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subscribing to a fic isnât enough I need the author to blast a bat signal into the night sky whenever they update
my favourite thing about being a fanfic reader is being able to scream at the authors in the comments
like, I was reading a really good book at work a month ago, and had to hide said book because I didn't realise there was, like, 4 pages of softcore smut in there - I REALLY wanted to scream incoherently at the author, but I couldn't. Well, I might be able to, but I'm not about to send this author an instagram dm that says "can't believe you got me reading smut at work lmfaooo"
meanwhile in ao3 I can screech incoherently at an author and say shit like:
"NDJKEASHFBKAJWHEBFKADHJSGVBA OH MY GOD IM LOSING MY MIND RAGHHHH JUST LET THEM KISS ALREADY YOU MONSTER or better yet lemme kiss you THIS IS AMAZING"
and an ao3 author will see this, and respond to it with:
"teehee glad you're enjoying it, totally not going to kill one later <3"
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Needed everyone else to read this note. Was in a fic I read lol
mdzs art dump pt 1! A bunch of of stuff I drew over the years I thought itâd be nice to share ^^
Fully aware of the cringe factor, but that wont stop me from hitting that post button
MALEC: ESPRESSO
kpop idols as things said in the servers i'm in
junkyu: iâm a 10 outta 10
jihoon: if i have a kid, iâm naming him 11 so heâll be better than you
haruto: is the kid gonna go 1234567, you make me feel like 11?
hyunsuk: omg thatâd be a perfect confession tho-
wooyoung: happy valentines day, bestie!
yeosang: happy valentines day i hope you cherish this capitalist holiday and raid shops that have their excess chocolate they couldn't sell on sale the next day
niki: i fell on my ankle but who cares âitâs like a polaroid loveâ cures all pain
jake: are you okay ???
yeonjun: literally sobbing while cutting onions. i donât remember them being this spicy
soobin: depends on what kind of onions you were cutting
yeonjun: big onions
hyuka: maybe the sciency chemicals in the onions were too much that they made you full on bawl
yeonjun: i deadass had to go get taehyunâs goggles to cut onions
yeonjun: i was a scientist chopping onions
sunghoon, texting: JACK
sunghoon: SHOOT I MEAN JAKE
jake: IM JACK JAKE WHATEVER YOU WANT
jake: but you can also call me yours
i.n: should i be concerned about back problems at my age?
chan: honey my back was 60 when i was 16 it's all good
jisung: look at this fetus pic of haechan-hyung!
jeno: he looks so annoying i love it
haechan: ???
renjun: i wanna drop kick him
mark: hey! be nice!
renjun: he looks so annoyingly cute ⌠i wanna drop kick him
jaemin: and thatâs on how to be affectionate
s.coups: give me your hand in marriage right now
jeonghan: i want a diamond ring
s.coups: not worth the investment, iâll get you a lab grown diamond instead
minghao: you mean like the ones made outta human bones and stuff?
jeonghan: say what now?
WangXian royality AU đâ¤ď¸
Collab with @/prettyweiyings on Twitter for omegaxian week! Link to their fic in comments!
NATTY MAPS photoshoot behind
by far the best part of grocery shopping is the little babies. i was carefully selecting mushrooms when i felt upon me a piercing gaze and looked up to see a very chubby and very red-cheeked baby staring intently at me from a grocery cart with a slightly furrowed brow, hand clutching an apple for dear life. i wiggled a mushroom at her and she gasped and kept staring. i turned back to the mushrooms and heard a shriek. i turned around and the baby stared in anticipation. i wiggled another mushroom and she shrieked again in delight. she looked down at the apple in her hand, considering it for a moment. fair-minded as she was, she decided it would only be right to wiggle produce at me in return, and she held up the apple and shook it with all her might. i think i could live forever now
BLs with Strong Historical Elements
Costume dramas, historical BLs, and BLs with time travel or flashbacks to historical locations & times.
These are in order of my personal preference, best at the top.
