#project k trailer

[reportwire]

Amitabh Bachchan suffers broken rib cartilage during Project K film shoot in Hyderabad [Watch Video] | Bollywood Life

Amitabh Bachchan sustained a rib injury while shooting for his upcoming film Project K in Hyderabad. In a blog post, Bachchan shared that he had broken rib cartilage and torn a muscle in his right rib cage during an action shot. Watch Entertainment Videos. Amitabh Bachchan injured: Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan sustained a rib injury while shooting for his upcoming film Project K in Hyderabad.…

[playermagic23]

Deepika Padukone shares new character poster from sci-fi drama Kalki: 2898 AD

Husband Ranveer Singh cheers for her.

The anticipation is quite palpable around the sci-fi mythological drama Kalki 2898 AD, an ambitious venture of filmmaker Nag Ashwin. Mounted on an extensive budget and impressive sets, this post-apocalyptic action entertainer is nearing its trailer release which will be held on June 10, and ahead of that, the makers decided to keep up with the momentum by unveiling new character posters. While multiple posters of leading man Prabhas has been unveiled in the past, the second character poster of Deepika Padukone was shared on June 9.

Deepika Padukone, who is currently in the second trimester of her pregnancy, took to social media to share the poster on her Instagram page along with the caption, “The hope begins with her” and also tagged the entire team of the film including her co-stars Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan, and Disha Patani.

Ranveer Singh, who is also her ardent and loyal cheerleader, once again took to the post to share his reaction and dropped a comment saying, “B O O M (fire emoji) stunner !”

Reports suggest Kalki 2898 AD revolves around a modern-day avatar of Vishnu, a Hindu god, who is believed to have descended to earth to protect the world from evil forces with Deepika reportedly essaying the role of Padma, wife of Kalki.

The film is expected to release in cinemas on June 27 in multiple languages.

[fastreviewsite]

Kalki 2898 Project K director Nag Ashwin compares Hanuman ji with Thor and Hulk

Kalki 2898 Project K: Videos of the event in San Diego are going viral on social media. In one of these videos, the director was seen talking about Hanuman and Indian mythology. After releasing the first look of Prabhas and Deepika Padukone, the makers of the film presented the first look of ‘Project K’ at the Comic-Con in San Diego. The film team has named ‘Project K’ as ‘Kalki 2898 AD’. The…

[junebluues]

ROUND 7 TEASER ROUND 7 TEASER SCREAMSS

OH GOD ITS SO FUCKING OVER.

i’m actually a little bit obsessed as to how this round looks more like a concert than a competition. i don’t think we’ve ever seen a stage like this in alnst at all.

like. LOOK AT THIS THING. they’ve got light sticks and everything. (which are popular at k-pop concerts, for those who don’t know.)

i mean, i guess it makes sense that they’d go all out like this because round 7 is the last round. what i find interesting is the amount of bright and colorful light that’s been used… even in luka and till’s individual frames in this trailer.

okay so, it’s confirmed that till is wearing green, which is also present in the lights on stage. and that green tank top is see through with a black one under it. and the orange light from above… i can really only think of the first teaser art we got of this round and the meteor shower scene.

i feel like this could mean we might see ivan from till’s pov this time. and i’m also wondering if the lights we see on stage (that also look like a sort of projection at the back of the stage? i won’t say they’re using a cyc because this is alien civilization here, but it looks pretty similar) will change colors as the round goes on. i’m starting to think they will, only because we’ve seen colors other than the blue and green that are important to both luka and till, and i doubt they’d miss a chance to use some color symbolism in r7.

if the lights on the back of the stage ARE a projection, i’m very interested to learn what they’re going to project onto it. i don’t really have an idea of what a projection could be for this round, because i personally think it’ll be too foul to put the meteor shower footage on screen while till sings…

oh and don’t even get me started on luka’s outfit.

YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. WHY ARE THE GIRLS OUT LUKA. and the back is open too. luka. why are you getting so bold.

i think luka’s outfit is still pretty much white? but i’m not all that sure because of this lighting. which means, they’re both still wearing black and white. and that feels so odd to me, because the duos wearing black and white have only been mizisua and ivantill. and in all the other rounds, the competitors were wearing the same color. that’s making me a little scared, except the one wearing white always dies. in this case, luka is wearing white, so if we follow the old color rule, that means he would die. although, i don’t think this is the case now.

till is also wearing green over his black top. it seems like a rebellious act, covering up what the segyein gave to him, just like him covering up his brand in the all-in cover. i genuinely feel like the outcome of this round could be anything. i do believe that till will survive, but he won’t come out unscathed. as for luka, i have no idea. the green with the black tells me that something else is going to happen that we might not expect.

basically, i’m terrified for late october

[gunsatthaphan]

~ Monthly BL Breakdown: June 2024 ~ 

☀️ Happy July!!! 🧴

Disclaimer: ALL shows can be streamed here or here, as well as on Youtube and other platforms. For more info on where to watch what, check out this post! 

