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destiny-islanders · 1 month

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haven't beaten ffxvi yet, excited to get to the part where the dog flies

#ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #ffxvi #final fantasy xvi #no spoilers for either game #the crossover gives no story explanation for why wol gets a flying torgal lol #clive rosfield #torgal #destiny doodles #destiny comics

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absolutebl · 4 months

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Best 23 of BL 2023 - Quirky Awards

SHOCK & AWE AWARDS

1. Biggest BL surprise of 2023:

The last 3 months of 2023 in general got my biggest WTF award.

GMMTV fielding OffGun AND TayNew in the same quarter while also airing Last Twilight (arguably one of their best BLs ever)

That they ALSO optioned 3 JBLs

That there's a high heat omegaverse BL staring Pavel

That there were 20 BLs airing and none of them Korean.

With 5 VAMPIRE BLs announced for next year

But my prize in this category goes to My Dear Gangster Oppa.

It's just crazy:

Thai talent, Korean money + IP (this is adapted from a manwha) airing on a Chinese channel (iQIYI). Plus it was GOOD and made smart reuse of a pair who richly deserved it. I'm delighted by the eclectic insanity of this production. And wonder if any other film genre could even do anything like this.

2. The “that country did WHAT?” award:

The 8th Sense from Korea?!

I mean, seriously?! Dealing with metal health, suicide, darkness, therapy, age gap, & first time love BUT FROM KOREA? And then openness and casual boyfriend physical affection? What's next? An actual hard fought coming out narrative with an HEA? Gay domesticity and families?

Careful Korea, you'll strain something. Possibly your own culture and film industry.

I should stop having expectations of Korea, they keep surprising me.

Runners up: Korea letting OnlyOneOf do Bump Up Business not to mention that OmegaX thing. AND Korea adapting Why R U? What are you up to, Korea? Qua? Is this a coded message? Should we send help? Do you need snacks?

3. Biggest casting whoa! where did you come from? award:

GeminiFourth in My School President.

Seriously? Babies what? How did GMMTV find you? How do you exist? How is BL this lucky?

4. That studio did WHAT now? award:

GMMTV putting EarthMix into Moonlight Chicken.

And then doubling down with G4 as the damn sides.

Fucking genius.

5. I’m sad you were ignored award:

Destiny Seeker.

It's just a really fun little Thai pulp, the pairs were good, silly dialogue, plus consent and other good rep. I enjoyed it. No one talked about it AT ALL.

6. 2023 BL That Actually Made Me Lose My Mind Award?

Laws of Attraction. -The casting, the crazy story, the soapy drama! But specifically: Film playing Charn - the range of his smiles alone. GLORIOUS

I mean I Feel You Linger in the Air also sparked something in me, but LoA drove me actually nuts.

NARRATIVE AWARDS

7. Best story 2023:

La Pluie

I know, you're surprised, right? At the time I didn't chat much about it but I really enjoyed the discourse others were having. I love anything that really examines the fated mates (soulmates) trope and the idea of "the one". What a clever way to do that. (This is one reason UWMA is my favorite Thai BL.)

This one reminded me of the way Color Rush approached allegory and that's no bad thing. Such an impressive little piece.

8. Best narrative structure 2023 award:

Unintentional Love Story.

I know this may seem a simplistic pick. But I love the tidiness of this no frills contemporary romance, how the culture of work and personal ethics and corruption fight against the main character's affection and integrity. Poor baby boy is driven into a corner and then punished for it. But it is punishment he feels he deserves, and so it is up to his (now) ex to figure out what went wrong and why.

It's just great. I love it when no one is stupid or wrong, it's just impossible circumstances and unintentional love deeply felt.

9. Best 2023 dialogue (script) award:

Jun & Jun

Never before has Korea laced a BL with that much perfectly executed innuendo. It was a master class. I didn't know you could be that lascivious in Korean, quite frankly. Plus the way the 2 Juns constantly seamlessly transition between formal register (work, public - where they are boss/employee) to informal register (when they are alone and age mates + childhood sweethearts).

Beautiful to hear and watch.

