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wen-kexing-apologist · 9 months

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Rain, BL Boys, and Reciprocity

Made @bengiyo and @lurkingshanshan get up early today so they could experience me and @neuroticbookworm's reactions to My Ride Episode 8. Mostly because NBW has been wanting Por to get punched in his stupid goddamn face for the last two weeks, and because I think everyone knew I would lose my shit at that undressing scene. Which I did, in case you were wondering.

ANYWAY. Over the last couple weeks as I’ve been watching My Ride, these clowns have had to listen to me say over and over again how much I truly appreciate the dynamic between Mork and Tawan. And by that I mean helpers helping helpers, and because I have seen how Mork and Tawan interact with each other throughout this show, I have started developing a theory as to why so many BL boys get sick (especially when it rains or when people are stressed), and a lot of it has to do with reciprocity. Obviously, this will not hold for all shows but, nevertheless…

When I think of BLs where someone gets sick and has to be taken care of, I think of shows like The Eclipse, Bed Friend, and Our Dining Table (I know rain and sickness feature as a heavy part of Tokyo in April Is…but that illness serves as a completely separate plot device) and I think about how the dynamics of the characters play out in terms of how frequently they are being taken care of by their partners versus how often they are taking care of their partners.

And in pretty much every case, the person who ends up getting sick and needing to be cared for, is the person that spends more of their time caring for their partner. Which is to say, that there is frequently an imbalance in how much (typically) emotional support characters need. [And again, I will take a moment to specify that imbalances happen in relationships and that does not make the relationship bad, or toxic and that does not make a person or character who does not give or receive support as frequently bad people either. It is okay for people to have more needs, it is okay for people to require more support, it is okay for imbalances to exist in a relationship]

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In The Eclipse, Ayan spends a lot of his time throughout the entire show making sure that Akk won’t kill himself. Sure, he pokes and prods and is annoying about it at times, but it goes without question that Ayan is putting in a lot more time and energy, especially before they get together in trying to pull Akk out of the mess he has gotten himself in to. Ayan, who is himself grieving the loss of his beloved uncle, pushes that aside time and time again to hold Akk when he cries, to let Akk know he can be weak with him, to being patient and guiding Akk as he navigates his internalized homophobia, to push back against the mindset Akk has been developing thanks to Teacher Chadok. And, it is at this point I will say that Ayan is not alone here, Akk supports him plenty, but in the beginning it is much more tentative and in those moments where Akk wants to comfort or support Ayan, Ayan still has to guide him- Akk sees Ayan being targeted by the teachers, and part of him knows that isn’t right or fair, and he goes to seek out Ayan after Ayan does not appear in class, and all the support he is capable of showing Ayan is sitting there with him in silence. It is Ayan that puts his head on Akk’s shoulder, it is Ayan that asks Akk if he will treat him the same way the teachers are. Akk wakes up to find Ayan gone from the tent and crying outside alone and he takes the words that Ayan said to him when he needed support and gives them back to Ayan, and once again it is Ayan who sinks in to Akk’s shoulder, initiating contact. Ayan guides their first kiss, Ayan is honest about his feelings, Ayan does not get upset when Akk cannot at first admit his feelings for him, he does not get upset when Akk tries to provoke a fight. Akk holds Ayan when he’s having nightmares and that is the one time that he initiates actual physical comfort with Ayan before they kiss, and it is when Ayan is not awake to witness it, and Akk does throw it in his face a little bit the next morning.

But in Episode 9, Ayan gets sick and Akk takes him home, and Akk gives him a sponge bath, and Akk holds his hand, and Akk falls asleep next to him, and Akk jokes around with him when they are washing dishes, and you can start to see the shift. Akk has started to question his school, his place, himself and his desires, he has started to get more comfortable with his sexuality, to get more comfortable around the boy he likes and so Akk takes care of Ayan. Because Ayan needs to be taken care of too. Because Ayan is stressed out too. Because Ayan is depressed and grieving and angry. And that has suddenly become too much for him to handle, and so it is time for Akk to put aside his own anxieties, his own doubts, his own fears and focus on giving comfort to the person who has given so much care to him.

