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chaos0pikachu · 3 months

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Trends in BL (Sorta): Genre Trends

So I've seen a few posts discussing trends in BL and I wanted to talk about that from a different angle. Specifically discussing what trends are, how they're formed, and to not remove BL from the rest of their countries own media.

The latter is something I see a lot when discussing BL this kind've ~separation of church and state~ but it's BL and Country's General Media. As though BL lives in a separate bubble outside of all other media and thus never influenced by the media being made in its country of origin nor the countries they share direct borders or trade with. Or all influence began and ended with seme/uke dynamics imported from Japan and nothing beyond that (no, Pit Babe was more than likely not inspired by Supernatural) and it's been static ever since.

All of that is, untrue, but also a really limited way of viewing international media. These countries are places with their own history, culture, politics, and of course, media arts. BL is a part of all of that. Which also effects the trends and potential trends we'll see in BL individually (as it's going to change country to country with some crossover).

I think a way of identifying trends in BL and also the root of those trends is by looking at the media of the country of origin their surrounding countries, and what BLs have unprecedented success and what has the industry learned from them?

So I'm gonna break this down by: genre, technical and business trend(s) in 3 part posts. In this post I'm just going to talk about genre trends in Thai and Korean BL as that's what I'm most familiar with.

Basically this post got hella long, I'm not in college anymore, and my motivation was tied to the length of my Jennifer Hudson Best Of playlist. So I had to split it up, es lo que es.

[This will not be a comprehensive list of like all BL trends ever respect to y'all who do but I do not and will not watch every BL in existence, bendicion]

To start we gotta talk first about how trends in media tend to work and also what we mean by "trends". Because there's genre trends, technical trends, and business trends.

Here's a good article breaking down various aspects of all three. When we talk "trends" in film it's not as simplistic as "office romances" or "cross country remakes" of which, one is a genre trend and the latter a business trend.

Some examples of what I mean:

Shared Universe (genre trend)

3d boom (technical trend, trended a few times in the industry, first in the 1950s until the 1960s and then again in the early 2000s until the mid 00s thanks to James Cameron)

Remakes/Reboots (business trend, this is a business based decision b/c the risk threshold for a pre-established work is lower than for an original work that may or may not have financial data backing it)

Trends in media, whether they are genre, business, technical or a combination, tend to take time to build up, and also tend last much longer than a singular year (generally for as long as something is profitable).

Example: it took time for the Shared Universe genre trend to gain traction.

Batman v Superman (2016) wasn't released until five years after Avengers (2012). Following this, The Mummy (2017) starring Tom Cruise was meant to kickstart Universal's The Dark Universe was released six years after Avengers. Before that Dracula Untold (2014) was supposed to be reworked to also start The Dark Universe (both these films flopped so no Dark Universe, rip).

Since the Avengers release, we have the shared universes of: Monsterverse (which combines Godzilla and Kong franchises together, technically started in 2014, officially started in 2017 with Kong Skull Island), and the Sony Spiderverse (Venom, Spider-man, Madam Web, Mobius lol) and The Conjuring Universe (Annabelle, La Llorona, The Conjuring, The Nun).

It's been almost 12 years since Avengers was released (fuckin'a) and we're only now starting to see some minor diminishing returns (Disney had a horrid year financially last year) for this genre trend, and not even across the board.

I want to iterate that Avengers did not 'invent' the idea of a cross-franchise shared universe. Things like Xena and Hercules, or Hanna Barbara cartoons existed long before the Avengers. However the Avengers kickstarted a genre trend in film. Just because a piece of media started a trend does not mean it invented the genre or technical innovation (James Cameron didn't "invent" 3D but he did revolutionize it with Avatar and I suffered through many 3D horror movies because of it).

[I point this out because sometimes ppl be getting testy when ppl say kinnporsche influenced the increase in mafia/crime BLs with well, um, actually history trapped/manner of death came first - yes, yes we know this. And Bi No Isu came out before all of them so everybody drink some tea and relax, everybody's faves are pretty okay😘]

Okay to let's get to what ppl actually wanna talk about, BL.

(Some) Genre trend(s) in Thailand and Korea:

In Thai BL genre trends I'm noticing are: horror, supernatural, paranormal, action crime, and magic/magical realism. A lot of these crossover, horror shows typically are also paranormal - Ghost House Ghost House (2022), After Sundown (2023) - supernatural shows tend to cross over with magical realism like time travel, or other soft magic elements - Time (2024), I Feel You Linger in the Air (2023), Cherry Magic (2023).

For the horror, supernatural/paranormal genre trend, this isn't at all surprising if you look at Thailand's recent film output from 2020 to 2023: The Medium, The Whole Truth, Ghost Lab, Haunted Tales, Cracked, Death Whisperer, Home for Rent, The Maid, Waning Moon, School Tales, and others, are all horror, paranormal, or supernatural films of some sort.

The horror genre trend especially has been around Thailand for a while, as far back as 2018 with the smash success of Girl from Nowhere which only gained a larger following when it hit Netflix in 2021. I'd almost argue the horror genre trend really picked up with Girl From Nowhere as now one of the main acquisitions of Thai series and film on Netflix are of the horror genre.

That larger media trend is now trickling down into BL with series like: Shadow (2023), After Sundown (2023), Dead Friend Forever (2023) and upcoming projects like Vampire Project.

While supernatural/paranormal series like Ghost House Ghost House (2022), 1000 Years Old (2024), I Feel You Linger in the Air (2023), Two Worlds (2024), Golden Blood (2024?) are increasing. OMG! Vampire (TBD?) will at least be supernatural but we can't say with certainty if OMGV will be horror or not as we only have a poster.

I imagine with the success of Dead Friend Forever, and I Feel You Linger in the Air we'll see the trend of horror and supernatural/paranormal series (I know some have already been announced) continued.

