#summertime netflix

[manicpixiedepressedwitch]

[ofoceansandtombsanew]

finally finished summertime season 2 and they are so wrong for doing lola like that. did she not suffer enough getting cheated on by ale and then getting dumped for the girl he cheated on her with (only for those niggas to then breakup an episode later?) AND SHE HANDLED THAT SHIT WITH SO MUCH GRACE (disregarding her pick me dance conversation with summer...) much better handling of the situation from me

getting bullied by her coach and ale trying to sweep that shit under the rug the entirety of their relationship... for her to get into a likely fatal accident for the finale?????

someone please stop the summertime directors

[sparklejumpropequeen1949]

GEEKING 😃😆😆

[v10let]

Girl...there is still time to stop...

Me watching Summer make another bad decision...

[bonobochick]

Some ships to celebrate Valentine’s Day.  💋  🥰

urls: Post 1 / Post 3 / Post 4

[tardis--dreams]

I actually realized i hate work. Won't be putting any effort into this anymore ♡

[k-star-holic]

Song Hye-kyo Ripped, Kim Eun-sook Beautiful...Miribo Is 'The Gloria' Part 2

[adventures-in-mangaland]

Another Dead Boy Detectives Fic Rec List

Netflix sucks and I'm sad, but the Dead Boy Detectives fandom continues to be awesome, so here are some more very quick fic recs!*

Tonight's the Night You Fight Your Best Mate's Dad by Opossum_Subatomic

Everyone's Alive College/University 5+1 things fic featuring Charles bringing Edwin coffee and slowburn payneland. Also Family/Wedding Drama involving Everyone Thinks They're Dating so acute is verges on Fake Dating. This author is seriously fantastic, everything they write is gold.

You should also check out Kissing Lessons, which is a high school AU that does what it says on the tin while also giving non-binary Monty and polyamory.

Ornithology by Rosie447

Monty gets a job working at Tragic Mick's. This one's not actually payneland, being gen and Monty-centric. I know, gasp. It's a fantastic and very sweet exploration of Monty discovering his sense of self post canon and works as a great metaphor for recovery from toxic family/relationships. Also, the ex-animal solidarity and bonding with Mick is lovely.

what some circumstance stole by Chrome

The Sandman crossover featuring Edwin and Hob being kidnapped and tortured together. Their friendship is really wholesome with eventual Father Figure and Found Family Feels for the whole agency and background Dreamling.

dandelion wine (life and death in summertime) by world_wanderer

Payneland Right Person Wrong Time AU in which neither of them die but they still meet and become friends. The May/December friendship is sweet but tragic, with a bittersweet ending. Superb.

Mirror Image by Anonymous

Charles' afterlife gets taken over my an evil shape-shifting doppelganger, leaving him with plenty of time to regret never talking to Edwin about his feelings. Angsty but with Feelings Realisation and the Power of Love and Friendship vibes.

my healing needed more than time by babyseraphim

Case fic with de-aged Charles! Baby Charles is precious but be prepared for discussions of childhood trauma/abuse.

The same author has also written I'm So Aces at Babysitting, which is a really cute two-chaptered AU featuring Charles and Edwin babysitting the kid versions of each other, with bonus Crystal and Niko doing the same. It's very wholesome and the author writes little kids really well.

Pouring into me by tragedy_machine

Love me some "Charles wants to date Edwin to figure out his feelings but gets turned down" fic. Feelings are hard, OK?

thank u, next by KiaraSayre

Edwin fucks and Charles seethes. It's very funny and also features some interesting worldbuilding with the Fae.

Like We've Never Known Hurt by dearheartdont

Just cute established relationship PWP and praise kink. So good.

all of these hollows by handwrittenhello

The boys are alive again but sans memories. Can they still find each other and prove their devotion to the Night Nurse?? While also evading heavenly and hellish forces trying to keep them apart??? Very interesting concept executed well.

Suo Gân by emryses

The agency takes on the case of a traumatised Edwardian ghost searching for her missing baby... Read it for Edwin family feels.

Where Primroses Bloom by PantryJesus

Reading aloud as a love language and Watership Down feels. Idk, I'm now convinced that Edwin is kind of rabbit-coded with the whole "if they catch you they'll kill you. But first they must catch you" thing. A lovely well written fic.

