#these span from 2007 to 2010

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Hi! Hope you're doing well 🌟

Do you have any advice on how to write ten year olds? Like, not physically but emotionally. One of my main characters is ten years old and I wanna make sure I get it right, sometimes I feel like I'm giving him the emotional maturity of the characters that surround him that are in their 20s and 30s but idk ://

Writing Notes: Emotional Development

Emotional Development

Also called affective development.

A gradual increase in the capacity to experience, express, and interpret the full range of emotions and in the ability to cope with them appropriately.

Cortical control, imitation of others, hormonal influences, home atmosphere, and conditioning play major roles in emotional development.

It is nearly impossible to imagine emotional development as separate from changes in cognitive development that occur in the first two decades of life.

As memory and thinking become more complex and abstract, emotional development changes as well.

Similarly, markers of emotional development are intimately linked to a child’s social experiences.

The following examples are major markers of change in emotional development as they occur within a social context.

Emotional competence (7 to 10 years). Emotion expressions are used to manage relationship dynamics, such as smiling at a new friend (Saarni & Camras, 2022).

Emotion regulation (infancy through adulthood). Emotion regulation strategies are processes used to monitor, evaluate, and modify our emotional reactions in order to achieve a goal. Strategies become more sophisticated from extrinsically based regulation in infancy to more intrinsically based regulation from preschool-age through adulthood (Eisenberg et al., 2010; Thompson & Goodvin, 2007).

8 to 9 years: Cognitive emotion regulation strategies emerge, and children begin to use thoughts and feelings about themselves and others to control their emotions (Garnefski et al., 2007).

The ability to regulate our emotions is one of the most important skills for learning, social relationships, and mental health. 

Adolescence - The period of human development that starts with puberty (10–12 years of age) and ends with physiological maturity (approximately 19 years of age), although the exact age span varies across individuals.

During this period, major changes occur at varying rates in physical characteristics, sexual characteristics, and sexual interest, resulting in significant effects on body image, self-concept, and self-esteem.

Major cognitive and social developments take place as well: Most young people acquire enhanced abilities to think abstractly, evaluate reality hypothetically, reconsider prior experiences from altered points of view, assess data from multiple dimensions, reflect inwardly, create complex models of understanding, and project complicated future scenarios.

Adolescents also increase their peer focus and involvement in peer-related activities, place greater emphasis on social acceptance, and seek more independence and autonomy from parents.

How Emotions Develop in Adolescence

Once self-conscious emotions such as guilt, embarrassment, and shame emerge in middle childhood, very few new emotions develop. Adolescents’ cognitive skills to reason about abstract concepts improve their ability to manage and reason about their own emotions and improve emotional competence in relationships (Rosenblum & Lewis, 2006).

Research on adolescent emotional development shows how emotions change during this time of rapid physical development.

Emotion Expression. Emotion expression in adolescence differs from that in childhood and adulthood. Adolescents report experiencing greater extremes of emotion and more negative mood states than adults. Adolescent emotional experiences are reported to include less happiness than during childhood (Rosenblum & Lewis, 2006).

Emotional Dissemblance. Emotional dissemblance is the ability to separate one’s emotional expressions from one’s internal feelings. Children learn how to control the emotions they display in order to avoid negative outcomes. During adolescence, teens begin to display expressions according to the norms of adult interaction (Rosenblum & Lewis, 2006); for example, the ability to outwardly display a facial expression of congratulations to a competitor immediately after a tough loss, while feeling intense emotion internally.

Emotional Competence. A successful transition to adulthood is associated with increased emotional competence across several skills during adolescence; for example, learning to regulate intense emotions, knowing how to attend to emotions without becoming overwhelmed by them, and learning how to manage interpersonal relationships in the midst of intense emotions (Rosenblum & Lewis, 2006).

Emotional Maturity - A high and appropriate level of emotional control and expression.

Prerequisites for Developing Emotional Maturity

Emotional maturity is a skill that can be nurtured and developed through psychoeducation, therapy, and coaching (Kaur et al., 2015).

Possessing or developing the following characteristics provides the foundation for developing emotional maturity:

Personal Reflection & Self-Awareness. Self-awareness and a willingness to reflect on one’s emotions and behaviors are crucial for the growth and development of emotional maturity (Herwig et al., 2010).

Openness to Feedback. Personal growth and emotional maturity are dependent on our willingness to accept and learn from constructive criticism (McEnrue et al., 2009).

Commitment to Growth. Personal growth is hard work and requires a dedication to ongoing personal development and emotional learning (Bauer & McAdams, 2004).

Empathy. The ability to identify, interpret, and share the feelings of others is integral to emotional maturity (McNaughton, 2016).

Resilience. All personal growth requires the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties and adapt to change (Still, 2023).

Sources: 1 2 3 ⚜ More: Notes & References ⚜ Writing Resources PDFs

There are some children who exhibit the same (or almost similar) level of emotional maturity of adults surrounding them, depending on the circumstances. Consider these notes and incorporate which ones are most suitable for your own story. Hope you're doing well yourself, and that this helps with your writing! :)

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AmazingPhil channel marathon musings

during a pre-show q&a back in november, in response to a question about what show someone should binge next, dan said they should watch all of the AmazingPhil channel from the start. I was not the person who asked this (nor was I at this show), but regardless I did decide I wanted to take dan’s suggestion seriously. just a few days ago, I finished watching all of AmazingPhil in chronological order. and now i really want to talk about what it was like and why I would recommend marathoning his channel to pretty much anyone—because it was a blast.

I watched all of the 369 currently public AmazingPhil videos over the course of 35 days, which is from my perspective a pretty casual marathon. 369/35 = roughly 11 videos a day, though due to algorithm and monetization policy stuff, phil’s videos became longer in duration around 2015-2016; for many years, most of his videos were around 4 minutes long or less, which for me meant that early on in this marathon I was watching more videos per day, and then later on my pace slowed. phil’s videos with dan are usually pretty long as well, so if I had something like a baking video or wdapteo up next to watch, I might have only watched one or two videos that day. 

unsurprisingly, watching all of phil’s videos in order in a relatively short span of time gave me a really cool perspective on how phil has grown as a person and as a YouTuber over the past eighteen years. surprising to me, though, was how I felt like watching his channel in such a linear way felt a bit like coming to know who phil is for the very first time, again. despite having watched his videos for over a decade, i feel like i understand his style and creativity and personality more fully, and in general better, than I did before. watching 2007 phil become 2009 phil become 2011 phil and so on in the span of a few days or a week meant seeing clearly how his sense of humor evolved, how his editing and creativity developed, how his perspectives on life and relationship with his audience shifted. much as when you binge an entire tv or book series and immediately afterwards feel like you’re brimming with information, and have all the context, that’s sort of how I felt. and it was new for me because I’d never done that with phil’s content before—I’d never followed the course of his life the way you might a fictional character’s. 

AmazingPhil is also an incredible capsule of 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s Western internet culture, obviously. it’s like an anthropologist from the future with a very hyperspecific thesis topic’s dream treasure horde. what a person can learn about one corner of the world, and one corner of society, from AmazingPhil’s videos is, well, a lot. I see so much cultural value in AmazingPhil, it’s insane. his videos are not sketches, essays, and commentaries on society and life like Dan’s, but I’d make the argument (as I’m sure most of you would) that they’re just as important and critical to helping people understand themselves and the world they live in. and the kind of people they want to be, too, perhaps.

there were also certain videos that stuck with me more than they had in the past. I discovered new favorite videos and videos that I considered more interesting than I previously had. (I tried just now to make a list of some of these but it rapidly got too long, so instead I’ll restrict myself to mentioning only one, a new favorite, from 2021: “I Got Catfished.” - which i think is a fantastic example of phil’s storytelling style). dnp have both said before that they view life as a performance – and phil is without a sliver of doubt a magical and incredible performer. he knows so well how to tell stories with words, pacing, structures, and effects that are hilarious and entertaining; he turns anecdotes from his life into these amazing whimsical pieces of art made in a way no other person has ever made things. YouTube has from the beginning presented him with the perfect way to be creative in a way that suits him. and more than that, i found that it was never even remotely unpleasant to watch his videos every day for over a month. there is simply not an AmazingPhil video that doesn’t bring me joy and make me sit there smiling like a fool. my cheek muscles are probably stronger than they were 35 days ago. 

so, to you I say, go: watch all of AmazingPhil, draw your own conclusions from his current oeuvre and deepen your parasocial relationship with Phil Lester in ways you cannot yet comprehend. I really recommend. 

