#asian drama

[govinni13]

MY EXPERIENCE AT THE UNKNOWN FAN PARTY..

So,as I look back at the memories created while watching #UnknownTheSeries during the fan party, I cried, and I smiled. I was happy, and I was sad. It was an evening of emotional highs and lows. I will never forget the story of #WeiQian & #WeiZhiyuan !!!

Thank you, #ChrisChiu and #Xuan, for memories of a lifetime!!

I am so happy that I traveled from USA to Taipei to attend this Fan party & got a chance to see the final episodes with the cast ,Yuchen & Xuan & see their reaction when we responded to their scenes with loud cheers...!!

And that moment when I went up on stage for the hi touch, CHRIS RECOGNIZED ME!!! and he turned & told Xuan, "She is the one who came from America & immediately he said thank you so much, and acknowledged me so sincerely that I almost burst into tears...🥺🥺🥺😭😭

And when I went back up for the photos session ,(since I was lucky to get the VIP ticket), I asked Chris and Xuan ,can I interlock my arms with the "Wei Brothers "?? They said Yes!! And I stood in between them both, and they interlocked arms with me!! My mind was blank!! I can't forget that once again ,they both spoke so sweetly to me....

As I came down the stage, the MC said, she will deliver the fan letter binder to them.

I was very overwhelmed that evening....

They both are kind , so gentle... They took so much care for each fan despite the number of fans in the venue...

Excellence in acting, screenplay, and music, this series deserves all the awards!!

I took all these pics here and more...!!

#UnknownFanParty

#關於未知的我們

#UnknownTheSeries

#ChrisChiu #Xuan

#關於未知的我們 #chris chiu #taiwan bl #taiwanese drama #unknown the series #kurt huang #wei qian #taiwanese #asian drama #wei zhiyuan

[themundanedumpling]

i can't remember a single episode where kim soohyun hasn't cried in queen of tears

#kdrama #korean drama #queen of tears #qot #asian drama #asiandramanet #kim soo hyun #kim ji won #baek hyun woo

[ablazenqueen]

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

[peridot-tears]

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.

#fandom racism #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #danmei #mxtx #wwx #mo xiang tong xiu #墨香铜臭 #魔道祖师 #魏无羡 #耽美 #asian drama #anti asian racism #chinese diaspora #tears falling like peridots #brigwife #cultural erasure #cql #chen qing ling #the untamed #陈情令

[shijiujun]

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

[dramashii]

He liked her first.

A GOOD DAY TO BE A DOG (2023) | Ep 3

#a good day to be a dog #dailyasiandramas #asiandramasource #kdramadaily #kdramasource #kdramaedit #kdramagif #kdrama #park gyu young #cha eunwoo #k:a good day to be a dog #asian drama #i'm active in this blog once a week to post bad qual gifs #i really do not like how i colored this #but it is what it is

[heretherebedork]

The lift and the sit. Absolutely flawless.

#hidden agenda #hidden agenda the series #jokezo #zojoke #thai bl #thai drama #thai series #bl drama #thaibl #asianlgbtqdramas #asian lgbtq dramas #thai bl series #thai bl drama #bl series #thai bl gif #asian drama #gmmtv series #gmmtv bl #gmmtv #gmmtv drama #absolutely perfect lift #i love them so much

[redsamuraiii]

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

[govinni13]

The #UnknownFanParty merchandise and freebies stash that I collected on April 21st at the fanmeet !!!

Woah!!!!

#UnknownTheSeries

#關於未知的我們

#關於未知的我們 #chris chiu #taiwan bl #taiwanese drama #unknown the series #kurt huang #wei qian #taiwanese #asian drama #wei zhiyuan

[themundanedumpling]

I KNEW THIS MF WOULD DO THIS TO HAEIN AND HYUNWOO WHEN HE TRAVELLED ALL THE WAY TO FRANKFURT AND I HAD PRETTY MUCH PREDICTED WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN BUT DAMN MY BLOOD IS STILL BOILING

#yoon eun seong #park sung hoon #queen of tears #korean drama #kdrama #netflix kdrama #asian drama

[ablazenqueen]

*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 ❤️

[hundredthousandtimes]

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

[dear-someone-letterstomyself]

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

[dramashii]

Xing Zhi:

Xing Zhi a few seconds later:

The only right way to response:

Bonus:

Gods have to be indifferent.

THE LEGEND OF SHEN LI (2024) | Ep 21

#the legend of shen li #dailyasiandramas #asiandramasource #cdramaedit #cdramasource #cdrama #zhao liying #lin gengxin #dramasource #asian drama #k:the legend of shen li #i can't love you for the betterment of the universe #but i also can't stop thinking about you #this was so funny to me #i just know that shen li was screaming on the inside

[suzannahnatters]

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

[heretherebedork]

The fuck me eyes work.

#only friends #only friends series #only friends the series #bostonnick #bl drama #bl series #thaibl #asianlgbtqdramas #asian lgbtq dramas #thai bl series #thai bl drama #thai series #thai bl #thai drama #asian lgbtq drama gif #asianlgbtqdrama #asian drama #fuck me eyes #boston x nick #ofts #gmmtv #gmmtv drama #gmmtv series #gmmtv bl #gmmtv boys