#the untamed episode 8

[notachaconne]

I'm half way through Ep 8 of The Untamed.

I mean, this chase is OK, but where the hell are they even going and what is their mission? It's entertaining, but why do they have the piece with them? Why take it from a fortified place and give it to one youth on the road? What are they planning to do with it? I gather the McGuffin isn't even in the original novel. Are they even on the same mission as each other? LWJ seems to think he has one, but I don't remember any of the elders setting it. WWX seems to be assuming he knows what it is, but there's no evidence they've actually discussed it.

And given that they are out there, it would have made much more sense for Elder Brother Lan to tell Theatrically Obnoxious Wen that the McGuffin was, indeed, in Them There Hills so he could waste his time breaking in and looking for it. And why on earth did TOW bother to tell EBL that he was going to go and attack LWJ, if in fact he already knew he was out there? He would have increased his chances of success by just shutting up.

Nie Huaisang seems to be the only (male) character in this with any common sense. The women seem to come with trace amounts by default, and so far I'm rooting for Lady Doc Wen, and LWJ quite a lot although I have no idea wtf he is doing or why.

This is my first watch, and I keep stopping, but I can't actually stop. Cause it is very engaging. So if anyone wants to explain, no major spoilers please. I can see this is going to be a stupdendous mess, obviously.

I'm very confused.

Also I wonder if Great Grandmother Lan can hear what they say to her pet gay-blessing-bunnies?

#the untamed #the untamed episode 8 #untamed episode 8

[ju-ji]

I’m not a fan of subtext-only (censored) gay shows but I would probably watch and really enjoy the untamed if it weren’t for the 50 45-minute episodes like I have an attention span but not like THAT 😭😭

#honestly sometimes even gmmtv episodes are too long only if the show is not that great tho #but god the untamed would take nearly a full work week to finish #I think 15 minute 8 episode shows are probably too short for much of a (cohesive well developed) story #but they are so digestible #I like being able to binge a whole show in one night and be able to get up early for work the next day lmao

[essepieffe50]

should I watch The Untamed?

#the untamed #I actually stopped at episode 8 but I don't know if it's worth it

[chillporcupine]

Jiang Cheng | The Untamed Episode 8

#jiang cheng #the untamed #mdzsnet #asiandramanet #asiandramasource #cdramasource #theuntameddaily #asiancentral #mxtxnet #theuntamededit #cinemapix #fytheuntamed #cdrama #dramasource #*mine #*gifs #*the untamed

[starsxinxthexbluexsky]

The Untamed | Episode 42 [Single-Log Bridge]

⤳WangXian’s Favorite Scenes [8/∞]⬿

#the untamed #cql #theuntameddaily #their faces are a walking confession of love in the midst of everyone and lwj said that wwx was shameless #one of my really favorite scenes because of the brilliant expression on their faces #also due to the fact that wx supposed to be attacked but all ppl there is fans of wx so they allow themselves to wait before attacking #i am also among those who are going to attack them but await their cloying confession #this needed to be sealed with a kiss but couldn't because they are 'misunderstanding' and 'mutual longing' tropes #also because of the censorship but it only makes it more mutual longing #wangxian #wei wuxian #xiao zhan #lan wangji #wang yibo #my gifs #mygifs.scene

[zelkam]

— the untamed (2019), episode 8

#cqledit #The Untamed #mdzs #Wei Wuxian #Lan Wangji #Wen Qing #Wen Chao #Nie Huaisang #myedit #hi hello here we go with some evening giffing

[mirageofadesert]

Looking back on my first year as a c-drama fan!

This year I fell - first down a flight of stairs - and then (because I couldn't walk properly for a few weeks) down a rabbit hole of cdramas!

In total, I have watched 28 dramas since May. I actually finished 17 of them. I re-watched 8 of them at least once. My most rewatched show is Till The End Of The Moon, followed by Love Is Sweet and The Untamed!

Shows I loved

Till The End of The Moon: This drama triggered my hyperfixation, and I still love it so much. Tantai Jin became my new obsession.

Love is Sweet: This one surprised me because I don't usually care for romantic dramas. It made me more open to different genres.

The Untamed: I watched this for the first time in 2019, and now I can appreciate it even more.

The Sleuth of Ming Dynasties: It took me several tries to get into the drama because the political setting was too complicated. I'm glad I didn't give up. Wang Zhi became one of my favorites!