I Feel You Linger in the Air
2023 Thailand
IFYLITA is an exquisite BL, from filming techniques to narrative framework (much like Until We Meet Again). It's about a gay man from our time who falls into the past, becomes a servant to a noble house, and falls in love with the heir. It turns out this has all happened several times before. Steeped in history and family drama it edges into lakorn (but not as much as To Sir With Love and with way less scenery chewing). This is an elegant and classy soulmates BL... from Thailand which normally doesn't even try for classy. The main couple (both as a pair and as individuals) were excellent, particularly Bright (Yai) whose eye-work acting style is a personal favorite of mine. Pity about the ending. Oh it wasnât that sad but it wasnât good either. This show could easily have earned a 10/10 from me except that it fumbled the⌠erm⌠balls in the final quarter. Argh. Whatever.
Nobleman Ryu's Wedding
2021 Korea - WeTV
A boy cross-dresses to take his runaway sister's place as a bride to a shy scholar, turns out they like being married. A historical setting allowed this BL to use some seriously old fashioned romance tropes (arranged marriage, evil step-sisters, Cinderfella) but also modern BL stylings like fake relationship & secret identity (drag) plus some cute gay panic. It reminded me of 12th Night more than anything else which just happens to be my favorite Shakespeare play. For all these reasons, I adored it.
(the ghat kiss!)
Tinted With You
2022 Korea - Viki
Fun stylish time travel meets portal fantasy with a likable cast, historical setting, and two actual kisses that mitigate the rough plot and issues around anachronisms.
Word of Honor
2021 China (censored) - Viki/YouTube?
I donât rec Chinese stuff often, because I believe in censoring the censors, but this show is one of my favorites of the post 2016 censored bromances. Itâs two murder-gay assassins (pining sunshine/tsundere), and they are so insanely gay for two boys who will never be allowed to kiss. Tropes include: wuxia, soulmates, paranormal, historical, and fantasy elements.
To Sir, With Love AKA Khun Chai
2022 Thailand - YouTube?
This is a true lakorn (basically Thai tellenovella or soap opera) with scenery chewing performances, especially from the mother characters. Gone With the Wind + Days of Our Lives but gay. That said? I loved it: A glorious central brother relationship (the best, made me cry), het romances, class divide + gay *gasp* main romance - oh my word, the campy drama of it all! Arranged marriage, rebellion, cut sleeves, over-the-top death with curses and regrets, beautiful if inaccurate costumes, secrets unraveling, cover ups, sparkle murder, sex herbs, coils within coils including snakes and murderous green metallic sequins (is anything gayer on this earth?). Itâs a WILD ride but it does end happy for our gay boys. A man cries when he finds DEATH GLITTER. Come on! You haffa watch it. That said, like Manner of Death I struggle to rate something on a BL scale when it patently isnât a BL. So I ended up giving this exactly what I gave that show, 7/10 I enjoyed it a whole lot, but not as a BL.
The Untamed (Special BL Edition)
2020 China (censored) - YouTube
Censored wuxia bromance, amorphous ending. Probubly the best known BL of its kind out of China and responsible for bring many fans to the BL side.
Our Skyy 2: Never Let Me Go
2023 Thailand - YouTube
I was nervous to watch this PondPhuwin vehicle but I liked it a lot! Doomed soulmates + paranormal time travel to fix the past. Iâm happy for the outfits and the dancing (if not the singing). Itâs not a bad premise and itâs nice to see GMMTV lean into its high production values for a change. I'd adore a full historical starring these two and this was definitely the best of the second series of Our Skyy. I don't think you have to have watched the original Never Let Me Go to enjoy this.
Legend of Long Yang: Rebirth
2017 China
Gaga
Whipping boy trope... literally, servant character takes the strap for the prince, who then makes him his bodyguard and lover when he becomes king. Low budget historical, comes off as kind of cosplay wuxia version of Irresistible Love, but we get (in the credits) an actual kiss, and they both live. So yay for small mercies.