I'm so sick of online love by Hse11z5

College/University AU where the boys meet through a dating app. It's cute.

you can have the best of me, baby (and I will give you anything) by aletterinthenameofsanity

Again, it's the Friends with Benefits but with real feelings and mutual pining for me. Now has a Charles PoV companion fic.

True Love's Kiss by Asidian

In which Charles curses himself with a Sleeping Beauty enchantment in order to confirm his feelings for Edwin and Crystal is the real MVP. I love this one because the boys are both SO stupid but in very different in-character ways.

I also recommend Promised, in which they kind of play the Green card angle to keep Edwin out of Hell? Which honestly needs to be more of a trope. And Tight Quarters, starring the boys trapped in a magic circle, leading to Forced Proximity induced Feelings Realization (in more ways than one! 😉).

Something I Can Turn To by DontOffendTheBees

I love some domestic fluff, in this case as an Everyone's Alive/Childhood Friends AU in which the boys are poor but happy living together. I liked how they both survive their respective traumas, but Reality Ensues.

I also recommend Lived My Whole Life Before the First Light for a lovely but melancholy Soulmate AU that goes for the "seeing colours" trope for extra wistful angst.

Dining at the Ritz by TerresDeBrume

Meeting the Parents fic in which Edwin's parents are awful and Charles is Not Having It. This has Everyone Thinks They're Dating and autistic Edwin stimming representation, plus discussions of racism, classism and ableism. The fic is also part of a great Modern AU series in which the boys attended St Hilarion's at the same time and Charles saved Edwin from a non-supernatural but still almost deadly prank. Highly recommended!

The Case of the Couples Retreat by juliasfanart

Listen, I can't get enough of undercover fake dating/relationships at a couples retreat, OK? Some minor angst but overall very cute and fluffy.

acu (aysar cinematic universe) by ObsessedWithFandom

The agency is hired to solve the mystery of Charles' death and bring his killers to justice. I'm genuinely obsessed with this series; I love its OCs and Charles having an exboyfriend gives Edwin a fun crisis. Plus haunting Charles' killers is very satisfying and cathartic. Just imagine they're Netflix execs, y'all.

*Not actually quick, as it turns out. 😅

I love doing these lists because I always think I've only got a few recs and then I look back over my recent bookmarks and I've got a metric ton of great fics to rec. You guys are so talented. ❤️

[sparklejumpropequeen1949]

Nothing broke my heart more then watching the scene in baby where niccolo and Chiara made love 😞😔🙁

[merakiui]

Are there any mangas or anime you really enjoy?

Yes!!! :D here are just a few I especially love:

✧ Summertime Render - I LOVE THIS ANIME/MANGA OMG...... I cannot hype it enough. The plot and its twists had me at the edge of my seat throughout. All of the characters have such strong personalities, the villains are really well done, the mystery and action are executed wonderfully, the pacing is great, the setting is amazing, the ost scratches my brain!!! In short, everything about this series is 10/10 for me.

✧ Great Pretender - another series I love to pieces! The backgrounds are so aesthetically pleasing,,, uuuwaaaa. The characters are so memorable, and the plots for each individual con are amazing. I'm left breathless every time because somehow the stakes just keep raising. It's so good!!!!! The opening song is also such a banger?!?!!??!! orz I could listen to it forever.

✧ THEO by Aono Nachi - it's such a cute BL. 🥺 I loved the dynamic between Theo and Rei. Maybe it's because I'm weak to master-servant dynamics, but then I also like how emotional their romance is and how stubborn Rei is. It was really wonderful!!

✧ Marriage to the Wolf by Inui Hana - another lovely BL!! I adored the dynamic between Kaede and Ren. The way they couldn't stand each other in the beginning..... slowly growing closer and softening to each other. The way they're both doing things out of obligation at first because it's an arranged marriage and the fact that Ren is holding back for Kaede's sake...... THEIR BANTER!!!!!! orz orz

✧ Devilman Crybaby (the netflix adaptation) - THIS SHOW. It hurts me every time I watch it. The ost is a banger, the art style is amazing, the way I cried ugly the first time I watched it. The "why am I the only one speaking, Akira?" haunts me to this day. I highly recommend it.

✧ ODDTAXI - the plot and the twist omg!!!!!! And the mystery!!!!! I may be biased because Riddle's VA voices Odokawa and I love anything that Natsuki Hanae does!! His work is always outstanding. The opening is also another banger. I can't say much without spoiling something major, but I highly recommend this anime. It's definitely worth the watch!!!

