#real thrupple

[jev-urisk]

Things to write your thrupple/ot3 doing, from someone who falls asleep in the middle every night

We love playing cozy couch co-ops like stardew, Minecraft, etc

Places like the zoo, aquarium, museums, etc. They're big and there are enough people there that the three of us holding hands isn't remarked upon

Buying flowers/treats for the person who stayed home from grocery shopping, or the person who had a bad day 🌸

"The two of us can get taco bell but you have to promise not to tell X cuz they'll get food jealous." "I swear on my life."

Looots of parallel activities. I.e. One person playing video games, one drawing, one reading or watching TV.

My partners not helping me with something bc they'd rather oggle me 😐

Partners leading me around a grocery store like a toddler cuz I got the tism and am v overstimulated in stores. (Might be too specific lol).

A constant game of chicken where the 1st person to stand up when we're lounging refills all our waters.

Introvert partner asks to 'tag out'

If I, say, physically play with a partner and run away for them to chase, my second partner stands by and does nothing or helps catch me 😑

One person gets sick followed by all three of us being sick (currently happening, my home is a plague-ground)

Might do another one later. What activities does your theupple/ot3 do?

[bittershade]

Hey HEY HEY

I just had a dream it felt so real I actually thought it was a real episode I was so hyped and excited.

I dreamed that Rhaenyra and Mysaria got MARRIED!!!

Rhaenyra and Mysaria came up with a convincing argument to why them getting married would help her imagine and they told her council and everyone agreed, I can't remember why but it made sense she really came up with a good reason.

I was like " OMG how is Daemon going to react! How is Allicent going to react! How is her son going to react"

It was such a good episode I was so excited for the next episode because Daemon would be coming back home to find out that his wife got married even though she's already married..TO HIM!!

How would that work ?

Is Mysaria his wife too? Would he have two wives ?

Is this a thrupple ?

[leclerced]

control | op81

summary: oscar and lando make a bet on who can last longer for no nut november. oscar’s girlfriend is not happy with the situation. inspired by this request that was supposed to be a quick blurb but turned into 2.6k by accident

warnings: 18+ minors dni. wrap it before u tap it! no real smut until the end and its quick and desperate sorry!

author’s note: i did not proof read this and was high writing so sorry for mistakes. i accidentally lost track of time writing this and i wanted to post tn so sorry for mistakes! i rly need to make a masterlist atp

Oscar and his girlfriend cannot keep their hands off each other, and Lando is kind of sick of having to cover for the two lovers when they sneak away during the race weekend. He can’t count on both hands anymore how many times he’s walked in on them in the midst of getting down and dirty, one of them on their knees or Oscar between her legs fucking her. The three of them grew unusually close because of it, with them whispering in his ear to cover for them while they sneak away instead of just disappearing like they did in the beginning of the season.

The three of them don’t realize it, but Lando has this way of staring at them like she’s the sun and he’s the moon and everyone is obsessed with the idea of them being a thrupple. Oscar was asked about it once, and said he hated questions about his personal life, and that he had to even say it, but no. He was not in a three way relationship with his teammate. Despite that, he loves knowing he’s got the hottest girlfriend on the grid and that everyone, including his teammate, wants her, but only he gets her. It ends up weird a weird dynamic between them, Oscar giving Lando too many details of all the things she lets him to do her, and come November, after walking in on them for the umpteenth time, Lando made a bet that Oscar can’t keep it in his pants for a month. Oscar said he could easily lie about it, but Lando brought up how she didn’t travel with him in the beginning of the year and he was an absolute menace compared to the angel he turned into after the first race weekend she attended. Oscar told him he wouldn’t go without sex for a month unless Lando did, and Lando corrected and said it’s no nut November, meaning no self supplied or otherwise, but he would do it because it wasn’t hard when he didn’t have a girlfriend at all, much less one as sex crazed and hot as Oscar’s.

They fucked like rabbits on Halloween and she assumed it was because he really liked the costume she’d worn, but come November first, he stopped being so affectionate. She didn’t notice it until the race weekend really got started and kept trying to spend his free time alone with him but he stayed by Lando’s side the entire time, even when she leaned in and whispered in his ear that she was dripping for him. His hand had tightened on her thigh and he quietly told her, not now, before focusing back on Lando on his other side.

The first and second time she excused him brushing off her advances. They were in the paddock the first time she tried pulling him away, she could excuse that because he was working. The second, they were at a club with Lando and she was trying to pull him away to the bathroom for a quickie after she had a few shots, she could excuse that because he didn’t want to get caught fucking in a bathroom in Brazil. But the third time, they were back at the hotel and she’d just brushed her teeth and showered, walked out of the bathroom naked and she crawled up his body, kissing his body through the sheets. He just rolled her off his body off his when she settled her hips on his and twisted her around to spoon her as he tugged the sheets over her. She thought he was going to fuck her like that, but she snapped when he yawned, pressed a kiss into her shoulder and mumbled goodnight. “Why won’t you let me touch you?” She demanded more than asked and he blushed.

“I- Lando and I made a bet on who could last no nut November longer.” She twisted back around and stared at him blankly, hands moving back towards his sweats as she asked, “Seriously, you’re not fucking me for a month over a trend? Why the fuck do you care if each other cums?”

Oscar didn’t have an answer so he shrugged weakly, “I don’t wonna lose. He’ll never let me live it down.”

She scowled, “No. I’m not going to let you live this down.” She rolled off of him before going to the bathroom, “I’ll fuck myself, since you won’t.”

He rushed off the bed to follow her to the shower, thinking even if he couldn’t cum, he could still make her cum, but she’d shut and locked the door behind her.

She tortured him for the next two weeks, locking the bathroom when she showered and refusing to let him join her even just to wash her hair. She wouldn’t let him pull her into his lap, wrap his hands around her waist, but then they’d be back at the hotel and make out on the couch. He tried touching her, but she pulled his hands away and told him, “If I can’t touch you, you can’t touch me.” She’d end up holding his hands behind his head so he couldn’t touch her as she kissed him until he was achingly hard in his sweats and then she’d pull away, retreat into the little bedroom of the suite, and fuck herself with her fingers, the door hanging open as an invite to come in and join.

All three of them were getting frustrated, it was obvious with Lando and Oscar during the race in Brazil even though it had only been five days. Oscar was used to going back to his hotel and fucking his girlfriend until they passed out, used to being pulled away to closets and bathrooms so they could feel each other up and if they were daring enough, he would fuck her like she begged. Fans noticed Oscar trying to pull her into his arms in the background of some livestream and she pulled herself free of him and sat in the free chair next to his teammate. People went crazy thinking the couple was having a fight, even though she was there at the finish line with his team to congratulate him with a kiss.

Then there was the race in Vegas, just over halfway through the month, and she’d been planning the entire trip and a new wardrobe for it. She’d been ordering things and having them shipped to a friend in California who then drove her entire Vegas wardrobe from LA to Vegas for her. Oscar had no idea what was planned, but she’d teased him when she shyly admitted she was going all out with her outfits when they went out. She suddenly seemed less shy about the money she’d spent when she leaned in and kiss his neck for the first time in three weeks and whispered, “Too bad you won’t get to see half of it.”