New breakdowns are coming at the end of every month - feel free to add stuff! -> previous breakdowns

What came out this month? (green = seen/currently watching)

🌟 My Love Mix-Up - June 6th (Thailand)

🌟 Love Sea - June 9th (Thailand) ✅

🌟 SunsetxVibes - June 15th (Thailand)

🌟 Blue Boys Part 2 - June 15th (South Korea)

🌟 His Man Season 3 - June 21st (South Korea)

🌟 Marahuyo Project - June 24th (Philippines)

🌟 The Rebound - June 26th (Thailand)

🌟 I Hear the Sunspot - June 26th (Japan)

🌟 Sparks Camp Season 2 (Dating Reality Show) - June 26th (Philippines)

🌟 The Trainee - June 30th (Thailand) ✅

Monthly Likes / Dislikes

❣️ - 👎🏻 -

New series & movie announcements

🎥 Islanders - Date TBA (Taiwan)

🎥 Desire (Omegaverse) - Date TBA (China)

🎥 Khemjira - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 See Your Love - Date TBA (Taiwan)

🎥 Happy Ending (starring JeffBarcode) - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 Sugar Dog Life - Coming August 2024 (Japan)

🎥 Let Free the Curse of Taekwondo - Date TBA (South Korea)

🎥 Allure of the Siren - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 Soulmate (starring Taec-yeon from 2PM) - Date TBA (South Korea)

🎥 Secret Love - Date TBA (Thailand)

Other news from the BL world

❗️ Bible W. and Jess J., the leads of the upcoming BL 4 Minutes, starred in a music video - short film by the Thai band Getsunova called Spaceless. The film was released on June 4th, the music video was released on June 6th.

❗️ Jeff S. and Barcode T. were revealed to star in the upcoming BL Happy Ending, along with Mike Angelo and Jorin K. A first trailer was released on June 15th. The show is produced by Jeff S. himself.

❗️ Actor Chimon Wachirawit withdrew from the upcoming GMMTV BL Perfect10 Liners due to his struggle with mental health issues. He was previously hospitalized and pulled back from various events, such as the LOL Fanfest and multiple fanmeetings. He released a statement on June 24th saying he has been suffering from depression and is currently receiving treatment. On June 27th, GMMTV issued a statement announcing a hiatus in Chimon's career and the end of the PerthChimon ship as a result. They have mutually agreed to end their work as a pair due to Chimon's condition and will continue to pursue separate career paths. Chimon will return to acting once his treatment is finished.

❗️ It was revealed that the upcoming Taiwanese BL First Note of Love will be a collaboration with the Thai production company StarHunter. The show stars Charles Tu (HIStory 4) and Michael Chang (My Tooth Your Love) as well as Jame Kasama (GenY) who plays a Thai singer. The show is set to premiere in August.

❗️ The production company Be On Cloud announced a lineup event titled "The Next Altitude", which will be held on July 9th. It will feature upcoming projects such as series and various events. Further details are unknown.

❗️ Following the legalization of same-sex marriage in Thailand, the production company StarHunter announced a reality series surrounding the marriage of actors Porsch A. and Arm S. titled "Porsch-Arm The Wedding". The show will follow the pair on their path to their wedding and is thus the first Asian LGBT+ marriage themed reality show. In light of the bill-pass, fellow actors Both N. and Newyear K. also celebrated their engagement after 10 years of being together.

Upcoming series & movies for July

👉🏻 Takara no Vidro - July 1st (Japan)

👉🏻 This Love Doesn't Have Long Beans - July 5th (Thailand)

👉🏻 The Boyfriend (Gay Dating Reality Show) - July 9th (Japan)

👉🏻 The Next Altitude (BOC lineup event) - July 9th (Thailand)

👉🏻 Century of Love - July 10th (Thailand)

👉🏻 Meet You at the Blossom - July 11th (China/Thailand/Taiwan)

👉🏻 Heavens x Candy - July 13th (Japan)

👉🏻 Sky Valley - July 20th (Philippines)

👉🏻 4 Minutes - July 26th (Thailand)

👉🏻 Battle of the Writers - July 29th (Thailand)

[ateez-himari]

:: Masterlist ::

… [ABOUT]

Profile - Relationships (within ATEEZ) - Dorm Room - Inside Her Phone - Romantic Relationships

... [HER STORY]

[Archive] Flightless Bird - [Archive] Amygdala - [Archive] Take Me Home - [Archive] Morning Light - [Archive] Deep Down - [Archive] 'Tunnel' by Mingi - The Story - [Break] Half of My Heart

Behind The Photo (230718) - Alone With You (230928) - Happy Anniversary (240225) - Their Light (240802) - Love & Lust (240927)

... [SOLO PROJECTS]

PRAY ft Agust D - Versace Ambassadorship - Where We Fall K-Drama (w/ Yunho) - [Special Clip] The Beach - MAMA Exclusive Stage - LXST; Record One - LXST; Record Two