(final notes: one side effect of watching all of phil’s videos was being unexpectedly yet thoroughly convinced he does indeed possess psychic talents. even though i don’t believe in magical anything, i do now believe phil lester inherited prescience from his grandmother.) 

(also dan is completely right that every time phil changes his hair, he regenerates into an entirely new man.)

(also also I made an AmazingPhil spotify playlist that is highly specific to my music tastes but that anyone is welcome to listen to all the same) ✨🐗💙🥱

[kuwdora]

Saturday Morning Vid Recs - FEELINGS & THAT DYNAMIC

Alright, here is yet another post for @poetikat of vids from days gone by and the recent past. I love and adore the vids. I think people should watch them for a much-needed boost to the heart and soul.

I’m calling this collection of recs FEELINGS & THAT DYNAMIC (capital letters!) because of how big and immersive the emotional experience is while watching them.

❤️❤️❤️❤️

I Gotta Feeling by CountessMary. The Muppets (The Muppet Movie, The Great Muppet Caper, Muppets Take Manhattan, and Muppets in Space). A throwback to the dance club party Club Vivid 2010. Tonight’s gonna be a good night!!!

Uptown Funk by @revolutionarygirlshati (Legend of Korra). An incredible addition to the uptown funk canon of vids!! Korra is so damn expressive!

C’mon by rhoboat. Inside Out (2015). C’mon, c’mon with everything falling down around me, I’d like to believe in all the possibilities. Perfect song and lyrics for this film. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ So many big feelings.

You Told the Drunks I Knew Karate by @settiai. Doctor Who. Amy/Rory. This is the first vid I think of when I think of this pairing, I can’t get enough of it!

For Your Entertainment by such_heights Legends of Tomorrow. Again there is something exquisite about using this song for this source. Legends of Tomorrow is so cracky and bizarre. This vid made in the earliest seasons of the show while it was airing and fucking nails it. The legends truly are here for our entertainment, bwah.

Groove is in the Heart by giandujakiss. Doctor Who/Torchwood up through 2007. This is an oldie for sure but it’s so firmly embedded in my brain that this song now exists because of this vid. The vibes of the song is really wonderful and fun. Nine and Ten, Rose and Martha and Jack Harkness and Torchwood and friends and lovers. I love how it transitions from Nine to Ten and Torchwood and back again to Doctor Who.

True Love by @findmeinthealps. Cobra Kai OT4!! This vid is such a treat because it is a tapestry of slash and Johnny and Daniel’s love for their partners throughout and and and. They all just fit together, okay. One big karate family. Each section of this vid is more delightful and full of LOVE than the next.

Take On Me Doctor Who by @trelkez. Doctor Who, classic and New Who through 2010. I heartily rec all of trelkez vids, and especially all the Doctor Who vids. Picking this one out for this list was a no brainer. There’s just something wonderful about A-Ha being used for the partnership and adventure in this show. The part at 2:01 always makes me grin because trelkez has a great sense of musicality and humor.

Garden of Your Mind by @sandalwoodbox. Critical Role, Dungeons and Dragons. This is about storytelling and imagination. AND it utilizes a really cool remix of Mr. Roger’s voice. It’s so beautiful and I cry lots about it because I’m a sap and it’s really that powerful.

Life Less Ordinary by di_br / @why-the-face. Doctor Who. Nine/Rose. Di’s vids were my go-to when I started vidding back in 2007 and I was obsessed with all her Doctor Who vids. It turns out I still am obsessed. This vid makes my heart so warm and fuzzy and I absolutely have to rec this one after all these years because the Nine/Rose feelings are off the chart and span space and time.

I Do Adore by @kiki-miserychic. Adventure Time. Princess Bubblegum/Marceline. This is another oldie, and also for a show I've never seen but always been a fandom-in-law. This vid is so, so so sweet and sapphic and shows me exactly why Bubbline was so beloved.

Carries On by @monkeyswithjetpacks. Jim Henson and The Muppets. This vid brings the big cry about, too. It’s a wonderful tribute to Jim Henson and his work. I really love the music choice here which is The Magnetic Zeroes and there’s such a wide array of different sources from behind the scenes and the muppet shows. It is so beautiful.

Previous Saturday Morning Vid Recs:

Video Games

Women!

Space and Robots

Animals

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BL ships that I will never forget:

In a few weeks it's gonna be 14 years of obsessing over queer media, especially BL, so here are the ships always on my mind in no particular order.

Arata & Shingyouji (Takumi-kun Series 4: Pure, 2010): Listen the Takumi-kun Series from 2007 to like 2011 was my life as a (pre-)teen. In hindsight really sketchy but anyway haha. Those two really caught my eye back then though (especially their racy kisses) and I was happy they got their own bigger part in one of the movies.

Evan & Isak (Skam Season 3, 2016): Was there a queer European teen that wasn't obsessed with this season of Skam? I remember re-watching it so many times I could recite their text without speaking Norwegian. Plenty of beautiful Skam universe parallel couples out there but these two will remain the iconic blueprint.

ChenAi (Kiseki: Dear to me, 2023): Almost unfair to put them on here but seeing how I haven't been able to think about any other ship every single day for the last 3 months, I feel like it's justified. They just have everything I want and need to get hyperfixated on.

Seiryo & Yuzuru (Seven Days, 2015): Oh my, the way I loved this silly concept and how funny it was yet they managed to get me all emotionally involved in the span of two movies? Insane chemistry and just..everything I needed back then. Especially since it was then one of the very few BL's I saw without a sad ending.

KornKnock (Bad Romance 2016, Together With Me 2017 - 2018): Listen, plot wise Manner of Death is the absolute height to me but when it comes to MaxTul I will never forget them as Korn and Knock in these series. Forever grateful to all the fanvids that led me to finding my BL fathers. Chemistry forever out of this world. Also shout out to Yiwha, best female character in any BL and my wife.

WinTeam (Until We Meet Again 2019, Between Us 2023): The couple that made me aware of what second lead syndrome was because I waited so long for more of them, it felt eternal. I don't think I will ever get tired of these two.

VegasPete (KinnPorsche, 2022): Who said I couldn't like a toxic ship? These two took me by surprise, I didnt even know they were going to be a ship in the series. Definitely acknowledging how fucked up they are yet at the same time it's the forst toxic ship that really got me. I love them, in my own weird way.

HaoGu (HIStory 3: Make Our Days Count, 2019): I mourned them like I have mourned no other couple. I should have known from the title but they really lead me astray. My beautiful boys, the star crossed lovers. They still get me emotional now, I might go cry now.

Hira & Kiyoi (Utsukushii Kare, 2021 - 2023): Before ChenAi there were Hira and Kiyoi who absolutely owned my heart. I love how misunderstood by BL fans they were who claimed their toxicity. Meanwhile I simply love how weird their relationship is and getting to see a real Tsundere in action. I'm obsessed with them.

Honourable Mention: Kim Jae Wook as Min Sun Woo in Antique Bakery, 2008. The very first gay character I saw in Korean media. Forever iconic, forever in my heart.

