Annie

filmmaker, book worm, sleepy girl <3

[annisocial]

April 2026 Media Journal

Running behind this month I apologize! I didn’t watch any notable movies and while I read like 10 books most of them were junk. I mostly watched Korean and Chinese dramas. No notable music this month either so I’m highlighting Jimmy Kimmel Live seeing as that is my favorite way to start my morning; a cup of coffee & Jimmy’s show from the night previous. Special shoutout to Jon Stewart on the Daily Show as well. Those two keep me sane. <3

But yeah, A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Laing and A Crane Among Wolves by June Hur are amazing books that delve into Chinese and Korean court politics. If you’re an Eastern Asia history nerd like me who loves a good romance seeped in utter tragedy— CHECK THEM OUT. I’m highly anticipating June Hur’s next book later this month that is a Josei era Pride and Prejudice!

Pursuit of Jade was a promising drama that while it did fall sorta off near the end still kept me the entire time. The main couples chemistry was amazing. I also read the novel this was adapted from this last month too but honestly, I couldn’t find a good translation so I was overwhelmed by it. The reason the drama stands out so much for me is that the visuals were absolutely stunning. Can This Love Be Translated— I have NO words. A top tier K-drama up there with some of my favorite romance ones like Something in the Rain, Doctor Slump, and Lovely Runner! At first I thought it was being a bit ambitious with some of its plot points but at the end everything came together wonderfully and the lead actor’s performances were amazing.

Until the end of May, my friends! Hopefully I am not late again when that time comes.

- Annie <3

[aziracrxw]

— adoration 💫

[figofswords]

wanted to have a more anime-only-friendly print available at the con i'm tabling at this weekend so i cooked this up over three days of nonstop work and not enough sleep. i'm not 100% pleased with how it came out but sometimes a piece is done because you just can't look at it anymore. inspo for this was the vol3 ch15 title illustration with the girls all napping with a bunch of pillows

[espikola]

[elvyn]

Qifrey

[iwamimimimi]

[zephyrine-gale]

qifrey, father of four

[nolvini]

new moon

[loveridden1999]

want by joan larkin..save me...

[loveridden1999]

[kallistoi]

[image text: Want

Joan Larkin

She wants a house full of cups and the ghosts of last century’s lesbians; I want a spotless apartment, a fast computer. She wants a woodstove, three cords of ash, an axe; I want a clean gas flame. She wants a row of jars: oats, coriander, thick green oil; I want nothing to store. She wants pomanders, linens, baby quilts, scrapbooks. She wants Wellesley reunions. I want gleaming floorboards, the river’s reflection. She wants shrimp and sweat and salt; she wants chocolate. I want a raku bowl, steam rising from rice. She wants goats, chickens, children. Feeding and weeping. I want wind from the river freshening cleared rooms. She wants birthdays, theaters, flags, peonies. I want words like lasers. She wants a mother’s tenderness. Touch ancient as the river. I want a woman’s wit swift as a fox. She’s in her city, meeting her deadline; I’m in my mill village out late with the dog, listening to the pinging wind bells, thinking of the twelve years of wanting, apart and together. We’ve kissed all weekend; we want to drive the hundred miles and try it again.]

[jojorice]

matching earrings~💍💕

yuji's puppy eyes are deadly ><

[aliqqce]

My favorite endgame

[rosemaryduexx]

Happy witch hat atelier dayyyy!

Where do I even begin!😭😭😭😭😭💎💛💛💛💛💛🩷🩷🩷

[light-ripples]

stsg

[byjove]

someone commented on a clip from a period drama with something like “is it just me or does anyone else have a hard time connecting with characters if they don’t exist in the modern day?” nah, wild thing to say. I actually have the opposite problem. I have a hard time consuming media set in the present day/past 20 years. a character will pull out an iPhone and text their love interest and I’ll feel disgust and secondhand embarrassment for reasons I cannot fully explain.

[stuck-in-jelly]

I love the way Qifrey silently grumbles at the water "I hate you too." with such contempt

And how quickly Olruggio picks up on it even with the raging waters and chaos of saving people

[animaybi]

Eepy boy

[garaks-gay-garderobe]

ok so maybe I like witch hat atelier....