Then there's the genre trend towards more action and crime focused series; which more than often crossover but not all~ the time.

In terms of the increase in crime based Thai BLs I'd argue it was a joint combo of Kinnporsche's (2022) wild skyrocketed success, and the success of Manner of Death (2020). Alongside the influence of rise of crime and thrillers from Korean media (The Gangster, the Cop and the Devil (2019) and Unstoppable (2018))

Manner of Death I'd argue influenced projects like Never Let Me Go (2022), Unforgotten Night (2022), and Big Dragon (2022) if only because of their release times and taking into account the time it takes for a production to film and be edited down.

Whilst all these series came out after Kinnporsche - NLMG released a trailer in Nov, Big Dragon in Oct, and Unforgotten Night in Jun, while Kinnporsche dropped their trailer in Apr - they're series releases are so close to Kinnporsche that I don't feel confident in saying Kinnporsche 100% influenced their acquisition. Ngl it's hard not to see influences of KPTS in at least Big Dragon & Unforgotten Night if only in terms of technical film making, so there could~ be influence but I can't say that definitively. I'm gonna attribute these to Manner of Death since it came out two years prior to these other series.

Meanwhile series both released and unreleased My Gangster Oppa (2023), Red Peafowl (TBD?), Chains of Heart (2023), Kidnap (TBD?), are def riding the crime genre trend that Kinnporsche started and I'd argue series like Pit Babe (2023), Playboyy (2023) were acquired for production in part because of the crime elements included in their respective series.

Meanwhile series like Law of Attraction (2023) (crime/action) and The Sign (2023) (crime/action/supernatural) are combining crime, action and supernatural elements together.

I've said before Kinnporsche takes a lot of cues from Korean and Hong Kong crime films like Jet Li's The Enforcer, and Fist of Legend, Donnie Yen's Flash Point, Raging Fire, and Kung Fu Jungle, Han Dong-wook's The Worst of Evil, Kim Jin-Min's My Name, along with Japanese manga like Bi No Isu and KeixYaku.

Meanwhile The Sign is def taking cues from Chinese costume dramas like Ashes of Love, Fairy and Devil, White Snake (and it's many adaptions), Guardian, & Ying Yang Master Dream of Eternity. Alongside Hong Kong and Korean cop and romance shows like Tale of the Nine-Tailed, Hotel Del Luna, Director Who Buys Me Dinner, First Love, Again.

[I think the only reason Thailand or Korea hasn't jumped on the full fantasy train and pulled an Untamed is because of budget. The Sign has done very well for Idol Factory so I could see more studios trying to go in that fantasy direction if they can get the funding for it.]

Meanwhile shows like Time (2024), Two Worlds (2024), and Cherry Magic (2023) are leaning more into a combination of magical realism and a supernatural. Which is something that's been popular in Korea (Mr. Queen (2020), The King Eternal Monarch (2020)) in the past and obviously Japan (Cherry Magic (2020).

This, again, isn't a fully comprehensive list. I'm sure there's shows I've missed, and there's going to be evergreen genres that are always produced - university, high school, office all with a general romcom flavor - because they're cheap, easy, low risk and for the most part reliable.

That's not an insult to shows like Cherry Magic TH, or Middleman's Love or Cooking Crush or whatever.

Cooking Crush is just going to cost way less than The Sign it's simply a fact. Likewise Middleman's Love cost less than The Next Prince (TBD?) and was less risk as an office romcom. What helps offset the risk of something like The Next Prince is casting Zee and NuNew in the lead roles.

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[watch these two trailers and tell me they cost the same]

Think of it of like, the 50 cop procedural dramas networks are always churning out; they do so because they're cheap, easy, low risk, and reliable.

Gmmtv made Cherry Magic not for the art of it all but because it was low risk and low cost to produce with a high value return. I imagine that's also why gmmtv cast Tay and New because while I don't know who the hell they are, lots of folks in BL fandom do because of Dark Blue Kiss and the reuniting of a well liked costars will also help offset financial risk for the project. Studios will often only greenlight a project if "a name" is attached to said project.

Anyways, Korea's turn.

The data for Korea is less because Korea comes out with fewer series than Thailand. Like currently Thailand has 9 ongoing BLs in 2024 while Korea has 1 (oh City Boy Log you lonely thing you).

For Korean BLs I'm still seeing mostly evergreen genre trends: the workplace (The New Employee, Oh! My Assistant, Roommates of Ponngduck 304,), high school/university (Light On Me, Cherry Blossoms After Winter, Semantic Error, Love Class, Love for Love's Sake) and Joseon (Nobleman Ryu's Wedding, Tinted With You, Director Who Buys Me Dinner) romances - which make sense, a lot of these were the trends of romance kdramas in the early to mid-00s.

What I am hoping, is we'll start seeing the acquisition of KBLs that are closer to what's currently trending in Korea: revenge (Revenge of Others, The Glory, Marry My Husband, Perfect Marriage Revenge), thrillers (My Name, Midnight, Somebody, Celebrity, Mask Girl), more class based social commentary (Devil Judge, Golden Spoon, Vigilante, Kingdom), and an increase in both sex and violence (Somebody, A Shop for Killers).

I could totally see more revenge based KBLs in the coming years since revenge and thriller shows can be combined pretty easily and you don't need a huge budget for either. You can also set them in evergreen settings like the workplace (Marry My Husband) or high school/uni (Revenge of Others).

KBLs have mostly stuck with evergreen settings with a couple outliers like Kissable Lips (2022), Once Again (2022) for example. I enjoyed Love for Love's Sake but it stuck in that evergreen space of school based romance, with magical realism. Again, not surprising given KBLs are just following trends of romance kdramas of the past.

Whilst not a bad~~~ thing, it can be a bit stale and hopefully with a bit more budget/investment we'll see the acquisition of series that are more in line with what's trending with Korean audiences currently.