He’d choked out a single word, why? She giggled and pulled back, “Well, I bought a lot of lingerie for this weekend. I thought we would be having fun, but you and your teammate have ruined them for me.” Her eyes were suddenly dark and he was blushing and kicking himself for still not really wanting to give up on the bet. He had a few weeks left, he was halfway there, and if he gave up now then the last two weeks of torture were for nothing. And because Lando wouldn’t let him live it down, he would tease him about being young and not being able to handle it, not being able to control himself. He wanted to prove to himself more than anyone that he could do it now, he’d gotten it stuck in his mind that if he could somehow resist the woman on his lap for a month, he could do anything.

It was bad.

She was practically playing dress up in their hotel room the night before the race, she didn’t even pause the movie as she pulled the suitcase into the room and stripped down after unzipping it.

“I thought you said I wasn’t going to see them?” He asked as she pulled out a small bag and retrieved a set in the same baby pink silk as the bag. She watched herself in the mirror as she put it on, then turned to him.

She had a wicked look in her eyes as she grinned, “I decided I didn’t want them to go waste.”

He clenched his teeth and forced his gaze back to the movie as she stripped back out of the set and retrieved a new one. She tried on dresses between sets, tried them on with different bras and pressed her breasts together to see which bra complimented which dress the most. He’d forgotten about the movie despite trying to keep his focus on it, but he couldn’t keep his eyes off her for longer than a few seconds.

She kept glancing at him in the reflection in the mirror and wondered if he could see her watching him. She could see him getting hard through his sweats, especially when he shifted and adjusted himself in his sweats. Oscar squeezed himself once before he pressed his hand back into the cushion like he forgot his self imposed restriction. She wanted him to lose control already. She was on the verge of dropping to her knees and begging for him, she needed him so badly. She was on the verge of not being able to make herself cum when she tried to convince him by touching herself in the next room with the door wide open. He had broken her and he wasn’t even trying to. She didn’t want him to touch her because every time he put his hands on her body, she felt the ache between her thighs grow then she was reminded of his stupid bet and she got angry. Horny and angry was a bad combination when angry sex was off the table because all sex was off the table. Every fibre of her being ached for him and her heart was breaking a little as she watched him watch her and do nothing.

She stripped out of the black dress she’d just tried on and was left in the papaya set she’d ordered for the race night. Oscar watched as she stretched the fabric over her hips and ass and let it pool to her feet before she turned to him. He shouldn’t have been surprised that she bought lingerie in his team color, or that it looked better on her than it did on his car, or his suit, or anything else McLaren branded it with. They should just put her in his car, in that lingerie set, and they’d make fucking millions off one photo. He was certain of it.

He found his heart was racing as she slowly walked towards him then straddled him, her fingers automatically curled into his hair as she brushed her lips against his. “Bought this for your race tomorrow,” she whispered, and he dug his fingers into the couch cushions by her legs. He wanted to touch her so badly, but after two weeks, he knew the new rule she’d imposed. She pressed her lips to his softly and he automatically kissed her back, leaning into her as he sighed. It was the first time he’d touched her all day other than when she woke him up with sleepy kisses and made him get out of bed and go to work. She’d stayed at the hotel then went out shopping and met with the friend who brought the suitcases, so he didn’t see her until he returned to the hotel and she had room service hot and ready for him.

She let him deepen the kiss and pleasantly tugged on his hair, eliciting another sigh from his lips. Oscar felt dizzy as she sucked on his lower lip then bit it teasingly, tugging it back and letting it go to pop against his upper lip before she kissed him again. He was paralyzed as she began rocking her hips against his, the pussy he had been dreaming about pressed up against his cock as she pressed herself into him.

Oscar reveled in the feeling for a moment before hanging his head back against the cushion, abruptly ending their kiss. She whined and chased his lips before settling on his jaw before she moved down his neck. He let out a shaky breath as her teeth scratched against his skin and she sucked softly. Her hips gained more momentum and he moaned, “Fuck, stop.” He could already feel himself growing close just from her grinding on him and kissing his neck, he wasn’t going to last much longer.

She licked softly at his neck before sighing blissfully, “Make me.” Her hips continued rocking against him, each roll of her hips was sending him into a frenzy. He hadn’t been touched in two weeks and he had reverted back to a horny teenager about to cum in his pants.

His fingers dug into the sofa and he gritted his teeth, “You said I can’t touch you.”

She nipped at his throat before humming, “Nothing’s stopping you.” She slowed her hips a little then swiveled them a few times, making his abs twitch under his shirt.

Oscar’s knuckles turned white as his grip tightened, “If I touch you, I’m gonna fuck you.”

She moaned at his words as she rubbed herself against him before brushing her lips against his as she teased, “I guess we’re at an impasse then, you can’t touch me, and I can’t stop touching you.” Her lips met his again as he moaned and rocked his hips into hers. She pressed down in the same motion and he suddenly grabbed her hips and flipped them over, “Fuck you.” He groaned, pushing his sweats down with one hand and tugged the papaya panties to the side. She’d had the panties on for mere minutes and they were soaked, so he had no problem pressing his cock inside of her without any prep before hand. She pulled his hair harshly when he pushed in without any warning, but the sudden pain of his cock stretching her faded into pleasure as he began fucking her with an urgency she hadn’t seen in him before. Neither of them could say anything as they gasped and moaned into each other’s mouths, his thumb found her clit and in less than two minutes she was yanking his hair again as he pushed her over the edge. The pain of her pulling his hair and the pleasure of her cumming around him sent him spiraling over the edge and his entire body shook with his orgasm as he filled her with his cum. He collapsed onto her after their orgasms washed over them and laughed as he buried his face in her neck. “I’m sorry, that was stupid of me.”

She nodded and curled her legs around him , “It was. I would hate you for it if you hadn’t given up right now. I would have gone and made Lando cum first just to get you to fuck me, if you hadn’t just now.”

Her words were teasing, but Oscar heard a bit of truth behind her words and he laughed, “I think you should do that still. Make him think I won the bet.”

She laughed, her chest pressing into his as she pet the back of his head lovingly, “You want to win so bad you’d let me go make your teammate cum?”

He shrugged, “It’s just Lando, he’d probably last thirty seconds cause he’s had a crush on you since you met. Probably feel like he won just because you tossed him off.”

She flushed at the thought of his teammate crushing on her, “He has?”

Oscar rolled his eyes even though she couldn’t see him, “You don’t notice him watching you constantly? Haven’t seen the way he looks at you?”

She huffed, “I should say the same about you and him, you look at him the way you look at me.” Oscar was glad she couldn’t see his face as it heated up and he changed the subject back to her, “You really don’t notice him watching you? What about Charles?”

Her eyebrows raised at the mention of the Monegasque and she squeaked, “Cha?”

He huffed this time, “You want to fuck all my friends?”

She blushed again and whined, “You’re the one who said I should make Lando cum.”

He laughed, “Mhmm, still think you should. I don’t want to lose. But like tomorrow morning, before I have to go to work so he won’t know I fucked you just now when he sees me happy tomorrow.”