10. Favorite scene 2023:

The dub con scene in I Cannot Reach You because I AM TRASH for an out of control seme. I'm sorry I just AM.

I have said it before, I will say it again, NO ONE DOES THIRST like Japan. And when that thirst bubbles over, it is heart-clenching and very hot.

11. The most rewatchable BL of 2023 award:

Our Dating Sim

That scene where they lie on the floor + the stolen kiss + giggle? Come on, it should be on comfort repeat in war rooms. It could bring world peace.

ACTORS & CHARACTERS AWARDS

12. Best performance of a queer actor in a leading role, 2023:

Fluke in Make a Wish.

It was fun to see him as an irreverent immortal and while I love OhmFluke I also really enjoyed this new pairing. It was a genuine pleasure to watch.

13. Best pining 2023:

The moot pining in Tokyo in April is...

Boys, seriously? Japan must you destroy us like this? Hurts so good.

14. Best wingman 2023 (The Namgoong Award)

Tiw from My School President

I mean, come on, of course it's him!

(Also can you believe Mark went on from this to do fricking Only Friends!? To Last Twilight! Come on GMMTV GIVE HIM A LEAD!)

15. Biggest OMG I LOVE you boys together, YAY!

Dimpled McMafia & Feral Bunny Foo Foo from Kiseki Dear to Me.

They were feral for each other.

We were feral for them

It was a whole delightful THING.

16. Most unexpected return of a BL pair? award:

The Private Lessons pair showing up in Love Class 2.

I know it was only a cameo, but SERIOUSLY? Thank you SO MUCH Korea! A big studio picking up a Strongberry pairing? I love you.

Seriously tho between them, Taiwan & Korea tried for ALL THE CAMEOS this year.

17. Well aren't you two just the prettiest? award:

NetJames in Bed Friend.

Need I say more?

18. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Bah Vinh in Vian & Mr Cinderella 2. I did like either show but I loved him in them. Especially the make outs.

Yes you have chemistry with all the boys in Vietnam and you kiss beautifully. But it's okay now honey, you have the crown. Relax, you're stressing us out.

RANDOM PICKS

19. Favorite Linguistic Moment of 2023:

Our Dating Sim

Caught in the act by the elevator scene. OMG it's so funny. They're being such boyfriend shits to each other, and to be caught in the act by THAT character, and try to manifest formal language whole cloth? Hilarious.

Honorable mention to War Peanuts in Destiny Seeker.

20. Biggest disappointment of 2023:

You Are Mine

Seriously Taiwan, AGAIN you disappoint me with an Office BL? You're Taiwan, land of offices and suits. This should be YOUR SETTING TO WIN. And yet... argh. I mean it wasn't bad. But it wasn't good either. Stop it Taiwan, do better.

Runners up? Between Us, Chains of Heart, Dangerous Romance - this was a HOTLY contested category.

+ 2 Winners in the sub-category of FUCK YOU FOR THAT ENDING award:

The Director who Buys Me Dinner - I mean this nicely but: you have your lane now Korea, stop hurting us, that's Japan's responsibility and they do it better.

I Feel You Linger In the Air - I'm just hugely disappointed. Thailand ALMOST got its second 10/10 from me, but that damn ending.

Argh.

21. Best Wardrobe/Prop Use 2023

The shower of packaged bedsheets in My Personal Weatherman

Amazing. Brilliant. No notes.

22. Best Queer Rep 2023

Chot in Step By Step

In fact, all the queer characters in this show were treated with great integrity.

AND props to this cast for refusing to do fan service. GOOD FOR YOU! Fuck those sasang wankers.

Runners up? The found family cast of Love in Translation and the Rainbow Rice Cakes in The New Employee.

23. Best Meta Trope call out

Tin Tem Jai

Come on, what a zinger, but at themselves (and Taiwan)

Final question: which of the 23 was the hardest for me to pick?

Honestly? Question #1 this year. But also question #20.

(Last year: 2022's Version)

Remember I only pull from shows that were completely finished by the end of 2023. Or The Sign probably would have taken multiple categories. But it will fall into 2024 offerings.