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Boeing 787-9 Etihad Airways

Registration: A6-BNE Type: 787-9 Engines: 2 × GE GEnx-1B74/75 Serial Number: 39671 First flight: Aug 26, 2023

Etihad Airways was founded in July 2003 by decree of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the ruler of Abu Dhabi. The name “Etihad,” meaning “Union” in Arabic, reflects its goal of uniting people through travel. The first flight on November 5, 2003, from Abu Dhabi to Beirut marked the start of a journey that, over two decades, has turned the airline into an industry leader. By 2008, Etihad was carrying 6 million passengers annually, and today its network spans over 90 destinations.

Unlike its neighbor Emirates, Etihad has focused not just on scale but on innovation. In 2007, the airline opened its headquarters in Khalifa City, investing $50 million in a state-of-the-art complex with a pilot training center. In 2014, Etihad unveiled “The Residence,” a three-room luxury suite on its Airbus A380, which became a sensation in the aviation world. The journey hasn’t been without turbulence: in the 2010s, losses from investments in Alitalia and Air Berlin forced a strategic rethink. Yet, by 2025, Etihad has returned to positive growth, focusing on steady development and fleet modernization.

The Boeing 787-9 and 787-10 Dreamliner are the most numerous aircraft in Etihad’s fleet, with 43 currently in service and more on the way. Their large windows with electrochromic dimming and optimized cabin pressure make flights to Sydney, Tokyo, or Frankfurt less fatiguing.

Etihad is actively modernizing its fleet, aiming to expand to 150 aircraft by 2030. The airline expects delivery of 10 more A321neos, three A350-1000s, and four additional Dreamliners. As for the Boeing 777, after contract restructuring, Etihad has an option to purchase 777X aircraft but could also opt for more 787s. The 777X is not part of their five-year fleet expansion plan.

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Cartoons from my childhood part 2 UPDATED:

These lists will now cover cartoons/movies spanning my life up until now, but with a focus on the child and teen years. What I list may not be that obscure either, but I want to share this with you all nonetheless :>).

A Monkey's Tale (yr. 1999)–YALL I THOUGHT THIS MOVIE WAS A DREAM, BUT IT'S REAL. I need to rewatch it.

Life with Jesus (yr. 2004)–the devil in this scared me lowkey lol

The Missing Lynx (yr. 2008)

Khumba (yr. 2013)

Animals United (yr. 2010)

Funan (yr. 2018)–GOOD movie, but definitely more for adults and deals with heavy topics.

Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (yr. 1986)

Persepolis (yr. 2007)–please read the book.

The Breadwinner (yr. 2017)

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (yr. 1989)

Ernest and Celestine (yr. 2012)

The Last Unicorn (yr. 1982)

The Lion of Judah (yr. 2011)–Movie was meh, but the message was good–needed better art and direction, honestly

Underdogs (yr. 2013)

A Monster in Paris (yr. 2011)

Leap! (yr. 2017)

Space Chimps (yr. 2008)– I'm unsure if I watched the whole thing

Yellowbird (Gus) (yr. 2014)–I have no clue if I finished this either.

All Dogs Go to Heaven Movies and TV series (yr. Various)

The Balto movies (yr. various)

A good chunk of the Land Before Time movies (yr. Various)

The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue (yr. 1998)

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (yr. 1991)

Ferngully: The Last Rainforest (yr. 1992)

The Great Mouse Detective (yr. 1986)

Osmosis Jones (yr. 2001)–LOL I know people know this, but with the way it stayed trapped in my head, I am putting it down.

Torchlighters: The Perpetua Story (yr. 2009)– Don't remember all the details, but it was interesting enough that I do want to explore the martyrs/saints.

Justin and the Knights of Valor (yr. 2013)

Ben-Hur (yr. 2003)–I didn't finish, but I liked it enough to continue it again!

Testament: The Bible in Animation: Jonah (yr. 1996)–this Jonah freaked me out, lol

[waitmyturtles]

The Old GMMTV Challenge: The Master Post and Explainer

Updated: March 21, 2025

Hello! Welcome to The Old GMMTV Challenge (OGMMTVC), my personal syllabus and journey through the most important, and/or impactful, and/or seminal of Boys Love (BL)/Series Y dramas from Thailand.

I started watching Thai BL series in 2022 with the airing of KinnPorsche. From there, I dallied with shows that were referenced across Tumblr -- but I didn't dig into learning about the genre as a whole until I watched 2021-22's Bad Buddy, and was thoroughly moved by it in countless ways.

I subsequently learned that Bad Buddy was, in large part, constructed to communicate with tropes and expectations established previously by the genre. In order to get to a point where I could appreciate Bad Buddy in all of its historic glory, I therefore decided to start from the top -- to watch Thai BLs in chronological order so as to help me better understand the tentacles of this young genre. I was also impacted by a post from a BL Tumblr lifer, @absolutebl, who talked in 2022 about current shows by the GMMTV network, the biggest producer of BL dramas in Thailand, that were answering for mistakes made in the early Thai BL days.

Bad Buddy is a GMMTV show -- but in order to learn fully about the genre, I've created a syllabus of shows and movies that spans well outside the GMMTV network and sphere of influence. In the spring of 2023, I crowdsourced information about Thai BLs from the INCREDIBLE BL community on Tumblr, and came up with the syllabus below.

This syllabus is ever changing, especially as this young genre (which was arguably born in 2014 with the airing of Love Sick) continues to explore itself outside of its male-and-male romance genre boundaries, by centering women and/or non-binary individuals, and even leaving romance behind for horror, suspense, mystery, crime, and more.

Besides watching dramas on this syllabus, I'm also in the process of reading English-language books and articles about the Thai BL genre and its influences in Thailand and across Asia on queer and non-queer communities, as well as on the most marketed-to BL audience in young women. Links to reading materials are below the syllabus.

If you're looking to learn more about BL, this is but one resource to use. There's an incredible community of bloggers here with vastly more knowledge than me about the history of this genre. This is only my path, and I encourage you to explore the corners of Tumblr to create your own Thai BL journey!

The Drama Syllabus and Review/Meta Links

1) The Love of Siam (2007) (movie) (review here) 2) Yes or No (2010) (movie) (to be reviewed with GAP the Series) 3) My Bromance (2014) (movie) (review here) 4) Love Sick and Love Sick 2 (2014 and 2015) (review here) 5) Love Songs Love Stories: Pae Jai (2015) (Thailand’s first serialized GL) (to be reviewed with GAP the Series) 6) Gay OK Bangkok Season 1 (2016) (a non-BL queer series directed by Jojo Tichakorn and written by Aof Noppharnach) (review here) 7) Make It Right (2016) (review here) 8) SOTUS (2016-2017) (review here) 9) Gay OK Bangkok Season 2 (2017) (a non-BL queer series directed by Jojo Tichakorn and written by Aof Noppharnach) (review here) 10) Make It Right 2 (2017) (review here) 11) Together With Me (2017) (review here) 12) SOTUS S/Our Skyy x SOTUS (2017-2018) (review here) 13) Love By Chance (2018) (review here) 14) Kiss Me Again: PeteKao cuts (2018) (no review) 15) He’s Coming To Me (2019) (review here) 16) The Fallen Leaf (2019) (not a BL; adjacent to the project as Thailand’s first lakorn featuring a queer/transgender main character) (review here) 17) Dark Blue Kiss (2019) and Our Skyy x Kiss Me Again (2018) (review here) 18) TharnType (2019-2020) (review here) 19) Senior Secret Love: Puppy Honey (OffGun BL cuts) (2016 and 2017) (no review) 20) Theory of Love (2019) (review here) 21) 3 Will Be Free (2019) (a non-BL and an important harbinger of things to come in 2019 and beyond re: Jojo Tichakorn pushing queer content at GMMTV) (review here)

