#plus and minus is good to

[softgcf]

i recently just finished watching we best love and oh my god 😭 what an introduction to taiwanese bl. it’s just so good and the chemistry between sam and yu is insane! they said season 3 is in the works but it’s almost 2 years and there’s still no news hfkshe i hope we can get more DeYi moments in s3 bcs i cant really get enough of them (hopefully a wedding)

#we best love #wbl #i need more gao shi de and zhou shu yi #taiwanese bl #plus and minus is good to #gao shi de #zhou shu yi #im also inlove with YU #SamYu #DeYi

[joons]

godzilla minus one did my heart so, so good. the theme of we can make a difference this time set against the japanese war machine and geopolitics out of your control, the prototype plane that looks like it's flying in reverse as a visual symbol of valuing life over pointless death, the idea of sacrifice only being valuable if it saves someone, and how saving yourself can be the thing that redeems you......... y'all...

#godzilla #godzilla minus one #i was expecting it to be good but it was morally good as well #such classic heart-on-your-sleeve filmmaking while dealing with difficult topics of survival and war #plus godzilla is his usual bratty beautiful self

[better-call-mau1]

So I know that Ezra’s flirtation with the Dark Side is generally considered to be his lowest point in the series, and AUs where he’s an inquisitor are almost always tragic and depressing…but for a while I’ve been playing around with an AU that’s basically a cracky dark comedy — one where Deputy Director Wren of the Advanced Weapons Research Division carries on a sometimes-secret-but-other-times-not-so-much romance with the new Grand Inquisitor. 🤪 For some reason I’ve had a ton of fun writing dark!Sabezra from their own Imperial POV, so I wanted to share this meet-cute (or meet-evil?) snippet:

“You know, this would have been a lot easier if you were already dead!”

“Do you expect me to apologize for that?!”

“Yes, yes I do! This entire errand is completely beneath me!”

As a Mandalorian — even if her people reviled her — Sabine had no particular affinity for Force-wielding maniacs. The galaxy was a lot better off without thousands of do-gooder Jedi frolicking from system to system, starting wars and spreading chaos on their endless crusade to convince themselves of their own piety. She knew significantly less about the Sith and their acolytes, but after a total of twenty minutes in the company of the Grand Inquisitor, she couldn’t say that her opinion had improved much.

“Too bad for you, Governor Tarkin wants me back in one piece,” she spat. Brushing hair out of her face, she peeked from behind the stack of supply crates to fire a few more shots at Saw Gerrera’s terrorist minions, still pouring out of the base by the dozen. “Half of these traitors are wearing stolen Imperial armor. If High Command stopped dumping credits into Stardust and gave me what I needed to mass-produce the Duchess, we wouldn’t be in this mess!”

The inquisitor’s red blade hummed past her ear as he swatted a blaster bolt back across the airfield, striking a Tognath directly between the eyes. Standing over her, shielding them both from the Rebel volley with one arm folded behind his back, he did cut an impressive figure — tall and broad-shouldered with his dark hair tied into a knot and beard trimmed meticulously, he wielded a cold resolve that Sabine was very glad to have on her side at the moment…not that she’d admit as much, of course.

“In case you didn’t notice,” he hissed, “I’m wearing Imperial armor too!”

“Believe me, I noticed!”

As miserable as her capture had been, her rescue wasn’t going very well either. Gerrera’s men had blown up the inquisitor’s TIE before they could escape, and the old Republic airbase — now a Rebel airbase, she supposed — was nestled in the heart of a canyon, providing an irritatingly effective natural defense against enemy fighters and bombers. Their reinforcements were already long overdue, but at this point, nothing less than a platoon of death troopers could drive off the swarming rebels.

With a flick of his wrist, the Grand Inquisitor sent a thermal detonator sailing back the way it’d come. “I’ll be having words with Admiral Konstantine when we return,” he snarled, which Sabine understood as a rough translation for, “I’ll be throttling Admiral Konstantine when we return.”

But ‘when’ seemed to be a bit optimistic. She knew that even with the Rebels’ archaic weaponry and pitiful training, it would only be a matter of time until the two of them were overwhelmed.

