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[lunyre]

wbl (gen 1); under the orange sun - episode 3 / part 8

max: ... mt komorebi? for the PELA benefit?

cassie: … yeah. how did you —?

max: my father keeps talking about the same dinner. i’m being forced to go too.

[theunderestimator-2]

Tales of Paul Simonon's effortless rizz: The Clash signing autographs at their WBLS radio interview in NYC, 1981, as captured by Paul Busch.

When the Clash came to the US, the band, impressed with the burgeoning hip hop scene, fully embraced that NYC vibe and 'The Magnificent Seven" was one of the earliest takes on rap by a rock band. When they hit New York in May 1981 for a three-week residency, the landmark black-owned soul and R&B outlet WBLS had "The Magnificent Seven" on heavy rotation.

Here's footage of The Clash performing the song on New York-based talk show "The Tomorrow Show" with Tom Snyder, as well as archival shots of the band in Manhattan during their residency at Bond’s International Casino: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD5N0rTsulQ

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[realnyhiphop101]

Mr Magic “Mr Magic’s Rap Attack” Era

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We Best Love: Fighting Mr. 2nd | S02E02

Taiwanese Drama - 2021, 6 episodes

Episodes | Viki | YouTube | Netflix | WeTV | Tencent | Prime | Catalogue

[aliceisathome]

We are, apparently, only half way through the novel of The On1y One with 2 eps to go and we're still stuck in 2012 with no S2 on the cards. I have The Dread...

[surra-de-bunda]

Faith Evans & Mariah Carey photographed by Kevin Mazur & Ron Galella during WBLS Holiday Jam Concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City (November 1997).

[ql-of-all-time-bracket]

QL of All Time - Round 4: Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko (2024) vs We Best Love (2021)

[itsanidiom]

15 DAY BL CHALLENGE - DAY 10

Most Emotionally Pleasing Love Scene

This is tricky like emotionally pleasing...in what way? I have two interpretations!

The final love scene in The Sign, definitely had heavy but good vibes. It's so beautifully soft and emotional. Tharn knowing he's saying goodbye while Phaya is celebrating having survived what he thinks is the worst thing they'll go through together. It's so well done and just such a warm, golden hour glow, despite the ominous knowing feeling.

On the other side, we have the emotionally intense love scenes and MY GOD I think that has to be the COUCH SCENE from We Best Love: Fighting Mr. Second.

This is one of the most tense love scenes in a BL (IMO). Like Shi De is so sad and all messed up and he wants Shu Yi but he knows he shouldn't and he doesn't understand why Shu Yi is upset with him so he gets wasted and shows up at his place. Shu Yi is so mad at Shi De but unwilling to communicate and he misses Shi De and is also just sad and he still wants Shi De...but maybe not like this.

This position is visually stunning and as uncomfortable as the scene is. It's just so intense and dark and messed up and very well done. I love it.

[castielsdwinchester]

DeYi + hugs

[nieves-de-sugui]

10 BL Boys I Want Carnally

Upon making this list I have discovered I do not want carnally a lot ot people. I want a lot of boys to be wanted carnally by other people instead xD

But I somehow managed. I am certainly weak to pretty faces.

Here goes @waitmyturtles!

He has a je ne sais quoi that is SO attractive

Is it the mask? Is it the face? Is it both? Idk, but he does things to me

His whole face. Also crime is attractive

I might have a type

Tinn, my beloved

His whole vibe in Moonlight Chicken was *chef's kiss*

Korn from Cupid's Last Wish is the Earth I'd like to know carnally

Togawa, Togawa. Oh, Togawa

Hira might be a weirdo but his faces, damn (particularly in this gif)

Hello there, cute sir who makes me feel things

This list has made me wonder is there's a penchant for voyeurism in me since, in the end, I want most of those people to want their significant other carnally while I watch from under the blanket hiding myself. Being human is weird.

Since so many people have been tagged in this I'm only gonna put a few here @emotionallychargedtowel @xagan @ranchthoughts @wanderlust-in-my-soul @takeadeepbreathandexist

[lunyre]

wbl (gen 1); under the orange sun - episode 3 / part 4

malcolm sr.: we could also get the kids involved! great publicity, cultivating relationships for the younger generation, eh? starting them out early. give them something to look up to.

timothy: that’s true!

he turns to jacques.

timothy: it’s about time max and willow met, this might be a good opportunity to… properly introduce them?