There's other things I'd like to see develop into trends for KBLs but they're mostly technical and business trends.

That's all I got in the tank, this post took me almost six hours to write b/c of all the sourcing and research I'm freaking peeked.

See y'all next time ✌️

Check out other posts in the series:

Film Making? In My BL? - The Sign ep01 Edition | Aspect Ratio in Love for Love's Sake | Cinematography in My BL - Our Skyy2 vs kinnporsche, 2gether vs semantic error, 1000 Stars vs The Sign | How The Sign Uses CGI | Is BL Being Overly Influenced by Modern Western Romance Tropes?

[like these posts? drop me a couple pennies on ko-fi]

#kinnporsche #the sign the series #dead friend forever #cherry magic th #kbl #korean bl #chaos pikachu metas #pikachu's bl film series #thai bl #i'm so freaking tired omg this was so much #Youtube #dff

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purplepanda-marvel-leaks · 2 months

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MARCH Q&A

Q:Will the crowns certain witches have be addressed in Agatha's show?

A: No crown lore in AGATHA I'm afraid! IIRC someone official said that Wanda gets a crown bc of her Creation magic or something.

Q: Can you share any information about the Wonder Man series?

A: Sorry, sources have been eerily quiet on Wonderman.

I'll share whenever I hear anything though.🙃

Q: any update on spiderman 4? (tom) Marvel v. Sony is still the last I heard on it. It'll take some time before they hash this out

Got some interesting info coming soon for that R-rated animated project Sony is cooking though 👀

Q: Any other F4 villains/ antagonists besides Galactus and Silver Surfer?

A: Too early to tell currently. (Is Galactus and SS even confirmed??) Last I heard is that the script was still being touched up.

Q: How big is Bullseye's role in Born Again?

A: It's substantial but not a HUGE role.

Q: Can you tell us if anything has been cancelled? (Disney+ shows, future movies)

A: I haven't heard of anything getting canned from any of my sources 🤷🏽‍♀️

Q: What do you think will be the best upcoming what if season 3 episode

A: Nice try Imao. The mech episode will be a lot of fun though

Q: Any more exciting Agatha news soon? 👀

A: Actually got quite a bit of Agatha news coming VERY soon 👀🤔

Q: Will the darkhold make an appearance in Agatha?

A: It can't make an "appearance" since Wanda destroyed them all, but it's certainly mentioned.

Q: Any update on when Eternals characters will return?

A: Check recent posts.

Q: Any details on what if…? Season 3 release? Spring? Summer?

A: it's been reported that it was planned for release this year, but it's unclear if that's still the case.

The lot of you will be the first to hear if I get any word on it

Q: What was your favorite movie from 2023?

2023 was killer. Besides the obvious answers like Barbie and Oppenheimer, I thought these two films were amazing.

Q: Is Mysterios what if return as a cameo or a main focus?

A: More than a cameo forsure.

Q: Will we see more of Joe Locke in mcu after Agatha 👀👀

A: 100%. Billy has a lot to do

Q: niche question lol but do you know anything about John Walker's arc in Thunderbolts?

A: My sources have said that he's been doing his best to redeem himself.

If his best is the "right" way is to be determined…

Q: Will we ever get a strange academy? I just got done reading the comics!

A: I've heard whispers of something inspired by Strange Academy, AND Zelma Stanton is appearing in Ironheart

Q: X-Men

Q: Is there any updates with Ironheart dates?? I swear I read they finished filming a while bak

A: They finished filming ages ago but I heard they're reworking things and will reshoot soon if they haven't started already.

Q: Is there any validity to the Plastic Man movie rumours?

A: I've been told no, but I want them to be true 😭

Q: Do you think part 2 of Born Again will happen?

A: Yes I do.

Q: What marvel character would your ideal film, series, or special presentation be about?

A: Specifically Joe Fixit 👀👀👀👀

Q: Should we worry about Captain America 4?!

A: I wouldn't be worried. Marvel is doing to Cap 4 what they did to DDBA:

They saw what they had, and are putting in the time and money to make it better.

Q: Will Thunderbolts be Rated R?

A: Nah I would highly doubt that.

Q: will we ever see daredevil in a comic accurate costume

A: Yes. He was supposed to get a new suit in the old finale (classic Marvel TV fashion, I know). Not sure about the new finale tho. Might be saved for part 2.

Q: Will DD:BA have a mature tone, and show the religious side of Matt like the Netflix show?

A: Yes. It was reworked to bring more of that mature tone back, especially in the action.

Q: Any future plans for Zemo in Thunderbolts or the MCU moving forward?

A: In Thunderbolts? No. In the MCU moving forward? Yes.

Q: Do we know who is on the table with the tag on the toe in Agatha?

A: The toe tag says W. MAXIMOFF 👀

Q: Do you know if we will see Mephisto in the MCU soon?

A: Mephisto will appear in Ironheart

Q: Is Wonder Man among the cancelled projects Bob Iger is referring to?

A: No. Don't expect anything that is already filming to get cancelled.

Q: will the survivors from the what if zombie episode be in marvel zombies?

A: Yes.

Q: Is Vision Quest still in the works?

A: The last i heard it was still in the works.

Q: Will we see blade in live action before his movie?

A: Unlikely. But we'll see him in animation at least 😭

Q: DDBA is releasing this year so what time of this year should we be expecting it to release

A: DDBA is NOT releasing this year

Q: Will Agatha and Rio have an stable romantic relationship in the series?