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nelkcats · 1 year

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Trapped Fear

At first Fright Knight was not loyal to Pariah, maybe it was because he was the combination of many warriors and he knew that tyranny would lead to nothing. However, because of this the former king engaged him in battle and captured his core, making him loyal.

Like all Ancients, Fright Knight could survive without his core but had to obey the person holding it. He and Clockwork shared that unfortunate fate, though Fright Knight considered being at the mercy of the Observants far worse.

When Danny defeated Pariah Dark his control over Fright Knight stopped, the knight foolishly thought he would take back what was his, but the old king was selfish and thrown the stone of fear into the human world, where he knew Fright Knight would not enter.

Disappointed but used to it, Fright Knight resigned to not finding that part of himself, he served Danny from that moment on, becoming his protector and above all, his friend. Until someone found his core and instead of being free, he was summoned and resigned to fulfill the words of his new owner.

Of course, Danny was worried when his knight disappeared from Phantom Palace, and after a long search he found his whereabouts in a city: Gotham. A man called "Scarecrow" was spreading fear in the city, and it seemed very familiar to him.

After a fight with the bats he got the information he needed: his knight was following the man. When he went to face his old friend, the king noticed that Fright Knight was not speaking on his will, he was crying and sending messages of help that only he could understand. The King was furious, and maybe it was time to show why no one messed with what was his.

#dpxdc #ghost king danny #jonathan crane #I like to think that Ancients can survive without their cores #But need to obey whoever has it #Clockwork was doomed to this destiny first #The other ancients were cautious after it #But Fright Knight was the youngest of them and didn't know the story #So he ended serving Pariah Dark #dp x dc #dc x dp #Crane found Fright Knight core out of luck #he didn't know what it was #just that it caused fear on people's mind #When he accidentally summoned Fright Knight he was delighted #The God of Fear had subservient to him #The Bats were worried about Crane sidekick #They didn't hear his reluctance or cries for help #those are emotions that only ghosts can share and understand #Jason maybe sensed it a bit and that's why he felt hesitant to attack #Danny is really mad with the situation #dp x dc prompt #dp x dc crossover

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wyrmswears · 12 days

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THENA POSTING‼️‼️‼️‼️

doodle of my athena is arrested au design.. showing off her main nervous habit, rubbing the moonrock charm attached to her belt^_^ apollo sees a Lot of this lol

#I MISSED DRAWING HER it literally feels so natural to draw her more than any other character i draw #athena cykes #ace attorney #dual destinies #aa5 #ace attorney au #aa5 spoilers #dual destinies spoilers #(because of the au premise lol)#i was debating with myself whether this au counts as a swap au and ive decided that it does not #because the end result is actually athena becoming a defence attorney (oops. spoilers.) and simons still a prosecutor #its just that their canon story revolves around how they swap places in a way that the result of a what if about them looks like a swap au #athena is arrested au #wyrm draws

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eosofspades · 2 months

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i love you lightfall i love you osiris i love you strand i love you gambit i love you seasonal pacing i love you story that unfolds over time i love you thematic messages i love you complex and in-depth narrative that requires patience and dedicated thought i love you destiny 2

#mine #destiny 2 #crying laughing over the fact that every 'THIS is the worst part of destiny 2' post is literally one of my favorite parts gasfjhabsdjsbh #likewise i HATE YOU destiny youtube dudebros i HATE YOU pvp-obsessed haters i HATE YOU perception that the story is #meant to be about Guns And War Cool I HATE YOU MCU COMPARISONS

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cinamun · 8 months

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Just one question | Next

#ts4 #indya #black simblr #maybe i'm just like my muva *prince voice*#how he.....#wait.... auntie said what?#Indira Dior Destiny Drake is pissed the fuck off y'all #she linebackered that dude #clearly someone did all that stalking but ain't about that action....#hold please #ts4 story #sims 4 story #simblr #ch23 #I get nervous when there are guns around the Drake children #y'all pray pls

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gundamfight · 6 months

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thetwilightroadtonightfall · 19 days

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top 3 reasons you should read Fallen Stars by @corishadowfang:

3. the horrors

2. the pain

1. the friendship 😌💜

[mug post | Skuld’s outfit is by @starlightwayfinder]

