#they did abort that thang

[thefaultinourchickennuggets]

as much as I love a pregnancy arc, it's always funny when the characters are like upset about it, and it never occurs to them to just abort that thang, like just get rid of it if it's such a problem for you. but they never do.

[astralcities]

this is probably its own breed of femdom or something but i really love joining tiktok live debates on politics and doing my best sugar-sweet fluttershy voice while decimating the people around me. and then watching as young men who cannot reconcile "pretty and niceys" with "just said abortion should be legal and permissible all nine months for whatever reason" gently and paternally attempt to Fix Me all while getting more frustrated and more confused. genuinely a high like nothing else

[surpriserose]

“If game of thrones fans blamed male characters for their mistakes the way they blame female characters we would all be saying hoster tully caused the war of the five kings,” I say into the mic.

The crowd boos. I begin to walk off, when a voice speaks and commands silence in the room.

"He’s right,” they say. I look for the owner of the voice. there in the fifth row stands: george rr martin

[yappacadaver]

I hate how everything is mother this mother that like first of all gross. Second do u have any other women compliments or is that it

[mihotose]

oh! it sucked!

[gigantomachylesbian]

Is bridgerton good. well no. they are CONSTANTLY bringing in the most batshit societal implications for no reason and also it is deeply milquetoast in all of its politics #feminism. But do I enjoy it? well yes.

[happybunnykat]

Do you ever read a fanfic where the drama is SO manufactured you just have to. Take a moment.

[ghavialis]

Guys what if I'm pregnant.

[mychlapci]

Oh I know tfa oppy is so pro abortion. He's like that post "in omegaverse I don't see why they don't abort that thang" his frame is a temple that megatrons sparklings are not allowed to grow in, he is at war, he is NOT sentimental enough to carry that murderous tyrants little bastards to term. (Unless he's being forced which. Yeeaaa I want that too ) But I Want him to be sooo soft when he realizes he's carrying and to realize how much he wuvvss this little bitty and carry it to term. And give birth to it which makes him regret his decision right until the sparklings out and chubby and wailing and sooo perfect that oppy falls in love despite this little sparkling having absolutely tortured him and . Yeah

ooOoh i really thought this was gonna go a different direction. This is kind of sweet compared to what I expected. i did think we were gonna go down the "forced to carry" route...

tfa Optimus is a responsible mech, he would not want to carry, not here on Earth, and honestly, not even back on Cybertron... and he would not, under any circumstances, be willing to carry Megatron's sparklings. His first thought when he found out that the tyrant got him pregnant, is to get rid of that little demon right here, right now... But then his belly swells out a bit, and Optimus realizes that he finds the small bump charming. He'll rub it idly when he's alone, staring at the life growing within him... it turns him so soft. All he can think about is how he'll be holding the little one in his arms and rocking it to sleep and how adorable it's going to be. Of course, he has his moments of doubt as the sparkling grows bigger and bigger, so big by the end of the carriage that even sitting is a struggle. mhmm Maybe it's even overdue, which means he has to be pregnant for a week or more longer than expected, the huge sparkling lodged all the way in his pelvis. He's constantly in pain and never hoped he'd aborted more than now...

The birth is an even bigger struggle but once the sparkling is out of him... Optimus is holding out his trembling, tired arms, reaching for his big bitlet. He hugs it close to his chest, soothing its wailing. His chubby baby is perfect.

[tauforged]

too overtly christmas-y. i like my movies to have just a hint of christmas. the suggestion of christmas, perhaps. as soon as it becomes anything more prominent than set dressing i tap out

in my mind and my heart and soul the only christmas movies in the world are die hard, lethal weapon, the thing and prometheus. fuck everything else those are the only ones i’ll willingly sit down and watch. i spent the last 20 years of my life having elf be mandatory viewing i am TIRED of WILL FERRELL i don’t CARE about santa i want explosions and violence and maybe aliens

[boudicca]

if god is against abortion then why did he give us the ability to abort that thang

[waitmyturtles]

BLUBBERING SPOILERS BELOW FOR I FEEL YOU LINGER IN THE AIR, EPISODE 12/FINALE:

YEAH. SO. YEAH. SO!

