowboys to the win with 56.2%

EP 3 takes second with 30.1%.

Ep 1 is third with 13.7%.

Then we had favorite b-side track, which I realized I should have probably made many questions for this since there were so many songs, but I didn’t think of that at the time.

Our king Hala Hala took this title away with little fight. 22.4% of the votes.

Aurora came in second with 18.4%, I believe the cause is that one part of the choreo, you guys know what I mean.

Promise came in third with 15.8% which I understand, like that Mnet mv for it was my favorite thing for like 3 weeks.

Desire and Utopia took fourth with 11.8%.

Twilight and Light both got 6.6%.

My Way got 3.9%

From and Dancing Like Butterfly Wings got 1.3%.

Stay and Crescent both got no votes.

[gem-rewatch]

SU rewatch- S1E3- Cheeseburger Backpack

Okay, new sideblog! No more worrying about links! Let’s just cut right to the chase and dive right in to the observations from now on-

Ah yes, Jamie. The mailman/actor I don’t think even has a last name, the one I genuinely forgot existed before rewatching this ep. (Sorry bud!) Whatever happened to Jamie anyways..?

Major kudos for this beautifully candid screenshot I got here, what a LOOK. 

Shortly after Change Your Mind aired, I saw a post somewhere pointing out how when Connie asked “Are you you,” Steven didn’t even bother to lift his shirt up to check if his gem was there after he refused with his Gem self, instead just confidently confirming, “I’m me!” In stark contrast, waaaaay back at the very beginning we’re presented with a young 12-yr-old Steven who still feels the need to present his gem as “proof” that he’s just as much a part of the Crystal Gems as the others.

Pearl, Garnet, and Amethyst all know very, very well how he came to be but it’s clear in the early eps that they even then need a bit of reminding that Steven’s far more than a regular human boy. It’s also super indicative of where he’s at on his journey of self acceptance. He’s not only trying to prove that he belongs to them, he’s still trying to prove it to himself.

At this moment, his sense of self worth is tightly wound up in their opinion of him.

(5 seasons later... “I don’t need you to respect me, I respect me-” Dang, I’m getting really misty eyed about the character development already, and I’m not even halfway into season 1! This rewatch can, and will kill me off. I guarantee.)

On Steven and the warp pads...

Amethyst: “Suck it in, Steven!”

Pearl: “Do you remember how to do this?”

While on a story level I get that they wanted to introduce the concept of the warp pads to an audience who didn’t know how they functioned through Steven’s fresh eyes, these comments intrigue me because they suggest that Steven’s barely ever used the warp pads. It’s a reasonable assumption that he’s just recently moved into the house at the temple at season’s start, of course... but the newness of it all makes it seem like this is only his second (or third or fourth etc) time. Did the Gems really not take him on any fun day trips? Not ever? I mean, maybe they just thought it’d be too much of a risk with Steven so young, but...

I dunno, on the rewatch this detail came as a bit of an unexpected surprise to me. I didn’t remember this.

In this case, this makes this episode super, super important, because it’s literally the first time they’ve let him tag along on any of their out-of-Beach City business at all. My baby’s first Gem Mission ;D;

*sniffs* I’m so proud.

I just think this screenshot is really funny hfshfjfs it has a lot of meme potential. 

Steven, probably,, “ho shit I almost diED”

But real talk, Steven’s ingenuity here in crossing to the sea spire is great. This is but one of MAAANY examples in this show of how Steven, having a foot in both worlds, is able to think in ways the Gems never could. 

Immediately after his near death experience, there’s a series of character interactions that perfectly sum up each Gem’s relationship with Steven and it’s absolutely precious:

Garnet gives his head a quick affectionate motherly scruffle.

Amethyst, like a true sibling figure, jabs a playful elbow right into his shoulder.

And Pearl, ever so loving and protective, gently touches his arm to gesture for him to continue along with her.

Pearl: “H-how did you know that would work??" Steven: “Well, if I were a shrimp, that’s what I would do!”

This kid has always been very good at empathizing with other people and beings, and tapping into their minds to see/feel how they conceptualize things. Even now when it’s purely Steven being Steven- no gem powers involved at all. With this in mind, it’s only natural that eventually he grows to have emphatic telepathic powers to LEGIT tap into people’s emotions.

Also- he distracts them with food. While the three Gems were ready to strike with attacks, he chooses to take the pacifist route. This shows just how good being around Steven is for them, too. All of the Crystal Gems are fairly peaceful on the whole as well- only using force if absolutely necessary- but Steven’s relationship with them has continued to teach them that there’s always another way. There’s always a way to solve conflicts that doesn’t fall to war.

Garnet: “What have you got?”

I have to imaging that for Steven- having Garnet, the de-facto leader of the Crystal Gems- asking HIM what his plan is feels great.

Also both Amethyst AND Pearl chanting “Cheeseburger backpack” is the most adorable thing in all the nine realms, I swear. In earlier eps they were a bit more doubtful of how helpful any of Steven’s bizarre ideas would be, but here they’re rallying in newfound support for them and aaaaa it’s precious :DD

Look at him, he’s so proud! (And so am I.)

By the end of course, Steven’s all about to fall into despair- he messed up his first Gem mission and they’ll probably never let him tag along with them again, he’s probably thinking.

And then, in the dire circumstances, he receives a response he likely didn’t expect...

Pearl: “You handled everything well under pressure. You did great!” Amethyst: “Yeah, 2 out of 4 of your ideas worked! That’s fifty percent!”

Steven: “Yeah, I guess you’re right. They can’t all be winners.”

Pearl and Amethyst’s praise of Steven’s efforts here are absolutely paramount in paving the way for his growth in confidence, in the end. In a wide world he’s still trying to make sense of and figure out his place in, they make him feel like he’s truly one of them in this moment more than they ever have (at least, with what we’ve seen) before.

In that way, what happens in this episode paves the way for literally everything else in this show moving forward.

[rqs902]

22 questions

tagged by @tanqram aka one of my favorite tumblr friends ❤️

1 & 2 - Name / Nickname: annie

3 - Star Sign: gemini

4 - Gender: female

5 - Sexuality: straight

6 - Favorite colour: purple

7 - Time Right Now: 11pm 

8 - Average Hours of Sleep: 7 hours

9 - The last thing I googled: uniqlo store hours

10 - Number of Blankets: 1

11 - Favorite Fictional Character: baymax from big hero 6

12 - What are you wearing right now: pajamas

13 - Favourite Book: fresh off the boat (aw nini your answer so cute hahahha)

14 - Favourite Musicians: Nine Percent members, Mr. Tyger, YouthEnergyF, BlackACE, Tangram, Liao Juntao, Zhao Tianyu, Eric Chou, Lumi Xu, Chen Sijian

15 - Dream Job: something where i can feel like i am making an impact on others (omg nini official translation team yesss can you imagine being paid to do subs hahahha) 

16 - Number of followers: 1k+ (thanks to everyone for putting up with my rants ❤️)

17 - When did you create your account: apparently, i joined this tumblr place at 04/12/2013 11:27:19 pm. HAHAHA but for specifically when I switched to being a cpop blog... apparently i made my first posts about nongnong on 1/26/18, so it was around then LOL (apparently thats like around the 2nd ep of Idol Producer) 

18 - What do you post about: qcyn and idol producer kids

19 - What made you get an account: i started blogging cpop stuff and becoming super involved all due to the fact that chen linong’s initial audition had me sold 

20 - When did your blog reach its peak: maybe around the time when i was making translated tyger content regularly during qcyn.... or if i were to go back more, maybe right after idol producer ended and i started translating / creating content for trainees who weren’t as popular

21 - Do you get asks on a daily basis: nope, only occasionally, but when i do, it usually brightens my day! (nini you’re so approachable, what are you talking about??)

22 - Why did you choose your url: once i committed to watching qcyn and committed to biasing lin mo, i chose linm0mo because it reflected my previous url n0ngnong. i still kept n0ngnong tho, because i’ve always thought in the back of my head i might switch back one day, because being n0ngnong was really such a memorable phase of my time here... it was when i met a ton of friends and got really involved in the super warm community that was the ip fandom, and it was really such a fun, happy time! and even tho i dont post nongnong content bc he’s popular enough that i dont feel the need to promote him, i still love him

— tagging @mr-linmo @zh0ushiyuan @shao-haofan @jiayoujiayi @roiqin @zhenings @zhyixuan @qinfen-qingshen if you would like to be do this!

