#our coined

[evellynssocbrainrot]

Daily reminder that both Kaz and Inej have touch aversion. Not just Kaz.

[bardnuts]

hey why does withers want your money. what is he spending it on

[seraphchoir]

— Queerbond / Queerbonded

A tertiary attraction label between two or more queer identifying individuals. Intended to be non-romantic, this label describes a relationship that is a more profound platonic, a destined connection, and is akin to soulmates.

🪽 For day four of @winecovered's 400+ event. Made specifically with @lil-sis in mind.

[dailythg]

THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1 (2014) dir. Francis Lawrence

[canniboyi]

SLAUGHTERBOYF : a gender that is apart of the slaughtergender system relating to being a boyfriend who slaughters , slaughter boyfriend or being slaughtered as a boyfriend .

SLAUGHTERGIRLF : a gender that is apart of the slaughtergender system relating to being a girlfriend who slaughters , slaughter girlfriend or being slaughtered as a girlfriend .

( inspired off of my mains usernames obviously )

Coined by Moe ノ @cannboyi

[molars-mogai]

CENTiPEDE

a presentation term for short / small queers whose presentation makes them approachable to fellow queers but intimidating / strange to others. Much like how a centipede may be uninteresting and scary to an average person, but attractive to a not-insignificant amount of people. made for androgynous to masc folks but im not a cop as long as youre below ~5'6 & get avoided in public* ur free to use ( ´ ⌣ ` ⋕ )

(very similar to the corvid presentation terms but instead of mental illness being the cause of fear-factor it's visible queerness / androgyny!)

* this is an exaggeration for funny points kind of !! if you think you fit the def & you like this term then thats your business ^_^ im not installing a height limit this isnt a roller coaster lol

radqueers i will find you do not bring your tomfoolery onto this post or my blog

[alters4all]

!! JOINTS-FUCKED !!

a medically unrecognized disorder

---> Joints-Fucked is a disability/disorder where you have extreme chronic joint pain, however all the tests come back normal.

---> symptoms include: joint pain, fatigue, irritability, muscle pain, depression, spikes in pain, headaches, brain fog, balance issues, joints being sensitive to the touch, mobility issues

--> flag meaning : purple is for the sadness and isolation that comes with this disability, white is for hope of a solution or cure, pink is for the pain

[absolutebl]

Top 10 Best BLs on Gagaoolala

My Beautiful Man AKA Utsukushii Kare

Japan 2021

One of the most Japanese BLs to release in the last decade, as weird and as messed up as any 2000s yaoi: emo af and hella warped, entirely true to itself with no attempt made to modify its POV for modern sensibilities or current BL fandom. It used seriously old school problematic and kinky tropes, like whipping boy, for a truly uncompromising piece that also manages to hit up themes of communication, consent, and self acceptance. It’s a wonderful BL but uniquely dirty and harsh, in the best possible way - Japanese cinema, uncompromising.

I lost my ever loving mind over the ending. This show won the Grand Prix “My Best TV Award” at the 16th Galaxy Awards.

Minato's Laundromat AKA Minato Shouji Coin Laundry

Japan 2022

A classic age gap romance where a high school student pursues the man of his dreams (who runs a laundromat). This BL is so steeped in yaoi nostalgia, not to mention a classic romance arc, that it will overload some, but those of us who love this genre for its DNA will adore it. It made me very happy because it did everything I want a BL to do - there’s not much more I could ask of a show than this. It’s the closest Japan has come to perfect live action yaoi since Seven Days (and I never make that comparison lightly).

Squee watch-along here.

My Ride

Thai 2022

Thai BL grew up with this pulp (the first ever to make my end of year top 10). It’s a truly lovely and special little show featuring the extremely rare pairing of sunshine/sunshine (AKA a cinnamon roll couple) plus mature explorations of relationships using one of the softest, sweetest, and most innocent friends to lovers vehicles. Kindly, overworked doctor meets broken-hearted motorcycle taxi driver in an “other side of the tracks” slow burn romance. The support cast is excellent, making for great friendship groups and family dynamics. With honest queer rep that adds to, but doesn’t impede, the story, and genuine conversation about the nature of class, wealth, and classism, not to mention communication, honesty, and respect for boundaries, you can’t go wrong with this show. In other news, I am a sucker for a single dimple.

Takara & Amagi AKA Takara-kun to Amagi-kun

Japan 2022 I gnawed on my knuckles and squealed a lot with this BL. Reserved cool kid who must learn to communicate to keep the tiny disaster nugget he’s madly in love with. It is beyond charming: soft and gentle, packed with cuteness and high school angst, thirst, & yearning. Was there plot? Not really. Was it emotionally tense and paced well enough for me not to notice? Absolutely. Did I enjoy the hell out of it? Oh yes.

Kiseki: Dear to Me

Taiwan 2023

The plot is totally ridiculous and slightly unhinged, but that’s normal for Taiwan. It involves all the tropes under a very casual framework of gay mafia gangs + food = love. Absolutely every character is queer. There’s a gum-ball machine of cameos, elder gay rep, great chemistry from all pairs, and a KILLER side couple. As a result Kiseki is a poster child for Taiwanese BL, and I happen to love Taiwanese BL. Bonus? They also managed to END IT WELL, which we cannot expect from Taiwan.