22) Dew the Movie (2019) (review here) 23) Until We Meet Again (2019-2020) (review here) (and notes on my UWMA rewatch here) 24) 2gether (2020) and Still 2gether (2020) (review here) 25) I Told Sunset About You (2020) (review here) 26) YYY (2020, out of chronological order) (review here) 27) Manner of Death (2020-2021) (review here) 28) A Tale of Thousand Stars (2021) (review here) 29) A Tale of Thousand Stars (2021) OGMMTVC Fastest Rewatch Known To Humankind For The Sake Of Rewatching Our Skyy 2 x BBS x ATOTS (re-review here) 30) Lovely Writer (2021) (review here) 31) Last Twilight in Phuket (2021) (the mini-special before IPYTM) (review here)

32) I Promised You the Moon (2021) (review here) 33) Not Me (2021-2022) (review here) 34) Bad Buddy (2021-2022) (thesis here) 35) 55:15 Never Too Late (2021-2022) (not a BL, but a GMMTV drama that features a macro BL storyline about shipper culture and the BL industry) (review here) 36) Bad Buddy (2021-2022) and Our Skyy 2 x BBS x ATOTS (2023) OGMMTVC Rewatch (Links to the BBS OGMMTVC Meta Series are here: preamble here, part 1, part 2, part 3a, part 3b, and part 4) 37) Secret Crush On You (2022) (review here) 38) The Miracle of Teddy Bear (2022) (review here) 39) KinnPorsche (2022) (tag here)  40) KinnPorsche (2022) OGMMTVC Fastest Rewatch Known To Humankind For the Sake of Re-Analyzing the KP Cultural Zeitgeist (part 1 and part 2) 41) Triage (2022) (review coming)

42) Honorable Mention: War of Y (2022) (for the sake of an attempt to provide meta BL commentary within a BL in the modern BL era), with a complementary watch of Aam Anusorn’s documentary, BL: Broken Fantasy (2020) (thoughts here) 43) The Eclipse (2022) (tag here) 44) The Eclipse OGMMTVC Rewatch to Reexamine "Genre BLs," Along With a Critical Take on Branded Ships (review here) 45) Khun Chai/To Sir, With Love (2022) and Laws of Attraction (2023) (watching) 46) Love of Secret (2022) (a GL that preceded GAP) (I will not be watching this, but it's on the list to precede GAP) 47) GAP (2022-2023) (Thailand’s first GL with a branded pair and ship) (review coming) 48) My School President (2022-2023) and Our Skyy 2 x My School President (2023), Coupled with a Speed-Watch of My Love Mix-Up Thailand (2024) to Comment on GMMTV Trying to Make Magic Happen Twice  49) Moonlight Chicken (2023) (tag here) 50) Bed Friend (2023) (tag here) 51) La Pluie (2023) (review coming) 52) Be My Favorite (2023) (tag here) (I’m including this for BMF’s sophisticated commentary on Krist’s career past as a BL icon) 53) Wedding Plan (2023) (Recommended as an important trajectory in the course of MAME’s work and influence from TharnType) 54) Only Friends (2023) (tag here) (not technically a BL, but it certainly became one in the end) 55) Last Twilight (2023-24) (tag here) (on the list as Thailand’s first major BL to center disability, successfully or otherwise) 56) Cherry Magic Thailand (2023-24) (tag here) (on the list as the first major Japanese-to-Thai drama adaptation, featuring the comeback of TayNew) 57) Ossan’s Love Returns (Japan, 2024) (adding for the EarthMix cameo and the eventual Thai remake) 58) 23.5 (2024) (GMMTV’s first GL) (thoughts here) (I am not finished with this show; I will finish it when I get to it on this list) 59) Spare Me Your Mercy (2024) (thoughts here) (added as the finale of Sammon's medical trilogy in Manner of Death and Triage, and as a major lakorn starring two of Thailand's biggest actors in Tor Thanapob and Jaylerr)

Additional Reading Material

Dr. Thomas Baudinette, Boys Love Media in Thailand

Dr. Peter Jackson, Queer Bangkok

Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific -- Issue 49, Thai Boys Love (BL)/Y(aoi) in Literary and Media Industries: Political and Transnational Practices, June 2023

(Fandom reference) "Fan Leaders' Control on Xiao Zhan's Chinese Fan Community," Transformative Works and Cultures

(Fandom reference) "Xi Jingping Versus the Stans," Vox

[papaya2000s]

Old Asian Cinema Masterlist:

I have a passion for watching a wide variety of film media, including movies, TV shows, documentaries, and musicals. My extensive viewing experience spans both classic and contemporary works, with a particular enthusiasm for 20th-century history and films (there will be posts about some 21st-cetury (mostly 2000s-2010s) cinema but my mane focus in the 20th-century). Here, I plan to embark on this journey, and I hope to discover new content to enjoy. While my focus will primarily be on films from Asia, I may occasionally discuss Western movies as well. I hope you enjoy the exploration!

Please note that these posts are meant for both educational and entertainment purposes only. As I delve into this narrative, I am also learning, and I appreciate any feedback on inaccuracies or omissions, which I will try and address promptly.

It is important to recognize that the film titles highlighted in red serve as warnings for viewers, indicating that they are age-restricted (potentially rated 13, 15, or 18+) and may contain graphic and mature content. If anyone is considering watching any of the films that I have mentioned, I recommend researching and watching their trailers beforehand.

Old Korean Cinema:

History of Korean Cinema - Put on Hold!

Movies:

A Bloodthirsty Killer/ A Devilish Homicide (살인마) (1965) - Put on Hold!

Let's meet at Walker Hill (워커힐에서 만납시다) (1966) - Put on Hold!

Waikiki Brothers (와이키키 브라더스) (2001) - Put on Hold!

Over the Rainbow (오버 더 레인보우) (2002) - Put on Hold!

Emergency Act 19 (긴급조치 19호) (2002) - (08/08/2024)

Crossroads of Youth (청춘의 십자로) (1934) - (09/12/2024)

Marrying the Mafia (가문의 영광) (2002) - Put on Hold!

Hyperbola of Youth (청춘쌍곡선) (1956) - Put on Hold!

Madame Freedom (자유부인) (1956) - Put on Hold!

The Record (찍히면 죽는다) (2000) - Put on Hold!

A Taxi Driver (택시운전��) (2017) - Put on Hold!

Viva Freedom! (자유만세) (1946) - Put on Hold!

A Flower in Hell (지옥화) (1958) - Put on Hold!

A Female Boss (여사장) (1959) -Put on Hold!

The Housemaid (하녀) (1960) - Put on Hold!

Libera Me (리베라 메) (2000) - Put on Hold!

Bichunmoo (비천무) (2000) - Put on Hold!

Sweet Dream (미몽) (1936) - Put on Hold!

Interview (인터뷰) (2000) - Put on Hold!

Nightmare (가위) (2000) - Put on Hold!

Obaltan (오발탄) (1961) - Put on Hold!

Oasis (오아시스) (2002) - Put on Hold!

Il Mare (시월애) (2000) - Put on Hold!

Ditto (동감) (2000) - Put on Hold!

Phone (폰) (2002) - Put on Hold!

Series:

Something Happened in Bali (발리에서 생긴 일) (2004) - Put on Hold!

Did We Really Love? (우리가 정말 사랑했을까) (1999) - Put on Hold!

Until the Azalea Blooms (진달래꽃 필 때까지) (1998) - Put on Hold!

I'm Sorry, I Love You (미안하다, 사랑한다) (2004) - Put on Hold!

Star in My Heart (별은 내 가슴에) (1997) - Put on Hold!

The Last Match (마지막 승부) (1994) - Put on Hold!

Eyes of Dawn (여명의 눈동자) (1991-1992) - Put on Hold!

Dinosaur Teacher (공룡 선생) (1993-1995) - Put on Hold!

You and I (그대 그리고 나) (1997-1998) - Put on Hold!

Wast Palace (서궁; 西宮) (1995) - Put on Hold!

Sandglass (모래시계) (1995) - Put on Hold!

First Love (첫사랑) (1996-1997) - Put on Hold!