[stormysummerskyed]

Rewatching the Firefly series. 

Here comes my totally random commentary! 1) I forgot how Firefly opens with all the lasers and explosions of Mal and Zoe in what we later learn is the battle of serenity valley. For some reason I always think it opens with Wash and the dinosaurs. "grrr!" 2) "We've done the impossible and that makes us mighty." 3) "You know why we're not going to die? Because we're so very, very pretty. We're just too pretty to die." 4) I always loved how the opening scene cut from the noise and confusion of the battle to the silent and slow movements of Mal and the crew in space. It made for an very impacting opening sequence. 5) "We will rule over all this land and we will call it... this land. -- I think we should call it your grave. -- Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!" Classic Wash 6) "Oh motherless son of a b--" totally going to steal this

7) Out of all the sci-fi shows I've watched, I still think the Serenity is my favourite ship. She's a beauty! 8) Firefly also gets all-time-favourite theme song   "You can't take the sky from me." 9) "I don't believe there's a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful." 10) 1/? Plot threads that never got answered before Firefly was cancelled that I'm still annoyed about -- what was Inara running away from when she joined Serenity's crew? 11) 2/? Plot threads that never got answered before #Firefly was cancelled that I'm still annoyed about -- who the hell was Sheppard Book??? 12) Malcolm Reynolds calling Crowley out on his BS long before Dean Winchester came into the picture 13) "I got a share in this job. Ten percent of nothin'. Let me do the math here. Nothin' and then nothin' carry the nothin'--" Classic Jayne 14) "Jayne, your mouth is talking. Might want to look to that." I always forget how much I love the dialogue in this show. 15) Zoe: "Sir, we don't want to deal with Patience again." Mal: "Why not?" Zoe: "She shot you." Mal: "Well, yeah, she did a bit." 16)  Mal: "Anyone gets nosy, you know, just... shoot 'em." Zoe: "Shoot 'em?" Mal: "Politely." #lols Always loved the Mal / Zoe dynamic. 17) I love how they made Simon out to be sinister and creepy in the first few scenes he was in. Great misdirect for the real bad guy later 18) Mal: Did you send word to Patience?" Wash: "Yeah, but ain't heard back yet. Didn't she shoot you once?" Mal" "Everyone's making a fuss!" 19) Mal: "She's a whore." Kaylee: "The term is companion." Mal: "I always get those mixed up. How's business?" Inara: "None of yours." Mal you were kind of a jerk sometimes. Lucky Inara could hold her own. 20) Book: "Captain, you mind if I say grace?" Mal: "Only if you say it out loud." 21) oh man I forgot all the !drama! in the first ep.  And Kaylee is the one who ends up getting shot during the stand off with the Alliance agent 22) Jayne: "Move out of the way." Book: "You're not killing this man." Jayne: "Not right away." Classic Jayne 23) Simon talking about River and what happened to her 24) "Can we maybe take a vote on the whole murder thing?" Wash trying to be the voice of reason 25) "Got me a boatload of terribly strange folk making my life a little more interesting than I generally like." Gotta love Mal's way with words. 26) Mal: "Now you only gotta scare him." Jayne: "Pain is scary." Jayne logic 27) Great characterisation with Jayne's loyalties to Mal being a bit of a grey area. Willing to take a bribe and betray the captain? Or is he? 28) REAVERS!!! 29) they did such a great job of making the Reavers this ambiguous yet horrifying and credible threat throughout the eps and into the movie. 30) "You're lost in the woods. We all are, even the captain. Only difference is, he likes it that way." 31) Ah yes now I remember how much the UST between Mal and Inara drove me crazy. 32) Mal telling Simon that Kaylee was dead and then laughing about it with the rest of the crew on the bridge while Simon was in a panic running down to save her #badman 33) Mal: "I do believe that woman's planning to shoot me again." Jayne: "Here's a concept I've been working on. Why don't we shoot her first?" Wash: "It is her turn." Totally Reasonable Conversations. 34) "One of those will feed a family for a month. Longer, if they don't like their kids too well." Mal's understated sense of humor is a great aspect of his characterisation. 35) "I did a job and I got nothing but trouble since I did it. Not to mention more than a few unkind words as regards to my character. So let me make this abundantly clear. I do the job. And then I get paid." 1/? reasons not to cross Mal. 36) "You don't know me son, so let me explain this to you once. If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me and you'll be armed." - Mal Honor among the outlawed

[paulisded]

The Ledge #502: Best Records of 2021 NYE Countdown

So your favorite online radio DJ decided to spend a bitterly cold New Year's Eve playing over six hours of the best music of 2021. But what else would I have done? New Year's Eve is amateur night, and I haven't ventured out of my house for the big night in years.

With the big night lining up with a Ledge weekly broadcast, the decision to do a "Casey Kasem" was easy. So this show is a true marathon. First off, there's a countdown of the 20 best reissues, box sets, compilations, and tribute albums of the year. Then there's a countdown of the 40 best albums of 2021, and we hit the stroke of midnight in the eastern and central time zones with tracks from some of the great singles and EP's of the year, along with tunes from a number of great albums that barely missed the cut of making the big countdown.

Honestly, while the world is melting down we are somehow seeing a cultural renaissance. How else could I put together a six hour playlist of nothing but music from the past year? It's simply incredible how much wonderful music is coming out on a weekly basis from all over the world. This is why I do The Ledge, and why there's an episode every month that consists of nothing but new releases.

I sincerely hope everyone enjoyed their holiday season, and that 2022 turns out to be a magical year for you all!

I would love it if every listener bought at least one record I played on either of these shows. These great artists deserve to be compensated for their hard work, and every purchase surely helps not only pay their bills but fund their next set of wonderful songs. And if you buy these records directly from the artist or label, please let them know you heard these tunes on The Ledge! Let them know who is giving them promotion! You can find this show at almost any podcast site, including iTunes and Stitcher...or

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Here's the tracklist of the entire show, beginning with a countdown of tunes from the 20 best reissues, box sets, and tribute records of 2021:

20. The Beatles, Don’t Let Me Down (First Rooftop Performance)

19. The Rolling Stones, Fiji Jim

18. The Jacks, (You're) so Wrong

17. The Dogmatics, Sister Serena

16. Green Day, 2000 Light Years Away

15. Sex Pistols, Anarchy In The UK

14. Neil Young, Helpless

13. PJ Harvey, The Life And Death Of Mr. Badmouth (Demo)

12. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Walls (No. 3)

11. Swell Maps, One of the Crowd

10. Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Pump It Up (feat. Juanes)

9. Bob Dylan, Blind Willie McTell (Take 5 - Infidels Outtake)

8. The Pretty Things, L.S.D. (Saturday Club Presented by Brian Matthew, May 1966)

7. The Pretenders, The Wait (BBC Live Session)

6. Kurt Vile, Run Run Run

5. Richard Hell & The Voidoids, The Kid with the Replaceable Head

4. Gang of Four, Damaged Goods

3. John Lennon, God (Take 42 / Raw Studio Mix)

2. The Replacements, Raised in the City (Studio Demo)

1. George Harrison, All Things Must Pass - Day 1 Demo

And now tracks from my countdown of the best albums of 2021:

40. Indonesian Junk, One More Try

39. Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Human Race

38. Beebe Gallini, Little Sister

37. Colleen Green, Highway

36. The Hold Steady, Spices

35. Dry Cleaning, Unsmart Lady

34. Lord Huron, Mine Forever

33. Dinosaur Jr., I Met The Stones

32. Juliana Hatfield, Gorgon

31. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, Old Time

30. Mountain Movers, I Wanna See The Sun

29. Guided By Voices, High in the Rain

28. The William Loveday Intention, They Wanted the Devil But I Sang of God

27. Michael Beach, Curtain Of Night

26. Acid Dad, She Only Eats Organic

25. Gentleman Jesse, Become Nothing

24. Split Single, 95 Percent

23. Blunt Bangs, She's Gone

22. Ty Segall, Pictures

21. Shannon & the Clams, Year Of The Spider

20. The Courettes, I Can Hardly Wait

19. The Umbrellas, Lonely

18. Geoff Palmer, What Would Paul Westerberg Do?

17. Brad Marino, Local Show

16. Chime School, Fixing Motorcycles

15. Scientists, Moth Eaten Velvet

14. CTMF, Where the Wild Purple Iris Grows

13. Courtney Barnett, Take It Day By Day

12. IDLES, The Beachland Ballroom

11. The Blips, Throw Me Around

10. Parquet Courts, Walking At A Downtown Pace

9. Viagra Boys, Ain't Nice

8. Aaron Lee Tasjan, Sunday Women

7. Night Beats, Stuck In The Morning

6. John Murry, The Stars Are God's Bullet Holes

5. Amyl and The Sniffers, No More Tears

4. Jeremy Porter and The Tucos, Dead Ringer

3. The Exbats, Ghost In The Record Store

2. Kiwi jr., Undecided Voters

1. The Shadracks, Don't Let Go

And, finally, another two hours of great 2021 singles, EP's and albums that barely missed the countdown:

1. Watts, Queens

2. Dany Laj And The Looks, You And Me

3. French Girls, Independent Woman

4. The Shang Hi Los, Skipping Records

5. Lydia Loveless, Let's Make Out

6. Liz Phair, Bad Kitty

7. The Ex-Bombers, Beat Heart Beat

8. Pearl Harbour, Trouble

9. Hayley and the Crushers, Jacaranda

10. Tommy And The Rockets, Listen to the Heartbeat

11. Psychotic Youth, Talk to Loretta

12. The Queers, Valleri

13. K7's, Censorshit

14. Lars Frederiksen, Tomorrows Girls

15. Independent Country, Left Of The Dial

16. Civic, As Seen On TV

17. Berlin Blackouts, Make Punk Rock Great Again

18. Chubby and the Gang, I Hate The Radio

19. Killer Hearts, Do Your Thing

20. Liquids, Dont Wanna Get to Know You

21. Local Drags, Give A Shit Anyway

22. Vista Blue, Stealing Signs

23. Tommy Ray, Beer Wine & Whiskey

24. The Routes, Broken Goods

25. The Peacers, Ghost of a Motherfucker

26. Low Rats, Taxi Driver/Brand New Cadillac

27. New Rocket Union, Out of Mind

28. Friends Of Cesar Romero, The Lonely Popular Girl

29. Teenage Bottlerocket, You're Never Going out of Style

30. RMBLR, Machine Gun!!

31. Hard-Ons, Fucked up Party

32. Apollo 66, Fly Trap

33. Dan Israel, Pandemic Blues

[nerdmars]

Bruno Mars’ many Grammy wins for 24K Magic was more than just a victory for the musician. It’s a victory for R&B music as a whole. The Grammy for R&B Album of the Year has often been completely segregated from the major awards. (Frequent nominees and winners include people like John Legend, Mary J. Blige, Boyz II Men and Alicia Keys.)

Winning the R&B Album of the Year Grammy rarely leads to walking up to the stage at the end of the night for the big prize — or even being nominated for it. Lauryn Hill pulled it off for The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill back in 1999. And it hasn’t happened since — until Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic brought home both awards among several others.

Does this mean the Academy now respects Black music and is recognizing its’ worth? That remains to be seen. It can be seen as a start.

Bruno Mars is doing his part to bring light to the musicians that have been an influence on pop music for decades. While collecting his Album of The Year Grammy, he gave a heart-warming speech, dedicating his award to Babyface, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and Teddy Riley. He put it plain: “This album wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for these guys.”

With a monstrous record like this, there’s plenty you probably don’t know. Here are 24 things you didn’t know about 24K Magic.

To get started, here’s a good one: winning Record, Song and Album of the Year in one night gives a musician entry into a very small group of musicians like Simon and Garfunkel, Norah Jones and Adele. (Even Michael Jackson doesn’t belong!) 24K Magic achieved this incredible feat and Bruno is the 10th artist to hold the big three.

Here’s more…

(1) 24k Magic was born in a top-secret and, well, magical spot. Unlike most albums, 24K Magic was recorded entirely in one studio. The Glenwood Recording Studio in Burbank, California, has hosted everyone from the Black Eyed Peas to Britney Spears. But don’t look for information anywhere. Even the website has only a phone number.

(2) Yet, 24K Magic was almost not born at all. After the success of "Uptown Funk" and Bruno’s not one but two Super Bowl appearances, the singer spoke about having writer's block and not being satisfied with a lot of the early songs he recorded.

(3) Shampoo Press & Curl is part of the formula for the worldwide success of 24K Magic. The production group, originally known as The Smeezingtons, initially wrote and recorded for other artists while Bruno was still developing as a solo artist. They are credited on just about every track.

(4) 24K Magic won the big three at The 2018 Grammys but the album also scooped one of the obscure awards. In the non-televised ceremony held earlier in the afternoon, the album won for Best Engineered Album, non Classical. Tom Coyne, the master engineer on the project, passed away last year, so Bruno made sure his wife was on stage to collect the award on his behalf.

(5) Many of the songs on 24K Magic were recorded live. Not in front of an audience but performed live with instruments in the studio. The standard these days is recording in parts and then using Pro Tools. That’s if instruments are used at all. Most artists who use live music save it for the tour.

(6) The entire album is pretty short as music goes. 24K Magic clocks in at just a bit over 33 minutes. A piece of music must be at least 30 minutes in order to be considered an album and not an EP.

(7) The artwork for the album comes courtesy of Greg Gigendad Burke. Known for his innovative work with artists like Jay-Z, T.I. and Wiz Khalifa, Burke often does both artwork and design for album covers. For this album, Bruno did the art direction himself.

(8) Bruno is clearly loyal. The Stereotypes, a Los Angeles-based production team, has been in the game for over a decade. After years of hits and misses, they reconnected with Bruno. 24K Magic was already done but Mars still invited them into the studio and ended up creating “Finesse.” That late addition made the album — and became history.

(9) Outside of the remix of "Finesse" with Cardi B, there are no features on the album. It’s a rarity in this era to skip the tradition of plumping up an album with guest rappers or vocal duets for a varied audience and sound. Bruno decided to keep it simple — even though he’s known to pump up music for other artists.

(10) Bruno’s got nothing against remixes though! Official remixes for "That’s What I Like" include tracks with Gucci Mane and Party Next Door.

(11) Last year Beyoncé appeared at a Bruno Mars show with gold hoops spelling out CHUNKY, a song from Bruno’s album. The whispers started immediately. Would there be a collaboration perhaps? And then, eagle-eared listeners began insisting that Beyoncé is singing backgrounds on the song. Does it sound like it could be her? Maybe. Is that likely? No. However, there are no background vocalists credited on the song…

(12) Bruno Mars fully credits New Jack Swing pioneers like Teddy Riley and Babyface for his new work. Just in case you don’t know what New Jack Swing means: in the late '80s and '90s, a particular form of pop music borrowing heavily from hip-hop and R&B was born with acts like Bobby Brown and Guy. The name comes from early ‘80s hip-hop slang for a newcomer.

(13) The opening lines from "24K Magic"? That’s Mr. Talk Box, a musician known for his work in gospel music. And because his portion of "24K Magic" was sampled on Kendrick Lamar’s "Loyalty," the musician contributed to more than one 2017 megahit.

(14) Bruno’s album helped Cardi B. achieve yet another chart success. With “Finesse,” she becomes only the third person in history — and the first woman — to have five singles on the Top 10 at the same time.

(15) The funk that led to "Chunky" comes courtesy of Charlie Wilson and The Gap Band. One of Bruno Mars’ producing partners told him about a party he went to where everyone played the wall and stayed on their cellphones — until the DJ played "Outstanding" by The Gap Band. Bruno says hearing that inspired him to write "Chunky."

(16) There’s a wink-and-nod lyrical homage to R. Kelly’s "Seems Like You’re Ready." If you don’t know the 1993 song, you might miss it. But he literally croons out the line on his ballad "Versace on the Floor."

(17) A quick run-down on all of the hair-related terminology Bruno spits on “Perm”: He tells a woman to relax (which is another word for perm). He mentions sheen (usually used in aerosol form). There’s a tribute to pat-pat-patting your weave. And he urges us to “activate” the sexy, as in activator used for '80s-era curly hairstyles.

(18) If you’re one of the few people on earth who haven’t heard the album in its entirety, here’s a random factoid: Yes, that’s Halle Berry in a voicemail recording in the middle of the song “Calling All My Lovelies.”