Versace; Ephemeral Collection - Versace; Ephemeral Runway - Versace; Milan Recap - Fashion Week; Highlights - Fashion Week; Hidden Schedules

... [ARTICLES]

D-Day Tour Guest Appearance - KCON LA Day 2: Special Stage - Break the Wall Tour: Jongho's Absence - Versace Ambassadorship - MCountdown - Versace Icons Dinner - MAMA Awards Nominations - MAMA Exclusive Stage : Icarus - BANGTEEZ Maknaes - D.U.N.K Showcase Health Concerns - 'Trust Me' Listening Party - J-Hope On The Street - 'D-Day' The Movie - Coachella Dating Suspicions - Relationship Evidence Throughout Coachella - Coachella Kiss - Former Leader Meets Maknae - Hearing Loss Revelation - Akaraka Festival - Pray : Hidden Footage - Mentorship Reunion - Dispatched by Mistake - Behind The Curtains : Tokyo Anchor - Lore Deepens - Work Part 4; Leaked Footage - GQ Magazine; Segment - Summer Sonic Festival - ATEEZ's Royal Blood - Inkigayo; Heavenly Stage - J-Hope Discharge Ceremony - Elle Style Awards - The Kingmaker - Masters of Performance - KGMA; Best Producer

... [ALBUM ERAS]

Treasure EP. Fin: All to Action (Epilogue: Neverland) - The World Ep.2 : Outlaw (Concept Photos) - The World Ep.2 : Outlaw (Trailers) The World Ep. Fin : Will (Comeback Teaser) - The World Ep. Fin : Will (Tracklist) The World Ep. Fin : Will (Scenes) - The World Ep. Fin : Will (Shadow) Not Okay (Teaser) - Not Okay (MV)

... [WILL TO POWER TOUR]

Jamsil Sound Check : 240127 - A More Mature Concept (& Acting Stage) - Hanzo Twitter Update : 240128 - Solo Stage: Shadow - Dance Break: Wings

... [SOCIAL MEDIA]

Twitter - Fromm - Instagram

[whinlatter]

In the little upstairs bedroom facing the sea, he goes to the wireless on the dressing table. She watches as his wand slowly turns the wireless dial, setting back the clock. [ vulture, n.: a bird of prey that gathers in anticipation of death and feasts on carrion; someone who preys on or exploits others - or - (in mythology) a symbol of maternal love ]

🪶 read the author’s note for this chapter (coming soon!)

🐾 listen to the playlist

🪺 watch the trailer 

🦉 thoughts & questions? ask me anything!

[tomorrowxtogether]

Tomorrow X Together’s Yeonjun to release solo mixtape later this month

'GGUM' will mark the first solo release from a TXT member since their debut

Tomorrow X Together (TXT) singer Yeonjun is slated to release his first solo mixtape later this month.

The K-pop idol’s solo debut project was announced yesterday (September 8) with the release of a “mixtape intro film” by his label Big Hit Music. The trailer features Yeonjun against city night lights, as he embodies a sombre, rebellious streak that seems to hint at the concept of his upcoming mixtape.

Revealed to be titled ‘GGUM’, Yeonjun’s first-ever solo track is due out on September 19, although it remains unclear whether the song will be part of a larger body of work from Yeonjun.

The upcoming release of ‘GGUM’ will mark the first time any TXT member has branched out to solo projects since their debut in 2019. The group – completed by Taehyun, Huening Kai, Beomgyu and Soobin – last released music as a full unit earlier this year in April with the mini-album ‘minisode 3: Tomorrow’.

In an interview with NME, Taehyun said of the record: “At the end of the day, we thought of tomorrow or the future – the fact that you always get a new tomorrow seemed like another miracle to us”.

TXT are currently in the midst of their 2024 ‘Act: Promise’ world tour, with their latest show being at Singapore’s Indoor Stadium on September 8. They have since completed both the US and Japan legs of the tour, and are set to continue the Asian leg in cities such as Jakarta, Taipei and more in the coming months.

The quintet also have their first-ever virtual reality concert, dubbed ‘Hyperfocus’, showing in five cities in the US, with the movie now currently showing in Houston, Texas through to September 22. The concert will then move Chicago and New York in order, with a final show date on November 10.

[otakusparkle]

Identity V New Story and Diary Release

A major story update depicting the new manor's past will begin in November! Today, we're releasing a preview trailer for that update🎪

"Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to our noisy circus!"

Let's bring that nightmarish carnival back to the manor.

In addition, Acrobat (Mike Morton) Seiyuu/Voice Actor is Fukuyama Jun

Notable role

- Joker/Protagonist/Ren Amamiya (Persona 5)

- Kimihiro Watanuki (XXXHolic)

- Matsuno Ichimatsu (Osomatsu)

- Koro Sensei (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu)

- Okumuro Yukio (Ao No Exorcist)

- Roulacase Finral (Black Clover)

- Ayasegawa Yumichika (BLEACH)

- Sakaguchi Ango (Bungo Stray Dogs)

- Togashi Yuuta (Chuubibyou Demo Koi)

- Julius Kingsley (Code Geass)

- Lelouch Lemperouge (Code Geass)

- Hanamura Teruteru (Danganronpa)

- Kishitani Shinra (Durarara!!)

