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ablazenqueen · 3 months

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Simp: A simpleton putting his all into being a hopeless romantic. He acts like a chilvarous white knight and would do anything for his partner’s happiness.

#I just watched this scene and IMMEDIATELY had to GIF them #this boy is the very personification of a simp #and it’s absolutely precious #khemthongthai #thongthaikhem #the sign #the sign the series #thai bl #thai drama #asian drama #asian lgbtq dramas #asian bl #bl drama #*my stuff

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peridot-tears · 10 months

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Hey MDZS fandom. I want you guys to be careful interacting with this person.

If you don't already know, Chinese people have had a long history with cultural erasure when it comes to taking on English-language names. It started with imperialism, and continues as a way to "assimilate" and avoid mockery of our language in western countries.

For Chinese diaspora like myself, it's another form of racism we face, to the point where some of us are reclaiming our names in everyday life. Here's an article about this movement happening across Asian diasporas in the United States -- just to name one instance out of many.

The responses to this post reflect that:

You can see that my comment assumed "good faith." However, OP deleted these comments and blocked me. (That didn't stop other people from calling it out as well, though I have to assume that if OP was so offended by my comment, the next few people will receive the same treatment.)

I honestly didn't like whipping up the diaspora statement -- that I wrote with multiple Chinese diaspora fans of MDZS, all of us hailing from multiple different countries and backgrounds, our ancestry coming from completely different regions of China -- because it meant that we were encountering another microaggression.

If you ever wonder why MDZS and danmei fandoms in general seem to be so bereft of Chinese diaspora voices, that's absolutely because of these microaggressions: Someone makes a joke, writes a story, writes some meta, that is culturally ignorant at best, offensive and harmful at worst, and when we gently correct them, explaining why it's racist, the person in question shuts us down, dismisses us, gets defensive, or worse.

Regardless of where you are -- fandom, social media, on the street, at work, at school -- as long as you are interacting with other people, your words matter and affect other people. That includes being racially offensive, even if you didn't intend to be. It's how you respond to the people you've insulted that reveals your character, how willing you are to be complicit in their mistreatment.

My rule of thumb has always been this -- if multiple people, including those of the culture you've just made a microaggressive joke about, find it unfunny, racist, or harmful, then you listen. Dismiss or ignore them, then yes -- you absolutely are racist.

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shijiujun · 5 months

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Yu Shisan 100% deserving to be beaten up after this

A Journey to Love 一念关山 (2023) | EP 08

#a journey to love #一念关山 #yngs #ajtl #cdrama #cdramaedit #asian drama #liu yuning #liu shishi #fang yilun #yu shisan #ning yuanzhou #ren xin #ren ruyi #lol yu shisan literally my fave #and i hate it when they make us love em and give us tragedy later

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heretherebedork · 8 months

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The lift and the sit. Absolutely flawless.

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redsamuraiii · 8 months

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The Way of the Househusband (Ep 8)

Nothing terrifies a Yakuza than a housewife. 🤣

#the way of the houshusband #gokushufudou #tamaki hiroshi #hiroshi tamaki #shison jun #jun shison #ishida hikari #hikari ishida #japanese drama #j drama #jdrama #dorama #japan #asian drama

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hundredthousandtimes · 11 months

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Tantai Jin/Ming Ye/Cang Jiumin outfits: 2/5

#till the end of the moon #tantai jin #cang jiumin #ming ye #luo yunxi #cdrama #asian drama

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dear-someone-letterstomyself · 3 months

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This is so interesting to me, haha just indulge me for a moment…

I’ve seen some arguments of people saying that Tharn gave in too easily when Phaya was apologizing on the verge of a full on break down in the hall at work… and I just don’t think that’s true, because in that moment it’s not ‘we just met 6 months ago’ (or however long it’s been) Phaya and Tharn talking, it’s the ‘we’ve been fated for multiple lifetimes’ Phaya and Tharn… I think we all need to remember that regular rules of engagement don’t necessarily apply to Phaya and Tharn, they’re dealing with a whole other set of circumstances… while Tharn obviously may not be thinking “oh my one true love for centuries is about to have a full on break down I need to fix this because I can’t stand seeing him upset” I do feel that Tharn sees just how distressed Phaya is and he understands, having felt the same way whenever Phayas been in danger, that these emotions are bigger than Phaya, difficult to understand and even harder to control. If he doesn’t forgive (which lets he honest he already did a long time ago, he’s just been too stubborn to say it) him, he himself won’t be able to go on feeling anywhere near okay knowing just how upset Phaya is…

This isn’t the reconciliation of a pair of workplace acquaintances turned best friends with mutual crushes on each other, it’s more akin to that of a couple who’s been together for a decade. Both Phaya and Tharn have admitted multiple times that they feel as tho they’ve known each other far longer than they actually have, so I think it makes a lot of sense to view their entire relationship through the lens of: it’s the feelings and emotions of a long term, deeply committed relationship just without the time line it would normally take to get there.