And it is worth mentioning that I do love the fact that after Episode 9 almost every single time one of them is upset, the other is also upset, especially in Episodes 10 and 11, I am so here for the way that both of them are comforting each other while they cry over different parts of the same problem.

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In Our Dining Table, Yukata is always going to Minoru’s house, he is always cooking for Minoru and Tane, he is always helping take care of Tane. While Minoru is unaware of the way that being around him and Tane has been helping Yutaka heal old wounds, Yutaka is spiritually and physically providing a lot of support to those boys. When Ueda-san is out, the burden of raising Tane has been lifted in part by having an additional set of hands. Minoru doesn’t have to worry about Yutaka being upset that Tane is with him, Minoru doesn’t have to worry that Yutaka will be annoyed at Tane for being a child. Minoru, who has given up so readily and so willingly so much of his life to make sure his baby brother has the love and support he deserves, finally has someone enter his life that loves and supports him in a way no one ever really has. Minoru doesn’t have a career, Yutaka does, Minoru has not completed his education, Yutaka has, Minoru has a lot of family responsibilities, Yutaka doesn’t. So in their relationship to and with one another, Yutaka typically needs less support. Then he gets sick. And that becomes Minoru’s opportunity to repay all the kindness Yutaka has shown him and his family. Minoru gets to cook for Yutaka instead of Yutaka cooking for Minoru and Tane (or Minoru gets to cook for Yutaka instead of with Yutaka), Minoru gets to replace the fever patches on Yutaka’s forehead, Minoru gets to stay there, with Yutaka and listen to him, to be a literal, physical support for Yutaka when he rests his head on Minoru’s shoulder. Yutaka finally gets to put all the things he has picked up aside, and just allow himself to be cared for for the first time in a very, very long time.

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And Bed Friend, as the show from my examples that feels most in keeping with the traditional tropes of the genre, highlights this give and take particularly well. Because Uea has been through what he has been through, and because Uea still continues to go through what he’s going through, he is heavily reliant on King for emotional support. Which is not to say that King is acting as Uea’s savior all the time, or that Uea isn’t capable of supporting King, but that objectively, fundamentally, Uea has much bigger, much more pressing, and much more intense problems than King currently has. Which means it typically falls on King to run emotional support for Uea. King helps Uea through his panic attack in Ep 1, he drives Uea to the hospital and pays for his mother’s taxi ride, he comforts Uea when he is nervous at the doctor’s, he bears witness to Uea’s trigger and tries to help, he is decently patient waiting for Uea to process that, he rescues Uea from Pock in Ep 4, treats his bruises, he notices when Uea is anxious and makes him take a bath and brings him birthday cake, he gets Krit fired, he helps Uea make a decision around what to do about his stepfather. And because Uea is constantly in some crisis or another, the only time he really offers any support for King for the majority of the show is when King is venting about not wanting to go home and the expectations his mother has for him. Then King goes out in the rain and gets sick, and Uea finally has an opportunity to spend all of his time taking care of and doting on King. He gets to give King meds, and cook King breakfast, and cuddle King and King gets to just be sick and sleepy and not have to worry about anything but getting better.

All of this to say, that I frequently view the reason BL boys get sick as a way to make a typically imbalanced support dynamic between characters have some reciprocity.

But My Ride doesn’t do that.

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My Ride is one of the first BL’s I’ve seen where I feel like both characters have an extremely reciprocal relationship the entire way through. Before they even really know they like each other, before they get together, every time Mork helps Tawan, Tawan almost immediately helps Mork in return. Both men are caretakers, Mork gave up his chance of education to pay for the tuition of his girlfriend so that she could get an education, Tawan is a doctor and always covers his coworker’s shifts all the time. He leaves the house early and leaves work late because he is always finding someone to help. When they first meet, Mork is crying over his break up and Tawan comes up to him asking for a ride, sees Mork crying and says: “Are you okay? Is there anything I can help with?” and from there the entire rest of the show is just Mork and Tawan see-sawing back and forth when it comes to taking care of each other (the next two paragraphs are every example but if you are like ‘wka there is no way in hell i’m reading all that, just skip to the tl;dr).

