#until u watch the 1st episode

[bonyato]

Sorry abt the occasional digiposting as of late, im coming to terms w/ the fact that it's starting to grow on me orz

[ggukkiedae]

chocouple: 2014 to eternity

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|| The Friends Era (2014-2016)

Yoonmi and Mark actually met in 2014 because SHINee’s Jonghyun introduced them, but we didn’t actually get any public interaction or word of their friendship until 2015. Yoonmi was 2 years into her career, and Mark hadn’t even debuted yet, but he was on Mickey Mouse Club. Yoonmi guested on one episode where the concept was having all the staff leave the kids with Yoonmi so they would be comfortable asking her for advice and what to expect as kids in the music industry.

Mark had taken one of the seats next to her and offered her a blanket to cover her legs with because she was in shorts. Although Hannah led the others in speaking to Yoonmi, the latter often looked to Mark for what seemed like encouragement to speak.

We don’t get any interactions between them again until Mark debuts a year later. NCT U’s The 7th Sense promotions overlapped with BTS’s Fire promotions. When Fire won 1st place in Music Bank, Mark can be seen giving Yoonmi a one-sided hug. Just a month later, Yoonmi was promoting her solo debut the same time NCT 127 was promoting their debut. When Yoonmi won 1st in MCountdown, the tannies weren’t there, so Key had 127 accompany Yoonmi on stage.

Though many people got distracted by the fact Yoonmi and Haechan had a secret handshake, no one missed how Mark and Yoonmi lingered in their hug a little longer, or how he stayed next to her the whole encore stage. An ex-SM staff mentioned that Mark walked her back to her waiting room, which was on the opposite end of NCT 127’s.

Months later, it’s awards show season. Most known NCT-BTS interactions consisted of Hannah and Yoonmi hanging out, but apparently Yoonmi went to NCT Dream’s dorm often. Back to awards shows, MAMA was a gem. Not only were there Markmi hugs (the ICONIC ending stage hug where he lifted her), we had Yoonmi rapping along to Mark’s verses, Mark cheering especially in Yoonmi’s parts, and even Mark possibly jealously watching Yoonmi and NCT Jisung talking.

|| The Courting Era (2017-2018)

We didn’t actually know this at the time, but Mark and Yoonmi talked about it after they were exposed. Fans had released pictures from down the street of a KFC where you could see Mark and Yoonmi talking. At the time, we all thought it was them bonding while preparing for the SM Station Yoonmi would feature in and Mark’s feature in her album, but apparently Mark had also confessed to her and promised he’d prove himself when she said she felt scared.

They did a good job of keeping it lowkey. Aside from rare school photos together, the release of All I Wanna Do, Wannabe, Mark promoting with Yoonmi for Wannabe, their KCon Mexico special stage, and the selfies they posted after each of those, there was no visual evidence of them spending time together. Hannah and Jungkook (Chocouple nation presidents) sometimes would mention Markmi hanging out, but that was it.

|| The Secretly Dating Era (2018-2020)

Their anniversary is in early February, that’s all we know. They like keeping it private, and we respect that. But apparently Mark set up an at-home date for them and officially asked her that day to be his girlfriend. 

They still did a good job of keeping it lowkey to the point where apparently most of the neos didn’t even know they were dating, but everyone noticed how, despite how both of them had increasingly busy schedules, they both seemed to glow and be happier. (Aside from those few weeks Yoonmi and Yoongi were at odds, which is rumored to be because Markmi started dating)

|| The Reveal (January 1, 2020)

Every year, kpop and kdrama fans wait for Dispatch’s celebrity couple drop on New Year’s Day. To everyone’s surprise, Mark and Yoonmi were announced. Stan Twitter went into pandemonium, and everyone was clowning dispatch because we all knew they were “just friends”. 

To everyone’s further surprise, SM and BigHit both confirmed it later that day, and Mark and Yoonmi themselves tweeted about it, confirming they were dating.

|| The Struggle Era (2020)

Around late January of 2020, Yoonmi released a M.Y. Everyday video titled “I have a Boyfriend”. Here, we found out about the courting era, how long they’ve been dating, and the fact that they have been dating for around two years by then. It’s also cute because around the middle of the year they ended up both having pink hair!

It was rough for them since their schedules kept them apart, then Covid hit, and they didn’t get to see each other at all. It wasn’t until around August, eight months later, that they were able to see each other. Mark said it was the best birthday gift he could get, seeing Yoonmi and even having her play the leading lady in his “As We Wish” mini drama. Watch it, I’m begging! Every source ever that was there for the filming said the two were just holding hands and silently exchanging smiles and stories almost the whole time.

They did a weverse/vlive together, each of them streaming from each of their phones. They were smiling and leaning on each other the whole time, answering questions, and everyone could see how happy and comfortable they were with each other.

|| The Private but Not Secret Era (2021-eternity)

We don’t actually know too much about their relationship since they have been keeping it between them and their close friends and family (WHICH WE SHOULD RESPECT, OKAY?), but we do know from some stories that they try their best to spend time together whether it’s going out or staying in each other’s places. As fans, let’s remember that we should be more than happy with the fact that they actually talk about or mention each other a lot, especially compared to other celebrity couples. We also get the birthday posts and the occasional random instagram stories, but that’s it, and that’s more than enough.

Mark and Yoonmi are two of the most precious, talented, and hard-working people in the entertainment industry, and I’m glad they found comfort and solace in each other. As of this month (december 2023), they have been together for five years and about ten months. Cheers to a bright future for the both of them!

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[butchsophiewalten]

haii i like JUST watched the walten files… idk if this blog is still alive, but im tryin to learn the lore and if u could give me a run-down of like the timeline/lore i would rlly appreciate it ^_^ TY!!!

Well i'm definitely still active, but this is kind of a tall ask! Also pretty complicated since there's a lot of fringe stuff that I care a lot about but probably isn't actually that important for a new fan to familiarize themself with right away, and sometimes it's hard for someone like me to differentiate that from the essential stuff. That said, I've written a lot here so it's going under a cut.

Just to cover all my bases: If you've just watched the series for the first time, be sure that you're also checking out the two hidden videos. They're both present in the Official Playlist in the order you're meant to view them, but there's really nothing wrong with watching both of them last, you shouldn't be that confused. These are technically and literally bonus content, but they ARE lore-important.

Also, a mutual of mine, @gir-posting put together a neocities site a while ago specifically with the intention of helping people who are new to The Walten Files get their bearings with it, and you can find that here:

Just as a note and to add my own pedantic criticism, this page eventually guides you towards the series' companion website, Findjackwalten.com, and provides archived links of all* the iterated versions of that site's pages. It's a LOT, don't worry about catching up on everything, it is literally all just bonus content to make the wait between episodes more fun. The Twfinfo page here also calls it an ARG, which i would not consider it by any stretch of the word's definition. It's just a website.

*some pages were never archived and Twfinfo is also missing the most recent findjackwalten update from August 15th.

I recognize that literally none of this is what you asked me for! This is because I honestly have a really difficult time trying to summarize the events of The Walten Files. But this is the part where I try:

In the late 50s, two college friends named Jack Walten and Felix Kranken came up with an idea for animatronic performers that, through the years, would eventually morph into the concept for Bon's Burgers. Sometime between 1968 and 1972, Jack and Felix's company, Bunny Smiles Incorporated, would partner with a company called CyberFun Tech to assist them in their Bon's Burgers project, providing them with resources and engineering expertise to create those animatronic performers they had envisioned. After lots of work, Bon's Burgers was set to open on June 1st, 1974.

This is the part you probably know. On May 2nd, 1974, Jack asked Felix for a favor he was needing. He was doing overtime at the workshop trying to get things ready for the opening, but his two youngest kids, Edd and Molly, needed someone to drive them to a school party they wanted to attend. His wife, Rosemary, couldn't take them, because she was taking his eldest daughter Sophie to the dentist. Felix agreed to the favor. You know what happened then.

This is where it gets fuzzy. After Edd & Molly's disappearances, the Bon's Burgers opening was postponed to June 28th. It seems like Jack and Felix more or less continued to collaborate on the project until Jack's disappearance on June 11th. We have no idea what happened to him after that.

The restaurant opened. At some point presumably between Jack's disappearance and the 30th of June, the animatronic Bon went strange. The lead engineer, Susan Woodings, decided to examine him after noticing some "irregularities" during his performance during the day, and he violently attacked her, then stuffed her damaged-but-still-living body into the animatronic Banny, where she eventually starved to death.

Bon's massacre would continue with the elusive employee, Charles B., who we continue to know next to nothing about except that he ended up in Boozoo, and would finish with Rosemary Walten, who had been returning to the restaurant regularly with hopes of finding her missing husband. The screams heard during Rosemary's attack and dismemberment were reported by the neighborhood and led to the restaurant's immediate closure. All of the restaurants assets, including its animatronic performers, were relocated to a storage unit in the middle of a nearby forest.

Over the years Felix pulled a lot of cheap merchandising schemes to try and keep the Bon's Burgers and Bunny Smiles brand relevant in the consciousness of Brighton. Lots of toys and direct-to-video cartoons and even a reasonably popular television series. In the late 70s he put forward a plan to fix up all the animatronics and reopen the Bon's Burgers restaurant in a new location. The first version of the plan went really terribly, since they just went and hired some teenaged engineers and put them on crunch time to try and fix everything wrong with four half-decade old complicated machines. One of those engineers, Ashley Parks, ended up poking around in some back hallways she wasn't supposed to see and was killed by Bon for snooping. She ended up in the animatronic Billy, who was present at the old Bon's Burgers location but has been kept suspiciously separate from the other animatronics for years.

Flash forward to 1982. Sophie Walten, the only living member of the Walten family, has been living with medication-induced amnesia for years. This is until her girlfriend Jenny introduces her to the BunnyFarm arcade machine, which has just been installed in the basement of the hotel where Jenny and she live. Through the machine, the spirits of her dead friends and family begin communicating with her, and she learns a lot of the information I just relayed to you. And that's where we are, really.

[abey-baby-apologist]

clone high final episode spoilers below! (9 n 10)

holy fuck im so happy. even though im super annoyed how they keep throwing a bunch of really good ideas for relationships and plot in the trash- im just so happy with what we got. 

OK FIRST EPISODE 9??? THE ANIMATION WAS SO FUCKING GOOD AND I HAD TO PAUSE BECAUSE WHEN WESLEY WAS FLAILING IN THE SEA, IT WAS DAMN smooth and pleasant to watch, as morbid as it sounds lol. that whole scene with the comic-esque vibe was so so pleasing. 

and that whole episode was super like, sad but funny. i literally stood up and yelled when Mr. B was getting near the edge. like i probably woke up every single one of my neighbors in like.. a 50 mile radius it was that bad im so fucking annoying about this show. 

BUT THEN SCUDS SAVED HIM AND I WAS SO HAPPY, LIKE THEYRE LITERALLY AN OLD COUPLE, AND LITERALLY THEY’RE FATHERS TO THEIR CLONE KIDS AND THEYRE ALL SUCH A BIG HAPPY FAMILY AND AUGHHHH im gonna draw family stuff with them so bad. I WISH THESE EPISODES CAME OUT BEFORE FATHERS DAY IT WOULD’VE BEEN PERFECT. 

ok, episode 10 i have to take a deep breath with. i am VERY happy. and idk if it was because the bar was so low, or if it was because i was so anxious i was vomiting everywhere because i needed content so bad, but i am overjoyed. 

THE ABETOPH CONTENT WE GOT WAS SO GOOD. WE HAVE LIKE... 3 NEW CUTE PHOTOS OF THEM HANGING OUT, AND LIKE A BUNCH OF MOMENTS OF ABE CARRYING TOPHER ON HIS BACK. was it because he was being tophers lackey? fine, sure, whatever. BUT AFTER THAT WHEN JFK BROKE TOPHERS PHONE IT WAS OVER (im upset it wasnt developed on further because people who didnt watch it in real time like us will surely be fine. so fuck you.) 

Also, ABE AND JFKS FREINDSHIP HOLUYDBIUJEWNFJKNF oh my god not to be autistic but i was stimming so fucking hard WHEN THEY HUGGED, I WAS LIKE YES FINALLY. FINALLLLLYYY!!! theyre my sweet boys and THAT WHOLE FRIEND GROUP HAS ME IN TEARS. LIKE abe and Confucius are already bros, as we see them playing in the school yard, and JFK and Confucius are already bros from the sleepover episode, but NOW JFK AND ABE ARE BROS. FUCK. YEAH. oh and tophers there too. i like how they treat topher tbh. like hes just there until he says something out of pocket and they’re just like stfu. 

but with the girls friend group.. oof. i honestly loved them so much, especially with cleo, but NOW ITS FUCKED. and its not even joans fault tbh. like when i was watching the scene where frida dropped joan i was like “damn” but then, JOAN MENTIONS HOW SHE HELPED EVERYONE BEFORE AND I WAS LIKE “DAYYYYYYUUMMMM UR RIGHT” so now im conflicted. But again like??? bruh i would choose cleo too tbh lmao.