New Life Begins: I was just looking for something light in between and was quite surprised how much I liked the show.

Things I learned as a newbie:

Cdramas are an acquired taste. Sometimes it's worth going back to a drama that you initially gave up on.

To avoid spoilers, it's best to skip the intro and especially the outro.

I love my characters unhinged.

Apparently it is okay to share leaks from filming.

Never believe anything that comes from yxh accounts.

Shippers are toxic in any fandom.

C-drama fans are a bit older than K-pop fans, but they can be just as unhinged and have trouble distinguishing between how to treat actors and the fictional characters they play.

My ADHD is better regulated when I watch shows in a foreign language while reading the subtitles. I don't get bored watching TV, which is rare!

Shows I dropped, and what I learned from it:

Hidden Love: I still don't like romances that have no significant plot beyond the relationship. Especially if I don't care about the characters at all.

Back from the Brink: Sometimes dramas that start well become an unwatchable, rage-inducing mess halfway through, and it's not worth sticking it out to the end.

Beauty of Resilience: I'm a character-driven audience. If the characters aren't compelling and the story isn't interesting, I don't care about the show.

Ashes of Love: I hate childish FL with baby voices and naive personalities. I need better written female characters. I'm on my 3rd attempt to watch this show and I only have a handful of episodes left, so I'll actually make it to the end (eventually).

I've dropped a lot more shows and actually watched some to the end that I didn't like very much in the end, but those are the ones I learned the most from.

What will stay with me:

Tantai Jin: I'm still obsessed with this character. He is everything I need in a fictional character.

Luo Yunxi: This will come as no surprise to anyone who follows me, but my obsession with TTJ soon extended to Luo Yunxi.

Bai Lu & Sun Zhenni: While I appreciate both of them as actors, it's their fun and uninhibited personalities that made me fall in love with them!!

Costumes: I adore the detailed costumes and hanfu styles, and do prefer costume dramas to modern ones.

Food & drinks: I'm now looking into more Chinese foot now and how to cook vegetables in more interesting ways. I also bought "moon cake stamps"... so wish me luck!

New online acquaintances: I have made some new friends online who I can fangirl with to my heart's content!

What I'm looking forward to in 2024:

I'm really looking forward to Luo Yunxi's upcoming dramas, Follow You Heart, Shui Long Yin and Immortality (🤡). I'm also looking forward to Sun Zhenni's first leading role!

There are still many dramas I want to watch, but haven't found the time for. Like A Journey to Love, Goodbye, My Princess, Nirvana in Fire, Then Miles of Peach Blossoms and The Blood of Youth.

I'm not sure what else I'll post here next year. Probably more reviews and content related to my favourite actors. Let's see if something triggers my hyperfixation soon!

Happy New Year!

#cdrama

[episodeoftv]

Round 1 of 6, Group 1 of 4

Propaganda is under the cut (671 words) - may contain spoilers

summaries (pulled from imdb or wikis)

propaganda

Chén Qíng Lìng/The Untamed - 1.50 Episode 50

The mastermind who plans everything has appeared. He's not someone who wouldn't think he would be the one who is behind everything, including Wei Wuxian's comeback. Who would that be?

I nominate this final on grounds of CCP information control, censorship and homophobia. They were so scared of the power of wangxian that they ended up banning ao3 in china and in the show they have to inexplicably have them part ways just to hammer home the no-homo. Plus the show is just kind of objectively bad.... but it rewires your brain all the same

Supernatural - 15.20 Carry On

cw: suicide

After Chuck is defeated and someone takes his place, Sam and Dean go about their life of hunting, but things don't turn out as expected.

