wild blue yonder

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[nasirsagron]

I hope someone is uploading a cut for the wlw couple on nevertheless, cause from gifs they seem cute as f and when it ends I would like to watch it, but yeah the main couple doesn't interest me enough to actually watch it

[mymycorrhizae]

You can watch just the wlw scenes on this twitter thread and on this tumblr

[jazetallo-art]

pov: you're making history. you're working with the most advanced technology in the world. outlook still doesn't fucking work.

[gemini-enthusiast]

It's official! The Artemis II crew of Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen (speaking) and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman have broken the Apollo 13 distance record and flown further from the Earth than any human in history.

[lasnevadaslaborunion]

It frightens and discourages me how pervasive "tribal" stereotypes and imagery are in the fantasy and adventure genres.

It's all over the place in classic literature. Crack open a Jules Verne novel and you're likely to find caricatures of brown people and cultures, even when the characters are sympathetic to the plight of the colonized peoples - incidentally, this is the biggest reason I can't recommend 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea to everyone, despite Captain Nemo being one of my favorite fictional characters of all time.

You can't escape it in modern cinema, either. You'll see white heroes venturing bravely into jungles and tombs to steal from natives who don't know how to use their resources "properly." You'll see them strung up in traps, riddled with sleeping darts, forced to flee and fight their way out. Hell, Pirates of the Caribbean, a remarkably inclusive franchise in many other ways, had an extended sequence of the white heroes escaping from a cannibal civilization in the second film.

And when fantasy RPGs want a humanoid enemy, the "bloodthirsty natives" are the first stock trope they jump to. World of Warcraft is one of the most egregious examples, with the trolls - blatant racist caricatures with faux-voodoo beliefs, cannibalistic diets, Jamaican accents, and a history of being killed in droves by (white) elves and humans - being raided and slaughtered in nearly every expansion.

It doesn't matter how vibrant and distinctive the real-world indigenous, Polynesian, Caribbean, and African cultures are. It doesn't matter how much potential these real civilizations offer for complex and sympathetic characterization. Anything that doesn't make sense to the white western mind is shoved under the same "savage" umbrella. They're different. They're strange. They're scary. They have to be escaped, subjugated, eliminated, ogled at from the safety of a museum.

Modern writers, directors, and developers don't even seem to realize how horrifying it is to present the indigenous inhabitants of a place as "obstacles" for non-native protagonists to overcome. "It's not racist," they say, "because these people aren't really people, you see." And if you dare to point out anything that hurts or offends you as a descendant of the bastardized culture, you're accused of being the real racist: "These aren't humans! They're monsters! Are you saying that these real societies are just like those disgusting monsters?"

No, they're not monsters. But you chose to design them as monsters, just as invaders have done for hundreds of years. Why would you do that? Why can you recognize any other caricature as evil and cruel, but not this?

This is how deep colonialism runs.

[nongsun]

SCREAMING CRYINGGGG DYING

[cdramasource]

Till The End Of The Moon / 长月烬明 (2023)

[gabrielokun]

[metfell]

i,... hate.... HUMIDITY!!!!! *starts punching the water molecules in the air around me*

[anneboonchuys-deactivated202306]

i don’t know shit about flower symbolism but if you tell me a character is deeply connected to a flower and then tell me the symbolism of that flower i’ll fucking explode

[candlewinds]

PARK SO-MI as JUNG ONE She Makes My Heart Flutter (2022)

[panncakes]

favourite gls: → She makes my heart flutter (2022)

“Auntie, I really like it here. It’s not because this is your bar but this place is so special to me. Sometimes, I feel suffocated like all the dust is inside of me. But coming to this place makes me feel so comfortable. You know too, there are not a lot of places like that for us.”

[candlewinds]

- Both the aunt and niece are lesbians? - Right? It’s so interesting. - Yeah, it’s like a web-drama!