Jealousy (질투) (1992) - Put on Hold!

Papa (파파) (1996) - Put on Hold!

Animated (Manhwa) Series & Film:

Lexa (Series) (레카) (2001-2002) - Put on Hold!

Sky Blue (Film) (원더풀 데이즈) (2003) - Put on Hold!

Yobi, the Five Tailed Fox (Film) (천년여우 여우비) (2007) - Put on Hold!

Aachi & Ssipak (Film) (아치와 씨팍) (2006) - Put on Hold!

Robot Taekwon V (Film) (로보트 태권 V) (1976) - Put on Hold!

Oseam (Film) (오세암) (2003) - Put on Hold!

Old Japanese Cinema:

History of Japanese Cinema - Put on Hold!

Documentaries:

The Story of Yanagawa's Canals (柳川堀割物語) (1987) - (21/06/2025)

Mockumentaries:

A type of film or television show depicting fictional events, but presented as a documentary.

Noroi: The Curse (ノロイ) (2005) - Put on Hold!

Saiko! The Large family (ニッポンの大家族) (2009) - Put on Hold!

Saiko! The Large family 2 (ニッポンの大家族 2) (2003) - Put on Hold!

Movies:

The Aimed School / School in the Crosshairs (ねらわれた学園) (1981) - Put on Hold!

Ju-On: The Grudge (呪怨/じゅおん) (2002) - Put on Hold!

Kawaidan (怪談) (1964) - Put on Hold!

Series:

Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom (3年A組-今から皆さんは、人質です) (2019) - Put on Hold!

Hitotsu Yane no Shita/ "Under One Roof" (ひとつ屋根の下) (1993-1997) - Put on Hold!

Animated (Anime) Series & Film:

Animal Olympic Games (動物オリムピック大会) (1928) - Put on Hold!

The Bunbuku Teapot (文福茶釜) (1928) - Put on Hold!

The Dull Sword (なまくら刀) (1917) - Put on Hold!

Shiobara Tasuke (塩原多助) (1925) - Put on Hold!

Old Chinese Cinema:

History of Chinese Cinema - Put on Hold!

Journey to the West (西游记) (Background) - Episode 1 - (03/04/2025)

Journey to the West (西游记) - Episode 2 - Put on Hold! ( / /2025)

Movies:

Dream of the Red Chamber (紅樓夢) (1944) - Put on Hold!

Series:

Nothing Yet!

Animated (Donghua) Series & Film:

Magic Brush/ Ma Liang and his Magic Brush (Short Film) (神筆/ 神筆馬良) (1955/1954) - Put on Hold!

Old Taiwanese Cinema:

History of Taiwanese Cinema - Put on Hold!

Movies:

The Tag-Along (紅衣小女孩) (2015) - Put on Hold!

Detention (返校) (2019) - Put on Hold!

Soul (失魂) (2013) - Put on Hold!

Series:

Hanazakarino Kimitachihe/ "The tricks of boys & girls" (花樣少年少女) (2006) - Put on Hold! 

The Prince Who Turns into a Frog (王子变青蛙) (2005) (Watching) - Put on Hold!

The Magicians of Love (愛情魔髮師) (2006) - Put on Hold!

Meteor Garden (流星花園) (2001) - Put on Hold!

ToGetHer (愛就宅一起) (2009) - Put on Hold!

Animated (Donghua) Series & Film:

Legend of the Sacred Stone (Film) (聖石傳說) (2000) - Put on Hold!

Old Hong Kong cinema:

Movies:

Dream of the Red Chamber (紅樓夢) (1944) - Put on Hold!

Double Vision (雙瞳) (2002) - Put on Hold!

Series:

Nothing Yet!

Animated (Donghua) Series & Film:

DragonBlade: The Legend of Lang (Film) (龍刀奇緣) (2005) - Put on Hold! 

Cyber Weapon Z (Series & Short Film (OVA)) (超神Z) (1993) - Put on Hold!

Old American Cinema:

Movies:

Nothing Yet!

Series:

Ensign O'Toole - Summary & Ep 1-12 (1962-1963) - (26/10/2024)

Ensign O'Toole - Ep 13-32 (1962-1963) - (09/12/2024)

Bonanza (1959-1973) - Put on Hold!

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This is a newly compiled list of artists, including actors, actresses, film directors, painters, and writers. As the list is still being developed, I will refrain from posting about any specific artists at this time.

Korean Artists from the 20th Century

Japanese Artists form the 20th Century

[batsplat]

seeing the jorge celebrations you posted is so interesting, but besides the gladiator, i didn't even know any of them. dorna and the motorcycle media have been talking valentino's celebrations for years, with stuff like "top 10 valentino rossi celebrations," but they're so indifferent to everyone else's. it's so unfair. thanks for showing me

wait a minute I think melandri said something like this in 2010

obviously jorge himself was a bit of a critic lol

anyway, yeah, of course there is a bit of a disparity, which is in part because dorna knows what will get clicks but is also a bit of a self-perpetuating cycle. I mean, you may have noticed but much of that post was like... me scrounging together screenshots from the actual race footage rather than finding actual nice photos. if you don't show people this stuff, of course they're not gonna decide for themselves whether they're into it or not. it's a shame, because it's kinda also interesting specifically in relation to valentino? like, everyone who was doing celebrations after he '''started'''' it was kinda inevitably in conversation with his approach, and it's an interesting element of his impact on the sport

with jorge specifically, I do think part of it is that it did kinda tail off. you have this 2007 stuff... then you have a few other fun ones like that time he almost killed himself jumping into the water jerez 2010 or the chair in le mans 2010 melandri thought was like, sophisticated subliminal mind games via the colour of the chair. what an incredible sentence to type out. and of course various championship celebrations but... it did change, he still did the lorenzo's land stuff and the jumping on the podium, but it also changed a bit tonally? a little more defiant, not always wanting to give a gift to the fans as much it was rubbing it in their faces. valentino is unique in that he has these kinda staged celebrations over the span of so many years, so you do also have a little bit of an arc there. the way he's changed his approach over those years, when he kinda went back to that over the years and what that meant to him (cf 2003-04) - but then the memorable celebrations post-2006 are really the spontaneous ones (kissing the corkscrew, pointing to the 99, celebrating to the empty jerez grandstands). it's a well he keeps coming back to in one way or the other, but it's hardly a uniform approach. jorge's celebrations tail off way sooner in his career way more sharply - and beyond his actual popularity or lack thereof with the general fanbase at that time, that's probably part of why they haven't stuck in people's minds in the same way

that being said!! yes!! motogp content mills are SO uncreative like!! come on, there's more shit out there!! mine those mills!! or something! let the new fans see jorge jumping over an imaginary rope! also, can I just say, there's two jorge/dovi title fights out there and I bet dorna still has some juicy stuff in their archives the rest of us don't have access to. come on, please, the people are starving

[kcyars99]

Happy 87th Birthday to Morgan Freeman

Born | June 1, 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Throughout a career spanning five decades and multiple film genres, American actor, producer, and narrator Morgan Freeman has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, as well as a nomination for a Tony Award. He has also been awarded the Kennedy Centre Honor in 2008, an AFI Life Achievement Award in 2011, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2012, and Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2018.

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Freeman was raised in Mississippi, where he began acting in school plays. He studied theatre arts in Los Angeles and appeared in stage productions in his early career. He rose to fame in the 1970s for his role in the children's television series The Electric Company. Freeman then appeared in the Shakespearean plays Coriolanus and Julius Caesar, the former of which earned him an Obie Award. In 1978, he received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his role as Zeke in the Richard Wesley play The Mighty Gents.

Freeman received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Clint Eastwood's sports drama Million Dollar Baby (2004). His other Oscar-nominated roles are in Street Smart (1987), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), and Invictus (2009). Other notable roles include Glory (1989), Lean on Me (1989), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Unforgiven (1992), Se7en (1995), Amistad (1997), Gone Baby Gone (2007), and The Bucket List (2007). He also portrayed Lucius Fox in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012) and starred in the action films Wanted (2008), Red (2010), Oblivion (2013), Now You See Me (2013), and Lucy (2014).

