for those wondering why i have been mostly quiet regarding israel and palestine:
most of the pro-palestine stuff i come across is dismissive of hamas' horrors, blatantly antisemetic in parts, and generally conflates the israeli population with their government. or worse, treats them as a monolith; it is true that there are many israelis mocking the people their soldiers are destroying. it is NOT true that all of israel doesn't care and is just totally cool with what's going on. i will share what i find of israel's atrocities, but i will not make my jewish followers feel unsafe for shit they had nothing to do with.
most of the stuff i've seen that *does* acknowledge the horror is jewish bloggers who have spent much of their life advocating for palestine, now having to struggle against antisemetics coming to them, furious that they DARE to be upset at the lost israeli lives. as though they are not allowed to mourn for both sides. as though they are not allowed to be horrified by what has happened; that they can ONLY be worried for palestine and how the attack was the perfect excuse for israel to double down. i refuse to send even more hatred their way by spreading their grief further into the void; you never know Exactly who's following your follower's followers.
i am glad, at least, that nobody i follow was outright celebrating. but i know that people WERE, and now they're trying to act like that never happened. so incase this wasn't clear, cheering on the deaths of Israelis does not fucking help palestine.
I am truly disgusted with the blatant racism and colonialism that manifests israel's very core. it is an attempt at a violent ethnostate, intent to not only destroy the people it seeks to replace, but fully erase them from history. i am also disgusted with the way that the left is happy to celebrate genuine terrorism if it's committed "for the right side", as if parading dead bodies and raping people does fucking ANYTHING good. as if that doesn't fuel the israeli government's chances for propoganda. as if it hasn't traumatized your jewish neighbors.
there are no fucking winners in war. free palestine and protect your muslim AND jewish friends in this time, they are BOTH getting their shit kicked in by ignorant people who want to take out their anger on some random kid in ohio.
we are all posting in anger here. but let's check ourselves before we post; misinformation and antisemitism weakens our voices.
Edit for clarity: this post is for my mutuals. I am specifically asking my mutuals to think carefully about what they post; i am aware that i've been too quiet, and i am trying to remedy that. i am also warning my jewish and muslim followers that if you've been using my blog as a safe spot to not think about it for a little bit, you're gonna wanna block the tags below. 'horrible things' will usually do it. i am also venting about how every jew i follow is getting hit with the "die you stupid zionist" shit from coward anons who can't tell the difference between supporting israel and just being fucking concerned for your family over there. it's fucked.
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Hi! I love all of your analysis! Could you do one of Mile and Apo's chemistry? And are you going to do a more in-depth analysis of the whole show? 👀 I'd love to see that. Thank you!
Hi hi, thank you for the lovely compliments!
I opted out of a full review of KinnPorsche because everyone else was doing so much and talking about it. You can read what I did think on MDL.
My short summation is as follows (be warned, I was not a fan of this show). I’m not tagging my posts for KP because the fandom is so rabid and I don’t feel like arguing about it.
KinnPorsche Thoughts
VegasPete were in one drama; KimChay were in another; KinnPorsche were in each of those randomly but then sometimes in their own extremely slapstick cheese-fest alt-reality + Tankhun. There were clearly 2 directors with 2 distinct and conflicting points of view, who apparently never had a single conversation with each other. The whole thing felt discombobulated both from script to direction to post production.
Was this show good? Nope.
Was it absorbing? Sure.
Was it well acted? Absolutely.
Were the sex scenes great? Yes.
Were the fight scenes awesome? Actually yeah (special props to Jeff for the hand-to-hand stuff).
Did I enjoy the kinky bits? Certainly.
But all that said: the VegasPete universe of KP was the only universe I really enjoyed and would like to revisit, and I only got that 1/5 of the time. Mathematics is working against this one, for me personally.
So I guess I, at least, am still waiting for the perfect mafia BL. I think it might be up to Japan at this juncture.
As a result of fan fervor meets my own hearty indifference, I don’t really know how to judge this show but I have to go with my heart, and KP didn’t win it.
7/10
Chemistry of the 3 Pairs
Much as I love Jeff I thought KimChay’s chemistry was non-existent and the producers made a big mistake losing Gameplay. He would have done a much better job with the role for all he’d too old. Sorry not sorry. I say that not because I object to busting up pairs (I’m actually in favor of this) but because I think Jeff’s understandable paranoia about Barcode’s age leaked into their performance. There is a reason why actors are usually cast closer in age for comfort reasons, also to avoid minors (Although I do talk about the hung effect when it works, it works really well.)
My thoughts on VegasPete’s winning chemistry here.
I thought KinnPosche also had decent (if very cheeky) chemistry. It got a bit too sappy for me in the second half, much like the evolution of TharnType’s chemistry from season 1 to season 2.
Also, like MewGulf, I got good friends + power differential + game to fuck with us from MileApo. But I am fine with that. I like it when the actor pairs fuck with dumb IRL shipping culture and idiot fandom. Partly I think we’re right back in early MaxTul territory: when we have a rich kid playing the game, he comes to the table with enough wealth and status and publicity training to torpedo straight-boy ego fears. But are MileApo as smart as MaxTul about brand? I don’t know.