Also, i’m glad clone college isn’t real. because jfk mentions about taking shelly to .. biology? which i think is a only 1st year class. and in the original clone high everyone is like “omg u hit puberty over summer” Which i feel is typically something thats potrayed in media AFTER middle school. but i could be wrong so, idk. just really glad they didn’t do the clone college bc i hate change. also theyre 16 lmao. OR MAYBE THEY WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT... in the future when highschools done?? IDK. IDC.

anyway. im scared for joans friend group and i fucking love joan, and i am in love with abe, toph, jfk, and Confucius’s little bromances and augh. im so happy. and THE CLIFF HANGER WASN’T TERRIBLE ALSO, IN MY OPNINON. 

im just glad joanabe wasn’t endgame. i mean, i would be pretty happy because im a sucker for childhood friends to lovers but also NOOOOOO joan deserves better. so. yeah 10/10 

if you read this far, holy crap, im proud of you, and ily 

that is my review on the finale so i’ll be making so much content now that im not on the brink of collapsing everytime i think of clone high. like trust me im gonna try and stretch out this fixation for as long as i can. though im probably gonna draw a surplus of abe and jfk art bc they were my fav in 2020

[vinhteer]

Some rambling about itsfunneh's YHS and Kyran's and Alec's friendship

Just finished watching the 1st season of YHS!

It's.... KIND OF A MESS? Once again the plot is everywhere and they're not very good at pacing.

Slightly unrelated to the plot; what bothered me the most was the outdated gender roles being pushed on every time.

 --"You punch like a girl." (not the extra misogynistic flavour in this quote) "I'm going to roast marshmallows.. LIKE A MAN!"

There's also another episode where they're looking to buy a present for senpai and Kyran said that Gold shouldn't buy perfume for the former because HE'S NOT HER BOYFRIEND?? ANYWAYS This was 7 years ago and I'm not saying you should harass or cancel the krew for this or whatever (it's extremely pointless and it won't go anywhere). I'm just criticising it because this type of generalisation leads to stereotypes. AND THEN these stereotypes both dictate the way you behave because you're scared that people will put you down and brush you off.

ANYWAYS, I didn't mean to make a long ass paragraph about this but here we are.

Pushing aside the ordeal abt the writing pushing these gender roles, there's a paradox about that and the relationship between Kyran and Alec. It's kind of funny because there are some elements in their dynamic that could become a good conflict between them and it could also say a lot of things about how society works and how words have a lot of power.

- Kyran is your shy reserved weeaboo who's often played as the comedic relief because of his tendencies to just suck at physical activities (me asf)

- Alec is the shady hardworking stereotypical bad boy. He's a murderer's henchman solely because he needs money to support his family.

There is a lot of potential to talk about what boys (and equally girls) have to endure in society and how it can be dealt with.

HEADCANON STUFF HERR!! But if you tweak some stuff, Kyran has the archetype of the guy labelled as "too feminine" because he's not athletic and actually voices out his emotions. But evidently he doesn't want to be seen as feminine because it has negative connotations; when he says "I'm going to roast marshmallows.. LIKE A MAN!" it LITERALLY sounds like he has a fragile masculinity because... society. And I'm not blaming it at all haha... I feel like we've all experienced a slice of this.

Conversely, there's Alec who actually fits into the masc category; he's effortlessly athletic and doesn't feel... much I guess. He doesn't really voice out his emotions like AT ALL but he is put down often because he's kind of seen as a delinquent by most people.

So there's this whole thing between the fear of being called feminine as a masculine individual and being feared by most people simply because of the way you dress/act.

I think that's already a really strong foundation for what will ensue next.

So in season 2 we get to know how they first met in kindergarten.

Kyran was getting bullied by some random dude. But Alec just beats the crap out of that person (which he refers alec as the "MEAN BOY", once again supporting my stuff with Alec being seen as a bad person. But thats just my interpretation of it, like there are so many and tbh u would call anyone mean for punching you if you rhink youre right ig). To me it just kind of makes their friendship a little more complex!

1. it shows that Alec genuinely doesn't give a fuck about who Kyran is as a person because regardless of who he is, that kid was doing something wrong. Alec is a decent person for standing up for someone who couldn't do anything against what was happening at the moment. I know they were like 5 but it shows that in nature Alec instinctively does things for what he believes is right (and it's not the only example of Alec doing something nice).

2. To me it says a lot about how children just don't care about who they're playing with based on physical attributes or whatever UNTIL society makes them learn that it DOES matter.

And these facts are so bittersweet to me because in the camping episode of season 1, they just voice out each other's insecurities. It's not even funny anymore LMAO.

"you're a delinquent!" + Alec poking "fun" at Kyran for being childish/not-a-man-TM, but you could interpret him as just asking these questions out of curiosity. He's actually less confrontational than Kyran in the episode.

Despite knowing that they used to look out for each other and accepted each others' QUOTE AND QUOTE """""" flaws""", whatever outbreak happened between these two must have caused a huge impact on each other's perception of each other. An impact that made them internally say "people must've been right. Alec IS a bad person after all. Kyran IS too emotional."

There's another layer of salt to the wounds because deep down Alec probably also agrees with Kyran for being a delinquent because he's Yandere's henchman.

Some suggestions that could've made this story a bit more engaging and interesting, at least for me:

- making alec hate horror + gore would make more sense to me because his side job is to literally cover up someone's death and all of that.

- we get 0 reasons as to why Alec likes Funneh. I feel like they could've played on the fact that Alec didn't make any friends after Kyran and has always been viewed as the bad guy. But then Funneh just doesn't care about that prejudice and hangs out with him anyway?

- the 2 plots (funneh's life + yandere's killing spree) should've been a bit more intertwined. Murder cases in high school aren't peanuts. I feel like it could've been fun seeing Kyran dragging Gold and Funneh into this whole detective thing meanwhile Alec is reluctantly coming with them and having some inner conflicts. Actually, they should've fleshed out their reasons as to why they're doing this whole detective thing in the first place. There needs to be a huge drawing force as to why, yk? Maybe drawing some inspiration to Heathers and Be More Chill could've been fun too!

- Despite them being in America, I feel like we should've seen more people of colour? Like african descent americans. Their thing literally takes place in THE USA yet most of them are like... white or asian or mixed

[minalblood]

Episode 8, here we go! Finally! Im dedicating this review to @noybusiness and @shallowseeker for the encouragements to return to this.

Oh yes, Loki/Gabe! I forgot that's this one. I will say I still could not tell you which one it is. I WILL try to figure that out by the end of this.

I appreciate Mary immediately going to wanting to punch her dad while he's unconscious. Top tier sentiments.

I love (read: am banging my head against a wall) that John thinks what happened last ep counts as having hit the Akrida "pretty hard". It's kinda laughable tbh. The Akrida have already shown extrmely adept at infiltration (basically their whole thing) as well as the whole swarm of locust vibes associated. What i mean by this is, they have no clue how many Akrida there are or where and the dozen or so Samuel got rid of could easily be such an expendable number. But John assumes they weren't... why? Based on what? I also highkey love that Carlos just fully skirts addressing John's remark here and instead refocuses on the case du jour while Lata and Mary also say nothing. It's just funny to me.

Yessss, Lata and Carlos team up!!!

Ughh Dean's talking about dreams and sacrifices, just rip my heart out why dont u? Tho I will highlight his words about gaining more than u lose, Ive always appreciated the fact that Dean prefers to focus on what he has if possible. And it's not like he doesn't have a plethora of regrets, but he has reached a point by like.. season 11/12 I'd say where he became content with himself enough not to wish it different. I also deeply love the acknowledgement of said sacrifices made, it's not this empty optimistic view of things, shit has been bad before, but that doesn't negate or dimish the good that you've also gotten/found.

Lata's absolute judgement and unimpresed reaction to what Carlos has just called a "cathedral" give me life. This ep I think is one where we really start to see some more contrast in Lata. Because up until now, she's certainly been there, has def had complexity, but now we're not just seeing her be excited about knowledge, but rather learn some of the minutiae of her personality. Like how she is not easily impressed and also her niche interests and Carlos' dont match. We've seen Carlos be interested in her hobbies before, begrudgingly and with vague horrified expressions, but intrigued nonetheless. The opposite, we can now see for sure, does not apply in reverse for Lata. She genuinely doesn't seem to give a shit about the supposed prestige of the Knave and is more than happy to fall back to what she enjoys.

I adore the bartender. He is my fav and I am endlessly mad he dies. I loved that man and his "leave me.tf alone kid" vibes.

Carlos not wanting Lata to know about Rivers Gemini is soo funny. And 100% reminds me of Dean and how he prefers to hide his interests so he isn't made fun of/keeps appearences. And this won't be the only Carloa Dean parallel this ep. Hell, Dean's intro words apply most to Carlos this ep as is.

I love the fact that Mary and John actually TALK about their relationship and boundaries and the kiss. The emotional maturity is astounding tbh.

Jericho immediately making his excuses for why he hadn't seen Brock when he died gave me apprehension when I 1st watched this ep live, but now it's very obvious he was preemptively giving his alibi. It's honestly subtly done especially when contrasted to how obvious Loki/Gabe are. Glorious mustache on him btw.

Carlos has a very... interesting view on hunting. Because on the one hand, it did kinda kill their dream of being a musician, but they alao very much approach hunting with a lot of enthusiasm and genuinely seem to enjoy it. Again, the Dean vibes are off the charts with this one. I love Lata for adressing and checking in with Carlos as well, just making sure they're ok.

The roadie/Loki/Gabe is also pretty obvious in hindsight. It makes little sense to have this dude just go fuck off but oh no actually lemme tell u exactly what u need.

Oh no, Millie and Samuel. I am not ready for this. They are so similar and so different at the same time. Mainly because I genuinely believe Millie by this point has had the chance to process part of her issues whereas Samuel very much so is ... Samuel. And you can see this plainly for both of them. They are similiar, they butt heads because of it, but Millie has spent all this episode giving both John and Mary the space they need to work their shit out, without making any of her usual comments except for the tea Ada gave Samuel and even then she's quick to retract her statement when the tea works. Samuel meanwhile spends a good chunk of the episode saying shit that only serves to diminish or undermine.

I do appreciate the confirmation that Samuel knew who the MoL are/were. It makes perfect sense for the Campbell's to know considering their hunting legacy. And it's endlessly funny thay both him and Henry (when he met Sam and Dean) put down the other's profession. It's a fun parallel (i hate it). Millie putting him in his place was very very satisfying for me.

I will forever be screaming about Chuck being front and centre in this episode several times. An episode where we have Loki/Gabe and is about music (Chucks already said music is where humanity popped off for him) and on top of that discusses the themes of making up ur life as you want it despite whatever fate decrees (aka hunting means sacrifice and death but Carlos get to perform on the best stage in the area in from.of their friends regardless). Not to mention that I constantly have Chuck saying he likes "front row seats" and "hiding out in plain sight" on a loop in my head. Like of course he'd be keeping an eye out for his faves or would've done so before he was defeated. The timeline's a bit messy here because either this version is no longer the Chuck that Sam and Dean fought and defeated and is essentially the leftover consciousness from this particular world or time happens sorta simultaneoualy? I lean toward the 1st tbh, but then the question still remains of how much does he know. It's very very incriminating that he is in fact there.

And all this to say that I cannot believe that we have Loki alone here. I don't see it, can't. It makes more sense to me to actively mess with the Campbell-Winchester bloodlines via fucking with their friends while giving a speech about playing ur part for Gabe. But then... it ain't like Loki's mythos don't also deal with themes of predestination... soo...

And it's so so obvious that Loki/Gabe is gunning directly for Carlos btw. Like so obvious.

The bartender deserved better and I will go down with this.

Yep, that tattoo is def a parallel to the Mark of Cain. Which again, interesting choice 🤔

I love Mary's no nonsense vibe with Samuel, especially when he's trying to fuck around and find out aka deflecting the bullshit he's been pulling.

The photossssss, yesss.

I need John Winchester to not say shit like "should treat her more like a daughter less like a soldier' because I will have a stroke. I am so so in agreement and applauding but simultaneously thinking how fucking rich it is that this comes from any version of him. I am.in paaain. I wanna kill SPN!John with my bare hands and hearing this John say shit like this only adds fuel to the fire.

Ah yes... the innuendo. Forgot bout that. More on it, the personality Loki/Gabe shows here matches Gabe wayyyyy more than Loki, but the outfit and earlier peronality matches Loki. Cannot speak to MO since that's fully dif fron SPN, no just deserts here. Just a very bitter demigod/archangel. I am starting to think they are actively working together here and are both present and fucking around. He really really hates Lata tho. Like he's gunning for Carlos, but actively scorns Lata. Interesting.

Also also the disappearing Jericho thing... yes Loki could, but we've most seen in with Chuck and Lucifer, so I fully believe that the version that gets Carlos to make a deal is heavily leaning towards Gabe moreso than Loki.

Maggie's books save the day once more. God Maggie could've been a glorious Woman of Letters (to quite Charlie) in another life.

Uuuuuh Samuel seeing how things have changes, yess. Makes sense of course he's the one who's literally been on the outside and not being influenced by the Dean meddling til now so he still relates everything to what used to be true of the people we've been watching. But they aren't the same anymore, shit's changed and they've changed. This is what I've been trying ro highlight as it's been happening these past 8 ep that led us to Samuel confirming it.

At least he's self aware hes not a people's person. I do appreciate the distinction between monsters that kill to survive vs those that kill for fun. (And I am once more wondering if I should just post my bachelor's on the nature of monsters in spn)

Winchesters and their family specials... Aaaand I just realized they SPN!John likely had made his moms recipe for Sam and Dean when they were sick... think Dean called it cure-all kitchen-sink stew? If I remember my spn correctly...