This can't be meta. I don't think I can conjure it. Just blather. I'll try to be sensible. First, a little housekeeping before we start the meeting:

We know there will be a special episode (the preview looks..... LIKE A GODDAMN HOLIDAY GIFT, GAAAAHHH).

Peeps are going back and forth on a second season, and while it seems that Nonkul Chanon blurted it out during the final episode fan meeting (lol you cute, Nonkul), Tee Bundit is rolling back a bit, *likely* due to funding. But seeing social media going absolutely INSANE over this ending, I can't imagine that Dee Hup will have any issue with finding the moolah for a second season -- especially after that after-credits scene, WITH HORSES, WITH MUSTACHES, WITH TATTOOS, WITH ARMOR, the whole thang. Tee let that shit hang all out like that. Warrior-era Thailand, let's m'fing go. That was a hell of a lead into a second season that may not happen, come awn.

Alright, with that out of the way:

I didn't think a show would top Moonlight Chicken for me this year, but IFYLITA is my top new drama of the year (with the HEAVY CAVEAT that I have not seen La Pluie yet -- that's for either after my Old GMMTV Challenge, or just making sure I watch it before year's end).

Part of the reason why I lost my gatdamn mind last week on episode 11 is that Tee Bundit did not interfere with any damn nonsense last week -- he let the episode's story unwind without any noise. He let the emotion roll.

The same light touch (or rather, a lack of interference) happened here, BUT: there was a LOT more happening firstly by way of closing some loops that were open, moving to new loops, and shedding more depth into Jom and Yai's final moments together

We got closure on Yai's dad, who was grumpily like, uhhh, I dunno what happened in my life, but yeah, daughter Eaung Peang, you go have a good life with Maey, crotchety crotch. I think that's the best we could get from politically involved dads of 1928 Chiang Mai. (EP AND MAEY SWINGING THEIR HANDS WHILE WALKING AWAY -- SAAAHHSHAY FROM ALL THAT, LADIES, SASHAY.) It looks like EP's herbal abortion left her safe -- thank goodness. We didn't see James or Ming this episode.

For loops that weren't closed, I'm not complaining, because we got an explanation for how Jom's beloved ones will repeat in his reincarnated futures and pasts, through the explanation of the northern Thai ceremony of having 32 blessings reinstated to you after illness or misfortune (THREE CHEERS for @blmpff for capturing screenshots of this explanation!). (AND THE WHITE THREAD, PEEPS, THE WHITE THREAD, I'm coming back to this in a second.) If we do get a season 2, then I will not be colored surprised if we see Ming and James in different roles. (And, yes. Your bitch here has relaxed on Pat's shooter, finally. My nose was trained on James being a colonialist interferer, but he did good last episode.)

But this episode belonged, of course, to Yai and Jom, their final moments together in 1928 Chiang Mai, saying the slow farewell as Jom slowly disappeared in front of Yai's eyes.

LORD. WHEWWWWWWWWWWWWW. The lacy fabric with which Yai used to cover the mirrors so that Jom wouldn't see himself fade away. The empathy of that. The scene where we heard their lovemaking over the flashbacks montage. WHEW. WHOA. (I did say, to my friend @shortpplfedup, something something Jom started really fading away after that intimate scene and something something had the ontology cough cough outta him, ANYWAY.)

The way that Yai pitched forward when Jom finally disappeared.

AND I MOTHERFUCKING SCREAMED WHEN JOM AND MUSTACHIOED YAI WERE ABOUT TO TOUCH INTO THE WATER AGAIN, AND THEN THE DIVER EMT WAS LIKE, BLOOP I'M HERE AND OH, JOM, YOU'RE ALIVE IN 2023. I yelped in the deli, shit. The way Jom was silently screaming in the water for Yai.