A: More like the opposite of stable 👀 💜

Q: Why did you lie about the Agatha series being titled Agatha All Along? D+ reveals its just Agatha

A: That's like asking Disney why they lied when they originally announced the series to be Agatha: House of Harkness 😭😭

My source was certain so I reported it Imao

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dontmeantobepoliticalbut · 2 years

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Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Comcast, Warner Bros. Discovery, Sony, Meta and more media companies have confirmed they will cover travel costs for employees seeking abortions following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Disney reached out to employees on Friday to stress that they recognize the “impact” of the Supreme Court’s decision and “remain committed to providing comprehensive access to quality and affordable care” for all Disney employees and their families, which includes family planning and reproductive care, “no matter where they live,” an internal source told Variety. For Disney employees unable to access a medical service, including abortions, in one location, they have a travel benefit that allows for “affordable coverage for receiving similar levels of care in another location.”

A Netflix spokesperson told Variety: “Netflix offers a travel reimbursement coverage for full-time U.S. employees and their dependents who need to travel for cancer treatment, transplants, gender affirming care, or abortion — through our U.S. health plans. This is a $10,000 lifetime allowance per employee and/or their dependents per service.”

In light of the Supreme Court decision, Warner Bros. Discovery has expanded its “healthcare benefits options to cover transportation expenses for employees and their covered family members who need to travel to access abortion and reproductive care,” a spokesperson said. The company’s chief people and culture officer, Adria Alpert Romm, said in a memo: “Our number one priority is the wellbeing, health and safety of our employees.”

Variety has confirmed that Comcast has a travel benefit that covers Comcast and NBC Universal employees’ medical services and procedures that aren’t available near an employee’s home.

Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish and Chief People Officer Nancy Phillips sent a memo to staff on Friday, obtained by Variety, confirming the company’s intentions to cover travel costs for employees seeking abortions, writing, “Reproductive health care through company-sponsored health insurance, including coverage for birth control, elective abortion care, miscarriage care and certain related travel expenses if the covered health service, such as abortion, is prohibited in your area.”

A Meta spokesperson said: “We intend to offer travel expense reimbursements, to the extent permitted by law, for employees who will need them to access out-of-state health care and reproductive services. We are in the process of assessing how best to do so given the legal complexities involved.”

Sony employees in the U.S. receive reimbursement for travel if it’s required to access healthcare services available under its health plan, which includes reproductive healthcare, a source has confirmed. "Sony Music Group and Live Nation are known to have insurance policies that provide reimbursement for travel if it is required to access healthcare services, including reproductive healthcare services."

The Sundance Film Festival and the Sundance Institute, which are based in Utah, announced several weeks ago that they augmented its healthcare benefits to include covering travel expenses for services not available where they reside. Utah is one of the states expected to implement abortion bans following the Court decision.

BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti told staffers: “Effective immediately, we will provide a stipend for anyone residing in the 13 states with triggering abortion ending laws to cover the cost for travel and expenses required for access to safe abortion. The process around this will be completely confidential.”

Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch said in a note to his staff on Friday that the company has “made enhancements to our U.S. health benefits to assist covered employees and their covered dependents in obtaining access to reproductive care regardless of where they reside. Employees who need abortion, infertility or gender-affirming services who cannot obtain that care locally are now eligible for reimbursement on travel and lodging.”

Earlier Friday, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, effectively ending federal protections of abortion rights. The final opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito, fully repudiates the 1973 decision which guaranteed federal constitutional protections of abortion rights. It also effectively strikes down the 1992 decision in Planned Parenthood v. Casey that largely maintained the right established in Roe.

Variety has reached out to additional Hollywood studios and media companies, but has not yet heard back. Some companies who did respond to a request for comment, such as Amazon and Lionsgate, said they did not have a statement at this time.

Here’s the Paramount Global memo in full:

Team,

We know that many of us have been closely following the news regarding the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs, which struck down Roe v. Wade and repealed constitutional protections for abortion. Across the country, we have entered a moment of profound uncertainty – from a legal and a policy perspective, as states pursue different paths regarding reproductive rights, but also on a personal level, as we try to understand what services will be accessible, when, where, and to whom.

In the face of this uncertainty, we want to be very clear about what will not change at Paramount.

First, as a community: wherever we stand on this or any other difficult issue, we will continue to treat one another with empathy and respect.

And second, as a company: Paramount will support – as we always have – the choices our employees make about their own health care. This includes the reproductive health and family-building benefits* that help make our company a welcoming place to work. A few benefits I’d like to highlight include:

Reproductive health care through company-sponsored health insurance, including coverage for birth control, elective abortion care, miscarriage care and certain related travel expenses if the covered health service, such as abortion, is prohibited in your area.

Fertility and family building support through Progyny including coverage for IVF, egg freezing and other fertility treatments and services and reimbursement of up to $30,000 for adoption or surrogacy expenses.

Free access to Health Advocate, a confidential service to help you and your family find medical providers, resolve health insurance issues and navigate the healthcare system.

Up to 18 weeks of paid parental leave for a delivering parent (includes 6 weeks of Short Term Disability), up to 12 weeks of paid leave for adoption care or foster care and up to 10 days of paid bereavement leave including pregnancy loss.

24/7 lactation support, including milk shipping for traveling employees, through LifeCare.

Free access to a dedicated behavior expert for support raising children with developmental disabilities or learning, social or behavioral challenges.

We encourage you to visit the Paramount Total Rewards portal for additional details, including parenting information on the Family Planning Resources page. If you have questions about your benefit eligibility, please email the Paramount HR Employee Support Team at [email protected].

We also understand that some reproductive health care events and decisions can be particularly challenging, so we want to remind everyone of our professional counseling and other mental health services, available 24/7, through our CCA Employee Assistance Program (Company Code: paramount).

All these resources are here for you and your loved ones. We encourage you to explore your options and take advantage of what’s available in order to make the medical decisions that best suit your needs. As ever, we are here to support all members of our community––and will give you and others the space to process this news.

Best,

Bob & Nancy

*Please note that you must be in an eligible employee classification for each of the benefits noted; employees whose employment is governed by a collective bargaining agreement are eligible for benefits under that agreement.

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pomegranate-pen · 2 years

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Mini Headcanons Event!

in the celebration of Stranded reaching 2k reads on ao3, I have decided to have a small event on this blog!

