#i'll be the one

[lock-my-feelings-in-a-jar]

#badfinger #i'll be the one #featured

[desdasiwrites]

– Lyla Lee, I'll Be the One

#book quote of the day #lyla lee #I'll Be The One #music #realistic fiction #romance #lgbtqia+ #bisexual #plus sized mc #Korean author #kpop #books #body inclusivity #body diversity

[aboutoriginality]

Watch "I'll Be The One" on YouTube

#Youtube #warren haynes #i'll be the one

[queer-and-dear-books]

Title: I’ll Be The One

Author: Lyla Lee

Genre: YA Fiction | Drama | Romance | Music | LGBTQ+

Content Warnings: Fatphobia | Homophobia | Biphobia

Overall Rating: 9.9/10

Personal Opinion: I love K-pop, I love Asian culture, and I love seeing queer people thrive. This book has all of that. It’s adorable and sweet and watching Skye’s journey as a fat girl trying to make it in the not-so-body-positive industry of K-pop is inspiring. You can’t help but root for her. So if you want to read about a fat bi girl be an inspiration, then this is definitely the book for you.

Couple Classification: Skye Shin X Henry Cho = Artist X Prep

Do I Own This Book? Nope.

Spoilers Below For My Likes & Dislikes:

Likes:

- Going into this book, I knew that both Skye and Henry are bi. But I’d wrongfully assumed that they would not play any significant role in either of their identities. I have never been so happy to be wrong. Skye is bi and she says so from the start. It comes up every now and again and is a source of some of her insecurities because she knows her parents would not be thrilled to her dating a girl. Henry is also bi. While it’s not as blatant as Skye, he had a boyfriend once. And that is significant because of how his parents reacted to him dating a boy. They messed with his personal relationship and had made his life miserable. Being bi is just part of their identities but it’s important to them and I love that the author did not shy away from emphasizing that. I also love queer Asian men, as we have established multiple times already.

- I love that Skye entered this competition wanting to prove her mom wrong but also because she loves to sing and dance. She wants to perform. From how the author had described her, she belongs on stage because those parts where she was performing, the description really came to life.

- I also love that the winners of both categories, Skye for vocal and Imani for dance, did it for stigmatized groups. Skye for the fat girls and Imani for Black girls. Because in the world of K-pop, fatness and darker skin tones are shamed. I love the confidence Skye and Imani radiated and it makes me so proud that they won. I know they’re fictional but I hope that their debut goes well.

- I love Lana and Tiffany too! They’re such a power couple and they’re so cute together. I am so happy that they’re doing okay after being disowned by their parents because they truly deserve happiness. But most importantly, they became friends with Skye immediately and easily. They were so sweet. And when Skye saw they were a couple and could not stop smiling, I felt that in my soul. She was so happy to see queer Asian girls thriving and that is exactly why I love seeing queer Asian men.

- Skye’s dad is such a big dork and if there’s one thing I love, it’s dorky parents. Those that adore their children and always support them unconditionally. Why couldn’t he be the one that Skye lives with?

- Portia and Steve are great pseudo-parents for Henry. They seem genuinely supportive of their charge and they work so hard to make sure he’s safe and happy. It’s so pure and wholesome and I’m  glad that Henry’s not totally alone after losing all his friends.

- I love Gary Kim too. He’s one of the judges for the contest and the way he unabashedly was in Skye’s corner was so awesome. I adored how big of a fan he was of her.

- This appeals to me personally but I adored the K-pop references. Because I understood all of them. Ailee is a vocal queen, Chungha is a dance-forward artist, BTS’s “Idol” is a challenging choreography. etc. It was just nice feeling in the know about these things and not totally lost when a character talks about their hyperfixation(s). 

- This entire book was just so wholesome and adorable that I just… I love it.

Dislikes:

- Please, let the wizard books die.

- The fatshaming from Skye’s mom and Bora was horrible to read. I actually felt sick to my stomach just imagining some of their vitriol being spewed out loud. I’m glad Skye learned that loving herself is enough and she doesn’t need her mom’s (and certainly not Bora’s) approval to feel great about herself.

- Also fuck Melinda Jones and Bobby Lim. The former for her fetishizing of Asian culture and the latter for his fatshaming. I’m thrilled that they got eliminated and probably had to watch Skye take it all in the vocal category.

- I wish we knew what happened to Henry’s ex-boyfriend. I know it doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things but he’s a fellow friend of Dorothy and that makes me sympathetic even though he doesn’t even have a name. I hope he’s thriving too, wherever he is.

- You wanna know the real reason why this doesn’t get a perfect score? It’s because of Skye’s alleged best friend. She cared more about Henry than she did for Skye’s wellbeing and performances and it got old fast. Like that’s just uncool and disrespectful. And a best friend should not act like that.

#Booklr #Booksbooksbooks #Book Blog #Book Review #Book Recs #I'll Be The One #Lyla Lee #LGBTQ #Queer Books #Queer Lit #Queer Representation #Asian Books #Asian Representation

[demac9]

Warren Haynes - I'll Be The One (Acoustic) Lyrics

#youtube #warren haynes #i'll be the one #rock music #rock ballad

[zoroshonkingbazonkadonkas]

hEnRY aND i aRE jUsT tAkiNg a bREaK shut the fuck up loser before i punch all your perfect fucking teeth out

#i feel like going into books and murdering some people no joke #i'll be the one

[lee-jinkis-ponytail]

I finished reading XOXO by Axie Oh today and it was so cute! Very much reads like a really nice self-insert Kpop fanfic, but I mean that as the highest compliment. Very wholesome, with a great cast of supporting characters. Highly recommend it if you're into YA fiction and Kpop.