- Yanagi Akane (Horimiya)

- Misaki Yata (Project K)

- Grell Sutcliff (Black Butler)

- King (Nanatsu No Taizai)

- Kazuma (Noragami)

- Leon Cromwell (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken)

- Hanabusa Aidou (Vampire Knights)

- Takanashi Shouta (Working!!!)

[willowingscribe]

The absolutely genius @thistlethread made this stunning trailer for my Dramione rom-com Lovefool.

It's beyond beautiful and has some many hidden details. I'M OBSESSED!

I have this memory of us that is not a memory.

You at the airport in Tokyo (because you will agree with me that taking a plane is more convenient than endless portkey hopping), stepping out of the sliding doors. You’ll try to hide your grin when you see me, but you won’t be very successful and I will reward you with a kiss.

[exilology]

"ECLIPSE" is the pre-debut project by Y/N – known more popularly as EXILE HER – in order to introduce her to the k-pop scene. the project began in JANUARY 2017 and would continue until FEBRUARY 2018. the project was created by KWON GYEONG, who had personally hand-picked y/n for this project.

gyeong stated in an interview that she, "...watched y/n perform and compete on PRODUCE 101, and i immediately knew that she was the perfect face for this project that i had been working on." y/n was already gaining some fame after placing 14th in the survival show, and gyeong was quick to recruit y/n to KQ from her original company SOURCE MUSIC. by the end of 2016, y/n would begin training at kq entertainment after leaving source music.

along with gyeong, the producer team EDENARY would also help with the eclipse project when it came to producing and composing music. the project would be split up into four different parts with each part being divided by a four colors: RED, WHITE, BLACK, and YELLOW.

on FEBRUARY 11, 2018, a full album was released the contained all the songs from the projects into one including six other new songs. the album was simply titled ECLIPSE. a music video was released for the song MY NEVERLAND as well which helped tie up the story. the music video ended with a morse code which fans deciphered as "exile her." this would later be revealed to be y/n's stage name once she debuted.

– TRACK LIST.

I MAY FALL – 4 : 03

MY NEVERLAND – 3 : 23

RED LIKE ROSES – 3 : 12

MAGNETIC – 3 : 03

MIRROR MIRROR – 2 : 55

ECLIPSE – 3 : 51

FROM SHADOWS – 5 : 21

STAR – 3 : 18

I BURN (FT. HONGJOONG OF KQ FELLAZ) – 3 : 10

RUN AWAY –  3 : 37

GOLD – 4 : 02

JUST DO IT – 2 : 33

RED LIKE ROSES, PT.II (FT. KWON GYEONG) – 4 : 02

THIS WILL BE THE DAY – 3 : 08

listen to the full album here.

– STYLING.

below the cut is a quick look at the other parts of Eclipse.

the first part of the project "ECLIPSE: RED" would be released on JANUARY 13, 2017 with the trailer "RED" which featured the song RED LIKE ROSES. along with the released of the trailer, a single album would also be released which included the song in the trailer plus another song.

– TRACK LIST.

RED LIKE ROSES – 3 : 21

MAGNETIC – 3 : 03

the second part of the project "ECLIPSE: WHITE" would be released on APRIL 12, 2017 with the trailer "WHITE" which featured the song MIRROR MIRROR. along with the release of the trailer, a single album would also be released which included the song in the trailer plus another song.

– TRACK LIST.

MIRROR MIRROR – 2 : 55

ECLIPSE – 3 : 51

the third part of the project "ECLIPSE: BLACK" would be released on JULY 17, 2017 with the trailer "BLACK" which featured the song FROM SHADOWS. along with the release of the trailer, a single album would also be released which included the song in the trailer plus another song.

– TRACK LIST.

FROM SHADOWS – 5 : 21

STAR – 3 : 18

the fourth part of the project "ECLIPSE: YELLOW" would be released on OCTOBER 21, 2017 with trailer "YELLOW" which featured the song I BURN which featured fellow kq trainee, HONGJOONG. along with the release of the trailer, a single album would also be released which included the song in the trailer plus another song.

– TRACK LIST.

I BURN (FT. HONGJOONG OF KQ FELLAZ) – 3 : 10

RUN AWAY – 3 : 37

[italianpersonwithashippersheart]

Masterpost and About Me

Pronouns: For now everything is fine. I don't know what my gender is and there are so many things that I have to do first before I can figure it out.