How does it work?

well, you request headcanons for a character x reader, you can also ask if you want any prompt with it. for example: (character) jealous headcanons, angst headcanons, breakup headcanons, date headcanons and etc.

How many character can we ask for?

you can ask for up to three characters! they can all be in one fandom or different fandoms! its all up to you!

How long will requests be open for this?

till July 15th, Friday. so you all have up to four days to request something! after that requests will be closed.

BEFORE REQUESTING PLEASE NOTE THAT:

1_I will not write:

NSFW

romantic headcanons for an adult reader x underage character(I will only write romantic relationships for teenagers and adult characters! Children will only have platonic relationships written about them.)

Incest

(If I find any sections of a request that is uncomfortable for me to write I'll add it to the list)

2_Please state the pronouns you want y/n / s/o to have. If the pronouns aren't stated then that's fine, I'll just make the reader gn and give them they/them pronouns.

3_ writing will take either a long time or a short time. Since I'm quite busy with other fanfics and my own life, but I'll try my best to finish them quickly.

FANDOMS I WILL WRITE FOR:

Assassination Classroom

Toilet-Bound-Hanako-Kun

Star vs the forces of evil

Gravity falls

Rapunzel's tangled adventure

The Promised Neverland

Any Disney movie (Example: Big hero 6, Frozen, etc.. basically any Disney movie characters will be written!)

Any Pixar movie ( same with Disney, any character from any movie they have!)

Any DreamWorks movie (same thing here)

Any Sony Movie (same thing here)

Winx club (only till season 7)

Miraculous ladybug

Doki Doki literature club!

The Owl house

Daganronpa

Hazbin Hotel

Teen Titans (pls state if you're requesting for the old one or the reboot. I do not do requests for the movie or comics.)

Ugly Dolls

Undertale

Deltarune

Adventure time

Over the garden wall

Ok K.O let's be heroes

BNA (Brand new animal)

Kimetsu no yaiba

Lackadaisy

Identity V

Omori

Genshin impact

BanG Dream! Girls band party!

Project Sekai

Cookie Run Kingdom

Sonic (mostly the games ig characters such as sonic, shadow, Amy rose and etc. And also the movie!)

Sonic Boom!

LEGO Monkie Kid

Nezha Reborn (2021)

Slugterra (doubt anyone remebers the show these days lmao)

Red Shoes and The Seven Dwarfs

Monkey King Reborn (2021)

NOTE: I haven't written every fandom I'll write for here since the list would be very long. But just so you know, I've watched a lot of animations so I'll most likely be able to write for whatever character you have in mind that aren't on the list.

Like said before, If you have a character in mind first state the movie/game/series etc that you're talking about and then write your requests for them. If it's something I know of and watched, then your request will immediately be accepted.

If it's something I haven't watched, but had an intention of watching it, your request will be accepted but will take longer than how long normal requests would take.

If it's something that I don't know and have not had an intention of trying it out I'll have to decline your request. Sorry!!

if there's any questions you can message me in my inbox for answers.

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fabioperes · 8 months

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cffabioblog · 11 months

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Grandes Momentos SG’11

Base © de CBS

Version:

1.- Conversando con los dos “Scaredy” (del libro y programa Scaredy Squirrel).

2.- Leonardo Favio canta “Hola Che”

Cancion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIbr_tDlLo0

3.- Don Francisco conversa con Blue del film Rio.

4.- Tormenta Canta “Vuelve Padre Sol”

Cancion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i619CQNJCTU

5.- En un episodio Roger (American Dad) usurpa el puesto y conduce el programa. Disfrazado del presentado ED SULLIVAN, recibe al elenco de “YO Gabba gabba).

6.- En otro episodio, Don Francisco recibe al grupo Inti- Illimani.

7.- Quique Villanueva Canta “Soy Como La Brisa” para cerrar el verano.

Canción: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8QVKPpWLAc

8.- Con la presentación del celebre director Alfred Hitchcock, y con Beavis Y Butt-Head de telespectadores durante el especial de Hallowen.

9.- El protagonista de “Izazuma Eleven” se engrandece.

10.- Afuera del teatro, en la plaza, Kick Buttowski hace una de sus mas grandes acrobacias.

11.- Con Astrid, Toothles y Hiccup visitan y le explican a Don Francisco en como usar y cuidar, ademas de entrenar a un dragón.

12.- Con varios comediantes (Benny Hill, Ernesto Ruiz, Jorge Porcel, Che Copete y Daniel Vilchez) hace una rutina revesteril.

13.- El cantante Donald Canta “Cosquillas”

CANCION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pdfc2mcapc

14.- Jake, Izzy y Cubby visitan el programa.

15.- Llega al Teatro “El Compadre Moncho”

16.- En un concurso del programa.

17.- Con Los Protagonistas de “FishHooks” Oscar, Milo and Bea visitan al programa.

18.- Gumball y Darwin mustran al publico a cuidar a un adulto mayor (Mr. Robbison)

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Beavis and Butt-head

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Blue and Rio’s Character

Patsy, lazlo, jody, Frankie, Gumball, Darwin and Mr. Robisson

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Toothles, Astrid and Hiccup

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#CrossOver #crossover fanart #crossover universe #sabado gigante #don francisco #how to train your dragon #yo gabba gabba #scaredy squirrel #beavis and butthead #alfred hitchcock #fish hooks

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Miscellaneous Resources post-Roe

Twenty-two states have laws in place that will immediately ban abortions or pave the way to ban or severely restrict access to them, following the Supreme Court's historic decision Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade.

“To people across the country living in a state hostile to abortion: California is here for you. We will not turn people away, and we will find a way to support you so that you can get the care you need.” - Jodi Hicks, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California

Companies such as Disney, Paramount, Comcast, Sony, and Netflix, as well as Facebook’s parent company Meta, have issued statements guaranteeing that they will cover travel costs for employees to get abortions in other states.