Known for his distinctive voice, he has narrated numerous documentary projects including The Long Way Home (1997), March of the Penguins (2005), Through the Wormhole (2010–2017), The Story of God with Morgan Freeman (2016–2019), Our Universe (2022) and Life on Our Planet (2023). He made his directorial debut with the drama Bopha! (1993). He founded film production company Revelations Entertainment with business partner Lori McCreary in 1996 where he produced numerous projects including CBS political drama Madam Secretary from 2014 to 2019.

Photo | Morgan Freeman, Beverly Hills, California, 2017 Photo © Smallz & Raskind

#MorganFreeman #MorganFreemanBOTD #BOTD

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in times of stress and grasping at desperate straws for nostalgia, I've always reached back into the 2003-2007 era and not during my high school days like so many other people. I went to high school from 2007-2011 and hold no particular nostalgia for those years, especially after 2010. conversely, almost everybody my age or older tends to view their own time in high school [regardless of year span] as the peak of pop culture and their own personal nostalgic happiness but I go back to things from elementary and middle school, lol. I remember watching the VH1 top 20 music video countdown every morning before middle school on my old tube VHS television as I got ready and I would give anything to sit in 10 minutes of that easy 2004 bliss again without the weight of the contemporary world sitting on us. anyway. shit's crazy.

[stellarcuriosity]

Rules & Mun Info

Mun Info

Howdy! My name is Color, and my pronouns are She/Her & Fae/Faer! I'm a silly sleepy space dragon who's here for a good time. I was born in 1997 and I've been roleplaying online since about 2010-ish on iscribble, deviantart, tumblr, and discord! I've explored a multitude of fandoms and roleplayed a variety of characters, though I am new to the Transformers fandom and am still learning about the content. (There is SO much content!!)

Transformers Related Info:

✦ Favorite Characters: Optimus Prime, Ratchet, Bumblebee, Predaking, Ravage & Soundwave ✧ Favorite Series: Transformers Prime ✦ Favorite Movies: Bumblebee (2018), Transformers ONE ✧ Favorite Comic: Transformers x My Little Pony Crossover

Content I'm Familiar with: Transformers Prime, Transformers ONE, Transformers (2007), Bumblebee (2018), Transformers: The Ride 3D, Transformers: The IDW Collection Vol 1-4, Skybound Comics, & My Little Pony/Transformers Crossover Comics.

Rules: 

✦ I talk very casually, you'll be able to see this with how the rest of my rules are formatted. Since I have to talk professionally in real life, I like to use my time online as silly clown hour! However, I can (as the kids say) #lock in and talk seriously when it's needed! My silly shenanigans and nonsensical attitude also extend to my writing and characterization as well.

✧ I'm not "pro-ship" or "anti-ship" and I'd really not prefer to use either of those labels due to how the terms have become muddled through the years. (Being able to consume media critically and differentiate fiction from reality but also recognizing that people can use fictional themes and content for grooming and manipulation are two ideas that can and should co-exist!) With that said, while I likely will not have a focus on writing 'darker themes', if anything comes up it will be tagged accordingly with appropriate trigger-warning tags! Due to this, I'd prefer minimal interactions with minors for your safety and my own. I don't want anyone to be subjected to something that they shouldn't, sorry!

✦ I'm semi-selective with a preference for friends & mutuals! I'm down to clown with anyone and everyone. I can however smell bad vibes, and so even if you are kind to me but disrespect my aforementioned friends or mutuals, I won't be interacting, sorry! I really don't tolerate drama-mongering or vague-posting whether it's about me or not. 

✧ I'm a very forgetful person so sometimes if I don't respond to something after a while, you're free to poke me about it! However, my attention span and interest levels are fickle like a flitting flock of fairies, so there's also a non-zero chance I might have lost interest in something. It's nothing personal, I promise!

✦ I have a tendency to ramble and yap both out of character and in character, but if my responses end up being long, you don't have to match my reply length! It's always appreciated if you do, but it's never expected! I just like to yap!! If you're uncomfortable with how long my responses can get, please let me know and I can edit them down if need be, or I can make a mental note to focus on short form or script based roleplays with you!

✧ In terms of shipping, I already have some things that I've planned on my own with the help of some friends, however due to the nature of my muse I am willing to explore unrequited crushes on either side, or if our characters have good chemistry we can use AUs to have fun!

✦ In a similar vein, I love roleplaying with different interpretations of the same muse! My character will consider @autobotmedic & @atlas-ordained's interpretations as the 'main' Ratchet & Optimus Prime respectively (AKA her 'dads') but that doesn't mean she can't interact with other Ratchets & Optimus Primes! She'll just know that they're different versions than the ones she's used to. This goes with any and all interactions where there are multiple individuals playing the same character!

✧ Despite the fact that I am roleplaying an OC, I am going to try my absolute hardest to avoid disrupting the canon too terribly. I did extensive research on the timeline of Transformers: Prime and did my best to sneak my character in a way that didn't shake up the story too terribly.  Of course, if you want our characters to interact in a way that doesn't fit into the timeline- please let me know! I'm eager to brainstorm and figure something out, whether its an AU or we keep it ambiguous for what point in time it is or what verse.

Thank you for reading and I look forward to our interactions!

[grappleghosts]

Fallen Angel's Flight: A Retrospective on the Legendary Career of Christopher Daniels.

As we loom over what’s to be reported as Christopher Daniels final in-ring match (report) - I wanted to revisit his long & spanning 32 year career (1993, to now.) His journey through the wrestling world is a remarkable tale of resilience, skill, and evolution.

I make the argument that the last ten years have encapsulated some of the most defining moments of his career.

However this retrospective will  intertwine what has led to his ‘Texas Death Match’ versus Hangman Adam Page (as of 01.18.2025.)

Daniels has solidified his place as one of wrestling's most respected and beloved figures, both by fans and the myriad of peers he has made along the way.

CD is a living example that innovation and evolution is a craft in the world of professional wrestling that at times feels like a dying art form. What truly sets him apart in the final years of his career - is his ability to blend experience with the hunger of youth. His matches have remained as captivating as ever, akin to Daniels' aura remaining frozen and timeless. I won’t be covering the entire oral history, but what I feel is pivotal to making my point.

Ring Of Honor (2002 - 2007):

February 23rd, 2002: CD makes his company debut at their inaugural show “The Era of Honor Begins.” [Vs Brian Danielson and Low Ki.] After falling to the two, the birth of CD’s stable “The Prophecy” followed. The group’s goal was to give the biggest middle finger to the company’s ‘Code Of Honor’ and sportsmanship. (Members: BJ Whitmer, Dan Maff, & Donovan Morgan.)

(2003- 2007): The stable would go on to have a company defining feuds against CM Punk (with his Second City Saints), Samoa Joe & Aj Styles.

The Return (2010-2023):

After focusing on the trajectory of his career in ‘Total Nonstop Action’ (TNA Wrestling) and his prior expired contract. This is where I make my case entirely.

His return as ‘The Fallen Angel’ revived my personal interest in the company, and it felt like everyone was guessing what would come next. Though upon his return, I genuinely feel like he didn’t hit his stride once more until;

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The Addiction:

Bringing his ignitive chemistry with Frankie Kazarian over to the ROH roster truly has created something that can never be replicated. I still jam to their theme song, but that’s besides the point. I remember sitting in front of the tv and being hooked onto every word during their introduction promo.

To this day, I still feel like they were something much much greater than what was left on tape. Upon beating The Young Bucks for the world tag team championship belts at ‘Supercard of Honor VIII’, it made me realize that no team was untouchable like they were.

Especially to bring down a team so renowned like Nick and Matt Jackson.