Uuuu it was Samuel who mentioned the weapon...not Lata as Loki/Gabe accuses and mocks.

I love the arguememt between Mary and Samuel. And am mad that Samuel actually shows more emotional maturity in explaning himself here than SPN!John every did... I feel like I'm chewing glass here fellas, pray for me. Wonderful self awareness actually, love the clear generational trauma "dont want you to hate me like I hated him" indeed Samuel. Aaaand he's pulling a SPN!Mary move of rationalising his being away and distant and working on his own while his kid worries and fights the same fight by saying he's doing it for her...

So Samuel is Spn!Mary and is fueled technically by the guilt of what his choices have wroth his child. And Millie is son!John and is fueled by the grief and rage of having lost her husband to the supernatural and is reflecting it onto on her kid.

But... vitally, both are trying to fix shit and are given the space/time to do so.

Fun fighting sequence.

The bait and switch is a Loki/Gabe classic.

The Samuel stabing his daughter... oooof. Not left handed??? That's what u based it on, you absolute moron! I agree with Loki/Gabe mocking Samuel here tbh.

I will say the personality has shifted a bit after the bait and switch. The version of Loki/Gabe is now simmering with barely contained anger and is far more serious in his comments. There's more bite to them. I do believe thats more Loki leaning.

"For someone your height, you're very loud" was a helluva projection for Loki/Gabe.

I adore how Carlos breaks the rules here. And it's based in the sacrifice of hunting, but it's not because of it per se. And in doing the selfless thing, impulsively I'd even say, he broke the deal/curse. Ah... the free will of it all.

It's a very interesting arguement that Loki/Gabe gives here about humanity. Could fit either really.

Lata's mild sadistic pleasure about annoying Loki/Gabe, my beloved.

Awwwwww, they're familyyyy

I still like the Millie and Samuel dynamic. It's kind ... juicy with trauma in such a specific way.

At least now Samuel tells Mary where he's going, rather than just taking off like an asshole.

Calling Samuel, Sam... oh John, you disaster of a person, I kinda love you.

Carlos being fully behind forgiving Jericho, lovely. And omg Jericho is basically Lee here, isn't he? Is that a stretch??

Uhhhh such a gorgeous fucking voice.

Fucking Chuck still there tho and it gives me anxiety even tho I know how this ends.

I do like seeing everyone during the song montage, love the forward movement of it. The future it sorta aludes to. And Mary deciding to go on with her and John's relationship only adds to this sentiment.

Aaaanddd Dean MOTHERFUCKING Winchester has join the chat. I remember that moment when I 1st watched this... on his bday. Such a great time seeing this live tbh and it still is a hell of a reveal now too.

See y'all next time where we'll be diving into my still unresolved trauma of the spn finale, vampires (my beloveds), the Ursitoare and how annoyed I am constantly about the pronunciation of most Romanian in English shows and much more!

[genlossneg]

ok. i didnt mind genloss, it was ranboos first massive project, theyre only 19 and a streamer, ok. but oh my god would it kill to take an improv class. the first 2 episodes felt like an snl skit. especially when it was branded as original and then was just some sort of frankenstein of different horror tropes from ranboos favourite horror media, that just reminded me of snl stealing joel havers skit lmao.

there were so much issues with it and i feel like i wouldnt mind as much if it was branded as a horror comedy a few months before the show, not 3 days before the show. a few months before and the weeks leading up to may 24th, it was branded as "you arent ready for this. this is groundbreaking, nothing will ever be the same after this show. this is serious." etc and then i think it was like 3 days before may 24th there was that fucking showfall media psa that just felt like ranboo saying "oh btw its a comedy" without warning it caught me so off gaurd lmao.

then he streamed after that sfm psa released and, if i remember right, people were asking about it being a horror comedy in chat and ranboo was like "well yeah obviously did u think id make a project 100% serious? no lol" (dont quote me on that though its been a while) now theyre saying gen 0 and gen 2 are going to be completely horror now, but i dont think thats true bc they also said gen 1 was mostly horror and none of it is

speaking of, the advertising was just lies lol. the whole "little to no filler :D" thing. it wasnt like ranboo didnt expect the improv to last that long bc the expected runtimes (from their tumblr post on may 23rd i think) were sometimes longer than the actual ones. 1st ep was meant to be 1-2 hours, it was 1 and a half, so that much filler and standing around going "what the hell man" was PLANNED. they just lied about no filler to make people excited. just be funny and i wont mind the filler. i like sneegs humour in his streams but here he was just bickering with ranboo. same with ranboo to charlie, charlie was the only one making actual jokes so when ranboo and sneeg were alone it was just "wait so why didnt you just-" "well idk i thought u woul-" "well why would i-" and when i tell you it drained my soul.

ive been a massive ranboo fan for about a year (im recovering dw), and after the game theory episode i got really hyperfixated on genloss (up until the sfm keynote thing i think). i was hyped for it back when T_1 was the only thing released for genloss, and followed it all the way up to the streams. i watched them live and my face was just like 😐 I WAS SO DISSAPPOINTED LMAOOO

the box being 18k pissed me off so much bc an experienced filmmaker/writer/director could make something so much better than genloss with just that 18k. i aspire to make my own live action thing one day, and like, hearing them go "oh yeah the box was 18k and jermas face prosthetics were 10k teehee🤪🤪" was just. AAAAA. and the thing is, like the prosthetics were funny, but spending TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS as a BIT from jerma going "what if i took off the mask and it just doesnt look like me lol" then framing urself as jesus christ and a victim. i am so mad.

idk how to feel about ranboo anymore, i used to watch like every 2nd stream for a while but then the whole "GUYS BUY MY MERCH also racism bad MERCH!!!!! BUY!!!!" thing made me rethink lol. the racist and misogynistic undertones in genloss made me so uncomfy, and while im not poc so i cant speak on that, i have enough sense to know that having the only poc in the entire show play evil rats is so tone deaf.

and niki!! i was worried when the teasers were coming out bc every single person shown in it was a white guy (and a white enby), so i was kind of happier when niki showed up, but then she died within the hour to "commentate on misogyny in media". ranboo thought that he was commentating on misogyny by contributing to it. did they think this through at all. i would have LOVED if they did something special with niki and something powerful, but all that happened was she showed up, cried, then died and now ranboo fans are going "ranboo was so real for this!!!". ik niki had control over her characters writing but im sure ranboo was the one who decided when certain characters died and stuff.

also i hate to say this but the mask flashing to signify if he was in control or not was EXACTLY like a thing in the undertale fanfic (sfw im not weird) i wrote when i was 12 💀💀the characters eyes would flash when they were under control bc edgy. it was so weird watching genloss with that in the back of my mind 💀💀💀💀

in conlusion, genloss had so many flaws and so much easy fixes that it just feels so sososososososo rushed. another year in the oven wouldve been ok i think.

woah this is long im so sorry i do not think only type oops

- the i feel like i should label what kind of anon i am lmao anon

sorry before i get to anything else the undertale bit caught me so off guard omg.

anyways.

it wasnt like ranboo didnt expect the improv to last that long bc the expected runtimes (from their tumblr post on may 23rd i think) were sometimes longer than the actual ones. 1st ep was meant to be 1-2 hours, it was 1 and a half, so that much filler and standing around going "what the hell man" was PLANNED.

this!! the way the second stream just.. dragged was so rough.

the poc/women diversity discussion is something we had on the blog a bit ago as im sure you've seen so i don't have a ton to add but. yeah there were certainly choices that got made there.

very much enjoying all the essays getting dropped in here (even if i feel like my responses are weak sometimes lmao)

[silviakundera]

Moonlight Chicken Liveblogging Ep 1-3

yes I took notes. by mid E2 I was obsessed & got wordy.

Enjoying how this drama started with a sex scene and then withholds more sexual intimacy while showing how much a relationship & trust can be slowly built by actions and gestures of affection. I love a 'typical romance arc in reverse'.

Ep 1 I watched the entire meeting to one night stand sequence 3 times asdfghjk

Captures the simmering desire and anticipation so well. Director had me by the throat the entire time.

I saw commenters at MDL and elsewhere saying actor who plays Jim is too young to play 39. But bro, (a) somehow it's also ok for a 23 year old to play a high school student - acting! and (b) I know people at 35 who could pass for 45 and visa versa. Everyone's body ages differently. I can completely buy him as on the cusp of 40. 40 isn't dead! One of my friends is 44 and hits the club near every weekend. I swear some of these kids just don't know anyone over 25. When was in my 30s I already had divorced friends who were tired af and felt old. Let people in their 30s, 40s, and 50s both live like they're in their 20s some days and other days complain about being old as dirt. We contain multitudes, I promise.

Ep 2

hot young One Night Stand shows up to for real pretend work at the chicken rice shop until this man falls in love with him. There is no orgasm grand enough to make me work food service when I don't have to. I would call it insane behavior except that, note, i watched the night they met 3 times and sexual tension & quiet intimacy of it is HAUNTING ME and I only saw snippets of it on tv screen. so. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

the way the random neighborhood teens keep being like...? wasn't that the drunk guy? why does he show up for shifts here now?

and Jim literally does not have an excuse for ANY of this nonsense so he just looks like he wishes a trap door would open and mutters about adult business. Sir u are a whole CLOWN. what are u doing? 🤡🤡🤡

(well, kids. I had a life changing moment of intimacy with a stranger one night and now he keeps hovering around under shakey pretexts because he knows that I know that he wants me to give us a chance and I'm scared out of my mind and have 199 tons of baggage but he's so hot and he looks at me like I could be his whole world, if only I'd let him in. so i let him wait tables at night to be close to me while I struggle not to crumble under internalized homophobia and the weight of my debts, because capitalism. ADULT STUFF.)

I really like the set up for this couple. 1st episode shows their instant connection, how they're drawn together and find comfort in each other's presence. Then 2nd episode show us the gap that would have to be closed: what Wen dreams of is beautiful but also simple - making a home with someone, a place where he can rest and not feel the weight of the day. He clearly feels that Jim is the right person to do this with him. When Jim gently rejects him, he responds ok, I'm not the right person for you. But Jim is trapped in the bottom of Maslow's triangle. His dream is to get out from under his debt, keep his house, and fund his nephew's education. He doesn't see any space for love in there. It has nothing to do with the right person. Which is why he can't make himself fully turn Wen away. He cautions him that he can't be a home for anyone; he's not qualified to be any such thing for Wen. But deep down he clearly wants it. He wants Wen to prove him wrong somehow.

Ep 3

Wen actually working his real job! Doing... something idk some product management or city planning etc. He found out his dream man is about to be crushed under the boot of capitalism and he has to make presentations about the ROI. 😢

He keeps witnessing how important this incredibly hot man is to the community and it's making him yearn even harder.

and we get the ghost of boyfriends past! Past Boyfriend of Jim is the one who helped him start the chicken rice buisness. And promised never to leave him! oh nooooooo the chicken rice buisness was PROOF OF THEIR (DOOMED) LOVE 💀

They had a cat and a shop and a happy home. And now Jim is all alone. Oh, because his man was a cheater. 😱

oh FUUUUCK. See, I get this so much. He used to argue with his sister if m/m love really exists, or if only m/f love is real. And he said he'd show her. Then the guy he settled down with and basically married then cheated on him with a woman. Now, I'm close to this character's generation and I get why that fucked him up bad. Yes bisexuality is a thing and totally valid but when he grew up it was seen as debateable if women could truly love each other & be satisfied with only that. Same with men/men. So this would have felt like his sister and everyone who'd been saying such things in his hearing since he was a kid... They won. He's older now and knows intellectually that this is bullshit. But I so get why this screwed with him and he has to fight against buying into their narrative of his story.

The fact that he confesses the story to Wen though - he wants babygirl to understand why he can't do this, but the openness and communication is just making it more and more clear why Wen knows he has a chance and why they do work. Jim never says yes but doesn't say never and he's allowing Wen into his life and opening doors.

some of these scene to scene cuts are so rough. dear editor wyd ;)

But then Wen confesses he's on the demolition project. Noooooooooo the man of his dreams doesn't want his free labor & in-person pining tonight.

lmaooooo even when they're fighting he stops to coax his pseudo step-nephew.

The millennial lgbt urge to mentor stray baby gays.

Can't even imagine handling all my old disaster gay mess and also playing guardian to a teenager who doesn't want to study or raise his GPA but expects to make a great life for himself on his own in the USA by working odd jobs, without (again, the studying) gaining english fluency. This is all painfully realistic and Jim is honestly way more chill about this situation than I'd be.

LMAOOOOOOO Wen's step dad is pretty chill himself and accepting, and then Jim shows up and he's like, ..you call him uncle? I felt like I could see him wondering if this is like a daddy kink situation 😂😭. But Dad can roll with this, I am totally seeing where Wen gets his...how he is lol.

This is like the perfect example of an age gap couple where the generation difference makes it work better. They have differing perspectives but they ultimately appreciate that about each other. And it's not that vibe where older man is guiding a naive young person. There is actually zero daddy dynamics involved here. Jim is not a fatherly figure to him in any way. Wen is late 20's uni graduate with a job and he doesn't feel virginal or hapless or ignorant at all. He has his own insights and Jim legitimately is interested in hearing his thoughts & advice. The drama seems pretty thoughtful about portraying a relationship between 2 people who are from different generations of the queer community.