Will they be MaxTul level kings of fuckatude going forward? They could be, but like I said, I get more MewGulf vibes from them, so I think they will fold as a pair after the fan crazy does. Here’s hoping they go down classy.
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20 Questions for Fic Writers
thank you @recurring-polynya for tagging me!
1) How many works do you have on AO3?
44!
2) What's your total AO3 word count?
247,354
3) What fandoms do you write for?
bleach and kurobas, but i used to write a LOT of batman fanfics only 3-4 years ago
4) Top 5 fics by kudos?
1) six hearts beat as one
2) Make My Wish Come True
3) all i long for (all i worship and adore)
4) i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)
5) Paper Houses
#1 is a drabble/fic collection and #3 is a kurobas fanfic! 🤗
5) Do you respond to comments?
i try to get to every single one, but i still don't know what the protocol is for long fics when a reader leaves a comment on every single chapter. i try to just reply to the last one to avoid spamming them, but generally i love receiving comments so i usually get back to all of them!
6) What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
no angsty endings, only angsty beginnings and middles
7) What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
...all of them? i think? my fics are pretty formulaic, at this point, so any conflict gets resolved by the end. i'd say my favorite ending is the one i wrote in Therein Lies the Heart, mostly because it's set in a time where orihime was still recovering from everything she went through in hueco mundo and figuring out how she wants to grow next as an individual, so i like how it ends with a hopeful note that she's made peace with whatever has happened and is ready to take on whatever is coming next! i think it sits neatly between pre-timeskip and post-timeskip in canon bleach, but that's just me!
8) Do you get hate on fics?
no, thankfully
9) Do you write smut?
not often. they're hard to write!
10) Do you write crossovers?
i think crossovers are very interesting but they're hard to execute in a way that incorporates the themes and elements of both stories! i joke around a lot about my favorite characters from bleach meeting my favorite characters from kuroko no basket and i love to toy around with unconventional team-ups like kakashi and orihime being pen-pals or ichigo and kuroko being classmates in college (since they're interested in the same major) but i don't think i'd actually write any, it's just me playing around with my dolls and then putting them back in the box! i don't read many either, but the one fic i did read (which was a knb/free crossover i think) was very good, even if i haven't actually watched free! crossovers require a special talent and while i'm curious about how i'd approach one, idk if i actually will😅
11) Have you ever had a fic stolen?
not that i know of!
12) Have you ever had a fic translated?
someone offered once, but they never got back to me!
13) Have you ever co-written a fic before?
no, i'm shy🙈
14) What's your all-time favorite ship?
ichihime and aokagakuro <3
15) What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you will?
i lose steam a lot unfortunately, so i know there are going to be a few fics i might never finish. i try to keep them in the drafts so i don't end up disappointing anyone, though!
16) What are your writing strengths?
i like my characterization!
17) What are your writing weaknesses?
not a good plot person, i think. most of my fics are born out of short-term ideas or concepts or stories where nothing really happens and characters just feel things. i am also a lazy proof-reader so most of my edits/additions/corrections happen after i post something. i'm trying to work on that!
18) Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language?
i don't think i've ever put in a whole dialogue in another language, but there are some words and honorifics that you really can't capture accurately in english, so i pepper those in. they're pretty infrequent, though. i try to stick to what i know and work with it!
19) First fandom you wrote for?
....supernatural, but i never posted it anywhere 💀 the first fics i posted were all in the batman fandom
20) Favorite fic you've ever written?
You Can Show Me Your Heart (ChadHime) - this fic had been in my head for two whole years but i had never attempted writing it because i could never figure out how to start. once i finished it though, i ended up loving it a lot! i also love circuit which is my first aokagakuro fic!
tagging: whoever wants to do this, just say i tagged you and go ahead!
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@damnedreams asked:
😘( katsuki to shoto, accidental kiss? idk whatever inspires you! (:
It's international kissing day! Send 😘 to kiss my muse.
He could be dreaming. But he remembered waking up. This could be the effect of somebody's Quirk. But they hadn't recently left the dorms. Too many scenarios to explain what just had happened, but no answer seemed to reply to his question. Had Bakugo just kissed him? A soft feeling he couldn't explain had left Shoto stare speechless at the blond. A soft feeling he never had imagined he'd experience with him. Bakugo, whose nature was wild and blazing had caused him to freeze, and it seemed using his Quirk would be insufficient for this kind of case.
Maybe there wasn't an answer. Maybe the answer lied beyond what logic could explain. Maybe, Shoto should only trust his instincts. And that's what he chose to do. Leaning closer, he returned the kiss. He didn't understand what led him to do such a thing, but following one's heart, shouldn't be the wrong call. And if it was, Shoto was prepared to face the consequences. Or wasn't he? It was only after he stepped back, looking at the other properly, with his heart rate finally easing down, that he managed to speak.
“ What was this for? ”
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