ramblings on Li Ming (and Heart) and homosexuality
moonlight chicken has so many things to offer in terms of technical beauty and interesting themes but what i cannot stop thinking about is the different ways they approach homosexuality in the story.
we have Wen who has a rainbow flag on his desk and pictures of him and Alan on the wall. Wen, who openly flirts with Jim and has no qualms talking openly about his one night stand. Wen, whose step father knows about his sexuality and is close enough with him to discuss his love life.
Kaipa we don’t know too much about. But his mom knows and is supportive and some of the vendors and the chicken family seem to know. But if anyone was questioning in what reality this show is set with all the class discussion and corona featuring, his part of the story shows that homophobia exists and he is worried about how he fits in with his own family, the expectations of his mother and possible the awareness that he makes the family he has “different”.
Jim is arguably even more visibly gay than Wen in terms of what we see throughout the show. He opened the shop with his ex, they prayed at the temple together and even though he objected due to proprities sake eventually they loudly declared their love to each other and the whole neighbourhood knows. Wen somehow feels like he is living in the remnants of a bubble: his circle of friends seems very queer, his closest friend and the whole gym seem to be all part of that as well. This only might change now with him questioning his work and breaking up with Alan: some gatherings he won’t attend anymore apparently.
And finally, we have Li Ming. At school he doesn’t seem to open up to his classmates on most things and additionally is in the closet. While there wasn’t anything alluding to homophobic rethoric being spread at school we can see how the heteronormativity gets to him and feel that there must be good reason as to why no one knows. And it could just be how Li Ming is judging the situation based on vibes, we don’t know. His mother is or at least was homophobic but at the same time he is raised by his gay uncle who is surrounded by other gay people. And I love how it feels like this might have given him enough security to be comfortable with his own sexuality but how it also isn’t enough to shield him from the world at large.
With so many great shows coming out of Thailand and most of them getting more and more political it just feels so real and 2023 to me that Li Ming is part of a generation that knows who they are but still have to battle with the shadow that homophobia has cast way before they were born.
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in the time travel lance au, how much did lance tell the team/lotor? do they know hes from the future and that hes lance and how much things went to shit, or is he keeping the info from them(i mean you said hes doing that, but im curious as to how much hes actually letting them know)? also wait hold on. does the whole time travel situation mean that there are TWO lances running around now??
Pretty sure Lance tells them absolutely nothing. Just absolutely nothing. Fuck All. At best you can expect from him is vague riddles, very specific advice, and a 10-minute long call out session in Lotor's case where he drags him for every issue he ever had and after which he fucks off to do god knows what. And while Lance does try to keep his identity hidden, not to mention lets just say he is Off Putting enough to the point that the aliens do not connect him to any of the humans (except Kuron who recognized a movie reference).
And there are two Lances running around, though because of future!Lance, Shiro didnt reach Earth and instead he met Allura who got out from cryopod earlier
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Something that makes reading TOA so devastating is how fucking much Apollo feels about Everything. There’s so MUCH. Like I don’t even know how to describe it to you if you haven’t read the books yourself. He has so many complicated thoughts and emotions about just about everything and he cares about everything so much and there is just SO MUCH going on in his head. And yet none of it ever reaches his mouth!!
He almost never says what he’s feeling. What little comes out of his mouth about his thoughts barely even scratches the surface of what he actually means. Like he’ll be having a long ass monologue about how incredible someone is, showing a deep understanding of them as a person and empathizing with them so hard you’d almost think it’s projection but it’s not he’s legitimately just mind melding with this random person he met like a week ago and he’s thinking the softest, kindest thoughts about them like he knows they’re fucking incredible - and what comes out of his mouth is just like, “you’re a wonderful friend :)” AND ITS LIKE. THERES SO MUCH MORE UNDER THE SURFACE. the sheer admiration and adoration he has for everyone around him……… UGHHH!!! But he never VOICES ANY OF IT!!!!!! He never tells anyone about what Zeus did to him……. He never tells anyone except the reader about his realization that Zeus is abusive…. He never even tells commodus about how much he adored him, not then and not now… he refuses to tell anyone when he’s in pain or tries to justify the things he does when he actually had Decent Reasons for why he did something… I’m. I’M. AUGH. AHHHHH
HE DOESN’T EVEN TELL US ALL OF HIS THOUGHTS IS THE THING. THERES EVEN MORE THAT HE IS NOT TELLING US!!!!! THE FUCKING OCEAN OF FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS HE HAS ABOUT EVERYTHING IS THE CLIFF NOTES VERSION. I AM IN DISTRESS.
