Just a secondary blog for all my BL rants and opinions so that I can organise them together. @everythingelseisspokenfor for all the other fandom rants✨
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Oh the wince I winced when she said this. The wince I winced. Right alongside Karan and Achi. They went from such happiness to this instant nope and they deserved better.
So the answer to both your question involves whenever your government finally votes to legalize gay marriage so he can marry that 'friend' standing next to him.
Now that line is just a stab in the gut. Ooof. Poor Karan. He was just starting to think he's overthought his mother and that she was truly accepting him and Achi and then boom out with this.
Achi looking at Karan so carefully, so tenderly, loving him so damn much and wanting to comfort him and knowing that the best thing he can do is just be there with him and uuuugh my heart.
And again with this. With that stab to the gut. With the complete denial and dismissal of his relationship with Achi, with him coming out, with his joy and and his comfort and his life. Karan knew this was coming and he was right to be worried.
Thank goodness for his sister.
Karin is the true hero we needed, y'all.
I love that Karin is here to point this out without making Karan do all the work for his family. I adore that we get this point of view and this talk without it being put entirely on his shoulders because there is enough weight and worry there already.
Hero sister.
No, have I mentioned she's my hero? Absolutely fantastic and beautiful character here. Simple the finest.
Calling @visualtaehyun for more translation nonsense!
Digital Fruity? What?
I looked up the words in Thai, but digital is spelled differently (ดิจิทัล?) and that leaves a whole letter between "digital" (or whatever it says) and "fruity", which is where I assume the context lives (in that single letter).
Also, wtaf is this 😂? (I am not even going to try, lmao):
Bonus: the cute video that Karan took and Tay actually posted
5 times Karan refused to touch Achi because he was not in the best mind space, +1 time he sought him out for emotional comfort.
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Old habits die hard. Achi knew that better than anyone. Especially considering how long it took for him to accept himself the way Karan loved him. But, he wasn't expecting his previously thought-to-be perfect boyfriend to follow suit.
This is the first time since we’ve known each other that we’re on a trip with just the two of us. Being in a nice atmosphere without having to worry about anything. There’s nothing to worry about. There’s only us. Do you know how long I’ve been waiting for this opportunity? I used to only be able to watch you from afar but now everything for me is like a dream when I have you right in front of me.
CHERRY MAGIC 30 ยังซิง (2023)
dir. X Nuttapong Mongkolsawas
A part of me absolutely loves the utopian non homophobic world that BLs exist in. But when they draw that bar of acceptance with that subtlest undercurrent of thoughts every queer person has had multiple times in their life, oof it hits.
Cherry magic TH especially is doing wonders to make my little queer heart so extremely seen. Internalised homophobia doesn't always manifest as self hatred but more often as a means of "understanding". There is willingness to forgive rejection because you can't assume acceptance. Which sucks. But it's so true to life.
Karan had done it so many times before him and Achi got together but Achi with his new colleagues in episode 11 made me feel some kind of way 🥲. Especially this specific scene.
Yeah. I've told myself this exact thing soooo many times. They don't need to know me, I don't need to make them feel uncomfortable if I can avoid it. And Achi doesn't do this because his colleagues are hateful, it's just not another problem he wants to think about- because acceptance is not a given.
I love soo many things Cherry Magic TH has done different from the Japanese version, especially the cultural adaptation. The Japanese version starts and ends with their relationship being a secret. This version is more hopeful, and these little moments nod to that struggle and make it more appropriate to the setting and let us see the characters overcome it.