#wildly different genres there

[v-iv-rusty]

9 and 37?

9 - Sicilienne, Op. 78 - Harriet Krijgh

37 - Devil's Dance Floor - Flogging Molly

[houseswife]

I love how neferiously hugh laurie delivered his lines in that 5x1 scene where house is blackmailing wilson. because the dialogue could’ve been conveyed in a manner that was obviously facetious and unserious (like the way RSL was playing the scene: “You’d jeopardise a patient—? 😒🙄) but he literally chose to go “If it keeps you here😈👹” in the most deadass, diabolical tone. so the result is that we have house sounding like a genuine psychopath as he threatens to let a woman die and then wilson proving he’s an even BIGGER one by responding with, like, mild exasperation at best. 10/10 dynamic no notes

[vibinginthedreamlands]

Carlos Nightvale and John Doe Malevolent really be out here being the "I was trapped in an alternate reality, away from the man I love, and, unbeknownst to him, experienced time differently, as to make a short period away for him a lifetime for me" character, in entirely different and yet depressing and horrible ways

[flythesail]

I talk a lot about The Soup, but I do love it just on a storytelling level. Food is one of the easiest and most effective things you can include to make your stories feel more real. From a visual standpoint, what's more interesting: a character just sitting there talking to another character? Or, a character talking to another character while they prepare a meal, add a spice, taste it, etc. Even in written form, cooking (or eating) is a fantastic way to expand a scene. It gives you something to describe and gives your characters something to do. In episode 6 in particular, it also serves to humanize Qimir. We go from episode 5 where he's in the Stranger's mask ("what is that?") and killing Jedi left and right to episode 6 where we see him doing... normal things. Taking a bath, making soup, working on a project (fixing his helmet), etc. And in regard to it being a meal he's preparing to share with Osha, you have the idea that food is a universal form of connection. It shows care for another.

[fake-married-my-dead-fiance]

My brain right now

[brotherdusk]

bud was ready to throttle house with his mind by the end of that meeting

[danmeichael]

Top 10 BL's you've read for 2024?

the top in this 10 is "off the top of my head", tbh. i also didn't list ten, and these aren't in any particular order. these also aren't my all time favorites (necessarily. i think a couple on this list qualify)

Anotoki Kara Sukidattanda to Omo (and its sequel)

here's the thing: this bl is not good and most people aren't going to like it. it is schlocky, messy, and melodramatic, it's borderline surreal, extremely absurd, relentlessly horny, and it has the pacing of a tiktok edit to an early 100 gecs song set to 150% speed. very prototypical in a lot of ways, one of the most unique bl i've ever read in others. an absolute fever dream. but it's one of those things i read at just the right time, and there's something about it that means a lot to me. it's first so you understand how esoteric my taste gets right off the bat and have 0 expectations for anything else i put on this list. also some cws for this one so like you can dm me if you want to know.

Reunion (by 2coin and deulsum)

something you need to know about me is i really love manhwa that people think is boring and by god reunion is that bitch. long-winded, gently achy character study with identity porn. it's shockingly lowkey, grounded, and comforting to read for it's initial premise... that being "poor guy with terminally ill mother poses as the dead grandchild of a rich terminally ill old dude's nanny in order to pay for his mom's treatment and his brother's schooling and oh no there's this mean chaebol grandson who is obsessed with him except it's 7 years later and the chaebol grandson has amnesia and gives his boss a briefcase of cash to buy him" you'll see what i mean when you read it, it's really actually good. you'll like it if you like quiet slowburns.

Eat Your Heart Out (by Samak Satang and AI_tuner)

do you like scalies? do you like amazing worldbuilding? do you like plotlines about social class and eugenics? do you like yandere older brothers? do you like aggressive bottoms who are slutty and insufferable? do you like 2 and a half foot long dicks? boy do i have a one of a kind manhwa for you. eat your heart out was an unexpected delight right from the start due to it's amazing art and character design. but then i got to know helm and i fell deeply, deeply in love. he is just so fucking annoying and borderline unlikeable at times in a way that makes him an amazing protagonist. crazy about this one, a new favorite for sure. also i am not joking about dick size. you are reading "two and a half foot long dick" and thinking to yourself "surely, danny is exaggerating" i am not exaggerating. please pray for helm. he is not making it out alive.

Tameshi ni Komando Itte mita

if you like domsubverse you probably won't like this domsubverse. if you don't like domsubverse im also not sure if you'll like this. really, to enjoy this you should have a neutral opinion on domsubverse and a positive opinion on kissing the homies goodnight. dom getting dommed. sweet, bunny-soft, funny, and i just really love the relationship between the two leads.

90 Days for the Delicacy

phew, look at those two whole normal recommendations! time for bdsm and gore! i can't really tell you anything about the plot of this one without spoiling it. im sorry, i hate when people do that to me, too. if you know what my favorite manga are: this is in a similar genre.

