#the eternal question

[absolutebl]

#the eternal question #the sign the series #thai bl #Kaownah Kittipat

[hairychestloversblog]

The ever eternal question…….

Wet or dry? 💦 💦💦💦 or both? 😋

#the eternal question #wet fur #dry #both #hairy male #furry #hairy #bearded hunk #gay #cute #very hairy #gay hairy #chest #gaybear

[completeoveranalysis]

Ok but what does Divine Providence have to do with anything.

And Will I even find out. Or was he just making stuff up.

Do I immediately read another chapter just in case.

#THE ETERNAL QUESTION #Ok let's ask Divine Providence what they think #oh wait! #Liveblogging the reservoir chronicle #Vol 205 #Tsubasa #HMMMMM

[starfallpod]

A Slice of Life

Ace Podcast Week: Monday, Cake Fel considers getting into relationships, getting out of them, and how many slices of cake is enough. Set during the middle of Scene x. (976 words)

Getting into relationships had never been a problem for Fel.  As a general rule, he liked people, and he had his ways of getting people to like him, and so whenever the opportunity presented itself for him to be tied to someone in particular, it was so easy for him to jump in head first. Relationships as a concept - it was like being two halves of a whole person, dedicating yourselves to making each other’s lives more fulfilling, and if there was anything Fel could get behind, it was helping someone else feel fulfilled.

It was just actually being in the relationship that tended to be the problem for him.   Relationships in practice - they were messy in all the same ways people were, each with their own needs and demands.  Strange then, that this was what had become such a sticking point for him.  Fel was used to messy.  He was used to demanding.  He was used to dealing with a myriad of people, whether they be clients or managers or troupe members with a haunted mirror infestation, and doing whatever it took to get everyone what they needed.

But there was just something about it when it came to partnerships - romantic or otherwise.  When it came to another person entrusting you with so much of their life - of needing you to be the one to meet their needs, even when there were some things you couldn’t be for them, well -

Maybe for Fel, that was the difference between messy and unmanageable.  He could handle messy.  He couldn’t manage someone entrusting him with their heart and their life so fully and feeling like someday, he was just going to let them down.  So time after time, relationship after relationship, it kept feeling like no matter how much he cared for someone else, he would eventually just…not be enough.  It was starting to feel like the inevitable conclusion, the through-line from Bex to Evick to D’leya that - 

“Fel?” Leona said, glancing over at him.  “What are you thinking?”

For a long moment, Fel had to coach himself to not say what he was actually thinking, because “the inevitability of your inadequacy forcing you to drive away those you care about most” was probably not what she had actually be asking about.

She’d probably been asking about cake - which would make sense, given that they’d made a beeline from Sina’s Salon to the nicest bakery in town and had spent the past few minutes considering the variety of cake slices on display in the glass case before them.

Or, at least, Leona had.  Fel, of course, when given a moment to think, had immediately forgotten about the good things in front of him and started spiralling about all he had to lose.  And maybe that wasn’t totally unreasonable - seeing Leona start to bolt from the clothing store had alarmed him, after all.  She’d been scared into nearly leaving the troupe before, and the idea she might still have leaving on the mind was scary to him, because Leona was - 

Well, she was important, wasn’t she?

But she hadn’t actually planned on leaving today, had she?  She was worried about her past just as much as Fel, but she was worried about the things in her life right now too - things like money and new clothes and, yes, cake.

And maybe he could take a lesson from her for a change.

“Hmm, I’m really torn between the chocolate and the strawberry slices,” Fel said, raising a hand to his chin, as if in deep contemplation.  “Because I think chocolate is pretty good wherever you get it - much harder to mess up a chocolate cake.  But the strawberries on those slices are huge.  And they are nearly out of season.”

Leona nodded in solemn agreement, folding her own hands behind her back.  “They do both look good,” she said.  “But the lemon blueberry also looks very good.  And the carrot cake, and whatever that cake with the rainbow colors is.”  Her fingers fidgeted around the hem of that cloak she’d been so upset about leaving behind just half an hour ago and Fel could tell it was with all seriousness that she said, “It’s so unfair we have to choose just one.”

A smile twitched at Fel’s lips as a thought occurred to him.  Maybe they hadn’t been thinking about such different things after all.

“Y’knoooow,” Fel said, leaning towards Leona in the playful ‘I’m about to blow your mind’ kind of way he’d grown accustomed to, “we actually don’t.  Have to get the same slice of cake, that is.  You could get strawberry, and I could get chocolate, and then we could swap bites and see who likes what.”

Leona’s dark eyes widened ever so slightly.  Just wait until she heard what else he had to say.

“I mean, there’s not even any rules saying we can only get two slices,” Fel carried on.  “We’ve got clothes money to spend.  We could get three, four…maybe even ten kinds of cake if we wanted.”

For a split second, her mouth dropped open and she was clearly considering all the cake varietals, and what the experience of a combination of any ten of them could entail.

“That’s…I think ten kinds is a little too many,” Leona said before, very quietly, requesting, “But, could we maybe get three?  I’d really like to try that rainbow cake.”