✧ The Disastrous Life of Saiki K - Saiki K my beloved. It always manages to make me laugh. I love Saiki's character. He's so funny, as is the rest of the cast. Kaidou never fails to make me laugh, especially in the dub. He's so silly. I think about "drowning in inch-deep water isn't easy" every day LOL.

✧ Romantic Killer - AAAAA I LOVED THIS SHOW!!!!! Maybe it's because Anzu is such a relatable female lead to me (but also because Riddle and Leona's VAs voice two of the main love interests hehe). It's so fun! It also handles the serious aspects of its plot really well. I loved Anzu's dynamic with Riri.

✧ Death is the Only Ending for the Villainess - it's been a moment since I've caught up with this manhwa, but I love it!!! The characters are all really striking. Most of all, I really like Penelope's character!!! <3 she's such a strong female lead. I like her interactions with all of the characters.

✧ Toilet-bound Hanako-kun - this manga is everything to me!!!! I absolutely adore the plot and its characters. Hanako and Yashiro's dynamic is really cute. :D I forgot what chapter I left off on, but I remember it left me in shambles. T^T

[captainjoongki]

The difference between watching a drama written 10 years ago and one airing right now is truly astonishing. I re-watched I hear your voice and whatever anyone's feelings about it or its couple, the way the writing is there to tell a story, and a big part of that is a love story and you can feel the way this writer is genuinely trying to weave a tale of two people surviving together and being there for one another and protecting each other. Now most of the time when I watch something I feel like there was a zoom meeting where they went over talking points and hashtags where they said "this is the dynamic that sells right now be sure that's how you tell your story" and that's just sad tbh.

CLOCK THEM ANON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i hear your voice is just so beautifully written it has such wonderful rewatch value it's the perfect summertime drama imo, and i feel the same way about the majority of older dramas. do you know what they let characters do? they let them exist in silence and space. they let them process things for actual screen-time. i feel like ever since the netflix overlords and other streamers and the internet in general got their hands on kdramas, they've become more monetized than ever. i mean yes there was awful PPL for a good amount of the later 2010's kdramas, but the way kdramas have just become this "hire big names, a script, and budget" and the rest just gets thrown in the air is wild to me. it's the same way with literature these days; it all exists to sell a trope and tag and promote to tiktok and whatever godawful website controls society in our time.

the dramas back then didn't have the pretty cinematography or fancy budgets but they had so much fucking HEART and SOUL. i constantly find myself rewatching them and maybe it's the nostalgia in all of us, but i just cannot help but feel like we truly went backwards in many ways. we exchanged the wide eyed kisses for makeout scenes, yes, but somewhere along the way, we lost what made kdramas special.

[heirloomcaterpilllar442]

i will love you.

I will love you if I am all the way across the world, and I will love you if I am just down the hall. I will love you as an Arkansas sky loves tornados and as shoes love sticking to gum on the sidewalks, even if the internet crashes into oblivion and nothing on Tumblr is ever relevant again. I will love you as the wind loves the chase and as the children love puppets and as the music loves a stage. I will love you as a computer loves the beeping sound and as my grandmother loves her Alexa, as Netflix loves capitalism and Kamala Harris loves to laugh in her videos. I will love you as a teacher loves her apple-iest student and as a parking loves a new coat of asphalt. I will love you as sweat loves the back of my legs in summertime, and summertime loves watermelons, and watermelons love dripping down onto the trampoline until someone has to come out with a big hose and spray it all down. 

I will love you as the pandemic loves a vaccine, and the vaccine loves an arm, and the arm loves to hold someone tightly, and holding someone tightly loves the cool dark rooms of a small black car. I will love you as a white board loves a marker, and as a marker loves color, and color loves to make a person smile…I will love you until all our colors are seen, until I can look at any little wheel and know you in every combination, every blue and red/yellow and all the others in between, above, below. I will love you until all the Super Bowls are over and all the TikTok videos are deleted and until every cat doesn’t give me hives and every Starbucks girls never turns her head to look at you. I will love you until every iceberg freezes back and a polar bear stands in every corner of the ocean on its own four bearish paws. I will love you until a boy hates his dog and a nightmare never comes before Christmas. I will love you as we feel the world shift every single day, where we don’t recognize much… I will love you until you remember what is constant. I will love you no matter what you eat and how many toilets you blow up in the process, I will love you if you get tired of me and look for another pair of eyes, hands, ears to know. I love you if you get tired of me and find someone who keeps you a little more awake, I will love you if you don’t get tired of me at all and stay with me until my fingers curl and my smile fades behind wrinkles. That is how I will love you even as the world continues to melt and freeze and burn and cry. 