Tawan needs a ride to get stage props but doesn’t know where to go, Mork takes him to a market he knows and gives him a tour to orient him, Tawan buys Mork a drink, Mork holds the supplies Tawan bought and Tawan helps feed Mork the drink he bought

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Tawan helps a dog that has been hurt, Mork helps Tawan fix the props that got run over because he was inspired by Tawan’s kindness, Tawan takes Mork’s hand and is so excited and grateful that Mork would do something like that for him, Mork fixes the props and Tawan invites him to join the party, Mork drives Tawan around when he is off work to help him find Nadia, Mork is sick but crucially Tawan does not take care of him, only uses Mork’s fever and sore throat to make an in universe public speech announcement about not taking antibiotics for a virus, Mork goes with his uncles to the hospital and puts on a nice shirt and catches Tawan when he collapses from exhaustion and goes to buy him food, Tawan takes Cheep’s case so that Mork’s uncles can get treated faster.

Mork sees Tawan is bummed and brings him to the river where he usually goes to make himself feel better, Tawan invites Mork to Loy Krathong, Mork goes to indulge Tawan, Tawan gives Mork the popsicle flavor that is his favorite so he can share something he likes, Tawan helps talk Mork through his panic on the ferris wheel

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Mork runs back in to the park to look for Tawan during the shooting, Mork washes the blood off Tawan’s hands from helping the injured child and drives him to work, Tawan treats and loses a patient and Mork waits outside the hospital to make sure he has water and comforts Tawan when he breaks down. Tawan thanks Mork which is something that Tawan has always hoped the people that he helps would do for him and haven’t, Mork avoids Tawan cause he is uncertain about his feelings and then makes up for it by letting Tawan drive the pillon, Tawan crashes the pillon and makes up for it by treating Mork’s wounds, Mork brings Tawan chicken heart rice, Tawan brings Mork snacks to repay the favor, Tawan confides in Mork about his concerns around Por, Mork tries to comfort Tawan and lets him ride the motorbike to cheer him up, Tawan buys Mork food.

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TL;DR time and time and time again, for the length of the entire show from when Mork and Tawan were strangers, to acquaintances, to friends, their entire relationship has been completely reciprocal. Kindness is repaid with kindness is repaid with kindness, in a way I have truly not seen in most BLs, as I have told poor Ben, Shan, and NBW enough times they are probably sick of hearing it.

Which brings us to Episode 8, in which an expectation I had from BLs was subverted, because these boys spend half an episode soaked to the bone in the rain. Now, having watched approximately 60 BLs in the last year, I know what happens when a BL boy gets rained on…someone’s getting sick (off the top of my head I can name Ren, King, and Win who all get rained on and then immediately get sick).

But

THAT

DOESN’T

HAPPEN

HERE

That doesn’t happen in the slightest, and Mork and Tawan are in the rain for a very long time. Tawan doesn’t get sick even though he trudges through the rain to Por’s apartment, Mork doesn’t get sick even though he’s driving around on his motorcycle in the rain, Tawan doesn’t get sick even though he collapses on the ground in the rain, Mork doesn’t get sick even though he drives and then carries Tawan’s unconscious body through the rain all the way Cheep and Dej’s house.

And my theory as to why is because neither one of them needs to get sick in order to be cared for, neither of them needs to get sick in order to prove that they both can act as support for each other.

Because even when Tawan is upset, even when Tawan is heartbroken, the reciprocity remains: Mork gets in a fight with Por and Tawan treats his wounds, Mork finds Tawan collapsed on the ground in the rain and carries him to his uncle’s house and changes his clothes, Tawan wakes up and cooks Mork dinner in return.