1) you know why 2) god. where do i fucking start. this episode completely ignores this large cast of characters that were considered family in order to make it the "just two brothers" show again, scrapping basically every shred of character development shown throughout the course of the show, cutting out incredibly important characters at the last second (i.e. eileen being replaced with blurry wife for no fucking reason, cas not being there at all despite the whole love confession/ dying for dean that happened just two episodes before). in the penultimate episode the boys fight god. the finale? a random vampire from an episode of season one, who up until this point had never been mentioned again. then we have Dean being impaled on a very phallic looking spike and, after a speech about it just being about the brothers, dies. he then goes to heaven, where his father figure tells him his abusive dad is just down the road. he hops in his car (also in heaven, somehow) and drives for the next 60 odd years waiting for Sam to die. meanwhile, sam is moving on with blurry wife and i shown with a son named dean (as seen stitched onto his clothes), and we eventually see sam, now old and clad in the crustiest looking wig i have ever seen, die in the hospital. he goes to heaven, meets Dean on a bridge, and the last shot is the entire cast and crew on the bridge saying goodbye, completely shattering the fourth wall because fuck it, who cares anymore. and this isn't even mentioning everything that happened after. just an absolute mess the whole way through. 3) Random villain from season 1 kills one of the main characters, he goes to heaven and drives around while the other main character gets a montage of growing old a horrible wig. And that's not even all. 4) It abandoned 15 years of series theme and character growth, veered away from the natural story line and failed to resolve major plot threads. Dean deserved better, and so did Cas. See also Jared's terrible wig, Dean jr, Dean driving through heaven for five minutes... 5) Dean dies in the most anticlimactic way, cheap wig, blurry wife 6) There was no Castel :( 7) I mean... 8) destroyed every character arc in one fell swoop. the guy who tried to kill himself and struggled with depression throughout the show ended up killing himself anyway! was cas’s death even important? who was blurry wife? why was the absolute ugliest toddler imaginable cast to play Sam’s son? but in order to truly grasp how decimating this finale was, you have to understand the queerbaiting between 15.18 and the finale. why did Misha post that pic in the onion field with Uriel. why was Misha originally credited to be in 19 episodes of the final season on IMDb. why was . Hrrgghh. 9) Do I even need to write propaganda for this one? Even though it was the series finale we are still here after 3 years 😂 Title said 'carry on', but the fandom said 'nah, time for season 16'. 10) Bad old man makeup and no castiel 11) Everything had been neatly wrapped up in the previous episode. Then they decided "Hey you know what would be great? If we just killed one of the main characters." They killed him for no reason. He deserved to live a full life, have a family, retire, but nope! He met his match in a RUSTY NAIL. Not to mention that there were terrible wigs, blurry wives, and subtextual incest vibes involved.

+ After it aired, one of the actors unfollowed everyone who had anything to do with the episode.

#supernatural #spn #the untamed #cql #wfround1 #wfpoll #polls #poll #wfr1g1 #PENIS POLL

[unforth]

Chinese BL novels that I know of that have been adapted into animated or live actions shows

I just wrote this up in Discord, might as well post it here.

by priest:

Tian Ya Ke (Faraway Wanderers) (live action adaptation: Word of Honor - on Netflix)

Zhenhun (Guardian) (live action adaptation, same name)

Can Ci Pin (The Defective) (animated adaptation, same name) (I haven't read or seen it yet)

Lie Huo Jiao Chou (Drowning Sorrows in Raging Fire) (animated adaptation, same name) (I haven't read or seen it yet)

Mo Du (Silent Reading) (live action adaptation: Justice in the Dark, was pulled after 8 episodes aired due to censorship, I only managed to see one episode before it disappeared)

Sha Po Lang (Stars of Chaos) (live action adaptation: Winner is King, filmed but never aired due to censorship) (I haven't read it yet)

by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

Mo Dao Zu Shi (Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation) (animated adaptation, same name; live action adaptation: The Untamed - LA is on Netflix)

Tian Guan Ci Fu (Heaven Official's Blessing) (animated adaptation, same name - on Netflix; live action adaptation: Eternal Faith, filmed but never aired due to censorship)

Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong (Scum Villain's Self-Saving System) (animated adaptation: Scum System)

by Meng Xi Shi

Chenghua Shisi Nian (The Fourteenth Year of Chenghua) (live action adaptation: The Sleuth of Ming Dynasty)

Qian Qiu (Thousand Autumns) (animated adaptation: Shanhe Jian Xin)

by Fei Tian Ye Xiang

Tianbao Fuyao Lu (Legend of Exorcism) (animated adaptation, same name - s1 out of 2 is on Netflix) (I haven't read the book yet, but I've read the manhua)

Dinghai Fusheng Lu (Dinghai Fusheng Records (animated adaptation, same name) (I haven't watched it yet)

by Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat

Erha he Ta de Baimao Shizun (The Husky and His White Cat Shizun) (live action adaptation: Hao Yi Xing, filmed but never aired due to censorship)

That's everything I can think of right now.