(19) While working with Babyface, a song Bruno never finished began to play. Babyface said he needed to finish it that day. The song became the tearjerker “Too Good To Say Goodbye.”

(20) Music lovers began hyperventilating when photos surfaced of Missy Elliott and Bruno Mars in the studio together. Alas, they were “just hanging out.” Maybe next time.

(21) Bruno is known for keeping things old school when he’s recording. When it was time for him to allow journalists to listen to the album before release, the album was loaded on one iPod stored in a safe at his record label offices.

(22) While Bruno admits that he was nervous when he started recording, he personally put himself against his own biggest work. The title track for 24K Magic was recorded while "Uptown Funk" was still No. 1 on the charts.

(23) Ever the perfectionist, Bruno will tweak a song until he’s 100 percent happy with it. Case in point: his latest single "Finesse" had over 20 different versions.

(24) And speaking of perfectionism, the power ballad "Versace on the Floor" was completely done. Then Bruno listened and felt like he didn’t get it right vocally. He actually ended up writing the song over completely.

(25) Did you stream this album? It’s all good. But Bruno kind of wishes you had it on CD. He designed and wrote all of the inserts for the physical project and then realized that the idea of holding and reading liner notes may soon be a distant memory. He worked really hard on designing the fonts for the song titles. (No, really.)

Written by Alisa S. King

[sapphireskys]

TLJ SPOILERS (my review!!)

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OK SO I JUST WATCHED IT AND WOOOOW

1. REY AND BEN. yeah that's all. It's says enough on its own lmao

2. That uhhh... Milk scene.... Was the weirdest shit I've ever seen lmao

3. THE HUT SCENE!!! I just... It was so beautiful, and how he took off his glove, which was just so telling of... Well, him being himself, him being vulnerable. He wasn't hiding behind a mask to Rey, no, he was being himself, and that's just so beautiful

4. Also lmao at Rey being like PUT SOME CLOTHES ON and Ben just straight up ignores her lmao

5. Luke was perfect. And well... The way he went, it was just so fitting tbh. Well done

6. OK but at that part where Luke dusts his shoulder after getting blasted at the whole goddamn cinema started clapping like honestly I suddenly love my people lmao

7. They did this again when it was revealed Luke was actually just sitting on a rock lmao and yes same tbh

8. I?? Love?? Amilyn Holdo?? So?? Much??? Honestly I was so sad when... You know...

9. Poe got character development and I'm so happy lol

10. Finn and Rose. Again no words needed. Perfection

11. Shout-out to Paige Tico for making me attached to her in like the first 5 minutes lmao

12. Rose

13. That scene where Poe hugs BB8 like??? So beautiful

14. Honestly DJ I trusted you (almost)

15. BB8

16. OK but that scene where Leia just straight up majestically floats through space like an actual goddamn princess lmao like honestly that's so Leia

17. THE PRAETORIAN GUARD FIGHT

18. Snoke's death should be in those "Oddly Satisfying" videos like honestly I never knew such sadistic glee till his pieces scattered lmao

19. OK but Snoke's death being so anticlimactic was honestly just... Really poetic. It showed that no matter how strong you are, how much control you think you have, you don't. I mean I could probably phrase this better but it's late and my thoughts are scrambled lol

20. Again I love how Rey and Ben were, but what I lived the most is that when Ben, during that one moment, reverted back to Kylo (the mask) she rejected him, because he honestly needs to fix himself, and he can't do that if she goes with him

21. Luke and Leia's scene killed me. Yes, I am indeed a ghost writing this long ass review lol

22. Also Snoke is an ass. That is all. He's an ass.

23. But seriously that moment where they were all in the throne room and he just decided to manipulate Rey and Ben both by saying their bond was his doing, making them feel as though it shouldn't exist, that it was a perverse lie, BUT THEN IN THE END YOU SEE IT STILL EXISTS DESPITE SNOKE'S DEATH LIKE AAAAAHH

24. Luke's death was, once again, beautiful. It was like Yoda's, in a way, and he just accepted that his part was played. He had no role in any of this anymore. He had fulfilled his purpose, and was able to die in peace. Hence "Peace and Purpose"

25. Also I love that Ben wasn't the one who killed him.

26. OK but honestly Luke really messed up with Ben. I mean he tried to kill a child in his sleep. And then what Luke said "I saw the eyes of a child betrayed by his master" or something like that

27. Anyway the porgs were cuter than I thought they'd be, BUT THE CRYSTAL FOXES THO

28. AND THE FATHIERS

29. And that ending! Rey's disappointed face as she looked at Ben and closed the door, and Ben's sad face, as the dice disappeared, symbolizing that he could not escape his past (I think)

30. OK BUT now that Rey's saber is broken, DOES THAT MEAN SHE REBUILDS IT AND IT'S CRACKLY??? I MEAN NICE

31. The while movie in general. Enough said lol. I mean it was so great that my sister (who hasn't seen star wars and only knew the base outline of the movie that I literally told her today) loved it, and was sad when certain characters died (not you Snoke) and I'm like highkey sure she's trying to chill and appear calm regarding Rey and Ben lol

32. also I forgot this but when Luke showed up in the hut during the Hut Scene™ and exploded it I could literally feel everyone thinking "oh shit Luke what the hell NO srsly bro don't no wonder Ben hates you" and honestly I agree 100 percent lmao

33. Oh and I love the recurring thing that Ben says ie "Say it" because it shows not only that Rey's lying to herself, but also that Ben is too, only he's unable to see the good as Rey is the bad, and I just really love this parallel

34. Anyway since it's obvious that if Ben dies Rey will too (raw powah + 2 halves + Force Bond?? Duh) so either they're gonna pull a Romeo and Juliet in 9 (pls no) or they're gonna inverse Anidala and have Ben make comments on sand (lol)

35. ALSO "Join me and we'll rule the galaxy together!" "Anakin, please, you're going down a path I can't follow!"... Ring any bells? THAT'S RIGHT "Join me Rey, together we will rule the galaxy (or something idk)" "Please, Ben, don't do this. Don't go this way. (or something)"

36. ALSO I sense a pattern with Ben, he's inversing Anakin, 7 was the Vader stage, 8 was ep.3 stage (see above), AND 9 WILL (hopefully) BE THE EP.2 STAGE (get ready for Extra as hell Emperor Ben floating pears and making commentary about sand lmao)

37. I was joking about the sand and pears.

38. Also Yoda appeared and was Classic Yoda as always lmao

Anyway I wanna know Rian's ao3 account because honestly I'd read everything there lol

[docholligay]

Jetty Jetty Wolf Wolf’s Birthday Weekend Extravaganza

Hello, this is your local Holligay. As we all know, I hate Jet. I hate with a passion and intensity that could move mountains. Jet has always given me the gift of her intense hatred for my birthday (This year, by freeing Michiru from her cardboard prison,) but I never reciprocated, either because I am a shitty friend, or I work, or both. 

ANYWAY THIS LONG WEEKEND IS ALL FOR HER BIRTHDAY

What will the schedule for that look like, you may ask? LET’S WATCH. 

Friday, September 1st: 

FIC DAY. I will be writing fics and ficlets, all tailored to Jet’s disgusting personal desires. Highlights include:

INNERS FRIENDSHIP

PHARAH TRYING TO EMOTION ABOUT FRIENDSHIP???

OUR PATHFINDER CHARACTERS ON A MAGICAL ADVENTURE

POTENTIALLY MANY MORE

AND LIKE ZERO PERCENT ROMANCE

(If I get lost, i’ll just kill Rei) 

I will be writing from 10 am my time to 2:30 my time, then 6:00ish my time to 9 or so. 

Saturday, September 2nd: 

LIVEBLOGGING FOR JET. From 10 am my time to 5:30 pm my time, with only a brief jaunt to shove something in my face. 

PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR THE ORDER OF LIVEBLOGS UNDER THE CUT

Sunday, September 3rd: 

GAMING LIVESTREAM

Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead. Which I have never heard of outside I know it is a TV show, let alone know anything about it. JET ASSURES ME I AM IN FOR A WILD RIDE. I have never seen the TV show either, so I really know nothing about anything. I am told the story is very choices based, and that the gameplay is mostly about driving the story, SO I’M IN. 