[shoceted]

have you ever made a ranking for each of the kamen rider seasons you've watched? which one is best for newbies, which one is your secret favourite, which one made you cry etc

i have made a ranking actually! i have a tier list that i very rarely share publicly because there's some spicy takes on there. but here's some thoughts on each season i've completed at this time because you gave me the excuse anon >:]

ryuki: i... really wish i liked ryuki more. i respect it immensely for what it did for the franchise and i think it's got themes, which is more than i can say of some seasons. but for the most part i ahhhhh... didn't love it? it's not my least favorite season i don't think but it isn't one that i'm going to revisit any time soon. i do love ren and shinji though; as a known sucker for a grumpy/sunshine primary/secondary red/blue pair they got me and they got me hard. i definitely am going to write some renshinji someday. and those last two episodes are some good fucking television. but overall ehhhh. i really do wish i liked it more though if only to fit in with everyone else :( (and it's not just the fact that it's heisei phase 1 that's the issue bc i'm loving decade and blade so far! and kiva also is there!). but yeah at this time my favorite ryuki is the one from japanese boy band mazzel stream carnival

double: DUB E X CRIME N THE CITY! i fucking loved w. it's just straight up damn good toku. and it literally took a single episode preview for terui ryu in all his stupid wet cat angstiness to captivate me forever. a single episode preview. like i will always remember finishing the 1st arc, seeing the episode preview for ryu's first episode right after, and being like "fuck" even though i intended to leave off there for the day and watched his first two episodes. DAMN U SECONDARY RIDER SYNDROME. i do think w would be a great place to start getting into rider tbh because it's just so good!!!!!!! i don't even have a lot to say about it but not in a bad way. it's just really really good. watch w. and make it soon. if you have not already. love is strong girls go on

ooo: so one thing you should understand is that i am literally watching ooo right now. like i'm sitting on my couch typing this and also watching episode 19 of kamen rider ooo. i legit watch through the entire second arc all the time. i think it's a very close second or third for my favorite season ever. eiji at the very least is tied for my favorite primary ever and that's saying a lot considering how much i love my other favorite primary ever. (which we'll get into.) ankh is just like me fr and i am going to eat his gender and HINA. BEST GIRL. 10/10. the very first ooo fic i started working on after watching this show (which i might fuck around and try to finish at some point even) is from her pov!!!!!! because i love her. AND DATE AKIRA IS THE MAN EVER (AND THE LEAST REPRESSED SECONDARY CONGRATION YOU DONE IT). the story the comedy the action the epic highs and lows of a hippie and his underwear and of a bird and his ice pops and of a girl and her brother and GAHHHHH. i love this show so so so much. i would absolutely start with ooo if i could go back in time. and i did not secretly cry, i cried a lot. openly. i want to make my boss watch it. i love ooo. i've been trying to design a hawktigergrasshopper shirt for months. i am literally watching kamen rider ooo right now and i will until i go to bed. you count the medals one two and three life goes on anything goes coming up ooo [i start crying]

fourze: my first exposure to kisaragi gentaro was when i watched heisei generations final for the first time, where i promptly freaked the fuck out because holy shit it's fuckin fukushi sota jesus christ jesse eisenberg moment. i actually watched one fourze movie (the winter one, bc i'm a h!p fan and manoeri is there. nadeshiko my beloved) long before i'd seen the series and forgot this. anyway i watched fourze in... like february-march i think? and i ADORED IT. kengo/gentaro is a top tier rider ship and i also have a wip of them that someday i will finish. the kamen rider club is SO GOOD (tomoko and jk are both just like me fr and miu!!! aka tomoyo sepakoi!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm the only person who liked that show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and meteor's suit is so pretty and fuck man the power of fucking friendship. i cried at fourze too. it took me like two hours to watch the two-parter where gentaro gets his final form. i love this show man. it makes me look up at the moon and think about happy things. my space kids. FOURZE YEAH!

wizard: so unfortunately i have the popular opinion that wizard is really long and poorly paced, especially towards the end. but that's straight up my only criticism of it. like that's it. i put wizard in the "free therapy" tier of my list initially but then moved it to "free therapy but you're a little bit high." haruto is a fucking excellent primary rider who i adore he's so my type i hate it here and like it makes me want to rewatch good morning call bc shiraishi shunya pretty and nitou... is definitely the character ever. to quote my own joke it's like one of the writers watched indiana jones on shrooms and had the idea to create the secondary of all time. (it's been like 10 years since the end of wizard do u think he's figured out that he's into haruto yet.) and RINKO MY GOD and koyomi... koyomi/haruto is proof het rider ships can also dissolve your bones... but most importantly. NARA SHUNPEI. HE IS JUST LIKE ME FR. lowkey highkey kinning him from his very first episode. i love that man. he just wants 2 be useful and you know what me too. but yeah so WAY too long but definitely good idc what anyone says; i ain't gonna hate a show that has the same moral as no pressure by novel core.

gaim: HEY SO DON'T START WITH GAIM. DON'T DO IT. DO NOT START WITH KAMEN RIDER GAIM. I AM SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE. GET LIKE A FEW MORE SEASONS UNDER YOUR BELT AND THEN WATCH GAIM. i am speaking from experience. okay. now i feel like gaim has a negative reputation nowadays. BUT. despite popular belief gaim is not peak sexism in kamen rider (like dude... kiva. what the fuck.) so that is that myth busted; also the ending is so beautiful and tragic but overall good if you dedicate some thought to it! and the characters are fucking wonderful! like in any other show i wouldn't care about zack and he's like in the eternally rotating top 3 gaim characters for me. i fucking adore kamen rider gaim. it's about growing up and it's about fighting against your oppressors and it's about pokemon go and dance crews, what could possibly go wrong. like as much as i hate micchy (which is a lot bc he reminds me of my toxic ex rip <3) i can't deny that he's an incredibly well-written character. kouta is an excellent primary and his journey throughout the series breaks your heart, but isn't that what growing up does? takatora is such a well-executed character that it's fun to watch other people react to how the show makes your opinion on him change. and god, kumon kaito has been giving me brain worms since 2015-2018. crimson lotus of misfortune, tragic banana boy, would-be tyrant, gay ass. no matter what anyone says, he's a great character. bananaorange is one of my favorite rider ships ever; it's either tied for first or a close second depending on the moment. and MAI. mai!!!! ray of light. if she was a tarot card she'd be the star. i love that girl. but DON'T START HERE JUST LIVE MORE

drive: so my plan for this year is all of heisei phase 2 + decade and i watched drive pretty early because i knew i would have complicated feelings on it, because i'm black and i'm never comfortable with positive portrayals of cops in fiction. and i was... kind of right. like there are things i loved about drive (heart. namely. fucking adore heart. had me from the moment he said "that roidmude might have been a monster to you but to me he was my friend." i love love love heart so much. he was my lockscreen for MONTHS this year.). i think that everything after episode 40 or so is great. and i relate to gou as much as i relate to shunpei, except in the opposite direction, so him suffering and breaking down and dying of flowers and stuff is really easy, and also fun. and CHASE. he is the fictional character that i think of when i read the word babygirl. but it's also... like... a show where cops are out to kill an entire species... and that makes me uncomfortable. and i abhor that fucking belt. like spoilers but you see a man getting tortured and you just LEAVE???????? THIS IS YOUR FAULT AND ALSO WHY DO YOU NEVER TELL KIRIKO ANYTHING. AND ALSO, SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DRIVE. seriously drive would have been p e a k if they weren't cops and kiriko was drive. i also wish heart and shin had more homoerotic tension with each other cause idk i would have liked to see it? anyway. drive. fwiw i think the way it ends is way worse than the way gaim ends, so :) spicy take for the day i suppose. so relationship status it's complicated. also i think shin is boring .

ghost: MY FRIENDS BORN IN THE SAME ERA AS ME WE THINK THEREFORE WE ARE!!!!! I LOVED GHOST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! like seriously if wizard is no pressure ghost is jenga and to complete the trio of novel core therapy songs ooo is thanks all my tears and i'm always a sucker for media where the moral is that life is short and sometimes painful, but it's beautiful, and it's yours, and that's why you should see it through to the end. ghost genuinely makes me want to keep living. I LOVED GHOST. the pacing problems aren't a problem at all if you're not watching week to week i swear. takeruuuuuu my sweet baby my son who i raised myself. also nishime shun is super cute and only like a year older than me,,, i'm fine takeru is such a good boy and if you hate him you will die and go to hell. makoala my boys. they sure are gay aren't they. anyway i'm always a slut for older brothers so i love makoto and if alan was red instead of green i would want to eat his gender. and kanon is so precious but AKARI GOD DAMN IT I LOVE HER SO MUCH. PRETTY SCIENCE LADY IS ALWAYS MY TYPE. but i cannot pursue her because takeru/akari is one of my favorite rider ships ever and fuck you toei they're so fucking married by now. they have to be!!!!!! i refuse to live in a world where they're not! so they're married. thank you. they're also criminally underrated and i think i'm gonna publish my first het rider fic about them because they are so fuckign cute. goodnight. ghost is great. episode 6, my god, one of my favorites in all of rider. AND THE BELT NOISES. COCAINE IN THEM.

ex-aid: so my best friend in the whole world jack (hiiiiiii jack if you read this i love you) had been telling me to watch ex-aid for about two years before i watched it and now i know why: ex-aid has a disease in it and i don't just mean the bugster virus. ex-aid gives you a disease called ex-aid disease where you can't stop thinking about ex-aid. it infects you from the moment you watch it for the first time. symptoms include telling other people to watch ex-aid. watch ex-aid. i listen to excite at least once a day from monday to thursday on my way to work. i have one (1) gashat (tokimeki crisis for my wife who i am married to and is my wife, poppy pipopapo) and it is one of my greatest treasures. i. love. ex-aid. I LOVE EX-AID. kagami fucking hiiro god damn it, i should've known that the scene in sepakoi where kaneda cries would've had a lasting impact on my psyche because wow that boy can cry and be repressed about shit LIKE HIS GIANT CRUSH ON EMU WHICH HE SO HAS, MR. BL ASS SETO TOSHIKI GLOOMY GAY SADBOI. cough. i truly love all the characters though. it's just that kagami hiiro permanently altered my brain chemistry. the adhd lets me write gou and the autism lets me write hiiro. he's like my fucking muse. just god ex-aid is great the belt noises are great the suits are great the villains are great the soundtrack is great my wife is there (poppy) taddle legacy is my favorite final form ever and god it's such a beautiful fucking show. i miss takahashi shit like this because it's genuinely hard to believe geats was written by the same guy. i adore ex-aid. now would i start with ex-aid. no. do i know people who started with ex-aid. yes. but maybe once you've got a little early heisei phase 2 under your belt dive into the god damn gamer doctors. i'm on a mission right now. EX-AID. STREAM PEOPLE GAME

build: so build was my second season of rider, which i watched in late 2020-early 2021... aka when cherry magic was airing. i fucking loved cherry magic and i'll always be grateful for it because lmfttf was a really important fic in my personal fic writing history. but this is not about magic virgins this is about build which... really is another ryuki to me, but it's above ryuki for now because it really is enjoyable and akaso eiji is there and everything, but i don't feel very passionately about it. now when i first watched it i was ~*depressed*~ so that might be part of it, but it didn't have the power to bring me out of that depression that the season i'm going to talk about next does. it just was something i watched and then had watched. be the one's a great song though and the story is really good objectively. i'm also... about to commit sacrilege but it's fine here goes i'm not really into best match as a pairing??????? it doesn't feel as organic as some other rider ships and that sours me on it. while meanwhile you have shit like renshinji where it was 2002 or whatever and that changes my brain chemistry because oh! you genuinely were supposed to read this as friendship! while best match is like. explicitly bait for fujos. like advertised about being about heated drama between men, as opposed to naturally produced heated drama between men. but i did like it and i even have one of the best match rings (with the other with jack). no complaints about the story. but it's not something i'm super into. but they say it's a good place to start for a reason.

revice: so tl;dr at the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021 i was super depressed for a whole bunch of reasons. and then one summer day i found out that japanese pop singer and member of girl group beyooooonds maeda kokoro's older brother was the guy who was gonna star in the next season of kamen rider. so i decided to give it a shot. i genuinely just decided to give it a shot because of that. and it saved my fucking life. at first it was just that it was miles away from the aforementioned bunch of reasons i was depressed, something to look forward to every week that just didn't have anything to do with it. i'm a sucker for any tokusatsu show that's family-themed, so 8-10 did insane things to my brain chemistry. but really it had me from episode one. because ikki. igarashi fucking ikki my beloved. a fictional character has genuinely never gripped me like this. i literally buy merch of him every time i get paid. he is so special to me because his story was exactly what i needed to hear, and also because he's the prettiest guy on earth, my god. he's so my type that it's like he was created in a lab. i love igarashi ikki so much that actually we're married. like yeah does revice has problems? is the theme song not good? does the behind the scenes stuff & presence of kimura subaru (and again i'm black) make me uncomfortable? YES!!! BUT I ALSO LOVE THIS SHOW! it is a reason that i am alive and typing this right now! kamen rider revice is extremely special to me and my favorite season of rider ever. i don't know what could ever take its place. i love it so much. i collect vistamps of past seasons i've watched (eagle and jackal are next and i already have kamakiri and kong). the music aside from livedevil is fucking wonderful, the spinoffs are wonderful, heated drama between WOMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BETWEEN WOMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a show that means so much to me and is so close to my heart. i love it so much and it's unmatched and it probably always will be. i'm so glad i watched it. thank you, past me.