[absolutebl]

This Week in BL - new entries upset the rankings

Organized, in each category, with ones I'm enjoying most at the top.

April 2024 Wk 2

Ongoing Series - Thai

City of Stars (Fri iQIYI) ep 11 of 12 - Like most Thai BL pulps, this show doesn’t have much story to it. But I'm discovering that what it does have I actually really enjoy. I love that the gay boys got to play matchmaker for a change and I like how just GAY they are. It's nice. Refreshing.

We Are (Weds GMMTV iQIYI) ep 1-2 of 16 - University ensemble BL featuring PondPhuwin, WinnySatang, AouBoom, MarcPawinPoon. I like it. It’s old school Thai BL, but having fun with itself and its tropes. I’m not expecting much, so I don’t mind it waffling. All the couples are comfy. Chemistry is okay. Friendships are nifty. I like Pond's floppy hair. We fine. 

Two Worlds (Thurs IQIYI) ep 5 of 10 - What an extremely bloody episode. And bad guy turned out to be very bad indeed. And now pretty much everyone is dead. Nice kiss. Of course. 

Deep Night (Thurs iQiyi) ep 6 of 8 - It’s cute, they happy, not a ton happened. Random gratuitous bathing. As you do in BL. And I still think the sides should just end up in a thrupple

Only Boo! (Sun YouTube) ep 2 of 12 - Oh they very cute. Also very silly. 

1000 Years Old (Thurs iQIYI) ep 9 of 12 - No. NOT THE GUITAR. YES abandon guitar for the sniff test! Love this for them. And me. My most favorite trope defeated my least favorite trope. VICTORY!!!  

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

Unknown (Taiwan Tues YouTube & Viki) ep 8 of 11 - It’s just so good. Baby went away, grew up, and learned how to become a temptation... and a husband. 

Gray Shelter AKA Gray Currents (Korea Thurs iQIYI) 1 of 5 eps - SooHyuk, only just surviving, reunites with YoonDae, his (brief) younger stepbrother who feels abandoned. They end up living together. The younger brother is played by Lee Jae Bin of Choco Milk Shake. OMG. STEPBROTHERS TROPE. Lucky me! Two in one season. Yay!!!! It's Korea so great visuals too. I shallow but yeah, this is great.

Living With Him AKA Kare no Iru Seikatsu (Japan Thurs Gaga) ep 1 of 10 - Kindly Ryota goes off to uni only to find his new roommate is his childhood bestie, Kazuhito. Kazuhito doesn’t have a girlfriend and Ryota tries to help him figure out why. Same director as Old Fashion Cupcake. It’s utterly charming. I am charmed. Also the framing is gorgeous (of course). Very stylish.

Love is Better the Second Time Around AKA Koi wo Suru nara Nidome ga Joto (Japan Weds Gaga) ep 6fin - I don’t know. Kind of a flat ending with the leads apart for most of it. I enjoyed this show but it never really hit with me. 

Summation

After a teen betrayal and resulting separation a reporter reunites with his first love. That love wants him back. I enjoyed the authenticity of a reunion romance explored in Japan's quintessentially contemplative yet surreal way. The juxtaposition of the tenderness of the sex scenes with this Japanese style of authenticity was oddly elegant but all in all this still fell a little flat for me. There's nothing objectively wrong with it, but in total the narrative felt sluggish and the main couple were just... stiff (in the wrong way). Frankly, I'd rather just rewatch Tokyo in April is. 8/10

Love is like a Cat (Korea Mon Viki) eps 3-4 of 12 - What is going on with this show? No, I get the plot. I just don't get the show or why I’m watching it. Annoying. 

It's done, but I suck

What Did You Eat Yesterday Season 2 AKA Kinou Nani Tabeta? Season 2 (Japan Gaga) 10 eps

To Be Continued (Sat C3 Thailand grey) ep 7-8fin - I can't for the life of me find the final 2 episodes. Haven't had a real hunt, but yeah. No dice so far.

It's airing but...

Takumi-kun Series 6: Nagai Nagai Monogatari (Japan Furritsubs) eps 1-? of 10 - I may wait and binge it.

Lady Boy Friends (Thai WeTV grey) 16 eps - reminds me a bit too much of Diary of Tootsies only high school. Not my thing. DNF unless it turns a corner and is truly amazing.

Kiseki Chapter 2 (Sun iQIYI) 6 eps - It’s so boring DNFed at 2.

Close Friend Season 3: Soju Bomb! (Weds iQIYI) 6 - The problem with situational comedy BL is it must be situational, comedic and a BL. This show gets 1 of 3 claims correct. 33% is not a passing grade. Dropped at 3.

Memory in the Letter (Thai WeTV) - only 4 eps, tell me if I should bother?

Next Week Looks Like This:

4/18 At 25:00 in Alaska AKA 25 Ji Akasaka de (Japan Thurs Gaga) 10 eps - Yuki lands his first starring role in a BL drama alongside superstar Asami (previously his senior at uni). Said superstar suggests they form a sham relationship until filming concludes. As they actually begin to fall in love, the spotlight begins to burn. I think I've seen this before (joke) and also the trailer doesn't inspire confidence.

Still to Come in April

4/25 Boys Be Brave! AKA Roommates (Korea Thurs Viki) 8 eps - Trailer Jung Ki Sub is Kim Jin Woo's slacker friend - and secret crush. So when Ki Sub crashes at his place, his heart tingles to be near him everyday. But as the short stay turns into permanent mooch, how long can Jin Woo keep his true feelings under wraps and hold back from confessing?

4/26 My Stand-In (Thai iQIYI) 12 eps - adaptation of Chinese novel "Professional Body Double" by Shui Qiang Cheng. Stars Up (Lovely Writer) and Poom (Bake Me Please) directed by the same team as KP (not a recommendation IMHO - my biggest criticism of that show was the clashing directing styles). This one looks complicated, lemme try: Joe is a stuntman for famous actor Tong. Joe falls in love with Ming but Ming sees Joe as nothing more than a Tong-replacement. After learning this horrible truth, Joe dies. Joe then wakes up in the body of another man also named Joe. He manages to rebuild the same life as before—with the same people eventually re-meeting Ming. Ming wants Joe back but Joe doesn't understand why. But Ming seems to know what's going on and wants to give him some kind of explanation.

I'm exhausted just trying to describe the plot.

Knock-Knock Boys (Thai WeTV) - 4 college friends conspire to help their friend lose his virginity. Familiar faces like Seng (yes, Billy's previous pairing) and Best, news here. But will it actually air this month?

Upcoming BLs for 2024 are listed here. This list is not kept updated, so please leave a comment if you know something new or RP with additions.

NOTE: It looks like one of my personal favorites of last year Unintentional Love Story is getting a spin off!

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENT

Sniff test turning into a make out sesh? Please and thank you. City of Stars

(Last week)

Streaming services are listed by how I (usually) watch, which is with a USA based IP, and often offset by a day because time zones are a bother.

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If ya wanna be tagged each week leave a comment and I will add you to the template. Easy peesy.