Nobody should face forced birth. The rights to privacy and bodily autonomy are fundamental in a free and fair society. Demand your Senator support and immediately pass a filibuster carve-out and H.R. 3755.

Abortion funds provide funding, travel, lodging, and other wrap-around supports. This network of abortion funds exists to fill the gaps in care and we will continue working together in collaboration to make abortion access possible for anyone.

#abortion rights #roe v wade #abortion access #abortion #reproductive rights #women's rights #take action

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Hello! To the ask that asked for animation studios that aren’t disney or dreamworks, Sony (Spiderverse, Mitchells v the Machines), Laika (Coraline, Kubo and the Two Strings), and Cartoon Saloon (Wolkwalkers, Song of The Sea) are good! I also highly suggest anime films and studios as well since they pump up some critically acclaimed stuff.

who made that Ann Frank animated movie on YouTube? That was really good. Anybody know?

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La siguiente lista contiene los títulos de las nuevas producciones que llegarán a las salas de cine, canales de televisión y plataformas de streaming en México durante el mes de mayo de 2024.

• 1 de mayo de 2024 Apple TV+ · Acapulco · Temporada 3. Cines · Profesión Peligro. Cines · Garfield: Fuera De Casa. Cines · Jugaremos En El Bosque. Cines · Amor, Mentiras y Sangre. Netflix · Heeramandi. Netflix · Hablando Con Franqueza. Netflix · Fiesta En La Madriguera. Star+ · Mission: Yozakura Family.

• 2 de mayo de 2024 Max · Felices Los 6. Max · Hacks · Temporada 3. Max · Mil Veces Hasta Siempre. Netflix · T·P Bon. Netflix · Todo Un Hombre. Netflix · Te Llevo En El Alma. Prime Video · La Idea De Ti.

• 3 de mayo de 2024 Netflix · Sin Glasear. Netflix · John Mulaney Presenta: Estamos Todos En Los Ángeles. Prime Video · Clarkson’s Farm · Temporada 3. Star+ · Se Busca Cita.

• 4 de mayo de 2024 Disney+ · Star Wars: Historias Del Imperio. Netflix · Katt Williams: Woke Foke.

• 5 de mayo de 2024 Netflix · The Roast Of Tom Brady.

• 7 de mayo de 2024 Netflix · Millonarios Del Mundo En Corea.

• 8 de mayo de 2024 Apple TV+ · Materia Oscura. Disney+ · The Beatles: Let It Be. Netflix · La Final: Caos En Wembley. Sony Channel · Casados Con Hijos. Star+ × FX · Feud: Capote vs. The Swans.

• 9 de mayo de 2024 Cines · Un Nuevo Comienzo. Cines · El Planeta De Los Simios: Nuevo Reino. Max · Pretty Little Liars · Escuela De Verano. Netflix · Bodkin. Netflix · La Madre De La Novia. Netflix · Gracias, ¿El Siguiente?. Netflix · El Guardián De Las Monarcas. Prime Video · The Goat. Prime Video · Maxton Hall.

• 10 de mayo de 2024 Disney+ · Doctor Who. Netflix · El Rey Del Cachopo. Netflix · Sangre de Zeus · Temporada 2. Netflix · Horizontes Pokémon: La Serie · Parte 2. Star+ · Las Sombras Largas.

• 12 de mayo de 2024 Max × Adult Swim · Smiling Friends · Temporada 2.

• 16 de mayo de 2024 Cines · V De Victor. Cines · Amigos Imaginarios. Cines · Tarot De La Muerte. Cines · El Hombre De Los Sueños. Cines · Monkey Man: El Despertar De La Bestia. Netflix · Bridgerton · Temporada 3 · Parte 1. Prime Video · Outer Range · Temporada 2.

• 17 de mayo de 2024 Apple TV+ · The Big Cigar: La Gran Fuga. Netflix · The 8 Show. Netflix · Telma, La Unicornio. ViX · El Extraño Retorno De Diana Salazar.

• 22 de mayo de 2024 Apple TV+ · Trying · Temporada 4. Paramount+ · Lolla: La Historia De Lollapalooza.

• 23 de mayo de 2024 Cines · Los Extraños · Capítulo 1. Cines · Furiosa: De La Saga Mad Max. Netflix · Franco Escamilla: Ladies’ Man. Netflix · Garōden: El Camino Del Lobo Solitario. Netflix · El Vendedor De Ilusiones: El Caso Generación Zoe. Prime Video · The Blue Angels.

• 24 de mayo de 2024 Disney+ · The Beach Boys. Netflix · Atlas. Netflix · Mi Querida Oni. Netflix · Jurassic World: Teoría Del Dinocaos. Prime Video · ¿Quién Lo Mató?. Prime Video · Dom · Temporada 3.

• 25 de mayo de 2024 Max × HBO · Gaga Chromatica Ball.

• 26 de mayo de 2024 Max · Mis Aventuras Con Superman · Temporada 2.

• 30 de mayo de 2024 Cines · Club Cero. Cines · Inmaculada. Cines · Ángeles Inesperados. Netflix · Eric.

• 31 de mayo de 2024 Disney+ · Jim Henson: El Hombre Y Las Ideas. Netflix · Ni Una Más. Netflix · Una Parte De Ti.

* Las fechas de estreno pueden estar sujetas a cambios.

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The other part of the FTC leak we need discuss, is Microsoft's attempt at acquiring Japanese companies.

Foreign acquisition of Japanese companies is functionally illegal, it is heavily restricted in Japan (and domestic acquisitions were only recently relaxed), so probably the idea would to buy their Western operations. In the major cases of SEGA, and Nintendo, the big idea would probably to get Rare related stuff, among other things.

