#ouwen and mark

[absolutebl]

7 Wonders of BL

1 Colossus of Rhodes MaxTul

2 Great Pyramid of Giza Thailand

3 Hanging Gardens of Babylon BL

(what, like I’d let that one slide, whatcha take me for?) 

4 Statue of Zeus at Olympia Bangkok 

5 Temple of Artemis at Ephesus Taipei 

6 Mausoleum at Halicarnassus GMMTV

7 Lighthouse of Alexandria Vietnam

Some of you will get the jokes... some of you will only get the thirst.

That’s okay too. 

Before you ask, here’s the pulls:

Together with Me

Manner of Death

KinnPorsche

Step by Step 

Love is Science? 

He’s Coming To Me

Mr Cinderella  

(source)

[geekygirl24]

Prompt from Bugok: I wonder if you know Dai Ouwen/Lee Mark (Love is Science?) If so, could I have a story with them? Anything you like.

TW: Internalised Homophobia

[mar19o5a]

They deserve to be the main couple, we can all admit we watched for them💙💙

[chaos0pikachu]

so I was going through the Midnight Museum tag to see if the show would be something I’m into - it is, putting it on the list for sure now right up my alley tbh - but I saw ppl saying that it couldn’t be BL b/c it isn’t marked and advertised as BL. 

And I wonder if this is an issue with western audiences - where BL/GL is a catch-all for any and all media with a same-sex relationship/romance - or people’s understandings of how sub-genre’s work. 

So like, for example, in books there’s something called BISAC codes which are basically codes that let retailers and libraries know how to categorize a book. 

Lore Olympus is a graphic novel that retells the story of Hades and Persephone, it’s BISACs are: COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Romance and FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology. Now LO also features violence, action, and mystery, but the primary focus - and marketability of the book - is the romance and mythology aspect. So that’s how it’s categized. 

Similarly, take Brenden Fraser's The Mummy: it’s categorized as an “adventure/action” film, it’s not categorized as a horror film even though it has plenty of horror elements. There’s also no subset of romance either, even though it’s def a romance as well. 

Everything Everywhere All At Once is categorized as a “sci-fi/adventure” film, even though I’d argue the film isn’t very science-fiction and errs more on a traditional drama fed through a non-traditional lens. BUT, that’s not as marketable! So it gets the sci-fi label with the adventure label to increase it’s salability.

What’s my point? Well, BL isn’t a catch-all for any show that has queer characters or queer relationships. It’s a sub-genre, it falls under the romance category. When something is advertised as BL or GL the audience knows “oh this show is going to focus on a same-sex romance” and the word “focus” is the important bit. The focus of the show is the same-sex romance. 

Kinnporsche was BL because even with all the mafia sub-plot that was still a sub-plot. The shows main focus was still the three same-sex romances (rip Kim for ending up with no bitches tho). 

From what I found, Love Is Science? wasn’t marketed as a BL but a drama, but Mark and Ouwen were still a prominent same-sex couple and romance that developed throughout the show. The Warp Effect didn’t seem to be - from what little I could find - sold or categorized as a BL or GL but the show had both mlm and wlw couples and characters. 

So for Midnight Museum, is the lack of the BL categorization mean there will be no romance between Gun and the hot guy who looks like he wants to throw Gun against the wall (sexily)? I don’t think so, like obviously I can’t say for sure and that they’re not like secret twins or cousins or what the fuck ever (I remember you Marnie and Me! God damn you!) I’m just saying the lack of the BL tag doesn’t automatically mean there won’t be a same-sex romance. 

It’s probably just not The Focus of the show since the focus and the way it’s being sold seems to fall more under Supernatural/Adventure than anything, perhaps Supernatural/Mystery. 

Anyway, hope Gun makes out with that other dude who isn’t his chars relative cause I wanna see Gun be able to have other romantic leads as his screen partners damnit! 

[uweiy]

Fic stats meme! 💌

Thank you @technitango the tag, for, like every author, I do love a good opportunity to ramble on about my fics!

rules: give us the links to your fic with the most hits, second most kudos, third most comments, fourth most bookmarks, fifth most words, and fic with the least words.

Fic with the most hits: Early mornings and late nights, 13,603 hits

First fic I ever wrote, that launched my long and prolific fanfic writing career why of course (hem). It's a Xicheng High school AU, which in retrospect I think it got as much traction as it did because I was so hyped about it and promoted it on here relentlessly & the people following me at the time were all in this specific fandom. Bc looking at it now, I do cringe at my writing... I still like it, but I guess it means I've improved ╮⁠(⁠.⁠ ⁠❛⁠ ⁠ᴗ⁠ ⁠❛⁠.⁠)⁠╭

Second most kudos: Rightful place (it's yours), 466 kudos

Third part in a the devil judge fic series, that happens during the show. My favorite parts in this series are the first and second fics, as well as the last part (New Beginnings). The last part is v good.

Third most comments: All that glitters, 43 comments

I didn't actually know this fic had so many comments! This is from the My Roommate is a detective Universe, Chusheng and Lu Yao go to a party, and ofc alcohol is drunk and things are being blurted out. I had some very dedicated commenters at that time and it was truly a blessing and enabled me to finish the fic?