#unforth rambles #priest #mo xiang tong xiu #meng xi shi #fei tian ye xiang #meatbun #idk how to tag this #danmei #or something

[korpikorppi]

The Untamed costumes: Lan Wangji's outfits

Bonus:

Just in time to celebrate his birthday (January 23rd), here's a compilation of the venerable Hanguang-Jun's outfits (and... a not-outfit) 🩵.

The episodes where each outfit is seen in and links to individual costume posts I've made this far:

Episodes 3-8 (during the Gusu Summer School) (costume post)

Episodes 8-11 (from embarking on the Yin Iron Quest to the Wen attack on Gusu) (costume post)

Episodes 11-14 (during the Wen Indoctrination and the Xuanwu cave) (costume post)

Episodes 18-24 (during the Sunshot Campaign and aftermath)

Episodes 25-29 (from Phoenix Mountain Hunt to Qiongqi Dao to Burial Mounds and aftermath)

Episodes 30-33, flashbacks in 1, 43 & 46 (from Jin Ling's celebration to Nightless City massacre)

Episodes 1 & 2, 33-45 (from Mo residence to Yi City to 2nd Siege of Burial Mounds)

Episodes 45-50 (from the meeting at Lotus Pier and the golden core reveal to Guanyin Temple)

Episode 50 (as Chief Cultivator in Cloud Recesses)

Bonus from episode 33.

A couple of related extra costume posts:

the Lan head ornaments

the blue-stoned jewellery worn with outfits 2 and 9.

the waist ornaments

#theuntameddaily #character costumes #character costumes: lan wangji #the untamed costumes #lan wangji #lan wangji's costumes #the untamed #cql #guzhuang #mine

[theelast-straw]

10 BL Characters I Would Hit With My Car

big thank you to @buddhamethods for starting this. I thought it sounded like a fun idea and just had to participate because I have Opinions™ :)

I am hitting some of these characters with only the best intentions and some of them out of pure spite

1) Shin (Bake Me Please)

if you've seen me post about this show or if you've seen it yourself, you know exactly why this guy is on here and also why he's the main reason why I just had to join in on this trend

square up, Shin, I'm hitting you with my car for all that bs and also to help with your character development a little <3

(I didn't find a fitting gif so have a pic as a great summary for why he's on here instead)

2) Way (Pit Babe)

listen I love him. after all if evil why pretty? but he's also a b*tch and he deserves to get hit by a car a little. as a treat. he's my pathetic little meow meow and I love to see him suffer (affectionate) <3

I'm also doing this as a public service so that Babe and Charlie can stay in their weird mama & papa boyfriends era without Way pulling his mind fuckery tricks on Babe

3) Kim (Kinnporsche)

hitting him with my car very lovingly simply bc he made Chay sad and we can't have that. maybe a little car accident can get him to actually admit that he's head over heels in love.

(and also because this man is way too pretty and I need to confirm that he's actually human)

4) Top (Only Friends)

listen. I believe that all of the Only Friends characters deserve to get hit by a car a little. all of them. but this man dared to say that he was serious and then went ahead and slept with someone else so. there's that.

5) Xue Yang (The Untamed/MDZS)

the most evil fucker for absolutely no reason. completely irredeemable. has the world's worst reason for being evil. I love him so much.

this guy is so fucked up that he managed to spend 3 years being all domestic with his nemesis only to realize that he actually developed feelings for him after he had already caused his death

there is absolutely no way to fix him but I'm still hitting him with my car for the amount of emotional damage he caused me with those god damn pieces of candy

6) Akk (The Eclipse)

I love him to bits and that is exactly why I'm knocking him tf out. very lovingly and rather softly but enough to give him some time off. because he deserves a break from all of the absolutely godawful authority figures in his life and what they're putting him through

7) August (Last Twilight)

this fucking b*tch.

I don't think I need to explain why I'm coming at him full speed. this is an act of public service, your honor, I'm doing nothing wrong.

8) Phee (Dead Friend Forever)

okay I know we've only had him for one single episode but this man is already stressing me out with the way he just threw away his cigarette bud in the middle of a god damn forest. sir what are you doing.