Out of the corner of her eye, she spotted an Ishi Tib and Twi’lek setting up a heavy blaster cannon on a tripod — and as amusing as it might’ve been to watch the broody, quippy dikut beside her get smoked like a womp rat, she needed him alive if she had any chance of surviving herself. (Also, as an artist, she couldn’t bear to see a face like that pulverized by a bunch of insurgent rubes.)

Raising her blaster, she fired three shots: the first struck the Ishi Tib in the flank, sending him stumbling into his comrade; the second caught the Twi’lek in the gut, right as he began to unload on their position; and the third took out the leg of the tripod, which collapsed onto its side, spraying those nearby with a short burst of friendly fire.

“You’re welcome!” she barked. With a sharp elbow to his thigh (a very well-muscled thigh, as it turned out), she earned herself an indignant huff, probably the closest the inquisitor ever came to expressing gratitude.

#I’ve already got a ficlet planned where Sabine has to file a workplace relationship disclosure form #and Krennic is like “uhhhhhh if Dr. Wren is in a serious relationship that might mean MARRIAGE and BABIES and that’s not good for quotas” #so he hides from her for weeks until he gets a midnight visit from the GI #needless to say the form gets signed lol #but Sabezra bragging about each other’s evil shenangins to their coworkers???? #Galen Erso: “Should I put you down with a plus one for the office Life Day party?” #Sabine: “Nah better make it a minus three instead. My husband can’t go anywhere without killing at least four people hahahaha.” #and of course… #Ezra: “My wife invented this weapon that incinerates Mandalorians by turning their ancient cultural heritage against them!” #Vader: “The ability to incinerate Mandalorians is insignificant next to the power of the Force.” #Ezra: “Yeah yeah yeah I know but it’s just so cool!!!!” #sabezra #sabine wren #ezra bridger #sabezra fanfiction #my fanfic

[hostess-exclam]

(@plus-minus-contingency walks in) Hello. This is the restaurant. I would like to order one cheeseburger. I would also like to order three garlic bread loaves.

Welcome to the Dumpster Fire. I'm not the waitress, though. If you're ordering something, ask Lupe.

#hostessing #AHDGKHADJGKHJFLG #at least plus minus has good taste in food

[onlyzhuyilong]

1/16

#I know his name is literally Dragon (Long 龙) but it was minus 1 Celsius in Paris by the evening & he was outside with no coat or jacket on #he was in a vest a suit jacket and trousers with a beret in the middle of January #my good man I wear three/four layers of clothes plus a coat/hat/scarf/gloves and I’m still cold/sneezing #is his suit self heated is it futuristic #zhu yilong #朱一龙 #朱一龍 #주일룡 #please stand by for the queue #never mind the fact you had a concussion and 30+ stitches a few weeks ago sighs #I’m younger than him but I sound like I’m his parent -.-‘

[iguessitsjustme]

#see you after quarantine? #be loved in house: i do #because of you #my tooth your love #dna says love you #we best love #plus & minus #history series #about youth #i REALLY wanted to put love is science on here because mark and ou wen are my babies #but alas that is not a bl #side bl couple for sure but not a bl #maybe i should do one of these with side bl couples in non-bl shows #i have a few more of these that i want to do so good luck and happy voting #also i really wanted to put all of the history series but that would literally need its own poll #which i might do maybe #if history wins i'll give it it's own poll #even if it doesn't win i'll still probably do it #just for funsies #also also also #i'm not sure i technically count dna says love you as bl but for the purposes of this poll it is #thank you that is all

[respectthepetty]

I know some of y'all are horrified that I watch a majority of shows with no sound, but I think if you muted a show every now and then, you'd see the appeal. You're already reading the subtitles. Just push that little button and embrace the silent life.

#This is about Future #I gave it until the first break #Then that intro music came back loud as a toddler in a library #And I muted the rest of it #Very enjoyable experience after that #10/10 would recommend #The End of the World with You also got muted #Yuma screaming was too much #Plus and Minus also got muted because of that song about the bunny #The muting started with The Shipper #Kim saying “EH?” 26 times will do that to a person #A Shoulder to Cry On with no sound is very good #The world is already loud enough #Just say no to sound

[usodeshou]

My School Prince President - Ten Minutes Ago Music from Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1997)

My brain attacked me this morning yesterday (uploading this was an odyssey 🙈) with the revelation that the music in the dancing scene gives me similar vibes as this song and I kept wondering what would happen if the two were put together.

