#this is about. some random brazilian drama and like oh my god

[dreamcast-official]

"um if she was from somewhere else would it still be considered xenophobic to tell someone to go back to where they came from" YES??????? WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM????????

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hey hi hello! i'm still lost in these different tmz, but i’ll get over it. sorry in advance ( also for my eng, since is not my first language...  god ). anyway ! i’m bo ( 21, he/him, gmt+9! ) and the red haired dude is ludi ( actually, mark tuan but u got...7 =D ...no it ) ! i still don’t have a plot page, although i do have some plots in mind. also, i think that’s a too long intro but yeah... lmfao. [ who listen to hyukoh ? i like to imagine that ludi plays their song, uh uhum ]. soo, let’s plot !! make the heart red and i’ll slide into your DMs ! or you slide into mine first, idk.  ∠( ᐛ 」∠)＿

facts known to fans 

stage name: ludi  // full name: guo ludi // debuted in: 2015, as a solo // birthday: november 24, 1995 // height: 178 cm // weight: 65 kg // blood type: a+ // birthplace: taiwan // family: dad, mom, little sister // hobbies: watch movies and random youtube videos; dance

1. he was born in taiwan, but moved to usa when he was 9 // 2. he is a mixed child - korean mom and taiwanese dad // 3. he used to be a part of k-pop cover groups // 4. he once said that he has a crush on mariah carey. well...  // 5. ludi loves to dance and still practicing although he doesn’t need to  // 6. red is his favourite color and hamburguer his favourite food // 8. he made a special appearance in two korean dramas // 9. loves to listen to and gets super inspired with rkcb // 10. definitely, not a fan of gym that’s why he practices kickboxing - oh! he is alergic to fur but still has a hamster named after a kickboxing brazilian athlete, guto // 11. he plays some strings and percussion instrument ( still wanting to learn flute and sax, tho ) and produces his songs - and is willing to write or produce for other artists

 a quick about this dude 

  as long as he could be dancing since he loved it at least, he didn’t care about being in a boygroup even tho they don’t sing the type of song he usually listen to. luckly, this was not necessary and ludi debuted as a solo - i mean, he has a backup band but imagine something like jung joon young or even shawn mendes, you know? he is the singer that plays the guitar or piano or whatever and there’s those guys that plays the other instruments but we don’t actually know about them or care at all ( that’s harsh...... sorry ). so yeah, he is a solo that sings/plays some indie rock ( imagine something like hyukoh, if you don’t know them... you need to!!!  ) and alternative rock with a lot of skin showing when not wearing oversized button up flannel shirts or leather jackets. actually, still too much skin showing even with the button up bc he still doesn’t button all the buttons.   

 you see... he is not a typical korean idol ( he is not even korean, so... ). that made things for him a little bit controversal. i mean, people loves him for all the easy going attitudes, alternative ( and too skin ) looks and some open minded behavior and says that’s ok bc he’s an american, but others bashes him for all that. nowadays, this is nothing at all tho - ludi is a stable artist now, with fandom that just grows!, but it was really hard when he started and he really thought he wouldn’t, couldn’t make it. oh, talking about fandom: they are, mostly, young adults and adults.

  last but not least, his grandmother still leaving in seoul. and in order to help her ( and, of course, invest ) he opened a cafe ( called toguo ) with her. he misses his family, but is okay with the distance. ludi was never a “family person” ( he believes he belongs nowhere ) but doesn’t matter how far away, his loves and the way he treats them never change.

how his head works? well... 

they tend to be [INSOUCIANT] & [CREATIVE], but off the stage you might notice they’re also [STUBBORN] & [BLUNT]

  ludi has the easiest smile, but at first his seems like a closed and quiet person. want to make something crazy? can count with him. call him and ask him for some stupid and crazy idea and he will give you - and even ask if you want him to go together. and i can assure you: he won’t betray you, even tho he doesn’t know you. because if he says “i’m with you” then he really is, even if only for one night. warning: don’t wake up at the other day thinking that this makes you his friend or something, things don’t work like this, ok? you’re not - friend is something that takes a little longer. he really is someone you can trust, but he himself don’t trust others that easy. ludi is the worst when it comes to get attached, but sometimes it hits him so hard that he falls without realising - and dude, he gives his all. and i’m not talking only about romantic stuff, ok? platonic too. when he loves, he really does. anyway, he is also the worst expressing himself whitout a song, that’s why he would rather be shut and keep as an observer. but if he doesn’t like something or someone, he’ll say it and probably will be too straightfoward or, maybe, too harsh.