#khml #khux #skuld kh #brain kh #my art #kh fics #just imagine me in brace position (like on an airplane) screaming into my hands and that’s basically the effect this story has on me #thank you Cori 🥰#my posts #dandy kids #knight in gothic armour #the destiny weaver

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aejeonghae · 5 months

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favorite couples of 2023 (in no particular order)

yang/phoomjai (love in translation ; thailand) | segasaki/yoh (my personal weatherman ; japan) | songkram/ai (destiny seeker ; thailand) | hotae/donghee (unintentional love story; south korea) | shogun/maitoh (why you y me ; thailand) | chen yi/ai di (kiseki: dear to me ; ) | yai/jom (i feel you linger in the air ; thailand) | togawa/nozue (old fashion cupcake ; japan) | pluem/kawin (ghost host ghost house ; thailand) | hantae/baram (sing my crush ; south korea)

#love in translation #my personal weatherman #destiny seeker #unintentional love story #why you y me #kiseki: dear to me #kiseki #i feel you linger in the air #old fashion cupcake #ghost host ghost house #sing my crush #drama: thailand #drama: japan #drama: taiwan #edits #2023 rewind

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earlgodwin · 8 days

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"There is that final embrace that I think helps with letting his brother go in a way. Juan has been the one who drove Cesare to become what he is now, and I think Cesare is building walls around his heart. You do get colder and less sentimental when you take that path. He has to go on and he can't mourn him forever, especially since he's responsible for his death. He's not making excuses for what he is anymore, and what he wants to be. He ultimately feels that it's the right thing for himself. It's something that he focused on and I think he can control his mind into having no second thoughts. And that's the only way you can rule in that era, really." — FRANÇOIS ARNAUD

#who up thinking about the tragic doomed brothers who are pawns in their father's game of ambitions?#juan is a great example of an impactful deceased character in media bc his death/aftermath shaped the rest of cesare's story until the end #like he was the one who drove his brother to finally become the cesare borgia he was meant to be and take the path he always wanted #the theme itself goes too hard as well like...foundational fratricide that led him to become the perfect prince™...well YES #the past shapes the destiny of the future it's why cesare/juan are forever linked. cesare decided juan's fate and juan formed cesare's path #also cesare ultimately doing it for //himself// is what makes him the most iconic main antagonist of all time #juan borgia #cesare borgia #the borgias #theborgiasedit #perioddramaedit #smallscreensource #tvgifs #filmtvtoday #cinemapix #tvarchive #juan and cesare #tvedit #dailyflicks #by jen

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valerie-simblr · 2 months

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Destiny and Amelia meet Sylvie who invites them to a new place in the city "l'avventura"!

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absolutebl · 4 months

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Also, as they keep us very well fed,

Top 10 favourite side dishes if you please Phi?

Top 10 BL Secondary Pairs of 2023

Honor the side dishes!

(in order, favorite at the top)

1 Kiseki: Dear to Me

2 Moonlight Chicken

3 Laws of Attraction

4 Love Class 2

5 Destiny Seeker

6 Unintentional Love Story

7 La Pluie

8 609 Bedtime Story

9 Between Us

10 My School President

GLs to Beat

Laws of Attraction

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givethispromptatry · 1 year

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“You are not a weapon!”

“... Heh. I can tell you actually believe that. Thank you.”

#writing prompt #story prompt #dialogue prompt #'a destiny of nothing but fighting would say otherwise however.'

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dontmesswithnoheroin · 8 months

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thinking about how lord asriel believed it was his life's purpose to change the world and defeat the authority and his arrogance caused fractures in the fabric of the multiverse, but lyra belaqua saved possibly billions of souls stuck in the purgatory, returning their essence to the multiverse in the form of dust, offsetting the authority's response to asriel's provocation, not because she wanted to be a hero but because she wanted to help out her friend

#and I cry about it #hdm #his dark materials #i just love this series so much #also how great is this fucking continuity?#roger gets taken at the very beginning of the story #her love for roger #the only family she has as a child #is the driver and catalyst of the entire plot of the story #her loyalty to her friend is what pushes her to fulfill her destiny #🤌🤌🤌🤌#y'know