[propertyofkylar]

i want to rekindle sydney and kylar's lost childhood friendship through their shared love of breeding you :)

sigh it would literally be the most ELITE thrupple in all of the DOL world... just bc so many of their kinks overlap and i can DEFINITELY see them teaming up to pummel all ur holes as boyfriends

you’re so right i truly believe they would be able to be good and be in a loving poly relationship…the only source of disagreement would be them arguing over who gets to cum inside your pussy. sigh you would have to create a chart and make them take turns

it literally would be SO good i would actually die if vrel made it real in game. i just know sydney would love masochist kylar. having the two of them as a team would be so scary because they would feed off each other’s energies and then you have two horny freaks busting in your window in the middle of the night begging to fuck

it also would be weirdly wholesome i think…syd would help kylar be more confident…kylar would become insanely protective over syd and threaten to stab anyone who’s mean to him…it would be so cuteeee

[urbanprole]

I would reblog your hilarious tough guy posturing, but that spacelazarwolf chick is a real downer of a yentl. I usually talk down to the retarded, like yourself, who think being part of a gross thrupple with a woman and a dude who fucks your wife is normal and cool. I guess you dont like emojis and effort :(

Of course you would be as much of a media whore as you can. What a sad pathetic attempt at 15 minutes of attention on the clown. Being on the news? For internet arguments wheil I'm wasting time on the clock? I'll take note for achievement, thanks. And now cause I don't kowtow to your cow wife's delusions of being on the tumblr vetting committee, after stalking me and sending me anons for years cause apparently even two dicks isnt enough to keep her busy. All cause you're old and fading and upset she gets plowed by some rando with autogynephilia 😂. Its as transparent as a window, buddy.

Anyway, ramble on as I do, making fun points, I will say- I wouldnt go to the shitholes like butler and beaver and fucking uniontown, or wherever you bring your traveling clown show of whatever. We don't need to go into old useless details, but I did box at Annapolis and for years aboard ship. It gets dull out there. So- you fight me downtown, like the corny bum you are, outside the sadly recently closed market square mcdonalds, where some of our cities greatest bum fights were had, or at the closed century three mall in moneroeville, an exemplary example of so many failed gen x hopes, much like your sad lil life

How to make white men type paragraphs.

Anyone care to summarize for me? Did he give an MOS or nah?

[bloggingboutburgers]

Not the same anon but I wanted to ask a similar question

A friend of mine is polyromantic but is oblivious to that fact. Any ideas on how we can fix that so he can start looking for a thrupple to be a part of?

This is actually very sweet and I might sound like I'm flip-flopping between positions on this one but... Also maybe let them figure themselves out at their own rhythm? TwT Wanting to help on that is a very sweet gesture, but trying to force romantic (or such) relationships to happen amongst real people vs it happening naturally has always sounded like an odd concept to me... Of course, that might also be the aroace in me talking, since I know for example dating apps are a thing and stuff, so it might just be me being clueless and thinking everything can and should always happen naturally/unforced when THAT doesn't necessarily work for everybody, but... Yeah, that's my opinion on that I guess TwT Sorry if I'm not very helpful

[jev-urisk]

Writing thrupples with a 'hinge', from someone who falls asleep in the middle every night.

A hinge thrupple is where two people are dating the same person, but not one another. So, not a triangle.

I don't know any thrupples with a childish Jacob-Edward rivalry over the 3rd person (annoying, overplayed)

I don't know any always lovey-dovey thrupples where the two suitors don't do anything outside constantly showering their 3rd with affection (honestly a bit creepy to me)

I'm bi/pan and nonbinary/fluid. My partners are a big burly cis dude and a tall snarky androgynous lesbian, they're not at all attracted to one another. Sexuality/gender plays a big part in dynamics and what I'm called (one calls me Wife and the other calls me Boyfriend).

Many poly peeps set out with intention to have multiple partners, my situation happened accidentally with some help from my autism. Basically I fell in love with two people like the movies but instead of drama I had an honest conversation and they both agreed to try it out. 🤷

I call both my partners 'babe' which in hindsight maybe I should've used 'hun' for one of them, but it's also so cute when I say babe and have two people turn to me. ❤️ They do have some unique, less appropriate pet names tho.

So so so much communication is needed to make sure you're on the same page as your partners. Google calendar helps, as do chore charts. I have 2 date nights a week, one for each partner. Holiday plans are discussed months ahead of time.

Relationships develop at different speeds! One partner may be ready for a milestone a month in, a different partner may be ready for the same milestone in 4 years.

So many perks! Splitting bills, splitting chores, coordinating when emergencies happen, and VOTING! With 3, the discourse for deciding anything from what to eat to what color to paint a room is SO much quicker.

I think the biggest difficulty was getting over my fear that I was doing something wrong, that I was selfishly drawing 2 people into something that would end in heartbreak. I was also afraid my partners wouldn't get along. 😵‍💫

Minor difficulties include deciding who to take for events that are +1 only, remembering who we've come out to, and getting crushed in the middle of the night when both partners roll towards the center of the bed where I sleep. 🪦

I can only be legally married to 1 partner where I live, but my other partner hates the idea of doing joint taxes so 😂 when we have a wedding one day, we're going to get legal permissions to, say, visit me in the hospital when I'm dying and call it good.

Yes, I can have another wedding and it will be just as beautiful and symbolic as the one that included legal paperwork.

Only two people can be on a marriage certificate, but three people can be on a mortgage! We've jointly owned a house for almost a year and a half and it's been so much work but so nice to have our privacy.

My partners get jealous of one another, that's normal. They know to communicate that feeling with me so I can give them some 1 on 1 time or special attention.

If me and one of my partners are struggling in our relationship, I DONT vent to my other partner and just give a basic 'I'm working through something with X right now'. I know too many polycules that have become a drama mosh-pit. 😓

My partners can be friends, or lovers, or simple acquaintances but THEY decide that and I don't push them to do anything except communicate when needed. My partners are introverts and it's taken years for them to build up their platonic relationship lol

Yes, I do occasionally get double-teamed in sexy ways (less than you'd think). 90% of the double-teaming I get is both of them calling me short or agreeing that I'm cute when I'm angy about trivial things, though. 😾

My partners now consider each other metamores, friends, and team-mates. My lesbian partner calls my male partner their 'husband in-law' sometimes, particularly when they want something from him.

Sometimes my partners bicker and I think it's cute bc it means they've become very comfortable with each other. If they have an actual issue I just encourage them to talk about it/I don't try to fix it for them.

We generally live a comfy, laid-back life and do all the mundane things you'd expect of mid-twenties to early-thirties folk- raising two dogs, fixing the sink, caving and ordering taco bell, forgetting to make that appointment, griping about the economy, bringing home plants, watching birds fight over the bird feeder, and sleeping in on the weekends. We just do it with 3. ☘️

Extra note: Polygamy is a term used in religious and male-centric plural partner situations. We use polyamory, polyfidelity, harem (jokingly), and thrupple to describe ourselves. Maybe some use polygamy and like it, but where we live (Utah) the term is generally reserved for fundentalist mormons.