[feel-like-im-fading]

Bookish Questions!

I was tagged 15 years ago by my saltmate and partner in crime @allmyfuckingobsessions. Gracias, guapa <3

1. Which book has been on your shelves the longest?

I have no clue, tbh. If we are talking about the books I have here with me right now, I’d say “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” by ACD. It’s a beautiful edition!

2. What is your current read, your last read and the book you’ll read next?

Current read:  “Pájaros en la boca” by Samanta Schweblin An outstanding collection of short stories. I love short stories! You can feel the Cortázar ~vibes~ and Magical realism while you read her book *heart eyes* If you don’t know a thing about Magical realism...What the hell are you waiting for? ;)

Last read: “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley.

Next Read: “Ensaio Sobre a Cegueira” by José Saramago and planning to reread “A Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood.

3.  Which book does everyone like and you hated?

 First thing that comes to my mind: Percy Jackson series.

 4. Which book do you keep telling yourself you’ll read, but you probably won’t?

Pffffff. It’s a never ending list. Not copying Carmen’s answer but “Anna Karenina” is on my list too. “War and Peace”, also by Liev Tolstói. Dante Alighieri’s “The Divine Comedy” is another example (…) Anyways, I plan on reading all of them someday lmao.

5. Which books are you saving for “retirement?”

None, I guess.

 6. Last page: read it first or wait till the end?

Well, nowadays I wait. Don’t want to spoil the ending.

7. Acknowledgements: waste of ink and paper or interesting aside?

Interesting! It always catches my attention.

 8. Which book character would you switch places with?

Not an easy question to answer… Oh boy, I usually read a lot of dramatic stuff and the characters suffer so much. Right now, I’m looking at my shelf and first book I see is: Wuthering Heights…I loooooove WH, but I’d NEVER switch places with Cathy (1 OR 2 lmao). Thank you very much. I’d rather watch Transformers 5 times and I can’t stand Transformers haha. Okay, I’m gonna say something cliché af but I’d choose some random person studying at Hogwarts. I’d give everything to go to Hogwarts (cause yes, it’s real) but I don’t want Harry Potter’s bullshit. I want to be someone really chill, living my Hogwarts life and maybe have a cup of tea with my pal, Hagrid.

9. Do you have a book that reminds you of something specific in your life (a person, a place, a time)?

Putting some memories aside, I’d say any book written by Pedro Bandeira. He’s a Brazilian writer and he mainly writes for kids and teens (I think?). So, his books remind me of my childhood up to my preteen years.

 10. Name a book you acquired in some interesting way.

George R. R Martin’s “Dance of the Dragons”. Some years ago, I won a contest on Facebook. I had to answer a question about the importance of fantasy or something like that. They liked my answer, I won the prize and now I can’t barely remember the question lmao. I’m getting old.

11. Have you ever given away a book for a special reason to a special person?

Several times! I love to do that. I think the latest was a poetry book by Fernando Pessoa or “A Hora da Estrela” by Clarice Lispector.

12.   Which book has been with you to the most places?

 Hmm. “American Gods” by Neil Gaiman or “Venus in Furs” by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch.

13.   Any “required reading” you hated in high school that wasn’t so bad ten years later?

 Yes. “Memórias de um Sargento de Milícias” by Manuel Antônio de Almeida. Still hate you tho, José de Alencar. 

14.   What is the strangest item you’ve ever found in a book?

A straw!

 15.   Used or brand new?

Both. I love both. I’m a poor student, books in Brazil are expensive af, so used books comes in handy and I have nothing against buying/collecting them. They also need a home, amirite?

 16.   Stephen King: Literary genius or opiate of the masses?

Genius! (if you’re reading this and like to read King, pls, try “Different Seasons”. No one talks about that book and it’s an amazing collection of novellas).

17.   Have you ever seen a movie you liked better than the book? Yep. Unlikely to happen, but tbh one comes to my mind right now…“The Reader” by Bernhard Schlink. Probably because I had a lot of expectations, but Stephen Daldry’s film adaptation is a waaaay better imo.