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This is a show about helpers helping helpers and I love it so much. I love that everything Mork does for Tawan, big or small, is revolutionary for Tawan (I mean, I don’t love it in the sense that Tawan should be being treated better by the people around him but just that Mork does things because he wants to, because he sees Tawan is sad, because he sees Tawan is tired, because Tawan was nice to him and it is wonderful that Tawan has found someone that will care for him like that). And Mork, Mork has someone that will do the same, Mork’s last partner left him and moved on to another man very quickly (and possibly while they were still together) even after Mork had spent so much of his time and money on paying for her education. Even in the happy memories Mork has in that apartment after their breakup have his girlfriend making comments related to money, that they are eating too many instant noodles, that the house is too small, etc. and it breaks my heart because Mork lives that way because so much of his money is going to fund her education.

Let me tell you what line will haunt me forever, it’s something Tawan says in Episode 5: “No one has asked me how I am for awhile. These days, people are always asking me to do things for them and I do it without expecting anything in return. But deep down, I guess I do. So, thank you”

Because this is what their relationship does and will boil down to, Mork does things for Tawan without having to be asked, without asking for anything in return, and Tawan does things for Mork without having to be asked, without asking for anything in return. And because of that they are both receiving care from one another in a way they have never been given before. And it is part of why I am so okay with them not getting together until the end, because we have seen from the very beginning just how well these two work together, and get a deep understanding of how they will navigate low points both for themselves and for when conflict arises between them.

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Anyway all of this absurdly long essay (Captain Hands who writes 20,000 word essays returns @bengiyo) to say, that I am beginning to suspect the purpose of BL Boys getting sick is to balance the scales of physical care in stories where one part of a couple does not have as many support needs and that it is very lovely and refreshing to see a story where every single action is repaid in kind. (Again, not that disproportionate levels of care are inherently bad, but because so many BL stories rely on tropes around a character with emotional fortitude, and a character without it).

Loving this show, sad that it is ending next week and I don’t get to experience the rewatch live, but you better believe this is going to become a comfort watch for me going forward.

#my ride #mork x tawan #tawan x mork #morktawan #the eclipse #akkayan #bed friend #kinguea #our dining table #minoru x yutaka #my ride the series #wka long post

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sparklyeyedhimbo · 9 months

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a gifset about these two idiots, that people might have waited for 👀 it's me i am people

#my ride #my ride the series #myridedokidokikaligifs #fame chawinroj #fluke pongsakorn #morktawan #mygifs #i was fighting with this huge my ride logo in the left corner 🥲

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distant-screaming · 9 months

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Mork is the biggest sparkly eyed sunshine boy I've seen in a hot minute goddamn I love him

#WHAT A CUTIE #love him n his little dimple #I get what my mutuals were talking about now #my ride rewatch 2023 #my ride the series #morktawan #distant screaming screams into the void

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formayhem · 10 months

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yeah, so, I'm gonna need the creators out there to take some high resolution images of the kiss scene in the finale of My Ride because the lighting is 1000000/10 perfect no complaints.

pls 😭

#my ride #my ride the series #morktawan #bl series #bl shows #bl ships #bl couple #thai bl

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allovelyhappily · 2 years

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Mr. Dimple

#fluke pongsakorn #my ride the series #thai drama #my ride #morktawan #thai actor

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sharktofu · 9 months

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#my ride #morktawan #brUUUUUUUUH

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plaidcladjuno · 2 years

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bl recs / watch list 👨‍��️‍👨

it’s become too much work to keep my initial bl rec list updated (too many shows, too little time to review them all), so i’ve put together this new one which, as you can see, is much more to the point. feel free to use the ask box if you want me to go into more detail about any of the shows listed below!

currently watching

🇹🇭 be my favorite (2023)

🇹🇭 la pluie (2023)

🇹🇭 step by step (2023)

🇯🇵 zenra meshi / naked dining (2023)

to watch

🇹🇭 180 degrees longitude passes through us (2022)

🇹🇭 3 will be free (2019) [on hold]

🇹🇭 609 bedtime story (2022)

🇯🇵 eien no kinou / eternal yesterday (2022)

🇵🇭 gaya sa pelikula (2020)

🇹🇭 i feel you linger in the air (2023)

🇯🇵 life: love on the line (2020)

🇹🇭 moments of love (2023)

🇹🇭 war of y (2022) [on hold]

🇹🇭 the whisperer (?)