And, so. In the "present" day (present dimension, really), Jom survived that CRAAAAZY car accident (LIKE! WHAT?! He flew out of the car into the water, bros! The magic of fiction, anyway.)

He.......he holds space for Ohm?! Looking BACK on that scene, AFTER we get the explanation of the 32 blessings, we realize: despite Ohm's infidelity and his promise to a new woman, Ohm is still important in Jom's life -- he's still a beloved presence, as he did mean something, for a long time, to Jom. Of course, modern Jom did NOT let a moment to shade Ohm pass him by, oh no. But wasn't that interesting to note? That Jom's dimensions would allow Ohm to be in those dimensions -- that Ohm would be reincarnated through Jom's 32 blessings (at least in the past direction).

You know what I also loved about seeing Jom in his present-day apartment, with the present-day Jeed, Ohm, and Khaimuk (aka Fong Kaew). I LOVED WHAT THAT CASTING, THE SHIFTING OF THE CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS, SAID ABOUT JOM'S PERSPECTIVE OF EQUITY IN 1928 AND 2023.

Jeed is NOT Khun Eaung Peang. Jeed is ALL SASS. But Jeed is YOUNGER than Jom. Jom, in 2023, is P'Jom, with the honorific. Present-day Jom can smack his little sister's head in jest. Jeed can be OUT and SAFE and have a crush on her girl friend, safely, and can ask for her brother's support, OPENLY.

Jom never stopped being Jom, whether it was 2023 pre-accident, 1928, or 2023 post-accident. Jom is comfortable in his own skin, and wants happiness AND EQUITY for the people he loves around him. I love that the casting and characterizations of the incarnations of the characters reflect Jom's state of mind that all people are equal and the same, no matter a fancy honorific or a royally appointed residence.

I screamed at @shortpplfedup when I saw Jom wearing the white thread in bed during the thunderstorm. I stopped, rewound, and saw he was wearing the white thread in the water scene with Warrior Yai. The white thread never left his wrist -- he still has his blessings intact.

And, and, and, back to the house of Palanthip in 2023. Who's the lady of the house? This lady knows Jom's the only one who can open that chest. The chest opens, the drawings are there, THE PICTURE OF THEIR PARTY, AND THE LETTER FROM YAI TO JOM, THE LETTER, THE TEARS, AKSLKDF, AND, AND, AND --

Oh my god, I was crying, y'all. Shit. Just our confident dude, striding in, asking Jom, sweetheart, why are you crying. And Jom jumping into Yai's arms.

I was shaking my head. I mean. I love that we learned that Yai actually HAD HIS OWN BLESSINGS CEREMONY because he was so lost after Jom's departure. WE LEARNED ABOUT THE REST OF YAI'S LIFE. We know, now, that the Yai of 1928 yearned for Jom for the rest of his life. So much so that, at the twilight of the life of 20th-century Yai, that he had the good mind to leave Jom a letter, to let Jom know that his life was a good life, because Jom had been in it. To let Jom know that Yai's love had never faded away.

AND THEN THAT YAI CAME BACK TO JOM.

Jom, dude, you're a good dude, for these good people to be coming back to you, in dimension after dimension. That monk was right.

I told you this was just blathering; I can try to put some sensible thoughts together in a few days, but the structure of this story, the empathy of this story, the way this story was leveraged by drama and romance and HOPE. I mean. This series was utterly fantastic.

I know there's the lifelong debate of whether or not BLs "count" as queer media, and in many, many instances, they do. But since I've had the disappointment of Only Friends and GMMTV on my mind lately, I had to note, mentally, particularly during the lovemaking scene, and during the closure of this episode, that Tee really fucking handed it to anyone who criticizes BL as a not-as-sophisticated drama genre.

And you know what? I also wanna say that Tee fucking handed it to GMMTV as well. I am so DAMN glad this series was airing when Only Friends was airing. While Only Friends sat on the opportunity to present progressive ideas on queer love and queer community, IFYLITA ROLLED right into it.