And YET…. Even what slips out of his mouth is so fucking devastating it is SO devastating. He’s so fucking kind and gentle with Harley and Meg and and other younger Demis and his kids… he’ll act like an obstinate idiot and then turn around say something that drags the core of the person he’s talking to into the light like nail on the fucking HEAD like he reached into their soul and gave them the words to express something that they were struggling to say aloud or that they didn’t even realize about themself. Around the 2nd book he starts putting voice to some of his feelings and thoughts about others and even that tiny fucking sliver is overwhelming to the people he’s talking to bc he’s SO. AUGHHHH
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alrighty, folks, we've got ourselves a starter call for spicy/tension-filled interactions! there's no cap on this one as i'll do them as inspiration hits throughout the week -- i really wanna get away from reserving suggestive writing only on sunday, and i tend to prefer writing build up with these things anyway. please specify a muse unless we have an established dynamic, and please let me know if you prefer to keep it sfw! you're free to use this as an opportunity to test the waters of a ship or to simply torment your muses <3
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BUMP OF CHICKEN - 「Aurora」
もうきっと多分大丈夫
どこが痛いか分かったからね
自分で涙拾えたら いつか魔法に変えられる
i'm sure everything's gonna be okay
'cause you realized where it hurts, right?
if you can gather up your tears, they'll transform into magic someday
ほんの少し忘れていたね
とても長かった ほんの少し
お日様がない時は
クレヨンで世界に創り出したでしょう
you just forgot for a little while, is all
for a really long little while
on that dark, dark day
didn't you use your crayons to dream up the sun into the sky?
正義の味方には見つけて貰えなかった類
探しに行かなくちゃ
呼び合い続けた あの声だよ
even though your knight in shining armor never came
you still gotta go look for
that voice that always called out to you
溜め息にもなれなかった
名前さえ持たない思いが
心の一番奥の方 爪を立てて
堪えていたんだ
触れて確かめられたら
形と音が分かるよ
伝えたい言葉はいつだって
そうやって見つけてきた
those nameless thoughts
that couldn't even muster themselves into a sigh
they lay deep in your heart, lashing out around them
and they waited
if you can reach out and touch them
then you'll understand just what they are
that's how you always end up finding
the words to say what you want to say
振り返れば途切れずに
歪な線を描く足跡
悲しいくらい分かりやすく
いつもここに向けて伸びる
if you look back, you'll see the the footprints you left behind
still in that unbroken, crooked line
it's sad, how easy it is to understand
that they'll always be there, heading towards today
大切にするのは下手でも
大切だって事は分かっている
せめてその白い手紙が 正しく届きますように
i'm not good at treasuring things
but i know this is important to you
i hope at least your letter will get to where it needs to go
考え過ぎじゃないよ
そういう闇の中にいて
勇気の眼差しで 次の足場を探しているだけ
you're not overthinking it
when you're in that dark place
all you're doing is being brave
and looking for the next step to take
解き放て あなたの声で
光る羽根与えた思いを
その足が向かうべき先へ
そうしなきゃ見えなかった未来へ
諦めなかった事を 誰よりも知っているのは
羽ばたいた言葉のひとつひとつ
必ず届きますように
your voice gave all those thoughts and feelings you kept bottled up inside their shining wings
now it's time to set them free
and for you to go down the path you're meant to take -
to that future you've never been able to see before
each and every one of your words knows better than anyone else that you didn't give up
now look as they take wing
i pray they'll reach where they need to go
もう一度 もう一度
クレヨンで 好きなように
もう一度 さあどうぞ
好きな色で 透明に (Aah)
もう一度 もう一度
クレヨンで この世界に
今こそ さあどうぞ 魔法に変えられる
one more time, just one more time
pick up that crayon, and draw whatever you want
just once more, go ahead
use any color you like, that transparent sky is your canvass
once more, just once more
make the world what you want it to be
now's your chance, so go ahead. it'll transform into magic
ああ、なぜ、どうして、と繰り返して
それでも続けてきただろう
心の一番奥の方 涙は炎 向き合う時が来た
触れて確かめられたら 形と音をくれるよ
あなたの言葉がいつだって あなたを探してきた
そうやって見つけてきた
you kept on asking yourself, "why? just why?"
but still you kept on going, didn't you?
in the deepest depths of your heart
your tears burst into flame
and now it's time for you to face them head on
if you can reach out and touch them, then you'll understand just who you are
your words have always been looking for you
and that's how they found you
もう一度 もう一度
クレヨンで 好きなように
もう一度 さあどうぞ
好きな色で 透明に (Aah)
もう一度 もう一度
クレヨンで この世界に
今こそ さあどうぞ 魔法に変えられる
one more time, just one more time
pick up that crayon, and draw whatever you want
just once more, go ahead
use any color you like, that transparent sky is your canvass
once more, just once more
make the world what you want it to be
now's your chance, so go ahead. it'll transform into magic
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