🇹🇭 wish you luck (2023)

🇹🇼 your name engraved herein (2020)

watched & enjoyed — recommended 👌🏻

🇯🇵 ameiro paradox (2022)

🇹🇭 bad buddy (2021)

🇹🇼 be loved in house: i do (2021)

🇹🇭 between us (2022)

🇹🇭 big dragon (2022)

🇰🇷 blueming (2022)

🇯🇵 bokura no shokutaku / our dining table (2023)

🇹🇭 a boss and a babe (2023)

🇯🇵 cherry magic (2020)

🇰🇷 choco milk shake (2022)

🇹🇭 dark blue kiss (2019)

🇹🇭 the eclipse (2022)

🇵🇭 gameboys (2020)

🇹🇭 ghost host, ghost house (2022)

🇹🇭 he’s coming to me (2019)

🇯🇵 his: i didn’t think i would fall in love (2019)

🇯🇵 his (2020)

🇹🇼 history2: right or wrong (2018)

🇹🇼 history3: trapped (2019)

🇹🇭 i told sunset about you (2020)

🇹🇭 ingredients (2020)

🇯🇵 kabe-koji-nekoyashiki-kun desires to be recognized (2022)

🇯🇵 kei x yaku: abunai aibou (2022)

🇯🇵 kieta hatsukoi (2021)

🇹🇭 kinnporsche (2022)

🇯🇵 kinou nani tabeta? / what did you eat yesterday? (2019)

🇰🇷 light on me (2021)

🇰🇷 long time no see (2017)

🇹🇭 love in the air (2022)

🇹🇭 manner of death (2020)

🇯🇵 minato shouji coin laundry (2022)

🇹🇭 moonlight chicken (2023)

🇯🇵 mr. unlucky has no choice but to kiss! (2022)

🇹🇭 my ride (2022) [morktawan only]

🇹🇭 my school president (2022)

🇹🇭 my secret love (2022)

🇹🇼 my tooth your love (2022)

🇹🇭 never let me go (2022)

🇰🇷 the new employee (2022)

🇹🇭 not me (2021)

🇯🇵 old fashion cupcake (2022)

🇰🇷 our dating sim (2023)

🇯🇵 restart after come back home (2020)

🇰🇷 roommates of poongduck 304 (2022)

🇹🇭 secret crush on you (2022)

🇰🇷 semantic error (2022)

🇯🇵 takara-kun to amagi-kun (2022)

🇹🇭 a tale of thousand stars (2021)

🇹🇭 theory of love (2019)

🇰🇷 to my star (2021)

🇹🇭 triage (2022)

🇹🇭 until we meet again (2019)

🇯🇵 utsukushii kare (2021)

🇹🇼 we best love: no. 1 for you (2021) & we best love: fighting mr. 2nd (2021)

🇰🇷 where your eyes linger (2020)

🇰🇷 you make me dance (2021)

🇹🇭 you’re my sky (2022)

🇯🇵 zettai bl ni naru sekai vs zettai bl ni naritakunai otoko (2021) & zettai bl... 2 (2022)

not flawless, but still watched & enjoyed

🇹🇭 2moons2 (2019)

🇹🇼 about youth (2022)

🇹🇭 bite me (2021)

🇵🇭 boys’ lockdown (2020)

🇹🇭 chains of heart (2023)

🇹🇭 close friend (2021)

🇹🇭 close friend 2 (2022)

🇹🇭 cutie pie (2022) + cutie pie 2 you (2023)

🇹🇭 destiny seeker (2023)

🇹🇭 enchanté (2022)

🇹🇭 gen y (2020) [mingkit only]

🇰🇷 love class (2022)

🇹🇭 love mechanics (2022)

🇹🇭 my engineer (2020)

🇵🇭 my story (2023)

🇹🇭 nitiman (2021)

🇰🇷 nobleman ryu’s wedding (2021)

🇹🇭 our skyy (2018)

🇹🇭 our skyy 2 (2023)

🇹🇭 second chance (2021)

🇹🇭 senior secret love: puppy honey (2016) & senior secret love: puppy honey 2 (2017)