(I'll ask @lurkingshan to fact-check me on the following:) Because this series was a historical drama with a queer romance centering it, I think Tee Bundit could feel free from the chains of BL tropes and expectations to do something truly singular. I felt that what I was watching was cinematic, it was moving, it was strikingly emotional, particularly because I felt that this show was showing me something that transcended any viewer's expectations of what we should be watching, as opposed to, say, a BL set in an office like Tee's Step By Step. Where that show fumbled was in the show itself not knowing if it was a workplace drama or a BL-centric romance.

IFYLITA knew what it was: a historical drama, certainly centering romance, but also balancing conversations about equity and wealth disparities across eras. With that uncomplicated centering, I think Tee Bundit made an absolutely BRILLIANT show, and it fucking WORKED.

I will scream to anyone who'll hear me. If you haven't watched I Feel You Linger In The Air yet, do it, PLEASE PLEASE. Y'all know I am an Aof Noppharnach girlie for life, and I LIVE FOR MOONLIGHT CHICKEN, I DO, I DO, all of my Asian references in MLC and the food and everything, god I loved that show, but --

IFYLITA was a cinematic masterpiece. Full stop. All hail @neuroticbookworm and @lurkingshan for telling me to keep with it after my Step By Step-PTSD. This show was worth every last minute I spent watching and writing on it.

Season 2, Warrior Yai, let's get him a better mustache -- let's FUCKING GO, BABIES.

P.S. BRIGHT AND NONKUL FOR LIFE, FOR LIFE!!!!!!! THE ACTING!!!!!! MY GOD!!!!!

[queermania]

did cas ever explicitly suggest abortion to kelly actually i think his plan a was shooting jack in the womb with the colt which is more insane

plan b was step into heaven and explode painlessly

he... implies it at the end of 12x08:

CASTIEL Hello? KELLY (in the cab) Castiel... I can't do it. CASTIEL Kelly. KELLY I can feel it inside me. I'm its mother. CASTIEL Kelly, you listen to me. This is not a baby. This is the spawn of Lucifer. KELLY It's my child. (Kelly hangs up) CASTIEL No, no. Kelly, you...

but since she doesn't want to, he is totally willing to forcibly get rid of that thang because, and i quote, "The thing inside you, it's unholy. It's an abomination." which is very funny of him. i love that he was like "shooting a baby in the womb and/or exploding some people is a totally reasonable solution to this problem" and you know what? he was right.

[gayferrari]

happy charlie day, if you had to pick one driver to impregnate charles who would it be and why

Sensing a theme here!!!

Ok I thought long and hard about this question. I think he should do the impregnating usually. But if anyone else HAS to do the impregnating then it should be the garage gangbang!! However if had to pick ONE driver it'd be. uhm. can I say immaculate conception via the ghost of Gilles Villeneuve. if it had to be alive then I'd say Jean Alesi <- if u sense a theme yes u did

if it had to be on the grid then it wouldn't matter because he'd just m-abort that thang immediately. so let's make it Pierre for maximum drama potential)

[pinkbelugacollective]

every time i see discourse about who kon’s parents are and why they didn’t try harder with him, i know in my heart no one values ma and pa even tho ma and pa are the only correct and canonical answer. and bc im petty, i hope in the next reboot, kon has no parentals at all so he can truly suffer the despair of being an unwanted science experiment who superman did not consent to having. mayhaps if u imply it enough times, clark will truly reject him. as he should. bc he didn’t make that thang, and to hell it will go back. ma and pa should reject him too, bc what lab has the right to force a clone on people? maybe the kindness and love they shared with kon doesn’t exist to begin with. maybe kon needs to go at it alone, bc apparently no one raised him enough in his original conception. fine. nobody loves kon. let clark abort that thang and remind scientists why it’s not cool to misuse alien dna to create commercial supersoldiers.