Fourth most bookmarks: Not an exact Science, 39 bookmarks

OOOH this one I know EXACTLY why. It's for the show Love is Science, and it was on HIATUS when I wrote this fic, which was also, the first one in the fandom. So our fandom had literally nothing else to feed on (at the time) lmfao. Still grateful for this small community. What it's about? Ouwen (Stylish gay) gets sick, and Mark (bisexual dumbass disaster) takes care of him. A sickfic written during covid times. Oh well

Fifth most words: Just a trial Date, 5,779 words

ALSO Love is Science. This was a sweet continuation to a bittersweet and amazing fic which is this one: It was only a kiss, by autumnxxangel.

Fic with the least words: Those who bleed, 663 words

I KNEW it would be this one. Uh. Wangxian angst ( I tried). Here's the summary:

Lan Wangji fights until his entire body is bloody. His white clothes stain red, slashed to pieces by swords of his own clan. He fights for three days and three nights, until the last shreds of his spiritual power have been wrung out of him and his knees give out.

That's it for me! Too lazy to tag people but it's really fun and I recommend this game :D

[tterritrans]

[SHOW] 'L O V E  I S  S C I E N C E ?' (OuWen/Mark Scenes - Episode 14)

00:00:08,678 --> 00:00:12,668 Boss Jo. What's the reason for bringing me here?

00:00:13,881 --> 00:00:16,152 Miss Joanna -(That's) me

00:00:16,153 --> 00:00:19,654 Let me just check a piece of information with you. What was the day of your last period?

00:00:19,655 --> 00:00:21,901 Do you know which day it was? -Last month. July.

00:00:21,901 --> 00:00:25,401 Please look over this surgery consent form -Okay

00:00:25,402 --> 00:00:33,150 It's a trivial surgery but lying down in bed for 1-3 days after the surgery is good. If that's okay please sign at the bottom

00:00:33,151 --> 00:00:36,399 What surgery?

00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:38,161 Appendectomy

00:00:38,912 --> 00:00:41,430 Daddy should pay attention, too,

00:00:41,431 --> 00:00:42,690 In the period just after the abortion surgery

00:00:42,690 --> 00:00:47,679 Not having se xuaI in terco urse is best, otherwise there's still a risk of pregnancy

00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:49,467 Daddy?

00:00:52,482 --> 00:00:55,486 You're getting rid of it?

00:00:55,487 --> 00:00:57,466 I'm good. Thank you

00:00:57,467 --> 00:01:00,734 If there is no problem you can help by changing into the surgery gown -Good

00:01:03,487 --> 00:01:06,601 Boss Jo. That kind of big surgery...

00:01:06,602 --> 00:01:13,121 Didn't you listen to the nurse just now? It's just a minor surgery

00:01:13,122 --> 00:01:16,864 A small surgery that kills people. How can it be a small surgery

00:01:18,114 --> 00:01:20,628 So this is why I requested to bring Shengying with me

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[accidentallyadramablog]

Also I recommend Love is Science? (On Viki for me) for the Mark x Ouwen couple. This Taiwanese drama has many non-traditional relationships actually and I enjoyed all the couples.

Can you drop some taiwanese BL dramas please

I watched HIstory3 trapped and it was good do you reccomend any others?

I love Taiwanese BL. I recommend everything but the first season of HIStory, honestly, but not Make Our Days Count unless you want a depressing ending. Which I don't. So... the rest are good, both in two are some of my favorites and both 4 and 5 are just fun overall, though I'd say 4 is rougher around the edges.

We Best Love 1+2 are absolute classics that you cannot go wrong with, particularly We Best Love 1. That is basically one the best BLs over all just... ever. Absolutely glorious.

See You After Quarantine? Is a teeny tiny itty bitty BL that has a very special spot in my heart and I highly recommend it. Cute, sweet, straightforward and short.

Innocent is... one I loved that I don't know that most people will. I adore it but it does deal with mental health issues, child abuse and yet it somehow the damn softest show EVER because it deals with everything by just... loving it. Fair warning, very unrealistic depiction of complex mental health issues.

Light is another more queer than BL one, tbh, about an abused prostitute who gets rescued by a cop. Rough around the edges, does have a happy/hopeful ending.

Enjoy! Most of these are on Viki or Gaga for me.

[claremont-fox]

MARK 🤣🤣🤣🤣

WHY THIS IS SO FUNNY

[wolfgangwithoutgang]

Ok so Bad buddy ended, Not me is still going...

Ggmtv left no other choice *sigh*

*turn on love is science, but only Mark x Ouwen*

[accidentallyadramablog]

Found more stills from jj_bl.fp

Are we ready for Sunday?

[itoldheraboutyou]

y’all

[absolutebl]

Happy Valentines Day! 

Have some of my favorite lesser known kisses. 

You’re My Sky 

Y Destiny 

What’s Zabb Man

Want To See You 

Triage 

Some More 

Secret Crush On You 

New Employee 

Love is Science? 

Love By Chance 2

Bonus... the one that got away 

(Turns out the COULD kiss in La Cuisine, they were just directed not to.) 

[lesbian4horror]

never finished my kinnporsche fic oops and instead moved onto writing veemark … and my next fic is gonna be mark x ou wen bc i need to write them with their kid so bad

[gabrielokun]

[heretherebedork]

@absolutebl And it was exactly what we expected and even better and absolutely darling and Taiwan just over here knocking down entire series with a better sideplot than they could ever do in a full series.

What a perfect proposal, what two beautiful and darling men in love and their amazing and support system and the people who love them and just... everything. I will miss this show so, so much.

[downworldersnshadowhunters]

they're the cutest 🤧