I'm only preserving the environment by hitting him with my car and getting him out of that forest, really

(also I can't pinpoint why but this guy is sus af and I don't trust him)

(the scene of crime, your honor)

9) Sprite & Zee's mom (Twins)

after @buddhamethods already took care of Zee (thank you for your service), I am volunteering to take out their mom. this woman needs the world's biggest wake-up call and since her own damn son ending up in a hospital didn't seem to do the trick, maybe herself ending up there will help

10) GramBlack double feature (Not Me)

the absolute audacity of these men to not be in love? after all of that?? I'm hitting them with my car because maybe ending up in hospital beds next to each other will finally get someone to admit that that G did not stand for Eugene what the actual fuck

(listen there are barely any scenes with actual Black and Gram together I'm working with the smallest of crumbs here bear with me)

tagging all of my moots. all of you. if you consider me your mutual, consider yourself tagged.

#tag game #bake me please #pit babe the series #kinnporsche #only friends the series #the untamed #the eclipse #last twilight #dead friend forever #twins the series #not me the series #only friends spoilers #the untamed spoilers #not me spoilers #thai bl

[akkrosu]

Thank you, @recentadultburnout, for tagging me and asking for my nine favorite TV shows! I might have gone a little overboard because I haven’t been tagged a lot before, but please indulge me.

This is going to be limited to QLs, if only because I couldn’t think of a single piece of Western (or straight) media I love and/or remember well enough to be able to put on this list. The ones I have chosen are below, in no particular order.

1. The Untamed

This one belongs here both for being a fantastic story and for being the reason I even discovered any of the other series on this list. My entire “obsessed with Asian queer media” thing started all because a friend once told me, “Let me show you what I’ve been watching recently.” What can I say, drunk Lan Zhan got to me.

2. Moonlight Chicken

One of the most beautiful, thought-provoking and mature series I’ve ever seen, QL or otherwise. P’Aof is a genius and I would have to hide in shame if I didn’t have at least one of his works on this list. He created a narrative of six real people trying to figure out life and how to be happy and there is so much strength in every single one of them.

3. Not Me

With at least three watchthroughs one of my most-watched BLs. I mean, OffGun and the social commentary and political action and the queerness of it all and the characters. Ugh, I love this show. Plus, the music and musical editing were phenomenal.

4. Where Your Eyes Linger

Probably my favorite Korean BL ever? Also the KBL to really get me into KBLs, so it already deserves a medal for that (I was missing out on so much). I’m a sucker for good yearning and forbidden relationships, and this series gave me everything I wanted. And, again, the soundtrack. The instrumental of See U playing as Kang Gook storms Tae Joo’s dad’s house lives rent-free in my mind.

5. HIStory 3: Make Our Days Count

Yes, it’s the other HIStory 3, the one everyone ignores because ‘he went out to buy salt’. Look, don’t judge me, I own up to my love for this series. It’s not the show’s fault all anyone ever remembers is the tragic ending. It’s also such a beautiful story about a total dork falling in love with a lonely nerd and defying all odds to be with him. Plus, the best sibling relationship ever. And (spoiler) said dork dying doesn’t invalidate everything else the series tells us. Yes, it was sad, but I can deal with the sadness. And sometimes, the sadness is as much part of a show as it is of life.

6. The Eclipse

This series haunts me to this day. I was obsessed with it, and I still am. Akk is one of my favorite characters ever written, and First portrayed him beautifully. So did Khaotung with Ayan. The sheer existence of P’Golf baffles my mind to this day. These 12 episodes gave me everything I’ve ever wanted.

7. The Eighth Sense

I take back what I said about Where Your Eyes Linger. This is my favorite KBL. I’m not even sure I can explain why. It’s just so honest. And so, so queer. It made me cry so many times, and the storytelling was magnificent. Plus, it’s one of the few full-length KBLs we have.

8. We Best Love

The cups in my profile picture are the ones Yu Zhenxuan and Pei Shouyi drink out of in the flashbacks of the second season, so... yeah.

This was my very first QL that wasn’t a bromance, and so I’m very biased. I’m almost mad at myself for making this my first one, because sometimes it feels like nothing else could ever live up to it. I admit to having a special love for season 1, even though season 2 seems to be the one people talk about a lot more. It’s just perfect, everything about it. Especially Gao Shide’s mom.