Getting started at about 10, short break for lunch, going till about 5:00

Monday, September 4th: 

LIVEBLOG 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

Same as Saturday, including the approximate times. I WILL FREAK OUT ABOUT JET’S PICKS YET ANOTHER DAY

I HOPE YOU JOIN ME IN FETEING JET AND I AM INTERESTED TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON ANY OF THIS

In keeping with Jet’s base and disgusting desires, I will be keeping meticulous tags of each day. Tag for the whole thing is #celebrate a jet wolf

What I am liveblogging, in the order I’ll be getting to it, AND what I know about it, under the cut:

1.

Cagney & Lacey, S6 Ep 20 "Happiness is a Warm Gun"

I’ve been told she’s basically interested in this for one scene.

I have never seen Cagney and Lacey! I know it is a cop show that older lesbians all scream about loving, and that’s the extent of my knowledge. Apparently the fact that I have zero percent context for literally anything that is going on is the allure. 

2.

Neon Genesis Evangelion, Ep 25 "A World That's Ending"

I know three things about NGE:

. CONGRATULATIONS (I have no context for this other than I guess they were trying to find a stupider ending to a show than “naked protagonist wields a baby-sword and forgives a mass murdering fuckhead because she felt real bad about it. Also, her friends were there.) 

. SHINJI GET IN THE ROBOT

 Cruel Angel’s Thesis

Absent that, I have nothing. And I’ve been told I may, NAY AM ENCOURAGED TO savage the fuck out of everything going on onscreen. This ought to be great. 

3.

The Facts of Life, S4 Ep 13 "Magnificent Obsession"

A SHOW I HAVE SEEN. I watched a lot of The Facts of Life on Nick at Nite when i was like...12? Anyway, I am a big believer in Jo/Blair because please I am butch/femme class romance trash, and you don’t even have to look at that shit sideways to get there. 

Jet said this really formalated her love of complicated friendships, because I can’t remember this episode at all. Because of this and the fact that she said I am allowed to “Holligay the fuck out of it” I assume ti about Jo and Blair, so look forward to me trying not to scream “LET THEM KISS YOU COWARDS” at the screen and utterly, utterly fail

4.

JEM, S1 Ep 16 "The Rock Fashion Book"

I literally only know of JEM from watching Jet’s liveblogs of it. I know it is about rock girls who live together and fight crime I guess? I know they are truly outrageous, as I imagine I will find this show. 

5.

Rei and Usagi: The Most Beloved of Friendships: A Retrospective Filled With Adoration And Sincerity

Earlier, i was allowed to be my own person with my own unique and complex views on the world. Those times are over. Those times are dead. Jet’s city now. I have to do the Rei and Usagi bits of these episodes, giving them my full BROTP eye. This is where I live now. This is where my entire heart is. Mina and Haruka? Never heard of the bitches. All is Rei and Usagi and their deep and abiding friendship.  These episodes are:

011 - Usagi vs. Rei! A Nightmare in Dreamland

090 - Premonition of World's End! Mysterious New Warriors

171 - For Love! An Endless Fight in Hell (okay this one is actually for the Rei and Michiru part)

194 - Holy War in the Galaxy, The Sailor Wars Legend

196 - Countdown to the Galaxy's Destruction! The Sailor Senshi's Final Battle

6.

Bubblegum Crisis Ep 5 "Moonlight Rambler"

I only know the Bubblegum Crisis is an anime that exists! I know both Mike and Jet love it, so I’m interested to see how it goes. 

7.

American Horror Story Ep 7 "I Am Anne Frank, pt 2"

HNNNNRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE EPISODES OF ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS OF ALL TIME. GOD I LOVED ASYLUM, and this episode is so good, and the squirrel monologue is one of the most effective pieces of writing and acting I have ever borne witness to AND SHE KNOWS I WILL TRY TO GET THROUGH EVERYTHING ELSE TO GET TO THIS. 

8.

The Twilight Zone S1 Ep 5, "Walking Distance"

.She actually picked this episode off a list I’d made for her to do someday, and it is one of my favorite episodes of TZ of all time, which is a show I know SO FUCKING WELL FRIENDS. It was the first complete series I ever bought, and shaped a lot of how I think about writing. This episode is such a great story, and it’s so interesting to put it in mind with what was being put out for TV back then. TZ IS SUCH AN AMAZING SHOW

[shorterxwong]

Get To Know The Blogger

I was tagged by @ohmykhosh! thank youuuu (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

1. Nicknames: noel

2. Gender: kinkshaming

3. Star Sign: sagittarius 

4. Height: 5 feet of anger

5. Time: 11:12 pm

6. Birthday: december 16th

7. Favorite Band(s)/Group(s): let’s see...for american bands, i like imagine dragons...and my favorite japanese bands are galileo galilei, asian kung-fu generation, and porno graffitti. also don’t even get me started on kpop groups....let’s just say that i love the duo AKMU

8. Favorite Solo Artist(s): kyla la grange! her album, Ashes, was 👌. aimer’s music is also cool too, and omg hayley kiyoko is??? the best???????

9. Song Stuck In My Head: .....this song. my little sisters listen to this song on repeat, and now its stuck in my head pls send help

10. Last Movie I Watched: i think it was that one batman vs superman movie. i only watched it so i can see gal gadot’s wonder woman. tbh i skipped half of the movie and only payed attention when wonder woman appeared on the latter half. 

11. Last Show I Watched: my hero academia. todoroki is my son and bakugou is my problematic fave

12. When Did I Create My Blog: sometime in late 2013? tho i didn’t really start using this blog until 2014.

13. What Do I Post:  ...a little bit of everything to be honest. my blog is just a mismatched mess of fandoms and memes and self deprecating jokes 

14. Last Thing I Googled: you dont want to know

15. Do I Have Other Blogs: i have an aesthetic blog but i only post sporadically and i forget that it exists ninety percent of the time

16. Why Did I Choose My URL: i created my url when i watched the first ep of yuri on ice. i intended the ‘katsuki’ to be for yuuri katsuki, but bakugou is cooler so  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

17. Following: 3981 people lol

18. Followers:  641 followers. idek why?? like, how did you people find my blog i rarely make my own original post what

19. Favorite Colors: i like earthy colors! so like brown and green and dark orange 👌

20. Average Hours Of Sleep: my sleep schedule is a mess tbh. like, i’ll get 12 hours of sleep one night, but then it’ll be 6 hours of sleep the next night

21. Lucky Number: ??? i dont know like 3

22. Instruments: i used to play the flute in middle school i guess

23. What Am I Wearing: basketball shorts and a shirt that says “girls girls girls”

24. How Many Blankets I Sleep With: nONE. its triple digits over here help

25. Dream Job: get paid to read fanfics afsdgfaghsd

26. Dream Trip: omg outerspace tho

27. Favorite Food: buddy,,, pal,, friend,,,, dont even get me started but uhm wontons and gyozas are an international treasure

28. Nationality: asian american

29. Favorite Songs Right Now: ayyy. “the only thing” by sufjan stevens, “wouldn’t it be nice” by beach boys, and “rain” by motohiro hara. there are more! there are definitely more! but it’ll be a long list!

I’m tagging: @jeanjaquex, @xxxerik-killmongerxxx, @kayleeinfinity, and @coach-vitya-katsuki

[butcharyastark]

tagged by: @eruthiawenluin and @monkeysatemylastrolo

rules: you must answer these 85 statements and tag 20 people tagging: @radiant-sam @soulmistin @patchworksam

the last

1. drink: a weird new mountain dew

2. phone call: @eruthiawenluin when i was drunk like four weeks ago.

3. text message: also to @eruthiawenluin probably

4. song you listened to: subeme la radio by mah boi enrique.

5. time you cried: usually i cant remember bc i dont cry very often, but i had a breakdown in my yard at like midnight a week or two ago and that was p memorable .

6. dated someone twice: i’ve barely dated someone once, my guy.

7. kissed someone and regretted it: no, i’ve never kissed someone, unless sergio in third grade counts.

8. been cheated on: yes. fucking sergio.

9. lost someone special: a human? no. in general? yes.

10. been depressed: ahahahahaha.

11. gotten drunk and thrown up: no.

3 favorite colors

12. all colors.

13. all.

14. i cant pick favorites fam.

in the last year have you

15. made new friends: yes.

16. fallen out of love: no.

17. laughed until you cried: no.

18. found out someone was talking about you: no but someone probably was.

