i am not someone who has ever said, written, or thought this phrase before but i had to sit on my hands every second of saltburn to keep myself from posting “this is SO MAJOR.” it’s so major. so so so so so fucking major. made in a lab for sickos of my exact variety. you will gasp. you will squirm. you will cover your mouth in shock. you will go holy fuck. people walked out. the girls next to me screamed YES! and i said yes with them. so major. so major. and as a bonus it’s one of those movies that pretends to be for intellectuals even though the storytelling is absolutely for simple people so you feel smart just for watching a very straightforward film. not even a film. a flick. what more can i say. finally a film about toxic obsessive girl friendships except they’re boys with names that only cats should have (oliver and felix)
Here’s lucky images pt 2!
Starting off with the fabulous Wow.
Just, wow.
I love the lighting and the filters on him. And with the writing, he looks like he could be on the cover of a magazine!
Next it’s Byeongkwan! I don’t have as many images of him because he didn’t stay still very long and they kept on ending up blurred.
That pink lighting on his face and the pop of colour from his shoes. It looks so surreal and cool. Boy looking fine.
Chan be looking mystical with the purple backgrounds. How he can look so good in a bathtub? I do not know. I thought he was innocent and baby until I realised what he was singing.
Hope you like the images. Us fans are blessed.
Batman (1989) dir. Tim Burton
same energy
This should be more known.
As a trans guy who’s been working out for a few years now and has learned a lot about their body and building muscle and whatnot in the process, here’s something I don’t see mentioned, like ever.
Abs don’t really look Like That™ when they’re relaxed.
Here’s a few examples from a Reddit thread asking for pictures of people both flexing and not flexing their abs
I rarely see male body positivity posts in general but I’ve never seen this mentioned, and honestly? Call me stupid for it if you want, but I genuinely thought that super defined look was something that was achievable in a relaxed state, simply because I’ve never seen anything to the contrary.
As someone with body dysmorphia as well as dysphoria, you can imagine the damaging effects that might have had on my mental health trying by to achieve the impossible. I can only imagine how many other masculine folk out there could be struggling with the exact same thing.
Anyway like, this is mostly to point out for masculine folks that might be pushing themselves too hard, that you’re probably doing better than you realise.
So I had this thought. Mari Di Angelo is presented as a well off woman, probably uppar class. So when she dies, her money is left to her children. But they never end up claiming it.
So when Nico turns eighteen, he resurrects a lawyer and claims his long forgotten inheritance by claiming to be a descendant. But by now the inheritance has rose in value since the 1940’s. So Nico is actually really rich but nobody knows it.
Will solace finds out when Nico calmly buys him a top of the range apartment for the both of them to stay whilst at college.
The seven finds out when Nico starts funding their business and educations.
Nico, who walks around in beaten up converse, a ratty ripped pair of black jeans and a bomber jacket two sizes too big, is actually a millionaire. He buys a really expensive motorbike which he maintains himself and drives to his classes.
He funds quest expenses and buys the equipment for camp half blood and camp Jupiter. He sets up a charity to aid in finding new demigods.
Basically rich Nico being the adorable person he is.
Flash backing to the time I used a clip from Kinnporsche in an editing assignment during second year.
A graded assignment.
And when my lecturer asked what clip it was, I answered “oh, a mafia drama from Thailand”. All while my friend (who knew exactly what KP was) was trying not to die behind me.
I got a good grade on that assignment though.
This happens with all races. Children don’t deserve to be fetishised for being born mixed race.
Let talk about Biracial Kids (Follow @_vonhoe_ on Instagram)
exhuma is a bisexual movie for the bisexuals by the way. if you even care
Can we have a modern au of Mulan but with no war? Mulan is just a genderfluid person, but assigned female at birth, trying to survive their new internship at company/gym/security business when they develop a crush on Shang, who’s father owns the business. But Shang has only ever seen Mulan on masculine or Non binary days ad therefore gender shenanigans still occur. We just get loads of supportive Asian grandmas, confused but supportive friends and Mulan being kick ass.
Please?
The Mega Fandom Update
Honestly, you guys, I didn't like Beyond Evil, but I forced myself through 3 episodes of mehness because my fellow TDJ bishes told me it was good and I trusted you guys.
However, I am extremely glad that I kept going because once we hit episode 4?????? Oh men, I'm ready for this show now. I'm in episode 6 and I trying to slow down. I will really hate it when I get to the end and there's nothing left to watch. I love this show.
Anyhooooos, I said I'd comment on the similarities between all 4 of them as I go so I'm here with a longer list.
Spoilers for the following movie/shows:
The Merciless
Beyond Evil
The Devil Judge
Strangers from Hell
I was drawn to them all because of the queercoding of the characters. I'm not going to lie about that so let's just get that out of the way. All 4 of these stories are badass, bl dramas hiding in plain sight in my opinion.
They all feature a pair of men that have a sizable age-gap between them. We don't know the characters' ages, but if we go by the actors', the closest is a 7-year gap from SfH.
They all centre around crime. (M: crime syndicate, BE: murder investigation, TDJ: criminal prosecution, SfH: serial murder)
They all have a bad ass woman in law enforcement who takes a special interest in the case.
They all have possessive sidekicks who kind of worship the ground the DILF walks on. I would like to point out that that TDJ is the only one where the sidekick is much younger than the DILF (K). Also, I'm not so sure about Jeongju yet, but he hasn't shown any signs of possessiveness yet. Let's see in the future.
*the side kicks in M and SfH died. We don't have confirmation about K being dead yet and I haven't finished BE, so we'll see next time.
They all have a "community" that surrounds the DILf with unerring loyalty. Whether it's a gang of mobsters, the police precinct, the ragtag revolutionists or building tenants.
The younger guy in the pairing has accused the DILF of murder, at least once.
Like, I'm happy about these shows. It's been a while since I was immersed in kdramas and I'm not even surprised that these are the shows and movie that have dragged me back in.
If you have watched one or two of these shows, I advise that you check out the rest. They're all so engaging.