 18.   Conversely, which book should NEVER have been introduced to celluloid?

Hmm….Maybe “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Brontë, I think. I have watched the 1992 film adaptation and the BBC version with Tom Hardy <3  But I feel like no film based on Wuthering Heights will ever be Wuthering Heights. It’s almost impossible to capture all that intensity (and drama) lmao

19.   Have you ever read a book that’s made you hungry, cookbooks being excluded from this question?

Lord of the Rings cause of Lembas, I remember it’s a type of bread (kinda?) made by the Elves. Butterbeer too, of fucking course (from Harry Potter for those who don’t know ;)

20.   Who is the person whose book advice you’ll always take?

I have a friend, Fabrício, and we are always talking about books. We try to recommend things to each other. It’s nice.

Carmen is another person I like to talk about books. It’s not a planned thing, tho, sometimes we are chatting and one thing leads to another… But, tbh, I enjoy talking about literature with people who like to read. That’s it. Of course people have different interests and it’s unlikely to see me reading or having interest to read Paulo Coelho’s books, for example. It’s just a genre that I’m not so interested in reading. However, I don’t mind if a person comes to tell me about this or that book they’ve just read…It’s totally fine!

 I’m tagging two lovely girls @lokisvillainy and @madissilver. No pressure!!

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Cycle 1 Episode 1

The Girl Who Wants it Bad aka.  The boring first episode where you aren’t emotionally invested yet. 

These early 2000s graphics are amazing.

Tyra montage, theme song, The Hopefuls arrive for casting, 10 girls going home, pressure.  

Some girl called Natalie says she was hoping that everyone would be short and fat but they’re all tall and thin.  Natalie must have thought she auditioned for Next Top Hobbit.

Tyra(nt) arrives wearing a brown body suit (#fashun) and chats with The Hopefuls.  We see a snippet of some blonde girl’s audition tape.  She whips her hair around while standing near motorcycles and then gets on all fours and grinds up against the cold, cold cement of the garage floor.  It looks like very bad amateur porn but it’s nice to know she has a back-up career in mind.

Some curly haired brunette girl’s tape comes up next, and she lists her attributes from A to Z.  ‘A for my awesome ass, B for my blossoming breasts’.  I gag just a little bit, but I think I’m coping ok until we find out W is for ‘I like it wet’. Then I throw up in my mouth and have to watch some Little House on the Prairie to cleanse my mind.

Elyse the medical student is first into the judging room.  She is asked if she has a passion for modelling, and she says it’s not something she could do her whole life, unlike medicine.  Kiss of death.  Next! Although she then says she can defer medicine but she can’t defer being 20.  Not unless you do really, really well in medical school, Elyse.

Ebony from Harlem is ‘bald and beautiful’, so Tyra(nt) can make her the token edgy girl. Tyra(nt) will love that.  

Kate is an animal activist, which you wouldn’t know about her cause she’s pretty.  Animal activists are always fat and ugly and everyone knows that.  “Like, I love animals.  No one knows that I’m an animal activist.  I’m with PETA, I do help them and email Congress, and like… the wolves… and like trying to save them, um, like I just saved 5 polar bears’.  Exact transcript.  In her audition tape we see her sitting among a bed of cushions covered in animal print.  Tyra(nt) asks her if she’s a vegetarian and she says ‘No, but I eat chicken’.  I don’t understand anything that’s just happened.

April wants to be a supermodel cause hair and makeup and travel.  She gets about 15 seconds of air time, so thank you for coming, goodbye, next!

Natalie has the sad music from the second she walks in.  This means she has a good sob story.  Yep!  Oldest of 8 kids, drug addict mum, foster care. She doesn’t fit in in any other job except modelling and her siblings need someone to look up to.  Natalie; you’re in.  Next!

Shannon has the sweet, nice small town girl music. She is super Christian. She was ‘saved’ at the age of 10.    Someone asks her is she’s a virgin (inappropriate level 200).  She says yes, but “I told my mama, I said ‘My wedding’s gonna be cut short, and imma be GONE BABY!’” I feel uncomfortable.

Ah, Garage Ground Grinder’s name is Justine.  We see the ground grinding again, plus some bonus footage or her rubbing her snatch. There’s also a Tonka truck in the background of her video, and a vacuum cleaner.  What is even happening.  Someone asks her what she has that the other blondes don’t have.  She says “…A better looking face?”  Then we cut to her one on one interview thing and she says ‘I mean at this point I just can’t stand anybody.  There’s a few that I don’t even know why they’re here.”  We see a few quick snaps of her gyrating on different furniture in the judging room.  She walks out proclaiming how fab she was.  She’s either going to get in for the #DRAMA or she’s screwed.  