Shockingly, this is how I ended up spending the rest of the day listening to the movie soundtrack and editing this into a thing lol The deed is done now, I may finally rest 😌

#my school president #my school president fanedit #tinngun #I love the song that plays during the scene but this clawed itself into my brain and wouldn't let me rest until I got it done #'but I could wait until there's more episodes so I'd have more material to work with' I suggested #'no' my brain said. 'now.' #and so I obeyed lol #had to switch some stuff around and add a few scenes to make it work so it's not just the video minus the singer/band with music on top #I'm actually really happy with how this turned out :D #(minus the first few seconds that just keep feeling awkward to me no matter what I do) #(but I've mostly made my peace with it xD) #this is one of the most self-indulgent things I have done in a good while #it's a gift from me to myself :-) #plus nice side effect: because of this I spent pretty much the entire day smiling so it did wonders for my mood 😄 #mjtag #omg I think it actually uploaded?? it's been 84 years T_T #I reduced the file size as much as I could even though it should have been more than fine to begin with #hope it didn't affect the quality of the video too much but I don't wanna upload to yt and embed even though that would be easier #the akktheo video file was bigger than this one and it uploaded eventually *sideeyes tumblr for giving me a hard time* #*myedits

[thegreatestheaver]

Is it a hot take to say re7 is the scariest resident evil game …

#I genuinely have no idea what people think the scariest rezi game is? #if I had rezi followers I’d do a poll but I’m so deathly curious #re7 and 8 are the most .. hm #controversial maybe? minus the re3make #because of the swap to first person but that was the point #the perspective swap was to make ‘em scarier and I think they did a good job #re7 at least #I don’t rhink re8 is very scary sorry😭 #re7 just has a better premise #all the Mia cutscenes are fuckin. crazy. to me at least bc one of my biggest fears is getting stabbed with a huge kitchen knife like that #plus the baker house setting is purrfect imo #re8 is very much fairy tail vibes. not too spooky #the vampires aren’t scary theyre hot idk what you want from me. it was hot when ethan got his hand cut off by lady d ok. #I’m not scared of dolls or that ugly ass fish man neither so #not factories neither #just yeah. fairy tail. not scary #tbf I’m not scared of bugs so the whole bug part of re7 admittedly does nothing for me #which is a shame because it’s AMAZING #but no yeah re7 is so good and so so fucking scary LMFAO #god I need to peer pressure some of my friends into getting into the rezi series I need to be insane w someone abt it #unfortunately it’s a little hard to get into admittedly but once you’re in you’re IN

[get-rammed]

Let me guess, cassie's dad was Bonnie's handler when he was alive still wasn't he. (Bonnie being alive I mean) I mean Bonnie was his favorite uwu.

Nope! Bonnie had a whole different Handler, and I'm sticking with that 😂 as she was made WAY before we knew about Cassie and all of Ruin. Or at the least before I knew. My ass didn't know about the books until about 2 weeks ago so. And I haven't read them yet so idk what's in them besides gore. But Bonnie's Handler was a middle aged lady who grew up with Fazbear stuff :) didn't mind Bonnie sometimes ate cats-

Fun idea though. I'll probably yeet his ass in as a basic Handler or maintenance if we ever get a canon design for him 🔥 someone who helped Bonnie's Handler out when she wasn't able to do something

#I really wish I didn't peter out when I did on posting my stuff #So many good ideas trapped to work paper 😔 #BUT that's why I'm getting them off the work sheets now and giving them the life I couldn't a year ago :) #Plus more lore to work with #the ram replies #text ramplies #anon #Also tbh all the base Handlers are just ocs with basic stories so they can easily be swapped out #Minus Dawn #She was made and a lot of pieces clicked into place and never got properly utilized until I got my spurg energy back lmao #Always knew she'd be important somehow just didn't know how until I made security Monty/starlight/diego #But a second Handler can easily be added so someone's rocking in the daycare with her #Record scratch AU #Record scratch lore

[strawb3rries-eternity]

So I watched someone else on YouTube react to VELMA (bc I won't waste my HBO Max space) and I'm starting to think the entertainment industry sends an important message with the show...

The message is "If you keep asking for better versions of the source material we WILL make it shittier".