[nattawinlove-andmygaytea]

I'm so sad that I have to say goodbye to these characters and to the actors working together... but It's a Miracle and a joy that I had the opportunity to witness it.✨

strawberry cakes forever 🍰❤

Kiseki: dear to me 2023

[bl-bracket]

Best QL Marriage Proposal Round 1: Tan & Bun (Manner of Death) vs Zheyu & Bingwei (We Best Love: Fighting for Mr. 2nd)

[Submitted Reasons Under Cut]

Tan & Bun: "this proposal is insane and not something anyone with any sense would ever do and it's the only reasonable way that these two would ever do a proposal. this is coming from the couple who said I love you for the first time in the middle of faking their deaths. part of tan's plan hinged on the fact that bun would find his location using the one way tracker he installed on his phone back when he still suspected tan of murdering his friend from childhood. it involved their adopted teenagers chasing them with guns. bun did not hesitate to say yes. if tan proposed in a slightly less insane way I think bun would have been a bit disappointed."

Zheyu & Bingwei: none submitted

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We Best Love: No. 1 For You | S01E02

Taiwanese Drama - 2021, 6 episodes

Episodes | Gaga | Viki | YouTube | iQIYI | WeTV | Tencent | Catalogue

[becauseimanicequeen]

The pettiest bitch in We Best Love, and I fucking love him!

[slveepyscwrs]

You want ACTUALLY obscure ship dynamics inspired by small fandoms WITH prompts for each of them to help you write? I got you bestie:

I get the frustration. You want to explore a new ship dynamic to practice your romance writing skills, but you can't find anything aside from the same old.

If that sounds like something you struggle with, here are some ship dynamics that are criminally underused because I've either seen it in a fandom that's teeny-tiny, or I thought of them myself and I haven't been able to see it anywhere.

(Disclaimer: Some of these MIGHT be slightly popular already, so don't go saying "erm actually I've already seen this trope used a bunch of times." I'm not saying that these ideas haven't been used at all, I'm just saying that their popularity is very less compared to some other tropes. I'm also not trying to judge anyone who likes popular tropes.)

Be sure to tag me if you use any of the prompts included here!

Teacher x Teacher. Blame Mr. Ajayi x Mr. Farouk from Heartstopper for my obsession with this. I know, Heartstopper itself isn't a small fandom, but this shipping trope is. Student x Student has already been done a gazillion times. Student x Teacher... uh... not everyone's cup of tea. Teacher x Teacher has a lot of opportunities for fluff and angst, and is also good practice for writing older characters.

(+ Bonus Points if the students notice and try to get them together and/or just sit there confused because how the hell did we get here?)

Prompt Ideas:

"It's 10:00 P.M., and you're still grading tests? Nope, I'll handle them, and you need to go home and rest."

"This is the third time this week that you've been crying in the teacher's lounge. That's it, tell me the names of the kids that I need to give a piece of my mind and extra homework to."

2. Childhood Enemies to Lovers. Before you say, "Wouldn't that just count as enemies to lovers?," the vast majority of enemies to lovers that I've seen involve A and B meeting when they're already teens/young adults.

We love childhood friends to lovers. We love enemies to lovers. Why not have both?

The media that I got this trope from is a BL drama called "We Best Love." If I gushed about how much I love this series and how it lives rent-free in my head, this post would last forever.

(+ Bonus Points If they realise that they never really actually hated each other, it was just a silent lie they were telling each other throughout their childhood.)

Prompt Ideas:

"You couldn't even let me have the slide for five seconds when we were kids. Why are you doing all this for me only now?"

"Wait, don't tell me you're still holding grudges from when we were literally in diapers?"

3. Okay guys today we've gathered to come up with a plan to get these two gosh darn idiots together. I don't really know how to describe it other than that. I also don't recall seeing it any of my fandoms, mostly from my OC stories.

However, I don't know if it's just me, but I LOVE seeing the ship's friends getting involved in having the ship sail successfully. We Stan supportive friends, and the comedy that comes with such situations is a surefire way to keep readers hooked.

(+Bonus Points if two of the friends slowly realise their feelings for each other WHILE doing their shenanigans to try and get the main ship together. Extra Chaos.)

Prompt Ideas:

"What are you suddenly doing here?" "[Friend] sent me." "That's weird, [Friend] sent me too." "Wait..."

"You're telling me that they still didn't realise they have feelings for each other? Ugh, fine, I guess it's time for Plan B..."

I have a lot more of these, but this post is getting too long. If you want to hear more about lesser known tropes, please show some love to this post!

Love,

Your Gay Writing Bestie