There's probably a lot more to say, so maybe this is just a part 1. Feel free to ask me questions or comment with your own hinge experience (or tell me about your thrupple ocs)!

[o0anapher0o]

I've never done a fic rec list before but A Meal to Remember seemed like a good opportunity to start. In no particular order.

One of our reportes is missing by angstosaur. IWTV crossover with The Newsreader. Rated M. Louis/Lestat/Armand, Helen/Dale, Dale/Tim, Helen&Tim.

Louis sees Dale Jennings on the News and travels all the way to Australia to figure out what the hell Lestat is up to now. Obviously the logical way to go about this is break into the guys appartment and kidnap him.

This is just the best thing I've read in ages. The epic clash of firmly rooted in reality Newsreader and 'consequences aren't real if you're immortal' vampire world should not work as well as it does and it's a real joy to read. I particularly loved how beutifully the relationship between Tim and Helen was handled, as well as Louis getting to know Dale and seeing a lot of similarities between them I didn't expect to be there vs the chaos thrupple at peak insanity being generally horny and incompetent. It also has one of the greatest entrances of a character I've come across in a long time.

Renaissance by siahatha. Post canon. Rated M; Louis/Lestat

Louis and Lestat trying to make their relationship work in the modern day after Lestat spend a few decades in therapy. Louis still has some ways to go in that regard.

Deals a lot with Lestat's mania and Louis eating disorder. Also involves some genderfuckery.

Something about this one just really grabbed me. There are a lot of really cute moments that just show really well why Loustat are so great when they work and the heavy moments scatch that itch of 'why can't they just talk to each other' by putting them in a place where they can do that while still being true to their characters.

Practical Ethics by @prouvaireafterdark. Human AU. Rated E; Armand/Daniel, Louis/Lestat.

The famous Ethics Professor Louis fic. I tend to think of it as the Philosophy Student Armand fic but, eh, semantics.

So much fun to read and such a great set up. Strikes the perfect balance of keeping the characters who they are, especially with regards to Armand and his trauma, while toning the insanity to levels that wouldn't get them institutionalised in the real world.

And what I thought was gone by @nalyra-dreaming. Reunion fic. Rated E; Louis/Lestat.

Basically the part of TVL between Lestat putting out Rock videos and Louis coming to him from Louis perspective, set the amc universe. And then the reunion.

Nalyra has such a great way of getting into these character's heads. The journey from Louis thinking Lestat is still dead to realising he isn't to getting his hands on the videos and the book to finding him to them talking things out is so beautiful and emotional.

The Human Perspective by @bandedbulbussnarfblat. Part 1 of The Human Condition series. Rated T; Daniel/Armand.

Armand talks to Daniel about a mortal he once loved, whose memories he had to take so he could live a life.

Another one that hit me right in the feels. The longing! The dramatic irony! Having Daniel comment as an outsider on his own relationship is such a clever thing to do and very well executed.

Reformation by verseau.

Human AU. Rated E. Louis/Lestat.

Just Louis and Lestat being Louis and Lestat really. And Claudia. But make it human.

That is really the best compliment I can give: If those two were modern day humans this is what their relationship would be like: chaotic, toxic, destructive, co-dependent, full of issues, hang ups, addictions and love bordering on insanity. And brilliantly done, too. Pretty much all the trauma is acounted for and makes sense (in a human context), we get differnt POVs all perfectly in character and each giving interesting insights into their family and the different issues they run into over the course of their relationship.

[morgana-ren]

Have you seen the cutscenes early game w/ romanced Astarion regarding the Halsin side romance? He seems relatively lax with Tav exploring, but some dialogue options are somewhat sad (he asks if it’s because he and Tav haven’t been intimate in awhile). Where do you think his genuine feelings reside? Is he as chill with it as he says? Will he eventually become jealous? I would love to know your thoughts!

I think it's extraordinarily difficult to know because I don't think he knows himself. He's just coming into himself, becoming his own man away from Cazador. I don't think he knows his feelings on things yet, and if he does, I don't see him understanding it or saying anything.

We don't really know Astarion-- Astarion doesn't know Astarion. We don't know what he likes or thinks about most things, and neither does he. He's 250 years old with no real ideas about himself or what he likes or wants. He's never had the chance.

I can see him being okay with it solely because he think he doesn't think he can provide everything Tav needs while Halsin really can. I think he is, in a way, self conscious of his trauma. He obviously thinks that sex is an important foundation in a romantic relationship, but he's still healing over his trauma and isn't quite comfortable yet. It's still a sore spot. So there's every chance that maybe he wants monogamous love, but doesn't feel like that's fair.

I think we'll get those questions when he has a chance to become his own man. He'll come into himself and start to better understand what he wants and how he wants to be treated. There's every chance he might be uncomfortable with Tav also being with Halsin, and every chance he could be totally fine with being one of a thrupple.

I think it's indicative of his insecurity that he asks if it's because they haven't been intimate in a while. It feels like he truly doesn't think he can provide and is becoming deeply self conscious of that fact. If that is in fact the case, then chances are coupling with Halsin isn't the right move. You should never be poly simply because you don't feel like you're enough. You should be poly because that's what you truly want and it's a dynamic you desire.

Honestly, if my lover asked me that question in regards to polyamory, I would back the fuck off of it. They aren't comfortable, they're showing reservations, and I'd feel like I was exploiting that insecurity in them rather than supporting them when they need it. I think Halsin and Tav mean well, and truly would never want any offence, but... Just from that question alone, I don't think he's actually comfortable. I think he's making a sacrifice of his own comfort to make Tav happy because he feels he can't make her happy himself.

I love Halsin and I think he genuinely means well. I do. But truthfully, I don't think Astarion is comfortable with polyamory in this case. I think he's deeply sad and feels inadequate and doesn't want to make his trauma Tav's problem. He feels like it's not fair to deny them 'love' when he can't provide it.

However, this may change when he comes into himself. It's super hard to know until we see it.

[al-the-remix]

The answers to the D/s verse poll bring up an interesting angle I hadn't really considered.

For some people what I'd been calling "whump" is not just an added trope to be sprinkled on for extra spice but like "the inherit baggage of an unequal society" you're writing about.

I guess from my perspective I don't think D/s universes need to be inherently bad on a civil level?? Like if D/s relationships in real life are not inherently unequal or abusive--and that relationship dynamic is the base line for a society--then it would just be considered the status quo the way like monogamy is considered the status quo in ours. Of course these relationships would still sometimes enable inequality and abuse the same way marriage can in ours, but not necessarily egregiously so? Like some people have terrible experiences with monogamy and marriage and maybe we'd all be better off in some kind of thrupple but i think most people are just happy chilling with their one special buddy like a pair of mated swans and don't really want their world rocked that much. I feel like charcters in D/s verses could be the same but the swans are just wearing leather bondage.

Aha, but you say, what's the point of writing it without the thematic reflection on our society's flaws? You're probably right about that. I just have been curious about the D/s universe thing for a while now and ^ this aspect of it hasn't really occurred to me until now. The appeal to me is all in the BDSM and the potential for interpersonal whump not necessarily societal. Like if that stuff is there it's in the background.

idk-- tl;dr i found this distinction interesting 🤷‍♂️

[mamamittens]

I think the reason I keep making OCs with some ability or power to imbue crafted items with powers or blessings of some kind is because I desperately want small gestures to have real, tangible weight to them.