Quick break in judging to show us the girls hanging out in a room together.  Shannon thinks it’s one big slumber party.  Elyse agrees, everyone’s the greatest. But upstairs Natalie wasn’t invited to the party.  She’s not clicking with anyone apparently.

Kesse has the sad music. Someone asks her about her relationship with her mother.  They don’t get on.  Her father was shot and killed.  She’s not here to make friends, #thisisacompetition.  The #thisisacompetition tally has begun.

Adrianne is a rock’n’roll tomboy (self-proclaimed, I would never write those words of my own accord). She also has the most drawly voice ever. She might be dragging her words out to a minimum of 5 seconds each to get extra air time.  Well played Adrianne.

The next 5 girls get about 3 seconds air time each.  Not  a good sign.  Shawna is on another level. Curly haired A-Z girl’s name is Christina and she stands out cause curly.   She refrains from touching herself or talking about her lubrication preferences this time.  Well done Christina.  Nicole is in law school.  Lenora also stands out cause curly (I see a potential problem here).  Jakai says she loves her body, then asks if the judges want to see it.  The camera cuts off just as she begins pulling off her fabulous ’03 burnt orange turtleneck.  While we’re on that, holy shit so many turtle necks.

Nicole has a weird hybrid between the nice, sweet girl music and the sad music.  This is because she is a nice, sweet girl but she got bullied so she has a sob story.  Nice-cole wants it really, really bad.  Really bad. This is just ideal.  

Robin was Miss Sheppardville Tennessee, and competed in Miss Libhaodsfasdf (didn’t catch it even though I rewound several times, enlighten me please), and Miss Soybean Festival. An impressive resume.  She used to weigh 204 pounds, but now she ‘embodies the average woman’.  

We see a whole bunch of girls lounging around backstage who had no airtime.  Cannon fodder.

Justine is watching everyone be annoying and can’t even.  

OMG #DRAMA.  Tyrant needs 10 girls, but she and the producers can only agree on 8.  ONLY 8 WILL BE GOING TO NEW YORK.  

First called; Nice-cole. Knew it.

Second; Robin (although Tyra(nt) calls her up as Miss Soybean. I’m adopting that).

Kesse, Elyse, Patron Saint of Polar Bears (Katie), and Ebony are called next.

ONLY TWO TO GO.

Adrianne!  She makes a rock and roll gesture with her hands and groans out YUUUURRRR.  I kind of want to die. OMG she keeps doing it I’d really like her to stop. Justine looks so unimpressed. I agree.

Final girl is Sister Shannon.  

Justine cries.  She sums up the complexity of her emotions by saying ‘I just kinda… wanna go… you know?’ We know Justine.  We know.  

WE’RE IN NEW YORK!

GUYS SHE KEEPS DOING IT.

We go to the Model Dungeon, which is a penthouse.  

Beaded curtain.  It really is 2003.

The three Christian girls get a room together and immediately whip out their bibles and their posters of hot dudes.  Elyse is weirded out, because she is a ‘militant’ atheist.  

OMG #DRAMA.  Two new girls are being brought in to fill out the magic ten number that Tyra(nt) needs. Giselle has been in the spotlight her whole life.  Tyra(nt) says her personality is so strong.  This means she is the designated bitch for this series.  So THAT’S why Justine got cut.  Sorry Justine, the position has been filled.  

Tessa is a hostess and girl next door from Chicago.  She thinks the girls don’t like her already.  

Giselle sees major competition between her and Patron Saint of Polar Bears.  Tessa doesn’t like Nice-cole for the same reason.

Adrianne and Tessa are smoking in one of the rooms.  This would never fly today. Robin is not happy.  Fair enough Robin.

Some bloke called John comes in and says he’s their trainer.

OH. MY. GOD.  They’re weighing them all.  Height and weight.  They are then displaying their height and weight.  THIS WOULD NEVER FLY TODAY.  Everyone talks about how tiny Elyse is and how fat Robin is.  THIS WOULD NEVER FLY TODAY.

HOLY GOD NOW SOME WOMAN HAS TURNED UP TO GIVE EVERYONE A BRAZILIAN.  THIS. WOULD. NEVER. FLY. TODAY.  Feminism is dead.  Not going to lie though, I’m enjoying this waxing scene.  So much awkward.  