🇹🇭 sotus (2016) & sotus s (2017)

🇹🇭 star and sky: star in my mind & sky in your heart (2022)

🇹🇭 tharntype (2019) & tharntype 2 (2020)

🇰🇷 unintentional love story (2023)

🇹🇭 why r u? (2020)

🇹🇭 y-destiny (2021)

not bad but forgettable

🇰🇷 my sweet dear (2021)

🇰🇷 ocean likes me (2022)

🇰🇷 oh! my assistant (2022)

🇹🇭 oxygen (2020)

🇯🇵 senpai, this can’t be love! (2022)

🇰🇷 a shoulder to cry on (2023)

🇵🇭 stuck on you (2021)

🇰🇷 the tasty florida (2021)

🇰🇷 tinted with you (2021)

🇰🇷 wish you (2020)

meh — would not rewatch

🇹🇭 2gether (2020) & still 2gether (2020)

🇹🇭 ai long nhai (2022)

🇰🇷 behind cut (2021)

🇹🇭 golden blood (2021)

watched / tried to watch but didn’t vibe with

🇹🇭 bed friend (2023) [dropped]

🇹🇭 check out (2022) [dropped]

🇹🇭 coffee melody (2022) [dropped]

🇰🇷 color rush (2020)

🇹🇭 don’t say no (2021) [dropped]

🇹🇭 en of love: tossara (2020)

🇹🇭 fish upon the sky (2021) [dropped]

🇹🇭 la cuisine (2022)

🇹🇭 lovely writer (2021) [dropped]

🇰🇷 mr. heart (2020)

🇹🇭 paint with love (2021) [dropped]

🇹🇭 together with me (2017) & together with me: the next chapter (2018)

🇹🇭 vice versa (2022) [dropped]

#bl drama #bl recs #mine #i'm sure i've forgotten a few titles but there are already so many 🙈🙈🙈

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gabrielokun · 11 months

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#people in love are disgusting ૮(˶˃ᆺ˂˶)#My Ride #My Ride The series #รักนาย My Ride #mine edit #Fame Chawinroj #Fluke Pongsakorn #MorkTawan #Mork x Tawan #ThaiBL #Thai BL #Thai series #Thai Drama #BL Drama #BL series #Gabriel makes stuff

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negrowhat · 1 year

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Well homies, I'm doing nothing at work today, so I think it's time for a new list. My friend @kwonzoshi beat me to it, but it's a list of the most goodest boys in the BL world.

These are the boys I would fight for every single time. They might not put paws on someone but I most definitely will for them.

I think they're all from series released in 2022. So 2022 edition.

Akk from Enchanté. He's quite literally the most understanding, supportive, and loving main character I've ever seen. He literally is the most greenest of green flags and I just think he deserved more.

Speaking of the most greenest of flags. Mork from My Ride. That man!!!!!! He was just amazing. So sweet and patient and kind and thoughtful and all the positive adjectives. He deserved all the happiness and I just loved him together with Tawan.

Sky from Love in the Air. I've never wanted to protect a smile more. He's literally the bestest boy. Don't believe me? Ask literally anyone. He worked so hard to take care of everyone else while dealing with so much on his own. He was such a selfless person and he needed the most protection and love.

Pluem from Ghost Host Ghost House. I love everything about Pluem. He is the most boyfriend of boyfriends. If boyfriend-shaped were an actual thing it would be Pluem. He was kind and dedicated and honest and protective. He literally checks all the boxes of what a goodest boy should be.

Jao from Secret Crush on You. The sweetest guy and the bestest friend. He had a heart of gold and would do anything for his friends. He came in so clutch for Toh throughout the series. He puts the 'Best' in 'Besties'.

Diao from Cutie Pie. To be fair...I only liked him and Kuea to begin with. Objectively though, Diao was such a sweetheart and literally dressed like the cinnamon roll he was. I've never seen a character personify pastel colors like him. He's made up of sugar and a dash of spice. He was like a human squishmallow. There wasn't a single bad bone in his body.