In these, Microsoft's plan was probably to strip both for their parts with the help of Sony, with Sony getting the actual companies, and Microsoft getting the stuff owned by the branch offices.

It is kind of obvious why Phil Spencer stopped this idea, this would give too much for one of the competitors for sake of defeating another one. It would also require hopping through a lot of legal hoops similar to Sony's previous hostile attempt at acquiring Square Enix, or Vivendi's attempt at Ubisoft.

Microsoft will probably eventually buy Valve, alongside other possible digital distributors, but the bigger fish remains Electronic Arts, since Disney is eyeing that for taking back KOTOR. If they fail, Microsoft will happily jump the ship.

Disney of course has similar ambitions with other companies, including Nintendo, and SEGA (for publishing rights of their old games), and Square Enix (to have more direct control over Kingdom Hearts, with the rest being given off to Sony probably). Possibly also Warner Bros., because of Amalgam Comics.

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12th Fail world television premiere: When, where to watch Vikrant Massey starrer on TV

Read on to know when Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s 12th Fail starring Vikrant Massey will have its world television premiere.

Starring Vikrant Massey, the biographical drama film 12th Fail emerged as a sleeper hit. The Vidhu Vinod Chopra directorial is now all set to have its world television premiere on Sony Max this Thursday, February 29 at 8 PM. Vikrant himself shared the news.

On Wednesday, Vikrant took to his social media handle and dropped a post to give details of 12th Fail’s world television premiere. “For the first time, making my way to your TV screens as Manoj,” he wrote in the caption. In no time, the comments section was flooded with moviegoers expressing their excitement to watch the film.

Speaking of the film, 12th Fail was released in October 2023 in theaters. Later, the film made its OTT debut on December 29 on Disney+ Hotstar. Despite its OTT release, the film continued to run in theaters. Besides Vikrant, the film also stars Medha Shankar, Anant V Joshi, Anshumaan Pushkar, and Priyanshu Chatterjee. It won five awards at the 69th Filmfare Awards, including Best Actor (Critics).

The month of February of 2024 was quite happening for the actor. For the unversed, the news of 12th Fail’s world television premiere comes a day after Vikrant shared the first glimpse of his other project, The Sabarmati Report. The film is inspired by true events that took place in the Sabarmati Express on the morning of 27 February 2002, near the Godhra railway station in the Indian state of Gujarat, in The Sabarmati Report. It is slated to release on May 3, 2024.

In addition to this, Vikrant also welcomed his first child in February. A couple of days ago, he shared a photo of the newborn to announce his name, Vardaan.

#12th Fail #Instagram #News #Social Media #Television #TV #Vidhu Vinod Chopra #Vikrant Massey #bollywood hungama

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Greats Moments SG 17

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With the "Super Snoobs"'s Protagonisths (Shope, Tyler, Kevin and Roach), visits and talks with Mario at the studio

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With Duke (from The Secret Life Of Pets) affirm the music sheet with the orchestra director Valentín Trujillo. The Britain singer Tom Jones sings inthe program.

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With a participant a "Carozzi's Contest".

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In the famous segment "El Chacal De La Trompeta", in this occation, various personalities of the Latin American Animation world sings. One of the participants, is the Director of the chilean animation festival "ChileMonos".

5.- In a other SG episode, the singer and composer Albert Hammound Sings "The Air Tat I Breathe / El Aire Que Respiro" And "When I Need You / Si Me Amaras" with band and orchestra at studio.

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In a finale episode of the show, With Ponyhead affirms the music sheet of the orchestra, Palito Ortega sinings his songs... "Cae La Lluvia", "En La Fiesta De Mi Pueblo", "Ché, Que Hacés Esta Noche" and " Vamos Con Alegria".

7.-

Spongebob, Mr. Krabs and Squidward, celebrates the Partick's Birthday at the studio.

8.- In a other constest of the program.

9.-

At the studio, Lady Gaga sings and presents a mini concert for the program. Don Francisco talks about the tour.

10.-

Live, in direct from the Robotic's Lab of The SFIT (San Fransokyo Institut Of Technolology), with a band and Hamada affirms the music sheet, with the orchestra director Horacio Saavedra, The Italian composer and singer Franco Simone sings various songs, in special, in forme bilingual the song "Tu E Cosi Sia / Tu, Siempre Tu".

9.-

In the humor sketch, in the "666 Comisary", Vilches, Cardozo, Donald Duck and Disi plays illegal poker room, while the office Wilde (Nick Wilde, from the film Zootopia) needs helps.

10.-

With the audience at the studio, Mikoto Misaka and Kuroko Shirai expalns to the audience the powers and learns to Mario.

11.-

With a Disco's Music's Dancers (Gumble, Hill and Arblucke), the Argentinean singer Sandro sings "Piel De Febrero", "Ha Llegado Una Postal" and "No Creas Que Esto Pasara".

12.-

Don Francisco, with the winners of the classical vals contest,

in company with the famous director Andre Rieu and his

orchestra.

13.-

A Nerd winns the car at "the car game". The two Honey Lemons

(of the film and the comic) presents the new car.

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Sábado Gigante

Don Francisco

Honey Lemon / Hiro Hamada / SFIT

Nick Wilde Cotton Hill, Barney Gumble and Donald Duck

John Arbluckle

Mikoto and Kuroko

Spongebob characters

Pony Head (from Star VS The Forces Of The Evil)

Duke

Super Snoobs Characthers

The Songs.