So that, when words fail, the effort and intent still comes across so clearly there is no room for misunderstanding. And words do fail me, quite often in fact. So the idea that I could put in the effort to make a small token of affection and have the receiver feel a direct result of that effort is heady.

But that does mean I miss out on the idea of an argument gone a little too far. Neither party ready or able to make amends quite yet. And one finally trying the only way they can manage, with a small gesture to open the door.

Ah, fun idea for the boys and Nikia

So, I'm spinning this on the fly, so forgive me for being a bit all over the place about it.

But, Nikia and Thatch getting into an argument. Not entirely sure about what yet. Probably something along the lines of her wanting to explore an upcoming island on her own. Maybe a random skypiean (???) island so she's deeply curious about how they live and go about having wings smaller than her own home island does.

Thatch is EXTREMELY AGAINST THIS because he knows they've got a complicated thing going on with the other winged races and has no desire to see what kind of bullshit would happen if Nikia wandered off on her own. And he does explain that part but he started off pretty... Frankly patronizing since she was pretty open about her curiosity without any awareness of holy wars and all that.

So Nikia very much was not about to listen as much as she could have when he briefly summarized the beef they had between races (Lunarians being basically extinct--I can only imagine what kind of beef they'd have if they weren't). Specifically, she didn't like the tone the conversation took like she couldn't possibly fathom people sharing characteristics not getting along.

Coming from an island that only stopped having slavery trafficking issues in her lifetime, notably within her memory.

Thatch really just meant to emphasize how deeply some of them held these issues that's hard to imagine without seeing it in person.

So it dissolves into a pretty heated argument.

Nikia mainly calling him an insensitive ass and condescending. Accusing him of trying to find reasons to lord his worldly experience over her head and coddle her.

(she does know that he just worries because it's never a simple problem when you're with a Yonko crew)

Thatch calling her overly passive (pointing out that this is the first time he'd ever heard her argue back with him about literally anything), naive, and simple. Accusing her in turn of spending so long accepting strangers into her home that she apparently can't fathom one with ill intent.

(he does know that she's had to merc guests before for a variety of reasons)

Deeply upset with the other, they separate and storm off.

Izou (not that he hasn't or can't have a blow out argument with either of them, he just tends to be more subtle with his vaguely condescending concern) finds out after the fact and is kinda torn.

On the one hand it's a relief to know they can actually argue with each other and stand their ground without throwing hands. Too many folks do that already, they don't need a commander and his partner/girlfriend doing the same thing.

On the other hand, its not very pleasant to realize discord in their thrupple will almost certainly pin him on one side or the other. Unless he's a third side of the other part of the disagreement. It's just more complicated and the realization is a bit late right now.

Thatch refuses to talk about it for a while, needing to stew and work out his frustrations. Izou is familiar with this and leaves him to it, knowing he either has to work out a good chunk on his own or with whoever he's arguing with.

Nikia on the other hand is fucking devastated. She's never really been one for confrontation (hilariously for basically a secret assassin) or arguments. Unable to handle the mood swing of furious and deeply upset before swinging back to furious as she tries not to read so deep into Thatch's words. But then arguing herself back into reading too deep because 'fuck you, I'm not super passive (on purpose)'. She can't even talk to Izou without crying, which she hates because it doesn't help her case about being 'mature enough to handle herself'.

Izou decides to help Nikia work through it because he knows Thatch will eventually figure out how to better phrase his concern. And that it would help a lot more to have Nikia in a headspace to hear him out properly.

It's a tad grueling, baby's first argument and all that, but she does eventually calm down.

Now for the hard part.

Apologizing.

Which... She doesn't know how to do. Literally.

Like... When? Do you? Apologize? Is there a good place or time for that? Or should it be immediately when she sees him again, regardless of the place? Oh, but what if he's not ready to hear her out? Or still thinks he did absolutely nothing wrong?

She's spiraling a little so Izou gives her a bit of a nudge like

"He'll let you know when he wants to talk but if you want... You could give him a little sign? Something to tell him you're ready to hear him out." Izou suggests softly, grooming her wings back into proper shape after she'd spent hours roughly pulling her feathers in anger and frustration.

She's exhausted so she decides to think on it a bit and nap. Totally missing dinner. Which pisses Thatch off because he assumes she dipped because she was still mad and was dual punishing him by starving herself in protest. Like, not only was he not fit to look after her interests as a partner, but to care for her too as a professional chef.

Which leads to the misunderstanding unfolding more when Nikia decides to make Thatch a pie to open up a conversation and make up. She got Izou's help in determining if the ingredients were needed for actual meals or extras laying around. They were rarely used and tended to go to random desserts anyway, so she was in the clear to use them, as approved by a secondary member of Thatch's division just to be sure.

Thatch happens to walk in while she's finishing up the cream pie (as unrealistic for OP as it is, I'm still imagining whip cream Oreo pudding pie, ngl) and thinks she's starting to make her own meals because she's THAT PISSED OFF with him. Not helped by his knowing that she HATES trespassing in other people's space so she must either be that fucking done with him that she's willing to 'disrespect' his 'space' or snubbing him directly.

For a pie, too! Not even a proper meal!

"Well if you're going to be like that about it, go ahead. At least you're feeding your fucking self." Before storming off, hating the idea of her not eating properly but unable to bring himself to stick around longer.

Not Nikia is like, double devastated because she has no idea what pissed him off about her making a little pie for two (or three, it's a really rich pie, ngl). Thatch doesn't normally seem like someone who hates kitchen competition but maybe she didn't know him as well as she thought.

Or maybe he was serious in thinking she was super naive and sheltered and shouldn't be trusted to normally feel herself either.

She's not sure, but she is upset all over again.

She ends up just writing a letter and sticking it under the pie with Thatch's name on it before retreating to her room. Accidentally missing breakfast (which she usually didn't go to anyway) and lunch.

It's about then that Izou asks how the 'pie talk' went and Thatch is confused as shit before one of his members came up and asked about the pie left in one of the dessert fridges with his name on it.

This is, of course, where it's all aired out and now Thatch feels like a MASSIVE ASSHOLE for assuming she'd deliberately go out of her way like that. She's still shy and passive, not one to starve herself to make a point. If anything, it was on accident because she avoids conflict so heavily.

Thatch immediately gathers up some food and goes to properly air out their grievances over a good meal. They share the pie, explain their sides, compromise (scheduled meet ups and an agreement to go back the minute the locals act weird until someone can go with her), and apology cuddles with grooming. (Her wings, once again, in such a fucking state).

Grooming her wings winds up being a quiet gesture Thatch uses to emphasize he's not mad or upset, and if they argued recently, that he forgives her/there's nothing to forgive. Izou joining in after a bit to enjoy that cuddle pile.

The locals did make it weird by the way.

On the fence about how the factions would react to the weird, massively wing-endowed people (descendants of Lunarians), but it's probably pretty intense and weird.