[yellowhearther0]

do you happen to know when Ranboo first introduced generation loss? or a timeline of the development so far? I figured you might know, but if you don't that's cool too

rubs my silly little hands together

okay so! ranboo first introduced the idea of him making a horror series on july 28th of last year after he watched the walten files! twf was the original inspo for the project, and they first propsed the idea set in an 80s inspired game show, and in their words the main question that sparked it was We always say “this belongs on a vhs tape in the woods”. What if it already was? ^_^ they also experimnted with a distorted game show theme audio which was neat. they also made the genloss twt acc!

next major audio teasers was posted on october and december 18th, giving us some story insight (also heres a link to all video/audio teasers up until may of this year) on december 31st, in the video he did with anthony padilla he announced at the very end that it will not only be about the tapes but what the person who found them goes through watching them- it'll have 3 'episodes', will be live action and animated, and said that there are going to be legitimate sets and potentially multiple actors as well

he intoduced the glranboo design everyone uses on january 8th of this year, and after provided working titled for the 3 eps (The Lostfield Incident, The Lostfield Incident: Liminal Run, and The Lostfield Incident: Mind Mess). on may 1st they posted the first offical teaser/trailer on the genloss yt page [link] and teased the next trailer on the twitter page a bit after. genloss also made a quick appearance at the end of the ranboo recap video in september ^_^

and now we’re here with the genloss announcement teaser tweets on twitter :p and that evrything! i skipped more minor things cuz im assuming u just want the big stuff djhfjf. but ya :D

[km-kindredspirits]

How my adventures with BTS began.

Some time in 2015, I saw the Dope MV. I actually ended the MV mid way through because the song was not my cup of tea. Even now, Dope is one of my least favorite BTS songs. Please note that I don’t dislike many of BTS songs. In fact, I like majority of BTS’ songs. This includes the solo projects, especially Mono by RM. I actually have a Moonchild tattoo on my wrist, because of his song. Dope just so happens to be my BTS introductory song. After Dope, I did not pay much attention to them; but still, I saw so many comments about BTS in YT videos unrelated to BTS. I looked them up and was super confused on why this KPOP group has so many names (BTS, Bangtan Boys, Bangtan Sonyeondan, Bulletproof Boy Scouts). Aside from Dope, this ended up being the second reason why I turned away from them. I did not think much of BTS... until June 2016.

Fast forward to June of 2016, I was watching the k variety show, “We Got Married.” One of the couples during that time consisted of comedian Jo Se-ho & kpop gg Fiestar's Cao Lu. While watching one of their episodes, I saw a bunch of comments under the videos talking about how ARMYs were gonna destroy him (I am paraphrasing here, but you know how ARMYs get when BTS are mistreated). I was super confused about why the Korean Army would care about Se Ho enough to do him harm. After reading too many comments, I realized that ARMYs were BTS’ fans. Of course, all the comments were related to the infamous burger incident. I then went to watch the clip of the burger incident and was appalled by the actions of Se Ho and some of the other cast members. On the flip side, this made me interested in Jungkook. I wanted to know more about him and what made him so beloved by so many fans. 

This lead me to look up BTS MVs. One of the first MVs that popped up was actually a violin cover of Save Me by Youtuber JuNCurryAhn. After watching the cover and loving it, I knew I needed to listen to the original song. I watched the Save Me MV and was blown away by the song AND the MV. At that time, I knew NOTHING about BTS and was actually unsure which member was Jungkook. I guessed correctly but had to do a lot of comparing his visual from Save Me to the variety clip haha. Because I loved Save Me, I looked up their other MVs and the next song I listened to was I NEED U. I also really liked that song, so I moved on the RUN. After RUN, I was sold and the rest is history. I never knew that KPOP songs can be this palatable, easy on the ears, and lovely! Since that fateful day, I have never looked back.  

I actually grew up on 1st generation KPOP (H.O.T.; Shinhwa; S.E.S.; Baby VOX; Finkl; etc...), so KPOP is not new to me. In fact, as a preteen, I would watch my sister practice KPOP choreographies. After 1st gen, I stopped listening to KPOP for a long while. I knew about Big Bang and DBSK but did not care about KPOP during that time. I liked Run Devil Run by SNSD, but that was the extent of my interest in KPOP. I consumed mostly American music, although I thoroughly enjoyed Asian dramas (Taiwanese, Thai, and Korean) and listened to lots of OSTs from my favorite dramas. I still love watching dramas including American shows. 

A little more about me, I have a bit of an addictive personality. Once I like something, I tend to devote a lot of my time to it. If I like a song, I listen to it until I am tired of it. I prefer to binge watch shows versus watching new episodes each week. For example, I LOVED Vic Zhou due to Boys Before Flowers and Mars dramas, so I would look up his pictures online. At that time, Youtube was new so there was no videos of him that I can watch. To this day, Mars is still one of my favorite dramas ever. Because of my tendencies, I knew that once I go down the rabbit hole of BTS, I was never coming back out.

After watching the three BTS MVs mentioned above, I spent the next two days looking up everything I can about this group. I literally pulled allnighters because I was so intrigued by them. Side note: I am a night owl (hence the tattoo Moonchild), so this was not something difficult to do. When I learned that they use Twitter, I decided to follow them on there as well. I originally created my Twitter account in June of 2012 (June seems to be a lucky month for me), but abandoned it until my BTS era. Since then, I have not stopped loving and following BTS. They are so special and precious to me. 

Summer of ‘16 was actually the summer before I started the Masters program, so finding BTS during that summer was both a blessing and a curse. I was frequently distracted in school; however, BTS also motivated me to get through the 2 year program, so that I can get a decent paying job and buy all the merch I want! That was my driving force to get through the program LOL. This is a joke, but also not a joke :’). I did end up graduating from the program and getting a decent paying job, so I am doing okay in the merch buying department haha. 

Fast forward now to present day, I have been an ARMY for 6.5 years. If I tell people that becoming a fan of BTS is one of the best decisions of my life, some may say that that is strange or ridiculous or stupid or whatever, but it is the simple truth. BTS are not only artists, they are mentors, friends, family, leaders, trailblazers, teachers, and champions. BTS impact lives in ways that I think even they cannot fully comprehend. BTS make the impossible possible for themselves, which shows their fans that they are the makers of their own destiny.  Like RM once said, ARMY is not pushing BTS from behind, but instead, are walking with them side by side as they climb the mountain. If I can say one thing to BTS, it would be this, “I recognize that the love and trust between us is delicate and rare. I treasure this gift with tenderness and care. Your vulnerability and sincerity are fully felt by us. I have loved the adventures that we have experienced together thus far, and am so excited for all that is yet to come. I will wait patiently for the day that I meet the seven of you together again. Forever, I thank you.”

P.S. I don’t know if anyone will read this post, but if you did, thank you. I hope to learn about your journey with BTS as well.

[kosi-annec]

[BNHA] Season 4 episode 1

Took a bit of a break from anime watching, then the realization that summer vacation is gonna end soon so am back lol

This is actually the season i stopped on, after this it's gonna be all new territory

Ah it's this episode with the camera quirk guy!

OH DAMN i did not remember mr camera man was a hottie 👀

They really didn't consider that maybe it was also a message to the next gen of pros or something, like it could also work

Ah yes, journalists trying to get the juicy tea for an eye catching story

Lmao "for a substantial fee of course" idk why that was kinda funny

... again, how tf is that grape shit still here

Pft- god his subtle sass is incredible, basically told aizawa "idc if u didn't let me in yet, my time's started"

Honestly, props the class 1a for being able to go thru their usual routine even around a stranger that's taking pics of them. I'd be so awkward in that situation even if i consented to it

... huh, ya know this is actually a good 1st episode for a new season, cuz it works as a form of recapping of everything that's happened until now, and also reminds us of all the characters. I'm def gonna need it lmao

Ok don't mind me but why does denki and shoto look even more adorb here hello?? If i recall correctly i think the animation here changed a lil bit? Or the better term is improved. Lmao if u can't tell, those 2 are one of my faves

Hol up did my boi sero really just did a spiderman grab on his food?? XD

HHHGSKS GOD SHOTO LOOKS SO PRETTY HSKGSHS they did not have to make his char intro more dramatic, literally on the roof, but im glad they did he. On another note, why tf is he on the roof lmao

It not much of a gut feeling no more when ya literally see deku and all might interacting right in front of you lol

HE KNOWS THE JIG IS UP DEKU- lol jk he ain't gonna out u to the media like that, he's one of the actually good journalists (he even apologized for stressing deku out cuz he knows this is a huge deal to him), we need more of ppl like him

LMAO BRUH WUT XDD could've warned him mate ya could've gotten a better pic lol

... hhhh that final bit of convo tho, now knowing wut sort of happens in season 6 cuz spoilers, wonder wat he was thinking when deku was in his vigilante phase. Hope they talk again, deku could use a journalist that wont try and twist stories for the views

PFT- AWWW that cute lol

[daniel306gaming]

¿What if the Marvel Zombies were in the MCU? (Alternate Story)

To: Marvel Entertainment, Kevin Feige, Bryan Andrews and the creators of episode 5 of what if...

                                                    Intro

¿What if events went differently in the MCU? What if the Marvel Zombies were in the MCU? In today’s fam fiction we’re going to be exploring my version of the zombie virus in the MCU from an earlier point in time. This is my own take of events taking inspiration from the 2006-07 Planet Hulk story arc mixed with the 1991 Infinity Gauntlet and 2013 Infinity comics while following the mythology of the Marvel Zombies comics and the timeline of the MCU. Without wasting anymore time sit back and relax and enjoy this 3 part and 1st ever creepypasta fan fiction.

                                                     Prologue

Recently I witnessed a world where Janet Van Dyne infected Hank Pym in the Quantum Realm and when they returned spread it out to all of humanity including Thanos himself except a few of the heroes that made it out alive. However, if I tell u that out of all the zombie worlds I saw there is a world where the zombie virus began in outer space specifically in Asgard and that is today’s story. I am the Watcher. I am ur guide to these vast new realities. Follow me and pounder the question. What If...

                                                         Part 1 (Ragnarok)