19. met someone who changed you: ..yes?

20. found out who your friends are: ..sort of.

21. kissed someone on your Facebook list: no.

general

22. how many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life: almost every single one. my fb friend list is ninety-eight percent family. obviously i don’t use it much.

23. do you have any pets: four doggos and a kittum.

24. do you want to change your name: no i love it.

25. what did you do for your last birthday: went to starbucks and got a RAD eyeshadow palette.

26. what time did you wake up: 2:30 pm. i’ve had two and a half hours of sleep.

27. what were you doing at midnight last night: waiting for my mom to get the fuck off her computer and go to sleep so i could watch the stargate eps she has downloaded on it.

28. name something you can’t wait for: nothing. 

29. when was the last time you saw your mom: unfortunately she currently exists directly to my right.

31. what are you listening to right now: sofia by alvaro soler.

32. have you ever talked to a person named tom: my cousin’s half-sister’s not-husband is named tom. he’s canadian and annoys my mom.

33. something that is getting on your nerves: existence in general.

34. most visited website: DO U EVEN NEED TO ASK

35. hair colour: naturally? chestnut brown. atm? a sorta ombre brown-to-blonde-to-pinkish-tips. i dyed my hair fuchsia a while back but it didn’t work out the way i wanted so most of my hair was fuchsia and the top inches or so were blonde/brown and i let it grow out and now it looks cool-ish.

36. long or short hair: mine is long, and i WANT to get it cut in a cute shaggy cut but whatev.

37. do you have a crush on someone: no but i rlly want a datemate atm. fml.

38. what do you like about yourself: my humor is the best and only good part of myself. 

39. piercings: me ears.

40. blood type: i have no fucking idea.

41. nickname: nay. my mom keeps calling me “babylicious” because she has recently in the last year started adding “-licious” and “-tastic” to the end of every fucking word and i hate it.

42. relationship status: single and ready 2 mingle.

43. zodiac: le creb.

^^actual footage of me.

44. pronouns: she/her is fine.

45. favourite tv show: stargate atm.

46. tattoos: none tattoos with left ear piercings.

47. right or left handed: apparently i was ambidextrous as a young child but the school system fucked that up like they do everything, so right-handed. 

48. surgery: never.

49. piercing: do u think i have a secret piercing on my butt or smth. why u gotta ask twice fam.

50. sport: no thx

51. vacation: never been on one, don’t have any particular aspirations to go on one.

52. pair of trainers: u wot

53. eating: air.

54. drinking: my saliva.

55. i’m about to: continue blogging my life away.

56. waiting for: idk life to stop.

57. want: nothing except for my mom to STOP.

58. get married: if i ever get married pls stab me because that is not actually me, that is a pod person. i would not get married, ever. “naomi you’re being a stereotypical child of divorced paren--” shut up nancy.

59. career: hahahahahhahahahhahahahahha. ha.

60. hugs or kisses: hugs but don’t touch me unless i like you.

61. lips or eyes: those seeing orbs are pretty nice.

62. shorter or taller: i, personally, love dogs of ALL sizes.  

63. older or younger: same as above.

64. nice arms or nice stomach: boi i’m a SLUT for nice arms. i’ll probably die if any future datemate of mine flexes around me. throw me over your shoulder and carry me off into the sunset.

65. hook up or relationship: me, the lowkey sex-repulsed, a-spec ppl with major intimacy issues: hmmmmm,,, a Tough Decision,,,,,

66. troublemaker or hesitant: both tbh. fight me and then comfort me when i cry over the confrontation.

have you ever

67. kissed a stranger: wtf no.

68. drank hard liquor: do wine coolers count idek what is technically classified as hard liquor.

69. lost glasses/contact lenses: no i have like almost 20/20 vision i think, so. wait i lost my sunglasses a couple years ago, does that count.

70. turned someone down: *remembers the twelve-year-old that propositioned me* yes.

71. sex on the first date: see: #65

72. broken someone’s heart: god i hope not.

73. had your heart broken: constantly my dude ye.

74. been arrested: no.

75. cried when someone died: a ppl? no. in general? yes.

76. fallen for a friend: i dated my best friend for a while soooooo....

do you believe in

77. yourself: L M A O

78. miracles: ‘course.

79. love at first sight: no.

80. santa claus: no, but i believed until i was like ten which is apparently unusual. 

81. kiss on the first date: i mean.... it’s ur life buddy..... u can do what u want my pal....

82. angels: ye.

other

83. current best friend’s name: both of my best friends are named tiffany/tiffani what the FUCK. @god: wyd

84. eye color: blu.

85. favorite movie: aint got one.

[caravanserail-london-blog]

VICTOR VOX

Carvansérail: Your music blends blues, jazz, folk and rock and roll. What are your main influences?

Victor_I grew up in an artistic family, my mum being a painter and my dad a writer, so I was immersed from an early age into various art forms which I think had a strong impact on my music making. I remember being fascinated as a kid by the various Edward Hopper prints scattered around my house, trying to work out in my head the stories of these mysterious characters and locations. Thinking of it, storytelling was a big part of my upbringing, with my dad inventing stories on the spot for me at bedtime (he is a great storyteller!). Music wise, I spent my teens listening to a lot of traditional and world music (mostly afro-Cuban jazz, instrumental tango music, flamenco, klezmer, Balkan brass band music and African blues and Kora music) and a LOT of 60’s and 70’s rock and fusion-jazz. I also studied Cinema at university in Paris and movies (and their soundtracks) have always been a major source of inspiration for me. From 1990’s thrillers/suspense movies to Spaghetti Westerns, Science fiction and horror movies to the more ‘masterful’ cinematic monuments by directors such as Stanley Kubrick (‘Barry Lyndon’ is probably my favourite movie of all time) or Terrence Malick (‘Badlands’ - what a film!). When it comes to literature, I don’t read a whole lot of fiction (although I like sci-fi and I’m a true fan of Philip K Dick), but I love reading plays (Arthur Miller’s ‘Death Of A Salesman’ is an all time favourite of mine) and most of all, I enjoy reading about History (my two most recent recommendations on that front would be ‘Sapiens’ by Yuval Noah Harari and Richard Holmes’ ‘The Age Of Wonders’).  

C: Could you tell us a bit more about your musical background and experience?

V_I started music from an early age with classical clarinet and I remember loving instrument practice as much as I hated musical theory! I dropped it at age 11 or 12 and a year later I decided I wanted to learn guitar, but by myself this time (without the boring theory lessons). Around the same time, the dad of a childhood friend of mine got us into African drumming (djembe, dun-dun) and my love for more traditional world music really started then. I taught myself guitar for 6 years before learning Flamenco guitar from a great teacher in Paris for a year. I started singing and writing songs around that time (before then I only wrote long instrumental pieces for guitar) and when I was 20, I was lucky to join ATLA music school of Paris for a year, where I trained as a contemporary Jazz singer with the amazing Guillaume Coignard. I moved to London the following year and it took a while but I eventually put together my first band ‘Victor & The Rain Dog’. Starting as a three-piece with bass, drums and electric guitar, the band soon evolved into a five piece with added Cello and Orchestral percussion (vibraphone, timpani). The style was very much indie-rock, with strong ‘Latin’ influences and storytelling was a big part of our live show. We released a 5 track EP (‘Den Of The Dog’ which you can still find online here) before I decided to give the rain dog an early retirement, for personal reasons. I kicked off my solo project Victor Vox a few months later going back to basics with a more acoustic sound (double bass, acoustic guitar and drums). I am extremely lucky to play with two incredible, world-class musicians, Yaron Stavi and Adam Hayes.

C: How did the places where you lived impact your music?

V_I am not so sure. I wouldn’t think my music would be any different had I not left France, but I do find London to be much more conducive to creation. Paris is a very crowded city, flats are usually very small and cramped, streets narrow and buildings high. London in comparison is vast, less densely populated, buildings aren’t as high (which means more sky), parks are immense and plentiful, streets and pavements are wider, flats usually so too, and I generally find it a more peaceful, less aggressive city than its French counterpart. All this makes for a great creative environment, although to be fair, London can be pretty stressful too!

C: You covered the intro song from Jim Jarmush’s movie « Down by Law ». Would you say that beyond storytelling, your music and performance have a cinematic dimension? Is it something you are looking to develop in your musical identity?