Or, at the risk of sounding completely cynical, "We know you love this source material, but we will make it shittier because riling you up is the best way we can make money than trying anything new or different"

#just dont make the show if ... you're not actually going to fry #*try #it wasnt even good bad like camp or anything #the first line is Velma comparing the show to other shows with male protags and being given power #fred is racist. so thats a thing. and has a small dick i think #daphne just...sucks i guess. #shaggy is funnyman with weed #which is a minus bc we're not supposed to explicitly say he does drugs THATS THE JOKE- #but a plus for animated gore #guys lets normalize not cussing excessively in adult animation to make it more adult #bc that doesnt substitute bad writing #and normalize having characters actually care about things. #am i asking too much?? am i?? #VELMA #velma the series

[overrgrown]

I'm relatively busy at the moment but I'm watching something in my room between all the chaos and y'all.... PLEASE watch this fucking show.

I just finished ep6 and I'm hooked so deep I'm never letting go honestly. the cinematography is gorgeous, the soundtrack is so fitting and well done, the lighting makes me fucking feral in the best way possible, and everyone's acting for the most part is so good ♡♡♡♡ along with a story that's decently well written, this show is dealing with some pretty heavy themes with a really fresh approach and I'm loving it.

JUST PLEASE MAKE SURE TO WATCH THE UNCUT VERSION OR YOU WONT UNDERSTAND A DAMN THING. idk why they have a cut version but it cuts out crucial details that you need to keep up with the show

#started the show for nut supanut stayed for the breathtaking storytelling and interesting well written characters #plus the relationships between the characters are so good and fleshed out i love it!! #minus luck.. idk whats with that guy but im not a fan #sorry how is hacking your gfs computer not a dealbreaker but seeing ghosts is #make it make sense my dude #im watching it on dramacool but if anyone knows another place to find the uncut ver lmk so i can pass it on!! #something in my room #nut supanut

[armchairaleck]

I don't normally give any writing advice, but now, yay! I do have some..

Do not decide you want to switch from past to present tense when you're already 30k deep into writing a long fic..

It is excessively painful to edit out..

Whatever you do will never seem quite right, but no way am I switching this fucker back again, no matter how great the self doubt becomes..

Highly unlikely you will ever finish writing anything ever again..

#not sure if anyone else would be dumb enough to do this.. but oh well there it is.. #kinda ended up in a weird tense limbo where neither are quite right.. #plus side.. I have kinda gotten over the idea of ever looking like a proficient writer of past tense.. #minus side.. the flow of time.. sketchy at best.. #so good job I'm writing a story where the vagaries of time are a main focus of the plot.. #but actually since this is for a Viren/Corvus fic no loss to the world if it remains stuck forever in editing hell I guess..

[rythyme]

Gender & Boys Love: Who Watches BL Dramas in Thailand?

ok i just watched THE MOST FASCINATING LECTURE on the history and transformation of BL in Asia, a+ would recommend checking it out if you’re interested. there were tons of amazing points about queerness and gender and transformative works that i want to shout about but i am not super articulate at the moment and i don’t have the time so! i’m gonna talk about some demographic information that was shared instead!!

(The above was included in a presentation by Dr. Tom Baudinette, a BL acafan. check him out on twitter, he’s super cool!)

what’s interesting to me here is that yes, as has been historically the stereotypical narrative for BL as a genre, the majority of BL viewers in Thailand are women — but a very significant minority are men! this is also something a lot of us knew anecdotally but it’s really cool to have concrete numbers. surprise! a lot of men, particularly queer men, really like bl dramas! in fact, there might be a higher percentage of men watching BL dramas than men reading fic on AO3!

let me talk about that last bit more. as some of you may or may not know, i myself am a bit of an acafan and have published some data science research about learning and comment culture in fanfiction communities. five years ago (oh god, was it really that long??) i did a fanfiction community survey that included a few basic demographic questions. here’s the gender distribution from that survey:

Only 4% of the people who responded to the survey were men. That’s... not a lot.

A couple disclaimers: this survey is 5 years old, and just from my anecdotal experiences I think the percentage of nonbinary and genderqueer users has probably increased since then. the transgederification beam really cracked a lot of eggs during the pandemic (myself included).

