#jemmo!

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🎶✨when u get this u have to put 5 songs u actually listen to, publicly. then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (non-negotiable, positivity is cool)🎶 linnnnn as ever im nosy and wanna know 😂

Hej Jess! Thanks for this ask, I'm so happy you're nosy! Coincidentally, I've been compiling a top ten list of songs from bl shows (which I'll post at some point!), but this ask allows me to be a freer with my choices than that list, so I'm grateful for that.

Alright...before I start, I was a bit confused at the wording of the ask - I guess it means songs I listen to when other people might also be in hearing range, yes? Well, I don't usually listen to music when other people are around (social anxiety ftw) but sometimes it happens when I'm in work early in the morning and some of my colleagues also arrive early...so I'm just going to pick five of my favourite songs from the playlist I usually listen to (it's 8 hours long so there's plenty to choose from!).

In no particular order:

เอก - Season Five - from KinnPorsche - I think this is my fav song from the series (I know, even more than Why Don't You Stay). I love how soft it is, the piano melody, the way it pauses at 2:01...it's just a gorgeous song.

Why Don't You Stay - Jeff Satur - from KinnPorsche - Yes, okay, since I mentioned it, i guess I'll include it here. I love it, I love him, I love the choral build up at the end.

เพราะเธอ - Jeff Satur - from The Tuxedo - And since we're talking about Jeff... I haven't seen this series but I found the track from a rabbit hole I fell into listening to his songs. This one is so beautiful and his voice goes so high, I like to sing along but I have to drop an octave to do so 😂.

คลาด (Over the Moon) - Khaotung Thanawat - from The Eclipse - I don't actually have this one in my playlist yet since it's not on spotify yet...but when it is, it will be. I think this is a great song, smooth, soft, but with great rhythm changes.

When We Were Younger - Loving Caliber - used in Bad Buddy - And now for something a bit different... This song just Gets Me. It affects me more than any of the official ost songs from the series. It's something to do with the way they used the instrumental music during the tin can scene at the end of ep 12 and that the lyrics basically relate Pat and Pran's story. I love the piano, the violins, the lyrics, and how it invokes scenes from the series in my mind.

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for the random asks 5, 26 and 42 ☺️

ps welcome to the uk here is your customary cup of tea ☕️

Hi jemmo! Thank you for the question prompts. I thought i would have time to answer them yesterday when I was travelling but it was such a faff that I couldn't. And thank you for the tea, I was in fact drinking a cup when I read your message 💪🏼

5. Did you learn a skill or get a new hobby during lockdown?

I was quite lucky in that I had already started a Creative Writing Masters when the pandemic happened, which was all online anyway, so not much changed for me when the 'lockdown' began. That being said, I suppose I could say I learnt more about the writing process and the course also opened up other areas of knowledge and study to me, like neuroscience, embodiment, and psychology...but they're not really new skills or hobbies. I tried to learn sign language but quickly discovered I needed to learn in person in classes if I was going to properly learn or develop...and that's exactly what I couldn't do during the lockdown! So, a long-winded way of saying no?

26. Have you ever won a contest?

Ummm...well, having done gymnastics as a child, I guess yes - gymnastics competitions - as well as dance competitions. But I don't really remember them. And I think I may have won some kind of contest as an adult...but I don't remember 😂 I have a terrible memory. I do however have a guilty memory of winning the opportunity to go to the boat show in London through my secondary school but I think I copied a friend's design and she should really have gone - ooops!

42. Do you have a favourite swear word?

I seem to use fu*k or fu*king a lot on this blog but my automatic go-to word is actually the swedish version of the f-word -> "jävla" because it just feels so good to say (here's a vid of the pronunciation). I also like to roll an invisible 'r' at the end, which is not correct, but feels better adding a hard sound to the end (like the 't' at the end of 'sh*t', or 'k' at the end of 'fu*k'). When I'm really p*ssed at something, I'll combine them in 'jävla fu*king christ' (apologies to anyone offended for that 🙃).

The questions.

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❤️ send this to the twelve nicest people you know or who seem to have a good heart and if you get five back you must be pretty awesome ❤️ - you are a different kind of breed my friend. like i fancy myself as a newbie analyser of media but the constant takes you have on bad buddy's styling, the meaning of all the colours in the outfits and the attention to little details, im telling you, that takes dedication that i seriously envy. pls never stop being so so so amazing :)))

OMG JEMMO!! Thank you so much for this 💙 I've been seeing this ask making the rounds and telling myself "it's ok, I haven't officially been part of this community for very long (I stalked many bl blogs for a while but didn't follow nor did I post my own stuff), so if I don't get any it's ok, it's ok" BUT, like, you just blew me away with your message. Can I just hold a mirror up and say I also feel like a newbie analyser of media and love your takes on bad buddy. Reading your rants and analysis and essays and tags feeds me, so thank you for being you ❤️ I don't know the etiquette of this - am I supposed to send one back to you or send it on to twelve others...? I guess take this as though I've sent it to you too 💛