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[hipster]

People say “go big or go home” as if going home is a bad thing. Like hell yeah I’ll go home… I can nap when I get there.

[dingyuxi]

MY ROYAL NEMESIS 멋진신세계 (2026)

[xiaolanhua]

Heo Nam Jun as Cha Se Gye My Royal Nemesis ‧ 멋진신세계 ‧ 2026

[deokmis]

My Royal Nemesis [dir. Han Tae-seob]

[alistairlowe]

SUB 18:15

[alistairlowe]

SUB 18:15

[purposelynana]

Minute by minute. 2026 edition.

[bellark]

NEDJELJA 11:15

[alistairlowe]

SUB 20:07

[purposelynana]

You like a show too much then you becoma sick of it because everyone talked about it. It's sad. This is a sign for me to not watch english-languange show..

[crowned-crimson-flower]

Danmei is a very unique genre of queer literature which both centers and de-centers queerness. None of the Danmei I’ve read have been essentially “about” being gay. They’re just stories of life, of magic, of fantasy, of love, in which the main characters happen to be gay. Which is a kind of representation I have often seeked from western media and related intermediaries because why is every gay story, a coming out story? Is there not more to queer people than that?

However, while capturing the personhood of queer people; Danmei also captures the queerness of people because none of these stories would work if the characters weren’t gay/queer

Wei Wuxian’s absolute buffoonery of misunderstanding Lan Zhan’s feelings in a decade long telephone game in which neither of them open their damn mouth would never work in a non-queer story because between a man and a woman romance would be the natural assumption of everyone around them and therefore wouldn’t leave space for confusion. The misunderstanding of their romance is so closely tied to the plot succession that the plot would be… non existent without it

In TGCF Xie Lian and Hua Cheng’s absolute aspirational love is literally in the backseat and front seat of the story. Not too different from a classic hero’s journey but instead of the hero being one person, it’s two people. They are so intertwined with eo that they become one character and witness a lot of the story together. Witness being a very interesting word choice. Their queerness doesn’t drive the story but replacing one of them with a woman would dampen the effect— it’d remove the uncertainty, the confusion from everyone around them, the genuine slow burn of the romance. There’s also this idea of Hua Cheng falling in love with Xie Lian so far separated from concepts such as gender or whatever which wouldn’t have been hammered home in a straight romance where those conversations aren’t always had between the audience and the story

And Erha.. well obviously. Half of Chu Wanning’s “this is so inappropriate” spiral wouldn’t exist if he was a woman. And, the idea of Mo Ran being a “cut sleeve” builds up the under current of his character being so far dismissed by society because he’s seen as immoral. Which just wouldn’t serve to the same effect if he was into exclusively women because so was every other character.

Not in a single one of these stories is queerness and homosexuality the central theme of the story yet without them, the romance wouldn’t be the same. Liking the same gender as you comes with baggage in our society which is so heteronormative and that effect has to exist in the person characters become for them to be authentic but at the same time, limiting that effect only to produce coming out stories/falling in love stories is unfair. Danmei mends this through a middle ground where the plot is the focus but it doesn’t exist in a vaccum, it exists in queerness itself

[loveable-sea-lemon]

it's really funny watching everyone freak out over Heated Rivalry like "omg gay show that releases weekly, this is EXACTLY what tv needs to be" and me and my asian BL girlies are like. yeah. it's great, but it's not revolutionary to do that.

don't get me wrong, i am loving heated rivalry, but like. u guys know there are hundreds of queer shows airing weekly year round. if you just look. and were willing to read subtitles.

[purposelynana]

Thisssssss... ive been saying this. Heated Rivalry isnt some kind of revolutionary shit because ive been seeing this from 7-8 years ago. So.. yeah.

[usertoxicyaoi]

10DANCE (2025). dir. OTOMO KEISHI.

[janployshompoos]

I keep repeating it to you from morning to night that you will be safe under my care! And you still think of running away from me? Hear me out. Remember this!

ME AND THEE | EP5

[aprilblossomgirl]

Don’t think of this as playing with rainwater. Think of it as dancing in the rain. Dancing? (Sometimes, you just have to follow the rhythm. Even if something makes you stop, as long as you’re not afraid, you’ll finally be able to dance. Close your eyes. Now, imagine this. You’re dancing with someone. Someone who, no matter where you step, is always ready to move with you. Someone you want here the most. I think I’ve found it, Mom. Both my rhythm and someone who will move with me.)

มีสติหน่อยคุณธีร์ Me and Thee | Ep.03

[storge]

Partners in both work and life, lawyer Otokita Hajime and private detective Iseya Kai. Unable to be legally married, they join forces to support those hurt by a partner’s betrayal, handling divorce cases together.

MAEDA GOKI as Otokita Hajime MIZUSAWA RINTARO as Iseya Kai Delivering Delicious Divorces (2025)

[phantom-threaded]

Derry Girls 3.04

[christophernolan]

Grandma. I think I had a dream. a dream where I met a woman whom I could die for. I wish I could stay asleep forever.

Georges Bataille // James Agee // I, Carrion (Icarian)- Hozier // Kazimierz Wierzyński, tr. by Czeslaw Milosz, “A Word of Orphists,” // "Orestes" by Euripides, tr. Anne Carson, "Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides" // "Confessions to the Moon" by Michael // Richard Siken, "Crush" // Henry Miller, A Literate Passion: Letters of Anaïs Nin & Henry Miller // Hadestown // Amal El-Mohtar, "This Is How You Lose the Time War" // "pitiful origin," by silas Denver Melvin // Simone de Beauvoir’s letter to Sartre // Richard Siken, "Crush" // "For Your Own Good," Leah Horlick //