Saen from You're My Sky. I just adored every single thing about his character. He was perfect. Again, green flags across the board. He was a good mix of talented, cheeky, sweet, and chill. He was so supportive and kind and dedicated. He was genuinely a loveable guy.

#akktheo #enchante #enchante the series #morktawan #my ride #my ride the series #prapaisky #love in the air #love in the air the series #pluemkevin #ghost host ghost house #skyjao #scoy #secret crush on you #yidiao #cutie pie #cutie pie the series #saenaii #you're my sky

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maxescheibechlinichacheli · 10 months

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Mork some time later:

#my ride #my ride the series #morktawan #mork x tawan #thai bl #bl series #bl drama #maxine gifs #Mork is a baby #and Tawan doesn't believe him his brave front

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iguessitsjustme · 1 year

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Hi,

End of Year QL Ask Game - 1, 4 and 5

Hope you have a great day!

1. What are your top 5 QL this year?

I hate myself for writing these questions. There were so many good QL this year.

Secret Crush on You - This show had so much heart. If you can make it past the cringe, I wholeheartedly believe it's worth it.

Old Fashion Cupcake - 5 episodes of just perfection.

Triage - The details in this show and in the different time loops are next level.

Semantic Error - Master class in how to get me to like an asshole character that I thought I was going to hate.

Cherry Blossoms After Winter - Sometimes you just want something so incredibly soft.

4. Who are you top 5 favorite characters this year?

Ooooo. I already answered this questions so now I get to give 5 more favorite characters!

Amber - DNA Says Love You. Amber's journey was just so beautiful.

Tol - Triage. I love how we got to learn about Tol and how we learned more with each loop. It was brilliant. Tol was beautifully flawed and still a good person.

Mork - My Ride. He loved Tawan so much and was so supportive. Tawan might have been a bit dense, but Mork supported him through everything and was there for him when he needed it. Plus he takes care of his nephew.

Qizhang - About Youth. Just a good dude. He immediately became Yeguang's support system and even when they fought, he communicated so well and apologized when he fucked up.

5. Who are your top 5 favorite pairings this year?

And 5 more favorite pairings! Wooo!

MorkTawan - My Ride. Wholesome boys.

Qizhang/Yeguang - About Youth. I wish they had gotten a few more episodes but I loved how well they communicated.

Ho Joon/Jae Yoon - Roommates of Poongduck 304. That scene on the beach when Ho Joon looks at Jae Yoon and says, "Pretty." I DIED.

Minato/Shin - Minato Shouji Coin Laundry. I'm not going to lie. I was a tiny bit concerned about how they would handle the age difference, but I loved it. These two complete each other and I couldn't have asked for a better ending.

End of the Year QL Ask Game

#bl ask game #ql ask game #2022 bl ask game #2022 ql ask game #thanks for the ask #secret crush on you #old fashion cupcake #triage #semantic error #cherry blossoms after winter #dna says love you #my ride #about youth #roommates of poongduck 304 #minato shouji coin laundry

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Shipper Tag Game

I was tagged in this game by @twig-tea, appreciate the tag but also bestie this is so many questions.

1. What ship were you completely obsessed with when you were a teenager, but now you don't care anymore?

Is this the part where I have to confess to being a superwholockian in my past? I no longer care about JohnLock or DeanCas, the evil is defeated!

2. Which ship would you consider your first one?

Oh it was almost certainly Beast Boy and Raven from Teen Titans

3. Your first fanfic belonged to which couple?

Magnus Bane x Alec Lightwood from Shadowhunters, I wrote a bunch of fanfics for them when I was younger. I did not anticipate how many views I would get on a couple of them, so that was cool! (shameless plug to check out my AO3 account, Sent2TheBeast. Unfortunately most of my fics are now locked due to how people feed content to AI software)

4. Do you remember the first couple you saw a fanart over?

Do I actually remember? No. Was it most likely something from Harry Potter or Supernatural? Yeah.

5. Did you ever get into ship discourse?

Baby, I write BL essays on tumblr, I think the minute I posted my first analysis I was signing up to ride the discourse wave.