Name: You can Use Ita/ITA (Shoutout to @benkaaoi for first calling me that)

Original Post Tag: ITA Original (I have backtracked this using XKit because prev my original post had the txt automated tag, but I have only been using the txt tag since last year so those are the only post that got backtracked) - (Shoutout to @twig-tea for first giving me the original tag idea)

Posts where I comment on My Reblog will Have the tag: ITA Responds (I have not backtracked this except one or two posts, that will take a lot of manual labor, I might get to it in the future, I don't do it that often anyway)

Just an FIY: If you have issues with any of my thoughts and you want to engage with them, please feel free to do so directely. So long as everyone stays polite we can have a discussion. We can even just agree to disagree mutually block each other and move on. I do not like vagueposting. Just be direct please.

This blog is mostly BL and Stray Kids. Now more of the latter as I get over burn out for BL watching. Some other queer shows might pop up. But it's mostly those two things now.

META/ANALYSIS AND POSTS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT

FoureverYou Project Masterpost

The Trainee: No Kiss Till The Finale

GMMTV QL Plan

Ossan no Pants ga Nandatte Ii Janai ka! Mini Thought Dump/Review

Taishin ND Read

We Are: Why I Didn't Like It

Only Boo Finale

Weddings In QL

About GLs - Small update October 2024 given my burn out and general difficulties with GLs I have decided to give up on watching GLs completely.

BL Wishes

Only Friends Pilot Trailer vs The Show (Not going to put all my OFTS posts but this one is relevant to a possible future meta post that might happen)

Make A Wish Sub Ita Thoughts

Poly Post

Dead Friend Forever Finale/Retrospective: x x Also: Still waiting for my fix it fic (Not going to list all my DFF posts just the final ones)

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Maybe Let's take BL actors at their word, K? Thanks!

BOC and NC Scenes (w additions - also look at the notes for more info)

4 Minutes: First Theory - Post 6 - Post Ep 6 Theory - Small theory on the ending on @lurkingshan's post - Post Ep 7 Tonkla Meta - Post Finale mini rant

Ohm Thitiwat is at GMMTV and I freak out about it

The Importance Of Tone in QLs

Been Listening to Stray Kids

Burn Out On BLs

Thoughts on RPF

Venting about Peaceful Property Now That it's Done

Gmmtv 2025

[haru-kuneko]

Twelve years ago, “K Project” first aired on Animax today!

I remember being like in junior high when this first aired. It was on Animax. I immediately fell in love with the show just from the trailer. It wasn’t your typical anime though. Never mind the title just being ‘K’ as this had that blue-tinted visuals, a bad**s skater boi (his name is Yata BTW), a loli, a catgirl and an interesting story about these colorful kings fighting each other.

With how it’s often promoted and the beautiful animation, it would get more popular. However, it didn’t get that much attention. I remember telling my classmates about it one time and they simply have no clue what it was. I heard others say the story is confusing but to me, it was at least easy to follow. It just needed more episodes to expand on the story.

There was apparently a manga which serves as a supplementary material for the show. I shouldn’t have to find the manga to get more explanation on how these seven kings had existed and where they got their powers. Despite how underrated it is, it manages to get a couple of movies and even a radio show.

My only gripe is that the “fan service” has gotten too distracting as the anime went on. Kindly give this a skip if those things aren't your cup of tea.

[waitmyturtles]

Turtles Encounters Her First Full GMMTV Upfronts Experience: A Personal Journey Into GMMTV2024

LOL, I don't mean to be dramatic -- I was around a little bit (?) last November for the GMMTV2023 upfronts, and I honestly did not know what was going on, except to scream about Cherry Magic Thailand. Back then, I was much more of a Japanese BL gal (see: Cherry Magic), but now I'm down with the GMMTV scene, as it were, through my Old GMMTV Challenge project, and I'm ready to wax on deez trailers.

One huge overall note: YES TO DUDES NOT BEING IN BRANDED PAIRS. Your Gawins, your Ohms, your Thors, your Joss-es. YES. This is an exciting line-up to me to see the dudes getting mixed up. As much as I loved Be My Favorite, I don't need to see GawinKrist again.

I am stealing the formats of the wonderful @bengiyo and @neuroticbookworm to offer my thoughts on the trailers! (My list is literally gonna look like everyone else's list, LMAO).

FUCK YES

My Golden Blood: Joss, Gawin, Mond, Neo. Vampires. Blood. Baseball bats. LSKDJFLSJDFLKSJDGLKJSDLGKJSLDKGJLDSKF. The SFX are gonna be SO BAD. Joss sucking Gawin's blood will be SO FUCKING GOOD. I AM STILL SCREAMING. OBVIOUSLY.

Kidnap: Ohm Pawat's next BL. While he had previously said that he wanted Bad Buddy to be his last BL, the bullying scandal that he encountered this past year makes this decision a sensible one to get back on the brand engagement train. His co-star, Leng Thanaphon, is gorgeous looks like he's making a strong debut. I am very happy for Ohm, but I think I am a bit spoiled by knowing his previous non-GMMTV oeuvre so well (Make It Right, Dew, He's Coming To Me), and I'm feeling like GMMTV isn't pushing his acting chops as much as they used to. (Meaning.... I'd be okay if he left GMMTV one day to do more movies.) Time will tell, but I am happy for him -- he is a king of BL, the most prevalent actor on the OGMMTVC list, and this'll let him rebuild his career. He deserves it, and is a personal fave of mine.