The Director Who Buys Me Dinner
2023 Korea (historical flash backs)
iQIYI
A new employee at a film company encounters a director who claims to have lived 300 years and insists that they have to date (eat, hug & kiss) if baby doesn't want to die. It has a lot of Japanese elements, not the least of which are: an office setting, the fact that every character in this show is unhinged, and a killing of the gays. Featuring a gorgeous & stellar cast, TDWBMD should have utilized them less for melodrama and more for chemistry. This BL surprised me by going there with a lipstick mark AND an actually gay idol. But (you knew there was a but) while it's a unique twist on an office romance it is NOT a unique twist on the doomed red thread trope, resulting in it feeling less than the sum of its parts and ultimately unsatisfying. This might have also had to do with the fact that this was one of those KBLs where I felt how very short it was the whole time I was watching, like I was missing something constantly, in every episode. Worth watching for some but seriously flawed.
First Love Again
2022 Korea (historical flash backs) - Viki
A popular novelist who remembers his past lives meets his soulmate for the third time, only to find she has been reincarnated into the body of a man. This one started out a touch mean-spirited, but we eventually got a good kiss. The confession/rejection scene was justified and the reconciliation and ending was... fine. All in all, the pacing felt rushed and the romantic arc was underdeveloped. They go from like to love to boyfriends in a red hot minute. But thatâs par for the course with Koreaâs short form. If you donât mind a heavy does of melodrama in your BL this one has a solid story with a strong concept thatâs well acted and produced, making it a classic KBL with better than average chemistry but ultimately a touch forgettable.
Love in Spring AKA Spring of Crush
2022 Korea
This show was all over the place with uneven acting, narrative, and focus (sometimes it wanted to be a slapstick comedy, sometimes a depressing melodrama) which meant no one, actors or viewers, took anyone or anything seriously.... AND itâs a bromance. I was left wondering if SalHyung is now code for âthey were roommatesâ in Kdrama historicals but otherwise largely apathetic and unimpressed. Korea, I now know you can do better. Do better.
Mermaid's Jade
2019 China (censored-esk) - Gaga
Kills the gay.
The Male Queen: Han Zi Gao
2016 China - Gaga
Kills the gay. Schrodinger's BL, both a BL and entirely not one at the same time.
Diary of Heong Yeong Dang
2014 Korea
Kills the Gay
I was gonna do a top 10 list, but there aren't enough by my metrics, so many end sadly.
This post at the behest of @verymuchof thank you for the idea!
Dated April 2023, includes only BLs that had finished their run by that date. Not responsible for cool costume flix that come after that. But you should check the comments to see if any have been added by others!
I might have missed a few that only have time historical elements since I don't always track those.
Also I would like to point out a decided lack of Japan on this list. My ninja yaoi consuming tiny past self is VERY upset about this void.
WHERE ARE MY GAY NINJAS??!!!
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(+lil bit vegaspete)
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Everyone needs to wash their face n go to bed
Bruce: Who was it?
Dick: Who was what B?
Robin!Jason: yeah, what are you talking about?
Bruce: Which of you stole Green Lantern's ring? He won't shut up about it and specifically mentioned a "batbrat," [he pauses and turns to glare straight at Hal for the phrasing] so who was it?
Jason: Why would either of us take it? Maybe something scared him and it fell off. Probably saw a pencil or something.
Hal, in the background: HEY!
Dick: Yeah, honestly, if I had the same weakness as a Scantron test I'd be scared easily too. That's just sad.
Bruce, Trying So Hard not to laugh: If you confess and give it back I'll take you both out for pizza and ice cream.
Hal: WHAT?!
[Dick and Jason share a look and shrug]
Jason, holding up his hand and showing the ring on his finger: I did it, N distracted him for me.
Bruce: Well done. Excellent teamwork. I'm proud of you both.
Hal: Excuse me?! You're encouraging this?!
Bruce: of course? They're practicing practical skills and utilizing teamwork efficiently to do it. You're the one who needs to work on awareness. If you can't pay attention to the immediate space around you enough to prevent a 13 year old from stealing the source of your power, you're the one with a problem here.
Bruce: Robin, give him back his ring and both of you gather your things. I'm thinking a pizza with all the fixings sounds great right now.
Dick: Extra pepperoni?
Bruce: Absolutely.
D & J: Sweet!!