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SPARE ME YOUR MERCY | 1.02
Five more minutes. Just five minutes.
Toxic Yaoi and Gothic Romance in BL
"Gothic romance[s] are this fascinating blend of dark, brooding atmospheres and intense emotional journeys.
They're not your typical fairytale wrap-ups. More like emotional roller coasters that leave you breathless.
[They might] have endings that could be called 'happy,' but they're layered with so much ambiguity and lingering unease.
The happiness is earned through fire, and even then, it's shadowed by what came before.
Gothic romance thrives on that tension between resolution and lingering darkness.
The protagonists usually survive, even triumph in some way, but their victories are bittersweet.
They've faced ghosts--literal or metaphorical--and those experiences don't just vanish.
Love is destructive, and the 'happy' resolution comes only after generations of suffering.
It's not clean or simple, which is why these stories stick with you long after you finish them.
Gothic romance doesn't give easy answers, and that's part of it's magic.
Adapted from user Gabriel's comment on goodnovel
Spare Me Your Mercy | Opening Sequence
Tor Thanapob as Dr Kan Kantaphat JJ Krissanapoom as Thiu Wasan
Stop!
SPARE ME YOUR MERCY (2024) dir. Wo Worawit Khuttiyayothin
tag game: favourite character poll
Rules: Make a poll with 5 of your (all time) favourite BL characters, then tag some people to do the same.
Was tagged by @chenouttachen 💛 (ik you tagged my main but this is where i post abt my bls 😶🌫️) thank you so much!
I listed the first characters that came to mind. There's just so many to choose from!!
VEGAS
Lol
DR. KAN
I have such a stupid crush on him still
GUMPA
He's such a mystery character if i could order a prequel to any series it'd be not me & about him. Also this moment one of my favs in any bl ever:
YOLO!
TOH
He's such a little freak i love him. Was debating putting nuea here instead of him cause they're both perfect. The best freak for freak love story ive ever seen
KIYOI
Forever have such a soft spot for him in my heart
Popular vote
Vegas (Kinnporsche)
Dr. Kan (Spare Me Your Mercy)
Gumpa (Not Me)
Toh (Secret Crush On You)
Kiyoi (Utsukushii Kare)
No pressure tags: @tumsa @chordassinationtechnique @gaym3bo1 @shubaka @zimmbzon
Regarding this interview about the portrayal of intimacy in Euthanasia...
I can't say I'm happy with any of it.
Because okay. You don't want the romance to derail from the drama? But still want it to be clear there's a romance there?
Then build it up, genuinely, show the characters grow closer and how they like each other, create moments between them that show the romance happening, not just state it for the audience verbally.
And hey, you don't need NC scenes for that! No, sexual intimacy is not the only thing that "proves" a romance exist.
I mean heck, you could even go all the way around and have all the NC scenes in the world and still present a story where the characters aren't in love with each other, because sex ≠ romance. Absolutely.
But also I'm, really tired™, of this idea that any kind of sex portrayed in media is only going to "taint" the final composition. As If sex and love stories were some dirty stain that automatically made the work lesser: Less serious, less formal, less dramatic.
I don't agree with the idea that you have to sacrifice intimacy in order to be taken seriously. I don't agree with the idea that sex is by default, just fanservice and therefore it's portrayal subtracts automatically from the story.
And don't even get me started on the way this idea is so prevalent specially when it comes to queer media.
I have never, in my life, encounter someone bashing Dark because it contains sex and nudes, I have seen more respect shown for the sex scene in Midsommar than for the explicit kiss of Catra and Adora, and I would argue we have at least a couple of good shows that discuss heavy topics without needing to censor themselves when it comes to CHARACTERS HAVING SEX.
It doesn't have to be One or The Other, and continuing pushing this idea that it has to, either your work becomes un-pure or can't be taken as seriously as you wish, is nothing but purity culture bullshit, and I'm mad, and so, so tired to still be having this discussion all over again