SHE MAKES MY HEART FLUTTER (2022) Dir. Soo Not Sue

[raypakorn]

CHEERCEMBER 2022

DAY 6: pat + purple ↳  requested by @dilfmas for @milfmas

[smittenskitten]

Bad Buddy Rewatch: 1/∞

[ahxu-laowen]

I see you're a GL enthusiast and others have often tagged you in GL related content... As someone who has consumed a little BL and is curious about quality GL stories, do you have like 2 or 3 recs for me? Thank you!

hi!! i'm so glad you asked *pulls out a presentation on all the gl crumbs i've collected over the years*

we don't have a lot (yet!!!!) it's mostly miniseries, short films and side couples but i'll try my best to put together a list of my personal picks hope you'll be able to find something you like <3

first of all here's some of the longer / higher production stuff we've got

Sleep With Me

Philippines, 6 eps, iWantTFC and GagaOOLala

tw ableism

100/10 can't possibly recommend it enough. a beautiful and sweet story, not too heavy but still complex, the actresses have amazing chemistry that made me all giggly, disability rep, high quality everything. oh and the screenwriter&director is sapphic herself!!

(if the other options don't work for you or you want to make gifs you can download the episodes here)

Fragrance of The First Flower

Taiwan, 6 eps, GagaOOLala

tw homophobia

great acting, writing, cinematography, music, created by a sapphic woman, one of the main actresses is openly bi BUT it has a sad ending (sorry for the spoiler) so if that's something you avoid this show might not be for you

The Handmaiden

Korea, movie, Netflix, Prime, Apple TV

tw graphic violence, abuse

a wlw classic, absolute masterpiece, has a surprisingly happy ending. highly recommend if you haven't watched it already

Couple of Mirrors

China, 12 eps, youtube

tw murder, guns

based on a gl manhua but it's china so the show is censored meaning that there's no explicit declaration of romantic love. however it's all still very obvious and i love this couple dearly, they have a v interesting dynamic. and xu youyi is one of my favorite characters of all time, what a woman. the ending is ??? but there's some hope for a second season

now onto the miniseries

Girlfriend Project Day 1

Korea, 4 eps, youtube

fake dating, enemies to lovers, super cute. very short but the second season has been announced 🥳🥳

you can also find a mv starring the lead actresses here

Nevertheless (side couple)

Korea, 10 eps

don't watch the whole show you really don't need that just watch the soljiwan cut it can stand on its own as a miniseries (i've watched it here i think it's a really nice cut)

best friends to lovers, mutual pining, absolutely delicious. had me crying screaming throwing up

My Fairy Ghost

Japan, 4 eps, youtube

romance between two artists, one alive and the other not so much. don't worry though this has the happiest ending!!!!

Magic of Zero: Zero Photography

Thailand, 1 ep, youtube

tw body image issues

if you're a bl fan you've probably already watched bad buddy (if you haven't you really should). this is a sequel about the gl side couple from that series but it can stand alone. it's an incredibly cute story about established girlfriends with a fantasy element. it should be obvious from my blog how obsessed i am with these girls aksghsksks

Out of Breath

Korea, 3 eps, youtube

a sweet story about two women who met on a dating app. tbh i don't remember much about this apart from the fact that i liked it

She Makes My Heart Flutter

Korea, 5 eps, youtube

from the same director as out of breath. a story about two lesbians, niece and aunt, navigating their queer lives. an awesome sapphic friend group, multiple romantic subplots. it's currently airing so tune in <3

Chinese miniseries and short films

i'm putting them all into one category because there's a lot of them but they're all rather short. some of the longer ones are legend of yunqian, legend of yunze, led astray by love, the vampires, a practical guide to being a superstar's assistant. because they're so short the stories are generally too fast-paced and the production is not high by any means but they're all so beautiful and cute and i enjoy them a lot so i decided to include them in the list. you can find all of the ones i mentioned and more here and here

(the screenshot is from the short film the fox spirit and the little priest you can find it on youtube)

i'm sure i've forgotten something but here's the list for now, enjoy 💗 tell me what you think if you watch anything i'm curious 👀 sorry for such a late reply as you can see i got a bit carried away....

[xagan]

Okay but big fucking kudos to The Eclipse and Not Me for championing literature as a legitimate tool for questioning established norms, it may seem obvious but i was legit surprised to see how many people started looking into the literature presented in both. Snobbish academic elitism has made us forget the actual messages behind classic works and the role they've played in revolution and I'm glad to see them highlighted in this light again

[davikah]

If there’s something wrong, you can tell me. Don’t just stay quiet and leave me hanging. If you’re not okay with something, like or dislike something, you can tell me frankly.

You too. Tell me everything. About your study or not, I can always listen.

I Told Sunset About You | Episode 2