V_It certainly is. I am very fond of character-driven songwriting and I like to approach the writing of a song like that of a short story. As I mentioned earlier, cinema is a major source of inspiration for me and some of my songs are actually tributes to my favourite movies, or genres. The idea for the closing track of our upcoming EP, ‘The Snatcher’, came from watching ‘Sugarland Express’ by Steven Spielberg, where a young unstable couple escapes from prison to stop their baby from being sent to a foster home. My song ‘Rosalyn’ is a sort of tribute to my favourite 1990s detective thrillers and ‘Sidewalk Empire’ is my take on the ‘lone wolf with a broken heart’ theme, so dear to American cinema.

C: Your father, Pierre Lemaitre, won in 2013 the prestigious Prix Goncourt for his novel Au Revoir là-haut (« The Great Swindle », translated by Frank Wynne and published by MacLehose Press)... a love of narrative runs in the family! Is there any advice he gave you as an author that you are putting into action as a musician?

V_My dad is very much a believer of the ‘1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration’ motto. I definitely share that with him. 

C: If your music was a novel, what would be its title?

V_I wouldn’t know how to answer that but a good friend of mine (producer JB Pilon, at Buffalo Studios) recently described my sound as “What Jack Kerouac’s book should sound like if they were music”. Although, thinking of it now, as I like to blend different genres in my music, maybe Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ would be right for it as the novel’s creature is a fabrication made up of different body parts! Not certain it is a very glamorous comparison though. 


C: Any favourite book to share with us?

V_I recently loved ‘The Buried Giant’ by British writer Kazuo Ishiguro. A beautiful fable set in the British dark ages about an elderly couple travelling the country on a hunt for forgotten memories. 


C: Your EP is coming out on vinyl this fall and will be available in a digital version from August 1. How would you describe it?

V_All songs were recording live at Eastcote studios. The idea was to start off with a debut EP that was 100 percent faithful to our live stage sound, so that people seeing us live and purchasing the album would get exactly what they signed up for. I am really happy and proud of the result and the Vinyl is gonna look stunning. I wanted it to look like an old classic Jazz record and I have to say, we pretty much nailed it! And great news is, the vinyls will be ready much earlier than I thought, with a delivery planned on 5th August. So don’t waste time and preorder your copy now!

Up coming concerts: 16th August @ The Troubadour 28th September @ The Magic Garden

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Burna Boy The African Giant and Coachella

“@coachella I really appreciate you. But I don’t appreciate the way my name is written so small in your bill. I am an AFRICAN GIANT and will not be reduced to whatever that tiny writing means. Fix things quick please,” Burna Boy The African Giant posted on his Instagram Story.

Nigerian music stars Damini Ogulu who goes by the stage name, Burna Boy The African Giant and Tosin Ajibade, also known as Mr Eazi are set to have their first Coachella appearances in April.

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is a yearly music and arts festival sited at the Empire Polo club in Indio, California.

It is one of the globally known, and lucrative music festivals in the entire United States and the world at large.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that according to the listing publicized through Coachella’s official Instagram account @coachella, Burna Boy The African Giant will stage his act on April 13 and 20, Mr. Eazi will be performing on April 14 and 21.

The pair has, in the past year made progress and contributions in their music genres with Burna Boy The African Giant staging sold out shows and Mr. Eazi breaking previous streaming records.

Burna Boy’s ‘Ye’ is still one of the most listened-to Nigerian songs in 2018 and Mr. Eazi’s ‘Lagos to London’ EP had a global audience.

Reacting to the announcement, the ‘Ye’ crooner thanked the organisers of the globally known event for the recognition and also expressed his dissatisfaction with the font size of his name on the bill.

While expressing his rage through his Instagram handle in a post that he has deleted almost immediately after posting, he described himself as an “AFRICAN GIANT”, and called on Coachella to “fix things quick“.

His post made him the number one trend in Lagos state for with over 21.4k tweets.

After his reaction, Business Insider Sub Saharan African has juxtaposed the self-acclaimed “Oluwa Burna” to fellow Nigerian artist, Mr. Eazi as well as five other international Coachella acts who all have the same font size on the bill.

Here is how he made headway on Spotify:

Burna Boy – 893, 409 monthly listeners

It was observed that the “Burna Boy The African Giant” had the least number of monthly listeners on Spotify

Mr Eazi - 2, 684, 405

Dermot Kennedy - 3,459, 997

Clairo - 2,342,422

Sabrina Claudio - 2,334,979

Jon Hopkins - 1,666,478

Lizzo - 1,021,479

He was enlisted as one of the performers of the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival scheduled to hold between April 12 to 21.

He and “leg over” singer, Mr Eazi are the only African artistes to make the billing.

However, Burna Boy who was unarguably Nigeria’s act of 2018 did not hide his displeasure at the fact his name appears below artistes such as Pusha T and Gucci Gang and is written in small fonts to top it all.

IS FONT SIZE RELEVANT?

In 2017, The New Yorker interviewed Paul Tollett, the mastermind behind Coachella, which started in 1999.

Few years ago, The New Yorker had a dialogue with the “brain” behind Coachella, Paul Tollett where the latter was asked about the relevance of the size of fonts of the name of Coachella’s billed acts

As stated by Paul , an artist’s position and the font size with which their name appears on the poster, as casual as it may seem, are very paramount.

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Infact, they are very important that they can determine what the artists would henceforth demand for booking fees , he said.

He said verbatim, “We have so many arguments over font sizes [on the poster]. I literally have gone to the mat over one point size. Sounds like a small thing in the great scheme of life. But, as it relates to these bands, it’s huge.”

THEN WHAT IS THE CRITERIA FOR CHOOSING THESE ARTISTS ?

Coachella looks out for these ternary factors – influence on social media, number of records sold, and what is the most trendy kind of music at the time (e.g pop and Afrobeat).

During his interview with The New Yorker, Mr. Tollett brought to mind how Dutch dance star Martin Garrix’s agent used his social media presence i.e on Instagram to brawl for Garrix to be on the same line of the 2017 bill as DJ Snake.

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“His socials are four times bigger [than Snake’s],” the agent argued. “He is in the top one percent of connected artists to his fan base.”

This contention later compelled Tollett in deciding to bring in DJ Snake abaft Garrix.

In fact, no matter how high or low an artist is placed on the poster, performing at Coachella remains an opportunity that catalyzes the progress of one’s career, Burna Boy The African Giant should understand that

Headliners are paid for as much as $3–4 million while some of the smallest acts earn about $10,000 for their acts.

NAN reports that in 2018, Wizkid was announced to perform at the music festival but didn’t show up due to what the artist tagged ‘Visa issues’.

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Nevertheless, the festival was immensely promoted by Beyoncé whose acts were one of the most-talked about moments of the year 2018.

Ariana Grande, Childish Gambino and Tame Impala will headline the nearing show while actor and DJ, Idris Elba, Solange, the 1975 and Janelle Monáe will perform.

Kacey Musgraves, Rosalía, Yves Tumor, SOPHIE, Mac DeMarco, Idris Elba, Jon Hopkins, Kaytranada, Anderson Paak, Juice WRLD, Carti, Let’s Eat Grandma and Sheck Wes would also be part of the lineup.

by Ajayi Ayodeji

[forever-seeking]

K-DRAMAS I’VE WATCHED AND LIKED

So, I’ve been meaning to update this post for a while. But instead of listing my favorite kdramas, I’m going to (try to) list the kdramas I’ve watched since 2016 arranged by the date when i watched them.

I don’t think I’ve watched kdramas after high school and only started watching again in 2016 when I’m on my senior year in college. (i needed some stress relievers so..)

2016:

School 2015: Who Are You - one of my faves; reason why i got into OSTs; TaeBi forever okay! :(

Sassy Go Go / Cheer Up! - only 12 episodes but it’s a good one!