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niqhtlord01 · 8 months

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Humans are weird: MMO’s

Alien: What do these letters mean? Human: “Massively Multiplayer Online Game” Alien: Shouldn’t there be a “G” in there as well then? Human: Then it would be “MMOG”, and that sounds silly when said out loud. Alien: *Looks sad* Human: Oh Christ your name is Mmog, isn’t it? ---------------------------

Alien: So this game is about the star wars religious fanatics fighting each other? Human: Pretty much. Alien: You would think the rest of the galaxy would have united and wiped them all out by now since it looks like the majority of conflicts are started by one side or the other. Human: Pretty hard to stamp them out when they can crush your windpipe from half a star system away. ----------------------------

Alien: So evil triangles fighting good spheres? Human: Pretty much. Alien: That doesn’t sound exciting. Human: It was before they put up a paywall around everything believe it or not. Alien: How so? Human: Well for one thing you got to punch an ancient worm god the size of a skyscraper in the face on Mars. Alien: Wow, that does sound like fun. -------------------------------

Alien: Friend human, I wish to start a fight but I don’t know hard. Human: Oh that’s easy. Human: Walk into any of those blue cities and shout in chat “Sylvanas did nothing wrong!”. Alien: Thanks. *An hour passes* Human: How’s it going? Alien: I’m not sure how but I may have started an in-game race war. Human: Ah; classic indeed. ---------------------------------

Alien: So this one is about flying around the universe and raiding people? Human: Yup. Alien: Isn’t that what we do now though? Human: Well when it came out it was depicting the future so it was more exciting. Alien: I’ll say. Alien: For being supposedly dangerous I’ve seen waiting lines at amusement parks on Florp III that were more harrowing. Human: They never did find that little girl waiting for the teacup ride. -------------------

Alien: Why are there fire pits everywhere?!?! Alien: There are not enough players to need so many. Human: you just don’t understand. Alien: Understand what? Human: You always need to leave a trail of fire pits behind you as you go in this game. Alien: Why? Human: *Points behind alien character to see angry band of players dodging way through fire pits trying to attack them* ---------------------

Alien: I don’t like this one. Human: Really? Human: You loved the two previous entries. Alien: Those were both offline games and this one isn’t. Alien: Plus it has a really annoying feature I hate. Human: Which is? Alien: Having to interact with other players to complete missions. -------------------

Human: They called this one a wow killer. Alien: How’d this get a name like that? Human: Well for starters they invested in decent writers. ------------------

Human: I heard that one is rather good. Alien: I guess. Human: You sound disappointed. Alien: Well I’ve yet to come across this black desert the title speaks of and I’m starting to get upset. -------------------

Alien: All I wanted to do was mine asteroids!!! Human: Yeah, but you did it in their territory. Alien: This is government controlled systems! Alien: Nothing is player controlled!!! Human: Probably explains why they are swarming you with cheap ships. Alien: Why!?!? Human: They’re probably hoping they can take you out before concord floods the system and wipes them all out. Alien: That’s crazy! Alien: They’d waste dozens of ships just to take out my lone miner? Human: Let me tell you about a little group called “Goonswarm”. ----------------------------

Alien: So everything is player created in this world? Human: For the economy at least. Alien: That would explain a few things. Human: Like why there is super inflation for a bundle of wood? Alien: More so why every sword for sale is called a variation of “Buttsmasher”

#humans are insane #humans are space oddities #humans are space orcs #humans are weird #scifi #story #writing #original writing #niqhtlord01 #funny #mmo #world of warcraft #black desert online #albion #eve online #destiny 2 #star wars the old republic #elite dangerous

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ahamkara-apologist · 2 months

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I was playing around with some cheap alcohol markers I bought for fun yesterday, so woe, dragon Osiris be upon ye

#this was mostly inspired by me a.) being reminded of dragonrider stories w/the guardian-ghost bond #and b.) me being a scalie #destiny 2 #osiris d2 #osiris destiny 2 #sagira #gijinka #traditional art #my art #dragon #dragon au

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