Cae La Lluvia

- www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_6Kmp…

En La Fiesta De Mi Pueblo

- www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcjVcz…

Ché, Que Hacés Esta Noche

- www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfkdVQ…

Vamos Con Alegría

- www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMhhXm…

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The Air Tat I Breathe

- www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5lk85…

El Aire Que Respiro

- www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc3xPe…

When I Need You

- www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8AxQJ…

Si Me Amaras

- www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gRi9H…

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Tu E Cosi Sia

- www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO3RtJ…

Tu, Siempre Tu

- www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kJm8t…

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Piel De Febrero

- www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPyA_r…

Ha Llegado Una Postal

- www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2G12g…

No Creas Que Esto Pasara

- www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFk73d…

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One of the more amusing TikToks that followed the announcement of the forthcoming Legend of Zelda movie riffs on a scene from the animated series Drawn Together. In it, the blue-caped Captain Hero sits in a wheelchair at the bottom of a staircase next to the text “Zelda fans when the movie was announced.” One beat later, the words “it’s live action” appear, and Captain Hero screams. Another beat, then “it’s produced by Avi Arad (Morbius)” flashes up, this time to a louder scream. Finally, “It was written by the writer of Batman v Superman, Rise of Skywalker, and Jurassic Worlld [sic],” and Captain Hero unleashes one last wounded wail.

Even with the slight mistake—the movie's screenwriter, Derek Connolly, did contribute to Jurassic World and Star Wars: Episode IX—The Rise of Skywalker but didn’t have anything to do with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice—historically, you’d have been naive to bet against this wisdom. Video game adaptations have a rough track record. Yet 2023 saw the release of one critically acclaimed video game adaptation, The Last of Us, which received two dozen Emmy nominations, and one obscenely profitable one, The Super Mario Bros Movie, which made more than a billion dollars worldwide last spring. Even more obscure titles, like Five Nights at Freddy’s and Twisted Metal, made reasonable waves.

This upturn in the fortunes of video game adaptations has coincided with a perceived downturn for comics-based fare. After 15 years of dominance, “superhero fatigue” is now a pervasive talking point. Is there a new hegemon in Hollywood? That might be premature, but 2023 hinted at a future realignment in audience appetites.

For those invested in superheroes’ downfall, the numbers are encouraging. Warner Bros. and DC’s Shazam! Fury of the Gods, and Blue Beetle and, most notoriously, The Flash all bombed, with the latter making just $55 million in North America in its opening weekend, way below projections. For Disney, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania started strongly, then interest cratered, becoming one of the few Marvel films that failed to break even. The Marvels, which cost Disney north of $300 million to make and promote, brought in just $47 million at the domestic box office on its opening weekend, the lowest of any of the MCU’s 33 movies.

Even Bob Iger, the Disney CEO who ultimately signs the Marvel checks, seems at least a little fed up. In June, Iger admitted that oversaturation of Marvel projects, particularly TV shows, had hurt interest in superhero offerings. He weighed in again in late November, admitting that Disney had made too many sequels. Some superheroes—the Batmen, the Spider-Men—should never be counted out, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 brought in $118 million domestically when it opened, but Disney had no billion-dollar releases in 2023. Compare that to eight prior to 2020 (minus Sony’s Spider-Man movies), and then consider that The Super Mario Bros. Movie beat every superhero movie released in 2023, and it’s easy to see Hollywood swerving away from at least some of the more obscure superhero outings in the future.

Super Mario Bros. wasn’t this year's biggest movie—that title goes to Barbie. But from 2010 to 2020, the top 10 movies in North America in any given year were dominated by comic-book heroes. The only video game adaptation to join their ranks was Sonic the Hedgehog, which came out in February 2020, right before Covid-19 closed many theaters and transformed moviegoing habits.

Mario’s success will lead to a “deluge” of video game adaptations, argues Joost van Druenen, a New York University business professor and author of One Up: Creativity, Competition, and the Global Business of Video Games. Van Dreunen reckons that superheroes are “going the way of the cowboy,” referring to the shifts in Hollywood’s dominant genres (think: the rise of zombies a few years back, all the Home Alone-esque family movies in the 1990s). Even a show like The Boys, he argues, with its anti-superheroes, looks like a kind of turning point, akin to the revisionist Westerns, exemplified by Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch, that began to dominate the genre at the end of the ’60s and into the ’70s.

Provided audiences are as tired of superheroes as pundits think, video game protagonists could profitably fill the gap. They come from well-known franchises and have large, engaged fan bases—two things studios appreciate. Cast your eyes down the development list: God of War, Ghost of Tsushima, Assassin’s Creed, continued expansion on The Witcher, among others. Nintendo, which has traditionally resisted film spinoffs, is planning a movie a year; Arcane, widely considered the first title (before The Last of Us) to break the curse of such adaptations, is finally getting a second season. Amazon’s forthcoming Fallout series is being helmed by the same team as Westworld.

“Video game content is now appealing to filmmakers, unlike ever before,” says van Dreunen. “So that’s coming in at the same time the superhero movies are starting to reach their tail end.” Of course, these are not sure things: Gran Turismo’s performance was decidedly average, and it’d be fair to question whether any game character can compete with Mario’s star power. Looking into next year, Fallout will be an early litmus. If it finds a foothold upon release in April, that’ll be the surest sign yet that pop culture is entering its video game adaptation era.

Back to superheroes, artist fatigue is one under-explored factor. Inspiration is lacking. Some are undoubtedly tired of the whole enterprise, but many are just tired of poor films: And clearly, these two factors entwine. “I think it’s the quality of the movie, more so than the superheroes themselves,” says Mark Caplan, who worked in video game licensing for Sony Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox and worked on the three Spider-Man games of the Tobey Maguire era. “Superheroes have always found an audience, whether it’s through paper or through film, television—and it will continue.”

The film critic Richard Brody captured this general listlessness in his lukewarm review of The Marvels. Brody blames copyright restrictions: If artists outside of the multinationals could reimagine superheroes, “fatigue” talk would be moot; that world, unfortunately, is many years away. “What happened to superhero movies?” Brody writes. “How did a genre rooted in astonishment, weirdness, and wonder become a byword for the normative, the familiar, and the mundane?” That’s the astonishment, weirdness, and wonder that game adaptations need to recapture.

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