TYRA(nt) MAIL! Although it’s not called Tyra mail in this, it’s just mail.  That particular gimmick apparently hasn’t been birthed yet. Thank fuck, maybe we won’t have to see the ridiculous cheese that is ‘Skull Mail’.

Bikini photo shoot, hence the wax.  Thank God, wouldn’t want people who want to buy bikinis thinking women grow unsightly natural hair.

Some people are late (Robyn, Kesse, Shannon and Ebony), some people are shitty.  The early birds leave without the late comers.  Late comers get a cab.  Tyra(nt) gives them a lecture. Boring.

Douglas Bizarro, which is definitely the name his parents gave him at birth, is the photographer.  He looks like an extra in Lord of the Rings.  Maybe this is America’s Next Top Hobbit.  OMG NATALIE WAS RIGHT.

The photoshoot will be on the roof, and it’s super cold, and they’re in bikinis.  No one is happy.

Photoshoot, photoshoot, cold, complaining, boring.  Random moment of Elyse saying that Robin has more insulation than her.  Rude. Then Giselle starts talking about how Robin is too old cause she’s 26.  Also rude.

Elyse can’t shut up about how cold it is and doesn’t do very well.  Ha.  Giselle is pretty sure she nailed it, and Douglas agrees.  Damn iit.

Katie not great (super porny), Shannon quotes the bible and says that’s why she knows she can do it, Kesse nails it.  

Dinner time, religion comes up, Elyse outs herself as an atheist and The Christians are super shocked. Robin feels sorry for her and says she’s going to hell.  

Another letter arrives. Wait, now they are calling it Tyra Mail? I’m so confused.  

It’s elimination time!  Judges are Janice Duckinson (those lips man), Beau Quillian (who?), Kimora Lee Simmons (Baby Phat designer, she had a boring reality show once.  I would never review it), Lord of The Dougs, and of course Tyrant.

WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, THE PICTURES AND SNIDE JUDGEMENTS.

PATRON SAINT OF POLAR BEARS (KATIE)

Porny.  Janice Duckinson hates it cause porny.  

KESSE

Judges like it. Was only the second picture they took.  This means Kesse is totes a natural. Side note, everyone is pronouncing her name differently and I don’t know what’s real anymore.

ADRIANNE

Huge feet (apparently), good face.

NICE-COLE

Out of all the girls Lord of the Dougs photographed, he thinks she was the strongest.

EBONY

Kimbra says her personality shows.  Janice Duckinson says she has to work on her thighs and she should watch the diet and exercise.  I’m going to make This Would Never Fly Today a hashtag cause I feel it’s going to be happening a lot.  #thiswouldneverflytoday.  I like hers the best.  

GISELLE

Super exotic, awesome mole on face or something.  Lord of the Dougs doesn’t like Giselle in person but she blew him away on camera.

SISTER SHANNON

Janice Duckinson thinks she’s super thin, so much ribcage, but it’s ok because she’s only 18. #thiswouldneverflytoday.  Tyra thinks she’s awesome, Lord of the Dougs thinks she tans too much and she’s leathery.  That would probs fly today.  Slip slop slap!

 TESSA

Lord of the Dougs says the bikini was unflattering.  Tessa says she felt exposed in so little clothing.  Janice Duckinson says she might be picking the wrong industry. Fair call.

 ROBIN

Janice Duckinson immediately asks if she’s shooting for the ‘Large Size Category’.  FUCK.  OFF. JANICE.  Kimora says she’s like really old.

 ELYSE

I think Beau speaks for the first time when he asks if she’s naturally that thin.  She says she is.  Janice Duckinson loves it which is obviously a complete shock.  Beau doesn’t.  Tyra thinks it’s ok if it’s natural.  Lord of the Dougs says nada.

 The judges deliberate. Janice Duckinson immediately launches a witch hunt against Robin because ‘America’s Next Top Model is not a plus sized model’.  She immediately vouches for Elyse.  I think Janice Duckinson has issues.  Blah blah blah chatting about everyone, Katie too sexy, everyone’s boring.

ELIMINATION TIME.

Ebony in, Elyse in, Kesse in, Adrianne in, Katie in, Nice-cole in, Giselle in, Robin in (suck it Janice Duckinson).  

WILL TESSA AND SISTER SHANNON PLEASE STEP FORWARD.

Tessa is out.  Who is going to smoke with Adrianne now?  Simon and Garfunkel plays.  Random.