Wandee Goodday: YO. So obviously this looks intriguing! But like -- I'd expect Golf Tanwarin to be doing this for another network. Full-frontal, heavy (HEAVY!) sex talk, smoochin' everywhere. I'm impressed GMMTV is going here. It's perhaps because I have Domundi on the mind heavily with my recent ZeeNunew education, but I have been feeling as of late that GMMTV has been choosing fluff and/or crap romance (SEE: DANGEROUS ROMANCE -_-) over... pure sex, as it were, and this is getting closer to a Domundi-style show than even where Only Friends went. I LOVE THOR. I LOVE THOR!!!! I'm excited for this, and me likey the looks of Inn.

On Sale: I am LOVING this new we're-not-in-school-we-are-just-insane TayNew era. And Jan is a FAVE FAVE FAVE of mine, and looks like she's gonna level this show the FUCK up. I'm SO INTO THIS.

Pluto: For sure I am watching this for Film (oh, and hi, Thor and Arm!). I'm not the biggest Namtan fan? I wasn't the biggest fan of her acting in Midnight Museum or UMG. Kinda flat. But she's at the top of the popular actress list at GMMTV, and it's great that someone of her prominence is flirting in the QL space. Film, though -- Film has CHOPPPPPPPPPPS and will likely eat this role. We might never get EarnPear, but this might be close.

My Precious: For NanonFilm, anything. But this is just the movie with more scenes, right? I don't know if it was ever going to get international distribution as a movie anyway. K. I'll buy it!

The Trainee: Tell me where I've seen OffGun do movie shit before -- and I don't mind the slight theme repeat. KapookPiploy, huh? I have not seen Vice Versa, but I really enjoyed Sea Tawinan in that. Gun crying, not surprising, but I officially stan OffGun because of Not Me, and I'll stand by this one.

UMMMM

My Love Mix-Up: See here for my initial thoughts. I came to Thai BLs from Japanese BLs. Kieta Hatsukoi was one of the first JBLs I discovered specifically through Tumblr. Japanese BLs are so varied -- and I think, when one is watching JBLs, to have a gentle/general sense of how sex is perceived/managed/dealt with in Japanese culture. I'm not gonna get into this too much here, but the ways in which Japanese and Thai societies deal with sex is very different. Anyway. I think my own mental dissonance on this conversation is coloring my thoughts on My Love Mix-Up Thailand/Kieta Hatsukoi Thailand. Pairs are not repeated in Japan (unless you have second seasons of the same show), and to have an established branded pair in GemFourth in Ida and Aoki's roles -- I'm just, I'm not sure. I don't want the show to feel pressured to go to a place it wouldn't go to without a branded pair. Will Thailand pay homage to Ida's unique and inquisitive demi identity? Can the branded ship economy manage that? I dunno. Let's wait and find out.

Summer Night: I'm going to be gentle on this one. I like that Phuwin takes on various het roles. I happened to LOVE HIM in The Warp Effect. And I like Bimbeam in here -- she actually showed some firm chops in 55:15 Never Too Late. Only if the schedule allows will I take this one, but I actually like the smell of it a bit.

Ossan's Love: What in the EarthMix. Ossan's Love was often cited as queerbaiting material for early Japanese BLs (EDITING TO ADD: just want to clarify that that statement literally came from my early days in JBLs reading Twitter; thank you to @twig-tea and @nieves-de-sugui for the clarifications in the comments!); I have never watched it, but understand its importance in the Japanese BL repertoire. I'm gonna remain sus on this until we find out more. (Although, I'm VERY EXCITED to see a channel like TV Asahi break out of the Japanese paradigm of not collaborating with other countries to get this on Thai TV air. TV Asahi and TV Tokyo for Cherry Magic are real groundbreakers, and I do dig that.)

Only Boo: When I was talking about this show with friends, and @neuroticbookworm said "Book's in this," I WAS LIKE, WHO'S BOOK? LMAO. Let me see Book away from Force for a GOD DAMN SECOND. I know we don't know anyone in here, but the actors actually seem strong! This was a fun preview.

We Are: Lots of couples. PondPhuwin, MarcPawin, WinnySatang, Aou and that other dude. What is this, a New Siwaj show? I might have enough to watch next year without needing to watch ANOTHER school drama. We'll see.

LIKELY NOT

Enigma 2: Not a fan of Win Metawin, and didn't watch the trailer.

High School Frenemy: I understand this is a K-drama remake of School 2013, which I haven't seen. I... am trying to understand the story here, but happy for View/June/Mark/Prom to be in a show together, and I'll pay more attention when the show's closer to airing.