This universe’s zombie world will begin during the final battle on Asgard in Thor Ragnarok with all the events of the film itself playing out the same as in our universe with Thor gaining the help of Loki and Valkyrie to stop Hela but the zombie virus and our story itself begins here with a small detail turning into a big one. Hela created an army made out of the dead soldiers of Asgard by using the eternal flame to do this. The army hunted and tried to kill the remaining Asgardians but they failed in our universe. Her army were valiant warriors who fought under the command of Odin and Hela during their great wars and conquests spreading chaos and destruction across the Nine Realms. They were part of their wars to build Asgard and become a powerful empire. Hela decided that she wanted to punish Thor and the Asgardians for what they had done to her over the years. I’m going to change things a little bit since Hela is the godess of death and her powers were much stronger and powerful in the comics and what I’m about to do might sound insane but this is my version of the story. Anyway the universe will change fast and Hela sees her army falling apart in front of her eyes. She watches on telling Thor what was he the god of. Thor tried using all of his strength to talk to his father Odin about Asgard and how the people were Asgard and Asgard was a place. Hela summoned a sword from her left hand knowing that Thor was going to break free from her grasp. Right before Thor could use a powerful bolt of energy he felt a sharp pain in his gut. Thor looked down seeing a sword went through him. He screamed in pain but the scream stopped. Thor’s body fell to the ground. He was crawling trying to get to his feet but he didn’t have energy to fight his sister and she stabbed Thor repeatedly until Thor was dead for good or so she thought she was dead. Hela smiled watching Thor bleed out and she knew that she can take this advantage by using the eternal flame on Thor like what she did to her army but what was special about this eternal flame was that it contained some remnants of blood and spit from the drager. With her personal dead army she combined the eternal flame with the elements of the drager before walking over to Thor’s dead body and putting her hand on his head and while the eternal flame might’ve awoken the army the elements of the drager caused Thor’s eyes to grow in electric color green but something was wrong. Thor was a god. It was the mixture with the supernatural and his powers mixed together. Thor was reanimated back from the dead and Hela called for Thor to rise and bow down to her. Hela failed to realize that the blood of the drager was too powerful for a god like Thor and combining the eternal flame resulted in 2 situations. Either the person who consumed it would vaporize or it will gain enhanced strength but will always have the sensation of hunger for flesh. He slowly got up seeing that he was healed. Thor laughed and smiled at her sister feeling a weird sensation of hunger. The eternal flame and the blood of the drager were the main cause of the zombie virus in this universe but it became uncontrolled after Hela used her powers to reanimate her brother from the dead. Thor flew in the air grabbing Hela by the neck biting it completely off. He ripped her head off using a massive bolt of energy. The blast of energy cause the army of zombies to have no master. Since Hela wasn’t in control the zombies were battling with Loki and Hulk. They were becoming overrunned by the zombies and they didn’t know what to do. He called his hands destroying them on the bridge. Since Thor isn’t there to save the heroes from Asgard’s safety it will be up to the Hulk, Loki and Valkyrie to save everyone. Thor started eating Hela. He didn’t know who he was anymore and why he was doing this. Thor dropped her body seeing a pool of blood around him and what was happening. Loki thought it would be wise to use the eternal flame to unleash Surtur upon Asgard but he didn’t know that she was already dead. Loki ran into Odin’s treasure room seeing all of the relics displayed. Loki opened the door to the hallway seeing a glowing light. It was the tesseract. Loki grabbed the tesseract in time putting it in his pocket. He opened the door to leave his chamber but what was awaiting him was something he never thought was possible. Thor smiled seeing Loki drop to the ground in pure horror. Thor tried biting off Loki but Loki in time used the spell tricking Thor. Thor turned his head seeing the real Loki running out of the chamber and Loki ran throwing Surtur’s helmet into the eternal flame. Thor was confused watching Surtur coming out of the flame. The zombie virus wasn’t over though. Thor even after the flame was still a zombie. Surtur used his giant sword throwing it into Thor. Thor hit the wall of Asgard and he got up seeing Surtur getting ready to destroy all of Asgard. Loki ran into the ship watching from afar. Valkyrie asked Loki where Thor was but Loki told her that something happened to him. He said Hela must’ve used the spell on Thor. He tried talking but he can see Thor’s zombified face hunting him. He sat down on the ship watching the destruction of Asgard. Asgard was destroyed but the zombie virus is about to hit the MCU which was something expected. An Asgardian was infected by one of the undead soldiers from Hela’s army. Loki can hear screaming coming from the ship and people were sleeping but were startled after hearing 4 Asgardians scream in pain. Their eyes turned green yelling and screaming. Loki summoned a knife stabbing it in the heart of one of the Asgardians. Heimdall screamed becoming the infected. He was bit in the neck by the soldier. There was an all out brawl in the ship. Loki asked Hulk to kill everyone on the ship and to do it now. He was about to do a massive clap but Loki and Hulk were shocked to see that Valkyrie had tuen into one of the infected. He jumped over Hulk biting Loki’s shoulder. Loki’s eyes turned green. Echoes of screams were heard but things went silent. All of the Asgardians were infected in the ship and they were walking around life lifeless monsters. Hulk, Loki and Valkyrie have all fallen. The zombies in the ship wanted more food and there wasn’t much left because they have been infected too fast for anyone to save any of it. The following year in 2018 Heimdall was ready and he was going to summon the last of his Bifrost powers to go to Earth and feast on more weaker people. He can see everyone and knew that he had unlimited food. Right before he was going to sent the zombies through the Bifrost a massive shadow casted on the ship. They can hear loud noises but they were ready for anything. “Stay quiet” Loki told all of the zombies as he told them to wait as they board the ship and only then would they have their next meal. After the destruction of Asgard by Surtur Thor was able to make it off of his world in time but Thor was caught in the explosion flying in the unknown reaches of space. The zombified Thor was flying around unconscious after the battle. The Guardians of the Galaxy were flying in space like in our universe but this time the Asgardian zombies used the distress signal before they left Asgard as a last ditch effort to save their world. The Guardians of the Galaxy traveled to the distress signal and encountered a unconscious Thor. Thor’s body slammed into the ship and he opened his eyes smiling seeing the Guardians. The Guardians were confused to see the creature was alive after everything but what they didn’t know was that opening the door he was zombified. They opened the door entering Thor like in our universe. His eyes stopped glowing and they were look at his body thinking that he was truly dead but whatever was out there signaled to them that they were already gone or had died. The universe has completely changed because without Thor alive and being on the ship with his brother Thor wouldn’t learn about Thanos getting the Reality and Soul Stones from the Collector and Red Skull on Knowhere and Vormir respectively in the new universe. Star-Lord asked them what they were going to do with the dead body that was sitting there. “Throw him out from where he came from” Rocket said. Drax walked towards the group on the ship opening the door but the noise of the door woke up Thor. Gamora asked him if his body should be glowing green but it would be too late. Star-Lord would walk towards Thor but he was choked. Groot and Mantis tried to attack Thor and threw Star-Lord towards them. He grabbed Nebula by the neck and she tried to escape but Thor screamed ripping her head off. Thor has that urge again to eat but he tried to fight it off trying to talk with the Guardians. Rocket Raccoon took out a rocket launcher from the ship trying to blast Thor with it but Thor picked him up biting his neck off. Rocket screamed in horror. Thor threw his body towards Star-Lord. Star-Lord was shocked to see Rocket dead but Rocket bit into Star-Lord’s leg. He screamed shooting Rocket in the face. Thor grabbed Gamora by the neck picking her up in the air choking her. Star-Lord was trying to fight off the hunger but it would be too late. It was overcoming him with the sensation and bit Drax. Everyone in the ship became infected fast with the virus. They all stopped fighting each other. Star-Lord punched Thor in the face and he was sent flying into the control of the ship. Star-Lord asked Thor what the hell did he just do. Thor told him that he was infected by his sister and tried using the distress signal to get backup but nobody came. Thor explained that his plan was destroyed and he turned into this monster and couldn’t fight it but he explained that there was more food near this place. He told Star-Lord and the Guardians about the ship that had his people. Thor said that they can eat there and use the ship to get to Earth. They had all the coordinates to get there and was the only way since Thor didn’t know where he was or how to get there without the Bifrost. The Guardians agree with Thor changing the coordinates to the Asgardian ship. He saw that it was closer than expected and if they got there in time their hunger will be satisfied.

                                                   Part 2 (Infinity War)

Thanos’s ship landed and his Black Order boarded the ships. They saw that everything was dark and their bodies were everywhere. Corvus Glaive told Thanos that the entry of the ship was clear. Thanos walked in seeing the corpses lifeless on the ground. Thanos yelled telling his Black Order to rip the ship apart. He wanted the Space Stone and he wanted it now. Thanos had the Power Stone after he decimated Xandar. He lit the Power Stone up and the stone casted a shadow on the most terrifying sight. A group of zombies smiled and were ready about to attack Thanos likely. Thanos used the Power Stone in time cracking the skulls of the zombies. The Black Order were caught off guard. Loki had changed into Ebony Maw biting up Proxima Midnight's head. Cull Obsidian was confused seeing Ebony Maw do this but it was too late. Hulk screamed spearing him to the ground. Before Black Dwarf could attack Hulk his face was cut clean killing him off. Thanos looked to see all of his Black Order were murdered in front of him. Even Supergiant was killed. Thanos screamed using the Power Stone to destroy the ship. Thanos met these types of creatures before but not like this. It was something he never faced before. Thanos knew he needed to act fast. Valkyrie was going in for the killing blow on Thanos but he dodged the attack grabbing her by her neck crushing her in front of Heimdall. Thanos used Corvus's spear levitating it in the air throwing it at Loki's face pinning his body to the ship. Thanos crushed every zombie within the ship throwing their bodies through space. Thanos walked towards Loki who was trying to break out of the spear but Thanos took his body ripping it in half. Thanos looked to see the tesseract. As he was about to pick it up Hulk screamed turning around. Thanos and Hulk were circling each other. Thanos knew that whatever this was he had to end this fast and get that stone. Thanos was about to pick it up until Hulk speared Thanos into the wall laughing saying that he was the hungriest there is. Thanos in time used the Power Stone to blast Hulk's head into half. Hulk screamed but was punched in the face. Thanos smashed Hulk's head into the ship stabbing him in the gut. Thanos picked up Hulk slamming his body to the ground. Thanos in a rage blew up the Hulk's head. He was dead but it wasn't finished. The Mad Titan picked up the tesseract crushing it into his hands. he put the stone on his gauntlet knowing that he needed to regroup and find the next stones. he was about to use the Space Stone until a ship zoomed in crashing into the entrance way Thanos didn't know what to think but he stood his ground. The ship's doors opened and out came Thor and the Guardians of the Galaxy. The zombies were shocked to see the ship was filled with bodies everywhere but what shocked him the most was that Thanos was here. Thor couldn't believe it. he saw Loki's head roll near Thanos's feet. Thanos stomped on the head explaining that he was too late for them and he had two stones and he was going to be getting the third one. Thanos opened the Space Stone portal and he was about to enter until he saw his daughter come out of the ship. He was shocked to see that she became one of these freaks and Thanos didn't know what to say but he had a tear in his eyes knowing what he needed to do. Thanos asked what happened but the zombies walked off of the ship with no reply. Thanos put his head down in disappointment aiming the gauntlet at the zombies. He shot a blast from the gauntlet but lightning crawled up Thor's fingers dodging the mega blast. Thanos knew he was outmatched and without all the stones he couldn't fight whatever this was. He decided to continue his plan using the space stone. Thor jumped almost getting to Thanos but the portal shut. He rolled around the floor and Thor turned his head to see the Hulk. Hulk was dead and Thor had flashes of his past remembering when he was normal. Thor screamed manically and the guardians walked towards the ship looking at the coordinates. Earth was the destination and they needed to go there now. Thor wanted more food but he thought that maybe he could be cured. Maybe Tony could help him become the man he once was. Thor had to try this. He told the Guardians that he wanted this planet for his own and that they could feast somewhere else. Gamora told Thor that Thanos was getting the stones and she said that if they could get their hands on one of those stones that they could feast on any planet in the universe. Star-Lord laughed agreeing with her plan. Thor wished the zombies good luck but he didn't reveal the plan to the Guardians about finding a cure as if he did all hope could be lost. Thor went into the back end of the ship getting into an escape pod going to Earth. Thor was coming in quick with the escape pod breaking into the Earth's atmosphere. The ship crashed into the building blowing up. Thor's body was sent flying near Doctor Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum. Doctor Strange looked outside hearing screaming, car alarms and people in panic. Doctor Strange saw a building on fire but he didn't know what was going on. Wong ran outside asking Strange if he was in need of help. Doctor Strange was shocked when he saw Thor emerged from the flames of the shipwreck. He had blood everywhere and half of his face was burnt off. Doctor Strange asked Thor if he was okay but he kept walking towards strange and Wong. Doctor Strange was caught off guard seeing Thor pick up a civilian trying to run from the chaos. Thor laughed ripping his throat out eating the man in front of them. Doctor Strange knew dark magic or something was in the works here. Strange had no choice but to use the Time Stone. He reversed time right before Thor's ship crashed into the earth. Doctor Strange used an astral projection of himself to get within the ship. He couldn't believe his eyes. He saw Thor with the blazing green eyes knowing that he needed to do something. Doctor Strange grabbed Thor's body teleporting him into the Sanctum Sanctorum. He then used a portal linking it somewhere through space throwing the ship into it just in time. Doctor Strange teleported back to the Sanctum Sanctorum in time using magic to restrain Thor. Wong ran towards Doctor Strange seeing Thor on the couch in chains. Doctor Strange asked if Thor could talk. Thor yelled and screamed demanding to be freed but he told Strange that he needed help. He had a sense of hunger that he couldn't control and he needed Stark or him to cure him of Hela's enchantment or whatever infected him. Doctor Strange and Wong told Thor that it was going to be okay. Tony like in our universe was with Pepper jogging around the city. Tony talked about his weird dream that he had of his daughter and he was surprised to see a portal in the middle of the city open in front of his eyes. Doctor Strange walked outside of the portal demanding for tony to come with him and that this was urgent. Tony didn't want to go with them telling Doctor Strange to mind his own business until strange moved out of the way revealing Thor through the portal. Tony ran towards the portal seeing that Thor was restrained and yelled at Strange asking what was wrong with him. He walked into the portal in shock seeing a zombified Thor. Stark asked “what happened” and Doctor Strange revealed everything that Thor said to him about Hela and how he was turned into a zombie after the destruction of Asgard. Doctor Strange told Tony that they needed to find a way to reverse whatever happened to him or this could spread within the world or even the universe itself. Tony was shocked but agreed. He tried to talk to Thor but Thor wanted to break out. He wasn't strong enough to break through Strange's barriers and Tony told Strange that he was going to need to get a blood sample to see what was inside of him. This would allow him to check what was wrong and how he could reverse whatever happened. Strange asked Thor how many of these zombie type creatures were running around in the universe an Thor said that he only knew around 8 of them that were still alive running around. Tony almost fell to the ground in shock knowing that if this spreads the whole universe could turn into these freaks. They needed to act fast before things got out of hand. Tony grabbed his phone ready to call Steve but he decided not to alarm anyone. Tony knew that if he did it would only be making the problem worse than what it could be. Thanos like in our universe  went to Knowhere to collect the Reality Stone from the Collector but this time it was ambushed by the zombie versions of the Guardians. The Guardians trailed Thanos throughout the universe knowing the Collector had the Reality Stone. If they could get their hands on the stone before Thanos then it could make it a lot easier for them to take the other two stones from him using them to feast on everything and everyone. Thanos had a standoff with the rest of the Guardians and he told them that they couldn't possess the power of the stones and that he was going to wipe out half of all life to balance everything out of existence. The zombies didn't care and Star-Lord attacked Thanos but Thanos changed reality throwing Star-lord at Drax and Groot. A massive Power Stone blast hit Mantis in the face killing her for good. A hole went through her head and she fell to the ground lifeless. Thanos threw her body at Gamora and Gamora was sent flying onto the ground. She was about to get up until Thanos stepped on her back crushing it. Her face broke with blood pouring out of her eyes and Star-Lord yelled using his rocket boots to kick Thanos in the face. Thanos ripped Star-Lord's leg off and was about to teleport away until the gauntlet didn't work. Thanos heard laughing in the distance and reality changed in front of Thanos. Star-Lord laughed saying that they had cheat codes of their own and that he was going to pay for everything he did to them. Gamora came from behind biting Thanos in the neck. He screamed in pain but the zombies devoured him leaving his bones at Knowhere. They ate off the gauntlet off of Thanos's arm having enough power to travel and eat anything they wanted in the universe. Gamora made sure that Thanos wouldn't come back from this. Gamora told the team that they had three stones and she said “what if we find the final ones as using the full power we have no one to stand in our way”. Drax smiled at the idea and loved it. The Guardians agreed to find the Soul, Mind and Time Stones. With these stones they could snap their fingers and eat everything and anything they wanted. Gamora explained that they knew where one of the stones were and that stone was on Vormir. The Guardians headed to Vormir going at lightning speed. Tony gained samples of Thor's blood and it was hard for Tony to study since Thor was a god it wasn't normal but he knew that something was wrong. He tried to look within the blood to retrieve separate samples but he didn't find anything that could help him. Doctor Strange tried researching spells to reverse whatever has been done to Thor but nothing could be done. Doctor Strange looked within different timelines to find an answer to this but he couldn't see anything. Tony asked Strange what was their next course of action going forward since they couldn't do anything for Thor and Tony told Strange that Thor was still his friend and that he needed more time but Thor explained that he wasn't in full control and was willing to break out of the magic and eat everyone. He told Strange he better have the Time Stone ready just in case anything were to happen. Strange was about to tell Tony something until Thor let out a massive scream. The hunger was becoming too much for him and a bolt of lightning came cracking down from the sky breaking Doctor Strange's spell.