Also, over 88% of the survey takers used both AO3 *and* tumblr, so this isn’t necessarily a perfect snapshot of all of AO3 so much as the AO3-and-tumblr crowd. When you look at a survey done in 2018 on Reddit, they found that 63% of the survey takers were female and 29% were male, with 8% responding with various other gender options. The AO3-and-Reddit crowd is, understandably, gonna be a little different, but I suspect the AO3-and-tumblr crowd miiiiight’ve outnumbered them in 2017. Who knows.

Aside from the reddit one, pretty much every other survey done on AO3 that I’ve seen puts the percentage of men somewhere between 3% and 7%. If you’re one of those men, hello!! Who knows how many of you there truly are, but I suspect there are probably fewer than the 21% Nielsen Media Group found in Thailand’s BL drama viewership.

now, i know this is kind of comparing apples to oranges, since there’s a lot of differences between the bl community in thailand and the AO3 community. sure, they’re both largely centered around romantic content about men loving men, but there are a lot of cultural differences and nuances et cetera. ALSO, to be clear, i am not saying that having more queer men in a community makes it more or less “acceptable” to create content about queer men. i just think this comparison is interesting because it forces us to reconsider some preconceptions or biases about what kinds of people produce and consume BL or M/M content, and why.

There is a LOT of nuance in this topic that I don’t have time for — if you’re interested, go watch that lecture I linked above. In general, I would just caution people to think critically about the preconceptions we might have about BL fans in east and southeast Asia and avoid moralizing about BL without taking into account the nuanced history of the genre within Asian queer communities. 😊

thanks for reading! theo out 🎤

#took a break from freaking out about kinnporsche and catching up on plus & minus to write this fuckin dissertation #ok but seriously though this lecture covers over 20 years of BL research and all the speakers were SO SO GOOD please go watch it 🙏🥺 #thai drama #lgbt drama #lgbtq #thai bl #bl drama

[iguessitsjustme]

Hello. I saw your poll and wanted to ask. In your opinion what's the problem with the ending of Plus&Minus? I think in the past I've read that some people didn't like the ending that much, but never really understood why. I mean, it's not a perfect show but I never thought the ending was bad. Just curious.

Hello my dear anon! I’m gonna be real honest and say I don’t fully remember what I disliked about Plus & Minus so this answer might be a disjointed mess while I write it on my phone because it’s literally too hot to turn on my laptop. I do know my issue comes down to one particular scene though. Let’s see if I can find somewhere that lets me screenshot on my phone…alas. I can’t take screenshots so I’m just going to try my best to explain.

There is a scene not too long after Ze Shou and Li Gong get together where they talk about their fears in the relationship and they even go to confront Ze Shou’s dad. Those two had such incredible communication and support of each other that their drama after it made no sense. It belittled the relationship we had before.

And then despite the fact that it was Li Gong that ruined everything, Ze Shou had to do most of the work to get them back together. The show tried to tell us it was equally both of their faults. But I had eyes and ears and I watched it so I know that’s not the case.

The whole ending of the show felt disingenuous to the characters and the story we had. The end of the show gave us drama for drama’s sake and to follow a formula, not because it was something that made sense within the story that was told.

I’m not sure if I’ve done a good job of explaining why. I’d probably have to go back and rewatch it to fully articulate it, but I don’t particularly want to go back and rewatch just to be disappointed again. This is really good meta about the pain and drama that happened by @heretherebedork and the drama would have been fine if it hadn’t been preceded by those two having good communication and Li Gong’s willingness to confront Ze Shou’s dad. It’s about the narrative and the pacing and this show just jumbled it all up at the end.

That said, I did enjoy the show for the most part. It was cute and fun. Loved the side couple. I just wish the ending had matched the rest of the show.

#plus & minus #plus & minus the series #plus & minus bl #plus and minus #thanks for the ask #sorry it took a minute I’ve been sweating #also you know what? don’t say no did the same thing #drama after showing us how good they are and how strong and supportive #it doesn’t make sense to have those scenes and then give us drama #where the problem lies internally within the relationship #drama can happen after those moments but it needs to be external and not based on basic miscommunication #that would not have been a problem before

[selkiefinalist]

Johnson and Johnson are back babeyyyyyyyyy

#reunited and it feels so good #j&j #can’t wait for them to both do dumb stuff!! #avs lb #I am very fond of them #love is stronger than plus minus