6. Did you used to have any no-otp or have it currently?

Honestly any incestuous plot lines I am typically very against: Wincest, Brallie, etc.

7. Who were the couple in the last fanfic you read?

I read a beautifully written VegasPete fic by the wonderful @ginnymoonbeam

8. Currently, do you have any OTPs?

How much time do you have? Kurosawa x Adachi/Karan x Achi; Togawa x Nozue; Minoru x Yutaka; PatPran; MorkTawan; Han Baram x Im Hantae; Shin Ki Tae x Lee Wan; Kenji x Shiro; etc etc etc

9. Is there any couple that, to this day, you are extremely mad about not getting together?

Not that I can think of, but I will just give a generic shout out to all the queer baiting of old. BUT I DO HAVE COUPLES I AM EXTREMELY MAD ABOUT GETTING TOGETHER. AkkTheo and SandRay I am looking at you!!!

10. Is there any ship you used to dislike but now you think they are kind of interesting?

I will give this one to @bengiyo. I was not a fan of Korn and Intouch from Until We Meet Again because of how one-sided the relationship seemed to me. But conversations with Ben gave me deeper insights in to Korn and have had me reconsidering my impression of that relationship.

11. Do you have any ship that, in the past, was considered normal but now you would be cancelled over?

Tony DiNozzo and Ziva David would almost certainly get me cancelled considering Ziva's service history in Israel. Glad I was able to free myself of the cop/military propaganda that is NCIS when I entered high school.

12. What was your favorite crack ship?

I don't really embrace the crack culture, I am not a huge fan of crack vids, crack fics, crack ships

13. Who is the couple you read more fanfics of?

Of all the couples I read fanfics for, I think Malec from Shadowhunters was probably my most frequently read.

14. What most of your ships usually have in common?

I feel like 99% of the ships that have wormed their way in to my brain to the point of obsession (aka me making fan art, writing fics, etc) lies in the complexity and opposition of character's to one another. For example:

In Shadowhunters, the tension between Magnus being a warlock and Alec being a Shadowhunter and how they navigate the fact that The Institute and his own family have caused and continue to cause active harm to Magnus and the other Downworlders.

In Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom, the extremely contradictory nature of Kaz Brekker's existence and how that impacts his relationship with and to Inej. I wrote a number of Kanej fics because I could not stop thinking about the fact that Kaz and Inej want to touch each other, want to be intimate with each other, and their extensive trauma makes that damn near impossible.

In Pushing Daises, the inability to touch, the tension between loving someone so much and knowing that to touch them would be to kill them is just so fascinating.

In The Old Guard, Joe and Nicky having been together for 900 years when we meet them so you wouldn't think there is a complex tension there per say, but they were on opposite sides of The Crusades and had to work through that to cultivate a literally eternal love. And not just that (honestly less so that) but the tension between their line of work as mercenaries, their immortality, and knowing that one day, completely unannounced that immortality will stop. I could not stop thinking about how many times those two have had to watch each other die, waiting and wondering if their lover would come back to life this time around.

In Bad Buddy, Pat and Pran not only having to navigate their relationship with the incredibly antagonistic relationship between their parents but Pat having to parse through all these years of competition, hatred, fighting, to understand that all this time he's loved Pran.

gif by @barrowsteeth 15. What do you absolutely hate in a ship?

Lack of reciprocity. This is not to say the relationship has to be completely balanced. I don't think that it is a realistic possibility that every aspect of a romantic relationship exists in perfect harmony. But I've written about this before, my theory as to why so many BL boys get sick, in order to allow the person who has received more of the support throughout the show to care for their partner. I am a very outspoken Enchante anti because I hate Theo so fucking much. Theo's incompetency and Akk's incessant need to help him got Akk fired from his job, Theo lied about Enchante, and Theo moved back to France and made Akk work on his own to earn enough money for a motherfucking plane ticket to France. None of that being marketed as romantic is okay with me.

tagging: @emotionallychargedtowel, @neuroticbookworm, @telomeke, @negrowhat, and @solitaryandwandering

#tag game #malec #shadowhunters #kanej #until we meet again #pushing daisies #bad buddy series #the old guard

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