9. My School President

What a phenomenal show. I remember how much I was looking forward to Fridays during the time this was airing, and each week it gave me everything I wanted. Gemini and Fourth are fantastic actors, the friend groups made me cry all the time, it’s one of the cutest things I’ve ever seen, and there are some absolute bangers in there, musically speaking. Gun and Tinn will always have a special place in my heart.

Some honorable mentions because it’s really hard to pin down exactly nine:

Never Let Me Go – I spent a lot of time debating whether to put this or MSP in this list because I love them both equally. And because they aired around the same time, they are sort of irrevocably tied together in my mind.

Big Dragon – I loved this significantly more than I ever expected to, and I can’t be impartial about Yai to this day, because I love him with all my heart. This was such a messy, weird, chaotic show, and yet it somehow gave us such beauty and sappy people in love.

Step by Step – It doesn’t get to be on the list because it hasn’t finished airing yet, and so it could still fuck up, but if it keeps going like this, it is definitely going to become one of my favorites. (Same with Be My Favorite, honestly.)

I don’t know many people around here, and certainly not many I wouldn’t feel awkward tagging, but I’ll just be awkward anyway and kindly ask @ellaspore and @biochemjess if they feel up for it. I wanna know! (No pressure, though.)

#the untamed #cql #moonlight chicken #not me the series #where your eyes linger #history 3: make our days count #history 3: modc #the eclipse #the eighth sense #we best love #my school president

[save-the-data]

The Week that was (16/04 - 23/04/2024)

Master Lists: Japan | China | Korea | Taiwan | Thai | Vietnam

I’m bringing this back for the new year!! Self-explanatory, this is everything achieved in a week when it comes to episode GIF sets.

Completed Projects:

Tien Bromance (10/10)

City of the Stars (12/12)

Kiseki: Chapter 2 (6/6)

Japan GIF Master list

My Strawberry Film (7/8) - backlog

Living with Him (2/8) - on air

GARO: Versus Road (1/12) - backlog

Kamen Rider Decade (1/31) - backlog

Dele (2/8) - repost

China GIF Master list

White Cat Legend (16/36) - backlog

Guardian (34/40) - repost

Journey Across the Night (11/26) - repost

Ultimate Note (30/37) - repost

Untamed (24/50) - repost

Korea GIF Master list

A Killer Paradox (1/8) - backlog

The Devil Judge (4/16) - repost

Love is Like a Cat (4/10) - on air

Gray Shelter (4/5) - on air

The Uncanny Counter (3/16) - backlog

Bloodhounds (5/8) - backlog

Boyhood (1/10) - backlog

Taiwan GIF Master list

Unknown (10/12) - on air

HIStory3: Trapped (6/10) - repost

Thai GIF Master list

1000 Years Old (3/12) - backlog

Love Mechanics (9/10) - repost

Deep Night (7/8) - on air

Close Friend Season 3: Soju Bomb! (5/6) - on air

Two Worlds (5/10) - on air

Dark Blue Kiss (2/12) - repost

2 Moons: The Ambassador (10/12) - repost

Memory in the Letter (3/6) - on air

We Are (3/12) - on air

Only Boo! (3/12) - on air

Between Us (2/16) - repost

Vietnam GIF Master list

Be Your Star (4/10) - on air

[qinghe-s]

happy zewu-june ♡ 1/8

[id: four gifs of lan xichen from episodes three and four of cql/the untamed. the top two have a red-yellow gradient on the outer edge, and the bottom two have a green-purple gradient. each gif shows him from the chest or shoulders up, and he smiles in all of them. caption reads "happy zewu-june ♡" in a rainbow gradient. end id]

#lan xichen #the untamed #mxtxnet #mdzsnet #theuntameddaily #zewu-june weekend special because i deserve to look at him #that's the whole reason #my favourite is the top right because it's literally :) [threat] #my beautiful boy i adore you! #zewu-june #lxc #mycql #cqlgif #cql: all #gif

[starsxinxthexbluexsky]

The Untamed | Episode 8 [Wei Wuxian Appreciating The Beauty Of Lan Wangji]

⤳WangXian’s Favorite Scenes [6/∞]⬿

#cql #the untamed #theuntameddaily #here with a new episode of wwx being gay for lwj without realizing it #wwx: lwj is so handsome i want to kiss him but as a friend #here idiots #but he keeps saying that he dresses to go to funerals even if lwj wore baby blue for him #but well he is gay anyways. lwj too... #nie huaisang #lan wangji #wei wuxian #wang yibo #xiao zhan #my gifs #mygifs.scene

[lovesickfolly]

tagged by @aleng-neng. What are my fave top 9 shows in no particular order. (All of these I have at 10/10.) I'll only pick recent shows, as they're the ones I have listed on MyDramaList and thus have a ranking for. XD This means it's mostly bls and cdramas. 1. Moonlight Chicken.