[k-star-holic]

Lee Do-hyun's 'horse, horse, horse' hiding behind 'The Gloria' glory

[wbmwrites]

Durarara!!! Ovas and Bonus Episodes:

To put more context this post, I will have to explain the following.

Obviously most streaming services won't provide some seasons that have bonus episodes or OVA specials.

At times you have to go out and buy this separate DVD for it.

And Durarara is no exception for that.

I have searched for years for a box set to purchase the series. But at last, there's none not properly available.

So we have to rely on streaming services that contain the series. Despite the fact they only provide the main continuity. At one point, Crunchyroll had the first series.

Which includes the full 26 episodes as of a providers such as Netflix and Hulu only provide 24 episodes.

As the series X2 was broken down into 13 episode parts Shou being part one, Ten being part two and Ketsu being part three. Each one of these parts had an additional episode that didn't air on the streaming services but was still dubbed. Episodes in the Shou and Ten cour relates to events that happened within the series. As the last bonus episode that occurred in Ketsu cour was a standalone episode, that never affected the storyline other any major characters.

These are the episodes:

Durarara Episode 12.5:

It's summertime in Ikebukuro, as the Raira Trio, the Van Gang and Izaya Orihara dons summer clothing. They all tied into events with a smuggling ring and a crime syndicate. This episode shows the last appearance of Isaac and Miria from Baccano and shows early appearances of Haruya Shiki of the Awakusu and motorcycle cop Kinnosuke Kuzuhara.

Celty Sturluson and the Van Gang were discussing aliens and UFOS throughout the episode. As for Shizuo Heiwajima, it was just another day of beating up deadbeats and fools sic on him from Izaya Orihara.

Durarara Episode 25:

This episode shows Yuhei Hanejima aka Kasuka Heiwajima reporting live from Ikebukuro to find a lovey dovey couple to put in his company's Jack O Lantern studios next movie. We see Yuhei interview multiple couples along such as Mika Harima and Seiji Yagiri with the final couple being Mikado Ryuugamine and Anri Sonohara. All while Simon was promoting Russia Sushi and the Van Gang was watching it's from Saburo's entertainment systems.

During the event, Shizuo Heiwajima watching over his brother from afar. As Kururi and Mairu Orihara was searching for Yuhei. Shizuo stopped the twins from disturbing the event along with a would be assailant by throwing a trash can at him.

Izaya then appears before Shizuo says that the assailant's ex was a hardcore fan of Yuhei Hanejima and Izaya antagonized him to go after Yuhei. Shizuo and Izaya battles it out as familiar faces reappear to attempt to snuff out Izaya and Shizuo. Those being the false Dollars from Episode 3, the deadbeat gamers and what remains of the Yellow Scarves.

Celty arrived on scene to subdue the chaos, as Shizuo chases after Izaya and gets hit by a truck, similar to their first encounter. As Celty was being chased by Kinnosuke Kuzuhara and other patrol officers.

In the end, Mikado Ryuugamine assists a new face who was flustered upon entering Ikebukuro and was planning to attend Raira Academy. He gave him directions and welcomes him to Ikebukuro.

X2 Episode 4.5 Shou cour:

This episode ties into episode 4, which ends the Hollywood arc and continues on with the hot pot party at the Kishitani/Sturluson residence with their friends around them. Such as Mikado, Anri, Shizuo, Mika, Seiji and the Van Gang.

Each individual recalls stories of how they met each other.

Mikado told Anri about a story about him and Masaomi Kida, prior to him moving to Ikebukuro and dying his hair.

Anri tells Mikado about how she came to know Mika Harima with grade school and junior high.

Kyohei talks to Shizuo about how he met Tom Tanaka in junior high, which led him into the loan collecting business later on in the future and to dye his hair blonde.

Kyohei attempts to tell the story of how he met his friends, but Erika and Walker went overboard and Saburo was sobbing over an autograph of Ruri Hijiribe he discovered and Celty said that Shinra got it the other day. Trying to ease situation.

Kyohei talks with Shinra and ends up stopping him from calling Izaya Orihara to the party. Knowing that the apartment will become a warzone with Izaya and Shizuo.