Thatch refrains from saying 'I told you so'.

[leclerced]

Omg please hades son Oscar is what I need. He’s friends with Lando and they are the duo that everyone is scared of in camp cause they are children of the big three but in reality Oscar is really calm and very self-aware when it comes to his powers. Well Lando not so much because he likes the fact he’s so powerful, unlike Oscar. But Oscar always tries to control him as much as he can and it works. I can so see Max coming into camp later and he’s super insecure and guarded because of that. But the two warm their way into his heart eventually and now kids worry not only about Hades’ and Poseidon’s sons but also Zeus’. They are the new big three however their father don’t like it.

Oscar would date Demeter’s daughter and they are the perfect balance to each other. She’s life and he’s death and it’s just the way it was always supposed to be. I can see Lando dating Hades’ daughter so well basically Oscar’ sister and when Oscar finds out it’s the only time he looses control and maybe they have this epic fight that ends in half of the camp destroyed and them hugging each other in the end because it’s stupid to fight they can just talk it out (they can’t. Oscar just has to deal with it). Who would Max date??? I can maybe see Athena’s daughter? It fits I think.

Or well Charles. Charles is always a good idea

tbh i kinda want the big 3 kids to be only children like in the percy jackson series bc it adds a lil extra drama to be forbidden children, plus w lando as a poseidon kid i kinda want him w an athena daughter to keep up w the stupid boy/smart girl dynamic that percy and annabeth have because its sooo cute. my fav

if oscar had a sister, and lando dated her, there wouldn't even be a chance a fight, oscar would open the ground up and send him straight down to daddy. gf standing off to the side like 😦 did you just- did you just send my bf to hell? and oscar’s like oops sorry, i passively thought that i wished the ground would swallow him whole when i saw you holding hands but i didn’t expect it to happen? everyone in camp is staring down the ravine going through camp and then looking to oscar with fear in their eyes and he’s just like ): dont look at me like that im sure he’ll be back soon. my dad will get sick of him real quick.

lando’s in hades's realm playing fetch with cerebus and chatting up old spirits. hades pissed because some idiot is distracting his guard dog again. few hours goes by and lando appears in the middle of camp, a little dirty from his impromptu dive underground, but okay. gf doting on him and oscar's sick of it but doesn't make the world eat him again.

could also work w a lil love triangle/thrupple moment where oscar and her are best friends and he's hopelessly in love w her but thinks he has no shot and then he sees her and lando flirting and next thing you know a hole is opening under lando's feet and he's got a one way ticket to visit hades.

i could see max with a daughter of aphrodite, he’s normally very confident bc he’s so strong, once he settles into the camp all the girls are crushing on him and he flirts w them all so easily except for her. any other child of aphrodite yea sure pretty or whatever. but he sees her like picking berries with oscar’s gf from demeter and just stops and stares and oscar is like “y’know my girl can put in a good word for you!” and max gets all flustered and is like “im a son of zues, i don’t need help picking up girls.” oscar daring him to go talk to her if he doesn’t need help, and max doesn’t back down from any challenge so he goes to talk to her. he gets a few steps away and forgets how to speak, the rehearsed lines fade away and he’s turning around just before he gets to them. he rushes back to oscar like, okay yeah. maybe ask her to put in a good word. he goes so stupid around her and all he can think ab is how pretty she is, how nice the sound of her voice is, how pillowy her lips look.

or we talked about a nemesis child, max could date a child of nemesis and she’s sooo protective over him and will fuck w anyone who bothers him. someone makes an offhand remark about him and they have bad luck for a week. injures him sparring and they get hurt twice as bad by their next opponent. her and him flying together, holding hands and zipping through the clouds, her with actual wings and him just using the wind.

[absolutebl]

This Week in BL - People of Earth we have VERSE rep in 2 Thai BLs! Amazeballs!

Organized, in each category, with ones I'm enjoying most at the top.

March 2024 Wk 3

Ongoing Series - Thai

Deep Night (Thurs iQiyi) ep 2 of 8 (10?) - Everyone seems to be a bit of a player and I’m not mad about it. It’s nice to see high-grade flirting, and I really love how very gay the leads feel. Not BL gay. Actual gay. We shall see how it goes, I suspect we are in "messy gay" territory in which case, I predict utter carnage and that this show will drop ranks precipitously for me. But right now? Of all the Thai BLs airing, I'm enjoying this the most. How bizarre. 

I like the side couple (thrupple?) too, despite the prat fall kiss and possible cheating. They very pretty:

To Be Continued (Thai C3 Thailand grey) ep 4 of 8 - oh dear NO honeychild, face masks are gross tasting!

Rule no 966 of the BL world. He’s never asleep. 

Argh Achi wants Ji so bad. Nice mutual kiss tho, despite Ji's baggage. I guess Ji knew what would happen if Achi stayed? But why is he so scared? Just deeply closeted? The backstory is very high school achy and I feel like it explained Achi but not Ji. And the crying in the movie was lovely, so we totally understand Achi's but Ji is just messed up and confused? I admit to being a bit confused too. Why is Ji the one so angry?

On a totally different aside, I really like how the set dressing is done in Ji’s apartment. It looks lived in and not staged. Super rare in Thai BL. I'm reminded of Ai & Pond's dorm room in Love By Chance, which actually looked like a real college dorm.

City of Stars (Fri iQIYI) ep 7 of 12 - Why is it always the pulps that actually trot out the best communication, conversation, consent, and healthy relationships? Yes I'm still wincing over the truly bad acting but I’m enjoying their good relationship. The sex scene was sweet and tender, although the likelihood of rose petals getting stuck places wigs me out. (Flower petals + lube = terrible combination. Just FYI.)

ALL PRAISE VERSE REP! And a bottom who owns it! Yay! 

1000 Years Old ep 5 of 12 - How ridiculously colorful and flirty they all are. There is nothing at all vampire about this show. I’m a bit bored by the restaurant plot but I'm tuning in for the bonkers approach to goth. How dare they be so cheerful with my precious emo youth, but also, how very Thai pulp of them.  

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

Unknown (Taiwan Tues Youku YouTube) ep 4 of 11 - oh it’s SO GOOD. Reading the yaoi and crying. COME ON TAIWAN HAVE MERCY. The red wrapping of the hands (red thread, yes yes we get it). The boy who doesn’t want to box for so many reasons. Not the least of which is how unpleasant it is to spar with a lover. 

This is easily the best BL currently airing and it is going to hurt us. But I don't care. I love it.

AntiReset (Taiwan Fri Viki/Gaga) eps 8 of 10 - This show is dangerously cute and I’m scared for everyone involved, including me.

Love is Better the Second Time Around AKA Koi wo Suru nara Nidome ga Joto (Japan Gaga) ep 2 of 6 - Poor baby thrown in all willynilly amongst a pack of queeny bitchy gay intellectuals. I'd be lost too. It's the worse kind of fight, one you have to philosophize your way out of.

Although I Love You and You AKA Sukiyanen Kedo Do Yaro ka (Japan Thurs Gaga) ep 10fin - They are extremely adorable and it was a very good ending - mature, adult, and bittersweet. I liked it a lot. But I didn’t love it the way I wanted to.