                                           Ultimate finale (Endgame)

Strange told Tony that there was no time and that they needed to use a destruction spell on Thor's head to try and break his skull. Tony got into his armor yelling for Strange not to make a rash decision. Strange used the spell casting it on Thor trying to use all his powers but it didn't work. Thor used a massive bolt of lightning on Strange kicking him back. Strange fell to the ground trying to get to his feet but Thor screamed in his face ripping his cloak off of him. Thor threw Strange to the ground and Wong used a destruction spell but Thor flew his hand into his chest killing Wong for good. Tony told Thor to stop and try to control the virus. Thor yelled saying he couldn't. He told Tony to leave but it was too late. Thor was consumed by the hunger and Iron Man summoned a sword through his armor stabbing it into Thor. Thor smiled asking if that's all he had. Tony used the arc reactor and the pulse blasted through his chest. A hole went through it and Thor fell to the ground lifeless trying to get to his feet. Tony said that he didn't want to do this and he asked if gods couldn't die blasting a powerful ray from his arm. Tony shot it but Thor used lightning dodging the blast throwing Tony through a wall. Thor picked up Tony and was about to bite him until webs hit Thor in the face. Tony was surprised to see Spider-Man. Tony yelled at Parker not to engage and Spider-Man punched Thor in the face but was bit from the attack. Spider-Man fell to the ground in pain and Strange got back up sprawling getting his cloak. His vision was blurry but he saw Spider-Man and Thor eating Tony. People were screaming and Strange reversed time moments before Spider-Man was infected. Doctor Strange screamed in pain using a destruction spell on Thor's head breaking his skull. Thor dropped to the ground lifeless and Spider-Man and Iron Man were shocked to see that Thor was killed. Iron Man asked Strange why he did it and Strange told Tony that there was no other way and that they were going to save him so they needed to save everyone else letting Thor die. He told Tony he saw him get infected and he used the Time Stone to reverse it before he was going to be dinner. Tony picked up Thor's body phoning Steve. The Guardians landed on the planet. It was cold dark and things felt like death. Gamora told Star-Lord that she learned about the location years ago but never told Thanos because if he ever got the stones for himself he would be unstoppable but now his plan to retrieve them all was over and there needed to be room for a new plan. Star-Lord was happy knowing that food was going to be endless once they got their hands on all the stones but he asked Gamora if they were doing the right thing here and she agreed with him but she told Peter that they couldn't be helped and that they couldn't save themselves. At this point this was the new way of life. The only way to survive was feeding even if it meant killing innocent people. They made it to the top of the mountain but no one was around and there was a dark shadow casting from the rocks. they heard cloaks waving around and Drax smiled pointing his knife at the figure in the distance. He said that there was fresh food here but he was stopped in his tracks by the Red Skull. Skull told him that he was there to suffer for a long period of time and that the only way he could be freed was for someone to be worthy of the Soul Stone. Red Skull said “a soul for a soul” and the team then headed down wanting to know who was going to make the ultimate sacrifice. Drax raised his hand being pushed by Gamora and Star-Lord. Star-Lord looked at Mantis and said that he was sorry for this but it only made sense. Drax picked up Mantis throwing her off of the cliff screaming. He didn't want to do it but it was done. The deed was finished and they grabbed the stone but were shocked to learn that even though they were zombies they still had their souls. They could maybe somehow cure themselves from this but Star-Lord explained that they couldn't and that this was their new path. They got into the ship setting their location for Earth. They had two stones and they were learning this from the ship's archives. Thanos kept tabs on he Avengers from Earth and since the Guardians had access to everything they were able to learn all the information and how to get each stone. Tony brought Thor's dead body to the Avengers Compound and he started studying the body learning about the virus and how it worked. He needed to find a cure and Thor's body was a good way to learn about this and Doctor Strange went searching for Steve Rogers, Falcon Scarlet Witch and Vision. They were all wanted criminals hiding in Scotland after the events of Civil War. Tony wanted to talk to them but since he was busy trying to find a cure he let Doctor Strange know about their whereabouts. Doctor Strange found the team hiding in an old broken down factory. Strange told them what happened with Thor and he said that there was a virus that is lurking in the universe and they needed the Avengers to stop this before it could get out of hand. Cap was shocked hearing the news about Thor but he knew that if Thor was dead then things were getting serious. He agreed asking if they were going to be safe going back to the states but Strange said it was all covered. The heroes walked through the portal seeing Tony and Rhodes. They were ready to fight but were stopped by Doctor Strange. Black Widow looked in horror seeing Thor's body. She asked what happened and Tony explained that the zombie virus has started somewhere in space since Thor was infected by his sister. There was no way of knowing if it was a magic spell or a virus. Tony got out of his seat telling the team that he thinks that it could be a mixture of both but even still he said that Thor couldn't fight it but infected Spider-Man fast in another timeline. Peter told Tony that maybe they could create nanotechnology which was what his suit was made out of. It would easily destroy the zombie skin by breaking it down and it could kill them within seconds. Cap asked Tony if there was a cure but he shook his head saying “NO”. Cap yelled telling them that they wanted to save lives and not kill any innocent people if they could avoid that at all costs. Tony told Steve that “there was no other way”. Steve looked at Thor's body and he had an idea but it was risky. He told Tony and the rest of the team that they should bring Thor's body back for more tests at Wakanda. Doctor Strange agreed and wanted to learn more from the other scientists. They grabbed the body opening the portal to Wakanda with the Mind and Time Stones left. The Guardians were on their way to Earth. Star-Lord told the rest of the Guardians that as much as he felt a sense of belonging to Earth their hunger needed to be satisfied first. With them having four stones at hand they are confident that they will be successful at Wakanda. Thor's body had been transported to their facilities for Shuri to do further testing. Meanwhile, Doctor Strange told the Avengers that he would stay with Shuri in case Thor got re-animated again. The other Avengers agreed and decided that they should be at standby just in case anything happened. At the same time the Guardians have now found the coordinates to the remaining stones at Wakanda. Rocket asked Star-Lord whether they would be able to defeat the defenders of Earth and whatever happened to Thor. Star-Lord replied that one of the major advantages hey have over the Avengers is that they needed just one bite to infect the others. With Groot by their side it should be an easy deed to do. The Guardian's ship arrived at Wakanda and Black Panther was alerted that something was spotted outside of their defense's premises. The Guardians told him that it was just a ship and there were several individuals who came out of the ship and the individuals did not look suspicious and Black Panther set out several guards to survey the situation. The guards approached the Guardians and requested for their purpose of landing at Wakanda. Star-Lord who still had his helmet asked them if they knew where the remaining Infinity Stones are. The guards merely replied that they are unaware of it and told the Guardians to return from wherever they belong. Drax who was starving for flesh charged and jumped onto one of the guards before slashing them One of the guards managed to flee and reported to Black Panther via his earpiece and that these strange individuals have attacked them and caused the other guards to turn into zombie-like creatures As he was about to report more he was stabbed in the back by Gamora and his neck was ripped off. Black Panther told the other Avengers that it seems like the threat has arrived earlier than anticipated. He told the Wakandans to prepare the defenses and Black Panther saw from afar that there were two spaceships that landed. One was the spaceship that had the other people who attacked his guards and the other was a huge spaceship and Black Panther saw that many people were coming out from the spaceship. On Star-Lord’s side they have already seized the Grandmaster’s spaceship. The ship was already carrying the Asgardians and they had already bitten half of the Asgardians and eaten the remaining ones. They didn't want to kill off all of them as they wanted to have a sufficient army to devour Earth. The zombified Asgardians were black, hideous and smashing themselves against the barriers of Wakanda. Groot used his limbs to carry the Asgardian spaceship and threw them against the barrier eventually crippling Wakanda's defenses. The zombified Asgardians charged towards the Avengers and a huge chaos ensued and the fallen Wakandans immediately turned into zombies and started biting and infecting the others. Captain America told the other Avengers that they needed to fall back as being bitten is not an option. The Avengers retreated to the base and Shuri was still researching on Thor and discovered that Thor's body has been infused with some sort of toxic blood that triggered their minds to be craving for flesh only She said that searching for the cure could take a long time as the source of blood is unidentifiable. Iron man asked Doctor Strange what would be the next course of action to which he replied that he would try and see into the future to see the possible outcomes. Doctor Strange told them that there could be only one possible solution to the problem whereby someone needs to wield the Infinity Gauntlet to turn the situation around. However, doing so would result in death as nobody is capable of wielding it alone and if not then it's just a matter of time before the entire earth will be filled with zombies. Iron Man looked at the rest of them and told them to hold off the zombie horde without getting infected as much as they can. Spider-Man asked him on what he was going to do and Stark merely replied “something that could save us from this mess”. The Avengers eventually faced the Guardians and the zombies. Several Avengers have been infected already such as black widow Okoye, M’Baku and Hawkeye have already been bitten. Captain America told Iron Man that they are on the verge of collapsing. The Guardians stormed into the facilities where Doctor Strange and Vision were staying. Star-Lord told him that the last two remaining stones which are the Time and Mind Stones is needed to complete the gauntlet. Doctor Strange and Vision tried their best to shield off of the attacks from The Guardians alongside Cap, Spider-Man, Bucky and Wanda and a clash ensued with Star-Lord who had all the stones. The remaining Avengers were being overwhelmed by the massive number of zombies and the Guardians of the Galaxy. Star-Lord has acquired the gauntlet from Eltri the master forge who created for Mjolnir for Thor after forcing Eltri to create the gauntlet for the stones. He and the other Guardians feasted on him and the other dwarves for destroying their planet with the Infinity Gauntlet now in his hand. Star-Lord and his Guardians managed to overwhelm the Avengers. Drax stabbed Doctor Strange in the gut before he could use the Time Stone to reverse time while Gamora used Corvus’s glaive to Vision. Groot then ripped off the stone from Vision's skull while the other Asgardian zombies tore apart Strange. On the brink of victory Star-Lord placed the remaining stones into the gauntlet. He was about to snap before Spider-Man who was still alive webbed up Star-Lord's hand. He shot out electrical webs to Star-Lord incapacitating him. However, Star-Lord now with the gauntlet reversed time with the Time Stone and brought himself close to Spider-Man before shooting his head off with his gun. With another pest gone Star-Lord was about to snap when Iron Man appeared and chopped off Star-Lord's hand with his upgraded axe. Iron man grabbed Star-Lord's missing hand and placed it on his suit. His suit's wrist changed to reassemble the Infinity Gauntlet. Iron Man gathered all the Infinity Stones and looked at the chaos around him. Almost everyone has been zombified except for him and Captain America. He told Captain America that while the others are mindless and zombified he hoped that by snapping they would return to their senses and this zombie incident never occurred in the first place. He added that Doctor Strange probably foreseen the scenario and the zombies were approaching him swiftly. Iron Man then snapped his fingers and all of a sudden everyone who was zombified started turning back to normal. Their skin became normal and they started to look human again. However all of them had one thing in common. They lost their memories of what happened from the entire zombie incident. It all felt like a really bad dream and Captain America was the only sole survivor who remembered what happened. Tony used all of his last strength to snap and eventually died due to his immense pressure from snapping. The rest of the Avengers were shocked to see that their leader Iron Man was dead resting in Pepper's arms. When they asked Captain America what happened he merely replied that Iron Man sacrificed himself for the greater good of the universe causing the zombie threat to be destroyed. A grand funeral was held for Iron Man and although they were unaware of the exact details they knew that the universe was still safe for now...

                                                        THE END!

And that is going to be my version of what if the Marvel Zombies storyline had occurred within the MCU timeline and what if it started in 2017 with Thor Ragnarok rather than in 2018 in Ant-Man and the Wasp. I had a lot of fun making this fan fiction and I believe that Hela’s dead army could’ve been a better candidate to start the virus as they were zombies in a way and I think this would’ve definitely change Infinity War and prevent the main events of Endgame from ever happening. This is my first ever creepypasta fan fiction because I wanted to make the story creepier than the episode and upcoming show and I believe this is creepy enough which btw I can’t wait to see what Marvel does next with the TV show and I did this just in time for the Halloween season and I will be doing my continuation on Episode 5 leading into the show and also a fan fiction that’s coming soon so be on the lookout for that and more what ifs coming soon. Take care guys and have a fantastic day. Peace out!