HARD PASS

Ploy's Yearbook: Did not watch the trailer. I understand there's a storyline with Joong's character romancing his adopted sister. HARD. NO.

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Mean and Scary | Chapter 2: Ghosts in the Pool

Pts: 1, 2, 3

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He had never really intended to tell anyone about the nightmares. The sleepless nights, the tossing and turning interrupted by the absolute worst headaches and the bloodstained pillows thanks to the newly developed nose bleed problem. It made him feel weak. Nobody else was having these problems. Maybe it was karma from his attempt to just forget Barb this first go-around, maybe the numerous head injuries had aligned to create a new way of making him miserable. But Max just looked so tired, and if anyone could relate in their little Party, maybe Steve could.

And apparently, Steve understood almost perfectly. Max had opened up to him too, and confessed that she only really felt sane when she was listening to music. She’d given him her old walkman, the one she used before she realized she needed an upgrade if it was going to become a constant in her life. It was bulky, and the headphones were small and uncomfortable, but the reprieve from his own thoughts was better than any drug.

Well, any drug Steve had tried. Hence the standing in the Munson trailer, waiting to expand his horrisions. It still felt weird to be here. Not the trailer park, or even the trailer itself, he’d seen it from the outside countless times to pick and drop Max off. But here, in Eddie Munson’s living room. Waiting for drugs. After the russians Steve was almost entirely sure he’d never be able to even get drunk again. It felt too similar, felt like he was back in that cold room surrounded by needles and bone-saws. But he needed something or else he’d never fall asleep again, and the two days he’d gone without were already kicking his ass.

Was it smart to go to Dustins newest brother figure in search of illicit substances? No. Was he going to do it anyways? Yes. He just needed some fucking sleep, just this once. (He knew that he couldn’t guarantee that. That if this worked, he’d probably be coming back time and time again. But he was never the sharpest bulb in the shed, and he’s choosing to blame his remarkable lack of decision making on the sleep deprivation.)

There were dozens of baseball caps and mugs covering the walls around him. From sports teams, to shitty diners, to T.V. memorobila, there was everything. He idly wondered if any of the items were ever used, considering they were high enough on the wall that he would need a ladder to access them, and Eddie was about his height.

“Sorry for the mess, maid took the week off.” Eddie was digging around the trailer, looking for whatever it was Steve had agreed to purchase and later on actually take (was he really doing this? Should he be doing this? God, Robin was gonna be so pissed if she ever found out)

“You um,” Steve swallowed, he honestly couldn’t tell you why he was so nervous. He felt like there were livewires where his blood vessels should be, “you live here alone?”

“With my uncle. But, uh, he works nights at the plant. Bringing home the big bucks.” There were various clunking and clicking sounds from where Eddie was opening up what was presumably any container he found in his junk drawer mixed in with the sounds of singing softly crooning from the tinny speakers in Steve’s headphones. His favorite song was playing, and he turned the volume up a little more.

“How long does it take?”

“Sorry?”

Steve took a deep breath to calm his nerves, seriously why was he so anxious? “The- the, uh, Special K? How long to kick in?”

“Oh, uh, well, it depends on if you snort it or not.” Christ, this was so dumb, “Uh, if you do, then, yeah. It'll kick in pretty quick.” This was so, so, dumb. “Ohhh…shit.”

“You’re sure you have it?” the part of Steve that had been desperately begging him to just go the fuck home was silently hoping that Munson just didn’t have any. The other part, the part that hadn’t slept in two days and had been getting pretty shit sleep for the last week and a half, was desperately begging that he did.

“No, no, I got it. Um, somewhere.” Eddie turned around and went into his room, most likely to continue his part in the hide and seek game he was playing with this illegal drug. Seriously, why wouldn’t you keep that somewhere safe?

Tick tock. Tick tock.

Steve whipped around to stare at the window, as the music played in the background to the sound of a clock chiming in the distance.

Tick tock. Tick tock.

Steve really hoped he wasn’t going crazy. That some total whackjob decided to put a grandfather clock in the backyard of their trailer for some reason. But he knew he was kidding himself, it was so clear. Like it was coming from down a long hallway. Except the only hallway in the trailer was to Eddie’s room, and the sound was coming from the opposite direction. All those knocks to the head were finally getting to him. He was officially going insane.

As he scanned the darkness outside the window, the ticking and the chiming just got louder, and louder, and louder, until it felt like it was coming from inside his head. He frantically closed the curtains.

“Eddie?” Steve called over his shoulder, “Did you find it? Eddie?”

Silence. Gone were the sounds of hollow metal opening and closing, or Eddie’s weird ramblings to nobody, or the sounds of another person’s footsteps on the carpet. Steve slowly started to walk down the hallway. Eddie probably wouldn’t want him to see his room, but after years of monsters and possession and all things Upside-Down, Steve would rather take the chance of upsetting him over the chance of anything else. Granted the Upside-Down and the beasts that came with it were not usually quiet, at least from this end of things, but Steve was paranoid. He thinks he’s earned that much for all the brain trauma he’s most definitely had over time.