I cannot go without mentioning that despite them being the dirtiest of heels, they always found a way to elevate the division as a whole.

Even to those who seemed like they didn’t need it [The Kingdom, ReDragon, EVEN The Briscoe’s], but somehow revitalized and brought the best out of their opponents.

I would be amiss NOT to include the irrevocable answer to the big corporation’s “TLC” that was this ladder war from ROH’s 2016 ‘All Star Extravaganza’ as a prime example.

Daniels would go on later to assume the role of mentor, alongside Kazarian to Scorpio Sky in 2017. Dubbing themselves ‘SoCal Uncensored’. 

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The Final Face-Off:

In the timetable of CD’s multitude of main quests, there leads me to one man who’s crossed paths with Daniels quite a lot within the span of over a decade. Hangman Adam Page.

Be it through the canonical events of “Being The Elite” (2016-2024), or when an 18 year old Hangman cut his “first promo” during his days of SCWA, back in 2010.

Talk about a deep cut.

If you’ve kept up with the All Elite, the feud between Daniels and Page has been brewing for quite awhile now. If you’re a TL;DR person, the feud is well summed up in this hype package. If you don’t experience some form of wrestling euphoria after watching it, then I implore you to stick around regardless.

The What-If Of It All:

I’m not here to argue pedantics over how the booking begins to work in AEW. However, I WILL offer an alternative timeline or what I think would have been quite a lead up to CD’s final match and reported ‘in ring retirement’.

In my humblest opinion, it is a rare occurrence that story lines all but write themselves or naturally occur enough to make sense. This is where I get a little ‘Spider-Verse’ with everything or if you will;

If you’ve been following AEW as of late, or are just taking stock- there’s a current storyline ongoing between MJF & Jeff Jarrett (who’s billed as the ‘Director of business development.’)

The entire premise is Double J having one more wind in him, thus signing a performance contract with the company. Shocker - I know, MJF spoils Jeff’s parade by revealing in an in-ring promo that the contract was ONLY for a year.

Sound familiar? I’m only inferring that we’ve seen this happen before with none other than Daniels. In 2018, ROH had an ongoing story-line that his stable “SoCal Uncensored” had the clock ticking on their contracts.

A one year stipulation that sent the trio on a mad quest to chase gold one last time. According to the fine folks at Fightful, CD revealed the story-line was meant to lead to his retirement (but plans thus changed). While SoCal moseyed on over to the All Elite in 2020, these plans unfolded before the company was even a concept.

Overall, what I’m merely trying to say is this: I won’t gripe over the booking. Though, all of the stars have aligned impeccably well to suggest that the build up to the ‘Texas Death Match’, could have taken the “one year left” concept, ran with it, AND nailed a two point conversion.

While too much of something can be a bad thing, it still makes me wonder.

To CD:

Thank you for creating a remarkable path that will forever be ingrained in us wrestling fans’ collective memory. For showing us what it was like to adore and (at times) hate you in all of your good and bad glory.

You accomplished a batshit crazy amount of things in this industry, yet even outside of the ring you’ve selflessly uplifted the next generation of those who lace up their boots.

[heavenboy09]

Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 To You

The Esteemed & Iconic Legendary American Actor👴🏻 Of Many Iconic Films & A Couple Of TV 📺 Shows That Has Spanned Over 5 Decades

Born On January 9th, 1955

He is an American character actor. His career spans over five decades of screen and stage. Simmons is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award and a Golden Globe Award for his supporting role in Damien Chazelle's independent film Whiplash (2014).

Simmons is known for his role as J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007). He reprised his role as Jameson in various Marvel media unrelated to the Raimi trilogy, including multiple animated titles and the Marvel Cinematic Universe films. He has appeared in numerous supporting roles in films such as The Cider House Rules (1999), Thank You for Smoking (2005), Juno (2007), Burn After Reading (2008), Up in the Air (2009), Jennifer's Body (2009), Whiplash (2014), La La Land (2016), Justice League (2017), Palm Springs (2020), Juror No. 2 (2024) and Red One (2024). He portrayed William Frawley in Being the Ricardos (2021), for which he received another nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

On television he is known for playing white supremacist prisoner Vernon Schillinger on the HBO series Oz (1997–2003), the recurring role of Dr. Emil Skoda on the NBC series Law & Order (1997–2010), Assistant Police Chief Will Pope on the TNT series The Closer (2005–2012), and Howard Silk in the Starz series Counterpart (2017–2019). He also appeared in commercials for Farmers Insurance.

On the Broadway stage Simmons played Captain Hook in the 1991 revival of Peter Pan and Benny Southstreet in the 1992 revival of Guys and Dolls.

As a voice actor he is known for portraying the Yellow M&M in commercials since 1996, Cave Johnson in the video game Portal 2 (2011), White Knight in Generator Rex (2010–2013), Tenzin in The Legend of Korra (2012–2014), Stanford "Ford" Pines in Gravity Falls (2015–2016), Kai in Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), Mayor Leodore Lionheart in Zootopia (2016), Martin Smarty in Kim Possible (2002–2007), the titular character in Klaus (2019), Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man in Invincible (2021–present), and General Ketheric Thorm in the video game Baldur's Gate 3 (2023).

Please Wish This Iconic & Well Known Esteemed Actor Of Hollywood's Iconic Movies 🎥 & TV Shows 📺 for the Past 5 Decades, A Very Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊

YOU KNOW HIM FROM THE BIG SCREEN SINCE 2002 AS J.J JAMESON

YOU HEARD HIS VOICE IN MANY THINGS INCLUDING KUNG FU PANDA 3 & NETFLIX'S KLAUS

& YOU CANT HELP BUT LOVE HIM FOR HIS INCREDIBLE AND ENDURING ACTING

THE 1 & THE ONLY

MR. JONATHAN KIMBLE SIMMONS👴🏻 AKA J. JONAH JAMESON OF MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN 🕷 MOVIES 🎥

HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 🎂 TO YOU MR. JAMESON I MEAN MR. SIMMONS 👴🏻 & HERE'S TO MANY MORE YEARS TO COME

#JKSimmons #JJonahJameson #Kai #SantaClaus #StNick #SpiderManTrilogy #KungPanda3 #Klaus #RedOne

[mirror-lock]

Retro-Futurism And Me

Back in 2010, I played in a TTRPG campaign that was set in 2022.

If I had to categorize it into a genre, I would say it was a magical-realism campaign. It was set in Cambridge and Boston, MA, the same place that we were gathering to play the campaign. Our characters were not hunting monsters or negotiating with aliens; they were more or less ordinary people with more or less ordinary lives - except for one thing. They each had the power to selectively warp the probabilities of events that were sufficiently similar to a certain Inciting Event in that character's backstory. The more similar a situation was to the inciting event, the more power the character had to bend probability and prevent things from playing out the way they had in that original event.

(For all of you out there who immediately sat up wondering what system we were using and whether this was a diegetic power that could affect the dice we rolled - sorry, I don't even remember anymore whether there were any mechanics in the game besides "talk through what you want your character to do".)

The point is, for the majority of each session, we were roleplaying as the kind of people we thought would exist in twelve years.

It's funny what we got right. I played a genderfluid indie music blogger; I didn't have the term influencer yet, but that would have been a much more accurate term. My character's love interest was a self-pub author who worked part time in retail and supplemented his income with writing and selling print-on-demand books. It would be at least five more years before I heard the phrase side hustle on everyone's lips.

It's... not quite as funny what we got wrong. How, after all, were we supposed to have known? There isn't very much true amusement to be derived from the parts where we had insufficient information to come to the right conclusions.

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What did the real 2022 hold, for the real me?