The episode ends with Namie Yagiri leaving Izaya alone in his office to cook for himself.

X2 Episode 0.5 Ten Cour:

This episode revolves around Celty Sturluson and Shinra Kishitani taking a day trip away from Ikebukuro. Not knowing what events that take place within that time period. As four separate events occurs that spread out to episodes one through four. As Shinra gets interrupted on the date by multiple phone calls.

All while within the mountainside where the couple takes a carriage ride. A film was being shot, involving werewolves, vampire priestesses and the grim reaper.

The grim reaper being played by Yuhei Hanejima aka Kasuka Heiwajima.

Celty ends up cosplaying in multiple outfits for Shinra. As he retells some stories about him, Izaya Orihara and Shizuo Heiwajima.

All while the actors who played the werewolves were being frustrated, spread out in the forest. Celty stops her trusted steed Shooter. As she felt a strange presence nearby. Not knowing if it was another faerie like herself or a different supernatural being.

Their carriage ride was interrupted by one of the actors who was portraying a werewolf was chasing after them.

Later as the sun was setting, Celty and Shinra was startled by the of the actor portraying the werewolf who was just looking for a phone signal. The two groups scared each other, calling Celty and Shinra to run away with their carriage. Leading the actor to believe that his co-star was the one who was doing the special effects on Celty.

At the end of Episode 1, Celty and Shinra recalls the events that they had been through. Talking about their encounter the actresses who portrayed the vampire priestesses. Not knowing that the priestesses were part of a film set. And that's Yuhei Hanejima was involved.

Leaving Celty to wonder about the presence she felt.

Later that night, the werewolf actors were out of costume. Drinking beer and having a smoke. As the one who encountered and startled the Dullahan reacts to the sound of a wolf howling in the distance.

X2 Episode 7.5 Dufufufu OVA Ketsu cour:

This episode does not take place in any significant storyline. It's more of a standalone episode. About a man who was being mistaken for Shizuo Heiwajima of Ikebukuro. Man in fact was Shizuo Nobusuma, a man working as a bartender who scared off a couple of thugs that believed he was Heiwajima.

After researched about the urban legends of Ikebukuro. He went off and portrayed himself as Shizuo. Most people didn't buy his act, being spotted by his friends such as Celty Sturluson, Simon, Vorona and Tom Tanaka.

Izaya Orihara used it to his advantage by sending Nobusuma after some fakers pretending to be Awakusu.

Nobusuma after being beaten up, ends up hassling Kasuka and the real Shizuo Heiwajima who just returned from a memorial service. Shizuo one punch hits Nobusuma out of the city.

Later on, Izaya laughs about pitting the fakers against each other. As Namie Yagiri ruins his moment, mentioning that his information gathering rival Shinichi Tsukumoya photoshop his picture and applied him for a drag competition. Making Izaya outrage and Namie the one laughing.

The following day, Kyohei, Saburo, Erika and Walker were talking about the fake Shizuo and bootleg anime. Where Shizuo Nobusuma reappears pretending to be Kyohei Kadota and harassing Erika and Walker. Talking nonsense which led the Kadota to confront Nobusuma and knocking him out. Which led Erika and Walker to restrain Nobusuma in rope bondage and pull out their torture equipment.

Later on, Celty Sturluson was taking a break from work and was confronted by Nobusuma yet again. This time, he dressed up like her. Remembering him from dressing up as Shizuo Heiwajima a few days prior, she took pity on him and gave him some money. Knowing that the real Shizuo would send him into orbit. Never she knew you Nobusuma was alive and well, she hits him and demanded her money back.

Shizuo Nobusuma stops his act and went home afterwards.

Note: This episode is the first time that Shinichi Tsukumoya was mentioned by name. He reappears in the light novels as a member of the Dollars, supplying Mikado Ryuugamine with information as in his cleanup efforts within the Dollars.

Note 2: This episode takes place sometime after the Adabishi arc and the Kadota Coma arc. As Shinra Kishitani was still recovering from his injuries after the brutal assault by Kisuke Adabishi. Shinra is still stuck in the wheelchair.

Despite these episodes being hard to find. Whether it's on streaming services for the very hard to find box sets. Durarara remains a great series to rewatch and enjoy to its fullest.

The next big topic on Durarara will be the spinoff novels that takes place after the series ended that involves Izaya Orihara.

[wonderdave]

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