W: Two Worlds - lee jong suk!!; good at first but after the first half, i think it became nonsensical for me; first drama i watched ongoing

Moonlight Drawn By Clouds / Love in the Moonlight - also a fave; the lead couple is one of my otps they’re my babies nobody touch them

Moonlovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo - almost everyone’s fave; a very good one but it’ll hurt your heart; mine’s still hurting

Shopping King Louis - a very soft drama; nam ji hyun and seo in guk are sooooo cute; underrated

Oh My Geum Bi - another fave; if you don’t like sad dramas, don’t watch this; I WAS CRYING SINCE EP 4 UP TO THE LAST ONE

The Legend of the Blue Sea - a good one; except the part where she unnecessarily erased his memories at the last part lol

Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo - overrated but still a very good one; the lead couple is also a ship ugh i love them

Goblin / Guardian - also overrated but one of my faves; i love the cast so much ugh

Hwarang - park seo joon and park hyung sik, that’s it that’s the tweet

Another Oh Hae Young - has a slow start but starts getting good by ep 4 or 5; cant remember if i watched this in late 2016 or early 2017

Oh My Ghost - cant remember if i watched this in oct 2016 or oct 2017 god my memory’s so bad; park bo young’s acting here; also kim seul gi she’s so cute

2017: (this one i probably got the arrangement wrong lol)

To The Beautiful You - probably watched this after grad??; a good one; i like how the lead guy knew she was a girl earlier than in other kdramas where they reveal it to the lead at almost ending part

Uncontrollably Fond - another sad drama but it’s okay

Voice - first crime thriller kdrama i’ve watched i think; also a GOOD one

Emergency Couple - song ji hyo is funny here; also gary’s cameo omg my monday couple heart :(((

Strong Woman Do Bong Soon - cute lead omg; i want to keep park bo young in my pocket while watching this

Age of Youth / Hello, My Twenties - a very good kdrama; underrated tho; the girls’ friendship thoooo

Tunnel - another crime/thriller drama with concept of time travelling; i dont like time travelling shits but this one is okay

Signal - a VERY GOOD one; another crime/thriller drama; a must-watch

Suspicious Partner - ji chang wook omg also choi tae joon my gahd; legal/romcom drama

Fight My Way - oof the chemistry of the lead couple; park seo joon will make your heart flutter here again

One Percent of Something - uhm it’s okay i guess; it has a diff vibe from the kdramas i’ve listed; the lead couple has chemistry tho

School 2017 - i thought this one will be TaeBi 2.0 i’m glad it wasn’t; there was a topic in this drama that i relate to 100%, see my pinned tweet lmao

Healer - ji chang wook, again ugh he’s so good here; the last ep is rushed but the plot is good; also the chemistry oml

Because This Is My First Life - another fave; underrated; also a soft and light romcom

While You Were Sleeping - lee jong suk my gaaaddd; a bit of crime drama but this is so good ugh

It’s Okay, That’s Love - not sure when i watched this lmao; another good kdrama; watch this people

Cheese in the Trap - it’s a so-so; i got a bit second lead syndrome here

Hello, Monster / I Remember You - also not sure when i watched this; watched only because of park bo gum and seo in guk lol; the drama was okay, didn’t like the ending that much

2018:

A Love So Beautiful - not really korean but might as well put it here hehe; reminded me of Our Times (my fave movie!)

Live - crime drama but focuses on the life of patrol police; lee kwang soo!!

My Mister - fave, again; it’s just so good; a bit sad but i can relate at times; IU’s acting here is superb for me, she nailed it

Suits - a korean version; legal drama; didn’t watch the original so.. but it’s okay

Are You Human Too - i dont like robots but i watched this because of seo kang joon hehe; the drama is a good one for me

2019:

Innocent Defendant - i said before that this is one of my faves but i’m saying it again anyway; IT’S SO GOOD THAT’S WHY; makes you doubt the lead too

Touch Your Heart - grim reaper’s and sunny’s next life it’s canon now lol; a very lighthearted drama; a funny and romantic one; i want a kwon jung rok too :(

100 Days My Prince - watched because of do kyung soo since i’m an exo fan now hahaha; the drama is good tho; romcom they said, but not really; there’s still a lot of funny scenes tho; i want a wondeuk too :(

Arthdal Chronicles - a fresh and different drama; only watched because of jisoo but its actually a good drama; i hope they push the season 2 through because the ending is just not it

Hotel Del Luna - another IU drama that is tear-jerker; loooove the side stories of the guests and our hotel crew; ready ur tissues if you plan on watching this

That’s it, I guess. Pretty sure I missed some especially the ones i wasn’t able to download. Also, did not include the dramas I stopped watching. Going to add more under 2019 since it’s only april.

UPDATE (12/07/19): just found out that tags has a limit of 30 :(

My Favorite Korean Dramas (so far)

Princess Hours

This is one of my favorites because this is the first Korean I’ve watched. Also, because of the love story and it’s about royalties.

My Girl

Because it has also a comedy part and I love how they’d end up to be together. :)

Boys Over Flowers

Who wouldn’t love this? I mean, almost all of the people love this. Sobrang nakakakilig and the story plot is so great! :“>

My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho

One of the best! I love how Miho love Dae-Wong all of her heart. I also love how Dae-Wong protected Miho and that makes it more interesting. :”“>

49 Days/ Pure Love

I love the twist of this story. I never expect that the two main characters are siblings. It talks about that we should just enjoy life and do whatever we wanted to do since we only live once.

Dream High

I also love the story plot of this K-Drama. But I'm disappointed in the ending that Hye Mi and Jin Guk didn’t end up together. They’re one of my favorite couples here. The other one is the Milky Couple (Pil Suk and Jason). That’s why I’m also happy in the ending that the two of them ended up together. :”>

[teaandforeshadowing]

TJLC SURVEY 24-HOUR UPDATE

Captions explain how many responses there were for each question. You can right click and view in another tab for a closer look than the stinky tumblr view.

After 24 hours (2/5/17 3:22pm EST), we got a total of 2606 responses! Thank you so much to those of you who answered right away! If you haven’t taken the poll yet, don’t worry, it’s still open!

That being said, it’s a lot of data to go through alone, so in 4 hours I was only able to generate these 7 charts. I am working on putting together some box/whisker plots for the quantitative data, but here’s a rundown of the averages:

The average TJLCer is 21.38 years old.

The average TJLCer has been a fan of Sherlock Holmes for 6.49 years.

The average TJLCer has been a fan of BBC Sherlock for 3.83 years.

The average TJLCer has been a part of TJLC for 1.75 years.

The average rating for TJLC is 8.35/10.

I interpreted a lot of the responses I got for the pie chart data in my own way, omitting a lot of varied responses that didn’t fit into a category, and or were a slight variation on a category - I apologize to those minorities I had to shoe-horn into other identities for the sake of simplicity.

For Pronouns, 327 people indicated that they identified with more than one, so there is some overlap in the chart. Here are the responses I got that I organised into the “Other” category:

Ey/em Ne/nem/nir Xe/xer Xe/xem x6 Ve/vir x2 Ve/vim/vis Xe/xer x3 Xe/xyr Ze/zem

For Gender, I got a lot of responses for identities that I did not originally include as categories, so I decided to give them their own categories! No overlaps there, but any answers I got similar to “female” or “im a girl” were omitted since I could not determine cis/trans.

For Sexuality, 158 people indicated that they identified with more than one, so there is some overlap in the chart. I had to do a lot of interpreting with this, so if you said something like “straight-ish”, I put you under “Straight” and “Questioning”. As stated in the poll, prefixes are indicative of both sexual and romantic orientations. A lot of people answered with “demisexual/romantic”, which I included under Ace-spec.

I got a lot of varied data for how long people have been fans, so I converted all the data in terms of years: 11 months, 12 months, 1/13 months all got rounded to the nearest whole year; 2 months, 3 months, and 4 months got rounded to X.25 years; 5 months, 6 months, and 7 months got rounded to X.5 years; 8 months, 9 months, and 10 months got rounded to X.75 years. All data that was less than 1 month (aka all the TJLC newbies) were included in the “0.25 years” category. I also got a lot of responses saying “X+ years”, so I rounded down and specified in the charts that all values are at least X years. I omitted all responses for BBC Sherlock that were more than 7 years, and for everyone who answered more than 3 years for TJLC were included in the “longer” category (they would have otherwise been omitted as well).

There is a LOT of data to go through, so if you would like to see a specific correlation, please let me know! (ex. Fave episode vs. Rating, or Age vs. Fave Holmes) In order to not waste literally my entire life on this, I will only generate charts and release data for what you ask me for - so if you want it, ask for it! The survey will remain open for as long as we need it to be, so if you’re still asking for charts and data 3 months from now, so be it!

Please let me know if you have any questions concerning the data, I should be able to have all the raw data sorted out for public viewing by the end of the month! 

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