My Personal Weatherman AKA Taikan Yoho

Japan 2023

This style of live action yaoi really only works from Japan. Basically: boys who fell in love in college end up living together but both are so repressed they actually don't realize they're in love. It's higher heat than we usually get from Japan's HEA stuff, and that part is also very well done, but it leaned into the "why don't they just talk for fuck's sake?" trope which is only exacerbated into undiluted frustration by the fact that they're already fucking. It's great, but watching requires more patience than usual, even for Japan.

Our Dining Table AKA Bokura no Shokutaku

Japan 2023

A lonely salaryman and talented cook gets accidentally adopted by a college kid and his little brother. I was always gonna love this show if they stuck to the manga (which is very dear to my heart). And they did, paralleling it almost exactly. It’s a quiet & cozy little parable of found family alleviating loneliness. Possibly too slow for some but definitely high up there for me as the best of what Japan can do with softness (like Restart After Come Back Home). It’s only flaw (if I dare say such a thing) is that it is not really “romantic.” Lovely & sweet but the romance beats are being used to build a family relationship, not just couple intimacy, but that's OK with me. This is a very safe show for anyone to watch.

Step By Step

Thai 2023

This was Thailand’s answer to The New Employee, and everything I loved about that show I loved about this one. This office romance between a stern boss and sweet subordinate felt more authentic to cubical work than previous Thai BLs of this ilk. That authenticity added tension to the narrative and its characters development (how novel). I also really enjoyed the charming side characters and the brothers' relationship to each other (although I could have done without that brother's side BL).

Long Time No See

Korea (Strongberry) 2017

Catfishing assassins on either side of a turf war who fall in love not knowing they are on opposite sides. Or do they? Suspenseful plot, good fight sequences, mature characters, hot sexitimes and even hotter beating the shit out of each other and kissing while covered in blog (this came from KOREA?), plus an HEA. One of the hidden gems of the BL genre.

About Youth

Taiwan 2022

A truly lovely little coming of age high school BL with a classic YA low drama but high angst and an earnest depth. I didn’t even mind the singing, and that’s saying a lot. A weak seme/uke dynamic but tons of BL tropes (both rare in a high school setting but common for Taiwan) makes this one feel both sweet and colored by real world authenticity and grit.

Some of these shows ALSO appeared on Viki or iQIYI, but these BLs will appear only once on these round up posts (here for Gaga), not on the other platforms top 10.

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This list updated Spring 2024, not responsible for cool stuff that aired on Gaga (or was taken off the platform) after that date.

This is part of a series more here:

[luxdraconia]

Desirage — A desirdae term for when someone desires/yearns/wants a different age than their physical and/or internal age. This term supports non-harmful/ethical transitioning, however that may be possible.

This can be due to being an alter in a system, being an age regressor or permaregressor, being chronosian, delusions, etc.

[Self-indulgent; no spoons for ID // @desirdae-archive @sharksnwaves]

only had the spoons for one of the terms,,, augh

[moonpool-system]

Mindfront: A term for plurals, derivative of "mindform", denoting a system member's status as "in front" within the mind/their mental form, but not necessarily externally, bodily fronting. Many subsystems share a mental form or other inherent connection, and switch between whom is most aware in that subsystem without any effect on bodily front. This is intended for these members and any others that could utilize the concept of "fronting within the mind/headspace".

ex. A system consists of Host A and Subsystem B, with two members. Host A is in front, and Subsystem B is in headspace, with Subsystem member B1 doing things out of bodily front. B1 is mindfronting in their mental form. B1 encounters something their subsystem member enjoys within headspace, so member B2 switches to mindfront and continues headspace activities. Host A may or may not be aware of this; mindfronting generally has no inherent connection with bodily front.

{This post is for ALL plurals! Term was coined with subsystems in mind but free to use for any that need it}

[codacheetah]

The start of the Loop segment of the Siffrin & friends twitter QNA, and the message that flipped Loop's answers from silly to dodgy and blatantly upset.

Loopchat from speaking to Loop 20+ times.

Certified Loop dysphoria post

[dreamingalto]

Look everyone is saying vote Dan for the Golden Pig and he is obviously going to win the poll even he knows that.

BUT

Have we considered the concept of manipulating the poll to end up being 50/50...?

[follows-the-bees]

Thinking about how Frenchie and Ed have almost the same coping mechanism.

How Frenchie is terrified of cats but he creates multiple flags with cats on them. Then during the Kraken era he wears a jacket that has a cat in it and puts knives in his hands to defeat his enemies. Yet he takes all his trauma and locks it away in a box in his head.

How Ed is scared of spiders and snakes and puts tattoos of them on his body (one in a much more visible place so that he can get over his fears. But instead one is on his back, where he'll never see it, and the other he covers with black gloves.

Frenchie 🤝 Ed

[the-masquerade-council]

Calico Tom pride flag.

This can be used by any man or similar gender with XX* chromosomes. Whether they are intersex, trans, part of a system in a body that has XX chromosomes, or some combination.

*also including chromosomes variations such triple(or more) X and XXY

The flag design is based off the bear flag. The black, brown, orange, and off white are common colors of calico cats. With the lighter blue-green representing non-binary and multi-gender men, and the darker blue representing binary men

[lilac-hecox]

TOP TEN IANTHONY MOMENTS OF 2023

→ 3.1 : Anthony calling Ian the sun and himself a magnifying glass when talking about their dynamic together. ☀️🔍

<- 10.1 | 10.2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4

Screenshot: @swiftllama  Layout: @jovenshires

[iguessitsjustme]

Feeling cruel again. You're welcome.