There was COVID, of course, casting its long shadow over everything; that was certainly something none of us back in 2010 foresaw. There was the finale of Curse of Strahd: Twice Bitten, which I had joined in the first year of COVID as a long-shot creative outlet, and which had reached 500k total podcast plays by the end of 2022. There was the beginning of my foray into indie TTRPG design, starting with the release of Her Odyssey on January 7th, 2022, followed by Pearl & Provenance, Galatea, DIY Identity, Traitor Princess, and Untitled Moth Game all within the span of the year. (This is part of the reason I am doing this reflective retrospective at the end of 2024 rather than during 2022 itself. The extra perspective helps. I could not know at the time whether that would be the genuine start of a new journey or whether it would turn out to be a false start.)

There was a new permanent job, there was an inconvenient move, there was my fifth wedding anniversary. There were thirteen larps that I played in - more larps in one year than I had ever played before or since - plus one more that I helped run for local larpers.

The me of 2010 understood larps - she had played five of them by then - but would not have foretold how I would have come to be in California, or why I would have changed my mind about being on social media, or how I could have given up World of Warcraft, which had been such a major driving force in getting her through 2007 and 2008 and 2009 intact.

The me of 2010 had limited knowledge to extrapolate from. She thought I would be working in linguistics, the field she was applying for graduate programs in. She thought 2022 music blog websites would have approximately the same aesthetics as 2010 websites, just sleeker and shinier, with more prominent "click here for low-rez mobile site" buttons. She thought (hilariously in hindsight) that people would still be referring to those mobile devices as dataphones.

Kaiya [redacted] Mon, Nov 15, 2010, 10:11 AM to [redacted] I'm makng [sic] a mockup of the Dezebel site. What do you think would be the most common desktop resolution in 2022? Or do you think websites would be heading towards the smaller sizes because everyone's using dataphones?

[redacted] Mon, Nov 15, 2010, 4:13 PM to me Websites probably design to 1280x800 as a minimum, and have a separate low-resolution site by default. Note that traditional websites are (already, and certainly by 2022) just a small part of a standard Internet presence; the latest version of Twitter/Facebook/etc. is just as important if not more so.

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The older I get, the more I think about retro-futurism as an inevitability rather than as an aesthetic. This is what things would have looked like if we had taken what we knew at this point in time and extrapolated that forward, forever, without any other outside influences swooping in to change the course of things.

Here: this is my life trajectory brought forward twelve years in time, without the unseen future collisions of breakups and new dates, or recessions and job offers and relocations, or disillusionment with academia and finding new passions. Here: this is music discovery blogs like Said the Gramophone and MuuMuse brought forward twelve years in time, without the obsoletion of music recommendation and review sites and the growing domination of streaming services. Here: this is the shape of our current hopes and our current anxieties and our current fears, drawn forward into infinity, and disappearing far far above the curved horizon of the inevitable gravity-bound real future.

The world has changed immensely since 2010. It's easy to forget, because we were there. It's easy to forget, because we've changed too.

The world will change immensely again, and it will never lie perfectly within the shapes we project against the sky.

[film-classics]

Katharine Hepburn - The Greatest Female Star

Katharine Houghton Hepburn (born in Hartford, Connecticut on May 12, 1907) was an iconic American actress who holds the record for the most wins for an actor in Oscar history and is considered to be "The Greatest Female Star" of classic Hollywood.

Raised in Connecticut by wealthy, progressive parents of English and Scottish heritage, Hepburn began to act while at Bryn Mawr College, where she graduated with a degree in history and philosophy. Favorable reviews of her on Broadway got the attention of Hollywood, where director George Cukor pushed for her to sign a contract with RKO at 1932.

Her early films brought her fame, but this was followed by commercial failures. She masterminded her comeback, buying out her contract and acquiring rights to The Philadelphia Story, which she sold on the condition that she be the star. The film was a success and landed her a 3rd Oscar nomination in 1940.

She continued to have acclaimed films, including her last Oscar for On Golden Pond (1981). In the 1970s, she began appearing on TV alongside her film and stage roles. She made her final screen appearance at 87. After a period of inactivity and ill health, she died from cardiac arrest at 96 at the Hepburn family home in Fenwick, Connecticut.

Legacy:

Won four Academy Awards for Best Actress: Morning Glory (1933), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), The Lion in Winter (1968), On Golden Pond (1982) - and nominated for eight (1936, 1941, 1943, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1963), holding the record for the longest time span between first and last nominations, at 48 years

Won the 1975 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Special - Drama or Comedy and nominated for six (1974, 1979, 1986, 1993)

Nominated for 11 Golden Globe Awards (1952, 1956, 1959, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1981, 1992); two Tony Awards (1970, 1982); the 1994 Screen Actors Guild Award; and the 1988, 1992 Grammy Best Spoken Word Album

Received two BAFTA Best Actress awards (1969, 1983) and five nominations (1953, 1956, 1958)

Won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 1934 Venice Film Festival; Best Actress at 1962 Cannes Film Festival; and the Special Prize of the Jury at 1984 Montréal World Film Festival

Won the 1940 New York Film Critics Circle Best Actress, the 1965 Mexican Cinema Journalists Best Foreign Actress, and the 1973 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Best Actress

Won three Golden Laurel Awards for Top Female Dramatic Performance in 1960, 1963, and 1970, and nominated as Top Female Star in 1970 and 1971

Received the David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actress for  Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

Won Golden Apple Awards for Female Star of the Year in 1975 and 1982; and Favorite Motion Picture Actress at the People's Choice Awards in 1976 and 1983, and nominated in 1975, 1977

Received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild in 1979

Purchased war bonds worth #30K to support the Hartford Red Cross in 1941 and donated $10K to Hartford Hospital in 1947

Selected by Harvard University as 1958 Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year

Featured in exhibits, such as The Career of an Actress: Katharine Hepburn at the MoMA in 1969, One Life: Kate, A Centennial Celebration at the National Portrait Gallery in 2007, Katharine Hepburn: In Her Own Files at the NYPL in 2009, and Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and Screen at Kent State University in 2010

Supported Planned Parenthood since 1981 with the Katharine Houghton Hepburn Fund and received the Margaret Sanger Award in 1983

Inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1979, the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame in 1994, and the Online Film and Television Association Hall of Fame in 1999

Received the 1985 Humanist Arts Award from the American Humanist Association and the Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Council of Fashion Designers of America in 1985, the American Comedy Awards in 1985 and the  Kennedy Center Honors in 1990

Released her 1991 autobiography, Me: Stories of My Life

Awarded an honorary doctorate by Columbia University in 1992

Has had a garden in her name since 1997 and an intersection, Katharine Hepburn Place, since 2003 in New York

Named the greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema in 1999 by the American Film Institute

Named in Ladies Home Journal's 1998 book 100 Most Important Women of the 20th century; Encyclopædia Britannica's 300 Women Who Changed the World in 2006; the 2007 book Women Who Changed The World; and Variety's 100 Icons of the Century in 2005

Ranked #68 in in Empire’s Top 100 Movie Stars in 1997; #2 in Entertainment Weekly’s 100 Greatest Movie Stars of All Time in 1998; #84 in VH1's "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons of All Time" in 2003; #14 in Premiere's 50 Greatest Movie Stars of All Time in 2005 and #13 and #54 in 100 Greatest Performances of All Time in 2006 for The Lion in Winter (1968) and The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Featured in the 2002 play, Tea at Five, and a two-month retrospective by the British Film Institute in 2015

Has personal collections at The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences library, the New York Public Library, and the University of Hartford since 2003

Became the namesake of Bryn Mawr College's Katharine Houghton Hepburn Center, which manages the Hepburn Fellows Program, Hepburn Scholarships, and the Katharine Hepburn Medal, since 2006

Inspired the The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, which opened in 2009 in Old Saybrook and runs the Katharine Hepburn Museum and the Spirit of Katharine Hepburn Award

Became the 16th star honored by US Postal Service's Legends of Hollywood stamp series in 2010

Honored as Turner Classic Movies Star of the Month for January 2004 and June 2023

Has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6294 Hollywood Blvd for motion picture