#the sign #the sign the series #phayatharn #the sign phaya #the sign tharn #billybabe #billy patchanon #babe tanatat #thai bl #thailand #thai drama #bl drama #asian drama #lgbtq drama #idol factory #bl series #thai series #some thoughts #man i love this show

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dramashii · 4 months

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Category: Forehead Kisses

#forehead kisses are superior #dailyasiandramas #asiandramasource #kdramasource #kdramaedit #kdramadaily #kdrama #*edits #I did this for me #w: two worlds #i am not a robot #link: eat love kill #strong woman do bong soon #her private life #the red sleeve #legend of the blue sea #guardian: the lonely and great god #asian drama

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ablazenqueen · 4 months

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*whistles* Here, boy.

#charlie is a puppy confirmed #look at his lil run!!! he’s so adorable!!!#babecharlie #charliebabe #pit babe #pit babe the series #thai drama #thai bl #asian lgbtq dramas #asian drama #asian bl #bl drama #*my stuff #made for my most beloved watch buddy ❤️

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suzannahnatters · 17 days

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A hot take for you this morning:

The conviction has been growing upon me for several years that whole segments of Western media are steadily losing the ability to write for & about women. Female characters, female-led stories, and romantic literacy are all getting worse.

I grew up largely free of TV/movies, and for a long time prided myself on reading no book younger than 50 years old (yeah, I was insufferable). I've since sought to change that. That's why I believe I have the authority to say this: I see a really stark contrast between how it is now and how it used to be.

Compared to today, male authors like Shakespeare, Trollope, and even Tolkien had active empathy & respect for their female characters. They centred whole narratives around believable women. And they wrote unabashed romances.

That's largely gone now.

Compare western media to kdrama. Kdrama usually centres male protagonists in a way it doesn't centre female characters. But it also centres romance - HIGHLY sophisticated & detailed romance.

Watching kdrama cemented my suspicions, because it feels like the first storytelling I've found since the 1800s to treat romance with dignity and respect, & above all as something worthy of male attention. That is SO RARE these days.

I don't think something needs to get male attention in order to be worthy, but as any woman will tell you, if something DOESN'T get male attention, it's viewed as trivial and contemptible if its existence is noted at all.

It's true that more women than ever are writing stories about women, including romances. The problem is, this seems to have resulted in women's stories getting shoved into a ghetto; either YA or romance or the dreaded "chick flick"

As this genre divide developed between stories for men and stories for women, it seems like too many male storytellers took it as a license to care even less about writing for & about women.

Ahem, Popular Urban Fantasy Author Who Lists His Female Characters' Bust Size Without Fail.

Please note, I know many good and sincere men who want to do better. I see you and I'm so grateful for your efforts. But if you've mostly been reading "blokey" stories - and I know the appeal of stories about & for oneself - you haven't been given the tools you need.

The final straw seems to be the rise of vocal, self-consciously chauvinist online fandoms which rubbish media they see as being too feminine and loudly demand increasingly chauvinist storytelling. These people DO have an impact. Shows they bless get renewed season after season. Media they curse is lucky to survive. I mention no names. But we've all seen them shape public discourse.

What it all adds up to is this: if I want believable writing about women, in a lot of ways I'm better off reading a man from 1850 than a man from 2020. And that's pretty messed up.

How is this going to change? On a cultural level, I don't know. But I want to shout out to the fellow author who read my mixed review of his book, reached out to me for a detailed critique, and listened for an hour as I talked. You, sir, are one of the real ones.

#writing #kdrama #asian drama #writing romance #romance #female characters #male authors

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hyunjinslittledevil · 5 months

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Hyun-su in that one episode

#alice in borderland #arisu ryohei #chishiya shuntaro #niragi suguru #usagi yuzuha #sweet home #sweet home 2 #cha hyun soo #eunhyuk #asian drama #kdrama #cdrama

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nathsketch · 1 year

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As requested, here are the Four Seasons together :) 🍁❄️🌸☀️

Happy Wednesday! 🎏

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heretherebedork · 8 months

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The fuck me eyes work.

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lemonsourcrisis · 7 months

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Moving 무빙 (2023) dir. Park In Je HAN HYO JOO as LEE MI HYUN

#lemongifs #moving #moving kdrama #무빙 #han hyo joo #asian drama #kdrama #korean drama #kdramadaily #kdramaedit #asiandramaedit

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redsamuraiii · 8 months

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Ryosangata Riko: Puramo Joshi no Jinsei Kumitate Ki (Ep 1)

When you can relate to a Mecha that suits your personality as an ordinary and "replaceable" person that is often overlooked by others but still serves a purpose in the greater scheme of things.

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nicostiel · 6 months

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Moving 무빙 (2023) // Ballerina 발레리나 (2023)

#kdramaedit #moving kdrama #moving #ballerina #netflix #disney+#hulu #zo in sung #jeon jong seo #korean drama #mood #relatable #korean #asian drama #ballerina netflix #*myedits

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