One of my feelgood shows, even though it's still new. It feels comfortable and adult and grounded, with a bunch of amazing actors who are clearly comfortable with each other. As an 'older queer' it resonates with me a lot and I didn't dislike a single thing about it.

2. The Blood of Youth.

A really fun show with gorgeous, engaging characters and the right mix of beautiful scenery, beautiful people, and creative storytelling that I like. Sprinkle in some excellent fight scenes and a bunch of my favourite actors and I'm sold!

3. Old Fashion Cupcake.

I talked about mature stories earlier and this is another one of those. I could see myself in the main lead just a bit too much for me not to love this. Nozue recognizes that he's maybe stuck in a rut and complacent when he doesn't have to be. And, maybe, that handsome junior at the firm could help him get out of it (and make him recognize he's not straight).

4. KinnPorsche.

Look, I know it has its issues. I know. And I know people have an issue with some of the fandom. I get it and for the most part I agree. However, this was the first BL in a long time that I had the urge to write fic for. I enjoyed the complexity of the universe and the characters that much. (Even if some of it didn't make sense. but that's half the fun!) And that's why I like it. It got my brain involved. (And I just adore Tankhun, okay.)

5. Word of Honor.

Years ago I watched a few cdramas and then...somehow forgot about them? (I don't know how I did that.) However, back in 2019 I got back into them and eventually stumbled upon The Untamed. 'This is the pinnacle of cdrama for me and my tastes!' I thought. But then Word of Honor showed up. Look, everything about this show is stunning. The story, the characters, the setting, the clear and unadulterated love between the two main characters. Everything and everyone is beautiful and I've never gone through a cdrama as fast as I did this one. It's beautiful in ever sense of the word. And so, so queer. Don't believe me? Just search 'word of honor cdrama' in the gif section on tumblr and marvel at the art.

6. A Tale of Thousand Stars.

This is not the first Thai BL I watched, but it almost feels like it? Because ATOTS is the first one I remember going crazy about (and it set me on the road to basically loving everything EarthMix are in together). I was super invested and wanted to draw art and everything. It's just such a nice, soft, romantic story and the characters are so fun. This is probably the one I've rewatched the most.

7. Semantic Error.

As you can tell, I generally like stories that feel far away from home. I like magic and fantasy and settings that aren't typical. However, this is one of the few exceptions. I think it's the characters and their journey and the perfect execution of tropes that would have felt stale in any other show. It's a fun story with excellent characters and I get why it's so popular.

8. Mysterious Lotus Casebook.

Technically, I can't say this show is 10/10 yet because it still has a bunch of episodes to go. However, I can tell it's going to get close at least. (And will probably get to 10.) I keep comparing it to a perfect blend of The Blood of Youth and A League of Nobleman, in that it's a fantasy world with a master swordsman who's dying (and begrudgingly adopts a cute puppy who loves him) and a bunch of cases that need solving (to unravel the overarching plot). It's so much fun and the settings + characters are so beautiful. (And I may or may not heavily ship the loyal, eager puppy with the stoic, lying dying man who tries to push him away (and literally abandon him) in an attempt to keep him safe (from harm and heartache).) The hurt/comfort and love against all odds is strong in this one! He gave up his lifelong dream to protect a man who's been lying to him ever since they met and whom is at that point a wanted fugitive!! Because he trusts and loves him so. Also, it has a bunch of very handsome and gorgeous actors/characters in it, whom I love (and who suffer beautifully).

9. ??? I only have 8 shows that I've given 10/10 to (or a prospective 10/10, lol), so I'll just leave you with some other recommended shows that came close! Bad Buddy

Between Us

Choco Milk Shake

Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms

My Only 12%

Ancient Love Poetry

That's it! I invested way too much effort into this, but...it was fun? Sorry for clogging up your timelines with this, though!

#tag game #arcana's 10/10