Nekura to Gyaru Otoko

a simple manga about an outgoing gyaru boy, his childhood friend who has spent his life taking up as little space as possible, and the quiet, painful conflict that causes. one of the first manga i read this year that made a lasting impression on me. i love the art, i love the characters, i love the quiet moments in the story, i love it's bluntness, i love it's weight and temperature and how it tastes when i read it. a must-read for chronic doormats and those who would rather die than burden people they love, imo.

One Summer Day (by ker)

grim reaper fucks up a reaping reaaaal bad and has to babysit his charge until the paperwork comes in. unfortunately being still-alive when you're not supposed to be comes with some... side effects. such as becoming a huge murderslut. good news though! the cure for undead murderslutism is in fact nasty sloppy bareback marathon sex. this is by the same author+artist as sign and i absolutely love it. the characters are likeable and you can feel that this one is going to suckerpunch you with pain between the multi-hour fuckfests.

Spectrophilia

a young man is haunted by his past... literally. and, uh, hornily. after attending the funeral of his highschool bully/situationship/best friend the protagonist finds himself plagued by raunchy "dreams", the star of which being his dead friend. i think i started this in 2023 and i don't care you should read spectrophilia. the art style is really unique and im crazy about it. slow, quiet, a hint of yandere. don't ask me why two entries on this list feature dead people.

OΣG!!! = Oh My God

lets round this out with a banger i fucking love oh my god, it's great, it's gore-camp, it's playfully dark, and the characters are fun! it's a yandere serial killer/salaryman romance wrapped up in an amazing art style and slutty bloodsplatter. this one's light, easy, fun, and exactly what it's trying to be. i adore it.

[eosofspades]

i myself have obsessed over a taylor swift album from time to time and i KNOW she has the potential to write great lyrics she's done it before but i really don't get the urge to paint her as the ultimate lyricist of our lifetimes when hozier is literally right there

[distant-screaming]

13 sentinels is the only game I've managed to replay all the way through without getting bored or annoyed

[sotiredmostnights]

i'm honestly so particular about how i organize my manga collection, like. yuri has to stay together on one bookshelf. same with yaoi. queer lit™ needs to stay together (yes this IS different from yuri/yaoi to me). shoujo needs to be sorted by which series are most nostalgic AND which series are similar in genre. battle shounen CAN NOT share a shelf with shounen romcoms or i will EXPLODE

[a-ramblinrose]

Okay! Okay, already!!! I'm reading Heartstopper by Alice Oseman. I'm listening to all the recommendations from so many different book bloggers/booktubers! I don't remember the last time I picked up a high school romance?!?!?

[minjv]

i love how ive + their team constantly evolve to explore various trends and genres while still holding on to their established musical identity

[nonbinarynightcrawler]

Not sure what to call this genre of musical creator that wears big hats and covers their face while singing out in the desert, but my working title is "something is wrong with the desert" and I want more of it

(In order - Witchz, Red Leather, and Orville Peck)

[tin-can-iron-man]

GOD sometimes it genuinely irks me that stories like Orpheus and Eurydice or even Adam and Eve are criticized under a purely logical and heartless eye. "Why did Orpheus turn around" because he loved her. "Why did Adam eat the fruit" because he loved her. They both chose love over God. And they were punished for it and eternally cemented as fools.

Do you really think that Adam doesn't know what the one goddamn thing he's not allowed to eat LOOKS like? Do you really think that Orpheus would feel better if he hadn't turned around only to find Eurydice's cries for him were real? These stories are about pure love. They're about being punished for the sin of a love that conquers all else. They're both about forsaking God(s) to that end.

TLDR: If a God is going to forsake you for love than they are not a loving God. And they are directly to blame.

[ishikawayukis]

was listening to an interview fall out boy did for their new album, and one of the things they said really struck a chord with me, they were saying how they would never make an throwback album because it would just sound as dudes that now have swimming pools making a throwback album. and it made me think (because my brain inevitably always ends up there) about how much people were complaining about svt's new sound, about how they should do songs like adore u again, like boom boom again, like pretty u again. it made me think just how odd it would be for groups that are in a completely different points in their lives to go back to their initial sound just because some people want a throwback, when also a throwback varies so much for everyone because everyone tunes in at different times, like for me a fob throwback would literally be 15 years ago but for some it could just be 5. point is, i guess, that sometimes people are too caught up in the what it was, specially sound wise, that they would rather have a group sound stagnant and unoriginal rather than letting them rediscover their love for music and what they do and why do they do it

[mercilessflowchart]

Thank you for tagging me @gaynax you lovely bean!!!

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Wonderful Life ➵ Smith & Burrows

Can't Leave ➵ The Whiskey Charmers

Yuve Yuve Yu ➵ The HU

Songbirds ➵ Ben Thornewill

Rule #33 - Pyre ➵ Fish in a Birdcage

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