Speaking of Kpop YA, I'll Be The One by Lyla Lee is also fantastic! It has a bi protagonist and is full of body positivity. I read it several months ago and I still think about it all the time because the protagonist was just so relatable to me.

#goodreads #books #kpop #ya fiction #I'll be the one #xoxo #axie oh #lyla lee

[slitherpunk]

it's so fucked up that you could just eat a micro sd card

#i was holding one and in my hands god it's so appetizing #but i'll resist this has got all my switch games on it

[lab-gr0wn-lambs]

And lemme know your age (if you feel comfortable!), and when you got your first phone in the tags!

If these options are scuffed I'm sorry, I genuinely have no clue how many phones people are "supposed" to have had (hence the poll)

#polls #I'll go first: I'm 22 i got my first phone at 12 and im on my 3rd phone #never broken one but i left the last one on the feckin bus :( #it was a hand-me-down from me mum so it had a good life #lost me damn photos tho

[hansoeii]

crowley

#fem presenting crowley you're everything to me #as you might know I've been recovering from an injury these past few weeks which is why I couldn't draw as much as usual #been doing a bit better so I wanted to give drawing a try again #while my arm isn't back to normal yet it feels a LOT better than 2 weeks ago #which is a good sign #still gonan take things easy of course #good omens #good omens fanart #crowley #fem crowley #why was one of teh suggestions for that tag fem crocodile #I'll have to look that up #david tennant #crowley fanart #aziracrow #aziracrow fanart #my art #fanart #my good omens art #good omens 2

[nardacci-does-art]

I meant to draw this back when I did this other doll comic as another side, to show a doll that had been cared for instead of abused, but somehow I wasn't able to finish it till like 10 minutes ago, anyway I did it *confetti*

#nardacci art #doll restoration #comic #I had the thumbnail sketches for the panel layouts in my files for like years #I've had the notes on my desktop since uuuhhh #wow 2020 I guess????? that's when I posted the cursed doll comic OTL #I have 1 more to do so maybe I'll get that one done by 20 freaking 28

[petscoboba]

I want Toby Fox three years after the last chapter to make a game where it's just the Fun Gang going on a road trip to the east coast to go fishing. They raid a gas station on the way to grabs snacks for the road (and the lobsters they catch). Happy April Fool's.

#deltarune #susie deltarune #noelle deltarune #noelle holiday #kris dreemurr #fishing momence #I have one more page I wanted to draw for this little idea #but i'll have to get to it at a later date when i've got more energy #in reality this idea started as a way for me to draw kris happy after highschool #i relate to kris' lethargy a lot-- so i wanted to see them still trying to make the most of it despite their depressive nature #(perhaps if kris can find a way out maybe i can too?) #it's hard. it's really hard when you feel like you've got really nothing to look towards to #but i hope they can find meaning anyways. i hope they smile one day and i hope it's a real one #pssstt! chronologically this post takes place after another comic i have planned in the midst. it'll take 10 years to complete but one day. #that comic. will not be a happy one #heeeheehoohoo

[lenaellsi]

mwah

#good omens #good omens fanart #aziraphale #crowley #ineffable husbands #aziracrow #azcrow #crowley's lil snake tat likes kisses too :3 #one day i'll do something that isn't a messy self-indulgent sketch #or i wont

[reineydraws]

jason is a grandpa's boy and u cant take this away from me!!! they cook together, they discuss literature together, and when jay comes back, they clean their guns together haha. ofc they celebrate their birthday together too! 😌

✨️🎂 hbd jay & alfie 🎂✨️

#jason todd #alfred pennyworth #batfamily #batfamily fanart #dc #dc fanart #batman #red hood #dc red hood #they have one of those relationships where jason outright says he loves alfred the most and alfred refuses to say he has a fave grandkid #but it's kind of just concensus that it's jason cuz he's the only one allowed in the kitchen #i am also a heavy believer in the hc that for a while there jason wouldnt meet up with anyone but alfred #and theyd meet for tea and stuff outside the manor #i love those fics #i was gonna draw an in-between angsty one where alf has a picnic by jay's grave with tea and cake for two but i dont have the energy 😅 #i was also gonna draw a red hood and agent A one with the guns they were cleaning but again: no more energy 💀 #mb i'll save that one for later. i still love the idea so much. :')

[july-19th-club]

seriously have been thinking about this all night long. call me autistic but the fact that 90% of workplaces the point is not to get your work done and then be done doing it but to instead perform an elaborate social dance in which you find something to do even when you're done doing everything you need to do in order to show your fellow workers that you, too, are Working . because you are at Work . disgusting why cant we all agree that if there is no work immediately to be done. we just dont do anything

#i personally like to not be doing things constantly at all times. it stresses me out #i know there are ppl who thrive on cosntant activity #but me i like to chill out. #and the problem then becomes that i only ACTIVELY remember to do work and Find More Work To Do when im stressed #at the thought that others might want to see me working #if im ever relaxed i just dont look for stuff to do #catch 22 of modern work culture which permeates even ostensibly noncapitalist structures like public libraries #for instance: will it really kill anybody if the books get shelved by me now after a very busy day? #or shelved tomorrow morning by. well probably me since i'll be the one at the desk #not in the slightest #but it was work that wasnt being immediately done by me. therefore it was incorrect behavior #that i failed to identify because my instinct is to relax when not immediately presented with a Situation #this got me labeled as 'having no initiative' by my dad from a very early age #and even as an adult i still feel like im a child with no initiative

[zoroshonkingbazonkadonkas]

I LOVE HER

#i'll be the one