Fel chuckled, slightly relieved he wouldn’t actually have to tell Dalyn they’d spent all his mothers’ clothes money on baked goods.  “Three sounds good to me too,” he said.

Yes, it was true - relationships were messy, and sometimes, they asked things of you that you couldn’t give while also being fair to yourself.

But they could be wonderfully comfortable things too, and sometimes, all you needed to make them work was an extra slice of cake.

#ace podcast week #does it count as fanfiction if it's your own show? #the eternal question #cw for some implied internalized aphobia and anxieties about inadequacy #starfall podcast

[weirdalyoutubecomments]

#weird al #youtube comments #the eternal question #i think it requires straightening and/or glue

[soggywarmpockets]

Do I want to be Spanish Jackie or do I want to be WITH Spanish Jackie?

#ofmd #our flag means death #the eternal question

[qqueenofhades]

Pretty sure I am literally the only person at work today. Hmm.

#hilary for ts #school stuff #i mean #it's the dog days of august #summer quarter ended three days ago #my birthday is in three days #it's monday #what am *I* doing here #the eternal question #but yes i've been here for an hour and have seen literally no one else in this entire building so

[releasedfromthedream]

is it gender envy or do i just want to fuck him

#the eternal question

[itookyoudown]

sometimes i read certain conversations and i think you know what maybe i don't know english that well because i know all these words but i can't understand wtf they're talking about.

#tooks.txt #am i just dumb or do they suck at conversing ?? #the eternal question

[absolutebl]

How do you feel about binging versus weekly watching? Over the last 6 months I’ve realised that I actually hate watching shows weekly as they air. I forget about them during the week and find it hard to get into the zone again to watch a new episode… sometimes the wait is annoying if there’s a cliff hanger too.

I find almost all shows better binged… if they’re really good then I can totally immerse myself in them and if they’re bad it’s still more enjoyable somehow! I’ve liked some shows that I binge watched that I definitely wouldn’t have finished if I was watching weekly. The slight spoilers I get from Tumblr don’t bother me either because I want to know there’s going to be a happy ending and if it’s not very good then I like to lower my expectations accordingly and not be disappointed!

I do feel pressure to watch the most popular shows along with everyone else but I always wish I’d waited. This is currently happening with Between Us. What’s your view?

binging versus weekly watching

Honestly? I'm torn.

A case for weekly watching 

Some BLs I enjoy the weekly watch because the quality is so high but it mitigates the drama and the immersive experience (Eternal Yesterday) which ordinarily I would find traumatizing.

I feel like the shorter KBLs & JBLs are often improved for being drawn out, given time to breathe and to ruminate on between punches, say Tinted with You or Takara & Amagi. 

I think My School President is probubly one of those that could go either way, but part of the fun is the chatter amongst the community over soem of these longer running Thai BLs. The Tumblr water cooler is part of the pleasure, and wrapped up in the enjoyment of the week to week experience.

A case for binge watching

Other's I think they would have been improved from a binge because I can skip to the good parts - most Thai BL pulps. So I probably rated the show worse because I was annoyed by it. It wasn't robust enough to hold up week to week. Big Dragon was probably one of these. Knock is probably another. 

I am so grateful I watched Oh My Sunshine Night as a binge, because I doubt I would have made it through otherwise. 

But some BLs can be great either way both, like Semantic Error.  

#asked and answered #binge watch vs weekly watch #the eternal question #how to consume bl #thai bl #korean bl #japanese bl #Semantic Error #Oh My Sunshine Night #I Will Knock You #Big Dragon #thai bl pulp #Takara-kun and Amagi-kun #Tinted With You

[wastemanjohn]

how is it that some days i feel like the hottest bitch alive but other days i feel like i should retire under a bridge with the other trolls

#tw beauty standards #why does my good self esteem only work part time #do I need validation or do I just need a hug #the eternal question

[stoplookingup]

Q: Why didn't the eagles just fly Frodo to Mordor?

A: So I would have something to ponder on my deathbed.

#The eternal question #lord of the rings #eagles

[local-magpie]

am i horny or am i just feeling really lonely and romantically unfulfilled

#the eternal question #yelling at the void #wheres the cream filling

[gideonisms]

The dichotomy between believing it's a good thing to learn to get along well with others even if it sometimes means compromise vs knowing that if you are always working out how to do so and deciding how much you can get out of every compromise it has measurable consequences on your mental health and your ability to have close relationships at all

#i both think that everyone should be a little more calculating for the greater good and would not wish it on my worst enemy ♥️ #the eternal question #is it better to have positive but distant relationships or risk upheaval by haing any one of a number of genuine unpleasant conversations #i think the real answer is you just have to be both pleasant and genuine about it but. #the lord (non existent) did not deign to give us all that personality #so the rest of us simply have to cope #if you noticed my typo no you didn't my phone keyboard is fucked ♥️

[grendelsmilf]

important merlin discourse happening

#What If Merlin Had A Dog #the eternal question #merlinposting #cavehags

[aliennasaprincess]

am i asexual or just a lonely loser

#the eternal question #text tag