The promise of this show, younger cook courts older divorced office worker, should have been my catnip. I mean if someone pitched this to me in an elevator I would have downloaded it by the second storey. Unfortunately, it did not exactly fulfill that promise, not in the way I'd hoped. Did I still enjoy the ride, yes, but I feel just a little let down. 8/10 

My Strawberry Film (Japan Thurs Gaga) eps 5 of 8 - Honestly now I’m just shipping the two girls getting together. Frankly, I really don't like this show, and normally I'd DNF but there's only a few eps left and nothing else is airing rn.

It's done, ready to binge, maybe I'll finally get to it this weekend

What Did You Eat Yesterday Season 2 AKA Kinou Nani Tabeta? Season 2 (Japan Gaga) 10 eps

The Servant and the Young Master (Vietnam YouTube)

Began Beginning (Myanmar YouTube) - A Burmese BL? @heretherebedork vouched for it, so I will watch eventually.

It's airing but...

Time the series (Tue Gaga/YT) 10 eps - it's finished now, I dropped it at ep 4. Should I bother?

Close Friend Season 3: Soju Bomb! (Thai ViuTV grey) 10 eps - I'm exhausted by this franchise and the variety pack style of BL. If there is a particularly good couple (or installment) I might watch it, but I'm letting others decide for me.

A Secretly Love (Thai WeTV grey) 10 eps - I watched the first ep but grey is too much work for this inferior of a show. I may pick up and binge if it gets distribution but for now, it gets a DNF from me. KimCop might have held this crap together but Kim without Cop? No thank you.

Lady Boy Friends (Thai WeTV grey) 16 eps - reminds me a bit too much of Diary of Tootsies only high school, not my thing. DNF unless it turns a corner and is truly amazing for some reason.

Gossip

The choreo controversy - Deep Night vs OnlyOneOf. Look, like a musical rift, or a styling photoshoot, there are no new ideas in choreo, I feel like Madonna did this pose too, a long time ago. Certainly someone in the 80s. Or whatever. Anygay, it's an ironic thing to see a Thai BL being called out by a gay-branded Kpop group when both are exploiting eroticized homosexuality for commercial profit... just saying. (HOW DID WE GET HERE?) Not to mention that BOTH are ALSO exploiting the kink community. We live in interesting times, BLabies. In the end, it's a good publicity stunt all round. And I think Nine knows exactly what he's doing (and why he is doing it). Finally: Drama drama drama around coreo? That is V gay boys. Fun fun fun, carry on everyone.

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Next Week Looks Like This:

Starting

3/21 Two Worlds (Thai IQIYI) 10 eps - One of those "he's dead Jim so time travel" thingames staring MaxNat. I'm over this concept but Asia flipping loves it and I do enjoy MaxNat. Phupha (Gun) and Khram (Nat) love each other but Phupha is murdered. Then Khram is pulled to a parallel world where, 12 years ago, Khram and Tai (Max) were in love. However, Khram was killed by Tai’s dad. Now Tai finds alter-Khram apparently alive. But then there is ALSO an alter-Phupha to deal with. (Phupha is played by Gun Thanawat who was Khom, the repressed butler bodyguard from Unforgotten Night. We like this, we scared of the love triangle aspect.)

Upcoming BLs for 2024 are listed here. This list is not kept updated, so please leave a comment if you know something new or RP with additions.

Forgive me a moment of industry noodling?

Have ya noticed that it's slender pickings right now but it shouldn't be? This is not the mid summer slump nor end of year lull. We should be getting some heavy hitters on first quarter release. (Side eyes GMMTV. Perhaps those painful Japanese acquisitions were a bigger issue than any of us realized?)

Anygay, IMHO, Thailand's BL bubble has popped and sponsor money is drying up. This is my shocked face:

Look, the 2021-2023 level of release and growth (exponential) was never gonna be sustainable, so I'm not surprised. I suspect that in 2024 Thailand will actually produce fewer BLs than 2023 (73, 64 in 2022, and 40 in 2021).

I know I'm sticking my neck out predicting any film industry but... I have seen this kinda thing before and it just *feels* like shrinkage. Thai BL's load has been shot, my peeps. (Not to be crass or anything.)

Oh, don't worry you pretty head about it, it's not going away, just getting less prolific.

Don't we all in our old age?

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENTS

My favorite trope, sniff him!

Queen. (both Deep Night)

King. (City of Stars)

Verse rep verse rep verse rep!!! Can you see me doing a little dance this side of the screen?

(Last weeks summation)

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[piratewinzer]

Oh thank God you exist. I saw that poll asking if David Tennant and Michael Sheen are actually in love and thought I was the only one who was disgusted at somebody even making it. At least most of the votes were “no”, but I was completely disgusted and nobody else seemed to notice or care.

Like yes, David and Michael have fantastic chemistry and yes Aziraphale and Crowley are absolutely in love, but David and Michael are 1) real people who 2) are clearly in healthy and devoted relationships with their real life partners (with whom they each have multiple kids I might add) and 3) have not indicated what their sexuality is at any point so any speculation beyond “they are in love with Georgia and Anna respectively” is not our place and rather creepy.

Also the blog of the poll OP is almost exclusively a creepy obsession with shipping David and Michael, hating on Anna for no discernible reason other than that she’s in an actual relationship with Michael and David is not, and insisting that David Michael and Georgia are a thrupple because of them making jokes about Michael being David’s “other wife” and stuff like that. And it’s really really gross and alarming. I honestly thought that people doing shit like this died down in like 2012, and I get smacked in the face with it when all I wanted was to look at our angel and demon idiots-in-love.

And honestly the poll OP’s insistence that Michael and Anna don’t actually like each other because they’re not married is REALLY an insult to people who are in committed relationships without feeling the need to get married, which is extremely common.

Anyway, I’m so sorry for the rant, but I was so relieved that someone else was disgusted by that poll I just had to vent. I hope you don’t mind, and I hope you have a wonderful day and that you get to snack on your favorite food or do something that makes you exceptionally happy today💛

Anon we are locked in the Same Thought cage together today. I was lured in by the initial part of the post that was cute little gifs of David & Michael and then that poll punched me directly in the brain sending me back to the trenches. [screams in 2012 tumblr memories]

Also thank you for the rant because I did not do any of that research, and did need to know so that I can block OP if it comes across my dash again. I briefly looked at the replies and there were a couple normal ones but I bounced out quick because I cannot willfully damage my psyche with exposure to people speculating on (or worse, insisting that they *know*) actor's real lives/sexualities/identities/etc.

Likewise, Anon!! Thanks for gracing my inbox (a quiet place, I assure you) it is super appreciated!! I wish you health, happiness, and dreams of a yellow bentley with a demon & and angel driving to the south downs 💛

[munsons-maiden]

For the ask game: I saw some ppl joking about this the other day but if it’s too uncomfy feel free not to answer. But if Eddie became real tomorrow and fell in love with you, would you entertain the idea of a thrupple? 😂👀

Yes 👀😂 Either that or just leave my husband for him 😂