[mey-rin-is-fabulous]

She wanted Rebecca to win S1 but figured it was going to be between Nina and Bebe

S2 She wanted Tyra to win but thought it was going to be Raven

S3 She didn't want Raja to win and wanted it to be either Manila or Alexis, she didn't really like Raja but liked Stacey, Shangela, Alexis, Yara and Manila

S4 She really liked Jiggly, Latrice, Chad and Kenya. Wanted Chad to win and didn't want Sharon to win. She wanted either Jiggly, Kenya, Madame LaQueer or Latrice to return when they announced returning queens

And for S5 she currently likes Alaska and Alyssa(I told her we were gonna get Shangie's momma in S5) won't know who she wants to win until we get past halfway currently at the ballet episode

I'm trying to not be vocal about the queens I like until she mentions the ones she likes so far we agree on a lot

For me (If I forget a queen it's because it's late and I'm doing this off the top of my head)

The only queens from S1 I didn't like from both watches were Akashia and Rebecca

S2 I'm neutral on a few like Mystique and Raven but I loved Sonique, Shangie, Sahara and Pandora on my first watch. Still love them (RIP Sahara). Still like Morgan and Tatianna and Tyra (because I enjoyed her growth on the show after the wedding episode) I'm forgetting some but it's not because I don't like them I probably do but it's a lot of names. Sorry I forgot about Jujubee I love her.

S3 Carmen I never liked. Raja I grew to like then rewatching got meh with. Alexis, Yara and Shangie I loved right off the bat and Manila. (I love comedy and just funny queens in general) Alexis upon rewatching was kinda in meh territory for me, I still like her but that season was rough. Mariah and India were in meh/like territory both times. Mimi was in no like territory both times. I liked Stacey and Delta both times

S4 I think I was meh with Sharon on my first watch 2nd time around still wasn't my favourite. I liked Phi Phi and Chad more than Sharon. Loved Latrice both times. Loved Kenya. Liked Willam. Liked Madam LaQueer. Completely forgot about Alisa but rewatching Alisa's outfit actually wasn't that bad no one's was actually awful that first ep. Loved Jiggly. Dita and Milan were in the like/meh territory. I liked Lasha(w/u)n.

S5 Loved Jinx(x) right off the bat both times. Loved Alaska(still heavy disagree with the judges on Alaskas male drag/also managed to misremember who won the 1st challenge I thought it was Alaska but it's Roxxy who wins it)immediately both times. Detox I like. Roxxy I don't really like. Ivy, Alyssa, Coco and Jade I love/like. I liked Monica but the cast for this season is stacked. Vivienne Pinay I don't really like(it's the attitude) I like Honey Mahogany. Just remembered I liked Serena and Lynesha on my first watch and I still like them. Penny was in meh territory

[mejomonster]

if you have never watched Men with Sword it is worth checking out for its unique setup if nothing else.

like. its an emotional, short ride, and it’s pilot episode pretty fairly gives you a preview of the themes/stories this show will proceed to delve deeper into and provide on larger scales. it has a very faithful first episode to the vibes and premise it’s going for.

its just this. low budget show shot sort of like a play, with a whole bunch of idol actors but they’re all trying surprisingly hard to give really heartfelt performances (ian yi stands out major, jian bin’s actor, most of the main cast really) and so the acting’s actually solid somehow. its just love and conflict and tragedy, and the dangers of pursuit of power and the cost of that. its basically politics and war and political aliances, but on a nice small scale if you don’t have time for longer dramas. then its season 2 ramps it up with a Much better budget for the fight scenes and fight choreography so the war plots that ramp up are a lot more engaging. 

it also happens to be set in a world/universe of all men. only men. this world literally is just men. 

oh yes, also magic mystical swords. just because. and a lot of the men put cool bright colored hair streaks in their hair, like anime characters. why? i don’t know why, because they like fun hair. anyway you’ll forget about the magic swords, but they come back. literally ‘men with sword’ is an apt summary.

also, despite the literal looks of this show on the face, or its summary on the face (i saw idol drama and ran for months before actually giving it a chance), the actual show takes its plot Very seriously and heavily, and the huge cast of lovely men all tend to be taking their roles really earnestly so the actual performances are really good. (there will be at least 1 kingdom’s pair that rips your heart out, more than likely most of them will. Jian Bin and Qi Zhikan are nearly guaranteed to rip your heart out. Ling Guang despite starting off as evil-villain-ongoing will literally make you ache for his losses repeatedly up to his final moments, if you end up sympathizing with Murong Li or Zhi Ming well ohhhh good luck with that emotional journey). The show is angst and conflict and it just ramps up. Its like going to a low budget play with fresh actors and finding that they’ve all put their heart into this little story and really enjoying your experience as it unfolds for you.

also its the kind of story where every single side is being depicted as the protagonist of their own story. so its very much watching all these people in conflict they only have some personal control over, and seeing all of their perspectives even though they’re ultimately going to be opposing (or already are) with each other. 

And, again, the very first episode sets a mini example of this in it’s more self-contained intro plot. later in the bigger plot Ling Guang is Murong Li’s villain, but where Murong Li is the hero avenging his family and country from Ling Guang’s destruction... he lays his own destruction onto Ling Guang’s country and others at any cost in pursuit of his vengeance and the recovery of his country, and in the end Ling Guang is the leader and country cornered and repeatedly damaged and destroyed. So many characters are hero/villain depending on who’s perspective you’re following or you’re relating to in a given moment. I like that it takes more internal work of you looking at your own ideas of what is ‘crossing a line’ when deciding who you root for, as ultimately characters you might potentially both support end up at odds. Every protagonist is dealing with their own internal country’s political situation, along with the externals. And they’re all painted as full people. 

[absolutebl]

"Rewatch value is a huge deal for me." What are some shows with high rewatch value for you then? Sorry if you already answered this question. I watched the first episode of KinnPorche tonight and then was stuck on what I should be watching next. x_x What is the 10/10 BL series you can think of off the top of your head? Maybe I should give Why R U? a chance..

My Top Picks

10 Most Rewatchable BLs

This has to be a completely arbitrary call, I'm afraid. What I find rewartchable may not be what others find rewatchable. It's going to hit my highest rated 10/10 BLs right away and then a few oddballs. A BL doesn't get a 10/10 from me if I don't find it rewatchable.

1. Seven Days (Japan 2015)

One of the best live action yaois ever made, with perfectly structured angst, fantastic characters and acting, and no problematic tropes (rare in Japanese BL). The leads have excellent chemistry although it’s low heat there’s still some really cute mutual kisses.

Popular first year Seiryo has a policy of going out with any girl who asks… for one week. On a lark, third year Yuzuru tests to see if that policy also applies to boys. Seiryo agrees that it does. Along the way they accidentally fall in love, although each is convinced the other one thinks it’s just for a week.

Full review here. Last I checked could find it on YouTube and DramaCool in 2 parts Seven Days: Monday - Thursday, Seven Days: Friday - Sunday) I tend to rewatch the whole thing. 

2. Color Rush (Korea 2021)

A unique paranormal twist elevates this classic high school drama into a pitch-perfect allegory for the queer coming out experience and one of the best BLs of all time (I will fight you on this).

Monos can only see in grey scale, until they meet their probes. But when they do, monos can turn into obsessive monsters over the one person that turns on the world color. When Yeon Woo meets his probe, however, that boy seems a  lot more obsessed with him.

Color Rush is on Viki. I tend to rewatch the whoel thing in its movie form. 

3. Light On Me (Korea 2021)

Korea does an elegant pastiche of traditional live action yaoi but all tropes are cleverly deployed to bolster one of the most riveting love triangles ever put on screen… and I don’t like love triangles!

TaeKyung is a bit awkward and introverted and has never really wanted friends, but suddenly he thinks that might have been a bad life choice. So he joins the student council where he meets, among others, two very different boys who both want more than friendship from him.

Light On Me is on Viki. I mostly rewatch the second half. 

4. To My Star (Korea 2021)

It’s is a touch quirky to get into, but utterly charming once it hits its stride. This is the ultimate grumpy/sunshine pairing plus the most appealing light-filled kitchen of our dreams.

Famous actor (adorable bundle of neurosis) takes refuge in the house of a reserved chef and is immediately smitten by Mr Tall Dark & Glowering. The chef is also smitten but refuses to admit it to himself or anyone else.

Full review here. To My Star is on Viki. I tend to rewatch the whole thing in the movie form. 

5. We Best Love 1 & 2 (Taiwan 2021)

WBL is composed of two parts: We Best Love: No 1 for You & We Best Love: Fighting Mr 2nd. The 1st season is a short run classic university set BL combining the best of Korea & Thailand’s modern takes on genre. The 2nd season moves into the office, and employs Japanese style in terms of setting, obsession, and mature concepts. WBL thus successfully managed to pick up and combine the best features of Korean, Thai, and Japanese BL as it exists right now. Couple that to the insane chemistry from the leads, and we have one of the greatest BLs of all time, cooking to a recipe I doubt anyone else will ever be able to replicate since only Taiwan is this flexible.

Story wise it’s pretty classic: Shi De has been in love with Shu Yi since childhood, but Shu Yi has always seen them as rivals. In university, events finally conspire for Shi De to make his move. It’s the ultimate tsundere uke versus the ultimate pining seme. Part two follows them into the workplace after a breakup.

I love this show so much, odds are I’m currently rewatching it as you read this. I tend to rewatch specific episodes. 

6. Until We Meet Again (Thailand 2019)

Thailand’s only entry in my 10/10 category (from the BL mass producer). This is non BL trope reliant fated mates (AKA soulmates) romance that just happens to have the right setting and age of protagonists to fit the BL genre. UWMA is a work of narrative genius, and all the actors all turn in stellar performances, it is the best Thai BL from a storytelling perspective. Possibly the best BL story we’ll ever get. It also takes full advantage of Thailand’s signature full treatment, never dragging despite 17 full episodes.

Timid sweetheart Pharm meets older serious Dean on his first day of university and is both irresistibly drawn to him and inexplicably sad. Dean starts an intense slow courtship but they both begin to realize they’ve been through this all before and one of them, 30 years ago in a previous life, made a terrible mistake. Can their current selves survive the sins and betrayals of their past?

UWMA can be seen on YouTube. I tend to rewatch specific episodes. 

7. Semantic Error (Korea 2022)

Korea hits it entirely out of the Parks (pun on the actors’ last names intended) by doing a university set BL with everything we might expect but done exactly right, their signature quality executed perfectly, and added bonus good story, great pacing, and fantastic chemistry. This one is actually flawless. You cannot ask for more from a BL, let alone a KBL.

Talented graphic artist Jaeyoung (emotional agro older seme) discovers Sangwoo has outed him as a slacker which means he’s not graduating this year. He sets out to find out who Sangwoo is and get revenge, accidentally develops a big o’crush. Sangwoo is a morally grounded strict routine based reserved programmer (logical uke) who’s world is entirely shaken by the chaos that is Jaeyoung. I love “the only one who can bully him is me” trope especially when said bully melts into all over whipped for his boy.

Jaeyoung pined like a master. Like Park Seo Ham took lessons from Sam Lin. And Sangwoo crumbles into complete submission like he’s been waiting for Jaeyoung his whole life. It’s an absolute pleasure to watch these two on screen together. (Full review here.)

Semantic Error is on Viki. I tend to rewatch from episode 3 (the bar fight) onwards. 

8. Be Loved In House: I Do (Taiwan 2021)  

A cute classy office set BL with a few plot raised eyebrows, but no other concerns, plus ALL THE TROPES and a general sweet softness that’s pretty rare from Taiwan, who usually prefer to go hard (Viki). I tend to rewatch only the last few episodes. 

9. HIStory 2: Crossing the Line (Taiwan 2018) 

Taiwan’s best example of classic BL with a sports romance foundation using some of the most prototypical (but fortunately least offensive) yaoi tropes (Viki). I tend to rewatch the whole thing. 

10. Utsukushii Kare AKA My Beautiful Man (Japan 2021) 

One of the best most traditionally live action yaoi to release in the last decade. It used seriously old school manga derived problematic and kinky tropes, like whipping boy, for a truly classic piece that also manages to hit up modern themes of communication, consent, and self acceptance. It’s a wonderful BL, uniquely dirty and harsh in the best possible way. (GaGaOOLaLa) I tend to rewatch just the last two episodes. 

Others I have rewatched a lot because of what was available when I first joined the fandom, or for random oddball personal reasons. 

Cherry Magic AKA 30 Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard AKA 30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii (Japan 2020) 

Wish You: Your Melody in My Heart (Korea 2020) 

Oxygen the series (Thai 2020) 

A First Love Story (Strongberry Korea 2021) 

Some More (Strongberry Korea 2018) 

Dark Blue Kiss (Thai 2019) just PeteKao

Love By Chance (Thai 2018) just AePete 

Why R U? (Thai 2020) just FighterTutor

The Tasty Florida (Korea 2021) 

Love Sick (Thai 2014-2015)

Addicted (China 2016)

Make it Right (Thai 2016-2017)

Private Lessons (Strongberry Korea 2020)

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Updated April 2022.