“Eddie?” He entered the room, only to find that Eddie wasn’t there. In fact, this wasn’t even Eddie’s room. It couldn’t be. This was Steve’s porch. The pool shone a light-blue glow over the surroundings, steam misting off the surface of the water in lazy swirls. The air felt cool, but not cold. Like it always did right before it became too cold to swim even in heated water, right before the Harringtons had to close the pool up. There were empty beer cans littered in a small pile, each with a small jagged hole punched into the bottom, next to some pool chairs with an ashtray situated between them on a small table.

And there, sitting on the diving board of the pool, was Barbara Holland. Her back was facing Steve, but he would have to be blind not to recognize her. Her curly red hair made a dark brown in the low light but discernible all the same, the dark blue denim jacket she had been wearing that night, color swallowed up by the black night around her. Resting her hands on her legs, one cradling the other with blood running down her fingers. Dripping slowly into the water below, the dark red quickly fading into the surrounding blue with each new droplet.

“B-Barb?”

This couldn’t possibly be real. Barb was dead. Barb had died here, on this night, in his pool. She was the ghost over his shoulder, never remembered quite right, and not always at the forefront of his mind, but never really forgotten. She was a scar that would never heal, a guilt that would never fade. Even if he hadn’t ever really admitted it, he agreed with Nancy. What she had said that halloween. He killed Barb, he just didn’t really let himself think about it.

“Still pretending, Steve?” She said, still not looking back. Still swaying her legs casually, sitting at the foot of her grave.

“Still bullshit?” The word reverberated through the air. And even though there were no walls, it felt like it was closing in on him. She finally turned around, and where her brown eyes had once been were milky white pupils, surrounded by black. Water dribbled from her mouth as she spoke. Her face was rotting, water logged and bloated. She didn’t look like a ghost, she looked like a corpse. Slugs crawled out of holes in her skin, and vines wrapped around her legs and propelled her forwards, her muscles too decayed to stand without assistance

Steve turned around and booked it. He slammed the door to the pool closed, drawing the blinds over the panes of glass. Holding his back to the door, he turned around to see that where the Munson trailer had once been, the viney Upside-Down tunnels had replaced it.

The vines slithered over eachother, covering the door to the pool and creating a solid wall of plant matter. Chittering and screeching echoed down pathways, the smell of kerosine and the distinct iron-copper of blood filled the air and choked Steve’s lungs.

“You killed me!” The distorted voice of Barbara Holland filled his head, so loud it was deafening. Steve covered his ears. “If it wasn’t for you, I’d be alive! My parents wouldn’t had to bury an empty casket! It’s your fault Steve!”

Steve ran, trying desperately to get away from the voice, but it wasn’t coming from behind him. It was coming from around him, like a bubble of loathing and blame.

“Nancy lied to you Steve! There was no ‘we’. It was all you!” Barb laughed, empty and hollow, “you’ll never make up for it, murderer! One day, they’ll realize! One day, they’ll all know! And when that day comes, nobody will want to see your pathetic face ever. Again.”

There in the diverging pathways of the tunnels stood Dustin, and then Robin, then Max, and Lucas, and Mike, and Joyce, and it just went on, and on, and on. Their sneers, their disgust, their backs turned as they walked away from him.

“If you had just focused on someone other than yourself for one fucking second, I’d be alive. Nancy would be happy! Thank god Jonathan was there for her, to be what she really needed.”

“You just can’t help yourself, can you?” Barb kept going. She’d finally gotten her chance to say everything she didn’t when she was alive, and she seemed to be making the most of it. “Needed to win over perfect prissy Nancy Wheeler? Needed to prove to your douchebag friends that you could conquer any woman? That nobody could say no to King Steve!”

Steve would protest if he could breathe at all. He felt like he’d been running for days, and he was panting heavily from the strain.

“You’ll never be enough to make up for what the world lost when you took me from it.” Barb's voice sounded farther away, until finally it faded entirely.

Steve slumped down the wall, creepy vines and shit be damned. He couldn’t think, he couldn’t breathe, he just needed a second to get his bearings together and then he’d start looking for a way out.

“Steve”

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when u wake up at 4 randomly from such scary dream of small pitch black space with a friend and theyre like whats that and you feel something touching you as a hand would and you find a light and shine it on what can only be an eye but its so big and black and bovine and its all projected through the framing of a movie or even further maybe through the trailer so you have some outsider perspective to know it is and an expectation of it blinking but it never does. was then awake thinking of this distancing mechanism like in house of leaves how the action is all framed as if a review of found footage which removes one from the immanence of it but instead instills an enigma in the distance. and i literally had a crack in my imaginary from this bc 4 in the morning like as if i dropped the iphone that is my minds eye a bit hard on the pavement. so i got up and had a stupid special k bar i bought in bulk for work on sale the day before i quit and i can taste in my tender state precise the way its rot af in my throat zog food.